Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1595, about blood

"coffee?"

When Simon heard Brown's words, he immediately looked at the large ships. These large ships were new-style steam ships with huge bodies, and several large smoke pipes were emitting black smoke at this moment.

"Coffee is the seed of a plant. After it is roasted and ground, it is brewed with water or milk. It tastes slightly bitter but has a fragrance."

Brown explained again in detail: "It originated from the East African Plateau of Chu State. The local aborigines found that coffee can refresh people, so they ate it, and slowly it became a drink."

"This kind of ship is called a steam ship?"

At this time, Simon's attention was completely attracted by the steamship. He had already seen one when he came here, and now he saw a few more, so he also asked.

"Yes, steamship~"

"It is a new type of ship powered by a steam engine with a wheeled propeller. It is very fast. Compared with traditional sailboats, it is much faster, especially in the case of headwind and headwater, its speed is even faster. "

"The carrying capacity is astonishing. The carrying capacity of one such large steam ship is greater than that of several large treasure ships."

"It is said that such a large steam ship costs more than [-] taels of silver alone. At present, only a large shipyard in the Ming Dynasty can manufacture this large steam ship."

Brown also often reads newspapers, and knows a little about this kind of ship.

"Steam engine?"

"A ship costs two hundred thousand taels of silver?"

When Simon heard this, he couldn't help opening his mouth wide.

[-] taels of silver, this is just a boat, although the Jews know how to do business, they are synonymous with money in Europe, but it seems that it is really not enough for the people of Ming Dynasty.

A ship of the Ming Dynasty costs 20 taels of silver, and no one knows how many ships there are in the entire Ming Empire. How much silver can be produced by the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Empire alone is probably an astronomical figure. .

"A steam engine is a machine that uses steam to provide power. We can also see a lot of steam cultivators and harvesters here in Chixia City. They came from the local side of Daming. The efficiency is very high. People sitting on the machines From above, manipulating the machine can plow and harvest the land.”

"In addition, there are several steam rice mills and steam flour mills in Chixia City. They also use steam engines to drive machines to mill rice and flour. The speed is very fast and the efficiency is extremely high."

"I heard that in Daming, there are various machines that use steam to drive. The labor in Daming is very expensive. To hire a Daming person, you need to pay at least five silver dollars a month, and you need to pay for food and housing. "

"That's why the local firms and factories in Daming prefer to use more machines to do things. The efficiency is high, the cost is relatively lower, and the quality of the products produced is more reliable."

"It is said that a steam engine is used to drive something called a train, which can travel thousands of miles a day. I heard that it has been built from the capital of Daming to the westernmost Hezhong area."

"We in Ningguo heard that His Royal Highness King Ning is also planning to build a railway from Anning City to Delhi in North Tianzhu. There is no plan to build a railway in Chixia City for the time being. The cost is too high. I heard that it is just a railway. They all need tens of millions of taels of silver."

Brown knows a lot of things, and he is also very talkative, talking about many things about Daming here.

"The local labor of the Ming Dynasty is so expensive. Doesn't this mean that the income of the people of the Ming Dynasty can reach dozens of silver dollars a year?"

Simon listened carefully and calculated carefully, and immediately exclaimed.

He is too aware of the purchasing power of Daming silver dollars.

A piece of Ming silver dollar is enough for an ordinary family in Europe for half a year's expenses. This Ming person can actually earn dozens of silver dollars a year. This kind of income is really terrifying.

Just from this, we can see how rich the people of Ming Dynasty are. Even if they are the people at the bottom, with the current income level on the European side, they are definitely rich people.

There are tens of silver dollars a year in Europe, which is the standard for rich people, and they can live an extremely rich life.

"Dozens of silver dollars is a very common income. If you have a little bit of technology or know how to do small business, you can easily earn a few hundred silver dollars a year."

