Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 603
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong quickly stood up, bowed to Dai Shan and said: "Exactly, by the way, I also brought a little gift to the princes, please accept it!"

As he spoke, he took out several gift slips from his pocket, one was for Dai Shan, one was for Dorgon, and the other was for Little Emperor Fulin.

After these people were divided, Dorgon saw that Zheng Zhilong still had a gift list, and couldn't help being a little curious, who would it be for?
Haug?Or Dodo?
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong took the last gift list, turned his head to look at Hong Chengchou who was sitting down, and said: "I am so happy to see my fellow countryman in a foreign country, so I also prepared some gifts. I hope my fellow man will not be disgusted!"

Hong Chengchou himself did not expect that the last gift list in Zheng Zhilong's hand was actually for him!Even when he was outside the city, Zheng Zhilong did say that there was a gift for him, but in this scene, he was almost given gifts side by side with Prince Li, the Regent and others, which is enough to show that Zheng Zhilong took him very seriously, and immediately, Hong Chengchou couldn't help being very moved.

At this moment, looking at the gift list handed over by the court lady, Hong Chengchou immediately wanted to decline, this would make him too conspicuous and might cause disaster.Because Zheng Zhilong gave gifts to a few of them present, what about the others, most importantly, where are the other princes?

Ah, Zheng Zhilong still doesn't understand the internal situation of the Qing Empire, otherwise, it would be impossible to prepare these few gifts!
Seeing him standing there, he seemed to be hesitating, and did not immediately accept the gift list, Zheng Zhilong lowered his face and said, "Brother Hong, do you not recognize me as a fellow villager?"

Dai Shan has learned a lot about Hong Chengchou since he went to Japan with Hong Chengchou, and immediately understood what Hong Chengchou was worried about.

In this regard, he actually didn't want to change anything.For these Hanchens, it is necessary to both suppress and win over, so that they can be obedient.So Duoduo, Haoge and others have a bad attitude towards the Han people, so he is happy to see it come true.Anyway, he and Dorgon can suppress and win over the Han people by showing goodwill to the Han people, so that these Han people can work for the Qing Dynasty without riding on the Qing Dynasty.

But at this time, Zheng Zhilong had to save face, so he said: "Do you want to kiss me, old folks, if you don't accept this gift, it will be unreasonable!"

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he stretched out his hand to take the gift list presented by the maid, and then bowed solemnly to Zheng Zhilong to express his gratitude.

Seeing that he had accepted the gift list, Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said to Dorgon, "I don't want to hide it from His Royal Highness the Regent, am I? My favorite thing is to make money. On the southeast side, it's me." After all, the business is basically the best. Therefore, I thought, to open up more business, and the business with the Qing Empire. If the business is not settled, I will always think about this matter in my heart. No, If you don't think about food and tea, even if you bump your old bones on the road, I will fight!"

Hearing his blatant words, Dorgon and Daishan looked at each other, and they both burst out laughing.

In the dark corner, Bumbutai, who was peeping, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong move his body, he also said with a smile: "Really, on this journey, I thought it would not be too hard to take a carriage instead of a train, but I didn't expect that the journey was so bumpy. , If you don't think about making money, this trip is really a loss."

Speaking of this, after a pause, he said to Daishan and Dorgon: "Seeing that it's not easy for me, the princes must give me a preferential price!"

Having said so much, it was paving the way for the price involved in the business. After hearing this, Dorgon and Daishan couldn't help but glance at each other, which once again deepened the impression that Zheng Zhilong was a maritime merchant.

Therefore, Daishan said with a smile: "It must, must, definitely satisfy you, but you also have to satisfy Da Qing?"

"Haha!" Zheng Zhilong laughed immediately after hearing this and replied, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the reason why Zheng Zhilong's business is so big is that the business is absolutely fair!"

Dorgon seemed to have thought of something from Zheng Zhilong's words just now, he no longer smiled, and looked very serious. After hearing Zheng Zhilong's answer to Daishan's words, he asked Zheng Zhilong: "Which train , I wonder if you can find a way to sell it to Daqing, the price is negotiable!"

Regarding the magic of the steam train, he asked Turger to find out about it afterwards, and he was very eager for the Qing Dynasty to have this thing.

If there is a steam train, then the transportation of the Qing Dynasty, whether it is the deployment of troops or the transportation of materials, will be much more convenient.

Zheng Zhilong heard this, and thought in his heart: "Sure enough, I got hooked!"

If he wanted to say something in general, he had of course discussed it with the Jinyiwei Baihu who delivered the order in advance.

