In the first year of enlightenment, Hangzhou was really fortunate to see a series of major events that could change history.

Under the order of the regent Mao Jue, who was "so happy", it was only more than two months, and the three-story reinforced concrete office building next to Hangzhou Bay quickly rose from the ground, and the whole building was like a capital E, square and square, looking at the incomparably novel and unique people of this era, and what is even more envious and jealous is that hundreds of windows are equipped with clean and thorough Dongjiang glass.

The glass windows of Tianzi grid are much taller than the window paper of the Ming Dynasty in the old days, even the famous families in Jiangnan can't afford to install such luxury, and what Mao Jue didn't realize is that the Bauhaus style of simple building construction in later generations, because it unconsciously began to affect the architectural style of Jiangnan for hundreds of years.

The crackling firecrackers sounded fiercely, and the Hangzhou businessmen who had just been promoted to Mao Jue were applauding happily, and in their earnest attention, a big sign with gilded words was hung at the gate by more than a dozen tall regent soldiers.

Daming East India Company!

Mao Jue has been doing a big thing, and finally fluttered away, taking Hangzhou Bay as the starting point, the oriental lion began to look at the other side of the sea with tigerish eyes.

On the other hand, the pirates under Zheng Zhilong's hands also played a role, and one by one fierce characters who looked like mountain spirits and beasts turned into legitimate maritime merchants under the command of the Ming East India Company, just like the later generations contracted long-distance trucks, they and their pirates became the contracted captains of the Ming East India Company, and they could recruit merchants to carry goods and turn them into any merchant house in the East India Company's colonies to earn a huge amount of silver.

It is said that it is the East India Company, in fact, it is a little inappropriate, whether it is Europe or India, geographically speaking, it is in the west of the Ming Dynasty, but it is called this name when it is bought, and Mao Jue is too lazy to change the name.

Although it is a new beginning, but here is particularly vibrant, the third floor is still filled with a strong cement smell of the large conference room, also crowded, several company accountants sadly on one side of the continuous shaking of the table, on the other hand on the account book hard to write, on the other end, rushed over from the Beiming Dynasty under the rule of the Tiannan Haibei businessman maniac holding the imperial bank issued by the silver bills, crying and shouting inside.

If he contributes his own capital and takes over all the shares of the East India Company, even if it becomes a 100,000-strong company fleet corps, Mao Jue can afford to spend this silver, without using the treasury taxes, only his own fleet industry, there are tens of millions of taels of income every year, but this East India Company is not just a money-making company for Mao Jue, just like Britain in history, he wants to build it into a chariot for the Ming Dynasty to rule the world, then with his own strength, it is naturally not enough, Enough people have to be involved.

And only by personally participating and having vital interests, these whether they are the emerging bourgeois scholars or the old landed aristocrats, will devote themselves wholeheartedly, otherwise even if Mao Jue re-establishes a unified and powerful empire, he still can't escape the strange circle of history, the party struggle during the Apocalypse Chongzhen is not because of a group of well-dressed scholars shouting loyalty and patriotism, but in fact, they regard the world as the world of the old Zhu family, regardless of the ups and downs of your court, I just need to put money in my pocket, This kind of thinking is at work!

Therefore, after discussing with Robert, Mao Jue sold 60% of the 90% of the shares, and everyone made money together, and everyone made it together!

However, at this time, Beiming's performance is not due to Mao Jue's expectations, not to mention the newly rising Liao merchants of the old Dongjiang, the Jin merchants of Shanxi, the Shaanxi merchants of Shaanxi, and the salt merchants of Yangzhou, these have just been put into the business group under Mao Jue.

Among them, there are a lot of embarrassments!

"Huh! Brother Feng, don't you say that this is the way for the regent to take the opportunity to make money, don't you come? ”

Almost a mouthful of old blood didn't spurt out, Feng Xuewen was also stunned in disbelief and turned around, good guys, Kang Wanli, Li Fatzi, Liu Jinyao, Dong Shen, more than 100,000 family assets, more than 100 salt merchants in Yangzhou City are here, including the old guys who gathered and drank together a few days ago, and vowed never to come to Mao Jue to invest.

Listening to Dong Shen's questioning there, Feng Zongshang, who looked determined and fought to the end with the imperial salt field, rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, and made an excuse in disgust: "Originally, the old man didn't come, no, the third child of my family joined the Imperial Navy, and he was anxious to move up and let the family help, so the old man could only take tens of thousands of taels!" ”

"Brother Dong, why are you here too?"

