Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 61 Bewitching the three major clans
In the palace, Zhu Zhen was sitting behind the case, with three people standing in front of him.

All three of them lowered their heads to show respect.

They are the envoys sent by the three major chieftain clans in Yunnan. Among them, the one sent by the Mu clan in Lijiang is Mu Chu.

After all, Mu De was old, so he didn't come to visit in person.

As for the other two families, although the Dao Gong clan was originally from Shangyuan County in Yingtian Prefecture, it has now been changed to the Dao clan. The person who came here is called Dao Yuechuan, and he is the eldest son of the chieftain officer of the Dao Gong clan.

The Dao Gong family's territory is around Tengchong, and Tengchong used to be called Tengyue, or even Tengyue Prefecture, encompassing six surrounding counties.

So he was renamed Tokoshikawa by his father.

"What a domineering name," Zhu Ming complimented casually.

Dao Yuechuan subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Zhu Zhen, then quickly lowered his head and responded: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Zhen looked at another person.

They were members of the Dao clan, different from Dao Yuechuan, they were out-and-out natives (locals).

"Xiaguan Dao Gan Meng, please see His Highness Qian Sui," Dao Gan Meng bowed his head respectfully and shouted Qian Sui.

Zhu Zhen was a little surprised, because he knew that Dao Qian was fierce. This guy was the current chieftain officer of Yingjiang. He actually came in person?

"The sword is strong, and your name is also very tough," Zhu Xi said jokingly.

Dao Ganmeng was a little confused, wasn't his name a very common one?
"Okay, I called you here today. I think you can guess why." Zhu Xi did not go around and around, but said straight to the point: "I plan to hand over more glass to you. "

"Your Highness, you must not do it. Tengchong is newly built. Many people who migrated from the Central Plains have not yet established their feet, and some are even reclaiming wasteland. It is really too much to bear," Dao Yuechuan exclaimed, with a bitter look on his face.

It turns out that Tengchong also has many Han people who migrated from the Central Plains.

Tengchong is actually very close to the border, just because Yundi has dozens of chieftains, large and small, some of which are not easy to arrange. Apart from Dali City and Kunming, there are only these places controlled by Han officers, such as Yunlong County It is also a place where Han people gather.

Zhu Ming was stunned and said angrily: "You don't think that this king is exploiting you, do you?"

Dao Yuechuan raised his head and looked at Zhu Zhen in disbelief.

Is not it?
Previously, in the name of his vassal king, Zhu Zhen asked people to send 100 yuan of glass each to the three chieftains, and each piece of glass cost 100 taels of silver.

At least in Tengchong Dao Gong's family, God knows how they collected 1 taels of silver, and they don't know how to tighten their belts and live in the future.

I didn’t expect that Zhu Zhen would still want to continue doing this?

This was not the Central Plains, let alone the land of plenty in the south of the Yangtze River. Tengchong was still very poor and could not withstand the plunder and oppression of Zhu Chu.

Zhu Ming snorted: "How stupid. I want to give you more glass, and then you can sell it to others. For example, you can trick other toasts. Ahem, cough, cough."

He almost said what he really meant.

Mu Chu and Na Dao Gan Meng looked at Zhu Chu in disbelief. How dare you say that?

"Actually, this glass is a good thing. Look how beautiful it is." Zhu Zhu turned around and pointed to a window behind him.

It turns out that at some point, Zhu Zhen had someone replace some of the window paper in his room with glass.This allows more sunlight to shine in directly, and at the same time, you can clearly see the outside scenery even without opening the windows.

Especially in this autumn, the warm sunshine makes the house warm.

"But Your Highness, can this glass only be used as window paper? What's the point?" Dao Yuechuan still didn't take the glass seriously.

At least in his opinion, spending 100 taels of silver to buy such a piece of glass is not as meaningful as buying a few stones of grain.

You know, in the early Ming Dynasty, an ordinary family of three lived on the minimum standard of living, and 50 taels of silver was enough for a year.

What's more, here in Yunnan, consumption will only be lower.

How many people can this 100 yuan of glass support?

So in Tokoshikawa's eyes, he may have regarded Zhu Ming as a tyrant who lost his ambition in playing with things and didn't care about the life and death of the people, right?

"But if you think about it, it certainly doesn't mean much to ordinary people, but what about the rich? For example, if you are close to Annan (Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Myanmar and Mu Bang, you can sell glass Just leave it to them," Zhu Zhen said carelessly.

But the three envoys looked at each other, obviously not feeling as good about themselves as Zhu Chu.

Zhu Ming sighed: "Actually, these things are not originally used to exploit the people, including the soap and the soon-to-be-launched sugar. These are luxuries, specially enjoyed by the rich."

After all, it is impossible for him to lower the price of glass at this stage. As Tokoshikawa cares about, glass is actually just beautiful and is a new thing in this era.

But apart from looking good, it doesn’t fill the stomach. Who would spend a year or two’s ration money to buy a piece of glass to display at home?
Zhu Ming secretly decided that when he gets through the early stage of making money, he will definitely lower the prices of glass, soap and even sugar. Even if it does not benefit the people, it will allow more people to easily enjoy these living standards. .

However, now, he had to continue to deceive the envoys of the three chieftains, and persuaded: "You take some glass, soap and sugar, and then send some people from your own clan to form a caravan, and you can go out and sell to those who have money. Princes and nobles from other countries. And the money earned, except for the capital given to me, the rest belongs to you."

"For example, if a piece of glass costs 100 taels of silver, then you can sell it for 120 taels. Even if you are a bit evil, you can sell it for 200 taels of silver. The extra money will be yours."

"Don't Tengchong need money and food to develop? Daoyuechuan, after you earn enough capital, you can use the extra money to buy food or other necessary things."

"And now that the busy farming season is about to end, what are the people doing with their free time? Wouldn't it be nice to do business to make some extra money?"

Zhu Zhen shook his head and sighed, as if he had already worried a lot about these people and their territory.

However, his words made Mu Chu's eyes light up, and he even asked: "Your Highness, when spring comes next year, I will be going to the capital to pay tribute to Your Majesty. Long live your Majesty. Why don't you let me bring some more glass to pay tribute to Your Majesty, and sell some along the way?" To the people from the Central Plains?"

Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes: "Good guy, are you going to take my road and block my road, right?"

What Zhu Chu himself paid tribute to Lao Zhu was a piece of shoddy broken glass, but you brought a better one?What should Lao Zhu think?The secret was revealed immediately.

Zhu Zhen didn't even plan to sell the glass to the Central Plains for fear of being discovered by Lao Zhu, so now only the soap is sold to the Central Plains.

"Mu Chu, this idea of ​​yours is very dangerous. It's better to wait until the time is right. But at this stage, isn't your place close to Xinjiang and Tibet?"

"By the way, it should be called Eastern Chagatai and Western Fan now, right?"

That is how Xinjiang and Tibet are called in the current period.

(End of this chapter)