From Chief to Ball

The Great Wilderness City is not the Great Northern Wilderness, nor is it the Great Northern Wilderness where the gadfly is as big as a cicada and is beaten with a stick to urinate in winter; the Black Swan River is not a freshwater river, nor is it a tropic where malaria is rampant and miasma spreads; the ends of the earth are not outside the Yangguan The barren grasslands, the plateau frozen soil with mountains and rivers.

The land here is nearly infinite, but only human labor can create value from it.Even if the production tools are not changed, even if there is no rapid technological addition, these places are still land suitable for immigrants to reclaim. The production tools have not improved, but those who cannot use all their labor to cultivate three to five acres of land have become able to play. People who cultivate [-] to [-] acres of land with the limit of their own labor... No matter how you calculate, the total output of various agricultural products has also increased, and the sum of national wealth has also increased.

If the Republic is really a whole with the interests of the so-called supra-class ethnic group, it is said that after this voyage around the world, the supra-class interest alliance should discuss large-scale immigration with strong organizational power, planned distribution, and tangible Instead of the invisible hand, the country's overall wealth and capital is invested in immigration-related causes.

Replacing free flow with planning and regulation, whether it is population or capital, is the best and most efficient choice for the interests of the ethnic group at this moment.

It's just a fantasy. Chen Jian knew that the so-called proposal he said would be rejected as a matter of course, no matter how good his reasons were, it would be meaningless.

All that can be left is a large number of low-level Chinese people who are more angry, eager for change, and extremely distrustful of the traditional council from this veto.

This is a necessary enlightenment education, and the reason does not require too complicated theory, it is easy to be understood by people.

But at this time, Chen Jian's words only came from the high morale of "pleading for the people's life", anyway, no one dared to kill him openly.

It's a bit like the Donglin Party outside of Dayang, but the difference is that Chen Jian knows what to do besides scolding, and he is silently preparing to turn the table, because he knows what to do, but also knows that it can't be done without making trouble .

What to do is very important.

It's just that sometimes in order to achieve what to do, some roundabout means are needed.

After arriving in the capital, apart from chatting and laughing with the great figures of the republic and explaining the world situation with the historical views he had learned, Chen Jian would give speeches and write comments on the streets of the capital every once in a while, and use the Mexican party to spread The organization prints tabloids.

The basic content is mainly some superficial aspects of bourgeois democracy and classical political political economy.For example, is national wealth money or a product of labor?For example, the relationship between the people and the country?For example, deeply analyze why there are so many lands overseas but no one invests?For example, explain the spontaneous mobility of capital and so on.

The effect is remarkable, and the number of people who listen to the lectures varies from thousands to tens of thousands every day. It complements Gu Xiancheng's Donglin Academy outside Huishan in Wuxi, but the effect is the same.

Pamphlets and newspapers are published one after another; one after another, the proposals to open up people's intellectual geography are introduced to the world; speeches on the concept of labor creating value... What you get in return is how to live or how to live, nothing more than too much Some after-dinner conversation.

And while these preaching and propaganda are stirring, the real big shots have already started to act.

Quietly, Ducheng Zhongxin promulgated a bill called "Overseas Trading Company Shareholding Restriction Act".

In order to prevent large-scale smuggling and facilitate management, this bill requires that in addition to the established Nanyang Company and Dahuangcheng Immigration Company, newly established overseas trading companies must have shares of more than 500 million silver coins for registration.

And in view of the fact that overseas trading companies may have the tendency of tax evasion and smuggling; and capital is easy to flee to other places and businessmen are profit-seeking; large-scale overseas companies must have large-scale armaments and so on...

Therefore, the promoters of the newly established overseas trading company must be the pillars of the Republic with [-] mu of land or more, because people and silver can escape, but the land cannot escape, and use this as a special trust mortgage.

It sounds reasonable, but then the purpose is revealed.

Subsequently, many big families established a joint-stock company named "Huaxia India Company", and after requesting the king's consent, at the cost of [-]% of the annual income to be owned by the Republic, they obtained the land from the Straits of Malacca to the ends of the earth. The monopoly franchise of inter-trade, and the monopoly power is unlimited unless the king and the council double veto it.

It is not a tax package every year, because that place in India just sounds rich and has a tax package system, so in theory, land rent and military conquest can make huge profits.But because it just sounds like it doesn't really make a profit, the monopoly franchise is obtained at the cost of [-]% of future profits, so there is no need to start taking money out now.

As for the share limit of more than 500 million silver coins, the land deed real estate is used as a disguised mortgage, and if it is funded by a businessman, the 500 million silver coins must be real money and working capital, which limits the establishment of merchants and industrial capitalists. Possibility of a fourth overseas trading company.

The company's shares are different from Nanyang Company's social fundraising; it is also different from the Dahuangcheng Immigration Company's party property ownership; instead, it is stipulated that the shares raised are not aimed at small shares for the convenience of management, and the minimum share is [-] Republic Standard Silver Coin.

In fact, this is equivalent to some big families who didn't release anything, but used their power to get a monopoly franchise.The pit of this franchise is occupied first, even if you don't operate it yourself, you won't allow others to operate it.However, once it is profitable, there is no need to invest much capital at all. Naturally, big businessmen will choose to invest. The monopoly of power is like carrion, and big capital is like maggots.

When Chen Jian set up a company in Min County in the south, he selected businessmen as much as possible, and never let the land rentiers extend their hands in terms of dominance, but in terms of social capital, he also attracted a group of self-cultivating farmers and operating landlords as A raiser of social capital.

