Chapter 359 In the final analysis, it is a lack of money
Maritime trade rights are very simple to say. In the eyes of ordinary people, they are just doing business with each other. If you buy, I will buy, and if you sell, I will sell. There is nothing strange about it.
But in the eyes of Europeans, this is indeed a great thing. To give a simple example, if you ask anyone three or four hundred years later what business is the most profitable, they will definitely tell you in one voice, "
monopoly"!.
Yes, it is a monopoly. As long as you monopolize a certain thing, even if you sell cow dung, you can still make a lot of money. Why do people in the Oubalu continent promote colonialism so actively, in order to plunder the world?
Resources and precious metals from various places. After the Age of Discovery began, first Portugal, then Spain, the Netherlands, England and other countries appeared on the Europa continent one after another. They divided spheres of influence one after another around the world.
Through maritime trade, the colonists moved resources distributed around the world and any luxury goods they valued to their own country. They wielded muskets and artillery to monopolize the maritime trade routes and plundered them crazily.
Think of everything you need. And all of this relies on the so-called maritime trade.
Now that Pang Gang has proposed this maritime trade right, he is clearly telling the Dutch led by Putsmann that I will never watch a lot of gold coins being stolen by you, and I will also participate in this.
In the spoils-sharing conference, I will sell my things directly to the continent of Opalo. As compensation, I can provide you with a very advanced technology for free.
Now this Eastern general has made his attitude clear, and he wants to get involved directly. There is no way for you guys to have a monopoly. So Putsman is in a dilemma. If he agrees to this general's conditions, it means that there will be problems in the future.
A steady stream of merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty will reach directly to the Netherlands and the Europa Continent. Then the countries in the Europa Continent will have one more competitor and one more person to grab food.
Reason told Putsman that he should not agree to this request, but at the same time he also knew very well that if he did not agree, his relationship with the Ming Dynasty general would quickly deteriorate. He finally opened it in Qingzhou
The situation will return to the original deadlock.
This was a multiple-choice question, but Putsman was embarrassed by this multiple-choice question. Time passed little by little, and finally Putsman slowly raised his head and looked at Pang Gang and said slowly: "Your Excellency, General
.To be honest, your request makes me feel very embarrassed. You must know that maritime trade rights are a very cautious topic for any country. As His Majesty the King's governor stationed in Taiwan, I have no power to agree to your conditions. That is
The power only belongs to His Majesty the King. Therefore, I cannot promise you anything...but..."
Seeing that the other party's face was gradually turning ugly, Putsman hurriedly said: "But the only thing I can agree to is that I can report your request to our King. I think His Majesty the King will give you a satisfactory answer."
Answered."
Pang Gang also knew that he could not push the other party too hard and everything had to be done step by step, so he agreed: "I have seen your sincerity. But there is a proverb among our people that time is money. Taiwan and the Netherlands are thousands of miles apart.
, a round trip will take nearly a year, and I have a compromise here. We can send an envoy to the Netherlands to meet with your Majesty the King, together with your people, what do you think?"
"This..." Putsman thought for a while. There was no other solution. He was just a governor. Some things still gave the King a headache.
"Okay!" Putsman finally nodded, "I will arrange manpower as soon as possible. I wonder how large a mission you plan to send to our country?"
After hearing this, Pang Gang smiled slyly and held out two fingers: "Not many, just a dozen ships and less than 2,000 people."
"Two thousand people!" Putsman thought for a moment and felt that although the two thousand people mission was a bit large, there must be many businessmen mixed in, but these were not a problem.
After thinking for a while, Putsman nodded in agreement, and finally asked: "Your Majesty General, in that case, do you plan to hand over my cement manufacturing information to me now?"
"Hahaha..." Pang Gang couldn't help laughing. These red-haired ghosts only had this little virtue, but Pang Gang didn't want to be so cheap to them. He went on to say: "These cement manufacturers
I can give you the method information, but not now. We have to wait until our mission arrives in your country before we can hand it over to your king, and you have to promise us what the Dutch will do in the Europa continent.
I don’t care, but we can’t produce cement in the East. Can you do it?”
"Oh, it turns out they are afraid that we will disrupt your market!" Putsman understood. He understood this. After all, no fool would hand over the manufacturing process of a thing to others and then let others seize it.
If you sell your own market, isn’t that a disease?
