Historically, the early colonization activities of Europeans were often carried out by a few ships and hundreds of people, but such a seemingly weak team, they were very successful in spreading colonies all over the world in a very short period of time, and obtained huge wealth all over the world.

It's worth learning.

If the Ming side can be like them, then this colonial activity can expand rapidly and develop rapidly.

If all the colonies were to be developed by the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely not be enough, and there would be no way to quickly blossom all over the world.

A long time ago, Liu Jin had such an idea, with large and small commercial banks as the main actors, forming large and small colonial groups to carry out colonial activities around the world.

But there is a premise for this, that is, these trading houses must have a certain amount of armed force in their hands, just like the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.

has his own ship, his own cannon, and even can be armed to the teeth, which is why Tian Erniu can conquer the Aztec kingdom, because he has guns and cannons in his hands, and this waist pole is hard.

But other trading houses, outside of the sea, that is, swords and armor, it is impossible to have artillery and muskets and the like, because the above will not allow it.

The situation of the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is special, its largest shareholders are the emperor and the crown prince, plus the military generals and noble groups, so they can obtain muskets and artillery.

It has always been the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty's overseas colonization.

"Liu Gongzi, but the imperial court does not allow the people to set up private arms, let alone have muskets and cannons, if we only rely on swords, it will be difficult for us to open up colonies."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone pondered again, thought about it and said.

"The imperial court just doesn't allow private arming in the territory of Daming, because after all, this is a big matter related to the country."

"But overseas is different, overseas is a barbarian land, if our merchants do not have their own armed forces, wouldn't this be equivalent to sheep in the mouth of the tiger, will be wantonly bullied?"

"If our merchant ships have guns and cannons, and our crews are armored and sword-armed, we don't have to be afraid of anything even if we encounter pirates and thieves."

Liu Jin nodded slightly, this is indeed a problem, and it is also a problem that Liu Jin wants to solve.

"Now that the times have changed, our Ming Dynasty has huge interests overseas, and it is impossible for the imperial court army to take care of all aspects, so in fact, it is necessary for the major commercial houses to also have a certain small-scale armed force, so that everyone can better colonize overseas and protect themselves."

"Isn't that what you say?"

"Yes, yes, Liu Gongzi is right~"

"If our merchant ships can have muskets and cannons, we don't have to be afraid of those pirates and thieves, let alone those small countries in the South Seas."

"Those small countries in the South Seas, many of them are very small, just a city, occupying an island, the strength is very weak, and it is very small, but it is still arrogant, and I don't know how thick the sky is."

"As long as our trading house has dozens of guns and a dozen artillery pieces are enough to teach them a hard lesson, there is no need for my Ming Heavenly Army to dispatch them."

When the others heard this, they nodded their heads again and again, and this went to their hearts.

This is waiting for the court to make the decision for itself, it is better to make the decision for yourself, the merchant ships under my own command have a certain amount of force, then it is a crab, the kind that can go sideways.

"Is it just that the imperial court will allow us?"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while and asked rhetorically.

"This is nothing more than a matter of licensing, as long as Your Majesty and the princes of the DPRK and China agree to issue relevant laws and regulations to specify in detail the size and number of the armed forces, the number of artillery and muskets, the place of use, and regular inspections, etc., I don't think it is a big problem."

Hu Xian said very confidently.

He has been a royal historian, and he knows very well that this is not allowed, legal or not, it is nothing more than the above sentence, as long as the Son of Heaven and the princes of the court say that you are legitimate, you are legitimate.

They say you're breaking the law, but even if you're not breaking the law, you're breaking the law.

"We don't want to rebel, we just go overseas to open up more colonies, open up territory for our Ming Dynasty, and we have earned silver from the colonies we have developed."

"We also have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and when the time comes, we will count His Majesty's share, and there will be no problem."

Hu Xian was very excited, and after listening to Liu Jin's words, his eyes also lit up, and he suddenly saw rolling gold and silver rushing towards him.

This Burmese jade is very famous, Myanmar jade, that is also famous since ancient times, in the past, Myanmar will often pay tribute to the great tomorrow side of the jade, this Burmese jade is better than the jade of Hetian in the Western Regions.

