Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 734 Daming Becomes the Gathering Place of World Wealth

"My lord, according to the draft agreement we reached with the Dutch before, as long as our army captures Manila, all the Dutch who illegally occupy Taiwan will move to Luzon.

Now Manila thinks that I am everything, so how should the Dutch move to their land in the future, how should they restrain them?How should the laws and regulations of Luzon be formulated? "

After Zhu Youjian finished stating the great significance of miscellaneous grains, and the cabinet ministers nodded their heads to show that they were taught and resolutely carried out, Li Banghua got up and asked Zhu Youjian for instructions.

"Li Qingzhi's suggestion is very good.

The cabinet can write to the officials of the Taiwan government to inform the Dutch in the Taiwan province that they will start the relocation from now on, and limit their evacuation before the 15th year of Chongzhen!

The officials sent by the cabinet to Luzon can choose a suitable place in Manila for the Dutch to establish a living place.

After the founding of Luzon in the future, its laws and regulations should be promulgated and implemented by the court with a simplified version of the Great Ming Law. Except for the garrison of our dynasty, all residents on the island, including some nationalities, must follow this law. No matter the nationality or identity, the tool must be implemented according to the law!
Because Luzon is actually a vassal of our Ming Dynasty, therefore, except for those who hold Ming citizen ID cards, people from other countries who travel or reside there in the future must be treated equally with their own people, and no one is above the law!

This should be solemnly stated in the law!
The cabinet should declare to the Dutch that Luzon prohibits the appearance of any armed forces other than Ming Dynasty!

Except for the army, Luzon should allow people from other countries to come and go freely, and everyone can enjoy the convenience of fair trade. The Luzon court and the Ming garrison can protect the legitimate rights of everyone! "

Li Banghua's words reminded Zhu Youjian.

According to the nature of Europeans who follow the law of the jungle and pragmatism, after the Dutch moved to Luzon, they are very likely to hold the idea of ​​​​establishing an independent kingdom, intending to establish an extralegal land in Luzon, trying to override the local laws superior.

"Taiwan's general army should send heavy troops to move near the city of Zeelandia, monitor the Dutch during the evacuation process, and prevent other accidents from happening, and can decide to take any measures at any time according to the actual situation!"

Over the past few years, with the stability and improvement of the situation, the Ming government troops stationed in Taiwan have been ordered to expand their troops.

Wu Qun recruited 2000 people from immigrants to join the army, and the total number of troops stationed in Taiwan has reached 6000. Among them, [-] of the latest Minie guns were distributed. This generational weapon is enough to firmly suppress the Netherlands. human firepower.

Zhu Youjian ordered Taiwan's military to advance to Zeelandia in order to prevent the Dutch from reacting violently when they learned that they could not garrison troops in Luzon.

If the Dutch do not evacuate as scheduled, the Ming army will take tough measures and ruthlessly attack them.

Agreements are made to be torn up.

If the Dutch can strictly abide by the agreement and withdraw from Taiwan Island on time, there will be no conflict between the two armies again.

And if the Dutch go back on their promises, they must be charged with tearing up the agreement.

Looking back now, I was still negligent at the beginning.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. In the agreement, the Dutch did not mention whether they could retain appropriate force after moving to Manila.

Zhu Youjian estimated that after receiving the notice from the Ming cabinet, the Dutch would definitely send envoys to negotiate again, demanding to retain certain privileges in Luzon.

But these conditions will never be allowed to exist, no matter what excuses the Dutch use.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are confident in upholding the principle of fair trade and will fully protect the legitimate rights and interests of people from various countries in Luzon. Whether you come to do business or work, as long as you do not break the law, your private rights will be effectively protected.

If you have a superior mentality and want to enjoy privileges over others all the time, sorry, you will be disappointed.

Zhu Youjian guessed that under the repeated strong victories of the Ming Dynasty's army, the Dutch will finally adopt a compromise strategy and will not insist on retaining the army in Luzon.

Compared with a greedy and arrogant country like Spain, the Netherlands is currently in a vigorous period of rising national power. The whole country is still aiming at earning more wealth from top to bottom. Moreover, their main interest is to monopolize Ming Dynasty goods in The distribution rights in Europe, so they won't tear themselves apart with Daming because of this matter.

Besides, the Dutch didn't dare.

After the battle to capture Manila, the mighty fighting power of the Ming army was once again fully displayed in front of them. Europeans who bully the weak and fear the hard will automatically choose to be friends with the strong instead of enemies. What's more, the strength of Ming is not only reflected in military power, but also in Economically, it is also unmatched by other countries.

"The cabinet will select personnel from the General Bureau and the Mint to go to Manila to open a branch office, explore chalcopyrite mines in Luzon, mint coins on the spot after smelting, and use them to trade with Luzon and surrounding countries and purchase corn, cotton, soybeans, etc. The miscellaneous grains have been transported back to the country and have been supplied to our development of animal husbandry.

Sihai Commercial Bank, especially Sihai Sugar, should enter Manila as soon as possible. After purchasing sugarcane, sugar can be squeezed locally, distributed locally or handed over to the Dutch for export to Europe. "

Luzon's copper resources are what Zhu Youjian is most greedy for, followed by food and other cash crops.

Coin minting is a lucrative business, and it is also a cash cow for the Ming court's fiscal revenue.

Exchanging other people's resources for other people's resources sounds like a wonderful thing.

Daming, which has been strong for more than 200 years, has unparalleled influence on neighboring countries, which is fully reflected in the fact that Daming copper coins have become the main currency in Southeast Asian countries.

However, due to the extreme lack of brass resources in the Ming Dynasty and the large-scale circulation of copper coins in various markets after casting, the number of copper coins minted in the Ming Dynasty has declined for several years.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Finance, there were only more than [-] copper coins minted in Daming last year, which seriously affected the amount of various commodities that Daming purchased from overseas.

The bronze and chalcopyrite deposits in Luzon not only have huge reserves, but also have high grades.

Using local materials for smelting, and then purchasing a large number of commodities from the nearby South Asian countries, the price Ming paid in the whole process is almost negligible, and the people of the South Asian countries can have wealth after selling their commodities. This is a win-win situation. Why not do it.

With the substantial increase in the amount of copper mining and coinage, the taxes borne by the people of the Ming Dynasty have the conditions and motivation to reduce.

The source of running water is rolling in, so do we still need to exploit the people of our country?
Besides, this process did not exploit or oppress the people of other countries.

Countries in South Asia sell those commodities that they don’t care about to Ming merchants, and they can get their favorite copper coins, and then they use these yellow and orange treasures to buy smooth silks and satins, exquisite porcelain, and gorgeous Ming costumes , What a perfect process.

If one is not careful, Daming becomes the place where the wealth of the world gathers. With this flow of foreign wealth, the imperial court should use it to feed back the people of the country.

However, it is not enough to use copper coins alone, the value of copper coins themselves is too low.

In bulk commodity trading, you can't drive a cart full of copper coins, it will bring great inconvenience to both parties of the transaction.

Minting silver and gold coins was on the agenda.

Zhu Youjian believes that with the strong national credit endorsement of Ming Dynasty, gold and silver coins will quickly occupy the markets of Southeast Asian countries.

Using other people's gold and silver to mint coins, and then purchase the fruits of labor of the people of other countries, this kind of Ming Dynasty will last for a long time.

　Thank you Mingming for your reward.

　　I don't have the motivation to write this book anymore. If I want to start a new book, please give me some advice. What is the best subject?
　　I want to write a book about Nanming, and I also want to write about cities. After all, the traffic in cities is several times that of history, so I can't make up my mind for a while.

　　
　
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