"The land here is very fertile, with abundant sunshine, abundant rain and heat, and is very suitable for the development of agriculture."
"In addition, the native people of Tianzhu are also very easy to rule. Most of them believe in Hinduism, believe in the afterlife, and accept adversity. Our Ningguo is also based on this, combined with the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, in the Golden Continent Aztec Kingdom and the Inca
The imperial means of religious rule.”
"We also carried out propaganda to these indigenous people, ranking us Ming people above the Brahmins, and they accepted this easily."
Li Shishi said with some emotion.
To be honest, before coming to Tianzhu, he always felt that Ming Dynasty was the richest place. However, after coming to Tianzhu, he felt the vastness and hugeness of the world.
There are so many places as fertile as Daming, and many places are no worse than Daming. However, the indigenous people in these places are very lazy and backward, occupying the rich land in vain, and simply squandering natural resources.
In Li Shishi's view, Tianzhu and the African continent are the representatives.
Both the Tianzhu continent and the African continent are very fertile, with fertile land and are godsend lands.
However, whether the indigenous people on the Tianzhu continent or the Kunlun slaves on the African continent, they are all very lazy and unenterprising. They occupy fertile fields but cannot even build a decent civilization.
The situation in Tianzhu is better. This side of the African continent is simply a civilized desert, and the local indigenous Kunlun slaves are almost in a primitive tribal state.
Therefore, every Ming Dynasty person who came to these places was instilled with the idea that the hard-working, brave, and intelligent Ming Dynasty people were more qualified to own these rich lands than they were.
The Ming people who came to these places also believed in this.
With such fertile land, wouldn't it be a waste of resources if we didn't develop plantations? Planting rice, corn, cotton, spices, etc. wouldn't it be fragrant?
With the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, various plantations sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain on the Tianzhu continent and the African continent.
"His Royal Highness Prince Ning is really amazing!"
Listening to Li Shishi introducing the situation of Tianzhu and Ningguo, Tong Yuan also smiled and praised.
In a foreign country far away from the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely not easy to build a foundation here.
Incompatibility with the local environment, resistance from foreign races, and various problems emerged one after another, but these were overcome by them, and this led to the current situation.
"Master Tong, I wonder what Liu Gong thinks about the Egyptian canal?"
After some small talk, Li Shishi also asked about serious matters.
The reason why he came to Sri Lanka to receive Tong Yuan in person this time was partly because of Liu Jin who was behind Tong Yuan, and partly because the most important thing was naturally the Egyptian canal.
This matter was brought up by Liu Yangzheng, the left prime minister of the Ning Kingdom, who was also the first to contact and negotiate with Kansu II of Egypt. King Ning also immediately realized the huge interests involved in this canal.
Naturally, I am very interested in this matter and want to get a share of it.
"My mentor naturally strongly supports the construction of the Egyptian canal. Your Majesty and the imperial court also attach great importance to this matter. Otherwise, I would not have sent me personally to Egypt to discuss the construction of the Egyptian canal."
Tong Yuan thought for a while and then slowly spoke.
"That's great. If everyone in the world and the country pays attention to this matter, the Egyptian canal will be repaired."
When Li Shishi heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
Then he quickly asked: "How does the imperial court plan to build this canal?"
"The above means that according to the plan discussed by Liu Yangzheng, Prime Minister Liu and the King of Egypt, our Ming Dynasty will provide funds, technology, and slaves, and Egypt will provide land and some materials. Both parties will jointly dig the canal, and the benefits will be 50-50."
"What my mentor means is to raise 20 million taels of silver through the stock exchange to dig the canal. Each tael of silver corresponds to one share."
Tong Yuan explained Liu Jin's meaning in detail.
"This...doesn't this mean that there is nothing wrong with our Ningguo?"
When Li Shishi heard this, he immediately became anxious.
Emotionally, Ning Guo worked hard to pull the strings, but in the end, there was no benefit at all and he was used to make wedding clothes for others.
"What Mr. Li said is wrong~"
"The meaning of my words is very clear. Anyone can pledge the two million taels of silver, and it is not necessarily necessary to use all the silver to pledge."
"The construction of this Egyptian canal will definitely require the strength of the Ning State. Your Ning State has a large number of slaves, and you can use the slaves to subscribe for funds, including the discounted price of the slaves."
"In this way, you Ningguo can also hold a certain share."
Tong Yuan smiled and said: "Of course, His Highness Prince Ning can also directly pay for the shares. I heard that His Highness Prince Ning has also made a lot of money from the slave trade in recent years."
