Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1138, The Situation of Tianzhu Continent
Li Shishi is already used to Tong Yuan's attitude.

He has visited many local officials of Ming Dynasty, almost all of them are like Tong Yuan, on the surface they are quite respectful to him, but in fact they all reveal contempt and contempt in their eyes.

Even though I am now the Right Prime Minister of Ning Kingdom, with a high position and weight, the prime minister of a country, assisting the king, it can be regarded as the realization of the highest ideal of a scholar.

But after all, he was not born in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, and he was not even a Juren, let alone a disciple of the emperor, so he was always looked down upon by these people who took the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Shishi was also very helpless about this.

But there is no way, because this is a scholar.

"The Prime Minister came here in person, I am really flattered."

Tong Yuan smiled and chatted with Li Shishi.

"Your Majesty Tong is a pillar of the Great Ming Dynasty, and a disciple of Mr. Liu. If you come to the West, I, Ningguo, will naturally welcome you grandly."

Li Shishi smiled and led Tong Yuan.

Soon, the two got into a four-wheeled carriage and walked towards Xiyang City. King Ning has some properties in Xiyang City, including his own manor, shop, mansion, etc., which are more than enough to receive Tong Yuan.

Sitting on the carriage, Tong Yuan looked at the Western City in front of him with great interest.

Western City is a city built after the Western United Commercial Bank occupied Sri Lanka, and the Sri Lankan Governor's Palace was also set up here. Although the occupation time is not long, Western City is already quite large.

The well-planned and straight concrete roads extend in all directions and run through all directions. On both sides of the road are high-rise buildings, large and small, all kinds of shops and businesses. There are all kinds of icons and advertisements.

On the street, there is a lot of traffic, people coming and going, very prosperous.

"Western United Commercial Bank is doing really well."

Tong Yuan couldn't help admiring. Along the way, he has seen many big cities and ports. This Western City can be ranked in the top five. The roads are very spacious and very clean and tidy.

"Of course, the Western United Trading Company is in trouble now~"

Li Shishi also nodded solemnly, and said with some emotion: "Western United Trading Company is now the largest trading company in the entire Indian Ocean region. It not only monopolizes the gemstone business in Sri Lanka, but also occupies a large amount in the Tianzhu and African continents. colony."

"In addition, the Western United Commercial Bank is also one of the largest slave traders in our Ming Dynasty, and the number of slaves sold to our Daming through the Western United Commercial Bank exceeds one million every year."

"At the same time, they are also the largest cotton grower here in Tianzhu, rice, corn, sugar cane, and spice growers. In Tianzhu and Sri Lanka, their plantations are all over every corner."

"Relying on these, the Western United Commercial Bank can obtain a huge revenue of more than [-] million taels of silver every year, and the profit exceeds [-]%!"

When he said this, Li Shishi's eyes couldn't help turning slightly red.

"A profit of more than [-] million taels of silver a year?"

When Tong Yuan heard this, he couldn't help opening his eyes slightly.

This is an extremely huge amount, almost equivalent to a quarter of Ming's current annual treasury tax revenue.

"Hmm~"

"Western United Commercial Bank was the first commercial firm to enter the Western Ocean. Their strength was very large at the beginning, and they were composed of many powerful businessmen, gentry, and big families."

"After occupying Sri Lanka, it has a foothold base again. With vigorous development, its strength quickly became stronger. After that, it continued to attack the Tianzhu Continent northward, and has a huge colony on the Tianzhu Continent."

Li Shishi nodded solemnly.

Western Union has almost unparalleled influence in the Indian Ocean region.

Almost every vassal state and every colony has contacts with the Western United Commercial Bank, and the same is true for Ningguo. A large amount of business in Ningguo is almost done in partnership with the Western United Commercial Bank. It is very clear about the strength of the Western United Commercial Bank.

This is a truly huge business empire like a giant.

It is different from the vassal state established by the vassal king.

The vassal king established the vassal state to establish his own country and dynasty. Although it was a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, it was actually considered an independent country.

The Western United Firm is different. Its purpose of establishment is for profit, that is, for money. The highest purpose is to make money, and the interests of shareholders are the highest interests.

It is a pure business, a pure money-making institution.

But now it is different, because it occupies a vast colony and has complete autonomy in its own colony.

You can formulate management institutions, appoint managers, collect taxes, etc. according to your own needs. In essence, it is actually an independent country.

But different from the vassal state, the Western United Commercial Bank is a brand-new country linked by commercial interests. They are different from the vassal states, there is no monarch, and the highest governor is still elected by everyone within the Western United Commercial Bank.

