Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 776, offering treasures

Everyone waited anxiously, and everyone wanted to see what treasures the Governor of Ceylon would present to Emperor Hongzhi.

Ceylon Island is a treasure island. It is not only as simple as producing gems, but also has a variety of resources on it. It is also a transit point on the Western route, where treasures from all over the Western Ocean can be gathered.

"Come~ here!"

A small yellow gate came running in a hurry, shouting as he walked, all the ministers immediately looked in the direction of the gate.

Soon, Hu Xian, who was wearing a crimson robe, came striding forward. Behind him, a neat line of boys and girls came, and the precious stones in their hands shone charmingly under the sunlight. of light.

After receiving the news, Emperor Hongzhi in Fengtian Hall came out with a smile on his face.

It is of course a good thing for someone to present a treasure to oneself.

Don't have to do anything yourself, you can collect a lot of tax from Ceylon Island every year, and a lot of treasures are paid as tribute every year.

This is completely different from the tribute from a vassal state. It does not require Emperor Hongzhi to return the gift, and it can be accepted calmly. It is like a son paying tribute to his father. When he is a father, he naturally crosses his legs to enjoy it with peace of mind. That's it.

Well, this is how Emperor Hongzhi felt at this time.

Ceylon Island, far away from Ming Dynasty, is ruled by whoever is ruled, so why can't it be ruled by the Ming people themselves?
The entire Ming Dynasty can obtain a steady stream of benefits from Ceylon Island.

Among other things, Xilanda was occupied by the West Ocean United Trading Company. From now on, Daming will have a solid bridgehead on the West Ocean side. Whether it is Daming's merchant ships or Daming people, as long as they go to the West Ocean, there will be someone who can settle down. landed.

Under the attention of all the people, Hu Xian slowly came to the bottom of the dragon steps, then bowed respectfully, and after the ceremony, he shouted loudly: "The emperor's grace, Daming is mighty, my Western United Commercial Bank is mighty!" Xiyang, I have a little income, so I come here to pay tribute to the emperor!"

After Hu Xian finished speaking, Xiao Huangmen immediately took the gift list, and began to read loudly about the treasures offered.

"A pair of sapphires~"

As the little yellow gate read out, the two boys stepped forward and bent down, raising the sapphires in their hands high, and then the little yellow gate in the palace also stepped forward to accept their offerings on behalf of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Wow~"

"What a big sapphire~"

"It's so pure, these two sapphires alone are priceless treasures~"

When the ministers looked at the two sapphires, Zhang Heling, one of the Zhang brothers, couldn't help but marvel.

Everyone was slightly shocked when they heard this, but they were relieved when they saw that it was the Zhang brothers. It is estimated that only these two brothers would sigh on such an occasion.

But everyone is actually similar to him, and their eyes are shining with golden light when they are dazzled by these two huge sapphires.

The key to such a top-level pure sapphire is that it is so big, which is unheard of, let alone seen with my own eyes, but I was lucky enough to see two of them today.

"The name of Ceylon Treasure Island really deserves its reputation~"

Someone sighed softly, everyone knows that Ceylon is rich in gemstones, but they never expected to have such top-level pure sapphires.

"Two pairs of purple gems~"

Xiao Huangmen continued to read, and two more pairs of treasure presenting boys stepped forward and lifted up the purple, fist-sized gemstones. Under the sunlight, the gemstones shone with a charming luster.

The many ministers present were all well-informed people, and they had seen a lot of all kinds of gemstones, but they couldn't help but widen their eyes when they saw such top-level gemstones. The eyes are red.

As for the ministers who own the shares of the Western Union Company, they straightened their backs slightly. This thing belongs to my family. There are gemstone mines on Ceylon Island, and there are many gemstones.

Teams of treasure-presenting boys came forward with all kinds of high-quality gemstones, and the little yellow gates that received the treasures stood together. Under the sunlight, this area shone with dazzling light. The colors were so bright and so charming. , making people intoxicated.

"Golden taels~"

Accompanied by Xiao Huangmen's singing, the spirits of the ministers couldn't help being shocked again.

I saw a strong man carrying a golden load walking towards it. The small box inside the load was filled with gold bars. When the box was opened, the golden light dazzled people.

To say ten thousand taels is really ten thousand taels of gold, not an imaginary number.

Each strong man carried a gold load, each carrying five hundred taels of gold, and twenty strong men carried a gold load, forming a golden area.

The island of Ceylon also produces gold, and the production of gold and silver in the Western region is very large, but even so, the ten thousand taels of Gold Island is worth one hundred thousand taels of silver.

The gift of ten thousand taels of gold, together with the gemstones given earlier, may at least give away a huge wealth of nearly ten million taels of silver.

