Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 721, get restless

On the top floor of Wanghai Building in Tianjin, an extremely important chamber of commerce is being held at this moment, and the participants are all the owners of major commercial firms in Ming Dynasty or famous dignitaries.

Like the two brothers Shouninghou and Jianchangbo, Li Chunyang, the boss of Sihai Commercial Bank, Zhu Benduan and Feng Xiang of Huishang Commercial Bank, and Hu Xian and Zhang Yuan from Jiangnan, etc.

Many people are not convenient to come here in person, and they also sent their sons or confidantes to participate in this chamber of commerce, because this is a very high-standard chamber of commerce.

Those who can come to participate in the meeting are the dignitaries, businessmen, and big families who have extremely huge influence in the entire Ming Dynasty, and they almost include the power of Daming's injury to the court and down to the localities.

And this time is a bit different from the past. In the past, such a top-level chamber of commerce was usually held by the owners of the northern business houses, and the general participants were also the northern business houses and so on.

But this time, the people who held this high-level chamber of commerce were Zhu Benduan and Feng Xiang from the Huishang firm in the south, and Hu Xian and Zhang Yuan from the Jiangnan family.

It was they who took the initiative to invite everyone, scripted this top chamber of commerce, and invited everyone to come to the meeting to discuss major issues.

While tasting the delicious food, everyone chatted with each other in low voices.

"Brother, do you think there's something wrong with these southerners calling everyone over suddenly?"

Zhang Heling ate the delicious food with big mouthfuls, very unmannered, as if he was a poor person at the bottom, who had never eaten the delicious food in Wanghailou, and asked Zhang Yanling beside him while eating.

"Pay attention to your image~"

Zhang Yanling looked at his younger brother, feeling helpless.

Paying attention to our image is okay, our family is now the top family of Daming anyway, we have plenty of money, but we don’t have anything to eat, why should we look like a starving ghost reincarnated.

"I just think it's a pity to waste it if you don't eat it for nothing."

Zhang Heling stopped slowly helplessly, pouted and said.

"I guess these southerners must have some thoughts. I heard that Taiping Hou Du Mingen's fleet has returned and arrived in Songhu a few days ago, so these southerners were the first to hear the news. "

"I heard that Du Mingen's fleet sailed to the Western Ocean this time, sailing thousands of miles, and visited hundreds of countries. The farthest reached the east coast of Africa, and visited the Middle East, Persia, Tianzhu, and Ceylon."

"Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Du Mingen's western voyage, hundreds of ships returned with a full load, and brought back countless gold and silver jewellery, emerald jade, ivory agate, and precious medicinal materials. It is said that if the value is estimated, it may be worth more than Thirty million silver."

"Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. has made a lot of money this time!"

When Zhang Yanling said this, he couldn't help being jealous. His eyes were really red. This Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is really good at making money. No matter what it does, Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is very profitable, and everyone is just following along. It's all money behind their ass.

"Another thirty million taels of silver~"

When Zhang Heling heard it, he couldn't help being stunned, and then said with red eyes: "Brother, let's go to the West with a boat, a trip once a year is enough."

"Do you think that you are smart enough to organize a fleet to go to the West?"

"There have been people doing business along Du Mingen's route to Western countries, including jade from Burma, gemstones from Ceylon, and gold and silver from Tianzhu."

"There are too many people now. A shipment of goods has arrived in Nanyang, and now it is only earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Moreover, there are too many people and the competition is fierce. Life is not as easy as before."

"That's why everyone is heading towards the Western Ocean. Zhang Mao and Liu Jin are sweeping the Nanyang area again. In the future, this Nanyang may gradually become my Ming Dynasty's place, and it will be even more difficult to do business here. .”

Zhang Yanling still has a brain, and he can see many things very accurately.

"What should I do?"

"Didn't you drink the northwest wind in the future?"

When Zhang Heling heard this, he immediately said anxiously.

"...I told you so bluntly, you still don't understand?"

"Go west, keep going west. The west is just beginning. This is the land of gold. If it can be like Africa and Europe, it will be more profitable. Didn't Liu Jin say that this porcelain and silk can go to Europe? Equivalent to gold."

Zhang Yanling sighed helplessly, his younger brother really left people speechless.

On the other side, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, Hu Xian, and Zhang Yuan also gathered together, discussing something with each other.

"Is there a fleet from the Golden Continent coming back?"

Zhu Benduan asked in surprise.

"Yes, I just arrived in Songhu in the past two days. There are more than [-] ships, each of which is filled with gold and silver. Those companies that invest in the Golden Isle will be issued this time."

