1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 890 Print?Still hitting the sun?
July 1674, 7, Hanzhou, Chang'an.

In later generations, there is a very famous saying, "If it is not forced by life, who would want to make himself a talent".This sentence seems a bit self-deprecating, but it is also the truth of life. Behind it is the sadness and helplessness of countless migrant workers, and the courage to face life's determination.For migrant workers, if they don’t want to have nothing to do all their lives and be forced by life, they should let themselves have more talents, continuously improve their abilities, and make themselves better.

Qi's industrial development was more or less "forced by life" and had to "make oneself full of talents", so that industrialization and mechanization had been vigorously promoted for decades.

More than 30 years ago, Hanzhou was first established, and everything was a start-up. However, the population resources have always been flawed, and it is impossible to rely on a large number of manpower to develop industries.

Under such circumstances, various machines that can save a lot of manpower have been invented one after another, and natural power such as water power and wind power that can save manpower has also been widely used in large and small factories.

Subsequent steam power, invested by the royal family and the government at any cost, took more than ten years, consuming countless money, manpower, and material resources, from the initial simple machine models such as water pumps and blowers to the final application of steam locomotives and machines. The driving force and other application fields have slowly pushed Qi's industry into the quasi-steam era, making the production efficiency of the entire domestic industry more than 30 times higher than that of [-] years ago.

In a local cotton textile factory in Hanzhou, a 15-year-old child took care of two steam looms, and in less than an hour, he could weave three and a half bolts of fabric.In the same period of time, a skilled worker can only weave one piece using the flying shuttle technology ten years ago.The spinning machine driven by steam power is 100 to [-] times faster than the manual spinning in Daming and India.

Twenty years ago, the cost of spinning 20 kilograms of cotton yarn by family was about 100-14 Hanzhou silver dollars, but now, machine spinning 16 kilograms of cotton yarn only costs less than 100 Hanzhou silver dollars.Machine production reduces labor costs by 1.5%!Today, the job done by a local cotton spinner in Hanzhou requires at least 90 people to complete in India, or even in Daming.

Compared with Daming, which has abundant human resources, and India, it may not have much motivation to actively invent or create some tools that can improve production efficiency.As early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a large spinning wheel with 32 spindles was invented in China. It was powered by water power, and mechanical components such as pistons, bell cranks, and transmission gears formed a complete machine system.

In fact, this water-powered spinning wheel contains many basic characteristics of later spinning jenny machines. With a little improvement, it can adapt to large-scale specialized production and become a spinning machine in the modern sense.

However, abundant and cheap human resources have made many changes meaningless and futile.

With the gradual increase of Qi's population size, from tens of thousands more than 30 years ago to more than 700 million (roughly estimated) today, although it cannot be compared with the tens of millions of people in Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as a reasonable population in the entire Nanyang region. Proper population "big country".

But even though the country already has "huge" human resources, in Hanzhou, both the government and the many factory owners are still trying to improve the production scale and production efficiency, hoping to produce a large number of products continuously. produced.

Without him, because with the expansion of Qi State and the extension of commercial power, factory owners and businessmen suddenly found that the entire Nanyang region has become the absolute sphere of influence of Qi State. Indochina, India, Persia, Arabia, and even the Mediterranean Sea, They are all quietly waiting for the entry of Qi products.

In particular, the Mughal Empire, with a population of hundreds of millions, had accumulated wealth for hundreds of years and was recognized as the wealthiest country in this period. The mode of buying, buying, and buying is too arrogant.

Countless factory owners in the Qi State agreed that it would be too slow to earn money from local tyrants like the Mughal Empire by relying on the previous inefficient manual production mode.

Get on the steam engine!

Scale up your production!

Continue to study how to improve industrial production efficiency and reduce production costs!
Work hard to earn back the last fucking copper coin of the Mughal Empire!

What's more, there are Persia, Arabia, Ottoman, as well as Siam, Burma, Annan, Ming Dynasty, North Korea, Japan..., so many countries, tens of millions of people, such a large-scale commodity market, even if only [-]-[-]% of them Demand, that is also an unimaginably huge market.

Oh, by the way, there has been bad news recently from both the Mughal Empire and Japan.

At the beginning of the year, the Mughal Empire raised import tariffs on Qi’s cotton products from 40% two years ago to 60%, and also stipulated an import quota, that is, the total import of Qi’s cotton products should not exceed 300 million rupees (1 Two silvers are approximately equal to 3.4 rupees), about [-] million Hanzhou silver dollars.

