Dominate the Country

At the dock of Shanghai Port, Li Kun silently watched a fleet of ships leaving their berths one after another. This fleet was huge, and there was a rare seven-masted ship among them. If it was two years ago, there was no doubt that this was an immigration fleet that had always belonged to the Immigration Bureau.

But now it is hard to say.

A fleet of this size may not only belong to the Immigration Bureau, but also to the American vassal king. The latter is developing very rapidly.

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As a newly established shipyard, Tiannan Shipyard, based on the past six-masted ships, continued to work hard and built a seven-masted ship, thus making its name famous. Then this technology was quickly "spread".

Although Tiannan Shipyard is backed by Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce and Guangdong Provincial Government, how can the power behind those profitable shipyards be smaller than that of Tiannan Shipyard?

Moreover, Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce itself cannot fully support Tiannan Shipyard, just like it does not have shares in first-class shipyards in other places.

But in terms of the interests of the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, what the Tiannan Shipyard needs is not unique technology, but a gimmick, a gimmick that lets all walks of life know that Tiannan's shipbuilding technology is not worse than others, that's enough.

——The first seven-masted ship appeared in Tiannan, right?

So in recent years, more and more domestic business groups and business associations have turned their attention to overseas. This does not mean that domestic investment is not profitable, but it is not as easy as in the past investment, and it is not as profitable.

With the ability of the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Guangdong Provincial Government, it takes so much effort to make a shipyard popular and to set off a wave. Some things abroad have begun to attract attention.

Just like the "development bonds" issued by the vassal states in the Americas, although the term is a little longer, the interest rate is high. You can also use this thing to exchange for land.

Some business groups and business associations that are optimistic about the future prospects of the vassal states have "donated generously".

The Li Group led by Li Kun himself will certainly not disperse funds to the development of the Americas, but he can only make the final decision on the Li family himself. In the process of the Li family's development and growth, the friends and partners they interacted with supported the Grand Prince Party, but they would never listen to Li Kun in everything.

The development bonds of various vassal states can be exchanged for not only fields, but also mines and even individual islands.

For large families and business groups, this thing is the foundation.

And there is another point. The national tax department has not yet finalized whether the real estate owned in overseas vassal states should be taxed domestically? What is the tax rate?

This has further made some people spend money on bonds.

What Li Kun saw now was not the fleet of the Immigration Bureau, but the national fleet of King Xu. They used domestic funds to do business with the Li consortium, leaving the money behind, but also took away a large amount of materials, including this large-scale fleet.

How much Li Kun wanted to keep these funds.

Using these funds for charity, for helping students and supporting the elderly and widowed, how much popularity can this bring to his nephew. If it is used for investment and construction, how many achievements can the officials of the Grand Prince's Party make, and how many people can take another step forward?

But Li Kun has no ability to keep these funds. Otherwise, he will offend a lot of people.

The title of the Land of Abundance in America has been boasted by government newspapers for more than ten years. So will the vassal state established in the Land of Abundance have no future? Take advantage of the beginning of the business and give a favor to others. When they become prosperous in the future, it will be easy to deal with them.

What's more, such favor investment is regarded as a "turnaround card" left for future generations. Anyway, if Li Kun really blocks it, his reputation will be ruined immediately. This is against the rules!

No one has played like this in the Chen Han scene.

In the current situation of fighting for the throne, Chen Ding has a certain advantage, but his brothers have united in the collision, so that a stalemate has been formed. Once there is a stalemate and a stable confrontation, some invisible tacit understanding will inevitably be formed in the collision, which is the rule.

Li Kun has Chen Ding's back, but he can't break the rules. Otherwise, his own reputation will be damaged, but it will affect the market of his beloved nephew.

"The general trend is set, the general trend is set."

The American vassal state is like China after the reform and opening up. The bright prospects and super low "cost" attract a large amount of "foreign" capital investment. This trend is unstoppable.

So, to a certain extent, although the vassal states of Chen Ming and his six brothers still have to go through a series of wars, they also have their own interests.

Now it's not just those ignorant businessmen who want to invest heavily in America, even the nobles and important officials in the court are investing in America in order to have a foothold in America as soon as possible.

