Li Jiye came and went in a hurry, and soon left Tianjin and began to lay out according to what Liu Jin said.

"These salt merchants, you are just a group of moths who have made a fortune by relying on policies, they don't have any technical content at all, and they haven't made any contribution to this country, but they are parasitic on the body of Daming, the more you eat, the fatter you get, and finally bury this dynasty."

For those salt merchants, Liu Jin did not have the slightest good impression.

Obviously, salt is a very cheap thing, but after passing through the hands of these salt merchants, it is difficult for the common people to afford it.

A pound of dozens of dollars of salt is often missing two catties, and it has to seep sediment, and these salt merchants raise fat and strong, and all of them are angry.

Profiting from the salt administration, but it does not contribute to this dynasty or to the people of this land, and for such a group, Liu Jin will not be the slightest soft.

The purpose of building the Changlu Salt Works is to dig out these parasites from the roots, so that they will lose the basis on which they depend, and once they leave the salt, no matter how big these salt merchants are, they will fall apart.

After all, the reason why these salt merchants were able to obtain such huge profits was not because these salt merchants were more likely to do business, nor because these salt merchants had mastered advanced technology, and the reason why they were able to develop and grow was entirely because of the existence of the salt administration system.

The existence of this system allows them to monopolize salt, which is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, because of the monopoly, so they can be unscrupulous and insatiable.

The upper side constantly hollowed out the finances of the Ming Dynasty, and the lower side continued to exploit the common people who were already struggling to survive.

They are a group of parasites that live on the body of the Ming Dynasty, constantly sucking the blood of the Ming Dynasty and becoming bigger and bigger, while the Ming court and the people of the Ming Dynasty are becoming thinner and thinner, and finally fall down.

After visiting the salted fish factory, Liu Jin came to Tianjin Port again.

Here at the wharf where the whaling ship docked, there was a sea of people, and all kinds of shouts came and went, and the big whale when Liu Jin left had been dismembered and cleaned up at this time.

Large, large chunks of bright red whale meat were placed on the board, where the merchants who specialized in the whale business were constantly haggling for some whale meat at a lower price.

Barrels and barrels of cedar oil were directly wrapped up by Tianjin Soap Factory and Tianjin Candle Factory, the former is also an industry under Liu Jin, specializing in the production of bathing soap, the output was not high before, but with the development of the whaling industry, a large amount of cheap oil can be obtained, and the development of Tianjin Soap Factory is also extremely rapid.

Don't look at the soap is not worth much, but the output is large, the sales are hot, and the development is extremely fast, which can not only meet the demand for soap from many industrial employees under Liu Jin, but also a large number of soaps have begun to be sold to the outside world, and the profits have been growing.

As for the Tianjin Candle Factory, this is the owner of a previous candle-making workshop in Tianjin, whale oil is the best oil, used to burn not only very burn-resistant, stable, and without any dust and odor, and now it has gradually become the most popular lighting oil in the Ming high society.

Whale skin, whale baleen, whale treasures, etc. are the most popular goods, as soon as they are dismembered, they are bought at a high price, and even whale bones are wanted, because it is said that whale bones are divine bones, and they are the best to make various sacrificial utensils, and they can also be used to ward off evil spirits and so on.

The internal organs of the whale are also a sought-after thing, basically they were bought as soon as they were put out, a huge whale, Liu Jin just left for a short time, and was dismembered in a blink of an eye.

"It seems that the development of the whaling industry is right, and the meat and fat provided by one whale are enough to be worth hundreds of pigs and cattle, and the slaughter of one whale can benefit tens of thousands of people."

"I'm afraid that if this development is too violent, everyone will do their best to fish, and there will be no whales to catch in the future."

For the scene in front of him, as the leader of the whale industry, Liu Jin is both happy and worried.

The good news is that the whaling industry is thriving, and the people of Daming can enjoy the benefits of the whaling industry, a large number of cheap meat, oil, etc., these are all good things, and they are real benefits.

The worry is that Liu Jin is very aware of the greedy nature of human beings, once overfished, the whales will become fewer and fewer, and eventually they will fish with all their might.

But soon Liu Jin shook his head slightly, it is just emerging now, and he is worried about whether this is too early, not to mention, if Daming fully opens the sea ban in the future, and Daming can crisscross the seas, the problem he is worried about will be more redundant.

"Let's leave these problems to future generations to solve, and when that day comes, they should understand the truth of sustainable development."

Liu Jin smiled, and then soon his eyes locked on Zhu Houzhao's body.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao, covered in blood, was very excited to cut whale meat with a big chopping knife, looking like a butcher, where could he see that he was the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

"Come, come, whale meat, whale meat, good whale meat, only buy three pennies a pound~"

Zhu Houzhao seems to be experiencing a full-body life, experiencing the feeling of being a butcher, his voice is loud, and Liu Jin on the side is crying and laughing.

didn't bother Zhu Houzhao's Yaxing, since he loves to play, let him have a good time.

