C1713 Crazy Capital (1/2)

The plan that Xiao Letian had mentioned about the aquaculture camp was not just a delusion that he had thought of to stay on the paper. Actually, this plan had already surfaced before the war, but only a few elites had the right to know about it.

Of course, these people would not spread it to the outside, and even more so, would not tell it to Zai Chun, the emperor of the Great Qing.

Since humans had completed their geographical discoveries, the distance between countries had grown smaller and smaller. The ancient people talked about the ends of the earth and the corners of the sea, and Xiao Letian had sometimes even said the words ”global village”.

From these two words you can sense a great change in the consciousness of human society. In the Middle Ages Europeans believed that the end of the Atlantic was a cliff, that the water flowed like a waterfall into the universe, and that wherever the ship went, it fell into the universe.

Nowadays, the concept of the earth being round had already been deeply rooted in the minds of the people, including the various sects and schools of Christianity. After the fact that the earth was round had been proven, Christianity had been directly beaten down and religion had quickly retreated from Europe, no longer able to compete with secular power.

Since Earth had become a village, it meant that the circulation of people, wealth, and goods was becoming more and more convenient. At this time, more and more merchants threw themselves into international trade, and there was bound to be a portion of successful merchants choosing to upgrade, which meant that capitalists began to appear.

The most successful merchant group in the history of mankind must be Jews. This had already become an international consensus in Xiao Letian's previous life.

But in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Jews were powerful but could only be described as a member of a successful group of merchants.

The Arabian merchants, the Chinese Jin Shang merchants, and the thirteen lines of Guangzhou, including the recent thriving Jiang-Zhe Business Group, were also very powerful merchants at that time. The capital they controlled was not one bit inferior to that of the Jews.

Now that the Chinese race had risen to power, Xiao Letian did his utmost to promote mercantilism. As long as the Chinese Shang of the world complied with the rules and stayed in this group of the Chinese race, they would receive protection, and even political rights.

This would stimulate all merchants in the world. To be able to obtain political rights was the dream of all merchants over thousands of years. That was why you could see the sub-titles of all the Chinese businesses in this new City.

In this era, the Jin Shang was very close to the Great Qing. However, even though they were from the Jin Shang's family, they actually sent their own son to the Ryukyu to get their points.

The Qiao Family's business name, the Great Virtue Bank, the Chang Family's jade company number, the Cao Family's Sanpang Hall, and the Hou Family's name … All the famous merchants in the Jin Shang had opened offices with Na Ba, some even had opened branch offices.

This was the nature of all the merchants betting on each other and spreading their net widely. However, to be able to get those Jin Shang who never interfered with the trade to give a name for themselves, this proved that Xiao Letian's mercantilism was supported by countless of merchants.

Good wind, with your power, help me ascend to the Azure Sky! Xiao Letian's influence could not be separated from these merchants's support. These merchants had spent the most money and energy in all of the wars.

Not to mention the southern part of the storm that had made everyone unable to eat or sleep well, at that time, almost all of the Chinese merchants had placed their lives on Xiao Letian.

Putting aside Xiao Letian's father-in-law, Fan Lian, even if the whole family followed him until the end of the road, they had no other choice. After all, without a son, this young master was the only one left to follow Xiao Letian.