It was already April, but the back garden of the imperial palace in Yuejing was already full of flowers. Many flowers were blooming in time, making this large back garden colorful. The weeping willows by the pond sprouted new branches and sprouted new buds. When the wind blew, it swept against the wind. The willow branches gently brushed across the water, spreading layers of ripples, causing groups of koi in the water to come.

The Imperial Garden is the most luxurious place in the palace. Today, Qin Feng is here to entertain guests. The guests are Ning Zeyuan, He Ying and others, the director of the Maritime Affairs Department who had just arrived, who had just arrived, and the chief minister Quan Yun, Su Kairong of the Ministry of Revenue, and Xiaomao of the Ministry of War, etc.

Although Ning Zeyuan, He Ying and others were great tyrants and wealthy to fight against the country, this palace was the first time he came to this palace, so he was naturally full of curiosity. The emperor's banquet in the palace was naturally the first time, and naturally they were all full of joy. Although they were thieves, they would not be satisfied with their status after making a fortune for the thieves. Although they had money, they had to hide their heads and tails, just like walking in the night in brocade. Naturally, they wanted to whitewash themselves and walk in the sun with dignity.

This is also the dream of a person like Ning Zeyuan. When I, Ning Zeyuan, my dream is not just to whitewash myself, he also wants to drive a warship to scatter the world. It is precisely because of this that Ning Zeyuan, who is now sitting in front of Qin Feng, has been able to live in front of Qin Feng.

Ning He and the other two thought they were the emperor's honor, so Qin Feng's food and drinks were naturally extremely luxurious. Before entering the palace, both of them had the intention of opening their eyes. They did not want to enter the palace, but they were disappointed. The palace in the Ming Dynasty did occupy a large area, but most of them are now set up for the government office. The remaining small part is not much larger than the Ning family's residence in Quanzhou. If there is anything better than the Ning family's family, it is the imperial garden in front of them, and there are many flowers and plants in it that they have never seen before.

Looking at the dishes placed in front of me, I was inexplicably surprised and had a bit of admiration. It was just a few new side dishes plus two dishes of meat. The simplicity was far inferior to Ning's banquet. Even Ning's ordinary family banquet was much better than that in front of me.

But seeing how many important officials of the court are all at peace, it is obvious that this is common.

No wonder Fengshui has emerged in the past few years of the Ming Dynasty. When the two looked at Qin Feng's expression, they were even more impressed and awe. In this palace, there were no palace maids with colors and no luxurious banquets. An emperor didn't care about these things, so what he wanted was about to come out.

Su Kairong now sees Ning Zeyuan and the other two are very good at everything. He is not for anything else, but just for the two of them on this long voyage. The wealth he brought back makes him feel happy.

When he was in Baoqing, Ning Zeyuan led a long boat to sail. Su Kairong could hear the huge profits of the sea trade. Of course, the little heart immediately jumped up. But he knew that the news was too late and wanted to kick it. For a moment, he was going to prepare the goods. After thinking about it, he finally thought that in Changyang County, the Medical Bureau had many pharmaceutical factories. Are the various kinds of pharmaceuticals prepared by the medicinal materials? Aren’t they considered goods? Where there are people, there are naturally patients, and patients naturally need medicine. If those barbarian countries overseas can get the magical medicine from the Celestial Kingdom, wouldn’t that be so happy?

In order to make money, Su Kairong really worked hard. He immediately organized people to sweep away all kinds of medicinal materials and medicines from these pharmaceutical factories, loaded them into a ship, and handed them over to Ning Zeyuan to sell overseas.

Su Kairong was in the Ministry of Revenue for a long time and was naturally good at calculating. He had roughly had a plan to make a profit of these medicinal materials. Unexpectedly, this time Ning Zeyuan returned, and the profit he brought back made him look straight, which was about 50% higher than he expected, which really turned into huge profits.

It was a casual move, but he made a lot of money. Su Kairong was happy in his heart. The medicinal materials were like this. Is it worth mentioning that the profits made by other things? This maritime trade, as Your Majesty said, is an inexhaustible treasure house. In the future, you only need to organize a huge fleet to travel overseas every year. The treasury is not full. How could the energy mice in the treasury be unable to stay in the treasury and shrink back to everything he does. When you see the officials who come to collect debts, you will run away in a mess.

I don’t have money in my hand, so the secretary of the Ministry of Revenue’s neck just can’t be hard!

Moreover, Su Kairong knew very well what else was going on today. I am afraid that the goods obtained by Ning Zeyuan from other ships could not be taken back. Originally, the profits were planned to be taken back to demonstrate to the Ning family boss to seize the position of the Ning clan. But now, the Ning clan boss was caught by the queen and was beaten to dust with a stick. Everyone was under house arrest in Yuejing. There was no reason to take these goods back. I am afraid that the end of the fate would be entered into the national treasury and he would have another sum of money in his hand. In his opinion, Ning Zeyuan was just like a boy who gave money, how could he not be happy?

