The trading port has been built.
The river embankments in the port have been reinforced, and the scope of the port terminal has been expanded so that more merchant ships can dock in the future.
There are many buildings in the port, including residences, shops, restaurants, inns, and various warehouses. It is equivalent to a small city and is very large.
However, these are not open yet, and they are waiting for Zhu Xuan to come back before making arrangements.
Adelaide and others, who were coming to the east for the first time, looked ahead and saw the trading port and the city of Panyu in the distance. The city was so tall and much larger than their city in the west, and they were a little shocked.
"Welcome Your Highness!"
Xu Qi shouted from below.
"Welcome Your Highness!"
Other officials and people also echoed this, and the sound of mountain calls echoed in the port, sounding quite impressive.
Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "No courtesy, get up!"
As the gangway was lowered, he stepped off the battleship first, followed by others, and finally Adelaide and others.
Seeing Zhu Xuan come back intact, Xu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
During this period, a letter came from Yingtian. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Xuan what was going on now, how his health was, etc., but he did not dare to tell the truth and just wrote some polite words and sent it back.
If he told it directly, Lao Zhu would not be able to come to Guangzhou immediately, and would even arrange for people to go to sea to find Zhu Xuan, and Xu Qi and the others might be held accountable.
Apart from being a little darker and a little thinner than before, His Highness is safe and sound.
This is the best result!
All Panyu officials breathed a sigh of relief.
"Grandson of the Ming Emperor, you Dongfang are so beautiful!"
Turner has almost learned the Ming Dynasty's Mandarin. Although his pronunciation is not standard, he can converse in the Ming Dynasty's language.
Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "Every place has its own characteristics compared to the West. Are you getting used to it all the way here?"
"all good!"
Adelaide smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the difference between the East and our West is so big!"
Seeing a few people with special looks walking down the Yingtian ship, they instantly caught the attention of Xu Qi and others.
"Your Highness, who are they?"
Xu Qi asked first.
Zhu Xuan said: "They are the guests I brought back from the West. They want to come and experience our oriental customs. Please make arrangements for Mr. Xu to take them down to rest."
Xu Qi nodded and said, "Come here and make arrangements!"
Seeing that these Westerners also understand Ming Dynasty Mandarin, communication is basically no problem, and Xu Qi can arrange it easily.
Soon someone came and took Adelaide and others to rest.
Zhu Xuan said: "These Westerners and his subordinates have been well received. In the future, all the trade and exchanges will be driven by them, so that we can prosper."
Xu Qi nodded.
"In addition, I brought back a lot of good things. On the way to the sea, I met Zheng He by chance, and we came back together. I will ask Zheng He to make arrangements later. I will move the things down and bring the things that need your help. , leave it all to you.”
Zhu Xuan said again.
Xu Qi nodded slightly again.
Those Westerners may be acclimatized and were temporarily taken away to rest.
Wu Yongfeng and Cen Jing would not be uncomfortable with it. They immediately asked their servants to bring down the proceeds from their overseas voyages, and then arranged for unloading.
Xu Miaojin and Cen Hua, under the care of some servants, went to the house next to the trading port and rested in the house temporarily until Zhu Xuan finished all the work at hand before returning home.
There are simple cranes at the port, and the containers are being hoisted down one after another.
For things that were not in the container, such as boxes of money, Zhu Xuan moved the part used to build water conservancy for Xu Qi to the open space at the port. The rest he had to use to pay soldiers and servants, and to fill the gap when going to sea. Of course, part of the profit will be collected for the cost of a trip.
If there is no profit, how can we continue to organize overseas operations in the future?
"Your Highness, is this all the money you earned?"
Xu Qi was stunned when he saw the boxes containing money being moved down one after another, and when he saw Zhu Xuan opening one of the boxes of gold, revealing the golden light inside.
These golds are all gold coins.
It was Adelaide and Fernando who bought Zhu Xuan's things and paid for them.
In addition to gold coins, there are also silver coins.
Xu Qi saw that more than ten boxes of money had been moved down, but the people on the boat continued to move. It seemed that there were more, and there was a feeling that they could not finish moving.
They had never seen that much money.
His Highness's income from one trip to sea is comparable to that of other businessmen who have been at sea for several years.
This is simply huge profits among huge profits!
Zhu Xuan said: "These are reserved for the Guangzhou government to build water conservancy projects. Is that okay?"
Xu Qi came back to his senses and said excitedly: "Just give me 30%, which is enough to build water conservancy projects. There are too many left, so why don't your Highness take them back!"
Seeing that he was not greedy, Zhu Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said: "These costs have been deducted, and my part of the profit has been collected. I said I would develop Guangzhou Prefecture, and I will not break my promise. These are all If I stay in your government office's warehouse, I will have a lot of things to do in the future and I will need to continue spending money."
Zhu Xuan's development plan is indeed very expensive.
I even think that this trip to sea is not enough.
Trade must continue in the future, and it is necessary for the East and the West to trade with each other.
After all, Zhu Xuan tasted the benefits of going to sea for the first time and could not give up this opportunity to make a lot of money.
As long as you have money, you can continue to develop.
"On behalf of all the people of Guangzhou Prefecture, I would like to thank His Highness for your generosity!"
Xu Qi said loudly.
Being able to keep so much money for development is really for their sake in Guangzhou.
Zhu Xuan waved his hand and said: "Master Xu, you don't have to do this. This is my fiefdom, and that's what I should do. In addition, I brought back a lot of seeds for crops."
Just at this time, there were soldiers on the Yingtian ship, unloading potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.
Xu Qi came closer and looked at it for a while, but couldn't understand what it was.
"This one is called a potato, and this one is a sweet potato."
"For the specific planting methods and ways of eating, I have some free time in the past few days and will give Master Xu a copy as soon as possible."
"Don't underestimate these things. They are all high-yielding crops. The yield per mu overseas can be as high as a thousand pounds."
Zhu Xuan explained.
"What?"
Xu Qi's voice rose several points, and he asked in surprise: "This thing can produce a thousand kilograms per mu. Is it still edible?"
Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "It can be used as a staple food. You will know when the time comes."
Mentioning crops and other things, Xu Qi thought of other things and said: "I distributed the fertilizer that His Highness made before to all the people. After they used it, they all agreed that the rice yield per mu has doubled. !”
"This is a good thing, you did a good job!"
Zhu Xuan was not surprised.
Food production in ancient times was not high. In addition to the poor quality of crop seeds, the lack of soil fertility was also one of the reasons.
The emergence of chemical fertilizers solved this problem.
In a year or two, when new crops and fertilizers are spread, there will no longer be food shortages in Ming Dynasty, and no one will starve to death.