The territory of this vassal state is much more convenient than that of Tokyo and Hanjin. Just like the Cai State in Xiajiazhou Peninsula, Chen Yi directly auctioned the land - it can be a port, a large piece of land, or an island.

As long as you pay the money, the right to use it belongs to you.

People who understand don't speak in secret. Before the court completely takes over America, these people can use the land as they please. They can build one material warehouse after another here, train soldiers and martial arts, cultivate fields, and even establish military schools to train their own mountain rain forests and naval officers.

These conveniences are not allowed in Tokyo and Hanjin.

But it is a piece of cake in the vassal kingdoms.

At present, the number of immigrants in their territory is limited, and large tracts of vacant land are vacant. It is not a waste to use them in this way. And among all the countries, the country with the most sought-after land is none other than the southernmost Cai State.

Because the territory of Cai State is closest to South America.

Li Kun looked at the fleet gradually disappearing at the junction of the sea and the sky, and had to admit that he had miscalculated.

Before, he did not take the American vassal states seriously. No matter how good the natural conditions there were, it was still a desolate wilderness. If you want to build a real land of abundance, you don’t know when it will take.

So he did not take these vassal states seriously. In Li Kun’s eyes, these vassal states were even thrown out by the emperor as scapegoats.

Although they have the upper hand, once the war starts, no matter how big the upper hand is, they will all be gone.

Without mentioning the retaliation, just talking about military expenditure, the wealth of these six vassal states can be squeezed dry.

But Li Kun never thought that things would develop to this point.

Because the development bonds of the vassal states directly affected the "big picture".

How could he know that this situation has given Chen Ming a very good "idea" - how to deal with the future vassal relationship and creditor countries.

In normal international exchanges, creditor countries do not mean absolute advantages and interests, but the vassal states in America are the sphere of influence of Greater China. They do not have a separate currency operation system, which is considered the Huayuan area.

With this fetter, plus the relationship with creditor countries, this can largely maintain China's ability to interfere in the economy of the vassal states.

Of course, more of it is mutual dependence and interweaving.

Prosperity and loss together!

For a long time in the future, the American vassal states will definitely become a major market for Chinese goods, and China is the largest creditor of the American vassal states. The American vassal states can maintain China's economic development, and China can also maintain the material consumption of the vassal states in turn.

If the vassal states want to develop as quickly as possible, they cannot do without China's support. And if China wants to continue to develop, it cannot do without the rich and cheap raw material supply and vast market in America.

In the future, when these vassal states have developed to a certain extent, they will face their own huge debts, but they can bring huge benefits to China.

But if there are any changes in China and there is such a debt relationship, the country will have to consider the reaction of the vassal states.

Anyway, it is quite constructive.

Chen Ming thinks that this route can be taken and seen.

Just like what was said during the reform and opening up, crossing the river by feeling the stones. How can you know that there is no benefit if you don't try?

Many domestic businessmen, chambers of commerce, and business groups have accumulated a lot of wealth in their past operations. These banknotes have been kept in banks or consumed all at once, which has a huge impact on economic development.

Before, they still had national debts to invest, but now after China's tax reform, Chen Han's finances are no longer short of money. Even in the war, people's livelihood, education and infrastructure are still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Therefore, the wealth in the hands of the emerging industrial and commercial class has no place to be used, and the expansion of industry cannot be unlimited. Cross-industry is not something that can be done just by saying cross-industry.

And now the issuance of the vassal state bonds has found a new "business" for them.

To be honest, it is the situation that the Li family does not have much capital backlog, because whenever there is a little extra capital, Li Kun will immediately "donate".

At this time, how could Chen Ding let the money sit there for nothing?

It is the case that the funds of the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce have been backlogged. According to the disclosure, the idle funds of the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce headquarters have exceeded 50 million, which is the extra money in addition to the guarantee funds.

The Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, which has been preying fiercely on the vast land of China for 20 years, has now reached the time when it can no longer find prey.

After more than 20 years of development, the division of interests in the country has been relatively stable, and many places have already been owned by people. Even if those industries have not been thoroughly and fully developed. The Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce cannot just reach out casually.

