Is Jinghua willing to give up profits on sugar products to the nobles? The answer is of course yes.
Gao Pragmatic's positioning of Jinghua, especially in the Ming Dynasty, has always been to drive the ruling class and business class of the Ming Dynasty towards handicrafts and even industry. In the past, leading them to do business was a means - if business reached a certain level, it would be
Will want to control the source of the product.
Therefore, Jinghua, which has a high pragmatic control, will never create a monopoly and suppress other competitors for its own selfish interests.
If Gao Jingshi wanted to suppress his competitors, then why did Jinghua remain indifferent at all after the Jiangnan chaebols such as the Songjiang Xu family jointly founded the shipyard? In fact, Jinghua internally submitted several proposals to Gao Jinghua to suppress them, and his methods were too hard and too soft.
There are all kinds of things, including politics and business, but the high pragmatism has not been adopted.
This is not only because Gao Pragmatic insists that competition can lead to faster development, but also because the actions of these Jiangnan chaebols are actually turning the rudder of the giant ship of Ming Dynasty.
Europe has entered the Age of Discovery from the Renaissance, and now the religious reform movement is gradually gaining momentum. Slowly they will enter the early stage of the Industrial Revolution. As a latecomer, Gao Pragmatic knows very well that if he cannot enter the industrial age first, no matter how strong or powerful he is,
The agricultural country can only be beaten by others.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This famous saying was his biggest feeling when studying history in his previous life. Therefore, everything he did in this life was ultimately to hope that China would not fall behind others in such a critical era.
Why did he want to protect the Ming Dynasty? It was not just because he felt that Yabo Pi and his descendants did not value science, nor was it because "people who are not my race must have different minds", but because he knew that the Han people were the main body of China.
Nation, if the rulers and ruling class of this dynasty are not Han Chinese, serious internal strife will inevitably occur in order to maintain their rule.
This kind of internal friction will make the Manchus vigilant and suspicious of the Han people anytime and anywhere, and then refuse to let the Han people control important power. If a nation that accounts for the vast majority of the country's population cannot function normally, where can this country progress?
, how powerful can it be? Therefore, in Gao Pragmatic's view, the Han Dynasty must be preserved.
But he himself is also a Han, so rebelling or usurping the throne seems to be an option, especially given that Jinghua actually already possesses great strength.
However, his surname is not Zhu, which means that if he wants to rebel or usurp the throne, he is destined to be unable to be like Zhu Di Jingnan, who can win the capital and make the whole country bow to him.
If he is pragmatic and wants to rebel and usurp the throne, it will inevitably lead to serious turmoil in the country. Civil strife and civil war are absolutely unavoidable consequences.
Yes, he did have a chance to win the civil war, but which dynasty change in China's history was not accompanied by the loss of tens or even hundreds of millions of people in order to succeed?
For the sake of the throne, tens of millions of people have been displaced, their wives and children have been separated, and their families have been destroyed. Is this what he, a person who grew up under the red flag, should do? At least he feels that he shouldn't.
Of course, he is not a truly selfless person. Not only did he leave a way out or foundation for himself in southern Xinjiang, but he also had huge interests in the Ming Dynasty. But he believed that these things he did did no harm to the Ming Dynasty itself.
On the contrary, it has great benefits.
Southern Xinjiang and Nanyang are the main lines of defense against Western maritime invasion. Jinghua's domestic role is to drive the country's transformation. No matter from which aspect, he believes that mutual benefit and win-win results have been achieved.
Specifically, when it comes to handing over the future sugar industry of the Philippine Islands to the nobles, the same idea is basically followed. In this era, there is no need to worry about the sales of sugar products. The market demand has always been far from being satisfied.
One Philippines would not have a serious impact at all.
As for tying the interests of the nobles directly to the Philippine Islands, it is not just as simple as being pragmatic and asking their people to fight - in theory, Jinghua alone can capture the entire Philippines, and it is not necessarily difficult.
The real reason why Gao Jingshi did this was to allow the nobles to keep a considerable amount of property within the scope of the "Greater Southern Border". Only in this way, in case Gao Jingshi really wanted to do this for some reason in the future.
If you leave the Ming Dynasty and go to southern Xinjiang to retire, you don't have to worry too much that the Ming Dynasty will hold him "responsible". Because in order to protect their own interests from being harmed, the nobles will definitely do their best to exonerate him.
Perhaps it is not possible to do it with the strength of the nobles alone, but that is something that should be considered in the future - how could we know that the only people who will invest huge sums of money in "Great Southern Xinjiang" in the future are the nobles?
So when Gao Pragmatic made it clear that Jinghua would not participate in the sugar production business in the Philippine Islands, the nobles immediately became excited.
You know, just the old land of the Huang family in Guangxi allowed the Jinghua Qinzhou Sugar Factory to produce about 40% of the sugar products in the Ming Dynasty, earning a gross profit of 370,000 taels a year. So such a vast Philippine Islands is suitable for growing sugar cane.
