Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1529, An affluent well-off life
Nanjing, with the end of the annual leave, the start of the new year has come. On the roads leading to Nanjing, you can see many young couples in pairs or many small groups of fellow countrymen walking together. When I come to Nanjing to work here, I can even see someone riding a bicycle in a cool way from time to time, pedaling the bicycle very fast under the envious eyes of passers-by.

"What a good time!"

Sitting in the four-wheeled carriage, Liu Jin also watched this scene with a smile on his face.

Many scenes from later generations rang in my mind. The scene in front of me would appear every year and year after year. It was so similar. Perhaps the only difference was that the four-wheeled carriages on the road were replaced by cars.

Of course, there are also expressions on people's faces, which also carry the desire for a better life and expectations for the future.

It's just that later generations, because of suffering for a hundred years, started late in development, have a weak foundation, and are at the lowest end of the industrial chain, can only rely on cheap labor to earn meager hard money.

It was very pitiful when it finally fell into the hands of low-level laborers. The couple worked part-time in the city for a year, but they couldn't make much money after hard work, and they had to endure the pain of being separated from their parents and children.

For a whole generation, they sacrificed themselves, used their hard work and dedication, and finally achieved the rise of the nation and the prosperity of the country, but this generation is really suffering.

However, even after decades of development, although conditions and status have improved, involution is still serious, and high housing prices, medical care, and education still weigh down this hardworking and intelligent nation.

Even with hard work, there is still no way to live the leisurely and affluent life of Europeans and Americans.

Looking at the present now, seeing the smiles on the faces of Daming people on the road, Liu Jin suddenly felt that everything he had done was worthwhile.

Because Liu Jin thinks that only a nation as hardworking, intelligent and inclusive as the Huaxia nation is worthy of such a life and such affluence.

The current Daming people are the most powerful country in the world and are at the top of the food chain. The emerging textile industry, steel industry, shipbuilding industry, infrastructure industry, etc. are also at the high end of this era.

From top to bottom, Daming doesn't need to introvert at all, and can obtain a steady stream of huge wealth from overseas every year, and can be full from top to bottom.

The upper ruling class can obtain huge wealth, which is so huge that it is unimaginable; the middle-level factory owners, workshop owners, businessmen, etc. can also rely on their own wisdom and hard work to earn huge wealth. , It's money that can't be spent at all.

When it comes to the people at the bottom, they can also rely on their hard-working hands and hard work to earn considerable income and live a well-off life with ample food and clothing.

Calculated according to Daming's current income level, if a husband and wife work in the city, even if they are the lowest-level factory workers, the average monthly salary will be at least five taels of silver.

No way, a lot of wealth poured into Daming, allowing Daming to have the most gold, silver and wealth. Coupled with the immigration strategy that has been insisted all along, a large number of vassal states and colonies sucked a large number of people.

This caused an unprecedented shortage of people on the local side of Ming Dynasty.

This is something that has never happened before. There have always been many people and little land in the land of China. In the past, the involution was extremely serious. Everyone was fighting to cultivate the land of the landlord's family. Even though the conditions were harsh, they were still working hard. rush to plant.

All kinds of places have been reclaimed into fields as much as possible. Terraced fields are the most typical example. Turning a mountain into fields shows how tense the land is.

Perhaps only when dynasties change, after experiencing great turmoil and death, will the phenomenon of lack of people appear in the case of a large and unnatural decrease in the population.

In the middle of the dynasty, in the prosperous age, there are always many people and few lands, and it is impossible for there to be a lack of people.

But now Daming is short of people, whether it is the local two capitals and thirteen provinces, or overseas, outside the customs, there is a shortage of people everywhere, people have become an extremely precious resource, which makes Daming the world's largest slave market, every year Millions of slaves were continuously imported into Daming's overseas and customs.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, because the use and existence of slaves were strictly prohibited, this greatly exacerbated the lack of labor force, and also increased the labor price of laborers in disguise.

Five taels of silver a month, which is already the lowest salary in Daming.

This is not due to the conscience of the capitalists, or because they have too much money, and they want to charge everyone such a high price, but if you don't charge such a price, it will be difficult for you to recruit enough people.

