Bi Ziyan walked around the street like an ordinary person, looking at the customs and customs here.

A group of people accompanied him, including officials from the six cabinet ministries and officials from the Jiangsu Governor. They were all cautious and restrained at this moment.

Shenlong Mansion is an extremely special place. It is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not managed by the Ming Dynasty court. This is a place directly under the emperor. The person who manages it is Bumu Butai. Unknown people call it Mrs. Chen, and those who know some call it Chen.

The actions here are very different from the Ming Dynasty system, with no government, no army, and no complicated official positions of the Ming Dynasty.

It is more like a gangster organization, with the seven directors as the management team, managing the huge Shenlong Mansion.

The location of Shenlong Mansion is probably Shanghai in later generations. It is surrounded by Huangpu River, and it is huge inferno and has a very good geographical location.

Wherever Bi Ziyan passed, there were many architectural styles that were not Ming, but were outside the territory. Some of them he knew were mostly from Japan, some were magnificent, some were rich everywhere, some were Siamese, some were large Baotou, and they had a very wide area, which should have been built by Mongolians. There were also some churches and quite "small" houses, most of which were from Westerners.

As he was walking, a group of tall believers passed by Bi Ziyan and others in a gusto and said, "How many people are there in the barbarians?"

An official from the Jiangsu Governor's Office stepped forward and whispered: "If you want to enter our Ming Dynasty, you must have permission from the Foreign Affairs Bureau and issue identity documents. This document also has a time limit. According to the officials' understanding, there are about 30,000 foreign barbarians in Shenlong Mansion, and the entire Ming Dynasty may exceed 50,000."

Bi Ziyan's brow moved, and without saying much, he continued to move forward.

In a small teahouse not far away, a young man of twenty-four or fifteen, sitting on a chair with a big golden knife, beside him was a blonde and blue-eyed European, on the other side was a short Japanese, and on the opposite side was a thick-dressed Mongolian.

The young man stretched out his right arm, his face full of pride, and said loudly: "This is the silk from Dechunfang. The cloud weaving method used. It took half a month. This piece of clothing is worth twenty taels. Have you seen my scarf? The craftsmanship of the Tao family in Shanyou sold six taels of silver in Nanzhili, these boots, the unique skills of the Zhou family in Jiangxi..."

The young man showed off that he was less than fifty taels of silver on his body!

The three people on the table immediately showed Yin Xian's expression. The European said in poor Chinese: "Mr. Li is worthy of being a member of Liangcheng. I heard that your Li family occupies half of Liangcheng, known as Libancheng..."

The Japanese looked at the clothes and decorations on him, and looked envious. They couldn't wait, and said in anticipation, "Mr. Li, can we share some of these? We are willing to buy them at a high price."

The Mongolian man even opened his eyes wide and looked at the Young Master Li and said, "Mr. Li, I am willing to buy it at a high price, so please help me..."

Mr. Li narrowed his eyes and pulled a small box from behind and said, "Did you see this box? The best red sandalwood, did you see the jade inside? This was a tribute in the previous dynasty. Today, the emperor canceled it because he was considering disturbing the people. Look at this piece of silk cloth, showing off both sides, this is the top embroidery..."

Europeans, Mongolians, and Japanese looked at the small boxes on the table. They had been dealing with the Ming Dynasty for a long time and could tell at a glance that these three things were simply ordinary and worthless.

But the three of them were very thoughtful, and the Europeans immediately said, "Young Master Li is right. I want all this set, twenty taels, one hundred!"

"I want one hundred and fifty!" the Mongolian shouted without hesitation.

"I want three hundred such good things!" The Japanese man was short and rich, and said sincerely.

In fact, this thing is not worth even five cents.

Mr. Li's eyes were full of smiles and said, "We have been doing business for a day or two. Today we are here to drink, come, drink, drink..."

Europeans, Mongolians, and Japanese also had a look of agreement and a smile on their faces.

"Drink a lot of wine in the teahouse!" A young man not far away heard the sound of anger and cursed in a low voice.

This person happened to walk into this teahouse, and there were more than ten people in a group of people, and they sat down at five tables.

Mr. Li looked at Bi Ziyan and his group, his eyes lit up suddenly. He looked at him, turned around and said a few words to the three barbarians. The three of them left happily and left.

Mr. Li took a sip of tea, listened to Bi Ziyan's low voice talking on the table, narrowed his eyes slightly, suddenly stood up, laughed and walked over, raised his hand at Bi Ziyan, and said, "I have seen an old man, don't you know if the old man is from the capital?"

The people around Bi Ziyan were about to scold him, but Bi Ziyan raised his hand quietly and looked at Mr. Li and said lightly: "No, come and do business."

Mr. Li smiled loudly on his face, sat beside Bi Ziyan, squeezed out the original cabinet clerk, and said excitedly to Bi Ziyan: "Old sir, I'm going to tell you, this is not the first time you have experienced this. You are even saying that you are late. Since the second year of Jingzheng, there are countless officials from the capital. Now they have long been rich and have a family income of one million..."

Who is Bi Ziyan? He can see Mr. Li's thoughts clearly and still said lightly as usual, "I have heard a lot of such things in the capital, but I can't stand the persuasion of several old friends. I have just gone south. Really, I can accumulate millions of family funds in just two or three years?"

Mr. Li approached Bi Ziyan, with a mysterious and excited face and said, "Don't believe it, just say that Wei, who retired in Tianqin, came the year before yesterday. Did you see the yard in front of them? It covers hundreds of acres, with more than ten restaurants in Shenlongfu, dozens of boats of all sizes and sizes. The weaving workshop hired hundreds of people. Every time he went to sea, he made a profit of tens of thousands of silver. He really made a fortune every day..."

An inexplicable expression appeared on Bi Ziyan's thin face, and he picked up the tea cup at his hand.

Mr. Li looked at Bi Ziyan's expression and clearly saw the look of "interest" and immediately said, "Old gentleman, I'm a high-ranking official in the capital. Are you interested in doing business together? Don't do anything, just help say hello and prepare a 10,000-10,000 yuan silver. If you don't say anything else, I guarantee you to earn 100,000 taels a year!"

Bi Ziyan knew very well about the collusion between officials and businessmen, but was very shocked.

One hundred thousand silver a year, what a huge amount of money! He is the "prime minister". The month of a month is 180 taels of silver, plus his low salary, 250 taels, and he can't make money without eating or drinking for thirty years!

Bi Ziyan is extremely disliked about businessmen, buying high and selling low, not doing production, being cunning, ruthless, and now he colludes with officials... and is misleading the country and the people!

In an instant, Bi Ziyan turned such words in his mind, and his eyes became cold.

An official next to Bi Ziyan hinted to the guards not far away. The two guards stepped forward, held Mr. Li directly and dragged them out.

Mr. Li was stunned and suddenly shouted: "Do you think it's your fault? If you think it's less, I can give you more. As long as you show your skills, you can make money by not saying 100,000, or 500,000 yuan. Our boat goes out to sea and travels outside the pass, and every time it is a profit of hundreds of thousands..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was thrown out by the guards.

The head of the Jiangsu Governor's yamen opposite Bi Ziyan observed his words and said immediately: "Sir, don't listen to such a scoundrel's words. It's just a scoundrel. You want to cheat the adults' money, don't take it seriously..."
Chapter completed!