Chapter 180 A Century-old Navy

When Chongzhen thought about the purchase price, he felt very sad. He couldn't bear to buy a drone with such strong combat effectiveness, let alone a cargo ship at this price.

"Lao Zhu, you need to take a longer view. Think about it, ten ships have a carrying capacity of 100,000 tons, how much can be transported.

You can bring ten groups, no problem, right? Calculating so many people doesn’t take up much space.

But you can let them go to Asan, to America, to trade, where there is gold everywhere.

Four hundred million yuan buys ten ships. If you go out and become a monarch for Asan, will they dare to object? Let the Indians recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. Will they dare to object?

If you dare to object, use rifles and artillery to tell them that whatever you say is the truth within the range of the artillery.

We are not greedy to protect them. Asan pays two tons of gold per year for the security fee. They are quite wealthy there.

Ask the Indians to give you another ton of gold and give you land to farm, and you will have three tons in total. This is not counting business. They don't need your stuff?

Three tons of gold a year. If you do the math, it will come to 1.2 billion. It is a steady stream. This is a ship that can lay golden eggs."

Under Chen Ye's slightly bewitching voice, Chongzhen remembered the movie he had watched before, which was the main level in Europe in the seventeenth century.

Sailboats, wooden ships, think about those countries, relatively speaking, they are indeed several centuries behind the Ming Dynasty. If they use iron ships of the 21st century to fight against them... their eyes will be red (òó).

"Okay, shopkeeper, you are right, they can build concessions all over the world, why can't I, the Ming Dynasty? Can I bring my Confucian knowledge for free?

Moreover, the trade volume will not increase for decades just by relying on these barbarians to transport it. It would be better for me to go directly and use speedboats and radios to connect the earth in advance."

"Yes, that's what I think. When I get back, I will tentatively order ten 10,000-ton giant ships with a budget of 40 million, and transform them into ones that can accommodate 3,000 people and have ventilation and air conditioning to facilitate troop transportation.

Then there are a hundred thousand-ton ocean-going boats, probably more than four million each, which can be used as auxiliary ships and can also be used to pull cargo through canals.

Then there is the purchase of marine aviation oil, seaport construction drawings, and construction materials."

Chen Ye took out his small book. This was another order with a net profit of three to four billion for him.

"Although it costs 800 to 900 million to buy a ship, you have to be prepared. A cement plant will definitely open near the seaport.

Hyundai has been buying cement to build a seaport, and you have to go bankrupt. It's okay to build a small one in the short term. You see, doesn't the role of disaster relief come here?

Let them build a seaport, learn navigation knowledge, and then expand the seaport and directly bring them to the Americas, Indian continent, and the Middle East. If you entrust so many people to go out, don't you need labor?

Then a naval school must be established. In the early stage, you can use the Zheng family's navy, but you must also have your own backbone.

To sum up, I think the total expenditure is probably equivalent to more than 3 billion."

"My God..."

Chongzhen barely managed to carry it back in one breath, and he was almost confused. He had placed a meat purchase order worth hundreds of millions a day ago, and now he was here again.

Although his wealth has exceeded tens of billions, the way he spends money makes him really know what a century-old navy is.

"Lao Zhu, your easy days are about to end. Hurry up and let the royal merchants in every government collect money. There are too many places to spend money.

Once the war in Jinzhou is over, you need to start to control the industrialization and modernization of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, epidemic prevention, disaster relief, flood fighting, and embankment building all need to be done.

This is what you must do if you want to be a wise king, in other words, if you want this country to listen to your Zhu family and make money for you.

Do you think you can just review memorials like you did before? These people are brothers who need money. Without money, others will just keep rebelling, and then you spend money to rehabilitate those drunkards.

Wouldn’t it be nice for this money to fall directly into the hands of the people?”

"Make money, make money! Conquer and confiscate your homes! After I announce the lifting of the three rates, I will punish the local officials who are still using the three rates as an excuse to confiscate their homes."

Chongzhen's already red eyes became even redder, and Chen Ye wondered if he might suddenly have a stroke due to his current excitement.

After getting into the car, Wang Chengen started the car smoothly, and Chen Ye took out his cell phone and read the memo to make sure he didn't miss anything.

"Shopkeeper, Song Aiqing has many questions to ask you about the industrial development of the Ming Dynasty. He said he can't understand those changes."

"Ask him to write down what he doesn't understand so that I can go to modern times and ask questions. At the same time, I can also ask a few experts in related industries to give me tutorials and magnify the historical paths of various countries.

Give him a copy of books on the Industrial Revolution and the history of industrial development, but only allow him to read them in front of you, and strictly control his family members."

It's normal that Song Yingxing doesn't understand. As a person in the information age, Chen Ye only knows roughly about the development of industrialization.

Therefore, Chen Ye also needs to make up lessons. He can say from a macro perspective that Chongzhen needs to buy equipment, buy teaching materials, and develop industrialization.

