Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1948, Arriving in South Africa

The Oyster continued to move south along the East African coastline.

In the VIP suite on the ship, Liu Dazheng spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and was preparing to write a letter to Liu Jin.

"...Baby has visited many colonies or vassal states along the way, and I have a little experience."

"Western United Commercial Bank and Ningguo's plantation economy is prevalent, and there are countless large and small plantations. However, the benefits of the plantation economy are declining day by day, and the economic growth is extremely slow."

"The Governor of Ceylon and King Ning both intend to develop industries, but the development of industries not only requires a lot of funds, but also requires a lot of talents."

"The rapid development of industries in the Ming Dynasty and the South African colonies is all due to the new learning established and insisted on by my father, because the new learning can cultivate a large number of technical and scientific talents to meet the needs of industrial development."

"On the one hand, Ningguo and Xiyang United Commercial Bank have very few Ming people, and on the other hand, they don't pay attention to new learning, and still focus on traditional and old learning education. Therefore, Haier concluded that even if they develop industries, it may be difficult for them to make a difference. The complexion is not enough to pose a threat to the industries of Daming and South Africa."

"Now my son finally understands, father, why you strongly support the development of Xinxue."

"When I was in Ningguo, I visited the plantation. Planters and manor owners own extremely large land, have a large number of slaves and untouchables under their command, and also employ some people of low caste to work for themselves."

"The output of plantations and manors is mainly sugar cane, spices, tea, etc., and all the output belongs to the manor owner or plantation owner."

"A large number of slaves and untouchables under its command can only obtain a very small amount of food and money to survive. This is very similar to ours before the Ming Dynasty."

"The land is in the hands of a few gentry and landlords, and a large number of farmers become their tenants. They work hard on the land but they can't even eat enough."

"Such a development model is naturally very comfortable for the Ming people in Ningguo, but if it is applied to our Ming Dynasty, it also means that such a country will have no hope and no future."

"Once there is a famine, there will be wars everywhere, and starvation will be everywhere. This may be what was recorded in the previous books."

"But since the rise of new learning, the continuous development of industry, a large number of people have been separated from agriculture, and productivity has been improved, people can slowly get rid of this millennium-inherited model, so we can usher in today's Ming Dynasty. Prosperity."

"That's why Hai'er thinks that we should vigorously develop new learning and combat old learning. Only in this way can we truly make continuous breakthroughs and become stronger and richer."

"Not long ago, the boy went to the Li family's Taiyuan colony to visit the senior Li Bianzhan. The Li family's Taiyuan colony is also in a predicament at present."

"The number of Han people in the colony is a minority, and the local Kunlun slaves are the majority. The Li family gave these Kunlun slaves the status of free citizens. They originally hoped that these Kunlun slaves could be as hardworking and hardworking as us Ming people. A large number of labor forces quickly developed a colony."

"However, things backfired. The senior Li Bianzhan said that these Kunlun slaves are muddy and can't support the wall. They eat and are lazy. They are extremely lazy. They do things extremely loosely and lazy. As long as they have money and food, they will never come to work. Going to work is also cheating, cheating, and often absent from work."

"The Li family's Taiyuan colony has made various attempts over the years, but they all ended in failure. Now they are in a dilemma."

"In addition to being in the Li family colony, I also learned from other places that these Kunlun slaves are completely different from our Daming people. They have no shame, no understanding of benevolence and morality, and they are extremely lazy. They are lazy and lazy. Not on the wall."

"This may also be the reason why Kunlun slaves are the cheapest."

"The boy now understands why his father wants to clean up the local Kunlun slaves in the South African colony. Perhaps at the beginning, the colony will lack a lot of labor and develop more slowly."

"But without the fetters and drag, the development of the colony will be faster and faster. With a small population, a large number of machines can be used. On the contrary, it promotes the development of mechanization and is more efficient."

"A few days ago, I went to Izumo City in Chu State."

"The king of Chu believed in Buddhism, established it as the state religion, and built temples on a large scale. There are hundreds of temples in a small city of Izumo, and the number of monks exceeds [-]."

