Chapter 40: Wu Youde's 'Victory' The only one is not afraid that Li Shimin will refuse his proposal, if Li Shimin does not agree to open up the mining rights of Silver Island, hum......
Do you really think that the water bandit pirates in Wu Youde's mouth refer to ordinary water bandit pirates?
With the opening of the Age of Discovery, those big families and chaebols will definitely shift their eyes from the ground to the sea, and even now, some forces with a keen sense of smell have begun to form fleets and start the business of dumping goods or transportation, making a lot of money, and at the same time setting their sights on Li Zhen's ocean fleet.
Once the ocean-going fleet can return smoothly and bring back a large amount of precious cargo, then these big powers will definitely increase the investment in the fleet, form a more powerful fleet, start to open up the seas, make more profits, and then buy or build more powerful merchant ships or even warships......
It was then that the Age of Discovery, in full, began.
With the use of force, isn't it a matter of course for merchant ships to want to rob their peers by surprise?
It is even more logical to even raise a group of pirates in private, specifically to stumble on the competition or plunder profits.
Since you can rob your peers, you can naturally rob fixed targets at sea, especially an isolated island like Silver Island, which is more than a hundred nautical miles away from the water, and it is the favorite target of armed caravans and pirates.
Li Shimin was furious, how could he not hear the hidden threat in Wu Youde's words - if you don't give us the silver mine, don't think about it yourself, it's a big deal that none of us want to mine silver ore there, otherwise if you dare to mine in Silver Island, then we will dare to make trouble for you as pirates.
You don't need to have too many times, you will come once every three or five months, can you stand it?
If we were to be more ruthless, every time we raided Silver Island, we would kill all the workers on it, and after two or three times, I would like to see if any craftsmen dare to continue to apply for work on the island.
Wu Youde looked at Li Shimin, who was holding back his anger, raised his eyes and said: "Of course, this is all the minister's own will, what should be done, the emperor has to make a decision himself." ” "No need, what Wu Aiqing said is very reasonable, just do what you want."
Li Shimin said coldly, although he was very angry at this moment, and being bullied by his own courtiers made him feel extremely humiliated, but as a successful emperor, he knew very well that this was not the time to get angry, Li Zhen had already released the bait, so his side must also cooperate well, as long as the strength of the family is weak, it is not too late to calculate the general account.
"Your Majesty."
As Li Shimin's old partner and absolute confidant, Du Ruhui naturally knew Li Zhen's plan, and seeing that Li Shimin had agreed, he naturally knew that it was time for him to appear: "Lord Wu's idea, the minister agrees, but how important is the matter of Silver Island, we must choose a suitable successor, but I don't know which one the emperor is going to hand over the mining rights of the silver mine?"
” "What does Aiqing mean."
Du Ru stepped out and said respectfully: "The matter of Silver Island is too important, if you want to take over Silver Island, you must have a sufficient number of financial, material and human resources and corresponding troops, although my Datang is rich in land and resources, but there are not many chambers of commerce that can meet this requirement, the most suitable and the strongest is undoubtedly the Chamber of Commerce of His Royal Highness King Yue, but now His Royal Highness King Yue is exploring the South China Sea and attacking the South Seas, I am afraid that he does not have enough energy to take over this matter." ” Li Shimin nodded: "Aiqing is right, one of the reasons why Zhen'er handed over the Silver Island to me is because the two large-scale activities of the South China Sea Exploration and the South China Sea Raiders have already transferred nearly ninety percent of his manpower, and he does not have enough manpower, otherwise this Silver Island would have been put into his pocket by him a long time ago, why should he give it to me again?"
” "So His Royal Highness King Yue's Chamber of Commerce can be temporarily excluded."
Du Ruhui beat the snake with the stick: "In addition to the Chamber of Commerce of King Yue, there are several other major chambers of commerce among the people, especially the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, which is the largest, which was originally the best choice, but in addition to Wantong, the Qiushan Chamber of Commerce, the Wentong Chamber of Commerce, the Datong Chamber of Commerce and so on also have strong competitiveness.
If we hand over the project to Vantone alone, I'm afraid that several other companies will not be convinced.
So what the minister means is that let's just hold an auction to see who pays more money, and whoever has the highest price will get it.
As for the money obtained from the auction, it is all in the name of His Royal Highness King Yue, after all, this silver mine was discovered by His Royal Highness King Yue, and it was dedicated to the court without asking for anything, and these money should be regarded as the hard money of His Royal Highness King Yue - we are very clear about the rules of King Yue, and never do free things. ” "Keming's words are reasonable, then I will leave this matter to you, and strive to complete it within a month."
"Yes, the minister will live up to the emperor's order, and it will be completed within a month." "......"
Wu Youde retreated silently, although he achieved his goal, but he did not see a triumphant expression on his face, but his face was full of clouds, and he looked like no one was approaching.
Because forcing the Li family father and son to hand over the mining rights of the silver mine was not his original intention, with his ability, he naturally saw the conspiracy of Li Zhen and Li Shimin, and also knew that this trick was very difficult, and the only way was to ignore it.
But it's still that sentence, interests are moving, in the face of mountains of profits, how many people in this world can be like him, and treat them as dung?
However, although he is resourceful, his position in the family is very embarrassing - although he is also the core figure of the family, he squeezed in as a son-in-law, and some people in the family were quite dissatisfied with him, and now he has raised objections, I am afraid that it will become an excuse for some people to besiege.
Especially last night, during the meeting, I was sneered at by a group of juniors, but as an elder and a relative, my father-in-law not only did not help me speak, but instead pulled a bias, and every sentence in his words was biased in favor of those little bastards - I have made so many contributions to the Zheng family, but I ended up in such a situation, which is really chilling.
That's it, anyway, after this battle, whether the Zheng family can exist is another matter, even if they barely survive, I am afraid that they will be greatly damaged, and there will be no time for a hundred years to recover - the question is whether the imperial court will give the Zheng family a hundred years of recovery period?
It's impossible to think about.
In other words, the Zheng family is already doomed, and he has no idea of being martyred for the Zheng family, and it seems that he has to make a new choice for his future......
However, with his own identity, he rashly joined the past, I am afraid that he will be suspected by Li Shimin......
That's it, for the sake of myself, I have to be sorry for the family once - I have done so much for the family, this time I should get back a little interest.