I'm really not doing business

Chapter 501 Three thousand miles of newly planted willows attract the spring breeze to Yuguan

More abundant livestock, crops and production tools can effectively increase the output of the land. Only when the output of the land increases can there be food surplus, exchange, storage, wine making and breeding of more livestock, and can the transition from a natural economy to a small farmer Economy, and only with enough surplus can a densely populated, settled, and class-defined society emerge.

Now there are only about 600 million people in the entire British Isles, of which there are more than 50 Scots and more than 40 Welsh and Irish people. The classes in England are not clear. There are only aristocrats, gentry and farmers. The aristocrats are naturally the royal family and Canonized nobles, and gentlemen include barons, knights, and gentry. Especially the gentleman class has multiple identities. This is a blur of identity and an unclear class.

With a population of only six million, the annual production of woolen cloth was no more than 100,000 pieces. When Felipe II used the power of the East to dump 200,000 pieces of woolen cloth and 300,000 pieces of cotton to Great Britain every year. , all the handicraft workshops in England will immediately go bankrupt, and there will even be room to destroy the handicraft industry in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Completely destroy England's foundation for survival and completely destroy England's ambition to get involved in sea trade.

This was the business Felipe II sent Sauron to the Ming Dynasty to discuss.

When Sauron arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he thought that the Ming Dynasty could not provide enough woolen cloth and cotton cloth anyway. However, after arriving, Sauron realized how huge and wealthy the Ming Dynasty was.

"Small business?" Sauron said blankly.

Zhu Yijun said with certainty: "Yes, in the fourth year of Wanli, 1235 pieces of woolen wool were woven per day. By the eighth year of Wanli, the number of official woolen factories increased from one to three, and 45 pieces of woolen wool were woven per day, with an annual output of Pi, it sounds like you want me to pay half of the wool at once, but that’s not how the account is calculated.”

"In the first six months, the three official woolen woolen factories can weave 1600 pieces per day, and next year they will be able to weave at least pieces per day."

Sauron thought for a moment, and then gave up. He didn't understand why Emperor Ming made such thoughtful suggestions. Was Emperor Ming really a good person?

This is a long-term business, but if this business lasts for five or ten years, this amount of business is simply not enough.

Zhu Yijun only met him once, so he really didn't have much impression.

Zhu Yijun followed suit and made a proposal in a serious manner, like a devil's whisper.

The output of woolen and cotton materials in the Ming Dynasty will increase at a terrifying speed, because the Ming Dynasty has just recovered the Hetao. Similarly, the Ming Dynasty has opened the Strait of Malacca, and cheap cotton from the Mughal Kingdom will continue to flow into the Ming Dynasty.

"Saint Cindy, she is living a good life." Zhu Yijun replied very confidently.

About 10% of people in the West do not have body odor, and another 10% do not need to remove their hair every year. Cindy has both. The reason why she can be elected as a saint is of course related to her purity. Innocence and cleanliness, without irritation. Nose odor, no need to remove hair every year.

Zhu Yijun heard this and said gently: "Of course, you are the buyers after all."

Compared with wool and cotton, which are more rare, they can become global commodities if they meet three necessary conditions. This is a global commodity proposed by Wan Shihe to promote the healthy development of maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty. Woolen products are limited by wool production. , or the plunder of cotton, is more direct and clear.

"A huge wave of cotton flooded into England, destroying all the handicraft workshops in England!"

"A piece of woolen cloth weighs forty feet, but only twelve taels of silver; two hundred thousand pieces of woolen cloth, only two hundred and four hundred thousand taels of silver; a piece of cotton cloth, only twenty taels of silver; three hundred thousand pieces, but only six hundred thousand taels of silver , you only have three million silver worth of goods in total."

Several figures quickly flashed through Zhu Yijun's mind, all of them were envoys sent by Taixi. After searching, he shook his head and asked, "Who is Cindy?"

Zhu Yijun proposed this, of course, to help Felipe II save money!
By the way, cultivate Taixi’s habit of using cotton cloth and cultivate the market.

