Many of the hidden stories behind the paintings on the walls that highlight military exploits may explain why there were so many states over the centuries, and today the population of the republic is just over 30 million, and the books are on the same track.

There are many new good things in the south now, and many new things brought by navigation can be seen here, and even the owner of the manor has received a fairly good family education and palace education, and the level of tactical geometry is quite high.

But the lord of the manor used neither porcelain nor glassware for his banquets, but rather a rather quaint bronze bottle, drank ale that had not changed for centuries from the banks of the distant Grass River, and even in his own manor he wore a military dress that had been stripped of its wartime significance, and the women wore very quaint wooden heels in the style of centuries ago.

Most of the people who come here go back hundreds of years, many are relatives of a village community, and some were even cousins or sisters hundreds of years ago.

Of course, there are also some people who come to visit the direct family is not so prominent, to talk about the problem of the side lineage, as long as there are surnames and count up for dozens of generations, how can they all be relatives of a cave, which makes no sense.

The most lowly guest of "origin" is the young man who had complained about many of Chen Jian's policies at the end of the earth, and after returning to China earlier than Chen Jian, he made a move that shocked many people in Mincheng at that time - resigned from the position of Nanyang Company with a great future and went north to the capital.

Now it seems that the significance is huge, and the ridicule at the beginning has become the embodiment of short-sightedness, because he has entered such a manor, and can participate in such a banquet.

The owner of the manor had the musicians accompany the musicians to old music such as a great river, and the women gathered elsewhere, this is the place that belongs to the men.

The young man knelt beside the desk, with a bunch of green bananas in front of him, which was not a good thing in Mincheng, but it was still very rare here. The clarity of the ale in the bronze bottle, the crystal clear of the ivory chopsticks, made the young man a little timid, the empty hall made him feel a little small, and the identity of the people around him also made him feel a little short, and he tried his best to sit up straight as if he wanted to make himself a little taller.

There are several books such as "The Chronicles of the Great Kyushu Sea", "Geography", and "Global Experience" next to the desk.

The young master of the manor was the host of this banquet, and the master of the manor only showed his face. For the young man who left Nanyang, these people represented a powerful family; But for the true owner of the manor, these people were not enough for him to receive as a master.

The music gradually stopped, and the young master of the manor raised the bronze bottle, toasted everyone, and someone laughed: "When I came here today, I met a gathering of people from the capital, and I made a long detour. ”

"Jian Chen is talking about all that nonsense there?"

"Definitely. I didn't look at it either, but I guessed. ”

"Yesterday, my father told me that when Chen Jian was invited to a banquet, he talked endlessly about taxation in front of our fathers, and those invited wastes couldn't refute him at all."

"According to his theory, we are all people who live on rentier rent, and have no meaning for the national wealth. That's it, people, unthanksgiving. Now there is no need to fight, when there was a war, when our ancestors shed blood and sweat, they forgot. Besides, the land was bought by our ancestors' military exploits, what did our ancestors do when they commanded the battle? ”

"I heard from my uncle that the king is going to give Chen Jian 6,000 acres of land? To reward him for his voyage around the world and for what he did in the Academy? If you want me to say, give it for nothing, he can't ask for it, and when the time comes, everyone will be disgraced, and he will take the opportunity to preach again, and it will be embarrassing at that time. ”

"I can't say for sure, maybe people will 'collectively own' 6,000 hectares of land and 'everything will be owned by laborers.'"

Everyone laughed at the banquet, and the young master of the manor laughed and said, "The shot he received after landing on the shore made everyone very passive." I said that it was fortunate that he was shot before the welcome ceremony at the port, otherwise we would have bothered to explain. My father said I was too naïve, and he couldn't explain it when he was shot. He'd better be safe and secure now, or if a bastard is ready to kill him again, we'll be in the middle of a storm. ”

