"His Majesty the Great Emperor, have you ever heard such a Chinese proverb from the Zhu family and the Kong family's wealth?"

Longkodo did not answer Louis XIV's question positively, but said a proverb that no one had heard. Since no one had heard this proverb, Louis XIV certainly didn't know it either.

"There is the wealth of the Confucius family in the Zhu family? Is this Kong family the Queen Mother Kong's family?" Of course, Louis XIV did not expect Longkodo to be so nonsense, so he asked!

"It is the family of Confucius, the most sage teacher Confucius!" Longkodo said seriously, "Confucius was the saint of China, equivalent to Jesus' status in Europe. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, the Confucius family in Qufu has been favored by emperors of all generations. They have been rich families for generations, and of course they also have the convenience of making money and the privilege of operating."

"Oh," Louis XIV nodded repeatedly, "So that's what the Cong family is equivalent to the Jesus family!"

That's quite awesome!

If there is a Jesus family in Europe, it will definitely do whatever he wants. As long as his family does not want to be a king, the emperors, kings and grand dukes of various countries must also hold their family.

Longkodo continued to whisper: "The Kong family has been rich for hundreds of years, and the wealth accumulated over generations has been uncountable. Moreover, since the Song Dynasty, the Kong family began to use the credit of their thousand-year-old family to engage in the banking industry. At the beginning, they just used the landlords to attract deposits, help merchants to remit money and issue usury. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Kong family, which had long been rich in the world, began to invest in the huge wealth accumulated in their hands with the huge amount of wealth that they had accumulated at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who had risen at that time, had received funding from the Kong family! Otherwise, why would he, a poor man from the beggar monk, defeat the world without his hands? After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he also reciprocated, gave the Qufu Kong family many political and economic privileges, and made the Qufu Kong family the lord in the Qufu area."

Emperor Louis nodded repeatedly. He had known that Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar, so he couldn't figure out how he founded the Ming Empire. Now the truth is finally revealed!

Longkodo also said: "During the decades of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Kong family in Qufu adopted a strategy of betting on both ends. On the one hand, it established a liaison with the Qing Dynasty, which was also called the Later Jin Dynasty at that time, and issued huge loans to the Later Jin Dynasty; on the other hand, the Kong family organized militias in Qufu to help Emperor Chongzhen suppress the bandits."

Louis XIV interrupted and asked, "Is Zhu Hetian's rise also the reason for the Kong family's funding?"

Longkodo shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the Kong family missed the opportunity to invest in Zhu Heying. This was a major mistake, but there was nothing we could do about it. Because although Zhu Heying was a legitimate descendant of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, he and his father, Zhu, both started out in the grassroots and started in Chaozhou. They had no relationship with the Kong family in their early years."

Louis XIV's interest came and asked, "Who supported him to make a fortune?"

Longkodo is a man who can write it up, and he said, "As far as I know, he was helped by Chaozhou maritime merchants, the pirates and the Yanping Zheng family. These maritime merchants and pirates made a fortune after the Age of Discovery. The richest of them were the Zheng family of the Yanping of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hetian used their money to recruit soldiers and horses to grow stronger.

Of course, these emerging chaebols were unwilling to share the benefits of the Kong family with them. Therefore, after Zhu Hetian came to power, he spared no effort to attack the Kong family in Qufu, forcing the Holy Lord of the Kong family to lead the clan to follow Kangxi Khan to move westward. However, the Kong family was a saint after all, and still had a huge influence in China. Zhu Hetian did not dare to destroy the Kong family. Moreover, the Kong family had many wealth hidden under the table and had not been confiscated by Emperor Zhu, so Emperor Zhu was unwilling to be enemies with the Kong family forever, and Zhu Hetian did not want Chaozhou and southern Fujian to dominate the maritime merchants.

So last year, when Empress Kong went to the Ming Dynasty to meet Emperor Zhu, she received the most solemn reception!”

It is indeed the most grand! Even if Louis XIV personally visited the Ming Dynasty, it would not be possible to be treated like that

Of course, Longkodo would not explain in detail how "sovereign" it is now a formal diplomatic activity and cannot tell dirty jokes. But he didn't say that Louis knew, because Mary Anne had already written a letter to tell her about this.

