Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 666 Jie Jin’s Plan
"Hey, dear Xie?" Philip opened the door and saw him, greeting him in broken Chinese. "How did you come?"

"Have you found the chart and route to Fengmingzhou... As long as you can sell that to us, we are willing to pay more."

The scholar holding the meat smiled, minding his own business, and dropped the pile of fat meat on the table. "The chart of Fengmingzhou is a secret. It's impossible to tell us students. If we wait another three to five years and Xie becomes a high official, it might be possible to get it..." He entered the room with a free and easy demeanor. Not seeing anyone else, he sat down at the table and poured a glass of wine: "Tsk tsk, the wine is good, but it doesn't have the long connotation of Fenglailou's grape wine... Isn't this grape wine from your West? Why is it not as good as ours in China? Is it authentic?"

Felute didn't have the time to talk to him about grape wine, so he fiercely took his wine glass and started drinking by himself.The scholar named Jie Jin was stunned, but he was not angry at all. He just laughed and said, "What happened to Brother Fei? He resorted to drinking to drown his sorrows... Could it be that he was kicked out by the sisters of Fule Yuan again?" ?”

Philip didn't answer, but just looked at Jie Jin, still thinking about how to obtain the Fengmingzhou chart.

This Xie Jin is a prison student studying at the Yingtian Academy.

Unlike other supervisors of the Ming Dynasty, this Xie Jin did not act in a strict manner like his classmates. Although he was extremely talented and knowledgeable and had a photographic memory, he was also uninhibited and wanton.Xie Jin was a frequent visitor to the tea house, listening to books and listening to music on the hook. He spent a lot of money to make prostitutes smile. This Xie Jin also did it.

He likes to make friends with the nine sects and three sects. He is a knight-errant and gangster, and there are also friends with them. He also likes to drink heavily and likes fine clothes. He can make a lot of gold a day, but it is still not enough to cover his expenses.Although there were some wealthy businessmen who were willing to sponsor his education at the beginning, they were really squandering money, so those sponsors withdrew their funding.

However, Jie Jin was talented after all, and he had his own way of making money. He usually sold poems and calligraphy, or wrote articles for the Yingtian Times to earn some royalties, so he lived a pretty good life in prison.However, a few days ago, he fell in love with a lady from Fule Yuan. In order to be jealous, he promised to pay 50 taels of silver for his hair. On the second day, he had no money to pay.

When he was stripped of his coat and led out of the Imperial Palace, Philip was also kicked out at the same time because the madam was afraid that he would frighten the guests.When Philip heard that he was a supervisor of the Imperial Academy, he became interested and immediately paid for him as a prostitute, only to let Xie Jin draw the map of Kun Yu and all the kingdoms that they had been thinking about for a long time.

This Jie Jin didn't seem to have the same sense of mission as the other supervisors. For the 50 taels of silver, Xie Jin decisively sold the Kunyu Ten Thousand Kingdoms Map that the supervisors had been guarding for more than half a month.

Philip was pleasantly surprised, and when he saw the "Fengming Island", he was even more ecstatic.How many Jinshan and silver mines must there be in such a big New World?It's a pity that it's too far away from Britain. One is at the far west of the map, and the other is at the far east of the map...

From then on, Philip began to secretly support the expenses of this unscrupulous Imperial College student, hoping that he could play some key role when he needed it.

Now it is basically hopeless to go to Fengmingzhou through official channels. Remembering that Xie Jin is a supervisor of the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty, maybe he will have other methods, so Philip said: "Xie Jin, I know you need a lot of money to spend. ...As long as you can tell us the sea map to the New World, we can give you all the wealth we brought to the East, and even give you [-]% of the profits you get every time you go to Fengmingzhou to pan for gold..."

"Oh?" The money-hungry supervisor's eyes lit up as expected. "Can you first tell me what you have been going through these past few days?"

Therefore, Philip explained in detail how they encountered obstacles at the Maritime Safety Bureau and Honglu Temple.

Jie Jin thought for a while and then suddenly laughed: "What's so difficult about this? As long as you listen to a certain explanation, you can get the sea map at your fingertips." As he said that, he stretched out three fingers: "However, the profit of [-]% is too little. Someone wants [-]%.”

"Explanation, you are too greedy." Philip said. "[-]% is our greatest sincerity."

"You can only order [-]%, but without Jie's help, you won't be able to get the remaining [-]%." Old Xie Jin was there, looking like he was not in any hurry.Judging from his appearance, Phillip thought he really had a solution. The two bargained for a long time, and finally settled on [-]% of the profit share.

It wasn't until both parties finished writing the paperwork and stamping their fingerprints that Xie Jin took the initiative to speak: "What's the difficulty in following the Ming Dynasty fleet to Fengmingzhou? Didn't the King of Chu who was in charge of Honglu Temple say so? As long as he has credentials, he can help you operate it."

"Then just give them a certificate of credentials, okay?"

"Yes, but we have never met His Majesty the King, nor have we received credentials." Felute said.

"You Xiyi people just don't know how to adapt..." Xie Jin said with a smile. "Your Majesty, does anyone here in China know the King of Britain who is far away?"

"It's just a letter of credence. I wrote it on a piece of silk cloth and carved it into a big seal using a carrot. Is there anyone who can find a way to expose it?"

"No one among the tens of millions of people in China knows what Britain's credentials look like, and only a few of them even know about your tiny country."

"Who can tell the difference between true and false? Or are you afraid that your British emperor will come all the way to the Ming Dynasty to question you about your crimes?"

"..." Philip and Felute looked at each other. Although Xie Jin's words of "a small country" sounded a bit harsh, they were rough and unreasonable. Even if they really forged their credentials, His Majesty the King would still use himself if the sky is high and Britain is far away. There is no way around it.The hearts of the two Westerners were pounding at this time, but Philip was still a little hesitant: "But...but the sixth prince said that the letter of credence requires Britain to declare vassalage to the Ming Dynasty..."

"You will be called a minister when you are a minister, but it is just a false title. If you pay for this false title, you can get real gold and benefits, so why not?" Xie Jin shrugged, looking indifferent. "You Xiyi don't care about integrity, why do you insist on sticking to your word?"

I always felt that this sentence seemed a bit harsh, but Philip, who had only half-learned Chinese, only suspected that he had misunderstood it again.After thinking about it again, I felt that what Xie Jin said was indeed right. A worthless forged certificate of credence could be exchanged for the opportunity to go to Fengmingzhou and real money. There was no better deal than this.

"Dear Xie, you are not like those pedantic Han doctors." Philip, who had easily solved the problem in a few words, suddenly felt like he could see the light of day.He looked at Xie Jin, and although he still felt sorry for the Fenrun and gold and silver that had agreed to go out, he also expressed sincere appreciation and admiration. "You should come to our Britain. With your wisdom, you will definitely become the king's most trusted minister and assistant!"

(End of this chapter)