amaotonovel Chapter 1080 Old Deng calling someone his son-in-law, it can't be anything good!
Chapter 1080 Old Deng calling someone his son-in-law, it can't be anything good!
Manlahafis had never heard of the story of Dengzhou steaming Japanese pirates.
However, Manlahafis had seen a Jingguan outside Ningbo Port, which was said to have been built by Japanese pirates.
Manlahafis had also witnessed the arrogance of the Ming people towards the vassal merchants in Ningbo, and had also seen the way the Ming people looked at him.
Damn it, back then he was just a fourth-class lowly commoner, but now he's transformed into someone who dares to swore at the Semu lord and foreign merchants, and even dares to stare at me, the envoy, in such a blatant manner. What kind of trash is he!
Despite his anger, Manlahafis understood that the Japanese pirates' mounds outside Ningbo Port and their martial prowess in driving the Mongols north into the Gobi Desert had indeed given the fourth class the confidence to stand tall.
Back when the Chagatai Khanate was powerful, he would never have stayed obediently in the meeting hall waiting for the Ming emperor to receive him; he would have rushed to the Ming palace to whip their emperor.
Thinking of this, Manlahafis couldn't help but let out another cold snort.
In the end, they were just spineless cowards who only dared to bully those weaklings and merchants.
If they were truly capable, why haven't we seen them going to the Khanate to collect taxes?
Park Sung-sung glanced at Manlahafis quietly, then continued, "Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is not only militarily powerful, but more importantly, it has the Dengzhou border market."
“Merchants from various vassal states would rather sell their warhorses, cattle, sheep, grain, and minerals at low prices to go to the Dengzhou border market, because the Dengzhou border market can buy almost anything you want.”
"Of course, the Dengzhou border market only accepts paper money, not gold or silver."
"This is your first time paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty the Emperor of Ming will surely bestow some precious paper money upon you. You may also wish to take a stroll through the Dengzhou border market."
Manlahafis forced himself to ignore the word "tribute" and asked, "Your Excellency said that one can buy almost anything one wants at the Dengzhou border market?"
Park Sung-sung nodded. "That's right, whether it's tea, silk, salt, wine, porcelain, or glassware."
Manlahafis gave an "oh" and tentatively asked, "What about the ironware?"
Park Sung-sung glanced at Manlahafis and said with a smile, "Your Excellency may wish to be bolder and directly say things like fine iron, or armor, vests, stirrups, arrowheads, swords and the like."
Manlahafis's pupils contracted slightly as he asked, "These can be bought too?"
Park Sung-sung nodded again: "That's right, these things can be bought, and there's no limit to the quantity."
"As long as you can produce enough banknotes and have a sufficient quota at the border market, even if your esteemed envoy desires a million or ten million arrowheads, or a million or ten million sets of armor and swords, you can still buy them at the border market."
"However, Your Excellency has too many things to buy, and it will take some time for the market to transfer the goods, which is quite a troublesome matter."
Manlahafis's heart burned with excitement as he stared intently at Park Sung-sung and asked, "What about the quota you mentioned, envoy?"
Park Sung-sung chuckled inwardly and said, "The quota is linked to the amount of cattle, sheep, minerals, grains, and other goods that each vassal state sold at the border markets the previous year. The more of these goods sold at the border markets the previous year, the higher the quota; the fewer goods sold the previous year, the lower the quota."
"Our Goryeo has a quota of 100,000 sets of armor and swords this year, and a quota of 500,000 fine arrowheads."
"Furthermore, the specific algorithm for the quota is very complicated, and it can only be counted after Prince Consort Yang approves it. The border market alone cannot make the decision."
Manlahafis gave an "oh" and then tentatively asked, "Doesn't that mean that Prince Consort Yang can just give out whatever quota he wants? Can't he provide a specific method for calculating the quota?"
Park Sung-sung rolled his eyes.
What kind of person are you to want to know how to calculate the quota for the market?
That's a completely unnecessary question!
Park Sung-sung shook his head slightly and said, "Your Excellency is new here, so your quota should not exceed ten thousand, and the amount of banknotes you have is not enough to cover the expenses of a ten thousand quota."
Manlahafis forced himself to ignore the sarcasm in Park Sung-sung's words again, coughed lightly, and tentatively asked again, "Didn't you ever think about directly..."
Park Sung-sung, no longer bothering to pretend, scoffed and said, "Does Your Excellency think that the generals of our various vassal states can defeat Kökö Temür, or can they defeat Chang Shiwan, the Duke of Wei?"
"Or perhaps they could defeat Xu Da, the Duke of Wei; Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao; or Li Mingchen, the Duke of Kebo?"
"Oh, Krupp's Li Mingchen is from Ningyang County, and he was a student of Prince Consort Yang for more than a year."
“In previous years, when Hu Yuan attacked the pass, Krupp led eight hundred surrendered Mongol herdsmen out of the pass to pursue them, beheading and capturing countless people, and was rewarded with the title of Earl for his meritorious service.”
"..."
Manlahafis remained undeterred, while Park Sung-sung's expression gradually turned cold: "Considering the marriage ties between Hu Yuan and my Goryeo, I have a few words to say to your esteemed envoy."
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty is benevolent. He has already recognized the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty and treats the Mongols the same as the Han people."
"Therefore, it is not shameful for your country to submit to the Ming Dynasty, nor is it shameful to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty."
"What's shameful is that while paying tribute and submitting to the emperor, one still harbors ulterior motives."
"It's like some stray dogs that run around outside for a long time and easily forget who their owner is."
At this point, Park Sung-sung simply stood up and shouted, "Someone, show the guest out!"
Manlahafis's face turned ashen. He abruptly flicked his sleeve and said in a deep voice, "No need! I know the way myself!"
As he approached the door, Manlahafis stopped again. "I hope Vice Envoy Park remembers your face today. When your Goryeo is completely exploited by the Ming Dynasty in the future, you should think more about today!"
Watching Manlahafis stride away, Park Sung-sung first spat and said, "What a piece of trash," then ordered the approaching attendants, "Quickly, help me change my clothes. We'll go out through the side gate. I'm going to see the Prince Consort!"
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While Park Sung-sung was fiercely criticizing Manlahafis, Emperor Zhu and Black Sesame Dumpling were lingering in the Prince Consort's mansion drinking tea. Emperor Zhu, sitting in the main seat, had a worried look on his face, and even the fragrant tea dumplings could not dispel the frustration on his face.
Black Sesame Dumpling didn't show any sign of resentment on her face, but she couldn't hide her gloating expression no matter what.
"My dad made my mom angry again."
Heizhi Tangyuan tried to keep her voice down and whispered to Yang Shaofeng, "Brother-in-law, you have to find a way to persuade him."
Yang Shaofeng was about to ask what was going on when Emperor Zhu coughed and said, "Well, son-in-law..."
Son-in-law?
Yang Shaofeng's heart tightened immediately.
It's fine if this old man doesn't call me "son-in-law," but once he does, nothing good ever comes of it!