Daming Military Empire

Chapter 381 Win-win Cooperation
What are the benefits of the three-nation alliance? Seeing Philip IV's reluctance, Zhu Cijiong smiled and shook his head, and slowly began to explain the benefits of the three-nation alliance.

First, he asked Shivela to take out a huge map of Europe and spread it out on the conference table, then pointed to the mouth of the Guadiana River at the junction of Portugal and southern Spain and said: "Da Ming plans to build a huge map here. Processing bases and business districts, huge ports, and railways connecting Lisbon and Madrid, raw materials shipped from the Americas can be processed into various commodities here, and sold to continental Europe and even the rest of the world.”

Philip IV was already used to grabbing benefits directly from the colonies, what could be faster than grabbing money?How much money can be made by processing and doing business, he said with little interest: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for taking the liberty, how much money can you make by spending so much effort, it is better to build a few more super battleships. With battleships, we can capture more colonies, and then there will be a steady stream of wealth!"

Zhu Cijiong fainted when he heard the words. This Philip IV was a typical early colonial thought. He only knew about plunder, but he didn’t know about construction. You must know that many resources are non-renewable, and there will always be a day when they are robbed. manage?
He smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, the world is only so big, and there is only so much wealth. If you don't create wealth, you will eventually steal it!"

This Philip IV really didn't think about it. He was taken aback when he heard the words, and sat there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and gave an example: "Like the Netherlands, how many colonies do they have, but if you look at their current achievements, there are more than 1 ocean-going merchant ships alone, let alone how much income they have, does Spain have as many as them? Even Da Ming's annual income is not as high as theirs!"

Philip IV's resentment towards the Netherlands was deeper than the Atlantic Ocean. Hearing this, he couldn't help retorting: "They also started their business by plundering. If they didn't rob, where would they get so much money!"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and sighed after hearing the words: "Maybe they robbed a lot of money, but I can be sure that they made more money than they robbed. Shivela, please introduce the situation of the Dutch East India Company to His Majesty the King."

Upon hearing this, Shivela bowed respectfully to the three big men, and then said loudly: "The Dutch East India Company was established in 1602. It has certain national functions and also carried out colonial plunder in the Far East, but his The main function is to monopolize the trade in the Far East. By 1932, in just 30 years, the Dutch East India Company had developed into a super-large company with hundreds of thousands of employees, more than 100 warships, and hundreds of merchant ships, almost monopolizing sugar in the Far East. , deerskin, venison, antlers, rattan, rice, spices, pepper, amber, linen, cotton and other goods, and also monopolized the foreign silk, pottery, and tea trade of the Ming Dynasty. According to incomplete statistics, by 1932, The annual income of the Dutch East India Company has exceeded 6000 million taels of silver!"

6000 million taels!The annual income of just one company exceeds one-third of the annual income of the entire country of Spain. Is there only such a company in the Netherlands?There must be more than one shipbuilding company. That is to say, even if the Netherlands does not have an overseas colony, its annual income can exceed that of Spain!
Philip IV was completely shocked, and he was moved: "Is there really such a high income?"

Zhu Cijiong directly said to Shi Weila: "How much revenue can your Daming Portuguese Trading Company achieve this year?"

Upon hearing this, Shivela smiled shyly and said, "How can my small company compare with His Majesty's big company? This year's annual revenue is estimated to be only 5000 million taels, which is not as good as any company under your Majesty's. .”

When Philip IV heard the words, his eyeballs were about to pop out. He asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, how many companies do you own? Is the annual income really so high?"

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there are only four companies under my banner. Haven't they all established semicolons here? As for the annual income, the total was less than [-] million taels last year. This year it may be stronger. How much is it now?" do not know either."

Only less than [-] million taels!Spain's annual income is less than [-] million taels, okay? That is to say, the Ming Empire's income can exceed Spain's with just the four companies under the royal family!

At this time, Philip IV had already developed a strong interest in doing business, but he also knew that it does not mean that a business can make money, nor does it mean that an individual can do business, what kind of business, what needs to be invested, He didn't know how long it would take to make money, so he couldn't help but probed: "Your Majesty, how long have you been operating these four companies, and how much money have you invested?"

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong knew that the king had already taken the bait, so he hurriedly said: "These four companies were only established two years ago, but their predecessors, Da Ming Ri Xing Long Company and Da Ming Xiyang Trading Company, were established four or five years ago. , I didn’t invest any money at the beginning, and you know that the imperial court or the government has many industries, but most of them are for military use. I just separated the civilian industries from them, reorganized them, and developed them!”

When Philip IV heard this, his jaw almost dropped, and he asked in disbelief, "It's that simple? It developed in four or five years!"

Of course it’s not that simple, but Zhu Cijiong didn’t want to fool Philip IV. He pretended to think and said, “It must be a bit difficult. In order to regain the Far East market, I fought fiercely with the Netherlands. Taking back Formosa and seizing the dominance of the Far East market, my company has developed so rapidly."

The shocking battle between Daming and the Netherlands in Manila Bay is naturally very clear to Philip IV, because Manila is his colony, but is this also called difficulty?You must know that in the entire Americas, except for Spain and Portugal, they are now discussing an alliance with Portugal. There is no need to seize the entire American market, as well as Europe and Africa. As long as the anti-Habsburg alliance is defeated, this market is not enough. Spanish!
In other words, as long as he is willing to start a company, his income will exceed that of the Ming royal family within a few years!
Thinking of this, he immediately asked eagerly: "Your Majesty, how does this company start?"

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, pretending to be suspicious: "I really don't know this very well. The specific things are handled by my ministers. However, Earl Shivira should be very clear about this. Your Daming Portuguese Trading Company It seems that it was established at the end of last year, right?"

It was only established last year, and this year's revenue will reach 5000 million taels!This is faster than stealing money. Philip IV looked at Shivela as if looking at a peerless beauty, and coveted: "Shivela, how did you do it? It was only established last year, and this year's income is 5000 million taels." , you won’t find a few gold mountains, right?”

Shivera was shuddered by his ambiguous eyes, and quickly explained: "No, no, Your Majesty, the reason why my Daming Portuguese Trading Company can make so much money is thanks to the help of His Majesty the Great Emperor. The goods are all purchased from Daming, and many of the semicolons in the Far East are opened in Daming’s vassal states, without His Majesty’s permission, I would not be able to make so much money at all!”

When Philip IV heard the words, he looked at Zhu Cijiong dumbfounded. For a long time, Shivela's company also relied on the emperor to make so much money!
Seeing Philip IV's expression, Zhu Cijiong knew that the heat was enough, and His Majesty the king should have been persuaded, and he was ready to sincerely cooperate with Daming and Portugal.

He finally encouraged: "Shivira is right, cooperation can win-win, and my Daming Royal Western Trading Company also relies on him to develop so fast. If His Majesty the King wants to start a company, I have a lot of business that I can do with the King. Your Majesty cooperates. For example, His Majesty the King can buy weapons and ammunition from our Daming Royal Machinery Group, and then sell them in the Holy Roman Empire. There are hundreds of princes there now. Is the market big enough? Also, the more copper used in Daming It’s getting bigger and bigger, just as America is rich in copper mines, His Majesty the King can let the natives dig it out, then transport it to Europe to process it into copper, and then sell it to Daming, not to mention, the thousands of tons of copper mines in a year can still be eaten by Daming !"

(End of this chapter)