That night.

Emperor Tianqi summoned Zhang Jingyi to meet in Xingzaili.

Emperor Tianqi sighed: "I feel more and more that the things in this world are nothing more than two things."

Zhang Jingyi said: "I wonder what the two things Your Majesty said?"

"One is gunpowder, and the other is carpenter." Emperor Tianqi said very seriously.

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

Emperor Apocalypse explained: "Look at that huge gunboat, isn't that the case? Needless to say, gunpowder has so much gunfire. But... what is carrying the gun? It's a carpenter. As long as these two things are solved, nothing can be solved."

Zhang Jing thought about it carefully and found that there was something really...

What is the industrial revolution? There is no need to say about the so-called industrial revolution. Gunpowder, which is increasingly powerful, has promoted the development of war and industry.

Another most important thing in the Industrial Revolution is steel. Of course, steel did not appear out of thin air. Before the emergence of steel, wasn’t this material that made everything in the world just wood?

I figured out the wood, but when the steel smelting exploded, it was actually just a process of turning the wood structure into a steel structure.

Therefore, if the wooden structure corresponds to black gunpowder, if the wooden structure can be understood and replaced with the steel structure, although the principles may not be the same, the method is correct.

When Zhang Jing thought about these details, he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty's words have inspired me, and I admire you, and I admire you."

"Is that true?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jing in surprise and said, "It's not like Wei's partner, he's just talking nonsense, right?"

"Ah..." Zhang Jing's body shook. Unexpectedly, His Majesty saw the hypocritical nature of Wei Zhongxian. Zhang Jingyi immediately said: "I am different from Brother Wei. Brother Wei sometimes doesn't keep his mouth shut, but Your Majesty knows me."

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but say happily: "Haha, since that's the case, you are responsible for gunpowder, and I am responsible for the work. If you and I join forces to make these two things, wouldn't it be invincible in the world?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not be able to separate himself every day."

"Muzhu is my interest, and I am not worried about wasting time. I like to turn these pieces of wood into different objects, which is very interesting. It is a pity for those ships. If I had known this, I should have left one. I could think carefully about the difference between this Dutch ship."

Zhang Jingyi said, "If your Majesty is interested, I will find a way to collect information about the ship. With your Majesty's ability, you will be able to quickly understand it."

Emperor Apocalypse nodded: "It's so good."

He then sighed again: "The Netherlands... is really hateful, but they may not have no strengths. Their banks make me feel very interesting. With so much net profit every year, if I also have a bank, that would be great."

It turns out that after such a big bend, Emperor Tianqi is still thinking about this!

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "The Netherlands are indeed in a strong business atmosphere, but there are good and bad things. There is nothing in the world that can be perfect. For example, these Netherlands dare to do anything for profit and have no idea of ​​home and country. Although they have established an efficient system, they will sooner or later be retaliated by it. Of course, if I borrow the strengths of the Netherlands in the Ming Dynasty, it may not be impossible."

Emperor Aoki immediately became interested and said, "So, do you think it's best to grab that bank?"

Zhang Jing looked at Emperor Tianqi speechlessly and said nothing.

Emperor Tianqi said again: "A few days ago, didn't you withdraw 2.5 million taels of silver from me? Is it also for this bank? Why does this silver seem to be thrown into the water and wasted? "

Zhang Jingyi said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I think... maybe..."

Emperor Tianqi sighed: "Actually, I don't love money either. What can I think about it? I am the emperor and the magnificent of the Nine Five. How could I take these to my heart? But over the years, natural disasters have been frequent, the country is in turmoil, and the country is not afraid to say that it is in danger, but there is also danger of overturning. I am not at ease, but I can't help but burst into tears whenever I think of the difficulties of starting a business in my ancestors."

What he meant was that I didn’t get the bank, and I felt very uncomfortable now and wanted to cry.

Zhang Jing said with great since this point, he had to work hard.

So Zhang Jing said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already made plans."

Emperor Tianqi said, "I see, these Dutch people are all attracted by money, and they will not be willing to submit. Moreover, they are far away from the sky, so I can't subdue them. Therefore, I am confident and I think I can't force the robbery, but I can only take it with wisdom."

As he was speaking, an eunuch came in outside and said, "Report to your Majesty, Deng Jian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, asked for a visit."

Emperor Tianqi frowned slightly and said, "What are he here to do at midnight? Call me in!"

Soon, Deng Jian came in and saluted Emperor Tianqi first.

Emperor Tianqi said: "What's the matter with your family here?"

Deng Jian said: "Report to Your Majesty, I found a detailed work! This detailed work seems to be related to the Netherlands. It is said that Macau sent a letter... After reading it, I couldn't understand it, but I felt that the matter was urgent, so I wanted to report it to Your Majesty."

