"Telegraph base stations covering every state capital must be established. In addition, telegraph base stations must be established in important areas overseas and outside China, as well as in important cities and ports around the world."
Liu Jin is instructing his people to build telegraph base stations covering the world.
Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, knew too well the importance of information. If you know something one step ahead of others, you will have an extremely huge advantage and can make arrangements calmly, which is far beyond what money can measure.
As for making money, that's all trivial.
All rich people may not be really smarter or harder working than ordinary people, but they must have better information or channels that can make money than ordinary people. Relying on this information gap to make money, it is natural for them to become wealthy people.
money man.
Establishing a telegraph base station covering the entire Ming Dynasty is secondary to making money. The most important thing is to be able to master the information of the Ming Dynasty and even the world, so that timely deployment can be made.
"Yes~"
"Go and do it~"
Liu Jin waved his hand, and these people left respectfully to start handling the matter.
"Sir, this is the latest letter sent from abroad~"
Liu Jin had just finished handling the matter of establishing a telegraph trading company, and the housekeeper at home brought over a stack of letters, all of which were sent back from abroad.
"Hmm~"
Liu Jin quickly began to see that Liu Jin never liked to procrastinate when doing things. He would deal with things early. After they were dealt with, he could enjoy his own time, spend time with his family, read a book, or go to watch a football match.
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"Egypt, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire were fighting fiercely in the Middle East around the two river basins. Egypt actually joined forces with Persia~"
"The Spaniards were really bandits. They took the opportunity to colonize Egypt, but they did not get any advantage. As a result, they became so angry that they blocked Egypt's Mediterranean ports, but they did not dare to attack the Egyptian canals."
"France, England, Portugal, and the Netherlands officially declared war on Spain and Japan. The two sides fought several wars in the West African colonies, North Africa, and Western Europe, with each side winning or losing."
"North Korea and Persia also officially declared war on Spain and attacked Spanish colonies in West Africa."
"And there is this Xingguo thing. It is just joining in the fun, but it has no brainer to declare war on Spain and seize Spanish colonies. With your little arms and legs, Spain will destroy you in no time?"
Liu Jin quickly read each letter, and then took out the regions in the world and compared them carefully.
"It's really a mess, it's such a mess."
The Middle East, West Africa, North Africa, and Western Europe were at war almost everywhere, and the two sides fighting were also different. In the Middle East, Egypt, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire were fighting fiercely, and both sides used their most elite musketeers.
Naval battles broke out frequently in the Mediterranean, including naval battles between Egypt and Spain, and naval battles between France and Spain. As for West Africa and Western Europe, there were even more naval battles.
Both parties have torn off their pirate masks and started to fight shamelessly.
France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries and regions originally only robbed Spanish merchant ships and colonial strongholds, but the Spanish and Japanese were even more ruthless. They directly robbed the coastal ports and cities of these countries and regions.
And every operation was extremely ruthless. They would rob a place cleanly, ranging from tens of thousands to tens of thousands of people. Sometimes, hundreds of thousands of people would be robbed and sold as slaves.
Slave, who knows, I went to that corner of Daming to plant sugar cane.
For this reason, several countries also jointly protested to the Ming Empire, demanding that the Ming Empire stop the dirty slave trade and trade and send their citizens back.
Naturally, the Ming Empire is too lazy to care about them, and I'm not here to rob them. Just mind my business, I'll bring the fleet of the Ming Empire to your house for dinner.
Power is truth, and truth is only within the range of the Ming Empire's naval guns.
Each of these countries was immediately speechless.
We really can't continue to provoke the Ming Dynasty people with this matter, otherwise once the Ming Dynasty people join the war, they will no longer have a small fight with you, but the fleet of the Ming Empire will directly attack your capital.
You must know that the Ming Empire has powerful fleets in the Mediterranean, Hong Kong, and West Africa, and its military strength is beyond the limit, and it can easily crush them.
Not to be messed with!
The Japanese and Spaniards are really shameless and unscrupulous.
Of course, he was full of hatred for these gangsters.
Spain originally enjoyed its own happy days. Its huge colonies brought a steady stream of wealth to itself. In addition, it had a good relationship with the Ming Empire, and its trade boomed.
Not to mention how comfortable my life was as a child, a steady stream of wealth was imported into Spain, making the whole of Spain filled with the smell of money.
But the bandits of France, England, Portugal, and the Netherlands were jealous of Spain's wealth and huge profits. They couldn't defeat Spain in two consecutive wars, so they came up with the despicable method of pretending to be pirates.
They pretended to be pirates and robbed Spain's treasure ships and colonies, causing huge losses to Spain. The same was true for the Japanese country, which originally had great ambitions in West Africa, and it was intended to target Spain.
Finally, there was a conflict with Portugal, and several colonies were targeted by Portuguese pirate ships. They were robbed every three to five times, and treasure ships were robbed frequently.
