Chapter 1941, the system of overseas colonies and vassal states
"Mr. Liu, we can arrive at Ceylon Island tomorrow. Once we arrive at Ceylon Island, we can have a good rest for a few days. Ceylon Island is very lively now. The food, drink, and fun are definitely not as good as ours.
The Beijing-Tianjin area in the Ming Dynasty is worse, it is even more lively than our Beijing-Tianjin area in the Ming Dynasty."
On the deck of the ship "Oyster" heading to South Africa, Captain Tao Xing smiled and said to Liu Da next to him.
This Oyster ship is a large ship belonging to Tianjin Ocean Trading Company. Captain Tao Xing was summoned by Liu Jin alone before departure, hoping that he could help take care of Liu Da's family along the way.
Tao Xing is naturally very happy for such a thing. Not to mention that this is his big boss. It is his duty to do things for his boss. Just as the chief minister of Liu Jin's cabinet, he must do this with his heart.
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"We are finally going to the Island of Ceylon. I heard from my uncle that this Island of Ceylon is rich in gemstones. All kinds of gemstones are of extremely high quality and have a wide range of varieties. I must go and see it then."
When Liu Da heard this, he immediately smiled and said.
This journey went very smoothly. It took just over a month to arrive at Ceylon Island. Along the way, Liu Da kept recording everything he saw along the way.
The conditions of the ports along the way, the provinces, the abundant goods, whether they are prosperous, etc. Keep these things in mind so that you can learn from them when you go to work in the South African colony in the future.
"The Island of Ceylon is indeed rich in gems, and the quality of the gems is extremely high. You may wish to buy some as a souvenir."
Tao Xing smiled and nodded. In his eyes, Mr. Liu Da was quite good. He was humble and easy to get along with. He didn't have the habits of noble men. He was also eager to learn and ask questions. He had a lot of fun chatting along the way.
Tao Xingxing traveled to many places, visited many ports and cities, and saw a lot of things. He was also able to tell Liu Da about the customs, customs, products, etc. of each place.
"But in addition to gems, Ceylon Island is also the largest jade and jade trading center in the West. It also has a large number of high-quality jade and jade, which is also worth a look."
"Emerald jade?"
"If I remember correctly, Myanmar is rich in jade, right?"
“Shouldn’t the largest jade and jade trading center be here in Myanmar?”
When Liu Da heard this, he thought about it and said.
"Yes, Myanmar is indeed rich in jade, with high quality and large quantities."
"But the Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou of Myanmar are not good at dealing in jade. In addition, the Zhang brothers have not always had a very good reputation. Therefore, everyone has been reluctant to do business in Myanmar."
"In addition, jadeite also involves processing. If it is just a raw stone, its value has not been truly discovered. Only when the jadeite is processed into a finished product can its value be discovered."
"The Zhang brothers have only known how to dig jade, mahogany, and nanmu, but they are not good at deep processing. They have always wanted to run the jade market in Myanmar, but they have never been able to do it."
"On the contrary, the Island of Ceylon, relying on the original gem processing and sales, has grown bigger and bigger, attracting a large number of businessmen, and slowly brought all the jadeite from Myanmar to the Island of Ceylon for processing.
This has formed the largest jade and jade trading center in the West."
Tao Xing nodded and then started to explain.
"That's it~"
"Myanmar has such good resources. In the end, the jade and jade trading center turned out to be Ceylon. This operation is very important."
Liu Da silently noted this down.
Places with resources may not necessarily be truly wealthy. Myanmar's resources are actually quite good, including jade, jade, and extremely large forestry resources. Logically speaking, it should be developing well.
However, the Zhang brothers are rough people. They have always been good at plundering and plundering, not good at management. In addition, they have a bad reputation, so everyone is afraid of them.
The colony developed by the Zhang brothers was very slow.
"Yes, sir."
"I have been to many places throughout my travels. I have been to hundreds of overseas colonies and vassal states, large and small."
"The differences between colonies and vassal states are huge."
"Let's not talk about the difference in area. There are huge differences in the management and systems of each vassal state and colony."
