The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 153 Jeju Island

When he arrived in Zhenjiang, Zhou Ji seemed to see the original Golden State.

Everything is so messy, there is order in the chaos, and there are temporary shacks built by refugees everywhere you look.

But Tang Zhanwang and Leng Zixing felt a little uncomfortable.

The two of them were in Jinling, even if they saw a few beggars, how could they compare with what they saw before them.

Everywhere in sight are simple sheds, and refugees in half-clothed clothes are everywhere.

After passing a porridge shed, there were several long queues, and people looked numb. There were thousands of people in this place.

In the invisible shack, soldiers shouted loudly from time to time, some lined up without order, some snatched food from others, and some did not abide by the law.

They would be beaten up first, then dragged away and imprisoned, and finally sent to mines in North Korea.

Jinzhou is short of mines, but North Korea is not.

There are so many minerals, what is lacking is people to mine them.

Therefore, for Jinzhou's request, there is no opposition from North Korea. Except for the gold and silver mines, several mining areas have been designated on Ping'an Road, and Jinzhou will use it for its own use.

The request was not to ask North Korea for these mineral resources in the future, and Tang Qing'an readily agreed.

The refugees in this porridge shed hadn't finished receiving their porridge yet, and the porridge shed at the next one began to serve porridge again when officers and soldiers arrived, as well as supplies pushed by civilian husbands.

"Wouldn't someone be queuing up multiple times and get it repeatedly?"

Tang Zhanwang asked.

Although Zhou Ji had never been to Zhenjiang, he had experienced it in Jinzhou and explained it to them.

"Don't look at the mess here, in fact, the armor has been compiled, and the queue is full of people with armor.

There is a sign for each A, and the number of people is registered on it, so there will be no chaos.Because there are too many porridge sheds, it is impossible to serve meals at one time, so they can only take over from place to place. "

Hearing this, Leng Zixing and Tang Zhanwang knew that their worries were unfounded.

Come to think of it.

In today's world, in terms of gathering refugees, no one can compare to the officials of Jinzhou.

Because they had the signboard of the Jinzhou General Army Mansion, they easily entered Zhenjiang City and were invited into the newly built General Mansion.

Tang Qing'an was reading Shi Nai's letter, in which he complained deeply about Tang Qing'an.

He complained that the Donghai Camp established by Tang Qing'an a few years ago took away all the guards in Jinzhou, the generals who were good at fighting, and the soldiers who dared to fight.

Putting away the letter, Tang Qing'an's mouth twitched.

When the East China Sea camp was established.

How much effort he put in and how many people he offended before he rejected those incompetent and fearful of death.

Then he opened the letter from Li Dazu, the Jiedu envoy of Beizhen, in which he asked Tang Qing'an to send him the red barbarian cannon.

Li Dazu also tentatively submitted the memorial, wanting the imperial court to send people to Macau to purchase Hongyi cannons for him.

The court agreed, but after procrastination, there was no further action.

Because no one wants to go.

How could a civil servant be willing to put down his figure and run for the general.

In the history of the Liaodong Economic Strategy of the Ming Dynasty, the governors of Liaodong were all civil servants, and their disciples were all over the world.

But now in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Liaodong Jinglue and Liaodong Jiedushi are all noble families, and they are one of the two most hated by civil servants.

The previous post of Liaodong Economic Strategy was once again snatched by Xungui from civil servants.

The reason why Tang Qing'an was able to get the Hongyi Cannon was because Jia's mansion personally sent Jia Lian, a serious son in the mansion, to handle the matter.

From Beijing to Guangdong.

Shandong, Anhui, Jinling, Yangzhou, Guangdong.

The use of connections from the north to the south made this possible.

Even so, the Hongyi Cannon bought back was not still impeached by the officials, wasting the people and wasting money, and almost couldn't be shipped back to Jinzhou.

Although Li Dazu was the governor of Liaodong, he couldn't do what he could do as a general.

Because this matter requires the ultimate network.

