"Governor Ma," Li Jicheng listened to Bruce. Fan. Dimon translated Matsolko's words into Chinese, and suddenly interrupted, "What's the use of that overseas colony?" It's so far away, it's not easy to control, it's hard to fight, and finally there is a traitor and a country by itself, so isn't it just a chicken and an egg? ”

Bruce listened to him and thought, "Do you doubt that others will be treacherous?" Sure enough, it's a country of robbers!

I thought so in my heart, but I still honestly translated the words of the imperial grandson into Dutch.

Matt Solko thought about it very seriously for Da Shunguo, and then said: "It seems that the Ming Empire has long considered this problem, so it has established a vassal state overseas, and divided it into the emperor's brothers, nephews, and nephews......"

"This method ......" Li Jicheng is reluctant, the Li royal family in Dashun is now quite populous, Li Zicheng himself has no son, but has a nephew Li Guo (later became Li Zicheng's son), and a younger brother Li Zijing. Li Guo ascended the throne and became the emperor, and Li Zijing was named the king of Chu and raised in Kunming to eat, drink and have a son.

And Li Guo and Li Zijing both have sons, of which Li Guo has eleven sons, and Li Zijing has eight sons, some of these sons have reached adulthood, and adult sons have given birth to many sons!

Among them, Li Guo's sons are princes except for Li Laiheng, and the rest are princes. Li Zijing's son took the eldest son Li Zhong as the son, and the rest were marquis.

And the son of the crown prince Li Laiheng is the eldest son Li Jicheng is the grandson of the crown prince, and the rest of the county kings - in the future, Li Laiheng will be the emperor, and these county kings can also be upgraded to princes.

And the treatment of these princes of the Li family is much better than the treatment that Zhu Cihong gave to the Zhu family's group of dragon sons and grandsons - Zhu Cihong has a lot of ways here, and he can work his own. Li Guo has no way out here, so he has to support these princes. Therefore, the prince of the Li family gave "10,000 stones", the prince of the county gave "5,000 stones", and the Hou gave "3,000 stones".

Thinking of these "free" lands, Li Jicheng was a little reluctant. If he is asked to contribute money and efforts to seal the country for these brothers who are always jealous of his position as the crown prince, he will not be willing, what good will this matter do him? Not only is there no benefit, but there may also be a disadvantage! What if these brothers are ungrateful and rebel?

"What are the benefits of Zhu Cihong doing this?" Li Jicheng asked.

Matt Solko thought for a moment, "We can export some of the population and relieve the tension on the land in the homeland." ”

Land is in short supply...... Li Jicheng's brain hurt when he heard these four words!

Now the Great Shun Dynasty is also encountering the problem of land tension! That's the point of land, but more and more people want to get a share, how can they get it like this? And it doesn't seem to be easy to export the population.

"But those people may not want to go so far!" Li Jicheng complained, "Myanmar is quite spacious here, how many people are willing to come?" ”

Matt Solko said: "That's because there is no lure of lure, the Ming country is prosperous in commerce and trade, whether it is to go east to Xinzhou or south to Siam and Jinou, it is profitable, and many people have made a fortune in Nanyang and Xinzhou over the years." With them as an example, of course, there are people who are not afraid of hardships and dangers and go across the sea. ”

To put it bluntly, the foreign colonization of the Ming Dynasty is mainly capitalist in nature - that is, colonization oriented by economic interests. Except for the exiles who were caught in the adulterous department, most of the others went to sea with a dream of making a fortune. After arriving in the place, whether it is running a farm, hunting fur animals, opening various workshops and shops, or looking for gold, the purpose is to make a fortune, and the profit and loss are at your own risk!

Among the people of the Ming Dynasty who went out in order to make a fortune, there were many masters who held the capital, some were businessmen who were obsessed with money, and some were scumbag sons who did not have the right to inherit (title) in the families of the powerful. With their capital and management, the investment of the Ming court in the colony was much smaller - not only the capital of investment was smaller, but the pressure of management was also lighter. The colony is often thousands of miles away from the mainland, and it takes a year or two to make a round trip, and management is a big problem.

