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“Have our big opportunity come?”

Xu Derong and others looked at each other!

Seeing that no one understood what Wang Zezhen said, Xu Derong asked, "Prince, don't know what this means?"

Wang Zezhen said: "These are the most wise monarch in ancient and modern China. How could they come here to expand their territory for no reason?"

A sea merchant said: "We also think so. Although the emperor does not want to fight against Han people and clams, the Hu fisherman has benefited and has not entered the Central Plains. However, if he had not had a profound intention, he would not have come here to expand his territory. After all, this place is far from Liaodong."

Wang Zezhen looked at the man and said, "You are right. The emperor destroyed the Liao Kingdom, the Taifeng, the Goryeo, and the Japanese are invincible. If the Han people did not want the Han people to kill each other, they had already entered the Central Plains. The wisdom and courage of the emperor were beyond the world. How could he come here to expand his territory for no reason?"

Without waiting for others to answer, Wang Zezhen asked and answered: "The emperor personally went west and used more than 100,000 troops to destroy the Li Dynasty, Champa, and Khmer. What he did was naturally this maritime trade that could strengthen the country and enrich the people."

Wang Zezhen's words were not beyond the expectations of Xu Derong and others.

This is something that is clear. Apart from this maritime international trade with rich interests, what can be used to work on Li Yan's great power?

Xu Derong pondered for a moment and said, "Does the Emperor want to monopolize this maritime trade?"

This is what Xu Derong and the others are most worried about!

Li Yan has thousands of sea ships and tens of thousands of excellent ship workers. The key is that he has strong military strength and has cut off the trade channels between China and the West. Therefore, Li Yan has the strength to monopolize the international maritime trade.

Once Li Yan monopolizes the international maritime trade, they will not only lose a huge financial path, but also have the danger of bankruptcy. You must know that many of their money are all on the merchant ships and goods detained by Li Yan. If Li Yan wants to monopolize, it will never be possible to return them to the merchant ships and goods.

Wang Zezhen smiled and said, "The emperor is the monarch, not a businessman. How could he lose his big fortune by rushing into business?"

After hearing Wang Zezhen say this, Xu Derong and others breathed a sigh of relief.

However, there was still a sea merchant: "But I heard that the Emperor has a huge merchant fleet..."

Wang Zezhen said: "There is such a merchant fleet that is also doing maritime trade. But don't worry, this does not affect you. How big is maritime trade? You all know that the merchant fleet cannot afford all the shares. Moreover, the merchant fleet currently only does business of glass, soap, and fine iron, and does not conflict with your business."

After hearing what Wang Zezhen said, Xu Derong and others were truly relieved.

After a while, Xu Derong said, "Why don't you know what the great opportunity the prince mentioned is?"

Wang Zezhen looked around and said, "The emperor intends to break the monopoly of Dashi merchants so that we Chinese merchants can trade directly in the West."

After hearing Wang Zezhen's words, Xu Derong and others' eyes lit up!

For a long time, the greatest interests of international trade between the East and the West have been seized by merchants such as Dashi, which have blocked the trade between China and the West. Therefore, both Chinese and Western merchants can only make a small part of the profit.

If Li Yanzhen can break the monopoly of merchants such as Dashi, then both Chinese and Western merchants can gain greater benefits.

Let me ask, how could Xu Derong and others not have a desire?

Xu Derong asked carefully: "The Emperor really has this plan?"

Wang Zezhen said: "Otherwise, why did you come here in person? Why did you conquer Khmer and other countries?"

Xu Derong thought for a while and said, "Now it is indeed a good opportunity to break the monopoly of Dashi merchants."

Wang Zezhen looked at Xu Derong and asked, "How do you say this?"

Xu Derong said: "More than two hundred years ago, the Fatima dynasty was established in Tunisia, conquering more than a dozen countries, and then moved the capital to Cairo. Because of their green color, we Chinese call it "green and large food". In addition, Mosul and Aleppo established the Hamdan dynasty; the Persians and Turks established the Saman dynasty, Baiyi dynasty, Gassini dynasty, Seljuk Empire, and Ayub dynasty. These countries are also considered the world of food. The merchants of these countries are the big food merchants who monopolize the trade between the East and the West."

