Chapter 20 A good start
Naturally, He Xi couldn't tell An Qing the content of his truth. He said casually: "I miss King Yan."
"Fourth brother?" Princess Anqing said in surprise: "What's wrong with fourth brother?"
He Xi said: "Don't you know?"
Princess Anqing's heart moved and she said: "Jingnan? Even if the prince brother knows, there will be no problem. After all, the Zhu Di of Jingnan and the current Zhu Di are not the same person. Isn't this what you said?"
Man is shaped by his experiences.
Even if the same people experience different things, they will become different people. Therefore, the current Zhu Di and the difficult Zhu Di in history cannot be regarded as the same person. This is really what He Xi said before.
However, not everyone will be reasonable. Especially the emperor.
The greatest privilege of the emperor is the power to overturn the table at any time and the power to be unreasonable at any time.
Zhu Biao was so valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows that Zhu Biao is actually not an ordinary person. It's just that Princess Anqing was so well protected that she couldn't see the true nature of the prince at all.
He Xi said: "However, I think it's better for Fourth Brother not to stay in Peiping."
Princess Anqing nodded and said: "I also think that it is better for the fourth brother to become a vassal as soon as possible."
He Xi's heart moved. Become a feudal lord as soon as possible. There is only one place where the feudal clan exists. That is on the grassland. He Xi's heart moved and he immediately judged that within the next one or two years, the prince would definitely promote the Northern Expedition. At that time, it may be an opportunity for He Xi.
It's just that He Xi's thoughts wandered for a while, and then he put them back again.
Once upon a time, future history was He Xi's biggest trump card, and He Xi completely lost control of the future, thinking to herself: "Maybe I should prepare early."
He couldn't help but have a hunch that he could be said to have had smooth sailing over the past few years. But the biggest problem he had to face was the situation after Zhu Yuanzhang's death. If you can cope with it, you may be able to do great things, but if you can't cope with it, you may be able to do great things. Or it will become a name covered in historical dust.
What He Xi wanted to prepare early was, on the one hand, to deepen his own power. On the other hand, it is to operate one or two territories overseas. Once you reach the point where nothing can be done, set sail and never come back.
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Here He Xi is having sex with Princess Anqing.
Yang Zhen was also surrounded by businessmen. This person said: "Brother Yang, we have arrived in Liaodong. Whatever the prince consort wants us to do, we must reveal it a little bit."
Yang Zhen laughed and said: "The prince-in-law and the princess are reunited after a long absence. A little delay of a day or two is nothing. You don't need to be so anxious. Don't be impatient for a while, be impatient for a while."
"Brother Yang, you are the most valued person by Mr. He. You are half of the He family. Mr. He will discuss everything with you, don't you know? We have arrived in Liaodong, and we will see the outcome within a few days. You always have to reveal a general direction so that we can be prepared."
Yang Zhen said: "You are right. Then I will say a few words." He paused slightly, looked at the people here and said: "You also know that the prices of goods in Jiangnan, Fujian, and other places have increased recently. Less."
Speaking of this, there were complaints for a while.
With the beginning of navigation, various goods of the Ming Dynasty were continuously shipped overseas. There are silks, porcelain, tea, sugar, etc. But Daming’s production capacity is not unlimited. It also raised the price. The Nanyang market was previously vacant. As long as it is Chinese goods, they can be sold, and they can be sold at a good price.
A little cost problem is nothing.
However, as time goes by. Competition is getting fiercer. Profits fell. The price of goods remains high. It's very problematic.
Everyone has grievances.
But there is nothing we can do.
Otherwise, merchants who have the means to use their power to overwhelm them will either become the land branch of these maritime merchants, or directly become the property of a certain powerful family. Those who can negotiate business cannot be suppressed. Not someone else. It's Jiangnan's old surname, from a wealthy family.
This is actually the difference between ancient society and modern society.
