While it is still as warm as summer here in Nanyang, snowflakes are already falling here in the Beijing-Tianjin area of the Ming Dynasty, and another year of cold winter has officially arrived.
However, for young and old men in Beijing and Tianjin, winter is more delicious than summer, because it is the most suitable time to eat hot pot.
Let’s have a clear soup hot pot, cut up a few kilograms of beef and mutton from the grasslands, and some vegetables shipped from Ryukyu. The dipping sauce must have spicy food in it to make it taste good enough.
The mutton is rinsed in boiling water for a few times and dipped in the sauce. The ultimate deliciousness fills the tip of the tongue, and then explodes with a burst of heat, which makes people say it is so satisfying.
However, compared to eating hot pot, the favorite thing for young and old men in the capital is to go to the teahouse every morning, order a pot of tea, some snacks, buy a newspaper, read, eat, and listen to the reading
Mr. Bao, please talk about current affairs and see if you can find some business opportunities from them.
Tingyuge started to get busy when it was just dawn. When the sky got a little brighter, the door was already opened, and there were already waiting customers pouring in. They came to drink hot tea and some snacks, and then they became a little anxious.
He looked at the street, waiting for the familiar sound of selling newspapers.
"Selling newspapers ~ selling newspapers ~"
It didn't take long to wait before a familiar voice sounded again. Immediately, the waiter in the teahouse took a handful of copper coins and hurriedly bought newspapers for the customers in the store.
"Selling newspapers ~ selling newspapers ~"
"The United Western Trading Company successfully captured the island of Ceylon with minimal losses and seized various properties worth more than 30 million taels of silver!"
"The United Western Trading Company discovered the largest sapphire in history on the island of Ceylon, worth more than one million, and wants to dedicate it to today's emperor~"
Along with the shouting of the newsboy, the originally calm street suddenly became lively, and in a blink of an eye, the newsboy was surrounded by people who came to buy newspapers.
"Has the Western Union Company captured the island of Ceylon?"
"Isn't this too fast?"
"The value of the seized property alone exceeds thirty million taels of silver?"
In the teahouse, when many people heard the newsboy's voice, the whole teahouse suddenly became excited.
The news that everyone likes to hear the most is the news about Ming Dynasty overseas.
Today, the Ming Dynasty's southern expedition army wiped out the arrogant small country of a certain Nanyang Yelang. Tomorrow, a certain trading company discovered a gold mine on a certain island in the Nanyang and became rich overnight. The day after tomorrow, someone relied on a few glass balls to make a fortune on some primitive islands in the Nanyang.
A large amount of gold was exchanged for it...
In short, what everyone likes to hear the most is these things about getting rich overseas, and about new and strange things overseas.
"Coming~coming~"
Soon, the waiter hurried back with a stack of newspapers and hurriedly distributed newspapers to the customers in the store.
Everyone started to look at the newspaper with great interest. Suddenly, the originally bustling teahouse became extremely quiet. Only when everyone had finished reading the most important headlines in the newspaper, could there be any sound in the teahouse.
"The Western United Commercial Bank really made a lot of money this time. The one-time profit exceeded 30 million taels of silver property. It only mobilized about 10,000 people, and only 5,000 people actually fought.
people."
"The planning and training took only two months, and they were able to capture Ceylon?"
"I know this Island of Ceylon. I read it in the newspaper last time. It is said to be an important hub on the Western route. It is also known as the Island of Gemstones and is rich in all kinds of gemstones."
"They are too weak. Five thousand people from the Western United Trading Company attacked the island of Ceylon?"
Everyone took the newspaper and read it carefully, and they were all a little unbelievable. Five thousand people conquered a country. I am afraid no one would believe it.
However, the Ming Dynasty Morning Post has always reported truthfully and has long been credible, so everyone believed this matter.
"Five thousand people, in just a few months, actually captured the Island of Ceylon. The property captured alone was worth thirty million taels of silver, and the Island of Ceylon will belong to their Western United Trading Company from now on.
The mining of precious stones alone is enough to support the Western United Trading Company."
"Mining gems is only a small amount of money. The geographical location of Ceylon Island is extremely important. It will be a transit point on the Western route in the future. The tolls alone are enough for them."
"What's more, using the island of Ceylon as a springboard, you can also plot the entire Tianzhu, and you can also go west to the Middle East, Persia and Africa."
"This deal is such a good deal, why didn't I think of it?"
"Thirty million taels of silver!"
In the teahouse, when everyone saw this huge astronomical figure, countless people's eyes turned red.
This is an era where the brave is exhausted and the coward is hungry.
A few months ago, Tian Erniu easily conquered two huge kingdoms with only 10,000 people on the Golden Continent. The gold and silver obtained alone could pile up mountains, and he also forced them to
Gold and silver were used to build the pyramids every year.
