Xu Lun couldn't believe it and said: "People from Tianzhu actually came to Daqian!"
Shen Jianxin smiled and said: "Our fleet can go to Tianzhu, why can't the people from Tianzhu come to Daqian?"
"Actually, the people from Tianzhu came to Daqian earlier than you think. When the first fleet from Daqian came back from Tianzhu, they brought several monks with them. They wanted to preach in Daqian, but it was a pity that the government refused their proposal. !”
Xu Lun said: "With regard to the virtues of the monks in Tianzhu, how can the government agree!"
Shen Jianxin continued: "Don't think they are magicians, but their knowledge is not bad, otherwise the government would not be able to hire them as teachers."
Then Shen Jianxin shook his head and said: "But in other aspects, these Tianzhu people are much different. I have met a mathematics professor from Tianzhu. Can you believe that there are 18 people who serve him? In addition to thinking about mathematics, he Nothing else can solve the problem. It’s not an exaggeration to say it’s a giant baby!”
Zhen Xing was surprised and said: "Back then, the top noble families in the Han Dynasty did not have such luxury. Now the people of Tianzhu are desperate and running for their lives, but they still refuse to put down their arrogance!"
Xu Lun was also surprised and said: "For such trash, the governor didn't drive them out of Jidu? How could the governor allow them to bring their slaves to Jidu!"
Domestic slaves and other things are not allowed to appear again within the scope of Daqian. Even if slaves come to Daqian, they will be forcibly abolished by Daqian.
Because Xu Wei, a powerful official in power, set an example and never had anyone around him who was not easy to serve, so this law was implemented very strictly.
And Xu Wei, the leader, has set an example, and the senior officials and big businessmen of Daqian dare not violate this prohibition. Now there are basically no people among the senior officials of Daqian to serve them.
The rich people and big businessmen in Daqian were at best employees and did not dare to have slaves. The feudal employment relationship in which life and death depended on human hands had completely disappeared in Daqian. That's why Xu Lun was so surprised that Xu Wei could tolerate the practices of the Tianzhu people. .
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Shen Jianxin explained: "Of course the ruler does not allow slaves within Daqian, let alone in Jidu. So these slaves from Tianzhu were forcibly released by the ruler as soon as they arrived in Jidu. It is a pity that These Tianzhu slaves came to a foreign country and did not know how to survive without relying on their original masters. Moreover, they were also crippled by these nobles. They only know how to serve people and have no other skills."
"In this case, they can only follow their original masters. The only better thing is that they are now a little bit more like individuals. In the past, the nobles of Tianzhu killed them and no one cared about them. Now if the nobles of the Tianzhu dare to kill people, they will be in power. Let them pay with their lives. After killing two Tianzhu nobles in a row, these Tianzhu people know the seriousness of our legal affairs. Now they spend money to hire their own slaves to do things, and they no longer dare to kill people at will.
"The more depressed they are, the more they have to put on airs. I saw a lot of the virtues of these noble families in Jingzhou back then!"
Shen Jianxin continued: "This is not the key. The key is that they are all in such a miserable state now, but they have a lot of wealth in their hands. Let's take this teacher from Tianzhu. He just came to Jidu and spent 10 million on it. Daqian bought a small palace-style mansion, and the salary given to him by the governor was definitely not enough for his current life. It can only be that he brought a lot of wealth from Tianzhu. It is said that when he came to Jidu, he packed up gold and silver. There were dozens of carriages.”
"And this is not an exception. The Tianzhu people who fled to Jidu are generally wealthy, and they have formed a new group of local tyrants in Jidu. But these people have no roots in Daqian, and they obviously want to integrate into Daqian. If you want to do it, you must find a foundation on which to start a business. If you are good at eloquence, you can trick them into going to Jingzhou to invest in tea gardens or mulberry gardens. Tens of billions of dollars should be easy to get. Then you don’t have to worry. There is a lack of funds for development in Jingzhou.”
Xu Lun said happily: "With your words, I finally don't have to wander around Jidu like a headless fly!"
Then he sighed and said: "It's really difficult to develop a place!"
At this time, Zhen Xing said: "Although I have never been to Jingzhou, judging from the current development trend of Daqian, maritime trade will become more and more important. There are nearly 1/5 of Daqian in the South China Sea." The population market, and the Nanhai and Daqian markets are highly complementary, whether it is brown sugar or various spices, precious wood, cash crops and fruits, these are all needed by Daqian."
"As for the islands in Hainan, they also need Daqian's various metal tools and agricultural tools, food and cloth and other basic living materials, and there are Tianzhu and Tianfang behind them. As our Daqian sea ships go farther and farther, the distance is getting bigger and bigger. Many places have become our commodity markets. Although shipping is relatively more dangerous, the cost of transportation is the lowest, so as shipping becomes more and more important, the coastal areas of Daqian will become more and more prosperous."
"So in my opinion, it is not wrong for the government to focus its investment on the coast, because only the development of maritime transport can accelerate the development of Jiangnan. In the next few decades, coastal states and counties such as Xuzhou and Yangzhou will take advantage of the sea. This trend of trade is developing rapidly.
Judging from the situation in recent years, wealthy places will absorb the population of poor places. It is foreseeable that the population of Jingzhou will be absorbed by Yangzhou. If Jingzhou does not develop desperately, when the population of Jingzhou is absorbed by Yangzhou, the two sides will The gap will become wider and wider. The biggest gap between Yangzhou and Jingzhou is that Jingzhou has no way to join the tide of sea trade."
“I think if Jingzhou wants to keep up with the development of Yangzhou, it must first build a large number of docks along the Yangtze River, use the docks as points, open up the connection between the Yangtze River and shipping, and find ways to join maritime trade.
The second point is to find ways to build canals, renovate Jingzhou's rivers, open up connections between various parts of Jingzhou, and accelerate the development of infrastructure in the interior of Jingzhou. The current situation in Jingzhou is that it is better to develop river transportation than to develop rail and roads, because Almost all counties and counties in Jingzhou can be connected by rivers instead of roads and rail facilities, because Jingzhou is vast, has low development level, and lacks population, so the cost is higher than canals."
"Finally, we need to rely on Jingzhou's geographical advantages to develop cash crops. In terms of industry, you can't compete with the north, which has decades of foundation. Moreover, as the infrastructure construction in the Central Plains gets better and better, rail tracks and roads are being laid in Daqian. Come on, the industrial advantage of the North will become greater and greater. Without the support of the imperial court, you will not be able to compete with the North in terms of industry alone. You can only find ways to develop some cash crops and accumulate capital."