Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 414

The scourge of Jiangnan this time, in postmodern economic terms, is deflation, because a large amount of food in the market was directly snapped up, and the amount of food in the market was insufficient, which led to a skyrocketing price of food.

The sharp rise in food prices this time has not affected the general small farmers too much. Except for those in the Lianghuai River who relied heavily on the river transportation to pay taxes and were forced to go bankrupt by the government, the remaining self-cultivated farmers and even tenant farmers in the village who cultivated by themselves did not have much impact. It was another blow to Jiangnan's economy. Jiangnan's industry and commerce, which had finally become urbanized, were almost hit by an avalanche. A large number of towns became deserted rapidly, and the affected population could not even be counted.

The only company to save the market was Song Qingshu's Jiaduobao Company. After the 900 million taels of silver was spent, Song Qingshu didn't send it out for nothing with bad intentions.

The Rothschild family has a famous saying, when the blood is flowing in the street, hurry up and buy assets!Because they can no longer afford to support workers, there are countless bankrupt industrial and commercial owners in the south of the Yangtze River. This time it is really called a whale swallow, spreading from Songjiang to Zhejiang, and some entire towns have become Song Qingshu's property. Originally, Yingtian's 50 Thousands of workers, turned to 100 million in one fell swoop, if counting family members, the entire population of Jiangnan dependent on him may not be less than 300 million.

But no one envied him. The north is in such a state of decay, and the economy in the south of the Yangtze River is also in a slump. Fewer and fewer people can afford new clothes. Soap, mirrors, etc. are even more luxuries. What's the use if no one wants something?
In fact, Song Qingshu himself has no foundation, he was also forced out, not to mention that many people have relatives, it is human nature, if he does not take action to save the market, the economy will be even more depressed, and no one will buy the products produced by the firm. I am afraid that the time will not last until the 17th year of Chongzhen, and Jiangnan will collapse first.

Clothing, food, housing, transportation, and all business in the world revolve around these points. Even the financial bank account is just a derivative of it. This time, the grain market in the north has been lost, and so many employees have been added. It is no wonder that Song Qingshu doesn't want to get it back.

Beginning in September, on the originally desolate river beach in Songjiang Prefecture, the carts pulling stones back and forth began to look like loaches crossing the river. A large piece of Huangpu River was padded with stone cement, and the cement wiped the outer layer. It is flat, like a big stone, which is rare in this era. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang once planned to carve a giant statue, which was not as big as one-fifth of this one, which was nearly five kilometers long and 500 meters wide. The large size is really amazing. Many wealthy households from Suzhou, Hangzhou and Zhejiang even came here to see the scenery here.

There were people coming and going, and the beggar army was not idle, and then a large amount of bricks, cement and steel bars were brought in. The people on this side were amazed along the beach by the river, and the workers on the other side pulled out the ground again. Fill the steel bars and cement in the eyes, and then continue to pile up. Anyway, the most indispensable thing nowadays is the labor force. There are more than 8 young and strong by the Huangpu River. With so many manpower, each building is very exotic. Buildings began to rise from the ground.

This tidal flat is worthless now, but it will be left to future generations. I guess Song Qingshu has struggled all his life, and he can't even afford this toilet. This is the Bund of Shanghai in later generations, the Shili Foreign Market in those days, but the buildings in later generations are very different from all countries. They were all built by foreigners during the British Lease period. Song Qingshu couldn't let that kind of humiliation happen again, so he had to build it himself before Shanghai developed it.

If the basic necessities of life are lost, then do something about living!
The development of Songjiang was not a whim of Song Qingshu's. It is no coincidence that the great Shanghai here will rise here in later generations. He has inspected it when he was running the Longjiang Shipyard. At the end of the entire Yangtze River Basin, the best deep-water port is here, and the transportation is convenient. Lu, the entire Yangtze River Delta can be radiated into it!Moreover, it is far away from the political center of Nanjing, and the provincial Donglin Fushe will come to find trouble again.

Not far from Shili Yangchang, a wider seaside area was carved out, where Song Qingshu invested more manpower, a full 12!A canal was brought in from the sea, next to the sea, and the huge ponds were also dug out one by one. Outside, the same three-meter-long and thick factory wall wrapped the area tightly, followed by , The big logs that became carts and carts were dragged in by strong cattle.

Now it’s hard to ride a tiger. Song Qingshu is spending money like crazy. He just handed over 900 million taels of silver to Tai Ri Tian Piao. , there are still many giant trees in central Sichuan that have been bought up. Even if the deposits in Jiaduobao’s bank account are hundreds of times more than that of the Daming treasury, every shareholder who spends so much money to see it is terrified. Half of the company's resources were spent on the shipyard.

Now, according to the situation in Jiangnan, the only way out is to go out and sell the surplus products overseas, bringing in new profits, and at the same time, cultivating a new batch of middle class and rebuilding the domestic market.Rely on tapping domestic demand?This time Fushe colluded with landlords from all over the country, taking into account the feudal system, which made Song Qingshu feel that there was no hope. If it continued like this, China's capitalism would not grow in another 1000 years.

Of course, this cannot be said truthfully to the board of directors. To those big and small shareholders, Song Qingshu still guarantees that the purpose of the boat is for sea fishing. At least, they are really seeing the huge profits of the cannery now.

