Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2177 Policy shift!

"Why are there so many people from Shunguo and Qingguo who came to buy houses recently? The housing prices have gone up several times in a row. It's really fucking unlucky." In Dinghaigang County, the largest port in Ningshao area, two patrolling policemen were complaining. .

"Isn't it? They come here in waves and never stop. I wondered, isn't Qing and Shun countries at war? How come so many rich people come to buy houses?" A middle-aged policeman said With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly on the street with a figure-of-eight step.Wherever they went, there were no normal business people, they just greeted them warmly, but some thieves with sly eyebrows and mouse eyes just evaded and slipped aside.

"After all, in a country with a population of tens of millions, there must be some rich people. I don't have any doubts about this. What I don't understand is why they all come to us to buy houses. My second boy will be sixteen after the new year. He is not good at studying, so he can only learn a craft, but I want him to arrange the marriage first. Earlier, I took a fancy to the daughter of Lao Li's family. Her family runs a shop at the north gate, and everything is fine. Now It’s just a question of how to buy a house in the city,” another policeman said with a sigh.

These policemen in Dinghai are generally veterans who have fought in the East Coast for many years.The net worth they saved before retiring from the army is naturally not too bad, but the problem is that after they get married and have such a big family, the money seems to be not too rich.Especially those who have several children, and there is no land in the countryside, so they can only stay at home.But this kind of "squatting at home" is fine if it lasts for a short time, but if it lasts longer, you will always feel very uncomfortable facing your married elder brother and sister-in-law, so you have to move out.

But moving out is not that easy!If you go out to live, you can't sleep on the street, right?Want to rent or buy a house?So the question is, can you afford to buy or rent?Can your income match the rent or purchase price?With Ningbo's rapid economic development and population growth, the contradiction between supply and demand will not be alleviated in a short while. It is indeed difficult for young people to afford houses in the county town or even in the suburbs, especially in Yin County, the capital, or in the commercial area. A big city like Hong Kong Dinghai.

Young people in the Ningshao area basically can only rent a house after they get married. After their income reaches a certain level, they can buy their favorite house with a loan.These residences are basically apartment buildings, which are designed from the local side. There are 20-30 households in a building, and the facilities are relatively modern, with freehold property rights, and it is quite comfortable to live in.

It’s not that no one has criticized this model, thinking that even though the Ningshao area has a lot of people and less land, the housing price will not take more than ten years of income to afford it. The government should find a way to build more houses and suppress housing prices. popular support.But the southern pioneer government ignored it.They hold most of the land in their hands, on the one hand to ensure that Ningshao's limited arable land resources will not be squeezed out, and on the other hand to force the local people to live elsewhere in this way.

The former purpose is easy to understand. The Ningshao area now imports large quantities of grain every year, and food security is already very fragile.Coupled with the booming tea and silk business over the years, more people have given up growing food and turned to produce cash crops that can be sold at a higher price. Therefore, the government had to come forward to transform a large amount of land into state-run farms, specializing in growing food. As the underpinning of Ningshao's food supply.In addition, because the Ningshao area retained a large number of traditional gentry and landlords, and the amount of privately owned land is also very large. These people are basically the main operators of cotton and tea mulberry. They have no reason to use their good cultivated land The government will not allow it to be used to build houses. The protection of agricultural land is always emphasized.

Compared with the reasons for protecting agricultural land, the latter purpose is somewhat impossible to put on the table, but in fact it has been being implemented intentionally or unintentionally.Over the years, the number of people in the Ningshao area who have gone out to seek a living due to the difficulty of life has accumulated to a very large number. They are either single, or they take their families to Denglai, Liaodong, Heishui, Manmeng and other places, which greatly enriches the local area. At the same time, their living conditions have been greatly improved.Their success in turn attracted more Ningshao children to go to sea to seek a living, instead of staying in Ningshao, a crowded and narrow place, to compete with others.

Of course, it is not that people from the Ningshao area immigrated to the east coast, but this proportion is really low.After all, from their point of view, the mainland on the east coast is thousands of miles away. After going there, they may never have the chance to go home for the rest of their lives.There is no way to visit the place where I grew up when I was a child, no way to go to the ancestral grave to pay homage to the ancestors, no communication with relatives and friends, and I can only bury my bones in other places after death. For traditional Chinese, each of these is huge. obstacle.Denglai, Manchuria and other places are not close, but with the current conditions of regular offshore liners, it is not so difficult to go back and forth once, at least it is much more convenient than traveling across the ocean across continents, isn't it?

