New Shun 1730

At first glance, it sounds like the opinions of these young people in Dashun are a bit outrageous. This is equivalent to asking French investors to bear the initial risk, breed cattle and horses, hire manpower, transport breeding cattle and horses, etc.

But in fact, this seemingly outrageous opinion was put forward at the right time.

France is indeed financially strapped.

But the lack of money in the French treasury does not mean that the French capitalists have no money.

Even if French capital has no money, it does not mean that Dutch financial capital has no money.

The hot money in European countries is now in a very painful stage.

The relatively safe British national debt exploded; the British "canal fever" large-scale infrastructure built in the 20 years after the Seven Years' War in history is definitely out of business; the East India Company exploded, and all countries exploded; Dashun's national debt was not bought either too much……

At this moment, a lot of money doesn’t know where to go.

The South China Sea Company and John Law operated this kind of thing. For at least thirty years, Europe will still have a memory, and it is unlikely to engage in another financial operation of left foot and right foot.

Before that, due to the mutual fighting between Britain and France, as well as the special circumstances of the Hudson Bay - it was impossible to immigrate in large numbers, individuals froze to death in winter, and it was still a semi-permafrost zone, each stronghold only had ten Eight people.

You beat me today, I will steal it back tomorrow.

Everyone knows that the benefits are huge, but HBC has not paid dividends to shareholders for 20 years because it really cannot be distributed.

It was not until after the Treaty of Utrecht that HBC began to pay dividends stably.

Now, HBC is also dead, because France has established a foothold in North America and has not been driven away. HBC took the exclusive rights of the United Kingdom and is no longer under the control of the United Kingdom.

In itself, HBC only controls the final end of the fur trade. Those who hunt, trade, and get stuck in the Great Lakes water system in the upper reaches are still French forest hunters.

Now that the final end has to be lost to France, the French version of the "North American Mountain Goods Specialty Company" can almost be regarded as the most potential company after the war.

In this case, shareholders will naturally not be stingy with investment, nor will they choose to appropriately extend the return cycle. It is even certain that these powerful French companies will get rid of the situation of not being able to raise capital before - they definitely couldn't raise it before. , the estuary trading posts were all lost, and the navy was such that the British came and left whenever they wanted. What fool would invest money in a French fur trader? Things are very different now. What fool would not invest money in a French fur trader?

For example, raising cattle and horses here and planning to sell them to Dashun in the future is a very good investment direction.

Moreover, this kind of investment pays off in real money. East Asia only eats it, but it is the only place in the world that uses ginseng as a high-end luxury medicinal material.

It’s really the kind of situation where as long as the goods are available, there is no need to worry about selling them.

Under this background, these young men from Dashun were talking freely, and the powerful men from New France nodded frequently.

For the powerful New France forces who had already captured Fort York, they did not care much about Dashun's possible involvement in the fur trade in the west.

Since the Sunset Sea does not exist.

So, like the big businessman who monopolizes the foreign tea trade in Songsu, will he care how many hands the tea growers upstream change? After a few turns of hands, wouldn’t it be necessary to go to sea from here in the end and exchange it for European and American silver through my own hands?

As for the value of North America, as long as Dashun does not end, then for France it is just "a few acres of snow"; if Dashun fails, then for France, it is no more than two Guadeloupe islands.

And this value is reflected in the forest, but not on the grassland. It can even be said that for France, the value of North America is quite harsh. It must have deer, ginseng, and lakes.

In turn, for Dashun, the value of North America is reflected in a few very simple words: temperate zone, no drought, and able to farm.

No more.

Therefore, the contradiction between the two sides is very minor and subtle.

These young people in Dashun just concealed the golden legend of the west coast, but they did not deny that Dashun needed immigration and reclamation to settle a large number of "excess" people.

After a semi-deceptive exchange, these powerful people from New France prepared a ship to transport the young people from Dashun to Dashun's camp here.

When they arrived at the camp, after a brief interrogation, the generals here also marveled at the courage of these people, encouraged them, and sent them to Li Huan in Europe.

At this time, Europe was busy, but Li Han still took the time to meet these young people. When they met, he asked: "The French don't know who you are, but I know that you don't have such authority." You guys are so brave to talk about such things.”

These young people were not too panicked. Instead, they were secretly happy. If they followed the steps, it would be difficult to meet a general, not to mention a prince.

It's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a curse that cannot be avoided. When I first thought about giving it a try, I should have thought about what to do if something happened. Since you have thought of it in advance, what is there to be afraid of?

Then he said: "Reporting to your highness, although we have rarely studied orthodox studies, we still know a thing or two. In the past, Zichan said: Gou benefit the country, life and death. Duke Xingguo also borrowed it, saying: Gou..."

"We are in a humble position, but we dare not forget about the country. So we recklessly went all the way from the west coast to the east to find out the news. When we arrived at the Hudson Bay, we saw the powerful people in the company. We also knew the reason for this gold search. So we knew If you are simple, you dare to do something extraordinary in the details.”

"We are heading east this time. We found that after passing the mountains on the west coast, the road is flat and covered with dry grass, which is very suitable for cultivation. So I am worried that we must not give up these grasslands during the boundary negotiation. These grasslands are extremely vast. If they are cultivated properly, they can accommodate tens of millions of people."

