Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1460 The Final Farce ([-])

Of course, foreign trade, especially trade with Europe, does not need to consider the issue of "land transportation costs".

The British Isle is surrounded by the sea on all sides, with an average width of only 300 miles. It faces the sea on both sides, and the distance is 150 miles, which is equivalent to two round trips from Nanjing to Shanghai.

This is not to say that it is mocking its small territory or something.

Rather, is this kind of social existence possible to understand the meaning of Tai Shigong's saying "No firewood is sold for a hundred miles, and no firewood is sold for a thousand miles"?

Will social consciousness arise beyond social existence?

Of course, the British will find this principle of hundreds of miles and thousands of miles nonsense.

Thousands of miles without selling money?
What the hell are you talking about our "Corn Law" against?It's the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. How wide is the Atlantic Ocean?It is not right at all not to buy and sell for thousands of miles, it is not hindered by thousands of miles.

Including the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea... These shipping conditions make Dashun theoretically only need to consider the freight cost of "from Songsu to Amsterdam" for domestic products.

It doesn't need to be the same as Dashun. I have to think about it. If I transport the soybeans from the Northeast to Shaanxi, do I have to pay for the underpants?
When there was no railway, transporting soybeans from the northeast to Shaanxi would pay for the underpants.Tai Shigong's saying that there is no selling for thousands of miles is absolutely right.

Even if it is an important historical event in Europe in later generations-the German Customs Union.

This is equivalent to saying that if you transport two catties of kelp from Qingdao to Jinan, you don't need to collect tariffs!

This is the reality.

Now there is a market with purchasing power in Europe, that is, the coastal areas.

Therefore, Dashun only needs to consider sending the goods to Amsterdam.

Of course, there are of course shipping costs.

But right.

First, even if it is tens of thousands of miles, the transportation cost is absolutely not expensive to transport grain from Henan to Yili.Even, it may not have transported grain from Henan to Shaanxi Gui at all.

Second, Dashun itself has both labor advantages and the "exchange rate" difference between European silver and Asian silver caused by the transmission end of the price revolution.

Indeed, one tael of silver in London will not become two taels just because it goes to Dashun.

However, the cloth and food that can be bought for a tael of silver in London are nearly three times different from those in Dashun.

Therefore, the focus of Li Yan's talk about "free trade" here is foreign trade, which Liu Yu feels is meaningless.

It was originally a surplus country.

It was originally a situation that forced Britain and France to issue a series of administrative orders, and forced the French Minister of Finance to write to the East India Company under the pressure of handicraftsmen to prevent them from being "too comprador".

After winning the First World War, there is really no need to talk about foreign trade or free trade.

The difference in handicraft industry between the East and the West, and the difference in the purchasing power of silver. In this era, the person who understands the deepest is the former French Governor of India, Duplex.

It is because of understanding.

It is also because of the "legacy" of France's Colbert's policy - compradors are not allowed.

This made Duplex ponder, how to make money?After much deliberation, I came up with the idea of ​​"Indian soldiers, adding agricultural tax in India".

If you sell something, you can't sell it.

France's mercantilist policy does not allow buying things, and France's native industry protests.

Then don't think about collecting land tax, what do you rely on.

Of course, when people in later generations mentioned the East India Company, especially the British East India Company, they subconsciously thought that the British industry was developed, and the East India Company must be engaged in dumping, right?

But in fact, this shit, in the past few years in history, the company's first income is collecting land tax in India, the second income is selling tea in China, the third income is the contracted British salt tax, and the fourth income is dumping Indian textiles are sold back to Europe.

Even a glance at the financial statements of the East India Company will not give you the illusion of what the company is.

Therefore, there is nothing to discuss about Dashun's foreign trade.

Can foreign trade solve the problem of [-] million small farmers in Dashun?

It cannot be solved, and there is not such a big market, and this problem has been solved.It is completely meaningless for Li Yan to talk about new rituals, new emperors, and new world order here.

In other words, it is only meaningful to the emerging bourgeoisie in Dashun.

For the small farmers who make up the majority of the population, it really doesn't make much sense.

Of course, when the farce really happened, the bourgeoisie would have to pay for it and send out guns.

However, the real strength of Dashun is the silent majority of more than 3 million people.

If you want to be the emperor in Dashun, if you don’t consider these people, you will lose the first day. If the bourgeoisie has the ability to seize power, suppress and control the situation, and have nothing to do when they have nothing to do, they still have to find a place on the ground for themselves. emperor?

It's just that Liu Yu can't say it too bluntly, so he can only listen to Li Yan talking about "British carnival" with joy.

Adam Smith wrote to England that it is a philosophy of production, not consumption.

Taking three sprays of free trade is the economics of consumers, not the economics of producers.

