Chapter 321: Interest exchange

ps: Three shifts tonight, six shifts tomorrow to make up for yesterday and today.
The atmosphere in the office is a bit stagnant.
After a long period of silence, Cao Zhengyang said: "Your Highness, our Cao family fully supports Your Highness, but this matter is too big, Cao must go back and discuss with his father."
"Uh..." Now it was Xiao Ming's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect Cao Zhengyang to answer so happily.
Today is the first time he put forward this idea. This is just the rudimentary East India Company, a rudimentary company that uses capital as the driving force to plunder resources all over the world.
What he said just now was just the idea of ​​turning the attack on the barbarians into a gluttonous feast for businessmen.
At this point, Cao Zhengyang became more and more excited, and then he bluntly said: "It seems that my father sent Cao to come this time. It is said that His Highness said in the court that the things he made came from a Western missionary. It seems that His Highness did not lie. To be honest, our Cao family is doing business with the Dutch."
Xiao Mingduan's teacup in his hand trembled, and his expression became solemn, "You mean Dutch?"
"Yes, it's a Dutchman. Isn't your Highness sending Yue Yun this time to establish a trade route with Westerners?"
Turning his eyes, Xiao Ming said, "Yes, this king has this idea, but does that mean that King Chu also knows about the Dutch?"
Cao Zhengyang seemed surprised. He said: "Yes, the King of Chu has been in secret contact with the Dutch. At first, the Dutch thought that King Chu was the current saint. Later, when they realized that, King Chu gave them the most favored nation treatment and promised only Do business with the Dutch, and the Dutch will give up."
Xiao Ming nodded. Since Cao Zhengyang knew about the West, he didn't need to hide it after he learned that he once had a Western priest.
Because in his opinion, he must have understood the Western world today.
Speaking of this topic, this simple exchange of interests has changed the taste, Xiao Ming said: "The king of Chu is bold enough to hide from the court for so many years. What a damn!"
"His Royal Highness, every feudal king has his own secret, doesn't his Highness also have it?" Cao Zhengyang's eyes are piercing, "Of course, our merchants always pursue profit. It is precisely because of this that our Cao family will support His Royal Highness to go north to expel the barbarians because Our Cao family has seen western chambers of commerce, and they made fortunes in the footsteps of national wars."
"You know so much, this king won't say much. Since your Cao family wants to do business in this king's fief, there is one more thing I hope you can agree to."
Xiao Ming didn't expect that the simple meeting with the Cao family would develop to this level today.
From this point of view, the Western powers outside of Dayu have already divided the world into spheres of influence, and the barbarians in the north have not yet settled it.
"His Royal Highness, please speak?"
"The Cao's granaries are all over the country, but the shortage of grain in the land of the king is very large, so the king wants to buy some grain from the Cao family." Xiao Ming said.
"How much food your Highness needs, please give me an amount."
"Six million stones of grain." Xiao Ming said.
Last year, he blackmailed millions of stone grains from the king of Wei. In addition to doing business in exchange for goods, these grains were enough to support soldiers, but on average, they would only last for one year.
Calculating this way, he is still short of two years of reserves. He calculated that his fief requires six million shi of grain a year, and what he buys is exactly one year's worth.
He thinks of other ways.
Cao Zhengyang's discoloration changed slightly. These six million stones are not a small amount. "His Royal Highness is joking. Our Cao family is not King Wei. Although the Cao family is said to be the richest man in the world, its financial resources are far less than that of any vassal king. In my opinion, our Cao family can provide at most 500,000 shi of food, but now the Dutch and the King of Chu are gradually having a gap. King Chu is in need of a large number of artillery to build his own fleet. His Royal Highness can exchange artillery with King Chu. Our Cao family is willing to promote this matter for His Highness in front of King Chu."
Xiao Ming stared into Cao Zhengyang's eyes. The Cao family suddenly came and made such a big bet on him that he had never expected, and now he wants to help himself like this.
He doubted that the Cao family might have encountered some kind of dilemma now, and that this dilemma was still a life-and-death dilemma.
Otherwise, the Cao family would not be able to take such a big risk to contact himself.
Is it really the same as he thought, Chu Wang was going to kill this fat pig to feed himself? And the Cao family had a hunch in advance?
However, if this is the case, the Cao family will definitely lose a lot. Even if they survive, they will not lose the name of the richest man, but the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and it is a big piece of meat to come to his own land.
And by taking advantage of this incident, he could also refer to the book of the king of Chu, scold him for concealing the Dutch, and deceive him.
Thinking of this, he said: "That's a lot of work."
"His Royal Highness is polite. It is an honor for our Cao family to serve for His Highness."
Cao Zhengyang smiled, and a stone fell on the ground in his heart. This time it was a dangerous move for the Cao family to see King Qi.
Just one step forward is death, and one step backward is also death. They are also forced to survive, just to survive.
Having said this, Xiao Ming said to Li Kaiyuan: "Kaiyuan, you are responsible for entertaining these two days, so as not to gain or lose courtesy."
Li Kaiyuan nodded, Xiao Ming's status is honorable, naturally it is Li Kaiyuan who is responsible for entertaining Cao Zhengyang.
When the two left, Xiao Ming was lost in thought.
The visit of the Cao family this time really exceeded his expectations, although he was confident that the Cao family could not help looking for business with him sooner or later.
It's just that he didn't expect that in this situation, he thought of Cao Zhengyang's pretending surprise when he revealed that King Chu had contact with the Dutch, and he became more and more sure that there was a problem between the Cao family and King Chu.
As for why the Cao family chose this opportunity, it was naturally Yue Yun's fleet that gave him the capital to exchange benefits.
With a sneer, Xiao Ming stood up. He needed capital, but he also didn't believe in capital.
Capital will help him expand his territory, but he will be killed if he is not careful~EbookFREE.me~ Therefore, Xiao Ming has always been cautious in dealing with business, taking advantage of its advantages and guarding against its sinister and other.
However, if the Cao family really provided logistics for their conquest of the barbarians, this shows that this Cao family really has a long-term vision, and he really should beware.
Thinking all the way, Xiao Ming went to the palace.
On the way, he suddenly ran into Pang Yukun.
"His Royal Highness, the next official is going to the palace to find you." Pang Yukun was a little anxious.
"what happened?"
Pang Yukun said: "The lower official's friend in Jizhou sent two letters in succession. One of the letters mentioned that there had been civil unrest in Yongwang's fief, and that Yongwang was sending troops to suppress and strictly block the news. This is not a good sign. "
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming frowned, his worries are gradually becoming reality.
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