The new idea of industrial development is to relax the industrial land in towns and cities.

This policy is bound to be exploited by some people to annex land in disguise near towns and villages. This is the case with any policy, and it is impossible to avoid it at all, and it can only strengthen the supervision of relevant parties, although it is certainly impossible to supervise it.

Cities with location advantages, cities and towns with location advantages, under the influence of objective laws, will sooner or later stand out.

Location advantages, including transportation, resources, manpower, etc.

Just like Jiangning Town in the west of Nanjing, the specific address is probably between the urban area of Nanjing and the urban area of Ma'anshan in later generations. It seems to be incompatible, but it is backed by the Yangtze River, and there is a small river flowing from Jilong Mountain. At present, the surplus textile industry in Nanjing has been undertaken, as long as the opening of the land grant, the textile industry will inevitably flourish rapidly, forming a textile industry town.

It will compete with Nanjing for all kinds of industrial resources, and it will definitely interfere with each other at the beginning. But when the technology is sufficient, the resources are surplus, and the means of transportation are developed, it will be connected with Nanjing to form the Nanjing Textile Industrial Belt.

More obvious is in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Gaoqiao Town in Wuxi. It's still just a water transport town, but it's located at the confluence of two canals. One canal connects Jiaxing, Wujiang, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Danyang and Zhenjiang, and the other connects Jiangyin to the Yangtze River. In addition, there are two rivers, which can be connected to Taihu Lake, and the surrounding area is full of cotton-producing areas.

There are many such small towns in the south of the Yangtze River, which are full of flowers, competing with each other, stimulating the progress of textile technology, and finally dividing the winners and losers in the Gu style, the market and capital will be automatically adjusted, and the run-in will form industrial support. For example, some small towns are mainly spinning; Some small towns, mainly weaving; Some small towns are dominated by dyed cloth. When the small towns are united, the conditions for large-scale industrial production are created.

So far, there is and only Jiangnan can reach this level, and what is lacking is only technological progress.

The six prefectures of Suzhou, Song, Chang, Hu, Hangzhou and Jia, are probably the most densely populated areas in the world today, with cities and towns scattered all over the place, and they all have a handicraft base and a complex water network.

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Indian Mughal Empire, Bay of Bengal, Port Hooghly.

The accelerated prosperity of China's cotton textile industry has clearly affected here.

A few decades ago, the Hooghli were not under the direct rule of the Mughal emperors. People of all ethnic groups in India who fled the war have gathered here to form many communities. The Portuguese also formed two communities, which eventually merged into one city and even built the walls of Portugal.

It is not a colony, but a leased land, similar in nature to Macau.

Because Portugal pays taxes heavily, local officials are happy to see it happen, and the two sides have been at peace for decades.

More than 20 years ago, that is, in the early years of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen, who had just succeeded to the throne, faced a severe drought in Shaanxi. It was also at that time that Shah Jahan, who succeeded to the throne, faced a great Mughal drought. The Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Empire experienced a severe drought on a large scale almost at the same time - the climate of the Xiaoice period was abnormal, and really no one was spared, and Japan and Korea also suffered famine at that time.

The Mughal Empire suffered from years of famine and cannibalism, and many villages were collectively wiped out.

Internal worries are also accompanied by external troubles, and Shah Jahan, who has just ascended the throne, got the same script as Chongzhen. There were rebels in the western part of the empire, the sultanates of the Deccan Plateau were also in trouble, and farther west were at war with the Persian Empire.

As a result, the prosperous Port Hooghly was targeted, and the fat pig of Portugal could be slaughtered.

Of course, the teacher must be famous, and Shah Jahan also accused the Portuguese: slave trade and proselytizing!

In fact, the Mughal Empire itself was a slave trader and had long agreed to the Portuguese mission, and Portugal was really being detained for no reason this time.

10,000 troops, 400 warships, a large number of war elephants and artillery, slaughtered Hooghly Harbor. The Portuguese in the city had less than 300 soldiers and more than 1,500 civilians and missionaries.

With such a disparity in strength, the Mughal army was still unable to break through the walls until the Portuguese ran out of ammunition and food.

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who achieved a "brilliant victory", did not seem to be very happy. In the past year alone, the Mughals have made overtures to Portugal, not only releasing all the captives, but also granting the Portuguese a large amount of land to rebuild their communities, and even granting the Portuguese 17 commercial and religious privileges.

Why?

Because the Portuguese were driven away, not a single grain of grain was grabbed, and the booty was not enough to cover the war expenses. Moreover, the domestic goods could not be transported from the Bay of Bengal, which not only lost the commercial taxes paid by the Portuguese, but also caused a large number of domestic handicraftsmen to lose their jobs. A big victory, the Mughal economy was even worse.

After three years of bringing the Portuguese back, the recovery of Port Hooghly was too slow, and Shah Jahan was very annoyed, and once again drove the Portuguese away, and contracted all the relevant land to the Dutch.

The Dutch have been running the port for 20 years, and now they are finally thriving again.

However, the Dutch were too arrogant, and Shah Jahan thought the British were good, so he agreed to the British to establish a trading post in the Hooghly.

Cotton weaving, the most important industry in the Mughal Empire, is not one of them!

