Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2270, Return to Daming again

On the Huangpu River in Songhu, three cruise ships are slowly mooring.

On one of the cruise ships, Liu Jin stood on the deck and looked at both sides of the Huangpu River, recalling in his mind the scene when he first came to Songhu.

At that time, there were endless fields on both sides of the Huangpu River, and the small town of Songhu County was pitifully small. It was a land of fish and rice, and a land of Wu dialects, although it was considered affluent.

But compared with now, that is naturally far from comparable.

Just a few decades have passed, and earth-shaking changes are taking place here with each passing day. On both sides of the Huangpu River, high-rise buildings rise from the ground, and the bustling commercial districts are bustling, and the planning is straight and spacious. The road stretches as far as the eye can see.

The road is full of traffic, people come and go, and pedestrians are in a hurry, which seems very busy.

This place has already become a super metropolis in the entire Ming Dynasty, and even the top three in the world, with a permanent population of more than [-] million people. It is very prosperous.

Except for the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​Ming Dynasty, there is no other place that can compare with this place.

The geographical location here is really superior, it is in the middle of the north-south sea routes of Ming Dynasty, whether it is going to the Beijing-Tianjin area, or whether it is going to the vassal states of Ming Dynasty Wa Kingdom or North Korea, they are all in the center.

To the south are Zhejiang, Fujian, Ryukyu, Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Nanyang provinces of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, they can also go to the vassal states and colonies overseas of the Ming Dynasty, and they can also go to Australia and the Golden Continent.

At the same time, it is located in the outlet sea of ​​the Yangtze River. The entire Yangtze River Basin is the basic territory of Songhu, and the Yangtze River has always been one of the most affluent areas in Ming Dynasty.

In addition, when Liu Jin was still in the ruling and opposition parties, he presided over the project of dredging the Yangtze River and building the Yangtze River port and wharf, which greatly improved the value of the Yangtze River's river transportation.

Compared with later generations, there is not much difference between the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the coastal areas, and the value of the river transportation of the Yangtze River has been maximized.

The development of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili areas is quite rapid, and the development among the provinces is relatively balanced. This is naturally of great benefit to Songhu, and it also greatly promotes the development of Songhu area.

Of course, there is another very important factor, that is, almost all the land in Songhu belongs to Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.

Back then, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao spent several million taels of silver in order to buy the entire Songhu.

The millions of taels of silver at that time were not comparable to the millions of taels of silver now. At that time, overseas gold and silver had not flowed into Daming on a large scale, and there were very few silver and gold in Daming, and their value was extremely high.

At that time, ordinary Ming people might not be able to save a tael of silver throughout the year, and the annual tax revenue of the Ming treasury was only 300 million taels of silver.

At that time, the several million taels was a really huge sum of money. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao used this money to almost buy the whole of Songhu.

Up to now, it can be said that the entire Songhu is owned by Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao. Liu Jin has always had extremely detailed and reasonable plans for these lands.

Residential areas, industrial areas, commercial areas, etc., everything is planned neatly, which is also an important reason for the rapid development of Songhu.

Because of the extremely detailed and long-term planning, it is possible to plan the correct path suitable for the development of Songhu.

Of course, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao's original investment also received a huge return beyond imagination.

Leaving aside the huge value brought about by the appreciation of land, Songhu is now almost every inch of land.

Because Liu Jin does not plan to sell the land in his hands at all, all the land is only rented and not sold, except for the large number of real estate projects developed by the real estate firm under his command.

All other lands are only rented and not sold, no matter how much they pay, the rent can be cheaper, and the long-term stable income can also be continuously increased with the prosperity of Shengye, which is very considerable.

Every year, the income from land leasing, shop leasing, advertising income, house leasing, and factory leasing here in Songhu is extremely huge, and hundreds of millions of taels of silver can be received.

This can be received every year, and it can still increase every year. In fact, with the development of Songhu, Tianjin, Beijing and other regions, the income growth of this area has always been very stable. It is the industry that can best provide abundant cash flow under its command.

The original several million taels of silver, the current income cannot be calculated at all.

The white-haired Liu Jin stood on the deck of the cruise ship and looked at the prosperous Songhu in front of him, the great Shanghai and Shanghai of later generations.

The superior location of Songhu is destined to become a super metropolis sooner or later, and the rapid development of maritime trade and transportation is doomed.

After traveling overseas for more than ten years, I finally returned to Daming again and set foot on the land of Daming again. I have also reached my sixtieth year and my hair is gray.

After getting off the ship, Liu Jin got into the car and asked the driver to drive around Songhu to see the situation in various parts of Songhu.