"Hey, you're pretty good, my girl, since I saw Yangzhou, I've been fascinated by the regent's heroic posture, and I don't want to think about it. I can't help it! ”

The two weasels were making excuses there, but Kang Wanli was about to laugh when he heard it, they were really able to make it up, while the two of them were greeting each other, the old Xi'er fat man squeezed forward suddenly, holding the silver ticket high in one hand, and said with a smile: "Hey! Two brothers! Since you two are reluctant, then brother will come first! I'm really optimistic about this regent's overseas company! Admit it if you lose it! Accept and concede! ”

"Taiyuan Kang Wanli, the shopkeeper of Jinkang Commercial Bank, I want to subscribe for one million taels of shares!"

Feng Xuewen and the two big salt businessmen were dumbfounded, and Kang Wanli was already happily holding out the company's shares that had been printed more than ten times and were highly anti-counterfeiting.

Sixty percent of the shares said a lot less, not too much, this brand also went down more than half, looked at each other, face or something was thrown to Java in an instant, the two of them suddenly grinned like chicken blood, and they squeezed in desperately.

"I, Feng Xuewen, subscribe for 500,000 taels!"

"I, Dong Shen, subscribe for 800,000 taels, Brother Feng, your tens of thousands of taels are enough, you don't need so much!"

"Brother Dong, your mother's dowry is so much!"

.........

The door opposite was noisy, but in the big office, Mao Jue was standing quietly with his hands behind his back and standing in front of a big cowhide.

That's funny enough for Robert! Now that he had decided to join in, he had betrayed Britain to the bottom, and had not yet rushed back to England to convene a shareholders' meeting, and the British East India Company's ledgers, maps, logbooks, and recorded customs and customs had been sent in packs in India, in Southeast Asia, and even on the coast of Africa.

This map is the world map drawn by the British, although it is far less accurate than the world map of later generations, the outline of the continent is a little deformed, and it is the Western center that says that Europe is placed in the center of the world, but this map is worth tens of millions of taels of silver for the Ming Dynasty, worth forty years, and even countless human lives. Wherever there is a castle garrison, it is also marked on the map in small print, these are priceless treasures! It is also the hope of the future of Daming!

Mao Jue has no ambition to rule the whole world, even if the huge British Empire later fell apart, but he could not fall behind in any case the opportunity of this great voyage and the times, in his hands, the descendants of China must have a place in any corner of the world, and not the humiliating labor guest posture of later generations, but to live there as a master!

Behind him, Hangzhou Bay has been half paved in the brand-new port, more than a dozen newly launched galleons are tinkling with cannons, several from the voyage to India has been more than ten years, experienced British captains, the first mate is also in every detail to those new captains to convey valuable sailing experience, there are already people carrying the burden, followed to board the ship, to be the first batch of people to open up the Ming Dynasty, finally turned around from the map, looking at them, Mao Jue couldn't help but look at them again.

But at this time, the door creaked open, and Adelena, who was busy with messy hair, broke in with her teeth and claws, and threw a large stack of reports on the table of Mao Jue, the major shareholder.

"How the hell did you know that the King and Parliament had fallen out? I know the intelligence agencies of the entire Dongjiang River! The concubine spent a lot of money to find out the news of John II a few years ago! ”

This girl is a small man's waist pinched heavily, her little mouth is pouting, and she shouts angrily.

"Don't tell me about God! The concubine is your personal secretary! ”

"Yes, my personal secretary!"

Seeing that this girl looked like she would not give up until she reached her goal, Mao Jue had no choice but to nod helplessly, mysteriously leaned her head against the side of her little face, and deliberately lowered her voice.

"This is a top secret of the Dongjiang River, let me tell you, you must not tell others!"

"Yes! Kindness! ”

This has bothered Adriana for many years, and she immediately promised to point her little brain like a dustpan, eager to prick up her ears.

Rao Youjie is, Mao Jue lowered his voice and spoke seriously.

"Just a few days before the Englishmen came, God gave me a dream, and said, ......., oops! How do you pinch people! Ay! Ay! Don't pinch! Don't talk about God, it's a couple of Arabs! The Arabs are not good yet! Song Junshi will calculate, he told me, really! Ah!!! ”

The terrible screams could be heard clearly even in the subscription hall on the side, and in an instant, more than a dozen big businessmen from all over the country turned their heads in amazement, but in just half a second, the sign of the remaining shares was turned again, and these guys desperately raised the silver ticket forward without caring about anything.

On the golden sea of Hangzhou Bay, several ships full of tea and silk also went south leisurely in this shouting, merging into this magnificent Age of Discovery.......

(End of chapter)