The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 203 Tearing a hole in the sea ban

Population growth, whether it is the natural fertility rate or the immigrant population, is a great political achievement, and it is at the forefront of the same growth as the number of acres.

Return the peach.

Although the Chief Secretary did not support the increase of military power on the basis of the 26 Guards of Beiping, he did not vigorously obstruct it either.

Both parties win-win, each takes what they need, and there is a sense of mutual compromise.

On the opening day of the Beiping Trade Center, Shen Kui, the old slick chief secretary and the right chief minister, also attended with honor.

Zhu Gaochi walked around with Shen Kui, and what Shen Kui said was that he wanted it too.

With the rich and powerful China Heavy Industries, everything is easy to talk about, and China Heavy Industries can be profitable in any aspect of affairs.

Yuan Rong went home, and it was estimated that it would take a month or two before he could return to Peiping. Zhu Gaochi transferred Zhang Fu from the Military Household Economic Cooperative, and Ma Lin was also transferred.

The new candidate is half an old man in the military household economic cooperative. He is also from a military household and comes from Zhu Xiu, the deputy thousand household of Yongpingwei.

Zhu Xiu's behavior style is more tough, and his management is biased towards the military style. Not only did he not arouse the opposition of the military households, but he integrated quickly.

From the domestic pigs and poultry of the cooperative guards, to the cattle and sheep ordered from the Daning guards, and even the horses cooperated with the Kaiping guards, and the rare wild animals in Liaodong that the Jinzhou guards cooperated with.

One-third entered the canteen of Zhonghua Heavy Industry, one-third flowed into markets around Beiping, one-third flowed into the homes of honorable generals and officials, and some flowed into Shandong through Tianjin's wharf.

Simultaneously.

Beiping's clothing, shochu, salt, tea, porcelain, pottery, trailers, silverware, herbal kerosene lamps and other commodities flowed into the grasslands through Kaiping and Daning and joined the ranks of mutual markets.

When the North Korean mission returned from the capital, they would buy at the Beiping Trade Center and bring back a large amount of goods.

For the North Korean mission, Daming was very helpless.

The number of years was set very early, once every few years, but North Korea never obeyed the rules, and wished to come to Daming every year.

From once a few years, to once a year, to several times a year, the record of missions exceeded ten times in the highest year.

During the [-]-year period in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, the record of North Korean missions to Daming was as high as seven times a year on average.

It's not easy for Daming to refuse.

When the emperor celebrates his birthday, North Korea will send people to congratulate him; on the prince’s birthday, he will send people to congratulate him;

With such a respectful attitude, how can you refuse the kindness of others?

This time, the returning North Korean mission went even further, blatantly shopping at the trade center.

The businessmen from various families laughed from ear to ear, and regarded the North Korean mission as the God of Wealth.

The size of the North Korean mission is generally around dozens of people, and if it comes down seven times a year, it will be as small as a thousand people.

Big officials buy big, and small officials buy small.

The gentlemen of the mission know that they are not doing very well, but they can't bear it anymore. The Beiping Trade Center has a wide range of commodities and the prices are also cheap.

It is very hard for people to walk thousands of miles, okay, is it easy for them to bring some goods home and sell them for a little money?

The treasurer in charge of the Beiping Trade Center approached Zhu Gaochi anxiously, and said worriedly, "This year, the North Koreans are making too much noise. Will the officials be impeached?"

The shopkeeper is not just worrying.

In previous years, the North Korean missions were impeached when they were shopping in Beiping. When Lan Yu was alive, he also took the opportunity to say that Zhu Di had colluded with North Korea.

"The door-to-door is a customer. They have worked so hard to ship our goods back to earn a little price difference. We still earn the bulk. Such a good behavior, why stop them."

Zhu Gaochi didn't care.

The North Korean mission made purchases in Beiping, which led to Zhu Di being impeached.

Now that the grass on Lanyu's grave is several feet high, how can there be anyone who uses such a low-handed method like Lanyu.

The trick is not to belittle Sapphire.

Regardless of whether the means were noble or base, the way of doing it at that time really made Zhu Di embarrassed for a long time.

On the contrary, today's officials are talking about the rules, but they can't move Zhu Di in the slightest.

"Whether it is the native officials of Nuer Gansi or the North Korean mission, they must provide support and convenience when purchasing in Beiping. Don't take the opportunity to deliberately raise the price and dampen other people's enthusiasm for buying." Zhu Gaochi laughed.

Ming businessmen have a bad reputation in the desert and North Korea.

Because others suffer, the businessmen of Ming Dynasty take advantage.

Other people's products are not necessary for Da Ming, and he has them himself; but for Da Ming's products, others don't have them. Even though Da Ming is an agricultural country, it can crush its neighbors technically.

Under such a huge advantage, merchants in Ming Dynasty often shoddy or raised prices, while other merchants had no choice but to hold their noses and accept it.

There is nothing wrong with commercial behavior, but in the current situation of industrial development, selling more goods and selling less goods at high prices can more stabilize Daming's technological advantages, dispel the motivation of others to imitate, and create more for Daming. job opportunity.

Now that the little prince had said so, the shopkeeper no longer hesitated, and the news brought back made the merchants no longer have any scruples.

Finally, according to the statistics of the Trade Center Management Office, the North Korean mission’s purchases this time exceeded the previous ones, reaching more than [-] taels of silver.