As long as the 60.00% vacant shares of Nanyang Company are not seized by the power, Nanyang Company is a company that has little relationship with the land family.

But this Indian company is a huge company dominated by land families, invested by big businessmen, and combined by the two.There will be contradictions between the two, but it is easy to join forces and form a huge interest group.

And because the minimum investment conditions are 10 silver coins and real estate mortgages, social capital and middle-level forces are completely excluded.This is not the Netherlands with a population of several [-] people who have to collect from the private sector.

We don’t need any social capital at all for 500 million silver coins. Land rent, as a means of primitive accumulation, has lasted for a hundred years and it is enough to spend so much money, as long as it is found that profitable capital is not a problem.

It is said that there are rumors that several big families are planning to jointly establish the third bank of the republic, and because of the collateral such as real estate and the consistent loyalty and contribution of these families in the war, they will have the right to issue banknotes.This matter will be discussed and approved at the next National People's Council meeting.

Chen Jian turned a deaf ear to these rumors, and did not make some extreme remarks in the limelight, but tirelessly continued the street propaganda.

It seems quite naive to pin all hopes on these invisible aristocratic plutocrats who can revolutionize themselves to solve the problems at the bottom of the ethnic group, and even shift the focus of the Chinese people away from these two things to some extent.

Others are surprised that the propaganda department of the entire Mexican Party in the capital seems to have ignored the possible impact of the Indian company and the bank's right to issue money. It is completely different from what some people have heard about the activities of the Mo Party in Min County and surrounding counties.

On a certain autumn day, in a magnificent manor outside the capital, dozens of rather comfortable, silver-decorated Hem cars parked in the courtyard.

The butler was busy entertaining these big shots who could cause a sensation by stomping their feet in the capital, for fear that the slightest lack of hospitality would embarrass the master. A more glamorous look years ago.

Scenic oil candles flickered in the lead glass decorative chandeliers in the lobby, which were expensive things, completely different from the kerosene extracted from the black oil dug out of those stones-the latter became a watershed for middle-class and upper-class nightlife, symbolic Significance is greater than actual value.

The carefully polished marble floor is covered with patterned hand-woven fleece blankets, and a rather flavorful glass screen is placed aside. The maids shuttle back and forth, and the room smells of a faint smell of fine Spanish tropical tobacco, and some The fragrance of expensive fruit that should only be seen in the tropics.

There were several pictures on the walls, an ancient bronze armor, two ancient bronze swords, and a carefully decorated sketch of the very old Habayashi Orphan drawn on birch bark.

Of course it was a fake, but it was grandly placed in the most official position in the hall.

No one dared to laugh at this child's doodle-like painting, because this simple, fake painting declared the pure blood of the owner of the manor, that is, a real common-law family.

The rest of the paintings are all about military glory.

The most recent one is a picture of the fateful battle during the Unification War. The grandfather of the owner of the manor is riding a white horse and directing the cavalry to charge. In the distance, several dismounted cavalrymen were thrusting wedges and hammers into the fire door of the cannon...

Chapter 46 India Company Formation

The many hidden stories behind the paintings on the wall that show military exploits can explain why there have been so many states for hundreds of years, but now the population of the Republic is only over 3000 million and the books are the same as the trains.

There are many new and good things in the south now, and many new things brought by voyages can also be seen here. Even the owner of the manor has received a fairly good family education and school education, and the level of tactical geometry is quite high.

However, neither porcelain nor glass was used at the banquet of the manor owner, but quite quaint bronze bottles were used, and the ale that had not changed in taste for hundreds of years was brought from the distant Cao River. In his own manor, he also wears military uniforms that have taken off the meaning of wartime, and women also wear very simple wooden high-heeled shoes that were hundreds of years ago.

Most of the guests who come here are hundreds of years old, many of them are relatives of a village, and some are even cousins ​​or sisters hundreds of years ago.

Of course, there are also some guests whose immediate families are not so prominent. When it comes to collateral lineages, as long as those with surnames have been counted up for dozens of generations, they are all relatives of a cave, which is meaningless.

The guest with the lowest "born background" was the young man who criticized many of Chen Jian's policies back then. His move—resigned from his promising position in Nanyang Company and went north to the capital city.

Now it seems that the significance is huge, and the original ridicule has become a manifestation of short-sightedness, because he walked into such a manor and could participate in such a banquet.

The owner of the manor asked the musicians to accompany them with ancient music such as a big river. Women gathered elsewhere, and this place belonged to men.

The young man knelt by the desk, with a bunch of green bananas in front of him. This is not a good thing in Fujian, but it is still very rare here.The ale in the bronze bottle was clear and transparent, and the ivory chopsticks were crystal clear, which made the young man a little timid. The empty hall made him feel a little small, and the identities of the people around him also made him feel a little short. He tried his best to sit up straight and seemed to want to Get yourself a little taller.

There are several books such as "Great Kyushu Sea Country Chronicle", "Little Knowledge of Geography", "Global Experience Records" and so on.

The young master of the manor is the host of this banquet, and the master of the manor just showed his face.For the young man who left the Nanyang Company, these people represented a powerful family; but for the real owner of the manor, these people were not enough for him to receive as the owner.

The sound of the music gradually stopped, and the young master of the manor raised a bronze bottle and toasted everyone. Someone laughed and said, "When I came here today, I met people from the capital city gathering, and they took a long detour."

"Chen Jian is talking about those messy things again?"

"Sure. I didn't go to see it, but I guessed it."

"Yesterday my father told me that when Chen Jian was entertained, he talked about taxation in front of our fathers, and those invited wastes couldn't refute him at all."