Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 366 The Ming Dynasty’s real estate exploded, and the moon in foreign countries was rounder than in China

In the thirty-fourth year of Jingtai's reign, the inventory of state-owned enterprises came to an end.

State-owned enterprises have set sail again, and several state-owned enterprise brands have been added to the hub.

There are six liquor brands: Kweichow Moutai, Wuliangye, Fenjiu, Xifeng Liquor, Erguotou and Laobaigan; five canned beer brands: Qingdao, Harbin, Xuehua, Yanjing and Wusu; and four red wine brands: Turpan, Alps, Great Wall and Lafite.

More than a dozen tribute tea brands have been established to form a brand matrix and make full efforts.

In recent years, the liquor business has been very profitable. Xifeng, Xijiu, Niulanshan and Jiannanchun are all old brands and have considerable influence among the people.

However, it encountered obstacles in foreign trade. People in Eurasian countries were not interested in baijiu. Except for the Mongols, no one liked to drink baijiu.

On the contrary, fruit wine and beer are relatively popular, but the profits are too thin and they are easy to be imitated.

What the emperor means is to build a high-end liquor brand, give the liquor financial attributes, and become hard currency.

Therefore, after cleaning up state-owned enterprises, Daming merged all liquor brands and established Daming Liquor Group, which has six liquor brands.

Xifeng Liquor is not wholly owned by a state-owned enterprise, but a joint venture. This brand has a history of more than 2,000 years. It was originally called Liujiu, and the center changed its name to Xifeng. The state-owned enterprise simply took the controlling stake and teamed up with some local masters to establish a joint venture.

In order to integrate the private liquor industry to the greatest extent, the Center has fully invested in more than 30 existing wineries and holds certain shares.

Jointly launched high-end imperial wine, a total of more than 30 brands of high-end wine.

This kind of wine will be used as the official reception wine at sports games and when all nations come to court. The emperor will directly contact the emperors of various countries to directly sell this high-end wine.

Just for gimmicks, not for sale to the public.

In fact, it is hunger marketing in disguise. After raising the price, it will be sold domestically.

Twenty-year-old Zhu Jianjun personally operates and plans high-end marketing.

The same goes for tea brands. The hub will make a round of capital injection into all existing private tea brands, and then launch absolutely high-end tea products to monopolize the world's high-end market.

Wang Fu danced and talked to the emperor, describing a grand blueprint.

Zhu Qiyu dismissed it: "What the Ming Dynasty likes may not be liked by the countries in Asia and Europe. I think your thoughts should be on wine."

But wine was rampant in Europe, and Europe wanted to export it to the Ming Dynasty.

"Wang Qing, it's useless for you to put in so much effort. Europa doesn't like liquor."

Zhu Qiyu had read the answer: "You can do reverse marketing, bragging at home about how good the food is abroad and how much the French emperor loved to drink it, and then sell it to domestic nobles. It's best to give it a foreign name, which sounds cool. , Landlords and wealthy people like this."

The emperor's blow could not dampen Wang Fu's ambition.

Taking advantage of the return of Chu's treasure ships, the Ming Dynasty sent thirty more treasure ships, along with the Chu prince Zhu Youtang, and sent envoys to visit the European countries.

Take this opportunity to build a high-end brand.

Although Wang Fu wanted to have both sides, he had to pay attention to the emperor's opinion. It would not be bad to register an offshore company and reap the benefits of domestic landlords and old wealth.

Dachu Liquor Group was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhongshu.

A Roman winery was established, and the Roman liquor trademark was registered. The whole liquor was in Italian, and it still contained Erguotou, and was prepared to sell it at a sky-high price.

Just registering a brand is not enough, you need word-of-mouth and fame. For marketing, let’s talk about the French Emperor’s wine. No, the French Emperor is not qualified enough, the Pope’s wine, Roman brand liquor.

This wave of marketing is very shoddy.

But the effect is very good. It is produced and shipped from Jingshi. It borrows a foreign trademark and even sells Wuliangye.

The first wine of the Ming Dynasty is Wuliangye.

This brand was created by Zhu Qizhen, but Wuliangye is indeed better than Moutai. It is good at packaging and marketing, and it stabilizes Moutai.

For more than 20 years, sales have been far ahead.

As a result, I was beaten by Roma liquor, which meant that I was completely defeated.

Wang Fu found out that the landlord Lao Cai was too deceptive.

Draw inferences from one example, register Roman tea, Alpine lollipops, French toffee and other foreign brands, sell them all at sky-high prices, and make a huge profit.

No matter how hard the center hides it, it cannot be hidden after a long time.

