Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 523, jealous
Above the Manila Castle, Du Mingen and Lin Shuhong held a telescope to overlook the entire bay area, ready to make a good plan for this newly arrived place.

"What a great place~"

Through the telescope, you can clearly see the entire Manila Bay.

The turquoise sea water, the surrounding dense primitive rainforest, the vast plains, and the fertile land definitely look like a paradise with beautiful scenery that makes people nostalgic.

"It is indeed a good place. Among other things, the open plains on both sides of this river are enough to cultivate countless plantations."

Lin Shuhong also nodded and said, then pointed to the river mouth and said: "With the port at the river mouth, and relying on the river and the existing castle, we can build a city without too much effort. "

"There is no need to rush to build the city. With this castle, it is enough in the early stage. In a short time, there will not be too many people here, but next year, it is estimated that at least tens of thousands of immigrants will come here to gain a firm foothold here. .”

"The number of these aborigines still has an absolute advantage. There are not enough people immigrating here, and we never feel safe."

Du Mingen nodded, thought for a while and said.

"Don't worry, there will be no worries about people at that time. Take a look below, I guess this small castle will definitely not be able to live there."

Lin Shuhong said very confidently, pointing to the bustling castle and said.

It turns out that the castle has become extremely lively at this time, and people from the fleet that followed the south have poured into the castle, ready to take a good rest.

In the whole of Manila, except for the houses in the Mingren block, the blocks here are almost razed to the ground, and only the entire castle is left with good houses for everyone to rest.

A large number of people poured into the Manila castle. At the same time, Du Mingen and Lin Shuhong also decided to show everyone the harvest this time, and also placed all the things that the Ming army looted from the castle at the gate of the palace.

Boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, emeralds, agates, gems, ivory, pearls, etc. are piled up in Dushan, neatly arranged, and together they bloom charming colors.

In addition, there are some big things, such as the rockery made of red coral, the stone lion carved from a large piece of jade, and the top-grade imperial green jade that is as big as a millstone on the roof of the palace...

All these things were placed at the entrance of the palace, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. Soon there was a sea of ​​people at the entrance of the palace, and everyone's eyes were shining brightly looking at these things at the entrance of the palace.

"Oh my god~"

"How much gold, silver, emerald, agate, pearl, ivory, how much is it worth?"

Zhu Benduan looked at boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, etc. Although he is a big salt merchant and has seen the world, he has seen a lot of all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry. Seeing so many things piled up together, I still can't help but sigh.

"I heard that they estimated that it is worth at least [-] million taels of silver~"

Feng Xiang stretched out four fingers, drooling and said.

"Forty million taels of silver, my dear~ Isn't this another trip to the Golden Continent?"

Zhu Benduan was stunned after hearing this.

These salt merchants used to be wealthy, but when it comes to the tens of millions or millions of taels of silver, they are also extremely jealous.

"See that coral?"

Feng Xiang pointed to a screen made of coral, which was made of a whole piece of large coral, more than ten feet high, and very ruddy in color, which made people love it very much at first glance.

"Oh my god, what a big coral~"

Zhu Benduan looked over, and his eyes widened all of a sudden.

He thought of the pieces of coral in his home, which were only one foot high, and had always been his favorite decorations. For this reason, he had spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy them.

Look at some of the coral decorations in front of me, even the smallest corals are much larger than theirs, and the color is as red as a ruby, with a hint of luster, bright and eye-catching under the sunlight.

"You haven't seen it. How big a coral is. I haven't seen it before. Just these few coral ornaments, in our Daming, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be sold casually."

"It's easy to sell the biggest coral ornament for millions of taels of silver."

Feng Xiang's eyes are also shining, he is a well-informed person, he can tell good things at a glance, and he knows how much it is worth.

"There is also that piece of emerald that is as big as a millstone. This is the best imperial green jadeite. It is very sunny in color, full of water, crystal clear, and extremely delicate in texture. Just this piece of jade alone is a priceless treasure~"

"Did you see that fist-sized ruby? Such a big ruby, with such a pure color, is the first time I have seen such a gem in my life. This is also a priceless treasure~"

"The gemstones in that box include rubies, sapphires, and purple gemstones. These gemstones are very large in size and very pure in color. There is no problem in selling any one for tens of thousands of silver."

