Emperor Ming Dynasty

Compared with Qin State, Qi State is quite special.

Because the entire Mindanao Island, as well as hundreds of thousands of small islands nearby, are nominally owned by King Qi.

Land, minerals, woods, ponds, and even savages.

Therefore, a large number of captured savages became wild slaves. They either built bridges and paved roads, or reclaimed wasteland. As long as there was enough food, more wild slaves could be captured.

Part of the land was distributed to immigrants, while most of it was in the hands of King Qi, officials and military officers.

You must know that Mindanao alone has nearly [-] square kilometers, which is not far from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, not to mention the nearby islands.

The country's mountainous land accounts for about two-thirds, and the remaining one-third is plains, and at least hundreds of millions of mu are cultivated.

In other words, even though there are [-] people in Qi State, less than [-]% of the plains of Mindanao have been developed.

28 silver dollars is the wealth created by this wasteland this autumn.

Of course, in order to better open up wasteland, King Qi will buy grain at a lower price, and then sell it uniformly.

The grain store belongs to the king of Qi, and the merchant ship also belongs to the king of Qi.

Merchant ships from Luzon can only do business with King Qi's caravan at the pier.

It is precisely because of the monopoly that Qi has made a lot of profits.

You must know that three years ago, Qi State was full of virgin forests and wastelands.

"Almost nearly 60 a year?"

King Qi was a little surprised, and immediately burst into intense joy in his eyes.

Don't look at Suzhou's tax payment of 500 million yuan a year, but that's just a special case. For an ordinary prefecture in the north of Ming Dynasty, it is not bad to be able to contribute 50 yuan.

In today's Qi State, the population is only one county in Daming, but the taxation of a prefecture has been created, how can it not be exciting?
"Your Highness!" Gu Yuan said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Excluding the army, officials, the construction of palaces and cities, and the food and drink of wild slaves, there will still be 30 yuan left in the national treasury a year."

"Now that the craftsmen from Sulu Kingdom have been robbed, there will be no shortage of pots, pans and pans, and they can even make porcelain!"

"porcelain?"

King Qi was shocked: "Those Westerners are so cute, they can make a lot of money."

"More than that." Zhang Chun couldn't help but said: "The Dutch are in the Governor's Mansion, and they want porcelain, pottery, animal skins, paper and so on."

"The Dutch take all our sugar."

"The quality of white sugar is not good." Gu Yuan shook his head and said, "Taiwan government's Tang Liao has great technology. It makes white soft sugar, and it can sell for five yuan per stone, but we can only sell three yuan."

"The Dutch!" King Qi squinted his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "Although the Taiwan government has turned against us, the business still needs to be done."

"Unfortunately, we in Qi State can't grow mulberry trees, we can't raise silkworms, we can't even grow tea trees..."

Speaking of this, he was full of regret.

In the rainy season of nearly half a year, the downpour continued continuously, and the precious mulberry trees and silkworms could not survive at all.

This is also the reason why the land reclamation in Qi State is slow. The intermission period is too long, and it is difficult to speed up even if there are two crops a year.

So those savages are lazy, not really lazy, but the natural environment forces them to have half a year of recuperation period, plus melons and fruits can be picked everywhere, and they don't need to worry about starving to death, so they naturally develop the virtue of laziness.

"After saving the money, [-]% of it will be spent to buy cattle."

King Qi gritted his teeth and said, "Since manpower is insufficient, let's exchange it with cattle."

"Your Highness, sesame, soybeans, rapeseed, peanuts, flax, etc. can be extracted for oil, which is extremely useful and should be planted widely; in addition, tobacco leaves, jute, cotton, etc. can be exported to Xiyi."

Gu Yuan shook his head, and talked about the steps and plans to build a country through agriculture: "In addition, in terms of dyes, we also have to learn from the imperial court, set up indigo plants, plant indigo, horse indigo, wood indigo, and amaranth, and take It is blue; if you plant madder and safflower, you can choose red; if you grow turmeric, gardenia, and Sophora japonica, you can choose yellow—”

Speaking of this, he excitedly said: "Your Highness, do you know Carmine?"

King Qi was taken aback: "No."

"This is a dye obtained by the Spaniards from the New World. It is very popular among Europeans. Its color is extremely bright. When it is printed and dyed on cloth, it is as red and tender as rouge."

Hearing that it was as bright red as rouge, King Qi didn't believe it: "Can you be dyed red without safflower?"

Since ancient times, red cloth has been called expensive, and the emperor's regular clothes are mainly red and yellow, and the price of safflower is too high.

Back then, the Huns sang about losing my Yanzhi Mountain and making my women colorless, referring to the red flowers of Yanzhi Mountain.

The output is small and the price is high, which naturally makes red expensive.

Obviously, Qi State has no safflower.

"Yes." Gu Yuan suppressed his joy: "As long as this carmine is dyed into silk, this other kind of red will definitely be a rare color in Ming Dynasty, and it can be sold at a good price."

"How much is food worth?"