"I heard that on the Golden Continent, thousands of gold mines, large and small, have been discovered. People from major commercial firms are desperately mining gold. Many commercial firms wrote back saying that there is not enough manpower. The Golden Continent is really everywhere. It's gold."

Hu Xian nodded solemnly and said: "The news will soon spread to the Beijing-Tianjin area, and we will hurry up and spread the news step by step."

"Fifty ships?"

"How much gold and silver can this hold?"

When Feng Xiang heard this, he couldn't help but stare slightly.

"I don't know, it must be worth tens of millions of taels, especially Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., they really made a lot of money this time."

"I heard that those people from the Golden Continent have come back. Tian Erniu of Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. is on the Golden Continent. With less than [-] people, he conquered the two descendants of wealthy merchants here in the Golden Continent."

"In the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire, Tian Erniu asked people from these two countries to use gold bricks and silver bricks to pile up pyramids to redeem their sins. It is said that in the Aztec Kingdom alone, they won five Tens of millions of taels of gold and silver, and the descendants of Yin and Shang in these two kingdoms have to use gold and silver to pile up pyramids every year to atone for their sins."

Hu Xian shook his head slightly, and then sighed: "Liu Jin's people are still amazing. When the major commercial houses were desperately looking for and digging gold mines, they directly conquered the two kingdoms of the descendants of Yin and Shang. Let them help Go dig gold and silver by yourself and enjoy the rewards."

"A pyramid made of gold and silver bricks?"

When the others heard it, they couldn't help taking a breath, their eyes flushed.

They knew about the pyramid. When Du Mingen came back from the Golden Continent the year before last, the newspapers reported about the pyramid. They actually used gold and silver to pile up the pyramid. This pyramid, what is it called a pyramid? It is a pyramid, a silver tower.

"Fifty million taels of silver!"

Feng Xiang's eyes were flushed, he started as a dry salt merchant anyway, but even in the most glorious era of salt merchants, these salt merchants combined did not make as much money as the Tianjin Ocean Trading Guild.

"This time, they not only brought back a large amount of gold and silver and news from the Golden Continent, but also on the east coast of the Golden Continent, people from the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company and Europeans met."

"The Europeans have a country called Spain, and their ships have also arrived on the east coast of the Golden Continent. According to news, our Ming's things are indeed very valuable in Europe."

"Silk, porcelain, mirrors, spices, sugar, tea, etc., these things are very much in demand by Europeans, and the prices they give are very high."

"Golden Continent, it's not just the Golden Continent, it can also connect with Europeans and do business with Europeans, which is very important."

"As soon as the news spreads, many people will organize goods to go to Golden Continent to do business with Europeans, so we have to be quick, we have to be one step ahead of others, organize a fleet to transport the goods, and make a lot of money first. "

Hu Xian then shared another piece of news, which made the others open their mouths.

"How to put it, the world we live in is really a ball. If you go west, you can reach Europe, and if you go east, you can also reach Europe. We actually met Europeans first on the Golden Continent."

When Zhu Benduan heard this, he immediately thought of what Liu Jin said, the world we live in is a spherical thing. I always felt that I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that it is really the case.

"It doesn't matter anymore, whether it is round or square."

"As long as we can make money, that's all that matters."

Zhu Benduan said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, hurry up and organize a fleet to take the goods to the Golden Continent. You can make a fortune by taking the first step. When the news spreads, the competition will be fierce."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said.

"Business is naturally to be done~"

"However, how can we give up the more profitable business?"

Hu Xian nodded slightly, then thought for a while and said.

"A more profitable business?"

When the other three heard this, they immediately asked suspiciously.

"Don't you all want to learn from Tian Erniu?"

"This easily conquered a country and made them compensate a huge amount of wealth. The world is very big, and there are many, many countries. Not to mention, just on the Western side, there are many countries, large and small. .”

"Didn't you talk about private armed forces when you were chatting with Liu Jin in Songhu a few months ago? Thanks to everyone's joint efforts, the imperial court has allowed our commercial firms to have small-scale overseas armed forces."

"This time, I called everyone here, naturally to unite with everyone. We can also learn from Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd."

"They can conquer countries, why can't we?"

"The emeralds from Myanmar, the gems from Ceylon, the gold and silver from Tianzhu, and the gold and silver from the Middle East and Persia. Now we have to exchange them with commodities. If we can win and conquer them, we will be able to You don’t need to change it, just let them pay us tribute every year.”

Hu Xian looked at the few people around him, and finally explained the purpose of holding this chamber of commerce today.

　I took my wife to the maternity checkup today, so I wasted time~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)