Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 63
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Suzhou Water Transport Terminal.

The early morning fog has not yet cleared, but the foreman's trumpet has already sounded, and the coolies on the wharf who are moving the goods have gathered together, and when the foreman gives an order, they will rush into the nearby warehouse and carry the goods inside. designated cargo ship.

A few years ago, Sun Long also gave them a hard time. Because the dead eunuch dug the ground three feet and scratched it randomly, all kinds of business in Suzhou Mansion were in decline, and the work on the water transport wharf was also less and less. With such one or two hours of work, these coolies are about to starve to death.

These days, the Water Transport Wharf suddenly became lively again, because Sun Long was slaughtered by the emperor himself, the prefect Sun Zhixie and other corrupt officials were all removed, and the shops in Suzhou City also opened their doors to start business. The water transport terminal is almost crowded with the purchase and shipment.

These coolies also began to carry around day and night. They were a little tired, but everyone's faces were full of excitement. After all, it's nothing to be tired if they can eat enough.

Just as they were about to start moving things, the foreman suddenly looked at the canal behind them with bulging eyes, and stood there motionless.

A group of coolies turned their heads to look curiously, and were immediately dumbfounded.

My God, I don't know how many large and small warships and water transport ships on the river are rushing out of the mist and leaning towards the pier!

What exactly is going on?

Soon, a dozen fast centipede boats approached the pier, and the guards on board all shouted loudly: "Quick, fast, all boats, leave the pier immediately and wait in the river ahead, the emperor wants to land here !"

The emperor is here again!
Whether it was the owner and boatman on the ship, or the traders and coolies on the pier, everyone's faces were full of surprise, without the slightest expression of fear or panic.

Because the emperor brought them great benefits when he came last time!
All the large and small ships docked on the dock immediately untied their cables and left the dock quickly without any dissatisfaction.

Everyone wants the emperor to come, because the emperor can bring them a good life.

Taichang really didn't expect that he would come back after only leaving Suzhou Mansion for more than ten days.

This time he didn't come here mainly for the money, he could send Jin Yiwei to collect the money, but for some things he had to be present in person.

For example, reset the Taicang Shipping Department.

There is no way, he has to expand business channels for the merchants, otherwise how could the business develop rapidly.

He really can't think of much room for development in the inland business, because these businesses have been in business for more than 200 years, and almost everyone has thought of ways to make money. The space is really not very big.

However, the rapid increase in the income of ordinary people cannot be achieved overnight. If you want to make money quickly, you have to do foreign trade to earn money from Japan and Western countries.

The profits of foreign trade business these days are exaggeratedly high, just like an ordinary official kiln porcelain, which can be sold for dozens of coins in Daming territory, but once it is shipped to Dongying, it can be sold for about a tael of silver. When it comes to European countries, it is even more serious, at least two or three.

In other words, the price of many specialty products from Ming Dynasty can be more than ten times higher when shipped to Japan, and at least twenty times higher when shipped to Europe.

If you don't make money, then you have a brain hole!

In fact, someone has been earning this money, and those who earn this money are the wealthy maritime merchants in the southeast colluding with pirates, and behind the wealthy maritime merchants in the southeast is an interest alliance formed by corrupt officials.

They have made money, but they don't have the share of the court, so they put it all in their own pockets.

In this way, the wealthy families in the southeast are fat and oily, but the Ming court is so poor that they urinate blood. Even the pirate Zheng Zhilong's annual income exceeded twice the tax revenue of the Ming court when his business was at its peak!
Sometimes, Taichang really couldn't understand why the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban, and why he was afraid of Japanese Japanese pirates and Western Hongmao Fan.

During the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, how strong was the national power of the Ming Dynasty, so what are you afraid of when the Japanese pirates and the Western Red-haired Fans come?
You know, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, and it even overturned the colonial fleet of the Dutch, the maritime overlord at that time!

This strategy of banning the sea is really inexplicable. I am afraid that the sails will not be allowed to enter the sea, which is really unimaginable.

Are you afraid that if you impose a sea ban, people will not come to beat you?
Whether they beat you or not has nothing to do with whether you implement the sea ban or not!

Just like the Wanli Korean War, Dongying Kanbai Toyotomi Hideyoshi tried in vain to use North Korea as a springboard to destroy Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, whether someone beats you or not depends entirely on how strong they think they are, and it really has nothing to do with your sea ban.
Of course, it is not that the Ming court does not completely stop dealings with other countries in the world. The Ming court also does a little bit with others, and there are also a few bureaus that specialize in foreign trade.

However, the Ming court implemented a strict Kanhe trade, and it would be enough to earn a few 10 taels a year, because there are only ten or twenty pieces of Kanhe in total, and, for each country, one year can Just conduct such a suitable trade.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, the Hosokawa family and the Ouchi family fought in Ningbo Mansion to compete for Kanhe.

There is no way, there is only one Kanhe issued by Daming to Dongying, and the two families are still fighting to the death!
To be honest, this amount of trade is not even enough to fit between the teeth, and the money is still earned by those wealthy maritime merchants and pirates.

Therefore, Taichang decided to reopen the Taicang Shipping Department, and no longer set any restrictions, as long as you have money, anyone can come to buy things.

Of course, this price is not the internal price of Ming Dynasty, at least it has to be more than doubled, so that both merchants and the court can make money.

As for the Japanese Japanese pirates and Western red-haired plants, they will come if they have the seeds. If they don't hit them, they will be full of peach blossoms. They don't know why the flowers are so red.

Do it if you dare, there is no need to be cowardly!
Even if there were no new guns and artillery, Daming would still be invincible in the coastal waters. What's more, new guns and artillery had begun to be developed.

Taichang looked at the gradually approaching water transport terminal, his face could not help showing domineering sideways, if he wanted to open the sea, he would do it completely, if he wanted to do overseas trade, he would do it freely, he was afraid of a fart!

At this time, Wu Wan'er suddenly clapped her hands and said: "Okay, okay, it's finally here, Your Majesty, the food at Hongfu Restaurant is delicious, or, let's go eat at noon."

Uh, at noon, I'm afraid it won't work.

You thought it was the last time that it was easy and easy, and it might take less than half an hour to reach Suzhou City if you pat on the horse.

This time, they brought back [-] elite imperial guards, thousands of Jinyiwei, and [-] elite guards from Zhenhaiwei.

With 8000 people, I don't know how long it will take to get off the boat, and it will take at least two or three hours to drive to Suzhou City!
Taichang said helplessly: "I'm afraid we won't be able to make it at noon, why don't we go eat at night."

When he revisited the old place, he would definitely go to Hongfu Restaurant for a meal, but he didn't just want to eat, he still wanted to visit the nearby Huangzhuang and Porcelain Store.

(End of this chapter)