Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 64 The response was enthusiastic
  "How could this British king become the mastermind behind the pirates, not to mention respecting heaven and law? Isn't this too degrading to the gentlemen?" Liang Jiansheng said in shock.

"Nowadays, European countries are divided among themselves, and no one can control them. What's more, if the British king does this, he is also inheriting his ancestral heritage. Their ancestors were originally pirate leaders."

"The ancestors of the current British king are not natives of Britain. They were originally a great nobleman in France, and their title was the Duke of Normandy. Later, Duke William of Normandy went on an expedition across the sea, killed the original British king on the battlefield, and took away his throne. A new dynasty was established in Britain. Going back further, it turns out that they were not French, but were Viking leaders in Northern Europe. Their ancestor Rollo followed Ragnar, a famous Viking leader, on many ships. They harassed France several times, and once they mobilized heavy troops to besiege the French capital Paris. Although they were not defeated, the French were forced to have no choice but to seal off a large piece of coastal land in Rollo, which later became the Duke of Normandy." Zhang Xiao explained .

"I see, then Xiaosheng understands." Liang Jiansheng sat back in his seat.

"Zhang Shidu, according to what you said, what the Folangji people do is to attract capable heroes and promise to break the earth and make marquises. The British just recruit pirates and even become pirates themselves. In addition to that, there are other Other ways?" Wang Xijue asked.

"There is another way, which I came up with, but no other country has tried this way now. That is to build stocks, companies, a large trading company, or even a stock trading market." Zhang Xiao said.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiao talked about the East India Company and the securities exchange market that the Netherlands had set up, and these financial innovations. Anyway, at this time, the Netherlands had not officially entered the stage of history, so this idea was borrowed first.

"This is how the so-called securities market and stocks work. Of course, this thing is also relatively complicated, but after it is built, it can share the risks of going to sea and raise funds for the navy and maritime trade to start." Zhang Xiao finally concluded.

"Then according to what you said, what if this trading company loses money? Then can this company afford to lose the money? If it can't pay back the money, isn't it going to cause unrest in the government and the public? And it looks a bit like gambling anyway. ?" Wang Xijue asked.

Stock trading is of course risky. Not to mention ordinary people, even Sir Isaac Newton, a genius of both time and space who was capable of both civil and martial arts, lost everything in the South China Sea Company bubble incident. So what? There have been so many stock market crashes in ancient and modern times at home and abroad, but the stock market is still not booming, which means this thing is still going somewhere.

"Second Assistant, this stock is naturally risky, but since it is a business, there must be winners and losers. If the company really loses money, then the company should be declared bankrupt, pay off the debt first, and the rest The money will be returned to the shareholders. If it becomes insolvent, the shareholders who hold the stocks can only consider themselves unlucky. After all, if you buy the stocks, a small part of the company belongs to you. If the company collapses, then this part The property will be lost. The operator must bear limited liability, otherwise no one would dare to open this joint-stock company, and no one can withstand such compensation no matter how much money they have. Of course, if the operator makes false accounts and enriches himself, Then the operators’ homes will be confiscated,” Zhang Xiao explained.

"This stock doesn't sound so easy to get, so I won't ask in such detail for now. You can draft a more detailed charter later. I don't have anything to ask now." Wang Xijue also stopped asking questions.

"Zhang Shidu, after listening to what you said, it is indeed important to develop the navy, but even if these European countries want to invade our country, the main force of their navy is far away from home, and it is not easy to get there from thousands of miles away. Now the navy is the most powerful The main fleet of the Franji Kingdom has just been defeated by the British. It must be eager to seek revenge from the British, let alone send the main fleet to the Ming Dynasty. But on the contrary, there are now wars on the border, Mongolian tribes are still raging on the border, and the Japanese We are also ready to make a move. Now that we are engaged in the navy, there is no need to be so anxious. The military expenditure of the court is also very tight now." An official in the first row asked.

Zhang Xiao saw who was speaking and took a closer look. Good guy, it turned out to be Shi Xing, Minister of War.

"Shi Shangshu, as I said just now, this naval strategy is only a mid- to long-term vision, and we don't have to spend so much money now. I dare not say anything about how the Mongols will resist. But as for the Japanese who are ready to attack, I still think I can say a few words. Why did Toyotomi Hideki of the Japanese country dare to attack the Ming Dynasty? The Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources. The country is in heaven and has abundant soldiers and food. Why does he dare to attack? Or he is too stupid. This is not Maybe, stupid people will not have the ability to climb from an ordinary soldier to the leader of the Japanese country. Then there is another reason, because some of the past history made Toyotomi Hideyoshi think that the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than that and can be challenged. object."

"I think there are at least two points in these past histories. One is that Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, made two cross-sea expeditions to the Japanese country. They were both defeated by the ruling Hojo Tokimune of the Japanese country. Therefore, they were not afraid of the Ming Dynasty's navy entering the Japanese country. Over there. The other thing is that Japanese pirates have been ravaging our country for many years in the Ming Dynasty. Once, a group of Japanese pirates wandered around to the gates of Nanjing. The Japanese felt that our military equipment in the Ming Dynasty was lax. Let me give you an example. For example, when I was going for an outing in the mountains, I ran into a group of wild monkeys. They came up to grab things. Although they drove away these wild monkeys many times, these wild monkeys came and came again. Finally, they couldn't bear it anymore and killed many monkeys so that these monkeys did not dare to come. However, just beating them These wild monkeys are not good enough, and the monkey king of these wild monkeys must be beaten. These wild monkeys dare to be so presumptuous, either it means that this monkey king is useless, or it means that this monkey king acquiesces. The Japanese country has been in war for hundreds of years. , now that it has just settled down, Toyotomi Hideyoshi does not care about benevolent governance and caring for the people, but instead goes out of his way to expand military armaments and is eyeing the Ming Dynasty's internal vassals. Such a Japanese country must be in power, and the Ming Dynasty must teach a lesson."

"Then how to teach a lesson? Of course, when the Japanese really invade North Korea in the end, my Ming Dynasty will send out kingly troops to repel the Japanese. This will naturally demonstrate the power of our heaven. But the Japanese will still not be convinced. They will definitely still They will wait for a better opportunity and take advantage of the chaos to come in. The best way is to sail the warships directly to them, destroy their ships, and prevent them from even coming out to the seaside, let alone crossing the sea to North Korea. , in order to show the power of my heavenly dynasty.”

As Zhang Xiao spoke, he unconsciously became emotional, and his voice became louder and louder. There was no way, Zhang Xiao couldn't calm down when thinking of what happened behind the original time and space.

(End of this chapter)