At this time, not only King Ning was busy going to sea, but the vassal kings who were divided into various places were basically in action, and there were ambitious people like King Ning, who were naturally unwilling to just occupy a small island or a small place overseas and be an idle prince.

These vassal kings are extremely ambitious, like King Ning, and even want to build an empire as huge as the Ming Dynasty overseas, so they all choose to stay away from the Ming Dynasty and go to places like Africa, because where there is a large enough territory.

Of course, most of the vassal kings actually just want to go overseas to lay down a piece of territory, it doesn't need to be big, just have a piece of land, so that they can be their own soil emperor on their own territory with peace of mind.

In Daming, they are pigs that have been raised in captivity, there is no freedom, it is different if Haiwa has its own territory, it doesn't need to be too big, just a small piece.

This is the idea of most vassal kings, it is necessary to go to sea to go to sea, but the territory does not need to be big, just have a piece, it is best to have an island like Ceylon, occupy an island, and be the emperor of the soil, that is also very good.

The vassal kings were all in action, and as the news spread that the governor of Ceylon offered the treasure to the Hongzhi Emperor, the Ming Dynasty was also deeply attracted by the huge benefits of overseas colonization, and countless people's eyes were red.

It's just just an island of Ceylon, and the governor of Ceylon offered a treasure worth ten million taels of silver to the Hongzhi Emperor with one offer, so how much wealth did the Western United Trading House get from Ceylon?

It is estimated that only the people of the Western United Trading House know about it.

However, everyone knew that the investment of the Western United Trading Company was not large, and the army of only 5,000 men occupied the island of Ceylon, and its own losses were minimal, and in everyone's opinion, it was a profitable business.

A truly profitable deal.

After the occupation of Ceylon, the shareholders of the Western United Commercial Bank can bring a steady stream of benefits, and in the future, the Western United Commercial Bank will have to support the Western United Commercial Bank just by collecting tolls.

Everyone in the world is red-eyed and restless.

Of course, as the first Western United Trading House to eat crabs, they were even more active.

In Tianjin, Shili Foreign Bank, the building where the headquarters of the Western United Commercial Bank is located, in a huge conference room, the shareholders of the Western United Commercial Bank are all present, and their faces are full of smiles.

It's a big deal, it's really a big deal.

Hu Xian, who was dressed in a governor's uniform, sat on top of you, and as the proposer of the establishment of the Western United Commercial Bank, he made great contributions, so everyone also recommended him to be the first governor.

However, because the Western United Commercial Bank was established by everyone, the candidate for the Governor of Ceylon was also publicly recommended by everyone, and the power of the Governor of Ceylon was conferred by the general meeting of shareholders of the Western United Commercial Bank.

This is somewhat similar to the structure of many countries in later generations, the governor is considered to be elected by the public, and the power is great, but it is also for the whole Western United Trading House, and everyone can remove the governor of Ceylon after discussion.

Of course, everyone didn't realize this at this time, Hu Xian was one of the major shareholders, he contributed a lot of money, and he contributed a lot of money, and he successfully laid down the island of Ceylon, and his own losses were still very small.

Therefore, he had a high prestige among the Western United Trading Houses, and he also gave a treasure to Emperor Hongzhi, and he also overrode public opinion, thinking that he should offer a large amount of treasure, and finally everyone expressed their support and agreement after listening to his statement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the battle of Ceylon has been a complete success."

"The island of Ceylon already belongs to our Western United Commercial Bank, and today we have called everyone over, on the one hand, to discuss how to develop Ceylon Island, and on the other hand, to discuss the next action of our Western United Commercial Bank."

Hu Xian looked at the people present, including the two brothers Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling, Li Chunyang, the owner of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, and Zhang Yuan and Zhu Benduan from the Jiangnan family.

Everyone was full of smiles, and they nodded slightly when they heard Hu Xian's words, before starting to conquer Ceylon Island, everyone was still somewhat worried, just relying on a few thousand people to conquer a Ceylon Island?

Isn't it a little too whimsical?

But now, all doubts have vanished, everyone has tasted the sweetness, and every shareholder has received gems from the island of Ceylon, boxes and boxes of all kinds of precious stones, and every family has received slaves from the island of Ceylon.

"Let's talk about the first thing, how to develop the island of Ceylon~"

Hu Xian smiled, he went overseas, he has a real understanding of overseas, everywhere is very backward, but the land is very fertile, vast, and has many resources, far from what the books say about the wild land, on the contrary, many places are real paradise.

If nothing else, Ceylon alone is fertile land, abundant rainfall, abundant products, gems are small, and Ceylon is also very suitable for growing rice, tea, spices and so on.

