People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 246 is terrifying! Smuggled goods worth hundreds of millions! King Zhou is awesome! ! !
After handing over the affairs of Huaiqing Mansion to the newly recruited general Gu Chengzhang, Chen Han headed towards Kaifeng Mansion non-stop.

There is an important member of the Kaifeng Mansion, King Zhou.

To be honest, King Zhou, the oldest prince in the Ming Dynasty, has been around for about two hundred years.

The first Zhou king was a prince who was very close to Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and was the fifth son of Emperor Taizu.

As the fifth son of Emperor Taizu.

He has achieved some achievements and is a great medical expert.

His son Zhu Youdun was also a talented dramatist. However, with the passage of time, his descendants did not inherit their excellent genes, but instead became more and more arrogant and domineering.

Relying on the power they had, they began to exploit and harm the people.

So Chen Han had no intention of letting him go this time.

All he wanted to do was kill him directly.

Chen Han was relatively better off when he came to the Ming Dynasty, and his cooking techniques had improved, otherwise it would have been difficult to swallow.

At that time, many smugglers would smuggle cotton cloth and the like from the mainland to Lee's Korea, in exchange for a lot of Korean ginseng and Korean paper, which was particularly loved by mainland literati.

Only with the development of science and technology can we make our life more comfortable.

Especially during the Qin and Han Dynasties, everything eaten was cooked in copper pots.

So as a modern person, what Chen Han thinks is that after all the bits and pieces are solved, he still has to vigorously develop technology.

Chen Han was thinking about future technological reforms when he heard Li Rusong in front of him shout: "Stop!!"

The only cooking techniques in the Qin and Han Dynasties were boiling and roasting. There were not many seasonings or spices to suppress the fishy smell of the meat.

Even if there is a beautiful An Youniang next to him, who can help him beat his legs and shoulders and stretch his muscles, sitting here is not very comfortable.

Furthermore, the carriage has no rubber wheels or shock absorbers, so it is impossible to feel comfortable sitting in it.

"Paper, Ink, Pen and Inkstone" states: "Korea paper is made of cotton cocoon, white as silk, tough as silk, used for writing, and the ink is lovely."

On the way south from Huaiqing Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, Chen Han sat in the carriage, and his butt hurt as the carriage jolted.

Modern people's mouths are fed with various condiments. If we go back to ancient times, eating anything will be like eating bran.

The motorcade stopped, and then Li Rusong suddenly shouted to a carriage in front of him: "Stop!"

To put it bluntly, the first thing modern people have to overcome in ancient times is actually the desire for food and drink.

Therefore, it is estimated that it would be difficult for modern people to swallow such food in ancient times.

But it would be even more uncomfortable if he kept riding on the horse.

Even during the Qin Dynasty, he sailed warships to South America, where he obtained potatoes, peppers and other food crops and brought them back to the Qin Dynasty to improve the food.

Even though the carriage was very luxurious and padded with thick cushions, once it arrived, although it was an official road, it was not flat at all and was extremely bumpy.

The carriages and horse drivers in front immediately panicked.

When Li Rusong was a playboy, there was a time when he often followed his generals to attack smugglers along the coast.

Just like when he played the previous game Great Qin, he also lit up the technology tree and finally rejuvenated the country through science and technology, pushing all the other countries over.

It is very popular among mainland literati. It is said that one knife of Korean paper can be exchanged for one tael of silver.

Precisely because Li Rusong once hunted down smugglers, he had a very keen eye for those smugglers.

As he was walking on the road, he saw several carriages walking along the official road, which seemed particularly abnormal.

First of all, the guards looked left and right, as if they were thieves on the road. This is the first one.

The second carriage was obviously a carriage carrying people, but why were the ruts so deep?
Although the official road is made of mud, it has become very hard due to drought, but the carriage still left deep ruts on the ground when it passed.

Otherwise, it must be because the carriage carried a very heavy load.

