Everyone in the Fuxing newspaper hall looked at each other, and they didn't know why Zhu Cihong suddenly remembered these scholars of the Fuxing Society, and even invited them to watch the return ceremony of the Xingchen.

These people don't know much about navigation. For ship shipping, there is only the concept of inland waterways. But since Zhu Cihong has opened his mouth, where do everyone have undue courtesy?

It's just that, after all, this is the territory of the Fuxing Newspaper and the place of the Restoration Society, and of course I will not take the liberty to open my mouth if I only think that I am still a scholar of the Restoration Society. The other people who were already planning to leave did not take the lead, they all looked at Zhang Pu and motioned to Zhang Pu with their eyes.

When Zhang Pu saw this, a particularly bad feeling rose in his heart.

But where did he have any reason to reject the crowd at this moment?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Pu could only say in a deep voice: "Let's go and see, what is this Xingchen thing!" ”

Along the way, Zhang Pu secretly cheered himself up in his heart, and said in his heart: "After all, I still have this big move, as long as the gentry of the world are mobilized to resolutely resist tyranny, Zhu Cihong will always need to bow his head." Not to mention anything else, these days, Yixing Zhang's, Pinghu Lu's, and Nasongjiang Xu's have all agreed. These people are all famous for their meritorious work, at least the second-class official and returned to their hometowns, and they are all leaders of Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River. The most rare thing is to resist the guarantee, when the time comes, you only need to contact them to start and advocate the unity of the gentry in the world, how can you not force Zhu Cihong to use herself? ”

"After all, Zhu Cihong is young and ......scheming," Zhang Pu thought secretly, and became more and more determined: "It was a young impulse to set up the extra tax of one million taels at the beginning...... Hmph, I don't believe it, can he find another million taels of wealth? No, no...... At least two million taels ......"

Come to think of it. The road in front of Zhang Pu seems to be clear.

Not long after, the group of Fushe rushed to the dock in a four-**** carriage.

The docks are full of people. It was bustling, and it was more than twice as much as usual. Come to think of it. Everyone felt a little different.

"Is it just because of Zhu Cihong's momentum?" Chen Zilong didn't think it was so simple......

But soon Chen Zilong had no time to sigh.

He saw a lot of acquaintances, and soon Huang Zongxi greeted him: "Wozi, you guys are coming so fast." Haha, that's great. I knew you were coming! Well, this pier is much more prosperous than usual, right? ”

"It's not just the wharf, the road in Nanjing is much easier than usual. I didn't notice it, but now I realized that it was less than half an hour since I came out of the newspaper hall. It's twice as fast as usual. Chen Zilong was gossiping.

When Huang Zongxi heard this, he suddenly felt a sense of pride. said: "It seems that you don't know that I am supervising public transportation in the city these days." These days, I am not only busy helping the normal school, but also recruiting workers every day and leading the traffic police to maintain the market. If you don't try to do it, you will never know, but it turns out that managing a city is really a big science. These days, it took a lot of effort just to erect the dividing line in the city, and it was thanks to the traffic police of the 300 or so veterans in the city that the rule of driving on the right side of the crossroads was established. As for the dividing line between the sidewalks and the roadways mentioned by His Highness, only a few sections of the road were maintained by the help of sticks. ”

"Taichong, in the past, you lived the words of a saint. I can't see this stick move. Chen Zilong said with a smile.

When Huang Zongxi heard this, his face was straight, and he said: "This time is different from the past. In the past, the book's business spirit will not be mentioned again, in short, the new ones in the traffic police brigade have a lot of words. I'll let them sweep the streets! ”

"Really sweeping the streets?"

"Of course not, it's to work first with our like-minded robes, and enough is enough. Let's talk about those things that sit and say that they don't have back pain. ”

"Haha...... Quite right. Anyway, huh. Is it Yixing? At this time, Chen Zilong glanced at an old man and said this to Li Banghua with a smile.

This old man. It is Yixing Yixing Zhang's Zhang Jun, who was appointed from the Nanjing Ministry of Rites ten years ago.

"Not only him, look over there, who is His Royal Highness the King of Chu laughing at and saying this?" When Huang Zongxi saw this, his smile couldn't help but become a little strange.

Chen Zilong just glanced at it and understood.

Over there, it is the contemporary head of the Pinghu Lu family, Lu Feng. Compared with Zhang Jun, Lu Feng has invested a lot of money in this grain price operation.

And who is Zhu Feiran?