"[-] taels of silver!"

Soon, Xiao Huangmen shouted loudly again.

Soon, strong men came forward carrying silver loads one after another, forming a silvery area.

"[-] taels~"

"These prodigal sons, if you say give it away, you can give it away. In fact, it's okay if you want it. Why are you so serious."

Zhang Heling's nose was slightly sour. The two brothers also had shares in the Western United Commercial Bank. The two brothers firmly opposed the commercial bank's decision to offer a large amount of treasure to Emperor Hongzhi.

How many precious stones, how much gold and silver, wouldn't it be good to keep them for your business?
Why should it be given to Emperor Hongzhi?

Meaning, meaning is enough, give a few gems, give some gold and silver, and give some more animals that Daming does not have, even if it is perfunctory, there is no need to do this, there are too many offerings.

But no one listened to what the two brothers said, and everyone else agreed that it should be grand and generous, and the two brothers had no choice.

Liu Jin was standing not far from the two brothers. Hearing what the two brothers said, Liu Jin couldn't help but twitch slightly.

These two brothers are really short-sighted and have no brains.

Without the permission of Emperor Hongzhi, did they have a chance to occupy Ceylon?

If you don’t honor Emperor Hongzhi well now, if Emperor Hongzhi regrets it in the future and takes back this Ceylon Island, won’t their Western United Trading Company suffer a loss?
Only when Emperor Hongzhi can obtain enough benefits from overseas colonies will he support private colonial activities, and everyone can get more support from Ming after they are overseas.

Also, if the people of the world are not allowed to see the huge wealth they have acquired overseas, how can they stimulate more people to go overseas?
As long as more people go overseas to lay more colonies, they will not be conspicuous when they occupy Ceylon Island, and they will not be remembered by people. Even if Emperor Hongzhi regrets it in the future, there is no other way, because There are too many overseas colonies.

The government and the opposition, the Ming Dynasty, all aspects, forces at all levels have their own colonies overseas. If your emperor takes back these colonies, he will offend the Ming Dynasty. Will you still sit on the throne?

Do you think that the Western United Commercial Bank is really generous here?

There is nowhere to go for the treasures and silver, so you have to send them to Emperor Hongzhi?
All of this has been carefully considered by them in order to obtain greater benefits in the future.

What is an island of Ceylon? The Western United Trading Company is now eyeing Tianzhu. After they gain a firm foothold on the island of Ceylon, they will slowly plot the entire Tianzhu.

"Stupid~"

Not only Liu Jin, but also those around him who heard Zhang Heling's words had such words in their minds.

If these two brothers had an older sister who was destined to marry Emperor Hongzhi, otherwise...

Treasure offerings are still going on, all kinds of treasures from the West are presented one by one, and a large area is filled on the side of the huge square. Xiao Huangmen, who read the gift list, felt that his throat was a little dry.

"Haha, Old Liu, look quickly, look quickly~"

"Lions, tigers, leopards, elephants~"

Liu Jin was a little drowsy. Liu Jin was not interested in these things at all, so he might as well go home and have a good sleep.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao excitedly pulled Liu Jin, and shouted out very excitedly.

When Liu Jin heard this, he looked over quickly, and saw that behind the treasure offering team, the carriage was dragging cages, in which all kinds of beasts and rare birds were locked.

"This is a lion~"

Like Zhu Houzhao, everyone looked at it one after another. Everyone was curious. Lions are regarded as auspicious animals in China. Many wealthy families like to place stone lions at their doorsteps, but real lions are very rare. Few, very few people have seen it, and even these people present have almost never seen a lion.

There are no lions here in Ming Dynasty. In history, merchants from the Western Regions offered lions, so there were stone lions. There are more tigers, leopards, deer, wolves and the like, but there are no lions.

Now the lion is at the forefront, with a majestic body and a huge mane, which is the first time for everyone to see a real lion.

Even Emperor Hongzhi straightened his back slightly, trying to see more clearly.

"Haha, okay~"

"It's really big, it's really fierce, bigger than a tiger, but I don't know who is stronger in a fight between a tiger and a lion?"

"This white tiger is very rare. I didn't expect there to be a white tiger on Ceylon Island."

"And is this a crocodile?"

"What a big crocodile, it's much, much bigger than the crocodiles of our Ming Dynasty! (Yangzi crocodiles, there were still there in Ming Dynasty, so don't spray me.)"

"Of course it's big. This might be a Nile crocodile~ the biggest crocodile in the world~"

"What a big turtle~"

"That's a sea turtle, not a turtle. How could a turtle be so big~"

　When did our Chinese crocodiles become extinct?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)