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Chapter 1017 The Emperor's Thoughts (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
"so what?"

Wang Youling's tone was full of contempt.

"It's just a group of bereaved dogs, so why not be afraid of them."

As the iron-handed governor of Shanxi back then, Wang Youling was extremely conceited when he said these words. This kind of conceit is more of that kind of self-confidence.

It's contempt for those people, after all, it was he who drove those people out of here like bereaved dogs.

How could it be possible to look down on the threat posed by those people now?

Threat?

Just kidding, he's thankful that those homeless dogs in Peru aren't scared.

With a cold smile, Wang Youling changed the subject.

"The reason why Wang is going to Peru this time is to find out, saltpeter..."

After uttering these two words, he said again.

"It is said that saltpeter has supported the finances of the Peru-Bolivia Federation! It has supported their country construction over the years. I would like to see with my own eyes the changes in the local area."

"Master Xiang, there must be some changes, but they are not as big as the outside world has said."

Kang Chengren, the governor of Shanxi, introduced directly.

"As we all know, the federation was established to guard against my Ming Dynasty. Today, saltpeter is the economic pillar of the federation. This pillar is not in the immediate future, but in the future.... In 1870, the federation's export of saltpeter was only 8.5 tons. However, in 10, 1880 years later, it had increased to 57.5 tons last year, and the market value exceeded 8900 million pesos. The export tax alone exceeded 300 million pesos, plus The various taxes paid by the mines, currently the Federation can obtain 2000 million pesos from saltpeter trade every year, and according to market demand and investment analysis, its export volume will exceed 100 million tons in at most five years, and the Federation’s top income will be Break through 4000 million yuan!"

4000 million!
This number surprised Wang Youling.

"4000 million! That's quite a lot. Finance is the mother of common government. With this 4000 million, they can do a lot of things."

"That's not the case. The old man should have heard that last year the Federation purchased two battleships and a number of cruisers in the UK. To put it bluntly, the surge in fiscal revenue gave them funds to strengthen their armaments. It can be a real threat!"

When referring to the threat of the Federation to the Empire, Kang Chengren added.

"And 30% of the money was contributed by the empire. Last year, the empire imported 18 tons of saltpeter. As of October this year, it has exceeded 10 tons. It is expected that this year's import volume will exceed 18 tons. After all, neither agriculture nor chemical industry can do without sodium saltpeter.”

Imported saltpeter is used to make chemical fertilizers. Whether it is plantations in African colonies or local farms in Ming Dynasty, chemical fertilizers are needed, and the demand for chemical fertilizers is also increasing.

"So how many saltpeter mines do we have locally?"

"Insignificant!"

Since most of Daming's saltpeter fertilizer companies are located in Shanxi, Kang Chengren naturally knows this industry very well.

"Although we are the largest market for Peruvian saltpeter, at that time, among the enterprises, Peruvian capital accounted for 36%, British capital accounted for 20%, German capital accounted for 17%, British immigrant capital accounted for 14%, and capital of other nationalities accounted for 13%. Now the rapid rise of British capital has a lot to do with their increased investment. Although our companies have been trying to invest in this industry, they have passed corresponding laws as early as 1866-investment in important sectors such as saltpeter mines , must be reviewed by Congress, even if we invest in the name of expatriates, it is difficult to pass the review because..."

After taking Kang Chengren's words, Wang Youling sighed.

"Because we are their threat! When the empire was first established, in order to ease external relations, we did not oppose the establishment of the Peru-Bolivia Federation, even though the establishment of this federation was aimed at Ming,"

As the assistant minister of the empire, Wang Youling is of course very clear about the reason, he took a deep breath and said.

"This time, the reason why I am going to Peru is to find out the truth. If there is a chance, I will find a way to let them open the market! What they do is against the principle of free trade!"

When he said this, Wang Youling couldn't help feeling a little excited. Isn't this just an excuse!
It's not an excuse to provoke trouble in Peru, but... an excuse to write a letter to His Majesty!

You see, although we are all retired, we still care about state affairs!
On the same day, after condolences to the retired veterans at the Invalids Academy, Wang Youling wrote a letter to His Majesty.

A few days later, when he received Wang Youling's letter, Emperor Zhu smiled lightly, but he also quite agreed with the content written in the letter.

"Qian Degong, what do you think about the opening of the Peruvian market?"

"Your Majesty, this is an open market. We need to look at it separately. Just from the market, the Peruvian market is also open. Last year, Peru imported more than 2500 products from Daming, ranging from small matches to complete sets of machinery and equipment, merchant ships, and trains. ten thousand yuan."

In the past ten years, although Latin American countries have boycotted Ming's industrial products to varying degrees because of the demise of Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, they are only verbally boycotting.After all, for the people of Latin American countries, they cannot do without the high-quality and cheap Ming products. Now, thanks to the free trade advocated by the British Empire for half a century, the products of the Empire have been sold all over the world.

Then the conversation changed, and Qian Degong spoke again.

"However, from the perspective of commercial investment, Peru used public opinion to obstruct local investment by Ming capital and Ming diaspora. How can the empire accept such behaviors that harm the commercial interests of the empire? Therefore, in my opinion, this time the king Xiang, if I can make progress in this area, it will be a great blessing to me."

As he said this, Qian Degong felt quite uncomfortable in his heart, why not? Wang Youling is no longer an official, you can run around in the country, and even go abroad. This is really not taking diplomacy as diplomacy. .

"However, in my opinion, His Majesty should prevent the old man from going to Peru."

"Are you worried that something will happen to him?"

Emperor Zhu laughed.

"This is nothing to worry about. Don't worry, nothing will happen to him there."

In fact, at the beginning, Emperor Zhu was also worried that Wang Youling would have an accident there. After all, there are 10,000+ Chilean exiles living in the Peru-Bolivia Federation, although most of them have already acquired Peruvian nationality and become Peruvians, but their dissatisfaction and hostility towards the empire, even hatred is extremely normal.

And Wang Youling, in the eyes of many Chileans, is the executioner of Shuanghe who is stained with Chilean blood!
Didn't he throw himself into a trap by going to Chile?
So, after receiving the letter, Emperor Zhu deduced it deliberately. Although there was only one chance left for the long-term deduction, the short-term deduction... could be used at will.

The result of the deduction is... don't say there is no danger, there is not even a surprise!
"By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you. You know that the Queen is the chairman of the Military Families Committee. No, she received a letter two days ago. You can read it."

While speaking, Emperor Zhu handed over the letter from the empress to Qian Degong.

(End of this chapter)