Zhang Jing is in charge of things in the military academy.

I don't have the time to care about it.

A month later, Zhang Jingyi entered the palace to meet him.

This time, Deng Jianren and others were sent away, and an assassination operation had begun.

He, the Jinyiwei Qianjia, has almost no such thousand households now, and still maintains the structure of the hundred households. Everything will be discussed when the plan is successful.

Emperor Tianqi seemed quite happy when he heard that Zhang Jingyi had just finished shooting the bow and horse.

He said with great enthusiasm: "What's wrong with my brother-in-law?"

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "This..."

Wei Zhongxian changed the topic: "In a few days, it will be a good day for His Highness King Xin to have a full moon... At that time, we will have to have a banquet for guests, but will we invite Brother Zhang?"

When King Xin Zhu Youjian was last year, his princess was pregnant, of course, later than the Zhang family girl. Now, by counting on the days, it is indeed time for the full moon.

Zhang Jing shook her head and said, "I didn't invite me. I'm just a thousand households in the Jinyiwei. I think I'm not qualified yet."

Emperor Tianqi used a copper basin to clean his hands, shouting, "Who said he was not qualified? If I said I was qualified, I would be qualified. You don't have to underestimate yourself. You are my great hero."

Zhang Jing smiled.

Emperor Tianqi then sat down and said, "But I have a son and a nephew, hey... It's such a happy thing. King Xin and I are connected with blood, and they are brothers. I think... it's better to go and see that nephew. Zhang Qing, you can go with me too."

Zhang Jingyi hesitated and said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"Did you say I'm inappropriate, or are you inappropriate?"

"It's all inappropriate." Zhang Jing thought for a while.

But Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I think I should go. Your Majesty has always been in harmony with King Xin, and he has a brotherly relationship, so it's good to meet him."

Emperor Tianqi smiled and then said, "This matter is settled. Zhang Qing must go with me. You can't hide. Otherwise, I won't agree. Oh, and, is your reservoir ready to be repaired?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Jing suddenly became energetic and said, "A large amount of manpower has been recruited and the cultivation has begun. Your Majesty is the chief engineer this time. Whether it can be successful depends on whether Your Majesty can succeed."

"Chief Engineer?" Emperor Tianqi smiled and said, "I don't have this title. It's meaningless, but I have thought of some better solutions these days. When I leave later, you can take it back and take it."

Zhang Jing nodded.

Emperor Tianqi immediately said, "I will go to see Folang Jiren later. Zhang Jingyi, you have never seen Folang Jiren, I... take you to see the world."

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

Zhang Jingyi felt that Emperor Tianqi was insulting his IQ.

He coughed, "Uh...what is Folangji?"

This is called ambushing him.

Emperor Aoki was indeed overjoyed: "You will know later when you see him, it's very rare."

After a while, a eunuch came and said, "Your Majesty, the man from Folang Ji has arrived at the Qinzheng Hall."

Emperor Aoki nodded and said with a good mood: "Let's go."

Then he led Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Jingyi all the way to Qinzheng Hall.

As soon as I entered, I saw a group of red-haired Folangji people waiting here for a long time, and they talked in a chattering manner.

Zhang Jing, who was following Emperor Tianqi, saw them and knew their way.

This should be the Dutch. If Zhang Jingyi remembers it correctly, the Dutch occupied Penghu three or four years ago and wanted to monopolize the trade of the Ming Dynasty. So Emperor Tianqi issued an order to order the navy to start fighting with the Dutch under the leadership of Fujian Governor Nan Juyi.

The battle lasted until the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and the Ming army finally repelled the Dutch and successfully recaptured Penghu.

After this battle, the Dutch seemed a little unwilling to accept it. On the one hand, they continued to prepare for attacking Penghu, and on the other hand, they continued to send envoys, hoping to negotiate with Emperor Apocalypse.

These people... should be from the Dutch East India Company.

Emperor Apocalypse took his seat, and the red-haired man led the tribute to Emperor Apocalypse.

Emperor Tianqi glanced at Zhang Jingyi from the corner of his eyes, not without pride.

"Your Majesty...about the two countries..."

This red-haired man is proficient in Chinese.

In fact, during this period, the two main profits of the East India Company were Japan's trade, that is, obtaining a steady stream of gold and silver from Japan. The other major profit was that it monopolized the Ming Dynasty's goods and obtained a large amount of raw silk and porcelain for trade through channels such as pirates and Japan.

At this time, the Dutch East India Company had already made huge profits and marine trade... and it was a fancy to the Dutch. If Zhang Jingyi remembered correctly...

At this moment, Zhang Jingyi suddenly remembered something.

This year is the seventh year of Apocalypse.

If nothing unexpected happens... it seems like there will be a huge turmoil in the Dutch East India Company.

Regarding this, it seems that in the history of marine business, the stock price of the East India Company has soared since its establishment. At its peak, it was once worth 79 million Dutch guilds. If converted to later generations, it would be 78 trillion US dollars. This market value is higher than the stock price of all commercial companies in later generations.

