Zhu Jun was unsure of his mind, so he arranged Ma Ren on the boat and chatted with each other several times, but he felt that the Ma surname had some insights. Then Zhu Jun still did the same thing and asked ceramic merchants, drug dealers and others to compete for the price. The whole ten large cargo ships earned nearly 1.9 million taels of silver.

After this trip, he almost plundered all the industries of huge merchants and merchants in all walks of life in Luzon. Even Zhu Jun was surprised by this huge number. Seeing boxes of silver loaded onto a ship, he really couldn't help but want to pounce on it and kiss it. But he knew that money like this was rare and expensive at most could only be made this time. If he still did the same thing and then shipped a ship of goods, the price would plummet. He couldn't help but feel a little distressed. These goods were originally stolen, and they could make such profits when sold. The money was like picked up.

On the third day, the Luzon merchant invited Zhu Jun to see his real estate. He also owed Zhu Jun a total of 80,000 taels of silver to the goods and agreed to redeem it with real estate.

Zhu Jun has been staying on the boat for a while, and now most of the business has been settled, and he is also very excited. He has changed into a long blue gown and got off the boat surrounded by Mu Jianming and others. Before leaving, Zhu Jun did not forget to pull Ma Ren. He lived in Luzon and has been doing business for half his life. He should have some understanding of the value of the land. Zhu Jun planned to let him take the initiative.

The land of the Luzon merchants was not far from the port, and Zhu Jun still rented more than a hundred mule and carriages. Anyway, there was money now, so the cost of these carriages was nothing. It took only half an hour to reach the ground.

It is located in the southeast of the port, facing the sea, and the rest of the direction is flat. In a moment, I arrived at a farm. Zhu Jun and everyone got off the carriage and mule and were welcomed by the Luzon merchant. The Luzon merchant had a very good attitude and took out the land deed and placed it on the table. Zhu Jun was not polite. While pulling Ma Ren to estimate the value, he asked someone to measure the land.

There are twenty tiles of land, nearly three thousand acres of paddy fields, which is equivalent to thirty taels of silver per acre. It is also considered a big house. If the price is placed in Luzon, it would be very cheap. However, the harvest is not good because of the sea near the sea and the soil contains too much salt. In this way, Zhu Jun suffered a little loss.

Zhu Jun discussed with Ma Ren for a while, but Ma Ren felt that the land was optional, so he said to Zhu Jun: "If this land is just used for cultivation, it would not be worth a lot of money, but the merchant would probably have only this property left. Since the emperor has earned him 310,000 taels of silver, he should just regard this land as a prize."

Zhu Jun did not agree. In his thoughts, land was not just for cultivation. This land was converted into a modern unit of measurement, which was seventy or eighty square kilometers. Although it was not fertile, it was a great asset for Zhu Jun. He sat on a nanmu chair and thought for a long time before he raised his eyes to Ma Ren and said, "What conditions would it take if I built a shipyard here?"

Ma Ren said: "The shipyard is easy to build. You only need a boatman to complete it. However, the shipbuilding project is huge and cannot be achieved overnight."

"What I want to build is a warship, not a cargo ship." Zhu Jun expressed his true intention. Although Luzon is within the jurisdiction of the Spanish, there are also a large number of Spanish immigrants. If a group of Spanish shipbuilders can be recruited, and even if they invest a lot of money, it is not impossible to build a Western warship. You should know that the Spanish Invincible Fleet, which was rampant decades ago, was stormy across the world. Although the fleet has been defeated by the British and the empire is still in decline, the shipbuilding technicians are still there. Zhu Jun has money but lacks technology.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jun couldn't help but laugh. It was too unrealistic to recruit Spanish people to be shipwrecks in the Spanish colony to build warships. No matter how stupid the Spanish colonial government is, he should know the principle of maintenance. Although it is feasible in theory, it is actually a dream.

Ma Ren's attitude became serious and analyzed seriously: "If Your Majesty wants to build a warship, Ma has some ideas." He looked at Zhu Jun with deep eyes and became more and more serious: "It is obviously not feasible in Luzon. It is not impossible for His Majesty to find a piece of land to come out in this Nanyang Island Rob. The most important part of building a ship is a skilled craftsman. Ma knows some of these and can do some meager power to the emperor. The second is cannons. Warships are mostly attacked by artillery at sea. If there are no advanced artillery, even how strong the warship is, it will be useless. After all, these are things that require skills."

Zhu Jun nodded in agreement with Ma Ren's analysis and said, "Wage is not a problem. As long as you have skills, I will give you as much as I want. I just don't know if there are Francisco boatmen in Luzon. If I can build a Western warship, it doesn't matter how much money I spend."

"Ma actually knows some shipmakers of Franchise." Ma Ren smiled, and his voice seemed to be implying something.

Zhu Jun immediately understood the conditions for those with the surname Ma, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, Ma Qing's family, I am not a mean and polite person. You are a Nanyang maritime businessman and you know a lot about the customs of Nanyang. I still have some places to borrow money in the future, so I will not treat you badly in the future."

Ma Ren was relieved. He was a smart businessman. He understood Zhu Jun's value when Zhu Jun landed. If he could climb this big tree, the Ma family's sea trade business would immediately stand out from the Nanyang sea merchants. As long as Zhu Jun's pirates did not rob the Ma family's fleet, wouldn't the wealth come in?

Mutual utilization also requires capital. If you want to let others see the Ma family, this force should be achieved. Ma Ren thought for a moment and said, "There are more than a dozen merchant ships of all sizes and sizes in the Ma family, so he built a ship repair yard. The craftsmen who repaired the ship and the craftsmen who built the ship are actually integrated. If they are allowed to build ships for His Majesty, they will not bury talents."

"In addition, when Ma was in Manila, he also recognized several shipwrights of Franco. Ma heard that since the Spanish defeated the naval battle decades ago, his country's power declined, and he had no energy to build new warships. Therefore, many shipwrights with superb skills lost their jobs, and some people even set sail to sea to find food overseas. Most of them gathered in Manila, the governor of Luzon. If His Majesty was willing to offer a price, Ma would be willing to go for His Majesty and recruit some craftsmen."

Zhu Jun nodded repeatedly. Since the Ma surname offered his price, he would never be able to say anything if he didn't give him some benefits: "I will leave this to you. It doesn't matter how much money you spend. As for your Ma family..." Zhu Jun paused and kept it a secret and said, "Do the Ma Qing family have the courage to relocate their family?"

"The whole family is relocated? What does your majesty mean?"

"I want you to relocate all the Ma family's industries to southern Myanmar. From then on, all the Ma family's fleet will be protected by me. There will never be any more pirates in the South China Sea." Zhu Jun already had the plan to support the Ma family, not to mention his guardian fleet, but no maritime merchant is willing to insure and pay the deposit so far, and they all maintain a wait-and-see attitude. After all, pirates are vicious. Who knows whether your guardian fleet can have the ability to keep merchant ships?

Zhu Jun plans to let Ma Ren be the first to take the lead, leaving no room for the Ma family to make a lot of money in the short term. This will not only repay the Ma family's support, but also set a model in Nanyang, allowing more maritime merchants to join the fleet of protection.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, and we need to let Ma think about it again." The family relocation is not a joke. Even if Ma Ren has this courage, he has to think carefully.
Chapter completed!