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Text Section 164 The Victory of Industry and Commerce

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    After discovering the location of the ore vein, the layout of the mine mouth and tunnel was officially moved to the foot of the ore mountain to shorten the distance.  It took several more days to confirm the scope of the mine, and it was not until a week later that production gradually stabilized.  On average, more than nine taels of gold can be produced in a day.

    The exchange ratio of gold and silver in the bank is about seventeen to one. Calculated this way, gold worth fifty or sixty thousand silver can be dug out in a year.  Excluding the miners' wages, the net income is 40,000 taels.

    A gold bar weighs two kilograms. There is a beautiful inscription "Jinguashi" embossed on it, which emits the dazzling light of the precious metal under the illumination of the oil lamp wall in the room.  Zhao Ru held the gold bars in his hands and said with a smile, "Master, with the output of this mine, our accounts are even."

    If Pang Ning counts expenses here, the main income comes from the whaling team and Beigang's tenancy, which together add up to about 100,000 taels per year.  But Pang Ning's expenses were even greater: thousands of people in the fleet required large maintenance costs, thousands of people in the shipyard required large maintenance costs, and the purchase of materials for building new ships required large sums of money, plus gifts to Shi  All kinds of money from factories and factories are flowing out every month.

    Pang Ning spent thirty thousand taels of silver just to build a new shipyard in Beigang.

    It is not an easy job to leave Pang Ning's money to Zhao Ru. All Zhao Ru thinks about every day is to find ways to make more money and balance the accounts.  Counting the output of this mine, Pang Ning finally achieved breakeven.  The young man who had tasted the sweetness said happily, "Master, King Taiping is so amazing that he even knows the mineral spots! Master, are there any other minerals that can be mined on Dongfan Island?"

    Seeing Zhao Ru's happy expression, Pang Ning couldn't bear to tell him that half of the profits from the gold mine would be given to King Bei. He only said, "It's already mid-October. It's time to go back to Qiongzhou Mansion. They are all waiting for us to go back and give them away."  Where's the horse?" Pang Ning looked at Zhao Ru and said with a smile, "Don't worry about getting some money all day long. When we come to Dongfan next time, we will open oil wells."

    Zhao Ru was stunned, "Oil well? Is it the one that produces oil? Taiping Wang's refinery collects oil from the land, and it costs eight silver per catty." Zhao Ru paused, and then said, "I heard that the Xue family businessman asked his niece to  The good fortune has come to us now, and the small boats have now turned into two large sand ships, specially used to transport the 'oil' along the Xijiang River."

    Zhao Ru is very interested in anything that can bring in money, so he asked again, "Master, how did you open this oil well? Did you use miners?"

    Pang Ning was stunned for a moment, but couldn't answer this question.  Qin Mingtao's notebook did not include an introduction to the principles of oil wells. In this era, the accumulation of oil extraction technology was almost zero.  Pang Ning was knocked down by Zhao Ruwen and said in an extremely unhappy tone, "I haven't dug it before, how do I know?"

    Pang Ning imagined it for a moment.  Said casually.  "It seems that if you dig a hole, it will spurt out. Don't you believe it? I think it's just like digging a well. If you dig a few dozen meters down, it will gush out to the bottom of the well."

    If it is a water pumping well.  There are quite a few water pumps here - ships often encounter storms at sea.  Not only rainwater will enter the cabin.  Waves will also hit the ship's side and enter the cabin.  Too much water can cause a shipwreck.  Drainage is very important at this time.  Span made a large "Archimedes pump" for Pang Ning.  A spiral structure is used to pump water to a height of more than ten meters.  The efficiency is quite high.  Directly improves the survivability of ships.

    I heard Pang Ning say that digging for oil is the same as drilling a water well.  Zhao Ru then started thinking.  "Master. Why don't you go back to Qiongzhou Mansion first. I'll take hundreds of people to dig for oil.¡±

    Pang Ning was stunned.  I didn't expect Zhao Ru to be so motivated.  Wouldn't it be a place to stimulate things for the feudal lord?  In fact, Pang Ning is also very concerned about finance.  The land was removed and given to Dong Xue.  The balance of payments here is not even yet.  Think about it.  Pang Ning nodded in agreement.

    "Then you go. Take three hundred Liao people and one hundred sailors. Speaking of which, these mines and oil wellsthe profits. Half of them will be given to King Bei for government expenditure. Just know that."

    Zhao Ru was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a long time to react.  The young man was eager to expand his master's business this year. He stood up and said, "I won't disturb the master anymore. I will organize the manpower."

    The economic development of Nanhai Country this year has been extremely rapid.  Ever since Pang Ning lured the first batch of maritime merchants to Huizhou, various industrial products of time-travelers that were ahead of the times have come into contact with the market and gained development opportunities.  After the navy annihilated the Zheng family's forces and gained sea power, the first group of maritime merchants to try their luck became very successful. More and more smuggling merchants joined in, providing blood to the industry of the South China Sea.

