The treasury of the capital is like a pumping machine from the port and development: then the boxes of gold and silver are exported to the north, a total of 23 ports in the 11 provinces of Nanyang, and the three development zones pay a total of 31 million taels of taxes. /First/Launch

Nanjing Development Zone, Suzhou Development Zone, Hangzhou Development Zone, Jiujiang Development Zone, Wuchang Development Zone and five ports, countless interconnected and galloping roads to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian and Guizhou will be built, Zhu Jun is even conceiving a railway track from Kunming to Nanjing, if these projects are calculated together, at least hundreds of millions of silver coins, this is only a five-year plan, it is enough to drain the treasury revenue of the Ming Dynasty for five years, but the construction needs money, the army also needs to pay silver, and the various expenditures of the imperial court still need to be maintained. Daming simply can't afford to invest all the taxes in Jiangnan.

Faced with the detailed list issued by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Jun only felt that his brain was swollen, how to make up for such a big deficit? There was no way, Zhu Jun could only issue an order to introduce the use of the inner court, and order officials above the seventh grade to be thrifty, of course, these could not save much money, and they mainly had to get it from the mouth of the businessman.

Go to the south of the Yangtze River, open up the homeland, and contribute to the hometown, the yamen posted notices, calling on the Han merchants of Haidu to support the investment in their hometown, the national bonds began to frantically look for buyers, as long as you spend 30,000 silver coins, you can get the title of Justice of the Peace, and there are all kinds of donations at the door of the yamen, as long as you donate more than 10,000 silver coins, the emperor personally writes Mobao, donates more than 3,000 silver coins, writes a letter of thanks to him when the cabinet is at the university, and the various ministers of 1,000 silver coins provide ink treasures, for a time, The signboards of various businesses and shops have been changed to the emperor, down to the inscription of the seven-grade petty official, in fact, this is a symbol of identity and status, if you hang the emperor's imperial pen at the door, go out and greet people are energetic, if you encounter the handwriting of the seven-grade petty official, then you can be arrogant.

This idea was conceived by Cabinet Counselor Wang Chengzhi, Zhu Jun thought it was good when he heard it, and he waved his pen for 10,000 silver coins, where in the world to find such a business? As soon as the revelation came out, what Zhu Jun didn't expect was that dozens of merchants immediately donated 10,000 taels of silver, and the three giants of the maritime merchants in Haidu each donated 50,000 silver coins.

The most painful thing is Mu Tianbo, Yang Side, Zhou Mubai, after all, there are not many businessmen who can donate 10,000 silver coins, but 3,000 silver coins are only a few months' income for businessmen at most, and they can't look down on the officials. When you talk about business with people in the future, when people look at the signboard at your door, they will know that you have a small business and can't even take out a few thousand silver coins, who would dare to order your goods? The comparison between businessmen is terrifying, in fact, they are also very happy to spend their huge wealth on a variety of useless luxuries, therefore, the cabinet scholar Mobao has become the target of everyone's scramble, the first day of the donation of merchants reached more than 600 people, Mu Tianbo, Yang Side, Zhou Mubai can only put down government affairs, concentrate on writing, a few dragons and phoenixes dance big characters are three thousand silver coins, the three of them don't care about writing a little more, especially Zhou Mubai, who has always been shrewd, the emperor said the ground, For every 3,000 silver coins earned by the cabinet scholars, they will give a commission of 50 silver coins, which is called a market economy, so Zhou Mubai writes very hard, rolling his sleeves and drooling, what kind of scene is this, half an hour's effort is seven or eight fifty silver coins, although Zhou Mubai looks at it as a high salary, but in the face of this huge wealth without drooling is really sorry for himself.

After a few days, the income from calligraphy and painting earned four million silver coins, and the title of Justice of the Peace was sold for two million silver coins, and the deficit was still very huge, Zhu Jun knew that it would not be too kind to loot from the merchants, so he turned his attention to the East Indies, where there seemed to be a huge fortune waiting to be mined by the Ming Dynasty.

As early as five months ago, Zhu Jun issued a challenge to the East Indies territory of the Dutch East Indies after consulting with Jason, and the fleet composed of large and small warships of the South Sea Naval Division continued to haunt the island of Ceylon, and attacked the Dutch merchant ships passing by, the East India Fleet knew that it was not the opponent of the huge warships of the Great Ming Naval Division, and the Great Ming Naval Division just kept making temptations, so that the East Indian Fleet did not dare to rush out, and could only knock out the front teeth and swallow it in the stomach.

