The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 124: The Lucky Man in America's Great Era
At the end of October in the 36th year of the Ming Dynasty, the American caravan heading to Europe returned to New York, bringing back a large amount of gold and silver coins.

Ming Dynasty's commodity futures were exchanged for real gold and silver, and the value doubled or tripled.

Following Hancock's suggestion, Zhu Jianxuan organized an event in Chengyun Hall and personally distributed dividends to the 100 investors with the largest shareholdings.

When Zhu Jianxuan was the king in the United States and faced the old American farmers, he was a king in the traditional sense.

But when facing businessmen, they are closer to modern business leaders.

Most of these people were people Zhu Jianxuan had met before. They were originally wealthy businessmen from various free states and dominions of the United States, and most of them even had titles.

Only about a third of them were civilians with unfamiliar faces.

Those wealthy businessmen and nobles have received at least two rounds of aristocratic etiquette training.

Although they were excited about making a lot of money and having an audience with the king, they still tried hard to maintain their composure.

Using the most standard movements possible, he bowed to Zhu Jianxuan:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although the remaining commoners did not receive a comprehensive aristocratic education, they all came from relatively wealthy families and had seen all kinds of things in the world.

He could even keep his composure in front of Zhu Jianxuan.

There was only one man in his thirties who was obviously overly excited. He bowed vigorously every time he spoke to Zhu Jianxuan.

His bowing movements were not standard, but each one was done with great force:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty, for letting me make a lot of money. I am now the richest man in our town."

Zhu Jianxuan could see that this guy had never seen the world. Maybe because he became rich overnight and met the king, his emotions were a little out of control.

Hancock, who was following Zhu Jianxuan, whispered in Zhu Jianxuan's ear:
"Your Majesty, this man is called Dexter, and he was my former neighbor.

"He used to be a leatherworker, he was kind but reckless and had little education.

"He was very lucky, marrying a wealthy widow, and because he was my neighbor, he also wanted to join the independence movement.

“Because of his reckless character, I did not dare to assign him any practical matters.

"But he is a man who can't sit still. He follows whatever I do.

“At the beginning of this year, the market price had already hit a low point because there was no proper way to deal with the commodity vouchers.

“When His Majesty allowed the goods to be sold to Europe, I immediately went to buy a batch and brought it back, but somehow he found out.

"He directly took out all his assets and bought a large number of coupons when they were close to the lowest price.

“As a result, now that the European trade is complete, his worth has increased several times.”

After listening to this, Zhu Jianxuan smiled and patted the man on the shoulder:

"Be calm, Mr. Dexter, and stop bowing.

“You are a lucky person favored by fate, so enjoy your future life now that you have money.

“I can buy more land and run my own estate with my family.”

Zhu Jianxuan was worried that this guy would fool around after making money and waste the easy money again, so he suggested that he buy land that would never go out of style for investment.

As a result, the man named Dexter said very firmly:
“Your Majesty, I am already the richest man in our town, and now I want to become a true noble.

"How can I become a nobleman, like Washington and General Gates, like Hancock and Mr. Adams."

Zhu Jianxuan was a little surprised, but he immediately realized that this might not be a problem for just this one person.

Whether it was the people of the Ming Dynasty or the Europeans, after becoming wealthy, they all wanted to improve their status.

So Zhu Jianxuan turned and looked at the other people around him:

“In our American Kingdom, there are four ways to become a noble, and there are also four corresponding noble titles.

"A-level titles require meritorious service on the battlefield, while B-level titles require meritorious service to the country in science and technology, management, and diplomacy.

"A Class C peerage requires lifelong dedication to the country, and a Class D peerage requires sufficiently high achievements and reputation."

The man in front of Zhu Jianxuan immediately burst out a series of short sentences:
"Is Class A the highest? I want to be the highest noble!

"I'm going to the battlefield, Your Majesty!
“Where are we going to fight now?
"Your Majesty, who are we going to fight?"

Zhu Jianxuan couldn't hold back his excitement. This guy was too excited:

"We will have an operation next, in the German and Dutch regions of Europe.