It was quickly exposed by businessmen. The so-called Rome Food Group was registered in Rome, but its place of origin was Beijing!

The ones we buy are all made in Beijing, from the same company as White Rabbit. The same toffee, White Rabbit costs 7 yuan a penny, and French toffee costs 1 yuan! You can’t buy it yet! I have to say thank you!

The problem is, the leeks don’t believe it.

He also accused the newspaper of being an unscrupulous media and talking nonsense. French toffee and white rabbit obviously have different flavors. The Alps smell like the French emperor who didn’t take a bath!

Wang Fu found that it was particularly profitable, so he launched an all-round attack on the country.

They also intensified newspaper publicity, worked hard to write slogans, and endless advertisements, all in foreign languages. The fewer Chinese characters, the more trustworthy those idiots will be.

After countries copied it, they modified the Egyptian text and put it out for speculation, and it was sure to sell like crazy.

At the end of the 35th year of Jingtai, Roma Group delivered a beautiful answer.

The annual revenue is 17 billion, the net profit is as high as 1.2 million, and the profit is expected to reach 5 million!

This number directly made the cabinet boil.

Daming Liquor Group, which is engaged in export and high-end business, did not make a penny throughout the year and lost more than 20 million yuan.

You are a copycat brand that uses domestic inventory, changes the packaging paper, and directly sells so much.

Who else can have a balanced mind?

The problem is, those are all in stock. The shelf life of items that could not be sold in the past has almost expired. If you change a piece of wrapping paper, the sales will skyrocket and it will be well-known by word of mouth.

The emperor only said that the moon abroad is rounder than at home, but he didn't say much.

On the contrary, the important ministers are thinking, the people are very rich, how can they find a way to bring the people's money back to the central government?

At the beginning of the 36th year of Jingtai, more than twenty large foreign-funded groups were established.

The newspapers were filled with advertisements.

For a time, "foreign goods" flooded the entire Ming Dynasty.

Private capital is also following suit. In the entire 36 years of Jingtai, more than a thousand foreign-funded companies were registered, mainly in Australia.

Ordinary people don’t even know where Australia is. Anyway, there are so many words, it’s definitely confusing.

But they didn’t know that it was the new land of the Ming Dynasty. It just had a foreign name. The most interesting thing is that the Australian language was randomly drawn out. Even the person who wrote it didn’t know what it was, but there are actually people among the people who are studying Australia. language.

Let alone the product, if it has a foreign name, the sales will explode.

Buy and buy!

A gluttonous feast of "foreign capital" was staged in Ming Dynasty.

Wang Fuxing rushed into the Yangxin Hall and told the emperor that this year's fiscal revenue may exceed 3 million!

The income of state-owned enterprises may reach 20 billion!

Zhu Qiyu really didn't see it before. Wang Fu is a marketing genius, and Old Twenty is not bad either.

A foreign-funded feast, the first meal of meat makes your mouth full of oil, and this mouthful of soup is estimated to last for more than ten years. When the children grow up, they can harvest a lot of their feelings and make a lot of money.

Just twenty years later, the reputation of these groups collapsed.

If it collapses, it will collapse. Who made you so stupid?

With the central bank issuing gold coins, the cash on Ming's plate has exceeded 200 billion, or even more.

The hub discovered gold mines in Africa, but the gold mined had to be returned to the emperor, along with interest.

The emperor also holds shares in the gold here.

Wang Fu and the emperor had a long secret conversation.

"Wang Qing, you must remember that the money that enters the center must be spent, and money must flow before it is money."

Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "If there is really no place to spend, just invest in infrastructure and let the money return to the pockets of the people."

“With repeated circulation, money will appreciate in value.”

Wang Fu looked bitter: "Your Majesty, you said it simply, but after more than 20 years of infrastructure construction, what is left that has not been done? Roads have been built, bridges have been built that should not have been built, and schools have been built. One building after another has been built, and even if one billion children go to school in the future, it will still be enough."

Yes, excessive private infrastructure construction is supported by the emperor.

It is time for new technologies, such as steam engines, to emerge and bring about major changes in the entire industry, in order to stimulate the second wave of consumption.

The problem was that the steam engine was developed but could not be mass produced.

Electricity appeared in the 30th year of Jingtai's reign. Someone proposed the theory of electricity, and the emperor also invested a lot of money. Until now, not even a ghost can be seen.

All walks of life have reached bottlenecks.

Over the years, the Center has introduced hundreds of thousands of talents in various fields from Europa, but technology is slow.

Can I only invest in real estate?

Real estate is the best reservoir to allow a new round of capital flow.

Zhu Qiyu used to hate real estate the most, but when he got to this point, he realized that blowing up the real estate bubble was not a bad idea.

"Where is the infrastructure of the vassal state?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought that the Ming Dynasty walked on two legs, and there were countless vassal states outside the mainland.

Wang Fu, however, was not optimistic about the vassal state's infrastructure: "It's easy to draw water from a bamboo basket but come up with nothing."

Yes, the vassal state is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the payback period for infrastructure construction is at least twenty years. If you invest now, if there is a huge loss in the future, the money will flow into the vassal state, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

"Then develop real estate."

Zhu Qiyu made the decision.

Domestic housing prices began to rise, and real estate speculator groups appeared in various places, starting from the capital, and the housing prices were speculated higher and higher.

The more housing prices rise, the more financial attributes they naturally take on.

The smart people are starting to enter.

But what real estate earns is fools' money. The first people to enter the market don't earn their money. What they earn is the money of the last person to take over the deal.

Beat the drum to pass the flower, and the last person will take over.

But smart people can easily be blinded by reality, and then become the final takers.

People who jump out of the circle are either sober people or powerful people who know the direction of the policy.

The rate of return on infrastructure was low, and the emperor did not want to develop real estate because real estate meant urbanization.

The key is that huge amounts of money are lying in banks. If fiscal revenue continues to lie there, then Ming Dynasty will be in stagnant water, and it will be forced to use real estate as a reservoir.

The emperor's original intention was to serve as a reservoir. If housing prices rose slightly, he would just put the central bank's money in it.

But once real estate develops, the emperor cannot stop it.

And this means offending the powerful class.

Because they were the first to enter the scene, so why don’t they cut us off?

Can they still work for the emperor?

So Zhu Qiyu pressed the real estate start button, and everything was out of his control. House prices soared, doubling in just one year.

In the thirty-sixth year of Jingtai, the entire Ming Dynasty burst into unprecedented prosperity, with blazing flowers.

Consumption of high-end luxury goods has surged.

In the past, Ming people used to be prudent in their budgets, but now they spend money lavishly. There is even a gradually rising trend of loans to spend tomorrow's money and enjoy today.

The extreme prosperity of all walks of life is visible to the naked eye, and everyone is filled with smiles, as if the silver coins in their hands are no longer money.

People also become full of will and speak extremely arrogantly.

All because house prices are rising!

House prices have increased, and the future is bright. Some people have even found a shortcut to making a fortune, speculating in real estate!

Buying and selling a house is better than ten years of hard work, so who would delve into a technology? The whole society is plunged into extreme glitz.

The most important thing is that they have no money in their pockets. This is nihilism and hypotheticalism. All prosperity is blown out and imagined!

However, a bubble of nothingness enveloped everyone, and Ming Dynasty completely changed.

This extreme prosperity scared even the central officials.

The emperor issued decrees several times to advocate simplicity and other good customs among the people, but he always took the emperor's words as fart. The house is so valuable, how can I still be short of money?

Dining out has become the hottest word this year.

In the past, everyone was busy all year round and could not bear to go to a restaurant for a meal. Now, they go to restaurants casually. If they don’t like the food at home, they go to the restaurant. If the food at home is not delicious, they go to the restaurant. There is even a question of “Why not Eat in restaurants every day?" Such a trend!

The whole Ming Dynasty became restless.

The restlessness of two billion people.

The entire society has entered a stage of extremely unbalanced development. It is not an imbalance between people, but an imbalance in ideas. Ideas cannot keep up with the pace of rapid development. Confucianism has been questioned.

A rare sane person is scolded as an old stubborn, an old waste who cannot keep up with the times.

At the same time, it makes immigration extremely difficult, because the Ming Dynasty is so happy. Who wants to go to such a miserable place and suffer?

Immigration went from being negotiated and negotiated to being forced.

The number of children is based on the number of people registered in the household.

Fast, rich and crazy have become the main themes of Jingtai's thirty-six years.

Even if the emperor appeals and the central government issues decrees, this trend cannot be stopped. Instead, there are voices among the people that the emperor is out of date and the prince should be enthroned.

Ming Dynasty entered the so-called "rapid" development era.

There was even a time when the emperor wanted to press the pause button on real estate, but was dissuaded by the central ministers because the report card was too beautiful.

In the thirty-sixth year of Jingtai's reign, fiscal revenue soared to 5 million, the total revenue of state-owned enterprises reached 37 billion, and the total revenue of the Royal Commercial Bank exceeded 30 billion.

Private wealth has doubled as a whole.

