Zhu An didn't say much about clothes. As for the current handicraft environment of the Ming Dynasty, customization of clothes is far from being done in a few days.

It is similar to the court robes of some top ministers, or the robes of emperors, princes and others.

Generally speaking, the premier tailor in the palace, plus various needle embroidery and seal decorations, is usually prescribed, usually about one month.

Zhu An had many ideas for the suit he wanted to make himself, and it would probably take longer, at least two months.

"Grandpa, the Ming Dynasty has always been in the loss to the outside world for tribute." Zhu An asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly heard Zhu An’s deep meaning and smiled and said, “You don’t know this, you lose money, but you also make money.”

"We understand this deal. It seems that these small countries make a lot of money every year, but in fact, compared to our Ming Dynasty, it is at most a drop in the bucket."

"These small countries are very poor, and fighting will cost the people and cause money. If we don't get any benefits, we can only give them some sweetness and let them be good."

"As long as we don't make a fuss, our Ming Dynasty will not be short of that little money. If we really make a fuss, the army will have a bigger loss."

Zhu Yuanzhang carefully explained to the grandson that he knew that his grandson was very similar to when he was young and was not a stable person.

Although I have established my ancestral teachings and listed a group of countries that do not seek refuge, I am afraid that my descendants will be disobedient and greedy for fame, and I will try to seal the wolf's residence.

Little do we know that this war is not something that can be decided by the number of people.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself knew that being a large number of people was an advantage, but if we really fought, we would not know which one wins and who would lose.

Even if you win, you will end up with a tragic victory and affect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, that will be a problem.

He did not expect future generations to make achievements and be able to maintain the foundation of his family safely and securely, and he would be satisfied.

"In fact, it can still be made. Many small countries' commodities sold well in the Ming Dynasty." Zhu An said, as a merchant, he was concerned about the internal business situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu An naturally knew very well. If Zhu Yuanzhang had not restricted too much of the tribute, the possibility of losses would be unlikely.

"You are wrong with this grandson. We know that those small countries are indeed rare, but the more they are, they are just a little bit."

"You will know when you go and see it tomorrow. Most of the goods are basically not short of Ming Dynasty."

"We came to do this business from afar. Although we don't know much about business, the same thing is much more expensive. There is no way, even if we exempt them from tariffs, it still won't work."

"That's all we can buy them all the things and let them make some money."

After hearing this, Zhu An did not directly refute it.

In fact, he knew in his heart that after Zhu Di took office, Zheng He went to the West seven times, and lost three times before, and directly recovered his capital for the fourth time.

The economies of the countries are not as fragile as the old man thought.

Just like Japan has silver mines, many other small countries also have their own characteristics.

It’s just that the current Ming Dynasty has not been discovered and excavated.

Because of the lack of information or the lack of respect for the barbarians in all directions, the Ming ministers were not very interested in the world outside the Ming Dynasty.

"Grandpa, my grandson wants to use his own method to change this tribute."

After a long silence, Zhu An spoke.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree directly this time, but began to ponder.

The tribute trade was crucial to the Ming Dynasty and was related to the safety of the borders of the Ming Dynasty.

To a certain extent, tribute trade is equivalent to a means of economic sanctions imposed by the Ming Dynasty on the outside.

It's not that I underestimate Zhu Yuanzhang's wisdom.

Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have many ideas about making money, but Zhu Yuanzhang had a strong sense of smell in his political vision.

The tribute trade set now not only demonstrates the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also largely makes many small countries rely on the tribute of the Ming Dynasty and are willing to bow down and surrender.

Tribute is not something these small countries come whenever they want.

For example, some small countries have tributes every three years, while others have tributes for two years. For example, some have good relations with Ryukyu, and all have tributes every year.

In normal historical development, due to the unification of this year, Japan will soon send envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

In the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang must have had great opinions on Japan, but he did not refuse, but directly made a tribute for ten years.

If the tribute period has not been reached, the tribute from a small country will be directly rejected by the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, tribute is also related to the trade between the extremely important countries for many small countries.

The mutual market naturally has no meaning for overseas countries like Japan and Ryukyu.

But for Western Regions and other places, that is quite important.

For example, Li Jinglong was sent to Xifan to be responsible for the tea and horse market.

The tea-horse market is still extremely important for the current Ming Dynasty.

Simply put, it is the concept of exchanging tea for horses.

Tea is extremely important to nomadic peoples, and the Ming Dynasty also lacks horses, which is the origin of this.

The Ming Dynasty followed the practices of the Song Dynasty and set up a "Tea Horse and Horse Department" organization to specifically manage tea and horse trade.

Not only that, a stricter management system has been established to supervise the storage, trading, transportation, inspection and other aspects of tea.

This model is similar to later logistics systems, such as warehouses, managers, inspectors, logistics distribution, etc.

At that time, tea was equipped with a special tea warehouse for storage, and there were censors in the inspection, and tea inspection was equipped with a special verification center.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, the "Tea Class" was established to tax and manage tea.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of ​​doing business is still at a relatively primitive stage.

First of all, it is naturally direct monopoly and the government specializes in it.

The second is pricing, in order to gain higher benefits, it is also a fight against nomadic peoples.

In the tea-horse market, the core idea is that "tea is expensive and horse is cheap".

Unreasonable price comparison transactions have made many merchants take risks, and smuggled tea merchants can gain greater benefits from the nomadic peoples.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang strictly controlled this and killed many smuggling vendors, the huge benefits still made people take risks.

The nomadic people also learned that the Ming government had put pressure on prices through smuggling, and they had a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts.

After all, nomads are really poor.

Good horses are also a great wealth for nomadic peoples, and their unfair price has caused them to have been resentful for a long time.

The so-called integration of tribute and markets and the progress of tribute trade directly affected the entire Ming Dynasty.

Even his beloved eldest grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang would not agree at once.

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not refuse at once, but asked: "What do you think about tribute? Let me tell me."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan, who was tense next to him, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Even Jiang Yan was very clear about the importance of tribute. When Mr. Zhu said directly that he wanted to change something, Jiang Yan was so scared that his heart stopped for a few breaths.

If you really annoy Your Majesty in this regard, there will be no way to tell the direction of some things.

Jiang Yin didn't even know that during the short period of time Zhu Yuanzhang was pondering.

His back was already wet with cold sweat.

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ps: There will be another update later. In fact, with this update, there will be five updates in total. There will definitely not be many, but it can be barely passed, right?

Today's update is not considered an additional update, including the previous updates and check-in buildings, and the statistics will be added tomorrow.

However, as far as the current data is updated, it will be paid off in just a few days, so there is no big problem.

Finally, I was shameless and asked for a reward. The reward and printing of the event on the shelves seems to be able to get follow-up recommendations, which is very important.

There are many exposures, good grades, and the motivation to write is naturally more powerful.
Chapter completed!