Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1172, Regretful King Ning
In Anning City, the capital city of Ning in the southwestern part of the Tianzhu Continent, King Ning is discussing state affairs with his left and right prime ministers.

"My lord, I think that if you directly attack the Lodi Dynasty, although there is a possibility of winning, you also need to take a huge risk. Although the Lodi Dynasty is rotten, after all, it has a large population, a large number of soldiers, and a large number of generals. It’s not easy to win.”

"The best way is to take a step-by-step approach to encroach on them step by step. Take a city from them today and another land tomorrow. While encroaching on them, you can strengthen yourself and attack the opponent. When you are sure enough, you can take Delhi in one fell swoop. area."

Liu Yangzheng looked at the map of Tianzhu Continent and advised King Ning.

"Hmm~"

King Ning pondered for a while, nodded solemnly, and then said worriedly: "It doesn't matter if we are slow, I am afraid that we will be snatched away by the Western United Commercial Bank."

Ningguo and Xiyang United Commercial Firm are the two most powerful companies on the Tianzhu Continent now. They were the first to establish influence here, and both developed rapidly, occupying a large area of ​​the Tianzhu Continent, and they are equally ambitious.

"My lord, the expansion in Africa is going very smoothly. The combat effectiveness of the native Kunlun slaves in Africa is extremely low, so there is nothing to worry about."

"The only troublesome thing is that there are many diseases in Africa, and there are so many diseases, so now everyone dare not go deep into the African continent, and can only expand in the coastal and river areas."

Li Shishi next to him also reported the situation in Africa to King Ning.

"The expansion of Africa is not in a hurry. Although Africa is rich in resources, the development of civilization is extremely backward. Kunlun slaves are like rotten wood, unusable. Even if they occupy a large amount of land, we cannot develop it."

"The current focus is still on the Tianzhu continent. The competition here is fierce, the population is large, and the civilization is developing well. We should first occupy as much land and population as possible."

"Rely on Tianzhu to fight for the land in Africa."

King Ning thought for a while and gave orders.

With an in-depth understanding of the African continent, everyone also knows the situation in Africa.

The African continent is an extremely vast continent with extremely vast land and rich resources. It has a large amount of gold, silver, and diamond minerals. At the same time, Africa is also rich in ivory, gemstones, etc.

But the African continent seems to be a cursed continent. There are many diseases on the African continent. There are various diseases. As long as the people of Ming Dynasty go deep into the inland areas, they will easily suffer from various intractable diseases. It is difficult to cure, so the expansion of colonies and vassal states in Africa has been greatly restricted and hindered.

"My lord is wise~"

Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng are also quick to flatter. Now Ningguo's major policy is to focus on Tianzhu first. As for Africa, they are not in a hurry.

"Your Highness, I heard that His Highness Chu lived a miserable life in the northeast corner of Africa. His Highness was even forced to marry by the Ethiopian Empire, which is native to Africa, and asked His Highness to marry the princess to him."

After flattering King Ning, Li Shishi said another thing.

On the African side, the expansion of various vassal states and colonies has been very smooth, but there is one difference, that is, they have taken a fancy to the king of Chu in the northeast corner of Africa.

The king of Chu encountered a hard bone here - the Ethiopian Empire.

This is the only empire in the entire black African region. It is powerful and the people are tough. King Chu is not as powerful as King Ning. He only has an army of less than [-] people. He failed to win several wars with the Ethiopian Empire.

On the contrary, relying on the superiority in numbers, the other party suppressed the king of Chu from time to time, often attacked the towns of the king of Chu, and even now they are forced to marry, asking the king of Chu to marry his daughter to them.

"Humph!"

"The lowly barbarians also want to eat swan meat."

When King Ning heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

They are the noble blood of the Ming royal family, how could they marry their daughters to those lowly barbarians.

"I heard that Prince Chu has written letters to the emperor one after another. Presumably the emperor will help."

Li Shishi thought for a while and added.

"Your Majesty has always been kind to the clan, and he will certainly not see Prince Chu suffer such humiliation."

King Ning thought about it and nodded slightly.

To be honest, King Ning really didn't say anything to them, such as the vassal kings and clans. In the past, even when Emperor Hongzhi was in a difficult time, he would still reward Yanyin, land, taxes, etc. to people from all over the country. The vassal king, try to meet the needs of the vassal kings.

Now that King Chu is being humiliated like this, it is absolutely unforgivable for these barbarians to insult the blood of the Daming royal family by Wang Tu.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the king died in the country, and the emperor guarded the gate of the country. He never married the princess or princess of the clan to the barbarians for marriage.

