Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Jin, who was holding a tiger-skinned fox and pretending to be a tiger. He clenched his fists and was filled with anger.
I didn’t expect that one of our imperial approval would make this bastard so unscrupulous, and now he even dares to blatantly solicit investment.
Queen Ma next to her gently pulled Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang could calm down and see what Li Jin was up to first.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a long breath and looked at Li Jin, only to see Li Jin starting to speak again.
"Everyone, be quiet. The future backer of our Chamber of Commerce is our Emperor."
Li Jin proudly announced that with his back against the mountain, he would have no worries about food and drink in the future.
But just when everyone was excited, Li Jin changed his voice and said:
"But even so, we cannot act recklessly and disrupt our Ming Dynasty's economy."
"Since we are royal merchants, we naturally have to share the country's worries."
"So our business scope will not include all trade within the Ming Dynasty."
Li Jin's words confused all the businessmen present.
Doesn’t it include the Ming Dynasty?
So where do you want to go? Are you going to heaven? This is too absurd!
Only Zhu Yuanzhang knew what Li Jin was going to do. He actually wanted to gather the power of businessmen and then destroy the Japanese pirates.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he felt that Li Jin's method was not impossible.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang hated both Japanese pirates and merchants.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless against Japanese pirates, while merchants were indispensable.
Now it would be great if Li Jin could set up a chamber of commerce and let the two kill each other.
The people below were talking a lot and kept whispering to each other, saying that Li Jin was talking nonsense.
Excluding commercial activities within the Ming Dynasty, it is destined to make no money.
Li Jin had no choice but to take the prepared hammer and hammer it on a small table in front of him.
"Quiet, quiet!"
"I know everyone is confused. I will explain it next, so don't be nervous."
"The reason why I don't focus my business scope in China is because I have discovered another place where I can make money."
"And it's a huge profit. As long as we can get to that place, our chamber of commerce can at least make a lot of money every day."
"Everyone must be curious about where it is."
"Next, please look here!"
Li Jin then pointed toward the back, and behind him a huge map slowly descended.
It may not be accurate to say that it is a map, but it may be more accurate to say that it is a nautical chart.
After Li Jin fully unfolded the map, he held a long pointer and began to explain.
"Everyone, please see, this is a small country on the East China Sea, called the Kingdom of Japan."
"There are millions of Japanese living here."
"Anyone who can come here must be familiar with the Japanese. The largest slave trading population in the north of our city is the Japanese."
"But those are just small things, and they are not enough to watch."
"This time, I will lead you to attack the Japanese island, conquer all the Japanese here, and then conduct slave trade with these millions of Japanese."
"Everyone, what kind of existence do you think our Chamber of Commerce will become in the future?"
Li Jin looked at the people in front of him with bright eyes, but these businessmen seemed disinterested and without passion.
One of the businessmen raised his hand hesitantly.
After Li Jin agreed, the businessman boldly spoke:
"Sir, it's not that we don't believe you, but our current emperor has issued a sea ban, so how can we go to sea?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, still very pleased that the businessman was so sensible.
But Li Jin's next words directly broke Zhu Yuanzhang's defense.
"It doesn't matter, we are the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and everything we do must be approved by the Emperor."
Li Jin talked eloquently, telling lies with his eyes open, and continued:
"We went to sea to exterminate the Japanese pirates and contribute to the country. I am sure the emperor will forgive us."
Lan Yu felt her scalp numb when she heard Li Jin's bold words. This Li Jin was really not afraid of death.
Thinking about it, Lan Yu secretly glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, wanting to see if Zhu Yuanzhang would behead Li Jin in a rage.
However, they found that although Zhu Yuanzhang was livid and gritted his teeth with hatred, he did not make any move.
Lan Yu couldn't help but admire Li Jin. He was really amazing at being able to survive.
Although Li Jin explained that he could go to sea, the merchants still hesitated and asked:
"Sir, as you said, there are millions of Japanese on the Japanese island. How many of us can we send out on an expedition?"
"And even after the expedition, how many people can survive?"
"We still have a large number of Japanese pirates entrenched overseas. If we don't wipe them out, how can we go to sea?"
"The young one feels that it is really difficult to go to sea. I hope that you will consider it carefully."
Li Jin did not blame him, but was very happy. After all, he basically asked all the questions that everyone was worried about.
It just so happened that he solved them all at once, so some people would get up to ask questions later.
"When we go to sea, we naturally want to destroy the Japanese pirates."
"Although there are risks in eradicating Japanese pirates, the so-called risks and profits coexist. The greater the risk, the higher the profits."
“As the famous saying goes: The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.”
"As long as we wipe out the Japanese pirates entrenched overseas, the money will definitely come rolling in in the future."
"As businessmen, you should all know how profitable overseas trade is. Let's not talk about the slave trade for now."
"Just talking about silk, tea, spices, etc., if any one of them goes overseas, the profit will be ten or dozens of times."
"It's just that the emperor has issued a sea ban, and the Japanese pirates have blocked the southeast coast, which means we can't go to sea."
"If these Japanese pirates are wiped out by us, then we will have the final say on the southeast coast from now on. No one will be allowed to go to sea except our family."
"Can you imagine how much money you can make from just selling silk and tea in the future?"
"Not to mention the slave trade. This is purely a business without capital. As long as the Japanese are brought back, it will be nothing but money."
"A Japanese sells for 20 taels of silver. A ship with 3,000 people is worth 60,000 taels of silver. If he goes to sea with thirty large ships at one time, that's 1.8 million taels of silver!!"
"These are pure profits with no costs. Think about it, isn't the opportunity to make a fortune right in front of you???"
Li Jin's words were extremely inflammatory and excited most of the businessmen below.
But there were still a few people who stayed awake and stood up and asked:
"Sir, although the prospects you describe are very good, we still want to know how many people you plan to send to exterminate the Japanese pirates?"
"How many people do you plan to send to conquer the Japanese island?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place suddenly fell silent.
Yes, all the premise of making money is that Li Jin destroys Japanese pirates.
If the Japanese pirates cannot be eradicated, no matter how good the plan is, it is still a castle in the air.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Jin sarcastically, wanting to see Li Jin's embarrassment.
Did he want to tell others that he planned to send 3,000 men to exterminate hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates and conquer millions of Japanese?
That would not be a fantasy, but a daydream.
Unexpectedly, Li Jin responded directly with a straight face:
"This is a military secret. You are not qualified to know this kind of information before you become an official shareholder of the Royal Chamber of Commerce."
Li Jin's words immediately made the person who asked the question feel embarrassed, and the person couldn't help but ask:
"Sir, if you don't even tell us this, how can we trust you to do what you promised?"
"As a businessman, the most important thing is vision and courage."
Li Jin did not answer, but said lightly:
"When you do business, who do you want to do business with? If you haven't heard of my name, Li Jin, then you can leave."
"If you have heard my name and still don't dare to do business with me, then you can leave."
"Because you have neither vision nor courage."
The businessman who stood up turned red instantly, and he was a little embarrassed when he spoke.
Naturally, he has heard of Li Jin's name, and he has also cooperated with Li Jin and made a lot of money.
But this time Li Jin wanted to make it so big, he was still a little hesitant.
"But no matter what, I'm very happy that you can come today."
"Next, I'll let someone perform a live performance to give you reassurance about the abilities of my boatmen!!"
