The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 596
When Ding Yi came last time, Wei Jiye only had 26 taels of silver in his hands. Now more than a year has passed, and he has nearly 80 taels in his hands.

Moreover, they sold the grain at a relatively low price this time. In fact, the price of grain at this time has exceeded two taels in some places in Daming, and it may be three taels for one stone in farther places such as Shaanxi and Henan.

But Ding Yi still sells more to Japan nearby. When the navy goes to Japan, he can just take it along the way.

Selling to the mainland of Ming Dynasty is too troublesome, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and requires a lot of energy and manpower.

Now Jeju and Dengzhou can be self-sufficient and do not need Lushun to feed back. In the future, Ding Yi can devote himself to building high-level officials, and strive to make them as soon as possible without subsidies.

Then he can storm the army faster and advance the journey of unifying the world.

Wei Jiye and Zhong Zhennu also said: "Next year we will strive to save up to 100 million taels of silver, and adults can use it if they want to use it."

"Hahaha, I don't need it for the time being. Both Lushun and Dengzhou can make money. You just need to manage this place well."

After Ding Yi laughed, he said solemnly: "This time I brought more than 2000 Jurchen Varka tribes, a thousand artisans and workers, and there are more important things to do."

Ding Yi asked to build a third shipyard on Jeju Island.

During the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia trained sailors on Jeju Island to prepare for attacking Japan. It is very good to train sailors here.

Ding Yi now has money and food, not only to develop cavalry, but also to build more ships and train more sailors.

This time he got more than 1000 craftsmen, workers and common people from North Korea, and he transported them all to Jeju Island, asking them to build a third shipyard here.

At the same time, [-] Jurchen Varkas worked together with the North Koreans.

According to Ding Yi's request, each household in Varka stockpiles ten acres of land according to the adult population, and supplies such as cattle and seeds are provided by Ding Yi. North Korean artisans and workers do not stockpile land, and Ding Yi pays money to raise it first. Ordinary people stockpile Tian, ​​like the Varkas.

They are the same tax five.

After the arrival of the Varkas, the population of Jeju will reach more than 11, so by next year, tens of thousands of acres of land will probably be hoarded.

"The Varkas are Jurchens, they are difficult to tame, and they will feel restless in North Korea. You should pay more attention to cultivating and crafting carefully, and find some assassins and those who are willing to build slaves. When necessary, you can learn how to treat us as slaves in Liao Dynasty. People, tooth for tooth, blood for blood." Ding Yi finally said sharply: "We must completely conquer them."

"Remember, for those barbarians who are difficult to tame, historical experience tells us that only the butcher's knife is the most useful."

"No." Everyone agreed.

After the new shipyard here is built, continue to try to build ships, and try to build small ships in two years and big ships in three years. At that time, Lushun, the main craftsman of shipbuilding, will come to give advice. Starting next year, the [-] soldiers here will all To be a sailor.

The large logs shipped from North Korea every year are first stored in the shade, and the logs for shipbuilding will be shipped from Lushun.

Wei Jiye and Huang Bin agreed one by one.

Before leaving, Ding Yi looked at the two shipyards in Jeju and chose the third shipyard.

The Jeju shipyard in the west has been built, but the supporting ship parts factory is still being perfected. In the early stage, shipbuilding has not yet started because of the lack of shipbuilders.

This time Ding Yi brought so many craftsmen, and later transferred from Lushun, the Longjiang Shipbuilding Stone will be able to build four to five hundred warships and merchant ships starting this year.

By the end of this year, the Longjiang Shipyard in the east will be able to build a ship, and next year the Longjiang Shipyard will be able to build a ship.

At the end of the next year, we will strive to build Ding Yixin and the "Nanyang Shipyard" in the south.

When Ding Yi left, he told them that in three years at the latest, that is, in 1640, there would be three shipyards in Jeju that could build large ships of more than a thousand materials, and at least one of them could build the Changsheng, a third-class battleship.

Ding Yi chose the Nanyang Shipyard as the site here, which is a dedicated factory for three-tier battleships.

Everyone in Jeju agreed one after another, with serious expressions on their faces.

In mid-April, Ding Yi returned to Phi Island with [-] new horses, and Dongjiang Town was full of joy, because Ding Yi wanted to add another [-] cavalry, bringing the total number of cavalry to [-].

After coming back and resting for a few days, Ding Yi called a meeting of officials and troops from various places as usual.

Ruan Wenlong still started to report first. Although the report meetings in recent years have been a bit restrained and many data will not be clearly stated, everyone still listens carefully, because every data is extremely important in their eyes.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, their population exceeded 40, and the population directly reached 50.

50 is only for Dongjiang Town (including Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Lvshun, Pidao, Tieshan, Xuanzhou and other places and small islands)
Dengzhou did not report at the meeting at this time, and Ding Yi will recalculate when he goes to Dengzhou alone.

"Last year, there were 9600 newborn babies." The number of newborn babies was added at Ding Yi's request. In the annual statistical report, although there will not be so many surviving in the end, Ding Yi can brag without hesitation. In Dongjiang, newborns The child's survival rate must be the highest in the entire Ming Dynasty.

There are many doctors here, the medical skills are not bad, the living conditions are good, and the sanitary conditions are the highest in Ming Dynasty, so the survival rate of newborns is very high.

Many of the first children who came to Lushun have grown up. Some joined the army, some became civil servants, and some became craftsmen. They are all Dongjiang people.

When many people present heard the number of newborns, there were faint tears in their eyes, and they were extremely excited.

Nowadays, in many places in Daming, even adults can't survive, but in Dongjiang Town, under the leadership of Mr. Ding, more and more people are born every year.

Ding Yi encouraged everyone to have children in Dongjiang Town, and he himself gave birth to four. In addition, life here is worry-free, so the birth rate here is quite high, which can ensure that his population will continue to grow.

Coupled with the continuous drainage of immigrants from outside, the current population of the town has exceeded 50.

In addition, last year's various incomes amounted to more than 300 million taels. The exact amount was not disclosed at the meeting. Everyone was very excited when they heard the amount. It is estimated that the Ming Dynasty would not receive so much cash in a year at this time.

The main income is the transactions with Daming, Japan and North Korea, as well as salt profit, including selling guns and guns.

Now Ding Yi's normal trade route is still divided into two routes as before, and the Navy's 6th Battalion Frang is responsible for running Lushun and Japan and North Korea.

He sold Lushun's salt, blunderbuss, and guns to Japan and North Korea, and then transported silver, copper and iron from Shijian Yinshan from Japan, and North Korea's grain and cloth.

Ruan Siqing sold goods from the Japanese shogunate and famous names to Daming, and a small amount would be shipped to Damin for sale in Europe and Southeast Asia, and then sugar from Damin, silk and ceramics from Ming Dynasty, etc., would be sold to Japan.

Therefore, Ding Yi's main trading partners are Daming, Japan, and North Korea, and the secondary trading partners are European countries.

Because European ship merchants may not be encountered every time, most of them are in Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other places, where Zheng Zhilong's territory is, Ruan Siqing usually sends the goods to Dayuan, and transports away when European ships come.

The current money-making objects are the Japanese shogunate and the Korean royal family, which are Ding Yi's two richest men.

(End of this chapter)