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"I don't care about politics, I just want to make money, more money."

Two beautiful maids, graceful and graceful, one fed him a sip of tea in a delicate cloisonné enamel teacup, and the other carefully trimmed his nails, even the seams of his nails were clean.

The nobles of Daqin are not only elegant in their homes, but even the details of their lives are exquisite to the limit. Let Clauswell sigh in his heart.

In today's Europe, there is not only a cross-flow of sewage between cities, but also a stinking atmosphere. Even some kings don't bathe all year round, and their bodies stink.

Clauswell, who prided himself on being a civilized man in the colonies, felt like a barbarian everywhere when he arrived in Daqin.

He was silent for a while, and then said, "Your Excellency, you must know that now the Qin State is at war with our British Empire. ”

Xu Yongshun laughed and said: "Mr. Clauswell is also a person who has seen the world, don't you know that the more wars there are, the easier it is to make this money?" ”

"But"

"As I said, I don't care about politics, no matter how my Great Qin is at war with the British, I just want to make money. Don't worry, our caravan has two hundred merchant ships, and the passage of the sea is unimpeded, and if the East India Company is willing to cooperate, what do you want, the best silk, the most beautiful porcelain, or a large amount of cotton, spices, and tea

In short, as long as it is not a weapon, a qiē commodity, as much as you want, my fleet will transport as much as you want, and the Far Eastern trade monopolized by the Dutch will be replaced by the British East India Company.

However, since we are responsible for transporting the goods to India, the distance is much farther, and the price is naturally more expensive. Of course, your company can also refuse to cooperate with me. There were Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, and I am sure there would always be people willing to work with me. ”

"No, no, no, dear Excellency, we are willing to cooperate with you."

Clauswell was like he had just passed from hell to heaven. The original reserve was just to raise his own value.

He was the manager of the British East India Company, and after figuring out Xu Yongshun's energy, he certainly knew what amazing benefits he would bring to the East India Company by working with Xu Yongshun.

In this world, there are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Although Britain had eight warships join the war this time, it did not mean that Britain would refuse to trade with Great Qin.

On the contrary, almost all the countries of Europe were now enemies of Qin, and if Britain could find another way. Then this is monopoly trade, and after Daqin's goods are shipped back to Europe, the profits will be multiplied.

The thought that he would become a man who would make history made Clauswell almost tremble with excitement.

Xu Yongshun was not afraid that he would not cooperate at all, as he said, there were Spaniards, Dutch, and Portuguese in the prison. Who is not salivating over trade in the Far East?

Daqin has just been established now, and the northwest has been invaded by the Mongol army, and the beacon is full of fire. Money is needed everywhere. The emperor was reluctant to give more to the people, so as not to affect the restoration of the people's livelihood.

As far as Xu Yongshun knew, the imperial court originally received more than 60 million taels from the Dashun army, another 20 million taels from Yunnan, and 9 million taels from the Zheng family in Fujian. When the palaces of Nanjing and Xijing were built, the government of the people also donated as much as tens of millions of taels.

When pacifying Liangguang, more than 2 million taels of silver were seized from the hands of Ding Kuichu, the former governor of Liangguang. From the Yongli Dynasty Qingguo Gong Chen Bangfu, General Sun Jinding, Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wu Bitong, Ministry of Industry Shangshu Lin Zizhong, Chief Military Officer Liu Chengyin. Huang Wei, the deputy capital of the imperial capital, and Cao Ye, the governor of Guangxi, were among Ding Kuichu's henchmen, and nearly two million taels were seized.

In the past few years, the emperor has spent a lot of money everywhere, and all the money comes from this, but the money comes and spends a lot, and the money used to help the people of the northern provinces that have just been recovered has reached 20 million or 30 million taels.

And the mountains of gold and silver, there is always a time when the mountains are empty.

Xu Yongshun knew the emperor's thoughts, and he vigorously formed a navy, which was to use the sea country to open up overseas and give blood to the country.

But naval plunder alone is not enough, because plundering is often a killing of chickens and eggs, and can only be plundered once.

Therefore, the emperor asked him to form this trading company and export the goods of Daqin. Complementing the navy, the navy plundered wealth by force, and the trading companies exported goods in large quantities, creating wealth in a mild and long-term way.

This two-pronged approach has to be implemented well, even if Daqin uses troops in the north every year and fights every day, he will not worry about running out of money, let alone giving more money to the people.

The Xu family was the most noble family of the former Ming Dynasty, and of course he knew what amazing wealth Zheng He brought back to the Ming Dynasty when he went to the West.

Zhu Di just fought a civil war with Emperor Jianwen, and the millions of armies on both sides fought for four years, and the two capitals were defeated. Soon, hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched to conquer Mongolia five times; The southern expedition to Jiaozhi was even more dispatched with an astonishing 800,000 troops, and also built the city of Beijing on a large scale.

Each of them cost an innumerable amount of silver. In other dynasties, let alone the five expeditions to Mongolia, one expedition is enough to make the court poor as pants.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the annual income was only three or four million taels. The Yongle Dynasty was not only not dragged across, but achieved the most powerful Yongle prosperous era in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.

What does Emperor Yongle rely on? Can he conjure mountains of gold and silver out of thin air?

The secret of this, Xu Yongshun knows very well, what supports the prosperity of Yongle is the countless wealth that Zheng He brought back from his seven trips to the West.

The current Emperor of Great Qin is obviously aware of this, and he has gone further, with the plunder of the navy on the one hand, and the massive export of goods on the other. The effect of this two-pronged approach is probably many times better than that of Zheng Heqi.

