What industries are more profitable than drug trafficking in later generations?

arms!

Even the Iron Man family made a fortune by relying on arms business. It seems that since the Age of Discovery, these Westerners have been very good at this wealth-making model. The most famous and notorious one is the black slave trade.

The Arabs who started the black slave trade were stubborn and organized a large number of troops to ride camels directly to wield this bend to kill people from Africa. Later, the Portuguese who took over the Spanish became much smarter. They used muskets to trade with local black chiefs, encouraged and provoked black tribes to launch slave hunting wars, and then used the captured black slaves to continue exchanging arms weapons. These well-dressed bastards had no drop of blood on their bodies, and they acquired thousands of slaves to develop the Americas.

There is also the Middle East, which later generations claimed to be the source of chaos, which has also become a weapon test site for superpowers. Super political groups wantonly provoke local religious and political conflicts, and then exchange for precious oil and minerals through the things that spit on fire and death.

Moreover, the profits of arms business are even secondary. Marx once commented on the process of the British ruling India in this way. First of all, the supreme rights of the Great Mughals were destroyed by their governors. The governor's rights were destroyed by the Marathas, and the Marathas were destroyed by the Afghans. When everyone was in a melee, the British broke in and conquered everyone!

Indian civilization is indeed great, but it is too diverse. It is not only religious confrontations such as ***ism, Hinduism, and later added Catholicism, the contradiction between higher castes and lower castes, the hatred between conquerors and indigenous peoples, and there is a deep barrier between tribes and tribes. This destined that Indian civilization would not have a unified and powerful empire like the Chinese civilization that believed in Confucianism, and had too many weaknesses to attack!

Although Wu Sangui is not as meticulous as Marx in studying society, he has been in Mughal for three years and is well aware of these weaknesses. Now, what he has implemented is the first rule summarized by Marx, allowing the governors to destroy the supreme imperial power of the central emperor of the Mughals and split them!

The Bangladesh army, which was defeated by the Yokogawa tributary, was reorganized. The Northern Ming Empire's standard weapons were raised in boxes and raised from Kolkata, and then the troops of Mir, Japur, Danatan and others were successively installed in Murcidabad and Dhaka. However, it is worth mocking that these descendants of nomad knights from Central Asia were still proud of their last pride and refused to give up the exquisite Damascus scimitar in their hands and war horses under their crotch. After obtaining this batch of arms that were more advanced than the weapons provided by the French, several governors, as always, equipped the large number of light infantry troops that were forced to recruit among the town residents.

I am afraid that Wu Sangui did not give them instructions for use. No matter how sharp the weapon was, it needed powerful soldiers to use it. The mercenaries of the Left Army who were fooled by him had fought for many years in the battle with the peasant army, and had received more than half a year of cruel military training for new recruits in Liaodong. They were all cruel enough to make fun of killing.

If Wu Sangui led a group of native sheep, all of them would be scared away by a charge, and they would even make some yarn!

But for such a little arms, these short-sighted guys will pay the entire Bangladesh. In the past, the business activities of the East India Company were limited to several strongholds such as Kolkata. Now the company has obtained a trade charter. In the future, the merchants under Mao Jue can trade in any corner of Suba, Bangladesh. In addition, the Persian tax collectors of the Rimughals in the past will also be replaced by the accounting of the East India Company, because several governors exchanged the taxes of the Bangladesh treasury for the next ten years in exchange for the support of the East India Company.

Now the production and commercial level of Beiming is much higher than the natural economy of Bangladesh small farmers. In ten years, it is enough for the East India Company to be sophisticated that the directors like foxes use taxes and trade to control the economy of this land.

Under the wall of Dingwu Castle, Mir and Danatan, who had the last batch of weapons and equipment, waved their hands to say goodbye with satisfaction, but Wu Sangui, who stood on the wall and came out to see them off, watched the two of them leave, but a deep sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"A few idiots!"

.........

The Age of Discovery was the first era of globalization. With Mao Jue in this time and space, China, which was once a step behind in this important historical period, has now made great strides. On this side, the Mughal Empire has just experienced a series of changes. On that side, the port of Hangzhou immediately enjoyed the benefits brought by this change.

Hangzhou Bay, from a distance, it seems like a forest grew in the warm port, full of dense masts. It is leaning against the East India Company headquarters building next to the port. The rows of desks are filled with thick business documents. After training, the capable male and female accountants are planning to make plans. Nearly half of Southeast Asian goods are sucking and spitting in their hands. While calculating, these "brain nerve cells" also need to predict the future business direction, so as to provide more reasonable import and export suggestions for the businessmen under the company.

"Get the right to tax Bangladesh! The imported rice and grain this year will increase by 30% compared with last year. In addition, the operation of the Huguang commercial grain base will inevitably drop, and the purchase price in Jiangnan area will be completely reduced!"

"The right to free trade has been obtained! The demand for goods such as Birhasupba, Orisa Suba, and the central Marathas, such as independent states, such as tobacco, wine, porcelain, tools, silk, etc., increased by 22% compared with last year!"