"They really made it this time. The Nanyang region is really rich. There are too many gems, pearls, jade, ivory, agate, etc."

"There are also these ivory tusks, so many ivory tusks, there are hundreds of them, and any ivory in our Daming is also sold for several thousand taels of silver. These pearls are very big, and they sell for hundreds of taels of silver. no problem."

Feng Xiangru pointed to this box, a box of things like a few treasures, and said, the more he said, the whole person's eyes were red, this wealth came too fast and too simple.

Just by looting this castle, the Ming army found a huge wealth worth [-] million taels of silver. The key is that there are some things in it, which are priceless treasures, and there is no place to buy them if they have money.

"Yes, although this Nanyang region is a land of barbarians, it is just as Liu Jin said, it is very rich~"

"This Luzon country is rich in gold and silver. I heard that there are many large and small gold mines here. If we can find a gold mine here in the future, it will be enough for us to eat."

"Boni country is rich in pearls and corals, Sulu country is rich in precious fragrant woods, Siam is rich in ivory and jewelry, Myanmar is rich in jade and emerald, and Sri Lanka, a little west, is rich in various top gemstones."

"It's not difficult at all to earn ten times the price if these things are transported to our Daming casually, and the silk, porcelain, tea, etc. from our side can be transported here to earn ten times the price casually." It's a big price, every time you come and go, you can earn millions of taels of silver for just one trip."

"Now the Marquis of Taiping declares that Manila belongs to our Ming Dynasty. We must not miss this opportunity. We will retire and go back. Let the family send people over. When the time comes, some tribesmen will immigrate here. If there is a stronghold here."

"We can transport the goods from Daming to Manila, and then sell them to the entire Nanyang region, and then collect the goods from the Nanyang region to Manila. There is a transfer point, and the business will be stable."

"Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. must have the same plan, otherwise it would not have occupied this Manila."

Zhu Benduan nodded, then thought for a while and said.

He has already seen huge wealth rolling towards him. This Nanyang region is really too rich, and there are too many good things here.

In the past, when the Ming people came to do business in the Nanyang region, they all came by one ship, one ship at a time. In the sky, three or four ships came to the Nanyang region together.

Often because of tight time and unfamiliar places, it is often impossible to maximize one's own profits, but even so.

Relying on the shipping routes and trade leading to the Nanyang region, the merchants and big families in the southeast coastal area of ​​the Ming Dynasty are still very rich, and they are capable of interfering in the government and vigorously implementing the sea ban policy in order to monopolize this hugely profitable sea trade.

The people in Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. are different now. Liu Jin can see clearly that they have made long-term plans and plans, not just for one bite today and one bite tomorrow.

Liu Jin's appetite is very big, not only to eat the Nanyang area, but also to eat it for a long time, and slowly annex it.

Just earning some wealth is nothing at all, Liu Jin is not bad at all, what Liu Jin needs is the fertile land of Nanyang and its crucial location.

Now Europeans have begun to sail around the world. They have reached the east coast of the Golden Continent a few years ago. At the same time, Da Gama has also circled the Cape of Good Hope to Tianzhu, and has returned to Portugal.

In more than [-] years of history, Europeans began to enter the Nanyang region wantonly, and set up colonial strongholds in the Nanyang region. Relying on the colonial strongholds, on the one hand, they carried out ocean trade, and on the other hand, they carried out colonial plunder.

The location of Nanyang is too important. Liu Jin will never let it fall into the hands of Europeans. In Liu Jin's plan, Europeans must not set foot in the Nanyang area. This is the territory of Ming Dynasty, so it must be Occupy first.

Not only in Manila, but in the future, Liu Jin will set up many colonial strongholds in the Nanyang region like the Europeans. Manila is only the first one, and there will be colonial strongholds in many important checkpoints in the future.

On the one hand, it is convenient for the major commercial houses of the Ming Dynasty to do business in the Nanyang region, and they can also continue westward to Tianzhu, Arabia and Africa. On the other hand, they rely on strongholds for colonial plunder, thereby promoting the primitive accumulation of capital.

　It’s almost enough if we circle the Pacific Ocean~ Don’t be greedy, don’t be greedy~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)