I'm really not doing business

Chapter 500 More steel, just to make farm tools

Zhu Yijun was fully aware of the evil consequences of complete monopoly from beginning to end. In the Northern Song Dynasty, a pound of coal sold for 200 yuan was the final form of the Ming Dynasty official factory. Therefore, he affirmed some of the absolute liberal arguments, that is, the hand of the Ming court could not be extended. Too long and too deep, otherwise the final result will be the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. All trade will be monopolized by the imperial court, and the Ming Dynasty will be a backwater.

That’s why Zhu Yijun never fully restored the official ship and official trade; that’s why the Ming Dynasty had five major ocean-going trading houses to promote the activity of sea trade; that’s why there were trading houses, and everyone planned to be a shipowner; that’s why there was the expansion of trading houses, and Suiyuan was Chidao and Suiyuan Mining were included in the ticket; that's why there was the development of the Thousand Islands Kingdom of Yuanxu Islands; that's why there was the emergence of Lord Pioneer; that's why there was only a coal and steel franchise, not coal, iron, salt, tea, wine, koji, and alum .

Complete monopoly has proven to be unfeasible. The two deaths in the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty proved the deformity of this complete monopoly operation.

In a world without competition, there is only infinite rigidity, infinite bloat, and infinite expropriation. Without competition, there is no vitality. This has been universally proven.

But in the current small-scale peasant economy, when powerful right-wingers only know how to dig food in the soil, the court can only take the lead, allowing more powerful right-wingers to abandon the output of the fields, give up their personal dependence on production relations, and give up harvesting. Rent thinking, invest in the process of Ming Dynasty's transformation into a commodity economy, and complete the transformation of the small peasant economy.

The establishment of large-scale free employment production relations is the prerequisite for the transformation of the commodity economy.

Zhu Yijun agrees very much with Lin Fucheng's Songjiang School and the concept of restricted freedom. Even if many of his views are naive, as long as someone brings them up and discusses them more, they can naturally be supplemented.

Lin Fucheng said that Hou Yuzhao was ruthless because Hou Yuzhao was really ruthless.

There is a saying in "The Analects of Confucius": If you take it from above, you will get it from within; if you take it from it, you will get it from below;
Interpreted in politics, the implementation and practice of a government decree will definitely be compromised, and there will be flexible implementation that compromises with reality. Therefore, a Ming Dynasty will be the king and the people. During the execution of these government decrees, they will definitely become, as long as they show Anyone who shows no signs of approving of Ming Dynasty will be sent to the mines to mine.

The Ming Dynasty did not directly suppress the slaves in Sochi, but chose to appease, make promises, open porridge sheds, establish personnel organizations and management, and organize them into engineering regiments and camps. This was taken for granted by the Ming Dynasty, because the more they suppressed, the more they suppressed. In the thirteenth year of Zhengtong, Ye Zongliu and Deng Maoqi had already confirmed this in the civil unrest that spread to five provinces.

The other one is from the Northern League, the Utrecht League (Netherlands). He is a red-haired fan named Iron Mullen. He is dressed very simply. There are many ravines on his face and two scars. Look. He has gone through a lot of battles. This surname is very interesting, as it means mill.

"Although we didn't understand it, we were greatly shocked." Zhu Yijun said in a low voice.

"Is that Ferdinand? We heard that his sister married his uncle. Is this true?" Zhu Yijun tilted his head and asked Gao Qiyu, the young minister of Honglu Temple, in a low voice.

Matteo Ricci's missionary work did not go smoothly because he was now obsessed with Taoism and could not extricate himself.

A huge civil unrest was finally completely quelled by the Marquis of Ningyang, Chen Mao, and the Minister of Household Affairs, Jin Lian, who led a 40,000-strong Beijing battalion southward and used both suppression and support.

