Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1042

What Lin Min heard was not the advanced technology related to the light industrial revolution.

It's just a simple concept cotton seed.

Because the output is half as high, the fiber length is much longer, and the spun cloth is more delicate.

This reason alone is enough for him to support land reclamation.

And he is also very clear that those people in the wasteland reclamation company are right. If we don't do this, we can't achieve a quick cotton seed replacement.He knows very well what the countryside is like, and how weak the imperial court is.

What Liu Yu now means is obviously to say that Huainan should be turned into a "cotton textile industry center" instead of "salt industry as the backbone of the industry".

Does he support this matter?

He supports.

However, this is not a simple change like turning the bottle upside down.

It takes several years for an imported apple tree to bear fruit.

How many years will it take to change the pillar industry from the salt industry to the textile industry?How many things are involved here?

Unemployment and changing jobs were created in the middle, how to solve it?Who is in charge?
The most frightening thing is what about the salt worker uprising?
Besides, he doesn't understand, does the textile industry necessarily conflict with the salt industry?
All he wants is for Yangzhou to continue to be the logistics center of the salt industry.

It can be heard from Liu Yu that Yangzhou does not even have a logistics center for the salt industry, and should completely cut off from the salt industry.

This is somewhat difficult for him to understand.

In other words, it doesn't seem to be incomprehensible.

Because, if the salt industry is placed in Huaibei, where is the salt industry logistics center in the Huainan salt area?
Obviously, it is no longer Yangzhou, but Shanghai.

Because Haizhou has installed salt, it will go to Songjiang Mansion by sea, and Songjiang Mansion will become the logistics center of Dashun Lianghuai Salt Industry.

Haizhou is doomed to be only a salt-producing area, and cannot be a logistics center, capital center, and commercial center.

Lin Min didn't quite understand why Liu Yu had to concentrate all his capital in Songjiang Mansion.

"Guogong, of course I support the matter of land reclamation. Guogong should be clear that I am on your side when it comes to killing people during the process of enclosing land for the wasteland reclamation company."

"However, Songjiang Mansion is already prosperous enough, there is no need to use policies to make capital pour in."

This statement is actually a question. It sounds like Liu Yu should give him a reason to allow capital to accumulate in Shanghai.

But Liu Yu did not give a reason, but said: "I just considered it because of the huge advantages of Huaibei's salt drying. Huainan is really not suitable for drying salt, at least compared with Huaibei, no matter in terms of climate or distance from coal production. The distance of the area is not suitable."

"Since we have the world in mind, it is what we should do to let the people eat cheap salt, isn't it?"

Lin Min thought, if you really think about it, you should support the salt reform dispute in Wanli for more than [-] years and support the abolition of salt tax.

You talk about righteousness and don't tell the truth, who wouldn't talk about righteousness?
Just about to start talking about righteousness and nonsense, Liu Yu changed the subject and said, "Forget it, the salt is in Huainan and Huaibei, and we will discuss it later. As long as Master Lin supports the continued reclamation, it will be fine."

"When I return to Beijing this time, there will be endless debates about the salt reform and land reclamation. When the time comes, I hope Master Lin will ask his heart and speak frankly."

Lin Min then smiled and said: "That's for sure. Although this matter is not in line with the king's way, the problem is that it must be. Nowadays, southern Jiangsu has the highest taxation in the world, and the cotton cloth industry accounts for a large share. Southeast Asia and Japan Cotton cloth is needed."

"Without such means, it is not enough to promote new cotton. Besides, I think wasteland reclamation companies have sufficient capital, and they are not comparable to small farmers."

"In addition, water conservancy and dams can be built in the future, which is also a move that benefits the people."

"On this point, don't worry, the Duke, I definitely support it."

"The difference between you and me lies in whether or not to transfer all the capital of Yangzhou to Songjiang Mansion. Abolishing Yangzhou and rejuvenating Songjiang is a difference, and it's not about reclamation of wasteland and drying of salt."

Liu Yu nodded his thanks, thinking that the disagreement was serious.

