Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1338 Intimidated by the Philadelphia Conference ([-])
The confrontation between Eastern and Western financial capital is not unheard of.

Before Dashun went to Nanyang, it collapsed in Amsterdam. A group of people committed suicide and took medicine.

Today, Dashun is not without crashing the financial market in London.The national debt collapsed, the East India Company collapsed, and how long the West India Chamber of Commerce can last depends on how many ships Dashun can send next year to bring as much goods.

This is all simple, because Dashun can solve it directly.

But the matter in North America cannot be solved by Dashun directly.

Repaying debts is justified.

Dashun is still selling national bonds in the Netherlands.

Dashun can suppress the East India Company, and even Holland, which was able to cheat at the beginning, has a second disaster year.After finishing it, the Netherlands should buy Dashun's national debt, and it will still buy it.

However, Dashun cannot support non-repayment of debts.If Dashun supported North America’s non-payment of debts, no one in Europe would dare to buy Dashun’s national debt.

Besides, how much bargaining chip does Dashun have to put up to pay off the nearly 2000 million debt owed by North America, and if the banknotes are equal, can the UK agree?
Negotiations are about taking chips from each other.

If the UK doesn’t recognize banknotes, Dashun has no ability to force people to recognize them: because you have a mortgage on your loan, and you have no money to repay it, so you need to use land plantations to repay it.

If we really want to get there, North America will definitely be in chaos.

But Dashun doesn't want North America to be in chaos now.Dashun knew that there were conflicts in North America, but the point where the conflicts ignited was when Dashun was preparing to develop the gold and silver mines on the west coast and had sufficient preparations.

The conflict was detonated in advance, and when the time comes to detonate the conflict, how to find it?
Now it is time to accumulate the contradiction between "ownership of small producers, reclaiming local capital, and British colonial capital", and wait for the right time to blow up a window period to create time for Dashun's west coast immigration frenzy.

Besides, Dashun wants the North American market, and North American gold and silver.

However, there is no mountain of gold and silver on the east coast of North America. If you want gold and silver, you must now rely on the plantation industry in the south to absorb gold and silver from Europe to North America.

The economic structure of North America is obvious.

Because of the existence of the "Navigation Regulations".

Therefore, the handicraft industry in the northern region has developed under protection.

Dashun can deliver cotton cloth tea and so on.

And things like wine, cattle and horses, iron, wood, barrels, and ships are provided by the northern states.

The southern states are now sweet potatoes, relying on plantations to attract gold and silver from Europe.

The northern states rely on these handicrafts, and then absorb the gold and silver from the southern states to the northern states.

The plantation industry in the southern state is the basis for Dashun to sell tea, sell cotton cloth, and earn gold and silver in North America.Without this link, the group of people in the north would really only have banknotes left. Dashun wants a bunch of banknotes that can only buy corn, wheat, and rum. Is there an egg?

After this battle is over, Dashun will be in a period of rapid development, and the European and American markets that it has finally won are just the time when it is necessary to provide funds for Dashun's industrial start-up.

Dashun really does not want Europe and the United States to fight again so soon, at least make peace for 20 years.The war seriously affected Dashun's money making, and also seriously affected Dashun's industrial start. If half of the capital is insufficient, it will be fucked, especially since Dashun is now preparing to engage in several major projects, such as building railways and canals.

Therefore, how to solve the currency problem in North America and solve the banknote problem is another key to ensuring peace in Europe and the United States for 20 years.

The trade ambassador finished his troubles with a frowning face.

He felt that this problem was difficult to solve.

Li Yan didn't want to but laughed.

"It's really bookish. Look at that, what is that?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the warships berthing at the port and the soldiers practicing there.

The trade ambassador was puzzled, but still replied: "Warships and soldiers."

Li Yan clapped his hands and said, "Of course, why don't you say that you are angry with scholars? Economic problems, currency problems, who said that they must be solved by economic means? Is it purely economic means to rejuvenate the country's public salt reform, abolish canals and use sea transportation? Did you bring troops to suppress Yangong Town?"