The breadth of the relationship between the Jinxiang Hou Mansion is far less than that of the Jia Mansion. Even in Guangdong, the most southeast of the territory, the Jia Mansion has old acquaintances, and the relationship is not shallow.

The Guangdong General in the Red Chamber, every time an official from Guangdong came to Beijing, he would ask the official to help him bring a gift to Jia's mansion.

The men in the house gave two small baskets of Fulingshuang, and Yu Wai gave a basket to the doorman as a door gift.

Don't underestimate this Poria cocos cream.

There are the most thousand-year-old pines and cypresses in Lingnan. This gift is made of the poria cocos and medicine, and it will produce a handsome layer of hoarfrost, which shows that this thing is extremely precious and rare.

So Tang Qing'an was not surprised that Li Dazu couldn't do this.

As for the Hongyi Cannon.

Tang Qing'an didn't intend to give it to Bei Zhen.

Not because of stinginess, but because of worry.

The last time the old slave personally led the army to attack Beizhen, if it wasn't for his lack of experience in guarding against the sea, which gave him an opportunity to take advantage of, it would have led to his failure.

If it happens again next time, how could the old slave give him a chance.

And the previous Golden State War.

Tang Qing'an had already realized that the Hongyi cannon was indeed useful and useful, but the absolute factor was the morale of the army.

And Beizhen.

Tang Qing'an was not at ease.

If the old slave obtained the Hongyi Cannon from Beizhen, then the next time he attacked Jinzhou, the city walls of Jinzhou would be useless.

At that time, it will be a real meat grinder, and Jinzhou will need to use human lives to plug the gap in the city wall.

With the cruelty of the old slave.

He will definitely use the countless Liao people under his rule to break through this gap and exhaust the morale of Jinzhou.

At this time, a personal guard came to report that Zhou Ji from the mansion brought Leng Zixing and Tang Zhanwang came.

"Please."

Tang Qing'an said immediately.

Soon.

Tang Zhanwang, Leng Zixing walked in quickly, with a look of excitement.

"Big brother."

"My nephew."

Tang Qing'an smiled and stood up to greet her.

Several people haven't seen each other for a long time, especially the younger brother.

Tang Qing'an walked up to Tang Zhanwang, carefully looked at Tang Zhanwang's demeanor, and nodded in satisfaction.

"It seems that you have made some progress in the past few years."

"The eldest brother taught us to become talents since childhood, and the second master in Jinling took care of him and promoted him. He handed over a lot of business in the cabinet to me, and learned a lot like this."

Hearing Tang Zhanwang's words, Tang Qing'an didn't take it seriously.

Isn't that why he gave Xue's two families so many benefits.

As for the fact that the Xue family gave a lot of business to the second brother, it was actually a secret stock given to him. In name, it was still the banner of the Xue family, which did not attract attention.

In fact, no matter which one it is, it works like this.

The same is true of the Shanxi businessman and King Zhongshun.

So Tang Qing'an was actually very rich, but most of the money was spent in Jinzhou.

"I have already communicated with you about the specific matters in the letter. How are the merchants in Jinling reacting now?"

Tang Qing'an pulled the two of them to sit down and began to ask questions.

"Of course there are a lot of people who are enthusiastic about it. I don't know that Jinling is in short supply of ginseng, which has caused the price of ginseng to rise continuously.

Even if the eldest brother supplies 15 taels a catty, and after transporting it back to Jinling, sell it to various places, and resell it for a profit of 20 a year, who can resist it? "

Tang Zhanwang laughed.

Leng Zixing also had a smile on his face, and didn't step forward to interject.

Although he is an elder and has several shops in Jinling, Tang Zhanwang is in charge of the Xue family's business and is the younger brother of General Jinzhou.

His status and strength in Jinling were no longer comparable to him.

This communication with Jinling merchants about ginseng was also facilitated by Tang Zhanwang, who helped beat the side drums.

"That's good. I call you here. In fact, there is one more thing. Jeju Island is nominally part of North Korea, so I am going to switch on Jeju Island."

