The terms of trade were soon finalized. In name, Japan gave gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty in the form of tribute. The Ming Dynasty then gave Japan a certain amount of food and weapons by giving it to the sea merchants in Haidu contracted and sold equivalent goods to Japan and handed them over to the emperor.

In order to show the support of the Ming Emperor for the Japanese king, Zhu Jun also specially sent a team of spies from the Kitajin Fushi to Japan to prevent the general from interfering with the emperor's distribution and warned the general of the Conquering Yi. Although the territory and territory of the Ming Dynasty have dropped a lot compared to the past, the navy has been unable to find a few opponents across the world. Japan is an island country. The Tokugawa family will never dare to provoke trouble unless they are brave enough. Therefore, with the support of Zhu Jun, the Japanese emperor who has mastered food and weapons will be greatly improved, and daimyos from all over the country will also shift from the oppression of the general to the emperor. One day, once the strength of the Japanese royal family reaches a certain level, the conflict with the shogunate will inevitably intensify and civil war will inevitably be avoided.

After sending away the Japanese envoy group, the content of the letter of the country was excerpted by the mansion. The maritime merchants immediately became jealous as if they were seeing flies. Not to mention anything else, they only talked about the large amount of gold mines in Japan, which made the price of gold and silver at one to three, while the price of gold coins in various countries was about one to ten. As long as the goods were sold to Japan, Japan was required to settle the goods with gold. The goods of 100 taels of silver could only be exchanged for ten taels of gold in each country. But when they arrived in Japan, it was a total of 300 taels of gold. Then they went to other countries to exchange silver, which was the real price of 300 taels of silver. What is this? This is a transaction of money making money. Who can still sit there for such huge profits?

Before the imperial court's decree on contracting was released, the quarrels within the Chamber of Commerce were already quarrels. Who wouldn't want to do this transaction? Not to mention the profits of the goods, just using gold to exchange is enough to make three times the profits. The competition for interests has begun. The marches rely on their own status to choose their allies, and before Ma Ren, the Chamber of Commerce, made a buzzing noise.

Ma Ren in the conference room was not anxious or impatient. The emperor did not give any orders. These fools were not quarreling at all. Ma Ren was not worried about not having his share. With his relationship with the emperor and the title of president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, it was not a matter of one word to contract dozens of ships of goods, and they could do whatever they could tossed with the rest of the profits.

"President Ma, these people are a bit distorted. What kind of decent things would it be if outsiders see it? Do you need to press it?" Sitting beside Ma Ren was Huang Zhiye, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, with a hint of worry on his face.

Ma Ren smiled and blew the tea foam, and finally closed the tea cover. He said, "Let them go. It is legitimate for someone to be anxious and angry in such a big business. It would be fine if he was tired. At noon, you and I will go to the Ministry of Revenue on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce to receive the order. Then we will know."

Huang Zhiye nodded: "I heard that this trip to Japan for rice trafficking requires more than 100 large ships, as well as dozens of ships of weapons and weapons. The discount is 80,000 taels of gold. After one trip, the exchange price of this silver land alone can draw 600,000 taels of silver. If you can get ten quotas for ships and lands, you can earn at least 10,000 taels of silver. If you add the difference in trafficking, you are actually very enthusiastic. I only hope that the adults of the Ministry of Revenue can allocate more places."

Ma Ren smiled and said, "Brother Huang is joking. With your financial resources, you will take the only tens of thousands of taels of silver seriously? I heard that you have invested in a workshop in the development zone, and what kind of forging machine is selling, and your wealth is booming."

Huang Zhiye said: "How can we make a lot of money in business? This forging machine was made by a Franco machine man. He had no capital and said he wanted to cooperate with me to do business together. I think that forging machine is quite famous. Nowadays, many workshops cannot recruit craftsmen. With this forging machine, it can save some manpower. Therefore, a forging machine workshop was opened in the development zone and earned some money every month."

Ma Ren nodded and said, "Although the profits of us maritime merchants are large, they are not a long-term solution. Now more and more maritime merchants are joining in. Some people are selling their goods and want to buy a boat to run. A group of monks have no water to drink. Going to the development zone to set up a workshop is a way out for themselves. If the profits at sea are less in the future, they can still make money from the workshop."

Huang Zhiye said: "President Ma said it very much. In fact, he guessed that he had done the same thing. In fact, the profit of this thing is not as good as the merchants on the surface. But are you afraid that you can't sell the goods if you have the goods? In addition, this workshop is not without the possibility of getting rich overnight. The trick here is to win unexpectedly. For example, someone has a joint venture with the Franchise Man to build a Franchise Carriage workshop. The appearance of this carriage is better than that of our Ming Dynasty carriage, and it looks a little stronger. Look, now, which one of the streets is not the Franchise Carriage Carriage Carriage? There is also that perfume workshop. I don't know who got the formula. Now, which woman in Haidu City doesn't buy this kind of perfume? These people have a monthly profit of less than 8,000, and probably ten thousand taels of silver."

