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Chapter 1635 Colonization makes big money

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    As the cabinet's cooperation gradually improved, the time Li Zhongyi spent reviewing memorials every day has been greatly reduced.  Today¡¯s imperial government affairs are actually divided into two parts.  One is the small-scale peasant economy led by the cabinet, and the other is the new economy led by Li Zhongyi himself.  The small-scale peasant economy is extremely stable. As long as the farmers are not hungry, they will not rise up.  What Li Zhongyi really needs to worry about is the progress of steelmaking, gun-making, cannon-making, the invention of various mechanical equipment and colonization.  As the ancient Philippines was gradually occupied, slave laborers were continuously sent to various parts of the empire and became the absolute main force in building bridges and roads.  The colonial private army composed of powerful people reaped huge profits from colonial activities.  The power of examples is infinite. Once the idea that colonization can make a lot of money is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, those powerful people who have not caught up with the first colonial train will inevitably be eager to make a move.  To put it bluntly, what Li Zhongyi did was to make some people rich first.  The logic is very simple. In the era of agricultural civilization, farmers' thoughts as a whole tend to be conservative.  From the beginning of Qin Shihuang to the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the Qin system was implemented for thousands of years, and there was no fundamental change in social classes.  "If you don't let some people get rich first, how will everyone know that colonization can make a lot of money?"  Now, the powerful people who got rich first are all making a lot of money. How can we not be jealous of the powerful people who have not caught up?  The Chinese nation has never been short of pinkeye.  ??We are all poor, but our emotions are very stable.  Once someone suddenly becomes rich, those who continue to suffer from poverty will no longer feel balanced.  Now, there is already a commotion in the capital.  Someone is secretly spreading news that the imperial court discriminates against nobles and does not treat veterans well.  With the presence of Zuo Ziguang and Li Yanqing, Li Zhongyi naturally knew which group of people were spreading the news.  However, what the empire lacks most is the spirit of contract.  The maritime trade interests in Nanyang have long been allocated for a period of ten years.  The colonial interests of the ancient Philippines were based on whoever could occupy them. This was the same principle as America¡¯s colonial west.  If you have the ability to occupy it, you can get dozens or even thousands of hectares of land for free without being beheaded by the indigenous tribes.  ¡° Moreover, the indigenous slaves captured by the colonists could be transported back to the country by sea.  They were either sold to wealthy families or sold to the imperial court to serve as labor slaves.  Think about it, as long as you have your own ship, go to sea once, and bring back thousands of slaves, you can make tens of thousands of dollars in profit from changing hands.  This kind of easy sale is a fool!  ¡°Moreover, after the natives were captured, large tracts of land became ownerless land.  You only need to pay a small amount of money to the court to become a legal private land.  ¡° This kind of private land, as long as the slaves are urged to work hard with whips, in most cases, a good grain harvest can be produced in two years.  You must know that this is a treasure land with at least three crops a year. Even if the seeds are lost and left alone, one acre of land can produce at least dozens of kilograms of grain. Three crops is more than one hundred kilograms.  Slightly urge the slaves to cultivate it. Three mature are more than 300 pounds of yield. How many pounds are thousands of hectares?  The imperial court adopted the principle of open purchase of these grains.  In other words, as long as the food is shipped from the colonies, we can collect as much as it can, and the shipping companies in various places are not allowed to refuse it.  However, the imperial court has banned the outflow of copper coins, and only large-denomination Jiaozi are settled.  Jiaozi can be used to purchase various goods in the country, and can also be used to pay taxes and pay taxes. It is also very convenient to carry.  Jiaozi, who has a strong credit profile, has naturally become a hard currency that can replace copper coins.  More importantly, Li Ji Royal Bank has taken root in the ancient Philippines and the four Southeast Asian tribes, and the exchange between them is also extremely convenient.  For example, if you save money in Mingzhou, you only need to pay 5% of Huishui, and you can withdraw it by check in Champa.  Li Zhongyi is of course very happy to see the popularity of Jiaozi, and he is extremely happy to collect the invisible seigniorage.  Just kidding, the benefits of monopolizing banks are, without exaggeration, boundless!  At this moment, Lao Gao was placed on Li Zhongyi's court, hoping that the imperial court would reorganize the colonial team.  "Hey, money and silk are touching people's hearts." Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea soup, found out the memorial for the Ministry of Household's construction of a new granary, and read it carefully.  There is no way, the food output of small farmer society is extremely low, and new farming methods are still slowly being promoted.During the war, the people all had the terrifying memory of being hungry.  In recent years, the domestic climate has also been unstable, and natural disasters have often caused large-scale reductions in grain production in various places.  However, with the passage of time, from a national perspective, the total grain output is actually a bumper harvest every year.  The existing Changping warehouse can no longer hold the incoming grain.  You can know that within three to five years, the people will not be hungry.  