Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1649, The Impact of Daming Capital
"Brothers, let me take my leave first, and we will meet again when I have time!"

At the gate of Wangyue Tower, Liu Jin bid farewell to Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming, Da Vinci and others with a little drunkenness.

Today's meal is still very happy. Listening carefully to Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming, Da Vinci and others discussing the differences between Eastern and Western paintings and their respective subtleties is also what makes Liu Jin, who knows nothing about calligraphy and painting, so much Learn about some eastern and western painting art, benefit a lot.

Listening to Leonardo Da Vinci talk about some things in Europe during this period is also quite interesting, and he has a clearer understanding of the situation in Europe.

In European countries in this matter, capitalism has already sprouted and has also achieved certain development. A large number of workshops have appeared in some prosperous cities.

But compared to Ming Dynasty, their capital developed very slowly, and their power was not strong. The dark rule of the medieval church began to be pierced by the light of the Renaissance.

Under the Renaissance Movement, European art, literature, mathematics, astronomy, and science have all achieved certain developments, but overall, they still cannot pose any threat to Ming Dynasty.

And these years have been greatly impacted by Daming capital, and the development of capital in Europe has suffered an unprecedented heavy blow.

One of the most disastrous is the textile industry.

The textile industry in Daming has been extremely developed, and a large number of textile factories are spread all over the country. Cotton and wool are the main raw materials, and a large number of new textile machines driven by steam power are used.

The woven cloth is not only of very good quality, but also very cheap. Even if it is shipped to Europe, the price is much cheaper than the local hand-spun cloth.

Moreover, with the internal competition and development of the textile industry in the Ming Dynasty, the dyeing and patterning of cloth and other aspects of technology have also achieved considerable development. The cloth from Daming still has bright colors, complex and beautiful patterns, etc.

This is undoubtedly a blow from a high latitude to European capitalism, which is still in its infancy and infancy.

According to Leonardo da Vinci, Florence has always been the most important commercial city in northern Italy. The textile industry is very developed, with a large number of textile workshops, and there are also a large number of family textile women.

More than ten years ago, Florence's cloth was sold all over Europe, and it was one of the most popular products, as famous as cheese.

However, in recent years, along with the mighty influx of Ming cloth into the European market, it brought a devastating blow to the textile industry in Florence.

Countless weaving workshops closed down, and the cloth they spun could not be sold at all.

The Daming cloth from across the ocean is even cheaper than yours. The key is better quality, better color, and better pattern. It is very popular and instantly overwhelmed the local textile workshops.

As for the textiles woven by women in the family unit, they cannot be sold. A large number of women lost an important income, and their lives became more difficult.

At the same time, because the demand for white slaves in Ming Dynasty was very high and the price was high, a large number of human trafficking occurred in various European countries, especially the trafficking of women and children.

In addition, there are some people who specifically deceive people under the guise of recruiting workers, and finally sell them to Daming people as slaves, making huge profits from it.

All these impressed Liu Jin deeply.

Liu Jin recalled some of the content he had learned in history class before time travel, among which was the content specifically about the impact of the capital market.

Among them, it is mentioned that in the late Qing Dynasty, with the opening of the country, a large amount of foreign cloth entered the domestic market, which had a huge impact on domestic cloth.

Among them, the cloth industry in the Jiangnan area was almost wiped out in a blink of an eye, and the feudal small-scale peasant economy dominated by household textiles had almost no resistance to the impact of industrial products.

The original household textile industry was booming in an instant, and a large number of ordinary people lost an important income. At the same time, a large amount of wealth continued to flow into the hands of foreign capitalists.

In the coastal areas, there are also people who lure people to go abroad under the guise of recruiting workers, and are eventually sold as piglets. They have gone through countless difficulties, and every inch of the railway is a corpse.

Now it's the other way around.

The goods of Ming Dynasty had a huge impact on European countries, and the most important textile industry in the embryonic stage of capitalism was even more devastated.

The result was the other way around. A large number of handloomers in Europe were unemployed, lost their important source of income, and became more impoverished and miserable. At the same time, the demand for slaves in Ming Dynasty also led to a large number of their population being trafficked as slaves.

Sure enough, capital is the same.

