Xinshun 1730

Chapter 579 Waste
After tying up and gagging these people who were eager to save the world but had no direction and went astray, Liu Yu led them out of the house.

The dark miners squatted outside for a long time. Even if some leaders were arrested, they worked in the mine all year round, and they had to cooperate with each other and obey orders.The rest of the people can basically do some simple collective actions with a little command.

These miners made some senior military officers around Liu Yu salivate.In terms of natural organization and discipline alone, they are really good soldiers, and these people have survived in the harsh environment, and the weaker ones have long since died of tropical diseases in the mine.

These middle and high-level military officers are eager to take down Nanyang. They are just soldiers and don't need to think about how to deal with various political and economic problems after they are taken down.So in their eyes, Nanyang is really an easy-to-get military exploit.

Across the vast ocean, no matter how strong the Western navy is, land warfare is not bad, those who can come to Nanyang are threats, and those who cannot come are numbers on paper.Even if, as Jing Hou said, the total tonnage of the British and Dutch warships is nearly 40 tons, so what?Look at the miserable voyage of the George Ansen fleet berthing in Guangdong. No matter how many fleets there are, only those who can survive to Nanyang exist.

The soldiers thought that as long as they could arm some of the low-level Chinese in Nanyang, it would be enough to deal with the current situation and the threat from the West. Why bother?

Liu Yu looked at the dark crowd of miners in front of him, thinking about the conversation in the room pretending to be crazy and laughing at those people, he felt a little tired.

I want to coax the emperor to go to Nanyang, let the court see the silver, and oppose those utopians who are good-natured and true heroes but have not found the right way out. We must worry that the bourgeoisie will expose their fangs too early for the imperial court to see, we must guard against the struggle of the generation destroyed by the era of the old and new eras, and we must be patient with the Nanyang local snakes who eat people and do not spit out bones. The face that was mocking and laughing wildly in the room was a little stiff, and his heart was even more complicated.

Among the dark crowd of miners, someone yelled.

"Master Qingtian! We are wronged! Those people are good people, they are innocent!"

This shout made the originally angry miners kneel on the ground together after a short hesitation, shouting in unison.

"Master Qingtian, we are wronged! Those people are good people, they are innocent!"

Many of the marines guarding the formation in front of Liu Yu were from refugees. The officers may not be refugees, but most of the soldiers are refugees from disasters.Seeing this scene, the gun that was gripped tightly in his hand couldn't help but loosen a little.

Those mine owners following behind Liu Yu looked at Liu Yu cautiously, feeling a little nervous.

The cries of grievances lasted for a long time, Liu Yu hesitated for a moment, but remained firm.

After the cries and cries slowly subsided, Liu Yu said: "I already know what you are asking for. Whether you are wronged or not is not the point. But whether you can do what you do is still a matter of consideration. "

"Today, as an imperial envoy of the imperial court, I will make an agreement with you. These twenty or thirty leaders, I will take them with me to see the outside world and see if what you are going to do can be done."

"After three years, I will release them. If I continue to insist on this idea at that time, I don't care. As for the injustice... I will not wrong a good person, nor will I let a bad person go. I have my own judgment." .”

After finishing speaking, he raised his finger and swore to the Tianmeng: "I will do what I say, and I will release them in three years. It's up to you to do what you want. Let's go, let go... and... trust the court again."

After all, the majesty of the imperial court, the mostly credible goodwill of the simple people who swear to the sky, and the safety of the big brothers who are usually convinced, made these bewildered miners, in some places with close ties to the arrested Under the persuasion of the master, they gradually dispersed.

Liu Yu's hand was still raised there, and the officer beside him whispered: "My lord, the court's reputation can only be used for the last time. If this time's words don't matter, in the future in Nanyang, the court will use a little The credibility is gone."

The officer kindly reminded Liu Yu, looking at the miners who were gradually dispersing, slowly withdrew his hand, and said helplessly: "It's difficult. It's difficult. If you were a miner here, if the Dutch came, they would forcibly abolish the tin coins. And use the copper and silver coins issued by the Netherlands, or require the mine owner to exchange tin coins and silver coins in equal amounts, otherwise they will be punished. Will you support the Dutch?"

