Grand Canal, Suzhou Canal.

The fog in the morning had not yet dissipated, but the foreman's horns had already sounded. The coolies carrying goods on the dock quickly gathered together. Just after the foreman's order, they would rush into the warehouse next to them and carry the goods inside onto the designated cargo ship.

A few years ago, Sun Long also made them suffer. Because the dead eunuch dug three feet into the ground and scraped them up, all kinds of businesses in Suzhou Prefecture were declining, and the work on the canal terminal was getting less and less. Generally, there were only one or two hours of work every day, and those who were coolies were about to starve to death.

These days, the Caoyun Wharf suddenly became lively. Because Sun Long was killed by the emperor himself, the magistrate Sun Zhixie and other corrupt officials were all withdrawn, and shops in Suzhou City also opened their doors to start business. The purchase and delivery of goods were almost filled with the Caoyun Wharf.

These coolies also started to carry day and night. They were a little tired, but everyone's faces were full of excitement. After all, if you can have enough food, what's the point of being tired?

Just as they were about to start moving things, the foreman suddenly looked at the canal channel behind them and stood still.

A group of coolies turned their heads curiously and were stunned.

Oh my god, I don’t know how many warships and canal ships are rushing out of the mist and leaning towards the dock!

What's going on?

Soon, more than a dozen fast centipede ships were approaching the dock, and the guards on the boat shouted loudly: "Hurry, hurry, all ships, leave the dock immediately and go to the river in front to wait. The emperor is going to land here!"

The emperor is here again!

Whether it was the owner and boatman on the boat, or the vendors and coolies on the docks, everyone's faces were filled with surprise, without any expression of fear or panic.

Because the emperor brought them great benefits last time he came!

All the boats of all sizes and large docked on the pier immediately untied their cables and left the pier quickly without any dissatisfaction.

Everyone wants to come because the emperor can bring them good days.

Taichang really didn't expect that he would run back again after only ten days of leaving Suzhou Prefecture.

This time he did not come for money. He could send Jinyiwei to get some money, but he had to come in person.

For example, reset Taicang Maritime Bureau.

There is no way, he has to expand business channels for merchants, otherwise how could this business develop rapidly?

He really couldn't think of much room for development in inland business, because these business merchants have been doing it for more than two hundred years, and almost everyone has thought of ways to make money. Unless the income of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty soared, there would be no room for development in inland business.

The sharp increase in people's income is not something that can be achieved overnight. If you want to make money quickly, you have to do foreign trade to earn money from Japan and Western countries.

The profits of foreign trade business these days are so high that it is exaggerated. It is like an ordinary official kiln porcelain that can be sold for dozens of cents in the Ming Dynasty. However, once it is shipped to Japan, it can be sold for about one tael of silver and shipped to European countries, which is even more amazing. At least two or three taels per.

In other words, the price of many specialties in the Ming Dynasty can be more than ten times when shipped to Japan, and the price of shipping to Europe can be at least twenty times more.

If you don’t make money, it’s a trick in your mind!

In fact, there have been people making this money, and the ones who make this money are the Southeast Maritime Businessmen’s wealthy families colluding with pirates. Behind the Southeast Maritime Businessmen’s wealthy families is an interest alliance formed by corrupt officials.

They made money, but they didn't have the share of the court, so they put all their pockets in them.

In this way, the wealthy families in the southeast are fat, but the Ming Dynasty court was so poor that they were bleeding. Even when the business was at its peak, the pirate Zheng Zhilong's annual income exceeded more than twice the tax income of the Ming Dynasty court!

Sometimes, Taichang really couldn't understand why the Ming Dynasty implemented the maritime ban, why were they afraid of Japanese pirates and Western red-haired women?

The two dynasties of Hongwu and Yongle, how powerful the Ming Dynasty was. What are the Japanese pirates and Western Red-haired Fans afraid of when they come? Do it when they come. So what if they go directly to destroy Japan?

You know, by the Chongzhen dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was about to perish and overturned the colonial fleet of the Dutch, the then maritime overlord!

This strategy of banning sea is really inexplicable. It is really incredible to be afraid that a sail will not be allowed to go into the sea.

Are you afraid that if you implement the maritime ban, people won’t come to beat you?

Whether someone beats you or not has nothing to do with whether you actually implement the maritime ban is not related to whether you have to do it!

Just like in the Korean War in Wanli, the Japanese Guanbai Toyotomi Hideyoshi tried to use Korea as a springboard to destroy the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, whether someone beats you depends entirely on how strong they think they are. It has nothing to do with your maritime ban. If they think they can defeat you, they will still beat you up if you do not want to do anything!

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was not completely unrelated to countries around the world and did business. The Ming Dynasty also did some things with others, and there were also a few Maritime Bureaus that were in charge of foreign trade.

However, the Ming Dynasty implemented strict trade in a unified manner, and it would be too high to earn hundreds of thousands of taels in a year, because there were only more than ten or twenty pieces in a total of them, and for each country, trade in a unified manner was only carried out once a year.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, the Japanese daimyo Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan fought a big fight in Ningbo Prefecture in order to compete for Kanhe.

There is no way, there is only one piece sent to Japan by the Ming Dynasty. The two families won’t snatch them to the death!

To be honest, this amount of trade is not enough, and the money is still profitable by those maritime merchants and pirates.

Therefore, Taichang decided to reopen Taicang Maritime Service and no longer set any restrictions. As long as you have money, anyone can come to buy things.

Of course, this price is not the price that is within the Ming Dynasty. It will at least double the price, so that both merchants and the court can make money.

As for the Japanese pirates and Western red-haired women, they will come when they have sex. If they don’t beat them, they will have peach blossoms on their faces. They still don’t know why the flowers are so red.

If you dare to do it, there is no need to be cowardly!

Even without new muskets and artillery, the Ming Dynasty was invincible near the sea, not to mention that new muskets and artillery have begun to be developed.

Taichang looked at the approaching Caoyun Wharf, and his face couldn't help but feel domineering. If you want to open the sea, you should open it completely. If you want to do overseas trade, you should let go of your hands and feet. You're afraid of nothing!

At this time, Wu Wan'er suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Okay, OK, finally here, Your Majesty, the dishes at Hongfu Restaurant are delicious, otherwise we will go and have lunch."

Well, at noon, I'm afraid it won't work.

You thought it was the last time that I was just a light car. I could reach Suzhou City in less than half an hour after a slap of my horse.

This time, he brought 5,000 elite imperial guards and thousands of Jinyiwei, as well as two thousand elite troops from Zhenhaiwei, and also returned.

There are eight thousand people, and I don’t know how long it will take to get off the boat. It will take at least two or three hours to drive to Suzhou City!

Taichang said helplessly: "I'm afraid I can't catch up at noon, so why don't we go and have a meal in the evening."
Chapter completed!