Dominate the Country

Chen Quan is not a soldier. Even though he has worn the military uniform for half his life, he is still more like a businessman than a soldier. He believes in only one word - profit!

And just as Zhu Jingen expected, since Chen Quan decided to see him, he had already figured out everything and considered it carefully.

Among Chen Han's upper echelons, Chen Quan's connections were far stronger than Zhu Jingen's.

While Zhu Jingen was still worrying about the task, Chen Quan had already received news from Chen Ming. In principle, Emperor Chen approved of the Japanese deal with Madurai. In other words, the emperor was willing to open a crack in India to the Japanese.

Although in this way, Japan seems to be included in India's 'interests'. But Chen Ming thought that if he wanted to completely conquer Japan and turn Japan into a loyal fierce dog, he must feed it meat.

It’s no good. Where can I find loyalty? It’s no good. How can a little kid like Japan become so fierce?

As for Japan, after getting a little benefit from India, will it forget its own interests, lose its mind without benefits, and bite China back?

Isn't it afraid of being beaten to death with sticks?

Use one sentence to express Chen Ming's attitude towards Japan: What I give you is yours. If I don't give it to you, don't take it away. If you don't obey, you will be punished.

When he got on the carriage back to the embassy, ​​Zhu Jingen had completely calmed down. This is the basic quality of an excellent diplomat. Of course, it’s still unclear whether he can evaluate himself as an ‘excellent diplomat’ now. But he has this determination.

There is really no contradiction between Japan and China now.

This time the deal with Madurai seems to have nothing to do with China, but in fact it is a question of whether China will let Japan contaminate India's interests.

Judging from the response Zhu Jingen received from Chen Quan, the development of things is definitely not bad, on the contrary, it is quite good. China really does not want to completely block Japan. They have left a gap for Japan in India.

Zhu Jingen was very excited inside.

In his view, this was a moment when Japan's destiny changed. Japan will also have "colonial" interests in the future, and even if it does not fall into a colony, as long as it can act as the Eastern version of the Duke of Hesse-Kassel, Japan's finances will be qualitatively changed.

When the British hired Hessian mercenaries, the farmers gathered from the countryside and fields by the Duke of Hesse-Kassel could provide the Duke of Hesse with 1 shilling a day, which was one and a half shillings a month. British pounds, this is five silver dollars.

Although such a huge profit is due to the fact that the Duke of Hesse pocketed most of the employment fees given by the British. The Tokugawa shogunate would never do such a stupid thing, but the commissions of Japanese samurai are definitely higher than those of Hesse. Mercenaries are powerful.

Most of the latter are bankrupt petty citizens, criminals and destitute serfs. Only the officers are veterans who have experienced the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. However, the Japanese mercenaries are all noble and brave samurai, and the officers are even veterans. Gentlemen, or Chinese. Because the mercenaries of Toyo Security Company are all cut directly from the army.

The Madurai business is Japan's first business, and the Japanese will do their best to do it. Because they want to make a name for themselves!

[Japanese Chinese refers to the daimyo among the high-ranking ministers and samurai; the gentry refers to the original middle- and lower-level samurai and the middle- and lower-level affairs officers in the palace, belonging to the original "civil servant" status. 】

The British offered the Hessian mercenaries five eagles a month each, but the Madurai people quoted the Japanese samurai 10 eagles a month.

Such a price is only Madurai's preliminary quotation. As long as the work in China is completed, the Japanese samurai's commission can rise even more.

12 yuan per month, 15 yuan per month...

Not to mention being completely on par with the Stand Up Team, the treatment will not be worse than that of the Chinese Security Team.

The shogunate only needs to take one-third of the commission from a Japanese samurai every month, and the remaining amount is enough for the samurai's family to live a happy and sufficient life in Japan. Ten thousand Japanese samurai can provide the shogunate with more than 40,000 monthly expenses. In addition to the remuneration that the employer has to settle with the shogunate, the amount is not small.

This wealth is not worth mentioning to the huge China, but to Japan it is enough to support at least five thousand new troops. What's more, Japan doesn't only have 10,000 samurai?

Even if Japan's domestic military force needs to be guaranteed, Japan can send at least 100,000 samurai abroad.

A fortune of more than 40,000 Yingyang is not a big number, but what if it is more than ten thousand Yingyang? Four to five million eagle oceans, this is definitely a great wealth for Japan. It is very beneficial to Japan's finance.

Let’s look at the impact of this matter once it’s taken care of. The new army of the shogunate - all of them are samurai. Only samurai are eligible to join Japan's new army. Countless poor samurai families - mercenaries in the future, tens of thousands of samurai families have benefited. Once you lead a stable life, the foundation of the Wu family's world will naturally become firmer and thicker. Those ministers who smear their faces with makeup and powder should go as far away as possible.

Zhu Jingen received a good response from Chen Quan, and his confidence in completing the tasks assigned by Edo suddenly increased. He even began to think of Japan's future beauty and happiness.

