Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1417 The Last Step of the Yellow River Problem ([-])
Of course, this kind of currency-related reform cannot be accomplished overnight and needs to be done slowly.At the very least, it will not be fully rolled out until the mining of gold and silver mines here and in the Southern Ocean reaches its peak.

But in North America, after all, we still have to take the first step.Otherwise, after the gold and silver on the west coast are mined, it is impossible to change the status quo of gold and silver shortage in North America as a whole.Even though the east coast had a large trade surplus before 1750, it still could not keep up with the development speed of population, arable land area, plantation industry, and various handicrafts supported by Britain, and the increase of currency could not keep up with the growth of total social products. In a state of insufficient money.These histories, of course, need to be learned from on the West Coast.

This is also one of the reasons why Dashun has basically relaxed the industrial control and taxation issues in Xinyizhou: what happened on the east coast of North America and the pitfalls that have been stepped on, there is no need to step on it again here.As a result of the East Coast’s demand for silver to pay taxes or international trade, big merchants hoarded silver, while handicraftsmen holding banknotes, especially the burghers, went bankrupt, revolted, and quickly participated in the separatist movement.

Even if it is said that Xinyizhou has been building factories from the very beginning to reduce the living space of cottage industries.However, even in later generations, some industries are still based on the family.At this time, only some industries that are more suitable for factory systems, such as textiles, wine making, and mining, are restricted at this time; and such industries as blacksmiths, joiners, and gardeners cannot be industrialized and standardized these days. However, the experience of the French has proved that it is a dead end to standardize a large number of industry handicrafts in this year.

And a normally functioning society, especially a city, cannot be without these bourgeois craftsmen, that is, craftsmen, teachers, etc. at this time, who are extremely sensitive to currency issues.For the time being, it’s not a big problem. Taxes in kind are still basically there, but with the increase in population, it is imperative to reform the tax in kind into a currency tax. Then we need to pay paper money instead of gold and silver from the very beginning to prepare for the future. .

Liu Yu is very clear about the virtue of capital, and the people of the practical school have worked at the grassroots level for a few years. The labor force must come from where it is cheap, not where Dashun needs to change.

It's time for money to be chained up as a chain to prevent this.

In Xinyizhou, this kind of reform is to temporarily learn from the east coast, using food, crops, wine, etc. as anchors, and starting from the real tax to issue banknotes directly linked to the currency of Dashun.

On the west coast, this kind of reform started with the acceleration of gold mining, which kicked off the gold rush on the west coast, and provided enough gold and silver for future currency reform.

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It is different from Xinyizhou.

Jinshan, the only real industry here is mining and salt making.

The salt industry is a bit special, because the entire town is built around the gold mine here.

In addition to the physical industry, the remaining industries are all service industries.

Brothels, taverns, tailor shops, casinos, restaurants, hotels, etc., all surround the gold mines of Jinshan.

This place only started to develop on a large scale last year, because last year, it was about to arrive at the time when the bubble company's bubble would no longer have any gold to explode, and it was also the time when the company had agreed to pay dividends after five years.

Immigration here is happening at a pace that astounds the Spaniards in the south.

Historically, Russia's Russian-American companies had villages, colonized land, and land reclamation here.Along with the gold rush, soon the Russian company was completely wiped out here, and none of the village’s grain was transported to the fur area in the north, but all went to San Francisco; The first to get the moon", whoever is closer to here has a larger population, this is whose, so Russia's claws to California were completely interrupted because of insufficient population.

Of course, Dashun's policy cannot be used as a mirror from history, because it has not happened yet.But Liu Yu personally can probably use the four words of taking history as a mirror.

Therefore, in the early stage, there were not many immigrants from Jinshan, and there was no big fanfare to say that there were gold mines here.

On the contrary, a large number of people were relocated to Fenglin Bay.

Agriculture, logging, and shipbuilding in Fenglin Bay gradually developed after years of cultivation.Although the gold mines around Fenglin Bay are not as good as San Francisco, they are considered big mines in Dashun, and the gold mining industry is gradually developing to maintain everyone's confidence.

After agriculture, logging, and shipbuilding gradually developed, it was not until last year that the big news broke: a huge gold mine was discovered in Jinshan.

Therefore, the fiery bubble company immigrated thousands of people here at once.

It was almost here that the discovery of a large gold mine was announced, and then the population comparison with the Spaniards in the south had an advantage.

After the Spaniard was shocked, he didn't fart and didn't make any substantive moves.

Just as during the Quadruple Alliance War, the conflict between France and Spain in western North America determined millions of square kilometers of land with only four or 50 people.

