Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 733, businessmen will not do business at a loss
On an empty playground on Turtle Island in the south of the Nanyang Province, thousands of people stood straight and straight, wearing armor all over their bodies, with swords pinned to their waists, bows and arrows on their backs, and muskets on their backs.

Hu Xian, who was standing on the general platform, nodded in satisfaction, at least he still looked imposing, like that.

The armed force assembled by the major commercial firms in front of us is the legal overseas armed force formed by Western commercial firms.

According to the code promulgated by the imperial court, the armed forces of major commercial firms must and can only exist in overseas regions, and they are not allowed to enter the mainland of Ming Dynasty for life, and they must also accept regular inspections by the imperial court.

At the same time, there are also strict restrictions on weapons and equipment, such as the size of the equipment and the number of weapons that can be equipped. These are all detailed and strictly regulated.

The [-]-strong armed force in front of them is already the largest armed force that Hu Xian and the others can form.

For this armed force of [-] people, they have already spent millions of taels of silver.

Because the imperial court has strict regulations, weapons and equipment can only be purchased from Miyun Iron Works, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are spent just to purchase these weapons and equipment.

Obviously, the price of this weaponry is very expensive.

In the words of the Miyun Iron Works, if you can't earn the emperor's money, you must earn your money.

There is no way, in order to go overseas to make a fortune, they can only hold their noses and admit it.

Of course, the quality of weapons and equipment of Miyun Iron Works is beyond doubt. Whether it is conventional swords and armor, muskets, or artillery, the weapons and equipment of Miyun Iron Works are definitely the best.

The price is more expensive, and everyone is willing to buy it. After all, even the weapons and equipment used by the Ming army are purchased from Miyun Iron Works.

In addition to weapons and equipment, Hu Xian and Zhang Yuan also paid a huge price for recruiting these [-] people.

It is definitely not an easy task to get someone to work hard for you.

At the very least, the money must be given in place, otherwise, who is willing to work hard for you, let alone go overseas, God knows if you will die outside.

And once he becomes a private arm of a commercial firm, he will never be able to step into the mainland of Daming for the rest of his life, and can only settle in the overseas provinces and overseas of Daming.

This meant that not only would he have to migrate to the overseas provinces of Daming, but his family would also have to migrate out.

The money must be paid by the bosses of these commercial firms. With 100 people, each of them gave [-] taels of silver to settle down, and it cost [-] taels of silver.

If it weren't for the current imperial court's strong encouragement to immigrate to Nanyang provinces, the whole family could get a lot of land and rewards when they immigrated here, and no one would want to come to the settlement fee of one hundred taels of silver.

The owners of the major commercial firms also relied on their own influence in their hometowns to coax and deceive them to recruit [-] young adults.

With people and weapons and equipment, professional people are needed to train them.

For this reason, they had to spend a high price to dig out some training instructors from the Daming Royal Military Academy to train these people specially.

Now after more than a month of training, at least this team is still the same, and it seems that the momentum is very good.

"Instructor Chen~"

"I don't know if they can go into battle now?"

Hu Xian looked at the five thousand people on the playground, thought for a while and asked Chen Lin, the chief instructor beside him.

"Into battle?"

"It's still too early, it's only been more than a month of training, that is, it can stand in line, and it's far from good in other aspects. Such an army is just a show."

Chen Lin shook his head slightly. To be honest, if it weren't for the super high salary offered by the Western Commercial Bank and the dividends after the event was completed, Chen Lin would not be willing to be such an instructor.

Now he is an instructor, and he may take them overseas to fight in the future, so Chen Lin is still very careful in this regard.

"My instructor Chen, we are going overseas to deal with some barbarians. Many barbarians don't even have knives and guns. Dealing with them doesn't require too strict training."

"You only need to be able to shoot, to fire, and to be able to aim. We are not a rebel, so why are you training so hard?"

When Hu Xian heard this, he couldn't help but said anxiously.

Let you train slowly like this, when will you be able to go overseas to fight?
"You have to speed up your training. There are still [-] horses arriving in a few days. You should speed up your training. Next month we will set off to fight Ceylon."

Hu Xian shook his head helplessly. As a capitalist, well, what he values ​​more is the business with low investment, high return, and high turnover.

Millions of taels of silver have been invested in this. Whether it is him or the other shareholders of the Western Commercial Bank, they all hope to form a fighting force as soon as possible, so that they can go overseas to make a fortune faster.

