amaotonovel Chapter 741 That is my champion marquis!
Chapter 741 That is my champion marquis!
Yang Shaofeng carefully considered how to expand the rose dew business.
It is obvious that rose dew has a very limited market in the Ming Dynasty.
Even without considering pricing, ordinary people would only think about saving their money, not about spending it to buy rose dew.
But it's different in places like Europe.
If you can produce some cheap goods, no matter how low-end or inferior they are, you can still capture a huge market and reap huge profits.
Because Europeans had to use a lot of perfume to cover up body odor.
If you want to make money in Europe with a huge amount of cheap perfumes, there are really only two paths you can choose.
Either the Ming Dynasty manufactures the goods and then ships them to Europe, or they are manufactured locally in Europe.
The former has the advantage of being convenient and confidential, and can largely prevent technology leakage.
For example, the sealing technology involved in the distillation process.
Another example is some of the technologies involved in the glass bottle production process.
Often, technology leaks begin with these seemingly insignificant little details.
The latter has the advantage of lower cost.
For example, it saves on the cost of ocean shipping and avoids the risk of cargo ships capsizing in stormy seas.
Another example is lower labor costs.
Because hiring people from the Ming Dynasty to work required paying them wages.
Then the problem is coming.
If the latter's advantage is the former's disadvantage, as the issue of ocean shipping must be considered, then the latter's disadvantage is that security must be guaranteed by force, and the issues of ocean-going troop deployment and garrisoning must be considered.
There is not much of a problem with projecting troops into the open ocean.
The Old Port Pacification Commissioner's Office can appear earlier.
A continent that resembles an island could also be reclaimed ahead of schedule.
Even going so far as to seize a piece of territory in Europe would not be difficult for the Ming Dynasty at present.
The real challenge is the lack of manpower.
It is more heartbreaking to seize territory but not have enough people to occupy it than to fail to seize any territory at all.
Otherwise, we could temporarily abandon the low-end market and focus on the high-end market through the border markets.
Yang Shaofeng was pondering with his head down when Emperor Zhu suddenly said, "By the way, regarding this rose dew matter, let's have the imperial treasury allocate some funds, and remember to share any profits with the imperial treasury later."
What the hell?
This hasn't even started yet, and you old man are already thinking about getting a share of the money?
Yang Shaofeng complained inwardly, but Emperor Zhu continued, "By the way, the eunuch recently requested that we increase the amount of meat we need to feed the tigers. We've been thinking that since tigers can't be used to plow fields like oxen or pull carts like horses, we might as well just slaughter them and eat their meat."
"When you go back later, stop by the Guanglu Temple and each of you take some tiger meat back with you."
"Take any tiger bones or anything else you like. If that's not enough, we'll have someone go and catch more."
"..."
Just as Emperor Zhu was offering tiger meat and bones as a favor, Xia Yu rushed over to request an audience, and upon arrival, he gave Yang Shaofeng a meaningful look.
"Upon arrival, Hu Bing invaded Qian'an County in Yongping Prefecture. The magistrate of Qian'an County, Li Mingchen, held his position and awaited reinforcements until the Hu Bing withdrew..."
Xia Yu glanced at Yang Shaofeng again and continued, "After the Hu soldiers retreated, Li Mingchen, the magistrate of Qian'an County, gathered eight hundred cavalrymen and went out of the pass to pursue the Hu soldiers."
Emperor Zhu was stunned. After regaining his senses, he asked angrily, "How did he get out of the pass? Didn't anyone stop him? And where did the eight hundred cavalrymen come from? Where did the warhorses come from? Could a county magistrate like him have gathered swords, spears, bows, and arrows?"
"Damn it, the grassland terrain is complicated. He recklessly ran into the grassland. Do you think he can find his way back?!"
Did Xu Da send anyone to pursue them?
"This bastard!"
Emperor Zhu was grumbling and throwing a tantrum, but Xia Yu glanced at Yang Shaofeng again.
Yang Shaofeng was completely numb.
Li Mingchen, the magistrate of Qian'an County, whose original name was Li Gou Dan, was eighteen years old. He was the tenth-ranked Jinshi in the second class in the third year of Hongwu. He was over five feet tall and had a repulsive face that made people want to punch him.
This beast!
He actually beat me to it!
That is my champion marquis!
Yang Shaofeng grew angrier the more he thought about it. He stood up abruptly, bowed to Emperor Zhu, and said, "Your son-in-law will go and bring him back!"
The Emperor Zhu's face immediately darkened further.
Sending you to bring Li Mingchen back is like throwing a meat bun to a dog.
Will we have to send someone to bring you back then?
Just as Emperor Zhu was so angry that he was dizzy, Xia Yu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the eight hundred cavalrymen led by Li Mingchen, the magistrate of Qian'an County, are all former soldiers and civilians who were scattered from the Hu Yuan dynasty. There are about nine hundred households in total. He has gathered them up and settled them in Qian'an."
"When Hu Bing invaded Yongping, Li Mingchen gathered eight hundred able-bodied men from the defeated Hu Yuan army. He said that if they didn't teach the invading Hu soldiers a lesson, they might not be able to farm peacefully in the future. He insisted on leading eight hundred able-bodied men to find the Hu soldiers and take revenge."
"Warhorses... there aren't any warhorses. There are only a dozen or so ordinary, inferior horses in the entire Qian'an. But Li Mingchen said that as long as we leave the pass, we can seize the best warhorses."
"Moreover, among the Hu Yuan soldiers and civilians he recruited, there were many Hu people who originally lived in Yongping Prefecture and were very familiar with the paths leading in and out of the pass."
"They even provided Li Mingchen with a map showing the distribution of more than a dozen tribes on the grassland."
At this point, Xia Yu's mind was in complete disarray, like he'd been slapped by a dog.
Even the local gentry and gentry of the Ming Dynasty risked their entire families to smuggle ironware to Hu Yuan.
However, the soldiers and civilians who were defeated by Hu Yuan led the Ming Dynasty's county magistrate to the grasslands to cause trouble.
This world has finally gone mad and become something I don't recognize...
Emperor Zhu was nearly driven mad with anger: "Those able-bodied men who remained after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty actually believed his nonsense? And what about the swords, spears, and bows and arrows? Where did all these things come from?"
Xia Yu cupped his hands and replied, "The Imperial Guards of Yongping Prefecture have also inquired and said that Li Mingchen is using the names of the new emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince to distribute land to those Hu people..."
Emperor Zhu glared at Yang Shaofeng.
This is a classic case of "if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too!"
If a teacher is incredibly audacious, then a student is just as daring!
Xia Yu continued, "As for swords, spears, bows and arrows... Qian'an has coal mines, small iron mines, and iron smelting workshops, etc. It's basically a direct copy of Ningyang County."
"According to the reports from Qian'an Bai, eight hundred sabers and eight hundred spears were produced in just a few days."
"Furthermore, Magistrate Li said that we could just go to Hu Yuan's place and rob him of the bows and arrows that were readily available."
Emperor Zhu glared at Yang Shaofeng once again.
They're short of warhorses, so they need to go to Hu Yuan to steal them.
Even if they run out of swords, spears, bows, and arrows, they still have to go to Hu Yuan to rob them
This is truly a lineage of scoundrels!
Yang Shaofeng was also both anxious and angry.
Li Mingchen dared to lead eight hundred men to cause trouble at Hu Yuan's place; that bastard is incredibly audacious!