551 Factories and Farms

These are economic issues that are very tricky to deal with. Because, Shang Wen is not from an economics class. On economic issues, Shangwen can only rely on history, not the economy itself.

In desperation, Shang Wen and Meng Yi, who was trying to solve the economic problem, discussed how to solve the current problem.

But Meng Yi pointed out some problems to Shang Wen that Shang Wen didn't see.

With the influx of new laborers, there was still some accumulation of light industrial goods produced in Qin's factories. But only accumulation. As the war between Qi and Yan unfolded, the situation eased somewhat.

In addition, according to the security situation of Qin, there are many ethnic minorities around Qin, and Qin cannot blindly use force, which is very troublesome for diplomacy and intelligence. Feng Quji made such a request. His people can't enter these small countries, or spy on the nomadic people, not only because of the language, but also because of the trouble. The two sides have been in a constant state of hostility. The Qin state could use force to destroy them. But there is a price to pay, and dealing with these minorities will cost a large part of Qin's energy. The garrison situation of the Qin State was already somewhat unbalanced. Because, a large number of armed forces are gathering towards the border of the Qin State.

Yao Jia put forward his own opinion. His view was to take advantage of the vast domestic productive forces of the Qin state. Adopt a commodity foreign policy.

His idea was simple. That is, with the rapid increase in the production capacity of the Qin State. Some factories in Qin began to overstock their products, and he thought that he could sell these goods to these minorities, who could use all kinds of resources in their hands in exchange. If not, the means of war can be used.

Shang Wen synthesized some of the feedback questions. These questions are too tricky.

Shang Wen had to tell the situation of capital export. This is not just a matter of justice and technology. Exporting equipment is a serious offense.

Meng Yi also felt that the matter was a little serious. More serious ones are in the back. Qin's country is bound to experience the first crisis in a local industry. Mainly light industry.

Shang Wen used his scientific thinking to temporarily sort out this relationship. But after sorting it out, he found a major problem.

First of all, the light industry production in the Qin State, with the influx of a large number of laborers, the Qin State could produce a large number of leather shoes, leather bags, wool, linen blended fabrics, which are all good materials for making clothes. At the same time, wool is also one of the important raw materials for a large number of blankets, and there are a large number of sheep in the north, who are no longer a supply of meat, but the main source of wool supply. At this time, it happened to be winter, and people's demand accelerated this figure. Major manufacturers are frantically processing these things.

But there are other things that are burying some hidden dangers for the Qin State. For example, capital exports. It should be said that Qin has developed to this point, and the concentration of a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises has made them eager to put their capital out to find the easiest to make money. South Korea's favorable conditions are there. Capital is also willing to go, but Qin State is not willing to see it appear so soon.

That's not the end of the story. Although it takes a certain amount of time to build a factory, it will take a certain amount of time to put it into production and produce goods. But the emergence of these factories was enough to trigger a crisis in the production of these light industries in the Qin state.

As soon as these factories appeared, the first thing was that they were cheap. Then they will quickly seize the original market of Qin, Qi and Chu. This was a big test for the Qin State.

But there is also some good news, with the improvement of the situation in Zhao, South Korea, and Yan, they are actively trading with Qin, and people have some money in their hands, and they have a certain purchasing power for these products. That's the power of emerging markets.

Come to think of it. Shang Wen believes that the output of capital should be reversed in one direction. Rather than temporarily moving to Korea, it is better to put these light industries of the Qin State in the north and west first. There, the Qin State opened up new markets, but when this market was large enough, it could feed the power of these factory owners in the country.

But then a new problem arose. And this problem is probably a big push for the abolition of the slave trade.

If the Qin state had built these factories in the west and north, there would have been some favorable conditions in the region, where there would be a large number of leather raw materials. But there is one biggest downside. Market. Where is the state of Qin, there is no market at all.

The motive force of foreign wars is actually very simple, the capture of slaves and the robbery of large quantities of property. This was the driving force behind the primitive capital accumulation of the Qin state. Especially now after the discovery of gold in the West. Qin's enterprises have begun to invest heavily in the west.

It can be said that the west, the north cannot be settled. Only war could speed up the primitive accumulation of capital in the Qin state. In particular, the issue of the slave trade. Many people became rich because of the slave trade. Moreover, the farmers did not allow the abolition of the slave trade, and they had a large number of slaves in their fields to help them with their work. Without the slave trade, they could hardly imagine what would happen to their farms and pastures.

But what the factory owners meant was stability, and the Qin State needed a stable condition to sell their products. They need local people to have purchasing power to buy their goods, so that they can make money, expand production, sell goods, and then expand production.

However, there is obviously no such situation in the western and northern issues, and even if capital is induced to export to the west and the north, and there is no market attraction, these factories will still be pulled to South Korea.

The Qin State needed a complete and independent industrial system, rather than a single bias towards one industrial system. This is crucial for future development, and it is also one of the important reasons why the Qin state can complete its unification.

If these factories are to be moved, then the current situation of foreign warfare must be ended, and a certain peaceful trade strategy must be actively pursued. However, when the problem is dealt with in this way, it becomes more tricky. There are wars on the periphery of the situation, except in the south. The state of Qin almost beat all the neighboring minorities. Some of them may have already reached a dead knot. At this time, I am afraid to start a peaceful trade strategy, Shang Wen thought about it and shook his head. Is this possible? No way. Shang Wen thinks that this is not even a 0.1 percent possibility. You hit someone, but you're going to do business with someone else.

Still, Shang Wen put pen to paper and wrote out this seemingly very stupid idea. He needs to see how much can be done on the diplomatic and military fronts.