Although Dongfang Yue lamented the ruthlessness of Duke Colster, he had to say that this was really a good plan to make a fortune.
There are three main incomes from the colony. One is the valuables produced in the colony, such as gold, silver, diamonds, ivory, pearls, jade, agate, pearls, etc.
These are very valuable and very popular in countries all over the world. The value of a colony is often closely related to the output of the colony. The value of a colony with gold mines is very different from that of a colony without gold mines.
The second income mainly comes from the agricultural output of the colonies, such as the spices that Europeans need. In the past, when the Portuguese first opened up the Indian Ocean route, the spices brought back from Tianzhu could be obtained dozens or even hundreds of times.
profit.
In addition, the establishment of large plantations in the colonies to grow food, sugar cane, rubber, etc. was also considered one of the benefits of the colonies.
The third income is the most important income of the colony, that is, slaves. The demand for slaves is very strong all over the world.
Not only was the Ming Empire's demand for slaves very strong, but also the Arabs in the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Europeans in West Asia all had a very strong demand for slaves.
Among the many trading places in the Mediterranean, the slave trade has been the most important and most profitable trade since ancient times, and has an extremely long history.
Slaves in colonies are often very cheap. Sometimes you can exchange a little for a lot of slaves. If you change hands casually, the profits are astonishing. Although some colonies do not have gold and silver, they have a large number of slaves, which brings
The income is higher than mining gold and silver.
Among all kinds of slaves, the most valuable slave is the white slave. This is mainly related to the aesthetics of the Orientals. Not only the people of the Ming Dynasty like white slaves, but Koreans and Japanese people also like white slaves.
Male white slaves are tall and strong, and are perfect for manual labor. These slaves are most needed in plantations. As for female white slaves, whether they are used as partners in bed or for work, they are obviously very useful.
Not bad.
The price of white slaves in the market has always been very high, with a white slave costing dozens of taels of silver. The profits were so huge that the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate gained a lot of wealth by plundering white slaves.
In addition, the Republic of Venice in Mediterranean Italy also made huge profits by relying on various deception and deception methods.
If pirates plundered the coastal areas of Western Europe, just by plundering these white slaves, I am afraid that they would also be able to obtain extremely generous profits, and by the way, they could also attack the Western European countries that supported the pirates, killing two birds with one stone.
Such a vicious plan made Dongfang Yue unable to help but take another look at Duke Colster.
"Mr. Dongfang, are you interested in my proposal?"
Kolster noticed Dongfang Yue's strong interest and asked with a smile.
For Kolster, he has no psychological burden at all. It was you who were the first to be shameless and dirty, and used third-rate means like piracy to attack Spain. Then don't blame Spain for using the same means to deal with you.
England, in particular, has always been synonymous with pirates. Their king issued privateering licenses to pirates and also participated in dividing the spoils. However, they did such dirty deeds without any shame.
The French were not much better. They played tricks on the Spaniards over and over again. They agreed to attack Italy together at first, but after they defeated it, they wanted to monopolize it. They claimed to be the boss of Europe every day, but they always did some despicable and shameless things.
"Of course I'm interested~"
"In the words of the Duke, since they are rogues, then we must be even more rogue!"
Dongfang Yue replied thoughtfully.
At present, the Japanese country has only three colonies in West Africa, and the profits are acceptable. However, due to pirates, it has powerful warships and troops in its hands, but it has never been able to expand aggressively and obtain more profits.
This is not in the interest of Japan.
To be honest, the fleet in my hands was all saved by the Japanese king who took the lead and cut back on food and clothing, hoping to gain more colonies and gain more revenue to support the struggle at home and the shogunate.
After all, the Japanese kings were very poor at the beginning. Even the previous Japanese kings did not have the money to bury them decently when they died. It was different with the shogunate. They had money from the beginning and occupied the best places in Guanzhong and Kanto.
The region is not short of money.
The courage on my shoulders is heavy, and I must find a way to break the situation in front of me.
"Haha, that's good~"
"Then it's settled, it's time to let them have a taste of being plundered by pirates!"
Duke Colster immediately laughed happily.
As long as you are greedy and interested in participating, I'm not afraid that if you don't wade into this muddy water, then even if you don't want to get involved in the rights and wrongs of Europe, I'm afraid you won't be able to help yourself.
