What is the more profitable industry than drug trafficking in the future?

Ammunition!

Even Iron Man's family made their fortune in the arms business, and it seems that since the Age of Discovery, these Westerners have been very good at this mode of making a fortune, the most famous and notorious being the slave trade.

At the beginning, the Arabs who operated the black slave trade had a tendon in their heads, and organized a large number of troops to ride camels directly and wave this bend to kill people in Africa, and later took over the Portuguese, the Spaniards were much smarter, they used muskets to trade with the local black chiefs, encouraged and provoked the black tribes to start slave hunting wars, and then continued to exchange arms and weapons with the captured black slaves, and these well-dressed bastards did not have a drop of blood on their bodies, so they obtained thousands of slaves to develop the Americas.

And the Middle East, known as the source of chaos in later generations, has also become a testing ground for the superpowers, and the superpolitical groups wantonly stir up local religious and political contradictions, and then exchange precious oil and minerals for those things that spew fire and death.

And the profit of the arms business is even secondary, Marx once commented on the process of the British ruling India, first of all, the supreme power of the Great Mughal was destroyed by their governor, the power of the governor was destroyed by the Marathas, the rights of the Marathas were destroyed by the Afghans, and when everyone was fighting, the Britons broke in and conquered everyone!

Indian civilization is indeed great, but it is too diverse, not only religion, Hinduism, and later added Catholicism and other religious antagonisms, the contradiction between the higher castes and the lower castes, the hatred between the conquerors and the natives, and the deep estrangement between tribes, which is destined that the Indian civilization will not appear like the Chinese civilization that believes in Confucianism, and there are too many weaknesses to attack!

Although Wu Sangui did not study society as meticulously as Marx, he spent three years in the Mughals, and he was well aware of these weaknesses, and now, he is implementing the first article summarized by Marx, asking the governors to destroy the supremacy of the Mughal Central Emperor and divide them!

The Bengali army, which had been defeated on the tributaries of the Yokogawa, was reorganized, and boxes and boxes of Northern Ming Empire-standard weapons were carried up the river from Calcutta, and then Mir was installed in Mursi Dabad and then in Dhaka. The armies of Gabr, Danatan and others, but it is ironic that these descendants of nomadic knights from Central Asia still had the last pride and refused to give up the fine Damascus scimitars in their hands, and the horses under their crotches, and after obtaining these armaments that were more advanced than those provided by the French, the satraps were as always equipped with the large but demoralized light infantry corps that were forcibly recruited from the townspeople.

I'm afraid that Wu Sangui didn't give them instructions on how to use it, no matter how sharp the weapon is, it also needs strong and powerful soldiers to use, and the mercenaries of the left army who flickered under his command have also fought in the battle with the peasant army for many years, and have received more than half a year of cruel military training for recruits in Liaodong, and they are so cruel that they can kill people for fun.

If Wu Sangui led a group of native sheep, a charge would scare them all away, and he would also make a woolen thread!

In the past, the business activities of the East India Company were only limited to a few strongholds such as Calcutta, but now the company has obtained a trade charter, and in the future, the merchants under Mao Jue's command can trade in any corner of Suba, Bangladesh, and the Persian tax collectors of the Mughals in the past will also be replaced by the accountants of the East India Company, because several governors have obtained the support of the East India Company with the taxes of the Bengal treasury for the next ten years.

The level of production and commerce in the North Ming was now much higher than that of the natural economy of the small Bengal peasants, and in ten years it was enough for the fox-like directors of the East India Company to use taxes and trade to control the economy of the land.

Under the city wall of Dingwu Fort, Mir and Danatan, who had escorted the last batch of weapons and equipment, waved their hands goodbye with satisfaction, but Wu Sangui, who stood on the city wall and came out to see them off, looked at the back of the two of them, but the corners of their mouths hooked up a deep sneer.

"A few idiots!"

The Age of Discovery is the first era of globalization, this time and space has Mao Jue, once in this important historical period of a step behind China, now is striding to catch up, this end, the Mughal Empire has just produced a series of changes, that end, the port of Hangzhou, immediately enjoyed the benefits brought by this change.

Hangzhou Bay, the warm port seems to grow a forest from a distance, all are dense masts, leaning on the first floor of the East India Company headquarters building on the edge of the port, lined up desks are piled with thick business documents, one by one, trained, capable male and female accountants are flying with their fingers like flying bar-la-la-la, nearly half of the goods in Southeast Asia are swallowing in their hands, while calculating, while these "brain nerve cells" also have to predict the future direction of business, In order to provide more reasonable import and export advice for the company's businessmen.

"Obtained the right to levy taxes in Bangladesh! This year's rice and grain imports will increase by 30 percent compared with last year, and in addition to the operation of the Huguang commercial grain base, grain prices will inevitably fall, and the purchase price of the Jiangnan region will be lowered in an all-round way! ”

"The right to free trade has been obtained! Commerce can penetrate into the borderes of the independent states of the Bilhasuba, Orissa Subba and the central Marathas, and the demand for tobacco, wine, porcelain, tools, silk and other goods has increased by 22 percent compared to last year! ”

"Given the turbulent political landscape of the Mughal Empire, the demand for arms has risen by three hundred percent! Increase orders for the Liaodong Arsenal! ”

Bang bang bang~

Now the board of directors may be busier than Mao Jue, the emperor, holding a thick stack of urgent business documents, and the confidential secretaries under the board of directors are like industrious bees, going into room by room, to card round red seals, but when they arrive at the office of the acting executive director, they can't knock on the door this time.