Perhaps the current Songhu cannot be compared with the Songhu of the later generations, and has not yet reached the scale and prosperity of the magic capital of the later generations.

But it is still this period, the super metropolis in the world, everything here is well-planned, neat, bustling, lively, and noisy.

And compared to the later generations of Shanghai, it can be clearly felt that the mentality of the people here in Songhu is relatively more relaxed.

Because the current Ming Empire is the most advanced, developed, and powerful empire in the world, Songhu can be at the top of the global industrial chain.

Here, many emerging industries such as shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, steel, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, electrical industry, finance, etc. are developing extremely rapidly, and these industries all require technology and capital. It is also during this period that the world's most The most profitable industry with the highest technological content.

These industries have provided Songhu with a large number of high-paying jobs and positions, and also created a steady stream of huge wealth for Songhu.

This is incomparable to the demon capitals of later generations.

Although the later generations of the Magic City claim to be an international Magic City, in fact, it still mainly relies on the huge land behind it. In terms of the top industries in the world, the Magic City does not have much advantage.

In addition, there are more people in the future and less resources, and the competition is very fierce. Whether it is people from Shanghai or other places, life is very tiring after all.

But the Ming Empire is different. The entire Great Ming Empire has a vast land and sparse population, rich resources, vast land, advanced technology, advanced industry, and developed finance. All these make the Great Ming Empire the most powerful country in the world.

The people of Daming who live in the land of Daming are naturally the happiest people in this period, with high income and low prices, the key is that they are very confident and very proud.

Naturally, no matter where the Ming people are, their mentality is relatively more relaxed and peaceful, without any sense of urgency, and there is no such thing as regional discrimination.

Of course, this is also the point that Liu Jin has always paid great attention to when he was the chief assistant of the cabinet, that is, the idea of ​​balanced development.

We will not allocate too much financial funds to one place, and pay more attention to the overall balanced development.

For example, the development of Huguang and Jiangxi in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the development of the Chengdu-Chongqing region in the southwest, and the promotion of the development of Liaodong, Nanyang and other regions are all for the balance of the overall development of Ming Dynasty.

From the very beginning, we have paid attention to the balanced development of this aspect, and the imperial examination system of Ming Dynasty is also the same. The quotas of each province are allocated according to the population of each province.

Therefore, the overall development of the entire Ming Dynasty is relatively balanced, and there will not be any major deviations. There are very few, very few phenomena similar to regional discrimination.

People in your Beijing-Tianjin area may not be able to compare with the peasants in Liaodong and Heitu provinces in terms of income. They are not free and comfortable. They are like being trapped in a cage in the city. On the contrary, the peasants live comfortably in the villages and towns. little days.

In addition, another very important area is education. In this regard, the Beijing-Tianjin area and the Modu area have great advantages in education, occupying a lot of resources, which is very large compared to other places. unfair.

But now Daming is different, the imperial examination and education are relatively fairer.

In terms of technology, quotas are allocated according to the number of people in each province, and three rankings are divided into north, south and east for examination and admission. Generally speaking, this is very fair.

In addition, on the new school, because the new school was founded by Liu Jin, it pays more attention to this point, which also ensures relative fairness.

Of course, the schools in this period were almost all private in nature. Therefore, in various places and provinces in Ming Dynasty, there were people who took the lead in raising funds to establish colleges and universities. In many places, there were local universities. These universities were mainly for students from all over the country .

Relatively speaking, places with money naturally have more advantages, and places without money will suffer a lot more.

At this moment, the car Liu Jin was riding in was driving around the campus of Songhu Institute of Technology. This Songhu Institute of Technology is a private university jointly funded and established by capitalists, businessmen, and gentry in the Songhu area.

It mainly focuses on cultivating talents in science and engineering, and it is mainly aimed at local students in the Songhu area. After graduation, most of the students will be recruited by these local commercial firms and enterprises.

Private schools have a major feature, that is, the tuition fees are very expensive, and this Songhu University is also the same. The students in it need more than 100 taels of silver a year, which is almost half a year's income of ordinary Ming people.

If there are several children in the family going to college at the same time, the tuition fee alone is a huge sum.

But fortunately, Songhu University provides interest-free loans and allows students to repay the loans slowly after working, which can be regarded as encouraging education and learning.

In comparison, of course, the schools founded by Liu Jin are better, because they are all free education, which can be regarded as a way for Liu Jin to give back to the society and Daming.

Liu Jin knows very well that only education can truly change a person's life and destiny. Only after receiving education can one acquire knowledge, know right from wrong, and have unlimited possibilities.

And if you want to change the destiny of the entire country and nation, you need to pay more attention to education. Only when thousands of educated people go to society and contribute to the construction and development of the entire country, can the entire country and nation be productive. Hope is full of power.

