Tang Ruowang and the other three all asked Li Jiancheng to say directly, what kind of price they had to pay to achieve their goal, to be honest, these missionaries had long wanted such an explanation, even if this matter was difficult to do, there was a clear direction to work towards. And Li Jiancheng is not a person who beats around the bush, he said directly: "I said it directly, presumably the three of them should also know that I and my Daming Newspaper mentioned the introduction of overseas crops!" ”

When the three of them heard that it was just the introduction of some crops, it would be too easy for the church, and they were overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty is really talented and intelligent, if Your Majesty needs my Catholic help to introduce agricultural products, I will do my best." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled when he heard this: "The three of you have misunderstood, if it is just this little thing, do you think I will ask your church for help?" ”

Li Jiancheng said this, the three of them were speechless, Li Jiancheng said: "Hehe, it's not just your church that is in Macao now, I spend some money there, is there anything that can't be bought for crops in the whole of Europe and even the African continent and even the New World?" ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng said this, the three of them didn't know what to say, but with the advent of the Age of Discovery, this is indeed the case, and it is true that as long as the rich church can do it in Macao, everyone else can also do it. In this way, they didn't understand what the emperor wanted them to do, but this time they already knew that it was not an easy task.

In the 17th century, Macau was a very important Far Eastern stronghold of the Portuguese, and it was not just what his church said, and the Portuguese there were definitely willing to do business with the mainland emperors of the Celestial Dynasty. In fact, it would have been better for Li Jiancheng to contact the Portuguese directly, or the Dutch, these people from the East India Company. These traders were absolutely happy to do his Li Jiancheng's business.

But the reason why Li Jiancheng contacted the church was because there were many scholars in this group of missionaries, and secondly, compared with pure businessmen, missionaries had other purposes besides profit to restrain them, making these people more trustworthy than foreign businessmen who looked purely at profit, of course, this is only worthy in some aspects, and the value of looking at problems is also different. In fact, the biggest reason is that after all, these missionaries have something to ask for Li Jiancheng, and it is cost-effective to go to the churches that the Portuguese or the Dutch have not asked for at present.

Li Jian smiled and turned a globe brought by the three of them, and he finally set his sights on this place in South America and said, "My goal is in this new continent, and I need to establish a complete trade route. ”

Li Jiancheng almost didn't shock the jaws of Jinnige and the other three when he said this, the emperor of this Celestial Dynasty actually wanted to stretch out his hand to the Americas, it was half the world! Who doesn't know where the prosperous navigation of Europe is full of gold, where the whole of Europe is eyeing it, even the Pope is difficult to interfere with, this Ming emperor on the other side of the world actually wants to interfere there!

At this time, the Ming Dynasty wanted to go to the Americas or cross the Pacific Ocean, which was absolutely impossible for the Ming Dynasty at this time, and at the end of the year, it could only take the European channel, but for the European powers, how could the Ming Dynasty join the development of the New World?

So Long Huamin said directly to Li Jiancheng: "I'm really sorry for my great Celestial Empire, even if I can't do it with all my church's strength!" Can His Majesty of the Celestial Empire change one condition! ”

Li Jiancheng listened to his words and was stunned for a moment, and he understood what they meant, Li Jiancheng smiled and shook his head, he beckoned to Wang An and walked over, Li Jiancheng took the things he had prepared in advance from Wang An, pointed to where in South America and said: "In this location, there is a river called Amazon, where grows a tree like the one in this picture, this tree will flow a kind of resin, I need a lot of this resin and his saplings!" As long as you can bring this resin to me, I'll buy it for as much as I want! And this dealer can be done for a long time. ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng said this, they all looked at the picture, and this picture shocked them, whether it was color or appearance, it was simply a real thing, not at all like a painting. This time they understood what the emperor meant, it turned out that the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty was not interested in the gold of the New World, but was interested in a plant here, but what was the use of the resin of this tree that the emperor wanted? They don't understand that.

After discussing it, the three of them said to Li Jiancheng: "Return to my great majesty, if your majesty needs this kind of resin, we can find a way to go to the new world to help your majesty collect some, but if your majesty wants to establish such a trade route, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, although my church also has many ships, but the ocean is infinitely vast, and it is difficult to travel back and forth from the new continent, and sometimes you will get lost in the ocean." Although the New World also had a lot of contact with the western countries of China, if His Majesty only wanted such a resin, I am afraid that few people would go there, and if my church alone could not form this trade route. ”

Li Jiancheng laughed when he heard this, and he said, "Are there very few people who go here? You said that if I let out the news that there are several gold mines here, and I give me detailed addresses, do you think there will be fewer people going here? ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng's words were said, these three people were shocked at this time, although the gold everywhere in the New World is a matter of knowing the Dao, and there are many people who go to pan for gold, but if the gold mine is really discovered, it will definitely provoke everyone to rob it like crazy, who will have too much such a thing as a gold mine, once the knowledge of the Dao will definitely have a large number of people rushing to occupy it!

