Fenghou

Chapter 1335
Zheng Tongquan really did not expect that he would become an official at the age of 55. He also participated in the imperial examination when he was young, but failed, and then followed his father to become a drug dealer. More than 30 years passed in a blink of an eye. Someone once told his fortune , Said that he would meet a nobleman in his later years, and he was right, he actually met King Yong, of course, it was because of his son Zheng Ping.

Zheng Tongquan talked with Jiang Yanxian yesterday. He knows that the prison belongs to the first-level and semi-official government. The highest officer is called Jianzheng.

He will be the first supervisor, which makes him look forward to and a little apprehensive.

The four of them sat down in the teahouse, and Chen Qingxiao asked, "How is Zheng Gong's cupboard?"

Zheng Tongquan hurriedly bowed and said, "My eldest son is running the business. I just came back yesterday morning and haven't had time to ask about it. I'll go home tonight and ask about it."

"no need!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "I'm just asking casually, but I'm actually more interested in Zheng Gong's idea of ​​building a trade supervisor."

Zheng Tongquan was refreshed. He thought about it all night last night, and he wanted to find an opportunity to report to His Royal Highness King Yong.

Zhou Kuan chuckled and said, "Eat first, and then report when you drink tea after the meal."

At this time, the shopkeeper took his staff to bring them roast mutton rice, seven or eight refreshing side dishes, a bowl of thick mutton soup for each person, and two jugs of hot wine.

"Bring us a pot of Fengcha later, and today's account will be on my head!" Chen Qing smiled and ordered the shopkeeper.

"The villain understands, please use it slowly, Your Highness and all the counselors!" The shopkeeper saluted and retreated.

Zhou Kuan grinned and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your generosity today!"

Chen Qing glanced at him, and said calmly: "Compared to the unruly behavior of Butler Zhou, I am indeed more generous."

"I don't follow the rules?"

Zhou Kuan was taken aback, "Why?"

Chen Qing asked aggressively: "Let me ask Housekeeper Zhou, which warehouse did you put the silver from Japan into?"

Zhou Kuan immediately understood that he had included all the silver in the monastery treasury yesterday, and did not give half of King Yong's treasury. Put it together, and when it is refined, I will give half to the treasury, it is not a bad rule!"

"If I don't remind you, will you remember?"

"According to what His Highness said, rules are rules, and rules cannot be broken just because of this. Of course, sometimes I will accidentally break the rules once or twice."

Everyone laughed, Chen Qing couldn't help laughing and said: "I just want to remind you that this batch of crude silver is not something we collect ourselves, but is exchanged for foreign trade. Don't regard it as a rule that can be broken by chance."

"Since His Highness has reminded you, the humble official will know. Don't worry, Your Highness, this important matter will not become an accident!"

"Let's eat!"

Chen Qing raised his chopsticks to persuade Zheng Tongquan: "The roasted sheep in this store are authentic Tongzhou bitter spring sheep. They have a pasture in Tongzhou. Zheng Gong has a taste, and the taste is very good!"

"It's really good, Beizhi just ate a piece, it's indeed more tender and flavorful than Linan's mutton!"

"Where does the mutton in Lin'an come from?" Jiang Yanxian asked curiously.

"The Hu sheep by the Taihu Lake in Suzhou are mainly for the imperial palace and ministers, then the sheep by the Poyang Lake are mainly for the civilian market, and the Huai sheep produced by the Jianghuai River are also for the civilian market. We have not banned the trade with Lin'an yet. , they still have something to eat, once the order is banned, only fish and poultry will be left in the market.”

After everyone finished their lunch, the waiter took away the tableware, and two tea princesses served them tea.

Chen Qing took a sip of tea, smiled at Zheng Tongquan, and said, "Mr. Zheng, continue talking!"

