Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 193 It turns out that Xi Yi is a big fool

The state of Emperor Chongzhen is already a little numb.

In the past, even if he was beaten to death, he didn't believe that he could have an income of tens of millions a year.

But at this time, although Liu Weichao did not come up with specific data, he used reasonable assumptions to make him feel that there should be no problem with the final conclusion!
In other words, there are really tens of millions of income!

Emotionally, Emperor Chongzhen really didn't want to believe that collecting protection fees from maritime trade, or commercial taxes, could make such money!The poor imperial court has been kept in the dark. Before collecting a sea tax of 2 taels a year, I thought it was too much. How naive this is!

At this moment, upon hearing what Liu Weichao said, Emperor Chongzhen asked numbly, "What else is there?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Liu Weichao reminded him after hearing this, "Now is the age of great navigation! Why is it the age of great navigation? How did the era of great navigation appear? It is because the profits of sea trade are very objective, so the Let those Xiyi far away from home and risk their lives to go sailing!"

"Didn't you say that they are going to colonize?" Emperor Chongzhen asked a little puzzled after hearing this.

Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao replied directly: "This is not contradictory! Think about it, Xiyi was engaged in maritime trade at the beginning, but it turned out that the local people's military force is very bad, so what kind of business do they do? They directly rob or enslave Local people, don’t they just have higher profits! There’s nothing wrong with it!”

Speaking of this, he thought of something, and added: "The reason for the Luowan naval battle was that the Dutch wanted to monopolize the trade between the West and Ming! They wanted to use force if they couldn't achieve their goals, but it was only on Daming's side." , they didn’t win.”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but fell silent.

Xiyi traveled thousands of miles to come to Daming, and the sea route was dangerous. If he said that there were not enough benefits, Emperor Chongzhen himself would not believe it.

But, tens of millions!
Thinking of this, he still had some doubts: "Sea trade is really making so much money, just collecting protection fees...sea tax, there are tens of millions of income a year?"

After hearing this, Liu Weichao saw that Emperor Chongzhen was so obsessed with the figure of 1000 million, he couldn't help laughing and said, "How much do you think 1000 million is? If my impression is correct, it seems that in the Southern Song Dynasty, they also had this number when they collected sea taxes, right? Besides, Zheng Zhilong controls the southeast coast of Daming, which is equivalent to taking Daming's ships out to sea. By the way, there are also ships that trade with Japan, and all ships that pass through the coast of Daming are charged protection fees! 1000 million, It’s really not that much, if you encouraged them to go out to sea during the Taiping period, you might receive even more!”

Before Emperor Chongzhen could speak, he thought for a while, and then added: "Do you know how many times the profit of Xiyi transporting spices from Nanyang back to Europe?"

"How many times?" Emperor Chongzhen was too surprised and shocked. At this time, his mood was not particularly fluctuating, but he was still curious, and asked in Liu Weichao's tone.

Of course, he knows about spices, and they don't seem to be very expensive!
Liu Weichao heard this, and immediately replied: "Sixty thousand times! The price is higher than gold. Even when selling spices in Europe, they are mixed with silver powder to make money. Just think about how expensive spices are, and a sea ship How many spices can be transported back!"

These words once again exceeded the cognition of Emperor Chongzhen. Although he was a little numb, he was still shocked beyond words: so expensive?how can that be?

Looking at his expression, Liu Weichao knew his situation, so he explained with a smile: "Let me tell you, when I knew that spices were so expensive in Europe, I was also very surprised. After I checked the information, I probably knew something. reason."

"What's the reason?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little unimaginable after hearing this.

If this is the case, he decided to send people to transport spices to the Europeans immediately!

I only heard Liu Weichao say to him: "Over there in Europe, spices are a symbol of status and wealth, just like those inlaid with gold and jade in Ming Dynasty. One of the reasons for this is their religion. It can only be found in places where gods live; another reason is that the Persians who used to transport spices to Europe made up stories about how difficult it is to obtain spices..."

In the past, Europe believed that their legendary Garden of Eden was in the east, probably in the location of India.And the Garden of Eden is not in heaven, but on earth, guarded by angels with swords, and the fragrance overflows from it, so that there are spices.

Liu Weichao didn't want to talk too much with Emperor Chongzhen, so he directly replaced it with the word "immortal" that Easterners can understand.

And those who make up stories and sell Europeans at high prices are not only Persians, but also Arabs. In order to save saliva, he also directly said that they were Persians that Emperor Chongzhen could understand.

At this time, after listening to Liu Weichao's explanation, Emperor Chongzhen finally believed that Xiyi was a big fool!

