The news that Zhu Yigui wanted to attach naturally reached Ning Yu's ears as soon as possible, and he also notified the cabinet ministers as soon as possible - but whether it was Ning Yu or the cabinet ministers, in addition to the ecstasy, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, what was Zhu Yigui's plan?

If Zhu Yigui has no ambition, no one will believe it, of course, ambition is also big or small.

At that time, Zhu Yigui took advantage of the chaotic situation in Fujian in the Qing court, and also sent troops to occupy the Fuzhou area, and more or less had intentions for the southeastern half of the country. It's just that before the ambition has yet to grow, it was defeated by the Fu Han Army in the First World War, and in that defeat, it was not only thousands of soldiers of the righteous army who died, but also Zhu Yigui's ambition for the mainland.

Later, Zhu Yigui sent the Yellow Palace to sue for peace, which also enabled Ning Yu to successfully use the Yellow Palace as a chess piece and inserted a nail in Zhu Yigui's forces, prompting Zhu Yigui to choose to divide himself and defend himself, and stage a love-hate relationship with the Yellow Palace on the small island of Taiwan.

Strictly speaking, before the Northern Expedition, Ning and Chongqing did not have a plan to recover Taiwan by direct force, and basically turned a blind eye to Zhu Yigui, after all, they also raised troops together against the Qing Dynasty back then, and they more or less didn't want to do things too much, of course, the main reason was that they didn't want the strategic center of gravity to return to the south.

At present, the affairs of Mongolia are not completely over, Ning Yu thought in his heart that it would take at least two years to recover Taiwan, but he didn't expect that it was only a few years, and Zhu Yigui himself thought about attaching it first!

"Your Majesty, Anhui Governor Zhu Dazhang and Chief Military Officer Cheng Zhien have presented an excerpt." With a smile on his face, the second assistant Li Fu presented two white folds.

Ning Yu nodded slightly, he had already gotten the news through the channel of the Military Intelligence Department, and the news of Anhui Governor Zhu Dazhang and Chief Military Officer Cheng Zhien was a little slower, but it didn't hurt to take a look, and he also opened it and read it carefully, compared to the news from the Military Intelligence Department, Zhu Dazhang and Cheng Zhien's excerpts were more detailed.

"You all take a look, Zhu Yigui is really causing trouble now....... But it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us......."

After Ning Yu read the excerpt for a long time, he handed the fold to Li Fu, and when the ministers finished reading it, their faces became solemn.

The reason why Zhu Yigui wanted to attach it was very simple, in the process of developing into Southeast Asia, he was coveted and attacked by the Dutch East India Company, and got into some trouble, so that he had to attach it to Ning Chu for self-protection.

In this era, the East Indies are almost completely controlled by the Dutch, specifically the Dutch East India Company, and although their strength in Southeast Asia has suffered setbacks, it is still very strong at present, especially the navy has more than 40 warships, which is a force that Zhu Yigui can hardly resist.

Li Fu was the first to speak: "Returning to Your Majesty, no matter what, we must accept Taiwan's attachment, as for the East India Company, it can be negotiated or fought, and we must not repeat the old things of Penghu and Taiwan in the past." ”

"That's right, if you want to fight, we are not afraid of the Dutch!"

"Our naval strength is not necessarily worse than that of the Dutch, if we really want to fight down, who will suffer a loss!"

The cabinet ministers and the privy envoy Ning Zhongyi all expressed their opinions, in addition to not only not looking up to the Dutch East India Company much, but also because there were very painful lessons in history.

After defeating the Spaniards, the Dutch gradually established their maritime supremacy, and began to occupy colonies around the world, such as the early 17th century, when they began to unite with the Kingdom of Johor to attack Malacca, although they did not succeed at that time, but later began to constantly challenge the Portuguese colonial system in the Far East.

At that time, the eyes of the Dutch were not only focused on the East Indies, but even in the Wanli period, when the Ming army changed its defense, they occupied Magong Island (that is, Penghu Island), and even prepared to use the name of mutual market to try to occupy the Penghu Islands forever like the Portuguese occupation of Macao, so that Penghu would become a Dutch colony in the Far East.