The Great Ming Marine's declaration of war on the East Indies made the Dutch

The company worked harder to find buyers, while countries such as Spain, Sweden, etc., which were interested in the East Indies, gave up buying, everyone is not stupid, your colony is full of gold, who wants to buy it without security? After buying it, maybe you will send an ocean-going fleet of hundreds of warships to fight the Ming Dynasty in Ceylon, aren't you obviously a cheater? Not to mention that it is impossible for these countries to send an ocean-going fleet of hundreds of warships to fight overseas, and some countries do not have so many ships in all their naval forces combined. And even if you defeat the Nanyang Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty, there are still Oriental Naval Divisions and Beiyang Naval Divisions, and their territories are separated from the East Indies across the sea, do you have the courage to fight and defend them?

The East Indies colonies dropped from 10 million silver to 2 million silver on the ground. The Dutch East India Company, which was in a hurry to get rid of it, was going crazy. Even if it is sold at a jumping price, it will not hesitate. Everybody knows. Every day of delay. The East Indies were in danger of being encroached upon at any moment. It will be worthless. Rather than that. Always find out a wronged person. The company is going to go out of business anyway. I have to take out some money to give the shareholders a little bit and then break it up.

It was at this time. In the eyes of Europeans, the big injustice appeared. William III expressed interest in the East Indies. Representatives from the negotiating sites were also sent. It is hoped that it will be able to connect with the East Indies. The East India Company, of course, was unable to ask for it. Representatives were immediately sent. But when the British made the price. The company's local negotiators couldn't help but look at each other. Because the price is unacceptable anyway. It's a challenge to the Dutchman's bottom line. Insulting the IQ of the East India Company.

"One hundred thousand Dutch silver coins. Couldn't be more. The British negotiator held out a hand resolutely. Very gentlemanly cocked Erlang's legs.

Pitters. It doesn't make sense. What a bitch. I don't know if the Dutch cursed such a three-character scripture in their hearts. But for sure. That's a lot less than their floor. The East India Company was on the verge of bankruptcy. But it is impossible to sell a piece of fertile land for that price. These Brits are black. But look to Europe. The only buyers were British. The Dutch are in dire need of getting rid again. Therefore. The Dutch politely said they were not willing to accept the price.

The British negotiator was a very 'cultivated' gentleman. From the moment you sit down at the negotiating table. He began to trim his nails very meticulously. When it was heard that the Dutch were unwilling to accept it. The gentleman immediately got up and picked up his top hat. I'm going out very elegantly. It was as if he had finished enjoying a beautiful opera. In a word. He's definitely not here to negotiate.

The Dutch panicked. The British could procrastinate. But they can't. Delay one more moment. They may not be able to earn a single silver coin. So the Dutch negotiators immediately stopped the 'respectable' gentleman. Said that we could talk about it again.

"Your Excellency, I am very sympathetic to your company's plight, the shameless Da Ming Sailor actually attacked your country's legitimate colonial land with complete disregard for etiquette, but you should know that your company's land is not worth so much, and 100,000 guild silver coins are extremely reasonable." The gentleman finally spoke.

"How about half a million Dutch silver coins?" The Dutch feel very aggrieved, since the rise of the Ming Dynasty has always been slaughtered, the Ming Dynasty, Spain, and now the British, the most annoying thing is that in the face of the Ming and Spain, the Dutch can also open their mouths in the name of the hostile country to scold this group of shameless 'robbers', but in the face of the British, they dare not say so, otherwise the business will be in vain.

"Your Excellency, it is clear that you have no sincerity in negotiating, I have already said that your company's land is only worth so much, and it cannot be added further." The gentleman looked at the Dutchman playfully, and the mockery was obvious.

The Dutch were convinced, obviously this guy who had been manicuring his nails in the negotiations was not sincere, but now he blamed the Dutch, it was really unreasonable, and the Dutch still began to bargain very politely: "How about 400,000 guilders?" It could not be less, and I can assure you that the ports of Ceylon alone pay more than this amount of tax silver every year. ”

The gentleman shook his head and sat back down at the negotiating table to continue manicures.

"300,000, to tell you the truth, this is the lowest price that is acceptable within the company."

Continue to repair.

"Well, two hundred and fifty thousand, sir, if that's still the case, then I have reason to think you're playing tricks on us."

The gentleman looked up and did not speak, for he was going to continue to manicure his nails.

"Two hundred thousand, that's the lowest price, sir, for the last time." The Dutch representative's face began to turn hideous, and he packed his hat, ready to walk away with his legs raised.

The gentleman finally stood up and stopped his glorious mission of manicure: "Deal." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to *com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )