The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 331 Mr. Ye is very conscientious in doing business. Whether Zhu Yuanzhang is happy or worried, he sends troops without knowing it!

"The Japanese are holding horses for Lord Ye?"

"Are there hundreds of Japanese people following behind?"

"Who are the Japanese people? It's their honor to be able to lead Master Ye's horse, okay?"

"Look at these, they have a mustache, they are all melon-skinned, and they are not taller than my mother-in-law. They look like something."

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On both sides of Ningbo City Avenue, more and more people stopped to watch.

In their eyes, a young Japanese man of eighteen or nineteen years old was holding the reins of a big white horse and walking forward slowly.

The three hundred Japanese people who were not tall, but had very vicious eyes, and were not friendly at all, followed silently.

In comparison, the fifty Ningbo government officials walking on both sides of them were like ordinary people.

Seeing this scene, the people of Ningbo Mansion also raised their heads, crossed their hands, and looked down at these dwarfs.

But Ye Qing, who was riding on the horse, changed from his usual habit of ignoring the people and even waved to say hello.

Among the people watching on both sides, two plainclothes guards just followed Ye Qing and moved forward among the crowd.

"Master Ye, this is really a clever trick. He robbed someone of ten thousand taels and left him owed several thousand dollars. There is also the so-called favor."

"Otherwise, His Majesty would be so angry that he would almost vomit blood. His Majesty would still be reluctant to kill him!"

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When they saw Ye Qing sighing like this, the information they had visited yesterday also appeared in their minds.

Time, back to yesterday afternoon.

Lord Wu Yong, the general magistrate of Ningbo Mansion, and the three generals walked out of the mansion and looked at them and warned them again and again.

Wu Yong told them that they must intercept Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's ship at the three ports of the Yongjiang River and collect weapons, armor and equipment.

At the same time, we also took advantage of them and started to implement the 'shipping toll charging system'!
  As for the appropriate fee to charge them, it is also stipulated to be one thousand taels each.

After giving instructions to the three generals, they followed Wu Yong to a Goryeo brothel in Ningbo.

At the door of the brothel, the proprietress of Goryeo greeted her warmly: "Mr. Wu, there are few visitors, no matter what kind of girl you want, I have it here."

"Do you know what our place was most famous for in the Tang Dynasty?"

"Silla Maid, she is famous for being gentle and considerate!"

Wu Yong waved his hand and said: "Call out all the girls who are the best at taking action. I want to choose one person."

After a dozen Korean girls with the best performance came out, they stood in a row in front of Wu Yong.

The two plainclothes guards looked at this scene and suddenly had the urge to take action, especially one of the girls with good looks.

And the girl Wu Yong chose was the girl who made them most impulsive.

Because Ye Qing told Wu Yong that he would want to be impulsive when he saw the girl, among the warriors of the Japanese country, there would definitely be someone who couldn't help but take action.

As soon as they take action, it will be their 'mistake first'.

Yes,

The so-called Korean girl whose butt was touched was actually one of the courtesans in the Korean brothel.

And her labor fee for this performance was not cheap, as high as [-] yuan.

But compared to the seven thousand taels of silver and one hundred guan of treasure notes, it was really too cheap.

Although the fineness of the silver is very poor, it is still silver after all.

Even if you resmelt the [-] taels of silver, you can still get [-] taels of fine silver. Excluding the cost of a few hundred taels, you can get at least [-] taels of pure silver!

Thinking of this, the two of them secretly rejoiced when they looked at Ye Qing.

Fortunately, they are not Mr. Ye's opponents. If they were Mr. Ye's opponents, they would be at a huge loss.

As for how Ye Qing knew that the other party wanted to use ten thousand taels of silver to prove his crime of accepting bribes from foreign countries, it was too simple.

You must know that in a sense, the Jin Yiwei are all his 'disciples' of Ye Qing!
  As an expert in intelligence, how could he not know what the other party was up to?
  Soon, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ended his humiliating horse-holding journey.

In the lobby on the first floor of Ningbo Restaurant,

With hundreds of people watching, the two sat at the negotiating table prepared in advance.

In everyone's eyes, Ye Qing and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were sitting opposite each other across a table, and beside them, there were girls from both countries waiting on them.

Just compared to the maids in Hanfu next to Ye Qing, the girls in Japanese kimonos were simply inhuman.

Just because of her corpse-like white makeup, she really doesn’t look like a human being!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at Ye Qing in front of him, deep in his heart he had already been cut into pieces ten thousand times.

He lost face while leading the horse, but he also figured out a lot of things.

In fact, he had collected information on Ye Qing before. He knew that Ye Qing had a team called the 'Special Agent Brigade', which specialized in intelligence and people who did big things behind the scenes.