Why are we able to develop in future generations?
That's because we have attached great importance to education since ancient times, and all things are inferior, but reading is high. Perhaps many people look down on scholars, saying that going to college is useless, and that college students are also working part-time.

But when they really tell their children not to study, they will refuse, and they all know the importance of reading. All this is just the strong heart of the Chinese people.

But it is precisely because Chinese people attach importance to education that we have been able to cultivate thousands of college students and a large number of scientific and technological talents.

This is the rise of the entire country and the great rejuvenation of the nation.

This is the importance of education to a country. For individuals, there are thousands of examples. Countless farmers' children have crossed classes by virtue of education and reading.

"Not bad!"

Liu Jin nodded while watching.

The Huaxia people who value education and inheritance will not be too bad no matter what, and can survive no matter how much suffering, this nation takes the initiative and is a great nation that stands on the top of the world's powerful nations.

More importantly, Daming people are very good and strong, and they always compare themselves with the best in everything.

Just like later generations, the chip must be the best, the aircraft must be the best, the technology must be the most advanced, and the country must be the strongest. Anyway, everything is compared with the most powerful and powerful.

This has been the case since ancient times. Although the strong Chinese people appear to be as modest as gentlemen, they seem to fight for nothing, but in their hearts, Chinese people have a strong heart.

If there are neighbors around you, you should also have them. If someone around you gets rich, you have to find a way to get rich. Put it at the level of the whole country. That is to be the most powerful country in the world if you want to do it, and become the number one in the world in everything .

Such a national characteristic and spirit is destined to continue to prosper this great nation. No matter how many difficulties there are, it will not be able to defeat it, but will make it stronger.

As long as it is properly guided, it can burst out with unparalleled power.

Liu Jin is very fortunate that he can stand in such a position and make some contributions to this great nation and country, so that this great nation and country can not go through those difficult years and become the most powerful in this era empire.

Walking around here in Songhu, Liu Jin was also full of emotions, and thought of many, many things in his heart.

Without knowing it, you will compare the current Ming Dynasty with the later generations. Generally speaking, the later generations suffer because they miss the great benefits of the great age of voyage.

Without access to large expanses of overseas land and resources, the living space is too small.

At the same time, it also failed to keep up with the development trend of the times, missed the best development of a hundred years, and finally had a hundred years of suffering, and was almost interrupted by someone.

But now the Ming Empire not only enjoys the greatest benefits of the Age of Discovery, but also occupies almost all the land and resources in the world.

It is not enough to become the largest country in the world, there are still a large number of colonies and vassal states, these colonies and vassal states are actually owned by the Ming people after all, and they are all occupied by their own families.

Moreover, the people of Ming Dynasty have also embarked on the road of capitalism, industrialization, and technologicalization. With the development of various factors, it is only now that the powerful Ming Empire has emerged.

If only relying on any one of capitalism or colonialism, it is actually not enough to cause such earth-shaking changes in the Ming Empire in just a few decades.

This is the result of a combination of many factors.

Colonization brought a large amount of land, resources, and wealth to the Ming Empire, and moved a large number of Ming people out, which greatly eased the contradictions between people and land in the Ming Dynasty and its own internal contradictions.

The rapid development of capitalism allowed the Ming Empire to become rich quickly, and at the same time further promoted the development of Ming's overseas colonization, because the development of capitalism required more markets and raw material production areas.

The development of technology and industry has further promoted all these accelerated developments. Without technology and industry, the development of colonialism and capitalism will become extremely slow. It is hard to say that in just a few decades, hundreds of others have passed A road that can only be traveled in years.

Of course, in terms of itself, the huge population and size of the Ming Empire are also unmatched by European countries. Spain, Portugal, England, France, etc., which were colonized early in history, were small in themselves and had small populations.

Their colonization of the world is mainly based on plundering precious metal wealth. Only when industry and technology have developed to a certain level can they have the real strength to colonize the world.

The Ming Empire was different. Among other things, just for colonization, the Ming Empire could easily move millions of people to new lands.

Such a huge population was something that European countries simply could not provide. The population size of European countries during this period was generally in the millions, and it was impossible to say that they would relocate all of their millions of people out.

It can only be in one colonial stronghold, each stronghold has hundreds of thousands of people, relying on colonial trade to earn a lot of gold and silver and so on.

The Ming Empire, on the other hand, was able to occupy large and large tracts of land on a large scale and directly turn a piece of land into its own territory, instead of just plundering gold and silver.

This is why the Ming Empire was able to go through a path that Europeans took hundreds of years to walk in just a few decades, because the Ming Empire was big enough and had enough population, capital and markets.

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