Hearing Dorgon's question at this time, he immediately shook his head and replied: "There is really no way to do this. The method of building the steam train has always been in the hands of the imperial court. On the road, even if I can figure it out, I can’t make it without a professional craftsman.”

Hearing this, Dorgon was a little depressed.He knew that in terms of intelligence, the Qing Dynasty was indeed inferior to the people from the Ming Dynasty. At least the craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty were basically Han Chinese from the Manchurian people in the past few years. There are no skilled craftsmen.

However, he already had this expectation in his heart, so he just let go of the steam train and asked with interest: "You mean, all the official roads in the Ming Kingdom are already built with that kind of cement?" ? Can you get this cement formula?"

Turge also boasted about the cement official road, so Dorgon kept it in mind, knowing that if there was a cement road, the transportation capacity in the Qing Dynasty would be strengthened, and the consumption of materials on the road would also be greatly reduced. reduce!
At this time, after hearing Zheng Zhilong's feelings when he came here, he took the opportunity to raise the question of cement.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong seemed a little embarrassed, and didn't answer right away.

When Dorgon saw it, he quickly added: "If you can get this cement formula so that the Qing Dynasty can build cement official roads, the price will definitely be negotiable!"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong seemed to be tempted. He thought for a while and replied: "The imperial court has delegated this cement formula to the local yamen. If you want to get this formula, you only need to buy one of the officials. If the price is right , this business can actually be done.”

The matter of the cement formula was explained by the Jinyiwei Baihu.Zheng Zhilong can also figure out the reason: it is nothing more than the fact that the imperial court now has the absolute strength to recover Liaodong. Therefore, if Jianlu is allowed to build roads first, it will save the imperial court's manpower and material resources on official roads in the future.

As for the convenience brought by the official way to Jianlu, the imperial court should not mind.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong seemed to be trying to get a good price, and added on purpose: "This cement is really a treasure. It is used for water conservancy repairs, and it is very useful. After the imperial court used cement in the south of the Yangtze River, water conservancy projects were all gone. Obviously a lot more, food production is said to have increased a lot!"

When Dorgon heard this, he was overjoyed.Now the north side is opening up wasteland and farming on a large scale, and building supporting water conservancy projects, which is definitely the top priority.If this cement can be obtained, then after the Qing Dynasty, relying on the grain fields in the north, it might be able to be self-sufficient.In this way, the strength foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be established.

Thinking of this, he quickly gestured to Daishan with his eyes, and asked Daishan to help.

Dai Shan understood, and immediately said: "Don't worry, our Daqing business is the most fair. If this cement formula can be obtained, the price we offer will definitely not disappoint you."

After finishing speaking, when he thought of something, he also took a look at Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou naturally understood that this was to let him talk about it with the friendship of a fellow villager.

Therefore, he followed suit.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong smiled and said straightforwardly: "Okay, then it's a deal, I'll get the formula, what's your bid?"

To bargain directly like this, for ordinary officials and lords, it is a matter of losing their status, especially the king of a country, at least he is also in power.

But at this time, Jianlu knew his own affairs, so they couldn't let them put on airs.As the matter concerned his own interests, he immediately started haggling with Zheng Zhilong regardless of his status.

Of course, they are not serious businessmen, and they have promised a good price before.Therefore, under Zheng Zhilong's negotiation, there was no haggling at all, just follow what Zheng Zhilong said.And pay half in advance as a deposit.

After talking about the price of cement, Dorgon brought up the food and supplies again.

Although the Qing Dynasty has opened up wasteland and farmed on a large scale in the north, it is currently accepting a large number of young and strong Koreans. On the Mongolian grassland, they have to win over those Mongolian patriarchs and the like. Food and grass materials are hard currency, and the demand is still great.

Naturally, Zheng Zhilong couldn't refuse, so he negotiated the price again, and after finally agreeing on the price, he took half of the money as a deposit as usual.

Ordinary business is definitely not so generous, paying half of the transaction amount as a deposit; but for these urgently needed supplies, Daqing has to appear to be generous in business, and there are no professional business people to advise, so that's it. Was fooled by Zheng Zhilong.

Of course, this is also because Zheng Zhilong is an alliance party, and he feels that he can be trusted.If it were someone else, it probably wouldn't be the result.

Jianlu's gold and silver items were not enough, so they replaced them with special products from Liaodong.As far as the matter is concerned, Zheng Zhilong's transaction is definitely a big profit.

Just as the two parties were satisfied and were ready to leave after drinking and eating, suddenly a yellow mandarin jacket came to report in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)