Louis was still thinking about how good-looking this Queen Mother Kong looked? How could she have such treatment? Now I finally understand that this is not a problem of appearance, but a problem of family background.

Although Zhu and the Cang ruled an extremely powerful super empire, there was no need to make too many enemies, especially to be enemies with a powerful and difficult-to-destroy thousand-year-old family.

Perhaps this aristocratic family could not be enemies of a hero like Zhu Hetong, but Zhu Hetong could not live forever. The Ming Empire would inevitably be controlled by mediocre and even foolish kings in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Hetong solemnly received the head of the Kong family from afar, and it was understandable that he solemnly received the head of the Confucius family from afar in order to seek reconciliation. If it were Louis XIV himself, he would not have been enemies of the "Jesus family".

Seeing that Louis XIV seemed to believe his lies, Longkodo continued to be a lobbyist for Queen Mother Kong. He said to Louis XIV: "The Emperor, the Kong family did not run to Central Asia empty-handedly. The reason why Kangxi Khan, who fled to Central Asia with the huge wealth accumulated by the Kong family for thousands of years, was able to regroup so quickly was because he received the funding of the Kong family. The investment of the Kong family has now received a generous return. After getting the understanding of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Queen Mother Kong can also freely mobilize funds secretly stored in the Ming Dynasty. Now the Kong family needs to find a way out for the huge funds they have! This is an astronomical wealth, which may be as high as one billion silver rupees!"

"Billion silver rupees? This is a lot of money!"

"It's really worthy of being a thousand-year-old family!"

"Even the Medici family can't compare"

“So rich!”

Louis XIV and his ministers heard that the Kong family was so rich, and they couldn't help but exclaim.

After hearing everyone's admiration, Longkodo knew that the errand assigned by Empress Dowager Kong seemed to be done, so he rang the railway while it was hot: "Emperor, I don't think you will refuse the Kong family's investment in Frank, right?"

"Of course not!" Emperor Louis was filled with joy. He was a big money owner with a billion silver rupees!

Although the Frank Empire was very powerful in military terms under the leadership of Louis the Great, this kind of power is not without cost. It costs money and is very expensive!

In order to support an army of up to 400,000 or 500,000 people, Louis had to raise taxes while raising taxes. However, the Frank Empire had neither a colony rich in gold nor a capitalist industry and commerce as well as the Netherlands and England. Although it had a strong army, the territory he had acquired over the years was not very profitable. Poland and Lithuania were a bunch of thorny nobles who refused to pay taxes at all. The land of Germany was also unwilling to pay taxes in various ways. Most of the German land under Louis was looted by the Ottoman Empire, and it could not be restored for thirty or fifty years. Therefore, the pressure of tax increases fell on the French.

The high taxes in France have led to a large outflow of capital, which has made the local economy even more recession, and the market interest rate has risen. This makes Louis XIV, who wants to eat the food in the first year, feel very painful. The interest rate is too high and I can't afford to borrow it!

Now I heard that a big gold with a net worth of one billion is mainly invested in the Frank Empire. How could he be unhappy?

Whether you open a bank or buy land, it will be beneficial to Louis.

If you run the bank, Louis will have an extra way to borrow money. If you buy land, you will leave a large amount of silver rupees in Frank, and it is impossible to take the land away... Louis XIV can still collect taxes!

Thinking of this, Emperor Louis smiled and said to Longkodo: "Mr. Ambassador, please tell Queen Mother Kong that our Frank Empire will surely ensure the safety of her investment in the empire."

Emperor Louis thought about it and added another preferential condition. He said: "Also, I will also approve the Confucius family's Confucian scholar to open a school within the Frankish Empire!"

The Confucian scholars' running schools in Europe, as early as the era of Kong Yuqi, had already proposed that India and Central Asia could not resist Christianity, and Europe should be open to the same level.

However, the Holy See did not want others to compete for business with them, so they used the excuse of the Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty to engage in monopoly and did not allow Confucian scholars to come to Europe to run schools.

Now, in order to please the financial supporter of Confucius, Louis XIV did not discuss it with the Pope, and regarded the interests of the Holy See as favors.

