It has been almost a year since I went home. With Liu Jin's return, the entire Liu family suddenly burst into laughter and started to get busy.
Give Liu Jin a break from the wind and dust, prepare a table of delicious food, and give Liu Jin a good reward.
After dinner, he went to bed early.
Li Jin held Xu Waner in his right hand and Li Zhen in his left hand. The little days of hugging each other were so happy.
In the past year, I have been almost exhausted.
Of course, the two of them were already depressed.
It is said that one is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty. This age of being like a wolf and a tiger has been suppressed for nearly a year. How uncomfortable this life must be. At this moment, he is looking at Liu Jin with resentful eyes.
"Honestly, are you having any sex outside?"
Xu Waner looked at Liu Jin, her eyes were burning. Liu Jin's right hand was very dishonest and he touched everywhere.
"There is absolutely no conscience in heaven and earth. We are all accompanying the emperor, rushing on the road, and taking a boat. How can we think about doing this? Everyone is exhausted to death. If you don't believe me, you will know after you try it. I guarantee you have full firepower.
"
Liu Jin naturally had a clear conscience and acted dishonestly while talking.
"Sister, my husband probably doesn't exist."
At this time, Li Zhen poked her head out from under the quilt and said with a wicked smile that she had just checked and confirmed.
"Don't stop~"
Liu Jin quickly stuffed her back into the quilt, why did he stop for a while? He was already suffocating.
"Even if you have a conscience, it doesn't mean that we miss you every day at home."
Xu Wan'er said with satisfaction. After speaking, her eyes were full of autumn water, and there was a burning flame in the autumn water, and her hands started to move dishonestly.
"How much do you miss me?"
Liu Jin asked with a wicked smile.
"Huh~huh~"
Xu Waner pursed her lips softly. Although she was already in her thirties, she was becoming more and more charming.
After humming, he gently climbed into the bed.
Soon, Liu Jin couldn't help it anymore. He gently opened the bed and took a look, and he immediately became more excited.
The whole night's battle lasted until late at night, and then the three of them fell asleep happily and contentedly.
The next day until midnight, Liu Jin, Xu Waner, and Li Zhen had no intention of getting up. They did some morning exercises in the morning. They were tired and relaxed. They didn't want to get up at all. They just wanted to have a good sleep.
After waking up, I continued to exercise.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Liu Jin reluctantly got up at the request of Xu Waner and Li Zhen. If they didn't get up, both of them would be maids, and the servants would laugh to death. After a whole night of tossing,
It took most of the day.
Liu Jin was eating delicious food and reading the newspaper at home.
Liu Jin knew very well what was happening in the imperial court and the world. Although he was traveling abroad, because of the existence of wireless telegraphy, Liu Jin also knew everything that happened in the capital.
"The Ottoman Empire actually restricted the entry of Ming Dynasty's cloth?"
Liu Jin looked at the newspaper, and when he saw the news, he immediately became interested.
Newspapers reported the latest order issued by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. Selim I banned Ming Dynasty cloth from entering the market of the Ottoman Empire. The reason was that the cheap cloth of the Ming Empire made it impossible to sell domestic cloth of the Ottoman Empire.
, roughly a large number of handicraftsmen were engaged in industry, which also reduced the tax revenue of the Ottoman Sultan.
"It seems like it's time to find an opportunity to give the Ottoman Sultan a hard blow for daring to ban the Ming Empire's cloth from entering their market."
"This is a serious violation of the Erzinjan City Agreement, which stipulates that Ming merchants have free trade rights."
Liu Jin thought quickly in his mind.
The original old sultan was beaten up by the Ming Empire and died before he could take revenge. This new sultan has been in office for several years and has always been ambitious and constantly expanding.
In the Mesopotamia and the Middle East, it was at war with the Persian Empire and the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt. On the European side, it was also advancing westward frequently, with the intention of tearing up the Vienna Armistice Agreement.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Ottoman Empire has recovered and strengthened its national strength after years of recuperation. When it becomes stronger, it will naturally expand externally.
In addition, the current Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I, is a war maniac. He likes external expansion and invasion, and wants to build a powerful empire comparable to the Ming Empire.
Although they have used force against all parties, they have never dared to make any changes to the Ming Empire. This time, they are probably testing the Ming Empire's reaction.
If the Ming Empire does not respond to this, the next step is probably to postpone or refuse to pay war reparations to the Ming Dynasty.
The war reparations back then lasted for decades, and now only about half of them have been repaid, and war reparations have to be paid to the Ming Empire every year.
