Zhang Jing is in charge of the affairs of the military academy.

I didn't bother to care.

A month later, Zhang Jingyi entered the palace for an audience.

This time, Deng Jianren and others were sent away, and an assassination operation had begun.

He, a thousand households in brocade clothes, has almost no appearance of a thousand households now, and he still maintains the structure of a hundred households, and everything will wait for the success of this plan.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was quite happy when he heard that Zhang Jingyi was coming, and he had just finished shooting the bow horse at this time.

He said excitedly, "How is my uncle?" ”

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "This ......"

Wei Zhongxian changed the topic on the side: "In a few days, it will be a good day for the full moon of His Royal Highness King Xin's son...... At that time, there will be no banquet guests, but can you invite Brother Zhang? ”

When the letter king Zhu Youzhen was old, his princess was also pregnant, of course, it was later than the Zhang family's sister, and now it is time to pinch the day, and it is indeed the time of the full moon.

Zhang Jingyi shook his head and said: "You didn't invite me, I'm just a few Jinyi Wei thousand households, and I don't have the qualifications to come." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse cleaned his hands with a copper basin on the side, and shouted: "Who said that there is no qualification? I say that if you are qualified, you are qualified, you don't have to be presumptuous, you are my great hero. ”

Zhang Jingyi smiled.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse then sat down and said, "But I have a son and a nephew, hey...... It's really a happy thing, King Xin and I are connected by blood, they are brothers, I think...... Then you should go and see that nephew, Zhang Qing, you go with me. ”

Zhang Jingyi hesitated and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

"Are you saying I'm wrong, or you're wrong?"

"There's something wrong with it." Zhang Jing thought for a moment.

But Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that she should go, Your Majesty has always been in harmony with King Xin, and there is already a brotherhood, so it's good to see each other." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled, and then said: "This matter is so decided, Zhang Qing must go with me, you can't hide, if not, I won't agree." Oh, and is your reservoir ready to be repaired? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jingyi suddenly became energetic and said: "A large amount of manpower has been requisitioned and started to repair, Your Majesty is the chief engineer this time, whether it can be achieved depends on whether Your Majesty can succeed or not." ”

"Chief Engineer?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled: "I don't have this title, it's not interesting, but in the past few days, I have thought of some better plans, and when I leave later, you can take them back and have a look." ”

Zhang Jing nodded.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse then said: "Later, I will go to see the Franc Machine, Zhang Jingyi, you haven't seen the Franc Machine, I ...... Take you to the world. ”

Zhang Jingyi: "......"

Zhang Jingyi felt that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was insulting his intelligence.

He coughed and said, "Uh...... What is a Franc machine? ”

It's called ambushing him.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was really overjoyed: "You will know when you see it later, it is very rare." ”

After a while, sure enough, a eunuch came and said, "Your Majesty, the Francis has arrived at the Qinzheng Palace." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded and said with a good mood: "Go." ”

Then he led Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Jingyi all the way to the Qinzheng Palace.

As soon as I entered, I saw a group of red-haired Francophiles waiting here for a long time, and they chattered and talked a lot.

And Zhang Jing, who was following the Emperor of the Apocalypse, knew their path as soon as he saw them.

This should be the Dutch, if Zhang Jingyi remembers correctly, the Dutch once occupied Penghu three or four years ago, and wanted to monopolize the trade of the Ming Dynasty. So the Emperor of the Apocalypse issued an order and ordered the sailors to start fighting the Dutch under the leadership of Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian.

This battle lasted until the fourth year of the Apocalypse, when the Ming army finally repelled the Dutch and successfully recovered Penghu.

After this battle, the Dutch seemed to be a little unwilling, on the one hand, they continued to prepare for an attack on Penghu, and on the other hand, they continued to send envoys, hoping to negotiate peace with the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

These people ...... It was supposed to be someone from the Dutch East India Company.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse sat down, and then the red-haired man led by him saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The corner of the Apocalypse Emperor's eyes glanced at Zhang Jingyi, not without pride.

"Your Majesty...... About the ...... of the two countries"

This red-haired man is proficient in Chinese.

In fact, during this period, the East India Company's two main profits were the trade of Japan, that is, the continuous supply of gold and silver from Japan. Another big profit was the monopoly of the Ming Dynasty's goods, through the pirates and Japan, etc., to obtain a large amount of raw silk and porcelain for trade.

At this time, the Dutch East India Company had already made huge profits, and the maritime trade was ...... In the hands of the Dutch, it was simply a flower, if Zhang Jingyi remembered correctly......

At this moment, Zhang Jingyi suddenly remembered something.

This year marks the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

If nothing else...... It was as if there would be a great upheaval for the Dutch East India Company.

In this regard, it seems to be recorded in the history of maritime commerce that since the establishment of the East India Company, the stock price has skyrocketed, and at its peak, it was worth 79 million guilders, and if it is converted to later generations, it is 78 trillion US dollars, which is higher than the stock prices of all commercial companies in later generations.