Of course, the current market value is actually not high, only more than 6 million Dutch guilds.

But what Zhang Jing remembered was that in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the East India Company and the Japanese had a tax-resistant incident, and their governor was actually kidnapped and kidnapped by the Japanese. In addition, there were several shipwrecks, which led to the stock of the East India Company plummeting.

In less than a few months, due to market panic, everyone wanted to sell it immediately. The value of the East India Company suddenly shrank to 1.4 million Dutch guilds.

If the stock market in this era doesn't reason with you, it will be really ups and downs. If there is a slight movement, everyone will sell it wildly without hesitation.

Of course... in less than half a year, after the market value plummeted, the East India Company made huge profits on the one hand, and on the other hand, the dispute with the Japanese was peacefully resolved. In addition, at the end of the year, when the financial surplus was announced, the profits that year rose by 80%, which triggered an unprecedented surge in market value.

In a short period of time, the market value increased from the original 1.4 million Dutch guilds to 19 million Dutch guilds.

What Zhang Jingyi was thinking about at this moment was... If anyone bought stocks at a low point, then don't take off?

However, as a dignified Jinyiwei Qianhu official, he has not yet escaped the awareness of being a retail investor, which is a bit unreasonable.

But at this time, Zhang Jingyi suddenly realized something.

This is an opportunity!

At this moment, Emperor Tianqi was furious for some reason. He angrily scolded the red-haired envoy and said, "Go back and tell your king that your ships have violated our seas and have been destroyed now. If you dare to breed an attempt, I will never give up easily. If you want to pay tribute, you should abide by the rules of the subordinate vassal states, so... You will retreat."

Emperor Apocalypse actually had no patience for these Dutch people.

Even if I see them, I just want to see them.

It's probably: Zhang Qing, come out to see the monkey.

Seeing this, these Dutch people had to leave embarrassedly.

Emperor Tianqi was still angry and looked at Zhang Jing and said, "These people are very hateful. They attacked my Penghu and were repelled by our Ming Navy. They even tried to send envoys to let me offend."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty... they are actually just a company..."

Emperor Tianqi said in confusion: "Company? What is the company? But their letters clearly state the Netherlands."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't understand it at the moment, so she had to pick up simple words and said: "Their company is actually a consortium of businessmen, who are engaged in business together, and they are obsessed with interests. They can do anything for money."

"Hmph." Emperor Tianqi said: "Sure enough, the red barbarians do not know how to educate, and jackals become like nature!"

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

To be honest, scholars have always been cursing Emperor Tianqi for not knowing education. I didn’t expect that today... this sentence came from Emperor Tianqi, but there was no sense of incongruity.

Zhang Jingyi said: "In this vast ocean, you can get huge profits, so... these red and barbarian talents are so rampant."

Emperor Tianqi seemed to have no idea about the huge profits that Zhang Jing said, and just sneered: "The Ming Dynasty is rich in all over the world... but these red barbarians only make small profits..."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but smile bitterly. In fact, Emperor Tianqi was not arrogant. If it was said that the Ming Dynasty was not rich, it was unreasonable. The problem was that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with your Emperor Tianqi?

The future world is in the ocean, and Zhang Jing is like a mirror in this regard. If Emperor Tianqi spent a little thought on the ocean trade, the benefits would definitely be quite numerous.

But... it was obvious that the Ming Dynasty was very disgusted with trade. On the other hand... the officials were afraid that they were also very opposed.

Unless Emperor Apocalypse makes up his mind to engage in maritime trade.

But how can we make Emperor Aoki make up his mind?

At this time, Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I want to do some business, but... I'm short of some capital. I wonder if Your Majesty can borrow 200,000 taels of silver to help me solve my urgent needs."

When Emperor Tianqi heard this, he was shocked: "You don't have money yet? You are more surplus than me. I am not enough to use the treasury to supplement the military affairs of Liaodong. Now my treasury is empty, so where can I borrow money from you... I still owe more than 100,000 taels of silver in Liaodong this year?"

But then, seeing Zhang Jing's look pitiful, he finally felt soft-hearted...

So he stood up, walked back and forth with his hands behind his back: "I can think of a way...or..."

Speaking of this, he looked up at Wei Zhongxian: "Parent Wei, have the money weaving in Nanjing been put into the warehouse? Have you calculated how much? Why don't you... give it to Zhang Qing first, Zhang Qing lacks money..."

Wei Zhongxian was shocked. Although the money...has not been put into the warehouse yet, in fact... it had been spent long ago, and the treasury had already paid for it in advance.

"This...this...is probably 150,000 taels...but..."

Before Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, Emperor Tianqi said, "Just like this, after being escorted to the capital, you will be sent to Zhang Qing's mansion, and you are not allowed to talk back... I... want to advocate frugality, and issue an order to reduce the cost in the palace by half."
Chapter completed!