Quan Yun and Xiaomao were not concerned about this. As the chief minister of a country, Quan Yun would rather know the political systems of these overseas countries and how to govern the country. As the Minister of War, Xiaomao naturally wanted to know the strength of these overseas countries. Although there were many people in the seat, Qin Feng, all listened carefully to Ning Zeyuan's words. Ning Zeyuan was indeed a talent and talked freely, but what he was talking about was the most interested in the issue of the people in the field.

Everyone listened carefully, but asked a question at a critical point, and then Ning Zeyuan came to answer. After a while, everyone had a rough understanding of these overseas countries. These overseas countries are all island countries, and the largest one is only equivalent to the size of the two counties of the Ming Dynasty. Each of them is not very strong. The only thing to consider is that these island countries have a not-so-weak navy, at least compared to the current Ming Dynasty. You must know that there are only two warships in the Ming Dynasty today, which cannot even be gathered together. The third warship will not be launched until the end of this year. And those island countries have several such warships, and the sailors are inexhaustible.

But that's it. After Ning Zeyuan introduced it, everyone here also understood that these island countries were a source of wealth for the Ming Dynasty, and a source of wealth without any threat, which was enough.

Only the light flashed in the kitten's eyes, and no one knew what the idea was.

Su Kairong finally caught an opportunity and looked at Ning Zeyuan and asked, "Mr. Ning, I'm really strange to medicinal materials. Could it be that these island countries lack medicinal materials? The profits of my ship of medicinal materials were really beyond my expectations?"

Ning Zeyuan is now the director of the Ming Dynasty Maritime Affairs Office, so naturally his colleague.

Hearing Su Kairong's question, Ning Zeyuan owed his body slightly and smiled and said, "That's not. Although those island countries are small, they are not short of ordinary medicinal materials. However, Su's Ministry of Revenue is really lucky. This time, this ship of medicinal materials was sold at a sky-high price, but it was because there was a war there."

"War?" Everyone, including Qin Feng, became curious.

"Yes, in Baoqing, I told Your Majesty where there is an island country with the strongest land area, the largest number of troops, and the largest number of warships. This is Manila. The key position of Manila is that it is stuck in the West's trade channel to this side. Whether it is a merchant ship from the West or a merchant ship from the East, it is necessary to pay them money. It is precisely because of this position that Manila has always been the leader in this sea area. The naval battle a few years ago was a coalition force organized by the king of Manila. Although he won that battle, the king of Manila was also injured. After a few years, his injuries suddenly worsened this year, and he died."

"Oh?" Qin Feng raised his eyebrows: "But there is a problem inside Manila. Since the old king died, the new king cannot convince the public?"

Ning Zeyuan closed his hands and slammed: "Your Majesty is so wise. But what is strange is that this time the rebellion was the most useless son of the King of Manila, Niran. Hero of Niran I probably never expected that his most useless son would now connect Manila's war."

"Since it is the most useless, why does this result happen again?" the kitten asked strangely.

"It's strange that it's strange here. This guy's name is Chalan. He was originally enfeoffed in the poorest and deserted place of Manila. Not to mention that the sea trade has nothing to do with it, even if his fiefs are produced, they are very meager. But after Chalan started his army, he was as powerful as a bamboo shooter. Although there were not many soldiers, the soldiers were like veterans of war, and they beat the unprepared royal imperial guards to a huge blow."

"This is really strange. Could it be that Chalan is hidden and has been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?" Qin Feng was also surprised.

"That's not. According to the merchants who came from wherever they came, Chalan was still useless as ever, but he had recruited several subordinates from somewhere. These generals were powerful. Not only were they fierce and had many tricks, but they were also extremely outstanding in politics. From the time they started their troops to the present, they had occupied one-third of Manila's land in just half a year. Chalan was just a success because of his own success, and he had gained everything when he lay at home."

"There is such a thing?" The Ming monarch and ministers present were greatly surprised. "But find out where these subordinates came from?"

Ning Zeyuan shook his head: "I didn't find out this carefully, because since Manila is connected with war, it's not convenient for us to go through. I just talked about it intermittently through some merchants who came here, only saying that it was Chalan's subordinates, which seemed to have arrived in Manila four years ago. It was very miserable at that time. Chalan should have good luck and help these people, and then these people voted for him."

"This is really interesting. I keep this matter in mind. I need to check it carefully in the future. This position of Manila is so critical, and it will be very critical for our Ming Dynasty to travel far away from the sea."
Chapter completed!