Okay, if you invest 8 million taels for 10 years, you will get back 15.04 million taels... If you don't sell it back, you can still exchange it for 15.04 million acres of land.
This business is going really well, and I’m still doing it with my son! What a loving father!
After listening to Zhu Cixiang's words, Wu Ahuan was so moved in his heart! Emperor Hongxing was not only a filial son, but also the number one good brother of the Ming Dynasty. Now he has become the number one loving father of the Ming Dynasty.
This is truly a son's filial piety, a brother's friend, and a father's kindness. He is truly a perfect man for a generation, setting an example for the ages!
Wu Ahuan knew that Emperor Zhu's calculations were too elaborate, but it was difficult to refuse him face to face - not because she was such a filial daughter-in-law. But she knew that if she and the local tyrant king wanted to develop a great situation in Beixinzhou, they must obtain two nomadic households provided by the Ming Dynasty.
And although Zhu Cixiang is a kind father who is good at settling accounts, he is still very reliable and will not casually cheat the local tyrants... It is certainly not a trap to invest 8 million taels and get back 15.04 million taels or 15.04 million acres of land in 10 years. It's a very reasonable request.
The United States of New Zealand is a rich country, rich in gold and mink fur, and its per capita GDP is the first in the world!
Although the GDP of the Ming Empire is very high, its per capita GDP is far less than that of the United States of New Zealand... It is a miserable developing country. How can the Ming Dynasty subsidize the United States of New Zealand?
Why did the Ming Empire have so many vassal states? Isn’t it just to let the vassal states help the country with poverty alleviation? Where can I post it upside down?
Moreover, it is impossible for Zhu Cixiang himself to provide subsidies to the United States of Xinzhou... He is the biological father of the local tyrant king, and he is not the biological father of the less than one million people in the United States of Xinzhou. How can he use his own money to subsidize the wealthy country? Common people? How can anyone in the world be an emperor like this?
Besides, even the rich king can no longer "gnaw at his old age". He is already the powerful king of the United States, so he still has the nerve to let his loving father Zhu Cihong support him?
He has to be a dutiful son!
"Father," Wu Ahuan thought for a moment and then asked, "I wonder who my father wants to be the head of these two nomadic households?"
"Of course the second and fifth sons went to work!" Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "We are brothers in the war... Both of them graduated from the martial arts school, and they fought hard in the army for a while. It’s time to go out and get some experience. I have already made a plan and let them serve as heads of ten thousand households and go to Beixinzhou to help the rich people. Ah Huan, you and the rich people can’t treat these two good brothers badly in the future. "
Wu Ahuan quickly smiled and replied: "Father, don't worry, my daughter-in-law and the king of Hezhong will definitely not let the second and fifth brothers suffer."
How could you treat them badly? It’s too late for preferential treatment, unless those two nomadic families are fake!
"Then I'm relieved!" Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "Ah Huan, your father Wu Guogui is going to Beijing in the next two days. You and your daughter will have a little get-together, and then you can set off... By the way, I want to talk to you Dad, tell me about two nomadic families."
After speaking, Zhu Cixi raised his hand, indicating that Wu Ahuan could leave.
"My daughter-in-law knows," Wu Ahuan stood up and gave a blessing ceremony, "My daughter-in-law has resigned."
Seeing Wu Ahuan leave, Zheng Chagu sighed and said to Zhu Cihong in a reproachful tone: "Long live my lord, you and the rich man still know each other so well...are you as good a father as you?"
"It's not bad..." Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "Who asked me to have more children? If I don't care, sooner or later, like the Supreme Emperor, I will suffer from poverty in old age and have to 'sell my son'!"
"Are you still embarrassed to say this?" Zheng Chagu shook her head, "The Emperor is your biological father! Why did you cheat him..."
"Let's not talk about this anymore," Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Our Royal Chamber of Commerce will issue bonds... 8 million taels, with a ten-year term, and the principal and interest will be repaid once upon maturity, with an annual interest rate of 6.5%. , will you buy some?"