Tao Xing nodded and said, "Let's first talk about the colony run by the two brothers Shouninghou and Jianchanghou."
"Because the Zhang brothers are the younger brothers of Queen Zhang, they have always been very domineering. They were very quick in seizing the colony, so they also secured a large area of the colony."
"The vast land from the lower reaches of the Indus River to northeastern Tianzhu and Myanmar are all colonies belonging to the Zhang brothers."
"However, despite having such a vast land, its management has always been very poor. At present, it basically relies on selling jade, mahogany, and nanmu, and growing grain, tea, and spices."
"In terms of the ruling system, the Zhang brothers formulated a series of systems with Zhang's children as the core. From top to bottom in the entire colony, almost all official positions, power, resources, etc. were controlled by Zhang's children.
, others don’t have any chance at all.”
"This has also caused many Ming people who originally immigrated here to choose to immigrate to other places. At the same time, no one is willing to immigrate there, so the number of Ming people has not exceeded 100,000."
"At the same time, the lack of planning and management in the colonies and the excessive exploitation also led to the frequent outbreak of various riots in the colonies. The Zhang brothers were often tired of suppressing the rebellions, and their methods were very direct and brutal. Often when the colonial army was clearing out, a large area was destroyed.
, a large area was completely slaughtered, which further aroused conflicts and led to the breeding of rebellion."
"In general, the Zhang brothers' colony still has many problems. The most important thing is the lack of effective management. Although the territory is large, there are many problems, but the benefits it can generate are very small."
"It's not even as good as some small vassal states or colonies."
Tao Xing described in detail the situation of the East Tianzhu and Myanmar colonies occupied by the Zhang brothers.
"That's it~"
After listening to this, Liu Da finally understood.
"The colony of the Zhang brothers is a typical example of failure, while the Western United Trading Company is relatively successful."
"The Western United Trading Company mainly occupies the vast areas in the south and east of the Tianzhu continent. Unlike the Zhang brothers, everything focuses on the interests of the Zhang family's children."
"The Western Union Company is like doing business. The entire colony does not belong to any one company, but to all the owners. The owners have established a shareholders' meeting to take charge of all the powers of the colony, formulate laws, elect governors, appoint colonial army commanders, etc.
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"Whatever happens, these shareholders discuss it together and do it. The children of these owners' families also hold various positions and positions in the Western United Trading Company from top to bottom. The immigrants from the Ming Dynasty are also treated well.
Provide favorable immigration conditions, and also allow participation in various fields of the Western United Trading Colony."
"At the same time, in terms of managing the colonies, the Western United Commercial Bank did not use force to rule and suppress as the main means, but followed the caste system that has always existed in the Tianzhu continent, coupled with the provincial system that our Ming Dynasty itself has always implemented
, using a combination of firmness and softness.”
"Therefore, the management of the colonies of the Western Union Corporation has always been very effective, and the owners of the Western Corporation have also opened a large number of factories, making full use of the advantages of cheap labor in the colonies and the advantages of the origin of raw materials, and the products they produce are very competitive."
"The cloth produced by the Western United Trading Company is much cheaper than the cloth produced locally in Daming. It sells well all over the country. At the same time, the output of cement and steel is also very good. It can not only meet its own needs, but can also be exported to other countries in large quantities.
Colony, vassal state."
"This Island of Ceylon is not only home to emeralds, gemstones, pearls, agates, corals, etc., it is also the largest industrial center in the Western region, with a large number of textile factories, cement factories, and steel plants with large output.
The largest industrial center in the Western region."
"Only the South African colony that the young master is visiting can compare with the United Western Trading Company."
"The Island of Ceylon of the Western United Trading Company, and the large East African island of the South African Colony. One is the commercial and industrial center of the West, and the other is the industrial center of Africa."
Tao Xing is well-informed and knows a lot of things.
"South African Colony~"
“How is this South African colony?”
When Liu Da heard this, he immediately became interested and quickly asked if the South African colony was the destination of his trip and the place where he might have to work hard for the rest of his life.
