Yesterday I was riddled with trivial matters, and I stayed up late to write this chapter, and I couldn't hold it anymore so I went to sleep first, so I didn't send it.

I stayed up late yesterday and my stomach hurt again today, and the doctor who went to the clinic the day before yesterday said that I had appendicitis, and it cost more than 50 yuan for injections, hanging bottles, and taking medicine, and I had to go to see it for three days in a row.

I went to another clinic in the morning to see it, but the diagnosis was gastroenteritis, and the medicine prescribed was only 5 yuan, and it got better immediately after taking it...... It's fucking depressed.

―――――――― mid-April, it's time for the summer harvest again.

Zhao Yan sat in a carriage and drove on the road looking at the golden wheat on both sides and the people who were busy harvesting wheat in the fields.

As the harvest progressed, the singing also wafted through the fields.

Yan Yuyao looked at the scene outside, her eyes were full of hope for the future, and she turned around and said happily to Zhao Yan: "Husband, it seems that this year's harvest is very good, if it is next year, what will it be like?" ”

"Next year will naturally be better." Zhao Yan said with a smile, and Yuan'er said suspiciously: "This year's experimental field really has a yield of more than four stones?" ”

"There should be!" Zhao Yan nodded.

"Isn't that going to double next year's wheat production?" Salena said innocently, and Zhao Yanwan smiled: "That is the experimental field, the fertility and management are the best, and the promotion will naturally not be so high." ”

"Oh!" Salena nodded half-incomprehensibly.

While speaking, Zhao Yan came to the test field under the protection of a group of guards.

Song Yingxing was directing the personnel to harvest the wheat in the field in the experimental field, and when they saw Zhao Yan coming, everyone stopped what they were doing.

This year, Song Yingxing has shown his skills in research, and he has not even let go of wheat cultivation; when he reported the results of the experimental field yesterday, Song Yingxing's experimental field actually reached more than four stones, although it is not much different from the achievements of other agricultural groups, but it won the first place in one fell swoop.

As soon as Zhao Yan arrived, he immediately got up to visit the test field.

Under Zhao Yan's own eyes, after the wheat of one acre of land was harvested and weighed, 400 kilograms were harvested, that is, more than four stones.

Although there is still a big gap between the yield per mu of wheat in later generations, it is gratifying to be able to achieve such fruitful results at this stage.

The agricultural team of the Academy of Science and Technology is undoubtedly the most well-cared for, and the funds are also very sufficient, and the results have been fruitful in the past few years.

In addition to Song Yingxing, the highest-yielding variety, there are also wheat varieties that have a shorter growth time, but they have already been harvested.

Planting wheat is not far away, is a large area of specially transformed paddy field, the field has been planted rice, rice is not can not be planted in the north, wheat is not not can not be planted in the south, but the difference between dry land and paddy field, Shandong can also grow rice, at the same time there is rice can be grown on dry land, but the yield is not as high as the waterway.

More than 20 varieties of rice have been planted, and last year's highest yield per mu reached more than 350 kilograms, and this year a large-scale agricultural cultivation base will be established in Hainan.

Comparatively speaking, wheat was the first to be cultivated and therefore achieved the greatest results, while rice has made much smaller progress, but it has also progressed.

After several years of investment, the results in the breeding of livestock breeds are the greatest, and improved breeds of cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, ducks and geese have appeared. There are many new varieties that have been cross-bred, but most of them are still being observed.

In addition to the cross-breeding of local varieties with local varieties, a large number of new varieties were introduced from abroad, and this introduction was accompanied by the pace of expansion.

The California colony could buy European breeds of livestock, and with the expansion of the Shandong army, some breeds of livestock from Mongolia and Siberia were also brought back to Shandong.

Livestock breeding bases are everywhere, and the data to be recorded is the most numerous, but the progress is the greatest, and the economic benefits of all kinds of livestock have been greatly improved, just waiting for the new breeds to be promoted.

Zhao Yan was very happy with the increase in grain yield, and he stayed in the experimental field for most of the day before returning to Zhaojiabao.

Zhao Yan has a lot of things to do in Zhaojiabao, and he doesn't seem to be leisurely at all. Now the family is big, and it has to be carefully managed.

Military power is the first thing to be guaranteed, so the military school is where Zhao Yan goes every day, and he personally serves as the principal.

