The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 317 How can Japan industrialize? (Please subscribe and vote)

"The rival of Jiangnan Silk Industry" Su Sanniang took Luo Yaoguo's arm and sat down next to the transparent glass. Then she picked up the kettle warmed on the small red clay stove and poured a cup of tea for herself and Luo Yaoguo. Then she asked with a smile, "Did the big silk merchant in Nanxun Town tell you this? You seem to value these people very much!"

Su Sanniang was not a queen who stayed in the harem all day long. She was the second in command of Luo Yaoguo's group. Luo Yaoguo even borrowed the capital to start his business from Su Sanniang, although Su Sanniang had always been very obedient because she believed that Luo Yaoguo was an angel.

However, before implementing any major policy, Luo Yaoguo would always discuss it with Su Sanniang first. Even though he knew that Su Sanniang would give him unconditional support, he would still break down the policies and guidelines to be implemented and explain them clearly to her out of respect for her.

"It is necessary to pay attention to it!" Luo Yaoguo said solemnly, "Nowadays, China can sell well overseas and exchange for a large amount of silver. The only three products are silk, porcelain and tea. Among them, the market of Chinese porcelain in Europe and America has been almost taken over by European porcelain. Only the market in Southeast Asia remains."

China's porcelain exports were quite good in the 19s and 1850s. Although the European market was not doing well at that time, it could still be sold to the United States. However, by the s, European industrialized ceramics had basically driven traditional Chinese ceramics out of the European and American markets. Only overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia still liked Chinese porcelain.

Luo Yaoguo took a sip of tea and frowned again. "As for tea, because of the poor export control by the Qing government, the tea tree species were acquired by the British and are now being planted in large quantities in India. Although it is still okay now, the future prospects are worrying."

At that time, tea was consumed in large quantities in Europe and America, after all, people drank it every day! Therefore, the British were very jealous. In 1848, they sent commercial spies to sneak into China and bought tea tree seeds. Now they have successfully planted tea in India and will soon plant tea on a large scale.

Historically, China's tea exports encountered major challenges in the second half of the 19th century!
"Porcelain exports are not doing well, and tea prices will drop in the future," Su Sanniang tried to understand Luo Yaoguo, "so we must not lose raw silk. Otherwise, we will have nothing to sell to foreigners in exchange for guns and cannons."

"That's not all!" Luo Yaoguo frowned slightly, "Raw silk is a handle for us to develop the machinery industry. In today's world, all the countries that can be called the great powers are countries with prosperous machinery industries. A strong industry means a strong country, and a weak industry means a weak country, without exception!
The industries of various countries mostly start from textiles, either cotton spinning or wool spinning. Among the Western powers, there is no major silk spinning country, because raw silk is scarce and mostly produced in China and Japan. Therefore, in the next few decades, one of China and Japan will surely become an industrially prosperous country through machine spinning and join the ranks of the great powers. "

"So you have to help Japan sell out its country," Su Sanniang smiled knowingly, "turn Japan into a British and American colony, and eliminate the possibility of Japan developing machine spinning as soon as possible!"

She had been with Luo Yaoguo for a long time and knew what a colony was and what machine industry was.

During this period, Luo Yaoguo frequently convened major silk merchants from Huzhou, Suzhou and other places to discuss with them matters such as expanding mulberry gardens, improving silkworm breeds, improving silk making technology, and building machine reeling factories.

Dayou intends to make the establishment of a machine silk reeling factory a top priority!
In order to dispel everyone's concerns, Luo Yaoguo also wanted to open a mulberry garden and a machine silk reeling factory in Shanghai as a demonstration. During this period, he also posted recruitment notices in Huzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, Taicang, Jiaxing and other places to recruit talents who were good at silk making and management to participate in the establishment of Shanghai Mulberry Garden and Shanghai Silk Factory.

Since Luo Yaoguo regarded Japan as his competitor in developing the silk textile industry, Su Sanniang could understand why he resorted to some shady tactics.

"No, no, I helped Japan sell out its country only to keep Japan trapped in chaos for a long time so as to miss the opportunity of industrialization, not to make Japan a colony of anyone." Luo Yaoguo smiled bitterly, "Although the national conditions of Japan are quite different from those of China, there are two points that are very similar!"

"Which two points?" Su Sanniang cooperated and asked according to Luo Yaoguo's meaning.

