Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 617
It is actually very simple to increase the demand for goods these years, just one word, grab!

Many people believe that the reason why European countries have developed so well is due to the industrial revolution.

Actually, that's not the case at all.

The industrial revolution can improve production efficiency, but any product must have raw materials and markets.

Without raw materials, how to produce products?
Continental is not the continent with the most abundant raw materials in the world. On the contrary, if you really want to compare the reserves of raw materials, Continental is definitely the last one.

In other words, if we look at the reserves of raw materials, Continental should be the poorest.

The more important point is the market. If there is no market, the product cannot be sold. The more you make, the more you will benefit!
Is Continental the largest market in the world?
Obviously, no!

Without raw materials and without a market, what is the use of improving production efficiency?
Therefore, it is nonsense that European countries developed by relying on the industrial revolution!
What did the European countries rely on to develop?

They rely on one word, grab!

Grab colonies, rob raw materials, rob labor, rob markets, and even directly rob money!

What is the fastest money in this world?
Don't even think about it, grabbing money is the fastest way to come!

The European countries are robbing everything and naturally develop rapidly, but the places they colonized are made poor by them.

Therefore, it is a lie to say that the reason why the continental European countries developed well is because of the industrial revolution. If this is true, their colonies must have developed similarly to them.

It is impossible for them to develop so fast without relying on robbing.

The continuous decline of those old colonial powers in later generations is a clear proof. They did not decline because of backward technology or decreased production efficiency.

Their technology is still the most advanced, and their production efficiency is still the highest. Why is it declining?
It's very simple, if there is nothing to grab, they will decline!
Only those who can still grab money will continue to become stronger.

This is the case in the western world. Robbers will not tell you about etiquette and morality, they will only tell you about the law of the jungle where the weak prey on the strong.

They are openly robbing, as long as they can do it, you will be clear about robbing, robbing colonies, robbing raw materials, robbing labor, robbing markets, and robbing money.

This is the root cause of their wealth.

Now, Daming is stronger than them, why not grab it?
Be polite to these robbers, they won't remember your kindness at all, and they will come to rob you when they become stronger!
Therefore, Daming also wants to rob, directly robbing these European robbers.

Daming has enough colonies right now, so there is no need to grab raw materials.

As for the labor force, it is actually enough, but it is not fully utilized.

Of course, Taichang is not trying to exploit labor.

Now the Ming court is no longer short of money, and he is not short of money either.

He just wants the common people to release their labor force, earn more money and live a better life.

As for the problem of the market, the world is so big, it is enough for Da Ming to rob the European colonial robbers directly!
Thinking of this, he asked seriously: "Chunchen, the semicolons of Western companies haven't opened to Mughal and Persia, have they?"

Zhu Chunchen nodded slowly, and explained in detail: "Yes, Your Majesty, that side is not safe, and the European barbarians are fighting fiercely there.

If we don't have the protection of naval warships, it will be very dangerous for merchant ships to drive past. Their naval fleet will definitely pretend to be pirates to snatch our merchant ships.

What Master Bi meant, it's okay for a few cargoes to be robbed, the key is that the merchant ships can't be robbed.

Because the merchant ship contains too many technical secrets of our Ming Dynasty, if one is snatched by someone, the loss will be immeasurable.

Therefore, we did not venture to open semicolons in places such as Mughal and Persian food. "

Master Bi that Zhu Chunchen mentioned should be Bi Maoliang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce.

Bi Maoliang was right. The steam-driven technology and even the breech loading technology of the artillery contained in the armed merchant ships of the Western Company are quite critical technologies.

If one is snatched by European countries, the loss is really immeasurable.

He didn't pay much attention to this problem before, so he can't take it lightly in the future.

You know, when he was in America, he beat Holland, England, and France badly. It's no wonder people didn't snatch Ming's merchant ships.

It seems that to grab the market, you still have to bring the navy fleet.

Thinking of this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, what Shi Gao said is quite right, it doesn't matter how many cargoes there are, the key is that the merchant ships must be well protected.

How about this, I asked Yu Zigao to lead the Nanyang Navy fleet to stay in New Jinling City.

Discuss with him, first pretend to be pirates and clean up the European barbarian strongholds on the front line of Mughal, Persia and Dashi one by one, and then change them to the semicolons of the Daming Western Company.