As for whether Japan would get the nickname "Mercenary Country" because of this, he didn't care.

None of Zhu Jingen's actions escaped Chen Ming's eyes, but Chen Ming allowed Japan to enter the Indian region.

After such a long time, do we still want to give Japan some benefits?

But he rejected Japan's request to send troops to the Americas. India, he can allow Japan to contaminate it, but America has no place for the Japanese.

If the Tokugawa shogunate was smart, they would have understood the meaning behind Chen Ming's actions.

Emperor Chen did not allow Japan to take a step closer to America.

As for the Indian region, now the French have withdrawn from here, but the Chinese have come in, and the two powers are still confronting the British. But how to extract British interests is still a problem for Chen Ming.

Because of the huge economic and trade exchanges between China and Britain, Chen Ming has always been determined to make a clean break with the British. And how could Chen Han, who was unable to do this, get their territory in India from the British?

In Emperor Chen's future plan, India will be split into more than a dozen countries, large and small. We must not let the geographical term India become the name of the country. And if they want to do this, the British are a big mountain that must be moved away.

Moreover, Chen Han is currently deploying on the east coast of Africa. In a few years, Chen Ming will attack South Africa.

Who makes the British not attack South Africa yet? South Africa is still the territory of the Boers, descendants of the Dutch, and the Netherlands was destroyed by France three years ago. Although the British sent a fleet into Cape Town, the Boers were still the masters here.

Chen Ming is unwilling to let go of such a great opportunity. Can Chen Han reach an agreement with the British? Why not give Cape Town to the British?

The Cape Town under the Boers was generally the Western Cape area of ​​South Africa in later generations. The Boers in the Eastern Cape did not have much involvement. China could not compete with the British for Cape Town and concentrate on running the Eastern Cape Town in later generations. area and then advance north.

Whether it was the Orange River area [Diamond] or later Johannesburg, it was quite far from Cape Town.

The British did not know about the diamonds in the Orange River and the gold treasures in the highlands of the upper reaches of the Vaal River in the northeast. They peeked at Cape Town just for its key geographical location and incidentally accepted the heritage of the Dutch.

Chen Ming is absolutely unwilling to miss this great opportunity. If he misses this opportunity now, Chen Han's plans for South Africa will be postponed for several years. The huge gold mine hidden under the soil of South Africa tempted Chen Ming all the time.

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"The whole world is at war, and only China is at peace."

In the city of Nanjing, Newton was lying on his desk and immersed in his diary.

"America, Europe, Africa..."

"The French are completely crazy. They actually launched an offensive against Egypt. They have no idea how close Egypt is to China. Not to mention the annihilation of a small fleet, even if ten such small fleets are lost, the Chinese France was not allowed to occupy Egypt."

"This is not because of their friendship with the Ottoman Empire, but because of their planning over the past few years. The heart of the Chinese emperor is the most immeasurable existence in the world, and God cannot measure how big it is."

"The Chinese are planning a canal, a canal that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, a canal that connects the east and the west."

"This canal is greater than China's Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal."

"It runs through the Isthmus of Suez, connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, and provides the shortest route from Europe to the lands near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific. Once completed, it will be the most prosperous route in the world. It is the most important channel between Asia and Europe."

“The Cape and Cape Town will fall because of this.”

“The Ottoman Empire will reap a waterway of gold.”

…

Newton publicly disclosed the news of the Suez Canal in his diary. This was not because he was deliberately leaking secrets to the British, but because the project had been officially approved by the Chinese court. He estimated that banks would publicly issue Suez Canal bonds within a month at most.

At that time, Newton will use half of his savings to buy bonds. This will be the best legacy he leaves to Niu Pu.

As an Englishman who came to the East and China after experiencing the stormy waves of the Cape of Good Hope by ship, Newton never thought that he would be able to witness such a magnificent project that could change the political landscape of the world in his lifetime. What surprised him even more was that China had spent money and effort (of course the Ottomans also had money and effort, but their money was too little) to build this golden waterway, which even fools knew was of unparalleled value, and actually gave up its sovereignty. Gave it to the Ottomans.

The Chinese only retain certain operating rights, not all of them, and there are years limits. The Chinese can station troops in the Suez Canal, but the total force on land and water cannot exceed 2,000. The only benefit China gets is Djibouti.

The Port of Aden has been acquired by China a long time ago, so Djibouti is the only benefit that the Chinese have received.

Perhaps the Ottoman Empire will also 'allow' China to expand its influence in Yemen and Oman, which is considered the Ottoman Empire's sphere of influence. But ten years ago, the British occupied Pilin Island in Yemen, and Istanbul did not see the shouts of 'John Bull'. Get lost'.

Maybe they will also 'allow' China to enter Somalia, but it is a place where birds do not lay eggs, and the benefits are really limited. But China can only get these things from Istanbul.

Is the price the Chinese paid for these things too high? Newton felt that China had suffered a great loss.