Facing the impact of Ming's powerful capital, the performance of the Europeans may not be any better, and it can even be said that their fate has become more miserable.

The country itself is fragmented, the country is small and weak, and the ability to resist risks is small, so the fate is even more tragic, and it can only be internally intertwined.

Among them, the wars in Europe are not only the wars between Spain, France, and England, but also the wars of various small states. Like the Republic of Venice, although the country is small, its ambition and strength are still possible. It always wants to annex the surrounding countries. area.

During this period, Italy was divided, with many small countries in the north, such as Florence and Venice, which were independent small countries, the central part was under the control of the Holy See, and the south and Sicily belonged to Spain.

Not only Italy, like Spain, was actually formed by the merger of many kingdoms. It was also because of the intermarriage between the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon that unified Spain. This is also the reason why Spain is a double king, because if Without this marriage, Spain would still be a lot of independent kingdoms.

The same is true for England. On a larger island, it is divided into England, Scotland, and Ireland. There are many counties under England. These counties were actually independent kingdoms before.

The situation throughout Europe is actually the same, fragmented and difficult to unify.

Therefore, when Man attacked the capital of the Ming Empire, they were even more unbearable, and their fate was even more miserable.

Conversely, if Ming Dynasty took the road of capitalism, colonialism, and industrial revolution first, the strength and speed of the outbreak would far exceed that of Europe in history.

It took hundreds of years for the Europeans to colonize the world, and to unleash the power of industry and capital, but it only took more than ten years for the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ming people are now colonizing the world, occupying the largest and most extensive land, the power of capital is rapidly expanding, and the power of industry is becoming stronger and stronger.

This is doomed, Ming's position will be unshakable, and it may be difficult for Europeans to stand up.

After thinking about this clearly, Liu Jin felt that everything he had done over the years was worthwhile.

In Europe at this time, not only the Renaissance was rising, but even everything in Ming Dynasty began to become popular in Europe.

In their eyes, Da Ming is synonymous with heaven, extremely rich, and gold is everywhere, because no matter how you look at it, Da Ming will crush Europe in this period.

The language and writing of the Ming Dynasty, the art, thought and philosophy of the Ming Dynasty, and even the religion of the Ming Dynasty all showed signs of spreading in Europe.

Leonardo Da Vinci traveled thousands of miles to study in Daming. This is a good example.

"Brother Liu, go slowly~"

Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming, Cai Yu and others watched Liu Jin leave in a carriage.

"Brother Liu is not easy!"

When Liu Jin walked away, Zhu Yunming thought for a while and said.

"It's not simple. He has an extraordinary bearing and elegant conversation. He is already an official in the Ministry of officials in his thirties. His future is boundless."

Wen Zhengming also sighed.

This person is really pissed off compared to other people. I am also in my thirties, but I have passed the provincial examination five times, and I can't even pass the Juren exam. Even if the imperial court needs a lot of officials, Juren can become a small county magistrate What, but if you are not even a scholar, but a scholar, you will not be able to become an official.

As for the other party, he was already an official in the official department of the imperial court. He was promoted at the age of eighteen, a Jinshi at the age of nineteen, and a dignified official in the official department in his thirties. This is really incomparable.

"It's just that I've never heard of him before."

"Do you want to ask someone to inquire later?"

Tang Zhen thought for a while and said.

"Let's forget it, let people know, it's not good."

"Although we have been together for a short time, it seems that he is sincere and aboveboard, and he doesn't seem to be deceiving us."

Wen Zhengming shook his head and said.

On the other side, Liu Jin, who was slightly drunk, went back to his house and went directly into the study, reading a book habitually, and resting for a while.

Since crossing over, Liu Jin has also developed such a habit. As the official becomes bigger and bigger, Liu Jin also feels that his ability is getting weaker and weaker, that is, relying on some knowledge of later generations to hold on, but this is not the way, after all Speaking of iron, you need to be hard on your own, and you can never go wrong if you learn more.

"Sir, this is a telegram that has just arrived."

At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly sent a telegram over.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin picked it up and took a quick look, then laughed.

"Zhu Houzhao is finally willing to come back. Now he knows he's afraid, so he asked me to figure it out for him."

(End of this chapter)