Chapter 61 Economic Development Does Not Depend on Leadership
Pingzhang Jia said:
"Official, I have only heard of the fiefdom of the four kings of the Tatars before, but now look at the map, the north and west of my Great Song Dynasty are all dead ends!
In the east, there is only the small land of Liuqiu Island, and there is nothing to enter------ and in the south, it is a hot and evil place, and very people can live for a long time! ”
Zhao Yu, the official of the Great Song Dynasty, nodded frequently in recognition of Shichen's words, and these were clearly marked on the map. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Pingzhang Jia said:
"We can also go to the sea trade, but the whole Song Dynasty can go to earn money, but the official family cannot, because the money issued is all printed by the official------ I recently read the so-called precious metal standard declaration of the flow of coins, and I feel a lot.
They said to themselves that the consistent flow of coins is equal to the consistent copper coins, one or two silver, and the corresponding share of a few percent is converted into the money of my Great Song Dynasty.
At first, the old man didn't know their methods, but then he slowly thought about it, and the truth was all in that position----- thinking that at the beginning, we had to print several times more coins than before, and those numbers were originally known only to very few officials!
However, to my surprise, not long after I printed it, the market price of everything immediately became high, as if everyone in the people knew about it at once!
How can the people know?!
However, the actions of the businessman surnamed Zhang made me understand that my Da Song money lacks the standard thing------"
Zhao Yu, the official of the Great Song Dynasty, frowned, thought for a long time, and didn't understand the relationship between his master's preface and afterword, so he had to say: "Please also ask your master to teach me!" ”
Pingzhang Jia sighed, this official is not smart, so he has to say:
"It's better to go to the inner treasury and go to the Tianzhu area and the Cairo area to exchange their livestock, and then sell them to the farmers at a low price, and take back the money, there is less money on the market, and there are more items, so the price will naturally be lowered-----"
Zhao Yu, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, was overjoyed when he heard this, this is a blessing, and he has not performed such a show for a long time!
Originally, he also discussed with his ministers and wanted to let go of the forbidden spine of Haiyan, but who knew that his ministers did not agree, but said that the finances are better now, but it does not mean that the finances will be better in the future, and the threat of the Tatars will not go for a day, and everything should not be rushed.
However, if it can succeed this time, wouldn't it be better for the people?!
If Zhang Guoan was present at the time, he would definitely teach two economics and two goods!
The Great Song Dynasty government, no matter what level, if you want to follow the Liuqiu Island to learn maritime trade, Zhang Guoan Island owner promises to raise his hands to welcome, can invite in, can also go out, this is the right way to take the characteristics of the Great Song Dynasty.
However, you can't do things that violate the laws of the economy under the banner of conforming to the laws of the economy, right?!
The volume of the traditional products of the Great Song government was too large, and the owner of Zhang Guoan and other merchants watched them raise the price unscrupulously.
In exchange for the livestock, in addition to the war horses, Zhao Yu, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, also kept some to breed in the imperial village, and sold the rest to the farmers at the level of one hundred yuan a cow.
This is another violation of economic laws------ Commissioner Guo Ziren and President Gu Jianshan said angrily: "The price of cattle here has also been suppressed by them!" ”
At that time, Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, could only comfort them and said: "Things that violate the laws of the economy will not last long!" ”
Sure enough, after changing batches for a few times, they struggled to sustain because livestock also needed a growth cycle.
The behavior of Zhao Yu, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, was applauded from all over the Great Song Dynasty, and the sycophant articles in the "Minsheng Daily" were disgusting.
Yang Youxing wants to expose the truth in "Liuqiu Weekly".
Where in the world is there such a business? In order to compete for the goods of the peers, the price is constantly raised, and even the natives of Tianzhu know that all the merchants who wear red or green clothes give high prices, and it is good to sell them something!
Zhang Guoan, the island owner, didn't let him post either, and now the whole Great Song Dynasty is singing the praises of their Great Song officials together, let's not mess with them!
For now, it's not that the Great Song Dynasty can't do without us, it's that we can't do without the Great Song Dynasty!
Yang Youxing could only write a few sentences sourly, saying that because the price given by the Great Song Dynasty was too high, the price of overseas buffaloes had risen several times------
But in any case, the money on the market in the Great Song Dynasty has increased now, and they have indeed not printed it, the market price has also decreased, and various items have also increased.