The area is at least three or four times that of Guangxi, so how much is the annual output value and profit? At the very least, it is a million taels!
Although this one million taels of gross profit has to be divided up by the three princes and about twenty princes and uncles, even so, at least one family of the three princes will receive one hundred thousand taels every year, and the other families will earn about 40,000 to 50,000 taels a year.
Right? This is not a one-time deal, it is a long-term profit!
However, just when everyone began to feel that the golden light was shining in front of their eyes, Gao Pragmatic started to pour cold water on them at the right time: "Everyone, although the prospects are good, we must not forget that the introduction of sugar cane requires investment. In addition, according to
I understand that the natives there are very lazy. If we want these sugar cane fields to be well managed, we have to introduce more immigrants from the Ming Dynasty - of course, in recent years, there have been frequent disasters in the north and there are many refugees, so this is not a problem.
It’s difficult.”
Oh, yes, since it is production, we must also invest, not only in sugar cane fields, but also in sugar mills, which all require capital. Finally, the nobles no longer looked crazy, but started
Slowly calculate and discuss with each other.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic did not rush, but waved and asked someone to bring a pile of information. The information was divided into more than 20 parts, and they were all delivered to the nobles on silver platters.
In front of us, everyone opened it and saw, good guy, Gao Pragmatic actually estimated how many sugarcane fields each family will be allocated, how many people will be needed to take care of it, how big the corresponding sugar refinery will be, how much investment will be needed in these sugar refineries, and other related matters.
List.
"Hiss..." Many people gasped, feeling that Gao Pragmatic had already made all the plans. It seemed that they only needed to invest and send the refugees there, and then just waited to collect the money.
The nobles looked at each other's "plans" and found that these plans actually considered all aspects, especially everyone's performance in the Sea Trade Alliance in the past few years, as well as the number of troops sent this time.
At this time, Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "The plan in your hands is just a basic summary. How to subdivide the sugar cane land in the end depends on the subsequent unification war of the Kingdom of Luzon."
This is easy to understand. It just means that the more effort you put in, the more you will gain. However, everyone does not object to this. After all, you cannot get the same land regardless of the amount of effort you put in, right? Then you have to create internal discord.
But in this case, everyone has to take the bait that Gao Pragmatic has thrown down. Jinghua's terms of merit are astonishingly detailed. It's not easy to cheat in it. Whoever wants to get more sugar cane land has to do it.
Do your best to perform well.
Zhu Yingzhen stood up at this time and expressed his position: "Rixin has already said this, what else can I say? The servants and armed transport ships of the Chengguo Palace have not been withdrawn. They are at your disposal, Rixin.
I will never take back the entire archipelago!"
Xu Wenbi cursed in his heart: "Little bastard, you were the most active in saying that we wanted to withdraw our troops before, and now you are the most active in continuing to fight! Damn it, your grandfather was not as smart as you back then!"
The old Duke Ding immediately planned to express his position. Who knew that the British Duke Zhang Yuangong relied on his youth and quick movements, and immediately raised his right hand, followed by Zhu Yingzhen and said: "What Duke Cheng said is exactly what I want to say. I, the servant of Duke Ding's Mansion,
The warships are also at Rixin's disposal, and we will never take them back until the battle is over!"
Mr. Xu didn't even have the energy to scold him. He was the only one of the three great princes who didn't express his stance anyway. It was hard for the others to speak before he expressed their stance. So he just put on an air of arrogance and slowly stroked his long beard under his chin.
It looks like "I am thinking".
Gao Pragmatic has always had excellent observation skills. He knew in his heart that Mr. Xu just missed the trip, but he did not see through it. Instead, he looked at Xu Wenbi with a smile and asked sincerely: "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"
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"You young people are so courageous." Xu Wenbi got up the steps that Gao Pragmatic sent him, walked down the slope, and stroked his beard and said: "The Sea Trade Alliance is originally one, but since you, the leader of the alliance, have spoken out, it will become a big deal."
The Duke of Guo and the Duke of England have also expressed their support. How can I lag behind? Naturally, I will also leave my servants and fleet to you."
After all, he is an elder, so he does not call Gao Pragmatic "Rixin" like Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong did, but his cousin.
Gao Jingshi smiled and arched his hand towards him, saying: "Then Jingshi first thanks my husband for trusting me."
The three major princes all expressed their support. If the remaining princes and uncles had any doubts, they naturally expressed their willingness to follow up. All the forces sent out in their hands would continue to be handed over to Gao pragmatically. They would not withdraw their troops until the entire Philippine Islands was captured.
However, there are still some who are a little bolder. In their words, they remind Gao pragmatically that if you want to fight, fight quickly and don't procrastinate - time is money, my leader!
Gao Pragmatic naturally expressed his affirmation one by one, ensuring that this battle would not drag on for a long time. The capital decided to discuss it, and he would write a letter to Manila immediately - no, Fubo City: to immediately deploy a full-scale attack and strive to capture the entire archipelago as soon as possible.