The officer thought for a while and smiled helplessly.

"Yes... if that's the case, I will think that the Dutchman is the master of Qingtian."

"But...why would the Dutch do that?"

Liu Yu smiled slightly, and took out two coins from his bosom.

One is a copper coin of the Dutch East India Company, beautifully crafted, with the words "VOC" clearly printed on the north side.

The other is a tin coin given by the miner leader when he sued for grievances. Brother Kong Fang in Tianyuan has the word "Company" roughly engraved on it.

"You're a miner, you like that kind of money?"

The officer rubbed the back of his head and said with a simple smile, "It's Dutch money. At least it's copper."

Liu Yu tossed the East India Company copper coin, nodded and said, "If everyone likes to use it, then this coin will be more expensive than the copper in this coin."

"In Dashun, this copper coin is the price of half a tael of copper; but here, everyone recognizes and likes it, and it is indeed better than those deceptive tin and lead coins. It may be the price of a tael of copper."

"Coining is also a business. The Dutch are notoriously stingy. How could they let others get the profit from the coinage? You ask me why the Dutch do that, and I'll tell you, because they can make money and can make more money." Good money, more money. The Dutch East India Company is a company, nothing more."

"But even if it's just for making money, you only need to issue some money that everyone accepts, and you don't even need to make other changes to win the hearts of the people. Catholicism comes from outside, as long as the baby girl is adopted in the establishment of the Baby Church, and the medicine is given, With righteous love and widowhood, tens of thousands of people would rather die than apostate."

"It's really simple for the imperial court to want the hearts of the people in Nanyang...but it's also really difficult."

"People's heart, people's heart, who is the people? Whose heart do you accept? You all know that the imperial court's reputation in Nanyang can only be used this time, but I don't know?"

After finishing speaking, he handed the two coins to the officer's hand, and left here with his hands behind his back a little tiredly.

The officer played with the two pieces of money, carefully comprehended Liu Yu's contradictory words of "very simple and really difficult", tasted it for a long time, and then sighed.

Back at the port, the mine owners who had contracted the ore knelt in front of Liu Yu and thanked him: "So, thank you, Mr. Imperial Envoy! The kindness of the court, I will never forget it."

Seeing that Liu Yu had arrested all the leaders and used the majesty of the court to disperse the miners, he felt that Liu Yu was helping them.

If you want to achieve great things, you can't do without a head.As long as the leaders are caught, some of the things that these miners originally planned will not be able to be done.

At that time, the organization was still relatively scattered, and most of them were organized by the primitive party model of sworn brotherhood and preaching. Once the leader was caught, the rest would not be able to do great things.

It was just an excuse to release them after three to five years.Besides, after three to five years, almost all the people will die, and new people will be replaced. Who will recognize who?
After these miners knelt down and thanked them, they sent two baskets of silver coins, and the leader said: "Your Imperial Envoy has worked hard. There are thousands of Spanish silver dollars here. Please accept them."

Liu Yu glanced at the Spanish silver dollars wrapped in red paper in the basket, and said to himself that these native Chinese here are really too far away from home, and they really don't know what the concept of imperial envoys and marquises is.Is this treating me like a beggar?A thousand Spanish silver dollars, for this little money can I be driven by you?

He waved his hand to call the attendants, pointed to the two baskets of money and said, "Buy some wine and food, and the crew will have extra meals. Go."

After the entourage left, Liu Yu called the mine owners over and said, "Can't you be a little bit more conscientious? Tin coins are issued and wages are deducted. Can the miners be okay?"

Upon hearing this, the mine owner cried out: "My lord, we are wronged too. Isn't there nothing we can do? It's not easy for us, and no one's money is blown by the wind from the sky. Tens of thousands of people, as soon as they open their eyes, they will die." If you want to eat our food, drink our food, and people outside, you have to buy it with cash."