Zhu Yijun's offer was already a shady one. The best blue and ocher Songjiang cloth from the Ming Dynasty was priced at one cent and five cents per bolt, so Zhu Yijun quoted two silvers per bolt.

The last time the Ming Emperor's credential threatened Felipe II not to annex Portugal, otherwise he would impose punitive tariffs. This is one of the reasons why Felipe II no longer insists on annexing Portugal.

Zhu Yijun kept his word, and if he dared to make random arrangements, he would definitely be castrated. He couldn't keep his word, but Ligas was still somewhat submissive.

"Why did the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty propose to replace woolen cloth with cotton? Is it good for the Ming Dynasty?" Solon asked directly about Legas. Matteo Ricci couldn't count on it. Now Ricci is in a daze every day. Damn it, I'm going to become a Taoist priest soon.

The reason why the market needs to be cultivated is that once the Malacca Strait becomes unblocked, a large amount of cotton from the Mughal Kingdom will flow into the Ming Dynasty, and the production of cotton cloth will increase rapidly, so the market must be cultivated as early as possible.

"As Spain on the back of a sheep, you know that the scale of woolen production is mainly restricted by the supply of raw materials, and the Ming Dynasty has just taken over Beilu and carried out captive breeding."

Woolen cloth is always not enough, because Ming Dynasty is exploring Suiyuan and Liaodong, especially Liaodong. If you can have a coat weighing six or seven pounds with leather on the outside and velvet on the inside, it will be enough to survive the cold and long winter.

Later generations always joked that the trade between Portugal, Spain and the Ming Dynasty was tribute trade. This was naturally a joke, but in the hands of Zhu Yijun, it became a reality step by step.

"That's good." Sauron replied nonchalantly.

"Saint Cindy, Cindy Celia, a musician." Sauron said dullly. Could it be that he changed his name?
Felipe II's attack on Portugal made the Ming Emperor very angry, so he sent a saint as a gift to appease the emperor. In Zhu Yijun's view, this gift was without sincerity, even if it was to buy a few more ships!

"Actually, this is what I think. If you spend a small amount of money to do big things, you can exchange 200,000 pieces of woolen cloth for 200,000 pieces of cotton cloth. In this way, with 500,000 pieces of cotton cloth, wouldn't it mean that you can get enough goods with less money? , can this also realize Felipe II’s idea? Use a large amount of cheap cloth to attack England’s handicraft factories! Three million silver can buy 1.5 million pieces of cotton, which can fill the entire London!”

At this point, Sauron completely understood why the Ming Emperor said that robbing is worse than planting. For Ming, this was indeed the case. With a huge population and large-scale production, Ming was indeed robbing than planting.

These days, when productivity is underdeveloped and materials are not abundant, many people only have one or two pieces of clothing, which are easily worn out.

The only supplier that could satisfy Felipe II's appetite was Daming, and Felipe II had no choice.

And really speaking, it's not expensive at all. With so many things, the total cost is less than 3 million silver.

Feng Bao whispered quickly into the emperor's ear, Cindy Celia, now a laundry maid, has been washing clothes in the Washing Bureau for two years...

"Dear Your Majesty, allow me to think for a while and then give you an answer. I need to understand the key." Sauron did not immediately determine how to buy it. It was too tempting to get more cotton at a cheaper price. People.

"Your Majesty, may I ask how Saint Cindy is doing?" Seeing that the official conversation was over, Sauron asked about one person, Cindy.

Felipe II had no other choice because he could not find a second supplier.

Even woolen woolen cloth is not easy to wear out. Zhang Juzheng's python pattern crane cloak is made of worsted woolen cloth and is still as new as ever after several years. The four-clawed golden dragon is still lifelike. Qi Jiguang has a large cloak given by the emperor in the third year of Wanli. He could still use it when he followed Qi Jiguang in his southern and northern campaigns.

No matter how you look at it, the Ming Emperor was not a good person.

"If you have to buy woolen cloth, it's not impossible." Seeing that Sauron didn't agree or urge him, Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry. If it couldn't be done, he went on a naval expedition and set up cannons on the coastline to fight for free trade.

Sauron knew that Felipe II's plan had failed, and the wise Emperor Ming heard the sound of Felipe's plan in Beijing.