Zhu Yijun was sitting in the corner, and no one noticed him, because the reception was really chaotic. From the differences in the reception and banquets, we can also see the differences in the roads. In the Ming Dynasty, the banquets were clearly prioritized, symbolizing dictatorship, while in Taixi The reception is multi-headed, just like the Holy Roman Empire has seven electors.

Legaz mentioned the chaotic upper-class life more than once in his travel notes. The chaos was not only due to various mistresses, but also the blood relationship that was difficult to figure out. For example, the child born to his niece and uncle was... Could become Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and actually became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II.

The other small circle is centered around Marcus, Antonio's first mate and now captain.

"The Ming Dynasty is really too free!" Sauron drank some wine and said a little loudly: "Just like the traitors in the Netherlands, they are as disgusting as the traitors in the Netherlands. They rebelled in the richest place. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't It was so kind to suppress the rebels but to forgive them!”

This kind of treatment made Sauron say it was incredible. The authoritarian Ming Emperor did not suppress cruelly. It was this kind of appeasement that caused Ming Dynasty to be too free.

With all their strength, the civil unrest soon spread from Fujian to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Nanya, gaining momentum and becoming known as the Million Army.

"Don't arrange an audience with that cardinal. Any conditions he puts forward are unacceptable to Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yijun named the only religious person present, Cardinal Ranuccio, because this bishop came to Ming Dynasty to represent the Holy See and seek It was possible to preach in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yijun strictly prohibited this.

Because a large amount of cheap labor was needed to open up the mines, the Ming Dynasty Jingying captured so many prisoners of war in Suiyuan that the mines were completely digested and even more were needed.

The two envoys from the Netherlands were silent. They did not want to provoke Sauron. They came to the Ming Dynasty this time in the hope of getting His Majesty the Emperor's approval and getting rid of political obstacles to trade. They did not want to cause more trouble.

On June 14, the tenth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun's most inconspicuous driver arrived at the folk house outside Huitongguanyi. Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty jumped out of the car and walked into the house. Turn around and walk into the Huitong Pavilion.

And Marcus was surrounded by the English envoy George Weymouth. He had already been here last time. He was a navigator, adventurer and robber. England, who had completed a circumnavigation of the world, had officially joined the great voyage. era, so he seemed arrogant.

Gao Qiyu thought that His Majesty was going to ask some important questions after looking around, but it turned out that he was just here for gossip!
Gao Qiyu whispered: "Your Majesty, Tessie is like this. Ferdinand's sister Maria Anna married her uncle, Archduke Karl II of Austria. In this way, the son he gave birth to could become the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. ”

Rui De and Pereira are the special envoys of Goa Governor Menezes. They came to Beijing this time to discuss surrender and the ownership of the Malacca Strait. The thirty kilograms of artillery shipped by the Ming Emperor had arrived at the Governor's Palace in the Old Port. It seems that they are planning to take over the city of Malacca in one fell swoop.

Shah Maimaiti was the special envoy of the nobles of the Mughal Kingdom, Legaz was the special envoy of Spain, and Diego de Madeleine was the son of the Marquis of Santa Cruz, the father of the Spanish soldiers, and was also the hostage of the Ming Dynasty. These three people When they got together, because they were all envoys who had been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, they all had common topics. They communicated with each other in Chinese to prevent others from understanding what they were discussing.

This time, the scale of the Tessie envoy was unprecedentedly large, and there were also a group of people, including Solon, the envoy from the Kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand, the eldest son of the Duke of Bavaria from the Holy Roman Empire, and Cardinal Ranuccio France from the Holy See. Ernese.

Zhu Yijun looked at Ferdinand. He was a very handsome man with deep-set eyes, a high bridge of nose, and strong lines. He came from a prominent family, and with arrogance from the inside out, he scanned the audience with a rather aristocratic manner.

Jiading's slave change really shocked the allies.

In Zhu Yijun's opinion, Taixi's cocktail party and Daming's banquet are similar. They are both for socializing, not for a banquet. It's just that one is a buffet and the other is a separate banquet. It seems that Taixi's cocktail party is more messy.

