Chapter 337 Why don’t you take me with you?

Sure enough, money is the most useful thing. As long as humans see the possibility of making money, they will want to understand. It's not that Buddhist people are not interested in money, but that they have no shortage of it.

"Let me tell you about the history there. About a hundred years ago, the Europeans, that is, the countries surrounding the red-haired people, were in this position.

Their first explorers relied on borrowing money to buy guns and artillery, and captured a city in Yanzhou with less than 500 people. Later, they developed power and defeated millions of people with only thousands of people of the same tribe.

Primitive country.”

"How is it possible! Thousands of people traveled across the ocean to defeat a country of millions of people. Are you kidding me, National Master?

Are they more powerful than the Royal Army? More powerful than the wild Jurchens? Even millions of pigs cannot be killed so easily, right?"

Listening to Chen Ye's words, Zhu Chuan and Zhu Shenheng didn't believe it anymore. What's the difference between this and Arabian Nights?

"You don't even look at what's going on with these aborigines. Think about it, why can't the Jurchens defeat the Royal Army?

It's just because they don't have more advanced muskets and artillery. Even if they are behind the Ming Dynasty, they can't defeat the Royal Army, let alone these Yin Shang remnants. They don't even have muskets and artillery. How can they defeat them?

After you go through this, you will know that their history is really unreal. I can only say that those Europeans really couldn't defeat the Ming Dynasty.

They can't even rule the wild Jurchens, but they can also defeat the wild Jurchens like the Royal Army, which is why they are weaker than the Royal Army."

"National Guard, since there are already red-haired men there who are similar to those of the Royal Army, it must be difficult to capture, why does the emperor still say that there is our territory? Isn't this lying to us?"

"Haha, why? Because that land has been ours since ancient times. You have to remember this, do you understand?

Moreover, their wealth is endless and cannot be ignored. The reason why you are lying is because you are afraid that the Royal Army cannot defeat them, right? Let me tell you, the Royal Army can beat them.

The Royal Army is being equipped with more advanced weapons, and the gap is just like how we deal with the aborigines who do not have muskets and artillery. Their muskets and artillery will become fire sticks."

"Master, you didn't lie to us? Are you really that powerful?"

"Don't worry, I won't let you pass until the situation is under control.

Of course, the reason why you are allowed to serve as local officials there and govern there for a period of time is because His Majesty is giving compensation to the clan."

"Master, what you said is true. Are you stupid for thinking that I am the king? War is not only dangerous, but also requires a huge amount of materials. Where is the compensation?"

"Yes, National Master, others have captured Yanzhou more than a hundred years ago, and now, there are still hundreds of thousands of people there, right?

How are you going to fight hundreds of thousands of troops like the Royal Army? Even if you said you could beat them up, how can the emperor have any money?"

Zhu Shenheng was almost scolding when he heard this. I can't stand it if you take away the Wang family's property, and I can't bear it if you draw a business pie for me. After all, you can indeed make money, and you can also lift the ban.

But you want to use me to fight a war, and you also pretend to be giving me benefits. How come you really think that I am a pig?

"Didn't you already help with part of the money for the war? Isn't that money from the bidding business? The bulk of it is over there. As long as we win over there, it will be endless. The data I will talk about next can prove it.

One hundred and twenty years ago, they only had 500 people in Yanzhou. Today, they have only grown to nearly 100,000 people, and their weapons and equipment are only ordinary flintlock guns and ordinary bronze cannons.

But with just such a small number of people, they occupied a territory larger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the coastline could not even go around the Ming Dynasty.

In the past hundred years, they used nearly a thousand ships to transport thousands of tons of gold to the base camp and no less than 50,000 tons of silver to Europe from that land.

Equivalent to excluding the first few decades of development, after they controlled the native mining, they could produce an average of one thousand tons of silver per year.

But now we are in a mature mining industry that can directly make profits."

"Thousands of tons, tens of thousands of tons? Imperial Master, I wonder how much this ton is equal to? Is it a bucket? A hundred taels? That's not much, it's less than a hundred thousand taels a year."

