Chapter 827, the sea is wide from the fish to the sky
Port of Ceylon, Island of Ceylon, Indian Ocean.
The entire port is very busy. Under the supervision of the supervisors of the Western United Trading Company, the natives of Ceylon Island are constantly expanding this increasingly busy port with leg irons and restraints, stirring cement mortar.
As the United Western Trading Company conquered the Island of Ceylon and set up the Governor's Palace of Ceylon on the Island of Ceylon, the colonial rule over the Island of Ceylon was officially launched. The Sinhalese and Tamils on the island were reduced to slaves and some were trafficked.
After arriving in the Southeast Asian region, they were sold to plantation owners, and some were left on the island of Ceylon to become miners, road builders, plantation slaves, etc.
They tried to resist, but every time they resisted, they were ruthlessly suppressed by the Western United Trading Company. There were several bloody suppressions and killings. In addition, the Government of Ceylon also announced that as long as they worked seriously and hard for thirty years,
, they can regain their freedom and become free citizens of the island of Ceylon.
In addition, they also began to vigorously promote some of the spiritual ideas in Buddhism. Why are we suffering hardships and being slaves now? It is because of the sins we committed in our previous life, so we have become Sinhalese and Tamils in this life. We are destined to suffer.
The rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Accepting the rule and slavery of the Ming Dynasty is to atone for your past sins. As long as you atone for your sins, you will naturally be reincarnated as a Ming Dynasty person in your next life and enjoy everything that the Ming Dynasty people enjoy.
Such propaganda by the Government House of Ceylon was very effective. The Sinhalese people who believed in all this quickly accepted the fate of becoming slaves. As for the Tamils, they were deeply influenced by Hinduism and were even more stable.
accepted it all.
With a two-pronged approach, Ceylon quickly settled down.
The Western Union Trading Company also began to migrate people to Ceylon on a large scale.
Each of these shareholders who formed the Western United Trading Company was a big family of the Ming Dynasty. The family was huge and the population of the family was very large. Tens of thousands of people could easily move here.
Coupled with the recruitment of some more people from the villages where their respective families were located, the number of Ming people living here in Ceylon soon exceeded 50,000.
With its fertile land, humid climate, and its location in the middle of the Indian Ocean route, Ceylon Island has also developed rapidly and is operated vigorously by the Western United Trading Company.
The Port of Ceylon, the port that the Western United Commercial Bank is currently focusing on building and investing in, is not only to facilitate passing ships to collect tolls, but also to build Xiyang City next to the Port of Ceylon into a transit trade city.
Tolls are only a small part, but the real big part is trade. The port is built, and the trade between China and the West intersects here. Just one payment from the middle is enough for the Western United Trading Company to make a lot of money.
The shareholders of Western United Trading Co., Ltd. know this very well. They are all businessmen and know the ways to make money.
There are many ships moored in the huge port. From time to time, ships leave the port and return to the Ming Dynasty or go further west to Persia and the Middle East. From time to time, there are also ships arriving here from the distant Ming Dynasty.
The successful operation of the Western United Trading Company in Ceylon Island also inspired the confidence of the entire Ming Dynasty in occupying overseas colonies. It is definitely not easy to occupy a colony.
So now, everyone is basically conducting inspections, constantly spying on intelligence data in various regions, and carefully choosing targets.
Ceylon has naturally become everyone's bridgehead. Here, large and small trading houses and powerful people from the Ming Dynasty gather. They are active in the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the name of doing business, constantly collecting intelligence, and preparing to conquer a piece of land like the Western United Trading House.
Your own private colony.
In a house in Xiyang City, Li Shishi looked sad.
"I didn't expect that just organizing tens of thousands of people to go to Africa would cost so much. The wealth recorded by the prince's ancestors has been spent in just a few months."
"If this continues, there will definitely be no money. Even if we conquer a place in Africa, it will be difficult to run it well without money."
Li Shishi calculated carefully. As an important staff member of King Ning, and one who had been named the left prime minister of Ning Kingdom by King Ning, he was really worried now.
As a pioneer, he has been on the island of Ceylon for more than two months. He has learned in detail about the situation around the Indian Ocean. He even sent people to the east coast of Africa to conduct on-site inspections. In detail
He had a clear understanding of the situation on the east coast of Africa and made preparations for King Ning to attack colonies in Africa and establish his own country.
"According to the situation, the prince will arrive in Ceylon Island in the next few days. At that time, I am afraid that the prince will have to personally raise some money and food from Hu Xian, the governor of Ceylon. It is a pity that the First Bank of Ming Dynasty will not give it.