But then, he came back to his senses, and immediately said suspiciously: "This is wrong, now that the Xiyi people have been in Daming for a long time, don't they know the true value of spices?"

After hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately laughed, and then asked: "If it were you, would you go back and say that spices are not worth much?"

"..." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being speechless when he heard this.

If it was him, he would definitely not say it, the real thing is to take the opportunity to make a fortune!

Liu Weichao was said by Emperor Chongzhen, but he added: "But you are right. Slowly, the secret of this spice will be known to Europeans, and the price will gradually become cheaper."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and still asked with some doubts: "But I still have doubts, since Zheng Zhilong can earn tens of millions a year, why don't others rob him, this is tens of millions! "

When Liu Weichao heard this, he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Didn't I just say that he has established the maritime supremacy of the southeast coast of Daming. He has the final say, who can compete with him?"

"Ah?" Emperor Chongzhen was still surprised when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it.

Seeing his expression, Liu Weichao understood immediately, and asked him, "Do you think that the Luowan naval battle was actually just a small battle, and Zheng Zhilong just killed a few Hongyi ships, right?"

"Isn't it?" Emperor Chongzhen asked back after hearing this.

When Liu Weichao heard it, he was happy again. After reading the information about the Luowan naval battle, he immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "In the Luowan naval battle, the Netherlands dispatched eleven main warships. This is how they can gather here. All the warships. Relying on these warships, they swept all the way from Europe without encountering an opponent. Moreover, they also chased other Western Yi in the battle between the Western Yi. In addition, The Netherlands has also united more than 50 ships of Ming pirate Liu Xiang. This strength is already the most powerful sea force on the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty!"

"It's not that no one is jealous of the tens of millions, but that Zheng Zhilong defeated all his opponents when you looked at the insignificant naval battle in Luowan." Liu Weichao had to say with emotion when he said this, "This Zheng Zhilong is really capable."

"After he won the naval battle of Liuluo Bay, he chased and beat Liu Xiang fiercely until he killed Liu Xiang. It was not for other reasons, just because Liu Xiang was also a pirate of the Ming Dynasty. If he didn't kill him, he might resurface. Yes. And the Netherlands and other Western Yi are too far away from our Ming Dynasty, and the lost warships and troops cannot be replenished in time, so the threat to Zheng Zhilong will be much less!"

After speaking of this, Liu Weichao suddenly saw a piece of information on the computer, and continued: "The Dutch are indeed jealous of the tens of millions. Six years later, they assembled 9 warships and wanted to share a piece of the pie." , and was defeated by Zheng Zhilong again. Afterwards, Zheng Zhilong told the Dutch that as long as the Dutch obeyed his orders, he could give the Dutch whatever they wanted. In the end, the Dutch gave in. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong also Controlling the entire southeast coast of Daming, there is no opponent."

After Emperor Chongzhen listened, he remained silent for a long time, obviously digesting what he said.

After all, these things on the sea were really unfamiliar territory to Emperor Chongzhen.Or, in the past, he had never heard of such detailed maritime matters.

Liu Weichao waited for a while, and seeing that Emperor Chongzhen hadn't spoken, he remembered something, and continued, "Think about it again, Zheng Zhilong can earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and with his tact, the entire officialdom of Ming Dynasty may be destroyed. He bought it, or he didn't know his specific situation at all, or he joined forces with him to gain benefits. The same is true, he made a fortune in silence, you are far away in the capital, it would be strange to know!"

"So I said that Fujian is his territory, right?" Liu Weichao finally asked Emperor Chongzhen, "If you say you want to mine gold and copper mines in Fujian, do you think he will intervene? And you think, you How much profit can be made from his territory?"

"..." Emperor Chongzhen was speechless, at this moment, he did not say any rebuttals.

Think about it, with an income of tens of millions a year, not to mention the whole of Fujian, the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty is his power, so there will be no problem.

Taking a step back, if he himself has an income of tens of millions a year, how could the situation in the country be so corrupted?If you have money to pay the frontier army, the frontier army will not follow the thief; if you have money to provide relief to the victims, the victims will not rebel; if you have money to fight and destroy the Jiancap, the situation in Liaodong will be stable long ago...

The situation in Ming Dynasty, with tens of millions of income and without tens of millions of income, the difference is really very big!

When he was thinking about it, he saw Liu Weichao raised his voice with a very serious expression, and said to him solemnly: "I don't agree with you to dig gold and copper mines in Fujian. There is another very important reason. It is outside There are so many mines, why do you dig your own mine first? Isn’t it good to leave it to your children and grandchildren? Now, if you have the ability, go out and grab it!”

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(End of this chapter)