After these words, Li Li only hummed. He has seen many similar people in recent years, so he is not too surprised.

Whether it is said that he is a humble country or that he has the intention to stand out and climb up, the results are not much different.

As for negotiations, we are busy talking here, but the meaning above is to draw a line with the longitude line, which may not make much difference.

The French colonies are short of people, and Spain is also short of people. Spain is so short of people that it wants to send Acadians to their colonies to replace Protestants. The issue of demarcation is still easy for Dashun.

But what these people saw and heard during their walk did give the Dashun envoys who were negotiating a good opportunity. Maybe they could really get a few more bites from the French.

This extra bite could be hundreds of thousands of square miles. Now it's just a matter of drawing a line. If we consider the future, if we shake the line a little at this time, it will be very different a hundred years later.

This kind of division is not necessarily the bigger the better. If there are too many people to eat, or if there are not enough people to fill and block the seats for the time being, it will add a lot of trouble to the negotiations and easily give rise to disputes.

Another thing is that Dashun does not abide by some of the so-called "international laws" on the European side. For example, "whoever discovers, whoever occupies".

Because the premise of this so-called "international law" is a derivative of the Treaty of Tordesillas of the Pope's meridian.

This derivative has a very disgusting legal problem, that is, "the land of non-Christian countries is colonized by whoever discovers and whoever occupies it".

The legal issues here are too disgusting, so even if it is said that Dashun actually follows the unspoken rule of "whoever discovers, whoever occupies", it absolutely does not recognize this set of legal principles, but believes that there is no such broken legal principle at all, which is purely negotiated or war.

In addition, Liu Yu actually has a general understanding of the problems in the western part of North America, and has long decided on the idea of ​​"gold mines set the stage, immigrants perform the show". Therefore, from beginning to end, Dashun never abided by the so-called "whoever discovers, whoever occupies" principle on the issue of demarcation in North America, including the previous negotiations with Spain, but took a large map and directly drew longitude and latitude lines, and did not send people to the interior of North America to draw maps.

Europe may still argue about "who draws first" This kind of thing.

Dashun does not argue about this, because Dashun does not recognize the so-called international law derived from "non-Christian countries can be colonies of whoever discovers and occupies them" at all.

Specifically, when negotiating with Spain, Dashun did not bring maps or evidence to prove that it had explored, but directly talked about Gibraltar and the Philippines, and made a discovery, and drew a straight line. Spain also recognized and approved it.

Originally, the plan for demarcation of North America was to just draw a line with a pencil.

These young people ran around and proposed some ideas to negotiate interests with the French, which did solve some so-called negotiation principles by accident.

A new rule based on realism and specific interests, not empty principles and rules.

Drawing a line is completely unreasonable.

Now it makes sense to draw a line according to the interests of each country: since France's interests are ginseng and mink, otherwise North America is a few acres of snow to France; and Dashun's interests are the potential arable land in North America.

Then, the negotiations between the two sides can be neither the discovery principle that Dashun hates very much nor the line drawn without reason; but a new international rule that can discuss reality and specific interests.

After listening to the discussion between these young people and the powerful people of New France, Li Xi first thought of this.

The reason why he didn't think of anything else.

Because Li Xi knew the gold mines and immigration very well, he knew that it was absolutely impossible to divide them, so he never dreamed of dividing the princes overseas. At least it is impossible now. As long as the gold mines are not mined clean, it is absolutely impossible. The court will definitely choose a very strict official supervision and business operation model.

He didn't think of anything else, but he couldn't help but add a few words after seeing that Li Xi was somewhat approving of their statements.

"Your Highness, although we are of low rank, we also know that the contradiction between people and land in the present dynasty is getting worse day by day. As the population grows, food is becoming increasingly scarce."

"For the long-term of the country and the inheritance of the holy dynasty, we have also witnessed with our own eyes the vast land, easy cultivation and suitable climate of Fusang. I heard that there are millions of British people in the east. Our dynasty is one step late. It is just like the Yellow River and the border defense. Increase immigration at all costs, especially to reform the tax system and implement the equal land system for long-term planning..."

This made Li Xi's heart skip a beat.

This is not to say that he will be arrested and beaten to death.

Dashun said more than this, there are many things that are more excessive.

However, some people say that some words are okay, some say that some people say that they are not, and some people will cause a lot of trouble after hearing them.

Just like this, these young people can say whatever they want, even if they write directly to the emperor on the bus, it doesn't matter.

But for Li Xi, these words sounded a bit awkward. He was a representative of the Practical School in the royal family, and these people's talk of reforming the tax system and implementing the equal-field system involved more than just a simple "reform", but directly involved the status of the Practical School, whether the imperial examination system should be changed, and the privileges of nearly one million gentry students...

In other words, this would directly affect the foundation of Dashun's rule. When Li Xi was young, he was willing to get involved in these things, but as he got older and more powerful, he dared not and did not want to get involved.

Especially when he saw the court sending troops this time, Liu Yu's behind-the-scenes advice and excessive interference in North America, Li Xi actually saw a lot of problems.