Loan, otherwise Daming First Bank’s loan interest is the lowest.”
"The matter of money is not too difficult. If you have money, live a better life. If you don't have money, live a miserable life. As long as you conquer a colony and discover some minerals and the like, you will soon be rich."
"The big problem now is that the Portuguese and the British are fighting against them."
"Portugal occupied West Tianzhu Guli and blocked the Persian Gulf. It also had deep hostility towards us Ming people. It was fine here on the island of Ceylon, but going west to the Middle East and Africa would be threatened by the Portuguese."
"They seem to have regarded the east coast of Africa as their own territory and do not allow us to get involved here."
"However, the Portuguese are not a big problem. They only have a few dozen warships here in the Indian Ocean. Once they dare to violate the interests of our Ming Dynasty, they will be wiped out very quickly."
"The most important thing is the African trading house established by the British Duke, Ding Guogong, Cheng Guogong and Liu Jin. They are also interested in Africa, and they have already sent troops to the southeast of Africa to attack the southeast of Africa before the prince.
Big Island, and at the same time prepare to capture the southern tip of Africa."
"This was originally the territory that the prince was interested in, but now they have taken it first. The prince can only go directly to capture some places in East Africa."
"Although the prince is a relative of the emperor, his strength is still far behind the African trading houses established by these companies. I am afraid that he will not be able to compete with them when competing for territory in Africa in the future."
Li Shishi looked at the huge map and couldn't help but shake his head.
The prince's strength is still too weak. His financial strength is weak, he recruits few people, and the power he can mobilize is limited. Not to mention compared with the African Commercial Bank, even the Western United Commercial Bank in front of him is much stronger than them.
"It's good, there are African trading companies that will open the way for us. Even if there is a conflict with the Portuguese, it will be the African trading companies who will compete with them first, and we will be safer."
"The conditions on the east coast of Africa are quite good. The climate is humid and the land is fertile. There may not be many precious minerals, but as long as there is fertile land, a huge country can naturally be built."
Li Shishi looked at the long coastline on the east coast of Africa. Nowadays, many people go to explore here. Many people have already set their sights on Africa and want to establish colonies on Africa.
Nothing else, because judging from the information we know now, the east coast of Africa is definitely the best place to occupy. The dark Kunlun slaves here are still in a very primitive and backward state, not to mention how many troops are needed.
Just a few hundred people armed with a few hundred people can defeat them here.
The only key is that this place is so backward that only the areas close to the Middle East on this long coastline have some countries and cities under the influence of the Middle East and Persians. There are not even decent cities in other places.
nothing.
It's easy to occupy it, but if you want to run it well, you need to build it from start to finish.
At this time, in the Indian Ocean to the east of Ceylon Island, a large-scale fleet was heading westward. On one of the large ships, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao looked at the west direction with high spirits, imagining that he had conquered the
The scene of building your own country after a piece of land.
After waiting for a long time, today is finally the day.
I have been dreaming about it for a long time, and finally it will come true.
In the second half of the fourteenth year of Hongzhi's reign, he had already left Ming Dynasty for Nanyang, where he stayed for several months.
On the one hand, he trains his own army, and on the other hand, he learns in detail about the situation in Nanyang and the plantation economy in Nanyang.
At the same time, he went around deceiving people, writing bad checks, wooing people to invest in Ning Guo, who had not even had a shadow of his existence, and wooing people to go to Africa with him. Anyway, he just went around cheating, borrowing money and things.
Even the New Year was celebrated here in Nanyang. As soon as the New Year was over, his army was almost fully trained and all the preparations were in place, and then he led his troops to march toward Africa in a mighty manner.
“The smell is so relaxing!”
Prince Ning faced the sea breeze and breathed in the sea-smelling air, and he burst into laughter.
Although he is a prince and a descendant of the old Zhu family, life was very difficult in the Ming Dynasty. He could not even leave Nanchang City, and even had to send servants to visit his ancestors' tombs. This shows that the princes
Life is really hard.
Pigs who are kept in captivity must be supervised by local officials when they go out, except for being allowed to roam around their own homes.
Now, he has finally left the Ming Dynasty and has his own army and team. As long as he reaches Africa, he can quickly establish his own country. From then on, the sky is high and birds can fly, the sea is wide and fish can jump, and freedom is
The feeling of freedom is so refreshing.
Since he went to sea, he has never looked in the direction of Ming Dynasty.