Long Huamin asked Li Jiancheng in disbelief: "Your Majesty, is what you said true?" You really know that there are gold mines in the New World! ”

Long Huamin's tone was a little presumptuous, Wang An, who was next to him, was already unhappy, how could the emperor tell these Yi people about the gold mine, in his opinion, he just went to mine secretly. Wang An scolded: "Presumptuous, our majesty will still lie to you!" ”

Wang An roared, and Long Huamin also knew that he was presumptuous, in this empire with such a strict rank, he was an outsider who was walking on thin ice at any time, and if he offended the emperor, he would die miserably!

Li Jiancheng stopped Wang An and said to Long Huamin: "I guarantee that there is definitely a gold mine here with the credibility of my great tomorrow, and I will also point out the place of the gold mine, and I will spread the map and news in Macao in the near future." Hehe, I believe that this place will definitely be lively, and there will definitely be a large number of people going! ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng's words were said, Long Huamin and others screamed here, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty actually wanted to spread the news of the gold mine, and he also guaranteed it in the name of the emperor, Li Jiancheng, as the emperor of the entire Ming Dynasty, sat on hundreds of millions of miles of land, and the reputation of this guarantee was still very high. As soon as the news of this gold mine comes out, how many people will go crazy! Jinnige immediately said: "Oh, my great Celestial Empire, please don't spread this matter, my church is willing to form a business path for Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as Jinnige's words were said, Li Jiancheng laughed, he really has money to make the ghost grind, just now he said that the benefits are too little to form a caravan, as soon as Li Jiancheng said that the gold mine will all change, if there is really gold, then go and help him Li Jiancheng collect resin It is a way!

Li Jiancheng listened to his words but smiled directly: "I'm afraid this won't work, the news of the gold mine will definitely spread, I attach great importance to this waterway, he must be well established and consolidated enough!" Those resins are also very useful to me, and I will need other things on this continent! In addition, to tell you the truth, it won't be long before I open the sea ban of my Ming Dynasty, so that my people can freely trade with the West, hehe, this matter is definitely not something your church can eat! But I can let you get ahead of the curve, and I'll tell you the news of the gold mine now, what do you think! ”

Li Jiancheng's smile at them made these people look like an abyss at this moment, and the expression of the giant pit stood out. That's right, Li Jiancheng is intervening in the situation in Europe!

At this time, the Thirty Years' War in Europe had just broken out for two years, and the situation was far from chaotic! The so-called Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) was a large-scale international war involving all of Europe, which evolved from the civil war of the Holy Roman Empire. The war was the product of the struggle for interests, the establishment of hegemony and the dramatization of religious disputes among European countries, and began with the rebellion of the Bohemian people against the Austrian Habsburg royal rule, and ended with the defeat of the Habsburg royal family and the signing of the Peace of Western Varya.

The war was basically fought on the side of the German Protestant princes and Denmark, Sweden, and France (France was Catholic, but sided with the Protestant countries in order to dominate Europe), and was supported by the Netherlands, England, and Russia; The Holy Roman Emperor, the German Catholic princes, and Spain were on the other side, with the support of the Pope and Poland. In the late Middle Ages, the Holy Roman Empire was in decline, internal princes were constantly strife, and the Reformation was followed by the development of a sharp confrontation between Catholicism and Protestantism, coupled with the rise of neighboring countries, and from 1618 to 1648, major European countries were involved in large-scale international wars in the civil war of the Holy Roman Empire, also known as the "Wars of Religion".

The Thirty Years' War began as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics, and later lost its religious character. It is a reflection of the far-reaching process of the emergence of capitalism and the formation of bourgeois nations, and is the first bourgeois revolution in some European countries.

The most negative effects of this war were the division of Germany and the independence of Holland; The decline of Spain, the rise of France and Sweden. Speaking of which, this war has nothing to do with him Li Jiancheng at all, but the cornerstone of the rise of the West is basically gathered in this war.

After the war, the independence of the Netherlands and Switzerland was guaranteed, and the Netherlands became the new maritime supremacy. France won Alsace and Lorraine in this war and gained the status of European hegemon. But in fact, these are none of his Li Jiancheng's business, but Li Jiancheng just thinks that the water is not muddy enough, so he has to transfer Britain and Portugal into it!

In fact, there is no big purpose in this matter, it's just that the church has been able to get the benefits of it, and this matter will leak sooner or later, it is better for Li Jiancheng to tell everyone directly where there is gold, everyone will dig it, and by the way, help him bring some rubber and tree seeds back!

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