Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 558 Incomprehensible Operations
During these two months, everything in Annan went as Chen Ce had expected.

Although Chen Ce could not handle certain things personally, he could still make plans. After he gave instructions regarding Annan's affairs, everything was proceeding according to his plan.

A large number of Ming merchants flocked to Annan and traded with Annan merchants, making the Annan merchants earn a lot of money.

Especially the Ming Dynasty's payment method, which was to pay interest first and principal later, which would definitely make the merchants in Annan very wealthy.

They are also not afraid that Ming merchants will break their contracts. After all, they have the support of the country behind them. If the credibility of Ming merchants is problematic, the economic credit of the Ming Dynasty will collapse in the future, which will seriously affect the credit of the Ming Dynasty among other countries.

The Annan royal family, Li Yi saw that the Annan merchants had made a lot of money during this period, and he also began to have concerns.

Since merchants can make money by paying interest first and then paying principal, why can't the country learn from the Ming Dynasty and open money shops?
Li Yi couldn't help but sigh at the powerful means of the man named Chen Ce in the Ming Dynasty. He knew that the money house system of the Ming Dynasty was built by Chen Ce.

No wonder the Ming Dynasty opened money shops, the interest alone could make the country rich.

So Li Yi immediately learned from the experience of the Ming Dynasty and opened money shops in Annan.

After the money shop was opened, many big merchants began to ask Annan Money Shop for loans. Most of them were merchants from the Ming Dynasty, and the amount of loans was huge.

Zhu Jiewei always felt that there was something in it that she hadn't seen.

"It is impossible for merchants in the Ming Dynasty to be without money. They pay the interest first and then the principal. It seems that merchants in the Ming Dynasty are obviously losing money."

"Why?"

Zhu Jiewei couldn't understand. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty were not fools. They knew that they were losing money, so why were they still eager to ask Annan merchants and money houses for loans?

She doesn't believe there is no trick here!
However, Li Yi did not take it seriously. He smiled and said, "Master, you are just thinking too much. Why are there so many reasons? It is obvious that the merchants in the Ming Dynasty do not have that much money, but they want to do business with Annan, so they lend us money."

Zhu Jiewei asked in return: "Then why don't they borrow money from their own country?"

These words made Li Yi a little stunned.

Zhu Jiewei said: "Also, we just occupied the land of Daming not long ago, and Daming has not taken any action until now, as if it completely treated this matter as if it had never happened. Don't you think it's weird?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Isn't it because you, the Imperial Master, are better than me, and you made the Oirat and Tatars in the north push their troops to the northern border of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Besides, why didn't the Ming Dynasty react? Didn't they hold a military exercise on our border? Haha, they just pushed their troops back very quickly!"

"These are all your methods, Imperial Master!"

Zhu Jie shook her head slightly and said, "The Ming Dynasty is not stupid. Even if the high-ranking officials of the Ming court are stupid, Chen Ce is not either."

"He can't let us occupy Ming's land so easily without taking any countermeasures."

"Combined with the current treacherous business in Annan, I always think that this is Chen Ce's plan for us."

It's just that Zhu Jiewei didn't know what Chen Ce was going to do! She thought that this move would disgust Emperor Hongzhi and even Chen Ce so much that they would be helpless and could only suppress their anger, or even send the Ministry of Rites and Annan to negotiate.

This at least proves that the Ming Dynasty really suffered a great loss in this land dispute. They are eager to get back their ground, but they have no choice.

However, everything she imagined did not seem to happen to Daming.

Neither the Ming court nor the Ming high-ranking officials seemed to care about the loss of this land.

You have to know that the territory of every dynasty is inviolable, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty was a great country. How could he allow the territory of the Ming Dynasty to be swallowed up by Annan so easily?
But what is strange is why the Ming Dynasty did not take any countermeasures to this incident?

Could it be that the Ming Dynasty has already started to make countermeasures, but they just don’t know about it? For example, this strange trade exchange!
The fact that so many Ming merchants were trading with Annan by borrowing money was itself strange, not to mention that the Ming merchants were at a disadvantage in these matters.

Zhu Jiewei thought a lot, but Li Yi didn’t think so much at all.

He simply thought that this was just a business transaction between the two countries, so he said to Zhu Jiewei: "Master, are you thinking too much?"

"There's no connection between these two things, right?"

"Let's take a step back. This piece of land is already controversial. Who says it belongs to the Ming Dynasty? We in Annan also say it's ours!"

"It's understandable that the Ming Dynasty doesn't want to cause any more disputes on this land, right?"

Zhu Jie shook her head slightly. She never thought that the Ming Dynasty would give up this land. Besides, so many Ming Dynasty merchants came to Annan to suffer losses. What were they trying to do?
If they really want to borrow money, why don't they ask the money houses in Ming Dynasty for loans? How can they trust your Annan money house, which has just opened? This is a bit unreasonable, isn't it?
Li Yi said: "This is very simple, because our country's currency and the Ming Dynasty's currency have to be exchanged, they directly use our country's currency, which saves this step and avoids trouble."

Trouble... Who would find such a large trade order troublesome? People asked Daming whether it would be safer and more reliable to borrow money from their own bank?
Li Yi was also a little confused, but still said: "Master, don't worry, not everything is a conspiracy."

"Besides, this is a normal business transaction. What conspiracy could there be? At the very least, it's just an economic dispute. How can it be linked to a territorial dispute?"

"We have already reclaimed the northern territory and our people have moved there. In any case, that piece of land belongs to Annan. It will not be easy for the Ming Dynasty to take it back!"

"This is all thanks to you, the Imperial Master. If it weren't for your advice, we wouldn't have been able to get such a fertile land so easily."

"Haha, the Ming Dynasty doesn't dare to start a war at will now... Everything is within the expectations of the Imperial Master!"

Zhu Jiewei pondered for a moment, shook her head, and said to Li Yi: "Let's send someone to check the background of these merchants in Daming."

"Better safe than sorry. Perhaps this is still the conspiracy of Chen Ce of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Yi said indifferently: "How can Chen Ce be so scary? He is far away in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. How can he affect us in Annan? Is he going to lead the troops to fight in person? Just rest assured. No matter how smart he is, he can't affect us in Annan!"

Zhu Jie murmured, "Really?"

(End of this chapter)