Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1434, the struggle for the West African colonies

"West Africa to grab colonies?"

When Du Mingen heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Our task is to leave a way out for the shareholders. The land we have occupied is already large enough. There is no need to go to the powder keg of West Africa to find trouble."

"Well, I know what to do."

"The competition in West Africa is indeed very fierce now. We have many colonial firms in Ming Dynasty, as well as those vassal kings, Korea, Japan, and even the Persian Empire are joining in the fun in West Africa, as well as Spain and Portugal in Europe. , France and England."

"With so many forces in West Africa, it can be said that it is very lively and the competition is extremely fierce."

Zhang Ye also nodded after listening.

The reason why Du Mingen's West Africa is a powder keg is because there are too many forces robbing West Africa.

The colonies in the world have basically been divided up in sevens and eighties. Only in West Africa, there is still a large amount of land that has not been divided and robbed, so it also attracts powerful countries and organizations around the world to rob it.

Overseas colonization can make huge profits, and the natives of the colonies can be sold as slaves. It is not a problem at all to sell a slave for more than ten taels of silver.

It would be even better if the colony has gold mines, silver mines, etc. Gold and silver are the most exciting things, and there is nothing more attractive than this.

If there is no gold and silver, ivory, mahogany, nanmu, pearls, emeralds, gemstones, diamonds, etc., can be used. Even as long as the land is fertile, it can be used to grow sugar cane to boil sugar.

In short, the colony has many benefits and high returns.

The price to pay to conquer a colony is very small.

Looking at the vassal states and colonies of the Ming Empire that bloomed everywhere overseas, it often only needs about a thousand armed forces to easily open up a vast overseas colony and get rich returns.

Under the propaganda of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, these not only stimulated the big families and powerful forces within the Ming Empire to open up colonies overseas, but also stimulated Korea and Japan, and also stimulated those countries that had close ties with Ming Dynasty.

Like the Persian Empire, Ismail I was ambitious, but faced an embarrassing situation with no direction for expansion.

To the north of the Persian Empire is the Ming Empire, which is not to be provoked at all. To the east is Tianzhu, which is also divided up by the vassal states and colonies of the Ming people.

To the west is the Ottoman Empire, which is not easy to mess with. Every time there is a war with the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire wins less and loses more. A two-river basin, the two empires have been fighting for many years, and the Ottoman Empire gave it to them several times. Go back more often.

After doing this, it seems that they can only learn from the people of Ming Dynasty. When they went overseas to open up colonies, they naturally set their sights on West Africa.

As for Spain, Portugal and other Western European countries, they had already carried out colonial activities in West Africa long ago. As early as one or two hundred years ago, they had ships coming to West Africa to sell slaves, rob gold and so on.

Now it is just that the value of colonies is more clearly recognized than before, and it has also increased its colonial efforts in West Africa and North Africa.

Against this background, the competition in West Africa is very fierce.

Every country or force that arrives here will speak loudly, as long as they plant a flag or erect a stone tablet, they will publicize that the land within a thousand miles around belongs to them, or that all the surrounding islands belong to them. some type of.

Obviously, this kind of flag-planting competition cannot be recognized by other people. Who can plant a flag? The key is to be able to conquer these local Kunlun slaves and have a strong base here. Really able to occupy here.

Therefore, in the current West African region, the contradictions among the many colonial forces are becoming more and more serious.

Today, Spain erected a monument on this island, built several earthen houses, sent a few soldiers to garrison, and declared that all the surrounding islands belong to Spain.

But tomorrow, when the North Koreans arrive here, he will stop doing it immediately, and directly destroy your house, send your people to God, and then raise the flag, erect a monument, and build a few houses here , Send some people to garrison, and then declare that this place belongs to the North Koreans.

But the day after tomorrow, the Portuguese came again, drove away the Koreans on the island, and did the same thing again, announcing that this place belonged to the Kingdom of Portugal.

Sometimes, two colonists here both claim sovereignty over a certain piece of land, and neither of them submits to the other. Naturally, several fights are inevitable.

It can be said that at this moment, the entire West African region is a huge powder keg. There are many contradictions among the colonists, and they are all robbing important key islands, colonial points, and colonies rich in gold, silver, and ivory. .

"Let them compete slowly, and we will operate well on our own territory."

"Our land is not bad. If you want gold, you have gold, if you want silver, you have silver. There are a lot of mahogany resources on this big island in East Africa. Keep our territory and increase our population. Are you afraid that there will be no land in the future? "

Du Mingen smiled, as if he didn't care.

He is very clear about his duty, which is to leave a retreat for those big families in the capital.

