Liu Jin is having a baby at his own home. Xu Waner and Li Zhen each gave birth to a son for Liu Jin. However, Liu Jin's time with the two little guys is very limited.
He is either busy with affairs in the court or with his business, and rarely has time to play with his children.
Finally having time today, Liu Jin decided to play with the children at home.
"Smelly boy~Smelly boy~"
However, Liu Jin had just been playing for a while when a rough voice came over him.
"Oh~ I can't play with you anymore."
When Liu Jin heard this, he knew who was coming. He shook his head slightly helplessly and said to the little guy apologetically.
Soon, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo, and Zhou Yu also walked over with smiles on their faces.
"You still have time to take care of your children, so you really have a lot of time."
Zhang Mao was not polite, so he sat down and looked at the child who was taken away. Zhang Mao also sighed.
Now the whole capital is boiling. After the Governor of Ceylon presented the treasure in the morning, the old and young men in the capital are discussing the affairs of overseas colonies.
Anyone with a little bit of energy was walking around, discussing setting up trading houses to go overseas to establish colonies.
Without it, I would be jealous!
The total value of the treasures donated by the Governor of Ceylon to Emperor Hongzhi may exceed ten million taels of silver. This is such a huge amount of wealth.
The United Western Trading Company will donate whatever they say. On the one hand, it shows that they are really wealthy, but on the other hand, it also shows how wealthy the island of Ceylon is.
It is said that the property seized by the Western United Trading Company on the island of Ceylon was worth more than 30 million taels of silver, so it was able to easily donate tens of millions of taels of property to Emperor Hongzhi.
With such a huge wealth, the Western United Trading Company only dispatched 5,000 troops and about 5,000 followers to defeat it, and its own casualties were minimal.
Who wouldn't be jealous of someone who has acquired such a huge wealth at a very small cost?
The significance of the Island of Ceylon is too great, far beyond the few gems it produces. With the Island of Ceylon, the Western United Trading Company was on the wave of the private colonial era.
In the future, the area that the Western United Trading Company can occupy will be very vast. Not to mention, almost all of Tianzhu in the north of Ceylon Island has become the meat of the Western United Trading Company.
Even the energetic people here in the capital can’t sit still.
The same was true for him, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo, and Zhou Yu could not sit still, so they all came to look for Liu Jin.
"Mr. Zhang, what's wrong with you?"
"My eyes are red, do you have pinkeye?"
Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao, smiled and said.
"You brat, you're still making fun of me."
"Do you know that if we don't take action, I'm afraid there will be no more private colonies for us in the whole world in the future."
"The Zhang brothers, that pair of idiots, are actually organizing a team to go overseas to occupy a few colonies, and our vassal princes from all over the Ming Dynasty are now preparing to go to Haiwa to occupy a colony.
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"Coupled with the large and small trading houses, powerful clans and wealthy families in various places, etc., there are too many people preparing to go overseas to establish colonies. Why are you not in a hurry at all?"
Zhang Maohu glared at Liu Jin. The boy didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"What's the rush?"
"Don't we have a Tianjin Ocean Trading Company? Here in Golden Continent alone, the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire use gold and silver to build pyramids for us every year. Didn't you get the same share of the gold and silver shipped back last time?"
Liu Jin smiled and replied.
"That's different. We formed a partnership with His Majesty and the Prince. After all, it still belongs to His Majesty. We still need to be like the Western United Trading Company. Our families work together to build a colony overseas. What will happen in the future?
, we at least have a way out, right?"
Zhang Mao shook his head helplessly and said.
Even though he was already the Duke of the country and had accumulated a huge amount of wealth following Liu Jin in the past few years, he still wanted to leave a way out for his Zhang family.
Overseas private colonies are a very good choice. Although private colonies belong to the Ming Dynasty in name, they are essentially no different from a small kingdom.
The big reason why everyone is so excited now is because they can have their own small kingdom overseas. Such a small kingdom can be passed down forever, just like building a kingdom.
It doesn’t need to be big, just a piece of land is enough, and finally a piece of land is left for future generations.
Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo and Zhou Yu beside them also nodded. Zhang Mao was right.
Since ancient times, dynasties have changed, and the ministers and nobles in the dynasty have also changed very frequently. Once the emperor and the courtiers, now they are the popular people around the emperor, but they may not be the same tomorrow. It is also very difficult to leave a way out for yourself.