If you can occupy a colony on this side of Myanmar and have a jade mine here, it will really be a mountain of gold and silver.

Hearing Hu Xian's words, everyone's eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but nod their heads.

When Liu Jin saw their appearance, he immediately smiled, this is what he wanted.

In fact, the major trading houses in the north have long had this meaning, and when the major trading houses are outside, they always feel that their waists are not hard, and when they encounter pirates and thieves, they always feel very afraid.

Therefore, the ships of the major trading houses will basically wear swords, bows and arrows, etc., mainly to prevent encounters with pirates and thieves.

But this is not enough, how can the sword have muskets and cannons, and many trading houses want to buy muskets and cannons and put them on their own ships, so that they can be more deterrent and more confident when they encounter pirates and thieves.

However, this aspect belongs to the forbidden area of the imperial court.

Swords and armor themselves are already illegal, and the court does not allow the people to have these things, but they have always turned a blind eye, like a dart game, a carriage and a horse dealer, and the like.

This is away from home, and there is nothing to do without a guy.

But the muskets and artillery are very powerful, and the control of the imperial court is very strict.

But overseas, without these things, it seems that it is not possible.

The reason why Liu Jin didn't bring it up was mainly because he was worried that these people in the south would oppose it, and now that they have raised it, if they can get them to support it, then the problem of this matter is here with Emperor Hongzhi.

Since ancient times, the control of weapons and armor in all dynasties has been extremely strict, and the private weapons and armor are all to kill the head, in fact, the main reason is to prevent some people from rebelling and someone usurping power and seeking power.

But this thing, how to say it, if the people of the world are doing well, even if every family has a sword, no one will rebel, but in this way, everyone is worse than death, and the water is in dire straits, even if there is only a kitchen knife, it will overthrow your rule.

The Yuan Dynasty strictly restricted the possession of iron tools by the Han people, and several households used a kitchen knife, but the Yuan Dynasty was not overthrown?

The bald eagles of later generations, they have guns in every house, but the bald eagles are the only superpowers on earth.

To see things, we still have to look at them from multiple aspects.

"Yes, yes, we don't want to rebel, we just want to protect ourselves, we don't need many muskets, artillery and the like, a few hundred guns, a few artillery pieces are enough."

"In overseas places, it's not our Daming, it's also for our Daming."

The others nodded their heads in unison.

Seeing their appearance, Liu Jin smiled.

If it could really be like the Europeans in history, then the colonies would quickly blossom everywhere.

When they taste the sweetness, they will not be as gentle as they are now, but will become colonial crocodiles with their mouths wide open.

As for whether these commercial houses will independently establish a country overseas after they have armed forces, or go back to Daming to rebel and the like, Liu Jin is even less worried.

The world is too big, and there seem to be more countries established by the descendants of Yan and Huang, and it seems that there is nothing, it is better than being occupied by white-skinned pigs.

And Liu Jindu is still thinking about how to drive out those vampires surnamed Zhu in the Ming Dynasty, and then he can refer to this model, so that these princes surnamed Zhu can go overseas by themselves and have their own armed forces, whether it is to build a colony by themselves or to build a country by themselves.

Anyway, it's okay, as long as you don't continue to suck the blood of Daming here, you can go overseas, whatever you toss, it's not Daming's territory anyway.

They are even better at founding the country, and it is inevitable that they will attract a large number of descendants of Yan and Huang to go overseas, and they are all Ming people, and the countries of all sizes that have been established are also the countries of the descendants of Yan and Huang.

The Sun Never Sets Empire in later generations, it is like this, this Uncle Sam, Australia, New Zealand, Canada these countries, although out of the control of the Sun Never Sets Empire.

But they are also still the seeds left by the people of the empire on which the sun never sets, they are their descendants, and they are also like siblings, except that John Bull was the boss in the past, and then they were replaced by bald eagles, but they are still a family.

If these princes of the Ming Dynasty are all building countries overseas, this is also good, maybe there will be an earth meeting or something like that in a few hundred years, everyone looks at it, good guys, all of them are from their old Zhu family, which is also good.

It's better to be cheaper than to be cheaper than to be cheaper.