Big capital has multiplied countless times. This is a scene that has never been seen since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the emperor wanted to press the pause button, it would be difficult, because the development of real estate completely deviates from the emperor's development track and there is no way to stop it.

At the end of the year, the emperor suddenly issued a decree, forcing capital with millions of assets to invest 20% in the technology industry.

The whole cabinet was against it, but the emperor scolded them and told them to get out and kneel.

Zhu Jianqi hadn't seen his father so angry for a long time.

The Ming Dynasty is developing so well, why is the emperor angry?

Now is a good opportunity for rapid development. We should speed up the expansion of real estate instead of investing in bullshit technology.

The fiscal revenue is 5 million. Jingtai only had 600 million taels in eight years. How many times has this increased! Why is the emperor still angry?

The courtiers didn't understand either.

On the contrary, Qiu Junshangshu, the governor of Samyuan, stated that real estate has had a devastating impact on all walks of life and even on people's customs.

He suggested pressing the pause button on housing prices and deleveraging the financial attributes of housing prices.

However, he was attacked by many capitalists, scolding Qiu Jun for pretending to understand, and some even revealed Qiu Jun's personal indiscretions, his son's imperial examination fraud, and other issues.

The people were noisy and lively, and the palace was also very lively.

"Your Majesty, if this trend continues, the fiscal revenue will exceed one billion in three years at most!"

Wang Fu said in an excited tone: "One billion, that is money that was not seen in hundreds of years before."

For the sake of money, the courtiers were unwilling to look at the disadvantages of this matter, but instead vigorously promoted the future prospects of real estate.

"Your Majesty, even if you press the pause button and wait for the prince to ascend the throne, can the prince still not do it?" Wang Hong hit the nail on the head.

Emperor, you can suppress the capital of the world and do things against the will of the people of the world.

But can the prince?

Does he have the capital? Can he not be deceived by such huge benefits?

Zhu Qiyu was confused: "Wang Qing, others get up early when they see advantages, can't you also see clearly?"

Wang Hong is seventy this year and is a veteran.

Can be regarded as the Dinghai Shenzhen in the court. Together with Shang Ren and Peng Shi, they became the three central elders. They were the three people the emperor relied on most.

"Your Majesty, so what if you can see clearly?"

Wang Hong smiled bitterly: "This is real money. Who doesn't like it? In the past, the central government was hesitant. Isn't it just a shortfall of money?"

"You forgot how many times you got angry over money in the past few years."

"At that time, I was worried about how the center would develop if agricultural taxes were stopped."

"With so much fiscal revenue now, is there anything more important than this?"

If you have money, you have everything.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Shang Ren.

Shang Ren smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty's worries, I understand, are nothing more than false prosperity and a bubble."

"In fact, people don't have money in their pockets, but they are deceived by the rising housing prices and are willing to take out the money in their pockets and spend it."

"Moreover, with the explosion of real estate, the development of all walks of life has become even more declining."

"So you are worried that once there is a real estate thunderstorm, Ming Dynasty will be torn apart."

Shang Ren saw it thoroughly.

The emperor actually hated this kind of development without technology. Real estate was the most useless thing.

"But Your Majesty, you always talk about industrialization. Where does the capital for industrialization come from?"

“The Ming Dynasty did not engage in barbaric colonization and lacked huge amounts of primitive accumulation.”

"There is no way to promote industrialization."

Shang Ren is indeed a great man. He became a monk halfway and has such a thorough understanding of the economy.

"Also, how much money has the bank deposited over the years?"

"It's entirely in the bank, and it creates a huge administrative burden on the bank."

"Now that the credit industry is developed, the money lying in the bank has also flowed into the market, once again expanding Daming's capital plate."

"With the promotion of real estate, the money in the hands of ordinary people has been reinvested in the market and circulated multiple times."

"The central primitive accumulation is there; private capital accumulation is also there, and ordinary people are getting rich by relying on real estate."

"The most important thing is, haven't massive gold and silver mines been discovered in the west? Your Majesty has sent hundreds of treasure ships to the west to transport gold and silver back to the country."

“As long as there is a steady inflow of capital, money plus labor is value.”

"On the contrary, the veteran feels that there is no need to panic."

Peng Shi said: "Your Majesty, as the Ming Dynasty became highly prosperous, countless foreign capital poured into the Ming Dynasty, and a large amount of money poured into the domestic market."

"With the development of real estate, there is still a bit of deflation."

"Since His Majesty wants to nip problems in the bud, he will establish strict supervision, especially on the real estate market, real estate speculators, and private capital."

