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Volume 1 523 Miscellaneous Things

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    Nanjing, Australia's small embassy.

    It was afternoon tea time again, and Shao Bei seemed a little more absent-minded than before.  There is no doubt about the value of Nanming to Australia, whether it is the rich human resources, the vast market, or the little bonds that everyone has in their hearts.  Therefore, as Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shao Bei also serves as ambassador to Nanjing.  It is obvious that Congress hopes to use Shao Bei's experience and the good connections it has established with Nan Ming to create a better situation for the diplomacy between the two countries.

    Shao Bei completed the task with flying colors.  In fact, as more Australian arms flow into Nanming and more Wu Yi troops are armed, Nanming will never offend Australia easily as long as it is replaced by a more mature figure.  Unless there is a big purge at the top of Nanming, and they are replaced by paranoid nationalists or those Donglin Party figures who have lost their minds, whoever becomes the chief assistant, considering that the weapons and ammunition are stuck in Australian hands, as long as  When it comes to things in Australia, the Australian experience should always be given priority.  [com]

    What makes Shao Bei distracted is that he is a little idle now.  You see, Ming Dynasty's policy reform is managed by the National Development and Reform Commission, and although Shao Bei is very interested in it, if he is asked to manage reform things, it will only make things worse.  After all, he is a layman in this regard: Although Australia authorized the post of supreme commander of the Shaobei Theater, it is now in a period of peace. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Nan Ming Dynasty did not sign any agreement, the Nan Ming Dynasty was unable to make the Northern Expedition, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not dare  Go south, so now is peacetime.  Therefore, he, the supreme commander of the war zone, is purely a decoration. Fu Baichen is naturally responsible for garrisoning, training, etc., and it is not his turn to dictate: and then, the Shanghai Development Zone has been bought by Zhou Yi's SI company.  It's just that Shao Bei needs to coordinate in the general direction, and more things are simply beyond Shao Bei's turn.

    So Shaobei was very leisurely, so leisurely that he had nothing to do, so he was absent-minded.  Another telegram sent by his wife Jing Hua yesterday exacerbated his absent-mindedness.  Jing Hua complained about Shao Bei's work in the telegram, which caused the couple to live apart for nine months: complaining about the telegram love letters that came every two days.  And then at the end of the telegram our female banker says bluntly that she wants a child.  Regardless of whether Shao Bei reunited with her or not, she still wanted a child.

    When he read the last paragraph, Shao Bei's eyes widened for a moment, and he vaguely thought of poor Chief of Staff You Nanzhe.  Thinking about it, it seems that the worst outcome is even worse than that of You Nanzhe.

    After weighing the situation, Shao Bei decided to report to Congress, requesting that he, the foreign minister, be transferred back to the country or Jing Hua be transferred to Nanjing. In short, they must be reunited, otherwise the foreign minister would not mind leaving under the seal.

    The dullness of afternoon tea was broken. Shi Wenbo walked in quickly, grabbed Xiao Baitu's coffee, drank it with a sip, and then said: "The sequelae of the grain price war are coming." After successfully attracting everyone's attention, he said  : "The farmers of the Ming Dynasty are rapidly going bankrupt. According to the latest data, land prices in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have dropped by a full 20% due to the bankruptcy of the farmers. Now near the Shanghai dock, thousands of Ming people are waiting every day  Boarding a sailboat bound for Australia.¡±

    Farmers go bankrupt and have to sell their land to repay debts. A large amount of land is sold intensively during this period, which will inevitably drive down land prices.  Without Australia's intervention, it would be a matter of course.

    These homesteaders will become tenant farmers.  Even worse, he might become a refugee.  Then wait for a certain Zhang Zicheng or Wang Zicheng to climb up and shout, calling for rebellion.

    But now that Australia has intervened, bankrupt homesteaders and tenant farmers who have gone bankrupt long ago have new options.  After a small number of immigrants who returned to Daming from Australia to visit relatives confirmed that the wages for work in Australia were indeed high and that land was indeed allocated in Luzon, they happily and hopefully headed for Shanghai with their families.  Gathering on the pier, waiting to board the sailboat bound for Australia.

    "Isn't this what we want to see?" Xiao Baitu said with a smile.  At first, people in Chuanming were still worried whether the immigration work would stagnate due to the stability of Nanming.  There is no need to worry now. A large number of bankrupt homesteaders will quickly flow to Australia and Luzon to fill that large area of ??empty land.

    ¡°The problem is that a large number of homesteaders go bankrupt, which will lead to a further decline in the Mingbi government¡¯s fiscal revenue.¡± Shi Wenbo sighed: ¡°And the quantity is so huge that we simply can¡¯t transport it.¡±

    The Hollywood Shipyard established in Central South China has reached its extreme scale due to geographical constraints.  Starting from June, two 600-ton clipper transport ships have been launched every month. Together with the tortoise-speed ships captured from the Spanish, the number of immigrants transported to Australia every month is just over 8,000.  According to estimates by the National Development and Reform Commission, there are nearly 200,000 bankrupt farmers in the southern Zhili and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions alone.  If a family of five is calculated, that¡¯s one million people!