There must be.
I didn't have a choice before, but now that I have a choice, I naturally have to find a way to leave a way out for myself and my descendants.
"Yes, Liu Jin, our families share weal and woe now, and we have built a piece of land overseas together. If we manage it well, we will have another way out in the future."
Xu Guangzuo also nodded solemnly and said.
His words also made Liu Jin think deeply. Speaking of it, the families now indeed share weal and woe, a bit like the big families in Dream of Red Mansions.
Thinking about the endings of several big families in Dream of Red Mansions, Liu Jin also nodded solemnly.
Perhaps you should leave an extra way out for yourself and your descendants. In the Ming Dynasty, everything was in the hands of the emperor, and it would be better to have your destiny in your own hands.
Although he is a famous person next to Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi has always been generous and kind, and classmate Zhu Houzhao does not look like the person who killed the hero, but who can tell clearly what will happen in the future?
If Zhu Houzhao did not give birth to a child, as in history, and then the old Zhu family's empire would be in Zhu Houcong's hands, what would he do?
Classmate Zhu Houcong is as smart as a fox, extremely suspicious, and very good at using tactics and imperial techniques. I am afraid that I, an old minister, will never have a good life by then.
Be prepared for danger in times of peace and think more about the future.
After thinking about this clearly, Liu Jin thought for a while and said, "Where do you want to hit?"
After hearing Liu Jin's words, several people immediately smiled.
Zhang Mao opened a world map, took out a pen and circled the southernmost tip of Africa on the map and said: "We want to occupy this place."
"First, like the Western United Trading Company, we first occupied this large island in southeast Africa, and then used this island as a springboard to occupy the entire southern tip of Africa."
"I heard you say that the southern tip of Africa is rich in gold, silver, and diamonds. The land here is fertile, the climate is humid, and the geographical location is quite good. It is at the transit point of important routes. In addition, it is far enough away from the Ming Dynasty."
“Madagascar?”
"South Africa?"
When Liu Jin saw it, he was slightly startled. The figure of Uncle Black appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but shake his head. Liu Jin didn't want his descendants to mix with these chimpanzees.
"These places are not very good. Where is the Kunlun slave's place?"
Liu Jin thought for a moment and said, it would be better to go to the South Golden Continent. The Southern Golden Continent has a vast area and fertile land. If nothing else, the Pampas grassland alone will be enough for his descendants to eat endless beef.
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"There's nothing wrong with that~"
"The conditions of this place are very good. I have already talked with Du Min'en. He almost arrived at these places last time, but he also knows some information about these places."
"He said that those Kunlun slaves are very backward, they still live in thatched huts, they don't know anything, they don't understand anything, and they are too lazy to die. It is very easy to deal with them. A team of a thousand people can conquer a large area.
land."
Xu Guangzuo said nonchalantly that for this matter, he had done enough homework in advance and studied it carefully.
"Yes, yes, this place is a good place. In the future, just collecting tolls will be enough for us to have enough food and clothing."
Zhang Mao stared at the map, his eyes shining. This was a good place. He decided on it after studying it for a long time.
"I heard that Prince Ning is also interested in Africa. If we start slower, I am afraid that Prince Ning will take over."
Zhu Fu also nodded and said, will the place that King Ning likes be different?
"It's okay to occupy this place, but the native Africans must be cleaned up and must not be left here. Keeping these Kunlun slaves will cause endless troubles in the future."
Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded slightly. This place is indeed a good place. On a global scale, this land is a treasure.
Think about later generations. South Africa, which was ruled by whites at the time, was the only developed country in Africa. It also had its own mushroom bombs and was world-famous in both agriculture and industry.
But if the problem of Kunlun slaves is not solved, no matter how good this place is, it is still the White Tower. Therefore, if we really want to occupy this place, in Liu Jin's opinion, all the Kunlun slaves on this land must be solved.
It doesn't matter whether they are driven away or sold to other places. In short, they cannot be left behind, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future.
Thinking about South Africa, which has transformed from a developed country to a developing country, and then thinking about some things in later generations, Liu Jin suddenly felt that the land in the North Golden Continent was actually the best. It was vast, flat, and
It is very fertile and rich in resources. It is simply a chosen land. This is my most ideal private colony.
Well, eggs can't be put in one basket, so I'll quietly make a piece here.