Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1223, Changes in the Western United Firm
The Western City of Ceylon Island in the southeast of Tianzhu, along with the rapid development of overseas trade and overseas colonization in recent years, Ceylon Island, which is above the transit point of the Indian Ocean voyage, has also ushered in a stage of rapid development.

It can be seen just from the scale of Xiyang City. In the past, the port of Xiyang City was very small, and the urban area was not even the size of a small county town in Daming.

However, now, the port of Western Ocean City is huge, with ships like clouds, flags fluttering, and four-wheeled carriages that shuttle like a stream are constantly transporting the goods here, and the slaves unloading the goods are constantly busy at the docks.

Here in the urban area, the scale has also expanded rapidly. The block with many commercial firms has been stretching for several miles. High-rise buildings stand like giants overlooking the earth, and spacious concrete roads run through the four directions.

This is Xiyang City, this is Ceylon Island, Ceylon Island and Xiyang City under the management of Western United Firm, everything is business-oriented, and trade is extremely prosperous.

The Ceylon Governor's Mansion of the Western United Commercial Bank is located on the mountainside. It was built with huge sums of money at the strong request of the Governor of Ceylon, Hu Xian.

Huge in scale and majestic, with a view of the sea from the mountain, you can overlook the entire Xiyang City and Xiyang Port. It is said that the place was selected by a famous Fengshui master from China, and it is said that there is something like a cloud and a dragon.

In addition to its large scale and grandeur, the Governor's Mansion is also extremely luxurious in its interior decoration. On the basis of traditional Chinese gardens, it incorporates some styles from the Middle East, Persia, and Tianzhu, and uses a lot of gold leaf, silver leaf, and emerald. Jade, exotic flowers and plants, etc. for decoration.

So much so that people who came to the Governor's Mansion even sighed that this place is more luxurious than the Daming Palace!

In the office of Hu Xian, Governor of Ceylon, Hu Xian sat on his governor's chair and looked at the map of Tianzhu, lost in thought.

I have been sitting on the position of the Governor of Ceylon for five years. From the [-]th year of Hongzhi to the [-]th year of Hongzhi, the Chinese New Year is about to come. In the [-]th year of Hongzhi, it will be the time when the new Governor of Ceylon will be publicly elected. it's time.

The governor of Ceylon was not appointed by the Ming court, but was jointly recommended by many owners of the Western United Commercial Bank. The court is just going through a process, and will not appoint anyone to be the governor.

Hu Xian proposed the establishment of the Western United Commercial Bank at the beginning, and led people to occupy the island of Ceylon. He made great contributions, so everyone recommended him to be the governor of Ceylon.

At that time, the governor of Ceylon was only in charge of the island of Ceylon, but over the years, the Western Union Company continued to expand in Tianzhu, East Africa and other places, and owned many colonies. For the convenience of management, all of them were under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Ceylon.

It can be said that although the Governor of Ceylon is not an emperor, the power he holds is no different from that of the king of a country. The place in charge of the Governor's Mansion is also large enough. Almost all of these places at the southern end of the Tianzhu continent have been occupied by the Western United Commercial Bank. , and now he is preparing to raise troops with Ning Guo and others to attack North Tianzhu.

In addition to actual power, the Governor of Ceylon also has huge financial resources.

Xiyang United Commercial Bank was jointly established by many powerful commercial firms, owners, families, great nobles, and big bureaucrats in Daming. Coupled with the special geographical location of Ceylon Island, the tolls collected at the port of Xiyang City alone have to be paid every year. Collect millions of taels of silver.

The Governor's Mansion of Ceylon can plunder a huge wealth of tens of millions of taels of silver every year from the colonies of Ceylon Island, Tianzhu, and Africa, and these wealth are all operated through the Governor's Mansion.

In addition, the Western United Commercial Bank under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of Ceylon has more than [-] employees, thousands of large and small ships, hundreds of factories, workshops, etc., and tens of thousands of various plantations, pastures, etc. place.

In just a few years, the Western United Commercial Bank has developed into such a behemoth, and the power in the hands of the Western Governor is also amazing. He holds great power, holds huge wealth, and manages such a huge place and population. But also the emperor.

And this is exactly why Hu Xian was worried.

Power has been the most addictive thing since ancient times.

Hu Xian was originally just a small censor in Ming Dynasty, but now he is the governor of Ceylon, and he has tasted the taste and sweetness of power.

Seeing that it will be five years soon, the Governor of Ceylon will be re-elected by then. If he is not elected, he will lose the position of Governor of Ceylon.

Having tasted the taste of power, Hu Xian naturally does not want to lose the position of Governor of Ceylon, and wants to sit in this position forever, but it is obviously not an easy task.