"These monks are monks on the surface, but secretly they are male thieves and female prostitutes. They eat, drink, whore and gamble a lot."

"Besides, the temples are rampant and domineering, seizing other people's property, and the monks bully men and women, and even stand in the court hall majestically."

"Buddhism in Chu State has developed into a trend similar to European Christianity. Its influence is becoming stronger and stronger, and it is extremely exclusive. Originally, Chu State still had some Taoist temples, but today, all Taoist temples are It has been overwhelmed by Buddhism, and Taoist priests have to go far away to find another high mountain to practice."

"My boy believes that there will be great chaos in the future of Chu State, and the root cause of the disaster is that the King of Chu believes in Buddhism blindly. Don't you know that this Buddhist monk doesn't give birth to himself, and all the food and drink are offered by ordinary people."

"Everyone here is going to be a monk. Who will farm the land? Who will pay taxes? Who will serve as a soldier?"

"The child also understands your father's good intentions, and also sees clearly the essence of religion, and understands why the spread of any religion is strictly prohibited here in the South African colony."

Liu Dayang wrote thousands of words freely, and also wrote what he saw and heard along the way, and also wrote his own experience along the way.

In the past, I always didn't understand why the South African colony was so special and so maverick.

Other colonies are buying slaves wantonly, allowing local aborigines to become free citizens, but the South African colony does not want any slaves except female slaves, and even the local aboriginal Kunlun slaves are killed. Drive them all out.

For a colony that is in urgent need of labor, how can it develop without labor?
Regarding this point, the owners of the South African colony also raised such questions to Liu Jin, but in the end everyone believed in Liu Jin and persisted.

If there is not enough labor force, find a way to replace it with machinery. You have more than a thousand people cultivating a plantation, and I can cultivate a plantation with only a few people using machinery.

The development of agriculture is not good, so I develop industry, set up factories, workshops, etc. Slowly, the South African colony is getting better and better, and everything is thriving.

Now it seems that only the development model of the South African colony is the correct development model. As for the development model of other colonies and vassal states, there are more or less problems, and these problems will become more and more prominent, affecting the development of these vassal states. continued development of the country and colonies.

"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. What the ancients said still makes sense."

"I have benefited a lot along the way, and gradually understood my father's good intentions, and understood many policies and systems in South Africa."

After Liu Da finished writing the letter, he looked at the sea outside and was thinking about it.

He has always admired his father, Liu Jin, since he was a child. Liu Jin is the number one scholar. Liu Da once clamored to study in the old school, saying that he would take the number one examination in the future, but Liu Jin sent all his children to the new school. learned.

As he grew up slowly, Liu Da began to learn to think independently and constantly think about many things. He likes history, has read the history of Ming Dynasty, and knows what the previous Ming Dynasty was like.

It is not an exaggeration to describe internal and external troubles. The lives of ordinary people are extremely difficult.

But since Liu Jin appeared, he gradually developed capitalism and colonialism, developed new learning, and continued to carry out reforms. This Ming Dynasty gradually achieved its current situation.

Every chronic illness was gradually resolved, and the Ming Empire ushered in an unprecedented prosperity, extremely strong, prosperous, and rich.

Compared with the past, it can be said that it is completely different, and earth-shaking changes have taken place.

The people of Ming Dynasty are no longer limited to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, but have spread to the whole world. They have huge colonies and vassal states overseas, and the people of Ming Dynasty basically live a good life when they come overseas.

Why can such a huge change happen?

And what made all this happen?

Liu Da has been thinking about this issue, and at the same time, he is also thinking about how to develop the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Now Liu Da gradually had some answers in his heart, and now he also gradually understood some things that Liu Jin insisted on.

"The South African colony should continue to adhere to the existing policies and systems. I believe that in a few decades, the South African colony will not be inferior to Ming Dynasty."

"And because there is no drag and restriction of old learning here in the South African colony, it may be difficult to surpass Ming in the future."

Liu Da thought carefully.

A few days later, the Oyster finally arrived on the big island of East Africa where the South African Colonial Governor's Mansion is located.

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