As the spokesperson of Mao Jue, a major shareholder in Jiangnan, Luo Ningluo's shopkeeper actually skipped work!

At this time, in an inconspicuous tavern on the shore of the West Lake, it is estimated that no one could have imagined that this petite woman wrapped in black veil and dressed like Arab women in later generations, was the shopkeeper of Luoda who could bankrupt a country with a cough.

And opposite her, she is also not an unknown person, the Southern Ming Empire recently added to the cabinet, or the governor of Wenzhou, Wuyingdian scholar Zhang Pu.

The changes brought by Mao Jue are really big, even if Mr. Renxue, who was full of articles in the past, is now full of copper smell, looking left and right cautiously, Zhang Pu completely lost the arrogance when facing Donglin's predecessors, and saluted with a smiling face in an extremely low profile.

"Zhang visits the shopkeeper Luo!"

However, Luo Ning did not show the slightest respect for him, the prime minister of the empire, but his handsome little face was full of impatience, and he asked impatiently and rudely: "What about my brother?" ”

"I'm here!"

In the same rude and impatient voice, Luo Zhen really showed her head with great difficulty, and agreed, but this sentence, as if she was a great gift to Luo Ning, instantly filled her cheeks with a warm smile like an angel, and said happily and hurriedly.

"Xiao Jin, you are finally willing to come back!"

"I've ordered someone to prepare a banquet on the side of the old mansion, it's all your favorite food! There is also a fragrant soup bath ready for you! Let's go with my sister! ”

The little hand stretched out longly, who knew that Luo Zhen shook off the cloak and stepped back like an electric shock, making Luo Ning's hand stay in the air in embarrassment, and a deep loss also appeared in her pupils.

The contradiction between the sister and brother made Zhang Pu also show embarrassment, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Luo don't worry, now Lord Luo is already a high-ranking official of my household department, specializing in opening the sea and commerce, counting, he is still half of Zhang's top boss!" ”

"Squire?"

Hearing this official name, a look of contempt appeared on Luo Ning's face again, but in a blink of an eye, he looked at Luo Zhen with anticipation.

"Xiao Jin, come back! You want power, in the current East India Company, any position is more powerful than the first assistant of this grasshopper country, and even as long as you want, my sister can help you build a country overseas, you are the king! Okay? ”

"Humph! Back then, you instructed that lowly and brutal martial artist to cut off my legs! Cut off my hope! And now you still want me to grovel in front of that rebel thief? My achievements today are all due to my efforts, and this son will never accept the charity of that rebellious minister and thief! You're dead to this heart! ”

With a cold face, Luo Zhen roared out fiercely with incomparable hatred, which once again made the warmth on Luo Ning's face dim, and after a long time, she nodded with great difficulty.

"Since you're doing well, that's good, that's good"

"Shopkeeper Luo!"

After a few more seconds, Zhang Pu came in in a difficult interjection: "What did you think about the acquisition of the Nanyang goods in Wenzhou that the official mentioned to you last time?" ”

The conversation returned to business, Luo Ning instantly became shrewd and sharp, holding her arms, she sat up straight with disdain, and said coldly: "Lord Zhang, the last concubine body has made it very clear, the company has most of the supply of goods in Southeast Asia, your things, the company is not rare at all, the price of thirty percent, sell it or not, it's up to you!" ”

"Thirty percent is too low! Luo shopkeeper! Add another 20%! ”

Last year's catastrophe, almost the Nanming industry and commerce fell apart, even if the Fushe achieved a phased victory in the court, but it could not change the status quo of the business war fiasco, but also caused the hostility of the big landlords in Donglin, holding the silver, Qian Qianyi as the representative of the Jiangnan landlords would rather import Southeast Asian spices and jade luxury goods from Hangzhou and Quanzhou, rather than come to the rescue of the city, it is really a little desperate, Zhang Pu can only put down his body, and actually ran to the old enemy to plead.

But even if the hostile relationship between the two sides is abandoned, in business, the spice pearls from Southeast Asia are enough to saturate the market, how can Luo Ning spend a high price to buy these things in Wenzhou?

However, there are always some things in the world that outweigh interests, this one, Luo Ning just ruthlessly refused, and Luo Zhen was already annoyed and stood up, roaring angrily.

"Master Zhang, I told you a long time ago that this slut is a loyal lackey surnamed Mao, so you don't need to talk to her too much! Let's go! ”

"I am the servant of the household, Your Majesty will blame it, and I will bear it alone!"

"Xiao Jin, you!"

The composure and shrewdness vanished, and Luo Ning stood up again in a panic and stretched out his hand forward.

didn't leave, Zhang Pu's face was ugly, and he also held his fists and bowed heavily.

"Shopkeeper Luo, please!"

"This"

In an instant, Luo Ning's heart was completely confused.