Tianjin, as the fleet heading to Huanghuangzhou returned successfully, the whole Tianjin became more lively.
Almost every day, there are wealthy businessmen, big landowners, big businessmen, nobles, gentry, etc. from all over the world. These people come to Tianjin with cart after cart of money, preparing to invest in the caravan heading to Golden Continent.
There are also young people from all over the country who have dreams of getting rich overnight. Under the huge temptation of making thousands of taels of silver a year, Tianjin is full of infinite vitality.
In the living room of Liu Jin's mansion in Tianjin, Liu Jin was discussing with Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangzuo about setting up a new fleet to go to Huanghuangzhou. Zhu Houzhao was also beside him, with his legs crossed. Naturally, he couldn't make a lot of money.
His share is missing.
“How big does the investment need to be?”
Zhang Mao frowned. They came to Liu Jin. Naturally, they came to make a fortune. The fleet heading to Huanghuangzhou brought back 30 million taels of gold and silver at once. Zhang Mao was jealous, really jealous. Otherwise, Zhang Mao was jealous.
I won’t travel all day and night to come to Tianjin.
Liu Jin and them are naturally old friends, and they have always cooperated happily. Naturally, this matter of making money must be done together.
However, Liu Jin is obviously not the kind of person who is satisfied with just plundering precious metals from the Golden Continent. What Liu Jin values most is the fertile soil of the Golden Continent.
If you want to occupy this fertile and vast land, you must have long-term plans and plans.
Open up a fixed route, form a fleet to travel regularly, and at the same time open up fixed strongholds along the route, set up colonial strongholds on the Golden Continent, and even build colonial towns, and then gradually understand the entire Golden Continent, and then
Slowly encroaching on it, expanding its colony, and eventually annexing the entire Golden Continent.
This is Liu Jin's plan, and it is also Liu Jin's method of referring to European colonists in history.
Establish a colonial stronghold, rely on the colonial stronghold to plunder wealth, and then slowly colonize. This method is very effective.
However, in order to realize Liu Jin's plan, the investment required is very huge, and it is also very time-consuming. It requires a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and more importantly, it requires Ming Dynasty to be a strong force behind the scenes.
's backer.
Therefore, it is necessary to rope in Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo and Zhu Houzhao. Only by tying them firmly to this chariot and having strong support can this ambitious plan be completed.
"I don't think it's big at all. Gold is everywhere in Golden Continent."
After hearing Zhang Mao's words, Liu Jin smiled and said.
Then he came to a world map and drew the fleet's sailing route on the map, as well as seven or eight points on it.
"Everyone, please see, this is the route of the fleet to and from the Golden Continent."
"When they went there, they first arrived at Muma Island (later Jeju Island, a place used to exile prisoners and raise horses during this period), then arrived at the Seto area of Japan, and then continued along Japan
Go north."
"At this location, a place they named Fish Creek, there is a large gold mine, and the entire river is filled with gold sand."
When talking about this, Liu Jin paused slightly and circled the location of Yuxi, which is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula where polar bears were born in later generations.
"Fish Creek?"
"Gold mine?"
When Zhang Mao and others heard this, they immediately became interested. Nothing is more attractive than gold. Even Zhu Houzhao, who had always been listless, immediately became energetic.
"Yes, when the fleet arrived here, there were countless fish swimming upstream in the river here, so it was named Yuxi. Gold mines were discovered in Yuxi."
"However, the dimension here in Yuxi is too high. It is close to the Arctic Circle and the temperature is very low. It is difficult for us to cross now. The sea surface in this area should be frozen at this time."
"But we can make preparations now. When the weather gets warmer tomorrow, we can organize manpower to set up a stronghold here in Yuxi. On the one hand, we can mine the gold mines in Yuxi, and on the other hand, it can also be used as a shipping route.
stronghold."
"There are not only gold mines here in Yuxi, but also snow foxes and ferrets as white as snow, as well as a large number of deer, etc. Just by hunting these animals, the furs can be sold at sky-high prices."
"There are some crew members in the fleet who have brought back some furs. In our Ming Dynasty, it is not a problem to sell a fur for a few hundred taels."
Liu Jin smiled and introduced the rich fish stream to everyone. When Du Mingen and the others came back, Liu Jin held a grand banquet. At the same time, the diaries written by the crew over the past year were also collected by Liu Jin, making people detailed.
