Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 170 Enlightenment
Chapter 169 Enlightenment

Loaded with ceramics, jade, and silk from the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wanqian led a caravan of more than a dozen people across the Strait of Malacca and directly arrived in India.

He was well aware of Zheng He's seven previous voyages to the West. Zheng He, the three treasure eunuch, could earn gold and silver from those foreigners, couldn't he himself?
After leaving Daming's homeland, he will no longer be restrained by others.

In a foreign country, he fully demonstrated his business talent. He exchanged all Ming's ceramics, jade, and silk with things from other countries, and then trafficked them in other countries.

After only one round, they all fell into the top two silver positions.

However, when traveling, it was not all smooth sailing, especially when I just passed the Strait of Malacca, I encountered a large number of pirates.

Fortunately, these Ming warships are equipped with god-level artillery. When Shen Wanqian learned about the pirates, he made preparations in advance to avoid losses.

However, the conditions on these warships were not as good as when Zheng He sailed to the West.

On a warship, Shen Wanqian stood confidently on the bow of the ship, looking up at the sky. He was so rich and extravagant in the past, but he didn't expect that today he would be oppressed by the imperial power and end up wandering in other countries.

Is this his own life?

Shen Wanqian clenched his fists tightly, he didn't believe this was his fate, he wanted to return to Daming, and rush to build his own business empire.

"Shopkeeper, after passing the island in front, we arrived at the place of the Indians. It is said that the people there are relatively backward. We should not do business with them, lest things will be robbed." A man with the appearance of a businessman turned to Shen Wanqian He clasped his fists and said.

Shen Wanqian turned to look at the person beside him. In fact, his real identity was Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of guarding Shen Wanqian here.

But on the premise that Shen Wanqian has done nothing wrong, he can't reveal his identity, just play the role of the caravan businessman's butler. This is arranged by Qi Jingtong according to Zhu Houzhao's order.

"Steward Liang, you are worrying too much. Have you ever heard the story of selling a comb to a monk?"

Shen Wanqian put his hands behind his back, looking leisurely.

When Shen Wanqian finished speaking, the man called Butler Liang's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

"Master, what are you talking about? Selling combs to monks? Isn't this nonsense?"

"Hahaha, do monks have money? Even if they have, they don't need a comb at all. This is a question of skill, you have to think about it."

Shen Wanqian not only didn't answer Steward Liang's question directly, but also posed a problem for him, how could this comb be sold to the monk?This still requires him to think carefully.

Shen Wanqian felt happy again when he saw that shopkeeper Liang was a little confused.Originally, after he went to sea, his mood suddenly improved a lot, and all the previous unhappiness was gone.

The task of 5000 million taels of silver assigned to him by Zhu Houzhao is not a problem in his eyes. For a person like him, if he is given a fulcrum, he can move the earth.

After Shen Wanqian laughed out loud, she turned her head and said to Butler Liang, "Butler Liang, you often need to think about problems from a different angle. Once you think about it from a different angle, the results are often different."

"Think about it, of course a group of monks don't need combs, but each of them has curiosity!"

"If there are a group of monks now, they have nothing to do after finishing their homework, so naturally they can't take out the comb to comb their hair, but shut themselves in the room, carefully take out the comb, and comb a few on their bare hair. Now, feel the thrill of combing your hair!"

"That's human curiosity.

Everyone has. "

"So, if all the people in the country we went to were monks, then we would get rich."

"Do you understand what I mean?" Shen Wanqian continued to ask Butler Liang with his hands behind his back.

After listening to this, the two housekeepers thought about it carefully, and their eyes seemed to shine with two bright lights. Then they nodded heavily and said, "The head of the house is indeed extremely smart. Why hasn't the younger one figured this out so long ago?"

"It was our first time to go to this country, and they didn't have the things we brought with us, so they were very curious about our things."

"This alone is enough to make our products popular in their countries."

Shen Wanqian squinted his eyes slightly, enjoying the sea breeze, and listened to Butler Liang's narration. In fact, such simple principles can be found in the wisdom of the ancient Chinese. Later, after these principles spread to Europe, they Start organizing into a book.

Later, many people in China lost the wisdom of their ancestors, and only began to look for it in books when it was time to use it. It happened that they came across these things sorted out by Europeans.

In fact, these so-called marketing theories were summed up by our Chinese ancestors thousands of years ago.
Shen Wanqian stood on the deck and thought for a while, do these things need to be passed down from generation to generation?

When this idea appeared, he was suddenly startled, and he seemed to realize a very serious problem.

"Shopkeeper, I dare to ask, according to the records of Zheng He's cultural and historical officials, the people here are tough, if they really have no money, just relying on our hundreds of people, what if"

Butler Liang didn't finish his sentence, but he had already said so much. He meant that if the goods you don't want can't be sold, and you can't go back when the time comes, it will be troublesome.

Of course, Shen Wanqian could hear what he meant, but it was indeed a possibility, and it was also a stubborn place. The more sparse the population, the lower the level of civilization.

Just like Yunnan and Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty, the people here can't help but be fierce and violent. Most of the people here gather in tribes, which are often difficult to deal with.

However, Shen Wanqian thought about it, didn't Zheng He come here before?Well, I pretended to be Zheng He, and said that I didn't come to make a voice. I first established a friendly relationship with the local people, and then started a business. Isn't it the best of both worlds?
Because when Zheng He went to the West, the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty was still very strong. Unlike now, although the father of Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Hongzhi, worked hard to revive the Ming Dynasty, overall, the Ming Dynasty still tends to go downhill. of.

Shen Wanqian was also a businessman. As the saying goes, bystanders are clear but the authorities are confused. The current Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao did not know this, but in the eyes of outsiders, the Ming Dynasty was no longer as good as it was in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"You don't have to worry about this. When you get there, you just need to do business with the locals. You don't have to worry about the rest. I'm here!"

Steward Liang looked confidently at the business genius in front of him, and thoughts raced through his mind
(End of this chapter)