915 Bold Ideas
I saw that the warehouse of Nuoda was full of golden coins, silver coins that shimmered with silver, and amber, a specialty of Batavia, was piled up into a small mountain.
Further inside, there were piles of gold and silver nuggets that had been smelted but not made into gold and silver coins, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires were piled up in chests, and there were also piles of pearls and jade agate that Liu Hong could not name.
"How many people does this king think! That's it! Liu Hong shook his head, as if he was not very satisfied with the East India Company's family background.
These things look piercing the eyes, if they are really converted into silver taels, they will definitely not exceed 20 million taels, especially those boxes of gems, they look good, this thing may be held up to the sky in later generations, but at this time, it is still a younger brother than gold and silver.
But Liu Hong gradually figured it out after a little thought, after all, the East India Company was a joint-stock company, and millions of shareholders were waiting for dividends every year.
The East India Company, which had profited from dumping and plunder, had been very profitable, with a staggering annual return of 40 per cent on the shareholders, and even the Prince of Orange, the ruling of the Netherlands, coveted his eighteen per cent dividend every year.
Alas, it seems that if you want to get rich, you have to go to the Netherlands to rob it, Liu Hong gradually stroked his stubble chin and began to reverie.
A group of guards are paying attention to Liu Hong, in their eyes, Liu Hongjian is no longer a human being, but a god at this time! Only God can scoff at so much gold and silver treasure!
"My lord, most of the things stored in the warehouse next door include spices, deer skins, antlers, medicinal herbs and other things, which are also very good to sell in our Ming Dynasty, and they are also worth a lot of silver." Chang Yu comforted.
Seeing that Liu Hongjian was still not very interested, Chang Yu stepped forward and said, "My lord, the brothers of the artillery battalion just now found a good thing, you will definitely like it if you taste it!" ”
"What's that? With the delicacies of the mountains and seas of this king, why haven't you tasted it? Are you really interested in eating? ”
"No, Lord Wang, it's not for eating, it's for smoking, it's much more comfortable than our cigarette pouch and pot!
I don't know how to describe the comfortable lowly job in one bite, you must try it! Chang Yu's eyes closed when he spoke, and he enjoyed his face.
Liu Hongjian suddenly had an ominous premonition, what else could be the thing that could make people flutter?
"Seal off this storehouse, and no one will be allowed to enter without the king's orders! Let's go, let's see! Liu Hong gradually gave Lin He two instructions, and then left with Chang Yu.
When I arrived at the place, I saw that Kong Ermao, the commander of the artillery battalion, was surrounded by a group of artillerymen, and the crowd was filled with smoke, and there was a strange fragrance in the air.
Liu Hongjian only glanced at the things in Kong Er's hand and knew that he had guessed correctly, there was a small box in the middle of the crowd, and inside the box were pieces of black dumplings, pressed tablets! This is definitely tableting!
Liu Hongchuan has always been obsessed with the invention of cigarette bags and pots, and tobacco may be able to provide considerable taxes for the imperial court in the future, but after all, it is not good for health.
For example, he was a smoker in later life, and although he knew the disadvantages of smoking, it was still difficult to quit.
Tobacco has now penetrated into the north and south of the mainland, tobacco was originally used as a medicinal material, and at that time it was not called smoking, but eating tobacco.
Shang Jia claimed that eating tobacco often can cure a variety of diseases, and even the Ming Dynasty, regardless of men and women, young and old, have the habit of eating smoking.
Rao is like this, Liu Hongjian is still suggesting that the imperial court start to control the smokers, such as imposing heavy taxes, which has been approved by Comrade Xiao Zhu a hundred.
But tablets are not as good as tobacco, tablets are a thing that will destroy the country and destroy the species, if it is flooded, it will quickly eliminate a nation spiritually, and he will never allow this thing to flow into the Ming Dynasty!
"Lord, you are here, come and taste this thing, God is very good! You can go to heaven with one pump! Kong Er was stunned with a cigarette pouch and pot in his hand, pinched another piece from the black ball, and motioned for Liu Hongjian to taste it while smoking.
"Fuck your eggs! Do you believe that this king can let you go to heaven right now?
You! And you! All the push-ups that smoked this thing were 500 and 1,000 sit-ups, and they were not allowed to eat at night!
This is a chronic poison, if anyone dares to touch it again in the future, don't blame this king for being polite!" Liu Hong gradually slapped Kong Er's stunned cigarette pouch and pot out of the distance.
Kong Er was stunned immediately.
Although Liu Hongjian has a bad temper, he rarely has such a big temper, and even if he was caught stealing wine in the past, he would at most be dozens of military sticks.
You must know that even if you are a strong man, you will lose half your life if you are beaten with dozens of military sticks, but look at what Liu Hongjian means, if the punishment for smoking something is even more ruthless than dozens of military sticks?
"The prince won't let us smoke, we just don't smoke, why is the prince so angry, we don't know that this thing is a chronic poison!" Kong Er was stunned and was not angry when he was slapped in the face.
After a few years of fighting with Liu Hong, Kong Er was stunned and is now an earl in the title, and the earl is a superb, two levels older than the various Shangshu.
Slapping Uncle Chao is not something anyone dares to do, but this slap was gradually beaten by Liu Hong, Kong Er was stunned and had no temper, and his glory was given by Liu Hong.
"That's it, don't be angry, we know it's wrong, let's burn these poisons!" A guerrilla general chimed in.
Liu Hong gradually fell silent, Chang Yu thought that he had acquiesced, and before the group of artillerymen could make a move, he had to order the people of the pro-guard battalion to burn the tablets.
"Wait!" Liu Hong gradually raised his hand to stop his subordinates.
"How many more of these things are there? Where is it made? What is the yield? Liu Hong gradually said expressionlessly.
"Back to the prince, there are still more than a dozen boxes in the warehouse over there, and it looks like there must be at least nearly a thousand catties!
We asked the Banten people in the city, and they said that it is cultivated on this island, and it is also on the surrounding islands, and as for the yield, it is ...... The Banten people don't know, and we don't know. Kong Er was stunned, picked up the cigarette pouch and pot, and whispered while knocking off the pressed tablets inside.
"This king repeats again, whoever dares to touch this thing again, the official position and title are light in the end, whoever touches it will die, don't blame this king for being ruthless!" Liu Hongjian ignored Kong Er's stunned moment, but looked around at his subordinates and said seriously.
The subordinates looked at each other and did not dare to speak, although the experience of tobacco was wonderful, it was certainly not cost-effective compared to the life and glory of wealth.
A few artillerymen who were close to the box on the ground couldn't help but dodge a few steps, as if the thing on the ground was a poisonous snake.
"As for these things, there is no need to destroy them, this king will keep them useful, and seal them all!" Liu Hong said in a deep voice.
He suddenly had a bold idea.
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