Li Youtang has already made a brief report to the cabinet, and now it is a formal performance for Zhu Xu.
"Your Majesty, the current structure of Shenlong Mansion is still a seven-person management team, chairman, six directors, under the Security Bureau, Arbitration Bureau, Commerce Bureau, Taxation Bureau, Justice Bureau, Inspection Bureau, Maritime Anti-Smuggling Bureau and other sixteen bureaus to manage Shenlong Mansion, under the jurisdiction of Tianjin, Guangzhou, Gansu, Zhangjiakou four counties, mainly developing foreign trade ......"
"Shenlong Mansion's own development plan is becoming more and more mature, with as many as 1,000 merchants and chambers of commerce in the jurisdiction, both at home and abroad, and many people of all colors, with an annual rent of up to 2 million and a related tax of up to 5 million......
"The current registered population of Shenlong Mansion has exceeded 100,000, and it is still expanding rapidly, most of them are merchants and their families, and there is a continuous influx ......of Xiyi people, among which Portuguese, Spanish, and Jews are the majority."
"The port of Shenlong Mansion has exceeded 30,000 ships entering and leaving every month, of which 70% are from my Ming Dynasty, 20% are from the Netherlands, and 10% are from others......"
"Tianjin, Guangzhou and other four counties have been basically completed, and relevant institutions have been stationed in succession and have begun to open business, among which Zhangjiakou and Gansu have developed rapidly, trade is hot, and the import and export of goods is huge......
The port of Guangzhou has been basically completed, and the Dutch side is very excited about it, and there are 20 caravans registered in Guangzhou Prefecture, and there are many others, and it is expected that the tax revenue of Guangzhou will exceed one million ......this year and next year."
"The Royal Trading Group has set up six branches in Xiyi, covering almost all the major countries, Spain, the Netherlands, and England have given considerable attention, have certain privileges, and trade is relatively smooth......
The Ottomans were more resistant to trade, and they had a certain degree of vigilance against our Ming Dynasty, and their development was relatively slow......
Eighteen branches have been set up on the land and sea coast leading to Xiyi and elsewhere, mainly following the combined fleet......"
"There are more than 200 caravans registered in Shenryufu, and the total number of merchant ships exceeds 3,000, and more than 30 are capable of going to sea, of which the main ones are the royal trading groups, and most of the others sail in the Wa Kingdom, the Ryukyus, and various parts of the South China Sea......"
"The development of Shenlong Mansion this year is mainly to undertake the cabinet's '40,000 silver plan', sign bundled contracts through large orders, promote a large number of Ming goods, consolidate its presence and influence in some countries and places, and establish stable and long-term business and trade relations......"
"Shenlongfu placed an order of 30 million stone rice to Spain, and Spain purchased weapons, ships, silk, tea, porcelain, etc. from Daming for 30 million for a period of five years.
Placed an order of 50 million grains and livestock to the Netherlands, and the Netherlands placed an order to my Ming Dynasty to be more miscellaneous, including merchant ships, spices, tea, silk, porcelain, firearms, weapons, armor, and a lot of canned food, glass, matches, salt, etc.
The merchant ships of England are coming and going to and fro with us day by day, and they have put forward a lot of requirements for cooperation, compared with Spain, the conditions of the Netherlands are better, and they are more eager for orders and goods from our Ming Dynasty, especially warships and cannons......
Although the Ottomans were more resistant to commerce, they also borrowed two million silver from our Ming Dynasty, and the mortgage was a piece of land eight hundred miles east of Morocco, around the Mediterranean Sea......
There was almost no cooperation from France, they only wanted to buy our cannons and firearms, which the Foreign Affairs House had categorically refused......"
"Shenlong Mansion also in accordance with the order of the cabinet, nationwide land resumption, not only the Royal Trade Group itself, all the commercial institutions involved, partners are also helping, the current acquisition of acres of land has exceeded 100 million acres, although there are many ways to pay, but the financial pressure is still very great, the reserve fund of the Royal Trade Group is basically exhausted......"
Li Youtang stood in front of the table and reported slowly, as if he was worried that Zhu Xu would not be able to listen completely, so he deliberately spoke slowly.
Sun Chuanting stood beside him, his expression unmoving, and his eyes were full of thought.
Zhu Xu sat on the chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the tabletop.
The development of the Shenlong Mansion is basically still on the track set by him, and it is also the foundation laid by Bumu Butai, and there has been no major change.
