Five days after the President of the Chinese Army, Yin Feng, Jinghai, received a report from Shi Daxuan about the operation from the communication ship. He was very satisfied and said to Zeng Shan, the current chief secretary of the royal palace: "This Shi Daxuan is doing. Yes, he was quick and fierce. He didn't let go of any of the ships parked at the Macau port and detained them. Now, the commander of the Japanese trade fleet was captured and confessed," he handed over the report of Shi Daxuan to Zeng. Mountain.
Zeng Shan looked at it, frowned, and looked suspicious: "A thousand pound bronze cannon only bought 100 taels of silver. What's the difference between this and giving away? Also, the one who made this deal with the government is The foreign monk Guo Jujing of the Jesuits, and the official Li Zhizao of the court, this matter is related to the Catholic and foreign church Jesus. What do you plan to deal with this matter?”
Yin Feng smiled coldly: "This Guo Jujing is mostly taking his own initiative, and Li Zhizao and Xu Guangqi are fellow church members and people from the government. It is understandable to do so. However, it is necessary to hit the foreign monks of the Jesuits. They are still pedaling on two boats, so it is necessary to force them to choose their position. Tomorrow morning, call Taiwan Bishop Valades and Auxiliary Bishop Kinnige,"
"So, what should the gentry of Jiangnan who paid for the court to train troops? What should the guys from Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants deal with it?" Zeng Shan asked: "The land auction of Java Island and the Spice Islands is about to begin, and Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants also have Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants. People want to participate,"
"They were disqualified from participating in the auction and told them directly: either make money with the Chinese company, or pay the money to the court to oppose us,"
Zeng Shan took out a document and said with a bitter face: "Although this Nanyang battle has grabbed the savings of the three generations of Madaran Tubang King, we have to resettle war refugees, arrange 100,000 new immigrants from Nanyang, and also The construction of the Malacca Fortress is a huge loss. The military expenditure this year is estimated to exceed 15 million taels of silver. I hope it will be profitable back in this Nanyang land auction,"
Yin Feng sat on his chair and patted a bunch of documents on the table and said, "This is only temporary. The company's revenue this year is probably more than half less than last year. Nanyang has just settled down and money is needed everywhere. However, next year, Westerners will have to do business according to our monopoly prices. Spice Islands, spices from Java Island, our tea, porcelain, and silk will increase the price by 10% to 50% next year. This alone is enough to make a profit of a few more money. The expenses of the Nanyang strategy are spent. Don’t forget that from now on, the daily necessities consumed by the indigenous peoples of the Nanyang kings and the indigenous peoples of various islands are monopolized by our Chinese companies. Originally, Western powers purchased them from our Chinese businessmen at a low price. No matter how high a sale is, it will never happen.”
Zeng Shan still looked worried: "The Nanyang market is occupied by us Chinese. This is a good thing. I understand this. However, although the Nanyang natives have nearly ten million people, their consumption capacity is limited after all, and once our goods price increases, Are you not worried that these Westerners will not come to us to do business again?”
Yin Feng laughed. He was very confident and ignored Zeng Shan’s concerns. China in the 17th century had an extremely strong position in the world trade structure: Chinese products, regardless of product quality or product variety, are all The world is the only one with no branches. Western powers cannot find any product in other parts of the world that can replace Chinese goods. If you want to make a fortune, you can only buy and sell Chinese goods. The price of Chinese goods is high, so Europeans still have to buy them. At most, merchants can raise prices in the European retail market, so that those European kings and nobles and big merchants will spend more money, and then those kings and nobles will exploit more in other colonies. That's all, and because of China's lack of The price comparison between silver and gold is very high in the world, and the excessive labor is too cheap, so Chinese goods have always been synonymous with cheap prices and good quality in the eyes of Westerners. The price was severely lowered earlier, and now we take advantage of the opportunity to monopolize the market. , raising some prices will not have much impact on the enthusiasm of merchants from all countries to buy and sell Chinese goods.
In another time and space, the whole ship of silver was used to buy Chinese goods, and like a devil, they bought Chinese tea, porcelain, silk, etc. The trade deficit was a mess, and they were finally forced to use opium to impact the Chinese market... …
Yin Feng smiled confidently and said, "Lao Liu, don't worry, this year's war has ruined a lot of business. I don't know what the price of Chinese goods in the Western market has risen. Next year, those Western merchants will only come more. ...Okay, don't worry, you can write to Jiangnan Ji Zai, Mr. Xu, and Mai Xiaoliu immediately, let them continue to negotiate with the court, and send people to monitor the new army, and it is best to send people to sneak into the new Go to the army,"
"Don't you need to attack the new army? What should they do if the gentry of Jiangnan who paid for the court to train troops?"