"Yes, it's good now, he talks about things in the capital all day long that we don't like, but he still has to rely on the black-clothed guards to protect him secretly. My uncle was in charge of newspaper censorship, and he was also very passive, and he proposed to increase censorship directly, but some people said that this was not good, and it was better to find a debate with the newspaper of the Mexican Party. This group of people just wants to make the country chaotic, and if I want me to say that it can be sealed directly, the Mo Party can talk about it as much as it wants when it goes back to Min County, anyway, there are no such things in Min County, and the people there don't want to listen to it. ”

"There is no way, the publication mortgage is valid for others, but it is useless for the Mexican Party. When people are punished, their brains are clear, they know what lines cannot be crossed, and what lines can be crossed if they are blurred, and a group of wastes compete with them for pamphlets and tabloids, but they can't compete at all. You say that if he gets shot again, how can we explain it? How many people believe in the explanation? ”

"yes, besides, the Moxican Party is not a family. He died, and the organization of the Mexican Party was still there, and it was useless, but it caused a commotion. Even a woman like Lan Qi is only one of the few female members of the Mexican Party. Now she has completely parted ways with us, and she didn't come to the banquet just a few days ago. ”

Speaking of this, many people sighed, thinking of the woman who had always ridden horses in the capital and hunted horses with them when she was a child, and it was inevitable that there were some unspeakable regrets.

The young man, who had attended such a banquet for the first time, trembled a little, and felt even more short when he heard either his father or his uncle or his uncle, and his head became his name and official position.

After gossiping like this for a while, the young master of the manor took out the "Global Experience" and raised it in his hand and said: "Speaking of which, our people can't compete with these people in the newspaper, and it is natural for me to say it. You've all read this book, right? After reading it, it is not okay not to be convinced, we don't know what the countries are like, but we have a general idea of how to maintain the rule of each country. Look at the people who followed them to the sea, what did they write when they came back? ”

"Yes, thirty pages, not so much nonsense, after reading it, you can roughly understand how Spain ruled such a large area of land to the south of us by relying on those people, and why the smuggling ships of the Nanyang Company can make a lot of money in a grand way. I don't know what the Netherlands are like, but I can also know what the Dutch are doing in the Pacific, in India, in the Spice Islands, and how they maintain their profits. ”

"Speaking of which, after my father read this book a while ago, he really cried out. If the voyage had been successful, why would the Potosí silver mine be in Spanish hands? Do you know how much silver was produced that year? O silver with white flowers! ”

Speaking of this, the young man's heart suddenly became happy, no matter how he said it, he had learned a lot of things in the school controlled by the Mo Party, and the analysis method was also the same as that of the Mo Party, but the path was different, and these things could sell a good identity.

Sure enough, after everyone sighed for a while, someone finally asked the young man: "Now that this Indian company has been established, you are the one who followed Jian Chen around the world, and I heard that you are also dissatisfied with many of Jian Chen's ideas along the way?" ”

The young man hurriedly stood up and bowed down and said: "Yes, but I am not a member of the Mexican Party, so I naturally have to consider the interests of Nanyang Company. The people of the Mexican Party always say that the butt determines the head, and I believe this. ”

Someone laughed and said, "It's funny, it's vulgar, but it makes sense according to their argument." You're sitting right on your ass, and you're sober, so let's talk about it. ”

"As you know, we have never been to India, and we have sailed from the ends of the earth and followed the coast of Africa across the ocean to Pattani. However, there is a lot of Indian content in "Global Experience", which is said to have been written by Chen Jian and asked many people, which should not be wrong. ”

Although he has never been to India, since he said that Jian Chen wrote it after asking many people, there is a guarantee that the content in it can be used.

"Now Nanyang Company can't get involved. Only a few pirate ships remained in the Spanish colonies, and it is estimated that they will disappear in a few years. On the European side...... Although it is not legally within the scope of Nanyang's franchise, if we want to go to Europe, we can only go to Mincheng, and the goods in Mincheng are cheaper than here, so we really can't compete. ”

"And to go to India, you only need to start from the coastal defense port in the capital and cross the ocean. The Mexican Party operates in Wangbei City, where there is a port, and it is very well built. Although it is said that we should not provoke them there, as long as we do not stretch our hands to Wangbei City and the Ming Empire, it is still okay to borrow their port, but we need to give them assurance. ”

