New Shun 1730

What Lin Min heard was not the pre-technical technology related to the light industrial revolution.

It was just a simple concept of cotton seeds.

Because the yield is half as high, the fiber is longer, and the spun cloth is finer.

This reason alone is enough for him to support the enclosure and reclamation of wasteland.

And he also knew very well that what the people in the reclamation company said was right. If not, it would be impossible to quickly replace cotton seeds. He knew very well what the countryside was like and how weak the control of the court was.

Now Liu Yu’s meaning is obviously to turn Huainan into a "cotton textile center" instead of "salt industry as the pillar industry."

Does he support this?

He supports it.

However, this is not a simple change like propping up a bottle that has fallen over.

It will take several years to plant an imported apple tree.

How many years will it take to bear fruit to change the pillar industry from salt industry to textile industry? How many things are involved in this?

How to solve the unemployment and job change caused in the middle? Who will be responsible?

The most terrible thing is what to do if the salt workers revolt?

Besides, he didn't understand, would the textile industry necessarily conflict with the salt industry?

What he wanted was for Yangzhou to continue to be the logistics center of the salt industry.

But from what Liu Yu meant, Yangzhou should not even be the logistics center of the salt industry, and should completely cut off from the salt industry.

This was a little difficult for him to understand.

Or rather, it seemed that it was not incomprehensible.

Because if the salt industry was placed in Huaibei, then where would the salt logistics center of the Huainan Salt District be?

Obviously, it was no longer Yangzhou, but Shanghai.

Because Haizhou was loaded with salt and went to Songjiang Prefecture by sea, Songjiang Prefecture would become the logistics center of the Dashun Lianghuai Salt Industry.

Haizhou was destined to be a salt-producing area, and could not be a logistics center, capital center, or commercial center.

Lin Min didn't quite understand why Liu Yu had to concentrate all the capital in Songjiang Prefecture.

"Duke, of course I support the reclamation of wasteland. You should know that I stand on your side when reclamation companies force people to death during the enclosure process."

"However, Songjiang Prefecture is already prosperous enough, and there is no need to use policies to make capital pour in."

This statement is actually a question. It sounds like Liu Yu should give him a reason to accumulate capital in Shanghai.

But Liu Yu did not give a reason, but said: "I just consider it because Huaibei has a huge advantage in drying salt. Huainan is really not suitable for drying salt, at least compared to Huaibei, whether it is climate or distance from coal-producing areas, it is not suitable."

"Since you have the world in mind, then it is always our duty to let the people eat cheap salt, isn't it?"

Lin Min thought, if you really think so, you should support the salt reform dispute in the 40th year of Wanli and support the abolition of salt tax.

Since you talk about justice but don't tell the truth, who can't talk about justice?

Just when he was about to start talking about the great cause, Liu Yu suddenly changed the subject and said, "Forget it. Salt is in Huainan and Huaibei. We'll discuss it later. As long as Lord Lin supports the continuation of reclamation, it's fine."

"When I return to Beijing, the two issues of salt reform and reclamation will inevitably be debated. When the time comes, I hope Lord Lin will speak frankly."

Lin Min smiled and said, "That's for sure. Although this matter is not in line with the king's way, it is indeed the only problem. Now the fiscal revenue of southern Jiangsu is the highest in the world, and the cotton cloth industry accounts for a large proportion. Southeast Asia and Japan are all Need cotton cloth. "

"Without such means, it is not enough to promote new cotton. Moreover, I think the reclamation company has sufficient capital, which is not comparable to small farmers."

"In addition, it can build water conservancy and dams in the future, which is also a move that benefits the people."

"Don't worry about this, Duke. I will definitely support it."

"The difference between you and me is whether to transfer all the capital in Yangzhou to Songjiang Prefecture. Abolish Yangzhou and promote Songjiang. This is the difference, not the reclamation and salt drying."

Liu Yu nodded and thanked him, thinking that this difference was huge.

There is not much time left for Dashun.

The British are ready to move, and the Jiangsu issue must be resolved before going to war with Britain.

