Hemp there.

The largest port in the north of Jedao Island, there are steamers coming in and out every day, and a new steamship just launched by Guangdong Province has attracted the attention of the people in the port.

Such an advanced steamship turned out to be used to transport iron ore.

The profit is not high, but the victory is large.

The Nanyang region, as well as the southern coal and iron ore market in the mainland, was completely taken away by the mining industry of Jedao, and the high-quality and low-cost ores of Jedao made the ores in the Goryeo region and the Saibei region only retain the market share in the north.

In the three years of Hongxi, the annual steel output was 70 million tons, and the coal output was more than 100 million tons.

It has surpassed the coal and iron production of Britain at the end of the First Industrial Revolution, which accounted for two-thirds of the world's coal production.

Through the development of these years, the transportation of up to 30 million tons of coal and more than 40 million tons of iron ore per year is completely dependent on the capacity of ships.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty period of the largest carrying capacity of ships is the treasure ship, up to 800 tons, now with steam power, after considerable development, the most popular ship on the sea is more than 1,500 tons, if it is ocean trade, still based on sail power, only the ships of the South Seas are mainly based on steam power, because the coastal ports are convenient to obtain coal supply and maintenance.

The number of merchant ships in the entire Ming Dynasty was more than 40,000, which was twice the number of British ships at the end of the first industrial revolution.

Most of the ships in the coastal trade carried hundreds to hundreds of tons, while the ships of the coal and iron trade on the island were large ships, with a load of thousands of tons, and their capacity far exceeded the average tonnage of British ships in the early nineteenth century.

Compared with the coal and iron resources and mining conditions of the British mainland, the Jedao Island is even better, so these ships use the cheap coal mines that the Jedao Island is specially supplied for transport ships, and the transportation and use costs are greatly reduced.

The trading houses on the island were mainly from Goryeo, followed by the Wa Kingdom, and finally from the Nanyang region.

Because of unfavorable factors such as unrelated relationships and low capital, those merchants who had left their homeland took root in Goryeo, and took advantage of the development of the Ming Dynasty in Goryeo, and then began to expand to the South Seas.

With the war of the Japanese state, the third chief treasurer of the Daming Industry Bureau came to power, and adopted a tough attitude towards the competition of private trading houses.

As a result, these big merchant gangs took root on the island one after another.

Jedo Island has become the foundation of merchants.

There were workers who migrated from the Ming Dynasty on Jedi Island, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union, there were about 210,000 people, and with their migrated families, the population was close to one million.

In addition to these Ming workers, the major commercial houses also absorbed a large number of local indigenous apprentices, according to the reports of the major commercial houses, if the data is true, the number of indigenous apprentices is as high as 50,000 or 60,000.

According to the research and exploration of various trading houses and scholars, there are more than 500 tribes on the island, with a population of about 700,000.

Many tribes were closely influenced by the trading houses because of the changes in the relations of productive forces, and at least three or four hundred thousand people were changed by the trading houses, reversed their original way of life, began to settle down and began to produce agriculture under the guidance of the trading houses.

300,000 industrial workers have made Jedao prosperous, but a single industry, there are also Jedao inseparable from the trade system of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that the prosperity of the Jedao Island is completely based on the trade system of the Ming Dynasty.

Benchmarking Daming Industry Bureau.

The industrial workers of Jedao work four hours a day, including half an hour for lunch and a lunch break, three days off every ten days, that is, nine days of holiday per month, and nearly a month of holiday during the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

The monthly wage of ordinary miners is as high as two yuan and five dimes, which is five dimes more than the monthly wage of ordinary workers in the Daming Industrial Bureau.

Because of the use of steam engines, there was a hot water supply in the mining area, and schools, hospitals, libraries, bamboo courts, Keju fields, opera houses, workers' squares, and workers' gardens were also built.

Lianji Commercial Bank took the lead, as long as the workers who have worked for more than three years can apply for a construction loan from the commercial bank, and the commercial bank gives low interest rates, and begins to intervene in the grain stamp bank industry in disguise.

Because of the singleness of the industry, the island needs to trade from the mainland from grain to commodities.

The frequent economic trade has stimulated the economic cycle, and Guangdong, Fujian, Jiaozhi and other places have gained great profits, and the trade relationship with the island has become closer and closer.

Chen Yu, who was over 60 years old, set out from Beiping and arrived at Champa by train, after a journey of half a month, and then took a 10-day boat to arrive at Maena on the island of Jeopher, which was later known as the port of Darwin, Australia.

