Zheng Zhilong touched the tweed fabric brought by Wei Zhongxian, and was amazed!
It's not that this guy hasn't seen it, in fact, Zheng Zhilong is also an official and business thief, and he has been crisscrossing the ocean for so many years, what goods have he not seen?
Wool tweed is a new and rare thing in Daming, but it has been popular in the West for many years, but it is expensive and cannot open the world market.In fact, at this time, the Western textile industry lagged behind the Ming Dynasty, and the raw silk and silk of the Ming Dynasty were popular overseas, and the cane sugar of the Ming Dynasty almost hollowed out the silver of Europe.The West yearns for the Ming Dynasty and feels that it is a paradise on earth.Wearing Chinese silk, shaking Chinese paper fans, hiding Chinese porcelain, watching Chinese shadow puppetry, and raising Chinese goldfish were the most popular fashions at that time.Zheng Zhilong didn't expect that our country would be able to make wool now?
And the price is still so low, it looks better and cheaper than the red ghost's tweed.Merely?
Why don't you make a lot of money with such a good wool?
The winter in the country is also very cold, and this batch of wool tweed should be very popular when it is shipped, and there will definitely be no problem in selling it.Wei Zhongxian didn't understand Chongzhen's thoughts, so he had to pretend to be profound, "His Majesty the Emperor has his own profound meaning, the general can do it, His Majesty has already greeted the Xuanfu side, and when the general goes to get the goods in the future, they will all be supplied at cost price."
In addition, His Majesty the Emperor heard that you have a son named Zheng Sen, who is very smart and clever, and His Majesty wants to summon him into the palace to accompany the prince. ”What?
Let Zheng Sen be the prince's companion?
This is the crown prince, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the future king of the country.To be honored!
And the current crown prince Zhu Cihong is from the queen of Zhou, this week the queen's holy family is long, the crown of the six palaces, and the throne of the prince is also stable.is not like the Wanli Dynasty back then, Zheng Guifei and King Fu were favored, these two guys were so high-flying that they almost didn't kill the prince.The good news brought by Wei Zhongxian almost didn't make Zheng Zhilong happy to death, you must know that although he is an official now, after all, he started as a pirate, and he still has a little inferiority complex in his bones.Now Zheng Sen can have the opportunity to enter the palace to accompany him, and when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, he Zheng Sen is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and his status is extremely noble.If?
Zheng Sen, this kid can be shrewd and fool a princess to marry home, my Zheng family will marry the heavenly family, and the descendants of the Zheng family can also be stained with the blood of the heavenly family, isn't it beautiful?
Well, it's a little hard to marry a princess!
It is said that it must be an innocent and handsome man selected from the people, and any powerful person, a big official, or a family background is not innocent, and none of them can be selected.Zheng Zhilong was a little depressed when he came here, he hated his pirate background very much now, or would his son be a princess?
I have to say that there is no lower limit for this person's obscenity, Zheng Sen is just a child, Chongzhen's eldest princess hasn't even cut off her milk, this guy is obsessed with his son Princess Shang?
Zheng Zhilong suddenly knelt down facing the north, and said with tears streaming down his face, "Long live Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty treats the ministers as heavy as a mountain, and the ministers will die to repay the king's kindness, and the ministers will definitely protect the thousands of miles of sea in my Ming Dynasty, so that Your Majesty will have no worries!"
Zheng Zhilong was excited for a while, then he stood up, and he wiped his tears.Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "Our family congratulates General Zheng first, you must know that since the prince started studying, His Majesty has never chosen to accompany him, and your family Zheng Sen is the first favor!"
”Zheng Zhilong hugged his fists and said, "Tongxi, Tongxi, Wei Changgong came from afar, presumably he hasn't had lunch yet, Zheng prepared some thin wine for the factory to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”Then Zheng Zhilong led the way in front and led Wei Zhongxian to a flower hall.Naturally, the flower hall of the Zheng family is also very luxurious, compared with the previous simple and elegant decoration, this flower hall is quite a bit of Western style, which is refreshing.The Flower Hall is lavish with tall chiming bells, Persian carpets, and oak tables with lace tablecloths.The table is also full of all kinds of delicacies, fruits and flowers, all of which are served on glass plates, which are scattered and high and low, which is very pleasing to the eye.Because Anhai Town is close to the sea, most of the delicacies on this table are seafood, such as bird's nest, shark fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, fish lips, fresh shellfish, purple abalone, mullet eggs, eel belly, big crabs and other things in the sea.Of course, in order to take care of Wei Zhongxian, there may be people in his party who are not used to eating seafood, and there are also deer antler velvets, elephant pulls, humps, civets, monkey brains and other mountain delicacies.Wei Zhongxian picked up the chopsticks and took a chopstick of cabbage and fed it to his mouth, and said with a smile, "Our family is tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas in this life, and when I get old, I find that the most delicious thing is cabbage, and I don't love meat anymore." ”Zheng Zhilong was a little embarrassed, in order to welcome Wei Zhongxian, he made a table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there were almost no vegetarian dishes.It's just a plate of broth cabbage, but now this eunuch is tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas?
Isn't this a slap in the face for selling hemp pies?
If it is true, eunuchs are the most difficult to serve.Zheng Zhilong raised his glass a little embarrassed and said with a smile, "Wei Changgong came from afar, and the last general is not very glorious. ”After saying this, Zheng Zhilong picked up the wine in the cup and drank it all, and the rest of Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhifeng and others also stood up and toasted heroically.And Wei Zhongxian dealt with a few words without being salty, and when he drank the wine, he finished it with a sip, which made Zheng Zhibao almost angry.Wei Zhongxian took another bite of cabbage, wiped his mouth slowly, and said, "Your Majesty also asked our family to bring you some gunpowder this time, these gunpowder are the latest new gunpowder developed by my Ming Dynasty, and it is powerful." ”Gunpowder?
Zheng Zhilong started with ships and artillery, do they have less gunpowder from the Zheng family?
So when Wei Zhongxian said that His Majesty the Emperor had given them a new type of gunpowder, they were a little disapproving.However, His Majesty the Emperor gave him so many things, and asked Zheng Sen to read to the prince, how could he Zheng Zhilong have to express it, right?
Zheng Zhilong stood up and bowed, "His Majesty the Emperor is so loving, Zheng is ashamed of it, and his great kindness cannot be repaid, Zheng is willing to donate five million taels of silver and five hundred thousand taels of gold for national use." ”As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked!
Even Wei Zhongxian was stunned, everyone knew that the Zheng family had earned countless silver by sea trade, but they didn't expect it to be so rich?
As soon as he opened his mouth, it was five million taels of silver and five hundred thousand taels of gold, but I am afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to take out so much silver at once!