Isn't it just by turning a deaf ear and subtly influencing the emperor to allow the missionaries from the West to preach? While collecting intelligence, he would translate Ming Dynasty's books and increase the influence of the Holy See?

"Isn't it just a small business?"

In Lin Fucheng's theory of freedom, he first proposed that scale is an advantage. A larger scale spawns a more mature industrial chain and more efficient transportation efficiency, which means lower costs and higher profits, and more profits are commodities. Advantage.

But cotton is different. Plain and low-quality Songjiang cotton will wear out in one to two years at most. Even the best Songjiang cotton and Suzhou cotton have a lifespan of three years.

Zhu Yijun finished his work and chose to leave. He hoped that Sauron would make the right choice and that Legaz's bell would be saved again because he did not add any extra details to the Latin travel notes.

Legas said with great certainty: "Yes, the Ming Dynasty is expanding northward, and the emperor naturally hopes that more woolen materials will be kept in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the two hundred thousand pieces you mentioned are still enough, and as far as cotton is concerned, the Ming Dynasty's Production will further increase.”

"There is a machine called a steam engine in the Ming Dynasty. If you get permission, I can accompany you to see it. This thing will greatly increase the output of cotton textile manufacturing."

Ligas took a deep breath, walked out of the door, looked around, closed the door, looked up at the roof, and after making sure that no one was there, he took out a few books from the deepest bookcase in the study room. He said: "I have translated the Theory of Contradiction, Theory of Public and Private Affairs, Theory of Production and Theory of Class Volume 1, and several volumes of Theory of Freedom. I will not take them with me if I can't take my travel notes home with me. Please be sure to take these books back with you."

"What is this?" Sauron frowned, realizing that the matter was not simple, Li Yashi was actually so solemn.

These days, Legas is not just playing with the red-haired fan and the golden-haired fan. He is translating this series of Ming Dynasty's most important speculations. He does it very covertly and covertly. In order to paralyze Ming Dynasty, he even started to translate it in front of His Majesty. The purpose of bowing one's head is to show one's submissiveness.

"This is my last gift." Legas handed over these books and said clearly: "Be sure to keep them well and don't lose them."

"Oh!"

The closed door was opened, and Zhu Yijun appeared in front of it. He swaggered in and said with a smile: "I left a jade pendant. Why don't you look for it? Ah, what is this here?"

Zhao Mengyou's figure flashed and he took the translated text in his hand.

Zhu Yijun said that Legas was never a traitor to the West. He loved the land that gave birth to him very deeply.

These translated books are ironclad proof!

"I deserve death for my crime!" Ligas was frightened. This time he was sent to prison, and the only way out was death. He couldn't even save his children. He never expected that His Majesty would come back with a fight.

Tiqi was a street clearing professional and had a special rear guard. When he saw Li Yashi sneaking around, he informed His Majesty. Zhu Yijun came back with a non-existent jade pendant and saw this scene.

"I want to see if you have said anything bad about me! Convict you again!" Zhu Yijun opened the translated Latin versions of various books, read them for a long time, and found that they did not say anything bad about him.

Emperor is the special word Caesar in Latin. Zhu Yijun can probably search for the key information at a glance. There is no arrangement. On the contrary, in these books, the Ming Emperor is almost as omnipotent as the god of Taixi.

Legas almost turned into a flatterer like Wan Shihe.

"Administrative power is not omnipotent. Your descriptions are exaggerated." Zhu Yijun gave important instructions to the translation. It can be translated, but it exaggerates the role of the emperor.

Legashi bowed his head and said with a trembling voice: "What I see is that administrative power is omnipotent."

Sauron looked confused next to him. What happened? Why did Legaz plead guilty and why was he so frightened? "I deserve to die." Ligas kowtowed again, hoping that His Majesty could forgive him.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "No courtesy."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Ligasi thought he was hallucinating, and His Majesty let him go so easily? In his opinion, this was one of the core secrets of the Ming Dynasty, the culmination of the Ming Dynasty's philosophy. Why did he let him go so easily?

"I never said that you can't translate these." Zhu Yijun said, holding a few books in his hand: "You can translate them. Originally, these are publicly published books."