During the voyage, it passed through Boni Toji, sailed along the coastline of Boni Toji, and then departed from Bomilang Ma Shen Seonji, passing through several islands on the way to replenish supplies, and the route was very stable and mature.

Under the guidance of locators, equatorial mounts, star-pulling measuring boards and other tools and new knowledge, ships do not have to worry about deviating from the course when sailing on the sea, and the mature route has avoided the reef.

Reefs are one of the main perpetrators of shipwrecks.

Then there are the rough waves brought on by extreme weather.

However, the route in the South Seas was not the Pacific route, and the sinking rate was not as high as that of the Spanish galleons in history, and the supply points and maintenance ports established on the islands along the way, especially the coastal voyages of the Luzon Tusi and the Venlang Ma Shen Xuansi, greatly improved the safety of the route.

The ship enters the port according to the instructions on the wharf and then submits the manifest to the wharf manager, who checks the cargo on board the vessel, and carries out the regulations for tax collection and registration.

The official figure on the port is relatively light.

"Is this the rule of inaction of the legend?" Chen Yu glanced at it for a few moments, and already had a preliminary impression of the Jedi Island, and soon, the team that greeted Chen Yu on the dock greeted him.

When the old man Chen Yu saw Wu Hong, he knew him, and he even saw Luo Zhongheng.

Luo Zhongheng was the first businessman to participate in the Jinzhou eunuch trade, and established the famous Gao Wei United Trading House, and later with the change of policy, I heard that this person changed careers, Chen Yu had not heard of this person for a long time, and he did not expect to see him on the island.

Everyone greeted each other warmly and saluted each other.

Chen Yu was accompanied by merchants from Beiping.

After so long, the merchants made such a big noise, but there was no one to manage it on the wharf, and he didn't even see the shadow of an official manager.

The management is strict at home, but it is different overseas.

In order to attract immigrants, in addition to giving various preferential treatments, management measures have also been reduced, and historical reasons have led to a very "lax" overseas and a lack of strict management.

"However, it is somewhat in line with the law of overseas development, and overseas prosperity is not unreasonable." Chen Yu nodded secretly.

When the Ming people did not arrive, Mana was still a fishing village, because of the good port conditions, the local aborigines chose to settle here and live by fishing in small boats.

Now that the Ming people have come, it has become a city, and it is also the only city in the local area, strictly speaking.

There are no walls.

Although the streets are not as wide as those in the mainland, they are also very solid, and there are many buildings on both sides of the roads that are actually made of concrete and steel bars, and there are no cement factories on the island, so they need to be imported from the mainland, and the cost of building such houses is more than four or five times that of the mainland.

Trees were planted on both sides of the road, and more houses were built.

Most of the workers on the wharf have made their homes here, as well as the men of the trading houses, as well as the merchant ships that trade with the local people all year round, and many people have also bought a piece of land here to build houses.

As for the hundreds of thousands of miners, most of them live in the mining area because of their work, and only a very small number of people will buy a house here. However, Mana is home to more than 30,000 people, and it is indeed the only city on the island.

The city of 30,000 people is the most prosperous and lively place on the island.

In the city, the government patrol Ding cha maintained law and order, because of the shortage of manpower, the major trading houses had the obligation to defend the city, and the major trading houses had enough miners, as long as they issued weapons, they immediately turned into a fighting army.

"This may also be the reason why local commercial houses are more confident."

After Chen Yu learned about the way of life in Mana City, he faintly made an inference.

The more he learned about Jedao, the more interested Chen Yu became in Jedao.

At the beginning, most of the earliest coal yard owners in Beiping were gone, the Zhang family was wiped out, the Da Zhou family stepped into the footsteps, and then the Xiao Zhou family.

Money often unmakes the men who make it.

The Daming Bureau of Industry overwhelmed the businessmen, coupled with the policies of the Ministry of Workers' Union to protect the rights and interests of workers, and even the inheritance tax, which was the most feared by the big businessmen, made one businessman after another break their heads.

Even these big trading firms, which are the oldest and have the deepest relationship with the current emperor, are in such a fate, and no one dares to doubt the emperor's determination.

"Yes, the Daming Bureau is too strong."

"But there's no end to it."

Chen Yu laughed.

The merchant capital traveled from Goryeo to the Wa Kingdom, and from the Wa Kingdom to the South Seas, and now it has taken root in the Jedo Island, the farthest island from the mainland, with an endless supply of high-quality and inexpensive coal and iron ore.

