Considering that the increased transportation costs in the process are not even a penny, one can imagine how much money foreign merchant ships in Shanghai can make from coming and going, and it is also understandable why, in just a few years, Shanghai will surpass Guangzhou, which has been engaged in overseas trade for hundreds of years, and become China's largest trading port.

Originally, this change was also a good thing for Chinese merchants, but unfortunately the problem of Chinese merchants lowering each other's prices broke out, and the Qing court was unable and unwilling to integrate the raw silk industry, so that the export price of raw silk in Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou continued to fall, from about 400 silver dollars at the earliest to 300 yuan per bag today.

Moreover, Li Xian had reason to believe that if no one interfered with it, the export price of raw silk would eventually drop below 200 silver dollars, leading to a situation in which Europe made a lot of money from raw silk, while merchants in China, the place of origin, continued to go bankrupt.

The booklet "Analysis of the Current Situation of the Raw Silk and Silk Industry" provides an in-depth analysis of the historical background and future prospects of the entire industry, and also proposes the establishment of a modern raw silk trust mechanism to regulate export prices, so as not to make money only by businessmen.

Of course, the booklet also pointed out the shortcomings of the current raw silk industry, that is, it is operated manually from beginning to end, resulting in the fact that the quality of the silkworm cocoons is very good, but the silk pulled out is uneven and easy to break, and it can only be sold as a low-grade commodity after being sold in Europe.

After all, Europe has taken the lead on the road of technology popularization, and a large number of steam engine silk reeling machines have not only increased the output of raw silk and reduced the appearance of waste silk, but also made the silk thread uniform and smooth, which looks stronger than the Chinese native silk reeling by hand.

The solution to this phenomenon is actually very simple, that is, China also uses a steam engine silk reeling machine to convert soil silk into so-called factory silk, which can greatly increase the price of raw silk, and the market will be better.

Even if you don't directly purchase the silk reeling after the cocoon, it is to buy the current soil silk, and then use the steam engine silk reeling machine to stretch and stretch it, it can also significantly improve the quality of raw silk, and the price can be directly doubled from the current level of 300 yuan per package to 600 yuan per package, and the goods can be sold better in Europe.

In addition, on the basis of the greatly improved silk reeling capacity, a large number of silk factories can be established to produce high-quality silk and sell it to various countries.

In fact, since the Ming Dynasty, and even for thousands of years, Chinese silk has been synonymous with high-quality goods, causing the upper classes in Europe and Asia to go crazy.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, especially since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the silk textile capacity of foreign countries has been greatly improved, and the use of high-quality silk thread has gradually surpassed that of Chinese silk, and then the Chinese silk has been squeezed out of the market little by little.

On the eve of the Opium War, China's silk exports declined further, and the trade volume of raw silk gradually exceeded that of silk.

It is in Shanghai that most foreign merchants buy raw silk directly, not silk, and this is why.

In fact, China at this time was not without top-notch silk, but it was produced by the best craftsmen by hand, and the output was very low, and it was mainly supplied to the royal family and other privileged classes, which was difficult to find in the market, so it had little trade value.

In short, according to the plan of this booklet, the Huaxia Army should rely on its own advantages in machinery to greatly increase the degree of mechanization of the entire raw silk and silk industry chain, reduce costs and improve quality at the same time, and the amount of capital and influence involved are no worse than those of tariff reform.

"This bastard is crazy poor. Pu Ding Cha was angry and slapped the two booklets in Shanghai.

The other three, especially the consuls of France and the United States, were thoughtful and not all conflicting.

According to the contents of these two booklets, the main focus is on China's interests, which is harmful to the long-term interests of Western governments and the interests of some manufacturers in these countries.

However, in the short term, this harm is not obvious, but it will greatly promote business exchanges between China and the West, and it will not only benefit China.

For example, if China really develops a mature silk-related industry, it will certainly squeeze out some of the market share, but it will also be able to provide better quality raw silk and silk, and the trade profits in this will be staggering, and the new profits will make up for the losses of several silk merchants.

In short, competition will intensify in the market as a whole, but some people who are more diligent and wiser will earn more profits.

It is worth mentioning that, regardless of the interests of the factory class in their respective countries, from the point of view of the merchant ships and traders who run the ocean-going trade, these two pamphlets bring more stable and lucrative returns on profits, not all losses.

"If one-third of the contents of these two booklets can be fulfilled, this General Li and his forces will also make a lot of money, at least more than 10 million dollars a year. After all, U.S. Consul Wu Liguo was a businessman, and he immediately analyzed it from a commercial point of view.

The four of them looked at each other and suddenly understood.

The Huaxia Army does not lack war experience and war opportunities, and with the size of China, there is no shortage of good soldiers who can serve as soldiers.

Before, the only thing that the Huaxia Army lacked was that it had not started for a few years, its foundation was thinner, and the resources that could be invested in the military every year were limited, so it could only feed tens of thousands of troops, even with Li Xian's ability, the Mixed Yuan Sect could only maintain a regular army of about 30,000.

If there is such a large additional income, the Mixed Yuan Sect will be able to expand to more than 100,000 regular troops within three years, and this strength is comparable to some long-established countries in Europe.

You must know that with Britain's domineering posture of dominating the world, there are only 300,000 troops with pure firearms, of course, this is limited by the fact that Britain's population is only more than 10 million, and too many soldiers will affect production activities; second, because a large part of Britain's army is a navy, which needs much more resources than the army.

However, in any case, once such an outstanding commander as Li Xian has more than 100,000 firearms troops in his hands, a large number of reliable allies outside, and the distance between Europe and China is too far, it will be extremely difficult to deploy troops, and then Britain will have a stronger naval strength and land strength, and it will have to be polite to Li Xian in China or in the whole of Asia.

"Or the emperor said it well, China's sleeping lion is really about to wake up. Consul Mintiny of France said inexplicably.

At this time, the four of them happened to be near a port dock outside Hangzhou, and when they looked out, they could see dozens of light warships of the Huaxia Army anchored in the harbor, and many warships were wandering back and forth, not knowing whether they were conducting training or patrolling.

Pu Dingcha suddenly became irritable, picked up the cane he brought with both hands, and then slammed it his knee, breaking the cane made of high-quality walnut in half, and then throwing it into the water.