By the time the meeting reaches this point, it's already late. Your honorable men are usually on duty like keeping a cat in a cowshed. It doesn't matter whether you go to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army or not. Even if the meeting lasts all night, it doesn't matter. However, being pragmatic is different after all.
, he is an important minister of the court who cannot absent himself from work at will, so all the distinguished officials expressed a tacit understanding that they would be here first today, and it would not be too late to discuss the specific details later.
Gao Pragmatic naturally pretended to stay, but no one would take him seriously anyway, so the meeting quickly broke up.
As soon as the honorable men left, Liu Xin came out from behind and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the boss for winning another city, and being tied more tightly to this group of honorable men. Just like Mr. Xu said just now: 'Hai Hai'
The trade alliance is originally one body."
Gao pragmatic casually said "haha", stretched out his hand to Liu Xin and made a "please sit down" gesture, but turned to Luo Yuan who was standing beside him and said: "Captain Luo, how did you perform in this Luzon naval battle?"
Quite outstanding. From your perspective, how long do you think it will take to capture the Philippine Islands?"
Luo Yuan didn't expect that his boss would ask him such a big question, and he was indeed not prepared for it. He was stunned for a moment and said awkwardly: "Ah, this... my boss, I'm not very familiar with Master Lu's situation, so I
If you don’t understand land division operations, it’s really impossible to estimate this.
If we talk about the sea alone, before Xiao Bei came to Beijing, the fleet learned that the Spaniards' maritime power in the southern part of the archipelago was no longer strong, with only six large Galen ships at most.
Judging from the performance of previous battles, the expedition fleet has an overwhelming advantage over them. If there can be another decisive battle at sea, we will definitely win. However, I am worried that the Spaniards may learn to behave after suffering a big loss last time.
, maybe he won’t fight us again.
In addition, since the Marine Division is going to launch a full-scale offensive, and the Philippines is an archipelago, our fleet must always cooperate with the Marine Division's actions, whether it is diversion to the islands or transporting military supplies, in short, we must allocate part of our strength
Come and cooperate. In this case, it still depends on how Commander Zhenxin will distribute the power..."
Gao Pragmatic nodded. This kid was very courageous when fighting, but he was very cautious when facing his own question. This is good, indicating that he should be a malleable talent.
But Gao Pragmatic continued to ask: "So in your opinion, how will the Spanish respond at sea, and how should Gao Zhenxin distribute his power?"
Luo Yuan did not speak immediately this time, but thought for a while before saying: "If I am the commander of the Spanish fleet, if I cannot evacuate directly at this time, there are only two options: one is to find a way to fight with Malacca or even
The Portuguese fleet in Argentina reached an agreement to see if they could unite to fight the expedition fleet.
The second is to give up the decisive battle and start a harassment battle with the expedition fleet. The general idea is that as soon as the expedition fleet and the land division leave a place, I will attack the place they captured not long ago.
Although due to the shortage of personnel in the Spanish Marine Division, it may not be possible to capture the target before the expedition fleet and the Marine Division return, but I do not necessarily have to capture it. As long as I keep attacking here and there, I can make the expedition fleet exhausted.
Then we stall for time and wait for domestic support."
Gao pragmatically glanced at him appreciatively and said with a smile: "Yes, I have some ideas. If the Spaniards know how to do this, our expedition fleet will really be in some trouble." He paused and said: "You are also very busy these days.
It’s enough, let’s go and have a rest first.”
Luo Yuan thanked him quickly and bowed to say goodbye.
After he left, Liu Xin tilted her head and asked, "Do you think the Spaniards would use the second style of play Luo Yuan mentioned?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head: "I don't know." Seeing that Liu Xin seemed a little surprised, he added: "Don't look at me like that. I'm not an all-rounder. In fact, I'm not good at naval battles. How will this subsequent naval battle develop?
, it still depends on Gao Zhenxin and the others."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "If this word gets out, the admiration of you by the two ocean fleets will probably be shattered."
Gao Pragmatic smiled casually, changed the topic back, and asked: "The sugar industry in the Philippines is left to the nobles. I wonder if Zhiting will be dissatisfied. After she arrived in Annan, she also planted crops in Haidong."
Less sugarcane.”
That's for sure. Haidong is "next door" to Siming Mansion, so it is naturally a good place to grow sugar cane. In addition, the Qinzhou Sugar Refinery is also very close, so choosing to grow sugar cane is undoubtedly a wise move.
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "Based on what I know about her, she probably won't care - of course, provided this decision comes from you."
Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly and said nothing.
Liu Xin smiled and said, "Why, I feel sorry for my wife again. What do you want to make up for?"
Gao pragmatic glanced at her, touched his chin and said, "It's not impossible if you understand it this way... Do you have any suggestions?"
"Yes." Liu Xin raised her eyebrows slightly: "Just ask her to personally escort Huang Yinglei to the capital to see you."
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