My Daming New Empire

On the contrary, with such a trade surplus, too much gold and silver flowed into Ming Dynasty, which would cause inflation instead.

Of course, it is too far to talk about these things now, because the current Ming economy is only growing wildly, and there is still a long way to go before it matures and reaches saturation.

However, if you want to control the economy of other countries, let them trade with Ming, become dependent on Ming, and indirectly control their economy, you can do it now.

But this plan was denied as soon as it was mentioned to Zhu Di. "We hope that their countries will be as poor as possible. Why should we help them develop their people's livelihood? Only when they are so poor that they can't get rid of the pot is the most beneficial time for Daming."

"Grandfather, we are not helping them, but we are helping Ming Dynasty. In a big war, we will spend 200 million taels of silver, and we may not be able to achieve results. However, as long as our economic strategy is appropriate, we can let them Become our Daming's market, our dumping ground..."

"What is a dumping ground?"

"To put it simply, let them buy our dilapidated places at a high price. They have no money, and of course they can't afford anything. But what if they have money? Then they have money to buy our things. Steel, firecrackers, cannons, etc. Of course we can’t sell them, but when we sell all the coarse cloth and precious silk we can’t wear out to them, it will bring greater benefits to our Ming economy.”

"It's not right, it's too risky. If they have money, they can build more weapons to hurt our Ming people."

Before seeing the effect, it was difficult for the ancients to figure this out.Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to take out his trump card and said: "Grandpa, think about Duoyan Sanwei, they are making coke for my Daming now, and we have given them a lot of property, but in the end they still bought goods from my Daming. Their The economy has improved a bit now, but now we have to rely on our Da Ming's face, don't we?"

Zhu Di stopped talking and began to think deeply.

Since the discovery of the Beimingshan copper mine last summer, 20 troops and [-] civilians have stayed in Beimingshan.However, apart from the Daming blasters trained by the Shenji Camp, all those mining in Beiming Mountain who were actually breaking rocks and doing coolies were serfs sent by Duoyan Sanwei and the Tatar nobles.

These serfs can earn the price of half a sheep for a day's work. Although it is not too high a huge profit, it is rain or shine, and there is no risk.

And the sheep they raised for a year may get nothing if they encounter bad weather, so anyone will settle the score.

Most of the able-bodied serfs were sent to break stones. They crushed the ore blasted by Han technicians with gunpowder, picked out the crushed stones with high copper ore content, and transported them to the stockyard.

On the other hand, Han farmers mostly received funding from the imperial court to issue a new cart, and then buy one or two rough horses on the grassland to pull the ore from Beiming Mountain to Kaiping Qianwei.

Although this journey is [-] kilometers and [-] miles, Daming insisted on pulling all the ore to Kaiping Qiantunwei for refining.In order to make the transportation faster, the first cement road that Daming is planning to build now is the road from Beiming Mountain to Qiantunwei in Kaiping, and then to Beiping.

When this road was built, the Ming Dynasty sent another army to the Mobei Grassland without even needing to conscript civilian laborers. The current copper mine service personnel alone could smoothly complete the transportation of luggage.

Although the amount of gold, silver and copper produced in Beiming Mountain is not too large to cover the cost, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the only thing that restricts production is transportation.

When the cement road is built, the output of copper will have a stage of skyrocketing.

Through the production of a copper mountain, today's Daming has completely controlled Duoyan Sanwei and half of Tatar. If this continues, it won't take a few years, and I am afraid that the entire Tatar will be attached to Daming.

So when Zhu Zhanji mentioned Beimingshan Copper Mountain, Zhu Di said with some emotion: "There is only one Beimingshan, and there are so many countries in the northwest, how can it be like Beimingshan?"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandson already has a plan. It is not Tongshan, but it is more stable and durable than Tongshan. That is to teach people from all countries in the northwest to grow cotton. And grandson also wants to ask the emperor to order, Cotton cultivation is strictly prohibited in the fertile fields south of Peiping."

"Cotton? Just this thing can make the Northwest countries bow their heads?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "The grandson heard that the emperor's grandfather is going to draft an edict and send a group of court ladies home. Why is that?"

"Of course it's because of the new loom, so we don't need too many manpower..." Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, trying to understand the logical relationship of this matter.

Whether it is Ming Dynasty or other countries, many poor people are still naked.Especially for farmers in some remote areas, in winter, the whole family can only sleep in one quilt because there is no clothes to wear.

Many children, regardless of gender, are still naked until they are seven or eight years old, not because they are anti-freeze, but because the clothes are too precious to wear.