It is a brand new mode of operation.

Under this purely commercial mode of operation, the laws, rules, etc. formulated by the Western United Commercial Bank are almost all based on commercial trade.

It can be said that the Western Union Company already possessed the embryonic form of the capitalist countries of later generations.

It's just that everyone has never had such an awareness. The people of Western United Commercial Bank always think that they are a commercial bank, and everything is for the benefit of the commercial bank and for the benefit of shareholders.

The huge colonies managed by commercial banks are all managed in the form of commerce. Officials are not appointed through assessment, but come from the family members of these shareholders, or they are shopkeepers, professional managers, etc. of commercial banks.

Moreover, the Western United Commercial Bank pays taxes to the Ming court every year, and the people in the Western United Commercial Bank also feel that they are from the Ming Dynasty, unlike those people from the Fan Kingdom, who know that they are from the Fan Kingdom. After all, he has left Daming.

"How is the situation in Tianzhu now?"

Hearing Li Shishi's words, Tong Yuan thought about it and asked quickly.

When Li Shishi heard this, he smiled and took out a map from the side. This map is a map of the entire Tianzhu, with many blocks divided in different colors.

"A large number of the southernmost areas are the colonies of the Western United Commercial Bank, with a vast area and rich resources. The Western United Commercial Bank has opened up a large number of plantations here to grow cotton, rice, sugar cane, spices, etc."

"Further to the northwest area, this area is the territory of our Ning Kingdom, mainly including the original Guli Kingdom, Keqin and other areas. At present, our Ning Kingdom is the largest vassal state on the Tianzhu Road, but the territory is not as good as it is. Western United Firm."

"In some places to the north, this is the Kingdom of Shu, a vassal state established by the King of Shu. It is small in size and mainly focuses on slave trade, port development, and plantations."

"West Tianzhu is mainly occupied by our three families, while East Tianzhu is more complicated. There are dozens of large and small vassal states, such as Qin State, Zheng State, Liang State, Yong State, Jing State, etc. , are all vassal states established by vassal states."

"Because these princes came out later, and gathered together in East Tianzhu, the competition pressure on East Tianzhu is very high. The area of ​​these vassal states is relatively small, and the largest ones are no more than the size of a state capital. A small vassal state is even only as big as a county."

"In addition, the population is also very different. The population of the largest vassal state has not exceeded [-], and the population of most vassal states is only [-] to [-]."

"In addition to these vassal states, there are also a large number of colonies established by business houses, big families, and great gentry on the East Tianzhu side."

"For example, at the outlet of the Ganges River, the Zhang brothers of Shouning Hou of the Ming Dynasty established a huge colony, almost occupying the most fertile river mouth and the sea."

"However, although the Ganges Delta has fertile land and abundant rainfall, it is very suitable for planting rice and sugar cane, but the annual rainfall in the rainy season is too large, and floods often occur, so it is difficult to develop."

"The Zhang brothers mainly rely on this place to plot the whole of Myanmar. They monopolize the jadeite business in Myanmar."

Li Shishi was very clear about the situation in Tianzhu, so he introduced it in great detail.

Tong Yuan listened carefully and looked at it carefully. The entire plateau area in the south of the Tianzhu continent has almost been divided up, leaving only the northern area.

"In this way, there is only the northern part of Tianzhu that no one has taken a fancy to?"

Tong Yuan looked at the area in the north of Tianzhu. Before he came, he had heard about the situation in Tianzhu. The most fertile area in Tianzhu is actually the north, the Ganges River Basin and the Indus River Basin. As for the southern plateau of the Tianzhu Continent, it has always been They are all synonymous with poverty and backwardness.

"It's not that I didn't like it. On the contrary, everyone is actually drooling, and they all want to annex these rich areas in the north."

"However, the situation in the north of Tianzhu is different from that in the south of Tianzhu. The north has had a unified dynasty since ancient times, so all regions are more united."

"Secondly, the northern region is the richest, most populous, and most advanced region in Tianzhu. Now it is ruled by the Lodi dynasty composed of Afghans and Turks. It is not easy to take these places."

Speaking of this, Li Shishi also set his sights on the northern part of Tianzhu.

In the whole of Tianzhu, the most fertile areas are in the Indus River Basin and the Ganges River Basin in the north of Tianzhu. There is a huge population here, which means a steady stream of slaves.

The land here is very flat and fertile, which means rich products and so on.

Ningguo has been coveting these places for a long time, but there is no way to take them down.

　May I ask how to correctly rule Tianzhu Asan?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)