The capital now has changed a lot compared to before. Not only is it more prosperous and lively, but the air and environment have also completely changed.

In the past, the streets were full of garbage and horse manure, which emitted a bad smell.

After the invention of cement, Zhu Youjian chanted that it was aimed at building toilets on the Jingshi Street and setting up a sanitation department. Every day, sanitation workers cleaned the streets.

No one can urinate or defecate on the streets.

Which war horse is pulling horse manure on the street, you must clean it up immediately, otherwise he will be fined for three days to sweep the street, and those who refuse to obey will be fined fifty dragon coins.

The order was executed very strictly, and it quickly changed the appearance of the streets and alleys of the capital.

Now the streets and alleys of the capital are very clean and tidy, and there is no longer the dirty and messy things that were before.

The cement roads between the provincial capitals of the Ming Dynasty have also been built, and cement and gravel are laid on the original official roads.

The main roads in many towns have also changed. The cinder produced by burning coal in winter is concentrated on muddy dirt roads, and the road conditions have also improved.

Every day, large carriages come and go to various provincial capitals, making it much easier for people to travel.

The Hero Monument has also been completed, and all the famous generals who have died in battle have been carved on it from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present.

Even some unjustly killed generals in the previous dynasty were rehabilitated by Zhu Youjian, and their names were also engraved on monuments, such as Lan Yu and others.

At this time, Zhu Youjian was watching a singing and dancing performance in the Qianqing Palace. These performers were all palace maids in the palace.

Of course, there is also their master Qin Huai Bayan.

For more than half a year, Qinhuai Bayan has been teaching palace maids to piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing in the palace.

Nowadays, except for their lower level in calligraphy and painting, their musical instruments and singing and dancing have reached a certain level.

Today's singing and dancing performance ends. Qinhuai Eight Beauties will leave the palace, and they can freely choose to stay or stay.

You can go to Yichun Building to manage, or go to the Royal Hotel to manage, or of course you can choose to return to your hometown.

They were all homeless people, and none of them were willing to leave the capital in the end.

Now the Chamber of Commerce will let them serve the guests in person? Just show up occasionally.

Their fame is enough to attract some wealthy businessmen to spend money.

Kou Baimen voluntarily stayed in the palace, of course, as the foreman of the singer, and Zhu Youjian would not let her be a concubine.

Ruyan and Si Xiaohua are temporarily serving him. Zhu Youjian feels that it is enough and can't handle it alone, so they can fight in groups.

Now these five little beauties are not only proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also reach the pinnacle of the job of serving the emperor.

After realizing that the Ming Dynasty was powerful, some small countries without ambitions went to Beijing to pay tribute, hoping to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty so as to be protected by the Ming Dynasty.

But there are also small countries that still disdain for the Ming Dynasty, such as the Japanese Myanmar Annan Junggar and other countries with slightly more powerful strength.

Some small countries on the maritime islands in Southeast Asia have become colonies of Western powers at this time, and none of them continue to maintain vassal relations with the Ming Dynasty.

The Royal Chamber of Commerce's business is getting bigger and bigger, not only controlling many monopoly industries in the Ming Dynasty, but also doing maritime trade.

Except for the Netherlands that was sanctioned by the Ming Dynasty, other countries and the Royal Chamber of Commerce had trade exchanges.

Now the Royal Chamber of Commerce cargo ships have reached more than a thousand.

The tax they paid to the Ming Dynasty almost accounted for about 30% of the Ming Dynasty's treasury income.

In addition to submitting the treasury tax, some shares were also paid dividends, and the remaining profits were all included in Zhu Youjian's treasury.

After the Ming Dynasty stopped trade with the Dutch, it attacked the Dutch fleet in all spheres of influence for a long time, causing huge losses to the Dutch.

In order to retaliate against the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch were also looking for opportunities to attack the Ming Dynasty's trade fleet.

The Strait of Malacca is actually controlled by the Dutch, but they will not openly attack the Ming merchant ships in the Strait of Malacca.

It’s not that they dare not, that Malacca is mainly the main lifeline of transportation connecting the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Once attacking the Ming fleet in the Strait of Malacca, it may cause them to have a full-scale war with the Ming Dynasty.

The Dutch are not afraid of the Ming Dynasty's military strength, and are mainly worried about trade issues.

Although they cannot trade with the Ming Dynasty at present, they can obtain Ming Dynasty goods from other countries.

Once the Ming fleet is attacked in Malacca, it may cause a series of reactions, which will be even more unfavorable to the Dutch.

The best way is to disguise their warships as pirate ships and rob the Ming merchant ships in the name of pirates.

This not only can attack the Ming Dynasty, but also can turn all the goods on the Ming Dynasty merchant ship into the Dutch bag.

In fact, their plan can still be realized under normal circumstances.

The entire plan and command were implemented by the Dutch headquarters in Batavia.

After they were ready, the three Dutch warships were disguised as pirate ships and searched for the Ming fleet in Malacca.

At that time, there was no radar, so I could only rely on telescopes to search for the Ming fleet.

Searching for the Ming fleet in the Strait of Malacca is not difficult in the face of our current technology.

However, it was very difficult to find a fleet in that era, and it was almost entirely due to luck.

Half a month later, they did not encounter a fleet of Ming Dynasty. Only then did the Dutch discover that reality was much more difficult than ideals.

But they did not give up and were still following the plan, but their mentality was much relaxed.

Although the Ming Dynasty has not yet launched a large caravan to go to the West again, the private business groups and the Royal Chamber of Commerce have already gone to the West several times.

Every time the ship of Ming merchandise was sent out, a large amount of gold and silver could be exchanged from the West.

Compared with other fleets, the Royal Chamber of Commerce has larger merchant ships and stronger sailors. They are all made up of retired and active soldiers.

Their wages were paid by the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and the imperial treasury would not bear them.

The nautical chart used by the Royal Chamber of Commerce fleet was redeemed by Zhu Youjian from the system. It is far more advanced than the drawings of other fleets, and the route is closer and safer.

The most important thing is that their merchant ships are equipped with artillery and security teams equipped with flintlock rifles and grenades.

Each merchant ship is equipped with twenty cannons and thirty flintlock security guards.

The Royal Chamber of Commerce fleet is equivalent to the emperor's own merchant ship, and of course the configuration will not be bad.

The Royal Chamber of Commerce formed a fleet of hundreds of merchant ships, loaded with cloth raw tea silk and porcelain, and drove into the Strait of Malacca in a mighty manner.

The three of them have a clear distinction between the two, and Yang Chunming is in charge of the Ming Dynasty to acquire goods that Westerners like.

Liu Wu and Li Yong were responsible for delivering goods to the West for gold and silver and other items.

This time their destination was Lisbon, Portugal, and they resold the goods to European countries through Lisbon.

Liu Wu clearly remembered that this was their sixth time voyage to the West.

Although wandering on the sea is tiring and hard, they are still full of energy and willing to strive for the prosperity of the Royal Chamber of Commerce when they think of the heavy responsibilities they shoulder and the emperor's trust.

Of course, the Royal Chamber of Commerce makes a lot of money, and their dividends are even more considerable.

The sky was good and the visibility on the sea was very high. Liu Wu and Li Yong walked out of the cabin to the deck. They took a deep breath of fresh air.

Above the high mast, the observation whistle was holding a telescope and observing around.

Suddenly they found three sailing warships in the distance, with skeleton flags flying on the warships.

"Damn it, this is a pirate ship, please inform the two managers."
Chapter completed!