And even if a monthly payment of five taels of silver is given, you still have to pay attention to accommodation and food. Otherwise, if you don’t eat well and live poorly, the workers will fire you and go to a factory with better treatment.

Therefore, the owners of many factories not only need to raise wages, but also must provide good accommodation and food. Send something or something.

A person's net income of five taels of silver a month is 60 taels a year, and a couple can get a net income of 120 taels of silver a year.

This is still the minimum income. If one of the two couples has a craft, such as a mason or carpenter, the income will be higher. If the two couples start a small business by themselves, the income will naturally be even higher.

The income of the two couples is 120 taels of silver a year, which is a very considerable income.

You must know that in the Beijing-Tianjin area, even if housing prices rise again and again, buying a suite with a large area of ​​more than [-] square meters only costs more than [-] taels of silver. Bought the most expensive property in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

Converted into the currency value of later generations, the average price of a flat is 100. Even if it is calculated on [-] square meters, it is [-] million, and one tenth of this is [-].

In the later generations, the two couples can have [-] yuan left after excluding living expenses every year. I am afraid that they will already crush at least a large part of the people, and they can also live a decent life.

What's more, it's Daming now.

Now, because Daming has a large enough land and is at the top of the global food chain, its products are abundant and its prices are extremely low. Whether it is food prices or other expenses, it is very small, and the money is still very valuable.

And in terms of education, new schools that don’t cost money can also pack lunch for your children, unless you want to take the imperial examination, go to private schools and academies, then you need a lot of money.

This also means that even with the same annual net income of almost [-] yuan, the people of Daming in this period live a far more comfortable life than people in later generations, and live a truly well-off life.

And in later generations, everyone is unwilling to have children, because of the great pressure, the per capita fertility rate has dropped to the lowest in the world, many of them are only children, and the number of two is not too many.

But the people of Daming are different in this matter. They have always adhered to the principle of strength in numbers. Every household has a few children, three or four less, seven or eight more, or more than a dozen. Strange, it's all normal.

Anyway, the food is cheap, the pressure is low, and they work hard. I used to worry about the population tax, but now the population tax is also exempted. The more I live, the better for myself, and I can become a small landlord if I immigrate casually.

This is the current Daming. Even ordinary workers at the bottom, as long as they work hard, they can still live a dignified life and live a well-off and happy life.

This is why Liu Jin sighed that this is a good time.

This kind of life is worthy of this hardworking and intelligent nation.

Dignity, confidence, abundance.

Think about the Europeans and Americans of the later generations. They are obviously not as hardworking as us, and they are not as hardworking as us, but they live a carefree life.

Working eight hours a day is too much. Many places work six hours. In the afternoon, I leave work early and go home to accompany my children.

This week's five-day work is not enough, and they even clamored for the implementation of a four-day work system. Counting the large and small holidays of the year, half of the time is spent on vacation.

Even so, their income is still much higher than ours, and the social security and welfare are extremely perfect, completely crushing us.

Liu Jin couldn't figure it out in the past.

Why can they live a good life and still be so lazy, we have worked hard but we are very tired.

Now, Liu Jin has finally figured it out and figured it out.

In the final analysis, it is because their ancestors occupied the most resources and wealth in the world in the age of great voyages, and they established themselves at the top of the food chain in the following industrial revolution and technological development.

So they can easily obtain huge benefits, wealth beyond imagination, easily crush you, and live a rich life.

This kind of gap is definitely not something that can be easily surpassed by hard work. It needs time and opportunities, but in the end, a hardworking and intelligent nation will eventually stand among the world's strongest races and stand on top of the world.

Just like the current Daming, it is already the most powerful country. Years of expansion and development, coupled with its own advantages, have created the current prosperity of Daming, and also made ordinary people in Daming live a prosperous life. well-off life.

Sitting on the four-wheeled carriage, Liu Jin's thoughts drifted far away, thinking about a lot of things.

This is just the life of the Ming people who stayed in the local area. As for the Ming people who migrated overseas, their life is better than that of the local Ming people.

With the vast land overseas and outside the customs, the vast resources, and the strength of Ming Dynasty, their life will not be worse than that in the mainland.

"Strange, there are a lot fewer people~"

Liu Jin's thoughts were racing, but Wang Shouren at the side made a surprised voice and pulled Liu Jin back all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)