Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 512 Experience Macau City Life
Since Zhu Youxiao came to Macau, he did not plan to leave Macau immediately after a brief inspection, but planned to stay here for a while.

After all, it was already winter at this time, and taking advantage of the cold weather, it was also a good choice to avoid the severe cold in the southern country.

Although the establishment of the customs was formulated by Zhu Youxiao himself using the information exchanged by the system, he is not familiar with the specific process, and many officials supplemented it according to the actual situation.

Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao came to Macau now, he also wanted to understand the specific operation process of the entire Daming overseas trade, how much profit flowed to Daming every year, how much each class in Daming could share, who benefited the most, and the customs in Macau. A sneak peek.

Coming to Macau is not only to understand the specific customs procedures of the entire Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao also wants to actually experience these Western shops and feel some of the unique commercial flavor here.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao, Ning Pin and Liu Rushi, accompanied by Liu Bin, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army, and several more capable soldiers of the Fifth Army, decided to take a stroll around the downtown area of ​​Macau on this day.

Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was in charge of the official seal, was climbed by Zhu Youxiao to Hai'an (today's Hong Kong), which is under construction, to inspect the construction situation. Li Mingrui was sent to inspect the government and folk customs of Macao, Foshan, Zhongshan and other prefectures. See how the opening of the sea trade will affect the lives of some local farmers in Guangdong, and whether some policies need to be improved.

Sometimes local officials will focus on achieving some political goals that the central court is most concerned about at the expense of the interests of some people, and even use the central court as a cover to pretend to be powerful. If the central court wants to know the truth, it is not enough to rely on Dongchang Well, no one knows who will be bought by whom. Since Li Mingrui, a cabinet scholar, is here, he can naturally visit and investigate.

So the two of them didn't accompany Zhu Youxiao to visit the busy city of Macau.

There is no need to worry about the law and order in Macau. As a town jointly managed by the army and the government, there are basically no green skins and local snakes that can cause trouble and damage the business environment. Can do business honestly, not daring to be domineering like in India.

Not only that, although Zhu Youxiao did not bring a few people to guard him on the surface, but almost every time he went to a square within a radius of [-] steps, someone was secretly protecting him, eliminating danger in the bud.

On the surface, Zhu Youxiao asked Concubine Ning Luoruo, who was more upright and elegant than Queen Zhang Yan, to hold his emperor's hand, while he was walking through the busy downtown of Macau like an ordinary wealthy businessman, Liu Rushi sometimes jumped in front of Zhu Youxiao, and sometimes Zhu Youxiao hit him behind the shoulder, and suddenly shouted something like "Master, look at this".

For a while, I went to a shop selling western paintings a few days ago, and seeing the girls in the paintings without clothes, Liu Rushi couldn't help but startled, and put her hands in front of her eyes, but quietly opened a gap, while Concubine Ning Luoruo remained the same. With a smile in his mouth, he only shifted his gaze to Zhu Youxiao.

At this time, Liu Bin, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army pretending to be a housekeeper, turned his head away, and at the same time, he couldn't help thinking to himself, why would the magistrate of Macau let such indecent things be sold on the market? .

However, what he didn't expect was that Zhu Youxiao watched them carefully, and picked out a few good ones and ordered them to wrap them up.

Liu Bin was a little puzzled, why His Majesty was interested in such a painting, Liu Rushi and Concubine Ning Luoruo were equally astonished, they glanced at each other, but they couldn't ask clearly.

Not long after they left, they saw a clothing store selling western dresses. The owner of the store was a Florentine, who was from the same hometown as Galileo of the Royal Academy of Sciences. He used to be an interpreter, but now he specializes in the clothing business in Macau. , can be regarded as a person with a relatively strategic vision. With the rapid development of Ming Dynasty's textile technology and the emergence of chemical fiber technology, the cost of cloth began to decrease. Most of them are no longer willing to spend time cutting clothes. More People who pursue glamor and beauty choose to buy ready-to-wear.

And this Florentine also made a lot of money in Macau because of this. Now when Zhu Youxiao and others came in, he knew that he was a big customer by looking at his demeanor and clothes, so he became more attentive and hurriedly took out many of the most Beautiful dresses came out for Zhu Youxiao's concubines Ning Luoruo and Liu Rushi to choose from.

The two chose a few pieces, and Zhu Youxiao asked them to try them out, but when Concubine Ning Luo Ruo wore a western dress with a bare breast, it seemed that her jade peak was so towering that it was about to come out, which made Ning Concubine Luo Ruo Ruo became more and more shy, and couldn't help but blush, and said to Zhu Youxiao: "Master, it's better not to, this dress is a bit of a sight to wear."

"It's not a big spoiler, you can show your unique charm by wearing it like this." At this time, Zhu Youxiao was also stunned for a moment when he saw Liu Rushi coming out wearing a tulle western dress with a peach heart collar. , I have to sigh that this kind of chest exposed through the tulle makes her flesh and bones come out.

"Shopkeeper, I want all of these, and Liu Bin will pay for it," Zhu Youxiao said, and gave Liu Bin two large bundles of bundles, while Liu Rushi and Ning Concubine Luoruo both showed smiles on their faces. Although the western dress is somewhat revealing, as women, they naturally like these beautiful things.

In the end, Zhu Youxiao took them to pick out some jewelry, bought some Western sculptures, some Western books and other small gifts, and did not prepare to return to the magistrate's office until sunset.

However, when Zhu Youxiao and others were returning to the magistrate’s yamen, and it was just when the lights of Macau were first lit, Zhu Youxiao saw another side of this most exotic Ming town. The wealthy Western fans showed their other side. They no longer followed the rules and acted according to the rules and regulations of the magistrate's yamen, but ate, drank, whore and gambled unrestrainedly.

Everywhere you can see some flower buildings bright as day, with their doors wide open, countless western women from across the ocean dancing upstairs in their exposed clothes.

It is precisely because of this that many inland libertines who want to taste the taste of Yanma come here to spend a lot of money.

But some Western businessmen saw that there was a lot of money in it, so they simply deceived and bought beautiful Western women from Europa and other regions, and taught Chinese poetry, hoping to come to Macau to make a fortune for the rich like Ming Dynasty.

Not only sensuality, but also gambling is also attractive. At this time, Macau has begun to show signs of a very developed gaming industry. Whether it is a Ming gentry or a wealthy Western businessman who comes here, they are very interested in it, and they lost almost overnight. Millions are nothing new. Of course, there are people who suddenly become rich overnight here.

And it makes people hope that they are the latter, so more people flock to it, but in fact, most people return home in despair, which only increases the tax revenue of Macau.

(End of this chapter)