    On an island with a population of less than 500,000, it is impossible to achieve industrial upgrading based on the needs of the island.  In the West in the seventeenth century, one European country after another fell into the embrace of the ocean and divided their spheres of influence around the world.  This behavior of European colonists is not caused by "advanced" European culture, nor is it the result of any coincidence. What is fueling it is the iron-clad economic law - the rapid establishment of industrial society must be connected, orThere are many things that the travelers did not know before. Before traveling, they thought the Ming Dynasty was a beautiful country for the Han people, but their lives in the past few years after traveling made them understand what a reactionary feudal regime it was.

    Zhou Yeping told Pang Ning that Xu Guangqi used advanced water conservancy facilities to successfully open up paddy fields in the north, but they turned into wasteland in more than ten years.  Kong Youde told Qin Mingtao that the Portuguese made red cannons for Sun Yuanhua in Dengzhou, and there was no other unit in the entire Shandong Province except Kong Youde who knew how to operate them.  Now that Kong Youde has arrived in Liaodong, these cannons have become scrap metal.

    There are too many examples like this. The sleepy Ming Dynasty failed to lead China on the road to becoming a powerful country.  Military households are soldiers who can only work in the fields, craftsmen households are craftsmen who can only produce for the government, and maritime trade requires corrupt officials who can eat people without spitting out their bones to issue licenses.  Regardless of whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, whether it is the diligent Chongzhen, the carpenter Tianqi, or the unwilling Wanli, they are just sliding down the existing track.

    They were unwilling and unable to lead the Han people to modernize.

    But what the Ming Dynasty couldn¡¯t do, the Nanhai Kingdom can do.

    The South China Sea Country established by five travelers is a country that respects business and respects the law.  These two items may seem useless, but they are the fundamental guarantee that time travelers can develop and grow and not fall into the quagmire of the late Ming Dynasty.  This is the fundamental secret for Nanhai State to be able to fight against the entire Ming Dynasty and provoke Huang Taiji with the power of one government.  It is these two items that make Nanhai Kingdom different from all the regimes that have ever existed on this land.

    When Pang Ning¡¯s navy opened up the ocean channel, and when Dong Xuepu¡¯s patent law, company law, etc. were strictly implemented one by one, Nanhai Country had all the conditions to enter an industrial society.  It is like a hotbed on which industrial capital can flourish.  Honest businessmen no longer worry about being blackmailed by government officials, and smart business methods no longer worry about being strangled by monopoly power. They can grow freely in Nanhai Kingdom.

    " And Shiban's technological invention is the most violent catalyst in this prosperous land.

    The Nanhai Kingdom has nearly a hundred maritime trading companies and dozens of semi-industrial production companies. Cheap industrial products like a tide broke through the various checkpoints set by the Ming Dynasty, in exchange for more ores and raw materials, and built  More industry.  The rapid economic development has even caused a shortage of manpower in Hainan Island, which has been quiet for thousands of years.

    "If all commodities can be bought and sold, then only people cannot be bought and sold between countries.  People in agricultural societies are semi-attached to the land, and being in a foreign land only means displacement. Businessmen have no channels to obtain labor on a large scale.  More and more newly cultivated land is being reclaimed, and even agriculture is operated by companies, but the Nanhai Kingdom is increasingly lacking in labor.

    Only a hundred or so ¡°piglets¡± are released into the labor market a month, and these ¡°migrant workers¡± are like hot gold being scrambled by employers.  Dong Xuepu's government faced increasing pressure, and businessmen even openly asked the government to attack Guangdong and Guangxi, Vietnam or anywhere else to plunder labor, population, cattle and horses.

    The merchants were so indignant that they even hoped to form their own privateering fleet.  However, the Nanhai Kingdom only has an army of 10,000. For fear of causing siege from surrounding forces, the travelers do not dare to act so recklessly.

    The merchants began to complain, complaining that the five kings were too benevolent and could not protect the interests of merchants.  They hinted to Zhao Ru countless times that they hoped that the Five Kings would recruit more troops to fight in all directions and open the market to plunder the population.  However, the logistics and supply resources consumed by a modern firearms force are staggering. The Nanhai government, which operates at a loss or even a deficit, is unwilling to risk expansion.

    When the wages of dock workers rose to one to two to five yuan, businessmen began to complain openly.  Under the freedom of speech, even the workers began to laugh at Bei Wang's "benevolence" in the teahouse.  They began to worship the tough King of the East and King of the South, and they pricked their ears to inquire about every move of the Northern Expedition.

    On October 17, the second year of the Nanhai Kingdom, the triumphant return of the Nanhai Fleet made everyone stop nagging.

    When the great Nan Wang, the "God of Wealth" and the "God of Smugglers" Nan Wang came to Fucheng with two thousand Liao people, two thousand tall and strong Liao people who could endure hardships and work hard, and did not choose salary or industry.  At the dock, the entire Nanhai Kingdom was boiling.

    This is the victory of businessmen, this is the victory of industry, this is the great victory of Nanhai Kingdom.
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