"As long as supervision is effective, even if something happens, it will be on a small scale and the overall market will not collapse."

"The most important thing is that with real estate, Daming's assets can circulate smoothly in the country and support the capital market."

"At the same time, it also provides a steady stream of funds to the center."

"This money is invested in infrastructure, education, and industry investment. There is no problem with that."

"In addition, real estate can drive the rapid development of related industries, form a large-scale industrial chain, and promote the rapid economic development of Ming Dynasty."

The three central elders spoke. These three elders were very important to the emperor. The emperor basically listened to what they said.

"You guys are really blinded by money."

Zhu Qiyu was not deceived: "I only ask you to attach financial value to house prices. This is a game of beating the drum and passing flowers. Houses can be built unlimitedly. This plate is unlimited, and people, to be precise, people who can afford a house." It’s limited.”

“If it doesn’t collapse today, it will collapse in ten or twenty years.”

"I ask you, how will we solve the problem then?" It's like laying a big thunder for the prince.

Zhu Jianqi was very conflicted about both hope and unwillingness.

Peng Shi did not dare to say anything to shirk responsibility, so he thought about it and said, "On the contrary, I feel that it will not collapse."

"As you said, the land is unlimited and the houses can be built unlimitedly."

"But you are wrong. People are also infinite."

"Today, the Ming Dynasty has a population of 80 billion, and the Ming Dynasty is rich in the world. The peak population in the future will be around billion."

"Think about it, eight billion people, how many houses do they need?"

"Does the house need to be replaced if it is old? Does it need to be replaced if it is small?"

"Moreover, 80 billion people will be replaced by new generations, and another 80 billion people will be created. The population will be basically constant, but the Ming Dynasty's territory is limited."

Peng Shi's words awakened the dreamer.

Zhu Qiyu looked at it from the perspective of later generations, but the reality is that Ming Dynasty has five continents, and everyone in the world is a Ming Dynasty.

The local area is the hometown that everyone loves.

Will they come to Daming to buy a house in the future? Even if they don't, can the hub use a wave of hometown sentiment to attract them to return to China and buy houses?

In other words, this game can be played for thirty or even fifty years.

When the time comes, just give up on small cities and ensure that housing prices in big cities don't collapse. At worst, real estate will have a hard landing, cut off all tentacles, and kick out a few thunders.

But the benefits now are real.

Wang Fu is right. The fiscal revenue is so huge, the highest in history. What can't be done with money?

Another point is that by forcing real estate funds to enter the technology industry, he is also arranging a way out for Ming Dynasty. As long as he does not only play in real estate, Ming Dynasty will not collapse.

Another preparation is that in real estate development, the center must account for the majority. 70% is not enough, but 80% to 90%.

At the same time, offshore laws should be established, and no one with property in Ming Dynasty is allowed to go offshore.

"My dear friends, what you said makes sense."

Zhu Qiyu touched his chin: "Since real estate is so fun, I can add more fire."

What? Can you still play new tricks?

Zhu Qiyu smiled eerily: "Silver is real money. No matter how devalued it is, it is still a real thing. It cannot be leveraged. Real estate without leverage will eventually be lame."

"Issuing banknotes can make the real estate industry prosper to the extreme."

The courtier was stunned for a moment, and then began to think about the feasibility of this matter.

It really works.

Bao banknotes were actually determined by the silver standard, and subsequently developed into the gold standard and were endorsed by the government's credit.

The latter is the one who plays to the extreme, just add leverage and turn on the money printing machine.

If Ming Dynasty plays this way now, it will directly collapse.

But as long as the domestic capital is huge and the Ming Yuan is made into a world currency, the collapse will be a shock to all countries in the world, and the Ming Dynasty will be safe and sound.

"I think it's feasible," Wang Hong said.

"Let's wait and see how much silver is brought back from the new land."

Zhu Qiyu knew that real estate had just emerged. Now it was just making money in big cities, but in the future it would hit every corner of Ming Dynasty.

After a large amount of silver was shipped back from America, he would consider issuing banknotes.

America is full of silver, which is worthless.

After receiving a message last year, Zhu Qiyu directly sent 100 treasure ships, plus 200,000 immigrants, and 100,000 slave miners to mine silver in the new land.

At this stage, there is no need to dig it yourself, just trade with the Indians. Those savages just give away something and they treat it like a treasure.

If they don't give it, they will send troops to rob it.

At the beginning of the thirty-seventh year of Jingtai, good news came from the northwest. Fan Guang defeated the Kazakh Khanate and Mansuer committed suicide.

The old twenty fiefdoms are there, ready to go to succeed the vassal next year.