"Minsheng Daily" shamelessly attributed this phenomenon to the bullshit policy of Zhao Yu, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, who "does not seek profits from the people, but benefits the people from the city"!
Maybe the whole Song Dynasty thinks like this, only the Imperial Arquebus Army Control Law can keep calm, this kid wrote to Zhang Guoan Island Master for advice.
He replied earnestly, stating the real reason.
The first was a truce with the Tatar bandit group, which allowed the Great Song to save military spending.
Then there is the promotion of high-yielding and improved varieties, which reduces the price of daily necessities.
Third, cotton and other cash crops provide sufficient means of production for industrial development.
Fourth, industrial products, mainly porcelain, silk, and cotton cloth, are in high demand overseas, and they naturally bring back more goods after they are exported.
At the same time, the growth in the processing of industrial products has led to an increase in the wages of laborers, who can afford to buy goods.
If a mill owner benefits a hundred laborers, then a maritime merchant benefits a thousand.
In the letter, Zhang Guoan said meaningfully: "The economic development of a country and region has never been developed by a few policies of a wise leader. ”
I don't know if what I said was too direct or too difficult to understand, but it took a long time for Fa Ke to reply to discuss with him.
After Zhang Guoan finished writing the letter, he didn't care how long he would reply, and now it was an opportunity for rapid development.
Wang Defa was busy pressing sugar beets on the Shandong Peninsula.
Native to the western and southern coasts of Europe, transplanted from Sweden to Spain, sugar beets are a major source of sugar in addition to tropical sugar cane.
In addition, the cultivation of sugar beet as a sugar crop began in the second half of the 18th century.
Therefore, where do the current northern Han people know the use of this sugar beet, they have never seen it before!
Wang Defa must let many Han people in the north learn to grow sugar beet, cotton, peanuts and other cash crops, so that there is no need to worry about food, then at least the economy of the Shandong Peninsula can completely rely on cash crops to undertake part of the development tasks.
In addition to mining in the northern part of the Shandong Peninsula, small mines such as graphite, bentonite, potassium feldspar and quartzite have also been developed in the Qingdao area in the south.
In fact, the importance of these non-metallic minerals is no worse than metal minerals in Wang Defa's eyes!
For example, if limestone and coal are used as raw materials, after simple crushing, calcining in a calcining kiln after balling, the potassium oxide in it will be converted into water-soluble, and then purified by crystallization.
The Great Song government always urged the so-called engineering explosives, and if they were produced using their previous processing methods, let alone sold to the Great Song Dynasty, their own needs would not be satisfied.
Their methods of warfare have a great demand for engineering explosives.
In the early winter, the Han people in the north, led by Wang Defa, washed the beetroot heads in a large water tank and sent them to large wooden barrels to be sliced.
They saw four large donkeys dragging together a long pole of hardwood, which was connected to a vertical shaft in the bucket, and when they were led around by a laborer, the beet would be cut into slices.
This flat plate slicer designed by Wang Defa is mainly prepared for this era.
It is mainly composed of a vertical shaft, a transmission shaft and a rotary cutterhead.
The knife frame embedded with the slicing knife is placed on the outer ring of the cutterhead, and the spindle and the external drive shaft are installed in the center of the disc.
The outer edge of the cutterhead is equipped with a sleeve and a cap to form a ring-shaped space, and after pouring into the beet head, there is a plate in the upper part of the knife frame that gradually shrinks the channel, and when the cutter head rotates, the beet is clamped and pressed towards the slicing knife and cut into slices.
Then put the vegetable slices into the sugar seeping jar, soak them in water, and then continuously scoop out the sugar solution, take out the vegetable slices that have been soaked for a long time, and add water and vegetable slices again.
Don't throw away the vegetable slices that have been soaked for a long time, after they are dried, the livestock like to eat them.
After the juice is extracted in this way, it goes through the processes of purification, evaporation, crystallization, honey separation, drying, etc., and the process technology of the last four processes is basically the same as that of sugarcane sugar production.
This winter, the first batch of white sugar was produced on the Shandong Peninsula.
Wang Defa asked the craftsmen who had been following him with some tiredness: "Do you understand the process?" ”
All the craftsmen agreed----- until one of them boldly said, "I wonder why that blade is wavy?" ”
Wang Defa knew that he had forgotten to talk about it, so he hurriedly said: "Increase the area of sugar seepage in vegetable slices!" ”
"------" (To be continued.) )