Putsman immediately nodded and said: "General, don't worry, I can promise you this on behalf of His Majesty the King and make a contract."
"That's good. In that case, let's make preparations separately. We will be ready within half a month at the latest."
Seeing that the other party was ready to expel the guests, Putsman also stood up and said, "Well, General, let's take our leave first."
"You're good to go, I won't send you off anymore!"
Seeing Putsman walking away angrily, Hua Yan, who had been silent beside Pang Gang, couldn't help but asked: "Sir, do you really want to pass on the cement making method to those barbarians? This is ours
What a money tree!”
Pang Gang sighed softly, turned to Hua Yan and said: "Experience Hua, do you think that even if we don't pass the secret of cement to the barbarians, how long can we keep this secret? The method of making cement is not sophisticated.
Difficult things can be figured out by just working in a cement factory for a few months. If these barbarians really want to pry into these secrets, they can figure them out with a little effort. Rather than being stolen by others, it is better to be generous.
Sell it well and get some things in exchange, is that the right thing to do?"
"That's the truth, but I still feel a little unhappy about giving things to them for free." Hua Yan still couldn't figure it out.
"Governor Lin, do you think so too?" Pang Gang asked Lin Feng, who had been deep in thought.
Lin Feng shook his head slowly, "Beizhi doesn't think so. Beizhi thinks that if this recipe can be exchanged for the right to trade with the barbarians, it will be a very profitable thing. The only thing that puzzles Beizhi is,
Why would those barbarians agree to our request to send a mission to their country? You must know that if our trade routes with the barbarians are open, their interests will definitely be affected. Are they so stupid?"
"You guys, you still haven't understood one thing." Pang Gang sighed: "No one in this world is a fool, and the same goes for that barbarian. Don't they know that we will divide their interests? No, they
He knew it, and knew it very clearly, but they still agreed, for no other reason than because he saw our strength."
"strength?"
"Yes, it is strength." Pang Gang said with certainty: "The scale of our Qingzhou Navy is getting bigger and bigger. So far, we have six Spanish galleons and twenty Dafu ships. As for those ships with a cost of about one thousand
There are as many as seventy or eighty ships. This kind of strength is already considered a force that they have to face directly in Opalo, and it is not comparable to the few warships they have in Taiwan.
If they get anxious, they will never get anything good to eat. Then they will have a headache on how to keep Taiwan. In the end, it is their strength that matters!"
After Pang Gang's explanation, Hua Yan and Lin Feng suddenly realized that their master was having a fight with the barbarian just now. The reason why the master just handed over the cement formula so happily and asked the barbarian to allow them to come
To do business on the other side's territory, you rely on your own battleships and cannons, but the other side has to pinch your nose and endure it because of your own strength. It turns out that strength is the basis of cooperation between the two parties!
"Sir, how about we do business with those barbarians?" Even after Pang Gang's explanation, Hua Yan was still a little hesitant. A gentleman talks about justice but not profit. It is said that your lord is doing business with barbarians so nakedly.
If I go out, I'm afraid it will damage my reputation.
Pang Gang naturally saw Hua Yan's concerns, and he sighed slightly and remained silent. There were some things he couldn't say clearly, so he could only leave them to understand later.
Some historians of later generations believe that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was caused by excessive mining of gold and silver, so there is a saying that "the demise of the Ming Dynasty was foreshadowed here."
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang inherited the standardization of silver currency, but what troubled him was still the lack of silver.
China has never been a place rich in gold, silver and copper, and the Chinese people have a very bad hobby in Pang Gang's opinion, that is, they are keen on collecting precious metals. Countless businessmen and rural rich people like to spend countless hard-earned money on it.
The gold and silver that came were placed in jars and then buried deep underground for emergencies or for future generations.
However, the prosperity and development of commerce in the Ming Dynasty put more demand for gold and silver. The material development of the people was enriched, but there was no corresponding precious metals and currency to support the system.
In the late Ming Dynasty, in order to mine gold and silver, Emperor Wanli actually created a situation where "there was no land to dig, and envoys came out everywhere", which caused "a group of small people to take advantage of the opportunity to kill people, which is nothing more than doubling the harvest, and the people are living in dire straits."
Guantian Dayi said in his memorial: "The emperor is greedy for profit and is full of wolves and tigers that fly and eat people, causing the people to peel off their skin and suck their marrow, cut out their flesh and pierce their bones, and kill their families and their bodies.
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