Just as the envoys of Yang Anguo and Pingyi visited the Golden Horde, Wu Guocheng, the head of the Great Zhou Republic who was far away in Tianjin, was meeting with one of his cousins, Wu Guohao, the leader of the Yijiu faction, in his official residence.

Wu Guohao is not a politician, nor a soldier, but a wealthy businessman. He is the largest shareholder of Republic Bank and Bank of Tianjin, in addition to owning stakes in several overseas concessionaire chambers. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich enough to rival the country.

And now the main business of the Republic Bank is also very different from when it was first established. No longer engaged in the business of singing and selling, brewing, real estate, publishing, etc., all of which were spun off from Republic Bank and owned by the heirs of different branches of the samurai lineage.

The main industries that now support the republican commercial empire are heavy industries such as metallurgy, military industry, shipbuilding, and mining (it should be heavy handicraft industry, after all, the era of industrialization has not yet arrived).

Eight hundred years later, these industries may be considered sunset industries. But now it's still very vibrant!

"Sixteenth brother, the people from the Military Machinery Division said that the Mongols were not so easy to defeat, and they were very good at fighting. There is a good chance that this war will last for decades! ”

Wu Guocheng smiled and talked about the war. Decades of war seemed like a trivial matter to the Führer, nicknamed "Old Captain".

Wu Guohao is younger than Wu Guocheng, 40 years old, with a delicate appearance and three strands of beard. In the entire Wu family's national character generation, he is sixteen, so he is often called sixteen brothers or sixteen langs.

He sat across from the Führer, looking big and without a flattering expression on his face.

In the Great Zhou Republic, the head of state was not the supreme ruler. That is, the original Wu Haogu and Wu Yijiu had relatively much power, and then the generation was not as good as the generation.

And by the time of the nearly 100th anniversary of the Republic, the development of the New World and the advancement of firearms technology had led to a decline in the status of military citizens in the political life of the country. The status of merchants has been rising...... The current Great Zhou Republic is almost the same as the Eastern Song Empire, a country manipulated by merchants behind their backs!

As one of the leaders of the wealthy merchant group that can manipulate the country, although Wu Guohao does not have any official position, he has no less power than his cousin of the head of state, but he does not have the historical status of the latter.

"Decades?" Wu Guohao is a taciturn man who doesn't talk much, but he can always get to the point, "Then there will be decades of big business!" ”

Fighting a war is a business!

Wu Guocheng smiled and nodded: "Brother Sixteen, this business is not just about selling ordnance and gunpowder!" ”

"Oh?" Wu Guohao responded, noncommittal.

Wu Guocheng continued: "And you can easily develop the east coast of North America!" ”

"The East Coast of North America?" Wu Guohao was stunned, "Third brother (Wu Guocheng Xingsan), do you want to ship from Xinyuezhou?" ”

"Will it work?" Wu Guocheng asked, "Have you read the report of the United States of America on coal and iron resources and inland water transportation in the four states of Xinyuezhou, Xinbinzhou, Xinzezhou, and Xinhuzhou?" What a great place! The north and the south can't compare! ”

The Chosen One! Place is certainly good...... However, the development of North America in this time and space did not start on the East Coast, but on the West Coast. So decades after the colonization of North America began, the east coast of North America is still very sparsely populated.

If there are few people, it will naturally not be able to develop.

Therefore, to develop the east coast of North America, the first thing is to attract more Han Chinese to settle down. And in order to attract the Han population, it is necessary to have the opportunity to make money.

Although the land on the east coast of North America is fertile and rich in resources, there are no gold, silver and chalcopyrite mines that attract Han Chinese immigrants.

Without profiteering, it will naturally not be able to attract Han immigrants. So now on the east coast of North America and the four states of the Great Lakes region, including Xinyuezhou, Xinbinzhou, Xinjiezhou, and Xinhuzhou, except for the garrison, are prisoners in exile.

"Brother Sixteen," Wu Guocheng said, "you think, if the battle to encircle and suppress Temujin takes decades, the battlefield will range from the barbarians of the Western Regions to the black soil belt of Eastern Europe, as well as Persia and Dashi. The demand for military products is huge! Military products have always been lucrative, and it should be possible to pay more wages to the workers of the factories in Xinyuezhou. ”

"However, the cost of building a factory in Xinyuezhou is also high, and the salary paid is ......."