Zhao Yan came from later generations, naturally knew the important surname of military power, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty trained the new army, and the army became Yuan Shikai's, after Yuan Shikai was ordered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to go home to recuperate, the military power became Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang's, and then evolved into direct warlords and late warlords. After Yuan Shikai came to power, he trained his own troops, and he had a lot of dirty encounters with Duan Qirui, especially in the competition for the Baoding Military Academy. Sun Yat-sen trained his troops, but in the end it became Chiang Kai-shek's.

Therefore, while Zhao Yan served as the principal of the military academy, he also continued to go to the army to train with the soldiers, and the officers and soldiers were caught together, without delay.

As long as you have military power, you don't have to be afraid of anything.

However, Zhao Yan does not go to the military camp as often as he did at the beginning, at this time the military power is completely concentrated in his hands, and there is no problem in ideological transformation, as long as he goes for a walk from time to time.

In addition to grasping military power, Zhao Yan is also constantly doing economic regulation.

This year, Shandong's industry has developed rapidly, steam engines are everywhere, and various factories continue to appear.

In order to facilitate the transfer of shares, Zhao Yan formally established the Zhaojiabao Securities Exchange Market in early May after planning for several months.

The stock exchange market is a place to transfer equity and facilitate the raising of funds by enterprises.

However, the securities trading market opened by Zhao Yan is definitely not a place to circle money for enterprises, and China's stock market in later generations is basically used by enterprises to circle money, and there are very few regular dividends, and most of them are iron roosters that do not pull out a dime. In contrast, the stock market in the West is different, with most companies paying dividends every quarter.

A stock market without dividends is naturally a half-dead place, because stocks are not very attractive and will only be speculated on when speculative demand is strong, but the bubble will always burst one day.

The list of the first batch of listed companies has been determined, and as soon as the stock exchange opens, the shares of the first batch of 16 listed companies are directly listed for trading.

Most of these 16 listed companies are in the hands of Zhao Yan, and after several months of planning, the enterprises in Zhao Yan's hands have been reorganized and 13 companies have been formed.

Denglai Textile, Longkou Shipbuilding, Denglai Building Materials, Denglai Steel, Denglai Power...... These companies are expected to absorb 10 million yuan of funds, and about 5% of the shares will be distributed, of which most of the shares of Denglai Glass Manufacturing Company will be sold.

The securities trading market is a very complicated thing, and Zhao Yan copied some systems from later generations, and the system was already relatively perfect at the initial stage.

But in terms of management, it still becomes complicated. Although it looks very headache-inducing, it is very convenient, for example, with the stock exchange, Zhao Yan's glass factory can be directly taken off. The emergence of the stock exchange has also introduced relevant laws and further clarified the regulations on the company's shareholding system.

On the day the stock exchange opened, many people bought stocks, and more than 3 million yuan of funds were absorbed on the same day.

In the past few months, Shandong's industry has developed rapidly, and the maritime trade has also entered a period of frequent, with large quantities of products being produced, and market demand is needed to absorb these goods.

It was one of the main dumping grounds, and merchants engaged in maritime trade even openly bought people in Yueben, and a Japanese slave might only cost two or three silver dollars in Yueben, but five silver dollars when they were shipped back to Shandong and sold to the government.

Textiles, iron products, and all kinds of daily necessities are the main commodities of the dumping, and these commodities are different from those luxury goods, and these commodities take away the income of the peasants.

The loss of income led to peasant revolts, which then led to repression, and more and more Japanese people were caught in the Ming Dynasty to do hard labor.

In addition, with the expulsion of Europeans from the South Seas for several months, merchants engaged in maritime trade were able to trade from their strongholds throughout East Asia.

Shandong's textiles can be said to be dumped everywhere and are the most important commodities.

Textiles is an industry that requires a lot of labor, and the profits in Daming may not be too high, but the profits outside Daming are amazingly high.

Therefore, textiles are a major commodity, while tea and porcelain are also staple commodities.

In general, the goods sold to the outside world are divided into luxury goods and practical goods, luxury goods are mainly silk and porcelain, and practical goods are daily necessities.

There are also a large number of glass products, which are so lifelike that they are considered treasures by the natives who do not know each other, and a glass ball is exchanged for a piece of silver of the same weight or even heavier, or even a precious stone.

The scope of trade allowed by Daming maritime merchants ranged from Alaska in North America in the north to the base opened in southeastern Australia in the south.

