Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 355 Trade War

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief often said that fighting a war is logistics, that is to say, logistics support is more important than front-line operations. In this case, why did the commander-in-chief say that he can't be knighted for his meritorious deeds? In my opinion, we must give the commander-in-chief first." A handsome knight is the one."

Li Jing looked at Cao Wenzhao, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

Li Jing knew very well why Cao Wenzhao wanted him to be knighted first, without him, Cao Wenzhao was afraid that he would be ennobled earlier than Li Jing and be hated by others.

Shaking his head, Li Jing said: "Then you should remember your achievements this time first, and reward them together later."

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed, and cupped his fists at Li Jing and said, "Thank you, Marshal, for your understanding."

Li Jing waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this, you sent me a letter the day before yesterday saying that the captives captured from Mongolia and the captured cattle, sheep and horses were temporarily placed in Datong and Xuanfu. This matter is very good. At that time, I was afraid that you would take those captives to the capital, there are so many people, I don't have that much food for them."

"Hey, I'm not that stupid. Don't say that I can't be resettled in the capital. I have to eat a lot of food along the way? I put those captives in Datong and Xuanfu and let them build the city walls! Damn, these guys used to Invade our Ming Dynasty, let them suffer a little bit now." Cao Wenzhao laughed.

Li Jingjing nodded, looked at Shen Zheng and Zhou Hengchen, and said, "Have the specific matters in Mongolia been arranged?"

Zhou Hengchen said: "The area has been divided, now it's time for the commander to meet with those Mongolian princes."

"Don't pay attention to them. Now I'm Daozu and he is fish. They have to listen to what we say. If you don't obey them, don't use them. There will always be obedient people to do this." Li Jing waved his hands.

Zhou Hengchen nodded lightly upon hearing this.

Smiling, Li Jing continued: "Of course, if you want the Mongols to be obedient, you can't just force them, you can't always slap them, and you have to give them a few dates. Only in this way can the Mongols be subdued.

Just now I said that we don’t need to pay attention to the wishes of the Mongols. To force them to accept our arrangement is to slap them. Now that the slaps are over, it’s time to give those people dates.

So how can we make them feel comfortable after eating?A few days ago, my father-in-law said that I want to trade with the Mongols. I think this idea is good.

The Mongols can’t do anything other than herding. Salt, tea, silk, cloth, ironware, porcelain, and grain almost all need to be bought from us. We only need to agree to trade with the Mongols, not to mention letting the Mongol princes In charge, even if we let them be our grandchildren, they are probably willing to do it.

At that time, the Mongols were bound to stand with us. I thought that as long as we gave the Mongols this jujube, those princes would readily agree to our arrangement. "

Cao Wenzhao laughed and said, "Hehe, what the commander said is not bad. In fact, the Mongols have fought us for so many years, in the final analysis, because of what the commander just said. It's just that when we were weak, they They thought we were easy to bully, so they immediately started to rob, now that we are strong, they only have to be obedient."

Li Jingjing nodded: "So, the country must be backed by a strong army. As long as our guns are strong, they have to listen to us. Of course, we will not behave like the Mongols. After all, we are a civilized country , To conquer those barbarians, we must use civilized means, we must use guns as the backing, and use trade to defeat those Mongols."

"How to fight this?" Cao Wenzhao asked suspiciously.

"Hahaha, brother Wenzhao, what's this..." Li Jing wanted to say, you're a big bastard, and you couldn't understand me even if I told you, but seeing the same puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, he couldn't help but stop abruptly.

After thinking about it, Li Jing shook his head slightly. He came from later generations, so he naturally understood the severity of economic aggression, but Ming Dynasty people obviously would not understand this truth.

After pondering his words for a while, Li Jing looked at the crowd and said seriously: "You may not understand why you can defeat the enemy with trade, and now I will tell you the truth. But before I say this, I have to tell you that trade wars What is the basis? If we want to use trade to defeat the enemy, first of all our economic level must be stronger than that of the enemy, otherwise we will not be able to win.

But you don’t have to worry about this. Our Ming Dynasty is far from being comparable to the Mongols and Eastern captives in any aspect. If we fight a trade war with these uncivilized people, they will undoubtedly lose.

You may not understand what a trade war is, but you must all understand what trade means. Simply put, it means both sides doing business.

How can you win the enemy by doing business? It’s very simple to say, let’s take Mongolia as an example. What else can Mongolia do besides herding?They don't know all of these crafts such as farming, weaving, silkworm raising, and pottery making.But these things are all they can use, they must use them, what can they do if they don't know?There are two ways: one is to buy from us, and the other is to grab from us.

I know some people would think otherwise, they can eat meat if they don't know how to till land, they can wear furs if they don't know how to weave, and they can use other things without pottery.