As an emperor, it is really difficult for Zhu Yijun to understand the system of electing emperors. Is the elected emperor really an emperor?

These envoys from England, France, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands all came to the Ming Dynasty on Marcus's ship, so they naturally gathered together.

And these people also brought their partners, making the scene even more chaotic and noisy.

Spain is still the overlord of the West, and the Habsburg family has great influence in the West.

The swordmaster Marcus once again became the captain and Antonio's envoy to the Ming Dynasty.

Just like Zhu Yijun could not understand the elector system and consanguineous marriage, Sauron could not understand why the Ming Dynasty did not carry out brutal suppression.

Zhu Yijun's face darkened, and he regretted coming to see the fun.

Gao Qiyu said with great agreement: "When I heard about it for the first time, I was also shocked."

Lin Fucheng obviously knew very well that execution must compromise with reality, so Hou Yuzhao was really ruthless. Perhaps this is the common characteristic of officials in the Ming Dynasty. What they say is better than what they sing, and what they do with their hands is worse than the devil. vicious.

Today is a cocktail party for the Taixi envoys. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty came without invitations or reservations, because this time the emperor really had a fun-loving mentality and came to see the excitement. If his identity is exposed, there will be no excitement at all. Although he was not invited, he still walked into the reception venue grandly.

This is the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yijun has the power to enter anywhere.

The reception at Huitongtuanyi was divided into small, distinct circles, chatting in low voices. Zhu Yijun's appearance did not attract anyone's attention. Zhu Yijun came to a secret corner, sat down quietly, and looked around.

The French envoy is a woman, the special envoy of Catherine, the Queen Mother of France. Gillian Robert is a tall, thin woman with a slightly fierce look in her eyes. According to the content of the credentials, this woman is the Queen Mother. As a close attendant, she looked a little indifferent, standing there quietly and not talking to others.

Sauron was the secretary of the King of Spain. He was so disgusted with the disrespectful and rebellious behavior of the Netherlands that after drinking, he directly snarled at the two Dutch envoys.

Rui De's expression was gloomy and he was sitting alone in the corner. Obviously, he knew very well that this mission would not go smoothly and he would not be able to achieve any of his goals.

Two envoys from the Kingdom of the Netherlands stood behind George. One came from the Yugoslav Federation and the Arras Federation (Belgium). He was a golden retriever named Thomas de Vere. He was dressed extremely gorgeously. On such a hot day, he was still wearing a jacket Wearing a dark red velvet coat, with four stripes of mink on the hat, it looks like a peacock with its tail spread out.

Paulino Franco was the last captain. Antonio originally asked Paulino Franco to be the captain. But last time, while crossing the Atlantic, the new captain contracted scurvy and his condition deteriorated rapidly. When he arrived in Liberty City, At that time, he unfortunately passed away.

"It's really incredible." Shah Maimaiti added. In his opinion, the Ming Dynasty should vigorously promote reincarnation as a master. In fact, this is the right way to be a slave for life. In this way, the nobles will be reincarnated for life. They are nobility, just like the Mughals.

The Ming Dynasty's recent abolition of lowly slave status, led by the nobles, seemed to Shah Maimaiti to be completely unnecessary. Wasn't this causing trouble for himself?
Sauron's words turned the obviously messy topic of the reception to the Ming Dynasty's recent abolition of the slave class, and the discussion immediately became heated.

George, the English envoy, believed that this was the Ming emperor's attempt to obtain more cheap craftsmen. In George's view, the Ming Dynasty's expansion of overseas colonies required a population, the establishment of official factories and organizations required a large number of craftsmen, and military expeditions also required a population. For the sake of population, The deed of sale must be abolished to obtain more freedmen, and George felt it was completely unnecessary.

Driven by the same violence as the English against the Scots, much easier and cheaper.

Recently the Queen of England executed Mary Queen of Scots.