"But shipping costs have dropped." Wu Guocheng said, "If the goods are shipped from Xuzhou, the sailing ship will have to sail at sea for half a year or more before it can reach Gibraltar. If you ship from Xinyuezhou, you can get to Gibraltar in a maximum of 20 days.

In addition, the duration of the voyage at sea is shorter, and the risk is lower. There is less protection to pay...... It's all money! ”

Wu Guohao was still silent.

"Besides," Wu Guocheng said again, "Brother Sixteen always knows what our family's ancestors say about North America, right?" ”

"The Chosen One!"

"Yes!" Wu Guocheng nodded, "Since it is the chosen one, there will be great development there sooner or later!" Shouldn't we go to more enclosures of land in our own house? ”

"Rodeo?" Wu Guohao asked, "Where is the circle?" ”

Wu Guocheng said with a smile: "Ports, estuaries, mines, woodlands...... The good stuff is still a little bit. Sixteenth brother, as long as the Republic Bank is willing to set up factories and mines in any of the four states, including Xinyue State, New Binzhou, New Jersey, and New Lake State, and employs more than 10,000 people, the Republic Bank is allowed to have a radius of 100 miles in any non-private land in North America. ”

"That's all?" Wu Guohao was still noncommittal.

Wu Guocheng let out a sigh and looked at his cousin, "Brother Sixteen, you say, what do you want?" ”

"Make money!" Wu Guohao said, "I must ensure that the factory I opened in North America can be profitable!" That's the most important thing...... You can't do a business that loses money! As long as we can make money, we will naturally increase our investment in North America, and we don't need to circle any land. ”

"How can you guarantee to make money when you do business things?" Wu Guocheng frowned.

"You can give a stipend!" Wu Guohao spat out two words, "The government of the United States of America has a large surplus and can provide subsidies to the commercial banks that go forward to set up factories and develop cities." In this way, the eastern part of North America can be developed very quickly. ”

"This ......," Wu Guocheng thought for a moment, "I can't be the master of this." ”

Wu Guohao smiled: "You are the head of state, as long as you suggest, I can go to Donghua Mansion to lobby the United States Parliament." ”

Donghuafu is the capital of the United States of America, located on the west coast of North America, between Haidong Province and Xinxiang Province, which is about the location of San Francisco. Now it is called Xinhua Mansion, and there is also a common name, called Jinsha Town. Because there are many gold mines in the area, it is so commonly known.

And in the territory of the United States of America, there are many places with "gold, silver, and copper" in their names, and they are all mineralized!

Therefore, the Zhuxia immigrants who went to the Americas with the dream of making a fortune would get off the ship and go straight to those places with the names of "gold, silver, and copper". Don't even want the land that you gave away for nothing!

Only immigrants whose dreams of gold mining have been shattered will go to get a piece of land to settle down, or do some small business.

As for working in the New World, they generally went to places with the names of "gold, silver, and copper", where the wages were very high, and it was easy to save a fortune.

And other resources on the land of North America, such as timber, coal, iron ore, etc., basically no one wants to exploit them. The fertile soil in central and eastern North America, because it is far away from the "gold, silver, and copper" regions, is not much that no one wants, and it is difficult to give it away for nothing - a citizen can get 500 acres casually, and of course he will not farm for food.

Their agricultural products are also sold for money, and the "gold, silver, and copper" mining areas are the largest markets. If the miners have money, they naturally want to eat better, and beef, mutton, etc., can be sold at a good price.

So the central and eastern parts of North America are quite desolate right now.

And the coffers of the government of the United States of America are full of gold, silver and brass!

This is because the exploitation of gold, silver, and copper mines in the United States of America, as well as private gold panning, are subject to taxes to the United States government. Usually a certain percentage of the minerals is paid.

And when these gold, silver, and copper left North America and were shipped to the Great Zhou Republic, the government of the United States of North America had to collect an offshore tax.

The tax rate is not very high, adding up to 7.5% (this is the local tax of the United States, and the ruling government of the Great Zhou Republic still collects 7.5%), but it is also a considerable wealth accumulated over the decades.

The government of the United States of America did not spend much, that is, there were occasional wars with the Yin natives. The intensity of the war is low, and the militia of the United States of America can deal with it.

Therefore, the mining taxes collected by the United States of America will not be spent, and they will accumulate more and more.

Wu Guohao opened a bank, and of course he knew that the government of the United States of North America had money. That's why the idea of exchanging allowances for investments was proposed.

