The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were burning, staring straight at Yan Chengjin.

The price of raw silk in Jiangnan has dropped. What is Yan Chengjin doing buying raw silk? He couldn't figure out why the price of raw silk suddenly dropped.

"What do Yan Qing's family buy raw silk for?"

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "I want to weave silk. When the loom is made, Liangxiang will become a silk land like Jiangnan, and the refugees will have enough to eat."

An hour ago, he was distributing rice in Liangxiang, but he was recalled to the palace by His Majesty.

Yan Chengjin had long wanted the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce to enter the silk business.

If you want to squeeze into the top ten chambers of commerce, you must get involved in the three major businesses of the Ming Dynasty, silk, tea and porcelain.

However, the price of silk has remained high, and the silk produced in this way has no advantage compared with Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants.

Moreover, the silk business was dominated by Shanxi and Huizhou merchants. He wanted to buy it, but he couldn't buy so much raw silk.

Now is a good time to get involved.

Emperor Hongzhi said worriedly: "The price of silk in Jiangnan has dropped. Even if you weave silk, you won't be able to sell it."

"Your Majesty, if Liu Jin can recapture the ship, the price of silk will rise." Yan Chengjin said calmly.

Even Wang Shouren could not exterminate the Japanese pirates. If this group was exterminated, there would be new Japanese pirates.

A way to deal with Japanese pirates,

The only option is to impose a sea ban.

Overseas trade has huge benefits, not to mention that Franji and Dashi like silk and porcelain.

The island countries closest to the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu and North Korea, all have huge demand for goods.

Their handicraft industry is extremely backward, and their various technologies are far less developed than those of the Ming Dynasty, so they need supplies from the Ming Dynasty.

Huge profits will breed groups of Japanese pirates.

The maritime ban was lifted, and merchants could freely enter and exit overseas to conduct trade.

There was no need for Japanese pirates to exist. They could only rob merchant ships, which would set them against the gentry again.

At this time, if the imperial court suppresses them, the Japanese pirates will quickly weaken.

The expression on Li Dongyang's face gradually turned to curiosity, and he puzzled: "What does this have to do with Liu Jin?"

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said: "The Japanese guards and Japanese pirates are fighting in the southeast, which has caused panic among merchants. When things calm down, the price of silk will naturally rise."

The real reason is of course not the war.

But after Wang Shouren withdrew from Jiangnan, new Japanese pirates would soon appear.

By then, the price of silk will definitely rise sharply.

It depends on how quickly Liu Jin can take back the big ship.

The cabinet and six ministers were thoughtful.

Han Wen had a worried face. The prices of the three major commodities in Jiangnan have dropped, which will definitely affect the commercial tax revenue.

"It all depends on Liu Jin."

Unexpectedly, the imperial court sent people to pacify the Japanese, which would also affect the price of silk.

In the past few days, Emperor Hongzhi and the six cabinet ministries were paying attention to the notes submitted by Jiangnan, waiting for news from Liu Jin.

Liangxiang Yamen,

Zhang Xian gathered the gentry from the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce together.

"A weaving factory is going to be built in Liangxiang. You can watch and invest in it."

The gentry looked at each other with hesitation in their eyes. They had long heard that the price of silk had dropped.

Instead, enter the silk business at this time?

Xie Yu secretly thought that since joining the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce, his family's wealth has been rising as if he has been lucky.

However, this time he couldn't understand it. Even though the price of silk was extremely low, the adults were buying raw silk in large quantities.

Wang Busui did not hesitate: "As the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, I will be the first to invest in it."

The other three gentry thought for a while and decided to invest a symbolic share of one hundred taels of silver.

Two days later,

Yan Chengjin took a look at the certificate and saw that Wang Busui had the largest stake, fifty thousand taels of silver, which might have put his wealth and life at risk.

Xie Yu and other gentry had little income, only a mere hundred taels of silver.

"Aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"You can make a lot of money by following the young master. I want to give it a try." Wang Busui said with a smile.

Silk was the three major businesses of the Ming Dynasty!

If a merchant starts a silk business, how much money will he earn?

The king was very happy.

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Somewhere on the sea,

After sailing for more than ten days, Liu Jin estimated that he was about to reach the rumored port of the island country.

Zuo Zongyi was so frightened that he lost consciousness. He saw through the telescope that boats of all sizes were parked on the dock. "They are all Japanese pirates..."