"Eight million taels, 10-year term..." Zheng Chagu's face darkened when she heard this, "Long live my lord, the 8 million you gave to the rich man was at an interest rate of 8.8, and you also earned 2.3. !”
Zhu Cihong glared at Tea Girl, "How to settle the accounts? There is no cost for issuing bonds? If I want to sell back the shares to the United States, it will only be 2 points at most, and I will only earn 1.6 million taels in 10 years. Can this be considered too much?" He After a pause, "But I hope to get the land. The 15.04 million acres of land in the Great Plains of Beixinzhou should be worth 20 million taels!"
Zhu Cihong's Royal Chamber of Commerce certainly had more than 8 million taels of silver in its account, but he still chose to issue bonds to raise this fund.
Because he knew that the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Westerners would be quite long - this is the 17th century, not the 20th century, and a global war in the 17th century could not be fought in four or five years.
War in the 17th century often lasted for twenty or thirty years, so Zhu Cixiang had to prepare more funds for this war!
And he wants to squeeze some oil out of the United States of New Zealand, also to maintain this long-term struggle.
...
Palace of Versailles, Bull's Eye Room.
Louis, the Sun King of France, who had already made up his mind to go to war with the Ming Empire, was not in a hurry to issue an attack order to his army during the period after Christmas in 1672. Instead, he continued to settle accounts with his ministers of state or military strategists in the Palace of Versailles!
The Sun King also has to settle accounts!
The enemy France has to deal with this time is too powerful. If he is not careful, the war will not be fought.
"Your Majesty, considering the Ming Empire's ability to withstand a long-term war, we should preserve France's strength as much as possible in order to cope with the various expenses caused by the protracted war..."
Reporting to the Sun King on war preparations was the newly appointed young Minister of War, the Marquis de Louva.
In order to facilitate the command of this large-scale war, Louis XIV adjusted the French military command system after Christmas in 1672, imitating his enemy the Ming Dynasty, and established a general staff headed by Prince Condé.
At the same time, the Ministry of War was also given the responsibility of managing the French Army's logistics supplies, soldier recruitment, and military expenditure management. The shrewd "office general" the Marquis of Loire was selected by Louis XIV to serve as the chief steward of the French Army - Minister of War.
"In order to preserve the strength of France," said the Marquis, who was not yet 40 years old and looked slightly fat, "I suggest that in the first stage of the war, only the elite French army be deployed on the most critical battlefield - the battlefield on the west coast of America! Of course, the number of people should not exceed 8,000. In Central Asia and India, the army force we invest should be controlled within 2,000. In Central Asia, we should rely on the army of the Rakshasa Empire to fight. In India, we should rely on Dashun , the power of the Portuguese, and the Dutch. If possible, we should also make use of the local princely states in India."
"Only 8,000 people are invested..." Louis XIV thought for a moment, "Marquis Marriner, what do you think?"
The Marquis of Marina, who was good at fighting, was now the governor of New France and would also be the commander-in-chief of the combined forces of New France and New Spain.
"Your Majesty," the Marquis of Marina said, "8,000 French army troops are enough, because there will be 20,000 to 30,000 New Spain's elite army troops fighting alongside us... They will be enough before the United States of New Zealand completes its war mobilization. A decisive victory!"
He paused and turned his attention to Navy Secretary Kirk Bell, "But fighting in the Pacific Coast requires a powerful naval fleet! Without sea control, our army can't go anywhere!"
Louis XIV also asked: "Minister of the Navy, is our fleet ready?"
The French Admiralty took the question and gave an affirmative answer.
"Your Majesty, the navy is ready... However, because the latest naval warships currently have strong firepower and insufficient defense, it is difficult for the naval fleet to avoid suffering heavy losses in battles! Therefore, if you want to maintain sea control for a long time , it is necessary to have strong supplementary capabilities of shipbuilding and naval personnel.
Therefore, the navies of France and New Spain can only ensure sea control of the east coast of the Pacific for 12 months at most. Once the main force of the Chinese Navy's Eastern Fleet arrives on the east coast of the Pacific, we may lose sea power. "