This time the shipbuilding was even crazier than last time. In the No. 200 pond that Songjiang just dug, a huge scaffolding town was built like a small town. Relying on two or three years of shipbuilding experience, Song Qingshu was ambitious this time. It is planned to restore the largest Zheng He treasure ship of the year. According to the plan, this ship has a length of 50 meters and a width of about 480 meters. Two rows of sails are used together. According to the specifications of the Ming Dynasty, this should be called a giant ship of [-] materials. If Successfully built, this ship can carry [-] tons of goods at a time. Even if you don’t buy anything, you can import rice from those rice exporting countries in the Indochina Peninsula. One ship at a time can carry [-] tons of goods. Such a ship, Song Qingshu's plan is to match the scale of Zheng He's treasure fleet.

There is no time to wait any longer!
"Marshal, the Ministry of War has already urged King Qin to send troops three times, and Lord Ma is going to come directly to us to respond to the sky. If he doesn't send troops, he said that the next time he will come will not be an angel, but Jinyi Weidong Factory!"

Sun Chuanting is a landlubber through and through, and he is not at all interested in Song Qingshu's shipbuilding plan. In his opinion, with more than 800 million taels of food, it is enough to pull up more than 20 reorganization divisions. These days, only soldiers are strong. !Following Song Qingshu on the inspection tour of the Songjiang shipyard where the sea breeze was howling, Sun Chuanting couldn't help complaining as he walked, he had said this for the fifth time, and circled around the skeleton of the big ship, Song Qingshu finally pressed down helplessly. pressed hands.

"Anyway, the food and wages have been paid, and the Northland is not short of our army. If Lu Xiangsheng wants to fight, let him fight first. This commander must watch this Pangu ship get its keel before leaving!"

"Commander, it will take at least one month to finish the keel. One month is enough for Ma Shiying to be sent to the capital to be beheaded. Besides, Commander, even if you have enough ships, we don't have enough sailors right now! The future is long, the most urgent thing is the crisis in the north, Commander!!"

These words really hit Song Qingshu's weakness, sailing is a technical job, different from the army who can do everything they can, the sailors of the begging army have been training, this time there are no fewer than [-] people who can swim, but It is not so easy to truly reorganize them into sailors and a naval army that can fight, and sailing on the sea is not as easy as sailing on the Yangtze River.

If it really doesn't work, what about Zheng Zhilong's plan?
Thinking in his heart, Song Qingshu finally gave in to Sun Chuanting helplessly verbally.

"Order the army to assemble and march to the right of the Huai River. At this end, the beam of the ship is good, and the commander is also heading north. In Yangzhou round, this time we will walk along the seaside, and the supplies will be directly loaded on the ship. Go straight to Shandong, where Transporting it to the capital by land can save more than half of the transport capacity!"

"So good!"

Sun Chuanting, who had already been overwhelmed by Ma Shiying's urging, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately, the poker face cupped his fists at Song Qingshu uneasy: "Commander, a gentleman, give me a whip!"

"When did my words count too much, get out of here!"

Seeing Song Qingshu waving his sleeves impatiently, Sun Chuanting was overjoyed, turned around and stopped a car coming out, and went out after him.

Once again circling around the giant ship Pangu built with mortise and tenon joints, Song Qingshu himself sighed and went back.

The headquarters of Songjiang Jiaduobao Company is also located on the Bund. It has only been under construction for more than a month now. Although there is a huge manpower, it has only just set up a shelf and is busy opening up a new shipyard. Song Qingshu can't wait for the new house to be built, so he directly Kill him, and now he lives in the temporary barracks built here by the [-]th Battalion of the [-]st Division of Anqing.

By the sea, the weather is changeable, the morning is still sunny and sunny, and suddenly it rains heavily at night, the raindrops hit the thatched roof, and the raindrops flowed under the eaves, and the candles in the house blown by the wind It is also flickering.

With all the hard work recently, Caiwei finally won the lottery, and the one who won the lottery was actually Gu Bai who was shaking M, and Li Baoer was also the chief designer of the company's clothing. Staying behind in the Qixia Mountain Bieyuan, the only one who came to suffer with Song Qingshu this time was Li Xiangjun, the intelligence secretary who was also Song Qingshu's concubine in name.

It is not an easy task to organize nearly 50 refugees and laid-off workers from all over the country. Song Qingshu made such a big move as soon as he made a move. Recently, she needs to sort out more documents. At this moment, this girl is actually Lying on a pile of copywriting, with dark circles under her eyes, she fell asleep soundly.

Ignoring the documents wet with saliva, he smiled wryly and covered her with a coat, stretched his waist, and Song Qingshu walked to the window again, staring at the huge Pangu shelf in the night outside the window.

This is a big gamble, and likewise, it is also his hope!
At this time, in the potholes and muddy water outside, there was a sound of rushing footsteps suddenly coming from a distance, and Li Xiangjun was so noisy that he rubbed his eyes and got up again.It's so late, if there is no major event, usually no one will come to disturb, Song Qingshu at the window was also nervous, turned around and opened the door.

The one who came in was Song Qingshu's new soldier leader, Qiaoer's younger brother, Xiaobao, who was adopted in Xi'an City. Now this kid has grown into a big treasure. After several years of nutrition, he is actually more than 1.8 meters tall. He has a rather handsome face, but this time it was wet from the rain, and his face was flowing down his hair, making him look a bit embarrassed.

Panting a little, Xiao Bao hastily clasped his fists and lowered his head to report.

"Marshal, someone from the sea! It's the Yangtze!"

Song Qingshu's eyes lit up when he heard this!It is said that they are waiting for the beam on the ship, but in fact, what makes Song Qingshu restless and waiting here is the Yangzi, Shi Lang's fleet, which has been out of the sea for half a year and has not returned!

"Prepare the car!"

(End of this chapter)