"It's so simple."

"Aren't you worried that the plantations in the southern states are planning to separate and revolt because they don't want to pay their debts, which will cause chaos in the thirteen states? And you are worried that once we leave, the French would like to let the British lose blood, and I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to instigate it? "

"Mo Di said: Two evils are the lesser. If there are two evils, one is to chop off your finger, but if you chop off your finger, you can save your wrist; Next, chopping off one's fingers is profit. Everyone seeks profit, so the two evils are the least important, which corresponds to the nature of people seeking profit."

"There is only one harm in the southern plantations now, and that is that they don't want to pay back the money they owe."

"So, after thinking about it for a long time, under the bookish anger, you don't know how to solve this matter so that the southern state will not be chaotic."

"However, as long as we add one more evil, one more evil, and two evils in power, I can guarantee that the southern states will remain pro-British and dare not make mistakes."

The trade ambassador followed the direction of the warships and soldiers pointed by Li Yan for a while, and if he realized something, he said that the way he imagined to solve the problem was actually only based on economics.However, the reality is that there is no place where economics works perfectly. It seems that economic problems do not have to be solved by economic means?
Seeing that he was still thinking, Li Yan said, "This is simple. I will send people over there to attack two plantations and liberate a group of slaves. Then I will take a small island or uninhabited land and liberate them as slaves." Where it is cultivated, it is next to the southern state."

"They promise to repay their debts honestly, for fear that the British will really abandon them."

"Look, isn't this problem solved?"

"One side is to pay off debts."

"On the one hand, after breaking up with Britain, we may rescue plantation slaves and bestow them with good citizens."

"Which one to choose?"

"There are no two evils, what are the soldiers and warships in your hand for? If there are no conflicts, then create conflicts; if there are no two evils, then create two evils and let them choose."

"Creating two evils, they have to choose the lesser of the two evils. Mo Di's words are still reasonable, as long as you can use and practice against them."

"Why do you think this dynasty didn't go to fight the Junggar tribe early? Do you have to lure the Junggar tribe to fight Mobei Monan Mongolia?"

"Not yet, let Mongolia choose by itself, whether to be loyal to the emperor as a dog guarding the land, or to be swallowed up by the quasi-buminarian people and livestock, choose one of these two evils? If there are no two evils, you can find a way to get another one."

"Or, if you think about it, why did Duke Xingguo want to trade ginseng with France this time, and before that? Why did he send someone to preach that this American ginseng is not from the South Seas, but grown in a bitter cold place. Isn’t it said that the hot ground is cold in nature, and the Korean ginseng that is beaten with American ginseng is miserable?”

"Isn't it the same? There is France in the north. If they want to be self-reliant, they will lose two points. If they add slaves to the south, they will directly lose eight points."

The trade ambassador was speechless for a long time.

I feel in my heart that something is not right.

But thinking about it carefully, I really can't tell what's wrong.

Since the meeting in the Bahamas, the trade ambassadors have racked their brains, using economic ties to figure out how to maintain ties between the thirteen North American states and the United Kingdom, and win over some of the things that will crush the Western Movement.

I never thought that my own thoughts became a mess. In Li Yan's view, it is as simple as sending a few warships to attack the plantations and make a big news about the rescue of slaves...

After a long time, Li Yan said: "In the past, Duke Xingguo said a truth in a vulgar language. Don't be a dog licking, chasing after you is not a business. Asking others to beg you, not you begging others."

"Since you are talking about the economy, let me ask you. The last time Britain and France fought in the north... was the event that Duke Xingguo supported the two warships Duplex in India and asked the French instructor to drive the warship to India. Why is it called a war?" "

"Think about it, why did the British government insist on going north this time? What do they want?"

"In other words, what is the use of the rich land and fertile land in the thirteen states of North America to the courtiers and gentry in the UK? Can their court receive a penny from the thirteen states?"