Listening to Chen Ye's words, the two of them had never been exposed to units such as kilograms and tons, so they asked curiously, but still kept some room for it. If one ton equals one stone, that would be terrible.

"Why are you so small-minded? Guess a little bigger, then guess a little bigger."

"One ton equals one stone? Nearly two thousand taels???"

Listening to Chen Ye's words, the two of them were a little breathless. If such a good place is granted to them and they can do business and politics, then they don't care about the clan salary.

"I don't have any courage at all. One ton is equivalent to eleven stones of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to more than 26,666 taels. So you can do the math again? How much silver will they transport back in a year in the next few decades?"

"hiss!!!"

"Whoop whoosh!"

Zhu Chuan and Zhu Shenheng became unsteady and sat directly on the ground. They couldn't even speak and felt their bodies trembling.

In just over a hundred years, a total of 110,000 taels of silver were earned. How much profit was this? If calculated based on the next fifty years, it would be equal to the Ming Dynasty's treasury income per year.

This is only the wealth earned by tens of thousands of people. If the losses, oil and water in the middle are included, the annual output may be higher than the revenue of the Ming Dynasty treasury.

One thousand tons of silver a year, a net income of 26 million taels of silver. This was a number that blinded their eyes and made them feel what it means to truly dare to think.

"National Master, you just said that you can easily crush those red-haired people, do you really mean that?"

"Of course, when I go to Yanzhou in a while, the first step will be to use my divine power to destroy all their ships, and the second step will be to support the local natives to rise to power.

In the third step after that, I will transport troops there on a large scale to ensure that the advance base can be stabilized in a month, allowing you to govern, do business, and lead troops, all with you.

Your Majesty doesn't care what you are doing. In short, pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty, pay heavy taxes, and under your Majesty's will, recruit the indigenous people, open a Confucian academy, and cultivate Chinese characters."

Chen Ye said with certainty, and both of them were stunned. They were thinking about the concept of a thousand tons of silver a year, and thinking that they were only in their twenties. If they kept working for fifty years, even if Liu Run stayed one out of ten,

They can all be extremely wealthy.

"The Emperor's grace is so great!"

"A family, this is really a family! Uncle Emperor, you are my father!"

"What are you shouting about? Do you want Emperor Cixi to kill us? Grandpa Emperor! You are really good for us! Who dares to say that Uncle Emperor is not a good emperor? I, Zhu Chuan, will kill him first!"

Zhu Chuan and Zhu Shenheng simply shouted in the direction of Chongzhen. They didn't care about the reform of the clan, the clan members who were difficult to persuade, or the division of land.

Whoever dares to stop Chongzhen's reform will die first. This is the internal matter of the Zhu family!

Chen Ye looked at the performance of the two people and had an idea. It seemed that these princes all had certain ambitions, and the remaining princes would be easy to deal with.

At that time, with this interest involved, it can be considered that all benevolence and justice have been exhausted. Chongzhen has already carefully considered mutual interests and ways to control overseas. If there are really people who don't understand the general situation, well...

Chongzhen was not a soft-hearted person. If someone who didn't understand the general situation really appeared, with these clans who had emerged from the fifth service and their bloodline diluted to this extent, although he would not kill as ruthlessly as the Qing Dynasty, he would still be unambiguous in his actions. .

After walking back to the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen looked at Chen Ye's expression and knew that he had talked Zhu Chuan and Zhu Shenheng through, and he seemed happy.

"Shopkeeper, is it done?"

"Well, it seems that they are all very satisfied with it. I'm going to study the route map in the next two days, and then fly out in a helicopter to bring all your princes and relatives over for a meeting.

Speaking of which, it doesn’t matter if you only have the prince. The county prince is also the boss of each place, and the prince’s house is also the main one. How about the prince also come over?”

"There are too many people from the county to the prince. Otherwise, it's better to have the prince. We can wait for the prince to go back and summon the prince to discuss it. Besides, there are too many princes and princes in total, and the fiefdoms are scattered too far.

