Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1295, some excitement
In the mansion of Liu Jin in the capital.

"The pair of idiots Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were able to conquer Myanmar. It's really impressive."

Liu Jin was slightly surprised when he saw the latest news from Myanmar.

To be honest, Liu Jin's impression of the Zhang brothers is still the one described in history, a pair of headless, arrogant and domineering, relying on his sister to be the queen's idiot.

And judging from the contact with the Zhang Brothers several times through time travel, the Zhang Brothers are indeed not much different from the idiots.

But who knows, this pair of idiot brothers has now made a big business overseas, not only occupying East Tianzhu, but now they have conquered Burma, colonizing two vast lands, and seemingly Huge wealth can be obtained from the colony every year.

This made Liu Jin have to look at the brothers with admiration.

To be honest, since the rise of colonialism, Ming has never stopped colonizing and expanding overseas, and the overseas colonies have made a lot of profits, which greatly stimulated Ming's feudal lords, powerful landlords, gentry, merchants, etc. to devote themselves overseas. during colonial activities.

However, overseas is overseas after all. According to the people of Daming, overseas is a barren land, and the people overseas are barbarians. Life in such a place is definitely not as comfortable as living in Daming.

Therefore, even though there are already many overseas vassal states and colonies, there are still very few Ming people in these vassal states and colonies. Many people are unwilling to go to sea, fearing death at sea or overseas.

And working hard overseas is not an easy task.

The resistance of the natives in the colonies requires real swords and guns. If you can't win, you will die overseas directly.

There is also the disease of the colonies, which kills people invisible.

On the African side, many vassal states and colonies have never dared to go deep into the hinterland of the African continent, and can only carry out colonial activities and expansion in the coastal and river areas.

One of the most important reasons is the fear of the diseases here. For example, the yellow fever in Africa makes people turn pale. Many people who went to colonize overseas died of various diseases.

Many people originally went out with the idea of ​​getting rich overnight, but not only did they not get any money, but they died overseas, and they could not even return their bones.

Although overseas colonization and trade are profitable, they are also very risky. This has led to many people in Ming Dynasty who know that overseas colonization and trade can make a fortune overnight, but they are always afraid to go overseas.

The pair of idiots of the Zhang brothers dared to go out bravely, seize the colony, expand the colony, and be able to effectively rule and plunder the colony, which made Liu Jin admire.

At least it is stronger than many dignitaries in the capital.

"The new land occupied by the imperial court can be relocated and developed through forced immigration, but these overseas colonies and vassal states have no way to do so."

"The key is to build up the spirit of bravery and hard work. Our Chinese descendants still lack the spirit of adventure and prefer to live a comfortable life!"

Liu Jin thought carefully.

As the old saying goes, golden nests and silver nests are not as good as dog kennels at home. Although it is rich in philosophy, it can also be seen from the spirit and character of the entire nation of descendants of Yan and Huang.

In contrast, we are indeed lacking in the spirit of adventure and adventure. Sometimes we would rather die in poverty in our hometown than travel abroad.

"It seems that the deeds of the Zhang brothers should be well publicized. Otherwise, if they are all nested in the mainland of Daming, how will this overseas territory be defended in the future."

Soon, Liu Jin made a decision.

Determined to publicize the great achievements of the Zhang brothers, publicize the impressive achievements of the Zhang brothers, stimulate the people of the world, and let them see the benefits of overseas colonization and adventure.

As long as there is enough interest, someone will always do it.

Although overseas colonization is very risky, the rewards are also great.

"Come on, send this material to Daming Morning Post, and let Daming Morning Post make a good report here, focusing on the achievements of the Zhang brothers overseas. At the same time, similar reports will be made frequently in the future, especially about personal gains overseas. Reports of great success."

After thinking about this clearly, Liu Jin also shouted immediately.

"Yes, sir~"

Soon someone came in and followed Liu Jin's instructions.

Early the next morning.

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"Shou Ning Hou and Jian Chang Bo led the colonial army to capture Myanmar. Since then, the jade business has been in the hands of the Zhang family. It is estimated that jade and jade worth more than ten million taels of silver can be mined from Myanmar every year."

"Myanmar is rich in resources and contains a large number of copper mines, gold mines, and silver mines. It is estimated that the Zhang brothers can mine millions of taels of silver every year."

"Myanmar has an extremely large virgin forest. According to detection, it has the world's largest reserve of teak. Teak is a precious tree most suitable for shipbuilding. It is extremely valuable. Zhang's Shipyard may become the largest shipyard in Ming Dynasty in the future."