Through analysis and research, we learned everything that happened to the fleet in more than a year.
"After the fleet left Yuxi, they continued to move northeast. Here, this place they called Qianhekou, they met the natives of Huangjinzhou. These natives looked different from us Daming people.
Not big, they are most likely descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties, so we can call the people here descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties."
"Here at Qianhekou, the crew discovered another large treasury. In a large lake, it is full of gold sand, and the entire lake is glowing with gold. According to estimates, at least several million taels of gold can be mined."
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangrong couldn't help but widen their eyes and took a deep breath. All this sounded like listening to a book from heaven, but they knew that it must be true.
.
"Millions of taels of gold!"
Zhu Houzhao's little eyes were shining with light.
"The fleet went all the way south along the west coast of the Golden Continent. Here, here, and here, a large number of gold and silver mines were discovered, especially in this place, which is the middle and narrowest area of the Golden Continent.
, there is a huge country of descendants of the Yin Shang here."
"This country established by the descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty is called the Inca Empire. This Inca Empire has so much gold and silver. They use gold and silver to build houses in the city, just like bricks, used to build houses."
"It was here that Du Mingen and the others exchanged silk, porcelain, glass and mirrors for gold and silver worth thirty million taels, and filled ten ships with them."
When he said this, Liu Jin paused slightly and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.
Regarding these, Liu Jin has also asked reporters from the Ming Dynasty Morning Post to interview Du Mingen and others, and plans to publish all of this in detail in the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, so that the people of the entire Ming Dynasty will know about the distant Golden Continent, which is full of gold.
It is an extremely fertile land.
As long as you bravely set off by boat and can reach the Golden Continent, congratulations, you will become rich overnight.
It is necessary to continuously attract more people to go to the Golden Continent, whether they are for gold, silver, or other things, etc.
What Liu Jin needs is for more people to participate and let more people enjoy this wave of wealth. Only in this way can more people be stimulated to immigrate to the Golden Continent and then occupy the Golden Continent.
"Build a house with gold bricks and silver bricks!"
Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu and others couldn't help but marvel at how much gold and silver reserves there are so that they can be used to build houses. This is no longer a question of wealth, but a question of reserves.
.
"The fleet's return route is relatively simple. They cross the Pacific Ocean and return along this route. The most important point in the middle of this route is here, here in the Hawaiian Islands."
"The Hawaiian Islands are the only place on the entire return route where fresh water can be recorded, and it is also the most important transfer point."
Liu Jin pinpointed the location of an archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and said.
"If we just want to go to Golden Continent with a few ships to plunder gold and silver, we certainly don't need to invest too much."
"It's enough to organize ten ships to go to Golden Continent at one time. Investing three million taels of silver is enough."
"But through the entire route, we can clearly know the most important points on the entire route. These points are the core of controlling the entire wealth route."
"If we can grasp the core of these routes, then we will control this huge wealth route, and wealth will naturally roll in continuously."
"The investment is indeed larger now, but this is for the sake of long-term interests."
"There are countless gold and silver mines in Huangjinzhou, almost everywhere. However, the local descendants of the Yin Shang rarely mine gold and silver mines, so most of the gold and silver mines are still lying there.
Inside the ground.”
"If we don't establish strongholds, build towns, and organize immigration, then soon, the gold and silver in the hands of these descendants of the Yin Shang will be taken away by us. By then, they will most likely lose their blood after working hard to go to Golden Continent.
You can’t make much money at all.”
"Only by establishing a stronghold, occupying this place for a long time, and organizing a large number of immigrants, we can mine gold and silver mines here, and on the other hand, we can also consolidate our gold routes."
Liu Jin finished his plan in one breath.
Liu Jin was not satisfied with plundering gold and silver. The large influx of gold and silver into the Ming Dynasty was not necessarily a good thing. In the final analysis, this thing cannot be eaten or drunk. Too much gold and silver will only depreciate the value of gold and silver.
Ultimately it hurts the people of Ming Dynasty.
After listening to Liu Jin's analysis and explanation, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo and others couldn't help but nod their heads. What Liu Jin said was reasonable and he also took a long-term view.
The initial investment is huge and a lot needs to be done, but in the long run, it will definitely bring a steady stream of huge benefits.
