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Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up: So this is the benefit of a city governed by merchants!

Good for big countries!

They have no concept of a country, and don't even mind when others invade!

He also wants to have such an area around him~

But think about it carefully, there is the Joseon Dynasty in the east, this place is a remote corner, there is nothing good, people there can be happy for a long time just eating pickled vegetables. It is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Farther away is Japan. Needless to say, this troublesome country specializes in burning, killing and looting along the Ming Dynasty's maritime borders every day, which is a major concern.

To the north are nomadic peoples such as the Mongols, the Oirat, and the Tatars. Needless to say, they are fierce and warlike, and even more difficult to deal with than the Japanese pirates.

To the south, there are Luzon and Siam. These places are remote enough that it is not worth conquering them.

The weather was not good, and even Lingnan seemed remote to him...

Next to it is Annan, which was also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Alas, no, there is no such rich and fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered as the Netherlands...

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again and again, why wasn't he next to Daming?

[Immediately afterwards, the King of Spain redivided the administrative regions of the Netherlands, and the Dutch calmly accepted it, as did the Governor sent by Spain.]

Dynasties: ...

To be honest, it's a bit uncomfortable.

It feels like punching cotton.

Businessmen can understand this: as a businessman, all they want to do is to do business well, who cares who sits in the top position?

Nothing is bigger than making money!

[However, when the Spanish king put his hand into the Dutch purse, they revolted.]

Various dynasties: So they didn’t resist before because it didn’t affect their interests.

Merchants: Oh my god, this king actually wants to take the merchants’ money. Isn’t this just pushing them to death?

【Thus, the Dutch War of Independence broke out. 】

Dynasties: Finally broke out for money...

But they were merchants, how could they defeat Spain, which had a regular army?

[When the war began, Spain easily crushed the Dutch resistance. In less than six years, 6 Dutch died.]

[The harsh reality forced the independent Dutch provinces to unite. They signed an agreement to form a military alliance to fight against Spain.]

Cao Cao: Look, this is an independent and free city!

Cao Pi: My father knows how to be weird...

[The Dutch won the subsequent war, but they were still not considered a country because they had no leader, and the merchants wanted commercial profits instead of political rights.]

[This determined that they needed a strong protector, and they only needed to focus on making money, so they entrusted their country to the Queen of Britain, who naturally agreed readily and sent troops to protect their safety.]

Once again, the various dynasties were shocked by the Dutch's outrageous actions!

You can still do this!

You said the war was fought and won, so why wasn't there any bloodshed?

Or is it that nothing in the world is bigger than the nature of businessmen to do business and make money?

The scholars and officials felt a chill. This is what businessmen are like!

Therefore, the country decided that businessmen should not be allowed to make the decisions. As long as the benefits are big enough, they will sell out the country!

Each dynasty secretly tightened its control over merchants.

The businessmen felt aggrieved: this can only be done if everyone is a businessman. How can the soil for everyone to be a businessman be found in the Central Plains, an agricultural-based country?

Besides, the blood of the merchant and his nine clans hasn’t dried on the emperor’s blade yet…

[However, the astute Dutch soon discovered that the protection fee collected by the queen was higher than that of the Spanish king they had driven away...]

“Hahahahaha~~~~~” Liu Bang almost rolled off the throne with laughter: “Then why are you fighting? You might as well just let the king rule! This is really laughing to death~~~ What’s wrong with the brains of these foreigners!”

"Will they pay to invite the King of Spain back later? Hahahaha——"

Liu Bang's cheerful laughter echoed in the palace.

Zhang Liang:......

Businessmen are the smartest, they are not that stupid.

They let the Queen protect them just so they can concentrate on their own business.

The people of the Three Kingdoms: ...

Now that we have won the war, can't we build a country at the same time?

Wouldn't it be better if you manage yourself and can do whatever you want with your business?

Or do they only want to be businessmen and not kings?

Then... he is really a pure businessman.

Li Shimin: We really can't use our Confucianism to guess about them. Geography and humanities have determined that the Dutch are a completely different world from the Central Plains.

[The Dutch believed they could have a ruler, but his power could not be too great.]

【So, under the leadership of a prince, seven provinces united and declared the establishment of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. 】

[This was an unprecedented country because it was the first country to grant full political rights to the merchant class.]

[Cities were ruled by merchants and elites, and the ruling class of the entire country also came from these families.]

My God, this is a country made up entirely of businessmen!

Even the rulers are from a merchant family!

Merchants from various dynasties were ready to make a move again, but the imperial courts of various dynasties raised their butcher knives expressionlessly, and the merchants suddenly became as quiet as chickens.

I forgot that this is not the Netherlands...

It is not a country ruled by businessmen...

The people looked confused: What happened?

Liu Che felt that the words "Liansheng" were very meaningful. "Lian" means to unite. Doesn't it mean that since it can unite, it can also disperse?

The alliance of seven provinces is somewhat like an alliance of vassal states, the difference being that one is composed of merchants and the other is composed of princes and nobles.

Moreover, these seven provinces are still independent of each other. What kind of country can it be called?

Seven provinces mean seven different voices, and such a union will collapse sooner or later.

[After independence, the Netherlands was cut off from the economic lifeline by Spain. The smart Dutch immediately changed direction, from being shrewd middlemen to ocean-going warriors. They opened up their own routes to the East and America.]

Everyone understood that this was the beginning of external plunder and expansion.

Just like the two fangs mentioned above, when their own country’s resources cannot satisfy them, they can only resort to external plunder and expansion.

Which areas suffered this time?

The scholars felt a chill down their spines, wondering if it was because of the merchants' unscrupulous pursuit of profit, or because that East was their Central Plains region?

[Ocean voyages require a lot of financial support, so the Dutch East India Company was established. It was the first joint stock company to raise funds from the whole society.]

[As a result, the East India Company raised huge amounts of money, and even slaves became shareholders of the East India Company.]

【Thousands of citizens are willing to invest their savings in this lucrative business activity. 】

[And the Dutch government was also one of the shareholders of the East India Company. ]

The businessmen were shocked: Company! Shares, does that mean dividends?

Dynasties: ...

Damn, this entire country from top to bottom is full of crazy businessmen and gamblers!

With everyone so united, what can't be accomplished?