Beiyang new warlord

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"March, let these barbarians know why the flowers are so popular!"

The long marching horn rang suddenly, but at this time, the always decisive New World Cavalry Captain was a little slow to react. He commanded the cavalry on the left flank. Commander Tong Zhamu stabbed him hard, and Song Yongzhong suddenly came back to his senses, kicked the thing into the breastplate in a panic, and then slammed the whip heavily on the horse's buttocks, shouting loudly.

"drive!"

But this was too hasty, the thing still slipped out following his violent galloping, and was blown flutteringly by the air current brought up by the galloping cavalry, and finally landed in a dense flower bush with a whirl. superior.

It was a plain portrait, a sunny and lively little girl waving her little hand vividly, and a line of words was beautifully written in neat lowercase.

"Brother Huang, come on! Gift from Yu'er!"

In the distance, gunshots and gunshots have burst out fiercely. The prince's epic in the New World is far from over!

Chapter 833. Dangerous start

When the prince went to the wild and primitive New World to prove himself, and was transformed by the difficult environment of the New World, the most powerful empire in East Asia, the Ming Empire, continued to play that game of chess.

Compared with his son who played very well at the beginning of the game, this old man Mao Jue fell a big somersault as soon as he raised his hand.

The time went back to the summer when the prince had just left the Old Continent by boat four years after the opening of the Hai Kingdom in the Northern Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

Southeast Asia, the ancient capital of Annan, Champa.

The port city, which was originally developed due to industrial and commercial development, fell into depression almost overnight. A few months ago, the scene of the Great Depression in Wenzhou was replayed here. Shops closed their doors one after another, and the inns that were originally crowded with people were empty. If it was in the Central Plains, it could be explained by the Chinese New Year, but in the Champa Kingdom, this is a real economic crisis.

Valuable sandalwood, mahogany, sea yellow and other precious woods harvested from deep mountains are left to rot in the port like broken boards. The precious South Sea pearls are covered with dust in the store, and there are all kinds of Medicinal materials, jewellery, spices, a large number of unsalable in the warehouse, all the popular Nanyang specialties on weekdays are all unsalable.

The nobles at the top can still close their doors and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth by relying on years of plundering their people and accumulating wealth, but the small businessmen at the bottom, once the capital chain is broken, they will immediately face the dilemma of bankruptcy.

However, the damage caused by bankruptcy is still the lightest. Those Mumin, Yam, Zhumin, and workers who relied on these industrial chains lost their jobs immediately. In just one month, the entire population of Champa City was only a few hundred thousand. The number of unemployed has reached 10+. They have no jobs and no land of their own. These real proletarians are immediately facing the plight of starving to death.

Merchants are always the scapegoats for the turmoil in the current situation. Are there no traitors but merchants? Especially the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are still outsiders. When even the royal family of Champa secretly contributed to the situation, the Mingying United East India Company soon became the target of public criticism!

Garbage, stones, and all kinds of sundries were thrown over, and pieces of flat glass that originally symbolized the richness and beauty of the East India Company were shattered, and the debris fell down and piled up on the bottom of the building. There was a thick layer of broken glass, and a large number of Zhancheng people shouted slogans and frantically surrounded the company's gate, roaring and attacking fiercely.

"These bastards stole our money and our food! Get them out of Champa!"

"Let them spit it all out!"

"Burn these vampires!!!"

Fortunately, before building here, Mao Jue had already considered security issues. The small company building in the main part of the building is better than the city wall, and there are thick courtyard walls on both sides. The big wolf dog raised there was barking and roaring, and in the port, more than a dozen armed sailboats were ready to go, and they were not afraid of these rioters rushing in for a while.

The company's settlement hall, which was originally busy, was in a mess at this time. The business and accounting managers packed up their documents and luggage in a panic, and evacuated to the port under the order of the mercenary officer. The only one in the company that was operating normally , it seems that there are only director offices in the five countries in South Asia and Central South.

Amidst the clattering voices, Miss Luo Yu, the young business genius of the Luo family, was still flipping through the transaction manuscript page by page. She read it seriously, and that little accountant, Chu Tian, ​​was so anxious that she looked like a number nine ant. Like Huabei, the little face tweeted, and the sad side kept urging there.

"Sister Luo Yu! Now is not the time to work hard, if you don't leave, the rioters will come in after a while!"

"Can't get in!"

Without lifting his eyes from the document, while scanning the data hastily, Luo Yu said casually: "The Champa Department is the headquarters of the Five Central South Companies, and if a regiment of company mercenaries equipped with regular army weapons even I can’t stop the rioters, they are not worth the company’s spending so much money every year to raise them, let the staff evacuate first to save them making noise and screaming, which makes me upset!”

With a clatter, he put down another company document, looked at the next one in his hand, and Luo Yu, who breathed a sigh of relief, asked hastily again.

"Have the evaluations of the remaining seven divisions been sent?"

"It was delivered this morning. After the analysis by the management team, only the Haiphong branch is in a good situation and has not been hit. The situation in Bangkok and other several branches is similar to that in Champa. In addition, there is also a report from the Luzon company headquarters. According to the news, many purchasing and marketing businessmen gathered in Manila to protest to the headquarters, but most of them were from our own Daming, and there was no conflict, and the company is also mediating!"

After giving a succinct answer, Chu Tian immediately covered her head and complained impatiently like a prodigal girl who couldn't receive the delivery on Double Eleven.

"Why are these guys so good, they are about to rebel all of a sudden?"

