Qiming 1158

Chapter 1148 Only Minguo can earn this money

Su Yonglin had shown the world map he knew to the Renaissance members a long time ago.

And everyone present, except Sun Ziyi, are all members of Fuxing, so they all know that this world is not just the surrounding countries such as the Ming Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Western Xia, Korea, Japan, etc.

Even though Sun Ziyi is not a member of Fuxing because he has followed Su Yonglin for a long time, he still has a clear concept of the so-called "world".

The senior officials of the Ming Dynasty basically have a worldview shaped by Su Yonglin. They know how big the world is, and know that there are many countries big and small besides the countries they are familiar with. They know the Middle East, West Asia, North Africa, and Europe.

In Su Yonglin's world map, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, and even Europe, these places are also marked.

And according to the news sent back by the secret agents of the Tianwang army arranged by Su Changsheng in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places, it can be basically confirmed that the Southern Song Dynasty had trade relations with more than 60 countries in these areas, and the trade exchanges were very frequent.

Under such frequent trade exchanges, the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty also had some contacts with some regimes in the Middle East and North Africa, and there were envoys to contact each other, but the purpose of contact was only to make contact and know that there was this country outside.

All the energy of the Southern Song government was used to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and there was no extra energy to deal with the rest of the country.

Rao is so, because of the strong demand for Chinese local products from all over the world, the strong demand for porcelain, silk, tea, iron pots and other items, so that Quanzhou and Guangzhou maintained a high-intensity ship berthing rate even during the Ming and Song wars. .

A large amount of wealth continuously flows into the people and the imperial court through ports and shipping companies, making the wealthy businessmen, powerful people and other high-class people more and more wealthy, living more and more luxurious, and living an unimaginably luxurious life.

Of course, these are not very important things, and they will definitely be liquidated by the Ming Kingdom.

What Su Yonglin was most concerned about was based on the information reported by the Skynet Army spies—Quanzhou and Guangzhou were simply the world metropolis of this era.

Especially in Quanzhou, not only Chinese people, but also many people from other regions and countries settled here.

Arabs, North Africans, Europeans, Indians, Southeast Asians, Japanese, and Koreans came and settled here one after another.

They have different backgrounds, different identities, different religious beliefs, bureaucrats, businessmen, travelers, monks, missionaries, etc. People from all walks of life travel to and from Quanzhou and the local area with merchant ships.

Because of the large number of people and the long stay for business affairs, many people simply settled and lived in Quanzhou.

People from different countries purchased land in Quanzhou and established "fan workshops", and then selected "fan chiefs" who were highly respected and convincing to the public to be responsible for daily management, dealing with the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, handling tax matters and so on.

They also established a "fan school" for their children to train their children.

They also set up temples, monasteries, etc. in the settlement area according to their different religious beliefs to spread their religion.

All aspects show that these people have a tendency to regard Quanzhou as their second hometown, and more and more people come.

They brought a lot of commodities, cultural products, religious beliefs, etc. from all over the world. Various external cultures and religious beliefs have grown up in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places. economic and cultural situation.

In Su Yonglin's view, this is also a very interesting thing for the Ming Kingdom.

After the Great Revolution and the Great Purge, the Ming Dynasty basically swept away the old bureaucrats, the old landlords, gentry, and the large and small businessmen who were attached to them, and almost the entire social class was reshaped.

As a result, the old ruling class, which could drive a large amount of commercial demand, was systematically eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, and the entire commercial demand within the country was greatly reduced, so the tax revenue contributed by business was also greatly reduced, and the entire business scale was shrinking.

Specifically, the current commercial policy of the Ming Dynasty is a conservative commercial policy based on agricultural production, and is basically state-run, supplemented by the private sector.

There are large-scale commercial activities in the private sector, but they are mainly concentrated in catering, retail, handmade manufacturing and other industries, which are also the commercial activities that normal people can mainly come into contact with.

