NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 2
Chapter 2 One Year Ten Thousand Catties, Three Years To Pacify Japanese Pirates (Second More)
“Twelfth brother, hurry up and find the big brother with me. The big brother should come back from his inspection in Shaanxi. Now only the big brother can let the father take back his life.”
Zhu Di’s expression was tense, and he really loved his 12th younger brother.
Even at this moment, he is trying to figure out a way.
Zhu Bo struggled subconsciously, but it was obvious that Zhu Di had more strength than him, and he couldn’t break free for a while.
He could only open his mouth with a wry smile.
“Fourth brother, no need, I wanted to go to Qiongzhou!”
“Don’t bother big brother!”
Zhu Bo’s words were serious, and his eyes were full of firmness.
“Confused, Twelfth Brother, do you know where Qiongzhou is? Since ancient times, the land of Jingchu was also a place of barbarians, but it can be developed in the Song Dynasty. There are many poisonous insects, snakes and ants, so what’s the use of going there.”
Seeing Zhu Bo’s serious expression, Zhu Di stopped in his footsteps, and then spoke angrily.
“Fourth brother, Qiongzhou is indeed a desolate place for barbarians now, but what if I say that I can give me 10,000 taels of gold in one year and quell the troubles of Japanese pirates within three years?”
Hearing Zhu Di’s words, Zhu Bo couldn’t help feeling moved, so he pondered for a while, and then spoke up.
And his words made Zhu Di stunned.
“Ten thousand taels of gold in a year?”
“Three years to pacify Japanese pirates?”
As if feeling that he heard it wrong, Zhu Di subconsciously asked a question.
“right!”
“The fourth brother knows how big the benefits of sea trade are. During the two Song Dynasties, half of the world was used to supply gold, and Xixia and Mongolia were still more than enough. The annual treasury revenue of the Song Dynasty was 70.7 million guan, and the highest was 160 million kan. Daming is no more than five million taels.”
The words spoke slowly, and Zhu Bo couldn’t help but sigh.
In the entire history of China, if the richest person is undoubtedly the Song Dynasty, his wealth has almost reached an unimaginable level.
Taking the most prosperous period of the Qing Dynasty as an example, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Yongzheng, the highest annual fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty was more than 30 million taels of silver. At the peak of the Qianlong Dynasty, the fiscal revenue of the Qing government was about 40 million taels, and this figure In front of the Song Dynasty, it is simply not worth mentioning! At the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty, the annual income was 160 million taels of silver.
And the poorest of them has a high probability of being one.
At least in! Central is the poorest.
Almost from the beginning to the end.
The beginning was poor, that is, Meng Yuan swept a lot of wealth, so that in the early Ming Dynasty even had to return to the level of barter, as for the later period, it was because the wealth was attributed to the gentry and landlord class, and the dynasty was still poor.
One of the most important reasons for this is maritime trade.
At the turning point of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Bo naturally wanted to do something, and also wanted to change something.
This is not only his own destiny, but also the destiny of the entire Ming Dynasty.
And listening to Zhu Bo’s words, Zhu Di only felt his mind roar at this moment.
“70.7 million, and the highest is 160 million!”
Muttering to himself, at this moment only these two nouns remained in his mind.
He has naturally read history, and even the enlightenment of Xiao Twelve is taught by him, but he has never read the entire history and the entire Song Dynasty from this perspective.
“Don’t worry, fourth brother, since I have decided, I must be sure. Fourth brother is waiting for my good news in the court.”
Looking at Emperor Yongle, Zhu Bo said with a smile.
“real!”
Zhu Di returned to his senses, with an uncertain opening.
“of course it’s true.”
“Fourth brother, it won’t take too long, at most one year, I will be enough to give me a profit of 10,000 taels of gold!”
Zhu Bo said with a smile, his affirmative voice and firm gaze made Zhu Di hesitate.
My twelfth younger brother has been smart since he was a child, maybe he can really do it.
“it is good!”
“Since the twelfth brother has such a high ambition, I will not persuade me to be the big brother. If you have any needs, tell the fourth brother, the fourth brother will definitely satisfy you!”
Zhu Di nodded and stopped talking about the previous things.
He didn’t know if Zhu Bo could do it, but Zhu Bo was so confident that he couldn’t keep fighting.
“Thank you fourth brother!”
“I don’t need it for the time being. If there is a need in the future, I will tell the fourth brother.”
Zhu Bo shook his head and opened his mouth with a smile.
Under normal circumstances, he would still ask for it, but he is a man with golden fingers, and he really doesn’t need any help.
Instead, what is needed is a quiet development, and it is best that no one cares is the most important.
This is also the reason why he went to Qiongzhou instead of Guangzhou. There is really no one in Qiongzhou. In today’s Daming, or in the whole history, it is a place where birds don’t shit. In the true sense, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but Guangzhou It is different. After the development of Mengyuan, Guangzhou is now somewhat prosperous.
He ran over as a vassal and felt that there would be a lot of problems.
“Good boy, have courage!”
“Okay! If you have any questions, go to the fourth brother. If you really can’t stay, you will come. I will go to the eldest brother and the father to ask for mercy!”
Zhu Di patted Zhu Bo on the shoulder and said with a smile.
“Thank you fourth brother!”
Zhu Bo also spoke with a smile.
He didn’t refute Zhu Di’s words, after all, Zhu Di also cared about him.
The two brothers said a few more things, and then left separately.
And this moment.
In the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to a report from an eunuch.
And if Zhu Bo was there, he would find that the information reported by the eunuch was the content of his chat with Zhu Di just now.
Almost verbatim.
“good very good!”
“One year of gold, ten thousand taels, three years of peace, really dare to say.”
“In this case, within a year, if he can’t give gold 10,000 taels, he will not come back, so I will be this King Qiong forever!”
“By the way, let me know that everyone is not allowed to help King Qiong. In addition, King Yan has been a little busy recently. In that case, let’s lead the troops to Peiping. Isn’t Xu Guogong going to support?”
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, with a hint of anger.
He was waiting for Zhu Bo to admit his mistake.
Finally heard this.
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