I want to be emperor

Chapter 901 Dream of Life: Rent Collector
The 37th year of Chengshun's Great Chu Empire passed through war and peace as usual...

The war is because the military operations of the Great Chu Empire have never stopped... Needless to say during the Unification War, at that time the Great Chu Empire was fighting every day for the hegemony of the world.

After the Ming Dynasty fell to the ground, the war did not stop. The follow-up of the Great Chu Empire continued to attack some of the remaining forces of the Ming army on the one hand, and began to invade the southwest and even the Qingkang Plateau on a large scale. Captives and Monan Mongolia launched continuous military operations.

After clearing up the Eastern captives, taking down the Koryo Peninsula and taking control of Monan, the large-scale military operations in the northern region came to an end, but the operations in the southwest region still did not stop.

Military strikes against indigenous people in Guangxi, Yunnan-Guizhou, and western Sichuan continue.

It didn't take long for the Great Chu Empire to fight with Moxi Mongolia in the west, that is, the Zhungeer tribe.

In the continuous war, the Great Chu Empire not only completely subdued Zhungeer, and went straight to Central Asia, but also completely took down the Qingkang region. In the process, it also completely swept away the chieftains in the southwest region, A large-scale immigration operation was carried out, making the vast southwest and Qingkang area completely become the territory of Chu people.

During the same period, the Great Chu Empire was still fighting with Russia in the north... and finally captured the vast Siberia all the way.

After entering the 20s, the main expansion direction of the Great Chu Empire turned to the sea, and it was no longer limited to small troubles. It began to occupy various parts of Nanyang on a large scale, completely expelled the Spaniards, Dutch, and Portuguese from Nanyang, and took control of all parts of Nanyang. , and then entered India on a large scale.

During the period, it also entered North America on a large scale.

During this period, the main external expansion strategy of the Great Chu Empire was to seize a large number of overseas territories for immigration to accommodate more and more people, and the slogan they shouted was to fight for more living space for the people of the empire... When expanding overseas, the methods adopted were quite extreme. It was similar to the model of the Westward Movement of the United States in later generations. The imperial immigrants advanced all the way from the coast to the inland, expelling the local aborigines all the way, and finally realized the goal of "gaining more living space". Strategic objectives.

This is also the reason why the area occupied by the Great Chu Empire during its overseas expansion in the 20s is basically only Chu people... because in the entire 20s, and even in the early 30s, the people of Chu did not need gold or silver for their external expansion. There is no need for the market, let alone the so-called free labor. The Chu people only want the land...the land that can grow food to feed more Chu people.

It was at that time that the empire's population growth rate made the empire's high-level officials afraid... every day they worried that the empire's territory would not be able to support the empire's people.

After entering the 30s, this situation began to gradually change. Especially after 35 years of Chengshun, the population growth rate in the empire slowed down, and the empire’s foreign expansion policy also changed at any time. When expanding overseas, it began to focus on economic value. .

Specifically, it can be reflected in a series of expansion actions of the empire in Africa and Europe, basically not to occupy much land, but to obtain more industrial raw materials and agricultural products, and at the same time obtain more dumping places for industrial products.

The European Free Trade Plan is the best embodiment of this series of policy changes.

The empire’s expeditionary fleet went to Europe not to acquire more land, but to open up a market of more than 1 million people, trying to get more than 1 million people in Europe to provide the empire with more agricultural products and industrial raw materials, and at the same time serve as an industrial consumers of the product.

To put it bluntly, I want more than 1 million people in Europe to serve as cheap labor, and use their surplus value to supply the people of Chu.

Very typical colonial economic management policy!

And of course war is indispensable in this process.

Looking inside and outside, you can find that the Great Chu Empire has been accompanied by wars since the day it was established... This is still some large-scale wars. If it is just an ordinary battle of hundreds or thousands of people, then more.

It can even be said that the Great Chu Empire has been in a state of war every day since the day it was established!
Therefore, wars are commonplace, even normal, for the Great Chu Empire. Even the ordinary people of the Chu Kingdom are used to the attitude of the empire's army fighting against the natives in the overseas colonies.

Fighting too much, the people are used to it... especially the current middle social group in the empire, that is, the generation aged 40 to [-]. They have been fighting since they were young, or even the day they were born... the empire has been fighting up.

Therefore, in their cognition, war is a common thing, and it is a rare thing when there is no war.