However, Li Zhongyi knew very well that as the scale of labor slaves continued to expand, the total demand for food also continued to increase significantly.  You can¡¯t just let the labor slaves do heavy work without giving them food, right?  Therefore, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs successively issued reports to build additional changping warehouses in various prefectures and counties.  "Da Lang, the slave family is dying of boredom." Just as Li Zhongyi was reviewing the memorial from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhou Jiamin came in from the outside and threw herself into his arms like a lark.  "Da Lang, I'm really bored to death." Zhou Jiamin lay in Li Zhongyi's arms, acting coquettishly.  Li Zhongyi had a headache.  If it was the Great Zhou family, she would definitely not dare to be so messy when he was reviewing memorials.  But the problem is, Zhou Jiamin has been herded as a sheep since she was a child, and Zhou Zong has spoiled her to a great extent.  In the past, when Li Zhongyi didn't break up her virginity for Zhou Jiamin, she didn't dare to be so presumptuous.  Now, after the uncooked rice is cooked, Zhou Jiamin dares to eat it on his face without even licking his nose.  There is no way, who told Zhou Jiamin to possess a world-famous weapon?  ¡°With Li Zhongyi¡¯s rich experience in bed, but he could not help but be defeated by her amazing talent many times, how could he not be partial to her?  "  Dalang, Nu Nujia I want to play mahjong." Zhou Jiamin leaned over her red lips, gently bit the man's earlobe, and made a request with a soft breath.  "Oh, you want to play mahjong? I'm afraid, you want to play with He Lianyue and the others, right?" Li Zhongyi was a little passionate because of her provocation, and deliberately wanted to make things difficult for her, so he exposed her little thoughts.  "Oh, it's so boring. You already know what I want, even if you don't say it." Zhou Jiamin was really bored, so she wanted to negotiate terms with the man, "Da Lang, as long as you fulfill my wish, I will never dare to laugh again."  You can't do it anymore. "Nima, men hate women most when they say that they can't do it anymore. Li Zhongyi immediately suppressed his anger.  However, many previous experiences made Li Zhongyi very distressed.  No matter how much he lays the groundwork, when it reaches the substantive stage, it will be like a star being firmly sucked into a black hole, completely unable to extricate itself.  Li Zhongyi saw that it was still early in the sky, so he picked up the fairy-like beauty and strode towards the dragon couch.  However, this time, Li Zhongyi, who is good at summarizing and learning, finally found a good way to deal with the little goblin.  It was almost dusk, and Li Zhongyi led the little goblin who had just regained his strength, quietly out of the palace gate, and went to Fan Tower to have a meal first.  After having a delicious meal in Fanlou, Zhou Jiamin boarded the car to find He Lianyue and the others to play mahjong. If Li Zhongyi followed, no one would be comfortable, so he went to Du Qinniang's place.  Da Zhou took Xiao Qilang to play mahjong and was not in the Taoist temple.  Who would have known that Du Qinniang, who had been experiencing drought for a long time, took the initiative to knock the man down without saying a few words.  "Lang Jun, I miss my daughter, can you bring her to see my daughter?" After Du Qinniang had eaten and drank, she put her arms around Li Zhongyi's neck and acted affectionately.  Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Why not? Isn't it easy to see her?" "Lang Jun, you are so kind." Du Qinniang thought about it again, and Li Zhongyi secretly complained incessantly.  There are too many women, and it is impossible to feed them all, which is not necessarily a good thing.  As a result, Li Zhongyi, who was physically exhausted, was two hours late when he went to pick up Zhou Jiamin.  Fortunately, before Zhou Jiamin turned thirty, she had enough fun and fell asleep when she got home.  Otherwise, Li Zhongyi is really in trouble.  Early in the morning of the second day, Li Zhongyi received a memorial from Zigui County.  After Li Jixiao took office, after on-site inspection, he believed that the main problem hindering Zigui's economic development was that the road was not open.  As the saying goes, the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky.  From Shu to Sichuan, from Zigui County to Xiazhou area, there are all rugged and difficult mountain roads.  Even pushing a wheelbarrow is extremely difficult.  Therefore, Li Jixiao feels that we should considerWithin a year, explosives from the Ordnance Supervision were used to blow up various reefs across the Yangtze River one by one.  According to Li Jixiao¡¯s estimate in the memorial, about 50,000 kilograms of explosives were needed.  Li Zhongyi was very satisfied after reading the memorial.  Li Jixiao¡¯s proposal was actually an extremely important means for later generations to solve the shipping obstacles in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.  In addition to the high mountains and deep water, the most important danger to the Three Gorges is the exposed and dark rocks on the waterway in the center of the river.  ¡°If we try our best to use explosives to blow up these light and dark reefs, it will be equivalent to opening a channel between the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River.  After the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is completely opened, its military and economic significance to the entire empire will be immeasurable.  It¡¯s just that today¡¯s explosives, although they have been granulated, are still primitive black powder. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? or s out or oring is how difficult it was to bury explosives under the rocks in the middle of the river was that there was no detonator ¡ª it was incredibly difficult.  Therefore, Li Zhongyi has not approved Li Jixiao¡¯s entire plan for the time being.  Instead, they first arranged for people to rush to Zigui County with a thousand kilograms of granulated black powder for a pilot test.  After the pilot is successful, it will be rolled out on a large scale.
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