After thinking about this clearly, Liu Jin knew what to do next. He had to beat hard, and at the same time, he also wanted to make the Ottoman Empire understand the gap between it and the Ming Empire.
"The cloth of our Ming Empire sells well all over the world. Without a global market, our Ming Dynasty's textile industry will suffer a huge crisis."
"This hole in the Ottoman Empire must not be opened, otherwise other places will restrict the entry of our Ming Dynasty industrial products."
Liu Jin knew it very well in his heart.
Capitalism in the Ming Dynasty has developed to this day, and industrial production has become extremely powerful.
Taking the textile industry as an example, the cloth currently produced by the Ming Empire is far greater than the market demand of the Ming Dynasty itself. It needs a global market and needs to be sold to every region in the world.
The Ming Empire also used its strong influence and force to open up many markets.
Needless to say, these vassal states, vassal states, colonies and the like of our own can be sold freely and unimpeded, especially the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, such as Japan, Korea, and Siam.
Originally, everyone did not know the role of free trade, buying and selling, settlement, etc. in the vassal states agreement. At that time, they thought they had taken advantage of the Ming people.
Their people can freely settle, live and work in the Ming Empire, which is a good thing.
But now, they slowly discovered that the Ming Empire was actually taking advantage.
The cloth, glass, cars, clocks, food and other things of the Ming Dynasty were like a surging tide rushing into these vassal countries, instantly impacting some of the original handicraft workshops and household craftsmen in these vassal countries, directly and completely.
collapse.
It can be said that the markets and economies of these vassal states were quickly controlled and seized by the Ming Dynasty in a very short period of time. Their economy was no longer something they could decide on their own, but became vassals of the Ming Empire's economy.
It is the source of raw materials and the dumping ground for products.
Even the currency was crossed, and their domestic currency gradually lost the market. Everyone habitually used copper plates, silver coins and silver notes from the Ming Dynasty, because these were more valuable and more liquid, and everyone was happy to accept them.
, it is also a gradual habit, and banks are opening all over the place, making it more convenient for everyone to save money, withdraw money, transfer money, etc.
It can be said that the economies of vassal states, vassal states, and colonies were completely vassals of the Ming Dynasty economy.
Like Ningguo, the largest vassal state, although Ningguo is huge, there are not many industries in Ningguo. Its main economy is still agriculture, mainly planting cotton, rice, sugar cane, and spices, of which cotton planting area is very large.
It is large and has a high output, but it is basically transported to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the Chu State, which occupies the roof of Africa, is also the largest cotton exporter in Africa. The cotton produced is sold to the Ming Dynasty, providing raw materials for the Ming Dynasty's local textile industry.
The only exception is the colony of South Africa.
Because the South African colony was Liu Jin's escape route for himself, he insisted on taking an independent path from the beginning. Through these years of hard work, he gradually established a complete industrial system, a technological system, and a comprehensive new education.
This allowed the South African colony to not only have its own steel plants, shipyards, textile factories, machinery factories, cement plants, automobile factories, motorcycle factories, etc., but also the technological development of the South African colony was extremely rapid.
Because everything in South Africa was established by Liu Jin by copying the systems of later generations. He completely eliminated the traditional imperial examinations and the influence and existence of Confucianism, and comprehensively popularized and established new schools.
Here in South Africa, there is no need to be influenced by traditional Confucianism at all. Everyone goes to new schools.
That is to say, the population in South Africa is still relatively small, far from being comparable to the Ming Empire. Otherwise, the South African colonies are very likely to surpass the Ming Dynasty in some aspects.
The capital and industry of Ming Dynasty have stood at a very high starting point and height from the beginning. Based on the huge market of Ming Dynasty, it has abundant capital and abundant labor force.
With the development of colonialism in the Ming Dynasty, it quickly turned to globalization, relying on global raw materials and markets, which allowed the capitalism and industrialization of the Ming Dynasty to develop at an unimaginable speed.
Its development speed far exceeds that of Europeans in history. It only took about 20 years to enter the second industrial revolution and the era of electrification and internal combustion engines.
This speed is very fast, even beyond imagination.
Therefore, the Ming Empire cannot lack the global raw material market and consumer market. The Ottoman Empire prohibits the entry of Ming cloth. This is something that seriously violates the interests of the Ming Dynasty. They must be severely repaired.
"Lao Liu, Lao Liu~"
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao's voice came over.
"I'm not letting anyone have a good rest~"
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately felt helpless.