As soon as this trade restrictive measure came out, Qi State was in an uproar.Damn, the Mughals are too careless. The total amount of cotton textiles exported by Qi State last year was about 600 million Hanzhou silver dollars, and the cotton textiles imported to the Mughal Empire were only more than 600 million.Considering that the Mughal Empire has a population of hundreds of millions, the per capita consumption is less than six cents.

With such a small amount of imports, you still have to set an import quota limit for me, which obviously does not match your image of a local tyrant!

Domestic cotton textile guilds, Indian trading companies, and Bangladeshi trading companies proposed to the cabinet to take tough measures against the Mughal Empire, and even threatened it with force to force it to cancel the trade restrictions on Qi's cotton products.It can impose a trade ban on cotton fabrics from Qi State today. In a few days, it may take sugar, tea, porcelain, coffee, oil, hardware tools, and steel products as examples, and will successively promulgate more trade restrictive measures.

In this regard, the cabinet and the military have begun to conduct small-scale research and discussions, but have not yet made clear countermeasures.

However, in late June, news suddenly came from Japan that the Tokugawa shogunate had captured a smuggling transport ship owned by a Ryukyu trading company. Then, in spite of the complaint and strong opposition from the representative of the trading company in Nagasaki, the Tokugawa shogunate went so far as to say "Nanman Sea Kou was accused of violating the shogunate's ban" and "disturbing the capital", and beheaded all the more than [-] captured sailors in Osaka.

When hearing this news, the whole country of Qi was shocked.Is there any mistake, in my country of Qi, apart from shipwreck incidents at sea, it is extremely rare for more than 60 people to die in one accident.Moreover, this time he was beheaded by the Japanese shogunate in the name of "sea pirates".

How can we Qi people be pirates?Shouldn't this profession be exclusive to you in Japan?During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates ravaged the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. From Shandong in the north to Fujian in the south, they were looted by Japanese pirates everywhere. Countless people were slaughtered, and property losses were even more numerous.

Although some careful people pointed out that the ship of the Ryukyu Trading Company broke into Osaka without the permission of the Japanese shogunate, and conducted smuggling trade with local Japanese businessmen, so it was captured by Japan, and then it was locked down in accordance with the country they promulgated decades ago. order to deal with it.

Moreover, more than 20 years ago (1640), a Portuguese ship also arrived in Edo, Japan, and asked for the right to trade, but it was all captured by the shogunate, and then all these people were executed, and the number seemed to be more than 60.

However, the raging public opinion in the country does not care whether our merchant ships of Qi State violated the Japanese shogunate's ban on the country, and you killed more than 60 people of Qi State at once, which is wrong and a serious provocation to our Qi State.

Gather an army to attack Japan and avenge the unjustly killed sailors of Qi!
In the 16th year of Qianwu (1658), the Satsuma clan of Japan killed more than a dozen officials and businessmen of Qi State in Ryukyu, challenging the power of Qi State.Now, only 16 years later, the Japanese shogunate made such a radical move again, beheading more than 60 of my compatriots on the extremely insulting charge of "sea pirates".

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, this must be called back!Otherwise, what is the face of our country Qi, and what is the prestige of our emperor?
"Actually, from the perspective of economic benefits and strategy, it is much more cost-effective to launch a limited war against the Mughal Empire."

In an office of the Military and Political Department Building, the Minister of the Navy, General Zhen Guo (Lieutenant General) Luo Shouxun held a teacup, stood in front of several huge maps, pondered for a long time, and then spoke softly.

"Yes, showing the military strength of our country to the Mughal Empire will not only force it to cancel the trade ban on cotton fabrics in our country, expand the number of goods in our country, but also greatly deter countries and forces around the Indian Ocean. Consolidate our maritime control in the region." Deputy Chief of Staff, General Guangwei (Major General) He Yunfeng nodded in agreement.

"Then why did you support the opinion of the Ministry of War and launch a punitive war against the Japanese shogunate at the joint military-political meeting in the morning?" Luo Shouxun turned his head and asked.

"I am not supporting the opinion of the Ministry of War." He Yunfeng shook his head and said: "...I am supporting His Majesty's proposition."