Of course, the current market value is not very high, but more than 6 million guilders.

But what Zhang Jing remembered was that in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the East India Company and the Japanese had an incident of resisting taxes and paying evil, and their governor was actually hijacked and kidnapped by the Japanese people, plus there were several shipwrecks, so that the stock of the East India Company plummeted.

Then, within a few months, because of the panic in the market, everyone was eager to sell it immediately, and the value of the East India Company suddenly shrank to 1.4 million guilders.

The stock market in this era, but if you don't reason, it is really a big ups and downs, whenever there is a little wind and grass, everyone will sell frantically, without any hesitation.

Of course...... In less than half a year, after the market value plummeted, the East India Company made huge profits from the spice business on the one hand, and on the other hand, the dispute with the Japanese was peacefully resolved, and at the end of the year, when the financial surplus was announced, because the profit of that year rose by 80%, thus triggering an unprecedented explosion in market value.

In a short period of time, the market value increased from 1.4 million guilders to 19 million guilders.

Zhang Jingyi's mind was full of ...... at this time If someone bought a stock at a low point, then don't take it off?

However, as a dignified Jinyi Wei Qianhu official, he has not yet gotten rid of the consciousness of being a retail investor, which is a bit unreasonable.

It's just that at this time, Zhang Jingyi also suddenly realized something.

This is a chance!

At this time, he saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was unusually furious, and he angrily reprimanded the red-haired envoy and said: "Go back and tell your lord, Er's ship, that it has invaded my sea frontier, and now it has been destroyed, if you dare to breed an attempt, I will not spare it." If you want to pay tribute, you should abide by the rules of the vassal states, all right...... Wait for you to stand down. ”

For these Dutch, the Emperor of the Apocalypse actually had little patience.

Even if I see them, it's just a rarity.

It's probably going to be: Zhang Qing, come out to see the monkeys.

When the Dutchmen saw this, they had no choice but to quit.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was still angry, and looked at Zhang Jing: "These people, very hateful, attacked my Penghu, were repelled by my Ming sailor, and even tried in vain to send envoys to let me commit crimes. ”

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty...... They're really just a company......"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said puzzledly: "Company? What is the company? But in their national letters, it is clearly written that the country of the Netherlands. ”

Zhang Jing couldn't explain it for a while, so she had to pick up simple words and say: "Their company is actually a consortium of a group of businessmen, who work together to do business, and they do everything for money. ”

"Hmph." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "Sure enough, the Hongyi people don't know how to educate, and the jackals are natural!" ”

Zhang Jingyi: "......"

To be honest, it has always been a scholar who scolds the Emperor of the Apocalypse for not knowing how to educate, but I didn't expect it to be today...... These words came out of the mouth of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but there was no sense of disobedience.

Zhang Jing said: "In this vast ocean, you can get huge profits, so ...... These Hongyi talents are so rampant. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't seem to have any concept of the huge profits that Zhang Jing said in his mouth, and just sneered and said, "The Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world...... These Hongyi people are only for small profits......"

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but smile bitterly, in fact, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not arrogant, if it is said that the Ming Dynasty is not rich, this is unreasonable, the question is, the Ming Dynasty is rich, what does it have to do with your Emperor of the Apocalypse?

The future world is in the ocean, this point, Zhang Jing is like a mirror, if the Emperor of the Apocalypse spends a little bit of effort in the ocean trade, the benefits will definitely be a lot.

It's just that...... Obviously, the Ming Dynasty is very averse to trade, and on the other hand, it ...... The officials are afraid that they will also oppose it fiercely.

Unless the Emperor of the Apocalypse makes up his mind, he must engage in maritime trade.

But how can we make the Emperor of the Apocalypse make up his mind?

At this time, Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to do some business, but ...... I don't know if Your Majesty can borrow 200,000 taels of silver to relieve the minister's urgent needs. ”

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, he was shocked: "You don't have any money?" You are much richer than me, I am now using internal funds to supplement the military in Liaodong, it is not enough, I am now empty of internal funds, where is the money to lend you...... At this age, I still owe Liaodong more than 100,000 taels of silver? ”

But immediately, seeing Zhang Jingyi's pitiful appearance, he finally relented......

So he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth: "I can think of a way...... Or ......"

Speaking of this, he glanced up at Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Banban, has the money for Nanjing weaving been put into the warehouse, and how much has it been calculated?" As...... Let's pay Zhang Qing first, Zhang Qing is short of money......"

Wei Zhongxian was shocked, this money ...... Although it has not yet been put into storage, it is actually ...... It's been 'spent' out a long time ago, and the internal funds have already been spent in advance.

"This ...... This...... That's about 150,000 taels...... But ......"

Without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to finish speaking, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "That's it, after escorting to Beijing, send it to Zhang Qing's mansion, and don't talk back...... I...... It is necessary to advocate frugality, and then make an order, and the amount used in the palace will be halved. ”

Wei Zhongxian: "......"

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