In fact, everyone is the same, everyone loves to play, but when I was a child, I liked to play with toys, and when I grew up, I liked to play some adult games, whether it was the current ancients or future generations, this has not changed.

Although Zhu Houzhao loves to play, he is not a gentleman, his play is purely the curiosity of a rebellious teenager, as long as he doesn't do something angry, what does it matter if he plays.

Liu Jin returned to his mansion in Tianjin, in the huge study, a huge world map was slowly opened by his subordinates, Liu Jin looked at this huge world map and fell into deep thought.

"The fleet heading for the Golden Continent should be on the way back at this time, if nothing else, in another five or six months, they should return to Daming."

"I don't know if they have found high-yield sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, and it is best to bring some gold and silver back to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm to go to the Golden Continent."

The first thing that came to mind was the fleet heading to the Golden Continent, it had been almost a full year since they left, and there had been no news for such a long time, and many people even felt that they had failed and died on the sea, Liu Jin's so-called Golden Continent was a lie at all.

Of course, there must be someone who is making a big fuss about this matter to attack Liu Jin, and as time goes by, more and more people are talking about this matter.

However, Liu Jin is very confident, he has made so many preparations, if he still fails, then he really has nothing to say, he can only say that his luck is too bad.

There are compasses, sextants, telescopes, accurate maps, professionally trained and trained navigators, as well as the most advanced ships of this era and all kinds of advanced ideas and knowledge from later generations, as well as many preparations made by Liu Jin.

Under such full preparation, there will be failure, Liu Jin really has nothing to say, the Europeans in this era sailed, how difficult their conditions were, they were able to crisscross the major oceans on the earth, there was no reason why they would fail.

"I hope to be able to bring some chili seeds back, and dishes without chili peppers always feel like something is missing."

Liu Jin looked at the area of the Golden Continent in a daze, Liu Jin from the later generations is a master who is not spicy or happy, after crossing over, he eats meals without chili peppers every day, and always feels that something is missing.

Of course, it doesn't mean that it doesn't taste good without chili, for people who love spicy peppers, chili peppers are an essential taste, and without chili peppers, you feel that there is one less flavor.

"After the development of fishing and maritime trade, the problem of the Japanese will also be solved, and now there are people who have reported that they have been attacked by the Japanese invaders, and the problem will definitely become more and more serious, if we can't find a way to solve it, then the people who oppose the ban on opening the sea will definitely use this as an excuse to attack the open sea."

"Moreover, the rampant behavior of the Japanese will seriously affect the development of maritime trade, which is very unfavorable to the marine fishing industry and the marine trade industry, which has just grown."

Soon, Liu Jin's eyes were set on the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the Bohai Sea.

The problem of the Japanese invaders has existed from the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the present, and it has always been impossible to suppress it, and in a few decades, as the Japanese side entered the most tragic period of the Warring States Period, the wandering samurai became the Japanese and harassed the entire southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the situation is better, because it is on the northern side, and the Japanese rarely come over, but the interests are moving, and the profits of going to Korea to do business with the Japanese are very large, and they will earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at any time for a round trip.

Naturally, the Japanese will focus on this piece of fat, in addition to the Japanese invaders, pirates also exist, the Ming Dynasty also has pirates, Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong in the late Ming Dynasty is a famous pirate starter.

"If you want to fight the pirates and pirates, you have to train a strong navy, and you have to find an excuse to get this power out of the military department."

"Otherwise, if you expect these civil servants from the Ministry of War to build a navy, one million taels of silver will be allocated, and in the end only one hundred thousand may be able to be used to develop the navy."

"The navy, you can't play without money, whether it's a ship, a person, or a cannon, it all needs money to do it."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help frowning, this matter is really difficult to do, the navy involves military power, the military department will not let go easily, and Emperor Hongzhi may not really trust himself.

Bother~

On the contrary, artillery is a very easy thing to solve, Miyun Iron Factory can produce the best quality steel, as for casting cannons, this is not difficult for Liu Jin with a golden finger at all, and the same is true for gunpowder, which can be easily made, and even with whale oil, it can also make nitroglycerin with great power.

As for the musket, this thing is not difficult, there is high-quality steel, and then it is easy to make these things out of the lathe.

"We still have to find a chance to get the quality of military salaries, without the quality of military salaries, making these things is a rebellion, if these things come out, what sweeps the grasslands, clears the pirates, pirates, and fights for territory with Europeans in the Golden Continent in the future, it will be hard work."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin silently wrote this down in his heart.

Because the literati were in power, the Ming Dynasty spared no effort to attack the military generals and nobles, and the army of the Ming Dynasty was already rotten, the armament was slack, the silver taels allocated were originally small, and the layers of deductions were made, and the armor and so on could not be seen at all.

