Traveled through Daming, but was punished by the old Zhu Shizu

Thousands of turns, smiles like flowers.

…………

in a few days

Everything is going on in an orderly manner. In just a few days, the number of workers in Liu's manor has expanded to an extremely impressive number.

In addition, the treatment given by the Liu family is very good, not only the annual basic salary is very high, but also benefits such as food and housing, work commission and other benefits.

Even some self-cultivating farmers wanted to sell their land and come to Liu's house to do business.

However, the Liu family’s recruitment has always been mainly refugees, especially those families with elderly people, children who need support, and no labor force.

For a time, the reputation of the Liu family's benevolence and righteousness spread throughout Anqing Mansion.

Liu Xiu is lying on the rocking chair, basking in the sun comfortably,

Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps,

I saw Shen Wansan hurried in, sweating profusely, rushing in,

"My lord! His Highness King Wu is here!"

Liu Xiu got up unhurriedly, and said, "King Wu is here, what are you in such a hurry for? When King Wu arrives at Anqing Mansion, he must go to His Majesty first. By the time he comes to us, he will already have enough The time is ready."

"It's not just King Wu! King Wu brought all the merchants from Central Asia!"

Shen Wansan hurriedly said,

When Liu Xiu heard the words, she stood up abruptly and exclaimed, "Central Asian businessman?!"

"Yes!" Shen Wansan nodded heavily, "Now is the season when Central Asian businessmen come to Wu for business, but because of the relationship between Daming and Mongolia, they have not come here many times in recent years."

Shen Wansan took a deep breath, "But this time it's different, I heard that all the famous businessmen in Central Asia have come!"

Liu Xiu frowned,

The reputation of Central Asian merchants may have faded a lot during the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

But in the Yuan Dynasty, the value of the four characters Central Asian merchants was a golden signboard.

It is said that the carriages they used to pull goods were plated with pure gold, and the carriages passed by, sprinkled countless spices and silks,

Central Asian merchants only serve the Mongolian nobles. They not only travel to and from every place where they can get rich, but more importantly, they lend money wantonly,

The principal and interest of the loans released are the same, doubling every day, and within a few days, it can roll into an unimaginable number!

Therefore, it is called Lamb Lee, and this is tantamount to robbing Lamb Lee, which has accumulated a lot of wealth for Central Asian businessmen!

Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty emptied the Western Regions to open up the Silk Road. However, in the following dynasties, civil strife continued in the Central Plains, and the Silk Road was once blocked.

On the contrary, it was not the Central Plains merchants who traveled the most on the Silk Road, but these Central Asian wealthy merchants,

The Yuan Dynasty fell, and Mongolia split into the Khanate and Rus and other principalities. Central Asian businessmen relied on wealthy merchants to profit from the split, and even began to affect the direction of Central Asian history.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Central Asian merchants only disappeared in the history of China, but they never disappeared in the world.

They are tirelessly traveling around. It can be said that there are Central Asian businessmen in any corner of the world that can make money.

This is how to do business all over the world!

Chapter 266

There were two ancient overland Silk Roads,

All the way to the southwest, it is the South Road, reaching the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, and going west along the north side of the Kunlun Mountains.

The route to the northwest, known as the middle road, follows the northern edge of the Tarim Basin and along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

But no matter which way you go, you need to go through all kinds of difficulties and dangers. This shows how obsessed Central Asian businessmen are with making money.

"What do you think?"

Liu Xiu looked at Shen Wansan and asked,

After more than ten years, Central Asian merchants entered the land of Wu uncharacteristically on a large scale, and wanted to do business with the Central Plains. What was the reason?

Shen Wansan paused for a moment with a pensive look on his face, and said very fast,

"In my opinion, there is only one possibility. They have heard about our salt, and they realized that this salt will bring great profits, so they entered the Central Plains in a large scale.

"I dealt with them when I was young. These Central Asian businessmen have very sharp noses. When they smell money, they will immediately pounce on them!"

Liu Xiu laughed, "You think the same as I do. These Central Asian businessmen want to cooperate with us."

Although Liu Xiu had never thought of cooperating with Central Asian businessmen, but now that Central Asian businessmen came to their door, it opened up new ideas for Liu Xiu.

Compared with the merchants in the Central Plains, Central Asian merchants can be said to be completely reduced in dimensionality.

Now, after the Hongwu period, the world-famous Anhui merchants and Shanxi merchants have not yet fully formed.

Therefore, no wealthy businessman in Huaxia has the resources, channels, and experience of Central Asian businessmen.

Seeing Liu Xiu's thoughtful expression, Shen Wansan guessed what Liu Xiu was thinking, and advised,

"These Central Asian businessmen are very difficult to deal with. Only they can profit from us. It is simply impossible to profit from them!"