This finally brought the Spaniards and Japanese people together and hated them so much that they came up with ways to treat them in kind.
Aren't you pretending to be pirates and not admitting your piracy?
Very good, I will also pretend to be a pirate. I will be more ruthless and fierce than you. I will directly rob your homeland and plunder your population, just like nomads plundering grass and valleys.
Finally a war broke out between the two sides.
From the Gold Coast of West Africa to North Africa, the Mediterranean, and then to the coastal areas of Western Europe, from the land border between France and Spain to the Portuguese-Spanish border, the war between the two sides is constantly escalating, and the conflict is getting more intense.
"It's already a world war~"
Liu Jin looked at it carefully, analyzed it carefully, and soon couldn't help laughing.
This was the First World War, and there were enough countries and regions involved in it. Except for the behemoth Ming Empire, which was not involved, all the major countries and regions in the world were involved.
Korea and Japan in the East have all joined in the fun. This is not a world war.
"A world war is good, a world war is good~"
"Now arms and weapons can be sold in large quantities again, and shipyards can receive orders more easily."
Then Liu Jin laughed happily.
Although this world war was not promoted and planned by himself, it is inextricably linked to the Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Empire had not seized all the colonies in the world, only the Gold Coast of West Africa would still have a large number of colonies for everyone to snatch.
These countries in Europe will not turn against each other or use force against each other.
Historically, these European countries have always maintained a tacit understanding of one China in overseas colonization. Spain colonized the Americas to the west, and Portugal colonized Africa and India to the east.
It was not until the rise of the two bandits, England and France, that they, as late colonial empires, began to seize colonies from Spain and Portugal at all costs.
Greedy bandits, a hundred years of colonial war broke out between them, but relatively speaking, they still maintained a tacit understanding with each other and would not escalate the conflict to their native areas.
It was not until the First World War that Germany rose and seized colonies around the world. The conflict with Britain and France became increasingly acute, and finally the First World War broke out.
The current situation is somewhat similar.
Because the Ming Empire seized too many colonies. The key is that the Ming Empire was too powerful. For the remaining colonies, their competition and snatching would naturally become more intense.
Portugal originally owned a large number of colonies and colonial strongholds on the golden coastline of West Africa, and lived a good life.
However, the two wars with Spain ended in failure, and almost all the colonies were eventually lost, and then the Japanese robbed Sao Tome Island.
This also completely angered Portugal, which caused Portugal to contact the two bandits, France and England, and pretended to be pirates, which led to the current conflict.
In the final analysis, it is because there is too little cake for them to divide, and they have to fight for the remaining cake, and there is conflict.
If there is enough cake and everyone can get a few pieces, there will naturally be no need to compete with each other.
In the end, the Ming Empire has to be blamed. The Ming Empire was too huge and its appetite was too great. The territory occupied by one Ming Empire was already very large.
With the Golden Continent and Australia monopolized, the Pacific Ocean became the inland sea of the Ming Empire.
The vast Asia was almost completely occupied by the Ming Empire, leaving only the Middle East, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. The rest of the land was the territory of the Ming Empire.
Almost half of the huge Africa was occupied by the Ming Dynasty. Their vassal kings and colonial trading houses were also extremely greedy. They colonized East Africa very early, with large and small vassal states, colonies, and even powerful ones.
Yudu can compete with the powerful Spain and France.
Countries like Ning State, Chu State, Western United Trading Company, South African United Trading Company, etc. are all huge, powerful, and possess powerful maritime power. They are no worse than the powerful countries in Europe.
The key is that the Ming Empire is too powerful and occupies a huge territory. No one dares to take action against the Ming Empire, and can only involve each other.
War and conflicts between each other are inevitable, but this time, the scale is larger than before, the scope is wider, and more countries are involved.
"Sir, Spanish Minister Torres would like to see you~"
Just when Liu Jin was feeling happy and thinking about buying and selling arms and weapons, customers came to his door.
"Please~"
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately knew that the business was coming.
In the living room, Torres was waiting anxiously. News just came from Spain. His Majesty the King asked him to seek more support and cooperation from the Ming Dynasty. It would be best to persuade the Ming Empire to form an alliance with the Spanish Empire.
Torres, who had been in the Ming Empire for several years, the first person he thought of was Liu Jin. As long as he was willing to help Spain, everything would not be a problem.
We need weapons, we need warships, we need support, but Liu Jin doesn't think it's that easy to persuade.
"Mr. Torres~"
Soon, Liu Jin walked in with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Liu~"
Torres spoke very well about Ming Dynasty and was even proficient in Ming Dynasty culture and etiquette.
"Mr. Torres is here, what do you want me to do for you?"
After some pleasantries with the other party, Liu Jin also asked about things.
"Presumably Mr. Liu also knows that the bandits from France, England, Portugal and others have united again to target our Spanish Empire, and the war has started again."
