Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Returning to the city from Dagukou, Chen Yansheng saw groups of young and strong along the way. A large number of young and strong people are busy with their duties inside and outside the Acropolis.

"Fortunately, there is money allocated by His Majesty from the internal funds. Otherwise, if you want to change Tianjin, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. '

Back at the state government office, Chen Yansheng secretly sighed: "Your Majesty's words at the beginning were very wise. If you want to change a place, you must start with development and construction."

The more people gather, the more popular it will be.

The more popular people gather, the more prosperous it will follow.

It's just that this development and construction is really too difficult, and there are too many problems encountered. Can Tianjin really be in my hands and bring about the changes His Majesty expects? '

Sitting on the official hat chair, looking at the official letters and files on the table, Chen Yansheng showed tiredness on his brows. Since he took office in Tianjin, he hasn't had a good night's sleep.

So many things need him to solve.

All the talents in Zhili Prefecture, Tianjin are still being selected and sharpened. Although the selected young scholars have high fighting spirit and motivation, they still have a long way to go if they want to stand alone.

"Zhizhou, from the side of Haojing, come a few people from Fulangji." Wei Guangzhi walked into the office, saw his own Zhizhou, bowed and saluted, and said, "According to what they said, they heard that Tianjin is releasing the sea ban. Will Zhizhou want to meet them if they want to do business with us?"

"Call them here."

Chen Yansheng frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Just ask the leader to come over. I hope that what I meet this time is a truly powerful maritime merchant."

"Here!"

Wei Guangzhi responded immediately.

Since Tianjin opened the sea, several batches of Western maritime merchants have docked in Tianjin. Chen Yansheng also met several maritime merchants, but in the process of talking, he found that these Western maritime merchants were not strong enough.

Nowadays, the development of various places in Tianjin, especially the rebuilding of the Tianjin Acropolis, the renovation and widening of the river, the straightening of the roads, etc., have caused many refugees and disaster victims to settle down in Tianjin and participate in these construction projects. It was gone, but Chen Yansheng was also under great pressure.

The development of Zhili Prefecture in Tianjin can accept the first batch of internal funds allocation, the second batch, and even the third batch, but can you always accept it?

It's difficult here in Tianjin, but it's not difficult in Daming?
Chen Yansheng knew better than anyone else that the pressure on his own emperor would be too incompetent if he could not achieve financial self-sufficiency after Tianjin opened the sea, and could even pay more taxes to the national treasury.
"Dear Mr. Zhizhou, will the opening of the sea in Tianjin continue?"

Under the guidance of Wei Guangzhi, the Portuguese Anthony came to the office, bowed his head slightly, and said straight to the point: "I represent our company and want to negotiate with you sir."

"Is it John's company? Or a company established in another country?!"

Hearing this, Chen Yansheng opened his eyes slightly, stared at the Frangji in front of him, and said, "What position do you hold in your company? What kind of power can you exercise?"

Anthony was taken aback for a moment. He didn't expect that under the rule of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, there would be officials from the Ming Dynasty who knew the name of John's Company.

In fact, how did Chen Yansheng know that all of this was a secret decree issued by Emperor Chongzhen, so Chen Yansheng knew in his heart that in the Nanyang countries far away from Ming Dynasty, there was a group of John Company.

Even people from the countries of Europe such as England, Holland, Portugal, and Spain gradually learned about it through the secret decree.

In Europa, which is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, people have a prosperous maritime trade industry, and rely on domestic ocean trade to travel to all parts of the world.

It's just Anthony who is visiting, not from John's company.

With the development of ocean-going trade, the Europeans led by Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and England all opened up new routes one after another. In India, which is rich in products, they successively established their colonial rule, and even extended their tentacles to the countries of Southeast Asia. territory.

The John Company that Chen Yansheng mentioned was the British East India Company.

And stronger than him is the Dutch East India Company.

Even people from European countries have established many East India companies.

It was only with the passage of time that England established its maritime supremacy that the name of the East India Company finally fell on them.

Chen Yansheng frowned and said, "Answer the officer's question directly."

"Dear Mr. Zhizhou, I represent the East India Company of my country, and I am a director of our company." Anthony, who was uncertain, thought for a while and said.

"I don't know Mr. Zhizhou, how can I know John's company? I remember..."

Chen Yansheng didn't pay attention to what Anthony said. At this moment, he was thinking in his heart that it wasn't the two companies with the highest ranking.

'According to His Majesty's secret decree, the power of Portugal is already very small, and a lot has been invaded by the Netherlands, and even England is stronger than him.

Then, can the East India Company represented by Anthony be able to make Tianjin develop financial resources?Ming silk, tea, porcelain and other items are highly sought after in European countries.

If the news of Tianjin's opening of the sea can be spread to all places in Southeast Asia through this person in front of him, it will surely attract a large number of Western merchants.

As long as this momentum of opening up the sea can continue, the tariffs collected by the customs office alone will be a considerable amount of tax. '

After thinking about these things clearly, Chen Yansheng gradually had an idea in his mind.

Perhaps this Anthony, represented by the East India Company, is not the strongest, but if he is used to buy a horse bone with a thousand dollars, the effect must be good.

"I still have a lot of government affairs to deal with, so I won't talk nonsense."

With firm eyes, Chen Yansheng looked at Anthony and said, "Tianjin's promotion of opening the sea will continue, and within our territory of Ming Dynasty, Tianjin is the only place to open the sea.

If you have the willingness to trade, you can bring this news back, including overseas grains, spices, etc., can be brought to Tianjin for trading.

Tianjin welcomes all European countries that are friendly to merchants, but if anyone dares to plot wrongdoing, then I will severely punish them.

Later...he will guide you to familiarize yourself with Tianjin's trade regulations. You can buy large quantities of tea, silk, porcelain, etc. that are popular in European countries in Tianjin. "

In order to do a good job in Tianjin Kaihai, Chen Yansheng followed the will of Emperor Chongzhen, but did a lot of things. These days, under the small peasant economy, there is nothing like the money earned by a monopoly, which comes the fastest.