When the Nanyang side is still warm as summer, the Beijing-Tianjin area of Daming has snowflakes, and it is another year of cold winter.

However, for the old and young masters in the Beijing-Tianjin area, winter is more flavorful than summer, because it is the most suitable time to eat hot pot again.

Come to a pot of clear soup hot pot, cut a few catties of beef and mutton from the grassland, and bring some vegetables from the Ryukyus, and the dipping sauce must have spicy in it, so that it is delicious enough.

The mutton is soaked in boiling water a few times, dipped in sauce and eaten, the ultimate deliciousness fills the tip of the tongue, and then a hot explosion, which makes people can't help but be addicted.

However, compared to eating hot pot, the favorite thing for the old and young masters in the capital is to go to the teahouse every morning, order a pot of tea, have a few snacks, and buy a newspaper.

Listening to the rain pavilion, it was already busy when it was just dawning, and when the sky was a little brighter, the door had already opened, and there were already waiting guests pouring in, coming to have hot tea, and then some snacks, and then looking at the street with some anxiety, waiting for the familiar sound of selling newspapers.

"Sell Newspaper~Sell Newspaper~"

It didn't take long for the familiar voice to sound again, and suddenly the shopkeeper of the teahouse hurried to buy newspapers for the customers in the store with a large amount of copper coins.

"Sell Newspaper~Sell Newspaper~"

"The Western United Trading Company succeeded in conquering the island of Ceylon, the losses were negligible, and various property worth more than 30 million taels of silver was seized!"

"The United Western Trading Company has discovered the largest sapphire in history on the island of Ceylon, worth more than one million, and wants to dedicate it to today~"

With the shouting of the newsboy, the originally calm street suddenly became lively, and in the blink of an eye, the newsboy's side was surrounded by people who came to buy the newspaper.

"The United Western Firm has conquered the island of Ceylon?"

"That's too fast, isn't it?"

"The value of the seized property alone is more than 30 million taels of silver?"

Inside the teahouse, as soon as many people heard the voice of the newsboy, the whole teahouse suddenly boiled.

If you want to say that the news that everyone likes to hear the most is the news of Daming overseas.

Today, the army of the Ming Southern Expedition leveled a small country where a certain Nanyang Yelang was arrogant, and tomorrow a certain firm discovered a gold mine on an island in the South Ocean, and then became rich overnight; The day after tomorrow, someone relied on a few glass balls to exchange a large amount of gold on some primitive islands in the South Sea......

In short, what everyone likes to hear the most is these things about getting rich overseas, about new and rare things overseas.

"It's coming~It's coming~"

Soon, the shopkeeper hurriedly came back with a stack of newspapers and hurriedly distributed newspapers to the guests in the store.

Everyone got the newspaper and began to look at it with relish, and all of a sudden, the originally lively teahouse became very quiet again, and only when everyone finished reading the most important headlines on the newspaper would there be a sound in the teahouse.

"The Western United Commercial Bank has really made a lot of money this time, with a one-time profit of more than 30 million taels of silver, and only about 10,000 people have been mobilized before and after, and only 5,000 people are actually fighting."

"It's only been two months since the planning and training were planned, and they were able to conquer the island of Ceylon?"

"I know this Ceylon Island, the last time I read the newspaper, it is said that it is an important hub on the Western shipping route, and it is also known as the island of gems, which is rich in all kinds of gems."

"They are also too weak, and five thousand people from the Western United Trading Company will fight this Ceylon island?"

Everyone took the newspaper and read it carefully, and they were all a little incredulous, 5,000 people had defeated a country, and I am afraid that no one would believe it when they said it.

However, the Ming Morning Post has always been a factual report, and it has long been credible, so everyone also believes in it.

"Five thousand people, in only a few months, actually conquered the island of Ceylon, and the seized property alone is worth 30 million taels of silver, and this island of Ceylon will be their Western United Trading House in the future, and the mining of gems alone is enough to support this Western United Trading Company."

"Mining gems is a small amount of money, the geographical location of Ceylon Island is extremely important, and it will be a transit point on the Western route in the future, and just collecting tolls will be enough for them to eat."

"What's more, with Ceylon Island as a springboard, you can also plot the entire Tianzhu, and you can go west to the Middle East, Persia and Africa."

"It's such a good deal, why didn't I think of it."

"Thirty million taels of silver!"

In the teahouse, when everyone saw this huge astronomical number, the eyes of countless people turned red.

This is an era of dying the bold and starving the timid.

A few months ago, Tian Erniu easily conquered two huge kingdoms with only 10,000 people on the Golden Continent, and the gold and silver obtained alone could be piled up into small mountains, and they were forced to use gold and silver to build pyramids every year in the future.