The owners behind Xiyang United Commercial Bank are already very dissatisfied with Hu Xian, and they will not let him continue to stay in this position at all.

The position of the Governor of Ceylon is actually a bit embarrassing. Although he holds great power, he can decide the life and death of many people with one word, and he can also decide the change of a huge wealth worth millions of taels of silver.

But it is subject to the constraints of many bosses behind it, and many things are not just what Hu Xian said, but the support of the bosses behind it is needed.

During the past few years as governor, Hu Xian has lost himself more and more. The taste of power makes people intoxicated and lost.

Many times, he made decisions without the consent of his bosses, which has already made the bosses behind him very dissatisfied, as well as the Governor's Mansion.

The owners behind it naturally don't want to spend huge sums of money to build this kind of Governor's Mansion, and the location of the Governor's Mansion should not be associated with any cloud dragon spirit.

Although overseas, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, he is the local emperor, and the Ming court also acquiesced in the existence of colonies and vassal states, but the situation of this Western United Firm is special. To be honest, everyone joined together for making money from the beginning. There is no political claim.

The meaning of the many owners is also very simple, that is, to ask the Western United Commercial Bank to make as much money as possible and bring more wealth to the owners. This is what the Governor of Ceylon should do.

Instead of spending a lot of money to build a luxurious Governor's Mansion, and what about Yunlong's aura, the Governor of Ceylon was announced by everyone. What is your relationship with Yunlong?
You Hu Xian, everyone gives you face, you are the governor of Ceylon, if everyone is not willing to give you face, you are no shit, do you still want to be emperor?

This is the dissatisfaction of the owners behind the Western United Commercial Bank with Hu Xian.

It is also the reason why Hu Xian has no confidence in the next public recommendation, because there are very few people who are willing to support Hu Xian, and everyone has no patience for Hu Xian.

Letting you be the governor is not to let you be the emperor, but to let you make money for the big guys.

If it weren't for the fact that Western United Commercial Bank has developed very well in the past few years and brought huge profits to the owners, Hu Xian would have been driven out by the owners long ago.

There are still many things that Hu Xian makes everyone dissatisfied.

Hu Xian is becoming more and more like a local emperor, doing things arbitrarily, doing things in his own way, nepotism, enriching his own pockets, using public equipment for private purposes, etc., have been known and dissatisfied by many bosses.

Some people have already proposed to re-nominate the governor-general candidate and drive Hu Xiange out.

"I must not lose the position of Governor of Ceylon!"

Hu Xian clenched his fist and said secretly in his heart.

The taste of power is addictive.

He couldn't imagine that if he wasn't the Governor of Ceylon, he could only return to Daming's hometown in despair and become an ordinary old man.

Where is the scenery like this now.

There are so many people who come to see me every day, whether it is the prime minister of this feudal country or the representative of a big family, I can decide the movement of huge wealth with one word, stomp my feet, and the whole Indian Ocean will shake.

"The owner behind the firm must not be allowed to influence everything in the Governor's Mansion."

Hu Xian clearly realized that it was the bosses behind Xiyang United Commercial Bank who really decided everything about him.

Thinking of the owner behind Western United Commercial Bank, Hu Xian couldn't help frowning again.

The Western United Commercial Bank is an extremely large behemoth, and the interests involved behind it are very huge, and the wealth distributed to shareholders in dividends every year is tens of millions of taels of silver.

None of the shareholders behind this is a simple role.

The two brothers Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling, these are the uncles of Da Mingzi, relying on their sister being the queen, they have always been unscrupulous and lawless, are they easy to provoke?
Li Chunyang of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, the Four Seas Commercial Bank is connected to the four seas, and behind this are many big families and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. Hu Xian is also very clear about how powerful they are united. Just big family.

There is also Wei Guogong, this is the top wealthy family in Daming, the old Xu family is one of the two dukes, intertwined with the honorable groups of Daming, and has various interests with many big families in the Jiangnan area.

In addition, there are Liu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Duke Ding, Duke Ying, and Duke Cheng. These are all honorable groups of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Jin's influence is unparalleled.

The South African United Commercial Bank was made by them. Although it is not very influential on Tianzhu, in East Africa and South Africa, the South African United Commercial Bank has a greater influence on Tianzhu than the Western United Commercial Bank.

The boss behind this, anyone who comes out is the top boss of Daming, will it be easy to mess with?
It is almost impossible to get rid of their control over the Western United Commercial Bank and their decision-making power over the Governor of Ceylon. Once it really gets to that point, Hu Xian may not even know how to die. .

The excessive things he is doing now are just for the sake of his old friend, because he has done a lot of practical things for the Western Union Company and made everyone a lot of money.

But if it is really decided to take part in the important affairs of the Governor of Ceylon, the masters behind them will definitely not let Hu Xianhu come.

(End of this chapter)