The listing of Yicheng shares of Bengang Shipyard has made the already lively market of the Keelung Exchange suddenly become a scene that can only be described as prosperous.

Every hour of the day, businessmen and proprietors propose listing plans, and then list them on the stock exchange after the approval of each item by the Supervision Committee.

Naturally, there must be those with bad intentions who cheat it, or because of unknowable risks, investors will eventually lose a lot; But more than not, investors and businessmen and factory owners who sell their shares are mutually beneficial, and each has its own interests.

At the end of Chongzhen's 21st year, when the transaction amount of the exchange was settled, the exchange, which had just been established and opened for only one or two months, had a comprehensive turnover of more than 30 million, which not only shocked the representatives of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce who thought they were wealthy, but also made businessmen and factory owners from all walks of life full of confidence and interest in the exchange transactions, and more businessmen from other places also wanted to join in this emerging business.

On the summer solstice of the same year, a second exchange was established and opened in Manila, Luzon, and its business scope was no longer limited to Han Chinese merchants, but also included merchants from the West, Nanyang, and the Ryukyu Wa Kingdom.

Affected by the prosperity of commercial activities, Hongmen's tax once again broke the record, with only two islands that deviated from the mainland as a base, Hongmen's fiscal revenue almost reached the tax revenue of the entire Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty, nearly seven million taels of tax revenue, even if it went out for a year's financial expenditure, the Hongmen government surplus also had two million taels into the treasury, and it directly left the annual balance of the Ming Dynasty behind.

In the twenty-first year of Chongzhen, although the Ming Dynasty continued to maintain the concept of peaceful coexistence with Hongmen, and at the same time accelerated the pace of conquering many Dashun in Daxi and rebuilding the official army of the Ming Dynasty, they secretly had a strong guard against the continuous flow of population.

Therefore, the current Hongmen Foreign Affairs Bureau, as well as the recruitment offices of various businesses of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, were able to recruit fewer and fewer people in the Ming Dynasty, and the more and more troublesome companies were becoming more and more troublesome, so that they began to turn their recruitment targets and pointed arrows at the Ryukyus, Korea, Wa Kingdom, and many indigenous dynasties in Southeast Asia.

Of course, a large number of slaves from Africa and India are indispensable, but because of the influence and supervision of Chen Yumo's wife, Li Tianyang is also gradually improving the living environment of the slave gate.

Even Li Tianyang mentioned from the side, so that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce lacked manpower and other businesses, and the Foreign Affairs Bureau to expand the market in India and Africa, and took the initiative to recruit in these poor places, even if the recruitment conditions were lower than those of the Han Chinese, but this is much better than the living environment of non-slaves and Indian slaves.

Of course, it must also need the Hongtang fleet to back it up, defeat the blockade of the Mughal fleet in the Indian Ocean, which thought it was powerful and invincible, and even directly destroy its main fleet, so that it no longer dares to go out on the sea.

This naval battle, which left a strong color in later generations, had a very important impact on the Eastern and Western fields, and made the merchant ships of the Westerners and the Han dynasty come and go more frequently, and the trade activities expanded more deeply.

For Hongmen, the greater harvest came from the indigenous dynasties of Annam, Siam, and Laos in Southeast Asia, which were closer to Qiongzhou.

These indigenous dynasties have always regarded the Ming Dynasty as the Central Celestial Dynasty and sincerely obeyed their vassals, but as the influence of the Westerners on it has penetrated since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, these small and small indigenous kingdoms with small populations have gradually begun to show signs of rebellion.

Of course, without the appearance of Hongmen, these kingdoms are more likely to be enslaved by the Western kingdoms from the east, which have become the cornerstone of their capital development.

It is precisely because of the rise of Hongmen in the South Seas that the penetration and influence of Westerners in the East is not as strong as it was in history when it was not changed, and the Southeast Asian countries in this era may have been a little disrespectful to it because of the decline of the Ming Dynasty, but because there is no Westerner participation, they still maintain superficial respect for the Ming Dynasty.

However, this did not have much impact on Hongmen, in terms of the issue of head-on conflict with the Ming Dynasty, Hongmen could only secretly infiltrate the territory of the Ming Dynasty for the time being, but on the issue of these indigenous countries in Southeast Asia, Li Tianyang did not have the slightest worry.

On the vast sea, a fleet composed of five "Jiaolong-type" warships and five "Yangfan-type" warships sailed on this ocean unscrupulously, and the big flag with the word "Hong" fluttering high on the main mast of each warship showed their identity.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Commander, this is the information submitted by the foreign guards, a third-level secret!"

"Oh? Level 3 Secret? ”

The person who was called the regiment commander raised his head, but it was an unfamiliar face surnamed Zhao Mingsimei, Hongtang's new generation of non-commissioned officers had begun to emerge in the army, and Zhao Simei was just one of them.

The intelligence of the Hongmen Guards is divided into five levels, and the intelligence from large to small is gradually important, and if the third-level intelligence is judged by the intelligence value, it needs the strength of the Hongtang fleet at least the regimental size to deal with it.

"The Burmese king of Tarong intends to disadvantage the members of our Qixin Hall in Burma, and is gathering troops to garrison the capital city of Ava."

Looking at the information in her hand at a glance, Zhao Simei's face gradually showed a few cold smiles, as well as a faint murderous intent.

"Hehe, it's really a good dog's guts, it's actually going to be bad for my Hongmen, I really think that if my Hongmen gives them a good face, they will get carried away!"

"Someone, the whole army turns the bow of the ship, and the direction is fifteen degrees southeast!"

"Also, the flying pigeon sent a message to the military headquarters and asked the military headquarters to give further instructions!"

"Yes!"

Originally, the Hongtang fleet, which was only half-sailing and cruising on the Xisha Islands, quickly hung up the full sails at this time after receiving the order of the regiment commander, and moved forward at a high speed in the direction of the instructions he gave him.

At the same time, the sound of the snail on the battleship, which represented the pre-war preparations, sounded, and the soldiers who had been lazily shining the sun on the sea and hiding in the cabin to take a nap also got up one after another, and began to dress up neatly and converge on the first class, while not forgetting to look around to see where the enemy appeared on the sea.

It's just that the so-called enemy is naturally not visible on this sea, and everyone can't help but turn their heads and ears.

"I said big ears, you are the most well-informed, you know where we are going? What kind of guy who doesn't have long eyes? ”

"I really don't know if I'm still going, this time the regiment commander gave the order too suddenly, and I was still basking in the sun when I was so busy and panicked by this assembly number, I didn't have time to inquire about this!"

"That ......"

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