Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 740, Daming is equal to an elephant?
What Yang Zhao said was also true. The business of gemstones and spices on Ceylon Island was monopolized by the Middle Easterners and Persians, and all gemstone sales had to go through them.

A businessman from Ming Dynasty who wanted to buy gems at a lower price came to the Kingdom of Koti, but not only did he not receive due courtesy, but he was also maliciously blackmailed and blackmailed by the people of the Kingdom of Koti.

This made the businessman of Ming Dynasty very angry.

Middle Easterners and Persians are businessmen. They are very shrewd. They know that Ming people like gemstones in Ceylon, so when things that were originally worthless are in their hands, when they are sold to Ming people, the price will increase a lot. times.

Although bringing them back to Ming Dynasty still has very considerable profits, but they are all businessmen, who doesn't want to earn higher profits?
What's more, the really top-notch gems are in the hands of Persians and Middle Easterners, and they will not be sold to you easily, and even if they are sold to you, the price will be very high.

This has seriously damaged the interests of Ming merchants.

This is also an important reason why Hu Xian and the others chose Ceylon as the first target.

On the Western side, the interests of Ming merchants are not guaranteed. People from many countries maliciously blackmail Daming merchants. They think that Ming people are easy to bully, and they are always afraid of right and wrong. In addition, this place is far away from Da Ming, and there is a shortage of merchant ships for Ming merchants. A strong armed force.

On the Western side, Ming merchants are synonymous with being rich and easy to bully.

Because the Middle Easterners and Persians have always barged their teeth and claws, few people dare to trouble them.

"This…"

Hearing Yang Zhao's words, Vero didn't know how to answer.

He knows about this.

Daming people are weak and can be bullied, this is also everyone's consistent impression.

When Zhenghe sailed to the west and arrived at Ceylon Island, the Sinhalese coveted the wealth on the treasure ship and sent people to attack Zheng He's fleet. As a result, Zheng He's [-] men broke through the capital and captured the king and many concubines. , Wang Zi and the like caught Daming.

Logically speaking, this should let them know how powerful Da Ming is, so they dare not embarrass and neglect the people of Da Ming.

But the fact is just the opposite, because Emperor Yong Le took pity on that king, not only did he not kill the king and his family, but he even fed and drank them well, and finally returned to Ceylon Island with the fleet.

This is simply incredible.

Because logically speaking, for such a person, it should be killed cleanly.

But the people of Daming repaid their grievances with kindness, and they didn't kill them. They even served them with good food and drink and sent them back. This made the Sinhalese people on Ceylon Island think that although Ming was powerful, he was like an elephant.

They are very gentle, as long as they don't really anger the elephant, they will be fine, instead they can ride on the elephant's head and domineering.

In the final analysis, it is actually the simple truth, fear power but not virtue!
If they didn't beat them hard, they wouldn't know how to be afraid.

They even think that you are a good person, and good people are used to be bullied, even though you are very big and said to be very powerful.

But elephants are also big and powerful, but people are not afraid of elephants, only tigers and wolves.

On the one hand, the Western and Nanyang people are in awe of the Ming court, and paying tribute is also a common thing. On the other hand, they often try their best to blackmail the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

Because they knew very well that the Ming court would not stand up for businessmen, and the Ming people were very happy, which could be seen from the tribute.

Who knows, now there is a Daming Western Union Company that came out and came over to question him so arrogantly.

If it weren't for the fact that you easily wiped out the cities of the Middle Easterners and Persians, Vero would have wanted to kill the Daming man in front of him right now.

"It's not that we don't want to sell gems to you Ming merchants, but that the Middle East and Persians have united to force us not to sell gems and spices to anyone other than them."

"As for the extortion of the businessmen of Ming Dynasty, this must be a misunderstanding, and I will definitely find out and punish severely."

After thinking about it, Vero also replied.

This Daming man is not kind, so it's better not to provoke him.

They were able to easily capture Lion City and Dhalan City, and naturally they could also easily capture Galle City. He had already heard about the powerful force of the Ming people.

I heard that on the Nanyang side, the army of the Ming Dynasty destroyed several countries one after another. Even a powerful country like Siam was conquered by the army of the Ming Dynasty and had to cede land for compensation.

"Your Majesty the Kingdom, it is not easy to understand the matter."