"We in Spain have always had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and I came here specifically to seek support."
"Our great Majesties Fernando and Isabella hope to ally with the Ming Empire again to jointly defend world order and peace!"
"I know that Mr. Liu is the most influential person in the Ming Empire, and I also know that Mr. Liu has always been very supportive of Spain, so I came to see Mr. Liu first, hoping that Mr. Liu could come forward to facilitate this matter."
Torres thought about it and explained his purpose.
"Mr. Torres, you think too highly of me~"
"I can't make the decision~"
"However, Spain has always been an important friend of our Ming Dynasty. We have always had good cooperation and exchanges. We also deeply sympathize with your country's current situation. In addition to the alliance, we are also willing to do our best in other aspects.
support you."
Of course, it is impossible to form an alliance. We can only live by selling arms and weapons.
"Liu Gong, is it really impossible to form an alliance?"
Upon hearing this, Torres had already guessed that it was impossible for Ming Dynasty to form an alliance with Spain, but he still wanted to try his best to fight for it.
"I don't know about this. The key lies in the wishes of the Holy One and the princes in the court."
Liu Jin smiled and replied.
"That's such a shame~"
Torres immediately understood that, although he put it very euphemistically, the Ming Empire's glorious isolation and non-alignment policy would definitely not change.
"Mr. Liu, we in Spain want to purchase a batch of arms, weapons and warships. I wonder if we can give priority to shipping them to us as quickly as possible?"
"Of course there is no problem with this. Considering the relationship between our two countries, I can still help with this. After all, our relationship has always been very good."
"Thank you so much!"
"The amount of arms and weapons we purchased this time is huge. I wonder if we can get a better discount?"
"Of course, the more you buy, the greater the discount, and there are also gifts~"
"..."
An hour later, Liu Jin sent Torres away with a smile on his face. This time Spain also made a move and directly placed an order for arms, weapons and warships worth 30 million taels of silver to Liu Jin.
Such a huge order is enough to make Ming Dynasty's military and shipbuilding companies have their mouths watering.
The sale of arms and weapons itself is extremely profitable. A huge order of 30 million taels of silver was placed in one fell swoop. It was like a piece of pie in the world. It could support the Miyun Arsenal, and it could also bring down the shipyards of the Ming Dynasty.
Get profitable orders.
After sending Spanish Minister Torres away, envoys from Korea, Japan, Persia, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire came to visit.
Almost all of them, like the Spanish Minister Torres, came to Liu Jin to buy arms and weapons.
Everyone knows that Liu Jin was the owner behind the Miyun Arsenal, the largest arsenal in the Ming Dynasty. He also controlled the arsenal for the emperor, and his Tianjin Shipyard was the largest and most powerful shipyard in the Ming Dynasty.
Whether it is buying arms, weapons, or warships, it is right to go to Liu Jin. It will not work to go to anyone else, only to go to Liu Jin.
"It seems that Lord Yanshan of North Korea is going to put his underwear on the line this time. He even wants to buy tens of millions of taels of silver weapons and warships at one time. The Spaniards have really pissed off the North Koreans, and they will definitely pay them back in the future.
Some fight."
"Where did the Japanese king Dongfang Shengren and the others get their money? They actually purchased tens of millions of taels of silver weapons and weapons at one time. Could it be that they have reached a settlement with the shogun?"
"This is not good news. There must be a balance between the Japanese king and the shogunate in the Japanese country. They cannot be unified. Well, let's go back and let people investigate carefully."
"The Ottoman Empire is preparing to cause trouble again. In the war with Egypt, after all, they found that the Ming Dynasty's arms and weapons were superior. This time they placed a large order. From now on, they will be more diligent in catching slaves."
"The Persians are now trying to make a fool of themselves. They can't compete with the colonies in West Africa. Tens of thousands of new troops have not come back yet. They are in conflict with the Ottoman Empire again. They seem to be anxious, but the Persians
We are really poor now, we don’t have much money, and yet we still need a loan. What kind of collateral do you want to use as collateral?”
"Egypt is indeed rich. The Egyptian Canal is very profitable, and its ambitions have grown accordingly. It even wants to buy warships. I guess it was set off by the Spaniards."
Liu Jin sent away ministers from one country after another. Without exception, they all came to Liu Jin to buy arms and weapons. The situation of each country was different, and Liu Jin also made appropriate balances based on the situation in each place.
For the Ming Empire, their long and continuous war is the most beneficial.
In this way, the Ming Empire can gain time and opportunities for development, and at the same time, it can continue to buy and sell arms and weapons from both sides, and the business is very smooth.
Therefore, a balance must be maintained to allow people to continue to fight. The weak must be supported, and the strong must be suppressed. In short, countries that can threaten the status of the Ming Empire must not emerge, and they must continue to conflict and war.