"We are also short of funds. We have to wait until the Dutch come to buy tin every year before we can get cash. If we send them real money on weekdays, there will be no turnover."

"Besides, these people are lazy people. If they are paid on a monthly basis, they may quit their job after receiving the money, or run away. That's why they calculate it every year and pay them once a year. This is also for their own good, lest the lazy people Not working."

"We all have accounts, and the notes are very clear. The money for eating, drinking, drinking, smoking opium, and women in brothels are all spent on themselves. And in the mining area, tin coins are also used. .”

Liu Yu snorted: "It seems that it is not easy for you."

The mine owner didn’t realize it was sarcasm, and said repeatedly: “Yes. Please understand our difficulties, and don’t listen to those unreasonable people’s nonsense. If you are not in charge of the family, you don’t know the cost of money. If we can’t continue, they won’t do it. Have to starve to death?"

"Your Excellency has never done business before, so I don't know the importance of capital flow. We seem to have made some money, but if we find silver when we pay wages on weekdays, the capital will not be able to turn over. According to what they said, the mine If we can’t do it, don’t these miners all have to starve to death? They are stupid and don’t understand at all, but if adults don’t understand, they are just as stupid.”

"In fact, although we are far away overseas, we have always been grateful to the imperial court. In recent years, the miners sold here in Macau have become cheaper. I'll keep that in mind."

"My lord's consolation to Nanyang, we are all grateful. If there is a drive in the future, we will repay it."

After hearing this, Liu Yu thought that this group of people had been born and raised in the Old Port for too long. Just the sentence "They are stupid and don't understand at all, but adults are just as stupid if they don't understand." In any place, if a businessman dared to talk to court ministers like that, he would have been pinned to the ground and twitched.

Ignoring the official authority, is this also a proof of the germination?Liu Yu wanted to laugh secretly, thinking that it should be considered, whether it is deducting wages, oppressing miners, or internal vouchers, these are all properly regarded as the sprouts of capitalism that can be described in a big way.

After all, this is not feudal corvee, nor is it the obligation of serfs, but free and voluntary work.

Moreover, the production of tin mines is to accumulate gold and silver profits, and even participate in global trade. It is true that some new technologies are adopted to improve efficiency.

One thing with two sides, how can we only want good things and not bad things.Including smuggling goods in short supply to enemy countries, trying to get the court to only collect land tax but not industrial and commercial tax, squeezing weavers so that they all go out together, monopolizing the market to manipulate prices, avoiding customs and smuggling goods to participate in global trade, all cute.

Although disgusting and merciless, this is the other side of Germination.

It's just that these sprouts of the Celestial Dynasty, Wu Dela, can't press the emperor's head to make a constitution, and they can't organize a large army to abolish barbarians and grab territory.They neither dared nor were able to take on the heavy responsibility of oppressing and suppressing a large uprising with a population of tens of millions.

Including the group of bourgeois on Bangka Island who contract the mines, they are not in the Celestial Dynasty, and they are still trash.

The Sultan of the Old Port sold tin for 11 silver dollars a load, and these contractors could only get 7 or 8 silver dollars. However, any bourgeois Wude should think about killing the Sultan of the Old Port directly. Why should the feudal lord take the lead?
Liu Yuxin said that you guys are really not good enough, you look at the martial arts of the bourgeoisie, signing the treaty with the king's head, and chopping off the head if you don't obey.Look at you again, all your strength is fucking down.If I were here, I would have colluded with the Dutch to abolish the feudal lords of the old port, and 7 yuan became 11. Wouldn’t it be much better than those few coins who stole the miners?
It's really a bourgeois shame to be able to be in this kind of place where the forces are mixed, the feudal lords are weak, and the population of the tribe is large.

I really can't count on you for things in this world.With a bah, he stretched out his hand and ticked it, signaling the leader of the mine owner to move forward.

"I'm leaving now. This is the end of your affairs. But I have to keep a few people here. Do you have any opinions?"

(End of this chapter)