The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 648 Daming's Hands Are Getting Longer
Things in Europe are too far away for Daming.

Even if it is the fastest sea route, it will take almost a year to convey the news to the capital of the Ming Dynasty under the condition that the road is smooth and there are no accidents.

There are too many things that can happen in a year, and the back and forth of news.

That is to say, when Zhao Yuanhong's request for instructions arrived in Daming, and after Zhu Ying gave instructions, when Zhao Yuanhong received the news, almost two years had passed.

In the situation where there are many large and small countries in Europe, any news has lost its original meaning in two years.

In this case, it can only depend on the ability of the individual.

For Zhao Yuanhong, Daming can only be regarded as a help.

However, it is very useful for pulling tiger skin.

The three major luxury goods in Ming Dynasty are best-selling goods, tea, silk, and porcelain.

In this distant Europe, it can be said to be a hard currency.

And for some very small countries, a shipment of goods from the east even far exceeds the wealth of the royal family.

Zhao Yuanhong, an oriental aristocrat, was also an official of the distant, mysterious and powerful Ming Empire. The news that he appeared in Europe now spread throughout the entire Eurasian continent.

Especially the Hines family, a wealthy family famous for their maritime trade, said that this distinguished oriental nobleman is now looking for a partner in the ocean.

This made almost all the nobles become very crazy, and a large number of them gathered towards Constantinople.

After Zhao Yuanhong took out nearly half of his wealth and invited the nobles, officials, and priests of Constantinople to a sumptuous dinner, he also officially assumed the positions of Minister of the Imperial Palace and Minister of Finance.

Through the way of porridge, the residents of Constantinople also have the hope of surviving.

Especially knowing that the current imperial minister of the empire is a mysterious oriental nobleman, his eyes began to shine.

The most important thing is that in just one month, Constantinople has become very lively, and it has completely lost the feeling of being depressed and dilapidated before.

Even some areas began to become lively.

These changes were all brought about by Zhao Yuanhong.

There is a secret rumor among the nobles that this oriental aristocratic official has a seal in his hand, as long as he obtains the approval of the oriental aristocrat, he will be able to go to the distant eastern Great Ming Empire and be protected by the sea of ​​the Great Ming Empire.

You can also buy a lot of expensive tea, silk, and porcelain from the East at low prices, and there is no limit to the quantity.

You can load as much as you can on board.

Such a thing is enough to drive all the nobles who heard it crazy.

Who doesn't know that the wealth at sea is the most exaggerated, how many great nobles are involved in the business at sea, and the biggest buyer and seller in the whole world is the Ming Empire.

The Jingshi Mansion News has already spread to Europe along with the sea merchants, but the distance is too far, and there are so many countries in between, so many nobles just invite a Chinese translator to listen to the story.

When the things in the story can become reality, the shock will become very exaggerated.

"You don't know why the Hynes family is so hard at giving the family wealth to the mysterious oriental nobles?"

"The food delivered to Constantinople these days alone is enough to feed tens of thousands of people. The Hines family spent a lot of gold coins to let the dogs know about this food, which has caused the price of food to increase recently."

"I even heard that the Hynes family lent 30 gold coins to that noble lord from the east."

A nobleman whispered secret news.

Other nobles of course took great interest.

"The Hines family is crazy. 30 gold coins is not a lot, but it is not a small amount to buy so much food. I am afraid it will cost two or three million gold coins. This is to make the family's foundation If they take it all out, aren't they afraid of going bankrupt?"

The aristocrat who spoke earlier immediately said with disdain: "Your Excellency, the oriental aristocrat, is a real oriental high-ranking official. Do you think other people from the Haines family are idiots?"

"They were already doing sea trade business, and even the business has gone to the far east."

"It is said that a few years ago, a member of the Haines family saw with his own eyes in the distant Ming Dynasty that the commander of an army of more than [-] people was respectful in front of this oriental nobleman. He was truly powerful. big shot."

"There are also those soldiers who came with them. Each of them is a very skilled knight. It means that the armor they wear cannot be made by our side."

"That is to say, those armors will not be sold, otherwise they will be charged a sky-high price. This is an armor from the East, which has great collection value."

"Besides, I heard that His Excellency the Eastern Nobleman issued an IOU to the Haines family, allowing the Haines family to use this IOU to go to the Ming Empire to exchange for a large amount of goods, even gold."

"Only a trip to the east, all the investment made by the Hines family now will get a huge return."

Such words made all the nobles who heard it feel excited.

It seems that everyone has seen that a few years later, the Hines family brought back countless tea, porcelain, and silk from the far east. These goods are equivalent to gold.

By that time, the Hines family will become the wealthiest family in continental Europe.

"I don't know if Your Excellency the Eastern Nobility needs help. If I can also get an IOU, I will travel to the far east with the Haines family."

"Then the family's wealth will definitely be multiplied tenfold."

Some nobles subconsciously sighed and said.

He does not mean that.

Some powerful aristocrats started their own calculations one after another.

What followed was that a large number of nobles entered Constantinople, wanting to ask to see the Eastern nobles.

These nobles often have a large number of serving servants and guards around them, making the whole Constantinople lively.

Where there are many people, it will naturally attract more people to do business.

Constantinople seems to have been revitalized all of a sudden.

And when the second nobleman who got the IOU from Zhao Yuanhong appeared, it immediately caused a great commotion.

Of course, some people worried that the bamboo basket would be empty, so they sent people to the sea to find out the details of Zhao Yuanhong, especially the businessmen who had been to the East.

When Zhao Yuanhong himself was in Annan, he had a great reputation and controlled a lot of power.

As a maritime merchant, such a big man must be understood.

After confirming that Zhao Yuanhong was the big man in Annan, the nobles didn't have any hesitation.