Liu Jin took the monocular telescope and said sadly: "This is the Japanese country, and of course it is all Japanese. Lord Zuo, you can name it yourself."

Zuo Zongyi thought for a while: "My name is Zuo Zonglang."

"We are the first master, Nicholas Liu Jin, you are the second master, Zuo Zonglang, and Tianbao is the third master, Mr. Tianbao. We are Japanese pirates who rob Japanese pirates. Don't reveal your secrets!" Liu Jin said.

Zuo Zongyi took a deep breath and said angrily: "Can't the Japanese pirates see that this ship belongs to them?"

The monks put on Japanese pirate clothes and wore turbans on their heads, making them unrecognizable at first glance.

Armed with swords, guns and clubs, needless to say, they will automatically be classified as Japanese pirates.

But big ships are not good enough, and the Japanese pirates will definitely recognize that this is the ship they snatched.

Half an hour later, the boat stopped at the pier.

Liu Jin saw hundreds of ships of various sizes, more than the port of Songjiang Prefecture.

"Sir, those three big ships!" the guard said in surprise.

The three large ships were very conspicuous in the port, occupying many positions like a hill. Liu Jin could see them at a glance.

"Kill over and take the ship back!"

"Kill...kill?"

Zuo Zongyi was so frightened that the corner of his mouth twitched. How dare you say that? Looking around, there are Japanese pirates everywhere.

"It's better... let's discuss it first."

"We are Japanese pirates! Why should we be afraid of them?"

Liu Jin pretended to be a Japanese pirate just to rob the ship.

As far as Wang Shouren knew, the Japanese pirates were also divided into many forces. The Japanese pirates fought among themselves, and the other Japanese pirates would not interfere.

Only when the court encircled and suppressed them would they unite to face the outside world.

"Listen to us, sail over!"

The two large ships gradually approached, and the monks jumped off the ship and killed the Japanese pirates on the three ships. The Japanese pirates on the ship were caught off guard.

Liu Jin got off the ship with a stack of comics in his arms. Seeing a few children squatting on the shore, he smiled sinisterly: "Little kid, read the book, no money."

The child took the book, opened it and looked at it for a few times. He was immediately attracted by the picture and squatted on the ground to read it.

Liu Jin touched his head and walked away.

He walked along the house for hundreds of steps before he finished distributing the comics in his arms.

"Your Highness said that he had to distribute 200,000 copies." Liu Jin counted secretly and only distributed 20 copies.

How can he distribute all the comics?

With a bitter face, he found out that the village was called Sugaura Village, and there were more than 3,000 people in the village. It would be too much to distribute one book to each person...

"I am a Japanese pirate. Where is the head of your village?"

"You...you mean Yiming?" The villagers said in fear.

The head of the island country is called Yiming?

Liu Jin had experience in diplomatic missions to many countries, and he quickly realized that perhaps the head of the island country was called Yiming.

After a while, a thin old man came with a Japanese sword on his waist.

"You are looking for me?"

Liu Jin was happy, dragged a big box over and said: "Send someone to help us distribute these comics, and we will give you silver."

Qing Hachiro was full of suspicion. He flipped through the comics for a few times and was attracted by the words and pictures inside.

When the villagers heard that they didn't need silver, they took the initiative to come and get the comics.

At this time, there was a roar of killing on the three large ships.

The Japanese pirates were stunned. This group of "Japanese pirates" who came out of nowhere were all highly skilled in martial arts and proficient in swords, guns, sticks and clubs.

Zuo Zongyi led more than 200 monks to seize the three large ships. When they were about to set sail, they found that Liu Jin was missing.

"Where is Eunuch Liu?"

"He is distributing comics in the village..." The sailor hesitated.

Zuo Zongyi stamped his feet in anger. The pursuers were coming. He really wanted to leave Liu Jin on the island. The next moment, he saw Liu Jin running back excitedly.

"Quick! Take all our comics down."

"Move your mother's legs! Get on the boat quickly. We have killed so many Japanese pirates. The government will be here soon." Zuo Zongyi's face turned red.

Liu Jin's face turned green. What could he do? He dared not return to the Ming Dynasty until these 200,000 comics were distributed.

"Don't worry... We will leave after the comics are distributed. This is the order of His Highness."

Zuo Zongyi gritted his teeth and was so angry that he almost fainted.