King Qi thought for a while and nodded quickly: "That's right, we sell the dyed cloth to savages and Xiyi, and sell the dyed silk to Daming. This is a good deal."

For a while, the monarch and his ministers laughed more and more wildly.

After saying that, he left with unsatisfied intentions and walked towards King Qi Palace.

After three years of construction, [-]% of this palace covering an area of ​​[-] mu has been completed. Every year, thousands of wild slaves rush to it, spending tens of thousands of silver dollars.

Cutting mountains and chiseling stones, cutting wood to build temples.

In order to prevent the fire, nearly half of the palace structure is composed of stones, which can be described as laborious.

It seems a bit wasteful, but there is a good saying:
No grandeur and no prestige.

Only the majestic and majestic can overwhelm hundreds of thousands of vassals and deter hundreds of thousands of savages.

After King Qi left, Gu Yuan sighed: "Your Majesty is in Linzi, and there is no need to report the facts, which is really convenient."

Zhang Chun echoed: "Your Majesty understands the Lord, you can listen to good advice."

"Gold mining is just a plan for the future. The most important thing now is weaving." Gu Yuan said seriously:

"When the cloth industry is a big success, why should Qi be short of money?"

In the country of Qi, which is harvested twice a year, the importance of food is constantly decreasing, but the future of business is bright.

Qi country's fabric industry is currently the most suitable for development. How much money can you earn by exporting grain?

The level of sugar cane sugar production cannot catch up with Taiwan government at present, so the fabric is the best direction to catch up.

After all, as long as the house does not leak, both slaves and ordinary people can work and make money during the rainy season.

Externally, cloth can be exported in exchange for a large amount of gold and silver; internally, cloth can be traded with Fanyi in exchange for a large amount of fur, gems and other materials, earning the difference.

Its effect is really too great.

……

At this time, Luzon.

The governor of Luzon, Jin Bao, also enjoyed the autumn tax.

Compared with the early days of Qi State, Luzon not only has economic crops such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar cane after decades of construction by the Spanish, but also has planted many cinchona trees and obtained cinchona frost.

Who in the whole world is not afraid of malaria?
Although the cinchona tree is under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Luzon can earn more than [-] yuan a year just by relying on tariffs.

Not to mention the gold mines, copper mines, and iron mines unearthed in the north in recent years.

Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs is able to catch it, it sells the monopoly rights and enjoys the benefits, earning millions every year, no one knows the details.

However, Luzon only relies on the tax payment of these mines, which is no less than 30 to [-].

"I can earn 170 million this autumn, and I will get 51 at least in Luzon!"

Jin Bao stroked his beard, feeling particularly proud.

This Governor should also be repaired...

"How much is left?" Xuezheng asked hurriedly.

These words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Luzon is now divided into eight counties, divided into two prefectures, [-]% to [-]% is agricultural tax, and [-]% is earned by the county government.

Although the mainland's business tax is the [-] model, but Luzon belongs to overseas and needs water masters, so the imperial court set it as the [-] model.

That is, the imperial court gets [-]%, the county government gets [-]%, and the governor's office gets [-]% of the commercial tax.

"The business tax is more than 120 million and 37 yuan, and the retention can get about [-] yuan." The chief minister had a bright smile on his face.

Everyone was no exception and laughed happily.

Although it is necessary to keep sailors for storage, how much does it cost to add some boats for 3000 people?

The rest is their public money, which can be regarded as a small treasury, and it is legally embezzled.

The chief envoy clasped his hands and said with a smile: "This year's treasury is full, and the supervising constitution will inevitably be promoted, and the day of entering Zhiwenyuan Pavilion is not far away—"

"Haha, it's over!"

Jin Bao laughed a few times, shook his head and said: "Although a certain governor has served two times, he is incomparable with the governors of the mainland, at most he is a servant."

In the early years of Shaowu, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture jumped from the third rank to the second rank in one step, which led to the promotion of a series of officials.

For example, the assistant minister has crossed from the third rank to the second rank.

The governors of various places hold the title of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they also start from the second rank. If they are promoted, they are usually promoted to the minister.

After all, it is customary that Beijing officials are one level higher than local officials.

When encountering Emperor Chaoba, it is directly the Eight Books.

Join the cabinet?

Although there were many low-level officials in the cabinet in the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet is now like a real prime minister, directly leading the eight ministries, unless the emperor specially promotes them.

Otherwise, only Yushi, Babu Shangshu, Shilang, Xiao Jiuqing, and even promoted from the governors of various places will enter the cabinet.

Obviously, the governor of Luzon, named the governor, is actually the governor, and it is impossible for him to enter the cabinet.

Not to mention that he hasn't passed the Shu Jishi exam yet.

"Duxian, someone from the capital is here!"

Suddenly, someone reported.

Jin Bao opened it up and saw that it was a mission abroad.

"Europe?" Jin Bao frowned: "This seems to be where Xiyi is located!"

Staying in Luzon, he naturally has good eyes and ears, and he can clearly distinguish Spain, Holland, Portugal, and England, rather than being collectively referred to as Francois.

