Population growth, whether it is the natural fertility rate or the immigrant population, is a great achievement, and it is at the forefront of the growth of acres of land.

Scratch someone's back.

On the basis of the 26th Guard of Beiping, the military force was increased, and although the political secretary did not support it, he did not vigorously obstruct it.

The two sides win together, each takes what they need, and there is a sense of mutual compromise.

On the day of the opening of the Beiping Trade Center, Shen Kui, the old slippery head of the political secretary and the right political envoy, also participated with honor.

Zhu Gaochi accompanied Shen Kui for a walk, and Shen Kui meant a few words, which were nothing more than what he wanted too.

China Heavy Industries, which has deep pockets, everything is easy to discuss, and any aspect of affairs, China Heavy Industries can be profitable.

Yuan Rong went home, and it was estimated that it would take another month or two to return to Beiping, and Zhu Gaochi transferred Zhang Fu out of the Military Household Economic Cooperative, along with Ma Lin.

The new candidate is half an old man in the military household economic cooperative, who is also from a military household and comes from Zhu Xiu, a deputy thousand households of Yongpingwei.

Zhu Xiu's style of acting was tougher, and his management was biased towards a military style, which not only did not arouse the opposition of military households, but quickly integrated.

From the pigs and poultry of the cooperative health center, to the cattle and sheep ordered from Daning Zhuwei, and even the horses cooperated in Kaiping Zhuwei, the treasures and wild animals of Liaodong mountains cooperated with the Jinzhou Health Institute.

One-third entered the canteen of China Heavy Industry, one-third poured into the markets of various places in Beiping, one-third flowed into the home of the noble military general Wenchen, and flowed into Shandong through the wharf in Tianjin.

Meantime.

Beiping's clothing, shochu, salt, tea, porcelain, ceramics, trailers, silverware, herbal kerosene lamps and other commodities flowed into the grassland through Kaiping and Daning, joining the ranks of the mutual market.

When the Korean mission returned from the capital, it would buy goods at the Beiping Trade Center and bring back a large number of goods.

For the North Korean mission, Daming was helpless.

The time limit has been set very early, once in many years, but North Korea has never followed the rules, and it is eager to come to Daming every year.

From once a year to once a year, to several times a year, in the highest year, more than ten missions were recorded.

In the 100 years of the early and middle Ming Dynasty, the record of North Korean envoys to the Ming Dynasty was as high as seven times a year on average.

Da Ming is not easy to refuse.

When the emperor is born, North Korea will send someone to congratulate him, and the crown prince will send someone to congratulate him, and he will come to congratulate him on the New Year's holiday.

With such a respectful attitude, how can you refuse the kindness of others?

The North Korean mission that returned this time was even more excessive, blatantly buying and buying at the trade center.

The merchants smiled from ear to ear, treating the Korean mission as the god of wealth.

The size of the North Korean mission, the number of people is generally about a few dozen, and seven times a year, it is a small number of people.

Big officials buy big, and small officials buy small.

The old men of the mission knew that they were not doing very well, but they couldn't bear it, there were many goods in the Beiping Trade Center, and the prices were cheap.

It's hard for people to walk thousands of miles, okay, bring some goods home, sell them to make a little money, is it easy for them?

The shopkeeper in charge of the Beiping Trade Center found Zhu Gaochi anxiously and said worriedly: "The North Koreans are moving too much this year, will it cause officials to impeach?" ”

The shopkeeper is not blindly worried.

In previous years, the North Korean mission was impeached in Beiping, and when Lan Yu was alive, he also took the opportunity to say that Zhu Di had colluded with North Korea.

"Door-to-door customers, people work hard to transport our goods back, just earn a little difference, the bulk of us still earn, such a good behavior, why stop them."

Zhu Gaochi didn't care.

The North Korean mission purchased in Beiping, which led to Zhu Di's impeachment, which was the old Huang calendar, and only Lan Yu dared to blatantly splash dirty water and make Zhu Di angry to death at that time.

Now Lan Yu's grave grass is a few feet high, where will there be people, like Lan Yu's means of doing this.

The next resort is not to belittle Blue Jade.

Regardless of whether the means were noble or inferior, this set of practices at that time did make Zhu Di black-faced for a long time.

On the contrary, today's officials talk about the rules, but they can't move Zhu Di at all.

"Whether it is the local officials of the Nuer Gansi or the North Korean mission, they must give support and convenience to them in Beiping for trade and purchase, and do not take the opportunity to deliberately raise the price and discourage the enthusiasm of others to buy." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty did not have a good reputation in the desert and Korea.

Because others suffered, Ming merchants took advantage.

Other people's goods, Ming is not necessary, you also have your own; And the commodities of the Ming Dynasty are not available to others, even if the Ming Dynasty is an agricultural country, it can technically crush the surrounding areas.

Under this huge advantage, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty often used shoddy products or raised prices, while other businessmen had no choice but to pinch their noses and accept them.

There is nothing wrong with commercial behavior, but in the current situation of industrial development, selling more goods, less than selling less goods at high prices, can more stabilize the technological advantages of Daming, dispel the motivation of others to imitate, and also create more employment opportunities for Daming.

Since the little prince said so, the shopkeeper no longer hesitated, and the news he brought back also made the businessmen have no scruples.

Finally, according to the statistics of the management office of the trade center, this time the DPRK mission purchased more than before, as high as more than 30,000 taels of silver.

