Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1124, maybe it's time to get the stock out

The capital has just experienced the hustle and bustle of the new year, and with the extra long half-month holiday of the new year, everyone seems not very energetic at work.

Morning mornings are held very casually, because there are few things that need to be discussed together.

In the Ming Dynasty, the country was prosperous and the people were peaceful, and the four directions were in awe. There were very few things that required the emperor and ministers to worry about. Basically, there were not too many things in the early court.

Even the small meeting in Shangshufang after the early court turned into a chatting activity, because there was really nothing to discuss, and all aspects of Ming Dynasty were developing at a high speed and orderly, unlike before, with internal and external troubles.

In this cold season, it was the time when the nomads from the northern grasslands went south to hunt the grassy valleys. Generally, this time was also the time when Emperor Hongzhi was most worried.

It is different now. Not only do you not have to worry about these things, but even Emperor Hongzhi has to care about whether the herdsmen in the northern grasslands have enough food and grass for the winter, whether the losses caused by the heavy snow are serious, etc., and officials at all levels in the grassland province may not necessarily do a good job. work to ensure that the herdsmen survive the winter smoothly.

Times have changed, New Year is really New Year's Eve, everyone in Ming Dynasty is immersed in the festiveness of the New Year, so that it is almost the Lantern Festival, the joy of the New Year has not yet passed, and the Lantern Festival has started to be noisy and lively again.

At Liu Jin's residence, it was already noon when Liu Jin came back from Shang's study, just in time for lunch.

Since the early court was postponed to Chenshi, the morning court has become easier, no longer as tired as before, and the time is just right, the next court will go home for lunch, eat lunch and rest, and then go to the official office to work , and the working hours of later generations are almost the same.

After lunch, Liu Jin habitually came to his study and began to deal with some personal matters.

Liu Jin is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and at the same time he has an extremely large property, so he is very busy every day. Not only does he have to deal with the government affairs, but also the huge property under his command needs to be taken care of, and he cannot completely rely on the management under his command.

What's more, most of these industries are joint ventures with the emperor, the prince, court officials, and ministers. It is also very important for Liu Jin to take care of these industries, because these are related to the status of the emperor Hongzhi, the prince, and the officials. Your purse.

"Master, several large iron mines have been discovered here in Australia. The quality of the ore is very high, and they are all open-pit mines. Miyun Iron Works wants to open an ironworks in Australia. The smelted steel can satisfy Market demand in Australia and Southeast Asia."

By Liu Jin's side, the stewards under his command came to Liu Jin's side to report on related work and ask for instructions.

"Australia?"

"Yes, let's see if we can find large-scale iron ore on the Golden Island. It is best to open an iron factory on the Golden Island. Cement factories, glass factories, shipyards, etc. can also be found in Australia and the Golden Island. Get it done here."

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Liu Jin thought for a while and agreed, and then signed and stamped the application documents.

This set of systems is naturally a copy of the company's operating system of later generations. Liu Jin is very clear that if a company or company wants to grow bigger and stronger, standardized systems and management are extremely important, so it is adopted in all companies under his command. later management system.

"Yes~"

The other party nodded immediately, picked up the document and went to act according to Liu Jin's wishes.

"Master, Li Yuanshan wants to plant sugar cane on the Golden Continent, and the boiled sugar can be exported directly to Europe. After calculation, he believes that if the sugar cane is grown and produced on the Golden Continent, the cost of cane sugar exported to Europe can be reduced by at least [-]%. "

Soon, another manager came to report.

"Yes, first develop sugarcane plantations on the North Golden Continent Central Plains."

Liu Jin signed and agreed.

"The South African colony hopes to use the local indigenous Kunlun slaves as slaves and introduce Kunlun slaves to develop the colony. They think that there are a large number of Kunlun slaves in South Africa and they are very easy to obtain. The development of the South African colony requires a lot of manpower, but if you buy white slaves Or if it is Tianzhu slaves, the cost is too high, and because of the long distance, transportation is not easy.”

"No~"

"Tell Zhang Zili, if he dares to use the Kunlun slave, I will throw him into the Kunlun slave world. Don't think that he is a servant of the British government and I can't do anything about him."

"I have already emphasized that all Kunlun slaves must be cleared from the South African colony. We can only allow the existence of our Chinese descendants. There is not enough manpower. If the development is slow, then it will be slower, as long as the land is ours."

"Did Zhang Zili's wings become stiff, and he felt that if he stayed away from our Ming mainland in South Africa, he would be disobedient?"

