Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 417: I want to exchange this message for 1 pounds!
The boat people were grateful for Guan Daguan's kindness.

In just 6 days, the Guangdong Navy recruited 4000 boat people.

Simultaneously,

The women and children of the Tanka people rowed their boats in groups into the Pearl River Estuary and anchored at Dahushan Island.

Under the Dahushan Fort,

Countless dilapidated fishing boats were connected together, and the boat people walked briskly on them as if they were walking on flat ground.

According to the prior agreement,

The men’s salaries were directly delivered to their families, who rowed small boats to buy rice, flour, salt, and all kinds of daily necessities.

The Cantonese people don't like these boat people.

However, it did not affect mutual transactions. One party exchanged grain, vegetables, fruits and meat for the other party's silver and fish.

……

Hundreds of Cantonese gentry were invited to visit the Governor's Office.

Governor-General Yilhang and Provincial Governor Zhao Shisheng gave these people enough face, hoping that they would come forward to organize militia based on clans, with prestigious people in the clan serving as the leaders of the militia.

However, the militia commander of each state and county must be a bannerman from the city.

The gentry agreed without hesitation and formed a militia, which was what they wanted most.

The entire city of Guangzhou was shrouded in an atmosphere of anxiety.

Prices are rising every day~
Firstly, it was the influence of winter wind and snow, and secondly, the war was approaching.

Everyone exchanged their surplus money for daily necessities. As for the upcoming Spring Festival, no one cared much.

……

This snowstorm covered many provinces from south to north.

Li Yu stood outside the window.

Once again, I feel sad about the unpredictable weather and how vulnerable people are in the face of the cruel nature.

10 days ago,

The Iberian Governor-General in Manila sent a fleet of four merchant ships loaded with lead, tin, saltpeter, sugar, spices, a small number of war horses, and some slaves.

The team was led by Don Quixote, the Governor's cousin.

The total value of the goods was converted into 23 taels of silver.

At the same time, he purchased silk, tea and porcelain from the State of Wu, equivalent to 45 taels of silver.

This means that the Iberians lost 22 taels of silver on this trip.

but,

The bright smile on the face of the Governor's cousin spoke volumes.

This batch of goods was resold in Manila at double the price and was sold out immediately.

If we take the trouble to ship it back to Europe for sale, and God forbid the ship sinks on the way, the profit will be 5 times.

……

In the official words:

The Governor of Manila attached great importance to friendly commercial exchanges with the State of Wu and hoped to monopolize Wu's export commodities such as tea, silk, and porcelain.

Li Yu appreciated the vision of the Governor-General and promised to actively promote the maritime trade between the two countries. Wu State has always adhered to equal multilateral trade and treated merchants from all countries equally.

This response,

Obviously this was expected by the Iberians.

Don Quikinde then proposed that he and three of his subordinates were willing to stay as informal envoys.

Li Yu had no objection to this.

They were allowed to purchase three acres of land on the banks of the Huangpu River in Songjiang Prefecture and build a trading house.

Don Quikinde was flattered and realized that he had discovered a huge gold mine. In his excitement, he even knelt down in public and took off Li Yu's boots in person to express his submission.

The colonists knew that

How difficult it is to get permission to build a house and stay for a long time in this land of the Far East. It is much more difficult than meeting and opening a countess at a cocktail party in Paris!
……

When Don Quixote cautiously asks if this building could be a church?

Li Yu smiled and told him:
I respect freedom of belief, but missionary work should be based on the principle of reciprocity.

Iberia can build churches in Wu, and Wu should also build Buddhist temples, Taoist temples and nunneries on Iberia's land.

Therefore,
It would be best for the Governor of Manila to send someone to consult the country first and obtain approval from the king and the Pope.

Don Quikinde was stunned and the construction of the church was temporarily put on hold.

Everyone knows it tacitly~
……

He also wrote to urge his cousin to come up with better and more goods as soon as possible to demonstrate the strength of the "formerly invincible kingdom."

First come first served, strike while the iron is hot.

To prevent Dutch counterparts from stealing business.

In Southeast Asia, the Dutch East India Company has considerable financial strength.

For a long time,

In the field of trade in Southeast Asia, it firmly suppressed the East India Companies established by Saxon, Iberian, Portuguese, Frankish and other countries.

but,

The internal management of the Dutch East India Company was close to collapse, and all employees were frantically using this big ship to make gold and silver for themselves.

They don't care about anything else but the shiny gold coins.

Once the news spread,

Dutch merchant ships would gather off the coast of Jinshanwei like sharks smelling blood.

……

Time flies,

The Iberian and Dutch colonists no longer had any imperial ambitions or the stars and the sea in their eyes, only gold, gold to put in their own pockets!
The nobles of the Saxon Kingdom still have ideals in their eyes.

Bengal region, Kolkata.

