Chapter 12: Dragon and Phoenix Present Good Luck (2)

The next day, Sony got up early and put on the special clothes that the ministers of the vassal states stipulated by the Ming Dynasty as the new regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and came to the palace to wait early.

When Zhu Yinglong came out of Xuqin Palace, Sony had been waiting outside the palace for nearly two hours. He did not dare to leave at will. He did not know when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would summon him, and the heavy responsibilities he shouldered also prompted him to wait.

"Is Sony here?" Zhu Yinglong had been back in the study of Yangxin Palace in the south of the study, and had only remembered that he wanted to summon some foreign ministers Sony alone.

"I heard that he was waiting outside the palace gate early in the morning." Xu Yingyuan bowed and replied.

"Why don't you remind me?" Zhu Yinglong said angrily.

"Your Majesty, such a barbarian minister, it is also very appropriate to kill him."

"Forget it, it's almost done, go and pass it over." Zhu Yinglong was too lazy to care about these details with Xu Yingyuan. It was not a phenomenon unique to Xu Yingyuan, a eunuch.

About a stick of incense, Sony followed Xu Yingyuan and walked into the south study of Yangxin Palace with his head down.

"Foreign minister Sony bowed to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!" Sony did not raise his head, but turned his upper eyelids upwards. He saw Zhu Yinglong sitting behind the imperial case and bowed.

"Sony, right?"

"It's true for the foreign minister."

"Please keep your body flat." Zhu Yinglong didn't even look at Sony. Huang Taiji looked down on himself as an emperor too much. He sent a first-class guard around him to discuss with the court about expanding border trading, which was a bit of a joke.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Emperor Daming!" Sony thanked loudly, stood up, his eyes slightly scanned the decorations of the study. Unlike Huang Taiji's study, it lacked a bit of killing energy, but it had a bit of bookish energy. The decorations were not very luxurious. The dark red tone, and the red shadow dragon black gold-clad dragon robe on the imperial throne, if it was still, it seemed to be able to blend with this southern study room, and there was no sign of each other.

"You asked Xiong Rulin, the head of the vassal court, to make a statement, saying that you would meet me alone. Is there anything wrong?" Although Zhu Yinglong's eyes were aimed at the memorial in his hand, Yu Guang kept observing the lower face of Sony, who was afraid he was three feet away.

"My Majesty Jin Tiancong Khan wants to ask His Majesty the Emperor of Ming to expand border trade."

"How to expand the law? Isn't it all stipulated in the Jinzhou Treaty?"

"It means double the supply of pig iron, copper ware, grain, salt, tea, cloth and silk on the current basis." Sony said.

"So that's the case, but my country has also suffered disasters this year. The drought in Shaanxi has been in five years, and the locust plague in Shandong has also been in great difficulty. It is my limit to promise to supply you every year!" Zhu Yinglong said slowly, "I can't let my people go hungry and give you these things when they are frozen, right?"

"Why did His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty open a door to convenience for Chahar Mongolia? Foreigners heard that His Majesty the Emperor kept transporting them rice, salt, cloth and even fine wine, iron and exquisite bronze ware?" After all, Sony was young and had no much political experience, and suddenly fell into the trap carefully designed by Zhu Yinglong.

"That's different. They exchanged gold for me. Lin Danhan is my father-in-law. I can't be so harsh to my family, right?" Zhu Yinglong explained with a smile.

"Then I, Dajin, is also a brotherly country of the Ming Dynasty. Since I am a brother, does His Majesty the Emperor ignore the brotherhood?"

"We Chinese people have a saying, I wonder if you have heard it?"

"Sony would like to hear it clearly!"

"This sentence is, brothers, settle accounts clearly, and brothers still need to have clear accounts. Sony, do you think I want to settle accounts with your Tiancong Khan?"

"What account?" Sony said in surprise.