The time left for Dashun is running out.

The British are already ready to move, and they must resolve the Jiangsu issue before going to war with Britain.

The previous 20 years of hard work have brought about great changes in Dashun's foreign trade.

Now Dashun has reached the point where he cannot retreat.

The imperial court didn't understand at all that Dashun's note-issuing bank is now engaged in overseas trade, and it is not Dashun itself that controls the price of Dashun's currency, but Spain, France, and the United Kingdom.The war of succession of the Austrian king was still a small fight, and if it really got to the point where the contradiction between Austria and Prussia, and the contradiction between France, Spain and Britain had to be resolved, the silver must be tightened.

As far as Dashun is concerned, there are only two options for expanding overseas trade.

Or, sell goods at the door of the house, be completely passive, engage in methods similar to Thirteen, monopolize the profits of overseas trade and collect money.

Or, you can only take the initiative, and if you want to do it, you have to do it big, go to a decisive battle with Britain, and seize the dominance of East-West trade.

There are no intermediate options.

Really do not have.

Now it seems that this kind of intermediate option is actually very unstable, and it is just an abnormal state in a special period.

Because Dashun has the freedom to sell.

People also have the freedom not to buy.

Or, it is up to others whether to buy or not.Sell ​​as much as people buy.

Or, whether to sell or not, it all depends on Dashun.Not buying?Call if you don't buy it, until you switch to buy it.

What is the middle option?

Like now, send goods to Europe for smuggling?If the British win, they will definitely think about getting rid of the middlemen and become the middlemen between the East and the West.

Now it is only an abnormal state during the truce period of the Austrian King Succession War, and Dashun's overseas trade has reached the point where it will retreat if it does not advance.

Why did Liu Yu insist on using an iron fist, almost whipping the maritime merchants of Dashun, forcing them to join him in wooing the Netherlands, investing in Amsterdam, and leasing the port?
Because if he didn't use iron fists and whips, the sea merchants in Dashun would never spend this money. How about making money at home?
And if we didn’t do that at the beginning, even if Dashun won Nanyang and earned spice money, it seems to be completely the same as it is now. The goods that should be sold can still be sold, and the development of Nanyang can still be developed in Nanyang. The profit is not low. .

However, if he hadn't insisted on going to Europe, something would happen to Dashun soon.

Assuming that Dashun did everything except go to Europe to contact the Netherlands, what would happen?
In terms of overseas expansion, especially the expansion and development of Nanyang, Dashun has chosen a super-fast leap forward model.And the most feared thing about this model is the sudden loss of capital.

What maintains this leap-forward expansion now is the huge amount of silver profits flowing in from overseas.

Once Europe goes to war again, the funds from outside will decrease instantly.

There is a price to choose to go forward. Southern Jiangsu, which destroyed the original small-scale peasant economic system, is already qualified for a financial crisis like that in Europe in 1720.

It's just that, for Europe, the 20-year financial crisis was a currency surplus, so that blind chickens cast a lot of bubbles and then exploded.

For Dashun, this financial crisis is due to insufficient currency capital and immediate deflation, unable to maintain the current high-speed development, and big troubles will break out.

However, the reality is that Dashun has already traveled to Europe, tried to cooperate with the Netherlands, and formed an extremely wretched armed neutral alliance.

Therefore, if the First World War really broke out, before Dashun entered the war, Dashun could smuggle wildly by virtue of its armed neutrality, ensuring that there would be no instant silver austerity.

However, this is just a continuation of life, and the fundamental problem is still not resolved.

Once Britain wins, it will inevitably choose to regain the dominance of East-West trade.

Therefore, Dashun has no middle option, and now he cannot retreat, so he can only move forward.

Taking a step back, the efforts of the previous 30 to [-] years were all in vain.

With the dominance of trade taken back by the UK, Dashun is equivalent to directly returning to the thirteen-line model. As much as others buy, you can sell as much as you want.

Then these 30 to [-] years of tossing are tantamount to playing for nothing.

Dashun is different from the UK.

Britain goes to war and needs parliamentary permission.

