The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 816 The Power of Capital

Deliberately making friends with the vassals and county kings of the Ming Dynasty is not only aimed at Chongzhen.

It is also hoped that the huge royal family of Ming Dynasty will not be in the fief and wait to die, but can go overseas to open up new worlds, and it is because they have taken a fancy to the large amount of capital in the hands of these people.

There was a huge surplus in foreign trade at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there was still a net inflow of precious metals, but a large amount of gold and silver treasures were concentrated in the hands of princes, nobles, and wealthy landlords who accounted for less than 5.00%.

On average, a vassal king owns more than 100 million taels of assets, and a county king owns 50 taels of silver assets, plus the royal families such as Zhenguo Generals, Fuguo Generals, etc., their capital may exceed hundreds of millions.

The power of capital is so great. The royal family spends half of the capital for domestic investment and overseas development. How many jobs will be provided and how many more powerful guns will be provided?
The Dutch were able to concentrate capital to form the "East India Company", why couldn't Huang Han concentrate capital to form a "North and South American Group" that expanded overseas?
Next let Wu Xiang take the lead in doing such a thing, and send him to lobby the royal families such as the vassal king and the county king of the Ming Dynasty, and seduce the nobles such as the duke, marquis, and earl who have retired with the country.

Wealthy people from a large country jointly contributed capital, and the capital probably exceeded the gross national product of an upper-middle-class country in Xiyi. It would not be a problem to form a fleet with [-] artillery pieces.

In the future, it will definitely not be Xiyi's turn to rob the Han people, and it's hard to say whether they were robbed of the mainland by the "North and South American Group".

After seeing off the two county kings, Huang Han left the two chief envoys to drink tea to sober up and chat about the development prospects of "Han River Province".

First of all, it is open here. All merchants will be protected as long as they pay taxes according to the regulations, and foreigners will not discriminate against them when they come to trade.

Not only the "Hanjiang Province" is fully open, but Lushunkou, Huxue City, Tianjin Wei, Hong Kong Island, Denglai Erzhou, "Jianghaibao" in Nantong Prefecture, "Wangchuanbao" in Jingzhou, and Xiangyang City will all become open ports.

Now that the organizational structure of the "Han River Province" has been established, and the defense of the Jiajia has been formed, the next step is to attract investment for great development and encourage the establishment of industries.

Wen Tiren and Yang Yipeng not only understood Huang Han's intentions, but also jointly stated that they would write letters to contact their disciples and old officials to lobby big capital to come to the "Red Banner Army" system, and they would also try to contact familiar vassal kings and county kings.

As long as King Neijiang and King Huayang live comfortably and freely in the "Hanjiang Province", they will not be arrested and questioned by the court for leaving the fief without authorization.

Wen and Yang can be sure that within a year, there will be countless princes sneaking into the "Red Banner Army" system.

Huang Han didn't mind that a large number of princes and nobles came to the territory of the "Red Banner Army" system to attract a large number of wealthy people, even if they did not come to buy properties but to eat, drink and have fun, it was also beneficial to local development.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Song Yingxing, executive president of "Hanjiang University", Wang Yuqi, Shen Cunli, and dozens of master craftsmen and researchers sent ten prototype cars.

This is because Huang Han drew a sketch of the bicycle on a whim in the winter of the previous year and handed it over to Shen Cunli and Wang Yuqi to organize the team to develop it.

It is not a problem to make a bicycle frame with the steel quality of the "Red Banner Army" system. The key is that there is no rubber, and only cowhide coated with tung oil for waterproofing and solid tires with cork wrapped in canvas can be used.

Riding a bicycle requires learning and practice. As we all know, the ten prototypes sent by Song Yingxing and others should be unique in the world, and only these researchers can ride bicycles. Song Yingxing fell many times in order to master his balance.

No one expected that General Zhenglu would casually push a bicycle and ride on it. Shen Cunli and Wang Yuqi were worried that they would throw the Patriarch, so they immediately ran forward, one left and one right to protect.

What they didn't expect was that General Zhenglu was a genius, possibly the best rider they had ever seen.

Huang Han was in high spirits, and tried ten bikes in a row. The pure handmade products are definitely exquisite workmanship. Huang Han can hardly find any faults. The spring and shock absorption are also installed under the cowhide seat cushion. The feeling of riding is almost the same as that of the bicycles of later generations. .

In the future, horse-riding infantry can be equipped with bicycles. With bicycle-riding infantry chasing cavalry, running for three days may not be an advantage. Running for ten days will definitely wear out half of the enemy's war horses.

Huang Han stated on the spot that ten prototypes would be used for standard mass production, and the army would purchase [-] vehicles at a [-]% increase in cost price, and [-]% advance payment would be paid on the same day.

The vehicle factory was led by Song Yingxing, assisted by Shen Cunli and Wang Yuqi. In addition to building a factory in Seoul, Huxue City and Tianjin Wei also built one each.

Seeing that the owner was so happy, he immediately asked to buy [-] bicycles. Wang Yuqi and Shen Cunli looked at each other and smiled wryly.

It's not that they don't have the confidence to produce so many products, but that the owner may not know that the cost of 60 bicycles may reach [-] million taels of silver.

Song Yingxing came to work in "Hanjiang Province" and became the executive president of "Hanjiang University" like a fish in water. Although he was busy every day, he was extremely happy.

He likes to care about new things the most. When he came to "Hanjiang University", he was attracted by several bicycles that were being developed and improved. The research and development team called this new thing that walks on pedals a bicycle.

Seeing General Zhenglu keep calling bicycles "bicycles" today, Song Yingxing said:

"It's so good that the general named the bicycle 'bicycle', it sounds so much more elegant.

It's just that the general may not know that the cost of a car is now as high as 25 silver coins. After mass production, the cost may be reduced, but under the premise of ensuring the quality, it is estimated that it can be reduced by one achievement.

The general is sure that the military ordered [-] vehicles in one go? "

Huang Han could predict that the cost of bicycles would be very high. It was very simple. The cost of a self-generating gun was as high as six silver dollars, and the cost of a minigun was close to ten silver dollars. Most of the parts and components of a bicycle were made of steel. will be high.

25 silver dollars is equivalent to the price of a draft horse, and the army can afford it. Moreover, the extensive use of bicycles will reduce the dependence on war horses and draft horses, and the cost of use will be greatly reduced.

Horses are too difficult to serve, how much horse feed is consumed by [-] horses every day?You have to walk the horses and wash the horses. How much work is there?Changing the mounted infantry to use bicycles will save a lot of military expenditure, and it is worthwhile.

Huang Han stated: "In order to ensure your profit, the military purchases a car at 30 yuan silver coins, and the advance payment will be allocated immediately. Can you guarantee to deliver [-] cars within a year? Remind you, the quality required by this lord must not be lower than this." Ten cars."

30 yuan silver coins, the profit should be more than [-]%, Wang Yuqi, Shen Cunli, etc. all looked excited, Shen Cunli said: "Report to the general, I promise to complete the task."

(End of this chapter)