The Dashunshi school of thought is now criticizing the previous policies of the United Kingdom, including the old Peter’s policy, saying that it is a policy of “primitive accumulation for the sake of primitive accumulation”.

Today, Dashun has won the first battle and dismantled many customs protection and administrative orders of the United Kingdom.

It must have caused a brief carnival.

This kind of carnival is actually the golden age of "consuming all the original accumulation of bitterness and selling iron".

In this golden age.

It's really cool.

As a result, some middle-class people in the UK have put on "Oriental silk that shows their status", "Yingrun porcelain" with a style completely different from bone china, and their shirts at home have been upgraded from earthy linen to oriental cotton.

From the time of the Lord Protector, selling iron warships, the Anglo-Dutch War where at least 20 people died, the Anglo-French War, the Anglo-Spanish War, the conquest of Scotland, the government of Ireland...

Then came the increase of tariffs on tea, the sugar tax on sugar control trade, the high-handed rule of smugglers who were caught and killed, and the expansion of colonies that lasted for more than a hundred years.

A large part of the gold and silver dug in Spain flowed into England.

Of course, at this time London, as a financial center, is not as good as Amsterdam, and may even be a little worse than Geneva.

However, after all, with more than 100 years of primitive accumulation, there is still enough silver.

Once the tax is opened.

Prices dropped rapidly.

Originally, I could only drink beer, but now I drink black tea.

Originally, they could only wear woolen cloth, but now they wear cotton cloth.

Originally, only cotton can be worn, but now it has been upgraded to silk.

Originally, only clay pots were used, but now porcelain is used.

Coupled with the opening of trade and the abolition of tariffs.

This "golden age" cannot be said to be full of flowers and blazing fire.

Of course, there will naturally be a little "little" problem.

For example, relying on the "Cotton Cloth Prohibition Order", "Manchester Act" and "Commodity Import Listing Act", the cotton cloth industry in Manchester and Lancashire, which was developed with great difficulty, completely collapsed in less than two years.

For example, the local winemaking industry developed by the suppression of the law, the molasses law, and the domestic sugar tax is half dead.

For example, the West India Chamber of Commerce, which originally focused on planting sugar cane and extracting sugar, has now split directly.

Half of them are engaged in trade, crazy compradors, and praise the good times.

The other half survived on sugar and cried every day.

After all, Adam Smith said that Britain was too fucking free to manage slaves to death.Compared with the autocracy of France, it is still different to be able to give slaves a little bit of "benefits".So much so that the British sugar industry was suppressed by France.

After losing the First World War, the French naturally wanted to sell sugar.Free trade, sugar from France and sugar from Spain already have advantages.

The group of land speculators, colonies, plantations, sugar sellers, and sugarcane growers of the West India Chamber of Commerce must be crying.

But the same.

In history, when the West India Chamber of Commerce formulated the "Sugar Tax Law", it was the British craftsmen who rose up to protest.Because this may lead to "dumping of Nordic industrial products".

As for where the "industrial products" come from in Northern Europe, or what are the "Nordic" industrial products.

And after thinking about it, what did the Swedish East India Company and the Danish East India Company do, and why the Swedish East India Company had to burn its books in history, and why the Danish East India Company was able to deal with it in certain years in the 18th century. It is self-evident that the import volume of some commodities in China trade far exceeds that of the British East India Company.

Therefore, in history, the West India Chamber of Commerce, after all, was not the East India Company with a higher degree of organization and decision-making power of the board of directors. It was separated internally.

Selling sugar and smuggling.

Candy is no longer available.

Because of World War I, smuggling became a legal free trade.

That must be a direct and special effort.

In a short period of time, the original accumulation of selling iron warships and engaging in industries from the time of Lord Hu Guogong is now fully discounted, relying on the gap in silver purchasing power between the East and the West, it really can be described as... the golden age of the middle class and above.

In the long run, it may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Save some land.

Save some shearling.

Save some dry portage.

Save some sailors.

The rest will benefit the North American colonies.

It is not impossible for the UK to specialize in business.

As long as Dashun can guarantee the international order of "free trade".

As long as the French come to harm Britain with their warships, or the Dutch want to become coachmen again, or when Spain withdraws the slave franchise, the axiom, that is, the axiom of free trade, can prevail over power.

That is to say, when someone challenges the axiom of "free trade", Dashun can send troops to maintain "propriety and law", and the life of "Britain" is still possible.

The aristocrats continued to farm, shear sheep, and sell them to the rapidly developing textile industry in France. Didn’t they also make money?
Financiers, keep buying treasury bonds and making loans.The UK does not need it for the time being, so it can be released to Dashun, won’t it also make money?
As for the rebellious handicraftsmen, poor peasants and so on.

[Debt Prison], [Indentured Slave Act], these are not all ready-made.