Dashun is going to war, according to the emperor's words.

There is no problem in starting a war. The key is how to ensure that after the war, there will be a strong class that will support the fight to the end?Not only spiritual, but also financial, real support of real money?
The essence of this war is a decisive battle between the bourgeoisie of Dashun and the bourgeoisie of Britain.

Won the meat.

Lose and eat shit.

So, is the bourgeoisie in Dashun capable of fighting against the British bourgeoisie?
Apparently, there's still a bit of a climate.

What should I do?
Expand the numbers of the emerging classes, or rather, the numbers and economic power of the emerging classes that are closely linked to overseas trade.

Are the big salt merchants bourgeois?

obviously.

But can Liu Yu rely on the strength?

Obviously not.

What are the benefits of these big salt merchants in the war against Britain?Not at all, but because the court needs money, they may have to squeeze them.

So, who is the one who can resolutely support the fight to the end in the First World War, which will inevitably erupt soon because of the contradictions between Austria and Prussia, Russia and Prussia, and the conflicts between Britain, Western France, and China and the colonies?

Obviously, it is for overseas trade, ceramics, silk, tea, cotton and so on.

They will enjoy the dividends of the war at the beginning of the outbreak of the First World War, when Dashun did not participate in the war, relying on the smuggling feast of the Armed Neutral Alliance, and cook the oil with fire.

Then, after "Shangdang returned to Zhao", after Dashun went to war with Britain, they would immediately feel the huge crisis of severing trade, robbing ships midway, and not being able to sell their goods.

Only at that moment did they understand what it means for the bourgeoisie to need the motherland.

They will choose to contribute money if they have money, to contribute if they are capable, to buy when they issue national debt, and to pay when sailors are requisitioned.

Because they understand that as long as they win the war, they can repay all the national debt they borrowed!

As long as they win, they can enjoy the carnival of smuggling feast again, and it is more beautiful than that.

A truce?Impossible, no one can afford a truce without throwing all their wealth into it.

Is this a war between Dashun and England?
No, the household government will not pay a penny, even if the emperor forces them to pay, it will not last long.

Dashun will not levy three salaries for the war in Europe, destroy its own ruling foundation, and fight for a new class that is not Dashun's ruling class at all.

This is not a war in which Dashun can exert its full national power.

This is just a war between the emerging classes of Dashun and Britain. Fortunately, there are allies such as Russia, France, Austria, Spain, and the Netherlands.

If this war is to continue, or if it is not to be opposed in Dashun, it must not use government money.

Not a penny can be used.

Therefore, Liu Yu must let more capital flow to Songjiang Mansion and continue to expand the emerging class of Songjiang Mansion.He did not hesitate to abolish Huai'an and Yangzhou, so that capital poured into Songjiang Prefecture, completed silver banknotes, and completed the rapid growth of the emerging class.

Build a place with an almost fully export-oriented economy, about the size and population of the UK.

Including the cotton fields in Huainan, the plantations in Nanyang, the emerging textile industry and shipbuilding industry in Songjiang Prefecture, and the heavy industry and ammunition industry around Gyeonggi.

Forcing them to destroy their homes, relieve hardships, love the motherland, and pay for the whole game until the winner is determined.

They are forced to buy treasury bonds, they are forced to exchange banknotes for over-issuance, and they are forced to gather capital in Songjiang Prefecture as a real financial center to facilitate bond issuance.

And this is why Liu Yu insisted on abolishing Huai'an in Yangzhou, so that those capitals would be squeezed into Songjiang Mansion, and when the time came...to issue bonds and borrow money.

Call until you run out of money.

If you win to pay off your debts, you will be a stronghold of imperialism, forcing European revolution, lighting up the anti-feudal fire in Europe, and accelerating enlightenment; if you lose your own revolution, you will be the pioneer fire that must be suppressed, because if you lose Dashun, you will definitely abolish the severely oversubscribed navy , Relying on the military pay, the sailors revolted, and the emerging class armed to collect debts, leaving behind the fire of enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)