"Given the turbulent political pattern of the Mughal Empire, the demand for arms increased by 300%. Increase orders for the arsenals in Liaodong!"

Bang bang bang ~

Now the board of directors may be more busy than the emperor Mao Jue. With a thick stack of urgent business documents, the confidential secretary of the board of directors crawled in one room like hardworking bees and went in to get round red seals. But when he arrived at the office of the executive director, he couldn't even knock on the door.

As the spokesperson for Mao Jue, the major shareholder in Jiangnan, Luo Ningluo's shopkeeper actually skipped the job!

At this time, in an inconspicuous tavern by the West Lake, no one would have thought that this petite woman wrapped in black veil and dressed tightly like an Arab woman in later generations was the shopkeeper Luo who was enough to bankrupt a country with a cough.

Opposite her, she is also not an unknown person. The Southern Ming Empire has recently been newly added to the cabinet and is Zhang Pu, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall of Wenzhou, who is the governor.

The changes brought by Mao Jue are really great. Even Mr. Ren Xue, who used to be full of articles, now speaks of the smell of money. He looks around carefully and Zhang Pu has completely lost his arrogance when he was a senior Donglin, and he bows with a smile with a very low attitude.

"Mr. Zhang meets with Manager Luo!"

However, Luo Ning did not show any respect for him, the prime minister of the empire. Instead, his handsome little face was full of impatientness, and he asked impatiently and rudely: "Where is my brother?"

"I'm here!"

In the same rude and impatient voice, Luo Zhen showed his head very hard and agreed, but just this sentence seemed to give Luo Ning a great gift, instantly filled her cheeks with an angel-like warm smile, and she said happily and quickly.

"Xiao Zhen, you are finally willing to come back!"

"I have ordered people to prepare a banquet on the old house. It is all your favorite food! And the fragrant soup bath is also prepared for you! Let's go with my sister!"

The little hand stretched out eagerly, but who knew that Luo Zhen suddenly shook off the cloak and retreated, allowing Luo Ning's hand to stay in the air awkwardly, and deep loss appeared in her pupils.

The conflict between the siblings also made Zhang Pu look embarrassed. He hurriedly smiled and smoothed out: "Shopkeeper Luo, don't worry. Now Lord Luo is already a senior minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and is specialized in opening a sea trading office. In short, he is still half of Zhang's immediate superior!"

"Sir?"

Hearing this official title, a look of contempt appeared on Luo Ning's face again, but in a blink of an eye, he looked at Luo Zhen with anticipation.

"Xiao Zhen, come back! You want power. In the current East India Company, any position is more powerful than the prime minister of this country of sacred country. Even if you are willing, I can help you build a country overseas, and you are the king! OK?"

"Hmph! It was you who instructed that humble and rough warrior to cut off my legs! I broke my hope! Now you still want me to bow down in front of that traitor? My achievements today are all based on my efforts. I will never be given to the traitor's traitor! You should die of this heart!"

With a cold face, Luo Zhen roared out fiercely with great hatred, and once again made the warmth on Luo Ning's face dim. After a long time, she nodded with great difficulty.

"Since you're doing well, that's fine..., that's fine..."

"Shopkeeper Luo!"

After a few more seconds, Zhang Pu interrupted in a difficult situation: "What are you thinking about the last time I mentioned to you about the acquisition of the Nanyang goods in Wenzhou?"

When the conversation returned to business, Luo Ning instantly became smart and sharp. Holding her arms, she sat up straight with disdain and said coldly: "Mr. Zhang, I made it very clear last time. The company has most of the Southeast Asian supply. The company doesn't care about your things at all. The price is 30% or not. It's up to you to sell it or not!"

"Thirty percent is too low! Manager Luo! Add another 20%!"

The catastrophe last year almost caused the Nanming industry and commerce to fall apart. Even if Fushe achieved a phased victory in the court, it could not change the current situation of a disastrous defeat in the commercial war. It also caused hostility from the Donglin landlords. With silver in hand, Qian Qianyi, the Jiangnan landlords represented by Qian Qianyi would rather import Southeast Asian spices and jade luxury goods from Quanzhou, Hangzhou than to come to rescue the market. They were really desperate. Zhang Pu could only put down his posture and actually went to the old enemy to beg him.

But even if we put aside the hostile relationship between the two sides and business, spice pearls from Southeast Asia are enough to saturate the market. How could Luoning spend a high price to acquire things like Wenzhou?

However, there are always some things in the world that exceed interests. Luo Ning just refused ruthlessly, and Luo Zhen was already standing up in anger and roaring angrily.

"Mr. Zhang, I have told you a long time ago that this bitch is a loyal lackey with the surname Mao, so there is no need to talk too much to her! Let's go!"

"I am the Minister of Revenue. Your Majesty wants to blame me, and I will bear it alone!"

"Xiao Zhen, you!"

The calmness and wisdom disappeared, and Luo Ning stood up again in panic and stretched out his hand forward.

He didn't leave either. Zhang Pu looked ugly and bowed heavily with his fists.

"Shopkeeper Luo, please!"

"this......"
Chapter completed!