The French woman who looked a little indifferent also expressed her opinion that freeing slaves from slave owners would do no good to the Ming Dynasty. If there were not enough personnel to manage them, it would be better to let slave owners manage slaves. In this way It is more stable, and using people from the imperial court to manage it will definitely increase administrative costs. Mutual harm at the bottom is conducive to stability.

Almost all the envoys expressed their inability to understand the Ming Dynasty's decree to abolish the status of slaves. It was a decree that would do more harm than good. Moreover, everyone was very unanimous and very unfavorable about the implementation of this decree, which not only increased administrative costs, but also expressed disapproval of the decree. , destroying the original stability, and there is quite an illusion that the Ming Dynasty and the world are retrograde.

Ligas finally couldn't hold back his voice and said angrily: "You don't understand the Ming Dynasty at all. Do you think that you have been to Ming Dynasty once or twice, or what you know from those travel notes is all about Ming Dynasty? For Ming Dynasty like this For China, this is an inevitable step! It is a huge effort to change the relations of production!”

"You don't even understand the word production, and you are still here giving advice on Ming Dynasty's new policy. Are you worthy of it? You are said to be an envoy, but aren't you just here to beg for food? You don't know how to respect your master when you beg for food. How can you get food? !”

"That's ridiculous!"

"funny!"

"ugly!"

"Unreasonable!" After finishing speaking, Li Yazhi shook his sleeves and left the scene angrily. Li Yazhi had been in the Ming Dynasty for too long. He was so unfamiliar with these faces for so long that he did not understand the situation of the Ming Dynasty, so he judged at will. This It is not done on the basis of faithfulness.

If you say you are a special envoy and discuss certainties in trade, isn't that just begging for food? I don’t know how to show respect when I’m begging for food, but I point fingers and talk nonsense.

The Ming Dynasty is establishing a set of theories that are based on production to explain the infinite principles of all things and solve problems, and they are all over the place. These envoys have no idea what this means. Even Legas, who is in the midst of great changes, often I can't help but tremble when I think about the future. What the Ming Emperor wants to create is a brand new world!

"Legas, you have been in the Ming Dynasty for too long." Sauron said helplessly: "You have forgotten that you are the special envoy of His Highness Felipe. The travel notes sent back to Taixi are even written in Chinese. You I don’t even want to translate.”

Legas stopped, looked at Sauron and asked: "Can His Highness understand my translation? Even if he can understand it, can His Highness accept it? Since he can't understand it and refuses to accept it, Why should I translate?”

"Then you shouldn't send the Chinese version back, you should also translate it." Sauron shook his head and said.

Legas smiled, looked at Sauron and sighed and said: "How do you know that I didn't translate? In fact, I translated it, but every time His Highness sent the Ming Dynasty's envoy, after reading the Latin text, he felt that it was not in line with the doctrine. I refused to take it back, so I had to send it back in Chinese.”

"Do you understand? The secular core of Ming culture is completely different from the religious core of Thai and Western culture."

"His Royal Highness Felipe is far inferior to His Majesty the Ming Emperor in terms of openness and tolerance. Even if I, a foreigner, scold the Ming Emperor, as long as what I say is true, the Ming Emperor will not blame me too much."

Of course Legas translated it into Latin. He translated every article, but the translation could not even get out of the Ming Dynasty. Now Sauron blamed him.

"Is that so? I was negligent." Sauron was slightly dumbfounded, and then he realized that there was such a story in it. He thought for a while and said: "What about the slaves in Jiading? You are protecting the Ming Dynasty in this way. Is this the New Deal? s failure?"

Sauron was curious, what did Legas think of the Jiading slave coup? Was it the failed policy of the young Ming emperor?
"It's just a necessary price." Legas said this in Chinese. Most people present could not understand it. He left the reception. Shah Maimaiti spread his hands and chose to leave. He didn't like it. When it comes to state affairs, I prefer to throw away money and listen to storytelling in the front room.