The Southern Pioneering Team is currently trying to find a way to see how they can change the minds of people who are inclined to immigrate in the Ningshao area and are willing to immigrate to the east coast.Adhering to their wishes, they continue to advertise in newspapers and periodicals. At the same time, they subtly guide people's opinions through various other channels and encourage more people to immigrate to the east coast. However, the effect is not very good so far. It has indeed increased, but it is far from reaching the expectations above.There is no way, this matter cannot be rushed, or can only rely on long-term publicity, and then see how the effect is.

The two old and rough policemen in front of them are now feeling that "it is not easy to settle in the sea". Naturally, they will not consider any major policies, they just think about the problem from the most intuitive feeling.Foreign businessmen flocked in to buy houses, and all they bought were good houses, and [-]% of them did not need bank loans (in fact, it was difficult for them to get loans), and they basically bought them with full money, which made them very upset He believed that it was the hype of the wealthy people from the Qing and Shun countries that caused the housing prices in Dinghai, Yinxian and even Shangyu to rise, causing them great trouble.

However, they never considered that these foreigners also brought a lot of money to Ningshao. The government returned a lot of money through selling land and houses, so that they could carry out projects including the renovation of the old city, the construction of the railway infrastructure, and the formation of the new army. , technology introduction and a series of things related to local well-being.Moreover, from a national level, this is also a harvest for the Qing and Shun countries.They managed to accumulate funds through foreign trade, but in the end they lost a lot of money due to the immigration of the wealthy class. The national strategy will definitely be affected-this is the advantage of the old powerful countries. If the emerging countries cannot handle this hurdle , then naturally everything will stop, and if you hold it, then there will be opportunities later.

Another ironic thing is that the existence of Denglai and Ningbo has also improved the political ecological environment of Qing and Shun to a certain extent.Officials who have lost the struggle are no longer in constant panic. They can find a way to immigrate to the East Bank, or in exile to the East Bank. Now that the border between the two countries is open, this is not so difficult.And for some merchant families whose big trees in the officialdom have fallen and may be liquidated in the future, they can also save part of their property by selling their property and immigrating to the East Bank, instead of waiting for their families to be ransacked and exterminated like before. A nice thing.In the city of Jiaozhou, Denglai, there is a street inhabited by these people. They bought a house here, and they have a lot of savings in the bank. They are owned by Han officials and full officials. And some court officials (such as Suo'etu, Mingzhu, etc.), it is also a very interesting thing.

The governments of Denglai and Ningshao basically welcome these people, because they bring a lot of money, which is beneficial to local construction.Although the influx of these funds has disrupted the local economic order and raised the cost of living for ordinary people, to be honest they don't take it very seriously.Inflation is inflation. I wish you all immigrated to the mainland. The colonial government did not serve the people of the colonies. The chief officials of the two pioneering teams in Denglai and the South are clear about this. Politically No mistake.

"Let your boy stop being an apprentice, and go to work in a factory. I heard that the superior intends to lift a part of the trade ban with Shunguo, and many factories are recruiting people. Your Erlang is also a person who has gone to elementary school. The future of entering the factory should be That’s right, you can also learn crafts.” The policeman with his hands behind his back said, “Of course, if you are willing to let him go overseas, it may be even better. I heard from the sailors who came here that Diu, Brunei and other places have elementary school graduates. A person can be a cadre, and all kinds of talents are extremely scarce. Your second boy will be a government clerk if you don’t have enough money, it’s not flattering!"

"Lifting the ban on trade with Shun? Is there such a thing?" Another policeman was taken aback, and then said in a puzzled tone: "But what you said is not impossible. I estimate that the weapons, military supplies, war horses, etc. will be in a short time. It’s impossible, but general commodities are really possible, otherwise we will lose ourselves if we keep banning them like this. Hehe, I remember some people were still advocating that Shun Kingdom was extremely dependent on our trade, and we only need to sanction They, they will kneel down and beg for mercy, and it is easy to win. What is the result? Have they succumbed? Are they still beating Nanming’s gray grandchildren? Some people are just blindly optimistic. The benefits are not worth mentioning at all. In my opinion, we might as well have made a concerted effort to send troops together with the Zheng family of Fujian, the Li family of Guangdong, and the King of Lu to raid Jiangxi and Hunan, so that Shun Kingdom could not take care of both ends and felt the pain , Only in this way will it be possible for them to succumb. Unfortunately, this opportunity has already been missed."

"Hey, old Wang, didn't you have enough battles when you went to the South and North? What's the matter, do you still want to re-enlist in the army?" The policeman with his hands behind his back shook his head and laughed, "Don't think about it. Now peace It is the main tone, the government will not fight unless the local government orders it. It should be a matter of time before the normalization of relations with the Shun Kingdom.”

(End of this chapter)