Although this 'Special Agent Brigade' is nominally affiliated with Yanmen County, Ye Qing also brought [-] experienced soldiers. Perhaps among these [-] experienced soldiers, there are some members of the 'Special Agent Brigade' .

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu belatedly thought about everything, he immediately paid attention to Ye Qing's eyes.

"Good job, Ye Qing!"

"I wanted to prove your crime, but you stole my money and asked me to owe you a favor?"

"There once was a king in the Central Plains who coined the term 'sleeping on fuel and tasting courage' with his practical actions!"

"Okay, I'll be here with you for the rest of my life!"

Thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately nodded fiercely and saluted first: "Master Ye, I have admired you for a long time and hope to cooperate with you in two businesses."

Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth. He felt that for an old man with hundreds of years of life experience, it was a bit unconscionable to bully such a [-] or [-]-year-old boy.

But when he thought about the anti-Japanese historical materials he had seen in his previous life, he felt that the more he lost his conscience, the better he felt!
  Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Your Japanese country is actually the country of our disciples of the Tang Dynasty."

"If the Tang Dynasty hadn't allowed you to study, you would still be primitive people now!"

"But you haven't learned anything famous yet. The culture of kneeling and sitting in the Tang Dynasty is about etiquette and dignity, and respect for each other!"

"Did you learn to sit cross-legged from a monk?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gritted his back molars and first knelt down in front of Ye Qing in an orderly manner, then sat on his back feet with his back straight.

After Ye Qing looked at it, he smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's right, how can you learn something completely different?"

After saying that, Ye Qing said with great interest: "Let me guess which two businesses you want to cooperate with me."

"First, your Japanese country is rich in gold and silver minerals, but it suffers from the lack of good mining and smelting technology, so that the silver is yellowed and has visible particle impurities."

"The only smelting technology you can master is to follow the Tang Dynasty to learn Tang sword forging techniques and charcoal forging methods!"

"That's how your katana looks like now!"

"But although this can be done very delicately, the production volume is extremely low, so that you, a general, don't even have a set of full iron black armor."

"Want my mining and smelting technology?"

"Want my batch manufacturing technology?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at Ye Qing as if he had seen through his heart. Although he felt that Ye Qing was terrifying, he spoke effortlessly.

It’s best to go straight, so as not to be mistaken for a snake!
  Ye Qing knows his purpose and is still willing to talk to him, which shows that he, Ye Qing, is a man who is willing to sell anything for money.

As long as there’s a price, it’s easy!
  Their Japanese country lacks everything except gold and silver minerals!
  "Hi!"

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded and bowed, he said seriously: "What Mr. Ye said is true, please give me a price."

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "I don't like one-time deals, I like long-term cooperation and dividends." Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned slightly, feeling once again that he had underestimated Ye Qing's appetite.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded and said: "Master Ye, please discuss in detail, what kind of cooperation method?"

Ye Qing smiled lightly and said: "I have established a 'Donghai Mining Development Group', which is a bit like a partnership to do business."

"But this group must have three shareholders!"

"I provide technology, safety guards and supervisors, you provide mines and mine workers!"

"Let's get another third party to provide the initial start-up capital!"

"In this way, the three-party cooperation relationship is established!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is now focused on bringing technology to Japan and the Northern Dynasties, so he doesn't think about too many details.

He said in a hopeful tone: "We don't need a third party. We can also provide the initial start-up capital."

Ye Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I am a person who repays kindness with hatred. No, I am a person who knows how to repay kindness."

"When I was the magistrate of Yanmen County, an old friend once served as my general regardless of personal life and death. I must take him with me to make a fortune."

Having said this, Ye Qing looked in the direction of Yingtian Mansion.

He dragged Mr. Guo into the trap, indeed so that he could make some money, but also so that he, Zhu Yuanzhang's part-time imperial envoy, could intuitively report everything he had done to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Yes,

The publicity that Ye Qing arranged before was just to let 'Master Guo' hear the news that Ye Qing was going to start a new project.

The reason for not telling him the news directly was simply so that he could overhear it and come to Ye Qing in person.

At the same time, the two plainclothes guards hiding in the crowd suddenly thought of the identity of this so-called old friend.

But they didn't know whether their Emperor was happy for Ye Qing's affection for Mr. Guo, or whether he was angry about Ye Qing's betrayal of cutting-edge technology!
  And at this moment,
  Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't think much about it, and even thought it was a good thing for Ye Qing to talk about friendship.

He said directly: "How much profit will you share, how much profit will your friends share, and how much profit will I share?"

In Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's view, he, who produces both mineral raw materials and miners' labor services, will definitely account for the largest share of the total.

But just when he was looking forward to it, Ye Qing said categorically: "I will have [-]% of the profits, my friends will have [-]% of the profits, and you will have [-]% of the profits."