Zhu Yijun never thought of banning these social science works, because all social science works only have standpoints. This is the essence of social science, to study problems from a certain standpoint.

The validity of these works depends entirely on the standpoint of the person who reads them.

"I am being shallow." Ligasi seemed to understand what His Majesty meant, and said again with fear and fear. The most stupid thing about this matter is that he hid it from Your Majesty. It seems that this kind of behavior cannot be seen in the light. He should treat it with a villain's heart. The belly of a gentleman.

Zhu Yijun said with emotion: "But Special Envoy Li, have you ever thought that these things may be useful to you in Ming Dynasty, but if you are in Taixi, besides being labeled as heretics and burned, do these books have any use?" ?”

Nowadays, Taisi is at the end of the feudal system and has not even broken the shackles of religion. It is too early to discuss these things. Not only is it too early, it may even cause great harm to Taisi.

The enfeoffment system and slavery are almost bound together. The farmers under the enfeoffment system are actually serfs, but there are only a small number of homesteaders.

"In my opinion, this is the kind of fire that lights up the darkest fire. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, as a Thai, I should take it back and try to illuminate it." Legaz replied with great conviction.

"You want to be Prometheus the Fire Stealer, but I am not the moody Zeus, so just take it." Zhu Yijun put the book on the table, smiled at Legas and said: "They are really important to Taixi. It’s useless. This is the result of Ming Dynasty’s great political speculation, and it only applies to Ming Dynasty.”

"I respectfully send you off to your Majesty." Ligasi bowed his head again to send him off respectfully.

Zhu Yijun thought Li Yashi was doing something secretly. It turned out that the translation of such works was contradictory. It was not Zhu Yijun who underestimated Tai Xi. These things were all born on the basis of Ming culture. What could Tai Xi do with them?
Legas was full of passion, but it was all in vain.

Zhu Yijun really left this time.

Sauron was extremely serious about these books, but after reading a few pages, he felt sincerely confused. What kind of contradictory yet unified existences were they talking about? !
Looking at Sauron's look, Legas sighed after all, knowing that His Majesty the Emperor was right. This thing had not been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and was deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty culture. It is really difficult to understand it.

If you can't read it, you'll just throw it into the trash if you take it back to Tessie.

Nowadays, various Protestant doctrines are breaking through the shackles of the Holy See in Tessie. Tessie has not yet broken away from the shackles of the Holy See. If you want to understand these, you don't know how long it will take.

After Zhu Yijun returned to Tonghe Palace, Feng Bao asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you want to give Legas to..."

If you dare to steal Daming's things, be prepared to die.

"Do you think a person who can even betray the land where he was born and raised has any value?" Zhu Yijun waved his hand. If Li Yashi didn't steal, Zhu Yijun would look down on him. That is the land where the traitor of the second minister even lives. Anyone who can betray anyone can betray everything.

Hong Chengchou, as a first-class official and governor of the Ming Dynasty, surrendered to the Tatars. Later, after the Tatars unified the country, they did not give Hong Chengchou any good looks. They directly included Hong Chengchou in the Biography of the Second Minister and scolded him endlessly. Even Hong Chengchou When the Qing Dynasty attacked Jiangnan, they persuaded Jiangnan to surrender.

The traitor is like this, no one will look down upon him.

Zhu Yijun said as he walked: "On the other hand, the land of Taixi will probably fail his hard work. If Taixi can understand Legas' travel notes clearly, it is already blessed by his ancestors."

Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, sent the roster. The army had returned in triumph, and it was time to choose the concubines. Empress Dowager Li's decree sternly warned against the inaction of the Ministry of Rites.

As the envoy of flowers and birds, Feng Bao opened the twelve scrolls in sequence, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, every one of the one hundred and eight people is innocent."

They have all been strictly reviewed and there will be no problems. Each has its own beauty and characteristics.

"If Your Majesty wants to choose beauties from all over the world, there are still seventy-two here." Feng Bao pointed to another stack of scrolls, with everything you need for you to choose from.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty finally did something that an emperor should do again!