"This~"
"This is a joint-stock system and a stock exchange, and the stocks can be bought and sold. It's really too complicated."
After hearing this, Li Shishi frowned.
Ming Dynasty has done something new here.
Isn't it just 20 million taels of silver? To be honest, he felt that Ming Dynasty could definitely get more easily.
Apart from anything else, considering Liu Jin's huge financial resources, although twenty million taels of silver is a lot, Liu Jin can still get it.
Originally, Prince Ning's plan was to work with Liu Jin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the British Duke and others to jointly fund the construction of this canal with Egypt.
But who knows, Liu Jin actually came up with some kind of stock system, and also created the Tianjin Stock Exchange. It was very complicated, and the objects raised involved the entire Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, the stocks could be traded freely.
This made Li Shishi, who was accustomed to the traditional way of running a business, feel very responsible, but it sounded unreliable.
"Not complicated, not complicated at all~"
"What my mentor means is that if Prince Ning is so willing to provide funds and slaves, he can hold 5% of the shares by then. He only needs to invest about one million taels of silver, slaves or other materials.
Already."
Tong Yuan smiled and shook his head.
Ning Wang's people took the lead in threading the needle, so naturally they couldn't do anything without any benefit.
Giving 5% of the shares is worthy of Prince Ning. Although the 5% of the shares seems very small, once the canal is built, it will be a long-term benefit. It does not require any investment, and you can make profits every year. No
One or two years is not counted as ten or twenty years, but permanent, one hundred or two hundred years is fine.
Calculated in this way, the income is very considerable, and it can be said to be a profitable business.
"Only 5% of the shares?"
When Li Shishi heard this, he immediately showed a look of disdain.
This share is really too small. Considering King Ning’s current appetite, this share cannot arouse any interest at all. Originally, it was planned for everyone to form a partnership, and the big guys from Daming took the majority.
Prince Ning occupies a small position, but at least 10% or 20% should be taken.
Now it only has 5% of the shares, which is too small.
"Li Xiang, you may think that this 5% share is very small, but this is also because the Egyptian stock market is going to be listed, and most of the share must be used to raise funds from the public."
"After being listed on the stock exchange, the value of these 5% shares will definitely exceed one million taels of silver, and may even be worth several million taels of silver in the future."
Seeing that the other party was too young, Tong Yuan continued.
"More than a million taels of silver?"
"How many millions of taels of silver is it worth?"
When Li Shishi heard this, his face was filled with disbelief.
Who would be so foolish as to pay a higher price to buy back a stock worth just one tael?
Unless you're a fool with a burned-out brain.
This Tong Yuan really thinks he is a child and is deceiving himself like this.
Liu Jin was so greedy that he only gave his prince 5% of the shares. The idea of building the Egyptian canal was proposed by Liu Yangzheng, and now he is busy in Ningguo.
In the end, he only gave his prince 5% of the shares, which was too much. He didn't take his prince seriously at all.
"If our prince hadn't been able to spend so much money now, how could he have given you any advantage? He only gave us 5% of the shares. It's really too much of a lie."
"Forget it, just give me 5% of the shares, and then you are deceiving yourself and others by creating some kind of stock market, and you are talking about listing Canal, saying that in the future, these 5% shares can be worth millions of taels of silver."
"It's just a joke!"
"Although I haven't passed the Ming Dynasty examination, and I'm not a disciple of the emperor, I still understand these things."
Li Shishi seemed extremely angry and unhappy in his heart.
I felt as if my intelligence was being pushed to the ground and rubbed, and at the same time I felt unworthy of my prince.
All the hard work turned out to be in vain.
These people can eat alone if they want. Why do they need to entertain themselves like this?
My own prince is also a powerful figure in the area, but he just didn't cast it properly when he was reincarnated. Now he is prospering overseas and owns a large territory and a large number of people in Tianzhu and Africa.
As long as Ningguo operates well in the future, its future will be brilliant.
Knowing people well and making good use of them, being close to virtuous ministers and staying away from villains, having great talents and strategies, and working hard to govern, King Ning was the greatest monarch in Li Shishi's eyes.
But now he is being treated with such contempt and ridicule, which makes Li Shishi feel angry.
"It doesn't matter that our prince doesn't want these 5% of the shares. As for the rest of the Egyptian canal, Mr. Tong, please go and talk to Cansu II of Egypt in person."
"We, Ningguo, are small and weak, so we will not participate in the Egyptian canal matter in the future."
Li Shishi calmed down his inner anger, thought about it and said calmly.
A gentleman doesn't eat what he comes for, so it's okay not to take this little share.
