Inside the Royal Palace of Anning City, Ningguo, Tianzhu.
Prince Ning was enjoying the song and dance performance leisurely. Prince Ning, who was already in his fifties, was living a very comfortable life now. The Tianzhu Continent had already been divided up, and his Ning Kingdom had been unable to expand.
Only the land of Ning on the African side can continue to expand into the interior of Africa.
But the land in Africa is simply a place of plague, especially in the inland areas, where there are so many diseases. People in the Ming Dynasty are not willing to immigrate there. Even if they expand the land, it will be difficult to develop it for a while.
Therefore, King Ning's enthusiasm for expanding the territory is not as good as before. In addition, everything in Ning State is now governed in an orderly manner. The people of Tianzhu Continent are very easy to rule.
They believe in fate and the caste system, and feel that suffering in this life is for better enjoyment in the next life, so they are willing to endure hardships and hardships. This is completely different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The people of the Ming Dynasty even believed that the princes and generals Xiang Ning had the guts to pick up a hoe and rebel when they couldn't survive. They didn't care about you, but they were willing to cut themselves off and dared to pull down the emperor.
The rule of the entire Ningguo is very stable. In addition, the natural conditions here in Tianzhu are very good. Grain, cotton, spices, sugar cane, tea, etc. are all easy to grow. Ningguo has also become the most important agricultural production area overseas, and is the world's most important agricultural production area.
It is an important exporter of grain, cotton, cane sugar, spices, and tea, and its economy is developing very rapidly.
Although Ningguo's annual tax revenue is far less than that of the Ming Empire, due to its huge territory and rapidly developing agriculture, Ningguo's annual tax revenue has exceeded hundreds of millions of taels of silver early.
Under such a good situation, Prince Ning's life was naturally very comfortable.
Compared to the time when the prince in Nanchang City was under constant surveillance, Ning Guo was still comfortable and lived a free life, doing whatever he wanted and going wherever he wanted.
"Your Majesty!"
"The emperor called tomorrow."
At this time, Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng hurriedly came to the prince's house, holding a telegram from the Ming Empire in their hands.
"The emperor is calling tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, Prince Ning waved his hand, and the dancers quickly withdrew.
If the Great Tomorrow calls me all of a sudden, there must be something going on. Generally speaking, if there is nothing wrong, the Great Tomorrow will not call.
"What are you talking about?"
Prince Ning asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty wants our country of Ning to give the land of five states to the Ming Empire!"
Liu Yangzheng said quickly.
"What?"
"Separate the land of five states to the Ming Dynasty?"
"Why?"
"The land of Ning State was created by me with my own sword and gun. I want the land of five states with this mouth. I won't give it to you, I absolutely won't give it to you!"
Prince Ning was about to scold his mother because he had worked so hard to conquer the country, but the Emperor of Ming Dynasty opened his mouth and asked for the land of his five states.
Although the land of these five states is not too large, it is still five states. Even if a state has an average of 10 counties, this is still the land of 50 counties.
The land in Tianzhu is fertile, has a lot of heat, and has a lot of precipitation. It is all good farmland. The land in the five states can bring a lot of tax revenue to itself every year.
"Your Majesty, the thing is like this. The Emperor of Heaven is planning to sequester all his adult princes to establish vassal states. However, the overseas lands have been divided up, so he has also found a few larger vassals.
important national and colonial areas.”
"Not only our Ning Kingdom, but also the Western United Trading Company, the Chu Kingdom, the Burmese Colony, the South African Colony, etc., almost all received the same imperial edict."
Liu Yangzheng also quickly explained.
"He can enfeoff his son and use his own land to enfeoff. It's not like the Ming Empire doesn't have land. Australia and Golden Continent have plenty of land. Why do you want to come and grab my land?"
"If you don't give it, I won't give it. Even if it is the emperor's imperial edict, it will be useless."
After hearing this, Prince Ning became even more angry and shook his head repeatedly.
In terms of land area, who can compare with the Ming Empire? The land of the Ming Empire is so vast. Almost all of the Eurasian continent alone has been occupied by the Ming Empire.
There are also the vast Golden Continent and Australia, which belong exclusively to the Ming Empire. Now they are asking for land from five states. Isn’t this a clear sign of generosity to others?
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Heaven has more than 200 sons. This enfeoffment does require a lot of land."
"In addition, it is estimated that the Ming Empire also wants to take this opportunity to weaken the powerful overseas vassals and colonies, so as not to threaten the status of the Ming Empire."
Li Shishi thought for a while and said.
"Why should his son care about my business?"
"I still have dozens of sons. I also want them all to build a vassal state."
"I even think that my country is too small."
