Zheng Tongquan never thought that he would become an official at the age of fifty-five. He also took part in the imperial examination when he was young, but failed. Then he followed his father and became a drug dealer. In the blink of an eye, more than thirty years have passed. Some people
He once told his fortune and told him that he would meet a noble person in his later years. Sure enough, he was right. He actually met King Yong. Of course, this was because of his son Zheng Ping.
Zheng Tongquan had a conversation with Jiang Yanxian yesterday. He knew that the supervisory authority was a first-class semi-official government agency, with a higher status than the department and lower than the department. Currently, there are tax supervisory authorities, municipal shipping supervisory authorities, and salt and iron supervisory supervisors under Prince Yong's Mansion. Now a trade supervisory authority will be added.
The highest officer is called Jian Zheng.
He was going to be the first Supervisor, which made him look forward to but also a little anxious.
The four of them sat down in the teahouse. Chen Qingxiao asked, "How is Mr. Zheng's cabinet shop?"
Zheng Tongquan quickly leaned forward and said, "My eldest son is running the business. I just came back yesterday morning and haven't had time to ask about this matter. I'll go home and ask about it tonight."
"No!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I'm just asking casually. In fact, I'm more interested in Zheng Gong's idea of establishing a trade supervisory authority."
Zheng Tongquan was refreshed. He thought about it all night last night and wanted to find an opportunity to report to His Highness King Yong.
Zhou Kuan chuckled and said, "Eat first, and report later when you have tea after the meal."
At this time, the shopkeeper and his waiters brought them roasted mutton rice, seven or eight delicious side dishes, a bowl of thick mutton soup for each person, and two pots of hot wine.
"Bring us a pot of Phoenix tea later. Today's account will be all on my head!" Chen Qing ordered the shopkeeper with a smile.
"Young man, I understand. Your Highness and counselors, please use it with ease!" The shopkeeper bowed and retreated.
Zhou Kuan grinned and said, "Thank you for your generous donation today, Your Highness!"
Chen Qing glanced at him and said calmly: "Compared to Butler Zhou's unruliness, I am indeed more tolerant."
"I'm unruly?"
Zhou Kuan was stunned, "Why?"
Chen Qing asked aggressively: "Let me ask Butler Zhou, which warehouse did you put the silver shipped from Japan?"
Zhou Kuan immediately understood that he had put all the silver into the temple treasury yesterday, but did not give half of it to King Yong's treasury. He chuckled and said: "It's all rough silver, and it goes into the raw material warehouse, as well as pig iron and thick copper."
Put it together, and when it’s refined, I’ll give half to the treasury, no breaking the rules!”
"If I didn't remind you, would you remember it?"
"See what Your Highness said, rules are rules, and rules cannot be broken. Of course, sometimes I will accidentally break the rules once or twice."
Everyone laughed, and Chen Qing laughed dumbly and said: "I just want to remind you that this batch of crude silver is not something we collected ourselves, but was obtained in exchange for foreign trade. Don't treat it as a rule that can be broken accidentally."
"Now that His Highness has reminded me, I know it. Your Highness, please relax, this kind of important matter will not become an accident!"
"Let's eat!"
Chen Qing raised his kuaizi and persuaded Zheng Tongquan: "The roasted sheep in this shop are authentic Tongzhou Kuquan sheep. They have a ranch in Tongzhou. Zheng Gong has a try and it tastes very good!"
"It's really good. I just ate a piece of it. It's more tender and flavorful than the mutton in Lin'an!"
"Where does Lin'an's mutton come from?" Jiang Yanxian asked curiously.
"The Hu sheep by Taihu Lake in Suzhou are mainly for the palace and ministers, then the sheep by Poyang Lake are mainly for the civilian market, and then there are the Huai sheep produced in Jianghuai, which are also for the civilian market. We have not banned trade with Lin'an yet.
, they still have something to eat, but once a ban is issued, only fish and poultry will be left in the market."
After everyone finished their lunch, the waiter took away the tableware and the two tea girls served them tea.
Chen Qing took a sip of tea, smiled at Zheng Tongquan and said, "Mr. Zheng, please continue talking!"
