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On the same day that he received Yang Feng's offer, a large-scale uprising broke out in Greece, and the rebels immediately invaded Athens, and the Ottoman governor stationed in Greece had to retreat to the city of Corinth, but the Peloponnese behind it also broke out, and Tripolis was quickly conquered. The Ottoman fleet, which supported him, was again blocked by the French and Spanish fleets, and after losing a dozen ships, they completely lost control of the Aegean Sea, and the remnants of the warships had to be withdrawn north to Istanbul. At the same time, the Venetian fleet landed Austrian infantry in northern Albania, and joined forces with the army of the Grand Duke of Montenegro to capture Shbakodra, and then attacked Macedonia from the flank, once they attacked Macedonia, the main Ottoman army that was desperately blocking Prince Eugen in Kosovo would collapse in an instant.

The Ottoman Empire was on the verge of extinction.

Under these circumstances, Ahmet III had to agree to Yang Feng's terms in order to cede to the Ming Empire all the territories along the Persian Gulf coast from Basra to Qatar, recognize the Ming Dynasty's ownership of Egypt, Yemen and the southern occupied areas of the Hejaz, and compensate the military with 100 million dragon yuan in exchange for a peace treaty that ended the long-standing state of war between the two countries. Then immediately after that, he purchased 40 million dragon yuan worth of arms from the Ming Great Wall Company, and first redressed the troops originally used to guard the Ming army in Basra, and put them into the Balkan battlefield as quickly as possible.

"I can't see that this guy is very rich!"

Emperor Yang looked at the boxes of gold coins in front of him and said with some surprise.

This is the Imperial Bank vault.

This huge vault built under the palace is also equivalent to the gold reserve of the Ming Empire, or the treasure house of the royal family, where countless large gold bricks of fifty catties are placed like a wall, in addition to countless gold coins piled up indiscriminately. So far, the total amount of gold here has reached a full 8,000 tons, which is equivalent to 4,800 tons by European standards, which are produced by various gold mines, earned by Yang Feng's enterprises, and the war reparations collected before, and some are simply robbed by going out, and then the common people deposited in major banks and finally entered the Imperial Bank.

And it's just the vault.

In fact, there are silver vaults and treasure troves, the former stores the silver held by the Imperial Bank, the total number has reached tens of thousands of tons, at this time the dragon dollar is the gold and silver standard, one dragon dollar is equivalent to one or two silver, that is, 37.5 grams, but also equivalent to 0.7 dollars of gold, that is, 2.625 grams, this ratio is statutory, daily use can be used gold and silver coins can also use paper money, in fact, the vast majority of money is now used, and the palace underground this mountain of gold and silver is the credibility of paper money.

Of course, copper plates are also in circulation.

As for the treasure trove, it's simple.

The Peacock Throne was placed in this warehouse, like an old piece of furniture, thrown in a pile of diamonds, gems and jadeite like a sand dune, and the queen and the concubines often went in when they had nothing to do, and took a small wooden hoe like a child on the beach, and took out a piece of their favorite to use as jewelry.

To Yang Feng's surprise was Ahmet III's ability to pay, including the indemnity, the Ottoman emperor sent him 140 million at one time, of which only 10 million were dragon dollar bills, and the rest were all gold and silver, boxes of 3.5 grams of Ducat's gold coins, and boxes of nearly 30 grams of Kulu silver coins, showing him what it means to be a skinny camel bigger than a horse.

"Your Majesty, it's all yours now!"

The President of the Imperial Bank said with a smile.

"No, it's the people!"

Emperor Yang said righteously.

Anyway, he repaired the vault under his bed, and he was really thick enough to say this.

Now the gold in his hands is basically close to half of the world's total, according to estimates, the total amount at this time is only 10,000 tons, of course, European tons, and with the batch of Ahmed III, he has hoarded 5,000 tons in this vault, which is already terrifying, but this is far from enough, his goal is more than two-thirds, and then start to stop the free exchange of gold.

Of course, he didn't mean that he wanted to play the American game, which was completely unnecessary, he was just trying to quickly move the world into the era of pure paper money.

That's the royal way to gather wool!

In addition, for the sake of his children and grandchildren, the Imperial Bank is his, of course, the next emperor, and the vast majority of gold and silver in the world are controlled by the emperor, which ensures that the emperor can control the economy through the power of issuing money, control the army and brocade guards with one hand, and control the economy with the other, as for other things, it doesn't matter, even if it is all handed over to the cabinet, anyway, whoever is the prime minister is just a high-level worker.

Coupled with his godhead, Emperor Yang felt that his country might really last for three or five hundred years.

