Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 340 I'm rich! I'm rich!

However, Emperor Xuan did not move, but some people did. The Minister of Revenue jumped up and hit the crew member on the head.

"Do you think you are a wealthy family? You didn't even pick up the pearl that fell. A pearl like this is worth dozens of taels of silver!"

The Minister of Revenue pushed the crew member away with heartache, picked out the pearl from the gap, wiped it carefully, and put it into his sleeve very smoothly.

Pearl dahlia of this color is rare. I'm giving it to my wife to make her happy.

The sailor who was hit on the head by the Minister of Revenue did not know the Minister of Revenue, but that did not stop him from shouting loudly in dissatisfaction.

"Why are you hitting me? Such a small pearl, those natives are willing to pay for it, it just fell on the ground, you are so unreasonable as a senior official."

The Minister of Revenue was so angry at the sailor's pretentious voice that he fell backwards: "This pearl is still small, what kind is considered big!"

The crewman took out a bag from his arms, opened it and showed it to the Minister of Revenue.

The bag contained pink pearls, which were a woman's favorite color. Each pearl was round and had a charming luster. Most importantly, the pink pearls were as big as a thumb.

There would definitely be women in Daqian scrambling to get pearls like this.

The Minister of Revenue's eyes were not right again: "You..."

The crewman stuffed the bag into his arms and said, "Sir, don't think too much. I exchanged these for the purses my wife embroidered. Three purses were used to exchange for a bag of pearls."

"Three purses!"

The Minister of Revenue began to breathe heavily.

Three purses embroidered by women, and how good could the embroidery of an ordinary woman be? They were exchanged for a bag of pearls.

Such big, round pearls.

This is too cheap!

The Minister of Revenue asked again with a trembling voice: "What did you exchange these gems for?"

"In exchange for cloth and china,"

Finally, a senior officer came to talk to him. The crew member did not stop after answering the question: "Sir, you don't know, the people there only have a piece of animal skin wrapped around their waists, and it is hot and stuffy there. I heard that we have breathable and light fabrics, so those people said they would change no matter what."

"We still have to exchange the prey. In the end, the masters on the ship found the gems. Those people just need to give us a few pieces of cloth, and we can dig the rest! If the general hadn't urged us to leave, we would have kept digging."

“That is to say…”

The Minister of Revenue swallowed his saliva and said: "A whole ship of gems was exchanged for some worthless things. Those natives have no idea how precious gems are."

The crew nodded.

Minister of Revenue: "Your Majesty! We must expand our fleet. Our fleet is still too small. Those natives really don't know anything. What a waste! A waste!!!"

The Minister of Revenue was almost heartbroken.

Emperor Xuan's eyes were blank, and he even began to wonder whether the dragon eyes on the pillars of his Fengtian Hall could be replaced with gems.

Oops! I was too stingy. It’s nothing to replace dragon eyes with gems. I should replace all dragon scales with gems.

After hearing what the Minister of Revenue said, Emperor Xuan simply replied like a wandering soul: "Expand! Expand!"

"Your Majesty, after this, civilian merchants will also see the business opportunities of shipping. What if civilian fleets want to join? Do you agree?"

Speaking of business, Emperor Xuan finally came back to his senses: "I disagree! These merchants have been doing business on the sea secretly behind Prince Yu for a long time, and the court has no news at all. Since they like to do things secretly, then they can continue to do it secretly."

Emperor Xuan's voice was extremely cold.

The treasury of Daqian was extremely poor, but these people just looked at Daqian's poverty, and no one thought of telling themselves that there was a way out overseas.

Including officials in the court, he didn't believe that these officials didn't know what was happening overseas.

Emperor Xuan glanced at Xu Jinyu. If it weren't for Xu Jinyu, Daqian would probably have been destroyed just as she said.

Xu Jinyu's petite stature was not special among the civil and military officials, but her gaze lingering on the treasures was particularly conspicuous, especially the silly smile on her face.

[Hehehe... This is a cornflower sapphire. It's so big that even the Heart of the Ocean can't compare to it. This is a ruby, as red as a flame. It's rare, very rare.]

[As for this pearl, I won’t talk about its size, but as for its color, South China Pearl cannot compare to it at all, hehehe...]

Xu Jinyu looked at these treasures without blinking, and at the same time he had time to complain about Emperor Xuan.

[The emperor is really stupid! I have never seen anyone so stupid! ]

Emperor Xuan: How am I stupid? Xu Jinyu, please explain it to me.

If I don't deal with you for a few days, you'll jump around, right?

【The overseas area is so vast, how long will it take for one person to draw a world map? This is the time to show that there is strength in numbers. Merchants want to go out to sea, OK! Give them money! Not only will the court allow merchants to go out to sea, but they will also provide escort, so that merchants can do business with confidence.】

[Otherwise, if a new continent is discovered, will the merchants still be considered Daqian? ]

Emperor Xuan: “!!!”

How could he forget that Xu Jinyu said that the overseas area is dozens or hundreds of times larger than Daqian, and there are even unowned lands, which will all belong to Daqian.

What's the point of venting his anger now? If the whole world belongs to Daqian, then he, as an emperor, will definitely be unprecedented and unrivaled.

The smile on the Minister of Revenue's face could no longer be concealed: "Your Majesty, I request that Your Majesty set up a Maritime Customs Office to manage all overseas business. Merchant caravans must pass through the Maritime Customs Office when going out to sea, and they must also pass through the Maritime Customs Office when coming back."

What kind of business do you do personally? As an emperor, you must have a long-term vision. The Maritime Customs Office alone is enough to make Daqian rich.

"besides·····"

The Minister of Rites stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there are natives among the people involved in this sea trade. As a great country like Daqian, how can we bear to let these natives not know Confucius and Mencius? I beg you to let the officials of the Ministry of Personnel educate these natives."

[Oh~~ After teaching and teaching, Xingzhou became the Xingzhou Protectorate of Daqian. After teaching again, Xingzhou became Daqian's. It turns out that these old foxes are really powerful. If they were not limited by their vision, they could turn the whole world upside down.]

The Minister of Rites smiled modestly: Lord Xu, thank you for the compliment. I am just contributing to Daqian.

Emperor Xuan looked at the excited faces of the imperial guards behind him and wondered in his heart, Xu Jinyu had made another contribution today, so what reward should she give today.

Seeing Xu Jinyu's eyes almost glued to the pearls, Emperor Xuan ordered: "Reward Xu Jinyu with a bucket of pearls!"