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Restless Siam
The streets and alleys are filled with talk of sailing expeditions. Zhu Ming is very satisfied with the situation reported by the Military Intelligence Department. Now everything is developing in the expected direction. []
??The Han people who were originally dull and mediocre in temperament, with the kind of child-like mentality have become enthusiastic and pioneering. This is what Zhu Ming is happy to see.
In the six months since the end of the war with Manchuria, the national power of the Black Water Ming Dynasty has developed at an extremely fast rate. Not only has it recovered, but most of the new construction in Malacca City has been completed.
? One after another, branches of workshops and businesses have entered the city of Malacca, injecting a powerful stream of fresh blood into this city that had already begun to decline.
The original overland trade route between Manchuria and Siam has been in decline for a long time. Manchuria¡¯s harsh treatment of Siamese merchants made many merchants choose to trade through Siam¡¯s coastal ports.
Now it is different. Originally, the peace talks between the Black Water Ming Kingdom and Siam included the opening of mutual markets, and Zhu Ming also promised to provide Siamese merchants with the greatest convenience.
After the border between the two sides calmed down, some Siamese small businessmen tentatively entered the territory of the Blackwater Ming Dynasty to conduct trade.
They are all weak merchants who cannot afford to do sea trade, so they can only seek wealth and honor in danger, driving one or two mules and horses, carrying a small amount of goods, towards the Black Water Ming Kingdom.
The war in Malacca City has stopped, and the construction is basically not on track. However, at this time, the Free Business Association has begun to operate in Malacca City, and all kinds of local products have been purchased.
Siam does not have many advantageous resources. Basically, Heishui Mingguo has all the resources it can have. But after all, Siam has a relatively long history, and Heishui Mingguo can now say that its factories and workshops have begun to achieve scale and development. Specialization, the appetite for resources has been increasing.
Among other things, the demand for various resources such as iron, coal, copper, tin, etc. is constantly increasing. If we can get the input of resources from our neighbor in the north, it will be more convenient than shipping them through ocean trade.
Those delivered by Siamese merchants were immediately sold in Malacca. The price was not high, which was not much different from the price sold in the country. However, the tax revenue was low, and the politics were clear. There were no petty officials who deliberately made things difficult, and the most let-down What they dare to be interested in is that there are many objects that Siam needs in the Blackwater Kingdom.
Not to mention anything else, the Siamese people are fascinated by the exquisite machinery, easy-to-use ironware, and various processed foods.
It¡¯s just that the city of Malacca has not yet developed. Many people need to go further and trade in the Free City in order to have more choices.
However, if you find it troublesome, there is no problem in buying it directly in Malacca City. The Free Trade Association is already operating and sells regular items such as sickles, hoes, preserved fruits and sugar. When these are shipped to Siam, they earn a considerable sum of money. After making profits, more and more businessmen began to move towards the Black Water Ming Kingdom.
Every time Siamese merchants brought caravans loaded with various ores, sugar cane, rice and other primary commodities to Heishui Ming Kingdom, and then transported a small amount of finished products, and then exchanged them for large amounts of copper and silver from the Siamese market. , gold and other hard currencies, and then purchase more primary commodities and transport them to the Blackwater Ming Kingdom for trade.
This is a win-win situation. At least many production materials were imported into Siam from the Blackwater Ming Dynasty, which greatly improved Siam's production efficiency. The output in the fields and the output of ore all increased with these advanced tools. The input has improved a lot.
But when precious items such as silver, gems, and ivory in Siam were constantly being lost from the country, King Zhaolu of Siam became restless.
He has never been a talented and strategic king. What he likes to do every day is to count the treasury to see if his wealth has increased. Now the wealth in his treasury has not decreased, but according to the news from the ministers, if the wealth of the people increases, If such uncontrolled imports are made to the Blackwater Ming Kingdom, taxes will not be collected, which will definitely affect the wealth in hand.
Therefore, Zhaolu Qunying felt a little uneasy. Today he summoned all the ministers just to discuss the matter.
The ministers had not seen His Majesty the King so impatient for a long time, except during the conflict with the Blackwater Ming Kingdom half a year ago, so they came very quickly.
When Zhaolu Qunying finished speaking his concerns quietly, the ministers below also divided into two groups.
One group thinks that there is no need to worry so much, and they are well-informed that the Blackwater Ming Kingdom has actually discovered a new continent further south. Now there is a lot of excitement in the Blackwater Ming Kingdom, and people are discussing the matter of going to develop the new continent. Therefore, the Blackwater Ming Kingdom The Ming Dynasty certainly has no ambitions for Siam for the time being, so why bother to provoke it?
The other faction has a completely different view. MalaccaThe country has just recovered from the war. In just six months, it has already achieved a certain atmosphere. Some Siamese businessmen are even unwilling to do business. This makes these worried-minded ministers very worried. If Blackwater is allowed to emerge, If the country continues to develop like this, it will definitely suffer a backlash one day.
The two factions were in the court, and you said you were right and he said he was right, and both sides had specious reasons, which made Zhaolu Qunjing undecided, but thinking that at least there was still a chance to fight, if he continued to wait, he would not be able to make up his mind. Fortunately, when the Blackwater Ming Kingdom's national power continues to grow, it will have no choice but to surrender to the south.
The more they thought about the consequences, the more serious they became. Zhaolu Qunjing shuddered, and finally made up their mind to temporarily stop fighting with their neighbors to the east, even if they lose a little profit, and test the neighbors to the south first.
So when the construction of Malacca City entered a critical juncture and all kinds of resources were scarce, although there were abundant resources on the three overseas islands, and since the black slaves began to be imported, the various outputs of the three islands have increased. A huge increase, but a large amount of materials will be given priority to meet the needs of Liberty City, and the rest will continue to be transported north to meet the needs of the new city of Malacca.
Therefore, Malacca¡¯s new city advocated a headache because of this, so he used his connections to contact businessmen Duoduo and went to Siam to collect supplies.
In the context of mutual trading, not only Siamese businessmen
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