Zheng Tongquan cleared his throat and said: "At present, our overseas trade is mainly in Nanyang, mainly spices, and there are also some precious woods. This time we went to Japan to exchange silver, which opened up another market. In fact, we can go further.
, such as Ceylon, Tianzhu, Dashi and Qin, etc. This is the first point I want to say, which is to expand the distance. The second point is the foundation. We think we should have our own foundation overseas, such as buying a piece of land to establish overseas
We have established a huge warehouse group in overseas states, and even many crops can be processed. Our merchant fleet will go directly to overseas states, and the other merchants will come to our overseas states to buy goods. In this way, there will be more incoming and outgoing goods and greater profits.
big."
Chen Qing waved his hand to stop Zheng Tongquan's words and said with a smile: "I'll interrupt first."
"Your Highness, please speak!"
Chen Qing said to Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan: "When Duke Zheng mentioned the overseas states, he did agree with me. When I attacked Hebei before, when I was in Dengzhou, I considered seizing Tamna Island, the southernmost island of Goryeo.
The island will be built into our first overseas state, and then based on Tamna Island, it will be more convenient for Korea and Japan to trade. There is more land in Nanyang, such as Luzon Island. There are large areas of islands that are uninhabited.
The island can be completely used by us to establish an overseas state, then buy another piece of land in Malacca, and then establish a third overseas state. We can station troops in the overseas state to attack the island and protect our overseas interests. I think this matter
Totally doable.”
Jiang Yan pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness has a good idea, but there are two problems. First, what should the local people do? Second, a lot of manpower is needed to build roads and cities. Who will do it?"
"The natives are easy to deal with, just move them away as a whole. We have experience in migrating nomads, so this problem is not big. As for the large amount of manpower, Chao Kun gave me an idea today, which is to use the labor of Goryeo and Japan.
They went to cut trees, build roads, build cities, and even open up wasteland for farming. When the development was almost complete, they then moved the Han people there. Of course, this cannot be done in a year or two. It requires the efforts of several generations, but we can give it a try.
Let the children and grandchildren make a good start and solve their worries."
Jiang Yan nodded first, "Your Highness is right. When will the Internal Affairs Hall discuss it and establish a charter?"
Zhou Kuan smiled and said: "The prerequisite for overseas expansion is that His Highness must win the Fujian Road!"
Zheng Tongquan also said: "The third point I want to say is also related to Fujian Road!"
Chen Qing nodded, "Mr. Zheng, continue with the third point!"
Zheng Tongquan said calmly: "The third point I mentioned is the key. Whether it is overseas trade or the development of overseas states, the key is that our foundation must be solid. Your Highness, we must cultivate excellent shipbuilding talents and build bigger and stronger ships."
The ships use better power. For example, I saw the cars and ships on the Yangtze River. Can they also be used on sea ships? In this way, you don’t have to wait for the monsoon to sail. You can set off at any time and raise the sails when there is wind. No
When the wind blows, furl the sails and step on them.”
Chen Qing thought for a while and asked: "Where was my thirty-thousand-stone boat built? Quanzhou?"
"Yes! It's Quanzhou. It was jointly built by three big shipyards. It can't be built by just one shipyard. That ship can sail deep into the ocean. We need more big ships like that."
Chen Qing said with enthusiasm: "It seems that we need to do a lot of things!"
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After a month of planning, the Trade Supervisor was formally established in late September. Nominated by the Internal Affairs Hall, Chen Qing formally appointed Zheng Tongquan as the first Trade Supervisor. It consists of the Land Trade Department, the Maritime Trade Department, the Domestic Trade Department and the Affairs Bureau.
Bureau.
Zhao Kai's second son Zhao Qinian was appointed as the director of the Land Trade Department, Chao Kun was appointed as the director of the Maritime Trade Department, Xin Deli, the chief official and commercial director, was appointed as the director of the Domestic Trade Department, and finally Chen Qing appointed Gao Kun, the director of the Harada Residence Department, as the trade supervisor.
Sima, Zheng Tongquan's deputy, also serves as the head of the Secretariat. The Secretariat is in charge of logistics, such as financial planning, paperwork, personnel recruitment, and liaison with other departments.
The establishment of the Trade Supervision marked the formal entry of the Yongwang Palace officials and merchants into the far-sea and far-land eras.