He was named King of Wei and became the first barrier to the Ming Dynasty.

Let’s talk about Zhu Youtang.

Along with thirty treasure ships, it took more than half a year to arrive in Rome and meet his biological father. This time, all the family members were brought from the Ming Dynasty.

Also accompanying him was Liu Daxia.

Chen Tai was responsible for completing the construction of the Forbidden City and returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jianshen was a little unfamiliar with his son. After all, when he left home, the boy was still mischievous in the palace, but now he is an adult.

The princess was also personally selected by the emperor, and she was in love with Zhu Youtang.

At this point, Zhu Jianshen believed in the emperor's vision. The princess the emperor chose for him was excellent, and she was willing to fulfill him and the Wan family. She also promoted the Wan family's family status. Three generations of her ancestors had received imperial titles.

It was just that the emperor wanted Zhu Youtang to take charge of the canal, which dissatisfied him.

He does not delegate power like an emperor.

He doesn't want to learn, he wants to be a unique king.

But the emperor's secret decree clearly states that Zhu Youtang is the appointed prince of Chu and will inherit your great Chu empire in the future.

It will be beneficial to your Chu country to let him take power early.

Besides, the Mediterranean Sea is so big that you can’t control it by yourself. It’s better to raise two more sons, enfeoff a few pieces, and become Ming-style vassal kings.

The emperor conducted an in-depth analysis of the situation in the Mediterranean.

I think the Mediterranean is not a kind place, and Spain has bad intentions and deliberately uses you, Zhu Jianshen, as a target.

Spain actually has a very strategic vision. It uses Ottoman as its target in Eastern Europe and you as its target in Western Europe. It likes to be in the middle and gain the most profit.

Zhu Jianshen read it very carefully. It contained not only the emperor's analysis, but also letters from important officials in the court to provide him with advice.

This time, the treasure ship led by Zhu Youtang was equipped with machinery, books, and technical talents, allowing the Chu State to quickly lay a solid foundation in order to complete the struggle for Europa hegemony.

Of course, the emperor tactfully revealed in the letter that it would be best to give up Italy, take control of North Africa, and remain invincible forever.

Zhu Jianshen put down the letter and sighed in his heart: "Why don't I know that Italy is a big pit, but once you get into this pit, you can't get out."

Spain did not allow Dachu to leave.

France felt that Da Chu was a good neighbor. He could help them block the Pope's edict and act as a troublemaker for the Holy Roman Empire.

Osman is more supportive of Da Chu occupying Italy. It is a natural target. Can he give up?

As for Portugal and the United Kingdom, they do not have a high sense of presence and have little say, but they do not want Dachu to leave.

As a result, Zhu Jianshen couldn't leave even if he wanted to.

We can only grit our teeth and build the capital in Milan, build the Forbidden City, build passes, and garrison troops in key areas.

The Holy Roman Empire was in civil strife, and Austria, Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Poland sought independence. At this time, the dog's brain came out.

France took the opportunity to annex Switzerland.

The Ottomans and Hungary are at odds with each other, and Hungary is also collapsing. In the past few years, the European countries have held three peace talks to mediate between the Ottomans and Hungary.

During this period, Germany rose again, personally ending the national destiny of the Holy Roman Empire, and Germany was officially established as a nation.

The Holy Roman Empire collapsed completely.

This empire was originally established by Germany, but was eventually destroyed by Germany. The Holy Roman Empire was divided into the Kingdom of Germany, the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Austria, and the Kingdom of Bohemia.

But the germ of capitalism did not spread from Italy to Germany.

Because the germination of capitalism in Italy was interrupted by Zhu Jianshen, and then everyone was sold back to the Ming Dynasty. As for whether it can still sprout, it depends on fate.

Anyway, Zhu Jianshen liked the Ming Dynasty in the orthodox dynasty. After he established defenses, he would close the country.

As long as Germany and France are honest, he will not bother to deal with these two idiots and will just immigrate and engage in construction.

In the 37th year of Jingtai's reign, the Forbidden City in Milan took three years to complete the construction of the main building.

Zhu Jianshen invited royal families from all over the world to visit his palace.

Those royal families were dumbfounded when they saw such a huge palace. They are all the same emperor. Why do you live in such luxury?

Louis XI decided to build the Palace of Versailles!

A miniature version of the Daming Palace should be built as a tourist building for him.

The German emperor decided to build the Berlin Palace as a replica of a small Forbidden City to show the greatness of the German emperor.

Spain, the overlord of Europe, couldn't bear it and invited Ming craftsmen to build a Ming Palace on the basis of the Alhambra Palace. The price was easy to negotiate.