But that's not the case.Everyone knows where the Mongols live. That place is much colder than ours. When the weather is the coldest, even cattle and sheep can freeze to death. What do they eat without cattle and sheep?
In addition, there has been a severe drought in the northwest region in the past two years, and Mongolia is not much better. There is no water, how can the grass grow?Without grass, what do cattle and sheep eat?In other words, during the severe drought here, the Mongols were more sad than us.

But why are the Mongols able to carry it over, but we have people rebelling here?
Because there are few Mongols, their combined population is not as large as that of our province. With fewer people, there is less food, so it is easy to get through the difficulties.

In addition, when there is really nothing to eat, they come to grab our food and grab our food to make a living.

But now the Mongols can't beat us, and they might lose their lives if they rob us. At this time, they have to carefully weigh it and consider whether it is worth it. If they can buy it at this time, they will definitely not Will come to grab, do you think this is the truth? "

"The commander-in-chief is right. Now within a hundred miles to the north of Datong, the Mongols can't even see a ghost. Let alone come to rob, our army will tremble when they see it." Cao Wenzhao laughed.

Li Jing smiled: "This is all thanks to Brother Wenzhao. The Mongols were terrified in the first battle, and they never dared to face up to our Ming border."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Marshal, don't mention this, just keep talking about the trade war."

Li Jing smiled and nodded at Cao Wenzhao, shook his head, and continued: "The only hope for the Mongols at this time is to buy grain from us. If we don't sell them, they can only wait to die. Of course, I It is about the situation of natural disasters. If there were no natural disasters, the Mongols would never have reached this point.

Then let's talk about the time when there are no natural disasters. Everyone knows that there are poor and rich people in Mongolia. Do you think the rich are willing to live like the poor? "

"I definitely don't want to. How can it show that they have money and status? Just like those rich people in Ming Dynasty, if they don't wear some gold and silver, can they show that they are rich? When it comes to ostentation, you have to be served by someone when you come in and out." Yang Liufeng continued.

Shen Zheng smiled and said: "It's not enough, they have to eat well, wear well, and use well. Only in this way can they show that they are different from the poor."

"Yes! This is the psychology of most rich people, but they don't have all these things. What should I do? They can only buy them from us. The ancients said that what is good at the top is good at the bottom. There are these powerful and rich people. Be an example, and the people below will surely follow.

In particular, the things we produce are indeed better than those made by the Mongolians themselves. As time goes by, our daily necessities will become an indispensable thing in the life of the Mongolians. At that time, the Mongolians will be inseparable from us. .

At this time, once we cut off the supply of materials, the Mongols will have to wait to die.At this time, we have to listen to what we say about the Mongols, and there is no need to use swords and guns with the Mongols. "

"Wouldn't it be easier if we just wiped out the Mongols? Why bother?" Cao Wenzhao said disdainfully.

Li Jing glared at Cao Wenzhao and said, "After the Mongols are destroyed, are you going to raise horses and herd cattle? Don't forget where the horses your cavalry ride come from. Where do our cattle come from.

Let me tell you, as long as they surrender to Daming, we have to treat them well.Including Donglu, as long as they obediently become the subjects of Ming Dynasty, they cannot be exterminated. You must know that Donglu also has many things that we need, such as ginseng, deer antler, etc. We also need Jurchen to help us provide them. these supplies. "

"Don't be angry, Marshal, you won't be destroyed if you say so, and you can do whatever you want. My old Cao listens to you." Cao Wenzhao said hastily.

Li Jing waved his hand and said, "Brother Wenzhao, I'm not angry with you, I'm just telling you what our ultimate goal is. Our goal is to make the Mongols and Eastern captives surrender and eventually become a part of Ming Dynasty, not to make them Extermination of the dead."

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded silently.

Seeing that the scene was dull, Li Jing smiled and continued: "In addition, we have another purpose, which is to turn the wealth of other countries into our wealth. I just took the Mongols as an example. In fact, we have to face There are many countries. We need to trade with other countries and sell the materials we produce to other countries, so that the wealth of other countries will flow into Daming continuously. In this way, the life of our people in Ming will be better and better .”

"This...we have to use the materials we produce and sell them to foreign countries. What should we do?" Zhu Youjian asked puzzled.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "What I'm talking about is actually selling the surplus supplies to others. Now we don't have enough food for ourselves, so naturally we won't sell it, but once we can't finish it, we don't sell it and keep it." What are you doing? There are also porcelain, tea and those silks and satins. We can use enough of these things for ourselves, and sell the rest. Foreigners like this and use this, so let’s produce this and sell it to them. Hehe, In short, it is to find a way to bring foreign wealth or useful things to our Daming, to make our country rich and our common people rich."

Everyone nodded when they heard it.

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