In Anning City, the capital of the Ning Kingdom in the southwest of Tianzhu Continent, King Ning is discussing national affairs with his left and right prime ministers.
"Your Majesty, I think that if we directly attack the Lodi Dynasty, although there is a possibility of victory, it will also require taking huge risks. Although the Lodi Dynasty is decadent, after all, it has a vast territory, many people, and many soldiers. I think
It’s not easy to win.”
"The best way is to adopt a step-by-step approach of gradually encroaching. Capture one of their cities today and another land tomorrow. While encroaching, we can strengthen ourselves and attack the opponent. When we are confident enough, we can capture Delhi in one fell swoop."
area."
Liu Yangzheng looked at the map of Tianzhu Continent and advised King Ning.
"Hmm~"
Prince Ning pondered for a while, nodded solemnly, and then said worriedly: "It doesn't matter if we are slower, we are just afraid that we will be robbed by the Western United Trading Company."
Nowadays, the two most powerful companies in Tianzhu Continent are Ningguo and Xiyang United Trading Company. The two companies were the first to establish their influence here, and both developed rapidly. They occupy a large area of land in Tianzhu Continent, and they are equally ambitious.
"Your Majesty, the expansion in Africa is going very smoothly. The combat effectiveness of the Kunlun slaves in Africa is extremely low, so there is nothing to worry about."
"The only troublesome thing is that there are so many diseases in Africa, and there are so many different diseases, so now we don't dare to go deep into the African continent, and we can only expand in coastal and riverine areas."
Li Shishi next to him also reported the situation in Africa to King Ning.
"There is no rush to expand Africa. Although Africa is rich in resources, its civilization development is extremely backward. Kunlun slaves are like rotten wood and cannot be used. Even if we occupy a large amount of land now, we cannot develop it."
"The focus now is still on the Tianzhu continent. The competition here is fierce, the population is large, and the civilization is developing well. We should occupy as much land and population as possible first."
"Rely on Tianzhu to fight for land in Africa."
Prince Ning thought for a while and then ordered.
Along with the in-depth understanding of the African continent, everyone also knows the situation in Africa.
The African continent is an extremely vast continent with extremely vast land and very rich resources. It has a large amount of gold, silver, and diamond minerals. At the same time, Africa is also rich in ivory, gems, etc.
But the African continent seems to be a cursed continent. There are many diseases on the African continent, all kinds of diseases. As long as the people of Ming Dynasty go deep into the inland areas, they will easily suffer from all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases.
It is difficult to cure, so the expansion of colonies and vassal states in Africa has been greatly restricted and hindered.
"Your Majesty is wise~"
Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng also quickly flattered them. Now Ningguo's major policy is to focus on Tianzhu first. As for Africa, there is no rush.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Prince Chu lived a miserable life in the northeastern corner of Africa. Prince Chu was even forced to marry by the Ethiopian Empire, a native of Africa, and asked Prince Chu to marry the princess to him."
After flattering Prince Ning, Li Shishi mentioned one more thing.
In Africa, the expansion of various vassal states and colonies was very smooth, but there was one thing that was different, and that was the king of Chu in the northeastern corner of Africa.
Here the King of Chu met the strong-backed Ethiopian Empire.
This is the only empire in the entire black African region. It is powerful and the people are fierce. King Chu is not as powerful as King Ning. He only has less than 10,000 troops in his hands. He has failed to win several wars with the Ethiopian Empire.
On the contrary, relying on their numerical advantage, the other party suppressed the King of Chu from time to time, often attacked the towns of the King of Chu, and even now even forced the King of Chu to marry his daughter to them.
"snort!"
"The lowly barbarians also want to eat swan meat."
When Prince Ning heard this, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.
They were of noble Ming royal family, how could they marry their daughters to those lowly barbarians?
"I heard that Prince Chu has written letters to the emperor one after another. I think the emperor will help."
Li Shishi thought for a while and added.
"Your Majesty has always been kind to the clan, and he will definitely not let Prince Chu suffer such humiliation."
Prince Ning thought for a while and nodded slightly.
To be honest, King Ning really didn't say anything to them, the vassal clans and the like. In the past, even when Emperor Hongzhi was in a very difficult time, he would still reward salt, land, taxes and the like to various places.
The feudal king, try your best to meet the needs of the feudal princes.
Now that the King of Chu is being humiliated like this, these barbarians and natives are trying to taint the blood of the Ming royal family. This is absolutely unforgivable.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the king has died in the country and the emperor has guarded the country. Princesses and princesses of the clan have never been married off to barbarians for marriage.
