Zhu Cijiong came to Zheng Zhilong to understand the overseas form, after all, he is a science student, most of his domestic history is obtained by watching novels and TV series, and he doesn't know anything about foreign history, but he vaguely knows that now is probably the so-called Age of Discovery in the West, and the maritime powers include Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Britain and France, and he doesn't know any more.

If you want to do business with the European powers, you must first find out their truth and truth, otherwise not only will you not make money, but not a bad person, ship, or cargo will lose money.

Zheng Zhilong knew the situation of the European powers in great detail, and judging from his description, it was the period when the Netherlands and Spain were vying for supremacy at sea.

The Netherlands is an upstart at sea, only became independent from Spain a few decades ago, but with its strong shipbuilding capabilities, it soon surpassed Portugal and Spain and became the country with the most ships, according to the statistics of Spain and the Portuguese, there are now about 20,000 sea ships in the world, of which the Netherlands has at least 10,000 ships, which means that the Netherlands has more sea ships than all other countries combined!

With a powerful fleet, the Dutch gradually monopolized maritime trade and became the current overlord of the seas.

And Spain is said to be very strong, after all, they have an absolute advantage in population, and the Dutch fart is larger, and more than a million people have to die, and even their own merchant ships have to be hired to drive. Spain is different, dozens of times the size of the Netherlands, and it is said that the population has reached tens of millions.

But the king of Spain was too capable of causing trouble, making enemies everywhere, and going to war on all sides, and it is said that Spain had fought with more than a dozen countries around the world, including Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and France, and that the wealth they plundered from the colonies had long been exhausted in one war after another, and now they were living in debt, and had declared bankruptcy three times!

With the enemy of the whole world, this Spanish royal family is really crazy!

As for the old power, Portugal, it is said that they are dying of big eyes and small bellies, they already have more than 50 colonies in the world, and they are still not satisfied, and they are still opening up new battlefields everywhere, you must know that the whole of Portugal was only about a million people at that time, and less than 100,000 can go to the battlefield!

100,000 people have robbed more than 50 colonies and are not satisfied, and if they still want to rob, they can only survive. This is not an exaggeration at all, you must know that a country as large as Brazil is only one of their more than 50 colonies, and more than a million people rule more than 20 million square kilometers of colonies.

This was arguably the most miserable time for Portugal, when they had so many colonies and the mainland was annexed by Spain. It is said that King Philip II of Spain annexed Portugal for a simple reason, he said that he had half Portuguese royal blood, so he should be the king of Portugal, and then he annexed Portugal!

Well, the reason is really powerful.

To say that there is no blood relationship between the royal families of Europe, to annex other countries for this reason, it can only be said that this Philip II is really awesome!

The remaining Britain and France are said to have fought the Anglo-French war for more than 100 years, and now they have not eased up, and Britain is a little better, at least occupying North America. France was miserable, having just finished the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France and confronted the Holy Roman Empire, and now it is still fighting, fighting, and fighting on the European continent, until the sky is dark, the sun and the moon are dark, and there is no energy to rob the colonies at all.

At that time, the situation at sea was probably like this, and in general it was still favorable to the Ming Dynasty, and the European powers were fighting happily, and basically had no energy to target the Ming Dynasty. Only the Netherlands occupied the treasure island of Taiwan in order to compete for the sea control in East Asia, but with those 1,000 or 2,000 troops, they could not hold such a large area, and Zhu Cijiong would have to take him back sooner or later.

Of course, now that the eight characters are still in the past, the navy of the Ming Dynasty can be described as a blank, and even the private armed forces under Zheng Zhilong can't do it, let alone go to war with the Netherlands, the overlord of the sea.

Zhu Cijiong roughly analyzed the current situation, and his position on Zheng Zhilong is higher, and this person must be well wooed. He has countless trading points in the South Seas, as well as trade channels with Spain, Portugal, and even the Netherlands, and more importantly, he also has the invincible maritime power in Southeast Asia.

Time is money, and countless riches around the world are beckoning to our little emperor Zhu Cijiong, depending on when he will build an invincible armada and go to grab it.

The first step was to get Zheng Zhilong, so after Zheng Zhilong finished introducing the situation at sea, Zhu Cijiong immediately shot a sugar-coated cannonball.

