Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 386 The Best Production Technology and Machines
The embassy of the Kingdom of England in the shun angel embassy area, today is the ribbon-cutting ceremony.However, this ribbon-cutting was nothing grand. A servant came from the Ministry of Rites, which was considered a face-saving gesture, and no other characters appeared.

Harvey shook hands with the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites said: "Minister Harvey, I wish you a happy life in Daming and work hard to promote the friendly relationship between Ming and Britain. Although the two countries are thousands of miles apart, the interests of Ming are all over the world. In the world, the economy and trade between the two countries are also constantly developing, so we still have many opportunities for cooperation."

Harvey said with sincerity: "Okay, Mr. Minister, it is my honor as a diplomat to be stationed in a civilized and excellent empire like the Ming Dynasty."

This sentence is really not a pure compliment. Harvey has already felt the improvement of the quality of life in Suncheon.The current England is still a messy latrine, but Suncheon has started modern urban planning, modernized buildings are equipped with wires and circuits, and with water pipes and sewer pipes, people's lives are already very convenient.

A major focus of the work of Daming in the First Five-Year Plan is to promote the improvement of the living environment of urban and rural residents and the construction of a modern lifestyle.Harvey still remembers how shocked he was when he saw the street lights that were always on all night in Guangzhou for the first time. This is a whole city full of lights. There is no curfew here, and there are no rats hiding in the dark to steal and commit crimes. People walk freely on the streets, they go in and out of restaurants, go shopping in shops, and have various entertainment activities. It is not the nobles who enjoy this kind of life, but the ordinary Shengdou people.These little common people are also very well-off, able to spend extravagantly, taste exquisite food, and purchase all kinds of exquisite commodities.Compared with these people, the poor in England are living in hell.

In Suncheon, he even saw the peasants entering the city, although they also looked at all kinds of novel things with curiosity, but when it was their turn to spend money, the denominations of the banknotes that escaped were not small.This shows that even farmers living in the countryside are rich-this phenomenon makes Harvey unable to understand how this country is so rich.

But gradually, Harvey can be regarded as seeing some ways.In the factory areas of Yongping and Tianjin, there is black smoke, coal and ore are transported in, and various things are manufactured, and at the port of Tianjin, all kinds of goods from the south are unloaded——Commerce It is especially developed in this country, even more so than European countries.This country not only has a large population, but is also able to manufacture all kinds of goods.

Originally, porcelain, tea, silk and other products that are extremely precious in Europe were produced here. Now Harvey found that all kinds of commodities here would be quite marketable if they were brought to Europe.Harvey was a businessman before, and because he took refuge in the current King Charles II in British domestic politics, he became a diplomat through prosperity.Originally, he was going to be sent to the Ottoman Empire, but the growing influence of Eastern Daming made Prime Minister Hyde change his mind and send him to Daming instead, so that he could take a look at this country.

After the Minister of Rites left, Harvey and other British people entered their "new home".According to the diplomatic agreement between the two countries and the principle of exchange of embassies and consulates, the two countries exchanged land of equal size in Sunchon and London.The current housing prices in Shuntian are much more expensive than those in London. In order to maintain the face of the Kingdom of England, King Charles II personally funded the construction of this embassy with a strong European architectural style by a Ming Dynasty construction company.The embassy is not too large and can accommodate dozens of employees. Now Harvey's team only has 10 people, which is more than enough.

"Gentlemen, this is an exciting thing. We have finally settled down in this Eastern Empire, and our work next is also very serious. This work is more serious than we thought before, and we seriously underestimated it. At the same time, the strength of the Ming Empire was not expected to be full of opportunities in this country.”

Official Giggs said: "This is also unavoidable, Mr. Minister. After all, before we came to China, we only knew the term, heard many legends, and knew that tea was produced here, but our knowledge of her was close to None. A few of us may have read The Travels of Marco Polo, but much of it is unverifiable and hundreds of years old."

Harvey said solemnly to his colleagues: "Britain is now one of the few European countries that has a good relationship with Ming. Except for Portugal, other countries that have acquired colonies in East Asia have clashed with Ming. The Dutch, The Spaniards have failed, they lost Taiwan, Java, Luzon, almost all the land in Asia is already under the domination of this country, except for Portugal, which still retains Timor Island, which is impossible for us imagination."

Crawford, who is also a businessman, sighed: "This means that the commerce and trade in Asia is seriously dominated by the Ming Empire. They can trade with whomever they want. If anyone does not agree with them, they may be banned." Excluded. I saw the Spaniards a few days ago, although they sent people to Suncheon, but the conditions they put forward could not satisfy Da Ming, so the two countries are still in a state of war."

Harvey said: "For the time being, we don't have the ability to compete with Ming Dynasty for colonies in Asia. Commerce and trade are the most important thing we should pay attention to. But it is not a simple matter, because this country produces too many high-quality products. Commodities, and mastering the eastern sea route. We can conduct very profitable business with Daming, but basically what we produce is not popular in Daming, we have to use gold and silver to exchange for Daming’s commodities .At the same time, after the goods of Ming Dynasty arrived in England, those things that we did not produce were fine, but merchants were importing some things that we also produced in England, such as cotton cloth, leather and tools. Things are still cheaper than those produced in England, which will cause our local industries to be squeezed, and even go bankrupt. I think this is what the king and everyone do not want to see."

"I am going to suggest to Prime Minister Hyde to impose heavy tariffs on cotton cloth and other commodities from China to protect our own industry. At the same time, we must master the secret of China's ability to produce cheap commodities."

"I think we all know that Daming has the best production technology and machines!"

(End of this chapter)