Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Facing the furious old Xue Guoguan Xue Ge, the voice of the fat Shaodong of the Kang family remained unchanged, but he added a third point of helplessness: "Since the great prosperity of maritime trade in the Wanli period, the families of scholar-bureaucrats and ordinary people have destroyed fields and planted mulberry trees. , or switch to cotton. In Songjiang prefecture, there are very few rice growers, and most of the landowners have changed to cotton. Mr. Ge, Songjiang cloth is sold all over the world, and it is famous all over the world. If it weren't for the whole prefecture to grow cotton cloth , where did so many come from?"

Having said that, Xue Guoguan and Lin Wenyuan, who was eavesdropping next to him, understood.

Since Long Wan opened the sea, people in the south of the Yangtze River have been exposed to rain and dew, and they all have a lot of growth.

Rich scholar-bureaucrats of course also have land, and they don’t make money by putting large baskets of money, and they grow grain. Isn’t it because lard has deceived them?So destroy fields to plant mulberries, raise silkworms, grow cotton, and get what you get for money.

Over the past few decades, big landowners have made big fortunes, small landowners have made small fortunes, and those without land have worked for others to weave cloth and raise silkworms, and they can also get a bite to eat.In the south of the Yangtze River, a loom and a young daughter-in-law can work for a day, which is enough for a family to eat. [

This is also the reason why the status of women in the south is getting higher and higher. Men listen to Pingtan in teahouses, and at most they tend the fields when the farming is busy, or help when they are busy raising silkworms.

Normally, they don’t move their hands or lift their shoulders. The family’s food depends on the woman’s loom. In addition, the Wu people have a heavy dowry. When the woman comes, she always brings her own belongings. It's hard not to be a Hedong lion if you make money online and control a family's economic power.

Xue Guoguan is not interested in Jiangnan's men's lack of support, and he doesn't care much about Jiangnan's lack of self-sufficiency in food... Jiangnan's affairs are handled by Nanzhili and Susong local officials. If they don't care about taking the lead, the cabinet will not be able to do it There are many such things.

Besides, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is still there, and it is still fertile. If there is really not enough food, those damn pests will naturally farm again. Why should outsiders worry about this?

As for how important the food in the south of the Yangtze River is to the national game of chess, the impact and fluctuation of the food shortage in the south of the Yangtze River will affect the national food price, and even affect the central financial revenue and expenditure, and affect the supply of the northern military towns and other important problems related to the national economy and people's livelihood. It was automatically ignored by Xue Guoguan.

In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of commercial crops were planted in the south of the Yangtze River. Not only was there insufficient food for export, but it was also difficult for many places to be self-sufficient.

As a last resort, several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River still have to purchase rice from other places. This is definitely a milestone in the history of China's economic and peasant development.

How many people are employed in a silk factory, and how many people make porcelain? This is not the beginning of capitalism, but a large number of farmers who have left the simplest agricultural production and replanted cash crops, or completely left the countryside and entered the city to form a large number of citizens. , this is a true benchmark.

Just like what will happen in Britain in the future, the farmers will be bankrupted and driven to the cities, and then they will use the steam engine to develop industries, and the bankrupt farmers will become industrial workers. The modern state and capitalism will basically It took shape.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, China indeed came to a crossroads. If there were no foreign invasions, the degree of collusion between Donglin party members and private capital at the end of the Ming Dynasty may become higher and higher. Seeking a breakthrough in politics, at least looking for a real political spokesperson, and then more and more urban handicraftsmen and workers... However, in terms of China's natural science system, the steam engine will not appear, and capitalism will still not come. It is hoped that the sea trade will not be cut off, and the west will gradually solve this problem.

"Well, I know all about your difficulties."

At the end of the story, Xue Guoguan's tone was also very helpless: "However, the lack of grain reserves in the capital is a major event that can shake the foundation of the country. Everyone has a solution. It is better to help each other."

This is why Mr. Ge showed his hole cards. It is not impossible to use administrative means to coerce such things as food, but it will affect the whole body and do things recklessly. It will not give the emperor and his subordinates a good impression. Not for a lifetime, why bother to offend people for the royal affairs?

So Xue Guoguan's tone changed at this time, it didn't seem to be an order, but a begging instead.

"This……"

"The old man's words are serious..."

"I am ashamed to be inferior..."

After Xue Guoguan finished speaking, there was a round of politeness, and then another moment of silence.Even though he wasn't there, Lin Wenyuan could still feel the eye contact in the room over there... The merchant rents money, but now that Mr. Ge is asking for it, he has face, and it depends on how to make up for it.

It was still Kang Shaodong who spoke first. Among these businessmen, the Kang family and the Fan family were the backbone, and the other businessmen came to fill in the numbers. [

"I am very ashamed of what Elder Ge said... However, since this is the case, I will go back and write a book in a while, and ask Pingyang to transfer [-] stones of grain to stabilize the price of grain in the capital."

Xue Guoguan was overjoyed, and said with a loud smile, "I'm so grateful!"

It is not a secret to the highest level of the Ming Empire that Shanxi merchants transported grain outside the mouth, but it is not easy to say whether it was sold to the Mongols or the Eastern captives outside the mouth.

Even Yuan Chonghuan did it at the beginning. He thought it was a sharp weapon to control the enemy. The court ordered officials to do it. Businessmen are chasing profit. How can it be prohibited?

At this time, it is true that the new rice has just come out of the market, and when the old rice storage consumption is almost the same, it is the time when the grain merchants are making big profits. At this time, transporting grain to the capital is still a trivial matter, and the profit is much less.

As soon as the Kang family made a statement, Fan Yundou followed suit of course: "Master Ge Mingjian, my family is far inferior to the Kang family. Now the capital needs food, and Fan is willing to transport [-] shi of grain from outside the mouth to support the country."

"Very good, very good!"

In a blink of an eye, 15 shi was in hand, plus Tongzhou squeezed in a little bit, and then the Jiangnan water transport gradually came to help, the dilemma of the capital's lack of food is expected to be resolved.

The most important thing is that the large and small grain merchant committees in the capital are really big, and they have mobilized the whole body. Now they are hoarding grain to make a profit, but the court knows that there is nothing they can do.

Commercial behavior must be resolved from the commercial point of view. The imperial court cannot force people to sell food or send troops to rob them. Otherwise, what is the difference between the imperial court and the king of the mountain?

Now that a large amount of grain is entering the city, small and medium-sized grain merchants will naturally die down when they see this, and will not continue to bid up grain and hoard it for sale.

"This old man really appreciates it. If you have anything you want this old man to help with, you might as well say it clearly."

The Kang family and the Fan family expressed successively, and then the rest of the grain merchants naturally followed up. Five or six Shanxi merchants collected 20 stone grains in a blink of an eye. Xue Guoguan's problem was easily solved, and Jinyiwei and Dongchang would not No matter how troublesome it was, with a relaxed mood, he also asked about the prices of these merchants.