Of course, the Great Chu Empire not only has wars, but also peace and prosperity!

This is mainly reflected in the local area, which is different from the two-day war in overseas areas. In the local area of ​​the Great Chu Empire, especially in the traditional [-] provinces of the Guannei, there have been no wars, especially in some core areas of the Great Chu Empire. In the ruling areas, that is, in the Pearl River, Yangtze River, and Yellow River basins, the war ended after the unification war, and then began to restore people's livelihood on a large scale and develop industry and commerce.

War is very far away from the mainland of the empire.

At the same time, after the early restoration of people's livelihood, the empire inevitably entered a so-called period of prosperity.

This so-called prosperous age has nothing to do with Luo Zhixue's industrial revolution. Even if there is no industrial revolution, the Great Chu Empire, which ended the unification war, will usher in a so-called prosperous age just like many unified dynasties .

After all, just after a war in troubled times, the population has been greatly reduced, and a lot of land has been abandoned.

At the same time, after the establishment of the new dynasty, interest groups will be replaced to a certain extent. A large number of interest groups in the previous dynasty will be killed by the new dynasty, and all their social wealth, such as land and other means of production, will flow back to society.

In addition, when the new dynasty is established, the military power will be stronger. After the unification, the external campaign will be smoother, and the internal repression will be stronger, which will avoid the outbreak of large-scale wars.

Under such circumstances, the situation of more people and less land is alleviated, and the distribution of benefits has gained a new fragile balance. In addition, after there is no war, as long as the rulers don't mess around, the so-called prosperous situation will easily appear.

This has nothing to do with any dynasty or ruler...it's the self-regulation of society.

So don't be too superstitious about how powerful the second and third emperors of some traditional dynasties were after the founding of the country decades after the founding of the prosperous dynasty... Those are just some lucky ones in history...

To put it bluntly, even if a dog is tied to be the emperor of this period, it will be the dog emperor who can start a prosperous age... Of course, the premise is that the dog must be on a good leash, and the dog cannot mess around.

If you mess around, you will disrupt the self-regulation of society, and you will die as a second generation...

If it is not that Luo Zhixue is a person with the soul of future generations, but a native aborigine, as long as he is not too stupid, then the Great Chu Empire will most likely follow the steps of the traditional feudal dynasty. The so-called heyday period...

But Luo Zhixue has the soul of future generations!

So the Great Chu Empire he established is different from the traditional feudal dynasty, and the different Great Chu Empire has brought a different path to the land of China...

A road that China has never traveled in thousands of years of history: the industrial revolution!

So it also led to the prosperity and prosperity of the Great Chu Empire today, which is different from the prosperity in the traditional sense of history!
In the spring of the 38th year of Chengshun, at the Wusong Naval Base, a huge naval transport ship with a displacement of thousands of tons and 55mm single-tube rapid-fire naval guns installed at the bow and stern slowly approached the dock with the assistance of a tugboat.

On the pier, there were already a group of officers in military uniforms and officials in Confucian uniforms waiting.

"Yun 367 supply ship, the prototype is our navy's third-generation steam transport ship, Yun 355. As a new generation of ocean-going transport ships of our navy, the 355-class full-load displacement can reach [-] tons, and the maximum loading mode can carry [-] tons. Eight hundred tons of various supplies."

"Using this transport ship as a prototype, we designed and modified the No. 367 supply ship, installed a refrigerator, and adjusted the design of the warehouse. The design goal is to provide fresh meat, food, Fruits and vegetables and other fresh food!"

“Ocean-sea food supply has always been a major problem that plagues our overseas operations. Although all kinds of canned and filled biscuits, chocolates, candies and other foods are good, they are expensive. Except for canned food, other foods that are easy to store and transport have a general taste. No, the nutrition is also lacking."

"For example, bacon jerky, an important material in the meat supply, was generally reported by the soldiers to be too unpalatable... To be honest, the first time I ate that stuff, I almost vomited!"

"More importantly, whether these cans or bacon jerky are actually used as dry food, and if the fleet sails for a long time, it is impossible to feed these soldiers every day. Not to mention the high cost, the soldiers will also have resentment !"

"In order to solve the problem of rations for soldiers stationed overseas, in addition to advocating local rations and self-reliance to obtain fresh food, we have also continued to work hard on the preservation and transportation of military rations!"