If every trip can reach such a scale, it will be more than 200,000 taels of silver seven times a year, although it is only a theoretical statement, but Zhu Gaochi is confident that it will be promoted.

The people of North Korea are poor, but they are just ordinary people, and the huge two classes are also hereditary, and they are so rich that they are rich.

The population of Lee's Joseon is now in the millions, and according to the research of later scholars, the hermits of Lee's Joseon are generally more than twice the registered population.

The same is true of Da Ming.

According to the research of Chinese and foreign scholars, the peak of the population of the Ming Dynasty was at the end of the Wanli period, and combined with many theories, the upper and lower limits were between 125 million and 200 million.

In the Wanli Dynasty, the population of the Ming Dynasty was 60 million, which was the same as the number of the Hongwu Dynasty.

The discoveries of later generations of scholars, among the people of the Yellow Book, found a person who lived for hundreds of years, which can be described as a god.

Regardless of the rest, such a huge number of hidden households in North Korea are all controlled by the two classes of classes, and the North Korean market is also a piece of meat in terms of the consumption power of the two classes.

After the North Korean mission left, Zhu Gaochi came to the Beiping Trade Center to avoid being seized by officials.

After receiving the statistics of the purchase of the North Korean mission, Zhu Gaochi pointed out: "It is very difficult for people to transport, you should help others solve troubles." ”

The manager of the Beiping Trade Center didn't understand what Zhu Gaochi meant, and showed a blank look.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Sea transportation is more convenient than land transportation, you can count the goods purchased by North Korea, which are the best-selling products, and directly transport them to North Korea, wouldn't it be two pennies." ”

"But the sea of the imperial court is forbidden, how dare you be happy."

"Then quietly, if you don't say it, I won't say it, and everyone won't say it, won't it not exist." Zhu Gaochi blinked.

When did the businessmen become so conservative and the officials so diligent?

It is troublesome to count the individual population, and directly copy the previous one, and the name is not changed, and even the copy is wrong.

The sea ban in the Ming Dynasty has always been a joke, and it is said that it is an ancestral system, and when it is strictly enforced.

Behind the smuggling is the support of local officials.

It wasn't until the rise of Zheng Zhilong at the end of the Ming Dynasty that he defeated the white gloves pushed out by the officials and ended their century-old model.

For the sake of their own interests, they chose to compromise, and in their place Zhao'an, began a new model of the sea.

Otherwise, there is no supply of production chains from the mainland, where will the massive commodities come from to trade, and the sea will not produce commodities and ships.

"Leave this door, we will forget what we just said, don't say that we said it, and don't use us as a shield."

Zhu Gaochi confessed, and then left the Beiping Trade Center.

He's just showing his attitude.

He didn't care about buying goods from Peking and smuggling them.

After all, China Heavy Industries is the largest factory, and at least half of the smuggled goods still come from China Heavy Industries.

As for the merchants' smuggling through the sea to violate the sea ban, as long as the palace does not grasp it deeply, what are the merchants afraid of.

No businessman dares to imitate the steam engine, because the model is different, the production base and sales network are needed, and the customers are all big customers.

Smuggling is different, it is already hidden, and many businessmen dare to do it with 100% profits.

Many clever businessmen sent people to the Golden State secretly to buy ships from the Golden State Shipyard.

I was unlucky enough to encounter one or two ships of the Golden State Marines, but no one ever came to inspect the merchant ships, and the merchants became more and more confident in their hearts.

Zhu Gaochi called Zhu Xiu.

"You recently went to the Golden State Forest Farm." Zhu Gaochi instructed: "In the name of the military household economic cooperative." ”

Zhu Xiu is in her thirties and has an ordinary figure, but the eyes on her face are bright, giving people a sense of calmness.

He did not rush to ask, but calmly waited for a moment.

Zhu Gaochi continued: "Taking advantage of the fact that businessmen went to Jinzhou to buy ships and promote the development of Jinzhou Shipyard, the forest farm also set up a shipyard. ”

"It's not easy to have a shipyard, I'm afraid Wang Zhenli won't be caught." Zhu Xiu immediately pointed out the key point.

"The personnel of the shipyard, Ma Wangxuan, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Resources, personally arranged to recruit skilled shipwrights from Shandong, and the Jinzhou shipyard supported some technology, basically there is no problem."

Zhu Gaochi explained.

"Our idea is very simple, let the businessmen go first, try the water, and when the climate is formed, after a year and a half, the Beiping government is also used to it, and it just so happens that the Jinzhou Forest Farm can start to develop fisheries."

The great businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, none of the ten are pure.

Merchants are also from the scholar class, and officials are also from the scholar class, and the two sides are indistinguishable.

The royal government was not involved in the smuggling, but promised not to do anything to them, and the merchants would naturally mobilize the network behind them for their own interests.

When they made a certain scale on the sea, what happened to the Wangfu at that time to engage in some fishing, who was embarrassed to come to the Wangfu.

Everyone knows the roots, and no one should say anyone.

This practice, in later generations, is called tearing a hole first, creating established facts, and gradually forming a routine, and the more people participate, no one can change it.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are also very familiar with it, and the same is true of impeachment.

First impeached with a trivial matter, testing the atmosphere, opening the way, and then everyone is side by side, there is nothing new in the world.

(End of chapter)