As long as you pay attention, timely collection of pamphlets such as "Declaration of the Oppressed Poor in Britain", "New Code of Justice", "The Flag That True Equality Should Raise" and other pamphlets with obvious "equal land and free grain" can be done. Relying on the ownership of the head of the nobles and the Hessian mercenaries, continue to rule.

Collect import duties from Dashun every year, hire [-] Hessian mercenaries backhandedly, read "Declaration for the Oppressed Poor in Britain", "New Code of Justice", and "Flags that True Equality Should Raise" Hanging directly, people in areas with frequent uprisings have to use a different type of stone to pass the knife, that's totally fine.

Therefore, when Li Yantan was beaming with excitement, he still suggested to Liu Yu in an "academic" way:

"I thought it was time for a change in the foreign policy of the DPRK."

"Originally it was a joint law, but now it is a new ceremony, and free trade is the new order of the world."

"Does the Duke think that the alliance with France should be terminated and the alliance with the United Kingdom instead?"

"After all, the Physiocrats in France failed to achieve anything. The Colbertism, on the other hand, became more stable after World War I."

"The French did not let go of the ban on cotton cloth, and raised taxes on Chinese silk to protect their silk weavers in Lyon, tried to knead porcelain, and sold fake Chinese lacquerware everywhere... Even the French slave trade also affected Chinese cotton. Raise taxes and strive to develop its own native cotton."

"This is one of them, it's for trade. It's for the new order and new etiquette of the world."

"As for the second, because of Prussia, France and Austria formed an alliance. Now Prussia has been abolished, and Poland has been divided. This alliance between France and Austria must be broken."

"These years, I see that the country of Lumi is also in decline. After this battle, the country of Luocha divided Poland again, and its strength has greatly increased. There is really no need to control Lumi with Austria."

"The Rakshasa's alliance with France also fits well with the technique of 'friendship from a distance and attack from a distance'."

"The Rakshasa is getting stronger every day, and it may become a disaster for the Celestial Empire in the future. And if Russia and France form an alliance, Europa may follow the story of 'two emperors in the east and west', and the two emperors in the north and south will stand side by side."

"That's why, if we don't make a plan early, turn to diplomacy, support the British and control the law and Luo, and don't let Europe divide the north and the south into a unified empire."

Liu Yu heard the words, but only smiled and waved his hands: "What happened later, who came later. I don't care."

"In the past, Guan Zhong talked about the tributary system, saying that it was necessary to bring the tributary country into the trade circle and trade cycle. Taking North Korea as an example, he said that if he wanted to make North Korea pay tribute, he had to let North Korea's texts sell well in the world, so that North Korea could bind Into the world."

"However, Guan Zi's words need to consider the background. Qi Huan is already a hegemon, and his soldiers are prosperous, and there is no right in the world. Guan Yiwu's talk about bringing North Korea into the trade system is based on the reality of Qi Huan's military hegemony. It’s just that it’s already a fact, so there’s no need to repeat it in the book. It’s like saying that if one person is a father, then there’s no need to specifically say that this person is a man, but it doesn’t mean that this person is not a man.”

"In the final analysis, what will happen in the future must be based on the stability of the country. First there is China, and then there will be Tianxia. If China prospers, the Tianxia system will survive itself. If China declines, the Tianxia system will also fall apart."

"The old world is the world, and the new world is also the world. Change the etiquette, in the final analysis, it is still like the story of Guan Zhong. First, there is Qi Huan's military overlord, and then we will talk about Wenpi trade and the tributary country to enter the trade system."

"The foundation of military hegemony lies in the stability of the country. The stability of the country requires soldiers to have soldiers and money to have money. Relying on size, taking advantage of the fragmented situation of Europa to maneuver around and see the tricks, it's all a small problem."

"That's right, when we talk about free trade today, His Highness doesn't need to look thousands of miles away. Why don't you look back and talk about Kyushu first, how about it?"

　Let me put it bluntly: within a few years, the description of "closed door" may change.The Qing Dynasty was indeed a waste, but Macartney was about to cut Zhoushan with a single word. There is really no need to regard Macartney as an "angel" who came to "save" the East.Let’s talk about the “closed country” and deepen the “reflection”. In a few years, the massive trade surplus will soon become the “criminal evidence” of the [new closed country]—the British have been doing history books, and it seems that it is not because their goods are not good. If you can't sell it, it's because you are closed to the outside world and you are not allowed to buy it.Let me make it clear that in 1792, the UK was exempted from customs duties, and even collected mu tax to subsidize the import of British cloth. Kneeling to cut off Zhoushan to the UK, and kneeling to give every bolt of British cloth not only tax exemption but also subsidies, he could not sell it.As for the expulsion of Catholicism, the authentic eldest daughter of God in France and the authentic country of fanaticism in Spain want to disband the Holy See and force the Society of Jesus to be disbanded. You, a "heretic", cry for Niddy's grave for the Society of Jesus?

　　
　
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