From Chief to Ball

Later, when we talked about the country of Spain, people realized that there is Spanish land in the hometown and south of here.

There is sugar cane, gold, silver, dyes, and everything of value, and this Spain is a rich and powerful country, with galleons bigger than the biggest ships in this fleet...

From Yang Sen's point of view, Spain is indeed boundless, and this is part of the truth that Chen Jian wants people to know.

In fact, however, Spain is basically reduced to an ATM.

Not to mention war, even legal trade, Spain will sooner or later take a pill, not to mention that there is a republic with a population of more than 3000 million so close to the north.

Spanish poets once praised the greatness of their country like this:

Let London produce woolens to its satisfaction;

Let Holland produce stripes to its satisfaction;

Let Florence produce clothes to her satisfaction;

Let the West Indies produce beaver skins and draft horses;

Let Milan produce cotton to its satisfaction;

Let Italy and Flanders produce their linen;

Our gold will satisfy them.

The only thing that can be proved is;

All nations will train skilled workers for Madrid;

And Madrid is queen of all councils;

The whole world serves her;

And she doesn't have to serve anyone.

In other words, rich and willful.Those who work are all land turtles, I have gold and silver, and you are all poor people who work for me.We in Spain do not need to develop any industry and commerce, because the industry and commerce you develop are all for us...

Basically, it is true to say that, adventurers set new world records time and time again, bringing back frightening gold and silver at every turn.

In this way, the whole country is permeated with a fantasy of getting rich overnight and aristocratic atmosphere.

Those with a little ability want to go out to get gold and silver; the centralization of power in the country has not yet been completed, and there are many tax cards in various places, and industry and commerce cannot develop even if they want to.

A large amount of gold and silver was used to buy Ming Dynasty porcelain, silk, European cotton fur, and a standing army of [-], without any idea of ​​strategic contraction. From Ireland to Turkey, wars were fought everywhere, and the Dutch with a lot of money robbed a silver ship at will to get value. Twenty gold and silver coins of the share capital of the East India Company...

Then they generously released tariffs, but levied heavy taxes internally. With a spirit of internationalism, they regarded themselves as a market and selflessly helped the poor neighbors in the north to complete the handicraft revolution.

Of course, this disrupted world line can soon change this poem, such as the names of places that are rich in cotton cloth, pack horses, and woolen fabrics.

This is the history that Chen Jian knows, and it is not unfair to say that it is an ATM.

However, what Chen Jian wants everyone or the country to know is completely different.

What everyone knows from Yang Sen is that there is a powerful Spain in the south. This country has the most gold and silver coins, a powerful army and fleet, and a tradition of destroying the country. There are 300 people who destroy an empire with a population of one million. the miracle of...

This is part of the truth from Yang Sen’s mouth, the Spain in the mouth of a Dutchman; a Spain that people who deliberately make the domestic military, bureaucrats, and businessmen focus on the south instead of here want people to know .

Chapter 7 The Land Temporarily Abandoned by Capital

Behind such a truth article, the immigrant district held a party committee about the future.

At the meeting, Lan Qi first read the news from the outside world obtained from Yang Sen's perspective.

Then Chen Jian made an analysis report on the future situation.

"Let's talk about our immigration land first. According to my analysis, at least within ten years, our place will be a pure land, at least there won't be too much interference."

"First of all, domestic plutocrats, bureaucrats and capital will not set their sights on this place. Whether it is war or investment, it needs to be profitable."

"The fertile islands in the tropics south of our homeland can grow sugar cane, squeeze sugar, mine gold and silver, and capture expensive beaver skins..."

"As for us here, in a short period of time, we can basically say that we are losing money completely. Just like the canals of free capital can appear in the mining areas of Nan'an and Mincheng, but the canals of free capital cannot appear in poor mountainous areas. The same If you invest ten silver coins in a tropical island, you can earn ten, but if you invest here, you may lose nothing."

"Assuming that there is no gold and silver here, and sugarcane cannot be grown here, there are only two kinds of people who are willing to come here in the short term: those who are poor and unable to survive; those who have been suppressed and sentenced to prison for a domestic uprising. Obviously, the ongoing domestic handicraft machinery revolution will It's great news for us that both types of people are spawned in batches."

"Ten years, 20 years or even 30 years later, when the large population and reclaimed land make this place profitable, we will also have a firm foothold, but it will be difficult for them to reach out here."