The firearms unit that Comrade Lao Zhu created that dominated the world was even more useless, and the soldiers would rather go into battle with knives to kill the enemy than use artillery and muskets for fear of being blown up to death.

Soldiers have no status, being a soldier is the most despised, the military household is synonymous with decay, the military general doesn't even dare to fart in front of the civil ministers, and he has no right to speak above the court.

If you want to solve this problem, you can't just build a good gun and a good cannon, you must solve this problem from the root, and build a new army that is the same as the model of later generations.

Without a strong army and advanced weapons, it is simply impossible to colonize and do business around the world.

Not to mention anything else, the neighbors on the northern grassland are always deterring the Ming Dynasty, and every time the border is plundered, the people of the Ming Dynasty are panicked, and now the city wall built by cement is used as a turtle with a shrunken head.

If you want to really solve this problem, you still have to take the initiative and be able to defeat them on the grassland.

If you don't defeat them, you will never be at peace, and if you want to get cheap wool, you must solve the problems on the grassland, so that they can sing and dance, and they can herd sheep and shear sheep with peace of mind.

"We still have to get the weapon out as soon as possible, otherwise I really don't have the confidence."

"If the sea ship is not equipped with weapons, it is a fat sheep, and everyone will want to go up and take a bite, and now that is on the northern route, there are very few pirates and pirates, and if it is in the southern coastal areas, pirates and pirates are rampant, and there will be an accident with the custody."

Liu Jin pondered that it was very important to let the ships that go to sea legally own weapons and be able to legally produce weapons themselves.

But when it comes to weapons, it is too sensitive, Emperor Hongzhi will not let go easily, and the courtiers in the court will not let go easily, and once he comes forward to do this, it is also very easy to become the target of attack.

"Lao Zhang said that he would open up a route to the South Seas~"

"There are a lot of pirates and pirates in the southeast coastal area, and the big families in the southeast coastal area often collude with pirates and pirates, and once a fat sheep comes up, they will definitely not let it go easily."

Liu Jin's eyes were set on the southeast coastal area, where the situation was very complicated.

On the one hand, the big families and big merchants in the southeast coastal areas strongly opposed the lifting of the sea ban and resolutely supported the sea ban policy of the imperial court.

They all rely on monopolies to make money.

On the other hand, they collude with pirates and pirates, and other families and businessmen go to sea, fearing that someone will share their interests.

Zhang Mao saw the profits of sea trade, and now he is not satisfied with just taking the route of North Korea and the Japanese Kingdom, but wants to go to the South Sea, or even to the Indian Ocean, to earn more and higher profits.

But this will touch the interests of big families and big businessmen in the Jiangnan area, and they will inevitably react.

"Treasure Island ~ This location is too critical, maybe the next thing to do is to develop the treasure island, and develop the treasure island first."

Soon, Liu Jin's eyes locked on the treasure island.

At this time, the treasure island was still a wild land, and the Ming Dynasty implemented a sea ban, and in 1387, the residents of the treasure island were moved to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, which was a complete abandonment of the treasure island.

This is also why the Dutch were able to occupy the treasure island in the back, because the treasure island here, the Ming Dynasty court did not pay attention to it at all, this is a barbarian land, there are very few Han people above, very few, plus the sea ban, everyone does not go to sea, naturally let the Dutch take advantage of the treasure island.

It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty that Zheng Chenggong regained the treasure island and brought a large number of people, and after the efforts and development of the Zheng family for several generations, the treasure island gradually flourished.

If you want to go to the South Seas region and open up the South Sea route, the treasure island is definitely a very important link, and its location determines this.

"Development of Treasure Island~"

"That's right, it's you, let's develop the treasure island first, the geographical location of the treasure island is important, it belongs to the subtropical climate, the sun is sufficient, the land is fertile, the rice can be harvested twice a year, and even in the south of the treasure island, it can be harvested three times a year."

"In the winter, vegetables and fruits can also be produced here, and once the sea transportation starts, it will definitely be very profitable to transport the vegetables and fruits from this treasure island to the Beijing-Tianjin area in the winter."

"And the development of the treasure island, can strengthen the connection of the treasure island, consolidate our own territory, the future with the treasure island as a bridgehead, the last into the Japanese country, North Korea, the next can go to the South Seas, Australia, one stone."

"We must get the treasure island up first~"

Soon, Liu Jin's eyes were staring at the treasure island, and he began to think in his mind, what kind of way is the best way to develop the treasure island, if it attracts people to develop the treasure island, this is the key.

And the most important thing is to find an industry that can make money, and attract these magnates, merchants, landlords, and emerging capitalists of the Ming Dynasty to this side of the treasure island.

"What is it that attracts everyone?"

Liu Jin thought about it carefully.