The implementation of any government decree will encounter various difficulties. Difficulties are like a traveler encountering an unreachable mountain. If a traveler says in despair that he will never be able to climb over it, the moment he looks back, he will never be able to climb it again. It is impossible to climb over the mountain.

Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go.

The envoys in Taixi will never understand the word Shi, because the four words "Hong" and "Xinhuai Tianxia" are the cultural desert of Taixi, and Taixi does not have the concept of Tianxia.

The reception slowly dispersed. Zhu Yijun stood up and said, "Gao Shaoqing, go and call Sauron to Ligas' house. I'm going now!"

"Damn it, let me know that Li Ya arranged me in Latin, and he will be dead!"

It was also the first time that Zhu Yijun knew that Legasi also had a travel diary in Latin. If he dared to record treasonous remarks, he would be sentenced to castration immediately!

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty angrily broke into Legashi's house, which was a small courtyard with two entrances and exits. He quickly read through the Latin travel notes, and then he was convinced that the contents of Legaz's Latin travel notes and Chinese were Consistently, the Latin text contains more of his thoughts on the feudal system in Europe.

"Yes, you are a bit reverent." Zhu Yijun doesn't mind using the words stingy and greedy, because this is a fact. Even words such as violent and bloody executioner are not impossible, but there are no such words in Legas' travel notes. It is very objective.

Legas was startled, and his heart finally dropped in his throat. For some reason, Emperor Ming suddenly burst in. He understood what His Majesty meant, and immediately bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, please do this. How can I hide this from His Majesty, who has a sharp eye and a clear eye?"

Zhu Yijun sneered and said, "Don't learn the art of flattery from the scholars of Ming Dynasty. You can't compare with them."

"Your Majesty, the Spanish envoy Solon is here." Xiao Huangmen hurriedly entered to report.

"Xuan."

"Spain's special envoy, Solon, pays homage to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty, Long live His Majesty." Solon had been trained in the Ministry of Etiquette and knew how to salute.

"No courtesy." Zhu Yijun looked at Sauron's white beard and pointed hat, and said with a smile: "I know you. Xu Fan, the special envoy to Taixi, once said something about you."

"This is my honor. I learned my poor Chinese from Minister of State Xu Fan." Sauron's attitude was quite respectful.

Zhu Yijun handed the Latin version of his travel notes to Feng Bao and said: "Solon, we cannot say that Ligas is a traitor to the West. He has always loved the land where he was born and raised deeply. However, due to various reasons, he could not bring him with him. Just go back."

The Latin text is longer, mainly mixed with Legaz's thoughts on the feudal system in Spain. The feudal system in Spain has come to an end and needs to be changed. Legaz did not betray, but Spain cannot tolerate heretics like him.

Sauron opened the travel diary and read it for a long time. After closing it, he said, "Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, this is indeed not appropriate to bring back Taixi."

Legas starts from the beginning of Pangu, and the mainstream in Thailand is that God created everything. One is that God created everything from chaos, and the blue road opened up the mountains and forests. The other is that everything is a gift from God and God is omnipotent. These are two This difference in the core of culture can only be interesting if you can bring it back.

"Why did Felipe II send you here? To buy a boat?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously, "How about buying a boat?"

Zhu Yijun only learned after starting the shipbuilding industry that the biggest pain point in the shipbuilding industry is the withdrawal of funds. The Yanxinglou ship ticket effectively solves the difficulty of slow withdrawal of funds. Before the ship is built, the shipowner who pays the bill can be found through the trading bank quickly. Recovering funds means continuous expansion of scale.

It is better for orders to rush shipyards than to wait for orders to come.

There is no doubt that whether it is Thailand or the Mughal Kingdom, as long as you buy a ship, you will be a friendly country.