The stock market has also survived the initial period of the super bull market.

God cannot guarantee that the companies that are listed today will make a profit without losses.

Therefore, the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce has also invested tens of millions of idle funds in various vassal states.

According to Li Kun, the next step for the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce is to vigorously develop the ocean-going fleet and prepare to vigorously enter the Indian region, which will interfere with the upcoming war in India.

Although the British are now focusing their main efforts on dealing with France, in India, Sir John Shaw does not want to see the Mysore Kingdom gradually grow stronger, and does not want to see the Marathas once again unite with the Mysore Sultan Tipu.

Yes, China's power is entering India in a strong way.

The Gurkhas and Bhutanese in the Himalayas are seizing the time to train new troops, and their instructors and backers are all Chinese.

In addition, the Sikhs entrenched in southern Afghanistan and Punjab, northwest of Delhi, have also frequently come into contact with the Chinese in recent years, as well as the small country of Ladakh.

The entire northern India is under a dark cloud.

The British themselves could not tell when the Chinese would attack Delhi, and given Calcutta's current strength, they were unlikely to be a match for the hyenas under the Chinese.

Even if the Marathas were not involved, the Mysores and Gurkhas alone would be enough to give the British a hard time.

China promised to preserve the British's existing interests in India. But how to preserve them is another matter.

Just like the British did not touch the five unarmed colonies of the French that were not much bigger than eggs, that was also a kind of preservation.

But the face-saving Kingdom of Great Britain would never tolerate such a humiliation.

So the British had to "cheer up". John Shaw was going to punish the Kingdom of Mysore while the Marathas were restraining the Gurkhas who were gradually threatening North India.

He had a vague premonition that Great Britain would get deeper and deeper into the war with France, because the French were spreading the revolution abroad and were also moving towards the throne of European hegemony. London would never allow the emergence of a true European hegemon.

Well, while the war in Europe has not completely entered a white-hot stage, Calcutta should make some moves first, and try to maintain the face of the Kingdom of Great Britain in India.

The Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce wants to intervene in India now, which means it will compete with the British East India Company.

"The interest rate of the court's development bonds has been reduced to 1%, and there is a serious surplus of domestic capital. It seems that America is a better investment target." A middle-aged man's voice sounded behind Li Kun, and he continued: "At present, there is a general backlog of funds in business groups across the country. Zheng Zhilun [Zhongyuan Bank] told his subordinates that the reserve funds of the headquarters of Zhongyuan Bank and local bank branches have reached 270 million yuan. The bank doesn't know what to do with this money. Investing in America? The return cycle there is too long, and there will be future wars to test them. Investment is also risky." Bank funds are not like private funds. The money is more pursuing short-term returns. Even if it is long-term, it is at most three to five years.

The return cycle of investment in America is thirty to fifty years.

Fan Zhong was telling Li Kun a fact, that there were really not many places available for investment in China. Those banks dared not make long-term investments in America, but they definitely dared to make short-term investments in China. Now even those who were all-powerful did not know how to spend money, which showed that the domestic economy had reached a bottleneck.

Unless a war broke out, or important technologies such as steam engines and metallurgy made breakthroughs, otherwise, China's economy would really enter a period of slow development in the short term.

Therefore, the outflow of large amounts of funds was also a trend that had to be faced.

Unless they were willing to invest a lot of wealth in land and education. But that was a joke.

Those military-civilian joint-stock companies transformed from military cooperatives did need a lot of funds, but their returns were already very low, and they no longer had the high return rates of the year. Naturally, the market became worse.

Li Kun was Chen Ding's uncle, the queen's brother, and a genuine royal relative. Of course, he knew a lot of news that ordinary wealthy businessmen did not know.

The imperial court wants to start in America recently, and also wants to dig a canal in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

——This is a big deal!

Now there is a large amount of capital outflow. When the war in America breaks out, the inflow of these funds to America will inevitably stop. If the canal is not dug as soon as possible, these funds may turn around and flow into India. Then when the Suez Canal is officially announced, domestic funds will flow into Suez and Egypt like crazy.

Li Kun wanted to tie more and more funds to the eldest prince's family, but he found that he was really powerless.