If each trip can reach such a scale, it will cost more than [-] taels of silver seven times a year. Although it is only a theoretical statement, Zhu Gaochi is confident in making it happen.

The people in North Korea are poor, but they are just the people. The huge Yangban class is also hereditary and rich.

The population of Lee's North Korea is now in the millions, but according to the research of later generations of scholars, the hidden households of Lee's North Korea are generally more than twice the registered population.

Daming is actually the same.

According to the research of Chinese and foreign scholars, the population peak of the Ming Dynasty was at the end of the Wanli period. Based on many theories, the upper and lower limits are between [-] million and [-] million.

As for the Wanli Dynasty, the registered population of the Ming Dynasty was 6000 million, which is actually the same as that of the Hongwu Dynasty.

According to the discoveries of later generations of scholars, in the population of the Yellow Book, a person was found who lived to be hundreds of years old, which can be called a god.

Regardless of the rest, such a huge number of hidden households in North Korea are all controlled by the two classes. As long as the consumption power of the two classes is concerned, the market in North Korea is also a piece of meat.

After the North Korean mission left, Zhu Gaochi came to the Beiping Trade Center to avoid being caught by officials.

After getting the purchase statistics of the North Korean mission, Zhu Gaochi pointed out: "The transportation is very hard, you should help others solve their troubles."

The manager of the Beiping Trade Center didn't understand Zhu Gaochi's meaning, and showed a blank look.

Zhu Gaochi laughed and said: "Sea transportation is more convenient than land transportation. You can count the goods purchased by North Korea, which are the best-selling products, and transport them directly to North Korea. Wouldn't it be more convenient?"

"But the court's sea is forbidden, how dare you be happy."

"Then quietly, if you don't say it, I won't say it, if everyone doesn't say it, it won't exist anymore." Zhu Gaochi blinked.

When did businessmen become so conservative and officials so diligent?
It is troublesome to count the population. Just copy the previous ones without changing the names, and even copy them wrongly.

The sea ban in the Ming Dynasty has always been a joke. It is said to be an ancestral system, but when was it strictly enforced.

Shouting no, behind the smuggling is the support of local officials.

It was not until the rise of Zheng Zhilong at the end of Ming Dynasty that he defeated the white gloves introduced by officials and ended their century-old model.

For his own benefit, he chose to compromise and was replaced by Zhao'an, who started a new sea model.

Otherwise, there would be no production chain supply in the mainland, where would there be a large amount of goods to trade, and the sea would not produce goods and ships.

"Leaving this door, we will forget what we just said, don't say we said it, and don't use us as a shield."

Zhu Gaochi confessed, and then left the Beiping Trade Center.

He just showed his attitude.

He doesn't care about buying goods from Peiping and smuggling them.

After all, China Heavy Industry is the largest factory, and at least half of the smuggled goods come from China Heavy Industry.

As for the merchants smuggling through the sea and violating the sea ban, as long as the palace does not catch it deeply, the merchants have nothing to fear.

No businessman dares to imitate the steam engine, because the models are different, production bases and sales networks are needed, and the customers are all big customers, so they can't hide people, so they must be caught one by one.

But smuggling is different, it is inherently hidden, with [-]% profit, many businessmen dare to do it.

Many smart businessmen sent people to Jinzhou secretly, and quietly bought ships from Jinzhou Shipyard.

I was unlucky enough to encounter a ship of the Jinzhou Navy once or twice, but no one came to inspect the merchant ship, and the merchants became more and more confident.

Zhu Gaochi called Zhu Xiu.

"You recently went to Jinzhou Forest Farm." Zhu Gaochi ordered: "In the name of the military household economic cooperative."

Zhu Xiu was in his thirties, with an ordinary figure, but his eyes were piercing, giving him a sense of calmness.

He didn't rush to ask, but waited calmly for a moment.

Zhu Gaochi continued: "Take advantage of the fact that businessmen go to Jinzhou to buy ships and promote the development of Jinzhou shipyards, let the forest farm also set up a shipyard."

"It's not easy for ordinary shipyards. I'm afraid Wang Zhenli has not caught it." Zhu Xiu immediately pointed out the key point.

"For the personnel of the shipyard, Ma Wangxuan, the deputy director of the Human Resources Department, personally arranged to recruit skilled shipwrights from Shandong, and Jinzhou Shipyard will provide some technical support. Basically, there is no problem."

Zhu Gaochi explained.

"Our idea is very simple. Let the merchants go first, try to enter the water, and wait for the climate to form. After a year and a half, the Beiping government will get used to it. It just so happens that the Jinzhou Forest Farm can start to develop fisheries."

Among the great merchants of Ming Dynasty, none of the ten is pure.

Businessmen also come from the scholar class, and officials also come from the scholar class, and the two cannot be distinguished.

The Wangfu didn't participate in the smuggling, but promised not to do anything to them. For their own benefit, the merchants will naturally activate the network behind them.

When they have made a certain scale in the sea, what will happen to the Wangfu's fishing industry at that time, who would have the nerve to talk about the Wangfu.

Everyone knows the basics, and no one should say anything.

This kind of practice is called tearing a hole first in later generations, resulting in established facts and gradually forming a practice. When more people participate, no one can change it.

Ming officials are also very familiar with it, and the same is true for impeachment.

First impeach with a small matter, test the atmosphere, open the way, and then everyone will stand shoulder to shoulder, there is nothing new in the world.

(End of this chapter)