Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 645 Business Abacus
However, Zhu Youjian believes that since Li Jing did this, there is naturally a reason for Li Jing.

In fact, it was not only Zhu Youjian who had doubts, but also several officials who accompanied him.

When Li Jing came back last year, he ordered the military factories to start working aggressively to manufacture a large number of guns and ammunition. Except for a part of the equipment for the troops, most of these guns and ammunition were backlogged in the arsenal.Everyone knew that this batch of arms was going to be sold to foreigners, but now that the Dutch wanted to buy them, Li Jing only sold 20 guns and [-] rounds of ammunition. This approach is really puzzling.

But at this time Li Jing was discussing business with De Bauer, and everyone was puzzled and did not dare to ask. Isn't asking at this time just a joke?
After Zhu Youjian said a few polite words to De Bauer, Li Jing smiled and said: "Mr. De Bourner, let's leave it at that in terms of business. I will arrange someone to contact you at that time. What do you need?" Just mention it."

De Bauer hurriedly said, "Thank you, Prime Minister."

Li Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "This is all my job, Mr. De Bauer, you don't need to be polite."

De Bourr nodded and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I really need to ask the Prime Minister for help. You know that I was appointed by the king to serve as an envoy in Daming, and I will definitely be stationed in Daming in the future. It would not be very convenient for so many of us to stay in the inn." , can you grant us a piece of land so that we can build a residence by ourselves. In addition, if possible, it is best to grant us a piece of land in Fuzhou, so that our businessmen can have a foothold when they come to Daming."

Li Jingjing nodded: "You are very thoughtful. In the future, you will be stationed in Daming, and you should have a formal residence. Okay! Later, I will ask you to approve a piece of land for you to build a consulate. As for Fuzhou, I will let Liu The adults will grant you a piece of land."

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said again: "Mr. De Bauer, the trade between our two countries is mainly porcelain, silk and tea. The porcelain is mainly in Jingdezhen and the capital of Jiangxi, the silk is mainly concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and most of the tea is In Fujian, Jiangxi area.

I don’t think it’s better than this. I’ll grant you a piece of land in Tianjin Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Shanghai County, and Fuzhou, and you can build a residence yourself. This will make it easier for you to come to Daming to do business in the future. "

De Bourg said happily, "That's great. I know about Fuzhou, but I don't know if transportation is convenient for Shanghai County in Tianjin Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture?"

Li Jing smiled and said, "Of course it's convenient. They're all by the sea, which is just convenient for you to transport by sea. Otherwise, why would I choose these three places?"

"That's really thankful, Mr. Prime Minister." De Bauer said hurriedly.

Li Jing smiled: "But we agreed in advance that I can grant you the land, but it's not for you to use for nothing. You pay the land rent, and you have to pay for the building of the house yourself."

"Should be, should be." De Bauer hurriedly said.

Looking at De Bour, Li Jing suddenly said seriously: "Mr. De Bour, I want to remind you of one thing, the customs of our two countries are different, and the laws also have many differences, but when you come to Daming, you must abide by the laws of Daming. , if someone breaks the laws of Ming Dynasty, I will not give you a lenient just because you are foreigners.

Therefore, you'd better not recruit those cats and dogs to come to our Ming Dynasty, especially your East India Company people, let them restrain me, I don't want to see things like before happen again. "

De Bauer hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, we will guarantee that we will be serious businessmen in the future, and we will never let those rogues come to Daming again."

"I hope you will do what you say, otherwise I will turn my face and be ruthless. Don't blame me for not warning me." Li Jing continued.

"Your Excellency, don't worry, we will abide by the laws of Ming Dynasty." De Bourr hurriedly said.

Li Jingjing nodded: "That's the best, then I'll have someone notify the officials in Zhejiang and Fujian to do it for you immediately. As for Tianjin Prefecture, we are building a material distribution center, and I can ask someone to approve the block for you in the city." Land. In addition, there are many shops and warehouses in the city, you can rent or buy them, it’s up to you, if you don’t think it’s suitable, you can build them yourself.”

"We can also rent and buy shops?" De Bauer delighted.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Didn't you come to Daming just to do business? How do you do business without shops? You can not only open shops in Daming, but also build factories in Daming. Aren't you good at shipbuilding? You can do it." Open a shipyard in Daming.

I might as well tell you that I plan to eliminate a batch of warships in the coming year, and at the same time add a batch of new ships. For the time being, I plan to add 10 warships. Each warship has a budget of [-] taels of silver. I can give you [-] warships. Order, this order is not small, right? "

De Bauer smiled wryly and said, "One hundred thousand taels of silver is not even enough for the cost!"

Li Jing smiled: "The cost of your domestically produced warships is too high, and your warships are not suitable for us to use. According to our standards, 10 taels of warships is no problem at all, and there is still a lot of profit. I It is estimated that there is a profit of 2 taels of silver for each battleship, and 60 taels of silver for [-] warships.