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was so shocked by Ye Qing's remarks that he was speechless for a long time!
  The people watching around clearly knew that they and Ye Qing were in the same group, but they still felt that Ye Qing was a bit too dark.

As for Ye Qing selling his skills, they were not worried at all.

Just because the people of Ningbo now, like the people of Yanmen in the past, always believe in one thing, that is, Mr. Ye will not engage in loss-making business.

Even if the business he does seems to be a loss, it will definitely be the result of him making a profit, the people making a profit, and the country making a profit too!

Just when the people were talking about it,

Ye Qing looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said disapprovingly: "Do you know what is the most expensive now?"

"Technology is the most expensive. If I invest in technology, I will naturally become the biggest boss!"

"Think about it, the thousand taels you made by yourself might be worth two or three hundred taels in other places in the Ming Dynasty, but in my Ningbo Mansion, they can only be used as fifty taels."

"I know that I have the things you want to buy most, so the rules here are the real rules."

"My officer said that you can only use one thousand taels as fifty taels of flowers, so you can only use them as fifty taels of flowers!"

"After you cooperate with me, your one thousand taels can be used as one hundred taels, and you still make fifty taels."

"Doesn't it mean that as long as you cooperate with me, you can buy double the things you need with the same money?"

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at Ye Qing and really wanted to chop him twice. It was so dark!
  But Ye Qing was right. He wanted to buy armor and guns from Ye Qing, and then improve the combat effectiveness of the Northern Dynasty, defeat the Southern Dynasty as soon as possible, and achieve the unification of the North and the South.

As long as he achieves the unification of the north and the south in the country, he will have the capital to attack the Ming Dynasty!
  Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded and said: "Okay, I agree to your terms, general!"

As he said that, he mentioned the second project he wanted to cooperate with Ye Qing, but it was to buy guns and armor, and then deal with the Southern Dynasty.

After hearing this, Ye Qing also put forward his opinion again.

Ye Qing smiled lightly and said: "It's too troublesome for you. To give you guns and armor, you have to customize them again, especially the armor and weapons."

"You Japanese people are generally on the short side, and my Ming Dynasty model cannot match it. The overall size needs to be smaller, the size of the armor pieces needs to be smaller, and the size of your soldiers must be calculated."

"What a waste of time and thankless!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu thought about it and felt that this was the case.

Regardless of guns and weapons, armor alone requires at least half a year of preparation before production can begin.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at Ye Qing and asked, "Master Ye, what's your clever move?"

Ye Qing raised his lips again and said: "You just give us money, and we will directly send troops to help you fight against the Southern Dynasties."

"Of course, these soldiers have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty or our Ningbo Special Administrative Government. They are all veterans who retired collectively before the war started."

"After the fight, if they come back to serve, won't they be unaware of the situation?"

"Let me, the soldiers of the Ningbo Guards, earn a little money to support their families, right?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu stood up and walked to the side, lost in thought.

After pondering for a moment, he also felt that this method of cooperation was actually the most practical and effective and the most time-saving.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately asked: "Master Ye, how many soldiers do you send to help us fight, and how much do you want from us?"

Ye Qing waved his hand and said: "I will work out the specific details in a few days. Let's sign two letters of intent for cooperation now. The real cooperation agreement will be signed directly at my house this time next month."

"Don't worry, no matter how many troops are sent, I just promise to help you defeat the Southern Dynasty!"

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard this, he thought this was great. It was equivalent to giving weapons back to the soldiers!

"Okay, it's a deal!"

After a while,

Ye Qing and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu signed a letter of intent for cooperation on two projects, shook hands cordially, and asked the artist to take a portrait as a souvenir.

after lunch,

Ye Qing personally sent Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and others to the dock.

Everyone has signed a letter of intent for cooperation. In form, they are close partners, so naturally they should give each other a good gift.

Just after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's boat had gone away, Ye Qing decisively turned around and went back home.

At the same time, he asked Shen Wan'er: "When is the appointment for the envoy of the Japanese Southern Dynasty?"

Shen Wan'er took out her notebook, looked at it and said, "The day after tomorrow, in the afternoon, it's not past half-past (two o'clock in the afternoon)."

Ye Qing nodded and said: "Inform Wu Yong to give the envoys of the Southern Dynasty an intact plan for dealing with the Northern Dynasty."

"Use the same method to eliminate the crime of accepting bribes from foreigners!"

"Their demands are the same as those of the Northern Dynasties, and we also use this method to cooperate with them in mining!"

"Of course, use the same method and send troops to help them fight the Northern Dynasties!"

"Ask Wu Yong to prepare an identical letter of intent for cooperation, but don't be too quick and write the Southern Dynasty as the Northern Dynasty!"

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among the crowd,

The two plainclothes guards looked at this scene and felt that they suddenly understood!
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