The song of the three brothers began to sing for a long time, carrying cement and stones, and the blackened natives carrying dirt bags and shouting trumpets came and went, piling up building materials into piles, and people pushing the soil back and forth on the playground with rakes, and the originally small and inconspicuous fishing village of Kolkata became a big construction site in their busyness.

Forty years earlier, the castle of the East India Company began to stand on the land of Bengal, and it was supposed to be built in secrecy, but it also became bright here, because it was the fief of the Governor of Bengal to Wu Sangui.

Although it seems absurd now, a fight can actually get such a piece of land, but in fact, in the medieval knight era, this phenomenon is too common, not only in the Mughals, in Western Europe, France, Germany and England, there are often poor jingle knights with their own force, through knight jousting to win fiefdom castles, hugging beauties, and even the famous Lionheart Charlie was particularly fascinated by knight jousts.

It is also a feudal rule in this era for the lord to reward the fiefs of the brave, but this time the Bengali Nawab thought that Wu Sangui was the East India Company's means of showing off its force to seek territory, and it was not so willing.

In any case, one of the strongest nails of the East India Company in the Mughal Empire was planted, and in Calcutta, several British engineers of the East India Company shouted at the nearby conscripted native laborers, and on the drawings, a typical Dutch fortress was slowly drawn into shape.

It is a bit similar to the Japanese flat city method, directly use the soil to pad out five or six meters high, the circumference of more than 800 meters of the earth mountain, the outer layer is stacked with bricks and stones, and four circular fortresses with battlements are set up around, so that the whole city has no defensive dead ends, this is the first layer of the city wall, in the center of a hundred meters, and a stone wall three meters high and more than one meter wide, several small buildings of the East India Company are completely protected inside, so that even if the enemy breaks through the first city wall, the defenders can still rely on the second wall and the gatehouse to resist shooting.

In the very center, there are wells dug down and hollowed out underground storage rooms to store grain, the Dutch War of Independence fought for 80 years, and it is by relying on this fortress that the ground blocked the attack of the Spanish Army, which was several times more numerous and dozens of times more elite and well-fed, and advanced weapons, and dragged down the Spanish Empire by relying on the fortress.

However, what kind of castle is built, Wu Sangui does not care about it for the time being, what makes him care is Zhang Canghai's guarantee, this time he is out of the limelight, and also makes the company's local staff realize his importance, the company's big shopkeeper in Calcutta Zhang Canghai is patting his chest and assuring him that he wants to write to the company, wanting to keep him in the local area and act as a military governor.

When the army is transferred back, it has to start over, and in the naval division, there may not be any opportunity to make meritorious contributions in a short period of time, but here, it is simply the starting point of the career! There are too many opportunities for one person to face an empire! Provoking in front of the court of the Governor of Bangladesh, Wu Sangui was trying to create a tense atmosphere and create a situation in which he could stay, but the result was much better than he expected.

However, the plan is in the people, but the success is in Mao Jue, if he does not agree, no matter how much he builds momentum, it is in vain, with his back to the fortress being built in the dust, standing on the Dongjiang sea boat anchored at the mouth of the Ganges River, Wu Sangui is looking to the east.

What is Mao Jue doing at this time?

Mao Jue is spending money!

The city of Hangzhou in the first year of enlightenment really hit the big luck, a large amount of silver fell heavily on its body, the whole city seems to be renovated, some old buildings were demolished, built a little similar to the small building like the residential community in later generations, the storefront of the street was tripled, the southeast city wall was pulled out as a whole, and the size of the city was doubled to the port.

And in the center of the new town, a circular building resembling the Roman Grand Dueling Arena is also in full swing.

At this time, the extension has been almost built, and the interior decoration is busy.

The whole of China, it is estimated that such a building is also unique, the whole building is divided into four areas, the northeast is the Imperial Department Store, the three-story model is very similar to the department store of later generations, but what is sold here are luxury goods, mink coats from the north, it is rare to see one on weekdays, here, it is like the fur shop of later generations, the whole house is all, the shelves are full, it seems extremely luxurious.

There are also ivory muskets, kerosene lighters, pocket watches, large pendulum clocks, local gold ornaments, silver ornaments, Western bird's nests, Burmese jadeite and precious stones, converted into the price of later generations, the cheapest thing here is not 10,000 Mao Grandpa.

The decoration of the whole shopping mall is also extremely luxurious, the walls are all large tiles produced in Jingdezhen, the ground is paved with neat marble, the lighting is also all golden copper lamps, and the light yellow candle is illuminated, each store has a feeling of golden brilliance, filled with the atmosphere of luxury in the upper class.

Immediately next to the southeast side of this place is designed as a huge opera house, the entire grand theater is more than ten meters high, hundreds of meters long and wide, dense stairs and box buildings fan shape to wrap the tall stage in it, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people to watch here.

