Chapter 653: A Businessman Who Does Not Betray the Country, A Bad Businessman
Will you regret it?
Fan Dimen didn't know, but one thing that is certain is that if he chose to oppose the Ming Dynasty, then the East India Company would lose their most profitable business, which is simply unimaginable for the businessmen.
Therefore, Van Dimen and the directors of East India Company chose their business without hesitation, even though they knew that Mingguo's expansion was a huge threat to them.
However, for the sake of profit, capitalists will sell ropes that hang themselves.
Human nature will never change.
Especially the nature of capitalists!
This will not change even in another 1,000 years. For capitalists, they have always only interests in their eyes, they only have 996 as blessings, and only those at the bottom of the people who don’t exchange their lives for money.
In this regard, capitalists from ancient times to the present have been so straightforward and profit-oriented.
This is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
The Tsushima Strait in the twelfth lunar month is completely different from the sunny South Ocean. Not only is it windy and storm, but it is also snowing in the air. The sea water continues to rush to the deck. While taking away the snow, it will also leave ice ridges on the handrails and cables on the side.
In this way, this small schooner faced the wind and waves, heading towards the distance.
The next afternoon, the schooner finally sailed into Ishimi's Omori, which was once dominated by the shogunate, but two years ago, it was occupied by the Tobaku who came to kill Ma.
From that day on, the Japanese here were forced to shave their hair, get swollen and tie their braids.
Qing gangs are attacking!
Because the horse was occupied by the Qing gang, and now Ishimi, Izumo, Nagato, Zhou Fang and other places were occupied by them. Japan, which should have been peaceful and prosperous, has finally fallen into war again.
Although the shogunate repeatedly called on everyone to fight against the enemy, all the foreign daimyos had their own little thoughts, either not working hard, or simply pretended to be deaf and refused to send troops, just waiting to use a knife to kill the donkey.
Even for this reason, the Qing Dynasty, like a betrayal dog, finally gained a foothold in Japan.
Not easy!
When I was driven down in shame, I first captured the right horse and then captured such a territory. It’s so blessed by my true ancestors!
However, this ancestor did not bless him for a few days last year, Huang Taiji died. His death made the Qing Dynasty's expansion finally slow down.
But everyone knows that the newly succeeded Emperor Shunzhi must continue to expand.
There are some coincidences in history here. Although Shenyang City was broken and Fu was about to die, his mother was cheaper, but after Haoge succeeded to the throne, he still chose this year name.
Of course, his ambitions have also changed a bit, as long as he can conquer Japan, as for the Central Plains... he doesn't even dare to think about it.
In order to realize this wish, he has been preparing for war in the past year. Because of this, it has always attracted maritime merchants from all over the world.
There are even many Mingshangs!
When this schooner, which is more than 30 meters long, entered the port, all the people on the ship seemed extremely careful.
"This is Jiannu's territory, everyone is careful later!"
Tian Yilun, who was standing by the side of the side, swallowed nervously. This was his first time here.
A person's fate always changes inadvertently. He is also a scholar and never thought of taking the business way. But there is no way. His family has never been a Jinshi for two generations, and he failed the exam again. The land he devoted to back then was almost gone by his father's generation. At his... the family's fortunes fell!
"Brother Yilin, if you can bring you the muskets and cannons made by your Ming Dynasty, I, the Qing Dynasty, will definitely be willing to buy them at a high price. Your ship of iron only earns a few thousand taels of silver, but if it is replaced with muskets and cannons, it will be less than a few thousand taels of silver!"
"How much is that?"
Tian Yilun, who was obsessed with money, asked.
"A musket can only cost ten taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty. In my Qing Dynasty, it can be sold at least twenty taels. If it is a rifled rifle, it will have to... twenty-five and six taels out! A ship of cargo can earn at least tens of thousands of taels of silver!"
Tens of thousands of taels!
OMG!
All night, all Tian Yilun thought about the words of the magistrate.
Tens of thousands of taels of silver!
That was tens of thousands of taels of white snowflakes and silver!
Even when the Tian family was the most prosperous, they didn’t earn so much money!
With these tens of thousands of taels of silver, you can buy thousands of acres of land. It would be nice to buy a few more slaves and Japanese slaves, but it was too expensive. A Japanese slave costs more than twenty taels of silver, and if it was a more beautiful one, it would cost more than thirty taels of land. This is not cheap!
But, this transaction makes money!
A ship of firearms can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver. If it can be sold several ships, it would not be a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver!
Hundreds of thousands!
Millions!
even……
Imagine the scene of countless families and group of servants at that time, Tian Yilun's breathing became a little rapid.
"Selling these things to the Tartars, what's the difference between this and Shanxi merchants selling the country?"
Chapter completed!