Compared to many places in the Ming mainland, the conditions here in Ceylon are much better.

"Mr. Hu, you have been here in Ceylon for a few months and have a relatively in-depth understanding of the Western Ocean, and we are here in Daming and don't know much about Ceylon, so I still want to hear your opinion."

Li Chunyang thought for a while and said.

He is also a major shareholder, and the amount of money and people he pays will not be less than Hu Xian.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Hu has a long-term vision, Ceylon will do what you think, and we can wait for the silver."

Zhang Yuan also said with a smile, as long as there is money to be made, everything is easy to say, and everything else is not important.

"Ceylon Island is located in the southeast of Tianzhu, in the middle of the Western shipping route, and its geographical location is extremely important."

"In the past few months, we have also carried out detailed and in-depth knowledge and research on the whole island of Ceylon, which is fertile, with abundant rainfall and abundant sunshine."

"In addition, the resources are also extremely rich, in addition to gemstones, there are also iron ore, silver ore and tin ore, the resources are not bad."

Hu Xian smiled and said: "So my plan is like this, originally when we laid down Ceylon Island, we planned to divide the land on Ceylon Island according to the silver we came out. ”

"But this does not maximize our interests, my point of view is that we, the shareholders, first divide part of the land, and the rest of the land still belongs to the land of the Western United Commercial Bank, and everyone will share according to the original capital contribution, and enjoy the right to subsequent income and decision-making."

"In terms of the operation of Ceylon, because of its unique geographical location, in the southwest coastal area, my suggestion is that we should invest a lot of money in the construction of the port, and in the future, we can receive a soft hand in the berthing fee just for these ships coming and going."

"At the same time, we can also use our advantages to do transit trade, which is enough to make money easily."

Hu Xian stood up and began to explain his plan to the map of Ceylon.

He was the governor of Ceylon, but this governor was subject to the restrictions of the Western United Trading Company, and everything had to be agreed upon.

Hearing Hu Xian's words, everyone also nodded one after another, looking at the current Tianjin and Songhu, you can know that this port has been built, built big, and served well, so it can naturally attract ships to berth.

And the berthing of the ship will bring many benefits, berthing fees, that are insignificant small heads, transit trade is the big head, what did Singapore start with in the future?

Do you think it's the parking fee?

In fact, many times they make money by transit trade, and the goods can easily make a profit just by turning around in their own ports, and this transaction can be done.

Many of these shareholders present are businessmen with Li Chunyang, and they are very clear about this, how can the geographical advantages of Ceylon Island be worthy of it if it is not well played?

"The natural conditions on the island are very good, and my opinion is to build a large-scale plantation on the island for the cultivation of rice, tea and spices."

"Now the West has begun to slowly rise the trend of drinking tea, the future sales of tea must be very strong, the land of Ceylon Island is very suitable for growing tea, we will not need to import tea from Daming in the future."

"Spices are the favorite of Europeans, and they are very popular in Europe, so we grow spices and sell them directly to the Portuguese here in the West when the time comes."

"Now we are keen to open up private colonies overseas, so in the future, the demand for all kinds of materials will be very strong, food must be indispensable, the rice we grow on the island of Ceylon can not only meet our own needs, but also sell to people at sea, and can also be transported from the South Seas."

"This was my plan for the future of Ceylon, with a focus on the construction of the port, and secondly, plantations, only the mining of precious stones, which went without saying at the time."

After Hu Xian finished speaking, Ceylon Island was defeated, and the next step was to maximize its value and earn a steady stream of profits for the Western United Commercial Bank.

"I think it's okay~"

Li Chunyang pondered for a long time and nodded in support.

"I don't have an opinion either~"

Zhang Yuan also spoke.

"Support~"

Zhu Benduan had been to Ceylon Island, and knew that Hu Xian's plan was very good, so he nodded solemnly.

"We don't have an opinion either~"

"Can you get a share of the treasure this time?"

Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling looked at each other and nodded, then thought about it and said.

The two brothers are also ambitious now, and they are building a team on their own, preparing to go overseas to build a private colony belonging to their old Zhang family, and the money is a little tight.

"Of course you can, I know that everyone actually has their own plans, many people want to go overseas to occupy private colonies, and they all need silver, this time the harvest, my opinion is to take out 20 million taels and divide one point first."

"However, I still say that unity has strength, and the next goal of our Western United Commercial Bank should be Tianzhu and gradually annex the entire Tianzhu!"

Hu Xian nodded, and then drew an arrow on the map, pointing directly at the Tianzhu Continent!