Now the United Western Trading Company conquered the island of Ceylon with only 5,000 men. From then on, this gem island became the seemingly owned property of the Western United Trading Company. This seizure alone was worth thirty million taels of silver.
How can everyone not be jealous and excited?
"This is the behavior of bandits, how is it different from that of tigers and wolves?"
"Sending troops to attack small countries for no reason, using the big to bully the small, the strong to bully the weak, and burning, killing, and looting wantonly. They are simply worse than animals."
"How can I, a great Ming Dynasty and a great country, do such a thing?"
In the teahouse, some corrupt scholars couldn't help but roared angrily.
When did the Ming Dynasty start to change? It used to be about benevolence to outsiders and benevolence to all countries. But now the trend has changed. Not only did the imperial court send troops to conquer various countries in the south, but even the private armed forces of the people were so bold that they even killed people overseas.
How is this different from the grassland people of the past when they destroyed their country and destroyed their families?
"Idiot~"
"Idiot~"
"Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and curse~"
"Are you out of your mind?"
When the people next to him heard this, they immediately cursed at him one after another.
This kind of sour and rotten scholar is simply unbearable.
In the past, Ming Dynasty was extremely benevolent and righteous towards those results, but what did it get in exchange?
In exchange, they treated Ming Dynasty as if they were taken advantage of, and then took advantage of Ming Dynasty in the name of tribute; in exchange for their constant challenges to Ming Dynasty's bottom line; in exchange for their willful behavior.
Now the Ming Dynasty is kingly towards outsiders and beats all countries aside with its fists. Therefore, the Japanese countries are respectful to the Ming Dynasty. The grassland people herd horses and sheep for the Ming Dynasty. The territory of Nanyang is expanding one after another. There are more and more people.
Plantations grew larger and larger.
The rice shipped back from Nanyang alone was enough for the Ming Dynasty to eat. The price of food dropped again and again, so the people could eat enough. The court had money to build roads and dams, and could also reduce some taxes.
"A man of wolves, tigers and leopards, I am ashamed to associate with you!"
Hearing the scoldings from everyone, the furu's face turned red immediately. He hurriedly paid and left immediately. Everyone couldn't help laughing again.
"It seems that the overseas countries are very weak~"
"Isn't it true? Five thousand people easily conquered the island of Ceylon, and they only trained for two months."
"With this small number of people, any trading firm here in Tianjin can recruit them."
"The last time someone asked me to go overseas to do big business together, I thought the risk was very high at the time. Now it seems that it is really a matter of overwhelming the bold and starving the timid."
"Thirty million taels of silver, what a huge fortune this is."
"How about our trading company also organize a team to go to Xiyang to test the waters?"
"It is for this reason that the imperial court allows our trading houses to have a certain amount of armed force. This is to encourage our expansion abroad."
"We have won colonies overseas, we have made money, and the court can also receive a certain amount of taxes, and it can expand the influence of our Ming Dynasty. Why not?"
"Let's go, let's go back and discuss it with other owners. Let's discuss it. At worst, we can learn from the Western United Trading Company. We can work together to send troops and share the results."
"Yes, yes, if one trading firm is not strong enough, we will unite with several more trading firms."
"I heard that Myanmar is very good. Myanmar produces jade. Gold is valuable, but jade is priceless. If we can capture Myanmar, it will probably be more valuable than Ceylon."
"..."
Various discussions broke out in the teahouse, and almost everyone had red eyes.
The United Western Trading Company captured the island of Ceylon at an extremely small price and received unimaginable wealth returns, which made everyone who saw the news suffer from pink eye.
Young and old men throughout the Beijing and Tianjin areas are discussing this matter.
The capable people immediately contacted all parties, and they also quickly wanted to learn from the Western United Trading Company. If they can do it, we can do it too.
The huge wealth and extremely generous returns made everyone jealous.
The people in the upper class are running around, organizing the armed forces of their own trading companies, and also want to go overseas to try the waters. As for the people in the middle and lower classes, they are equally excited.
The United Western Trading Company has gained huge profits, and those who helped them capture the island of Ceylon have also enjoyed huge rewards.
According to the information disclosed in the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, everyone who participates in this operation can receive a reward of one thousand taels of silver, five hundred acres of land, and five Ceylon slaves. The more enemies you kill, the more generous the reward will be.
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For the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, this was tantamount to getting rich overnight, with money, land, and slaves. In the future, they could even save themselves from farming and just let the slaves do the farming.
Many hooligans and the like who were idle and idle suddenly became excited. They began to recruit their younger brothers and organize people to go overseas to do a big job and become rich overnight. This is definitely not a joke.