The Ming Dynasty needed more ship exports to quickly recover costs and further expand the scale of the shipyard. Only with sufficient scale can technological progress in shipbuilding be promoted, as evidenced by the Youlong and Feiyun.

"Are fast sailing ships for sale?" Sauron asked with a wink. He liked fast sailing ships so much!

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "This is not for sale. Felipe II can try to make it himself."

"Then let's maintain the original order size." Sauron said with great disappointment. The fast sailing ship is a good thing. He fell in love with the fast sailing ship after taking a look at it from a distance in the dock, and he was convinced that the fast sailing ship It will be a powerful tool to change the ocean situation.

However, this kind of weapon is only owned by Ming Dynasty and is not sold to the outside world.

"I'm curious, is Taixi now capable of manufacturing a five-masted ocean crossing ship?" Zhu Yijun knew that Felipe II dismantled a five-masted ocean crossing ship, and Felipe had a need to produce his own five-masted ocean crossing ship. ship to face the independence of the Netherlands and the impact of England's shit-stirring stick on the ocean.

"No." Sauron sighed heavily, appearing helpless to the extreme. The young Emperor Ming liked to expose people's scars when speaking. He thought about it and explained: "Your Majesty, imitate this kind of thing." Large ships require not only craftsmen, but also countless materials and industrial parks that provide these materials. They cannot be produced with just drawings. "

If the productivity is not enough, forced production will be fruitless. The mainmast is not something that Felipe II can handle.

All the masts, keels, and frames of the Youlong and Feiyun are made of all steel. In terms of the quality and quantity of Taixi's steel, it is even more impossible to manufacture them.

According to Sauron's understanding of the Ming Dynasty, the output of coal and steel in the Ming Dynasty is still growing at a terrifying rate. Even though it has far exceeded the total of all countries except the Ming Dynasty, it is still increasing rapidly.

"Did Ming produce so much steel to conquer the world?" Sauron asked extremely worriedly.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "No, it's just to make farm tools and machinery. Ming Dynasty has no interest in conquering the world because it can't be managed at all."

"Manufacture farm tools and machinery?" Sauron's face was uncertain, he couldn't lie to others like this! What about fools?

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "It seems that the special envoy doesn't know that I can farm, and I farm in Baoqisi every year. This is a marriage of mulberry trees. I have also participated in the breeding of Ming Dynasty. I have cultivated many varieties of sweet potato seedlings. Now the grass grown in Suiyuan also includes seedlings that I cultivated myself.”

“It’s better not to grab it than to sow it quickly.”

Feng Bao and Zhang Hong looked at each other, both helpless. Neither of them, the two imperial servants, could tell which of the Ming Emperor's words was true and which was a lie. The only thing that was certain was that the Ming Emperor really wanted to sell Boat.

The land in Ming Dynasty is temporarily sufficient for planting. When there is not enough land for planting, going out to grab it is also grabbing land.

"Your Majesty, His Highness Felipe hopes to obtain enough woolen woolen and cotton cloth to dump on England." Sauron was also a little confused. He didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty, but it was true that the Ming Dynasty liked farming very much. Who Know whether His Majesty the Emperor is telling the truth or lies.

It was Xu Fan's bad idea to Felipe II through Sauron to dump enough coarse woolen and cotton cloth on England, completely destroy its newly emerging handicraft factories, destroy England's pillar industry, and then launch an attack.

The initiator of this bad idea was the Ming Emperor. (Chapter 415 The emperor and Zhang Juzheng play against each other.)
With Felipe II alone, he couldn't do it.

"How much is enough?" Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up. It couldn't be better to have business!

"It requires at least 200,000 pieces of woolen wool and 300,000 pieces of cotton every year to do this." Sauron reported what he thought was an astronomical figure.

Zhu Yijun frowned and asked: "That's it? For this small business, just contact the clerk in the household department directly."

Zhu Yijun thought it would be a big deal, but it turned out to be just this.

"Small business?" Sauron asked blankly.

(End of this chapter)