Therefore, it is by no means that the clothing industry in Ming Dynasty is saturated, but because of the lack of raw materials of cotton, linen and silk.

The maids in the inner library were sent home because the new looms could replace more hands, but if there were more raw materials, Daming would be able to produce more fabrics.

This industry is even bigger than most people think, because clothes are consumables, and the increase in population will also increase the consumption of clothes.

Besides Daming, in other countries, this situation is even more serious, because they are poorer than Daming.

Therefore, Zhu Di, who has no lack of understanding of people's livelihood, quickly figured out the link in the middle, slapped his thigh and said: "Whether it is coercion or temptation, I will let the countries in the Northwest help me grow cotton in Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang also forgot a good thing."

"What good thing?"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Using the transportation of cotton, I, Ming Dynasty, can build a concrete road leading directly to the northwest. As long as this road is built, it will no longer be difficult to march in the northwest."

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Although Zhu Zhanji wants to strictly prohibit the planting of cotton in Daming, this matter cannot be implemented this year, because it is already August and this year's cotton has already been planted.

Moreover, before the large-scale cotton planting in Northwest China became an alternative to Daming, Daming could not just stop cotton planting.

Although Chen Cheng returned from his mission, he did not directly return to the Ministry of Officials to report to the Seal Inspection Department.After the mission accepted the assessment by the Ministry of Officials and evaluated the work of this mission, Zhu Di rewarded the mission staff as usual.

The rewards Chen Cheng received at this time were no different from others, even because he had written two books introducing the Western Regions, the rewards were relatively light.

But then, Chen Cheng was transferred by Zhu Di's imperial edict from a Yuanwailang from the fifth rank to a Langzhong in Dushuiqing Lisi Renlang of the Ministry of Industry.

From the Ministry of Officials at the head of the six ministries, to the Ministry of Industry at the end of the six ministries, although it has been promoted by one level, it cannot be said that this is a promotion.After all, the Ministry of Officials is noble and in charge of the promotion of officials, but the Ministry of Industry has to work hard.

But Chen Cheng, a doctor, just went to the Ministry of Industry to order a job, and was arranged by the Ministry of Industry to Zhu Zhanji's Xiamaqiao Farm, where he was in charge of everything in the farm.

Except for the Young Army Camp, all the power in Xiamaqiao Farm was in his hands alone.

The Department of Officials in Dushuiqing is the department of the Ministry of Industry that is in charge of estimating and selling project costs, and is in charge of manufacturing edicts and official documents.Chen Cheng's transfer made ordinary people a little confused, but it caused a burst of envy in the upper echelons of the six departments.

Everyone knows that Taisun's Xiamaqiao Farm is now the most promising development department of the Ministry of Industry besides the Jiajiang Industrial Zone.

Although most people still don't know what Taisun has set up ten research institutes at once, and what to study.But just being the grandson's closest confidant is enough to make everyone envious.

In today's imperial court, even the prince does not have as much influence as the grandson.In addition to being in charge of the navy and commanding the world's navy, the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, which has entered the Doujin today, including the Xiamaqiao Research Institute, was all set up by Taisun.

What's more, today's grandson is equivalent to taking over the Shipping Department of Ningbo City, in charge of Ming's trade with North Korea and Japan. He has money, power, people, and power.

If Taisun hadn't been out of the court's management system for a long time, I don't know how many ministers would want to hug Taisun's thick thigh.

Many people don't understand why Zhu Di would rather give his grandson so much power, but be stingy about giving his son some power.

But just think about it, whether it is the Jiajiang Industrial Zone or the Xiamaqiao Research Institute, including the Ningbo City Shipping Department with an annual income of one million taels, they all developed under Taisun's hands, and everyone can understand.

A few years ago, when the ministers distributed salaries, they still had to send servants to drive carts to receive the salaries. Most of the salaries were cloth and grain, and they had to worry about selling them off.

But since this year, in addition to the rewards from the emperor, officials' salaries have been paid in cash and copper coins, which saves most of the officials' energy.

Based on this alone, we can know how much Zhu Zhanji's contribution is.

Of course, it is not without officials who have repeatedly reported that the internal supervision is too powerful and makes too much profit. This is competing with the people for profit and is not conducive to development.

Now the emperor's internal treasury is full of goods, but the national treasury has not improved, which is really putting the cart before the horse.

But these memorials have no effect.

Zhu Di is not a monarch who follows others. Now that he has tasted the sweetness of exclusive management and has ample money, the internal supervisor can save him from financial pressure just by collecting tariffs. It is impossible for him to let go of control.