"Huh?" Luo Shouxun looked at the other party in surprise, "During the joint meeting, Your Majesty did not show any inclination, and just let us, the military and the government, discuss and argue. How did you... guess that His Majesty wanted to conquer the Japanese shogunate? "

"More than 30 years ago, when I was still an ignorant teenager and learned how to see things by His Majesty's side, I knew that His Majesty had always disliked Japan." He Yunfeng said: "Do you remember that in the 16th year of Qianwu, I followed General Luo Rucheng to attack Japan?" They attacked Satsuma, forced them to cede land and pay compensation, and then brought back several apologetic envoys who were Shimadzu's children and returned to the mainland of Hanzhou."

"Well, I know. This battle was fought cleanly. At a very small price, the Satsuma clan was expelled from Ryukyu, and they were forced to cede land and pay compensation, allowing us to do business with them secretly. Shimadzu's apology envoy came to Jianye City , It made the whole country of Qi rejoice and encourage it, and greatly inspired the hearts of the whole country."

"Hehe..." He Yunfeng chuckled a few times, "You only saw domestic officials and people excited about this, but you ignored His Majesty's feelings back then.... It is said that after His Majesty received the apology envoy of the Satsuma clan, he was in the palace. Drinking in the middle of the day for several days, shouting loudly and happily."

"..." Luo Shouxun frowned when he heard the words, "You mean, His Majesty intends to take advantage of the Fukuyama incident to attack Japan again in order to fulfill his wish? Don't you hear that you can't be angry and raise your troops? You can fight out of frustration. How can Your Majesty rashly send troops to attack Japan because of his own likes and dislikes?"

"Uncle Guo, how could this be a way to fulfill His Majesty's wishes and rush to attack?" He Yunfeng looked at Luo Shouxun strangely, "The Japanese shogunate publicly sentenced more than 60 sailors on the Fukuyama to the crime of pirates. This is nothing less than a serious provocation to our country of Qi. If we ignore it, how will Daming treat our country of Qi? What will happen to the vassals of Yunzhou Town, Liuqiu, Luzon, Weiguo, and Shunguo? Do you regard me as the suzerain of Qi?"

"However, I am worried that if the Tokugawa shogunate is severely damaged, it will cause unpredictable changes in the situation in Japan. In the end, it is very likely that they will make wedding clothes for others!" Luo Shouxun sighed.

"You mean that Daming and Yunzhou Town will come to take advantage of it?"

"What do you think?" Luo Shouxun said: "It is said that Yunzhou Town has always wanted to expand in the north of Japan's Oshima. Apart from wanting to seize more control territories, it also wanted to weaken Japan's strength. So that it can return to the era of melee wars between the princes 100 years ago, so as to eliminate the potential threats in the future of Yunzhou Town. As for Da Ming, the domestic unification has been achieved. In addition to continuing to eliminate the threat from the north, why doesn’t it want to restore the prosperous situation of all nations coming to the dynasty again? "

"You are worrying too much." He Yunfeng said with a smile: "Not to mention that Yunzhou Town is too small and the population is not large, so it is impossible to swallow Japan's Oshima. Even if Daming wants to take advantage of Japan's weakness, it will be included as a vassal The tributary system cannot be achieved in a short period of time. Don't forget that the north, northwest, and southwest of the Ming Dynasty are all powerful enemies. It may take a hundred years to complete the settlement of the border crisis one by one. "

"If there is no long-term consideration, there must be near-term worries! Japan, North Korea, and Annan have always been the Chinese civilization circle, where the mainland's inherent influence lies. In this way, as long as Ming Dynasty regains its former strength, the above-mentioned three countries will definitely be intimidated by it. For the long-term plan, Our country of Qi should not weaken Japan too much, let alone make it a strong enemy."

"However, I don't think so." He Yunfeng said: "Your Majesty once said that the Japanese are born with kindness and belligerence, are arrogant and courteous, open and conservative, martial and beautiful. Although we all know that Japanese culture originated in China and Japan respect Chinese civilization very much. Their aristocrats and scholars have always regarded learning Chinese characters and writing Chinese as a manifestation of their noble status. But the reason is just the natural admiration of their nation. If there is no Sanjiangkou in Tang Dynasty The battle of the Great Ming Dynasty, the Korean War in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, do you think Japan will sincerely submit to the Chinese civilization?"

"Your Majesty once said that when dealing with the country of Japan, as long as you remain strong enough, you can subdue it by force alone, and even make it kneel down and submit to the whole people."

(End of this chapter)