Moreover, as a piece of news came, it directly shook the European continent.

The Ming Empire in the far east has formed the most powerful ocean-going fleet in the world. It is currently on its way from the South Seas to the West Seas. It is very likely that their terminal will pass through the Arabian Sea and reach the Persian Gulf.

This news came from the Daming Mansion newspaper.

In other words, when he saw the news, Daming's ocean-going fleet had already set off.

And in the mansion newspaper, it recorded in detail the strength of this ocean-going fleet.

"Is the Ming Empire really so powerful?"

The Daming Jingshi Mansion Newspaper, which was not valued at first, suddenly rose in price because of Zhao Yuanhong's relationship.

From the original twenty gold coins, it has become impossible to buy a hundred gold coins.

But the above description of the size of the fleet, especially the size of the treasure ship, made everyone feel incredible.

Is there really an empire that can build such a huge ship, especially in this ocean-going fleet from the east, there are still two hundred ships.

This is an unbelievable thing for the nobles of all countries in the European region. Many people even think that the difference in the numbers on both sides has caused a problem in the conversion of the size.

After multiple comparisons, it was found that the ratio of the exchange size was not wrong.

Some nobles even went to ask Zhao Yuanhong.

"Your Excellency, can the Ming Empire in the far east really build such a large ship?"

Zhao Yuanhong looked at the great nobleman who had provided him with a loan of one million gold coins, and explained with a smile; "This is called a treasure ship in our Ming Dynasty. It relies on the wind direction of the ocean to borrow strength. It is as tall as a city tower and extremely powerful. It really exists. .”

"Treasure ships like this are now being built by a large number of shipyards in my Ming Dynasty every day. Perhaps in the near future, you will be able to see them with your own eyes."

With Zhao Yuanhong's explanation, these nobles had a clearer understanding of the prosperity of the distant Ming Empire.

Such a powerful empire, even in the most powerful period of the Byzantine Empire, seems to be incomparable.

What followed was that more nobles frantically integrated into Constantinople.

Manuel II was in the Holy Palace, and in the attic where he was, he looked at the nobles lining up not far away who wanted to meet his imperial ministers.

Picking up the expensive wine in his hand, he took a sip lightly.

"I seem to have seen that when the empire was at its strongest, Mr. Zhao was really the person sent by God to save Byzantium."

He spoke softly to his wife next to him.

The wife next to him also smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

Because of the funding provided by Zhao Yuanhong to the royal family, Manuel II now not only has new clothes, but also enjoys a lot of fine wine and food.

Even if it is said that the power is concentrated in the hands of himself, the imperial minister, but he doesn't care at all.

At least his own wife has already put on silk from the Eastern Ming Empire.

The royal family had the initial decency.

As for power, he had never had much control over it.

Zhu Ying doesn't know about the situation in Europe yet, and Zhao Yuanhong's letter is still on its way to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

The battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Timurid Empire is what Ming is most concerned about now.

In fact, the political changes in these countries in Central Asia have no impact on the current Ming Dynasty, but if you want to insert your hand in Central Asia, there are many aspects to consider.

The distance between Daming and the Timurid Empire is about four to six months.

This distance is not long, nor is it short.

If it is at sea, the time can be further reduced.

Now for Zhu Ying, what she needs most is to continuously absorb the wealth of the whole world.

This wealth is not only reflected in money, but the recruitment of talents is what Zhu Ying pays more attention to.

There are people, there is a world.

For this reason, Zhu Ying has introduced many plans, mainly for the selection, protection, and transportation of talents from all over the world.

Some very good benefits are also given to these talents.

As far as the entire world is concerned, there are many monarchs who really value talents, but only Daming can provide Daming with the current treatment.

"Da Sun, your latest law seems to make many people dissatisfied."

"Actually, for a question like this, you can just let us be the villain without affecting your reputation."

In Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang said.

He was speaking about the recently issued notice.

It is a restriction on land and food.

And this announcement was issued by Zhu Ying in the name of the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, which greatly affected the interests of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty.

There are a lot of content in the announcement, most of which are described in elegant language. In fact, it is not for the common people to read, but for the entire honorable class of Daming today.

Simply put, there are two points, one is the restriction on land.

According to the current honorary title, how much land can be controlled has issued a detailed division.

That is to say, in each different title, if there is too much land under the name and exceeds its own limit, it will be considered as illegal hoarding of land.

The Ming government has the power to directly abolish the land deeds for these illegal lands, and fines will be imposed when they are returned to the court.

As for the grain, there is the same restriction.

The amount of food hoarded, according to the current per capita standard, cannot exceed three years' food in the name of an individual.

That is to say, a person cannot have more than three years' worth of food.

If the hoarding of grain exceeds the standard of three years for personal consumption, it will be considered as illegal hoarding of grain, and it is suspected of hoarding goods for strangeness and driving up grain prices.

This has a great impact on all nobles, even the landlord class.

The reason for issuing such restrictions is because with the development of Ming Dynasty, more and more families have become rich.

When a family becomes rich, they naturally want more land and food.

Therefore, the sale of land that was once restricted by Zhu Ying, now many people are also taking advantage of various loopholes to purchase.

After all, matters such as land plots are unavoidable for most Han people, and this cannot be changed with a sentence or two.

After discovering this problem, Zhu Ying made such an announcement without hesitation.

It is aimed at the latest rising family.

This also caused Zhu Ying's good reputation to seem to have slipped all of a sudden, and many people have begun to complain that His Royal Highness is curbing the development of people's livelihood and competing with the people for wealth.

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang understood Dasun's intentions and was very supportive, but he wanted to take the blame on himself.

Anyway, as far as reputation is concerned, Zhu Yuanzhang has nothing to care about.

(End of this chapter)