After hearing Zheng Sen's words, Zhu Mai nodded slightly and then said, "I have a set of sugar-making methods from later generations that can produce sugar more efficiently and in larger quantities.

I hope that I can produce technology, the court will pay most of the silver, the Zheng family will pay a small portion of the silver and labor, sales channels, and form a sugar company.

As for the specific subdivision, you have to wait until your Zheng family agrees before you can talk to the court.

I tell you now that I hope you will ask Nan'an Bo to see if the Zheng family is willing to do this business. I will not ask the court officials, but your Zheng family is unwilling to do it."

When Zheng Sen heard this, he felt that Zhu Ma really understood their Zheng family.

Normally, with the respect of Emperor Zhu Ma, let alone let the Zheng family do a profitable business with the court, or let the Zheng family do a loss-making business, how dare the Zheng family not respond?

But Zhu Mai did not act domineeringly, but asked him privately first.

After hearing this, Zheng Sen said with gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I am going to take office today, so I will tell my father about this."

Since Zheng Zhilong came to Nanjing to meet Zhu Mai, he moved to Nan'anbo's mansion in Nanjing, and was one of the new nobles in Nanjing.

Zhu Mai returned to the main hall of Wuying Hall and sat down, but couldn't help asking: "I believe how much money can the imperial court make in a year after the opening of this sugar company?"

Hao Guangming was speechless when he heard this, and said, "How can I know this? In short, it's a lot."

According to Hao Guangming, sugar trade was definitely one of the most profitable industries in the late Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, sugar cane sugar-making technology was originally born in China, but in India.

Because the sugarcane plant originally originated in South Asia, Southeast Asia and other places, it is no longer possible to test where it is, and there are debates. However, sugarcane sugar production technology originated in India, but has been verified.

Many of the plant world contain sugar, and sugar is the main source of energy needed by humans.

In China, more than 4,000 years ago, Chinese people invented the malt sugar cooking technology, that is, using grain to make sugar.

Unfortunately, the sugar produced in grain is not only small, but also has average sweetness, which cannot meet people's needs.

The records of sucrose in Shenzhou first appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The book "Suan Han Shu" says that "Shimeng came from the country of India."

Shimi is sugar.

Because the sugar at that time was not white sugar, but like brown stones, with many impurities.

After the Han Dynasty, although the people of Shenzhou had always wanted to obtain more sugar and even obtain this technology, they were in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and wars continued and there was no strong dynasty of great unification, so they naturally could not do this.

Until the Tang Dynasty.

It is said that Emperor Taizong of Tang asked Wang Xuance to go to India for one of his purposes to bring back the sugar production technology. Wang Xuance did not disappoint his mission and indeed brought this technology to China.

As a result, Shenzhou mastered sugar making technology and kept striving for excellence, and in the Tang Dynasty, sugar making technology surpassed India.

Afterwards, the progress of generations was made. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, advanced technology was already emerging to use "tile rinds" and yellow mud and water to make white sugar.

At this time, the white sugar in the Ming Dynasty was already famous all over the world, selling well in various places, and the supply was in short supply.

It can be said that today all ethnic groups and countries in the world have endless desire for sugar.

Therefore, Zhu Ma Shin used later technology to open a sugar factory and used the Zheng family's channels to sell sugar, which would definitely make a big profit.

Hao Guangming's raise of this matter is an important supplement to Zhu Ma's previous request to find a way to help the Ming Dynasty treasury increase its income.

The next day, Zheng Zhilong entered the palace to meet the saint and expressed one hundred agreements to the business.

Zheng Sen ignored the common affairs and was not very clear about how much money it was to sell candy, but Zheng Zhilong was very clear about it.

He is also very much looking forward to the "later-generation technology" provided by Zhu Mai. Although sugar production is quite efficient today, it is still in short supply. If a sugar factory that can produce a large amount of and efficiently, wouldn't it be a big deal?

The cabinet ministers, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Finance also supported this matter very much.

They originally looked at the current spending of hundreds of millions of taels of silver in the court every year, but they were looking at how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Now there is a big profit business to do, how can they not support it?

As for those who dare to use this term in the court again, if Zhu Mo said nothing, he would be suspected by other ministers to have ulterior motives and be criticized to death.

Finally, under the insistence of Zhu Mai, the Ming Dynasty royal family, the Ming Dynasty court, and the Zheng family signed a formal three-party contract and named the upcoming company "Da Ming Sugar Industry Company".

After confirming this, Zhu Mai was in a good mood.

After learning that Li Dingguo had arrived in Nanjing and had a day off, Zhu Mai summoned him that afternoon.

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This was the first time Li Dingguo had met with him after Zhu Mai ascended the throne, so he gave a great ceremony to worship him.

"Flat."

"Long live thanks!"

When Li Dingguo stood up, Zhu Ma discovered that he looked much more mature, and at the same time he felt a little wise in his eyes. If Li Dingguo used to look like a brave young general, then now he has a bit of Confucian style.

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Confucianism is not a derogatory meaning, it is a positive meaning most of the time, especially when used on generals.

"Your wife is okay? Are you satisfied with the mansion I arranged for you?" Zhu Mai asked with a smile.

Li Dingguo got married when he followed Zhang Xianzhong. It was about the two years after Zhang Xianzhong was rampant in Huguang. The child was born a few months after Li Dingguo went to war the year before. He is two years old this year.

When Li Dingguo heard Zhu Mai talk about family matters, his tense expression calmed down and replied: "When you go back to your Majesty, my wife is very good, and I am very satisfied with the mansion, but I feel a little bit bigger."

The mansion that Zhu Mai rewarded Li Dingguo was from an official and gentry in Nanjing in the past, but it was not too big.

She smiled and said, "Now your family is still small, so naturally I feel it's big. When your family has more people in the future, you won't feel it's big."

This is equivalent to hoping that Li Dingguo can import children in the future, and that their descendants will continue to spread out, and that they will say it from Zhu Ma, which is of great value.

Li Dingguo was quite moved when he heard this and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your good words."

"Tell me the serious business." Zhu Mei said, "I went to the Guangxi Admiral. Have you ever thought about what to do?"

He considered this issue on the way to Nanjing. Li Dingguo said without hesitation: "Of course, he first gathered the old Guangxi official army and reorganized it into a garrison army, so that it could be truly used by the court.

Then we will train troops. When all the troops in Guangxi are available, we can cooperate with the border guards to pacify Sun Kewang and other bandits in one fell swoop."

After hearing Li Dingguo's words, Zhu Ma couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

Compared with Yang Zhan, Li Dingguo was obviously better at thinking and summarizing experience. From the previous steps of the imperial court regaining control of various places, he understood the key points of reorganizing the old-style official army.
Chapter completed!