"A large number of local people in the Ming Dynasty migrated overseas and outside the customs, resulting in a shortage of manpower. Without sufficient treatment, it is impossible to recruit people. This is one of the reasons why the local side of the Ming Dynasty likes to use a large number of machines."

Brown smiled back.

He has long been used to the wealth of the Ming people. At first, he did not believe the many reports in the newspapers, but after getting in touch with some Ming people, you will find that these Ming people are still very humble and low-key.

"Then why don't they use slaves in large numbers?"

"The price of slaves is still very cheap."

Simon thought for a while and said, in comparison, the price of this slave is very cheap. Even if a slave sells for dozens of taels of silver in Daming, it takes dozens of taels of silver to hire a Daming person a year. Come on, this slave is actually not expensive anymore. After all, if you buy it back, it is a long-term asset and can generate value for you for a long time.

"Because the people of Daming feel that the mainland of Ming Dynasty is a sacred place directly belonging to them, and lowly slaves are not allowed to live in their holy land, unless they are female slaves."

Brown thought for a while and said, he also couldn't figure it out, why slaves were not allowed to be freely traded and used in Daming, it could only be attributed to this reason in the end.

Of course he didn't know that the reason why Liu Jin made such an arrangement was to promote the local technology and innovation of Ming Dynasty. Manpower was expensive, so he found a way to use machines. Naturally, this technology would become more and more powerful, and the industrial revolution would eventually It will promote the technological revolution and produce a big explosion of science and technology.

Only the leading technology can enable the Ming people to truly establish their domination over the world, maintain a firm position, maintain a huge size and keep a huge wealth.

"Slave?"

When Simon heard this, he was slightly taken aback again.

"Look at that Daming man over there, and you'll understand."

Brown looked at the suspicious Simon, looked around, and soon saw a Daming man leading a dozen women and a bunch of kids walking towards the pier.

Simon looked in Brown's direction, a short and ugly Daming man, yes, he was really ugly and short, but at this moment, he was sitting on an open sedan chair, with four tall people The , strong white slave was carrying it, and beside him, there were more than a dozen women.

These women are all blond and blue-eyed Europeans, tall, graceful, long and beautiful, wearing beautiful clothes, like princesses.

Beside them, a bunch of little kids, big and small, scrambled to be the first, and kept shouting at the Daming people who were sitting in sedan chairs.

These children were of mixed race at first glance, they were obviously the children of this ugly Daming man, they kept shouting.

"A man like him actually has more than a dozen such beautiful women?"

Simon was dumbfounded and his eyes were red.

Any man would be envious and jealous.

"This is very common in Daming."

"Wealthy people in Daming, ordinary people will buy a large number of female slaves, whether they are concubines or servants, anyway, they will buy a few."

"The overseas vassal states and colonies of Ming Dynasty treat these Ming people very preferentially. As long as they are willing to immigrate here, like our Ningguo side, the government will directly give five slaves, and you can choose."

"In addition, the immigrants come here alone, and the land is at least a few hundred acres. You can count as much land as you reclaim. You didn't even have to pay taxes in the past few years."

"So as long as these Ming people come overseas, no matter whether they were beggars or disabled when they were in China, they are all masters when they go overseas. Just based on their status, they are all of the highest level."

"There are a few female slaves around here, and that's nothing more than normal."

"In fact, this is also a policy of the Ming people. The purpose is to reproduce children. If there are more women, they will naturally have more children. In addition, the medical technology of Daming is much more advanced than that of Europe, and their children survive. The rate is much higher, and the number of Daming people will expand dramatically in the future."

"I estimate that in another twenty or forty years, the number of Ming people may exceed one billion."

Brown smiled and explained to Simon.

Before you came here, you simply couldn't imagine the status and treatment enjoyed by Daming people.

Just relying on the identity of Ming people, they can easily acquire a large area of ​​land and many slaves in Ningguo. The government in Ningguo even encourages you to make humans. The more children you have, the more they will There are rewards for you, a piece of land is rewarded for giving birth to a child, and a large piece of land belongs to your family if you give birth to a group of children.

