Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Li Jin and made a deafening sound, like a lion roaring.
Li Jin calmly stretched out his fingers, picked out his ears, and said speechlessly:
"Can you stop talking so loudly? I'm not deaf and can hear what you're saying."
"Those people are already worthy of death. What's wrong with letting them go to the Colosseum?"
Li Jin spoke lightly and didn't care about the life or death of those people at all.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned livid and he cursed angrily:
"Even if they really deserve to die, then you shouldn't send them to that place and let them die of torture!"
"What you say is nice, do you know what these people have done?"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was insisting on this matter, Li Jin became angry and said:
"These people are all so-called Japanese pirates! In the first year of Hongwu, Japanese pirates invaded the coast of Shandong, causing the death of 3,000 people in our Ming Dynasty."
"In the second year of Hongwu, Japanese pirates invaded Zhejiang and killed more than a thousand people of our Ming Dynasty."
"In the third year of Hongwu, the Japanese pirates attacked again, invaded our Songjiang Mansion, and killed hundreds of people in our Ming Dynasty."
"Are the numerous crimes committed by these Japanese pirates worthy of your pity?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was a little stunned and didn't know what to say for a while.
But Liu Bowen asked aloud from the side:
"Didn't you just say that these are all Ming people? Why are they involved with Japanese pirates again?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he also nodded.
Yes, what does the Japanese pirates have to do with me, the people of Ming Dynasty?
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Li Jin again.
Li Jin smiled and said:
"It seems you know nothing about Japanese pirates."
"Most of the so-called Japanese pirates are actually people from the Ming Dynasty. These people live overseas and live a life of licking blood on the head of a knife."
"Cruel and ferocious, but true Japanese are often in the minority."
"So the Japanese pirates are actually people from the Ming Dynasty who took the name of the Japanese people and did the Japanese pirates' things."
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded. If this was really the case, then these people were indeed not worthy of sympathy.
On the contrary, even if these people are cut into pieces, they cannot atone for their sins.
The atmosphere fell silent for a moment. When Li Jin saw that these people stopped talking, he said impatiently:
"Aren't you here to do business with me?"
"Why do you ask this and that as soon as you come in?"
"Let me ask you, do you still want to do this business?"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly woke up, doing business?
Our majestic Emperor Ming will give you a county magistrate to do business?
You take yourself too seriously! ! !
Just as he was about to refuse, Queen Ma stepped in and said:
"Do it, why not?"
"I just don't know if Master Li has any good deals that you would like to introduce to us?"
Hearing this, Li Jin immediately burst into a smile and said:
“Of course there is a good deal, and it’s a big deal!!”
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang disdained doing business with Li Jin, he was a little curious when he heard this and asked:
"What big deal?"
"What do you think of the slave trade we saw in the north of the city?"
Li Jin's voice was full of temptation, like a devil's whisper, inducing Zhu Yuanzhang and others into a trap.
"An adult man can earn 10 taels of silver for nothing, while a woman can earn more than 20 taels of silver. Now it is still very expensive."
"Even for a child, the price has now risen to 6 taels. It is simply a no-cost deal. It is an absolute big deal!"
"Conservative estimate, at least one hundred taels of silver a year, pure profit."
After hearing that Li Changgeng talked about the slave trade so seductively, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to agree immediately.
As an emperor who fought hard from the bottom, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care whether this thing was moral or not. As long as it was not for himself and the people, he could accept it.
And with so much profit, how could he just watch the money flow to Li Jin?
But he was stopped by Liu Bowen. If Zhu Yuanzhang was really allowed to participate in the slave trade, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be infamy for thousands of years.
"We still need to discuss this matter. I wonder if there are any other deals?"
Queen Ma also felt that this matter was harmful to Tianhe and was not the right path. She hoped that Li Jin could introduce another one.
Seeing that his deception didn't work, Li Jin looked a little depressed, but then he regained his confidence.
He continued to introduce Zhu Yuanzhang:
"There is indeed something more profitable, but this thing will not be given to you easily. It requires a price."
"I'm afraid you can't afford this price!!"
"Huh, there's nothing in this world that we can't do!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy when he saw that Li Jin dared to underestimate him.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's arrogant look, Li Jin thought over and over again and decided to give it a try. After all, this link was very important.
If it cannot be done, it will affect his next plans, and even many projects will go bankrupt.
"Okay, if you can really get things done, I will leave this big deal to you."
Seeing that Li Jin was speaking so solemnly, Empress Ma couldn't help frowning and asked:
"Can your Lord County Magistrate please tell me first, what exactly are the conditions you mentioned?"
Li Jin raised his eyebrows slightly, and said softly in a deliberately calm tone:
"It's very simple. I want you to ask the emperor for an imperial approval from the Royal Chamber of Commerce."
"Royal Chamber of Commerce?"
This time, Zhu Biao was not calm. After all, he had followed Zhu Yuanzhang in handling government affairs over the years and knew a lot about Zhu Yuanzhang's governance philosophy.
Today's Ming Dynasty is implementing the national policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business, attracting more people into agriculture. How could this kind of imperial approval be given to Li Jin?
Zhu Biao couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yuanzhang furtively when he thought of this.
Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was ashen and he looked furious.
Zhu Biao quickly continued:
"Don't you know that the emperor is currently focusing on agriculture and suppressing business. It is impossible to support businessmen, and it is impossible to give you the plaque of the Royal Chamber of Commerce."
Li Jin was not happy after hearing this. Just now your father patted his chest and said to himself, there is nothing in the world that he can't do, why can't he do it now?
"What? Didn't you promise me just now?"
"You backed down as soon as I mentioned the conditions? Are you really relatives of the emperor?"
After saying that, he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang sideways. The meaning was obvious, you can't do this either! !
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately furious, his blood boiling and his face turned red, as if he had been insulted.
"Who said we can't do it?"
"But the name of the Royal Chamber of Commerce is so precious, why should I give it to you?"
"Based on your so-called big deal? Can you still give us a gold mountain?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was extremely sarcastic, and he didn't believe that Li Jin could get any good deals for him.
Unexpectedly, Li Jin smiled disdainfully and said with a smile:
"What is a gold mountain? This thing of mine is much more profitable than a gold mountain!!"
"It sounds so loud, why don't you take it out and show it to us?"
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it. He felt that Li Jin was bragging.
Li Jin blinked, smiled mysteriously, and said:
"When you see it, you will know how extraordinary my stuff is!!"
