jdhmnovel Chapter 615 That damn thing is something I've lost out on!
Chapter 615 That damn thing is something I've lost out on!
After taking Du Shunqin to the backyard of the county government office and having tea prepared, Yang Shaofeng sighed and said, "Now there are two problems facing Annam."
"First, with the death of Chen Rizhen, how will the Ming Dynasty punish Annam?"
"Secondly, there were Champa, Siam, Burma, and other vassal states that had historically been at odds with Annam."
Yang Shaofeng picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said in a deep voice, "Those courtyards were built to silence the officials and the court, turning the plan to conquer a country into a complete loss of tribute."
Du Shunqin was immediately anxious, but when he thought of what Yang Shaofeng had said about being able to solve the problem, he had no choice but to patiently listen on.
"Rest assured, I will find a way to persuade His Majesty, the Secretariat, and the Grand Military Commission to find a pretext to send troops north to attack the Yuan Dynasty and buy time for Annam."
"The next problem to solve is Champa and Siam."
Du Shunqin immediately perked up his ears.
In truth, Du Shunqin understood that whether Chen Rixuan was dead or not was not a big deal. Even if that idiot Ruan Rulin exposed Chen Rixuan's death, it was unlikely that the Ming Dynasty would launch a large-scale attack on Annam.
After all, Hu Yuan is not completely finished yet.
The real trouble was that Annam had offended too many people before, and had enemies with countries such as Champa and Siam.
Once the Ming Dynasty cut off tribute, Champa and Siam would inevitably take the opportunity to retaliate.
"Champa and Siam, them..."
Yang Shaofeng took a sip of tea and smiled, "As long as Annam can still transport grain and laborers to Dengzhou, does Chief Envoy Du think they will still cause trouble for Annam?"
"Of course, since the Ming Dynasty has refused to pay tribute to Annam, the border market can no longer have any business dealings with Annam."
"This is something that Chief Envoy Du will have to discuss with Park Deok-hwan and Park Sung-sung."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Du Shunqin felt as if the fog before his eyes had suddenly lifted.
So, you can play it like this?
The Ming Dynasty punished Annam.
But it won't completely kill Annan.
Annam was grateful and offered gold, while providing food and labor to the Ming Dynasty at low prices.
Even Goryeo (Korea) could benefit from this.
After a moment of silence, Du Shunqin looked at Yang Shaofeng again and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, what about the gold dust...?"
Yang Shaofeng took another sip of tea and smiled, "If Annam doesn't have 800,000 catties of placer gold, surely the Dengzhou border market can't produce a mere 800,000 catties of placer gold?"
"Although we can't lend it to Annam, we can lend it to Korea and Champa. As for who they will lend the gold dust to, I'm too lazy to care."
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "Although gold dust is a good thing, it can neither be eaten nor drunk. Using it to pad the yard would be too dazzling. Envoy Du can handle it as you see fit."
"I have another lucrative business here, let's see how much Chief Envoy Du can handle."
Du Shunqin was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "This humble subject thanks Your Highness the Imperial Son-in-Law. Please enlighten me, Your Highness."
Yang Shaofeng said, "Envoy Du has been in Dengzhou for quite some time, so he should know that what Dengzhou Prefecture lacks most are short and stocky laborers."
The official price paid by the Ming Dynasty for Japanese slaves seemed to be five taels of silver each.
The Dengzhou market was wealthy and powerful, and could easily quote four taels of silver per item.
Ten million taels of silver divided by four equals approximately two and a half million Japanese pirates.
If we calculate according to the rules of rounding in the mathematics community, three million should be a very reasonable number.
But when he thought about the distance between Japan and Annam, and the number of short and ugly people in Japan now, Yang Shaofeng felt a little disheartened.
As Yang Shaofeng pondered haphazardly, he said with a smile, "Three strings of cash for a short laborer. If Chief Envoy Du can get me three million short laborers, the debt of eight hundred thousand taels of gold can be completely settled."
Du Shunqin was completely dumbfounded.
Five strings of cash were directly reduced to three strings of cash?
Okay, I understand.
Anyway, after I return to Annam, I will only report two strings of cash.
But don't you even think about it? How is Annan going to capture three million short, ugly laborers?
While internally ranting, Du Shunqin said with a bitter face, "Your Highness, Annam is a small country with a small population. The ships they build are all small sampans for fishing in the near sea. How can they possibly go to Japan?"
Yang Shaofeng gave Du Shunqin a disappointed look. "Doesn't Chief Envoy Du know that the Dengzhou Shipyard has large ships?"
"I'll say it again, we definitely can't sell the big ship to Annam, but we can sell it to Korea. Don't worry if we don't have the money, we can use the ship for now."
As soon as Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Du Shunqin could no longer sit still.
If Annam were to use some gold dust to settle the debt, and some dwarfs to settle the debt, it might actually be possible for Annam to escape this national annihilation.
The prince consort is a good man!
While inwardly expressing his gratitude, Du Shunqin repeatedly bowed to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid..."
Yang Shaofeng smiled and nodded, then picked up his teacup and said with a smile, "If Envoy Du has nothing else to do, you can go and find Park Sung-sung and the others first."
Du Shunqin quickly stood up, and Yang Shaofeng continued, "In addition, I would like to give Envoy Du another piece of advice."
"Chen Shuming has already caused such a big problem before he has even become the ruler of Annam."
"If he becomes the ruler of Annam, wouldn't he cause even bigger trouble in the future?"
"To completely resolve this trouble, we probably have to start with Chen Rixuan and Chen Shuming."
Du Shunqin quickly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, I have noted it down."
Watching Du Shunqin's hurried departure, Yang Shaofeng slowly sipped his tea.
Chen Shuming's mess can't just be left like this.
Or to put it more bluntly, as long as Chen Shuming doesn't die, Zhu Chongba's face will always be swollen.
If it weren't for the Dengzhou border market, Old Deng would probably have been able to tolerate it for a while and wait two years before re-recognizing Annam's status as a tributary state.
After all, the Yuan dynasty in the north was still eyeing the country covetously, and the Ming dynasty couldn't spare the resources to destroy Annam for the time being.
Even though the punishment of cutting off tribute was imposed, its actual impact on Annam was limited.
However, with the Dengzhou border market, Lao Deng no longer had to swallow his anger.
Simply excluding the monkeys from the market would be enough to make them cry their eyes out.
As for the present situation...
As long as you can get me a short, ugly man, there won't be any of those things like daily interest, annual interest, simple interest, compound interest, guarantees, or beheading. Not even the most basic nine-out-thirteen-back method will be needed!
Anyway, the money comes from the sheep, so it doesn't matter if the monkeys keep it for the Ming Dynasty for a while longer.
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Emperor Zhu stared blankly at Yang Shaofeng.
Eight hundred thousand catties of placer gold, to be used as paving stones for the yard?
No.
How the hell did this bastard say such a shocking number in such a calm tone?
With a little calculation, we can see that 800,000 catties of gold dust is equivalent to a full five million taels of silver!
Five million taels!
Converted into paper money, it would amount to five million strings of cash.
The entire Dengzhou border market only contributed 20 million strings of cash in profits to the national treasury in a full year.
Now look what's happened. This bastard has swindled five million strings of cash from the monkey with nothing more than a few words, which is equivalent to a quarter of the annual profit of the Dengzhou market.
Yang Shaofeng was also dumbfounded.
One tael of gold can only be exchanged for five taels of silver?
That's a real loss for me!