As soon as Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said, then stood up, pondered for a while and said: "Make an appointment with the British, Ding, and Cheng families, and say that I will invite them to Wangyue Tower to eat hot pot in the evening."

"Hmph, this Zhang Zili, it seems that he should be replaced. South Africa is a good place."

"Yes~"

The servants under him immediately went to do it.

Liu Jin quickly dealt with each matter.

As the industry under his command is getting bigger and bigger, Liu Jin is also making a global layout of the industry under his command, not limited to Daming, but operating on a global scale.

"Master, here is a letter from Ningguo, written to you by Liu Yangzheng, the left prime minister of Ningguo."

After dealing with many things, the servant under him handed over another letter.

"Liu Yangzheng?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was taken aback for a moment.

I didn't have much contact with this Liu Yangzheng, and I only met once.

Back then when King Ning went to sea and needed funds, he sent this Liu Yangzheng to find him, hoping to borrow some money from the First Bank of Daming, but he did not agree at that time.

So whether it's with King Ning or Liu Yangzheng, there can't be any relationship.

Because Liu Jin knew King Ning, and the rebellion of King Ning in history was a major event, so he didn't want to have anything to do with King Ning.

As for Liu Yangzheng, he is quite well-known among the scholars of Ming Dynasty now.

In the past, he was just a depressed and down-and-out scholar who followed King Ning to the sea and established a vassal state overseas. Now he is also the prime minister of Ning Kingdom.

The stories of Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi, Chen Tao, Jiang Yunhan and a large number of people are also continuously circulated among the scholars of Ming Dynasty. These are basically important ministers of overseas vassal states.

Many scholars who are depressed in Ming Dynasty will choose to go to overseas feudal states, because most of the feudal kings in overseas feudal states are eager for talents, so basically they can get an official position.

"What can he do by writing to me?"

Liu Jin opened Faith with curiosity, and looked carefully.

Soon, Liu Jin couldn't help getting up again and came to the huge map in the study room, searched carefully on the map, and quickly locked on the location of Egypt.

"He's really a talent. He thought of digging a canal here after just a visit. That's a good idea."

Liu Jin looked at the map carefully.

As a traverser, Liu Jin certainly knows about the Suez Canal.

In later generations, the Suez Canal was regarded as the most important canal in the world. It was only a ship that ran aground and blocked the canal, which caused a turmoil in the global economy. This shows the importance of this canal.

It is the most important place to communicate with Eurasian shipping.

Before the canal was dug, there were two routes from Europe to Asia by sea. One was to go all the way west, take the southernmost tip of America to Australia, and then arrive in Asia.

One is to go around the southernmost tip of Africa to the Indian Ocean and then to Asia. No matter which route it is, it is very long. Similarly, whether it is the southern tip of Africa or the southern tip of America, the storms here are abnormally large. In the age of great navigation, these two places It is not known how many ships were wrecked.

"If such a canal can be built, it will be of great significance to our exchanges between Daming and Europe."

"Our Ming ships don't have to take huge risks to go around South Africa and go to Europe."

Liu Jin looked at the map carefully, and his eyes began to shine.

Why didn't I think of digging a canal here in Egypt?

The shortest distance between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea is only two hundred miles. There is no problem in digging through this distance, even in this era, and it doesn't take long. A few years The time is almost there.

"Da Ming is responsible for funds, technology, manpower, and material resources, and Egypt is responsible for providing land and other support."

"After the canal is dug, both parties will share the benefits equally."

"This is not a bad condition. Equal division is acceptable, but it is best to belong to our Ming Dynasty alone. However, Egypt is still too far away. It seems that it is not very important to use force against Egypt. Appropriate, the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt is still very friendly to our Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin is in a bit of trouble. To be honest, such a canal is naturally the best, but the conditions are not bad now. The relationship between the two countries is very good because of the Ottoman Empire. .

"It needs tens of millions of taels of silver. This is an extremely large sum of money."

"It can be taken out, but well, it must not be suitable for me to eat alone. It's better to bring everyone to play this project together."

Liu Jin quickly shook his head again, gave up the idea of ​​attacking Egypt, and then started thinking about digging canals.

Digging a canal is an extremely large task, and the funds required alone are extremely large.

"Maybe it's time to get out the stock market and open a stock exchange, so that the whole people can participate in the feast of wealth, not only the canal project, but also many other projects."

(End of this chapter)