Zhu Yinglong smiled and said, "I can double the supply of the above-mentioned materials, but I must buy it at 30% higher than the price on the market. You must know that if you mobilize the things you need in a short time, merchants will not use their best without huge profits."

"Thirty percent?" Sony said with wide eyes.

"Thirty percent is not much, and I haven't taken you a penny." Zhu Yinglong smiled. He couldn't get a penny for Huang Taiji, but he could withdraw heavy taxes from the merchants who sold these materials. Even if he took out half of them, he still had a very considerable profit.

"Nat Chaharmony and the others?"

"Same, I never bully the small in business. If you trade fairly, you can rest assured that this is true." Zhu Yinglong's face showed a businessman-like smile.

"This foreign minister can't make a decision at once, so I need to ask my khan!" Sony went forward completely according to Zhu Yinglong's planned idea. He originally thought it would take a lot of effort to convince the Ming emperor, but found that his goal was achieved quickly, but it seemed even more difficult. He almost didn't use any of the words he had thought in advance. He was just asking others to lead the nose and then leave, as if he was just here to negotiate business. The key was a "price", and the others seemed to be no problem.

With the new steelmaking method, steel production will grow rapidly and will quickly replace all kinds of iron tools among the people. They will purchase these iron tools at a very low price, and then sell them to the Later Jin and Mongolia at a 100% or three times the market price of the iron tools. This kind of profitable business is simply a fool. Of course, there is no need to worry that the Later Jin and Mongolia will buy these iron tools and then return to build weapons and continue to invade the enemy. Because Zhu Yinglong has decided to abandon the original cold weapon combat method and build a fully hot-shaped army. This is the Jingying New Army in an unusually confidential manner.

The end of the year is approaching, and the national treasury is in short supply again. It is not that there is no money, but that it cannot be misappropriated casually. My father-in-law’s money is not just his own money. It is also worth spending it. Huang Taiji’s money is all a family, so why bother so clearly? It is also worthy of filial piety to my elder brother.

Brothers fight, after the fight, they are brothers, whether it is the brother who listens to the brother after the fight, or the younger brother surrenders to the brother, they are all family members. But the foreign neighbors who are a little restless like to manage their family affairs. At the end of November of this year, the Red-haired Monkey (Dutch) of Taiwan's Hot City and Zheng Zhilong broke down due to negotiations on demanding legal power to trade with mainland China. The fleets of both sides encountered a war in the Kinmen area. Thousands of people who immigrated to Taiwan on the ship were killed and injured, and more than one hundred large and small ships were destroyed. The Dutch did not get any benefits.

The large ship was sunk, and more than 100 Dutch soldiers became fertilizer for Haitian plants. Although it seemed that Zheng Zhilong won, the Dutch tied with Zheng Zhilong's hundreds of fleets with only twenty ships, especially the Dutch's advanced warships and the design of the side artillery, the tonnage of the ship had reached more than a thousand tons, and the artillery equipment was between sixty and eighty. On the contrary, Zheng Zhilong's ship had a maximum of only more than four to six, and the artillery was only between four and six. Although the number and total tonnage of the fleet exceeded that of others, it was only lower than that of others in terms of quality and overall strength.

When Zhu Yinglong received this news, he could only sigh. No matter what, Zheng Zhilong was fighting against the Dutch and an alien invader. Although he was to protect his private interests, it was already very good that he had not lost. It also allowed Zhu Yinglong to see a good opportunity to cross the river to fight. If such a naval battle occurs, the Dutch will not give up. The possibility of Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet heading north to enter the waters of the Yangtze River is almost zero. The new army equipment will almost be produced in the spring next year. The time to solve the problem of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Although he and Zhu Yinglong were scheduled to advance within the time limit, the situation changed rapidly. If Miaojiang dragged too long, it would definitely be a huge burden for the Ming Dynasty's finances, and there was a budget to deal with emergencies, so Zhu Yinglong decided to deal with Wei Zhongxian in advance.
Chapter completed!