Ma Ren nodded. In fact, all business is about the word "strange" in any business. If you run a workshop, others also run a workshop. Although you produce some daily necessities, they produce something you don't have. People have curiosity, Western-style carriages, perfumes, clocks, and the latest washing equipment are all things that people have never seen before. It is a new experience. Although Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucian Journal posted articles every day to scold the workshop owner for their strange and obscene skills and call on the people to resist, people still like to buy it. The reason is that it is this word "strange".

Some workshop owners who were on the sidelines of Qifeng made a fortune and immediately began to think about it secretly. So some people went to labor camps to thug Spanish thugs and Dutch prisoners inquire about some strange things. If they thought it was profitable, they simply redeem the man to run a workshop together. Some people wandered around the gate of Yangming College every day. The tribute students of the Heart Study were good at studying and were also very good at these strange things. Many new things in Haidu City were studied and invented by them. These people went to the workshop to observe when they had time, and occasionally improved some crafts and production tools for the workshop. After a while, these tribute students of the Heart Study became familiar with the workshop owners, just like an adulterer meeting a lewd woman, and the fire was fierce.

Ma Ren sighed in his heart that his main career was still on the side of the Hai Trade Company, and he could not find a good project to do for a while, so he was delayed. He was a smart person, and of course he could see the benefits of opening a workshop, but he just couldn't find a suitable opportunity, which made Huang Biye seize the opportunity.

"Since the emperor changed the era, the changes in Southeast Asia have been really upside down. Ma is old and cannot compare to you young people. Alas, many strange things are always produced by other people's workshops, so Ma can only realize the value of this. They are always half a beat slower than others." Ma Ren shook his head and smiled bitterly, picked up the cold tea and took a sip, and continued to blow the tea foam.

"Why did President Ma say this? I will go to the bottom of my studies and ask President Ma for more advice." Huang Zhiye bowed his hand in a modest manner.

The two of them exchanged greetings again. At noon, there was still endless arguments in the conference room inside and outside the room, and the maritime merchants also had different interests. They usually had some friction between them because of business, and today they broke out together.

Ma Ren stood up and said, "Brother Huang, let's ignore them and go to the Ministry of Revenue to see if the emperor has made any idea."

Huang Zhiye nodded, and the two of them came out of the back door of the Chamber of Commerce together, got on their own carriages, and rushed towards the Ministry of Revenue.

The Chamber of Commerce is located near the port. Although it is four or five miles away from the south of the city, the road is flat and wide. With just one cup of tea, two carriages have been parked steadily at the gate of the Ministry of Revenue.

The two stepped side by side into the threshold of the Ministry of Revenue's yamen. The mending at the door knew each other and nodded each other and went in. The emperor had indeed issued quotas for maritime merchants, including Ma Ren's thirty ships, and the two vice presidents twenty ships each, and the rest were decided entirely by the draw of lottery for the Maritime Chamber of Commerce. Overall, it was fair. Ma Ren and Huang Zhiye were relieved. If you have so many quotas for ships, you can earn at least 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver in one trip. Both of them were satisfied. The eunuch who passed the emperor's handwriting and the head of the Ministry of Revenue were still waiting in the yamen after the delivery. When Ma Ren and Huang Zhiye got the handwriting, they said hilariously: "Mr. Ma, Mr. Huang, the emperor ordered that when you arrive at the Ministry of Revenue, you will ask the two to enter the palace to meet. Please."

Ma Ren and Huang Zhiye looked at each other. The emperor rarely summoned them to meet him on weekdays. Even if there was something to be done, it would be someone who would pass on the order to the Ministry of Revenue and then ask them to receive the order from the Ministry of Revenue. Suddenly, what was the matter to meet and speak?

Neither of them was confused, but they didn't dare to neglect them, so they hurriedly followed the little eunuch into the palace.

When you enter the heavily guarded gate of the imperial city, there is a road made of white jade rocks. After passing through the water pavilions and towers, the Golden Carving Gallery, there is a garden imitating Jiangnan. The trees are lush and the fake rocks flowing water is quite like misty rain in Jiangnan.

The little eunuch took them to a pavilion and asked them to wait here, so he informed him.

A moment later, a voice came from the forest by the pavilion: "Ma Aiqing, Huang Aiqing, how are you doing recently?"

The two turned their heads and saw Zhu Jun wearing a cold shirt, his long hair was tied into a ponytail, and he was stalking with the folding fan in his hand with a smile.

"Caomin Ma Ren (Huang Biye) bowed to the emperor, long live my emperor."

"Let's just flat, this is not a court, there is no need for so many rules." Zhu Junxu helped him, sat carelessly on the stone bench in the pavilion, closed the folding fan, and said, "I'm asking you for it, there's a big deal for you to do, come, come, don't be stunned, sit down and talk."

"Yes, the emperor." The two of them sat sideways on the stone bench opposite, feeling a little uncomfortable all over.
Chapter completed!