"Yes." According to the inspector's speech, "Europe is its ancestral land and is called Europe, and my country of heaven is called Asia by it. There are America and Africa in the world."

"The world consists of four continents."

"Your Majesty's sending envoys to Europe naturally has a deep meaning, and it's not for us to figure it out."

The news from the old Ming Gazette only came to his mind at this time.

This is real.

Thinking of this, Jin Bao immediately stood up, his eyes were piercing, he patted his sleeves, and said: "After all, he is also an angel, I will wait until I tidy up before going to meet him."

So, a group of people waited to wash up and went to the pier to meet them.

At the pier, a large ship of three thousand materials was docked, and a huge flag with the words "Da Ming" written on it, made of yellow satin, fluttered in the wind extremely flamboyantly.

What is even more curious is that a dragon flag with a red background is particularly dazzling.

The five-clawed golden dragon moved forward high-spiritedly, chasing a yellow ball, while the dragon tail curled a white ball.

Obviously, that's the sun and the moon.

Minister Dong Ren stood on the deck, looking at the ants-like crowd in disbelief.

He is wearing an official robe with a scarlet collar of the fourth rank, the Yunyan on the patch is extremely eye-catching, a plain gold black gauze cap on his head, a loose jade belt around his waist, and long white cowhide soap boots on his feet, looking majestic and majestic.

Anyone who looks at it will know that it is the backbone.

Diplomatic envoys are divided into three classes. The pro-vassals are imperial envoys, the third rank, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites and the deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate (the third rank);

The envoys of the Xiyi countries are also added to the censor of the capital, which is also the fourth rank.

Although there are only four ranks, the minister still bears the title of imperial envoy: the imperial minister who handles the affairs of the Western Yi countries in Europe.

"Luzon has always been regarded as a place of smog overseas. People would rather go to the Northeast to suffer from the cold than come to Luzon."

"Looking at it now, this statement is absurd."

"Yes, when it comes to prosperity, Luzon is no less than Hangzhou."

Hearing his words, standing next to him was a big man dressed in strong black clothes, with big arms and round waist, and silver thread moccasin boots, he looked like a military general.

His name is Han Mi, and he was born in a thousand households in Jinyiwei. He is a military attache at the legation and is responsible for intelligence collection throughout Europe. Although he is not affiliated with the minister, he has to obey his orders.

At the same time, he also led the security of soldiers and horses to protect the safety of the legation.

"Luzon has two crops a year, and there is also cinnamon, and there is no worry about malaria. It is really a good place to migrate."

On the right side of Minister Dong Ren, there is also a person standing. He is also wearing a scarlet robe, but he has a square face and a serious expression. He looks like a serious person.

He is the counselor of the legation, Fan Zheng, from the fourth grade, in charge of daily clerical affairs, the head of the legation's civil servants, and the second person in the legation.

At the same time, he also shoulders the responsibility of supervision, which can be supervised by the whole legation.

Behind the three were 30 people, all of whom were members of the embassy and were in charge of international exchanges throughout Europe.

"Tsk tsk, there is no shortage of people in Luzon. People from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian often come to Luzon. Now there are nearly 70 people, 40 Xiyi natives, and 30 Han people."

As expected of being from Jinyiwei, Han Mi said like a treasure: "Last year, he received nearly 200 million yuan in silver, which is as high as several high schools."

"As far as I know, there are only 170 million people in Guizhou province."

Minister Dong Ren shook his head and glanced at the people at the pier.

Traffickers and pawns wore short jackets, but those gentry scholars wore shortened robes.

The wide sleeves are eight points narrower, leaving only room for a punch; the hem is reduced from dragging on the heels, to below the knees, and down to the calf.

In this way, its close-fitting trousers are also revealed.

What's degrading is that many people are wearing rare wooden clogs and walking in the market openly.

Han Mi and Fan Zheng also stared at each other, frowning.

"Disgraceful!" The two said at the same time.

After Han Mi finished cursing, he shook his head and said, "The heat and humidity in Luzon is worse than that in Guangdong and Guangxi, so wooden clogs are popular, otherwise it's easy to get athlete's foot."

"Although it's degrading, we have to change into clogs on the boat."

Sweaty Lifu, unloading and loading ships, make the whole pier in full swing.

After waiting for less than half an hour, a group of yamen servants opened the way, and more than a dozen civil and military officials in official uniforms came quickly.

To the relief of the three, their official uniforms remained the same without any changes.

"It seems that they don't have the guts yet."

Dong Ren laughed.

"This is a felony." Han Mi said coldly.

"Governor of Luzon, Jinbao, brought all the officials of Luzon to the imperial envoy—"

Led by Jin Bao, all the officials bowed down in unison, bending at ninety degrees.

Dong Ren didn't come to Luzon for business, but the way, and he couldn't control them, so he only needed to meet them, not kneel down.

"Governor Jin, colleagues in Luzon are polite!"

As a gift, Dong Ren and others also bowed down.

Late but arrived...