Now the United Western Trading Company has conquered the island of Ceylon with only 5,000 men, and from then on this gem island has become the property of the United Western Trading Company, and this seizure alone is worth 30 million taels of silver.

How can you not be blushing, how can you not be moved?

"This is the deeds of a robber, how is it different from a tiger and a wolf?"

"Sending troops to attack small countries for no reason, bullying the small with the big, bullying the weak with the strong, wantonly burning, killing and plundering, is simply inferior to a beast."

"I am a dignified and a big country, how can I do such a tiger and wolf thing?"

In the teahouse, there was a rotten Confucian Xiucai who couldn't help but roar angrily.

When did the Ming Dynasty begin to change, in the past, they all paid attention to the benevolence of the layman, and they should be benevolent and righteous to all countries, but now the atmosphere has changed, not only the imperial court sent troops to the south to conquer various countries, but even the private armed forces of the people were also bold and reckless, and they actually destroyed the country and destroyed the people overseas, what is the difference between this and the grassland people in the past?

"Idiot~"

"Idiot~"

"Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and scold the mother~"

"Are you stupid in your mind?"

When the people next to him heard this, they immediately scolded him one after another.

Such a sour rotten stinking is simply unpleasant.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was benevolent to those effects, but in exchange for what?

In exchange, they treated Daming as a wronged leader, and then took advantage of your Daming in the name of tribute; In exchange for their constant challenge to the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty; In exchange for their wanton behavior.

Now the Ming Dynasty is a layman's king, and all the countries are beaten to the side with his fists, so the Wa Kingdom is respectful to the Ming Dynasty, and the grassland people are herding horses and sheep for the Ming Dynasty, and the territory of Nanyang is expanding one after another, and everyone has more and more, more and more huge plantations.

The rice transported back from Nanyang alone was enough for the Ming Dynasty to eat, the price of grain dropped again and again, the common people were able to eat enough, the imperial court had the silver to build roads, build embankments, and reduce some taxes.

"Jackals, tigers and leopards, ashamed to be with you!"

Hearing everyone's scolding, this rotten Confucian suddenly turned red, and he left immediately after checking out the bill, and everyone couldn't help but laugh again.

"It seems that the strength of these overseas countries is very weak~"

"No, five thousand men easily conquered the island of Ceylon, and it was only two months of training."

"Just this bit of people, here in Tianjin, any commercial house can be recruited."

"The last time someone asked me to go overseas to do big business together, I thought it was very risky at the time, but now it seems that I am really bold and starving to death."

"Thirty million taels of silver, what a huge fortune."

"Why don't we organize a team to go around the West here? Trying the water? ”

"It is precisely for this reason that the imperial court allows us trading houses to have a certain amount of armed force, which is to encourage us to expand abroad."

"We have won colonies overseas, we have made money, the imperial court can also receive a certain amount of taxes, and we can expand the influence of our Ming Dynasty, why not?"

"Let's go, let's go, go back and discuss with other owners, discuss, it's a big deal that we can learn from the Western United Firm, and everyone will work together to send troops and share the results."

"Yes, yes, if one firm is not strong enough, we will unite a few more firms."

"I heard that Myanmar is very good, Myanmar produces jade, this gold is valuable, jade is priceless, if you can take Myanmar, I am afraid it will be more valuable than Ceylon."

“……”

There were all kinds of discussions in the teahouse, and everyone was almost red-eyed.

The United Western Trading Company took the island of Ceylon at a very small price, and reaped an unimaginable return of wealth, which made everyone who saw the news suffer from pink eye.

The old and young masters of the entire Beijing-Tianjin area are discussing this matter.

Powerful people immediately contact all parties, and they also want to learn from the Western United Business Firm, they can, we can too.

The huge wealth and the incomparably rich returns made everyone red-eyed.

The people at the top were running around, organizing the armed forces of their own trading houses, and they wanted to go overseas to test the waters, while the people at the middle and lower levels were equally excited.

The Western United Comptoir reaped huge benefits on their side, and those who helped them conquer the island of Ceylon also enjoyed great rewards.

According to the information disclosed in the Ming Morning Post, everyone who participated in this operation could receive a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, 500 acres of land, and five Ceylon slaves.

For the Ming people at the bottom, this is tantamount to getting rich overnight, and it is silver, land, and slaves, and even farming can be saved in the future, and slaves can be planted.

Many ruffians and hooligans who were originally idle suddenly boiled, and they began to gather their younger brothers, organize people to prepare to go overseas to do a big job, and get rich overnight, this is definitely not a joke.