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    "According to your story, the Ming Empire is a little uneasy now, isn't it?"

    Joubert¡¯s more than ten years in the East were not in vain. Although he did not know the situation of the Ming Empire in detail, he was still a man of understanding.

    Zhao Hongyu and the others knew the direction of history, but he came to this era and flapped his little butterfly wings. Now he is not sure about many things.

    Therefore, the information that Joubert learned in the East is what Zhao Hongyu needs and knows very much.

    Joubert nodded and said: "Yes, Your Highness. A tribe called Man appeared in the north of the Ming Empire, and they were fighting against the Ming Empire. There were many rebels in the Ming Empire. At the same time, Zheng Zhilong rose strongly in the southeast.  Taking this factor into consideration, I will return to China."

    To put it bluntly, the older Joubert gets, the less courageous he becomes. He has already sensed that turmoil is about to occur in the Ming Empire, so he does not dare to stay any longer.

    ??Besides, Zheng Zhilong is now strongly rising in the southeastern sea, and the Dutch are being squeezed hard.

    Although the Dutch are now constantly sending ships to the East, he knows very well that with Zheng Zhilong¡¯s character, he will not let the Dutch become bigger.

    When the time comes, war will inevitably break out between Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch, and he is quite not optimistic about the Dutch's war prospects.

    To die in vain, Joubert chose to return to Europe.

    He was lucky. After returning to Europe, Zhao Hongyu happened to build Manhattan.  At the same time, the products in Manhattan were similar to those in the East, so many merchants began to form fleets.

    He was hired by a businessman, became a captain, and came to the New World.

    This is a small talent. The most important thing is that he knows the East very well.

    Zhao Hongyu thought about it silently in his heart. He wanted to keep this Joubert.

    With Joubert, a man who is familiar with the route to the East and the customs and customs along the way.  In the future, when Zhao Hongyu can form a fleet to go to Daming, his use will be even greater.

    Most importantly, Joubert was also familiar with some forces on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, especially the rising Zheng Zhilong.

    At the same time, this guy is also familiar with some Japanese lords. These are Joubert's advantages.

    "Joubert, are you hired by a Dutch businessman?"

    Zhao Hongyu asked after thinking for a while.

    "Yes, Your Highness, I was hired."

    After Zhao Hongyu received the response, he continued: "If, I said if it is possible, can you come and help me?"

    Hearing this, Joubert was stunned for a moment.

    He didn¡¯t know what he could do to help His Highness of the Song Empire.

    "Your Highness, I don't know what I can do for you. Do you want to hire someone who is of little use?"

    Joubert asked with some confusion.

    " Zhang Tie and Wang Shan were also a little puzzled when they heard Zhao Hongyu said that he wanted to hire Joubert.

    "Actually, my ancestors have always wanted us to return to our homeland, but we have forgotten the route back. And many ministers are opposed to opening up maritime trade, but I hope to find our wealth on the ocean."

    ¡°Zhao Hongyu started telling lies as soon as he opened his mouth, and now he can speak it very smoothly.

    At such a time, the history of the Song Empire must be put on the table again.

    "You have been to the East and know many things that we don't understand now. And I am preparing to build battleships. When there are enough battleships, then I will send a fleet to the East, so I need you."

    Although this excuse is full of loopholes, it can convince Joubert.

    "The situation in the East is very bad. In fact, I don't recommend that you go to the East, because it will conflict with the interests of the Netherlands. At the same time, Zheng Zhilong, the overlord of the Eastern Sea, will not let your fleet roam there."

    Joubert gave his own advice.

    "Haha." Zhao Hongyu smiled and said: "This is my business. As long as you do things for me, then I will give you the official position of Maritime Counselor, and the salary will be much more generous than if you were a captain."

    Zhang Tie and Wang Shan understood Zhao Hongyu's plan. It turned out that His Highness was planning for the future.

    Having figured this out, Zhang Tie and Wang Shan began to support Zhao Hongyu from the bottom of their hearts in wooing Joubert, the Eastern expert.

    "You can think about it and don't rush to give me a reply. I know that I need to think carefully before making this decision, but I will always be here waiting for you."

      Zhao Hongyu saw that Joubert was hesitant, but he just smiled and did not let him give an answer immediately.

    "Okay, Your Highness, I will give it serious consideration." Joubert saluted Zhao Hongyu.

    ¡°Subsequently, Joubert took advantage of the situation and brought up the matter of a trade agreement.

    Zhao Hongyu pretended to think for a while, and then responded to him under the eyes of the uneasy Joubert: "Okay, this is not a problem, the trade agreement can be signed." Then Zhao Hongyu turned his head and said to Zhang Tiedao:  "Tomorrow you can sign a trade agreement with Joubert. Let's get this done immediately."