The immigration of tens of thousands of people directly dispelled the eagerness of the Spaniards.

Without the previous preparations and foreshadowing, it is unimaginable to immigrate so many people at once.

With the previous preparations and foreshadowing, the immigration of more than [-] people did not cause any pressure at all.

Grain and wood in Fenglin Bay are continuously transported here from the sea.

The layout of Dashun on the west coast is very interesting.

Just as Liu Yu believes that the development of Fenglin Bay is based on the repeated burning and reconstruction of Jinshan, so knowing that there are gold mines in San Francisco, he uses the bubble tide of trust and franchise companies to immigrate in Fenglin Bay.

The purpose is to break the state of "local and regional self-sufficiency" and lay the foundation for currency flow as much as possible.

The early layout of Jinshan was also to promote this kind of circulation, at least the trade shipping route that circulated before the discovery of gold.

Therefore, Jinshan was not digging gold before, but drying salt.

Before Jinshan was called Jinshan, the salt in Fenglinwan was all Jinshan’s salt.Because the climate of Fenglin Bay is not suitable for drying salt.Of course boiling salt is fine, and a lot of wood can be used, but it's not necessary.

Therefore, when Fenglin Bay was being cultivated, Jinshan was drying salt.

And when Jinshan "discovered" the big gold mine, the route from Fenglinwan to here was already familiar, and the timber and grains from Fenglinwan began to be transported here continuously.

Needless to say, food.

The wood is processed in the hydraulic sawmill in Fenglin Bay, where houses can be directly built.

If there is no previous layout and the industry has not formed a "comparative advantage" in advance, then it is likely that self-sufficient wood processing and grain planting have been developed here.

In that way, there is neither the efficiency of quickly digging gold nor the efficiency of increasing immigration.

Historically, the population here has surged from 20 to 500 in less than 15 years; similarly, at least 20 million taels of gold have been mined here in less than 1000 years.

Of course, this kind of mining activity will not be finished so quickly, because its nickname is Jinzhou, and its nickname next door is Yinzhou, where there are still silver mines that add up to at least four to five billion taels of gold and silver.

This is the peculiarity of trade circulation and value means.If all the gold in Jinshan is in the hands of the Dashun treasury, even if it is 1 million taels of silver, based on the minimum cost of 5000 taels per immigrant, Dashun can only immigrate 100 million at most.

However, if this government-supervised business model is adopted, the way of digging gold here, going to Fenglinwan for consumption, and Fenglinwan earns money and then urgently needs wages and labor to attract immigrants, after circulation, the number of immigrants will inevitably be higher than that of Dashun. There are many people who can transfer 1 million taels directly from the treasury.

Moreover, the Dashun treasury actually can't afford 1 million taels of silver; and the radical idea of ​​"emperor sage, equal land, selection of virtuous, curbing the rich, chaebol and gentry, and equal land taxation to relocate people" , itself is not only unrealistic, but also an extremely reactionary feudal society, and even slipped into a militaristic state.

Some people in later generations described the gold rush in western North America: because it is far away, it is romantic enough; because it is close, it can be reached.

As far as Dashun is concerned, neither of these two matters.

Neither romantic nor easy to reach.

The premise of romance is free mining, and whoever digs it will get it.Otherwise, it would not be romantic to turn it into a gold mining company and wage labor, even if there is a certain degree of sharing system.

It is also impossible to count on being "close enough" to spontaneously get a large city with a population of 20 to 500 in 15 years as in history.

Therefore, the Jinshan gold mining area lacks romance and only has gray colors.

Those who dig gold in the ground are all contract laborers, and even if gold is dug, it does not belong to them.

And the temptation of gold will inevitably lead to many things that will inevitably happen in gold mines.

Hide gold.

Cut meat and hide gold.

Stuff gold in the ass.

Flee with gold.

Tun Jin accidentally fell to his death.

mine disaster.

caught.

Hanged.

Caesarean section.

Gut digging.

Cut the meat for inspection.

Arrested.

drink.

brawl.

explosion.

revenge.

That's the prevailing vibe here.

Of course, the so-called "romance" of the Western Gold Rush in history, except for those romantic stories such as "spending money to buy eggs and smashing them all, and smashing eggs to win a smile", the mainstream is also similar to this: vendetta, uneven distribution of spoils , bandit robbery, black cell dungeon and so on.

What's missing is the wild, anarchic, all-to-all romance.

Jinshan, just under this gray tone, has developed rapidly, filled the population, and ushered in a new wave of immigrants this year.

Or, more accurately, a new wave of indentured peons.Or, [hidden] slaves.

(End of this chapter)