Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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If the merchants living in Xuan Town are counted, it is estimated that there are more than tens of thousands of people.

On the table in front of Zhao Wen, there was a thick booklet.

This booklet records the names of merchants in Xuanzhen and their industrial structure.

Zhao Wen took the booklet and flipped through it carefully.

"Businessmen with poor strength are not good. They don't have the financial resources, so they can only choose those businessmen with some background!"

Zhao Wen muttered while watching.

Listening to Zhao Wen's voice, Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce had cold sweat streaming from his forehead.

From the perspective of Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, I am afraid that the things he thought before are all true.

"Your Majesty, although these businessmen are so unbearable, they are good people who abide by the law. These businessmen contribute a lot of taxes to the court every year. Your Majesty, these businessmen..."

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce worked hard to speak well for those businessmen!

Zhao Wen listened to the voice of the Minister of Commerce, the first half of the sentence was nothing, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

"What's wrong with you?"

Zhao Wen put down the booklet in his hand, and looked at the Minister of Commerce with a puzzled expression.

"Pfft!"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce knelt down on the ground, and shouted at Zhao Wen in an excited tone: "Your Majesty, these businessmen in Xuan Town are all law-abiding ordinary people. If Your Majesty takes action against these businessmen, I'm afraid it will be unreasonable." ah!"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce knelt in front of Zhao Wen tremblingly, pleading for these businessmen.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce is not very courageous, he likes to think wildly, but he has a very rare advantage, that is righteousness!

Although Shang Shu of the Ministry of Commerce is not related to these businessmen in Xuanzhen, these businessmen in Xuanzhen are all under the control of the Ministry of Commerce, and they have more or less friendship with the Ministry of Commerce.

Moreover, if the merchants were really punished, then the Ministry of Commerce would be useless. At that time, the Ministry of Commerce would not be able to maintain its official function as a minister. After all, the Ministry of Commerce had been dealing with merchants all the time.

In other words, the insurance merchant is also the insurance business department.

Zhao Wen: "..."

"What do you mean? Why can't I understand what you said?" Zhao Wen was at a loss.

"Your Majesty, didn't you come here in person to punish the businessman?"

"Punishment? Who said I'm going to punish businessmen? The common development of industry, agriculture and commerce is a basic national policy that cannot be shaken. These businessmen didn't break the law and did it for no reason. Why should I punish them?" Zhao Wen asked suspiciously.

Having said that, Zhao Wen has already figured it out.

"Get up first, I already know what you are thinking. I came here today, and I didn't even think about punishing the businessmen in Xuanzhen. I have something to hand over to them. This matter is very important and very important. important."

Zhao Wen said in a calm tone.

"Is what His Majesty said true?"

Shangshu's eyes lit up in an instant, and the worry and fear on his face disappeared.

"Of course it's true, wouldn't I lie to you?

That's it, I plan to attack the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire......

It will cost a lot if supplies are transported by the imperial court, so I thought of these merchants.

Judging from the current military strength of the imperial court, it is very simple to take these two places.

So I thought, after taking these two places, I will use the business of these two places as a bargaining chip to do business with merchants.

Whoever participates in the transportation of materials will be able to do business in these two places first..."

Zhao Wen expressed his thoughts in detail.

The worry in Shangshu's heart gradually disappeared. It is impossible for Zhao Wen to deceive him with this matter, and it is useless to deceive him.

"Your Majesty, what does your Majesty mean to use the first business in these two places as a bargaining chip to get the merchants to voluntarily deliver supplies?" The Commerce Minister asked tentatively.

"Yes, that's it.

There are already a lot of factories in Xuanzhen Town. Among these factories, there are many cotton cloth factories and soap factories.

In the past, the number of these factories was small, and the merchants would sell more, and the income would be good.

But with more and more factories, the income of businessmen is getting less and less.

In the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire, our businessmen have hardly set foot, thinking that it was an undeveloped place at that time.

If these materials are sold there, can these merchants be unhappy? " Zhao Wen explained in detail.

"What Your Majesty said is very reasonable, but where are these two empires? What if the people there don't like to use our things? This is a problem!"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce is not a military academy. He doesn't care about the military strength of the two empires. What he cares about is whether these products in Xuanzhen can be sold.

"It doesn't matter where these two empires are, what matters is that our industrial products will definitely sell well!" Zhao Wen looked confident.

Indeed, industrialized products are very competitive in this era.

Cheap and high-quality cotton cloth is a good product sold all over the world.

When the shit stirrer is harming the whole world, it basically relies on this thing to open the doors of those countries.

"So it is, so it is!"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce suddenly realized that the worries in his heart completely disappeared.

"I roughly took a look, and among the merchants registered today, many merchants have family backgrounds to participate in the plan I mentioned.

But the plan I mentioned is not for everyone to join. It must be clean, loyal to the court and pay taxes on time, and there are no businessmen who break the law.

This matter will be left to you. After you go down, you will filter from this booklet and list the selected people again.

In addition to the merchants in Xuanzhen, some were also selected from other places. It cannot be said that the court favors one over another! "Zhao Wen said to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce in a stern voice.

"Your Majesty, is this matter a secret?" the Minister of Commerce asked.

"It's the same thing if it is kept secret or not. Anyway, I will leave this matter to you. It must be completed in the shortest time, and there must be no delay!" After Zhao Wen said these words, he walked out of the Ministry of Commerce. Shangshu's classroom, finally walked towards the palace under the guard of Chen Donglai.

After arriving at the palace, Zhao Wen was not idle. He sat in the imperial study and began to write about various situations of the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.