Modern society sees an industry with extremely high profits. Then countless people will join this industry. In the end, due to fierce competition, no one will make any money. The profits of this particularly high-profit industry will not be much different from those of other industries.
This was not the case in ancient society.
In ancient society, many goods were made by hand. For various reasons, it is difficult to expand reproduction. Such as silk. How much silk there will be this year will be determined by how many mulberry trees there are and how many silkworm seeds there are. It also has to do with climate, pests and diseases.
These conditions make it difficult to expand production. Sometimes even if the scale is expanded and multiple mulberry trees are planted, the survival rate of the trees will not be known. Just talk about the growth time of mulberry trees. This also needs to be calculated.
In short, there are big problems in expanding production. Therefore, these people will not expand. Rather, it is speculation to drive up the price. It will fall into a process where the more expensive it is, the more scarce it is, and the more scarce it is, the more expensive it becomes.
The real money in maritime trade has never been the rare treasures. But commodities. Because commodities are available every year, there is a scale effect.
Reflected in today's situation, the scale of shipping has expanded several times. The transport capacity is I don’t know how much more than before. However, the output of various industries in the mainland has not increased, and is even barely rising. But increasing production also takes a long time.
This is one of the reasons why the period of huge profits in sea trade has ended.
Yang Zhen waved his hand, and someone immediately walked in with a plate.
The first plate had white crystals on it, and someone could tell it was salt as soon as they smelled it. However, the salt field in Liaodong is still under construction. This is the result of He Xi purifying the following with Shandong salt.
The second plate is made of Goryeo colored linen. This is the only one currently in stock. There are probably tens of thousands of pieces. Can make tens of thousands taels.
The third tray is paper. Using Goryeo paper as a model, coupled with the almost endless and inexhaustible wood in the Northeast. It is also quite good for making paper.
On the fourth plate, there is a kerosene lamp on it.
etc.
More than a dozen products are placed here.
The people who come here are all managers of various businesses. Have a keen intuition about products. Chen Zuxiao is now the butler of Lu Zhongheng's house. Manage maritime trade. He is a capable man. In just a few years, the Lu family's maritime business has been booming.
, even if some of it is because of Lu Zhongheng’s power. But we can also see Chen Zuxiao’s ability.
The first thing Chen Zuxiao saw was Caima.
The texture is fine and smooth, thin and cool. There are also colorful patterns. Although only the simplest pattern. Chen Zuxiao looked at it carefully for a while and rubbed it vigorously with his fingers. He found no problem with the cloth, let alone fading.
So Chen Zuxiao asked first and said, "Brother Yang, are these samples you took out?"
Yang Zhen said: "Exactly."
Chen Zuxiao said: "I will cover all the quantities of this kind of cloth. In addition, I will either be given plain cloth or colored cloth, but the painting on it will have to be customized."
It is not without reason that the king of Goryeo regarded this linen as a profitable product at that time. This kind of Korean cloth, if placed in China, is the kind that most people would look down on. It's different when you put it abroad. Especially in Southeast Asia and some tropical areas.
too hot.
Linen is much cooler than cotton.
There must be a market for this cloth. Perhaps they cannot replace the needs of top nobles for silk, after all, silk is also very thin. But it can be substituted for secondary needs. As for the common people?
As mentioned before, most people in Nanyang only got into the habit of wearing clothes in the last two to three hundred years.
Of course, Chen Zuxiao actually had another consideration when he dared to place an order so decisively. That is the relationship between the Lu family and the He family. Lu Zhongheng has always admired He Xi very much. The relationship between the two companies has always been very good, which is reflected in the sea. The two companies often work together.
Before he came, he asked Lu Xian, Lu Zhongheng’s son. Lu Xian asked him to support He Xi. No matter what request He Xi makes, agree to it first.
Since he had this promise in advance, Chen Zuxiao saw that this thing was profitable, so he naturally placed the order very decisively. Give He Xi a good start.