Traditional Chinese drama music is just the enjoyment of the rich public in the backyard, this time was Mao Jue on a broader stage, some famous opera artists from all over the country have been invited by Mao Jue, come here to perform, I believe that here, the future will burst out countless brilliant artistic sparks.

The birthplace of American fashion in later generations is Hollywood, with this super department store and grand theater, Mao Jue believes that there will be nothing to do in Hollywood in the future.

The east side is more or less connected to art, and the west side is naked towards money, and this is the casino!

Although it is a casino, it is also a tall casino, compared to those traditional gambling houses of the Ming Dynasty, the messy environment, the simple seat gambling equipment, the smoky air, the ragged gamblers who wear it are simply worlds apart, the gambling hall is spacious and bright, the whole ground is covered with a red carpet, and the crystal lamp produced by the Dongjiang River is hung on the head.

The tall gambling table and the beautiful dealer in the later movies were also cleaned up by Mao Jue, and the well-dressed rich people held the beauties with their left hands and the wine glasses in their right hands, and the scenes of spending a lot of money were believed to be full of this place soon.

Along with the casino is the hotel, Mao Jue's White Horse Hot Spring Valley Officer Club has been recreated here, hot spring baths, spacious and luxurious presidential suites, even the Forbidden City of Beijing, there is no luxury here.

Daming is indeed the country of porcelain, but like Mao Jue, the porcelain is covered with walls, this is also the first, in order to build this incomparably extravagant city square, Mao Jue spent more than 9 million taels of silver, if the spring is knowledgeable, see Mao Jue so lavishly spend silver taels, it is estimated that Chongzhen's eyes are red and alive once.

Of course, this unprecedented luxury has also attracted unanimous criticism from the government and the opposition to those old antiques.

"Your Highness, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity!"

Because of this, Sun Chuanting specially killed him from Jingshi, just like two repeaters, his face was full of sadness, and he kept nagging behind Mao Jue about their doctor's set of Chen sesame rotten grain.

"Emperor Yao is all over the world, the house has no tile covered with thatch, Emperor Shun is benevolent and righteous overseas, personally ploughing and longmu, serving pudding layer by layer, the Ming monarchs of the past dynasties, all advocate diligence and thrift!"

"Regent, now that the troubled times are not peaceful, the vitality of the world is greatly damaged, it is really not appropriate to build such a large number of buildings, and the people advocate gambling, which is unheard of in ancient times, what you have done recently is really heartbreaking for the old minister!"

"Your Highness, !!"

"Elder Ge, !!"

Early in the morning, he was picked up by this old cat like a seedling, Mao Jue's head was also three points bigger, he couldn't help it, he also learned Sun Chuanting's tone and pulled a long note sadly, but the next words were choked Sun Chuanting almost out of breath.

"Did you spend your money alone?"

"Your Highness, a porridge and a meal, the people's fat and the people's ointment!"

Rolling his eyes again, Mao Jue also shouted sadly: "Is there any silver in the Lonely Flower Treasury?" ”

It's really choked Sun Chuanting out of words, if Mao Jue wants to use the money from the Qiu Fu and the commercial tax remittance to the household, it is estimated that it is impossible, a group of old antiques will be stuck like a thief, but on the contrary, unlike the emperors of the past dynasties, Mao Jue is simply rich, and the newly added Xu, Luo, Tong, and An railways have not moved the user department and this luxurious and outrageous Hangzhou City Square, which was also built by Mao Jue out of his own pocket.

The only thing that can be regarded as a national asset is the navy of the Ming Empire, but it is not like the army, and now it has begun to be paid by the household department, and the military salary of 100,000 people in the navy is still Mao Jue's own money, which is equivalent to Mao Jue's private army, Sun Chuanting can't find fault with it.

If the ministers did not support it during the Chongzhen period, Emperor Chongzhen would not even be able to take out the money to mobilize an army, but here in Mao Jue, the traditional scholar doctor's method of restraining the emperor is not good!

Otherwise, Sun Chuanting wouldn't have had to go all the way to Hangzhou to find Mao Jue to grind his mouth.

"Your Highness! Even if it's your personal wealth, you have to think about your children and grandchildren! Wanli built a lot of construction, to Chongzhen Ye here is empty, no silver to pay, this caused such a disaster, you leave some for future generations, children and grandchildren are anxious, and they will also thank you for your kindness! ”

The big reason doesn't make sense, Sun Chuanting is playing the emotional card here, but unfortunately, Mao Jue, who listened to it, still rolled his eyes, and with his hand, he took out a big piece of silver from the money bag and handed it to Sun Chuanting.

"Master Sun, please, eat it!"

(End of chapter)