The first shell was Zheng Zhilong's precious son Zheng Sen, and our Zhu Cijiong put his arm around Zheng Sen's shoulders and said, "I and Ling Lang are quite close to each other, and I want to recognize him as a royal brother, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Royal brother! That's not the equivalent of a prince! Can Zheng Zhilong be unwilling! He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Thank the emperor for his grace." ”

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said cordially: "In the future, we will be a family, so there is no need to be so polite." ”

Zheng Zhilong is shrewd, the emperor's attitude is obviously a little wrong, there must be some intention. However, his sons are all proper princes, this is a great glory of the glory of the ancestors, what if the emperor has any attempts, a prince is already worth him to exchange for a lot of things.

Thinking of this, he said tentatively: "I don't know what else the emperor commands?" ”

This is the hint: Your Majesty, you can make a price.

He used the word "command" quite subtly, which means that as long as it is not too excessive, he will not shirk.

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I want to make a few deals with you." ”

Trade? And a few! Zheng Zhilong is a little confused, let's say that code words can't work, why do you use the word transaction directly? How embarrassing!

But he is the emperor, he can say whatever he wants, who cares, he can only follow the emperor's meaning and ask cautiously: "I don't know what the emperor wants to trade?" ”

Zhu Cijiong explained in detail: "I plan to integrate all the confiscated workshops and set up several large workshops such as Jiangnan Weaving, Jiangnan Porcelain, and Jiangnan Tea Industry, specializing in the production of silk, cloth, porcelain and tea, and I also have a Tianjin Weaving in Tianjinwei, which also specializes in the production of cloth. The things produced by so many big workshops will definitely not be sold out, and I want to set up a Ming Western trading company to do business with foreigners. How about handing over all your overseas trading points to me? I'll give you a 10% share. ”

Zheng Zhilong was a little dizzy when he heard this, and he asked curiously: "Please forgive Weichen for being stupid, what does this trading company mean?" ”

Zhu Cijiong slapped his forehead and said: "It's a business name, and the trading company is the name of a foreigner." ”

It turned out to be a business name, which means that the emperor is ready to meddle in the transaction with foreigners, but he just wants to use a few trading points he has set up in Nanyang. This feeling is good, Jiangnan weaving, Jiangnan porcelain, Jiangnan tea industry, Tianjin weaving, as soon as you hear these names, you know that it is definitely a big scary workshop, the profit is absolutely high, and Yicheng's shares are afraid that his current income is higher.

What is there to hesitate about, Zheng Zhilong replied directly: "But it is up to the emperor to decide." ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and said temptingly: "I don't know if you are interested in the king of Zhennan." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his eyes almost popped out, just kidding, who is not interested in the king of Zhennan! Zheng Sen was already excited to be an idle prince, but he didn't expect that he could be the king of Zhennan who held great power, and he was willing to pay a big price.

He was so excited that he even forgot to say the secret words, and asked directly: "I don't know what the emperor wants?" ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "I don't want you anything, I just want to bring all your naval army into the regular establishment of the imperial court, and it is still under your command, but you must obey the dispatch of the imperial court in the future." ”

This means that you can't be a pirate in the future, and you have to restrain your subordinates according to the requirements of the regular army.

Zheng Zhilong knelt on the ground excitedly and shouted, "Weichen thanks the emperor for his grace." ”

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was so refreshing, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help laughing and said, "Hahaha, okay, from now on you will be the king of Zhennan, hereditary replacement." I have authorized you to be the governor of the three provinces south of the Yangtze River, to train a naval army for me, and to guard the southeast coast. ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect the emperor to give him so much power, the governor of the military affairs of the three provinces in Jiangnan, that is the real king of Zhennan, who dares not to listen to him in Jiangnan.

He was so excited that he was incoherent for a while, and he actually knelt on the ground and swore an oath: "Weichen swears allegiance to the emperor to the death." ”

Seeing his stupid appearance, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but laugh in his heart: "Hehe, the authorization can be withdrawn, and besides, you won't be the king of Zhennan for long, when Zheng Sen grows up, you should retire, he is much more reliable than you." ”

Of course, on the surface, he definitely couldn't say it, he put the icing on the cake and said: "In the future, you will sit in Nanjing, I see that the Wei Mansion is quite good, and the maids and slaves are ready-made, so I will reward you to be the Zhennan Palace." ”

Zheng Zhilong was naturally grateful, and swore again and again that he would definitely do his best to run the three provinces south of the Yangtze River for him.