After strict deployment, Shen Yourong, the general of the Ming Dynasty at that time, personally sailed to the Dutch ships in a single boat, backed by the armed forces gathered in Kinmen, and forced the Dutch general Wei Malang to retreat, so as to keep Penghu.

However, after that, the Netherlands did not give up the ambition of occupying Penghu, and occupied Penghu again in the second year of the Apocalypse, and prepared to build a city in Penghu to achieve long-term occupation, and then recovered it after being surrounded by the Ming army in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, but after the Dutch retreated from the Netherlands, they occupied Taiwan in a blink of an eye, and at this time the national strength of the Ming court had already been greatly weakened, so they could only choose to ignore it and wait until thirty-eight years later, before expelling the Dutch from Taiwan with the efforts of Zheng Chenggong.

"The old things in Taiwan must not be staged again, no matter what, Dachu must recover Taiwan!"

Ning Yu said firmly, although Ning Chu's strategic focus has always been in the north, it does not mean that he has to swallow his anger against the Dutch, and that Zheng Chenggong was able to drive them away from Taiwan when the Netherlands was at its peak, and the Netherlands, which has experienced three Anglo-Dutch wars, is just yesterday's yellow flower.

Zhu Yigui couldn't resist the Dutch because he didn't have much accumulation, and he had to beware of the Yellow Palace inside and Ning Chu on the mainland, so he seemed a little clumsy to deal with, especially in the face of the Dutch navy, he didn't have a good way.

Everyone also nodded, and they also thought the same way in their hearts, as the new Great Chu regime, when facing the challenge of foreign forces, it often thinks more about how to fight, rather than how to negotiate peace.

Ning Yu sighed slightly, and said: "There is nothing special to pay attention to in the north at the moment, in addition to paying close attention to the war in the three Khalkha Mongol divisions and Junggar in Mobei, we must speed up the construction of our army's mounted infantry division, and the privy envoy will stay in the Beijing division to preside over this matter!" ”

Ning Zhongyi smiled slightly, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already negotiated with the Mongolian ministries in southern Mo through the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, so that they can provide at least 150,000 Mongolian horses before the beginning of spring and February next year, and 100,000 Mongolian horses by the second half of the year, and all the horses will be purchased at the market price, and they will not suffer much loss." ”

"Hahaha, that's right, when it's time to make money, you have to let people make some money, and doing business is not only about calculating money, but also about politics." A smile appeared on Ning Yu's face.

In fact, facilitating such a large Mongolian horse trade is also of great benefit to the Mongol tribes in southern China, in addition, it is also very cost-effective in terms of economy, after all, they sell their horses in exchange for a large number of silver coins, and they always have to choose to buy goods from the Central Plains, which can also stimulate economic growth.

Ning Zhongyi nodded and continued: "As for the soldiers required for the newly formed twelve mounted infantry divisions, they have been recruited through the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies before this, and they are currently being trained in Hebei and Zhili, and they will probably be officially built at the beginning of next year. ”

In the current Fu Han army system, the mounted infantry is only a strategic transport tool for the war horse compared to the real cuirassiers, so the riding requirements are not high, and the difficulty of training is naturally greatly reduced.

It is precisely because of this that Ning Zhongyi is confident that he will complete the rebuilding in the spring of next year, and after a certain amount of training at that time, he can consider putting these mounted infantry divisions into the grassland to fight, and at that time, it will be the turn of Jungar to passive......

After listening to the Privy Council's plan, Ning Yu nodded with satisfaction at the moment, and said, "Since this is the case, then I can return to Nanjing with confidence, and I believe that when I return to Beijing again, the problem in the north will be finally solved." ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts immediately sank, especially Ning Zhongyi, who understood from the beginning that it was too wasteful to use the newly trained 120,000 cavalry infantry to deal with the only tens of thousands of Jungar....... Presumably, the emperor has set his sights on the territory of the Russians in the north, but how far can this battle go?

North Sea? Or further?

........

When the time came to December, the Nanjing Stock Exchange was finally officially established, on the bank of the Qinhuai River in a vacant land, a magnificent building rose from the ground, the height of the whole ten floors almost made it a new scene of Nanjing, and the building also hung a gilded plaque, written 'Nanjing Stock Exchange' seven big characters, people look at it and feel dizzy in front of them.