A carriage is quite decent, weighing only 200 to 300 kilograms even if it has people on it. How could it possibly make ruts on the road? That carriage looks like it must weigh more than 500 to 600 kilograms.

It stands to reason that if you are pulling goods normally, you should just use a carriage to pull goods. Why cover it up tightly and cover it with a carriage for people? This seems very abnormal.

So Li Rusong stopped the carriage. After calling a halt, everyone who was transporting the carriage became nervous.

Some even touched the bulging lumps around their waists.

Li Rusong could tell at a glance that it must be a weapon such as a short knife or a dagger, so he didn't let the Jin Yiwei get closer, but shouted: "Raise the gun!!"

As soon as these words came out, Jin Yiwei immediately became nervous and immediately raised his gun.

Li Rusong even sat on his horse and fired a shot into the air, and then shouted, "Throw away the weapons in your hands, or we will shoot. How powerful are muskets? I don't think you businessmen who travel all over the country can't I don’t know.”

As soon as these words came out, the caravan of 200 people stopped immediately.

The middle-aged businessman at the head hurriedly came forward: "This military master, we are serious business people."

Li Rusong snorted, "Serious businessmen, do you dare to let us check what exactly is being transported in your carriage?"

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man's face changed greatly, but he calmed down a little and took out something from his arms: "Master Jun, this is the route guide and letter of introduction given to us by King Zhou. For serious business, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou can testify."

As he spoke, he took out a recommendation letter stamped with King Zhou's personal seal.

The recommendation letter was to inform the Guangzhou Shipping Department that the items sent by this group of people were very important and needed to be shipped first.

It should be mentioned here that although the famous Longqing switch is said to have opened up mutual trade, it is no longer completely closed to overseas trade as before.

However, due to opposition from a large number of smuggling families, only Ningbo Port, Zhangzhou Yuegang and Weihaiwei Port were opened at the beginning, and only Yuegang remained.

Li Rusong didn't know which way to go to Fujian, so he was unsure about the situation, so he had to come to Chen Han's carriage and give Chen Han the letter of introduction.

After seeing it, Chen Han only said one sentence: "Hold it down, these smugglers are really cowardly!"

The Jin Yiwei immediately seized the caravan and opened the carriage. He was immediately surprised.

It turned out that their carriages were all filled with various exquisite ornaments carved from Hetian jade.

Hetian jade is prohibited from mining by the imperial court.

This does not mean that the imperial court wanted to protect the environment, but because Hetian jade has always been used by the royal family.

Only a small amount of royal seals can be carved with Hetian jade. In order to prevent a large number of Hetian jade from appearing in the private sector and impacting the dignity of the royal family, private circulation is prohibited.

Just like bright yellow fabrics and colors are not allowed for civilian use, they are etiquette established by feudal society to highlight class levels.

It is also against the law for people to use Hetian jade without authorization.

And this convoy actually brought in so many, it must be for smuggling.

The leading businessman collapsed to the ground when he saw what had happened.

Chen Han grabbed the leader and asked, "Where are you going to sell the Hetian jade?"

The businessman explained tremblingly, "Your Excellency, I dare not lie. Some of it is sold to big businessmen in the southeast, and the other part is smuggled to Nanyang."

Chen Han asked again: "How much profit can you make from this trip?"

The businessman replied tremblingly: "I usually get half a million taels in one trip."

Li Rusong was astonished after hearing this.

Five hundred thousand taels! !
My God, these smugglers are actually worth so much.

Five hundred thousand taels is enough for Liaodong's military expenditure for two years.

Chen Han asked again: "Does King Zhou know about this?"

The leading businessman nodded: "I know he took 12,000 silver from us to act as guarantee for us."

Chen Han smiled and said: "Good business, indeed good business. You can earn more than ten thousand taels in one trip. He just wrote a few notes. It seems that the property of this Zhou Wang family should be quite big!!"

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Second update! !

(End of this chapter)