The "subsidy for investment" plus the "Hundred Years War of Mongolia and Song", and then the "War of Chinese Unification" later became a booster for the great development of the United States of America.

Therefore, after the unification of China itself, the United States of America and the New Song Kingdom, which was vigorously developed by the Eastern Song Dynasty, became a new divisive factor in the Chinese world!

Another new "Three Kingdoms Era" is already in the making.

The rise of Temujin not only affected the course of Chinese history, but also had a significant impact on the rise of the Great Stone Empire in the West.

Unlike the Golden Horde Jurchen, who began to enjoy life after laying down the black soil, although the Dashi Empire has produced many faint monarchs, the whole country is still full of ideals.

This was mainly due to the existence of the "Oshi's Guards" system, in which generations of helpless teenagers from the steppes or the Caucasus Mountains were absorbed into the Guards Cadet Corps for long and arduous training.

For the ruling class of the Dashi Empire, these people are full of fresh blood!

They have nothing but their skills, and they must struggle and make contributions.

So before the rise of Temujin, the Dashi Empire had maintained a pace of expansion. On the southern front, the empire suppressed the emerging Ayyubid dynasty and defeated the Crusader states that were dependent on the Eastern Romans. Claim the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and most of Syria.

On the Western Front, the Empire seized all of Asia Minor, and its forces were directed at Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Rome.

In the Mediterranean, the Great Stone Empire imitated Calais warships, built its own navy, and fought against the Kingdom of Egypt and Italy.

And in order to get closer to the West, before the rise of Temujin, Yelu Zhilugu was even planning a capital move.

Preparations were made to move the capital of the country from Tabriz to Brusa on the peninsula of Asia Minor. In order to organize an assault on Constantinople!

After being severely repaired by the Mongols, Zhiluku did not dare to live in Tabriz, which was closer to the steppe.

So when the mission of the Republic of Great Zhou arrived in the Mediterranean, Zhilugu was busy moving—from Tabriz to Brusa, so he didn't have the time to receive the mission.

Therefore, when Yang Anguo and Pingyi returned from the Black Sea, they stopped directly at Brusa on the eastern shore of the Bosphorus and met Zhilugu, who had just moved.

"Siege of Temujin?" Yelu Zhilugu frowned, "Your Great Zhou Republic is so far away from Temujin, why should you not get along with him?" ”

"Because Temujin and Huaxia are enemies!" Ping Yishi said seriously, "I, the Great Zhou Republic, am the leader of Zhuxia and pursue a policy of giving priority to China, so we must defend the interests of China." As long as Temujin was the enemy of Huaxia, he would be the enemy of the Great Zhou. ”

You are the leaders of Zhuxia? Yelu Zhilugu thought to himself: Who is convinced?

Yelu Zhilugu frowned and said, "Both the Eastern and Western Song Dynasty have recognized the Great Zhou as the leader of Zhuxia?" ”

Yang Anguo said: "Your Majesty, who is the leader of Zhuxia can be said later, and the top priority at the moment is to form a Temujin encirclement network as soon as possible." ”

"How?" Zhilugu asked.

Yang Anguo said: "The 200,000 troops of the Western Song Dynasty have begun to march westward!" China and the Eastern Song Dynasty will provide financial and military assistance to the Golden Horde and your country. So that you two will regain your might and attack from behind Temujin.

In this way, Temujin will be trapped in the belly and back, and it should not be difficult to defeat. ”

"That's right...... Zhilugu replied with his mouth, but he really didn't have the slightest interest in fighting Temujin again, and he didn't have the strength to defeat Temujin.

The lack of strength was due to the gradual collapse of the Oishi Guards due to the rise of Temujin, most of the Mongol heroes in the Guards defected to Temujin, and in order to encircle the remaining Caucasians, Zhilugu was forced to implement a hereditary system in the Guard. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Guards plummeted, and it was no match for the Mongols at all.

"Okay!" Zhilugu still did not openly reject the proposal of the Great Zhou Republic, in his mind, as long as the aid was in hand, it would be impossible to fight the Great Zhou State thousands of miles away.

However, Zhilugu never imagined that Temujin did not intend to sit back and wait to be surrounded, and when the missions of the Great Zhou Republic were active and cobbled together an alliance against the Mongols, Temujin's army had already left Samarkan and was coming towards the west.

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