Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1164, it is necessary to garrison
Seeing the anxious faces of the bosses, Liu Jin smiled inwardly.

Sure enough, it has been the same since ancient times. In the face of interests, no one can be calm.

Even the emperor is the same, let alone the palace minister.

When they heard that Liu Jin's shares in Changlu Saltworks were worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver, they were not calm.

In the past, everyone knew that the Changlu Salt Farm made money, but everyone didn't know how much the Changlu Salt Farm was worth. Now, once it's listed, you can roughly know its value through the market value.

To be honest, the total market value of the Changlu Salt Field is just over [-] million taels of silver, which is quite reasonable, because the Changlu Salt Field is the largest salt business in Daming, and it owns many large salt fields in various places in and outside of the Ming Dynasty. The salt produced not only meets the needs of the entire Ming Dynasty, but is even being exported to all parts of the world.

It can be said that they basically monopolized Daming's salt business, that is, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao didn't want to make this money from the mouths of ordinary people.

If the previous unscrupulous salt merchants were to operate it, it would be very easy for the Changlu Salt Farm to double its annual revenue and profit several times.

The salt merchants in the past were the richest in the world, but it’s definitely not a joke. The common people couldn’t afford to eat salt. A catty of salt can be bought for tens of pennies, which is almost equivalent to the previous day’s income. How expensive is this salt? One can imagine how rich those salt merchants were.

When a firm is listed, the value of the firm is estimated through the stock price, which allows people to see the value of the firm at once.

The Changlu salt field is estimated to be more than [-] million yuan, and even the emperor's eyes are slightly red.

"It's okay, it's okay~"

"Tianjin Stock Exchange is in need of a large number of high-quality firms to list."

"This Egyptian canal needs to raise a huge amount of funds. Of course, everyone is welcome to invest more."

Liu Jin smiled and talked back to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang.

Then when he mentioned the Egyptian canal, Liu Jin remembered something. His student Tong Yuan traveled all the way to the west and arrived in Egypt smoothly. He also wrote a letter about the situation in Egypt.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, regarding the Egyptian Canal, this is a major matter related to the global interests of our Ming Dynasty."

"Right now, the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty has signed a relevant treaty with our Ming Dynasty, but there are also some people in Egypt who oppose it, and the opponents are huge. I am afraid that they may block or destroy the construction of the Egyptian canal in the future. Behavior, I thought that our Daming should have made preparations in advance."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin also discussed with Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Zhang Mao. Although there were only a few people, as long as they discussed well, they could basically settle down.

"Ok!"

"I have already read Tong Yuan's memorial."

"It's not just about the internal affairs of Egypt. In addition, on the Arabian Peninsula, the Ottoman Empire is also eyeing it. It has always wanted to annex Egypt. If the canal is completed, the benefits involved will be huge. At that time, the Ottoman Empire will inevitably want to take it away. This Egyptian canal."

"There is also the Red Sea area, where thieves are rampant and there are many thieves. They often rob and blackmail the merchants and ships of the King of Ming Dynasty. Once the canal is completed, there will be more passing ships and merchants. The existence of these bandits will seriously affect our Ming Dynasty. The safety of business travelers."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded solemnly. He had read Tong Yuan's memorial, and he had already understood the situation in Egypt, and some information about Africa and the Arab world far away from Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I think that my Ming Dynasty should station a large army in the Red Sea and the Arabian region to wipe out bandits and protect my daimyo's interests. At the same time, it can also deter Egypt and make them honestly follow the content of the agreement. If they If we dare to break our promises, we don’t mind using force to protect the interests of our Daming.”

"At the same time, it can also deter the Ottoman Empire. If they send troops to attack Egypt, at critical moments, we can also support one or two to prevent Egypt from falling into the hands of the Ottoman Empire."

Zhang Mao was the first to stand up. As the representative of the military commander Xungui Group, he must of course take the lead in the battle.

The army of the Ming Empire hadn't fought for nearly two years since the war with the Ottoman Empire.

"Your Majesty, I think what Zhang Gong said is true~"

"The Egyptian Canal is of great importance. It involves the interests of our Ming Dynasty in the world, and it requires an investment of [-] million taels of silver. The investment is huge. There is absolutely no room for loss. We must make full preparations."

Liu Jian also stood up and expressed support.

Well, civil servants are quite belligerent now, and they all know the many benefits that external expansion can bring to Daming and to themselves.