The Governor-General of India, Earl Adelaide, who seldom went out, rode in an inconspicuous carriage and quietly arrived at the harbor away from everyone's sight.

The market was noisy and smelly.

But the fat governor had no complaints and looked solemn.

There were also two shareholders of the East India Company in the carriage.

……

The sides of the "Lion" were filled with sailors armed with muskets, on high alert.

The Governor and his entourage paddled a small dinghy and climbed the rope wall to the deck. After revealing their identities, they were led by the sailors into the dirty cabin below.

"Vice-Envoy Staunton, are you playing a trick on a count?"

"My apologies, Lord Adelaide. I have to hide my secrets because I have a secret that will affect the next 100 years."

Adelaide's anger turned into joy in an instant.

As a hereditary noble, he suddenly had a strong association. Could it be~
Staunton continued:
"I'm sure you've heard that the delegation encountered a despicable massacre in the East, and Viscount Macartney sacrificed his life for the kingdom."

Adelaide looked appropriately sad.

The death of a noble always makes me feel a little sad. It is a feeling that is hard to describe.

……

"Your Excellency, please take a look at this document, the Saxon-Dawu Comprehensive and Equal Commercial Alliance."

Adelaide's expression instantly went out of control. She eagerly unfolded the document and read it word by word.

The two shareholders also stretched their necks.

"Is it the southern Han Chinese resistance army of the Qing Empire?"

"Yes, they control almost all the production areas of tea, silk, and porcelain, and advocate friendship and reciprocal trade with Europe."

"The Qing Empire has great military potential, and the outcome of the war is unpredictable."

"No, sir. Wu has built an army of about 100,000 people equipped with firearms, especially artillery, and has repeatedly defeated the main force of the Tatars on the battlefield. They are not a nomadic tribe like the Dzungars, they are an emerging country with industrial capabilities and agricultural resources."

Adelaide nodded slightly.

"Congratulations, Mr. Staunton. The gentlemen of London will cheer you."

Si Dangdong bowed slightly and said reservedly:
"Your Excellency, I would like to exchange this information for 1 pounds or a small amount of company shares."

……

Adelaide exchanged glances with the two shareholders behind him.

laughed:

"1 pounds and my personal friendship."

"May our friendship last forever. You know, I need some money to smooth over my connections with the upper classes and to buy a reporter's quill when I return to London."

Unfortunately,
At this time, the cabin was missing a band and a Scottish man in a plaid skirt.

Staunton showed no shame in asking for £3.

There is no contradiction between expanding the territory of the empire and achieving one's own career.

……

Governor Adelaide watched the Lion leave the harbor.

Said softly:

"Time is money. Within seven days, I want to see an unprecedented fleet sailing to the East. Indian cotton is unsalable, and Wu State happens to need cotton. This must be God's arrangement."

"As you wish, Your Excellency."

The two shareholders were all grinning from ear to ear, as this year's dividend must be an astonishing figure.

This year, all the princely states have a bumper cotton harvest. However, the world cotton market has undergone major changes:

In addition to Citigroup's 13 states,
Cotton is also grown in Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, Barbados, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Islands, and countless unknown small places.

Because the profit from growing cotton is three times that from growing grain.

Colonists from various countries invested frantically in cotton plantations.

What a terrifying prospect it would be if all the fertile land in the world was planted with cotton.

……

As a well-informed aristocrat in charge of such a huge company, Adelaide has sensed the crisis - the market for cotton raw materials is almost saturated.

Consumers across Europe cannot digest so many cotton products.

unless,

It can make the workers whose average life expectancy is less than 30 years old earn 5 times more, cover themselves with cotton quilts, lie on cotton sheets, and wear cotton clothes.
But this is impossible.

……

Adelaide felt the £1 was well spent.

Taking advantage of the fact that the market had not yet completely collapsed, they dumped cotton raw materials to the East in exchange for precious tea and silk.

Oh, right,
Since the King of Wu is keen on all kinds of machinery, we will sell him the latest water-powered spinning jenny, looms, cotton cleaning machines, carding machines, winding machines, and dyeing machines.

Complete set!

Export at low price!

Adelaide is not stupid.

He believes that exporting textile machinery will not lead to technology leakage.

in contrast,

This would cause the State of Wu to suffer from a kind of "cotton addiction" and it would have to continuously purchase raw materials from the East India Company.

……

He would also try his best to satisfy all the goods that Wu desired.

to this end,

He even went so far as to directly replace the active ship-borne guns, howitzers, quadrants, gun aiming devices, and war horses from the "company mercenaries" and sell them to the State of Wu.

The company must bring out the best goods and put a brick in the gap of the rare door of the ancient oriental country.

Let this door be open all year round~
profit!

profit!

Still profit!

The East India Company cares about nothing but profit!
All Adelaide needs to do is keep the company's performance going and let its own shareholders lobby Downing Street and Buckingham Palace.