It was Zhu Cihong who was domesticated and was particularly obedient in the clan, this time it was Zhu Feiran who led the team, plus Macheng Liu Tong and Xintian Luo Jianglun, gathered all the grain and rice in Huguang and took advantage of the grain stamps to throw a huge investment of 300,000 stones in one fell swoop to calm the market.

It was precisely because of this move that the price of grain from 12 taels and 1 stone was smashed to 3 taels and 1 stone, which was enough to make the people who entered the market lose two-thirds of their net worth, and this number is still expanding.

Among them, in addition to the Fu King Zhu Youxiang and Ruan Dacheng, the most heavy losses are these Jiangnan landlords.

However, at present, Lu Feng is constantly flattering Zhu Feiran, and his words are full of respect.

Just when Chen Zilong was thoughtful, this is, there is a person who has entered.

As soon as this person came, Chen Zilong was not surprised, but Zhang Pu felt a basin of cold water splashing in his heart, and rushed over in a hurry, stopping the man: "Xu Weng, why are you here this time?" ”

This person is naturally Xu Gu, the contemporary head of the Songjiang Xu family.

He is also officially the most supportive of Zhang Pu among the many gentry in Jiangnan, but today's Xu Gu saw Zhang Pu but his expression was a little embarrassed.

It's just that everyone is an old fox who has practiced for thousands of years, and this kung fu to nourish qi is naturally enough. At this moment, Xu Gu saw Zhang Pu, and said with a smile: "Tianru is here, can I not come?" ”

When Zhang Pu heard this, he immediately felt choked: "But ......"

"But what...... Tianru......" Xu Gu was just halfway through his words, when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere on the field was a little strange, and everyone seemed to be stunned by something, and they quieted down.

Xu Gu immediately turned his head to look over, and immediately understood what was happening.

"Your Highness is here!" I don't know who started it, and everyone else rushed up when they heard it. All kinds of flattering voices rang out one after another.

Seeing this, where did Xu Gu take care of Zhang Pu. Even the Qi cultivation kung fu that had been cultivated for decades collapsed and collapsed at this moment, and immediately rushed over. Squeezed out his kindest smile and said: "Your Highness has always experienced state affairs, but it is really hard to be on the front line." Songjiang Xu Gu came to pay tribute, and asked His Royal Highness to pay attention to rest. ”

When everyone saw Xu Gu being so sycophant, they were surprised why Xu Gu was so bottomless at this moment.

But before everyone had time to think about anything, they saw that Zhang Jun from Yixing also picked up the shame on his body, and said loudly: "Your Highness, my Yixing Zhang family has nothing else, but this chart has been accumulated for generations." Experienced in maritime business. It can be used by His Royal Highness. Please also ask Your Highness to consider. I waited for the saddle before the horse, and I would never dare to hesitate more! ”

Seeing that Xu Gu and Zhang Jun were racing one by one, Lu Fengke, who was talking to Zhu Feiran in the back, was blind. Compared with the previous two, Lu Feng's foundation is even weaker, so as soon as he got the news, he immediately rushed over, in order to be the first to sell a familiar face, and he was even more lucky to hit Zhu Feiran's line, and he came to a non-acquaintance.

But seeing that everyone crowded up to talk to Zhu Cihong, he didn't dare to leave Zhu Feiran.

See here. Zhu Feiran didn't continue to play tricks, but said very understandingly: "Go ahead, it seems that everyone in Nanjing knows the news of this flying clipping boat." ”

Of course, the clipper ship returned to Daming and appeared in Nanjing in an instant, and it will no longer hide its whereabouts under Zhu Cihong's special orders. Some of the goods were sold in Shanghai County and Suzhou Prefecture in Songjiang, and finally after everyone was curious about this beautiful and slender ship, they received a message.

Originally. The ship had only left Nanjing last month, and had returned from Japan less than a month later. The ship was full of goods and sold at a low price. The profit is huge, which makes everyone excited.

This time, 7,500 catties of raw silk and ash of all kinds were sold to Nagasaki on the flying scissors, and 44,000 horses of various textiles, which amounted to 400,000 catties for about 10 catties. And that's not counting the amount of cargo that hasn't leaked out, and it's conservatively estimated that the cargo of this clipper ship is worth as much as 100,000 taels.

Contrary to the fact that good goods in later generations had to attack from Japan, Japan's level of development was low at this moment, and good things basically had to be imported from China. In addition, the official trade policy prohibits maritime trade after all, so all that can run on the sea is smuggling. Because there is no need for commercial taxes, the profits are extremely high.