Zhao Wen is quite familiar with the history of these two empires, and his high school history will talk about these two places.

Later generations of Zhao Wen were very interested in history, so when he was in high school, Zhao Wen also consulted a lot of information in addition to the contents explained in books.

The Ottomans were originally a small Turkic tribe. At the beginning, they settled in Central Asia, and later migrated to Asia Minor, where they prospered day by day.

In 1453, the Ottoman Empire wiped out the Byzantine Empire, then settled in Constantinople, renamed it Istanbul, and claimed to be the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire.

In the sixteenth century, during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire flourished.Its territory reached its peak in the seventeenth century.

Under the leadership of Barbarossa Hayreddin, its navy even took control of the Mediterranean Sea, treating the Mediterranean Sea as its own bathtub.

In 1699, the signing of the Treaty of Karlovitz marked the stagnation of the expansion of the empire. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the empire gradually declined.

The current Ottoman Empire is still in a period of complete victory.Located on the east-west traffic artery, few countries in this world can match the wealth accumulated over a century.

A large part of the reason why the West has great voyages is because the Ottoman Empire cut off the communication channels between the East and the West.

However, the glory of the empire will eventually disappear, and no matter how vast the territory is, it will be captured by the enemy.

The current emperor of the Ottoman Empire is Ibrahim I, which is an extremely bad emperor.

It was from him that Osman fell into the ten-year civil strife for Sudanese feminism.

"National huskies, you in future generations, want to restore the glory of your ancestors, it's ridiculous.

In future generations, you will not be able to rise, but in this era, I still will not let you rise! "

Zhao Wen sat on a chair, put down the pen in his hand, and looked to the west.

Speaking of which, the husky country in later generations is still China's old enemy.

They are a branch of Turkic. Before Tang Dynasty, Turkic had been chaotic frontier.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were wiped out, and the remnants fled all the way west.

It cannot be said that the founders of the Ottoman Empire were all those who were defeated by the Tang Dynasty, but these people must have something to do with the one that was defeated by the Tang Dynasty.

"Ibrahim I, it is estimated that you will not have a few days to enjoy the good life. In a year or two, you will be deposed and your son will ascend the throne.

However, the power of the emperor has fallen, and the Ottoman Empire will soon step into darkness.This is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters! "

Zhao Wen's eyes were full of heat. If he didn't intervene in it at this time, Zhao Wen would never feel at ease in his life.

Zhao Wen thought about it, and hurriedly asked Chen Donglai to take out his drawing tools.

After Chen Donglai brought Zhao Wen's drawing tools over, Zhao Wen immediately began to draw on rice paper.

What Zhao Wen drew was the map of the Ottoman Empire. Zhao Wen didn't know the map of the Ottoman Empire very well, but he knew a lot.

Even if there are errors in the drawn map, there is no fundamental problem.

In the future, after the Ottoman Empire is taken down, it is not too late for professionals to re-enact it.

It took Zhao Wen a long time to draw the map, and Zhao Wen didn't finish drawing until midnight.

In addition to the Ottoman Empire, there was also the Safavid Empire.

The Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire bordered each other, and there were constant wars between the two sides.

Until 1639, the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire signed a peace treaty, and there has been no war between the two sides since then.

Similarly, the Safavid Empire began to decline.

The Mughal Empire, which borders the Safavid Empire to the east, also extended its hand to the territory of the Safavid Empire.

Even Kandahar in the Safavid Empire was taken.

The current emperor of the Safavid Empire is Abbas II, but he is not yet ten years old.

Now the power of the Safavid Empire is controlled by his prime minister Thaqi.

The prime minister named Tachi is a very courageous and ambitious person. After he took power, he has always taken the revival of the Safavid Empire as his mission.

However, good people don't live long.

When the prime minister was fighting corruption, he offended a large number of officials and was eventually assassinated to death.

Now Taqi has not been assassinated, and is working hard to revive the Safavid Empire.

"The Safavid Empire is also getting old. Although Tachi is a very capable person, the Safavid Empire has accumulated a lot and it is difficult to revive it again!"

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Chapter 922 You have to prepare for war

"The Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire, the decline of these countries is unstoppable. Since your decline is already unstoppable, don't blame me for pushing you!" Zhao Wen said with a sneer.

Zhao Wen began to write about various things about the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.

In addition to these two empires, there was also a Mughal Empire.

The Mughal Empire is located in northern India, on the east side of the Safavid Empire, and is connected with the Safavid Empire. It has been more than 120 years since the founding of the country.

The current Mughal emperor is Shah Jahan, and Shah Jahan is an ambitious emperor.The famous Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan for his second wife.

During his reign, he continued to expand, and even defeated the Frangji people who were in the limelight at that time in Bangladesh.

Shah Jahan is now in his prime, full of energy, and has set his sights on the Safavid Empire in the west.

All in all, the current Mughal Empire is in a period of prosperity.

"By the way, the Mughal Empire is still needed, but it was established by the wandering Tartars.

The third brother's country is really strange. The history of the third brother is simply a history of humiliation and a history of being invaded.

Although Shah Jahan's ability is great, although the current Mughal Empire is very powerful, what does all this have to do with India? "

Zhao Wen had a look of disdain, no matter in later generations or now, Zhao Wen looked down on Third Brother.

"Although you are very strong now, you are nothing more than chickens and dogs. If you can behave better when the army goes west, then I won't bother to deal with you and let you live for a while.

But if you are not sensible, don't blame me for taking care of you! "Zhao Wen said to himself murderously.

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It took Zhao Wen almost three days to formulate these things. After three days, Zhao Wen asked people to hand over the formulated things to the Military Academy.