The Chinese wind suddenly spread to Western Europe.

Even Osman felt that his palace was simple. Although Topkapi Palace was large, it was rough and it was time to build a huge palace.

Zhu Jianshen told them that Da Chu built three palaces at the same time, Milan was the latest one, and Yingdu (Tunisia) and Cairo also built one.

This makes the Emperor of Europa very angry.

You are a nouveau riche, but you have three palaces. Are you going to let people live?

The Kaiser originally wanted to use the palace of the Holy Roman Empire to deal with it, but was stimulated by Zhu Jianshen and decided to build the largest palace in the world.

Not to be outdone, France doubled the size of the Palace of Versailles and vowed to build the largest palace in the world.

Spain cannot let the Alhambra Palace, the largest in the world, be snatched away from the first place by others. It simply doubles the size. The world hegemon cannot lose face.

Zhu Jianshen is watching the show.

The Forbidden City is indeed not big, but this does not include the outer buildings of the Forbidden City. If it were included, it would probably be about the same size as the Alhambra.

Then build another Old Summer Palace. If we compare it, you will definitely not be able to compare with me. If you try again, I will build the City of All Nations.

Europa fell into the palace-building infighting.

The most embarrassing thing is whether Britain and Portugal are good or not. Have you considered our feelings?

The key point is that Zhu Jianshen is still spreading the idea of ​​kicking Britain out of Europa and moving it into Africa. All countries are happy to watch Dachu and Daying fight.

Britain is the most fucked up. They clearly blocked Spain's gunfire, but Spain laughed at them and treated them badly.

Therefore, Britain and Portugal made good friends and united with the Netherlands to try to challenge Spain's hegemony.

Spain maintained its dominance by relying on the Armada.

As long as the Armada is defeated, Spain will withdraw from the stage of history.

Those who want to overthrow Spain most are definitely Portugal and the Netherlands.

But the power of the Three Kingdoms is far from enough. It is best to bring Da Chu on board. This good target must be used well.

The King of England pinched his nose and sent envoys to contact Dachu.

Zhu Jianshen has great ambitions for Corsica and Sardinia.

Without these two islands, he could not sleep well.

The British took these two islands and negotiated with Dachu.

Zhu Jianshen did not agree immediately, but discussed with Liu Daxia and Chen Tai.

Liu Daxia sneered twice: "The British are just a troublemaker. They hang alone outside. If they don't fan the flames, they have no sense of existence."

"As long as there is peace in Europe, Britain will die."

"Two small broken islands are not enough for Ming to take action."

"We need Monaco to completely master the entire mountain range. This way, there will be no loopholes in Dachu's northern defense line."

Chen Tai asked: "Why not North Africa?"

Liu Daxia rolled his eyes. This man was indeed not suitable for politics.

What do you want from North Africa, Portugal and the Netherlands? Do you want Spanish mainland? Spain must not risk its life. There is no point in risking life in a struggle for interests. Who wants to waste his energy with a hegemonic country?

Da Chu is on the defensive now. It is the last word to defend well and concentrate on development.

Having too much territory is not a good thing.

In the end, the four parties reached an agreement. Da Chu received Corsica, Sardinia and Monaco, the land in North Africa was controlled by three countries, and the Strait of Gibraltar was co-administered by four countries.

Monaco is a small country in the mountains, very small, and belongs to France.

When the war is victorious, the new overlord will naturally negotiate with France. At worst, it will transfer some Spanish interests to France. Anyway, their two countries border on each other.

Make an appointment.

The four-nation coalition attacked the Spanish Armada.

Although Spain was on guard against Portugal, it was not on guard against Da Chu. He believed that Da Chu had not established a firm foothold in Europe and did not dare to challenge his dominance.

But he didn't expect Zhu Jianshen to be rebellious and hug the new overlord's lap.

Spain immediately requested French support.

France pretended to be deaf and mute, and also hated the fact that Spain had the crown prince sitting above her.

The war went as expected, the Armada was defeated, and the defeat was disastrous. Portugal took no prisoners and sank 70% of the warships.

Spain fell immediately.

They had to take out land and negotiate peace with the Four-Nation Alliance.

As soon as the new overlord Portugal came to power, it immediately turned its back and refused to hand over Monaco and Corsica to the Great Chu. It was only willing to hand over Sardinia to the Great Chu.

Zhu Jianshen is not the type to suffer losses.

He sent troops to seize the Strait of Gibraltar.

At the same time, it became friendly with Spain and was willing to lend ships to Spain and support Spain in controlling the Strait of Gibraltar.