    Zhang Tie nodded and agreed.

    "Joubert, if possible, I would like to discuss a big deal with you."

    Hearing Zhao Hongyu say that there is a big deal to be negotiated, Joubert's eyes lit up.

    The desire for wealth deep in his heart made Joubert very interested in His Highness¡¯s so-called business.

    "Your Highness, please speak."

    "I said before that many nobles and ministers in our country are opposed to maritime trade. Therefore, many people are opposed to me carrying out trade with you in my own territory."

    Zhao Hongyu brought up this topic again.

    "What a pity, Your Highness, I can only say that those nobles and ministers are short-sighted." Joubert agreed.

    "So I don't have any extra sea-going ships on hand, and if I want to go to the East, I must have more sea-going ships. So I hope you can act as my agent and buy what I need in Europe.  Sea ship.¡±

    ?Buying a boat?

    Hearing this, Joubert thought for a moment.

    Nowadays, all countries in Europe are developing maritime trade, and every shipyard is working hard to build ships, and orders are fully booked.

    Therefore, this matter seems a bit unrealistic to Joubert.

    So Joubert said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, all European countries are now carrying out maritime trade, and all shipyard orders are very full, so this matter is very difficult to handle."

    Zhao Hongyu smiled and said: "I am willing to pay a high price. If a ship is doubled in original price, all ships built in the future will be purchased at double the price. I can even accept three or four times. I only ask that it be within a short period of time."  Having more ships within a short period of time, I don¡¯t think the shipyard bosses will refuse.¡±

    Zhao Hongyu made his own conditions. He wanted to use gold coins to knock down the shipyard bosses.

    I have to say that gold coins are still very useful in this era.

    The shipyard bosses found it difficult to refuse this naked temptation.

    Joubert believes that His Majesty is likely to succeed.

    There is no such thing as honesty or dishonesty among Europeans today. No matter what they do, they always focus on money.

    As long as you have gold coins, nothing is impossible.

    ¡°And what Zhao Hongyu lacks the most is money.

    Since the trade started, he has collected a lot of gold and silver coins.

    However, after his time and space trading device was sold, the price of gold coins has dropped to the same price as gold, and it is no longer a collectible with collectible value.

    It can be seen how many gold coins Zhao Hongyu sold.

    Of course, the price of gold coins will slowly rise again, because the space-time trader has the functions of natural disasters and item consumption, so the gold coins he sold back will slowly disappear.

    Therefore, the price of gold coins will slowly rise, but Zhao Hongyu does not have that much time.

    So, after much thought, he still felt that it was right to let gold coins circulate.  But with so many gold coins on hand, what on earth should he buy?

    After some thought, the ship came into Zhao Hongyu's sight.

    What he lacks most now is a ship, so why can¡¯t the gold coins he has on hand be used to buy sea ships?

    Therefore, he came up with this proposal to Joubert.

    ¡°However, if we do this, Manhattan¡¯s disadvantages will also be exposed.  This way everyone will know that they are weak at sea.

    ¡°But Zhao Hongyu is also very open-minded, because as trade becomes more and more popular, sooner or later this matter will not be hidden.

    It would be better to buy a large number of warships quickly while trade has just started and many people have not had any bad thoughts.

    It was with this situation in mind that Zhao Hongyu made such a purchase and sale request to Joubert.

    And Joubert also liked Zhao Hongyu, so he choseJoubert.

    "I can give it a try. After all, the price you gave me is very real. If I were the owner of one of those shipyards, I think it would be difficult for me to refuse such a price."

    Joubert smiled bitterly.

    "For each ship, I will give you the benefit of one hundred gold florins, and you will be responsible for finding enough sailors. I will send people to follow you to Europe. You don't have to worry about money."

    Zhao Hongyu has already thought about it and will ask Lamour to follow Joubert to buy a boat in Europe.

    Joubert has no objection to such a move.

    And doing this is also good for him, so why not do it.

    Don't make these money.

    After chatting with Joubert about the East for a while, Joubert got up and left when he saw that it was getting late.

    After Zhang Tie saw off Joubert, he returned to the Umbrella Company at the dock.

    When Joubert left, Wang Shan asked Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, do we need to buy a ship in Europe?"

    He felt that this was completely unnecessary, and even said that this matter would expose their weaknesses to others.

    Zhao Hongyu smiled bitterly: "Now gold coins can only be sold as gold, so there is no use in keeping them. It is better to buy some things we need now. I am not afraid of higher prices. What I want is to be able to get what I need."  Boat." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward (this site). Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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