Chapter 1289, the Zhang brothers who almost died of anger
While the capital of the Ming Dynasty was celebrating the arrival of the New Year, the Zhang brothers in Bengal, far away in East Tianzhu, were not having an easy time at the moment.
The Zhang brothers listed Myanmar Jade Trading Company on the Tianjin Stock Exchange to raise funds. According to the Zhang brothers' plan, the Myanmar Jade Trading Company raised funds in order to occupy Myanmar, turn Myanmar into its own colony, and thereby obtain Myanmar's jade mines.
However, more than two years have passed, and the Myanmar Jade Trading Company has been silent and has not attacked Myanmar. This has caused the stock price of the Myanmar Jade Trading Company to plummet, and now it is like a blank piece of paper.
When it was originally issued, one share cost one tael of silver, but now ten shares can be sold for less than one tael of silver, so that the Zhang brothers did not know how many times they were scolded.
Even the Tianjin Stock Exchange sent people to Bangladesh to question the Zhang brothers and threatened to freeze their assets as punishment.
"I'm really pissed off. No one has ever dared to talk to me like this."
"If we freeze the Zhang family's assets, he doesn't care how much he weighs."
"I have been staying here in Bangladesh for the past few years and have not returned to the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid they have forgotten how powerful our brothers are. Even a small seventh-grade official dares to yell at us two brothers. It is really looking for death.
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Zhang Yanling smashed a beloved porcelain vase to pieces and was almost furious to death.
Officials from the Tianjin Stock Exchange came here just now and issued a notice to the two brothers. If the Zhang brothers do not occupy Myanmar and guarantee the income and rights of investors, the Tianjin Stock Exchange will issue a notice to the Zhang brothers.
The brothers issued additional fines and even directly froze the Zhang brothers' assets as punishment.
"What are you arguing with him about?"
"He is just an official doing business."
Zhang Heling was very calm and showed no sign of anger.
"Then I'll go find Liu Jin. Liu Jin must have asked them to do this."
When Zhang Yanling heard this, he immediately targeted Liu Jin.
"What does it have to do with Liu Jin?"
"This is the regulation of the Tianjin Stock Exchange. When we raised funds at the Tianjin Stock Exchange, we were informed of these regulations, and they only acted in accordance with the regulations."
"It will not do us any good to argue with them. It will only make people think that we two brothers are arrogant and domineering. Other than that, it has no effect."
Zhang Heling seemed very calm, he was a little older, and he didn't do things as carelessly as before. Moreover, he was now rich and had a huge family business.
Unlike at the beginning, Zhang was just a small landowner, very eager to expand his wealth and land, so his appearance was a bit ugly, and he had a lot of bad reputations.
"News has come from the palace. The Queen is pregnant with a dragon again. This is a great joy."
"At this time, we should not cause any trouble or trouble to the Queen, let alone let the Queen get angry because of our affairs."
"What's more, our Zhang family is now a reputable family in the Ming Dynasty. We must take face into consideration when doing things. There are some things we can do and some things we cannot do. We must know it in our hearts."
"This Myanmar Jade Trading Company has many shareholders, and there are many powerful people behind it. We can't offend them all at once."
"I will ask someone to write a letter to the Tianjin Stock Exchange later to explain the situation we encountered here."
"Explain it~"
"It's not like we really swallowed their money. We have been training troops here in Bangladesh and are always ready to attack Myanmar."
"We have worked so hard for the Burmese Jade Trading Company, but it's not enough for them to wait behind us to eat meat. We are still chirping, and we have to explain to them. It's nonsense."
Zhang Yanling's temper became much more irritable, and she felt angry when she thought of this. How had her great uncle ever been so angry?
The money of the Burmese Jade Trading Company was not touched at all. All the money was used to train the army, recruit people, disintegrate and split Burma.
The two brothers worked so hard to run the business here that they did not even go back to Ming Dynasty for the Chinese New Year. Instead, they were criticized. This was a great shame and humiliation for the Zhang brothers, who had always been arrogant and domineering.
"You are already old, don't act like an ignorant child."
"According to regulations, we did not attack Myanmar according to the time. Until now, we have not conquered Myanmar and have not brought any benefits to the shareholders of Myanmar Jade Trading Company."
"If it were you, what would you think?"
"If it were ordinary people, I'm afraid they would be in trouble, that is, our Zhang family. They wouldn't dare to do anything. Otherwise, do you think other people's money is so easy to get?"
"What's more, among the people who originally invested in the Burmese Jade Trading Company, there were many powerful people today, and some of them are not as good as our Zhang family."
Zhang Heling looked at his younger brother, shook his head slightly and said.
"I'm just so angry~"
"We two brothers worked hard here, training the army, and sending people to divide Burma. We suffered countless hardships."