Although he also admits that the empire will always perish, but his descendants can exploit the people for a few more years, it is still a happy thing for him after all, until now, if he wants to conquer the world, it is estimated that unless he is struck by lightning, it should be said that there is no suspense, and when the railway is built by sea and land, the green will be solved first, and then with the huge strength enough to crush Europe, the rest of the Americas is just a sweep, at this time, for him, more consideration has become how to let his country go on for generations.

In addition, the gold also helped to resolve his family conflicts.

Now the number of his children has exceeded sixty, an average of two and a half a year, saying that he himself often calls the wrong name because of confusion, and some simply forget their names, there are twenty-eight princes and thirty-two princesses, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just been canonized, and His Royal Highness the eldest princess, who is two days apart from him, has just been engaged, and the son of Chief of General Staff Feng is engaged, as for the crown princess, there are still a lot of competitors at this time, so it has not been officially determined.

Such a large number of princes and princesses, plus a large number of in-laws in the future, will definitely intensify the struggle for power, and how to avoid cannibalism in the end is also a big problem.

It is easy to become a sub-packet.

Raising pigs is easy to raise to death.

In short, this problem is difficult to deal with.

With the gold, silver and jewels of this palace, his heir will be able to live a better life in the future, after all, no matter what happens, having soldiers and money is the king!

"Alas, it's not easy to be an emperor!"

Emperor Yang sighed as he stood in a bright golden light.

"Your Majesty, now some merchants have begun to build factories in the subject countries, especially Goryeo and Annam, where they can obtain higher profits because of their privileges in terms of taxation, and the cost of hiring workers in the subject countries is no different from the use of slaves, because the price of slaves has risen in recent years, and it is even lower than the use of slaves."

The President of the Imperial Bank said cautiously from the side.

Yang Feng was depressed for a moment.

This is also an inevitable problem, with the development of domestic industry, labor costs began to rise, those capitalists will inevitably begin to look for cheaper production bases, and the subject country is undoubtedly the best choice, low taxes, cheap labor, they must choose the raw materials are also near, so the result is that the subject industry has gradually begun to develop, and then in some aspects even more than the Ming Dynasty.

"What kind of factories are they?"

Yang Feng asked.

"The vast majority of them are textile printing and dyeing, and there are some leather processing and garment making, which have the highest proportion of slave use."

The governor said.

"The point is that the price of slaves has risen too fast lately, you know, because the elimination rate of slaves is also high, these factories have to buy a lot of slave supplements every year, and although slaves don't have to be paid, slaves also cost money for food, clothing, and medical care. Although they have to pay wages to hire people in subject countries, the little wages they pay are not much more than raising slaves, but this can get rid of other burdens, such as slaves who are sick and cured, after all, death is more distressing for them, but workers can be kicked out and recruited new ones if they are sick and can't work. They don't really care about pure taxation, our tax rate is not very high, although the subject country has low taxes on the people, but going to the subject country to open a factory will offend their own local government, after all, the local government also has to rely on them to pay taxes, they don't pay taxes, then they have no benefits in their hometown, such as wanting to be a people's representative, it is definitely not possible. ”

Then he said.

The local finances of the Ming Dynasty were borne by the localities themselves, and the magistrates were elected by themselves anyway, so it was inevitable that those capitalists would inevitably offend the township party when they went to the subject countries to open factories.

"After all, it's the price of slaves."

Yang Feng said.

"Yes, if the price of slaves goes back to what it was in the past few years, it will not be attractive to go to a subject country again."

The governor said.

"What slave is the most expensive?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Black slaves, brown slaves are the cheapest, although white slaves are actually the most expensive, but at this time the number of white slaves is very small and almost priceless, brown slaves are the most unpopular, the brown slaves in the South Seas are gone, and now the brown slaves are purchased from all over India, the black slaves are docile and capable, and the Japanese slaves are obedient and sensible, but the brown slaves are neither sensible nor can they do it, so they have become the most unpopular."

The governor said.

"Looks like we're going to have to land in South Africa."

Yang Feng said.

At this time, in addition to Egypt, the Ming Dynasty did not have any territory in Africa, of course, those islands are not counted, although there is a trading port in South Africa, but it is a commercial stronghold belonging to the Universal Company, not the territory of the Ming Empire, and now it seems that it is necessary to establish a colony in South Africa, and then capture black slaves from South Africa on a large scale to lower the price of domestic slaves, just by the way to open up gold mines and diamond mines, and then attract a large number of people to colonize South Africa, so that Egypt is in the north, South Africa is in the south, and both sides are expanding to Africa. (To be continued.) )