But if you accept this order, you must build a shipyard in Daming, and then manufacture warships according to our requirements.Otherwise, it would take too long to deliver the battleship from the Netherlands to Daming, and the cost of food and clothing for the personnel along the way would be a considerable expense, which would increase the cost of the warship. "

"Well... if the shipyard is built in Daming, the orders for [-] warships seem to be a little less. After all, it costs a million taels of silver to build a shipyard." De Boer pondered.

"Hehe, Mr. De Bauer, you have to eat food one bite at a time. There is a saying in China that you can't become fat if you eat one bite. You don't think you can build thirty warships at once, do you? Besides, this is only the first order we ordered. A batch of warships will continue to be ordered in the future." Li Jing said with a smile.

De Bauer smiled embarrassedly when he heard the words: "What the Prime Minister said is true, I am impatient."

Li Jing smiled, turned his head to look at the clock, and then stood up: "Okay, it's getting late, you just arrived in Daming and haven't settled down yet, so go to the posthouse to settle down and have a rest, and I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

"Then let's take our leave first." Hearing this, De Bauer hurriedly stood up and said.

Li Jingjing nodded, and said to the officials of the Ministry of Rites: "Good luck arrange for Mr. De Bauer and his party."

"Yes!" All the officials hurriedly said.

After speaking, a group of officials and De Bauer and others saluted Zhu Youjian and Li Jing and left the palace.

After everyone left, Li Jing picked up the teacup, only to find that the tea in the cup was already cold.

He waved to the eunuch serving in the hall, and pointed to the teacup. The little eunuch was startled, and hurried out to bring in new tea, and then took away the cold tea.

Li Jing said with a smile to Zhu Youjian: "I think these people should be trained. There will be more foreigners in the palace in the future. There will be many conversations like today. Tea should be served when it is time to serve it. Don't think it will be too late." Interrupt our conversation."

Zhu Youjian smiled, and said to the little eunuch: "I haven't thanked the Duke, but the Duke is begging for you."

"Thank you, Lord Guo." The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down.

Li Jing shook his head and sighed lightly: "Get up, it's not easy for you, I'm afraid you are worried when you serve us, for fear of doing something wrong. Both the emperor and I are informal people, and we won't blame you for these trivial matters." .”

"The Duke is really the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva, and it is a blessing for the servants to serve him." The little eunuch choked up.

Li Jing waved his hand.

The little eunuch hurriedly retreated.

When the little eunuch stepped back, Li Jing sighed lightly: "It's not easy for them to be raised by their fathers and mothers!"

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "Brother Li, I understand what you mean. With your words, I will naturally not deal with them. In fact, to be honest, I think I am much more kind to the people below than the previous emperors. I don't blame them for little things like this."

Li Jing smiled and nodded: "In terms of treating the people below, the emperor is indeed much better than previous emperors."

Zhu Youjian smiled, took a sip of tea from his teacup, and said, "Brother Li, I have been wondering just now. There are so many high-quality porcelains pressed in my factory, why don't you sell them all?"

Li Jing smiled and shook his head when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you must learn how to settle accounts in business, yes, I can sell all this batch of high-quality porcelain to the Dutch, and I can make a lot of money at once.

But have you thought about it?The Netherlands has a total population of only a few million people. How many nobles and rich people can there be among the millions?If such a large amount of porcelain is shipped back to the Netherlands, everyone in the Dutch aristocracy may be able to buy such porcelain, which means that the Dutch aristocratic market will be saturated for a long time, and the Dutch aristocrats will not buy porcelain for a long time. up.

But we only sell a small part now, so there must be many Dutch nobles who cannot buy porcelain, so they will raise the price of porcelain by themselves.There is an old saying in China that what is rare is the most expensive. Even if our porcelain is rotten on the street, we must make them feel that such things are rare, so that they will spend a lot of money to buy them.

You think I sell less, but I am actually thinking about your future business.Just wait and see, when this batch of porcelain is shipped back, they will come back and ask you for the next batch, and they will raise the price. "

After hearing this, Zhu Youjian suddenly realized.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian said again: "Then you only sold them five thousand guns for the same reason?"

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Guns are not the same as porcelain. You know, if the Dutch have 5 guns, their military strength will increase immediately. The army can always, right?

With [-] or [-] of these troops, the Dutch could defeat their opponents in no time, and even help their allies end the war in Europe.

I don't want the war in Europe to end, that's not in our interest, I want them to keep fighting, haven't they been fighting for 20 years, I want them to fight for another 20 years.

The more chaotic Europe is, the more benefits we will have. Just like those scientists who came to our Daming some time ago, do you think they came for the treatment we gave?
They came to Daming because Europe was too messy and they didn't want to stay in Europe.The more lively the fight in Europe, the more scientists will come to our Daming.

That's why I don't sell so many weapons to the Dutch all at once.

However, the Dutch have these [-] guns, which will definitely have a certain impact on the situation of the war, so I have to sell the weapons to their enemies.

In short, we will sell weapons to whoever is at a disadvantage.I want them to use the weapons produced by our Ming Dynasty to fight wars. By then, we will earn money and talents will come, and Ming Dynasty will not be able to be strong if he wants to. "

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a while when he heard it, and only then did he realize that Li Jing was planning on this.

(End of this chapter)