Longkodo smiled and said, "That's great. The old master of the Confucian scholar has always wanted to run the Confucian school to Europe, and now he finally achieved his last wish!"

The North Shore of the Black Sea, Black Petersburg.

When Peter I's dearest sister Sofia and his grandson Honghao arrived at the southern capital of Rakshasa through the Mongolian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the Ottoman Empire, it was a bustling place.

Unlike the difficult Petersburg construction project in history, the construction of Black Petersburg was much smoother. This is because the environment of Petersburg leading to the Baltic Sea is much more harsh than that of Black Petersburg on the north bank of the Black River. There is an ice age of up to five or six months a year, and the areas on both sides of the Neva River used to build Petersburg are swamps, with few trees around the surrounding area, either puddles or stones. It is really difficult to build cities and ports in such places! In other words, Peter the Great can achieve the goal, but the ruthless people who do not care about the lives of the people can complete this impossible task.

According to later statistics, in the years when Petersburg was built, as many as 200,000 Rakshasa serfs died of illness and exhausted death on the construction site, so many people died of death, which was enough for Peter the Great to fight a war.

Petersburg, which was built at such a huge price, was unable to enter the top three of the Soviet Union in terms of throughput in terms of capacity. Odessa (in the same position as Black Petersburg) was absolutely the first, which shows how superior Black Petersburg's position is!

Such a superior location naturally began to develop long ago. Unlike the desolation on the Neva River, ports appeared in Black Petersburg as early as the ancient Greek era. Before Peter I occupied this place, the Tatars and Turks had already established port cities here.

Because there are ready-made ports and cities to use, and the surrounding area is fertile and relatively warm black soil, which can provide sufficient food. The Dnieper, the fourth largest river in Europe, can be used to transport labor and materials. Therefore, the construction cost of Black Petersburg is much lower than that of Petersburg in history, and its business prospects are better, so it is naturally easier to attract investors. Before Black Petersburg started construction, it attracted two big investors, Masonic and Kangxi Khan. With such good conditions, with the blessing of the financial owners, Peter I, an impatient Tsar who was eager to change the poor and backward appearance of Rakshasa, and in addition, there is no need to stop work here in winter, the construction speed of Black Petersburg was of course as fast as flying.

He rode on a luxuriously decorated four-wheeled carriage on a newly built wide road. Through the French glass window, he looked at the tall Western-style buildings rising from the ground on both sides of the road. He turned his head to look at Peter I, who was dressed in a completely Westernized manner. He frowned slightly: "Peter, you look like a Frenchman!"

"Sister, I have decided that Rakshasa should take Frank as his teacher," Peter replied, "and I will definitely become the Louis Great of Rakshasa!"

Originally, the object of worship of Peter I was actually his brother-in-law Kangxi Khan and Zhu Hetong, who defeated Kangxi Khan. However, the drastic changes that occurred in Great Mongolia after Kangxi Khan made Peter I realize that the system of Great Mongolia was completely unsuitable for Rakshasa. The national conditions of the Ming Dynasty were too different from that of Rakshasa, and there was no reference value.

Peter explained: "The Great Mongolia is three million Mongolians. The Turkic race oppressed 70 to 80 million Indians. I don't have so many Indians to exploit. As for the Ming Dynasty, it was a country on the top of the mountain. Rakshasa is too poor compared to it. Moreover, Rakshasa is too big, too chaotic, and too complicated. Therefore, only a great emperor with absolute power like Louis can effectively rule Rakshasa and lead Rakshasa into a powerful country that can run alongside the Frank, Ming and Mongolia.

This Emperor is me. I will march westward after the first phase of the project in Black Petersburg and the Suez Canal are completed!”

Peter is Peter after all!

Neither Kangxi nor the Freemason Saint Philip was able to transform him into an enlightened oriental monarch. Of course, this is because Peter was too far from the East and Rakshasas could not learn from the Ming Dynasty, which had become a "beacon of civilization" and a "country on the top of the mountain". After Kangxi Khan's death, the state system of the Great Mongolian Kingdom had become a co-governance of various flags and aristocratic democracy. This is a political form that people who want to be the emperor hate, and Peter is of course no exception.
Chapter completed!