"The reason why we did not attack Myanmar was first because we felt that the army lacked tempering. We first attacked the Lodi Dynasty in Tianzhu and tempered it a lot."
"Second, the situation in Myanmar is somewhat special. We are waiting for the opportunity to obtain the maximum benefits at the minimum cost."
"They don't understand the hard work of our two brothers. They are still blaming us and threatening to freeze the assets of our Zhang family. Are you angry?"
Zhang Yanling said angrily.
"Isn't this how it should be?"
"We are the major shareholders. If we don't work hard, who will?"
"Are you comfortable letting outsiders do this?"
"Although we used the attack on Beitianzhu to train troops, the money for the training was paid by everyone. Didn't all the proceeds from the attack on Beitianzhu go into our family's pockets?"
"It's normal for those shareholders to have opinions. If it were you, if someone took your hens to place an order, would you be angry?"
At this point, Zhang Heling laughed.
The army in hand was built with money from the Burmese Jade Trading Company, and in the name of hard work and training, they went to attack Northern Tianzhu, allowing the Zhang brothers to occupy the vast and fertile area in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River.
He also plundered a large amount of wealth from various governors under the Lodi Dynasty, which was a huge profit. Zhang Yanling was actually able to speak out about this transaction. It is estimated that if people heard about it, he would be scolded for the smoke coming from his ancestral graves.
"I'm just angry anyway~"
"And this Prince Ning, Ma Dan, is also a king who eats people without spitting out their bones~~Ba~~Dan."
"At the beginning, we agreed that the three families would attack Beitianzhu together. The benefits would be shared by everyone."
"As a result, he first broke into Delhi and wiped out all the wealth accumulated by the Lodi dynasty over three hundred years. I heard that there were almost 200 million taels of silver, but we didn't get a penny."
"It's okay if we don't get any money. Let him give up some land to us even if we don't want to, and we won't get a dime. He Ningguo has a large colony in Africa, and he is still fighting for land from us in Tianzhu."
"Western Tianzhu has almost been taken over by Ning Guo, and I don't know how to get some of it."
Zhang Yanling looked at the map of Tianzhu and became angrier as he spoke.
When it came to Prince Ning, he was even more furious.
Ordinary people don't dare to offend these two brothers, especially the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty. They have to give Zhang brothers a little less favor. There is no way, who calls them two uncles of the country.
But it was different in Tianzhu, where the large and small vassal states were established. Each of these vassal states established by the Princes of the Ming Dynasty had a bigger appetite than the last, and they were all constantly competing for territory and business with the Zhang brothers.
Among them, the Ning State established by King Ning was the biggest competitor of the Zhang brothers.
The Zhang brothers were extremely dissatisfied with the profit distribution of this attack on Beitianzhu. They were even more angry when they learned that Prince Ning had obtained 200 million taels of silver from Delhi but had not paid a penny.
fly into a rage.
For this reason, they reported to Emperor Hongzhi many times, asking Emperor Hongzhi to uphold justice. At the same time, they also discussed with the Western United Commercial Bank, asking everyone to put pressure on King Ning, and let King Ning take out the money and share it with everyone.
Naturally, Prince Ning would not agree. He would not be able to vomit out the meat in his stomach.
What's more, Prince Ning is still angry. The stock price of Egypt Canal has been rising all the way, and he has suffered heavy losses. The money he received is not enough to make up for the losses of Egypt Canal stock.
In addition, when we originally agreed to attack Beitianzhu, we had already stated that whoever defeated it would belong to whoever captured it, and whoever captured it would belong to whoever captured it.
King Ning conquered Delhi and obtained the wealth accumulated by the Delhi Sultanate for three hundred years. The Western United Trading Company basically conquered the vast land in central Tianzhu. Only the Zhang brothers were the least profitable, only along the Ganges River.
They fought their way up and occupied some areas in the middle reaches of the Ganges River.
This is also the reason why the Zhang brothers are extremely dissatisfied. They feel that they have gained the least.
For this matter, many complaints were made to Emperor Hongzhi.
But it's no use. Prince Ning's surname is Zhu, and the two of them are surnamed Zhang. Will the prince of the old Zhu family be afraid of you, an outsider?
Even if you are today's brother-in-law, it is still useless. Outsiders are still outsiders after all, and the prince of the old Zhu family will always be the prince of the old Zhu family.
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't do anything to King Ning. What's more, not only King Ning, but also many vassals participated in the attack on Northern Tianzhu. These vassal kings all benefited greatly from it, and everyone was actually quite satisfied.
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Only the Zhang brothers have a big appetite and many opinions, but their contribution is small, so what can be said.
"Okay, stop complaining. If you have the ability, you can train the army well and go back to seize Ningguo's land."
"The key now is to think about how to annex Myanmar. Now that the opportunity has come, we should take action and give an explanation to our shareholders."