However, in terms of detailed implementation, it is still necessary to have people who specialize in this field to provide supplementary lessons and guide you on which step to start.

Chen Ye did not intend to copy the reality of the early days of China's founding, those 1525 policies, and the initial industrial development.

There is no need or condition. The Ming Dynasty does not need to start over with steam engines and can jump directly to the electrification era.

"I suddenly remembered that Ming Dynasty still needs a one-year plan, a three-year plan, a five-year plan, etc. When you go back, remember to inform the cabinet committee.

Set the target high, and then move up to those who are capable and put down those who are mediocre. We will discuss the plan at the beginning of its establishment, evaluate the feasibility based on the funds from the Ministry of Accounts, and then start implementing it."

“One-year plan, three-year plan? Is it really useful?

Yuan Chonghuan told me about the three-year Ping Liao period, but the result was a huge disappointment to me."

This is Chongzhen's deep love and deep hatred. Don't be too deeply resentful towards Yuan Chonghuan.

"That's because he didn't conduct detailed deductions, plus he had many pig teammates and his own abilities were not enough. He only formed cliques and was happy to talk, but he still deceived when he acted.

The implementation of any policy needs to be practiced in advance. For example, Pingliao, why does it require so much money? How many people can be sent to achieve it?

Where will the food and grass be used when military households are mobilized? Where will the successor power be? How to manage the Liao Dynasty?

Do you think he has thought about it all? He didn't expect that, he only thought about how to strengthen his family and how to use Pingliao to develop his own family.

It is true that Jinzhou City is solid and indestructible, and he has a share of the credit, but it can also be seen from this that his thoughts are still on defense and he has no plans for Pingliao. This is called saying something different from what he did."

"Hiss! Is this the so-called development plan? There are so many names.

It’s no wonder that when I want to improve something, an imperial edict will have no effect and it will only get worse.”

"Ah no, your edict is simply useless."

The car suddenly swayed slightly. Chongzhen gritted his teeth and threw an eye dart at Wang Chengen in the driver's seat, and then stared at Chen Ye with resentful eyes. Do you want to be so heartbroken?

After the army troops on the expedition outside the city left, the people began to return to their own lives, but the topic of conversation between them was more about today's expedition.

For them, the Royal Army's trip is related to their real interests. They are all praying for a smooth war and good news.

Chen Ye's propaganda plan for Chongzhen has tied up the interdependence between the Royal Army, Chongzhen, and the people of the capital.

In the direction of Tongzhou, Banduma and Abel were riding a carriage back to Beijing, followed by several carriages.

There were three or four Europeans on each carriage, forming a convoy.

A few dozen meters in front of the convoy, fifty guards stationed in Tianjin Port were guarding their way forward. Behind the convoy were their own servants. Of course, the security fee was paid.

A few days ago, Banduma and the others received a letter saying that the caravan that sent out had returned, and many other caravans followed them, bringing gold.

Yesterday, a group of them rode horses from Tianjin, passed by Wuqing Xianghe River, and arrived at the post station in Tongzhou. It was getting too late, so they stayed there in order to avoid the night ban, and only set off back to Beijing this morning.

The sales of goods shipped to Japan were very smooth, and the sales of goods shipped to Luzon and other places were equally hot.

With this wave of orders for 40,000 gold coins, they have already made a profit of nearly 50,000 ounces and 90,000 gold coins, including principal and interest.

Especially penicillin, after being sent to the East India Company's office in Luzon, was quickly taken away for experimentation, and the results were astonishing.

Although the board of directors does not know about the medicine yet, after all, the directors are still being served by high-caste people in India, the person in charge of Luzon has boldly placed an order for two thousand.

The money earned by the two people also made foreigners in Japan, Luzon and other places smell the smell of meat. In addition, through Zheng Zhilong's caliber, maritime merchants all knew the news that Tianjin Port had been unblocked, and rushed to the port with their money.

Come.

So the fleet assembled from Japan and Luzon gathered in Fujian, paid part of the protection fee, and Zheng Zhilong released it and arrived at Tianjin Port.

The entire fleet carries nearly 400,000 ounces of gold, with more than ten large ships and as many as fifty small ships. At this moment, the gold is still in the harbor, protected by thousands of personnel in the fleet.

The more ships there are, the more people will come. Tianjin Port will now be under the joint jurisdiction of Zheng Zhibao and Jin Yiwei. Now these foreigners from all over the world are staying at the port, not daring to get off the ship, for fear that their gold will be robbed.

"Abel, you made a full profit of 20,000 ounces this time. How much can we make next time?"

"Oh, I don't know. I have never felt that money has been so easy to make. In the past, I could earn two or three times an ounce of gold from selling silk and tea, but the speed was slow and it took a long time.

Nowadays, you can earn dozens of ounces just by buying a bicycle, and they are also rushing to buy five ounces of penicillin, even ordering two thousand at a time, even though there are only one hundred syringes."
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