"It's really magnificent......."

Wang Jingqi, the new editor-in-chief of Qingliu Daily, stood at the door of the Nanjing Stock Exchange with a little surprise on his face.

When Wang Jingqi walked into this slightly luxurious building, he realized that it was worthy of it, because from his vision, he could see that almost all the magnates of Nanjing gathered here, whether it was the clan faction or the Xunchen faction, they and the chamber of commerce they represented appeared in this place.

"Buy Northeast stocks, the Northeast immigration plan is an ultra-long-term plan, and the imperial court also attaches great importance to it, and its profits are quite high!"

"Hey, I think it's okay to buy North Korea, although North Korea is not good now, but it has a large population, and when the time comes, the domestic labor department will issue a special visa, and then it will be very profitable to organize people from North Korea to mine in the country!"

"Hey, you mean Myanmar can't do it anymore? Haven't you heard? Cheng Shumi has defeated King Baigu in Burma, and now all of Myanmar has been in our hands, and the feudal lords have also begun to establish their own feudal states in Burma. ”

Everyone was noisily discussing the three major projects of the imperial court, and of course, there were some people chatting intently about the stocks of other trading houses, and everyone's eyes were flooded with a greedy gaze.

You must know that whether it is the magnates of Dachu or the chamber of commerce below, money is not a minority, especially the wealth gathered in the people, which is calculated on a scale of trillions of yuan.

In the past, because there were no good investment channels, these funds were usually taken out for lending, and it was just a matter of collecting profits, and even some people hid their money directly until it rotted - in Ning Yu's view, this was naturally a great waste.

Promoting the circulation of money in society can itself promote economic development and the growth of taxes in the imperial court, so it is very important to dig out this money through various channels and means.

Therefore, now that there is a stock exchange, not to mention the question of whether it can make money, at least let the money come out and breathe, and the significance behind it is very significant.

Wang Jingqi's heart moved, he was very keenly aware of one point, that is, the people who came to this stock exchange seemed to be well-informed, and the news of the South China Sea and North China was not something that could be read by a small newspaper, and I believe that behind them, it should be the foundation of the major families...... It's just that what makes Wang Jingqi more curious is that this business really has so much magic? Can you attract so many people?

It seems that behind the stock exchange, it seems that there is His Majesty the Supreme Emperor..... When you think about it, it seems normal.

For a person like Wang Jingqi who is keen to climb up, he will not let go of every channel that can help him in his future career, so he walked into the hall with a smile on his face and began to talk to the people around him.

Although most of the big guys are spokespersons of wealthy families or leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, they still know a lot about "Qingliu Daily", and they naturally dare not slack off on the new editor-in-chief of Qingliu Daily, otherwise when he writes something in Qingliu Daily, it will be a big trouble, so everyone treats Wang Jingqi quite enthusiastically.

"President Qian, this stock trading can really make money, and it can be more profitable than our two chambers of commerce?" Wang Jingqi smiled, the charcoal pen in his hand lit on a booklet, but he knew that the Qian Chamber of Commerce, represented by Chairman Qian, had been doing business with Japan, and the annual trade volume was reaching a new high.

President Qian was a fat man with a rather fat body, he looked at Wang Jingqi and smiled, "Editor-in-chief Wang doesn't know, it's not easy for our chamber of commerce to make money on weekdays, especially like the trade in Japan, which can't make much money in the first place, and there will be a risk of wind and waves in the middle, if you are not careful...... Hehe, you can lose all your blood......."

Hearing that it was not easy for President Qian to make money for a long time, Wang Jingqi did not have the slightest impatience, but said with interest: "Then what does this have to do with stocks?" ”

"It matters, it can be a big deal!"

President Qian patted his thigh and said: "We used to do business, and the risk was borne by us alone, and it is good to say that once we lose money, we have to pay the old capital, but how many times can this old capital withstand it?" If we lose a few times in a row, our chamber of commerce will be finished, but now that there is a stock exchange, we can take out the share capital and sell it, and when the time comes, the cost of doing business is equivalent to others bearing it with us, and we will make money with the appreciation of the stock, and we will also make money. ”