Zheng Tongquan cleared his throat and said: "At present, our overseas trade is mainly in Southeast Asia, mainly spices, and some other precious woods. This time we went to Japan to exchange silver, which can be regarded as opening up another market. In fact, we can go further. , such as Ceylon, Tianzhu, Dashi and Daqin, etc. This is the first point I want to say, which is to expand far, and the second point is the foundation. We think we should have our own foundation overseas, such as buying a piece of land to build overseas States, build huge warehouses in overseas states, even many crops can be processed, our merchant fleet will go directly to overseas states, and the merchants of the other party will come to our overseas states to buy goods, so that more goods will be imported and exported, and more profits will be made Big."

Chen Qing waved his hand, stopped Zheng Tongquan's words, and said with a smile, "I'll interrupt first."

"Please speak, Your Highness!"

Chen Qing said to Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan: "Duke Zheng said that overseas states are exactly the same as what I saw. When I attacked Hebei before, when I was in Dengzhou, I considered taking Tamna Island, the southernmost island of Goryeo, and took Tamna The island will become our first overseas state, and then based on Tamna Island, it will be more convenient for Korea and Japan to trade. There are more lands in Nanyang, such as Luzon Island. There are large islands that are uninhabited. The island can be used by us, establish an overseas state, then buy another piece of land from Malacca, and then establish a third overseas state, station troops in the overseas state, attack the island, and protect our overseas interests. I think this matter Totally doable."

Jiang Yan pondered for a while and said, "Your Highness has a very good idea, but there are two problems. First, what should the local natives do? Second, a lot of manpower is needed to build roads and cities. Who will do it?"

"The natives are easy to handle, just move them away as a whole. We have experience in migrating nomads, so this is not a big problem. As for the large amount of manpower, Chao Kun gave me an idea today, that is to use Korean and Japanese laborers to They went to log, build roads, build cities, and even open up wasteland and farm land. After the land was almost developed, they migrated to the Han people. Of course, this is not something that can be done in one or two years. It takes several generations of hard work, but we can give Let the children and grandchildren make a good start and solve their worries."

Jiang Yan nodded first, "Your Highness is right, when will the Internal Affairs Hall discuss it and establish a charter!"

Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "The prerequisite for overseas expansion is that His Highness must take Fujian Road!"

Zheng Tongquan also said: "The third point I want to say is also related to Fujian Road!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Mr. Zheng, go on to the third point!"

Zheng Tongquan said calmly: "The third point I mentioned is the key. Whether it is overseas trade or opening up overseas states, the key is that we have a solid foundation. Your Highness, we must cultivate excellent shipbuilding talents to build bigger and stronger ships." For example, I saw vehicles and boats on the Yangtze River, can they also be used on sea boats? In this way, you don’t have to wait for the monsoon to set off, and you can set off at any time. Raise the sails when there is wind, no When the wind is windy furl the sails and step on it."

Chen Qing thought for a while and asked, "Where was my [-] stone boat built? Quanzhou?"

"That's right! It's Quanzhou, which was jointly built by three big shipyards. If only one of them can't make it, that ship can sail into the depths of the ocean. We need more big ships like that."

Chen Qing said with emotion: "It seems that we need to do a lot of things!"

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After a month of preparation for the establishment of the Trade Supervision, it was formally established in late September. Nominated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chen Qing officially appointed Zheng Tongquan as the first Trade Supervision and Supervision. Bureau.

Zhao Kai's second son, Zhao Qinian, served as the director of the Land Trade Administration, Chao Kun served as the director of the Maritime Trade Administration, Xin Deli, the head of the government and business affairs department, served as the director of the Domestic Trade Administration, and finally Chen Qing appointed Gao Kun, the director of the Yuantian Housing Department, as the trade supervisor Sima, Zheng Tongquan's deputy, also serves as the head of the Bureau of Affairs. The Bureau of Affairs is in charge of logistics, such as planning and finance, documents, personnel recruitment, and liaison with other departments.

The establishment of the Trade Supervisor marked that the government and merchants of Prince Yong's Mansion officially entered the era of the Far Sea and the Far Land.

(End of this chapter)