Thinking of spending so much money, Zhang Heling felt that it was like robbing silver in his wallet, and his heart ached a little. He couldn't help but continue, "Where is it so expensive? Three hundred taels of silver, I can bring out a thousand households, Chunqiu, you..."

"Shut up!" Zhu Houzhao stared at Zhang Heling and said two words bluntly.

Zhang Heling, who was still excited just now, suddenly felt like a deflated ball and didn't dare to make any more noise.

Zhu Houzhao was simply the Dinghai Shenjian of the shareholders' bureau. She glanced at everyone coldly before saying to Ye Chunqiu: "Continue."

Although Zhu Houzhao is doing his best to protect him, there is still some tremor in the extravagant and wasteful behavior of Ye Chunqiu.

Zhu Houzhao also loves money. After all, even the emperor does not have a golden shoulder pole.

More than 400,000 taels of silver are just to train more than a thousand soldiers. This is not a luxury, what is luxury?

So although Shouning Hou was a bastard, he expressed everyone's voice to some extent. They didn't understand the others, but they just thought that the military expenditure was too scary, and more importantly, was it really meaningful? Isn't this equivalent to spending money into the water?

Ye Chunqiu can probably understand their feelings, after all, they did not really realize the principle that raising soldiers and training soldiers can earn money.

Ye Chunqiu did not explain this issue at this time. Now it is not the time, and no matter how you explain it, it seems a little pale. What Ye Chunqiu has to do is just to prove it through time, so he did not have much excuse, but this first shareholders' meeting was finally passed unanimously among many suspicions.

On the one hand, it comes from everyone's little understanding of the affairs of Zhenguo Mansion, so if Ye Chunqiu insists, it is hard for everyone to have any objections; on the other hand, Ye Chunqiu himself is the largest shareholder of Zhenguo Mansion and has received unconditional support from Zhu Houzhao. Even if someone has any opinions, what can it be?

After the meeting was over, after using a lunch prepared by a special person here, Ye Chunqiu led the shareholders to take a bus around the Shence Mansion, which gave them some preliminary understanding.

When the sky gradually faded, Ye Chunqiu sent them back. Zhu Houzhao's dragon car slowly left under the crowd of countless guards. The setting sun set, Ye Chunqiu pursed his lips and his eyes showed a confident light. He knew in his heart that it was time for him to show his strength.

A new weapon workshop has been built, and the first batch of muskets have begun trial production, but the yield rate is really terrible. Among the ten finished products, scrap accounts for seven or eight out of ten.

Fortunately, Ye Chunqiu was not discouraged by this. He always staggered in everything, but he was not in a hurry at all. However, at this time, someone came from the palace and summoned Ye Chunqiu to the palace to meet him.

Ye Chunqiu did not dare to neglect, so he threw down his work and hurried into the palace. He saw Zhu Houzhao with an interest in the warm pavilion.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Chunqiu, look, is the Franji man this time real?"

Ye Chunqiu showed a little surprised and stepped forward to take a "National Letter" handed over by Zhu Houzhao. He looked at the content roughly and translated it with Guangwang. This letter was more like a letter from the Governor of Malacca in Portugal than a letter.

Ye Chunqiu knew that the Portuguese had established rule in India and established many colonies in India and Ceylon. Just last year, a Portuguese expeditionary force arrived in Malacca and immediately attacked the then Manlacca Kingdom. This Manlacca was originally one of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Last year, he wrote a letter to ask for help, but the court said that the Manlacca was too far away and did not pay much attention.

The expansion process of the Portuguese was extremely brutal. After occupying Malacca, the city began to massacre immediately. At that time, Malacca had a population of 100,000. After the massacre, the population was no more than 100,300. The tone of the Malacca governor was actually quite gentle. He expressed his willingness to interact with the Ming Dynasty. He also said that he was willing to trade with the Ming Dynasty and asked the Ming Dynasty to choose a good port for the expatriates and relatives, merchants in Portugal and were willing to trade.

Ye Chunqiu thought to himself, logically speaking, at this time, the Portuguese should still covet the Far East. At this time, they should be managing their India and Southeast Asia. Now they are suddenly anxious to date the Ming Dynasty, but they don’t know why?

Maybe... it was because I bought the seeds with ten thousand dollars?

Thinking of this, the context becomes clear. The Portuguese were actually quite happy in India and South China. After all, the world is so big, and it is an important place for jewelry and spices. This has almost become a paradise for Portuguese adventurers. Countless Portuguese priests and sailors, soldiers and even pirates flocked into the Indian and South China Oceans, treating this place as a place to make a fortune.

At least they are very satisfied now, but... a rumor that a thousand gold coins have been asking for seeds suddenly broke the situation.

When the news reached Malacca, Sumatra, and Ceylon, it was almost impossible to imagine the feelings of those adventurers. It turned out that gold was everywhere in the farther east. Obviously, they decided to turn their attention here.

The Portugal's land is too far away from here, and the news has probably not been spread to the local area. This move should be the unauthorized act of the Governor of Malacca. They must have heard of the strength of the Ming Dynasty. After all, this is not Ceylon or Manraga. They did not have the courage to do a big vote and kill people and massacre the city. Their attitude naturally became tactful, hoping to let their Chinese people live in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and be willing to date the Ming Dynasty.

Behind this letter of nationality, the Governor of Malacca expressed his willingness to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao seemed excited, and even had a little more spirit in her eyes. She said, "There has been sent people to translate a translation from Honglu Temple. This time, they should be the real Franji people. They are willing to pay tribute and pay tribute. I never thought that my power will still be..."

Ye Chunqiu suddenly interrupted him: "Your Majesty, this is not a Portugal."

"Oh, he clearly said..."

Ye Chunqiu's face was a little uncomfortable and said, "This is a nominal tribute from the Governor of Malacca, Portugal, and it is probably the prefect of Ningbo of the Ming Dynasty."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his eyes were straightened because the letter of the country was indeed very tactful and polite. It seemed that they had some understanding of the Ming Dynasty and even seemed a little servile. Zhu Houzhao was actually very happy to be accused of the rumored Franchise from thousands of miles to pay tribute. Although he was fooled by the Japanese pirates last time, this time it looked real. Who would have thought that he was just a prefect of Ningbo.
Chapter completed!