The main economic activities of the country are all state-run under the leadership of the Ministry of Finance.

For example, the salt making industry, the iron smelting industry, the brewing industry, the animal husbandry, the weaving industry, the book publishing industry, the shipbuilding industry and even the cold drink industry, etc., are basically under the state-owned state.

There are special departments under the Ministry of Finance responsible for the management of these business lines, including the establishment of a large number of handicraft workshops in local areas, and the Ministry of Finance is also in charge. These departments are responsible for managing the production of raw materials, transportation, manufacture and sale of finished products in these lines across the country.

It can be said that although this part of the income is quite rich, the proportion of total business income in the entire national tax revenue is not very large.

The main private demand is also relatively small, and commercial demand cannot be stimulated, so it is difficult to develop. The government's current main task is to restore agricultural production, escort agricultural production and open up wasteland. Commercial trade is not the country's main task. .

That is to say, the Ming country currently does not have enough domestic demand, and also lacks relevant management talents. It does not know much about the entire world trade industry, which means that the Ming country lacks management experience in this area.

Su Yonglin didn't hope that after he was unified in the future, he would screw up the overseas trade that the Southern Song Dynasty had done well because of his lack of management experience.

From the establishment to the prosperity of an excellent mature and widely recognized business transaction location, the financial and administrative costs and all the supporting facilities costs in the process are unimaginably huge.

Quanzhou and Guangzhou were both done very well by the Southern Song Dynasty, and they were also recognized by those big dog owners who were stupid and rich.

Therefore, Su Yonglin still hopes to take over these two important ports through peaceful means, and begins to intervene in the management of the Shibo Division, dispatching officials to deal with those foreign businessmen, and accumulate enough experience to lay a commercial and economic foundation for the future unification of the country.

Not to mention, the fact that the business order that was finally negotiated before was messed up by the Southern Song Dynasty Ship Division still makes Lin Jingchun brooding, and it also exposes the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty in terms of business.

In order to be ashamed, Lin Jingchun very much supports Su Yonglin's policy. He strongly supports the acquisition of these two ports now and the accumulation of overseas business connections.

The Ming Kingdom needs to transfer their cognition from [doing business with the Southern Song Dynasty] to [doing business with the Ming Kingdom], so that they accept this fact, and through security guarantees, their business confidence will not be shaken.

Concerning the future millions of dollars or even more business tax, Su Yonglin hopes to ensure the stability of these overseas business relations no matter what, and not to affect this part of the income because of the war between the Ming and Song Dynasties.

But, it's not really that important.

Because the goods they need can only be produced in China, and cannot be bought anywhere else, and it is impossible to imitate them, because this production technology is still firmly controlled.

Now, only the Ming Kingdom has the ability to swallow the Southern Song Dynasty in one bite and master all of it.

Therefore, only Minguo can continue to earn this money, and no one else thinks about it.

"Lin Butang is right, the meaning of winning Quanzhou and Guangzhou for us is to transfer the overseas trade advantages of the Southern Song Dynasty to ourselves, intensify the internal conflicts in the Southern Song Dynasty, and further enhance our own management capabilities for overseas commerce and trade.

I often say going out and going out, but going out is not as simple as just three words. To develop overseas business, it is easy to say, difficult to say, but very difficult. We must learn from the good experience of the Southern Song Dynasty. Good drawbacks, try to win Quanzhou and Guangzhou successfully. "

Su Yonglin knocked on the table: "This is not only related to the attack on the Southern Song Dynasty, but also related to the future economic development of the Ming Dynasty. It should be noted that our current business scale is relatively small, and we are not an opponent of the Southern Song Dynasty in any sense.

After eliminating the Southern Song Dynasty, how to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty's business, especially overseas commerce, this requires us to prepare in advance. If we do it well, we can earn more money than the Southern Song Dynasty. If we do not do it well, we want to continue to go out. It's hard. "

(End of this chapter)