"If you want to join the Continental Army, you can sign up after the celebration." Because the Ming Dynasty participated in the American War of Independence, it provided Ming commodity notes as military pay, and there was also the king Zhu Jianxuan.

In addition, the Continental Army had to supervise and guard British prisoners and be responsible for guarding a large number of occupied areas, so it was disbanded without an armistice.

After the war, there were still 20,000 troops left, reorganized into two divisions, commanded by Generals Washington and Gates, and affiliated to the US Army.

It is still called the Continental Army, and in the future it will specifically refer to the army composed of people from free states and dominions, but commanded by the King of the United States.

No one doubts that the traditional king is the natural leader of the army.

Dexter said immediately:
"Should I sign up right away or go find General Washington?"

Then he was so excited that he wanted to run away, but after taking two steps, he realized that he had not yet said goodbye to the king.

He immediately turned around, bowed vigorously to Zhu Jianxuan again, and then ran away again.

Hancock seemed to be worried that Zhu Jianxuan would be angry, so he immediately came over to smooth things over and said:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This guy is just like that. He is very impulsive, reckless and rude. Do you want to catch him and give him a reprimand and punishment?"

Zhu Jianxuan didn't care:
"He obviously has good nature and is eager to serve his country, but he is a little impulsive.

"Besides, he is just a commoner now. It is normal for him to be more relaxed and free-spirited. I cannot demand him to follow the etiquette of aristocrats.

“If he really makes achievements on the battlefield and becomes a noble of the American Kingdom, it won’t be too late for me to educate him.

"As the saying goes, to punish without teaching is cruel and should not be tolerated."

Hancock immediately complimented:
"Your Majesty is truly merciful and wise."

Zhu Jianxuan distributed the money one by one and held a celebratory banquet in Chengyun Hall.

The day after the banquet, the related news made the front page headlines of newspapers across North America.

《European trade reaps a huge harvest!》

《His Majesty the King personally meets with investors》

Lord Hancock prepares new fundraising project

The businessmen, led by Hancock, are indeed preparing new projects.

Just according to Zhu Jianxuan's original idea, he planned to concentrate funds in North America to develop big business.

Before the new batch of Ming Dynasty goods arrived, Hancock was preparing to do something else in the winter, such as developing the Great Plains of North America.

The tentative target area is the east side of the middle and lower Mississippi River.

Hancock's neighbor, Dexter, was eager to join the army and become a nobleman, so he did not notice this investment.

A month later, in early December of the 36th year of the Ming Dynasty's Xianning reign, the Ming Dynasty's European delegation headed by Liu Quanzhi returned to New York.

Liu Quanzhi reported to Zhu Jianxuan the general situation of the trip.

Both Denmark and Russia are interested in the deal, or rather Canada.

At this time, Norway, Iceland and Greenland all belonged to Denmark, and together with Canada they could be connected into one piece.

Russia dreams of breaking out of the Baltic Sea and acquiring land outside.

However, Denmark could not offer enough price. Denmark, with its small homeland, did not want to give up a piece of land, and was also worried that Ming Dynasty's intervention would affect the situation in Shinra.

Russia could not offer a price that would satisfy the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty could not possibly place the port in the deepest part of the Baltic Sea.

Sweden and Prussia had no interest in the transaction itself, and even made it clear that they did not want the Ming Dynasty to interfere in the affairs of the north and Germany.

Since the transaction plan has been completely finalized, these news are no longer important. Instead, we should worry that Prussia will become alert.

After the report, Zhu Jianxuan invited Liu Quanzhi and others to continue staying in North America and directly use them to form the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Liu Quanzhi was invited to serve as the second-rank foreign minister, and was directly granted the title of Earl of Type B State and 200 square kilometers of land in the Great Plains.

Liu Quanzhi agreed after a slight hesitation. He could see the potential of North America, and there was obviously a foundation for a great empire here.

It would take more than a year to travel back and forth to the Ming mainland, so the officials who stayed in North America did not go back.

Write a detailed report and have the returning colleagues and subordinates take it back to report the trip to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and hand over the work of the Honglu Temple.

(End of this chapter)