Liu Ruyu could not have imagined that the emperor and prince of the Ming Dynasty would change their clothes and go directly to Zhao Ce's home.

He had heard his father say before that His Majesty valued Zhao Ce very much.

Therefore, he also helped Zhao Ce deal with the servants at his uncle's family.

Now it seems that this is not just a priority, right?

Is this relationship obviously not ordinary?

Liu Ruyu came back to his senses, quickly stepped forward, bowed and said, "You..."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and interrupted him.

"After all, the weather is good and suitable for going out, so it's a coincidence that Lord Liu."

"Just call me Mr. Zhu outside."

Zhu Houzhao also shook his eyebrows at Liu Ruyu.

Liu Ruyu came to his senses and couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth.

“Yes, yes…”

"Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, what a coincidence..."

He stood aside with his head down and saw the father and son crossing him and walking towards Zhao Ce.

Zhao Ce didn't even have the liquor, so he nodded directly: "You two haven't been here for a long time."

Emperor Hongzhi asked, "What are you doing?"

"It's nothing, Lord Liu wants to help me see what I've done recently."

"Since you two are here, please come into the house and sit down."

Zhao Ce smiled and invited the others into the house.

Liu Ruyu was a little embarrassed, and His Majesty did not say anything to let him go, so he could only follow him in.

Zhu Houzhao and the other two sat down, and Liu Ruyu sat at the end from afar, not daring to sit on the same side as them.

Zhao Ce took a look and smiled and said nothing.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao arrived, he grabbed Zhao Ce to ask about the grand opening of the cake shop that day.

Zhao Ce briefly told him and then talked about revenue.

Just now, the servants were preparing to entertain Liu Ruyu as well, so Zhao Ce simply invited them to eat together.

Emperor Hongzhi has been exhausted recently and is not very interested in these sweets.

However, he couldn't help but take a few more sips of this sour lemon tea.

Liu Ruyu felt much more relaxed when he saw the Zhu family's father and son so familiar.

After almost the reception was over, Emperor Hongzhi put down the teacup in his hand and said, "I came to see you today. Something happened in the court. I want to talk to you."

Although this is not what Liu Ruyu said.

But when Liu Ruyu heard this, he quickly put down the tableware in his hand and listened carefully.

Zhao Ce also looked at Mr. Zhu.

"Today His Majesty received two memorials."

"One is from the governor of Guangdong."

"The Flang merchant ship you mentioned earlier broke into my Ming Dynasty and occupied Tuen Mun Island."

"The second is that the Fujian Shipbuilding Department reported that our caravan that went to sea in Ming Dynasty encountered Japanese pirates."

"With the help of private private ships, we successfully defeated the Japanese pirates."

After Emperor Hongzhi finished speaking, he looked at Liu Ruyu intentionally or unintentionally.

After hearing the news, Liu Ruyu couldn't help but tighten his hand on his legs.

Of course I didn't notice this gaze.

The caravans going out to sea defeated the Japanese pirates?

He thought in his heart that his father fiercely opposed the matter of opening the sea a few months ago, and he couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at him as if nothing had happened, and soon continued: "You said it before."

"The city is connected to the brigade."

"Your Majesty is quite touched by this sentence now."

Zhao Ce was not surprised by what happened in these two memorials.

The fact is that the problem of Japanese pirates that had been troubled by the Ming Dynasty was slowly solved after the opening of the sea.

And those Folang Ji people need not be said.

When the early Folang Ji people came to the East, they did not have the ability to challenge the Ming Dynasty.

They also don't want to really provoke the Ming Dynasty.

Their focus is on doing business and want to earn money through trade with China.

But the Ming Dynasty did not miss them at all, so they could only threaten the Ming Dynasty with force.

Zhao Ce did not doubt that these people could resist and not take action from the beginning.

But it is not known about their specific actions.

I originally thought that after the sea was opened, the silver earned from overseas could be used to purchase weapons that are currently advanced in the West than the Ming Dynasty for improvement.

But now it seems that what comes with the opening of the sea is the Western countries that come to the forefront.

But these are actually nothing to Emperor Hongzhi.

After all, they are in great tide, so why should they be afraid of one or two foreign merchant ships?

With his current vision, he does not see much harm in the first memorial.

But the second memorial made him feel refreshed.

"As you said, this opening of the sea was very successful."

"When the caravan returns this time, His Majesty will consider adding several more ports for maritime trade."

"What are your good opinions on the next expansion of the sea opening process?"

Zhu Houzhao also looked at Zhao Ce with interest.

Zhao Ce thought for a while and said, "The Japanese pirate problem is solved, and these Folang Ji people can also be used temporarily for our Ming Dynasty."

"For my Ming Dynasty?"

Emperor Hongzhi said in confusion: "How to use them?"

"These Folang Ji people want to trade with our Ming Dynasty..." Zhao Ce said: "Since they have the ability to occupy our Ming Dynasty, it is better to let them transfer this ability elsewhere."

Nowadays, the strength of the navy in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be a mess.

If you want to beat them, it’s not that you can’t win, but the price you pay will be a bit too high.

Anyway, in history, these Folang Ji people have always wanted to trade with Daming, but in the end they were fooled.

It’s better to give them some sweetness now and ask them to help do something they should do.

Zhao Ce continued: "I have also studied a lot recently."

"There is actually the most important issue to fully unleash the maritime ban."

"That is to curb civil smuggling."

Smuggling along the southeast coast is severe and has been repeatedly banned.

And not only are they serious, local smuggling ships and officials are also linked to each other and colluding with each other.

When the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, Da Cangming, one of them, proposed a way to trade in ships at sea.

When I got to the sea, naturally no one cared about them.

Over the years, some big businessmen on the southeast coast have been eating and drinking.

But how can Folang Jiren be satisfied by relying solely on private smuggling?

What they want is the huge market in the Ming Dynasty!

Now that the Ming Dynasty wants to unleash maritime ban and impose maritime taxes, it is necessary to crack down on smuggling.

However, relying solely on the dilapidated Ming Dynasty navy in the southeast to do a great job of fighting, it would obviously cost a lot.

Since there are people who are determined to trade with them in the Ming Dynasty, why not?

When Zhu Houzhao heard Zhao Ce mention smuggling, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He exclaimed: "Yongxibo, do you mean to use these group of Florians to deal with smuggling?"

Zhao Ce glanced at him with approval.

"Young Master Zhu said it well."

"Since we have such a help, we might as well write a blank check first..."

Zhao Ce coughed lightly and then said, "You might as well lure them for small profits and let them help deal with this matter first."
Chapter completed!