Luo Yaoguo held up a finger and said, "First, there are too many people and too little land. The contradiction between people and land in Japan is several times greater than that in China! Japan has a population of more than 30 million, about one-tenth of China's, but its land is only one-thirtieth of China's, and there is very little flat land. Mountains and hills that cannot be cultivated occupy the vast majority of the country's land area."

Su Sanniang nodded repeatedly, and seemed very interested in this topic. Luo Yaoguo smiled bitterly: "The second is to close the country to the outside world! Once the country is closed, people outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out. It's okay when there are few people, but when there are too many people, it will be a big deal!

Our side has exploded, but the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan has kept it well covered and has not exploded yet.

But the United States knocked on the door with gunboats this summer, and Britain is also ready to join in. When the Tokugawa shogunate can no longer withstand the pressure and is forced to open the country, the shogunate's prestige will be destroyed, and heroes from all sides will take advantage of the situation! "

"Is Japan going to be in chaos?" Su Sanniang opened her eyes wide.

"There will be chaos!" Luo Yaoguo said firmly, "Japan is ruled by samurai, and their samurai are equivalent to our scholars. Under the shogunate and above the samurai, there are more than 300 feudal lords. When the world is peaceful, the shogunate controls the feudal lords, the feudal lords control the samurai, and the samurai oppress the peasants. Because there are so many samurai in Japan, there are more wolves than sheep, and although the peasants are extremely miserable, they cannot rise up like we do here.

But once the shogunate's prestige is gone, the feudal lords and samurai will rise up one after another, and Japan may fall into the chaos of the Warring States Period. Let Japan fall into the chaos of the Warring States Period and be turbulent for a hundred years, which is exactly what I want! "

In order to seize the silk market, do we have to push our neighbor Japan into the abyss of a century of war?

Is this angel a bit vicious?
A hint of astonishment flashed in Su Sanniang's eyes, and she stared at Luo Yaoguo with wide eyes.

Luo Yaoguo said confidently: "China and Japan are both going through the tribulation now. If they can make it through, they will have the opportunity to join the ranks of the great powers and participate in the division of the world. If they can't make it through, there will be at least a hundred years of chaos! And China and Japan are each the other's tribulation, so it is destined that only one of the two countries will succeed in overcoming the tribulation. Sanniang, do you understand?"

Su Sanniang nodded. Isn’t this just raising Gu?
"Fortunately, China has me, so it has taken a half step ahead in this competition that concerns the country's destiny for a hundred years. But a big ship is slow to turn around, and a big country is difficult to change!" Luo Yaoguo sighed, "And Japan's isolationism is far less strict than ours, and they know more about Western learning than we do. So once Japan is successfully attacked by the United States and Britain, it is very likely to successfully overcome the disaster, quickly transform, and snatch our national destiny. Sanniang, do you think I should use some tricks?"

"That's a must!" Su Sanniang is not some "saint saint", she is a fighter. Moreover, she always listens to Luo Yaoguo's words - that was sent from heaven, she saw it with her own eyes!
"Then the current knocks by Britain and the United States are a great opportunity." Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "Sanniang, you know that the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan closed the country and banned religion and Christianity more than 200 years ago, but they only banned Christianity on the surface, and Christianity hidden under the surface has always existed. In the eyes of these Japanese believers, my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is like-minded with them!

Before the American gunboats came knocking on the door of the Tokugawa shogunate, they had thought about helping the Qing Dynasty to deal with our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! So I plan to take advantage of the opportunity of Britain and the United States knocking on the door of Japan to get a piece of the pie, and push the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty's Nanyang Minister's Office into Japan to support the two factions of anti-shogunate and pro-shogunate, so that they can continue to be in chaos! "

"Can we spread the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into Japan?" Su Sanniang's eyes flickered. "Will the Heavenly King and the Eastern King also support it?"

"I will!" Luo Yaoguo nodded gently, "So I have to return to Shanghai after the New Year to arrange the visit to Japan and the recovery of Ryukyu. You will have to take charge of Suzhou. In addition, I will transfer Wang Yan back to Suzhou to serve as the Minister of Personnel of the Wu Wangfu and the deputy head of the God Worshipping Society Lecturers Group to assist you in presiding over the overall situation. You don't need to worry about it. Military affairs, government affairs, and association affairs will be left to Wang Yan, Zeng Tianyang, Li Shoucheng and others to handle."

"I don't need to worry about that," Su Sanniang nodded with a smile, "I'll keep an eye on Suzhou for you and make sure nothing goes wrong!"

(End of this chapter)