These words made Luo Yu, who was reading the document in a hurry, froze for a while, and then she shook her head with difficulty.

"What happened to the company this time?"

As early as three months ago, when Luo Yu received the import and export distribution report for this quarter, Luo Yu had already anticipated the situation today! The economic turmoil affecting most of Southeast Asia is really the fault of the Mingying United East India Company!

In a few years, with the full support of Mao Jue, the company has blossomed everywhere like the water hyacinth that later generations invaded China, and its tentacles have penetrated into more than a dozen countries in Southeast Asia, controlling nearly [-]% to [-]% of the commodity circulation. It can be said that in those Unknowingly, the ruling princes and nobles have controlled the lifeline of these countries!

But this spring, the company’s orders for special products from all over Southeast Asia dropped sharply, less than one-fifth of previous years, but the export volume increased sharply, [-]% more than in the same year. Even dumping and plundering were not so ruthless In an instant, the large and small merchants in various countries relying on the company's trade and export, and even the owners of large spice plantations in the Luzon colony were hit close to devastating blows. This is equivalent to the market that the company has supported itself for several years. I ruined myself!

The report also typed more than ten letters back to the Hangzhou headquarters, but one letter was like a muddy cow, and there was no response at all! No wonder Luo Yu was distressed.

Seeing her frowning, Chu Tian reluctantly persuaded her: "Sister Luo Yu, you don't have to worry too much, after all, we have His Majesty and the Ming Empire behind us! At worst, wait for His Majesty to send an army!"

But these words once again made Luo Yu shake his head anxiously.

"Wrong! The reason why His Majesty fully supports the company is because the company can replace the expansion of the empire and earn a lot of money for the empire, instead of being a drag. If the company is useless, His Majesty will not hesitate to find someone to replace us! We must find a way to solve the current situation by ourselves!"

While Chu Tian was stunned, she finally finished reading the last piece of data and threw those things on the table, Luo Yu stood up abruptly.

"Across the palace, is there any news from the palace minister Bai Gasol?"

"Don't mention that old guy, he has been pretending to be sick three days ago, and he has visited shopkeeper Liu several times with gifts, and he has never seen him!"

"Let shopkeeper Liu go again, no need to bring gifts! It doesn't matter if the old turtle doesn't show up, leave him a message and give him three days. If he can't solve the chaos in Champa Port, the company will evacuate immediately!"

Suddenly, an incomparable coldness appeared on that pretty face, Luo Yu was uncharacteristically, full of endless murderous intent in the gloom, her beautiful eyes looked at the messy people downstairs, and she gave another sharp order.

"Send someone in the name of the subordinate headquarters of the five central and southern countries to order Li Dagui, the Haiphong branch, to abandon this year's delivery plan. The company will also be fully contracted immediately. In addition, people will prepare the ship to go to Qinghua. This lady will go to meet Annan in person. Minister Nguyen Viet Lien!"

"The Haiphong branch also stopped receiving goods?"

This order caused Chu Tian to open her mouth in surprise, and asked in astonishment: "Sister Luo Yu, the Five Kingdoms Seven Branch is still functioning as the Haiphong branch, but this time, the Haiphong branch will stop its activities. It's going to be a mess over there!"

"It's good to be in a mess!"

Hearing this, the icy smile on Luo Yu's face became even fiercer, snorting coldly, behind her beautiful starry eyes, behind the barbed gauze, the glass shattered by stones, fierce and murderous He clenched his fists.

"No chaos, how to let the pigs in the palace know how powerful the company is?"

When the other eldest lady of the Luo family tried her best to start the time-saving operation, the headquarters of the Mingying United East India Company in Hangzhou was also in chaos.

Luo Yu can see the chaos that will erupt in this quarter, the members of the company's executive board of directors are likely to be managed by the business community of the Ming Dynasty, and even many old fritters who can't adapt to the officialdom after Mao Jue's reform have abandoned their official positions and started business Are among them, how can they not see the impending disaster?

In just three or four months, the restlessness of the board of directors was suppressed by Luo Ning, the executive chairman, and she also had an ambiguous relationship with Mao Jue. There were rumors that His Majesty would marry her, a well-known businessman in Hangzhou, To strengthen the connection between the royal family and the local big family in Hangzhou, as well as the largest family of the East India Company, so the board of directors has been patiently waiting.

But until now, the entire Southeast Asia has followed suit. Every day, what they lose is their vain money! What depreciates is their stock price! The company is facing collapse, and these directors can no longer bear it!

Now this group of directors is no longer just the group of Hangzhou local businessmen who suffered heavy losses when the East India Company was first formed, but the leader is Ruan Dacheng, the leader of the opposition eunuch party who was forced to flee to Hangzhou during the Donglin coup. In the officialdom, the old ghost who always had a smiling face on Maitreya was still roaring furiously.

"Miss Luo must give an explanation! If it is ordered by His Majesty to win over those Wenzhou bastards, I will have no complaints when I go bankrupt! But if not, then I have to explain why I want to win over Zhang Pu and those forgetful people." Ba Duan is not a beast of the Son of Man! Even if it comes to His Majesty, this old man will not hesitate!"

"Exactly!"

At this time, the ruthlessness of these capitalists was truly exposed! Although they have not yet reached the point of confronting the royal family with those British guys, they dare to show their heads and fight for their own rights. Behind Ruan Dacheng, a group of executive directors All of them were imposing, and together with Ruan Dacheng, he rolled up his sleeves fiercely and shouted.