Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1385 Versailles Peace Treaty ([-])

People like Villandry are candidates for General Dragon and Tiger that Dashun wants to "take care of".

He has a French royal rank, and his father also received a St. Louis Medal. Taking this medal is not considered a serious nobleman, but a knightly order directly under the king.Not a French nobleman, but an honorary knight of the knightly order directly under the king.

Historically, the British also knew the importance of these people to France’s possible return to North America in the future, so they did something similar to the previous Dashun in India: After the war, 121 French North American explorers, Diplomats, frontier soldiers, and Indian tribal liaisons were loaded onto ships and sent to France. As a result, the ship "sunk accidentally", sending away all the people in France who knew North America best, including this Villandry.

For Dashun, the hundred and ten people who were "sent away" by Britain in history are Dashun's best potential allies in North America.

Because there is no need to worry about conflicts between them and Dashun. The interests of the two sides are completely different. This is a group of digging ginseng, rubbing fur, and picking east pearls.

As long as they are alive and integrate the power of France in North America, they can block the westward expansion of the thirteen states, and block the immigration of France to this side for the purpose of reclamation.

Of course, the explorers on Dashun's side didn't know the above strategy at this time, but they were still very happy with the situation in front of them.

With this level of bureaucracy, some things are actually easy for smart people to think of.

The Indians and the French, who rely on digging, hunting, and skinning of ginseng, have combat effectiveness, especially in the forest.

For France, what is the main problem in order to maintain their advantages in the north and forest areas?
food.

As long as there is enough food, the French advantage in the forest areas will continue to expand.

But French farmers don't have much interest in coming here to grow food.

As for Dashun's side, of course, Dashun's relying on growing grain has no economic benefits at all.

Not to mention that the Pacific Ocean is too wide, with the transportation capacity at this time, transporting grain from the other side of the Pacific Ocean to Dashun would really cost a fortune.Even if you don't go to Nanyang to buy rice, it is more suitable to buy rice from India and ship it back than to ship it back from the west coast of North America.

Just talking about the Rocky Mountains lying between the prairie area and the port is a hurdle that cannot be passed.If Dashun can solve this problem, then the large plain north of the Songliao watershed can now be used as a commercial grain base. Obviously, this problem cannot be solved at this time.

However, Dashun can produce food, forming a perfect business of ginseng—silver in Songsu area of ​​Dashun—silver flowing back to fur producing areas—and then using silver to buy grain and spirits from Dashun immigration area and down the river cycle.

The key to its perfection is that silver is the world's currency, and it can be transferred directly through east-west trade; grain is heavy, and it flows downstream, which saves the most manpower.

Even if it is said that the purpose of Dashun is not to produce food, it only recognizes gold and silver for the economic value of the west coast of North America.

However, the extremely sharp human-land conflict in Dashun makes immigration itself an urgent need of Dashun.

And the immigrant people grow food... this is an extra thing.As for the immigrants in Dashun, it is impossible not to grow food.Moreover, as long as it can be sold, it is impossible not to grow more food.

The young people in the expedition knew the immigration of the west coast of North America and the reasons for it, and they knew the truth of "gold mines set up a stage and immigrants sing a show".

So, it was very easy for them to deduce a possibility by analogy.

Is it possible to use this method in the plains west of the Rocky Mountains?
It's just that it's not the gold and silver dug out of the gold and silver mine that set up the stage, but the gold and silver turned into ginseng mink fur and other trading products?
If the Dashun court gathers the power of the whole country, does not consider the cost, does not consider the return of profit, and is not economically oriented, then it can indeed complete the immigration by any means.

But obviously, it seems that the court does not have this intention now.The radicals in the Department of Practical Studies are all young people with little influence, and they are soft-spoken, because the older generation in the Practical School has climbed up and they are not soft-spoken, and they have become the core of Dashun's expansion wave The beneficiaries, of course, are not very radical, but they are evaluated as conservatives like Liu Yu.

Most of the radical young people have little power, at least not enough influence within the court.

Considering the reality, it might be an option to take the next best thing and consider economic interests to promote immigration.

Thinking of this, the young men of the Dashun Expedition Team tried to inquire about Villandry.

"During the previous dynasty, Donglu also traded ginseng, mink, and Dongzhu. They were always short of food. They had to trade food, spirits, salt, ironware, silk, cloth, etc."

"You guys are also doing this trade to make money now. There is a saying in the Celestial Dynasty that since ancient times, great rivers have flowed eastward, and this is also the case here. I think these people often use small boats to trade. It is very troublesome to transport food and other things from the east coast to here. ?”

Now it came to the itch of Villandry.

Because it's not just that it's troublesome to get food here, but even in coastal places like Lewisburg, it's hard to get food during the war with Britain.

In this fortress, he can basically be regarded as the commander of the guards who "guard one side". If the jurisdiction is extended, it will be one million square kilometers.Although the total number of guard soldiers under him is only a few dozen people.

His predecessor, the Knight of Korn, had been transferred east to organize the Acadian militia to fight against the Protestants.

