1. Take them to contact more places, and you will have the opportunity to have more exchanges. You have achieved some results by surrounding scholar-bureaucrats before, but this time Wang Hongyu can give them a slightly different exchange.
2. Import a large amount of goods. Ace Banya has always been troubled by the trade deficit. The Ming Dynasty exported a large amount of tea, porcelain, and spices, but why don’t you buy things from overseas? I will buy them, and I will buy a lot. This is what you dream of.
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3. Strong military support. Wang Hongyu will show them a troop of troops, and promises that in the future there will be more people who are not weaker than this troop of troops and will go to Europe to support you."
After these three said this, Jin Nige and others were stunned for a while.
The first and second ones are easy to understand and are what they dream of, but they always feel like empty promises.
The third one is even more fake.
Although European countries have limited military and national strength, the weapons, equipment and elite level of their soldiers and horses are superior to those of the Ming Dynasty?
The Ming Dynasty had a strong army to support the Roman faction in Europe. This is a bit incredible, but also very exciting.
"I will build several factories along the way, including soap, glass, coal, weapons, etc., which require the purchase of many materials, and there will be a large demand for rice in the future. You have control of the markets in South Asia and Southeast Asia, so you should be worried about not being able to sell the rice.
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"That's right. We don't eat much rice, and Europe doesn't even buy it. We've been worried about the lack of sales." An Aisi duck missionary suddenly came to his senses.
Southeast Asia has been a good place for rice production since ancient times.
Due to the favorable climate, abundant water resources and abundant labor force, it is common to have three crops a year.
As the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty is getting higher and higher, it is not an exaggeration to say that if you buy a large amount of rice, you will have the power to influence the current situation.
"There are also guns and cannons. I will open a factory and hire experts and contractors. Many of you are unemployed. I will make arrangements here if appropriate."
At this time in Europe, the Thirty Years' War had begun, and the war in central Europe was raging. Agriculture, factory handicrafts and other production were severely damaged, and a large number of Europeans were displaced.
Wang Hongyu planned to take advantage of this opportunity to win over a group of famous scientists and artists who were wandering and begging for food.
"I am very grateful that these can be realized. But can the reinforcements really be realized?"
Jinnige had heard Wang Hongyu talk about this matter before, and he immediately discovered that if this matter were fulfilled, the actual help it would bring would far exceed their original missionary purpose.
Because the Netherlands were interfering in Eastern trade and diplomacy, if the Ming side sided with Rome, it would be declaring to isolate the Netherlands from Europe. In this way, the Netherlands' greatest commercial advantage would gradually disappear.
Wang Hongyu is also calculating the benefits.
A few years later, sending troops to Europe to support the Roman faction would directly affect the future world structure. China has stepped into the main venue for the first globalization and determination of the world structure.
If done correctly, Rome will return like lightning...
It's not this. It's the first "Five Permanent" world structure, which will be led by China.
This is one of my main goals.
I happened to think of "being together" with Jinnige, so of course I had to make it happen.
"In three days, please come to the northern suburbs of Tongzhou. I will ask you to see my troops and horses reviewing."
After making the agreement, today's gathering has come to an end.
As for which foreigners will join me on my trip to Yunyang in ten days, that will depend on the results in three days.
In fact, he did not hope that any capable missionaries would stay in the capital.
I don’t want them to go to the homes of scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangnan and Lingnan, as happened in history. On the one hand, they will have a bad influence, and on the other hand, they will be wasted.
The court will not really care about your own behavior.
Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian is supporting him.
Ye Xianggao, Sun Chengzong and other smarter civil servants have no intention of becoming my enemy now.
Yang Lian and others from Donglin may use these as evidence to cause some trouble. But if they really dare to come, they will pay a heavy price.
In fact, the Ming court has always been willing to contact Portugal and other countries.
In the view of the emperor and enlightened ministers, this would help export products to foreign trade, earn some silver, and benefit the finances.
The purchase of Western luxury goods, such as chiming clocks, glass products, telescopes, maps and globes, various firearms, etc., allowed the Portuguese to rent and engage in foreign trade in Macau, allowing the Portuguese to live a luxurious life of high officials.
There are also a large number of firearms, a large amount of silver, some Nanyang products, and rare American crops, all of which are relatively popular commodities.
For example, the Portuguese and Italians generally adopted methods such as giving gifts to the Ming Dynasty at this time. They had a humble attitude, brought their own translators, and had developed certain communication channels.
Therefore, if you operate this way and don't do anything too ostentatious, you won't be attacked by a group.
It can be said that it is the best choice to just leave the capital and go to other places to do it, and leave the close observation of the scholar-bureaucrats in the capital.
The technical staff and library books are halfway in place.
It’s time to prepare the other half.
The first is funding.
Wang Hongyu was going to Tongzhou in three days. Before leaving, he met with Wei Zhongxian and Wei Liangqing's uncle and nephew. They mainly discussed the industrial cooperation between the two parties in Beijing and the development of the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan project.
Wei Zhongxian said that he didn't know how to do business, so Wei Liangqing was the one doing all the negotiating, and in the end it was Wei Zhongxian and Wang Hongyu who made the final decision.
The original industries and new cooperation projects in the capital are still split 50-50, with the Wei family providing money and Wang Hongyu providing personnel.
Wei Zhongxian invested another 100,000 taels, half of which was used to open a bank in Yunyang. Other follow-up projects would be decided after Wang Hongyu made an on-site inspection.
All names in the capital belong to the Wei family, but all shops are still divided into 50 and 50, and the accounts are kept confidential and not allowed to be known to outsiders.
At present, two companies have opened watch shops, briquette factories, glass and glass products factories in Beijing. Soap, stockings, and high-heeled shoes factories are new cooperation projects; as well as corresponding store names.
Xishan Coal Mine is an industry solely owned by Wang Hongyu. Because it is far from the urban area, Wei Zhongxian and Wei Liangqing did not participate. However, they gave the uncle and nephew a 20% commission and put it in the name of a distant relative of Wei Zhongxian. Let the Wei family help smoothen the relationship and resolve all difficulties.
The problem.
As for the establishment of a construction team, Wei Zhongxian's uncle and nephew now have a very high status and do not want to do such a job of waiting on others. The funds required are not much, so Wei Zhongxian lent Wang Hongyu 5,000 taels.
Wang Hongyu decided to also bear the name of the Wei family, but this person's surname was not Wei but Li. The Wei family would only help Meng Biao to clear the relationship with the higher-ups and get some benefits.
Although Wei Liangqing likes to make money, he also likes to let others beg for him, especially those civil servants who used to be superior to others. However, he has no ill intentions towards ordinary people. Instead, he feels that he should build some industries that will help the people, so he has not forgotten it.
Book.
One never forgets his roots, and the other gives ideas.
If one contributes more money, the other contributes more efforts.
This is exactly what we call sincere cooperation.
The matter of the mobile library was settled as soon as possible. Money was given before, and there was also a fleet of horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts, and ox-carts to transport the mobile library.
This time, additional investment was made to open a bookshop in the capital.