A person next to him said: "This guarantee can be given." We are not interested in the Ming Empire at all, and the Mexican Party will toss if it is willing to toss. They don't have any silver, they don't lack anything, and even if they can sell guns, it's not our turn to sell them. Although the Japanese side also produces silver, the envoy sent by their general did not talk well with us, and there is also a puppet Qi country caught in the sea, fighting for trouble, leaving things for the Mo party and the puppet Qi country to fight for. ”

"Yes, this matter has been considered for a long time, and our company's monopoly is from Malacca to the ends of the earth, which is actually India. The slaves in Africa, the Nanyang Company eats positive fat, and we have no advantage at all when it is so far away. ”

"Doing business or something, money comes too slowly. The company mainly makes money by collecting land rent. Didn't the Mexican Party say that labor creates wealth, and where there is no one, we ask who collects land rent? Just like those things that Jian Chen is shouting in the capital now, it's not impossible to invest, but you have to give a return, right? Whose money is not scraped from the sky, we pay for the poor people at the bottom to go to those places to farm, what are we trying to do? Even if you collect taxes, you can only collect grain and cotton, and you can't make any money when you ship it back, so those who open workshops make money, no wonder you support Chen Jian who opened a workshop, this abacus is shrewd. ”

The young man hurriedly said, "That's right. So I suggested that the company organize a fleet to cross the ocean and go to India to see it first. The Portuguese were operating there, and if we could take advantage of that to gain the trust of the Indian maharajas, it would be easy to say. ”

Several people glanced at each other, and the young man hurriedly said: "After gaining trust, getting the right to package taxes is the first step, and I can gain a foothold there." We can also learn from the Spanish colonies, using the local upper class to control the lower classes, just like the blood purity certificate and the local village chiefs, the upper classes have no taxes and have privileges, and we take the lower class rent. Trade, after it is transported, it can be allowed to the local upper-level compradors, so that it will be more closely connected with us, everyone will earn money, we will make a big head, and the compradors will make a small head, so it is not easy to have an accident. The same is true of the Nanyang Company, which took advantage of the monopoly of the Spanish colonial royal family and joined forces with the local smugglers, and the money was shipped back by boat, and when Spain really wanted to inspect, the local smugglers would also report the news. ”

The young master of the manor asked: "The only problem is that you have not been to India, how sure are you of this voyage?" ”

The young man hesitated for a moment, knowing that it was a rare opportunity, and responded: "If the ship does not sink, ten percent sure." When I arrived in Wangbei City, it was half of it. From there, if you go to Pattani, you will find an interpreter. ”

"I've learned a lot in Wangbei City, and I can bring our unique gifts here to meet the local prince or king, and pat yourself on the back, it's easy to say. If there is any rebellion in the local area, as long as you judge the situation and help suppress it, great things can be done. ”

When it came to being proud, the young man suddenly felt a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said, "But this thing is ...... If you want to do it, you have to discuss it with Jian Chen. One is to anchor and supply in Wangbei City, and the other is the problem of Malacca, without his nod, this matter is still not easy to do. If you want to take Malacca, you will have to declare war with Spain and Portugal, but how? How to fight? When will it be possible to get Nanyang to support and not oppose it because of the current smuggling trade? When will you get ahead of the Netherlands? How to completely cripple Spain and Portugal in Europe, without the company having to do it themselves? Once Spain is finished, how can we instigate Britain and the Netherlands, two countries with navies, to fight so that they don't have the energy to fight with us in India? How to strengthen the garrison at the ends of the earth, and cut off the way around Europe when necessary, who will pay for it? What benefits do you have to give to those who pay for it? After Europe crippled Spain, which land power was supported? How to instigate in advance? Is it possible that Europe will be in turmoil in the near future? ”

"I'm afraid I have to ask your fathers to do this...... Talk to Chen Jian with the attitude of consulting about state affairs. There is no second person who knows the situation in Europe so well that he can make a judgment in a short period of time, without delay. As they said in Wangbei City, one step faster, or even a year, the situation is very different. ”