Yang Zhao seemed to have been prepared a long time ago, smiled and said: "We have a few requirements from the Western United Commercial Bank. If you can do it, everything will be easy to talk about."

"If you can't do it, then we will cure the war."

Hearing Yang Zhao's words, Wei Luo couldn't help frowning immediately, starting a war with the Ming people?
This is something he had never thought about before. There is no doubt that the Ming people are powerful. Their army is still on the Nanyang side. When the time comes, sending a large army over casually will be enough to destroy the Koti Kingdom. .

"Please speak."

Vero's face was ugly. Being threatened like this, if he was young, he would have killed the person in front of him immediately.

"The first one is that we will replace the Persians and Middle Easterners. From then on, the gems and spices on Ceylon can only be sold to us."

Yang Zhao nodded in satisfaction and said.

"There is no problem with this. Anyway, we sell our gems and spices to whomever we sell. Since you have won the battle against the Middle Easterners and Persians, you can naturally take their place."

Regarding this item, Vero readily agreed.

"The second article, centering on Lion City and Dalan City, within a hundred miles around belongs to the territory of our Western United Commercial Firm."

"Impossible, we absolutely cannot agree to this one!"

As soon as Yang Zhao's words fell, Wei Luo immediately expressed his objection loudly.

Are you kidding, within a hundred miles, you think this is Daming, Ceylon is very small, okay?
The longest length from north to south is only more than [-] miles, and the widest width from east to west is only [-] miles. If you have a range of [-] miles, the whole island of Ceylon will be given to you?

In the past, the Persians and Middle Easterners only occupied a little coastal area, and they would never say how big a place they would occupy all at once.

The people of Daming have such a huge appetite, how much land they want to open their mouths, how will they survive in the future.

"I suggest you think carefully before answering."

"Article [-], your Kingdom of Koti must compensate our Western United Commercial Bank with ten million taels of silver for covering the losses of our Ming merchants."

Yang Zhao smiled, it's fine if you don't agree, and things will be easier if you don't agree, if you really want to agree, it will be really hard to deal with you in a while.

"A loss of ten million taels of silver?"

When Wei Luo heard it, he couldn't help being dumbfounded. Is this still from Daming?
I'm afraid this person in front of me is not crazy. Several people came to their own capital, and even opened their mouths to ask for their own land, gold and silver. Isn't this a joke?
"Are you crazy?"

Vero smiled, really laughed.

Are these Daming people crazy?

"It seems that you are not ready to agree to our request?"

Yang Zhao looked at Vero very seriously and said.

"Do you believe I'm going to kill you right now?"

Wei Luo became angry immediately, looked at Yang Zhao and said coldly.

"You can kill me now, but soon our army from the Western Union Company will come over, and you will definitely let all of you in Galle City be buried with me at that time, do you believe it?"

"To tell you the truth, the Persians in Lion City and the Middle Easterners in Dalan City have been sent to Nanyang as slaves by us. If you don't agree to our request, we will also send you to Nanyang as slaves."

Yang Zhao said very domineeringly, without any fear.

"Okay, very good~"

"Now I wonder if you are from Daming."

"Ming people have always been modest and polite, but you are like tigers and wolves."

"I really want to see how you turned us into slaves and sent them to Nanyang."

When Vero heard this, he immediately laughed.

Don't these Ming people really think that if they win the Persians and the Middle East, they can win them the Sinhalese?

The Sinhalese on the island are dozens of times more than the Persians and Middle Easterners. Their Koti Kingdom also has a powerful army, which is definitely not scary.

"That's good~"

"Let me take my leave first. I hope that when I come next time, you will be as tough as you are now."

When Yang Zhao saw it, he immediately laughed, and after thinking about it, he just walked away.

These Sinhalese people really didn’t cry when they saw the coffin, if they didn’t beat them hard, how would they know to be afraid and listen to you obediently?
Seeing Yang Zhao and the others leave, Wei Luo's face was very ugly.

When the people from Daming came, they had a different face, a face that made them feel extremely scared.

They want land, money, their precious stones and spices, and they still come to grab them like a robber, just forget about it, this person hasn't called yet.

Is it too self-confident to send someone over here and make demands on him as soon as he opens his mouth?

PS: Well, our countrymen are almost the same in the world now~
(End of this chapter)