Soon, Duke Colster reached many agreements with Dongfangyue and prepared to join forces to do some big things in Western Europe.
"Hehe, finally we were able to drag the Japanese people into the water~"
"When Spain goes to war with them, I don't believe you Japanese people can stay out of it."
"Although the Japanese country is not the Ming Dynasty, it is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and its strength is still good."
After sending Dongfang Yue away, Duke Colster laughed happily.
Spain must retaliate against the piracy of England, France, Portugal and other countries, and the simplest and crudest way is undoubtedly to declare war on these countries. spanstyle>Valley/spanstyle>
But Spain does not want to continue to fight against many countries as one country. The pressure is too great, so it must win over allies. Japan is obviously a good ally.
"It's a pity. I really don't dare to implement my plan. Otherwise, if I can drag down the vassal states and colonial trading houses of Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be impossible for Ming Dynasty to watch its vassal states and colonies suffer and win the war.
It’s much simpler and easier in these countries.”
Kolster looked at the world map and sighed secretly when he saw the huge territory of the Ming Empire in the east.
In fact, he had already thought of a way to drag Daming down, but he did not dare to implement this plan, because once this plan was exposed, Spain would be finished.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Duke~"
"It's not good, it's not good, something big has happened, something big has happened!"
Here Kolster was thinking about his next move, and his adjutant Real came over in a hurry, shouting before he even arrived.
"What happened?"
"Has that colony been sacked by pirates again?"
Kolster seemed calm and unfazed. He was used to pirates plundering the colonies and treasure ships every now and then. He would even blame these pirates sometimes in order to embezzle the treasures of the colonies.
"No, no~"
"It's the Persians. Tens of thousands of Persian troops attacked our Arak, Hillman and other colonies in the Gulf of Guinea almost at the same time. In addition, the Koreans, who don't know why, suddenly also started attacking our colonial strongholds."
"And the two sides seemed to have agreed on a time. In a very short period of time, almost all of our colonial strongholds in the Bay of Benin were completely captured by the Persians and Koreans."
Real spread out the map, circled it, and said anxiously.
"What?"
“Persians and Koreans?”
When Duke Colster heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.
"Persians, they came here with wings?"
"They don't have any big ships that can sail across the ocean to West Africa. Did they come to West Africa from land?"
"How can this be."
Kolster was in disbelief, looking at the map and frowning.
"North Koreans, we didn't provoke them. Why would they attack us if they were fine?"
"According to the information we have received so far, it seems that the Persians paid a lot of money to hire Ming Dynasty trading houses to transport 30,000 fully armed troops to West Africa."
"As for the Koreans, they have long coveted our colony in the Bay of Benin, and they must be colluding with the Persians."
Real replied: "Not long ago we received news that it seems that a North Korean fleet composed of dozens of warships has arrived in West Africa."
"North Korea has always claimed to be the second most powerful country in the world, claiming to be the strongest country after the Ming Empire. They have a fleet modeled after the Ming Dynasty navy. It is said that they have dozens of large warships and are equipped with advanced Miyun cannons.
"
"But North Korea and the Ming Dynasty are very close. East Asia has always been very stable. The pirates have long been wiped out by the navy of the Ming Empire. Therefore, the navy of the North Korea has nothing to do. It is estimated that this time it was sent to West Africa.
side."
"North Korea Navy!"
Hearing Real's words, Duke Kolster's frown deepened. It was really going up and down again. He was thinking about what to do with these pirates. Unexpectedly, the Persians and Koreans joined together again.
Without saying a word, they directly began to seize their own colonial stronghold.
"It's really a mess now, a complete mess~"
"If the Persians and Koreans get together, and there is a powerful Korean navy, we will be really in trouble."
"They are pirates, Persians and Koreans. We are attacking from both sides."
Kolster stood up and began to walk back and forth, constantly thinking about countermeasures.
"Hmph~"
"The reason why the Persians and Koreans are so arrogant is not because of the navy in the hands of North Korea. Maybe we should let the Koreans know how powerful our Spaniards are and let them know the pain, so that they don't dare to be unscrupulous."
"As for the Persians, without Korean warships, they may have thought too much if they want to gallop on the West African continent. Once they go deep into the interior, various diseases will be enough to completely defeat the Persians.
"
"Send my order to prepare for a sneak attack on North Korea's Yanshan Port!"