"If we only talk about the economy, the DPRK controls the trade with Japan. At the beginning, the king of Xingguo asked Japan to switch, and even set up an Dongyang trading company. It must be forced to buy big ships and raise sailors, otherwise trade will not be allowed. Ordinarily this is wrong, and the control should be relaxed. , so that the industry can develop greatly. But why did the Xingguo government insist on controlling the trade with Japan?"

"The reason is similar. The British government insisted on going north because they were targeting ginseng and mink fur. Moreover, these things can really be controlled, and they can really collect money into the treasury. Because, the East The Indian company monopolizes the trade to this dynasty, if France is driven away, is it true that this dynasty really does not want ginseng and mink fur?"

"No matter how rich the thirteen states are, if they can't collect any money, then the British government is meaningless."

"Okay, now, this dynasty is supporting France and is stuck in the ginseng and mink production areas in the northwest. It is impossible for the British to seize it."

"The tariff has not been collected. The sugar tax law has been collected for more than 20 years and collects hundreds of taels of silver a year. The governor of Maryland has not received a salary for seven years because the local tax cannot be collected..."

"Then let me ask you, so, to the British government, are the thirteen states worth more? Or is the small island of Barbados worth more?"

Which is more valuable, North America or Barbados?

This seems to be a rather mysterious question.

But in fact, for the British government at this time, not to mention thirteen states, even thirteen North America, I am afraid that they may not be worth more than one Barbados.

Reminiscent of what Li Yan said just now about "licking the dog", the trade ambassador suddenly realized: "Your Highness means... If we help France stand firm in the north, support the Indians in the west, and capture two plantations in the south scare them."

"At that time, it is the United Kingdom that does not want the thirteen states? On the contrary, the thirteen states will take the initiative to lick the United Kingdom, asking the United Kingdom to garrison troops, levy taxes, and protect it comprehensively?"

Li Yan nodded and said slowly: "This place is rich, but it cannot be taxed. For the imperial court, it is tasteless to eat and it is a pity to discard it."

"The thing that Duke Xingguo feared most in the past was that after going to Nanyang, Britain immediately dismantled the East India Company, abandoned India, drove tigers and wolves away, and instigated China and France. And it replaced the Netherlands as a transit agent for East-West trade. Really. In that way, how do you and I still have the opportunity to be here today?"

"Today, what if the British court has the power to turn the tide and voluntarily abandons North America and asks the thirteen states to bleed France? At that time, Britain will not have to pay a penny or send a single soldier. The thirteen states will He will collect taxes and raise soldiers to fight the French, to grab land, to grab ginseng... slowly bloodletting France."

"At that time, France will neither advance nor retreat. The United Kingdom will not receive money in North America, which means that it has created an ally without spending a penny."

"Although Duke Xingguo is quite disdainful of the British court, he thinks they are all insects and not good enough to talk about politics. However, he knows that Xiyi has no talent, and there will be no one who is really capable of slaughtering, and he really has such courage. decision?"

"The matter of free trade, that is the pressure that this dynasty is going to put on Britain. For this reason, it is natural to do favors for this group of people in North America. But for other things, warships can solve it, so why bother to help them build How about teaching them to issue banknotes and currency instead of the government? Even teaching them that it’s impossible not to collect taxes?”

"I free three thousand slaves today, and tomorrow he will cry and beg the British Parliament not to abandon them."

"Look, won't this matter be settled? At that time, the navigation regulations will be broken, and selling tobacco for a few years, isn't this money enough? Isn't the currency settled?"

"Everything in the world is changing. However, the difficulty of changing does not lie in how to change or what to become. It lies in... how to transition. This is the most difficult thing."

"So as long as the transition is over, within three to five years, the plantations in the southern states will be free to trade, and it will be enough to earn back gold and silver to complete the transition."

"In transitional chaos, if planters support the suppression, big businessmen support the suppression, and factory owners support the suppression, then it is not called chaos. As long as these people are not allowed to oppose it, it does not mean that there is no chaos at all."

(End of this chapter)