You really have to notify them one by one. If you don’t say anything else, just look for the shopkeepers in one county and then let them get on the helicopter, you won’t be able to finish it in a month.”

Chongzhen thought for a moment, if he brought over a hundred county princes here and didn't even have to provide them with a place to live, it wouldn't be in vain.

"We can let the helicopter pilots that Daming is training to go out together. I remember not leaving a few helicopters for them? They have been learning for more than a month, right? They have always read the map, right?

There is no need to find them all. The main prince's room can be matched with two or three princes from the same feudal country. It is better to form a group.

They are just the prince, and they themselves have to do work for the county king. The family's voice is small, and the county king has to suppress it if he has some small thoughts, which is too troublesome.

In this way, I will spend time in the past few days teaching helicopter pilots to read satellite maps, and then take the helicopter pilots to fly in actual combat.

It took two days to bring the three princes and princes of Shen, Lu and Zhou near the daimyo to familiarize themselves with long-distance flying.

After that, five straight 20s were formed into a formation, starting from the farthest kings: Min King, Jingjiang King, Shu King, Su King, and Gu King. Five straight 20s were pulled, and each one pulled 30 clans. How? Is it enough to pull the rest?

If we gather and live in the surrounding areas along the way, they will always have room for dozens of people, right? In about ten days, we can gather them from all over the country."

"Well, if that's the case, it's still hard work for the shopkeeper. Then, shopkeeper, you can take them with you for a few days. Then I will designate a Royal Army camp area for them to live in. Shopkeeper, don't you have some kind of village there?

I will build a Zhujiacun and provide them with all kinds of good things in the past few days to let them know that they are not as good as beggars. If they want to live a good life and use technological products, they must follow me.

Then I will take the Zhu clan and worship the Ancestral Temple properly. I want to tell them that in this world, I am the only one who can make the Ming Dynasty flourish."

"If that's the case, you still have to prepare people for service, right? How about training hundreds more waiters?

Forget it, as long as you are happy, I will go home first. When I got home, I only ate, not even meat."

Anyway, it was Chongzhen's money that was spent, so if he wanted to make a show, it was up to him.

It just so happens that the Zhu family currently has quite a lot of princes and princes from various lines. It is indeed a big event for hundreds of people and dozens of people from the same clan who have never met before to gather together.

Well, the family ties between the princes of Lao Zhu's family should be said to be equal to 0. They can't go anywhere, and they can't communicate with each other. If they have feelings, they will be ghosts.

After Chen Ye came out of the palace, he rode back to his house on Huichang Street. On the other side of the cathedral, Tang Ruowang was sitting in the church, reading the newspaper in his hand, with many thoughts in his mind.

"Father John, why are you absent-minded when you lead the prayer today?"

"Mission Banduma, it's not that I'm absent-minded. You've also seen in the newspapers recently that the Ming people have too many mysterious powers. They have even discovered our new continent.

Their emperor even designated the entire New World as his own territory. Oh God, who can tell me how they thought of dividing it as their own territory when they didn't even understand their own people?

Also, were these pictures taken by their air force using their mysterious painting machine?

Does our Holy Roman Empire still have weapons that can fight against their aircraft? Can the mercenaries of the East India Company really reach the capital?

It's impossible, it's impossible, they can't even come, Zheng Zhilong is what they can't deal with."

Tang Ruowang thought in despair. He had bought every copy of Royal Merchant's newspaper. The more he read, the more frightened he became. The two most recent newspapers had begun to include aerial photography of America.

In the picture, there are even pictures of aborigines and countless gold heads of dogs. This has aroused the keen sense of smell of the people of the Ming Dynasty. How can the people standing next to the imperial master be the same as the barbarians? Why are their feet covered with gold?

Although these aerial photos appear to be from a very high position and only the terrain can be seen, Tang Ruowang can confirm that people from the Ming Dynasty have indeed reached America.
To be continued...