"Your Majesty, in the Indian Ocean region, my Ming Dynasty has many vassal states and colonies. According to statistics, nearly ten million people immigrated to these vassal states and colonies."

"These areas are very important and involve all aspects of our Ming Dynasty. However, our Ming court has a strong military force in the Indian Ocean region to ensure the safety of this place and safeguard the interests of our Ming Dynasty."

"I heard that in East Africa, the life of some feudal states is not very easy. The local aborigines often attack these feudal states because of their large numbers of people."

"That's why I think what Zhang Gong said is reasonable. It is necessary for my Ming Dynasty to station an army in the Red Sea area to protect my Ming Dynasty's interests in this area."

Li Dongyang also stood up to express his support, and incidentally mentioned that life in the lower feudal kingdom was not easy.

In fact, will life be difficult for overseas vassal states?
Pure bullshit.

This vassal king has become the emperor overseas, and his life is much more comfortable than when he was in Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Li Dongyang is not talking nonsense. Although the vassal states and colonies in Africa and Tianzhu are blooming everywhere and expanding rapidly, the local aborigines in these areas are basically war scum.

But there are still a few vassal states that are really having a hard time.

Once these vassal states came, the vassal kings themselves did not have much economic strength and insufficient funds, so it was naturally difficult for the vassal states to develop.

The second is that there are not enough people to follow. The largest vassal state Ningguo has only a few hundred thousand Ming people, and some small vassal states may only have a few thousand Ming people, occupying a small area with too few people. From time to time, he also thinks about driving out the Ming people. Wars happen all the time.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly.

Of course he knew these things.

The vassal kings are not doing well overseas, and the first person who thinks of them must be Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi had already received countless memorials from vassal kings. All these vassal kings cried out to Emperor Hongzhi why he was poor. The places occupied by overseas countries were not shitting, and there were no gold mines or silver mines. , I hope Emperor Hongzhi can give them some money.

Others said that they were bullied by the local aborigines overseas, and were almost attacked by the aborigines several times, so they hoped that Emperor Hongzhi could send troops to help them.

Some also said that the population of their vassal state was too small, and hoped that Emperor Hongzhi could help to forcefully relocate some people from Daming to their vassal state.

In a word, after these vassal kings went to sea to establish a vassal state, they made Emperor Hongzhi even more worried. When he was in Daming, he was crying poor, asking for money, salt, and local taxes.

It's different now, everyone is the emperor of the vassal state, and they want more.

However, Emperor Hongzhi was a good parent and always treated the royal family very preferentially, so he often asked for his own money to support his brothers from the old Zhu family.

Now that this matter was mentioned again, Emperor Hongzhi also pondered.

Taking these vassal kings overseas to establish a vassal state and live a hard life in a barren land, in itself, I feel a little sorry for these clansmen.

However, overseas, the life of these vassal kings is not too easy.

This made Emperor Hongzhi feel sorry for the old Zhu's brothers.

How can the descendants of the dignified old Zhu family, the prince of Ming Dynasty, be angered by those uncivilized barbarians overseas?

As the emperor himself, it is necessary to vent out his anger for them no matter what, and help them at critical moments. After all, they are all members of the royal family, and they are all descendants of the old Zhu family.

"It is necessary to send a large army here to protect the interests of Ming Dynasty!"

After pondering for a while, Emperor Hongzhi said very solemnly.

Whether it's for the interests of Daming, the interests of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, or its own interests on the Egyptian canal, it is indeed necessary for the Ming Dynasty to show its muscles in this area.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao, and Liu Jin heard this, they quickly flattered and said.

"How many people do you think it is appropriate to send to stay here?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and then asked again.

"Your Majesty, this area is full of uncivilized barbarians. The local natives are extremely backward and have low combat effectiveness. Only the Arabs on the Arabian Peninsula have good combat effectiveness."

"That's why I think that there is no need to send too many troops. It is enough to send [-] troops and [-] navies to garrison these areas."

"Station the army here at the mouth of the Red Sea to the north of Mugudushu. On the top, it can deter the bandits in the Red Sea area, and on the bottom, it can go to East Africa to support the feudal states and colonies."

"To the east, you can go to Tianzhu to support the vassal states in the Tianzhu area, and to the north, you can also deter the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire in the Persian Gulf."

Liu Jin thought about it and suggested.

Now Daming's army may be in the millions, but it's really spread out widely. The main reason is that Daming's territory is too big.

However, there is no problem at all if more than [-] people are stationed here.

　Huo Huo, does it look like a beautiful country in later generations?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)