Where did Emperor Zhu find so many officials who were both capable, honest, and not afraid of hardship and death, and went to the colonial administration to have an economy? If you think about it, you know that it doesn't work, and you don't even know if you are greedy! Of course, if he wants to take the Spanish-style colonial route, it is another matter, but the territory that fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty is different from the territory that the Spaniards got in the early years, it is not so big, and it must be invested in development before it can be harvested.

Moreover, the local population of the Ming Dynasty is too large, and it will be 200 million in the blink of an eye, not only a few million like Spain, so it must be exported to the outside world, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources to be invested in the colony for development.

Therefore, the colonial development of the Ming Dynasty had to rely on the evil capital and feudal lords, of which the feudal lords also had to raise their own capital. Under this model, the Ming court's own investment in the colony was very limited, and for the Ming court, the cost of colonization was very low.

The cost is very low, so you can make it bigger!

If the cost of colonization is too high, colonization will lose money, and expansion at a loss will be unsustainable.

Of course, this kind of low-cost colonization was not without its drawbacks, its disadvantages were that it was difficult to control unprofitable territory, and the Ming and these vassal states were bound by economic interests. It's good when economic interests coincide, it's united. However, once there is a conflict of economic interests, sooner or later it will fall out.

"No, no," Li Jicheng was already shaking his head, "It's not the material to be a profiteer, it's true, it won't be those tricks of abduction." ”

Dashun suppressed businessmen, so it was natural to highlight the treacherous businessmen. Li Jicheng was instilled with the concept of treacherous businessmen, slippery craftsmen, peasant duty, and loyal and brave soldiers when he was a child, so he opened his mouth to say such words, completely forgetting today's guests Matt Solko and Bruce. Dimon was what he called a profiteer.

Pointed at his nose by the imperial grandson and scolded the profiteers, Matt Solko and Bruce. Of course, Dimen is very unhappy, no matter how raped the two of them are, Li Jicheng will not be raped!

The two foreign devils exchanged glances with each other, and they both decided to trick Li Jicheng.

"If His Royal Highness doesn't know how to do business and wants to profit from the sea," Bruce said. Fan. Dimen now took over the topic and said to Li Jicheng, "Then it's better to grab it!" ”

"Robbing the ......" Li Jicheng touched his beard, this is an ancestral craft, but his family's craft is used on land, not at sea, and the interlacing is like a mountain! Going to sea to grab things is Zheng Zhilong's specialty.

"But you don't know how to fight in the water!" Li Jicheng also sought truth from facts, "I will faint when I go to sea, how can I rob it?" ”

Bruce. Fan. When Dimon heard this, he thought to himself: You landlubbers still want to be pirates? Don't capsize when you go to sea, you won't have to save Emperor Zhu from sending troops to destroy your door.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have a water fight," Bruce said. Fan. Dimen said, "Actually, the best object of plunder is around you, and it is enough to have the navy of the Arakanese country...... If you're still feeling uneasy, we in the Netherlands can also help you build a navy that is strong enough to operate offshore the Bay of Bengal. ”

"Guys?" Li Jicheng thought for a while, "You mean the Great Ancient Country?" ”

The Great Gura Kingdom is in the area of Tana Salin in later generations, and now it is not a unified country, but a small state with a bunch of Mon people. Da Shun and Da Ming were not interested in them, so they kept them as buffers.

"Of course not," Bruce said. Fan. "Look to the west," said Dimon. ”

"To the west?" Li Jicheng understood, "You're talking about Tianzhu Kingdom!" But the Tianzhu Mughal Dynasty is strong and strong, and there is a very capable Aurangzeb, which is very difficult to deal with! You are still at war with the Ming Dynasty, and you don't have much power to use for the western expedition! ”

Li Jicheng has not peeped into Tianzhu in these days in Miaowu. But all the information he gathered told him that the Mughal dynasty next door was not easy to mess with! The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the Ming Jun is in the court!

Bruce. Fan. Dimen said with a smile: "Don't you Chinese often say that hearing is false, and seeing is believing?" Whether the Mughal Dynasty is good or not, and whether Aurangzeb can fight or not, you have to send reliable people to see...... And in the eyes of us Dutch, Emperor Aurangzeb, although strong, was not invincible, because his forces were all on land, and his ambition was too great to attack on all sides, and he did not have much spare strength to defend the long and rich coastline of India. If you want to occupy the land of India for a long time, you may not have enough strength, but what if you grab it and leave? ”