At the very least, what was presented to Zhu Cihong's desk estimated that the profit margin of sugar exported from Ming to Japan was 3 percent, and the profit margin of deer skin was 380 percent. Raw silk may be due to the large export volume, but it is only 14 percent.

In addition, there is still a relationship between the exchange rate of gold, silver and copper coins in Japan, and it is only necessary to buy more Japanese knives to frame and come back, and the profit margin that can be obtained from a round trip is 300% anyway.

This also means that this trip Zhu Cihong ran back, and a flying clipper boat had a profit of at least 60,000 taels.

Coupled with the fact that the clipper ship is more than twice the speed of the ordinary lucky ship, this means at least double the profit.

Knowing this, who can endure the huge benefits?

Not to mention, today's Zhu Cihong is not only the owner of a shipyard, but also the supervisor of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty!

In other words, Zhu Cihong opened a ray of light for the maritime ban policy that he has adhered to for a long time. Isn't this a huge benefit for many Jiangnan gentry who can only make a fortune by smuggling every year?

Although the sea ban can allow many big families to control smuggling and push up profits, it also makes many gentry who cultivate and read heirlooms blush.

In addition, three more lucky ships were captured, and the news that Bao Guo had to flee after defeating the Zheng clan in the naval battle also spread. This further confirmed Zhu Cihong's strength at sea, proving that Zhu Cihong's outstanding martial arts can not only be confirmed on land, but also on the sea.

This is a beacon of light for maritime trade, which is extremely profitable and risky.

Zhu Cihong's aura is very powerful.

At this moment, he had a very good memory and greeted the people present one by one, not only many of them were famous, but also let everyone get some comfort in just a few words, so that the venue returned to order.

In this way, when Zhu Cihong walked onto the high platform and coughed lightly, everyone on the field calmed down.

"Many people will wonder why I invited everyone here, and I also understand that there will definitely be people who are vigilant, thinking that I, Zhu Cihong, are plotting to kill something. Of course, this is something that is not a thing. Zhu Cihong's playful words made smiles on the field.

Even Zhang Pu couldn't help but relax a little quietly when he heard it. But soon, he became vigilant: "Do you want to suppress the first ......?"

"I'm here, and I happened to get some information." Zhu Cihong coughed lightly and said, "In 1606, that is, forty years ago, there were about fifteen Ming merchant ships that docked in Manila every year. According to the Spanish tariff calculations, the value of each ship was thirty-nine thousand pesos in 1606 and thirty-two thousand pesos in 1608. In 1612 it was an average of 34,000 pesos. The Spaniards are seven cents and a half cents for one peso. According to my calculations, the trade volume from the Ming to Manila was 750,000 silver. ”

"In recent years, the Zheng clan in Fujian Province has been robbed of two merchant ships by the Dutch, claiming 80,000 taels and 100,000 taels. The average number of ships heading to the South Seas each year is seventy-six. This also means that the trade volume between the Ming Dynasty and the Nanyang countries is 6.8 million taels. If you go back and forth, it will be 13,680,000 taels. Counting the routes to Japan, combined with the profit margin and the value of goods, the total annual foreign trade volume of the Ming Dynasty can reach 20 million taels. ”

"Of course, I am not here to underscore the policy of prohibiting maritime trade that has been adhered to over the years. I don't comment on this and I don't discuss it. I understand better that 20 million taels has never been the real figure of trade, and that it is not so much a rough estimate as a minimum figure. In fact, there are many merchant ships that walk the seas every year. And this ...... It is a huge blue ocean and a huge source of interests. ”

Everyone in the audience had fiery eyes and heavy breathing, and they looked at the beautiful and slender Xingchen quietly parked on the dock, as if they saw a golden mountain.

And Zhang Pu seems to have understood Zhu Cihong's wrist, and his heart is like ashes.

Zhu Cihong's voice was clear and moving: "Today, standing here, I am willing to run the sea trade of 20 million taels to 10,000 taels with all the monarchs, and even ...... One hundred thousand taels! This is not only from my ambition, but also from the experience of the Star behind me! ”

"A large ship with 1,200 materials can sail at a speed of more than ten knots, at least twice as high, or even ...... Twice the speed. What does this mean? Zhu Feiran said with a smile.

Zhang Jun smashed his mouth and said, "It's Jinshan Yinhai......

[The genuine version is the starting point of the Chinese network, search for a few words of micro-words, the last prince of Daming can support the genuine.] (To be continued.) )