Liu Jin, British Duke, Ding Guogong, Australian Guogong, Cheng Guogong, etc., these are all honorable groups of Ming Dynasty, and they are now very trusted by Emperor Hongzhi.

But you can't put everything you have on it. Maybe you didn't have a choice before, but now that you have a choice, you naturally have to leave a way out for yourself.

This is also the core purpose of the establishment of the South African United Commercial Bank. Its purpose is to leave a way out for Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Yang Yun and the families behind them.

While the two were chatting, in the port, more than a dozen ships flying the flag of the Japanese flag sailed to the port, and soon someone rushed to Du Mingen and Zhang Ye's side.

"Master Hou, the fleets of the Eastern and Southern families of the Wa Kingdom have arrived at our port, and their leaders hope to meet you, Lord Hou~"

"The Oriental family?"

"The Nan family?"

"Isn't this Dongfang family the Dongfang family of the Japanese king of the Japanese kingdom? The Nan family should be the original Shimadzu family on Kyushu Island."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingen thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Lord Hou~"

"The Shimadzu family was the first family to come into contact with our Ming Dynasty. It has a lot of business overseas. It is also the most active family in the Wa Kingdom and expands overseas. It is one of the many names that support the Wa King."

Zhang Ye also nodded and replied: "They must have gone to West Africa to snatch the colonies. Seeing that their dozens of ships must have cost a lot of money, several of these ships were manufactured by Tianjin Shipyard. "

Zhang Ye looked at the dozen or so Japanese ships in the port, and he could tell at a glance that several of the dozens of ships were built by Tianjin Shipyard.

"It seems that this time, they are bound to win."

Du Mingen nodded, and ordered to go down randomly, and he was going to meet these Japanese people.

Soon, Du Mingen returned to his Governor's Mansion and met these Japanese people in the parlor.

In the huge reception room of the Governor's Mansion, Du Mingen looked at the Japanese people in front of him with great interest.

To be honest, if it weren't for these Japanese people to reveal their identities, Du Mingen really wouldn't be able to tell that these people are Japanese people.

Because these Wa people are no different from the Ming people in terms of clothing or appearance, the only difference may be that they are shorter than the Ming people.

In the past, the nobles and warriors of the Wa kingdom would stay with the moon to take the lead, but since they were conquered by the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Yue leader gradually disappeared in the Wa country.

All the Japanese daimyos, nobles, and warrior classes who learned from Daming are the same as the Ming people. The daimyos and nobles have long hair and square buns. As for the warrior class, they learn from the Ming soldiers and keep their hair. Clean and refreshing.

In addition, in terms of clothing, the original kimono was also abandoned. Instead, it was the same as that of the Ming people. The daimyo and aristocrats were dressed like the nobility and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, and the samurai were dressed like soldiers and sailors.

In addition, the language and characters are all learned from Daming, and the living habits, diet, etc. are also learned from Daming. If you don't say this, it is even difficult to know that they are Japanese.

On this point, the Koreans are similar. They learn from the Ming Empire in all aspects, from the big culture, writing, and language to the small aspects of clothing, food, art, etc., they all learn from the Ming Empire.

Looking at the Japanese people in front of him, Du Mingen remembered the Japanese people he saw when he went to the Japanese country for the first time, and couldn't help sighing, the change is really too great.

The Japanese of the Dongfang family and the Nan family are even more Ming people than the Ming people in terms of behavior and etiquette.

"Master Hou, this time I asked for a meeting in a hurry, and I was not prepared enough. Please accept a little kindness."

Dongfangyue opened a box, and inside was a piece of pure imperial green jadeite finger ring. Although it was not big, the extremely rare imperial green jadeite was considered a rather precious gift.

This time, Dongfang Yue was ordered to lead the fleet to West Africa to snatch the colony. They passed by the South African colony. Naturally, they wanted to visit Du Mingen. Of course, the main purpose was to see if they could get some help from the South African colony.

The country of Wa is really far away from here. The Dongfang family and the Nan family, as well as several big names who supported the king of Wa, almost emptied their own family's underpants. The team went to West Africa to colonize.

There must be no major mistakes in this, or you will lose everything.

The South African colony is the closest major power to West Africa, and things will be much easier if they can get help from the South African colony.

　The reason why I write about Korea and Japan’s overseas colonization is mainly because I think that the Europeans’ overseas colonization was brought about by Spain and Portugal, and everyone followed suit. Since Daming took the lead, North Korea and Japan will naturally follow suit. It is normal to go to overseas colonies as well~
　　
　
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