Just as Liu Xiu was about to speak, Xia Yuanji hurriedly entered the Liu family's manor in court clothes,

"Brother Liu, the Central Asian businessman is in the government right now and wants to see you by name."

Liu Xiu winked at Shen Wansan and said,

"It's useless to talk, let's go and see who these Central Asian businessmen are!"

A group of three people got into the government's carriage and headed towards the Anqing government's government.

After a while, they arrived at their destination. Liu Xiu took the lead and strode into the official mansion.

A gust of cold air rushed over, and dozens of people were lined up, sitting in the back hall of the government mansion, but they didn't make a sound. Obviously, they had been deadlocked for a long time.

As soon as Liu Xiu came in, dozens of eyes instantly focused on Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu was directly looking for His Majesty's figure among the crowd,

King Wu sat in the main seat, Song Zan sat in the second seat on the right, the entire right column was filled with Ming people, and Lao Zhu sat casually in the middle of the right column,

Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang met in mid-air beforehand, and Liu Xiu immediately understood that His Majesty wanted to hide his identity on purpose.

On the left side, there are all Central Asians with tall physiques and profound facial features. I can see their faces are heavy, and I don’t know what they are thinking about.

When Lao Wu saw Liu Xiu, he was overjoyed and said,

"Liu...cough, sir, are you here?!"

Hearing this, the Central Asian old man in the first row on the left took a deep look at Liu Xiu,

According to their information, Liu Xiu is just a member of the Liu family of the big merchant clan. Even if he is the head of his own clan, the merchant clan in the Central Plains is extremely vulnerable to the regime.

The status of businessmen in the Central Plains is very low, but the son of the prince of Wudi and the son of Da Mingzi actually called Liu Xiu Mr. Liu Xiu? !

The old man turned around casually again, and glanced at the clansmen standing behind him. The clansmen were immediately shocked, and they must be punished by the clan leader for not collecting enough information afterwards.

"Your Highness, how is your body recuperating?" Liu Xiu asked, saluting respectfully.

King Wu's complexion looked good, and he said happily, "You're recuperating well!"

King Wu still wanted to exchange some pleasantries with Liu Xiu, but after thinking about it, he still had business to do, so he immediately looked solemn, looked at the old Central Asian man on the left, and asked,

"Tuotuo patriarch, this is Liu Xiu."

Tuotuo patriarch nodded, "In this case, we can continue the previous topic."

Liu Xiu wanted to sit down casually in the right column, but when she saw Lao Zhu waving at her, Liu Xiu smiled and squeezed beside Lao Zhu,

"Your Majesty, what is the situation now?"

Old Zhu cursed in a low voice, "Damn, this group of people is hard to deal with, and the conditions are extremely harsh. They say they want to buy our technology directly, and they also say that our salt cannot be sold outside the Central Plains in the future."

Liu Xiu was startled and said, "So rampant? Then why do you still keep them, Your Majesty?"

Lao Zhu scratched his face embarrassingly, "The price they offered is indeed very greedy."

This…

Liu Xiu was speechless for a moment.

No matter how greedy you are, you can't sell all our technology in a package!

King Wu said directly, "We cannot accept your price."

Tuotuo patriarch shook his head, "The price won't be any higher."

The fifth child snorted coldly, "Then there is no need to discuss this deal. You must know that this is Daming! And you are just a bunch of bereaved dogs!"

After all, the fifth child is young, and wants to use Daming to suppress others, but instead of accepting this, he directly became angry and agitated,

The Tuotuo patriarch stopped the clansmen by yelling in an incomprehensible language. Although the Central Asian businessmen closed their mouths, their eyes were still full of anger.

The patriarch Tutuo said, "My lord, in business, we are hurt by your insincere attitude. We can only lower the price by [-]%."

Whoa!

The Ming officials also became restless.

Lao Zhu spread his hands, "Okay, it's like this again."

Liu Xiu, on the other hand, was silent, rubbed her chin with her fingers, looked at Lao Wu, then at Lao Zhu,

What does the old five mean?

It's not that you don't sell technology, but you think the prices given by Central Asian merchants are too low?

And His Majesty is sitting in the hall, even if the Central Asian merchants don't know that this is the Son of Heaven, but the fifth child must know,

In other words, His Majesty meant the same as Lao Wu,

They want to package and sell this technology.

It doesn't matter if the salt-making technology is sold. After all, the salt-making technology is not complicated. Even if it is sold to the Central Asians, they still need to find a large sea area to dry the salt.

Going around, they still have to rely on the sun-dried salt industry in Wudi,

However, what Liu Xiu absolutely cannot accept is that Central Asian merchants want to monopolize all the salt industry outside the Daming area.

This point is Liu Xiu's bottom line!

And Lao Zhu’s idea is that Daming has a vast land and abundant resources, and can be completely self-sufficient. Overseas trade is something that can be done if it can be done, and it can be pulled down if it can’t be done.