"How about accepting all these beauties from all over the world? Your Majesty, there is no need to be a concubine anyway, just treat them as palace maids." Feng Bao put forward a very constructive suggestion. If there are more than 70 beauties, whoever he catches will be allowed to sleep with him. .

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand and motioned to Feng Bao to take away the portrait of the beauty from all over the world.

"These sisters are wonderful, but after thinking about it, I decided not to give it up. The sisters are of the same mind, and if they become ambitious and the girl has a pure mind, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cope with it." Zhu Yijun first looked at the blooming twins. .

It is true that Queen Wang has a pure mind, but is Queen Wang really easy to deal with? Feng Bao doesn’t think so.

The queen is a thousand years old and has a delicate heart. She wants means and means. The reason why the harem has been so quiet for so many years is entirely due to the queen, the master of the harem, to keep her in check.

"Your Majesty is right." Feng Bao put away the flowers and cut them into pieces.

After showing one hundred and eight scrolls one by one, Feng Bao waited for His Majesty's decision.

"Just these two." Zhu Yijun selected two that he liked. One was Guo Yunyao, the daughter of Guo Shun, a hundred households in Shunyi. Her biggest characteristic was that she could ride a horse and had a heroic appearance. The other one was named Wang Xiyue, who came from In the Jiangnan water town, it looks quite gentle.

After Zhu Yijun finished selecting the beauties, he began to review the memorials. Two memorials caught Zhu Yijun's attention. One was Ling Yunyi, the governor of Shandong and Henan. It talked about the Henan issue, clearing the governor, census of Dingkou, abolition of humble status, establishment of engineering corps camp, Establishing official factories and returning farmland is a complete set of combinations. Ling Yunyi saw the tricks and continued to implement administrative orders. After the Emperor's Ten Kings City was repaired, it could be rolled out throughout the province.

The other memorial is a dense one and comes from Shi Maohua, the governor of Shaanxi. Shi Maohua mentioned a place that the Ming Dynasty had almost forgotten, the Seven Guards of Guanxi.

The end of the Hexi Corridor is Jiayuguan. As long as Jiayuguan is there, nothing will happen to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang established seven gates outside Jiayuguan: Hami, Shazhou, Anding, Quxian, Atuan, Handongzuo, and Chishenjin. Wei, managing the Western Region.

(Kansai Seven Hamid Guards, Turpan Khanate)

During the Zhengtong years, Wala continued to conquer the south and the north, and the Taishi also took the lead, substantively occupying all these places. Under the influence of the promotion of culture and martial arts, and the actuarial wind, the Ming Dynasty continued to shrink, and finally formed the current situation.

In the fifth year of Jingtai, he was first killed by his subordinate Alazhiyuan. The Turpan Kingdom took advantage of the situation and annexed Hamiwei. In the 24th year of Jiajing, Hamiwei broke away from the Turpan Kingdom and became an independent kingdom. In the year he began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has opened up the sea, the economic center has completely shifted to the southeast. The ancient Silk Road no longer has camel bells ringing. The Ming Dynasty's request for the northwest region is nothing but nothing.

The Seven Guards of Kansai were completely abandoned due to the combined force of political, economic, military and other factors. It seems that as long as Jiayu Xiongguan is there, the northwest will be safe and sound. The situation seems to be the same. The countries in the Western Region are very weak. We can only look forward to the Jiayu Xiongguan with excitement, and the products in the Western Region are not rich, and trade is declining day by day.

Shah Maimaiti came to the Ming Dynasty along the Western Silk Road. After entering the customs at Jiayuguan, he traveled for a year before he could meet the saint. He even learned Chinese. After the interview, Shah Maimaiti finally chose Sea trade, even if the war is in the Strait of Malacca, sea trade will be chosen because sea trade has a larger carrying capacity and is faster.

Shi Maohua, the governor of Shaanxi, asked the Ming Emperor if he intended to reopen the Western Regions.

When China was strong and powerful, it always covered the northwest.

Shi Maohua believes that without the Western Regions, the Hetao cannot be defended. Only with the Western Regions, the Hetao is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is possible to cultivate a large number of cavalry and cultivate mobile power for field battles, instead of relying on the Mughal Kingdom. Over the past dynasties, the Central Plains has When it was strong, the Western Region was under the control of the Central Plains.