Portuguese, British, and Dutch bought cotton cloth in Port Hooghly and sold it to Southeast Asia for pepper, or bought Chinese goods.

Nowadays, due to the improvement of spinning machines and looms in China, even a few still use primitive steam engines. The production efficiency of cotton textile has increased rapidly, and the cost has been declining, although it will not impact the Indian market, but it has completely seized the Southeast Asian market of Indian cotton!

Indian cotton cloth cannot be sold in Southeast Asia.

At the same time, China's cotton textile industry continues to have a shortage of raw materials. As a result, Portugal, Britain and the Netherlands began to purchase cotton or cotton yarn in large quantities in Bangladesh and southeastern India. They transported cotton and cotton yarn to Banten and Batavia, where Han merchants loaded them on ships and shipped them to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for sale.

In the last two years, due to the Chinese occupation of Malacca, Guangdong maritime merchants began to play the idea of Indian cotton.

Guangdong maritime merchants set up a station in Malacca, first buying cotton from Port Hooghly. The maritime trade here was jointly occupied by the Dutch and the British (mainly the Dutch, but the British had the Mughal emperor's favor). Local officials accepted bribes and refused to engage with Chinese merchants, and the Cantonese maritime merchants had no choice but to continue south.

Finally, in the southeastern coastal country of Tanjour, through the Portuguese, merchants from Guangdong successfully bought the first batch of Indian cotton.

With the Chinese envoys to the Mughals, the Mughal emperors also agreed to Sino-Indian trade. Only then did the Cantonese merchants successfully enter Port Hooghly, but the share of cotton was still not large, mainly because it was robbed by Dutch merchants.

"Why has the price of cotton risen again?"

Port Hooghley, a Chinese businessman, was complaining to his interpreter.

The translator explained: "Cotton sales are in short supply, and the UK and the Netherlands are also vying for it. The Mughal merchants did not worry about selling, so they sat on the ground and raised the price, and the Dutch were also angry about it. ”

The Chinese businessman's name is Chen Liangxi, who is from Xiangshan, Guangdong. He was only responsible for buying Indian cotton, and occasionally buying cotton yarn, which was unloaded when it was shipped to Guangzhou, and then transferred by other merchants to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Chen Liangxi said angrily: "Even if the price rises, it can't rise so much, it has risen by fifty percent all of a sudden." When I ship it back to China, where will I still make money? ”

The interpreter said: "The businessmen here never pay attention to credibility, as long as there is a bargain, they will make money to death." ”

After several days of repeated negotiations, Chen Liangxi finally bought cotton, but the price was so outrageous that the profit was negligible.

The high price of cotton was unacceptable to both Chinese and British merchants, but the Dutch agreed.

The Netherlands has a large number of ships from the Bay of Bengal to Batavia every year. There are not many goods that can be trafficked, and as long as there is a small profit, it is better than running an empty ship. Moreover, there is also a price war to drive out the British and Chinese who trade here. It's not too late to lower prices after a monopoly is formed!

The merchant of the British East India Company took the initiative to find Chen Liangxi: "Chen, China is so powerful, Chinese merchants should go to meet the emperor." Ask the Emperor of China to send troops to drive the Dutch out of Batavia. That way, you can buy cheap cotton in India, and we can buy more spices in Java. ”

Chen Liangxi sighed: "Your Majesty the Emperor of China, every day is full of opportunities, and government affairs are busy, how can we raise troops because of our businessmen?" ”

The British merchant said, "The monarch of a country should open up markets for merchants." I have heard that the Emperor of China was very wise and wise, and that he would have helped to drive out the Dutch. Didn't China and the Netherlands fight a few wars a few years ago? You have taken all of Malacca. ”

Chen Liangxi was thoughtful.

When he returned to Guangzhou with cotton, Chen Liangxi went to find his owner. He's just an errand runner, a real boss, and it's impossible for him to go to India to buy goods in person.

"The Dutch, the Dutch, colluded with Mughal officials and merchants in Hookley Harbor to raise prices for cotton and cotton yarn," Chen Liangxi said. If left to do so, there would be no need for Hooghly's business to run anymore, and he would not be able to make a few from his exhaustive work. ”

The proprietor's name is Chen Chong, and he asked, "What do you think?" ”

Chen Liangxi said: "Connect Jiangnan businessmen and give His Majesty a relief together." Please send troops to capture Batavia in one fell swoop. As long as the Netherlands is without Batavia, the Dutch will not be able to gain a foothold and will no longer be able to compete with us for business. ”

Chen Chong frowned and said, "This matter is not easy to handle. First, Jiangnan businessmen are afraid that they are unwilling to join forces with us; Second, the imperial court will most likely not send troops because of this. ”

Chen Liangxi said: "Textile merchants in Jiangnan are often short of cotton. Especially after the recovery of Shandong, Shandong is also engaged in textile factories, and Shandong's cotton is sold less and less to the south of the Yangtze River. We helped Jiangnan businessmen buy Indian cotton, and the most beneficial thing was them, why didn't they want to help? As for the court, let's see what Your Majesty does. ”

Chen Chong thought about it, slapped his fists and said, "Then try it!" ”

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