"Xiao Yunxuan, there is news."
Mei Yin came back and said: "We have found out that the kings of Siam and other three small countries have decided to mine the mines themselves and then sell them to us."
Zhu Xuan laughed after hearing this: "So they are planning this? They can dig it out as they please! No one wants it anymore. Coal is worse than stone. If they say they sell it, I must buy it?"
Mei Yin said: "Xiao Yunxuan's idea is a bit bad. When the time comes, they come to us and directly reject it?"
Zhu Xuan said: "If you refuse, let them lose some mining money. If you see that Champa and Lancang Kingdom have improved their lives through cooperation with us, they will definitely come to us to ask for help."
Mei Yin asked: "Xiao Yunxuan is not afraid. After we cooperate in mining, what black means will the kings of the three countries use?"
"If you dare to use it, I can help these three small countries change their dynasties."
Zhu Xuan said with confidence: "Only I can use these coal and iron ores in large quantities and know how to use them. When it comes to cooperation, the people in the three countries will basically taste the benefits of our factory. As long as If they dare to mess around, we will withdraw. The things we dig out will be useless, and the interests of the local nobles and people will be lost. If I burn a fire in it, I can overthrow the rule of their dynasty and establish an empire under our control. A new dynasty.”
Mei Yin admired him very much after hearing this. He was indeed His Majesty's favorite grandson.
Except for Zhu Xuan, only His Majesty can think of such a method.
The two elder brothers, Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen, simply cannot compete with Zhu Xuan in terms of ability.
"Well done, little Yunxuan!"
Mei Yin admired him.
Siam and other three small countries are tightly controlled.
If they resolutely refuse to cooperate, Zhu Xuan may have to think of other ways to force them to cooperate.
But after they used this cool operation, they no longer had to think about any plans in the future, just follow their cool operation.
When it's almost done, they will come back and beg themselves to buy the coal.
Zhu Xuan calculated the time. There should be new progress on the commercial and tax side, and said: "Uncle, I have to go back to Panyu. I will trouble you about things here."
Although Annan is not Zhu Xuan's fiefdom, the factory is here. Lao Zhu attaches great importance to the factory, and it is almost part of the fiefdom.
Mei Yin also attaches great importance to the factory. When Zhu Xuan is away, he will coordinate everything here, saying: "Of course there is no problem!"
He will definitely be responsible to the end.
The affairs of Indochina are half settled here.
Zhu Xuan will talk about the remaining half when he comes back next time.
The crackdown on smuggling was almost the same. Those merchants bypassed the Panyu trading port to trade elsewhere, but they would not be able to bypass Malacca.
After a while, they will definitely still be in chaos.
Zhu Xuan settled the affairs in Annan and returned to Panyu with his two young wives the next morning.
After arriving home, Cen Jing immediately came to see Zhu Xuan after receiving the news.
"Your Highness, there are suddenly many more Japanese pirates on the sea."
"Even Mr. Wu was robbed by Japanese pirates at sea. Everything around him was taken away and he was beaten. He was lucky enough to survive."
"Now he can't even get out of bed, he can only lie down."
Cen Jing briefly explained the recent events.
"Wu Yongfeng was robbed and beaten?"
Zhu Xuan was surprised.
Chen Zuyi is gone. Normally, within the Ming Dynasty sea area, no second Japanese pirate leader would dare to appear.
The current situation is somewhat abnormal.
"What happened to the trading port recently?"
Zhu Xuan asked again: "Are there any new members joining?"
Cen Jing nodded and said: "Three new members have come, but I haven't confiscated the membership fee yet. I will wait for His Highness to come back to make arrangements."
Zhu Xuan said: "You can collect their membership fees on my behalf. I trust you. Send me the membership application and contract for my signature when the time comes. Where do those three new members come from?"
Cen Jing said: "They are all merchants from Guangzhou."
"Where are the trendy merchants?"
"We have no contact at all."
"It seems that the trendy businessmen are in a group of their own and are unwilling to play with us."
Zhu Xuan prefers to get Chaoshang. This group knows better about business and can maximize profits, but they prefer to cooperate with their own people.
Even if Lao Zhu comes, in their eyes, he is an outsider.
Only Wu Yongfeng was special. At that time, he was excluded by them and had to come to Zhu Xuan to find another way out.
"Have you figured out the origins of those Japanese pirates?"
Zhu Xuan asked again.
Cen Jing shook his head and said: "The Japanese pirates appeared very suddenly, and the time was short. We haven't figured it out yet! As soon as our Panyu ship went to sea, the Japanese pirates disappeared without a trace, but when the Panyu ship retreated, the Japanese pirates came out again."
This kind of behavior is the most disgusting.
If you know where the nest is, you can also steal it.
These Japanese pirates have only been around for a short time, and they haven't found out where their lair is yet.
"Master Hua sent someone to investigate, but it's not clear yet."
Cen Jing added.
Zhu Xuan said: "Yan Guan, you also arrange for someone to check!"
When he was in Annan, Yan Guan and other Jin Yiwei were with him.
He still doesn't know much about the Japanese pirates in Guangdong.
"yes!"
Yan Guan took the order.
Zhu Xuan added: "These Japanese pirates appear very abnormally, and they must be related to those businessmen. How are those businessmen recently?"
Cen Jing said: "They all ran to Luzon, and all transactions were carried out in Luzon. But they still have to pass through Malacca, no matter how much tax they pay, they have to pass. Your Highness is right. Recently, those Japanese pirates often Those who harassed the people in Srivijaya, Qiongzhou and other places and robbed them were businessmen who had close relations with our officialdom."
The problem becomes obvious.
Those merchants must have some resources at sea.
Maybe they can also cooperate with other small countries to provide cover.
After bypassing the trading port, they found that Malacca still had to pay huge taxes, and Nanyang could not afford such a large amount of goods, so they started thinking of becoming pirates.
They profited from pirates and robberies to cover the taxes they paid.
You even want to force Zhu Xuan to give up the tax on the trading port, right?
In the face of interests, they can do anything.
Zhu Xuan was even less likely to give up and compromise, and said calmly: "They may have forgotten how Chen Zuyi died."
Since those businessmen were unkind, he was prepared to be unjust.
Cen Jing said worriedly: "Your Highness, have we really gone too far?"
Zhu Xuan shook his head and said: "It's not too much, I don't even think it's enough."
If they soften now, those businessmen will be even more unscrupulous.
Zhu Xuan wanted to use them, but he didn't want them to grow endlessly or become a threat to the Ming Dynasty, so he had to have control methods.
Maybe some businessmen even took away their relatives and moved overseas.
"Let's go take a look at Wu Yongfeng!"
Zhu Xuan said again.
Wu Yongfeng was beaten by pirates because of him. By the way, Wu Yongfeng could find any clues about the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates beat Wu Yongfeng, but they didn't kill anyone, they just beat him half to death. Under normal circumstances, it would be more refreshing and less worrying to kill directly.