……

Suzhou Prefecture, Daoqian Street.

"Your Majesty, the princess is here."

The timid Wang Zhenyi untied her slightly worn cloak and walked in slowly.

The whole person looked slender and thin, and his face had a paleness that looked abnormal.

She bowed her head, bent her knees and said:

"I pay my respects to your majesty."

Li Yu looked carefully.

This woman's eyes looked a little dull and dazed, her golden hairpins hit her face when she walked, her breasts were not very majestic, and even a little barren.

He already possesses the qualities of a 7-point academic master.

I feel a little relieved~
……

"I summoned you here, do you know why?"

"Folk girls don't know."

Wang Zhenyi blushed slightly and looked a little unnatural.

Obviously, she lied.

Hey, woman.

Li Yu stared at her seriously and said:

"I think that in addition to the cultural heritage of poetry, books and articles, Guo Jia should also develop practical science and technology, so as to enrich the country and strengthen the army. What do you think?"

"I agree. The Wang family has been farming and studying for generations. They have served as officials and doctors. They deeply understand how difficult it is for ordinary people to survive in this world."

"it is good."

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief; the taste was right.

……

"I want to bring peace to the world, so I promote new learning, that is, practical science and technology. I heard that you are proficient in astronomy, the study of things, mathematics, and medicine. Therefore, I summon you to the palace to show those who study science and technology in the world that the court is determined to value science and technology and talents."

Wang Zhenyi was in a panic and twisted her fingers wildly.

"The common girl Pu Liuzhi~"

"There are so many beauties in my palace, and I took you in not for temporary pleasure, but for the happiness of the people of the world. You can walk around the palace and sort out the manuscripts in your spare time." Li Yu said righteously, "You can send the manuscripts to me for reading and study. If there are any good points, I will promote them. If there are no results, I will punish you."

"Mama Rong."

"The servant is here."

"Place it."

……

Looking at the hurried figure leaving, Li Yu smiled.

Crush, pure crush.

The reverse mental crushing of the top students by the poor students.

The bewildered Wang Zhenyi was temporarily appointed as a court lady after meeting Queen Hu Ling'er.

Simultaneously,

The Wu government publicized the news.

Let all the people under your rule know that there was a woman who was taken into the palace by Your Majesty just because she understood the "Pythagorean Theorem", and has enjoyed endless wealth and honor since then.

The storytellers who cooperated with the Propaganda Department played a great role in spreading this matter.

There are too many illiterate people in this era.

Word of mouth is the way to go.

Ordinary people who lack entertainment in their daily lives are particularly willing to help spread such plots involving palace affairs.

……

The effect of role models is obvious~
The Science and Technology Agency has recently received hundreds of self-recommended inventions.

Among them are practical technologies such as "moving pulley block", "agricultural composting", "animal-powered seed drill", "water-powered mill", "improved plow with fine iron", and "how to make glass more transparent".

Some of these technologies are not original.
Similar principles have been introduced in obscure ancient books, but have never been applied and promoted in reality.

For this,

Li Yu commented:

I don't recognize ancient books, I only recognize real objects.

Some of these people received a generous reward, and some entered the Academy of Sciences and became official officials.

then,

It has inspired more people to rack their brains to read ancient books for inspiration, and then make inventions that can "benefit the people and improve efficiency by more than 3%."

For a time,

"Yongle Encyclopedia" and "Tiangong Exploitation" became hot-selling books.

……

Entering the twelfth lunar month,

The fighting on all sides gradually died down, but the situation in central Jiangxi Province became increasingly tense.

The Qing troops in Nangan Town who came down from Zhuguang Mountain were arrogant.

Burn, kill, rob~
The whole village would be massacred at any time.

Ma Zhongyi shouted wildly:
Once you get down the mountain, kill anyone you want.

There is no military law, no restraint, all the Hakka people in southern Jiangxi are accomplices, and this town is killing people for the imperial court!
He would also write military reports and submit them to the court to ask for rewards.

As he expected, the Wu army was concentrated at both ends of the province, with a small number of troops stationed in Pingxiang County. The rest of the cities were only able to protect themselves.

The Qing army came down the mountain only to create chaos, kill people and burn villages. They did not bring any cannons and had no intention of attacking the city.

So for the time being, neither side can do anything to the other.

……

Ma Zhongyi has been keeping a close eye on developments in the north.

meet as planned,

The troops of Zhang Liyong, the White Lotus, should come out on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month. They will start from Linjiang Prefecture and burn and kill along the Gan River all the way to the southern part of Ji'an Prefecture.

Then the two armies joined together and divided the spoils.

He fulfilled his promise and provided Zhang Liyong's troops with muskets, cotton clothes, gunpowder and other supplies.

after that,

Everyone went into the mountains and responded to each other from afar.

Be a pair of good brothers who are willing to kill and set fire.

(End of this chapter)