For other things, Zhu Xu doesn't care, Li Youtang, Sun Chuanting and others can do a good job, but there is only one point.
That is foreign trade, which involves the complex relationship between Europe, and the Ming Dynasty is as detached as possible, seemingly neutral.
The relationship between Spain and the Ming Dynasty, with the continuous expansion of the Ming in Europe, especially with the Netherlands and England, plus the sale of the fleet to the Ottomans, deeply stimulated Spain, and the intimacy gradually disappeared, and it became more and more vigilant.
The Netherlands is extremely keen on maritime trade, but has always been subject to Spain, with the continuous approach to the Ming Dynasty, especially with the protection of the combined fleet, Spain's scruples, the security of the sea is more than ten times higher than in the past!
The most important thing is that Daming is too rich, the Netherlands is narrow and sparsely populated, and what they do is the business of transshipment, and they now want to be Daming's agent in the world!
England is alone overseas, and has destroyed Spain's combined fleet, but its strength is still very weak, and it needs to look at Spain's face, with the interaction with the Ming, they have a kind of 'simple trade' idea, ignoring everything outside, and only want to do business with the Ming.
France is an arrogant Gallic chicken, and now he fights Spain every day, and fights from time to time.
He is not interested in sea trade at all, and only wants to become a land hegemon.
They are indeed mortal enemies, one is the struggle for land supremacy, and the other is the struggle for religion, that is, the wrestling of old and new religious doctrines, the two sides have many allies in Europe, and the war that has lasted for many years is not over, and a new war is coming.
The Ottomans were also not keen on overseas, and the reason why they wanted a navy was to compete with Spain, an old rival, and expand their living space.
The relationship with the Ming Dynasty seems to be far and near, and there are various obstacles to the development of the Ming merchant army in the Ottoman country, and the results are not great.
The reason why the Ottomans wanted to expand the development space was because of the rise of Russia, which was hindered at both the east and the west.
The rise of Russia was the decline of the Golden Horde, which developed on the basis of the annexation of the Golden Horde.
However, Russia's strength is still not strong enough, the Ottomans are incomparably strong, it is difficult for Russia to advance westward, and it has also suffered repeated setbacks in Central Asia and other places, so it can only turn eastward.
At this time, the Mongol tribes and various assimilated Mongol tribes were still relatively strong, and the development of Russia in the East was not very smooth.
Russia is still a landlocked country surrounded by the West, and it is difficult to get in touch with Europe in the West and the Ming Dynasty in the East.
Zhu Xu already had some ideas about Europe and the world pattern, and began to prepare, there were some things that he needed to remind Sun Chuanting and others not to ruin his plan.
The Ming court seems to be very rich, that is because it has mastered the money printing machine, the reserves of the Royal Bank for many years, and the real national strength is very weak and cannot withstand the toss, and this '40,000 silver plan' is also unsustainable.
The purpose of this is to give Daming a blood transfusion and slow down the rate of weakness.
Zhu Xu waited for Li Youtang to finish speaking, his expression pondered for a moment, and then he spoke: "The first point is that the arms in Europe should be moderate, and the targets should be carefully selected.
The second point is that our ally is Spain, and the Netherlands is only developing trade, it is a business partner, it is limited to the sharing of military intelligence, and it will not go further.
In due course, we will support Spain.
One more day that Spain, a weakened and immortal empire, survives to suppress our potential rivals in Europe.
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The third point is to strengthen ties with the Ottomans, except for the most advanced firearms and other winning weapons and equipment, everything can be sold, and vigorously arm the Ottomans.
Ottoman......
It can put the blood of Europe and Russia to the greatest extent.
Fourth, with the Combined Fleet as a rocker, more countries, especially some small countries, should be drawn together to form an 'international security alliance' in the name of the Cabinet and set up an 'international security alliance' with its headquarters in Beijing.
Fifth, the '40,000,000 Silver Plan' should be orderly and coordinate the situation at home and abroad, and it should not be released all at once.
One of the purposes of this plan is to import grain, stabilize the domestic disaster, and at the same time stimulate the development of commerce and trade.
The second point is to develop maritime trade and highlight the status of our Ming Dynasty in the world.
Sixth, the grain market that will go ashore this year may be as high as nearly 10 million stones, and the tax revenue will be more than 40 million yuan, which is enough for the cabinet to operate.
Seventh, the scale of the Royal Commercial Group should be expanded, and the large-scale operation should ......"