Shi Maohua used nearly a thousand words to discuss the importance of the Western Regions, listing a dozen reasons in total.

These words were already said during the Jiajing period when they were debating the restoration of Hetao. As long as there is no barrier from the Western Regions, the heart of Hetao will be directly exposed to the enemy. Although it can be defended, it will become a huge wound for the Ming Dynasty. , the bleeding continued, even in the Tang Dynasty, after the Western Region was gone, the Loop was lost immediately.

Although Zhu Yijun always criticizes the actuarial trend and abandons land, this is indeed a matter of actuarial calculation. It is much more cost-effective to reopen the Western Region and bleed blood in the Hetao.

To recover the Hetao, it is necessary to open up the Western Region again. This is inevitable. There is no such thing as doing things half-heartedly here in Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun picked up the dense tree, thought about it, and replied: "The newly planted willows will be planted three thousand miles away, attracting the spring breeze to Yuguan." ]
The interesting thing about Shi Maohua's dense book is that Shi Maohua spent a long time telling the Ming Emperor that there were mines in the Western Regions!
This was something that was not mentioned during the Jiajing period when they were talking about the restoration of the Western Regions and the re-opening of the Western Regions. But this time Shi Maohua spent a lot of space telling His Majesty that there are mines here. For example, gold mines were mined in the Altai region in the Western Han Dynasty, and there are a large number of Iron mines and other mines, "Historical Records·Huo Shi Biography" and "Historical Records·Tianguan Shu" both contain the technique of searching for dragons and dividing gold, using experience to identify the terrain and landforms, find Miao Yin, and then search for Dalongs. There are also records of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions Iron-making official factory.

Mine veins will indeed attract the Ming army, Shi Maohua is really good at reading people!
Zhu Yijun used nearly a thousand words in his reply to Shi Maohua. He mainly analyzed the difficulties of reopening the Western Regions from the perspective of the court. This needs to be overcome by the court and local governments together. This is the advantage of being close, as it allows private communication. , Yan Guan didn’t know the content at all, so naturally he couldn’t force Lai Lai, and Shi Maohua knew many issues much better than Yan Guan.

"The French envoy, Gillian Robert, is in front of the Tonghe Palace, requesting an audience." A small yellow door hurriedly walked in.

"Xuan."

Jillian has been communicating with the officials of the Seiyi Pavilion, hoping to meet the Holy Spirit to present her credentials. The Ministry of Rites finally reported the matter, and this summons was held.

Gillian had obviously dressed up carefully and familiarly. She appeared in front of the emperor in full dress, lifted up her dress, kowtowed three times and said in broken Chinese: "Greetings to your Majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty."

Gillian is a very cold beauty, Zhu Yijun does not deny this, but when she is not in the harem, when dealing with government affairs, Zhu Yijun has no gender at all in her eyes, it is all calculation. This is the passivity of a political creature.

Queen Mother Catherine probably planned to use a beauty trap to gain some benefits, so she carefully selected such a beauty, but Catherine obviously made a miscalculation.

The credentials of France and England are the same. There are four books in French, Latin, Spanish and Italian. Zhu Yijun can understand Latin. The Queen Mother almost used a pleading tone, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could More eyes are looking at France. France is a powerful country with a population of 1200 million, twice that of England.

The letter of credence also made it clear that Jillian was a carefully prepared gift.

"Honey traps are of no use to me, because I have someone I love and something I love." Zhu Yijun looked at Jillian and said with a smile, "It's better to talk about business. If France is willing to import cotton, we will bring a large amount next time. Cotton goes to France.”

The reason why the beauty trap didn't work for Zhu Yijun was because Zhu Yijun had already won it once.

This girl Wang Yaozhuo was sent to the palace by Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng did not do it to achieve any ulterior purpose. Instead, he kept Wang and Queen by His Majesty's side, always reminding His Majesty that His Majesty's subjects are still eager to Looking forward to, waiting for, the emperor will exercise his power to save all the people from the fire and water.

(End of this chapter)