The profits of engaging in maritime trade are not as high as before, because of the relevant taxes, and the threshold for engaging in maritime trade has become lower, and there are more and more competitors.

However, the efficiency of maritime trade has improved, if you buy a clipper ship in the shipyard, you can reach California in more than a month, and you can reach southeast Australia in less than a month, and the headwind will be twice the time, but it is still faster.

After arriving, you can basically load and unload the goods quickly, and then return to the ship immediately. If the monsoon is not right, you can adjust the trade location, and you can go to the south, south, west, and west.

There are also many goods that can be trafficked, and it is bound to make money by transporting cotton, tea, silk and various daily necessities to California, and of course only freight.

The entire maritime trade system has been gradually changed to the direction of transportation in the direction of independent operation of ship owners, that is, the ship is not responsible for the purchase and sale of goods, but only for the transportation of goods.

The largest employer is still the Shandong political axe, specifying how much silver you will give for transporting this ship of goods to a certain place.

It is not only the goods that are transported, but also the people.

Shandong political axe is moving overseas in large numbers, and immigrants need ships to transport people to the resettlement sites, which requires merchant ships to participate in it.

However, for some ship owners, the maritime trade at this time is more profitable than before, and it is still more business acumen and sailing experience. If you have a business savvy, it is very simple to make money.

In terms of trade with the Westerners, in addition to trade with Europeans in the Americas, the southern stronghold of Sri Lanka became the area where the Ministry of Commerce traded with the Spaniards.

The merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were first hired by the authorities to transport their goods to Sri Lanka, which then sold them to the Portuguese.

After the Portuguese seized the Strait of Malacca, they were very afraid of the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and they did not have the slightest idea of confrontation.

The First Fleet, having dealt with the Europeans in East Asia, began to expand westward.

The main force of the First Fleet entered the Indian Ocean, and in April it occupied a trading post at the mouth of the Ganges River in India and began building fortresses there.

The Ministry of Commerce set up a merchant house at the mouth of the Ganges and began to make contact with Indian merchants, and trade began, but the volume of trade was not large at first.

Spices from the subcontinent and Indochina became one of the local commodities.

The Arabs were an important link in the spice transport, but the Arabs' maritime trade system had long since been destroyed by the Europeans, and their position in the spice transport was also excluded by the Portuguese.

For Daming, everything takes time, and it takes a long time to operate the huge market of India. Unfamiliarity with India is one of the main constraints, both sides are unfamiliar with each other, and it takes a certain amount of time to get in touch.

But the volume of trade is increasing, and the merchant has established trade relations with some Indian merchants, and the merchant is asking for more goods from the mainland.

Daming's goods have a huge market competitive advantage in India, which has a large population and is a huge market.

In contrast, trade on Indochina went very well, and Ming merchants themselves were active in the area.

However, many of the bases in Indochina have not established a complete trade system, and they are still the traditional maritime trade model, unlike the Nagasaki and California colonies, where the supply of goods can be continuous.

With the development of trade, Shandong political axe was like a powerful gold absorber, and a large number of precious metals and rare treasures were transported back to Daming through trade.

The trade deficit is very huge, in the case of the overall superiority of Ming goods, neither India nor Europe can have the same competitive goods to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and they are completely only in and out.

In May, when the governor of Luzon had already taken office, Su Buheng pulled out of Luzon and took ten warships and twenty frigates in the fleet, as well as 3,000 marines and 1,000 gold troops, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

The Dutch established a stronghold at the Cape of Good Hope to supply their passing merchant ships, and Su Buheng's goal was to capture South Africa.

According to the plan, a stronghold was established after the capture of South Africa, but the Gold Force carried out large-scale exploration of South Africa until gold was discovered.

…… In the Americas, war broke out in February.

The California colony had 40,000 troops, and the strength of the American Fleet increased dramatically, although the number of warships was reduced from thirty-one to twenty-five, but the number of frigates increased from ten to thirty.

The war between the California colonies and the Spanish colonists intensified in Chile, with three Marines wounded in January in a skirmish.

It is precisely because of this conflict that it has led to a chain reaction that follows.

The Spaniards could no longer tolerate the California Colony continuing to encroach on their colony, and the California Colony could not tolerate the Isthmus of Panama in Spanish hands, nor could they not tolerate the gold and silver mines occupied by the Spaniards.

On the 10th of February, the California colony declared war on Spain......

(To be continued)