In fact, Zhu Jianshen should have guessed that Portugal was going to cheat when Portugal decided to kill them. He still overestimated the credibility of the European countries.

Because the Armada was defeated, Portugal, together with Britain and the Netherlands, became the strongest navy.

Unless the Ming Dynasty can gather Faao and form the navy of the Three Kingdoms.

But Osman has no interests here, and France has been bribed by Portugal. It is a big enemy, and Portugal does not look down upon it.

Zhu Jianshen lent a ship to Spain, which really surprised Portugal.

Dachu has opened two shipyards. Although its navy is weak, it has many ships. After all, it is engaged in transportation and business.

The Spanish Armada has sunk, and there are many sailors in the country. As long as there are enough warships, health can be restored immediately.

The three countries fought a naval battle in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Da Chu suffered a loss.

Zhu Jianshen didn't care about this loss, so Liu Daxia personally went to France as an envoy to negotiate terms with France.

Didn't Louis XI want to seek help from the Ming Dynasty? Liu Daxia came to his door and soon reached an agreement with Louis XI. France sent troops from the Bay of Biscay to attack the Portuguese mainland.

Portugal immediately showed its defeat and could only negotiate with Da Chu.

The British were even worse. This time they completely turned to France. They jointly sent troops to attack the Portuguese mainland and tried to sink the Portuguese navy.

Not to be outdone, the Netherlands formed a coalition with Britain to attack Portugal together.

Portugal suddenly became the target of public criticism.

The overlord had only been in power for a few days and then immediately began to decline.

In June of the thirty-eighth year of Jingtai, Portugal surrendered and peace talks began in Balearics. The Kingdom of Aragon was worried that other countries would take the opportunity to annex their kingdom.

The final result of the peace talks was that Ming and France should be compensated 15 silver coins, Spain should be compensated 3 silver coins, and the United Kingdom and the Netherlands should be compensated silver coins each.

Sardinia and Corsica were placed under the jurisdiction of Da Chu, who purchased Monaco from France for 10 silver coins.

Da Chu signed an agreement not to expand externally.

Zhu Jianshen wanted to occupy Malta, but was severely rejected. He was not allowed to expand further, otherwise he would become an enemy of the European countries.

Zhu Jianshen had no choice but to sign a non-expansion treaty.

That night, Spain launched troops against Aragon and annexed the Balearic Islands.

The Ming Dynasty took the lead and was dissatisfied with Spain's annexation of new territories and demanded that Spain give up its annexation of the Kingdom of Aragon and return its territory.

If you don't let me expand, I won't let you expand. Neither of us can think about it.

Sure enough, Spain aroused the hostility of international forces.

Dachu took back all the warships lent to Spain.

This time it’s Spanish Sabi.

He deceived the great Chu, but the latter refused to lend him a ship. His invincible fleet was gone. He still occupied the greatest interests of Europa, and made the decision without authorization, annexing the Kingdom of Aragon.

Sure enough, Portugal took the lead and attacked Spain.

The war ignited again.

The five-nation coalition forces of Portugal, Britain, the Netherlands, France, and Chu conquered the Spanish mainland.

Spain was frightened to death.

The war burned to the Alhambra Palace, and Spain was forced to sign a city alliance and take out the Strait of Gibraltar to manage the Strait of Gibraltar, but the North African territory still belonged to Spain.

This aroused hatred between Britain and France. France demanded that part of its North African colonies be ceded to France. Portugal also took the opportunity to return blood.

The Netherlands was not interested in colonies. They wanted Spain's sea map to the east, and the sea coachmen were about to rise.

The war was fought and negotiated, and in the 39th year of Jingtai, the six countries signed an agreement.

The Strait of Gibraltar is jointly managed by six countries, with Spain occupying the majority.

The North African colonies were equally divided between Spain and France.

The charts were handed over to the Netherlands.

Compensate Britain and Chu with 10 silver coins.

In this battle, Dachu lost the most. He obviously contributed the most, but gained the least. Both times, he was at the leader level.

But the new overlord France has spoken, and Chu has to hold back his displeasure.

Britain was also miserable. It was the vanguard in both wars, but it failed to obtain a colony. The condominium administration of the Strait did not do much good to it.

Therefore, two countries that had done nothing but thankless began to come together.

Chu Ying cooperates in all aspects.

The two most lonely hegemonic countries, Spain and Portugal, embarked on the road of colonizing the Americas. They sold their sea maps to the East.

But he turned his attention to the New Land, the Americas opposite Europa.

When it develops, it will look to France to regain the title of Mediterranean hegemon.

(End of this chapter)