Xu Yongshun knows what kind of work he is doing, and if he does it well, I am afraid that in the future, he will be able to become a famous figure in the annals of history like Zheng He.

Not to mention that if Xu Yongshun is in reverie about a bright future, in the western part of Guangxi, Jiande Houma Liuliang led 6,000 men and horses from Guiyang through Pingyuewei, Duyunfu, and Dushan Prefecture to Nandan Prefecture in Guangxi.

Among the generals of the Qin army, Ma Liuliang earned the nickname of "King of the Mountains", and the 3,000 mountain divisions he originally led made great achievements in the process of pacifying Guizhou and conquering Yunnan and Guangxi.

Today, the mountain division has been expanded to 10,000 men and is dedicated to operations in the southwest.

This time, the Tusi Cen Yin of Si'en Mansion made a rebellion, affecting Si'en Mansion, Qingyuan Mansion, Sicheng Prefecture, and Tianzhou.

It can be said that the entire western part of Guangxi has been involved. Most of these places belong to typical karst landforms. The mountains are undulating, the jungle is dense, and the roads are rough and difficult.

In the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded: Guangxi Yao, Yi (that is, Zhuang) two ethnic groups are the majority, in the Panwan Mountains, when the danger of the three rivers, sixty-three mountains lean on the nest, thirty-six sources are located in the heart of its heart, which is scattered in Guilin, Liuzhou, Qingyuan, Pingle counties, where it is spreading. And Tianzhou and Sicheng belong to it, especially called strong.

It's not an exaggeration to describe it as "tough". In the Ming Dynasty, the native soldiers of these ethnic minorities were called "wolf soldiers", and from the Hongwu Dynasty, they often transferred the wolf soldiers of Guangxi to fight.

Among them, Nandan Mo's Tusi, from the Northern Song Dynasty Kaibao seven years to be entitled, has been through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Ming dynasties. If you count from the first generation of toast Mo Hongyan, Mo's toast has been hereditary for 20 generations, with a total of 36 generations.

In response to the edict of the Ming Dynasty, Mo's Tusi sent troops to help the Ming court fight many times, and the Ming court gave the construction of the "Xun Southwest" archway in front of the state rule.

Now Mo Ziqian, the governor of Nandan, is probably also worried that Daqin will cancel the policy of Tusi autonomy, and even responded to the rebellion of Tusi in Si'en Mansion.

Ma Liu's two soldiers are strong and strong. As soon as the Six Elements Mountain Division arrived in Nandan Prefecture, it was going to do a big job.

Tang Yue hurriedly persuaded: "Master Hou, slow down." ”

Ma Liuliang raised his eyes and asked, "Tang Xiucai, what do you want to do?" ”

"Master Hou, there is no need to make a big deal this time. You can use it by borrowing the prestige of Hou Ye. ”

Ma Liuliang looked at Tang Yue suspiciously: "Tang Xiucai, don't you want to persuade to surrender, what is there to persuade here?" Didn't Majesty deliberately take the opportunity to change the land and return to the stream? ”

"Master Hou, it's right that Your Majesty intends to change the land and return to the stream. But now Daqin's energy is focused on the northwest, and the time is not ripe for the southwest to change the land and return to the stream, and this is not something that can be achieved overnight. Gotta take it one step at a time. Otherwise, even if you defeat it, it will still be a rebellion in the future. ”

"But Majesty"

"His Majesty didn't immediately push the toast to the opposite side. Toast like Nandan, if you can fight for it, you still have to fight for it first. ”

"Tang Xiucai, don't you take off your pants and fart, if you don't sweep them down now, you will allow them to be autonomous, and you will have to crusade again in the future, are you annoyed!"

"Master Hou, don't worry, you don't have to come to ask for it in the future."

", can you convince them to hand over power obediently with just one mouth?"

"His Majesty is now issuing a decree aimed at the implementation of the law of drawing Ding in Monan, men over the age of 16, one of the two, formed into a military gang to help the court fight in all directions, this official feels that His Majesty's move is really clever, it can be described as a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle.

This official was about to write to the imperial court, and he also carried out this policy in the southwest, and transferred the southwest Tusi Ding Zhuang to form an army for the conquest of Jiaozhi and Dongwu. First, these wolf soldiers in the southwest are suitable for fighting toe wrestling and cave wu, and there is no need to worry about the situation of not adapting to the water and soil;

Second, after pumping out these strong men from Tuzhou, it is difficult for them to become chaotic. The official believes that the imperial court must also be considering this strategy. The official should be able to get His Majesty's permission;

In short, the first implementation of pumping, in the future when the asphalt road is completed, and then step by step to change the land and flow, that is, the water is a canal. Therefore, now I can't be in a hurry, first strive for a small toast like Nandan, and a powerful Tu prefect like Ping Si'en Mansion."

"Haha, I understand, Tang Xiucai, you really have it, use a group of dried shrimp to bite the big fish, and when the big fish is finished, then catch all these small shrimps."

"That's probably the reason."

"Okay, since now, that Tang Xiucai, Tang Xiucai, you still don't go in person, I'll send another person to persuade you to surrender, if you don't listen to the persuasion, I will cut you down with a knife, where will Lao Tzu find a sour Xiucai like you."

Tang Yue rolled his eyes and said, "Hou Ye's love, this official understands it, Hou Ye can rest assured." The official can't die, and he will teach that Mo Ziqian to come obediently to greet the Hou Ye. ”

Ma Liuliang couldn't resist him, so he could only watch him go alone to the Sanshan Pass in the northwest of Nandan!

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PS: There are indeed a lot of things these days, I can only change it, I'm sorry everyone, bow! (To be continued......)