    ??One million. According to Australia's current transportation capacity, it won't be possible to transport it all within ten or eight years.

    "The fiscal revenue can be maintained for the time being. Ma Shiying seems to be planning to implement the integrated grain payment system for officials and gentry next year. If it is successfully implemented, fiscal revenue will reach a higher level. And the issue of transportation capacity" Shi Wenbo simply waved his hands, this is not his  It can be solved.

    Shao Bei came out of his absent-mindedness, thought for a while and said: "I will communicate with the Zheng family and try to see if we can outsource the shipping from Shanghai to Manila to the Zheng family. I think they will be very happy.  willing."

    The Zheng family compromised under strong pressure from Australia, and then gave up the act of issuing flags to passing ships under the surveillance of the Australian Navy.  This means that the Zheng family suddenly lost a good business that earned at least 10 million taels of silver per year.  As for triangular trade and the like, profits have plummeted due to Australia's intervention.  With the two sides superimposed, the current economic income of the Zheng family is very difficult.

    It¡¯s not just the sharp drop in income that has put the Zheng family in financial distress. In the past few months, the Zheng family¡¯s expenses have been rising exponentially.  According to the agreement between the Zheng family and Australia, the Zheng Zhilong gang will gradually move its base camp from Fujian to Qinzhou Bayyes, Qinzhou Bay, the second batch of ports open to Australia.  There is a large area of ??land leased from Australia.

    Then, using Qinzhou Bay as its home port, it launched an attack on Annan.  Migration is undoubtedly a complicated and long process, so far only a small part of the Zheng family's huge property has been moved to Qinzhou Bay.  McClain, the drug dealer who personally formulated the strategy for the Indochina Peninsula, has obviously lost his patience.  For the Indochina Plan, Blackwater Company mobilized a total of more than 2,000 mercenaries, of which Japanese mercenaries accounted for more than 60%.  Twelve armed merchant ships were rented and all eighteen speedboats were mobilized.

    At the same time, he borrowed large sums of money from banks as collateral for congressional orders and hoarded a staggering amount of goods.  There are not only daily necessities, but also various cold weapons that make the warlords of Indochina very excited, as well as longevity medicine weighing nearly a ton Drug dealers are drug dealers, even if the profits earned from other products are not low,  But this guy still never forgets his drug trafficking career.  Perhaps in this man's view, other businesses are for primitive accumulation or to ensure one's own safety, and only drug trafficking is a lifelong career.

    There is some controversy in the country about this, and it is believed that this move by drug traffickers will harm the health of the Australian people.  Some people believe that the dumped elixirs will most likely flow back to Australia after repeated resale; others believe that this lacks a humanitarian spirit and accuse McClain of having anti-human tendencies.  Of course, there are also some different voices in the criticism. For example, Congressman Chu Bai said in public that he would be happy to see "luxury goods like Fushou Ointment" sold to the Qing Dynasty. To poison those damn "masters"  Brother, "Gege,, But none of this can stop McClain. The anti-drug order of the Australian Congress only targets Australia, and also includes Luzon and Nanming."  There is no world-class anti-drug organization these days, and Australia has never signed any laws. Therefore, although the sale of Fushou drugs to Indochina is highly condemned, Congress has no legitimate reason to oppose it.

    Having said that, the materials hoarded in Manila have to pay a certain warehouse storage fee every day: for every extra day of renting the ship, one day of rent will be paid The rapid consumption of funds makes McClan have to become anxious, so McClan has to pay a certain amount of storage fees every day.  The Zheng family was very dissatisfied with their slowness.

    So recently, McClain sent a strongly worded letter to Zheng Zhilong, claiming that if Zheng Zhilong continues to delay, McClain will support Zheng Cai¡¯s faction to implement the Indochina Peninsula plan.  As for Zheng Zhilong, just go and work as his maritime merchant in Fujian.

    There is no doubt that McClan's toughness has had the desired effect. In his reply, Zheng Zhilong expressed his recent eagerness to launch a low-concentration local war. The real problem is that it would be difficult to move in another half a year.  can be done.

    I believe that at this juncture, Zheng Zhilong would definitely not object to Shao Bei¡¯s proposal to rent the Zheng family¡¯s ship to transport immigrants.  On the one hand, it will slightly alleviate the financial pressure, and on the other hand, it can also ease the relationship with Australia that has always been in the ice cave.

    "What about the Indochina Plan?" Xiao Baitu asked with a frown.  As the third largest shareholder of Blackwater Company, although he does not hold any specific positions and often skips the company's shareholders' meetings without reason, Mr. Xiao is still very concerned about the company's performance.

    "McClane just wants to open the borders of the countries in the Indochina Peninsula first. As for the war it will definitely be a long process. The Indochina Peninsula is too big and densely covered with jungles. We cannot swallow it in a short time." Yi Bei said patiently  Explaining.  !  .
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