After leaving the palace, Moses Jr. thanked Lopunov again, then hurried out of Moscow and hurried to Poland in the west.

By this time, the migratory Jews had already entered Poland, and it was feared that it would not be long before they reached the border between Poland and Rus', and Moses the Younger had to rush over to tell the people the 'good' news.

There, Moses the Younger met with Archbishop Paul and told him what he had learned from his trip to Moscow.

After listening, Paul did not have the slightest look of joy on his face, but a preoccupied look, "I didn't expect that the government of Rus' was so greedy. Six million gold francs at once, and a million gold francs a year in the future, can you Moses Brothers Bank handle it? ”

"I've counted this together, and there's no problem. In the past, the money deposited by the clansmen in our Moses Brothers' bank was not less than ten million gold francs, and if you add those real estates, the value will be even higher, so you don't have to worry about it, Bishop. ”

"How can I not be worried?" Paul said, "In the future, we will have to return to the country, and we need a lot of money to support it, and if there is any accident with the funds at that time, it will be bad." ”

"You really don't have to worry!" Little Moses persuaded, "Could it be that you have forgotten that after our cooperation with Da Zhou, we can get a lot of profits every year, so this loss is nothing." ”

After Moses Jr. reminded him of this, Paul remembered that Da Zhou's smuggling plan with the Jews was related to a transaction worth more than 10,000 taels of silver a year, so the money lost in Rus' was really nothing.

Here, Moses and Paul the Younger were moving their people to Western Siberia. On the other hand, Moses the Great and other Jewish consortia also made corresponding decisions.

After finalizing the smuggling route, Moses the Great decided to sell off all the real estate mortgaged by his people, leaving only the shops and properties in the prime locations of various places.

Because the tariffs of European countries have increased several times at the same time, many European merchants are no longer willing to import the goods of the Great Zhou, so it is inevitable that the Great Moses must create his own sales channels.

Of course, without the support of the local nobles, it would be difficult for them to open up the situation, and they would even face countless troubles from the local government, so Moses had to cooperate with some powerful local nobles.

In this way, although they lose some money, it also means that they will save countless troubles. After all, no matter what they say, what they are going to sell is smuggled goods, and they can't be on the table.

It's been half a year since I got this done. From this moment on, Da Zhou commodities began to flow into Europe through smuggling channels.

On the side of Da Zhou, after learning the exact news, Zhang Lingyang began to formally propose to raise tariffs on all European goods by more than ten times, showing that he was not afraid of the threat of Europe.

On the other hand, the commercial superintendent purchased a large amount of tea, silk, porcelain, and other goods in various parts of the Yangtze River, and completed the delivery with the Jewish consortium in Central Asia through the smuggling channels opened up, and then shipped them to Europe by the Jewish consortium for sale.

All this was unknown to the European envoys in the Great Zhou, because the goods purchased by the commercial supervisors from Jiangnan went directly upstream from the Yangtze River, transshipped to Guanzhong through Sichuan and Shu, and then transported from Guanzhong to Central Asia.

Things seem a bit cumbersome, because if you pass through the canal and the Luoyang line, you will inevitably be discovered by the European envoys in Luoyang City. From the Yangtze River to the west, there are no European merchants at all, because with the reason that Zhou and Europe raised tariffs on each other, most of the European merchants in the Great Zhou saw that they were unprofitable and returned to China, so this route was safer.

This is just some of Zhang Lingyang's economic means, militarily, Zhang Lingyang ordered the expansion of the army, expanding the total number of troops in the country to more than three million, and in the navy, Zhang Lingyang also ordered the implementation of a crazy shipbuilding plan.

In the plan of the Ministry of War, in the next five years, more than 50 warships of more than 500 tons will be built in Dazhou.

Is this still worth it?

As soon as the news reached Europe, governments couldn't sit still.

The Great Zhou originally had an army of more than 2 million, and this time it expanded to more than 3 million, no matter how you look at it, this is all pre-war preparations, so whether it is France, England and other powerful countries, or the Netherlands, Prussia and other small countries, have successively put forward their own plans to expand their troops and build ships.

For a time, there was a great tendency for the East and the West to have an arms race.

In fact, European countries have regarded this as an arms race, and a large amount of financial funds have been invested in arms production.

In England, the government decided to expand the army by 200,000, and the navy plans to build more than 50 large warships in the next five years.

In France, the French government decided to expand the army by 300,000 and build more than 20 large warships in the navy in the next five years.

...... in Italy

...... in the Netherlands

...... in Austria

...... in Prussia

In any country in Europe, you can clearly feel that the atmosphere at home has suddenly become a little tense.

But is Zhang Lingyang's means just that?

Of course, not only that, Zhang Lingyang even ordered the local garrison of Tianzhu to build fortresses in some important ports of Tianzhu. In addition, Zhang Lingyang also planned to build at least five or more large-scale arsenals in Tianzhu.

In the eyes of European countries, this is that Da Zhou is worried about the invasion of Tianzhu by Europe, and it also shows that Da Zhou has taken a very heavy guard against European countries, so he naturally does not dare to take it lightly.

Who knows, at this time, the Northwest Army of the Great Zhou suddenly entered Central Asia on a large scale and built military facilities and roads in Central Asia.

In the eyes of Zhang Lingyang and Junge, if the Great Zhou wanted to continue to expand westward, it would not work by sea, because the Great Zhou Navy was extremely lacking in combat experience and had no relevant accumulation. So I thought of using a series of means to confuse European countries, but secretly quietly sent troops to Central Asia, building my own outpost there, and preparing for the future invasion of West Asia.

Because the national strength of the Great Zhou was already at its peak, so since the founding of the People's Republic of China, many countries in Central Asia have actually gone to worship the Great Zhou Emperor, that is to say, in fact, these countries in Central Asia have actually been vassals to the Great Zhou, but unlike Goryeo and Siam, the Great Zhou's jurisdiction over Central Asian countries is extremely limited, and because of the rebellion of the Kazakh Department in Western Xinjiang more than ten years ago, the Great Zhou's jurisdiction over Central Asian countries is even more powerless.

But that was only more than ten years ago, and now the Great Zhou's jurisdiction over Central Asia is becoming more and more strict, especially after occupying Tianzhu, Central Asian countries are even more responsive to the Great Zhou.

The reason is very simple, since he is not Da Zhou's opponent, he can only give in......