Fang Jifan gritted his teeth, tears streaming down.

This kiss ceremony is most suitable for those who are enthusiastic and unrestrained, or, for Fang Jifan, the kind of people who are more prodigal.

Although Xu Jing is on the boat and is used to kissing etiquette, it does not mean that he dares to be presumptuous in front of his teacher.

It's just that......

Fang Cai's emotions were surging, and he couldn't help his emotions, but fortunately, Xu Jing was still sensible.

The point stopped, and the embarrassment of the master and apprentice turning against each other resolved to the enemy, he washed his face with tears and bowed down: "Student Xu Jing, meet the teacher." ”

In the distance, Liu Jin threw a broad bean into his mouth, chewing while watching this touching scene.

He was slapped on the head hard: "What are you doing?" ”

Liu Jin was a little angry, and the broad beans in his mouth almost squirted out, which was a pity.

When I turned around, I saw that it was Zhu Houzhao, my frightened face turned green, and I slowly squeezed out a smile.

Zhu Houzhao lowered his voice and scolded: "What are you still doing here?" Come on. ”

"Why?" Liu Jin was puzzled.

Zhu Houzhao shuddered, this Xu Jing was too terrible, and he pulled Liu Jin and left.

……

Fang Jifan looked at Xu Jing, who was unrecognizable, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, two years ago, he asked him to go to sea because he hoped that someone could find the future of this nation.

But if you really go to sea, it is really a lie to say that you don't want to miss it, and now, the master and apprentice are reunited, although Fang Jifan still pretends to be unfathomable on the surface, he can step forward, stroke Xu Jing's unkempt head, and can't help but shake his head: "You have suffered." ”

"Teacher, students are not bitter, students are not missing their teachers for a day."

Fang Jifan's face was slightly red, but he said, "It's the same for the teacher." ”

Xu Jing was full of emotion, prostrate on the ground, and when he heard his teacher say this, his heart was full of joy.

Fang Jifan said: "Get up, the teacher will take you home." ”

When Xu Jing heard the word "home", he couldn't help choking again.

He got up tremblingly: "Teacher, this time, the student is coming back from the wooden bones. ”

Fang Jifan calmed down and listened to Xu Jing's report.

In fact, Xu Jing is not Ouyang Zhi, in Fang Jifan's heart, Xu Jing is a sleek social person, Xu Jing continued: "This time, the students brought back some envoys without authorization, so as to restore their tribute to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Later generations are very disgusted with the tributary system, Fang Jifan also feels that the tributary system is not a small problem, but it is fair to say that tribute in this era, almost the best choice, the Ming Dynasty has occupied the most fertile land on this continent, accumulating countless wealth, like a machine man, to rob poor neighbors, this kind of thing, the Ming Dynasty can not do.

At the beginning of the design of this tributary system, it was quite necessary for the Ming Dynasty to stabilize the countries of the world, for example, the Joseon State in the Yuan Dynasty, had established a horse farm in Jeju of the Korean State, and the Ming Dynasty naturally did not allow it, and the horse farm of the Korean State raised countless good horses. In the end, what hidden dangers are left, this war horse is the most precious strategic material, the war horse of the Ming Dynasty, of course, the more the merrier, and once the vassal country has more horses, it is inevitable that there will be other attempts.

Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the tributary system with the Korean State, Emperor Taizu Gao named the Korean State by name, and the Korean State must pay tribute to the war horses on time, and the horse farm set up by the Mengyuan people in the Korean State eventually became the place where the Ming Dynasty raised horses, and the Korean State had to pay tribute in full, but there were almost not enough war horses in the country, so that the top nobles had to use ox carts to travel.

Not only that, in the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the Ming Dynasty is suffering, and the vassal states offer the treasures of various countries, such as the Japanese swords, these Japanese swords are not plain, but the craftsmen have exercised countless times, and the steel used is a hundred forged steel; Korea offers war horses and ginseng, and other countries have their own specialties.

But it is Da Ming who really holds the pricing power.

In the eyes of Daming, are your horses worth money? The Japanese knife of the Japanese country is not just a knife, it can be worth a few dollars, come and come, think about it for five hundred dollars.

And the Ming Dynasty's gifts to various countries, still use the Ming Dynasty's pricing, my silk is different, you can't buy it on the market, my porcelain is amazing, there is no ten taels of silver, you can't find it with a lantern.

Emperor Taizu Gao, who started by expelling the northern captives, has never suffered the loss of others in his life, and the tributary system he designed is roughly like this, receiving the real goods of the vassal state, enriching himself with a lower price, and at the same time, giving the vassal country, rare silk and porcelain.

It seems that this is a loss-making business, but in fact, silk and porcelain are just luxury goods, and the medicinal materials, war horses, swords and even beauties of various countries have been enriched into the harem of the Ming Dynasty, and also enriched into the army of the Ming Dynasty at a low price.