The two are in a succession relationship, and the communication is very close, so he is very aware of the plight of France's lack of food here.There are too few people farming, and even fewer people are willing to come from mainland France. At the beginning, Louis XIV tried to get people, but he didn't get a few.

The people who came here were basically engaged in transportation, private plundering, fur furs, digging ginseng, etc. This stuff was easier than farming to earn money.

No one wants to spend their whole life in a place of bitter cold, so why not make some money, go back to their hometown with fine clothes, and settle down in France, wouldn’t it be beautiful?
This is different from the group of people in the thirteen states. The group of people in the thirteen states were Protestants who were persecuted at the beginning. There is a state church in Britain.And it is precisely because Protestants believe that the group of people in the National Church is "repaired", and it is difficult to tolerate such things as the National Church and the Church, which "does not conform to the fundamental principles of the Bible, which Bible says that there is such a thing as the Church", and Those who chose to separate and run away, and "Exodus" came to this promised land.

If the French can come here, they must be Catholics, because the Protestants and Huguenots, the French government does not trust them, and they are not allowed to come to the French American colonies at all.Therefore, there is no religious discrimination among immigrants in France. Making money and returning to their hometowns are still the mainstream.Unless you really can't make money, you can only farm here honestly.

Therefore, France's military operations here have always faced an embarrassing problem of "shortage of food".

In addition to the lack of food, there is also a serious lack of commodities to trade with the Indians, especially alcohol.

Indians are addicted to alcohol.Wine can be exchanged for a lot of furs.

And France is facing a dilemma of "maintaining the domestic grape planting industry chain" or "expanding the trade of rum and ginseng mink".

The result is that everyone knows that the French chose to protect the domestic wine industry.

In fact, it is also a choice of addition and subtraction. It is true that the ginseng mink and rum industries are very profitable, but millions of people in China are engaged in grape planting, fruit picking, brewing, barreling, transportation, etc. The roads are also prospered by the domestic wine industry.

The French still decided to protect the so-called "millions of water workers' food and clothing". It is not impossible to not guarantee it. Like Dashun, relying on the capital strength of the southeast coast to organize an army, it is enough to suppress it.But France obviously does not have this ability, because France is too fully involved in world trade, and lacks a stable and self-sufficient group of small farmers on the Dashun side. It can be suppressed, the population ratio is there.

This led to France's trade in North America, which was very awkward.

Some things cannot be prevented by hatred, troops, or patrols.

For example, those Irish shepherds exchanged their own whiskey, that is, grain wine, for fur ginseng.What is that price?

Relying on strict trade controls, France takes domestic brandy and transports it along the river to this lake to exchange for fur ginseng.What is the price?

How can it be possible to prevent smuggling by relying on civil air defense and patrolling.

After talking about the difficulties they encountered, the young people of the Dashun Expedition Team lost no time in putting forward an idea.

"What if we grow food and make wine upstream and provide it to you?"

"The imperial court will organize grain plantations and winemaking workshops, and rely on the manpower of the Celestial Dynasty to provide commodity grain and alcohol. You pay silver."

"Or, it can be directly transported back by the treasure ship of the Celestial Dynasty."

"Or, go directly to the account, cash the money order at Songsu's bank, and settle the settlement directly when trading ginseng mink fur and Dongzhu."

"After the imperial court got the bill of exchange in Songsu to settle the silver, it used it as a fund and funds for immigration, and moved the population here. A trade cycle was formed to make up for the lack of food and wine here."

"Is this possible?"

"You should think, if there is a Sunset Sea, Sunset Bay, or a navigable river leading to the Pacific Ocean, then I think you should have seen our people come here to explore for fur ten years ago."

The final truth is very simple and practical, and that's what happens after you understand it.If there were a sea of ​​sunsets and a large navigable river flowing from east to west, it would have been possible to see Dashun's expedition team here ten years ago.

And the more truth behind this lies in the fur trade structure on both sides.

For Dashun, cowhide and deerskin have insufficient profit margins, and they basically cannot make any money.But the fur on the prairie is sold and marketed in Europe.

After thinking about it for a while, Villandry felt that this seemed to be a good idea.

Which one is better at farming?Europe is going through an agricultural revolution. From columbine carts to quyuan plows, there are a bunch of agricultural tools from the East. Which one do you think is better?
When it comes to animal husbandry, Dashun is definitely not as good as France at this time, no need to deny it.But when it comes to simple farming, the French are very aware of the Chinese farming ability, at least at this time, they have not experienced 200 years of correct memory shaping, whether the agricultural revolution is "learning from east to west", people at this time are still very clear of.

Dashun's yield per mu is now number one in the world.What restricts Dashun's agriculture at this time is either technology or simply insufficient means of production, so that each agricultural population can theoretically support three non-agricultural populations, but there is no place to work hard.

So, can Dashun make wine?
This is obviously not a meaningful question.

Then, if the wine of Dashun flows down the river and is traded at the trading post, will it be cheaper than the whiskey smuggled by Irish shepherds over the mountains?
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