Tang Zhanwang and Leng Zixing calmed down, waiting for Tang Qing'an's next words.

"I have a Nestorian missionary here, and he was allowed to build a church in Jeju Island to preach, and through his channel, he contacted the Hongyi merchants in Macau.

Don't they have a headache because they can't do business with Daeju, I allow them to come to Jeju Island to trade.

Jinling's cotton cloth, silk and other bulk commodities can be traded with Hongyi merchants in Jeju Island. "

"Brother, this matter has a lot to do with it."

Tang Zhanwang reminded.

Dazhou was extremely strict with the sea ban. Even if officials from Fujian tried to pray for the switch many times, they were sternly refused and Fujian officials were reprimanded.

It's not too dangerous for the elder brother to play a side-ball. If the court finds out about this operation, it will be a big deal.

"So I put it on Jeju Island. This is a matter of North Korea. What does it have to do with me?"

Tang Qing'an laughed.

"This……"

Tang Zhanwang and Leng Zixing were stunned.

Some things cannot withstand scrutiny. As for the court, once it is confirmed, do we still need evidence?

Leng Zixing was secretly surprised.

Today's Qing'an is not paying attention to the imperial court more and more, which shows its solid foundation in Zhenjiang, Jinzhou.

"Da Zhou, North Korea has been closed to the outside world so far, and Japan has also started to close the country, they don't want this business at sea, so don't blame me for being rude.

As for those Hongyi merchants in the West, isn't it just for doing business thousands of miles away, as long as I open the gate in Jeju Island.

In a few years, Jeju Island will become the most prosperous place in commerce. "

Tang Qing'an said enthusiastically.

"The sea was banned in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the smuggled maritime merchants and the Hongyi who stole Macau also had a business of 10,000+ taels of silver every year.

Jeju Island does not need to be sneaky, it is open to do business, open to business. "

Leng Zixing and Tang Zhanwang didn't know why Tang Qing'an was so excited about Haimao, even talking so excitedly.

Of course Tang Qing'an was excited.

At the node of this life, there is no switch by the British Lord Longqing, so the sea ban in the Great Zhou Dynasty is still strict, which also affects the Spanish galleon trade.

After the opening and closing of Longqing, the official, non-governmental and overseas trade, especially the Spanish galleon trade route is entering a mature period.

From 1571 to 1644, a total of 70 million silver flowed into China in the 20 years, of which the Spanish galleon trade was not yet mature in the first [-] years.

In 1571, the Spaniards had just defeated the ruler of Luzon, and it took 30 years to completely stabilize the Luzon Islands. At the beginning of the [-]th century, the galleon trade became a world-famous golden route.

The currency used by Spain in the colonies is the peso. According to the ratio of different periods, one peso is equivalent to about seven coins of silver on average.

Unlike Da Zhou, the history of foreign countries has not changed. Tang Qingan speculates that now is the time when the pesos shipped from America to Luzon for a year in history have reached 300 million, that is, more than 200 taels of silver.

In history, at least half of the more than 200 million taels of silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, part of it flowed into Japan, and part of it flowed into South Asian countries to exchange for goods. Through the trading stations established by Spain in major regions of the world, they earned an average of six times the benefits.

The highest year was 400 million pesos, nearly 300 million taels of silver.

This cup of soup, Great Zhou did not have Emperor Longqing, and of course Tang Qing'an would not miss it.

The cost of the goods of 300 million taels of silver is only a few hundred thousand taels, and the profit is as high as more than two million taels.

With these two million taels of silver, Tang Qing'an didn't have to worry about his military pay.

As for it will cause silver to be cheap and goods to be expensive.

Then apply the method of opening Chinese to foreigners.

Tang Qing'an really envied Spain a little bit. They have a total population of just over one million people all over the world.

With a population of 1000 million in the colony, business stations are established in the world, and the silver trade is only one year. The kingdom only has this item, and it can earn more than ten thousand taels of silver a year in profit.

(End of this chapter)