King Ning was extremely unhappy. The son born to the Emperor tomorrow should not care about my hammer affairs. If he wants to enfeoff, he should use his own land to enfeoff. Use my land to enfeoff. What a big deal.
Ning Wang's dozens of sons are now worrying about what will happen in the future. Should they divide their Ning Kingdom into smaller and smaller kingdoms, or should they maintain a unified approach?
King Ning still hasn't decided what to do. Now, Daming has opened its mouth to ask for the land of its five states.
"Your Majesty, this matter should not be acted on impulse. It still needs to be handled with caution. After all, this is an imperial edict from the Emperor of the Ming Empire."
Liu Yangzheng thought for a while and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the land of five states is not that big of a deal. The key is whether something like this will happen again in the future."
"I think we should have a good discussion with the South African Colony, the Governor of Ceylon, the Governor of Burma, and the King of Chu first, and then see what everyone's opinions are."
"Don't jump out and oppose the imperial edict of Emperor Ming Dynasty. After all, Ming Dynasty is the suzerain of our vassal states and colonies. If you anger Emperor Ming Dynasty, there will definitely be no good fruits to eat."
Li Shishi also spoke.
"We from Ningguo in the Ming Dynasty capital also called and said that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was also very troubled by this matter. He had more than 200 sons. It was not only as simple as dividing the land, but also dividing the family property.
, it is said that the Supreme Emperor has said that each prince will be given millions of taels of silver."
"If you calculate this, by then the amount of silver distributed by the Emperor of Heaven alone will exceed one billion taels of silver. There are too many sons."
Liu Yangzheng thought for a while and added.
In fact, the meaning is very simple. It doesn't matter what you say here, but don't publicly say no, otherwise, the emperor of tomorrow, who is having a headache now, might not be able to issue an imperial edict, and there is no need for the army of the Ming Empire.
In the surrounding colonies, the army of the vassal state can deal with you, Prince Ning.
"A billion taels of silver are going to be divided?"
When Prince Ning heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.
This great man is really rich.
In Ningguo, even if I pawned all my family assets, it would be difficult to raise one billion taels of silver, but the Great Tomorrow was able to get it. These more than 200 sons were actually able to share it so extravagantly.
family property.
How rich is this great man?
I am afraid that except for himself, outsiders have no idea how much wealth and industry the Great Tomorrow has.
"Why did he have so many sons?"
"Now I know I have a headache."
Prince Ning slowly regained his composure and couldn't help but complain again.
I have long heard that the emperor of tomorrow is very capable of having children. I am afraid that he is an emperor who has never been seen before or since. One person has more than 200 sons, and the key is that they can all raise them into adults.
"Let's first see what other people say. The land in the five states can't be given to us, but we won't."
After thinking about it, Prince Ning also said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng also replied quickly, and then went to contact other vassal states and colonies.
Because of the telegraph, communication between various places was very fast, and news was available quickly.
"Your Majesty, the Governor of Ceylon, the King of Chu, the Governor of South Africa, and the Governor of Burma have all expressed their willingness to abide by the imperial edict of the Emperor of Heaven."
After Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi contacted all parties, they also hurriedly came to report.
"They are so generous. They gave the land to me as soon as they asked for it."
"The land in the five states was conquered by my own hard work."
After hearing this, Prince Ning immediately sat down on his chair helplessly.
Although he is now the king of Ning State and is aloof in Ning State, he still seems very powerless when facing the imperial edict from the Ming Empire.
There is no way, the emperor's will of the Ming Empire must still be followed and cannot be violated. The prince is the prince, the emperor is the emperor, the emperor is the king, and the prince is the minister.
What if the emperor wants to give his ministers some land?
This means you have to give it even if you don’t give it.
"Niang Xipi's~"
"The stock of the Egyptian Canal deceived me once, and now they are directly asking for my land in five states. This is a desperate attempt to trick me."
Prince Ning couldn't help but curse when he thought of this, feeling very unhappy in his heart.
The same was true for the opening of the Egyptian canal back then. It was obviously Liu Yangzheng on his side who first proposed it. As a result, when it came to digging the canal, he had nothing to do.
I was only given 1 million shares of Egyptian Canal stock, which was too little. I decisively chose not to give it up, causing Prince Ning to suddenly acquire hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
Now Egypt Canal's stock price has risen to more than 300 taels of silver per share. Sitting and collecting dividends every year is a very exciting life.
But now it has nothing to do with me at all. I can only be jealous. The key is that now I want the land of five states.
Prince Ning was very unhappy.
However, the dissatisfaction was over, and Ningguo quickly called back to Ming Dynasty, expressing its willingness to use the land of five states to give the emperor of Ming Dynasty a prince.