And this is only part of the benefits that Daming people can enjoy.

They also have the privilege of being tax-free for a few years, and they don't pay taxes for farming. In other aspects, it is the priority of the Ming people, and everyone else must give priority to the Ming people.

Just like in front of you, when everyone else was waiting in a long queue to buy zong leaves, the Ming man directly brought his wife and children to the front.

The people around did not have the slightest opinion on this, and even gave up their seats very enthusiastically, asking him to buy zong leaves first, and many people enthusiastically went forward to greet this Daming man.

After he bought the zong leaves, everyone continued to line up to buy zong leaves.

"The status of the Ming people is determined in every way, even stipulated by the law. Everything is given priority to the Ming people."

"The emperor of Ming Dynasty always valued population and encouraged childbearing, so female slaves can be sold to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, because women mean children and the future, and whoever controls women controls the future."

"In addition, the territory ruled by the Ming Dynasty is extremely vast, and there is a huge amount of land that belongs to no-man's land. Because there is not enough population, it cannot be developed, so a large population is needed."

"Today's emperor of Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to this, and the per capita tax has been abolished. The traditional concepts of the Ming people also include the idea of ​​inheriting the family and continuing the incense."

"That's why we attach great importance to the matter of having children. It is said that millions of female slaves are trafficked to the mainland of Ming Dynasty every year and become the concubines of the Ming people."

Brown said while sighing.

There is only a small population of Jews, and the total number of Jews in the whole world may not be as many as that of Ming people. The key is that Ming people still attach so much importance to childbirth.

I'm afraid that in the future, the population of Daming people will continue to double, and there will be more and more people. Now it is more than [-] million, and it may be one billion in the future.

The key is that the Ming people still have an extremely vast land to support a sufficient population, not to mention one billion, two billion or three billion. Taking the vast land occupied by the Ming people now, they can easily support them.

"This~"

Simon was speechless after hearing this, thought for a while and said, "Don't they value their own blood?"

"Is this descendant of mixed blood with a foreigner still considered a Ming Dynasty?"

"You don't understand Daming people now."

"It is precisely because they value their own blood inheritance and their incense inheritance that they encourage childbearing and like to have more children."

"As for the issue of bloodlines, I didn't tell you earlier that the people of the Ming Dynasty believe in princes and generals. There is something about it. The people of the Ming Dynasty who have passed it down to the present have all had rich ancestors, and even the royal family blood."

"So their so-called bloodlines are completely different from ours. We pay attention to bloodlines. We Jews will never mix with other people. The nobles pay attention to bloodlines, and the royal families of European countries are all cousins. Introductory kisses."

"But the people of Ming Dynasty are different. What they pay attention to is cultural identity. As long as they are their own children, as long as they grow up in the atmosphere of China, learn the culture of Ming Dynasty, and grow up under the influence of this culture, they are Daming. people."

"They don't mind much about it, but the people of Ming Dynasty like white skin and regard white as beauty, so they especially like and love European white slaves. As for the local Kunlun slaves in Africa, they don't care about them." like."

Brown smiled and explained, the more you know the Ming people, the more you will understand the inheritance and culture in the bones of the Ming people, and you will understand why the Ming people attach great importance to it.

As for whether the child is of mixed race or not, it doesn't seem to be very important, as long as it is of Daming people, as long as it grows up in the environment and atmosphere of Daming, even if it is of mixed race, it doesn't matter too much relation.

"This Daming man is still really strange~"

Simon really can't figure it out. The Jews are extremely conservative. They have been very xenophobic since ancient times, and intermarriage is only among the Jews. They really can't figure out why the Ming people are like this?

"Perhaps this is their spirit of inclusiveness and tolerance!"

PS: Go to the first chapter, if you are free in the evening, there will be Chapter 2~
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