"We found that when the weather in the northern region is cold, the preservation time of meat, fruits and vegetables will be longer. We just learned that there are domestic manufacturers specializing in refrigeration machines, so we thought about installing refrigerators on large warships to preserve food. , and then meet the fresh food needs of the soldiers when sailing at sea."

"Later, it was found that the effect was not bad, so we went a step further and built a refrigerated transport ship dedicated to transporting fresh food to provide fresh food supplies for large-scale fleets and some marines stationed overseas."

"In this way, there will be supply ship No. 367 and the following two frozen supply ships No. 368 and 369."

"After receiving the notice from the superior, we will carry out the feasibility test of overseas frozen meat transoceanic transportation, and our navy specially dispatched the No. 367 frozen supply ship to carry out this mission!"

"After receiving the mission, the ship shipped [-] tons of fresh beef in Mumbai, India, and then transported it all the way back to China!"

At this time, a fourth-rank official in a Confucian uniform said, "According to our calculations, the local beef purchase cost and transportation cost add up, and the final price is slightly higher than the local beef supply price in Songjiang!"

"However, the transportation cost of military transport ships is higher than that of civilian ships. If the civilian refrigerated transport ships under construction are used instead, the overall cost will be the same!"

"In addition, the price of meat in Mumbai is slightly higher. If it is replaced by North America, the price of local meat is extremely cheap. Even if the transportation cost is included, if the frozen meat is shipped back to China, the price will still be higher than that in Songjiang City. The price of fresh meat supply is much lower.”

"Frozen meat is delivered internally, there is a lot to do!"

"The ship has landed, let's go up and see how the beef that was shipped back to China is!"

Then a group of officers and civil servants arrived at the pier and went straight to the ship, and it didn't take long for them to see the beef being pulled from the refrigerated warehouse.

Everyone looked at the frozen beef in front of them, apparently not rotten.

Later, I tried to cook the frozen beef on the spot. Although the meat was still good, it tasted very ordinary.

But everyone still ate happily, even with joy on their faces.

This meat can be eaten!
"Experiments have proved that it is feasible to import frozen meat. Although the taste is a bit bad, it is meat no matter what. It can be put on the market on a large scale to meet the needs of the people!"

A civil official said excitedly: "You don't know, the meat in Songjiang City is too expensive, and ordinary people can't eat much meat all year round. Now this kind of frozen meat from overseas is large and cheap, and it can be huge. To improve the living conditions of the people!"

"With this thing, the millions of people in Songjiang City will not have to worry about having no meat to eat, and if the millions of people in Songjiang City have overseas meat to supply, they don't need to siphon a lot of meat from the surrounding areas."

"Frozen transportation must be vigorously promoted!"

This person's statement was unanimously endorsed by others.

The emergence of refrigerated transport ships allowed the empire to obtain a large amount of cheap meat from overseas. This is a major event that can change the tables of the people of the empire.

Otherwise, the top management of the empire would not regard this matter as an important strategic task, and even let the Imperial Grain Corporation take the lead in cooperating with shipyards and shipping companies.

Soon, the Songjiang Business Daily also reported on the experimental transoceanic transportation of frozen meat, which immediately aroused heated discussions among the local people.

After reading the newspaper, many people can't help but expect that once overseas meat is supplied to the local area on a large scale, then they will be able to eat meat themselves.

But this is also limited to ordinary people in the middle and lower classes, and for the upper class who don't worry about daily food and drink, they don't care much.

Anyway, meat is more expensive, and they can eat it if it is cheaper... and some fluctuations in the price of meat have no big impact on them.

So after Sun Xu saw the news in the newspaper, he just glanced at it for a while, and then skipped it... Anyway, in terms of Sun Xu's income, eating meat is not a problem at all, and meat and food are also different from Sun Xu's. Asahi's industry doesn't matter.

Sun Xu reads the Songjiang Business Daily on weekdays, and mainly pays attention to some developments in the cotton spinning industry.

After all, this is closely related to his life and even the future.

And soon, he stopped his movements and looked at a report in the newspaper in his hand.

This report says that Li's Machine Tool Company has successfully developed a new generation of spinning machine, and if it is matched with the company's other new generation of cotton spinning equipment to form a new cotton spinning production line, the quality and cost of the cotton yarn produced will not compare with Hantian How much worse is the new generation of machinery company's products.