The efforts of the previous twenty years have brought great changes to Dashun's foreign trade.

Now Dashun has reached a point where it can no longer retreat.

The court did not understand at all that Dashun's banknote issuing bank is now overseas trade, and it is not Dashun itself that controls the price of Dashun's currency, but Spain, France, and Britain. The Austrian War of Succession was a minor one. If the conflict between Austria and Prussia and between France, Spain and Britain had to be resolved, the price of silver would have to be tightened.

Just like for Dashun, there were only two options for expanding overseas trade.

Either, sell goods at home, be completely passive, use methods similar to the Thirteen Factories, monopolize the profits of overseas trade and collect money.

Or, you can only take the initiative, and if you want to do it, you must do it big, go to a decisive battle with Britain and seize the dominance of East-West trade.

There is no middle option.

There really is no middle option.

It seems that this middle option is actually very unstable, just an abnormal state in a special period.

Because Dashun has the freedom to sell.

Others also have the freedom not to buy.

Either, whether to buy or not is entirely up to others. They sell as much as they buy.

Or, whether to sell or not is entirely up to Dashun. Don't buy? If you don't buy, we will fight until you open the switch to buy.

What is the middle option?

Like now, shipping goods to Europe and engaging in smuggling? If the British win, they will definitely think about getting rid of the middlemen and become the middlemen between the East and the West themselves.

Now it is just an abnormal state during the truce period of the Austrian War of Succession. Dashun's overseas trade has reached the point where it will either advance or retreat.

Why did Liu Yu have to use iron-fisted means, almost whipping Dashun's sea merchants, forcing them to join him in wooing the Netherlands, investing in Amsterdam, and renting ports?

Because if he didn't use iron-fisted and whipped, Dashun's sea merchants would never spend this money. How good would it be to lie at home and make money?

And if he didn't do that at the beginning, even if Dashun took over Nanyang and made money from spices, it seemed to be completely the same as now. The goods that should be sold can still be sold, and the Nanyang that should be developed can still be developed on a large scale, and the profit is not low.

However, if it didn't have to go to Europe at the beginning, Dashun would be in trouble soon.

Assuming that Dashun did everything except going to Europe to contact the Netherlands, what would happen?

Dashun chose the super-speed leap forward mode in overseas expansion, especially in the expansion and development of Nanyang. And the most feared thing about this mode is that the capital is suddenly cut off.

The huge amount of silver profits flowing in from overseas are now what sustains this leap-forward expansion.

Once Europe goes to war again, the funds coming in from outside will decrease instantly.

There is a price to pay for moving forward. Southern Jiangsu, which has destroyed the original small peasant economy system, is already qualified to have a financial crisis like the one in Europe in 1720.

However, for Europe, the 20-year financial crisis was caused by an excess of money, so that people invested blindly, and a lot of bubbles were created and then exploded.

For Dashun, this financial crisis was caused by insufficient monetary capital, and the inflation immediately tightened. It was impossible to maintain the current high-speed development, and a big mess would break out.

However, the reality is that Dashun has already gone to Europe, tried to cooperate with the Netherlands, and formed an extremely wretched armed neutral alliance.

Therefore, if the First World War really broke out, before Dashun joined the war, Dashun could rely on its armed neutrality to engage in crazy smuggling to ensure that there would be no instant silver tightening.

However, this is just a life extension, and the fundamental problem is still not solved.

Once Britain wins, it will inevitably choose to regain the dominance of East-West trade.

Therefore, Dashun had no middle option, and now it could not retreat, it could only move forward.

If it took a step back, the efforts of the previous 20 to 30 years would all be in vain.

The trade dominance was taken back by Britain, and Dashun was equivalent to returning directly to the Thirteen Hongs model, where it could only sell as much as others bought.

Then the 20 to 30 years of tossing and turning were equal to playing in vain.

Dashun was different from Britain.

Britain needed the permission of Congress to start a war.

Dashun started a war, the emperor said.