After pausing, Xu Derong continued: "More than a hundred years ago, the empire was divided into various parts, and the actual ruling area was limited to Baghdad and its surrounding areas. It was in name only. All the places were divided and dominated. Later, the Seljuk people came. Tugluk Burke, the grandson of Seljuk, occupied Khorasan, and then conquered the entire Persian territory and entered Baghdad. Caliph Kaim named Tugluk Burke the sultan and called it "King of the East and the West". Since then, although the nominal ruler of the Great Food World was still the Caliph, the real power had fallen into the hands of Seljuk's Sultan. Tugluk Burke's nephew and successor Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantine army in Manzikt and captured the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV, so most of the Byzantine belonging to Byzantine were under his control. At that time, the Seljuk Empire was extremely prosperous."

Speaking of this, Xu Derong's tone slowed down and said, "If it were in that period, even the Great Emperor would not have been able to break the monopoly of the Dashi merchants, because the Seljuk Empire was too strong at that time. Fortunately, the Seljuk Empire has begun to decline now [m.]."

Wang Zezhen said: "Downfall? What's going on?"

Xu Derong said: "There are many reasons. There are the Crusades; there are the disputes between the philosophers after Maliksha's death, and the empire was divided; there are the countries of the original Dashi constantly rising to challenge the authority of the empire, etc.... In short, although the Seljuk Empire was still the ruler of the Dashi world, it had already sunset. Moreover, in order to maintain its rule, the Seljuk Empire has continuously fought with the surrounding Karakhan dynasties and the Western Kingdoms, creating a lot of killings and conflicts. If the Emperor stood up and called out, it is very likely that the Dashi and Western Kingdoms would respond to the Emperor and then overthrow the Seljuk dynasty."

Wang Zezhen has never heard of many things Xu Derong said.

Wang Zezhen savored it for a long time before saying, "Mr. Xu seems to know the world of Dashi?"

Xu Derong said: "I am not hiding the prince, Xu once overestimated his abilities and wanted to unite with several friends from the Western Kingdoms to break the monopoly of the Dashi merchants and gain more benefits for the Chinese merchants. Unfortunately, because there was no strong military support, it ended in failure."

After hearing what Xu Derong said, Wang Zezhen suddenly remembered that Li Yan was looking for someone who was proficient in the Western Kingdoms and the Great Food World as his staff, and then looked at Xu Derong and said, "Don't this person have the talents he wants." So he said to Xu Derong: "I wonder if Mr. Xu has any plans to become an official. If so, I can introduce Emperor Donghuang for Mr. Xu."

When Xu Derong heard this, he was overjoyed!

He went into business because he failed the exam and did not have the opportunity to become an official.

In this era, merchants, regardless of how rich they are, are still inferior people, and superior people are those who are noble and superior taxis.

To be honest, Xu Derong has no shortage of Qian, no matter how many, it is just a number for Xu Derong. Now he just wants to do something that can be celebrated forever.

If he could become an official in Li Yan and help Li Yan break the monopoly of the Dashi merchants, he would undoubtedly achieve his goal.

However, although Xu Derong was willing to become an official, he still hesitated: "Xu, a merchant, can the emperor use me, a despicable person?"

Not only Xu Derong, but other maritime merchants also think so, although these merchants are rich, they can't help but feel a little inferior due to the overall environment.

Wang Zezhen smiled and said, "You are too slim to use people. As long as you can help others, you will not be stingy with rewards."

After hearing what Wang Zezhen said, Xu Derong cheered himself up: "At worst, I can continue to come back to be a maritime businessman. What's the point of seeing Emperor Donghuang?"

At this time, a maritime merchant asked, "Duke, don't you know how the emperor can return our merchant ships and cargo?"

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Chapter completed!