Yin Feng thought for a while and said, "We are still in peace talks with the court, and we cannot attack Zhejiang in a blatant way. Besides, I don't believe that under the system of the Ming Dynasty, we can train any new army. As for the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, Anyone who is in the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Town Sect Mansion will search their homes and then rush to the government-ruled area. There is no need to be polite to them. As for those outside the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Town Sect Mansion, we are out of reach and don’t worry about them. However, the Chinese Company has since cut off its business with them. If you deal with each other, you can't let them make money from us, and then use this money to fight us."
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The autumn sun shines on the earth, and by the river beach of Luermen Creek, many children in their 10-year-olds are running and playing happily on the grass and sand beach. More than a hundred students from the primary schools directly under the Taiwan company are on an outing and having a picnic.
Not far away, under a forest of trees, Yin Feng sat on the ground in a good mood, looking at the groups of children.
Zeng Shan was sitting next to Yin Feng. He was a little crazy. At this moment, he sat cross-legged and drank without any scruples. While saying to Yin Feng, "There is no difference. All the children of the company and the children of the Chinese army can enter school for free. , The government funded the establishment of primary schools, primary schools, middle schools, and technical schools, universities, military schools, and poor people can also go to school. This is really unprecedented. Is the universal education plan you mentioned really going to be fully implemented? Our There are so few teachers, king..."
"You should call me A Feng, Brother Feng or something, it sounds awkward to the king... Don't talk about the morality, the superiority and inferiority, you don't need these between you and me, let's talk about it when there are outsiders... The Ming Dynasty Scholars are all private schools or family traditions. Nowadays, Imperial College is just a decoration. Scholars do not understand anything except eight-legged articles. Before the Song and Yuan dynasties, there were also mathematics and medical subjects. Now, the imperial examinations are apart from eight-legged articles and eight-legged articles. All literati have become I am a fool, I turn a blind eye to the outside world and don’t know what the outside world is like... Humph, didn’t you do this before, thinking that the only country in the world is my country, and the rest of the world are barbarians... When the barbarians came to the door, they thought they were the best in the world..."
Yin Feng also picked up a glass of wine and drank it all in one go.
Zeng Shan smiled, looked at Ju Wenhui who was busy painting not far away, pointed to the Jesuit Chinese missionary and said, "It seems that the Jesuits have compromised, they have agreed to do it for our university. The school provides science teachers, Guo Jujing is about to leave Macau and come to Taiwan,... Brother Feng, what is this science? Is it different from what the technical school learns? Don’t the technical school also have foreign teachers?”
Yin Feng didn't know how to explain it. Based on his original university experience in time and space, his understanding of science in that era refers to "Modern Western Science". The world in later generations was the world after the development of modern Western science. It was a pity in ancient China. "Science" is not a chance, so his science education plan is to fully introduce modern Western scientific theories. Although Western science in this era is also in the formation stage, the reality is that there is no choice and we cannot wait for Western science to develop and mature. Let’s introduce it again. Fortunately, at least China’s craftsmanship level is basically the same as that in the West, and the technology gap is not big.
"Look, it seems Qian'er, Qian'er has started fighting with other children," Zeng Shan shouted.
"What are you talking about? Girls fight," Yin Feng stood up and saw that a group of children on the river beach had really been beaten up. His baby daughter was surrounded by a group of boys and girls, big and small, fighting another group of people and girls. The child, he scratched his scalp and didn't believe in his eyes. His daughter, who is less than ten years old, has bright white teeth, big eyes and long hair, is directing a group of half-sized kids to siege a group of boys, surrounded by Qian'er There are far more people around you than the other party, most of them are boys. Chen Zhongji's ten-year-old son Chen Kangxin followed her, and Kabiro, a mixed-race black child with the black guard captain Magaro, protecting Qian'er from left and right, and Qian The man was very commanding and instructed his playmates to rush forward. Several teachers in Confucian uniforms and robes were busy and were persuading to pull the squad.
Yin Feng grabbed Zeng Shan: "Forget it, the child is having fun, don't worry about him, but does Qianqian have some leadership skills..."
Zeng Shan looked at Yin Feng strangely: "This is considered a leadership talent, it is too uneducated. How do teachers in primary schools teach..."
"All right, don't worry about the nature of a child. My father-in-law told me back then that you could recite the Three Character Classic at the age of four. Didn't you still compete with Zeng Rui for food when you were ten?"
Zeng Shan blushed: "That's not what I said... Uncle is really true, why do you say everything?"
Suddenly, a black-clad guard team member ran over from the woods and stood attentively to Yin Feng and said, "The Ministry of Military Information urgently notified that there is a situation in Liaodong."
Yin Feng's face darkened, and he could not help but shake his head: "I finally stole the picnic for a while, hey, prepare the horse and go back to the palace,"