There was no problem with starting a war, the key was how to ensure that after the war started, there was a strong class to support the fight to the end? Not only spiritually, but also financially, real support in real money?

The essence of this war was a decisive battle between the bourgeoisie of Dashun and the bourgeoisie of Britain.

Winning eats meat.

Losing eats shit.

So, now does the bourgeoisie of Dashun have the ability to fight the bourgeoisie of Britain?

Obviously, it is still a little short of the climate.

What should we do?

Expand the number of emerging classes, or in other words, expand the number and economic power of emerging classes that are closely related to overseas trade.

Are the big salt merchants the bourgeoisie?

Obviously.

But is it a force that Liu Yu can rely on?

Obviously not.

What benefits will these big salt merchants get from going to war with Britain? Not at all. On the contrary, because the court needs money, they may have to exploit them.

So, who will be the ones who can firmly support the fight to the end in the First World War, which will inevitably break out soon due to the Austro-Prussian conflict, the Russian-Prussian conflict, and the British, Spanish, French and Chinese colonial conflicts?

Obviously, it is those who do overseas trade, ceramics, silk, tea, cotton cloth, etc.

They will enjoy the dividends of the war at the beginning of the outbreak of World War I when Dashun did not participate in the war, and rely on the smuggling feast of the armed neutral alliance to make oil boil on the fire.

Then, they will also immediately feel the huge crisis of trade severance, ship hijacking in the middle of the journey, and goods not being able to be sold after "Shangdang returns to Zhao" and Dashun goes to war with Britain.

Only at that moment will they understand what it means that the bourgeoisie needs the motherland.

They will choose to contribute money if they have money, contribute strength if they have strength, buy if they issue national debt, and give if they requisition sailors.

Because they understand that as long as they win, all the national debts they borrowed can be repaid!

As long as they win, they can enjoy the carnival of the smuggling feast again, and it is even more beautiful than that.

A ceasefire in the middle? Impossible, no one can afford to stop the war without throwing all their wealth into it.

Is this a war between Dashun and Britain?

No, the household government will not pay a penny, even if the emperor forces them to pay, it will not last long.

Dashun will not levy three taxes for the European war, destroy its own ruling foundation, and fight for the emerging class that is not the ruling class of Dashun at all.

This is not a war in which Dashun can exert all its national strength.

This is just a war between the emerging class of Dashun and Britain. Fortunately, there are allies such as Russia, France, Austria, Spain, and the Netherlands.

If this war wants to continue, or if Dashun wants to avoid opposition, it must not use the money of the household government.

Not a penny can be used.

Therefore, Liu Yu must let more capital flow to Songjiang Prefecture and continue to expand the emerging class of Songjiang Prefecture. He did not hesitate to abolish Huai'an and Yangzhou, allowing capital to flow into Songjiang Prefecture, completing the paper currency of silver and achieving the rapid growth of the emerging class.

Build a place with an almost fully export-oriented economy, about the same size and population as the UK.

Including the cotton fields in Huainan, the plantations in Nanyang, the emerging textile industry and shipbuilding industry in Songjiang Prefecture, and the heavy industry and arms industry around the capital.

Force them to sacrifice their families to help the country, love the motherland, and pay money to fight the whole game until the winner is decided.

Force them to buy national bonds, force them to change banknotes to prepare for over-issuance, and force them to gather capital in Songjiang Prefecture to make it a real financial center for bond issuance.

And this is why Liu Yu insisted on abolishing Yangzhou and Huai'an, so that those capitals would squeeze into Songjiang Prefecture, ready to issue bonds and borrow money at that time.

Fight until there is no money.

If you win, you can pay off your debts, become a strong bastion of imperialism, force Europe to revolt, ignite the anti-feudal fire in Europe, and accelerate the Enlightenment; if you lose your revolution, you can become the pioneer fire that will inevitably be suppressed, because if you lose, the Dashun will inevitably dismantle the seriously excessive navy, refuse to pay military salaries, the sailors will revolt, the emerging class will arm themselves to demand debts, and leave behind the spark of enlightenment.