And under the situation that the pricing power is completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, this kind of tributary trade, the countries seem to have taken a big advantage, you see, these guys take worthless horses, knives, medicinal materials, in exchange for my Ming rare silk and porcelain, I am the son of tomorrow, Long En is vast, and Germany is all over the world.

As for why this system, which does not seem too bad, always gives people the feeling of taking a huge advantage, it is nothing more than because history was cultivated by the Ming Dynasty, and in this era, whoever masters history will have the right to speak.

Of course, the tributary system is not completely without its problems, and sometimes there are times when it collapses.

At the beginning, the Warat people completely turned against the Ming Dynasty, because the Warat people and the Ming Dynasty were in the market, they urgently needed an iron pot for cooking, and they needed a lot of tea, but the Ming thought that the iron pot was an iron tool and could not meet your needs. At the same time, the price of cattle and horses, the pricing is also low, so that every time the mutual market, the conflict between the two sides continues, the conflict is over, go home to gather soldiers and horses, just want to rob, the two sides fight, and return to the negotiation table, continue to market each other, Daming still refuses to sell iron pots, thinking that this is the enemy, Warat people think I want to cook and eat, no pot can not be, there is not enough tea, meat is difficult to digest, I take so many cattle and horses, you sell me this? Our cattle and horses are not valuable, your silk and porcelain are so valuable, don't mention culture to me, eh, my temper, and then ...... It's another mess.

At the same time, overseas countries are gradually coming back to their strength, no, the silk and porcelain rewarded by the Ming Dynasty are good, but are they really worth so much silver?

As a result, the smuggling industry flourished, and people found that even if someone risked killing their heads to smuggle, the price of the smuggled silk and porcelain was actually lower than the price of silk and porcelain exchanged for tribute, and there was a huge room for arbitrage.

After Fang Jifan carefully pondered the history of the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning, he was puzzled, it was clear that the Ming Dynasty was a big wrongdoer, and in the eyes of the civil officials who revised the history, he would suffer a big loss next year, but why, people would rather smuggle than rely on official trade in the name of tribute to exchange it.

And the Tatars and Warats in the north obviously have the opportunity to take advantage, but they always have to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty.

You know, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is Beijing, in order to defend the north, there are many passes, and there are firearms, knocking on the pass and attacking the Ming Dynasty, it is a very risky thing, not only will the Ming court and other desert tribes join forces to attack, and even the tall city wall, even if many people die, may not be able to cross the chasm one step, and, for a considerable period of time in the future, may also cut off trade, the original Northern Yuan, is not completely falling apart? After that, wasn't Warat completely disintegrated under the Ming Dynasty and the Daningwei and Tatars?

In the end, Fang Jifan came to the conclusion that the Ming Emperor, starting from Emperor Taizu Gao, none of them were simple, after all, like Fang Jifan, there are not many people who are as simple as a blank piece of paper, and the creation of this set of tributary system itself takes into account the weakening of the vassal state, and the original intention of strengthening oneself can be concealed under this purpose, and the Ming Hanlins who have mastered the pen stick have been constantly polished at the same time, but they always show the appearance of a victim.

As for how people will understand and interpret it later, people who repair history don't care, uncle, I suffer a loss, the loss of pants is gone, I am such an expensive treasure, in exchange for worthless war horses, swords, medicinal materials, spices, ivory, and the beauties paid by the Korean state, why not a loss?

Fang Jifan admires the ancestors, they are all social people, and they are still the most cultured.

He glanced at Xu Jing: "How many did you bring?" ”

"Forty-seven countries ......," Xu Jing said.

Fang Jifan almost didn't choke to death, forty-seven......

Although he knew that the so-called forty-seven countries had a lot of water, and some countries were just a small land, but this number was still a bit large, and Fang Jifan wanted to be quiet.

"The students also attacked the Great Cannibals, seized their ships, and took hundreds of prisoners, many of them craftsmen, and sailors."

Fang Jifan's face trembled...... How could such a peace-loving person teach such a disciple...... Take a deep breath: "These people are exactly what the West needs the most right now." ”

"Exactly." Xu Jing lowered his voice: "Not only that, but the students also recruited hundreds of craftsmen and sailors from the Franc machine in the Western Ocean. ”

"......" Fang Jifan said in surprise: "How did you recruit it?" ”

"That's how I was recruited."

"Will they come with you?" Fang Jifan was confused.

Xu Jing glanced at Fang Jifan meaningfully: "I didn't think so much when I recruited, I said that I could make a fortune, and I gave a lot of money first, but ...... At that time, the students really didn't think much about it, they just thought that if they could bring something back, they would bring it, and if the teacher was useful, they would use it. I think it's useless, they're here anyway......"

Fang Jifan looked confused, is this a sale or something?

Xu Jing, you've become bad.