What are the benefits of the alliance of the three countries, Zhu Cijiong saw that Philip IV looked reluctant, smiled and shook his head, and slowly began to explain the benefits of the alliance of the three countries.

First, he asked Schvera to take out a huge map of Europe, spread it out on the conference table, and then pointed to the mouth of the Guadiana River at the junction of Portugal and southern Spain: "Daming plans to build a huge processing base and trade area here, as well as a huge port, and a railway connecting Lisbon and Madrid, where the raw materials transported from the Americas can be processed into various commodities and sold to Europe and even all over the world." ”

Philip IV was accustomed to grabbing benefits directly from the colonies, and what could be faster than robbing money? He said with a lack of interest: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please forgive me for taking the liberty of making such a lot of effort, it is better to build a few more super battleships, with super battleships, we can seize more colonies, so there will be a steady stream of wealth!" ”

Zhu Cijiong fainted when he heard the wrong words, this Philip IV is a typical early colonial thought, he knows plunder, he doesn't know how to build, he must know that there are many resources that are non-renewable, and there will always be a day when he will be robbed, what should he do at that time?

He smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the world is so big, there is so much wealth, if you don't create wealth, there will always be a day when it will be over!" ”

This Philip IV really didn't think about it, he was stunned when he heard this, and sat there embarrassed, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, for example: "Like the Netherlands, how many colonies do they have, but if you look at their current achievements, there are more than 10,000 ocean-going merchant ships alone, and I don't know how much income there is, does Spain have more of them?" Even Daming's annual income is not as high as theirs! ”

Philip IV's resentment towards the Netherlands was even deeper than the Atlantic, and he couldn't help but retort when he heard this: "Didn't they also start by plundering, if they didn't rob it, where did they get so much money!" ”

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and sighed when he heard this: "Maybe they robbed a lot of money, but I am sure that they made more money than they robbed, Schwila, you can tell His Majesty the King about the situation of the Dutch East India Company." ”

Hearing this, Schwera respectfully saluted the three bigwigs, and then said loudly: "The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602 and has certain state functions, and also carries out colonial plundering in the Far East, but his main function is to monopolize the trade in the Far East. By 1932, in just 30 years, the Dutch East India Company had developed into a super-large company with hundreds of thousands of employees, more than 100 warships and hundreds of merchant ships, almost monopolizing the trade of sugar, deerskin, venison, antlers, rattan, rice, spices, pepper, amber, linen, cotton and other goods in the Far East, and also monopolized the trade of silk, pottery and tea in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Sixty million taels! The annual income of one company alone is more than a third of the annual income of the entire country of Spain, is there only one company in the Netherlands? There must be more than that, they have more than one shipbuilding company, which means that even if the Netherlands does not have an overseas colony, the annual income can surpass that of Spain!

Philip IV was completely shocked, and he was moved: "Is there really such a high profit? ”

Zhu Cijiong said directly to Shi Weila: "How much can your Daming Portuguese trading company earn this year?" ”

When Shi Vera heard this, he smiled shyly: "How can my small company compare with His Majesty's big company, this year's annual income is estimated to be 50 million taels, which is not as good as any company under His Majesty the Emperor." ”

When Philip IV heard this, his eyes were about to burst out, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, how many companies do you have?" Is the annual income really that high? ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there are only four companies under my umbrella, haven't they all built branches here, as for the annual income, the total last year was less than 200 million taels, and it may be a little stronger this year, and I don't know how much I have now." ”

It's less than 200 million taels! Spain's annual income is not less than 200 million taels, that is to say, the Ming Empire can surpass Spain in terms of income by relying on the four companies under the royal family alone!

At this time, Philip IV had already developed a strong interest in doing business, but he also knew that it was not that a business could make money, nor that it was an individual who would do business, what kind of business to do, what to invest in, and how long it would take to make money, he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty the Emperor, how long have you been in business with these four companies, and how much money have you invested?" ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he knew that the king had taken the bait, so he hurriedly flickered: "These four companies were only established two years ago, but their predecessors, Daming Xinglong Firm and Daming Western Commerce, have been established for four or five years, and I didn't invest any money at the beginning, you also know that there are many industries under the imperial court or the government, but most of them are military, I just separated the civilian industry from it, reorganized it, and developed it!" ”

Philip IV's jaw was about to drop when he heard this, and he asked in disbelief, "It's that simple?" It has developed in four or five years! ”

Of course, it's not that simple, but Zhu Cijiong didn't want to fool Philip IV, he pretended to think: "It's difficult, it must be a little, in order to regain the Far East market, I fought a hard battle with the Netherlands, and it was precisely because the Ming Dynasty took back Formosa and seized the dominance of the Far East market that my company developed so rapidly." ”

The shocking battle between the Ming and the Netherlands in Manila Bay, Philip IV, is naturally very clear, because Manila is his colony, but is this also called difficult! You must know that in the whole of America, except for Spain and Portugal, they are now discussing an alliance with Portugal, and the entire American market does not need to be seized at all, as well as Europe and Africa, as long as the anti-Habsburg alliance is defeated, this market is not Spain's!

In other words, as long as he is willing to open a company, he will be able to surpass the Ming royal family in a few years!

Thinking of this, he immediately asked eagerly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, how exactly does this company open?" ”

Zhu Cijiong's eyes rolled, and he pretended to be embarrassed: "I really don't know this very well, the specific things are all done by those courtiers under me, but Count Schwila should be very clear about this, your Ming Portuguese trading company seems to have been established at the end of last year, right?" ”

It was only established last year, and this year's income can reach 50 million taels! This is faster than robbing money, Philip IV looked at Svera as if he was looking at a peerless beauty, and coveted: "Svera, how did you do it, it was only established last year, and this year's income is 50 million taels, you won't find a few gold mountains, right?" ”

Shi Vera was stunned by his ambiguous eyes, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, Your Majesty the King, the reason why my Daming Portuguese trading company can make so much money is because of the help of His Majesty the Great Emperor, most of my goods are purchased from Daming, and many of the semicolons in the Far East are opened in Daming's vassal countries, without the permission of His Majesty the Emperor, I can't make so much money at all!" ”

When Philip IV heard this, he looked at Zhu Cijiong dumbfounded, for a long time, Schwila's company also relied on His Majesty the Emperor to make so much money!

Zhu Cijiong saw Philip IV's expression and knew that the heat was enough, and His Majesty the King should have been persuaded and was ready to sincerely cooperate with Daming and Portugal.

He finally encouraged: "Schwila is right, cooperation can be a win-win situation, my Daming Royal Western Trading Company can also rely on him to develop so fast, if His Majesty the King wants to set up a company, I have a lot of business to cooperate with His Majesty, for example, His Majesty the King can buy weapons and ammunition from my Daming Royal Machinery Group, and then take them to the Holy Roman Empire to sell, there are hundreds of princes there now, the market is big enough, right?" Also, the amount of copper in Daming is getting bigger and bigger, just the Americas are rich in copper ore, His Majesty the King can let the natives dig it out, and then transport it to Europe to be processed into copper, and then sell it to Daming, not to mention more, thousands of tons of Daming are still eaten in a year! ”