When it comes to these vassal kings, it is naturally the same. Naturally, these vassal kings are absolutely impossible to marry their daughters to barbarians. Even if they marry ordinary Ming people, they must never marry barbarians. rules.

"The Son of Heaven is benevolent, righteous and sage, so naturally he will not sit idly by."

Li Shishi also nodded solemnly and said.

Daming is so powerful now, how could it allow the barbarians of African aborigines to bully the imperial family of Ming.

"My lord, this is the Ming newspaper that just arrived!"

While the three of them were talking, an attendant brought in a stack of thick newspapers.

Daming people like to read newspapers, so does King Ning.

It’s just that Ningguo is far away from Daming, so it’s inconvenient to travel here. There must be no way to read the latest newspapers every day. Regular merchant ships bring over a month’s or half a month’s worth of newspapers at a time.

Counting the time spent on the journey, generally speaking, the newspapers you read here in Ningguo are all newspapers from two or three months ago, and the news is very lagging.

Of course, in this era, it is not necessarily necessary to know all kinds of news in real time, and it does not matter much if it is slightly behind.

"Haha, the newspaper is finally here~"

"I finished reading the newspaper last time I came here in two days. I haven't read any newspapers. I can't even eat here."

When King Ning heard this, he immediately laughed happily.

Immediately, Mingren brought the newspaper over, and then began to read it in order of date.

"This newspaper is the first month's newspaper~"

King Ning looked at the date on the newspaper, shook his head slightly and said.

Everything is good here in Tianzhu, but it is too far away from Daming, so it is inconvenient to travel, and the newspapers here can only read newspapers from a few months ago.

"The Egyptian Canal is really listed on the Tianjin Stock Exchange. I really don't understand why Liu Jin made such a thing."

"Obviously it is possible to find several people to eat this Egyptian canal together, but it is very complicated to make this canal public."

While reading, Ning Wang also began to comment on the contents of the newspaper.

"My lord, I heard that Daming's stock market is very hot. Someone bought a stock for one silver dollar, and now it has risen to dozens of dollars. It's a huge profit."

Liu Yangzheng said with a smile.

"That's all false. It's because some small shareholders are buying and selling stocks, so the price of the stock has been rising all the way. If the major shareholders really sell the stock, the stock price will plummet immediately."

Li Shishi thought about it and said immediately.

The vassal states and colonies in various places all learned from Daming, and the political systems of the vassal states basically copied Daming's system completely.

Therefore, they are very concerned about all aspects of Daming. Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng also have a deep understanding of the stock market.

The final conclusion is that this stock market is useless, it is purely for defrauding people of money, using so-called shares to defraud ordinary people of their money.

Don't look at the current stock prices that continue to rise, but this is also a game of drumming and spreading flowers, and in the end it will definitely be in your hands.

"This Liu Jin is only willing to give the prince 5% of the shares. If it is worth this stock, it is only one million shares. Our Ningguo has worked so hard for this Egyptian canal, and we only have this one million shares. , is really too bullying."

Speaking of the Egyptian Canal, Liu Yangzheng seemed very angry. He was the first to propose the construction of the Egyptian Canal, but now they have nothing to do with Ningguo.

"I heard that Egypt is already building a canal. Tong Yuan, who is in charge of building the canal, even sent people to Ningguo to buy food and supplies."

Li Shishi also nodded slightly and said.

"The price of the Egyptian Canal stock has risen to 2 yuan a share!"

King Ning looked at each newspaper, and soon he was attracted by the headlines in the latest newspaper.

What was reported above was the situation of the Egyptian Canal stock. The Egyptian Canal stock has been rising all the way since its listing. In just a few days, it rose from one tael to two taels of silver in a blink of an eye.

"One million shares can be worth two million taels of silver, which is not bad!"

Ning Wang couldn't help thinking in his heart.

Then he quickly turned back, wanting to see the rise of the Egyptian canal stock.

"On the first day of February, it rose to two yuan and three."

"On the tenth day of February, it has risen to three yuan~"

"On February [-]th, it has risen to five yuan~"

"This, this, why is it rising faster and faster, it has already risen to five yuan in a month."

King Ning was dumbfounded immediately, and then turned to the last newspaper, and quickly found the report on the stock market. It clearly stated that on February [-], the stock price of the Egyptian Canal rose to [-] yuan a share.

"Eight yuan a share, one million shares, isn't it worth eight million taels of silver?"

King Ning made some calculations, and suddenly he couldn't help but open his eyes wide, and then his intestines turned green with regret, his eyes went dark, and he cried bitterly: "My one million shares of Egyptian canal stock! !"

(End of this chapter)