If Chen Lin is allowed to train according to the standards of the Ming military for a year and a half, this person will eat horse chews, and their shareholders will all lose money to his grandma's family.

So from the very beginning, Hu Xian and the others set a two-month training time, which is enough.

Those peasant rebels in the past didn't have any training. Most of the time they trained while farming, and it was not bad to practice every three days.

They serve here delicious food and drink, train every day, two months is enough.

"Going to Ceylon next month?"

When Chen Lin heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.

"Is this too fast?"

"It's going to take half a year of training."

"If you don't have much fighting power, if you can't win the battle when you go overseas, wouldn't it be more of a loss?"

"Of course I know, but how could it be impossible to win."

"Look at the armor they wear. This is the armor of the Miyun Iron Works. There are also swords, bows, guns, and cannons. If there are so many sophisticated weapons and they can't win, then there is really nothing to say .”

Hu Xian thought about it and nodded slightly. To be honest, he didn’t have much confidence in his heart. After all, this is a major issue related to war. It is too risky to conquer a country with [-] people. Like feeling.

But think about how Tian Erniu conquered two huge kingdoms on the Golden Continent with only [-] people, and his own casualties were minimal.

Conquering two countries with ease, not only obtained huge wealth beyond imagination, but also obtained a large amount of huge wealth every year in the future.

Other commercial banks are working hard to mine gold and silver. Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. is good, and they can just sit and collect gold and silver. Both the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire will mine gold and silver, smelt them, and stack them. It's neat and tidy, you can just collect it slowly.

The reason why Lu Buwei was successful during the Warring States period was because he raised his business to the national level, and the same is true for Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. now.

Easily conquer two countries, enslave them, and let them create a steady stream of wealth for themselves.

Now they want to do the same with Western United Commercial Bank.

As long as you can take the island of Ceylon, among other things, you can mine the gems on the island of Ceylon in the future.

Huge interests also drove Hu Xian, Zhang Yuan, and Feng Xiang to take risks.

"I've also heard about the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company."

"The natives of the Golden Isle don't even know how to smelt iron. It's different here on Ceylon Island. They still know how to use bows and arrows, steel, etc. That's why I have to be careful."

Chen Lin nodded slightly. He knew that he would command this mob to conquer Ceylon, so he was also learning about the situation on Ceylon in advance.

"It's right to be careful, and I'm also relieved."

"When the time is not allowed, we have to set off next month. The current in the Indian Ocean is very special. The summer is smooth and the winter is reversed. In winter, we can reach Ceylon Island more smoothly with the help of the current."

"In addition, I have already sent someone to inquire about the situation in Ceylon Island. There will be news in the next few days."

"They will not be very strong. I have checked the history books. In the eighth year of Yongle (1410), the Sanbao eunuch passed through Ceylon Island when he sailed to the West."

"When I returned to my Ming Dynasty, the king of Ceylon Island, Ariel Kunel, coveted the goods on the ship, and sent troops to besiege the fleet of the Sanbao eunuch. The Sanbao eunuch led [-] entourages, took the island to raid and conquered the capital of the mountain king, and captured this Ariel alive. Kunel, bring his family back to my Daming."

"Emperor Yongle took pity on their ignorance, released them, and gave them food and clothing."

"Sanbao eunuch easily captured the mountain country of Ceylon Island with only [-] people. You have [-] people in your hand, and such excellent weapons and equipment, and after two months of training, we I guess it should be fine.”

Hu Xian nodded slightly and said.

He has been a censor before, so he is very clear about many things.

The investment in this armed force is huge, and he and the shareholders of the Western United Commercial Bank will naturally not invest in it casually, and Ceylon Island is also their target after thousands of choices.

To put it simply, when a businessman does business, how can he do business at a loss.

It stands to reason that Myanmar is closer to Nanyang, and the first target should be Myanmar, but they did not attack Myanmar.

Because Myanmar in this period is powerful and powerful, it is difficult to conquer with thousands of people, but Ceylon Island is different. They have also learned about the situation in Ceylon Island from Taiping Hou Du Mingen who returned to China.

Ceylon is just an island. The country is small, weak, and more importantly, it is relatively backward. It is not difficult to conquer them, and there are enough interests on Ceylon. Ceylon produces all kinds of gems. This thing is very valuable in Daming's side now.

They set off to conquer Ceylon after two months of training. They also went through detailed calculations and thinking, and they definitely did not do it randomly.

Businessmen do not trade at a loss.

　Two months of training should be fine, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)