Invited by Lianji & Co., Ltd., including the managers of Heji and Hezhong, as well as the owner of Chen Yuda, who is currently the oldest in Beiping's prestige, participated in the business conference.

Through the initial stock bank model in Goryeo, Lianji once again concentrated the share capital of each company, and each company invested a proportion to establish the Jedo Development Group to jointly develop the Jedo Island and promote the prosperity of the Jedo Island.

Everyone earns money together, and if they make too much, everyone unites to resist risks.

Jedo Development Group was established in October of the 4th year of Hongxi.

Lianji Commercial Bank accounted for 7.3% of the shares based on the number of workers and funds, as well as the network of connections and the number of local coal mines, and Zhu Weiming, the second manager of Lianji Commercial Bank, was elected as the chief manager of the Jedao Development Group.

Lianji Trading Company was originally a trading firm established in Goryeo.

Luo Zhongheng and Wu Hong and other businessmen jointly funded the establishment, plus Gao Yutai, the children of local Goryeo ministers, and Zhu Weiming, a powerful thug, the original Japanese Kou, and later the Jinzhou eunuch businessman, the scarface, who was captured by the Jinzhou Navy Commander decades ago.

This fierce widow is already old, and he can no longer see the original breath, like a gentle old man.

But it was this old man, when he was young, he was the eight demon kings in the mouths of the people of the Japanese Kingdom, and he relied on the eunuch trade to make countless people of the Japanese Kingdom cry and despair, and his hands were stained with countless blood.

At that time, Lianji Commercial Bank launched Gao Yutai as the big shopkeeper, in order to prevent the court from being held accountable, if something happened one day, Gao Yutai was the scapegoat, and the second shopkeeper Zhu Weiming was doing some "dirty work" for the firm, and Luo Zhongheng and Wu Hong, these Ming businessmen, hid behind the remote command.

Over the years of cooperation and relationship, there is more trust between people.

Zhu Weiming reined in, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, this is even more powerful, after the recommendation of Luo Zhongheng and Wu Hong, so Zhu Weiming became the first big treasurer of the Jedao Development Group, the kind that has real power.

The official governance of the Ming Dynasty in the Jedi Island was only limited to the Mana area and the city of Mana.

It's not that businessmen are in the way, it's because the government is not able to catch it.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a ten-year policy of immigrating to Daying Island, and the Nanyang region could still absorb a small part of the domestic population, so it was difficult for the farthest island to obtain population from the mainland.

There are only tens of thousands of people living in the entire Maena area, mainly managing the port, as well as inspecting goods entering and leaving the port, and maintaining law and order in the city.

The number of workers in the hands of the major trading houses is as high as hundreds of thousands, not to mention the impact on the tribes, as well as the indigenous people under indirect control, who directly and indirectly affect nearly one million people, dooming the "rule of inaction" on the island.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Jedao Development Group, the great integration of strong resources, in terms of domestic relations were deeper than the official in Machina, not to mention the strength of the Jedao Development Group in the local area.

Therefore, when the Jedo Island Development Group opened, even the government came to congratulate it in person.

Zhu Weiming delivered a speech on the stage.

"All right, all the princesses."

Zhu Weiming bowed.

The guests in the audience applauded, and after they were familiar, Zhu Weiming got up, and the applause slowly stopped, and the timing was just right.

Zhu Weiming smiled calmly and said: "On this beautiful day, the stars are shining, and we are happy to gather together to celebrate the grand opening ceremony of the Judao Development Group." On behalf of my colleagues in the group, I would like to extend my warmest welcome and heartfelt thanks to all the princes and guests who have come to the ceremony, as well as all friends who have supported and loved you for a long time! ”

"Whoa."

Gongjin also sat under the stage, looking at the dog-like old guy Oshikawa, Gongjin was annoyed in his heart.

I am a real Han person, but because of the face problem, I was afraid that others would laugh at me for being shameless, so I didn't change my name back to Han, and it turned out that Oshikawa was really shameless.

Zhu Weiming didn't see the public and continued.

"The original intention of the establishment of the Jedao Development Group has always been to provide its own contribution to the development of society and the progress of productivity. I believe that with its strong strength, far-sighted insight and unremitting efforts, Jedodao Development Group will surely stand at a new historical starting point and move forward with confidence towards a broader future. ”

"Thank you all for the grand ceremony!"

"Whoa."

By the time the speeches were over, the ensuing meeting became more and more enthusiastic, and some businessmen discussed the situation and future of the subcontinent and the Delhi Sultanate, which has a population of tens of millions, rich land, and abundant water resources.

(End of chapter)