"Some colonization experts pointed out that if the Zhang brothers occupied Myanmar, as long as the colonization method is appropriate, it is conservatively estimated that they can obtain a huge wealth of more than [-] million taels of silver from Myanmar every year."

"If you count the occupied East Tianzhu area, the Zhang brothers' colony will bring Zhang a huge wealth of more than [-] million taels of silver every year."

"The Zhang family's colony will also become the largest overseas colony, surpassing the Western United Commercial Bank and the South African United Commercial Bank to become the largest colony and the colony with the highest output."

Accompanied by the yelling of the newsboy, the entire Beijing-Tianjin area seemed to come alive, a large number of people poured out from every corner, and quickly bought all the newspapers in the hands of the newsboy.

The morning court in the Beijing-Tianjin area started with newspapers and morning tea.

Teahouses, large and small, are already overcrowded. If you are not a regular customer, or you get up a little later, it will be difficult for you to find a seat.

As the most famous teahouse in the capital, Tingyuxuan's business is naturally the hottest, and it was already full of people early on.

"Shou Ning Hou, Jian Chang Bo?"

"Aren't these the two brothers-in-law of today's emperor, aren't they famously arrogant and domineering?"

"I've heard that they used to beat people to death in order to whole a piece of land."

"Isn't that right? I'm from Cang County. In our Cang County, their Zhang family has long been lawless. In the past, I often heard that he robbed people's land and bought and sold it by force."

"I haven't heard much about them these years. I didn't expect to go overseas and build such a big colony. They went overseas to make a fortune."

"Brothers of the Zhang family, no one in the capital knows that they used to rely on the empress's favor, so they are arrogant, domineering, and extremely brainless brothers."

"How big a colony can they build overseas?"

Inside the teahouse, the tea drinkers couldn't believe it when they read today's Ming Morning Post.

The reputation of the Zhang brothers is not very good, but they are well-known in the capital.

"Is this fake news?"

"This Myanmar used to be a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. It is said that its strength is still very strong. It can even fight Siam. Now it has been defeated by the Zhang brothers?"

"What's more, how can you get tens of millions of taels of wealth from this wild land overseas?"

Some people really don't believe it, how easy is this colony to occupy?Is it that profitable?
"Hey, this is so rare for you."

"Myanmar is rich in emeralds and jade. Do you know how much silver this finger-sized emerald costs in the capital?"

"Last time I was with a few friends, and one of them also made a lot of money doing business overseas. He was wearing a top-grade imperial green jadeite finger ring. It didn't matter how big it was. It is said that it cost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"This Burmese jadeite is famous for its large output and good quality. It is much more valuable than Hetian jade and mutton jade in Hotan."

"This family will monopolize the business of emerald and jade in the future. How much money do you think you can make in a year?"

"Yes, yes, I didn't see it clearly written in the newspaper."

"In Myanmar, there are not only emeralds and jade, but also copper, silver, and gold mines, as well as precious mahogany, nanmu, teak for shipbuilding, etc. Myanmar has a large population. If you look at Myanmar, you will really get rich in the future.”

"Every year, we can continuously plunder huge wealth from the colony, and now they don't even look down on our little bit of land in Ming Dynasty, and they won't come back, and they don't hear about their dominance and land grabbing. gone."

"That's right, this land is really worthless, that is, the land in the Beijing-Tianjin area is still valuable, and the land in the countryside is not worth much at all. No one wants to rent it out to others. If you grow the land yourself, the little grain you can produce in a year is worthless. If you sell them all, you won’t be able to sell a few copper coins.”

"In that case, overseas colonization is very promising."

"Of course, I didn't see that the Zhang brothers are all rich now, and they can sit and collect money in the future. Everything in the colony belongs to their Zhang family. In the colony, they are the emperors of the earth."

"But why I heard that many people went overseas, either because of accidents at sea or being beaten to death by the natives of the colony, or because they died of strange diseases overseas. Originally, I planned to go overseas to see if there was any development. "

"Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, but dogs can only eat meat when they travel a hundred paces at home."

"If you want to make a fortune, you have to work hard and create something. Look at the Chen Feng reported in the newspaper. He was originally a poor military family who couldn't even marry a wife. But later, he went to Gold and silver mines were discovered here on the Golden Island, and they became rich, and later they discovered ginseng on the Golden Island, and they became rich all at once."

"Here in Huangjinzhou now, he not only has countless wealth, but also has more than a dozen wives, large and small. As for the land, it is said that there are tens of thousands of acres of land, and he doesn't like farming."

"So, if you want to fight, go for it, maybe you will get rich overnight!"

(End of this chapter)