"So, once the voyage around the world is over, and once the news of the outside world spreads to their homeland, a large number of wealthy businessmen will focus on the tropical south. Trade, plantation cultivation, gold and silver mining, etc., will also focus on the domestic Over there. Even... it is very likely that slaves will be used there, as Yang Sen said, which is very possible."

"Especially after Mincheng has established a marine insurance company, a stock exchange, a futures exchange, and a large trading port and has gathered a large amount of capital, these capitals will become a person. And this person's personality is to pursue profits. The profit is too big, they will go crazy and drill there.”

"The huge value of the tropics in the south will make those big families, the army and the navy eager to move. Except for us, there will be no powerful forces and capital in the country to look here. Those who are willing to come have no money, and those who have money will Take him south instead of this way."

"This is an undoubted rule, unless it is changed with a strong organizational force and the will of the country: For example, knowing the great value of this barren land, regardless of investment, immigrants here will be reclaimed into a new land. If those people in the country can do it For this sake, there is no room for us to be active."

"So it will be like this for at least ten years, and we have enough room to play."

Everyone still finds Chen Jian's analysis of the future situation novel. After all, this is the first time someone has tried to speculate on the future direction from another perspective.

Although everyone didn't understand some things, but there was no problem with the internal logic, and they couldn't object.

Some reasons are very simple, just like the most suitable land for development in the Stone Age, but not necessarily the most affluent land in the post-Iron Age.Conversely, the richest lands in the post-Iron Age may not have been able to develop in the Stone Age.

At this time, the mainstream direction of colonization and capital flow was the tropics, not the temperate zone.The profits of sugarcane plantations and cochineal insect farming dye gardens are a hundred times that of reclaimed land for food.Capital is more willing to patronize even the near-frigid zone in the north, after all, there are expensive furs there.

Chen Jian is now fully engaged in the work of the General Administration of Land Reclamation and the Production and Construction Corps, but unfortunately no one has given him a medal.This is an investment against the rules of capital. Whether it is worth it depends on a hundred years later. Unfortunately, capital itself does not have such a long-term vision, it is too short-sighted.

But this short-sightedness also leaves plenty of wiggle room for this group of idealists and disaffected elements, which is a good thing.

After discussing for a while, the people in the audience basically agreed with Chen Jian's analysis of the future situation.Lan Qi nodded secretly, she probably thought the same in her heart, but she didn't know how to express it in words and logic.

Someone stood up and asked, "Then what development opportunities are there for us?"

Chen Jian hung up a piece of paper, roughly marking the location of his homeland, tropical islands, Europe in Yang Sen's mouth, and this immigrant land. It is not so strict, just use squares instead.

"Within two years, our goal is to achieve food self-sufficiency and ensure enough grain land. This problem requires more cattle and horses, and new farming machines. I will solve this."

"Since the said Spain is in the southern archipelago and another continent, they also need cotton cloth, grain, cattle and sheep, etc. This is an opportunity for us to earn silver coins to continue to cultivate."

"We're going to grow cotton, indigo here. Make cheap cotton cloth with new water spinning machines, carding machines, hand looms and stuff like that. Get the women here to develop this place in five years. into a textile center."

"Organize a group of prospecting teams to go up the river and search for various ores around three or four hundred miles away. The main activities of our organization in the country are coal mines, iron mines, smelters, glass factories, chemical plants, etc. Local. We have no shortage of technical talents, and domestic schools are also continuously cultivating talents. If possible, establish various workshops for iron smelting, steel ingots, glass, chemicals, simple machinery, weapons and guns within five years."

"Export to the west to those countries that Yang Sen mentioned, relying on our technological advantages to export to their countries. Domestic businessmen can monopolize the trade in the south, but the trade here must be in our hands."

"We have no shortage of population. On the one hand, we can immigrate in batches. On the other hand, our party organization can organize migration internally. Furthermore, the local population can also be used as a labor force, but first of all, we must kill their nobles and priests."

"The trade with the islands and continents of southern Spain will reach its peak within ten years, and then more sailors and crews will try to trade here, and even go further afield. And this decade is also a time when the country gradually Understand how to communicate with the outside world and gain benefits, and after they react, we must gain a firm foothold here... strive to become the No.30 seven counties!"