Almost three years have passed, and finally other companies have bypassed the patent barriers of a series of new cotton spinning equipment built by Hantian Machinery Co., Ltd., and developed new cotton spinning equipment with their own patented technology.

what does this mean?
Sun Xu doesn't know anything that is too profound, but he can be sure that the price of new cotton spinning equipment that has been rising for three years will usher in a price drop. The supply of new cotton yarn equipment continues to exceed demand. Naturally, Hantian Machinery Company is in market demand. Price increases for various reasons...you don't want it, some people want it!

However, Lee's Machine Tool is not a small company, but one of the core enterprises under Lee's Steel Manufacturing, one of the three major domestic machine tool companies, and one of Hantian Machinery's main competitors in the machine tool business.

If these two machine tool companies compete, there is a high probability that the price of new cotton spinning equipment will be reduced. At the same time, the entry threshold for the new cotton yarn industry will continue to be lowered, and more manufacturers will enter it.

Maybe, in less than five years, maybe three years or so, the new cotton yarn will touch the low-end market!
And is this good or bad for Anhua Textile Company and itself?

On the one hand, he can predict that as more manufacturers enter this field, the supply of professional and technical personnel like him will become even more in short supply... Now in this market, equipment is hard to find, but talents are even more difficult to find!
In this way, it will definitely be beneficial to these professional and technical personnel.

But as more manufacturers enter, the market gradually becomes saturated, and profits begin to decrease... At that time, the bosses of major factories will give technical talents like themselves extraordinary treatment?
Impossible to think about with your toes.

For me, the short-term is good, but the long-term is bad. This is Sun Xu's opinion on the new cotton spinning equipment put into production by Li's machine tool...

Sun Xu put down the newspaper, looked at the slight drizzle outside the window, and frowned slightly: The current good days won't last long!

Seeing Sun Xu putting down the newspaper and frowning, Sun Mengshi who was at the back stepped forward with a big belly and asked, "What's going on? Is there any bad news?"

Sun Xu turned his head and smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that a company has newly put into production new cotton spinning equipment!"

Naturally, Sun Xu wouldn't tell his wife too much about his worries about the future. Now that his wife is eight months pregnant and needs to calm down and raise her baby, Sun Xu won't bother her.

Furthermore, Sun Xu is still a traditional man, and he still believes in the old tradition of being a man and a woman. He will not let outside things enter the home and disturb the peace of the home.

It’s just that I have already made up my mind. In the future, I still can’t continue to be extravagant in the economy. I need to save enough money for emergencies. I also need to continue to study hard at work, not only to master technology, but also to master management.

As long as the position of section chief is firmly established, even if the industry goes down in the future and the company's profits decline, as long as he is still the section chief when the salary is cut, the salary will not be much less... Even if the income is cut in half, there will still be thousands of years of salary. .

Secondly, Sun Xu thought that after paying off the loan in two months, he would save some money to buy some investment properties.

Now the real estate market in Songjiang City is okay...Of course, this market is not talking about rising housing prices...Although the housing prices in Songjiang City are rising, it is not as crazy as it was in the past 30 to [-] years. Not much, and it is unreliable to expect to make money after investing in real estate with such a small price increase, because the little money earned is not enough to pay taxes.

In the current Songjiang City, if you invest in real estate and want to make money from rising house prices, you basically work for the tax bureau... or pay for it yourself.

What Sun Xu wants is not to make money from the price increase, but to invest in some small, cheap and relatively rentable real estate, in order to obtain long-term and stable rental income in the future, and at the same time to ensure that the assets are stable. depreciation.

Anyway, the money is safe, and the interest rate of depositing in the bank is also low. Although there are many other investment channels that can also make money, the problem is that he doesn’t understand it... Silently entering a new industry to invest, it is easy to lose everything.

He also bought a house honestly, and then sat on the rent.

If one day the rental income can meet the family expenses, he will be satisfied and feel that his life is complete.

That's right, after years of hard work in society, now Sun Xu's biggest dream is not to get promoted and raise his salary, but to become a rent collector!

Tired of hard work, and working for others in fear, how can there be a day of drinking tea and enjoying the sun to collect rent!
Of course, Sun Xu also knows that this dream is not easy to realize. After all, if he wants the rent to cover his family expenses, the real estate required is not a small amount.

But to live in this world, one needs to have a dream!
(End of this chapter)