When it comes to these vassal kings, it is naturally the same. It is absolutely impossible for these vassal kings to marry their daughters to barbarians. Even if they marry ordinary Ming people, they must not marry barbarians. This is the old Zhu family
of rules.
"The emperor is benevolent, righteous, and wise. Naturally, he will not sit idly by and do nothing."
Li Shishi also nodded solemnly and said.
How powerful the Ming Dynasty is now, how could it allow the native African barbarians to humiliate the Ming Dynasty royal family?
"Your Majesty, this is the Ming Dynasty newspaper that just arrived!"
While the three of them were talking, an attendant came in with a thick stack of newspapers.
People in the Ming Dynasty liked to read newspapers, and so did Prince Ning.
It's just that Ningguo is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so it's inconvenient to get around. There is definitely no way to see the latest newspapers every day. Merchant ships that come and go regularly bring a month's or half a month's worth of newspapers here at once.
Including the time spent on the road, generally speaking, the newspapers you see here in Ningguo are from two or three months ago, and the news is very lagging behind.
Of course, in this era, it is not necessarily necessary to know all kinds of news in real time, and it does not matter if it lags a little.
"Haha, the newspaper finally came~"
"I read the newspaper last time I came here in two days. I haven't been able to read it since I haven't read it. I can't even eat."
When Prince Ning heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
Akito quickly brought the newspaper over and began to read it in order of date.
"These newspapers are all from the first month~"
Prince Ning looked at the date on the newspaper, shook his head slightly and said.
Everything is good here in Tianzhu, but it is too far away from Ming Dynasty and it is inconvenient to travel. I can only read newspapers from a few months ago.
"The Egyptian Canal is really listed on the Tianjin Stock Exchange. I really don't understand why Liu Jin came up with such a thing."
"Obviously it is possible to find a few people to work together to acquire this Egyptian canal, but it is very complicated to make this canal public."
While reading, Prince Ning also commented on the contents of the newspaper.
"My lord, I heard that the stock market in the Ming Dynasty was very hot. The stocks someone bought for one silver dollar have now increased to dozens of dollars. They are making huge profits."
Liu Yangzheng smiled and said.
"That's all false. It's just some small shareholders buying and selling stocks, so the stock price will keep rising. If the large shareholders really sell the stock, the stock price will immediately plummet."
Li Shishi thought about it and said immediately.
The vassal states and colonies in various places all learned from the Ming Dynasty. The political systems of the vassal states basically copied the Ming Dynasty system completely.
Therefore, they were very concerned about all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng also had an in-depth understanding of the stock market.
The final conclusion is that this stock market is of no use and is purely designed to defraud people out of money, using so-called shares to defraud people out of their hands.
Although the stock price is constantly rising now, this is also a game of beating the drum and passing the flowers, and you will definitely lose it in the end.
"Liu Jin is only willing to give the prince 5% of the shares. If it is converted into shares, it is only one million shares. We in Ningguo have worked hard for this Egyptian canal, and we only have one million shares.
, it’s really too bullying.”
When talking about the Egyptian Canal, Liu Yangzheng seemed very irritated. He was the first to propose the construction of the Egyptian Canal, but now they have nothing to do with Ningguo.
"I heard that Egypt has started to build a canal. Tong Yuan, who is responsible for building the canal, even sent people to Ningguo to buy food and supplies."
Li Shishi also nodded slightly and said.
“The price of Egypt Canal stock rose to 2 yuan per share!”
Prince Ning looked at the newspapers one after another, and soon he was attracted by the headlines in the latest newspaper.
What is reported above is the situation of the Egyptian Canal stock. The Egyptian Canal stock has been soaring since its listing. In just a few days, it rose from one tael of silver per share to two taels of silver per share in the blink of an eye.
"One million shares can be worth two million taels of silver, which is not bad!"
Prince Ning couldn't help but think in his heart.
Then he quickly scrolled back, wanting to see how the Egyptian Canal stock rose.
"On the first day of February, it has risen to two yuan and three yuan."
"On the tenth day of February, it went up to three yuan~"
"February 20, it went up to five yuan~"
"This, this, why is it rising faster and faster? It has already risen to five yuan in one month."
Prince Ning was dumbfounded. Then he flipped to the last newspaper and quickly found the report on the stock market. It clearly stated that on February 28, the Egyptian Canal stock price rose to eight yuan per share.
"Eight yuan per share, if one million shares, isn't it worth eight million taels of silver?"
Prince Ning did some calculations, and suddenly he couldn't help but open his eyes wide, and then his intestines turned green with regret, his whole vision went dark, and he cried bitterly: "My one million shares of Egyptian Canal stock!