Emperor Aoki said, "Come and take it to see."

Deng Jian delivered the letter.

Emperor Tianqi looked down and did not understand, so he handed it over to Zhang Jingyi again.

Zhang Jingyi didn't even look at it, and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, our east wind is coming."

Emperor Aoki said in confusion: "What?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Our silver has already played a role. If the other party sends letters so urgently, something must have happened."

After saying that, Zhang Jing looked up at Deng Jian and said, "What kind of person is that fine work?"

"He is a scholar, claiming to be a scholar, and he is from Nanzhili."

Emperor Tianqi frowned: "Why did the scholars of the Ming Dynasty send letters to them?"

Zhang Jingyi said, "Deng Qiang went to interrogate first. Your Majesty, we might as well call the Dutchman to meet now."

Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jingyi suspiciously: "I don't know what happened in the letter. Is it inappropriate to summon him now?"

Zhang Jing said confidently: "I already know the contents of the letter. Your Majesty, let's see, the Dutchman will know when he sees it."

Zhang Jingyi could always give Emperor Tianqi a natural sense of trust, so Emperor Tianqi sat down and then gave a wink at the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch understood and went in a hurry.

At the same time, when all the officials heard about this, they came one after another.

It is actually a taboo thing for His Majesty to meet the Dutch envoy privately.

William and Weimarang were both confused and were invited to walk in the middle of the night.

Along the way, William suddenly became happy and said to Weimarang: "Maybe the Ming Emperor has gotten enlightened! As far as I know, their financial difficulties can only be stabilized if they can receive funding from banks."

"I understand that this is the wisdom of the East. I reject it in the daytime and retaliate against us. At night, I will use the strategy of being gentle and gentle. I have seen such conspiracies of the East when I was in Xiaoliuqiu."

Weimarang has always had a gloomy face. In his opinion, the so-called cooperation has no meaning. The East India Company has suffered heavy losses, which is intolerable.

On the other side, all officials had arrived outside and asked for advice.

What happened during the day made the officials deeply worried.

The Dutch people are bold and reckless, which really makes people feel hateful.

But Zhang Jingyi's behavior was also very extreme, which was equivalent to making enemies out of thin air for the Ming Dynasty.

The most important thing the court should deal with is the bandits, but obviously Your Majesty is not in a hurry at all.

If there is another problem, it will not be of any benefit to the Ming Dynasty.

Now that His Majesty has called the Dutch envoy again, this is even more worrying.

Wouldn't you scold me again and then fight directly?

The Netherlands were in Xiaoliuqiu, with a fleet, and a large number of soldiers were stationed.

It is just a sea away from the southeast coast, especially Fujian and Guangdong.

This little Liuqiu is the Taiwan of later generations, just a distance from a strait.

Once the war begins, will the Ming Dynasty still need to add a salary?

At this time, William and the other two were on the way.

In this small emperor's journey, Emperor Aoki summoned all officials and William in.

Everyone gathered together.

William and the other saluted.

William said first: "I wonder what your Majesty is seeing us?"

"There is a letter here." Emperor Tianqi pointed out a document: "It was sent by a scholar, saying that it was sent by Macau. I have taken this person down. Please take a look at this letter."

William nodded, and a eunuch passed the letter to William.

William's original expression seemed very calm, and when he looked down at the signature of the letter, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

This was sent by the bank's branch in Macau, and his stamp was also on it. But what urgent matter is there to send the letter to Tianjin Wei?

But...When William continued to watch, his face suddenly turned pale as paper.

All this caught him off guard.

As a director of the bank, he knows the seriousness of the letters more than anyone else.

There are people everywhere asking banks to repay!

What's scary is...this has caused panic.

Panic means that withdrawals that were originally only tens of millions of taels of silver would quickly increase by hundreds of times. I am afraid that all depositors would come to the bank with their deposit slips when they realized that the bank was no longer safe.

William knows better than anyone else that it is impossible for banks to have so much reserve funds.

But once it cannot be redeemed immediately, this panic will only continue to deepen until the bank cannot pay the money and will go bankrupt.

Once bankrupt, the person who suffers the greatest losses are directors like him. This means that he is finished and may become a pauper overnight.

Not only that, after bankruptcy, those angry mobs will also send all the senior executives of the bank to the gallows as much as possible.

When the ministers saw William's face was extremely ugly, they couldn't help but think, is there any content in this letter that humiliates these people? It seems... the war may be really inevitable.

But the next moment, they saw William staggeringly bowing.
Chapter completed!