Remember, every time a merchant ship goes to deliver goods, it must be escorted by a naval fleet, and the European barbarians cannot be taken advantage of. "

Play pirate!
Does this mean that they are going to grab it directly?

Zhu Chunchen asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what if our fleet encounters their merchant ships?"

Do you still need to think about this?

Taichang said without hesitation: "He robbed all the people and boats directly, we happen to be short of people to mine.

You don't have to be polite to the European barbarians, they are robbers, and it's only natural for us to rob them.

However, superficial articles still need to be done.

Be careful, don't grab it in front of other people, and don't admit it after you grab it.

If people ask about it, just say it was stolen by pirates. "

Uh, even people rob it!
Still don't admit it?

Well, if the emperor says to grab it, then grab it!

Hearing this, Zhu Chunchen quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "What do you think is the best seller in Mughal, Persia, and Dashi?"

Uh, this one is a bit much.

Zhu Chunchen thought about it carefully, and then explained in detail: "I think that Mughal, Persia, Dashi and other places should be similar to the southeastern vassal states, and what they need should be food, clothing and use.

In terms of food, he may need rice, flour, oil, sugar, seafood, dry goods, even tea, spices, non-staple food, etc.

However, we still have to pull them over and try them out before we know what sells best.

In terms of clothing, it should mainly be cheap fabrics such as cotton cloth and linen.

After all, they are not very rich, and they probably cannot afford high-end fabrics such as silk and satin.

In terms of use, they may need pots and pans, nails, needles and threads, mirrors, rubber shoes, and even hoes, rakes, shovels, axes, kitchen knives, spoons, etc.

As for which items are the best sellers, we have to pull them over and try them out. "

This kid is not bad, he has learned so many things in just a few years.

The reason why Taichang wants to know what is the best to sell is mainly because it wants to help ordinary people make money.

He can't give money directly to the people, which is easy to form a dependent mentality and even make people lazy.

The so-called teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish. He has to help the common people figure out ways to make money.

So, among so many things, how can ordinary people make money?
It depends on what the basic needs of the person are.

The most basic human needs are food and clothing.

Regarding eating, there is no need to say more. If you don’t eat, you will starve, and if you don’t eat, you will starve to death.

Regarding clothing, it is not only a matter of shame, but also a matter of life preservation.

In hot weather, people can wear nothing, and that doesn't matter much.

In spring and autumn, one cannot stand without something to wear.

In winter, if you don't wear them, you may freeze to death.

In other words, the demand for food and clothing must be the largest.

It is also relatively easy for ordinary people to make money by relying on these two things.

Mughal seems to be mainly rice, while Persia and Dashi seem to be mainly flour.

There are also potatoes, which seem to be the main dishes there.

As long as the output of these three items increases and the price is a little bit cheaper, sales will definitely not be a problem.

As for what to wear, cotton cloth is definitely the best and cheapest in Daming.

Moreover, a large number of profit points can be created from planting cotton to spinning and weaving.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Well, let's use rice, flour, potatoes and cotton cloth as the main products, and create opportunities for most ordinary people to make money.

At this time, most of the guards in Ming Dynasty will move to the newly opened provinces and grasslands outside the Great Wall. I will ask the imperial court to count the original farmland and prepare to sell it to the common people.

Father-in-law, the bank is ready. All ordinary people who buy cultivated land will be given loans, and the annual interest rate should be reduced to [-]%.

This is to transfer hands between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Households, and the payment will be returned very quickly. You can print more bank notes, and the impact should not be great.

However, this kind of low-interest money cannot be loaned to people indefinitely.

With the help of the Yellow Pages, all farmers in Daming can borrow about 5.00 mu of land with low interest special funds for land purchase. If there is too much, the annual interest rate will be [-]%. "

Uh, I'm afraid there will be problems if you do this!

Wu Yangchun thought for a while, then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what should I do if I borrow money and refuse to buy the land?"

Taichang said indifferently: "I can only create opportunities for them. If they want to make money and live a good life, they have to work hard on their own. If they don't know how to cherish this opportunity, they will be the ones who will live a hard life in the future. This kind of person deserves to starve to death!"

(End of this chapter)