"The South African colonies are of course a very good place, and they are no different from us."
"The South African colony is different from all colonies and vassals. The South African colony has a zero-tolerance attitude towards foreigners. Therefore, from the day the colony was established, it has continued to massacre and drive away the local indigenous people."
"Although other colonies and vassal states also massacred the indigenous people, they often paid more attention to the labor force and used these indigenous people as slaves for the construction and reclamation of the colonies."
"Some vassal states and colonies are even kinder to the indigenous people and allow them to become free citizens."
"During the early development of colonies and vassal states, labor was very much needed. Labor was needed to build cities, roads, ports, etc., and cheap labor was also needed to work in factories, etc.
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"Because of their insufficient population, many colonies and vassal states are vigorously attracting immigrants and purchasing large quantities of slaves to develop their colonies."
"But the South African colony is different. It did the opposite. It looked down upon the local indigenous people at all. It killed and drove them away wantonly, and only focused on bringing in immigrants from the Ming Dynasty."
"As long as a man immigrated to the South African colony, the South African colony would directly give you several female slaves to give birth to children, farm, etc., so it also attracted a large number of people to immigrate to the South African colony."
"The population of the South African colony has almost exceeded 10 million. It has the largest number of Ming people among all the colonies and vassals."
Having said this, Tao Xing also paused slightly, took a sip of water and spoke again.
"In addition, the difference between the South African colonies and other places is that the owners of the South African colonies have not established the South African colonies for the purpose of plundering the resources and wealth here."
"Other colonies and vassal states often focus on plundering resources and wealth. The shareholders of the South African colony not only failed to obtain a large amount of wealth and returns from South Africa, but also continued to invest in the colony every year.
Invest a lot of money to develop this place."
"The results brought about are also very huge. The South African colony is now the place with the best economy and the most developed industry outside the Ming Dynasty."
"Not only does it have a large number of textile factories, but it also purchases cotton and wool from major colonies and vassal states, and then exports a large amount of cloth after spinning. The cloth from the South African colonies sells well in Africa, Europe, Tianzhu and other places with high quality and cost-effectiveness.
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"And in addition to textile factories, the South African colonies also had many large steel factories, cement factories, glass factories, shipyards, machinery factories, etc."
"It can produce cement, glass, steel, arms and weapons, ships, and even cars, trains, bicycles, motorcycles, etc."
“The steel, cement, ships, automobiles, arms and weapons it produces are sold all over the world, and even our Ming Dynasty’s Red Sea Fleet, West African Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet, etc. will place orders for arms and weapons from the military factories in the South African colonies.
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"Major colonies, vassal states, Japanese countries, Korea, etc. are the main customers of the South African colonies. Even Persia, Egypt, and Spain are ordering arms and weapons from the South African colonies."
"The industry in the South African colonies is the most developed. Regardless of the fact that the total population of the South African colonies is far lower than that of Ning State, Chu State, West African Colonies, and Burmese Colonies."
"But because they are all descendants of our Ming Dynasty, they are very stable internally. There is no rebellion or turmoil. Everything is the same as our Ming Dynasty. This is very precious."
"You must know that in many colonies, the rule of vassal states is not very stable. There are often rebellions and unrest, which often diverts a large part of the energy."
"In addition to the developed industry, the agriculture in the South African colonies was also extremely developed. Almost all of them implemented a large-scale mechanized manor economy. The grain output was very large, which not only met its own needs, but also exported a large amount to other colonies and vassal countries.
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"There are a lot of rice, wheat, fruits, vegetables and related processed agricultural products, and they sell very well. Many colonies and vassal countries purchase their food from the South African colonies, and they are also supported by the South African colonies.
With."
Tao Xing explained all aspects of the South African colony in one breath.
Those who don’t understand the South African colonies think they are not much different from other colonies and vassal states, but only by truly understanding the South African colonies will you know how powerful the South African colonies are.
This is a replica of the Ming Dynasty. Although the population is not as good as other colonies and vassal states, it only has a population of about 10 million, and most of them are still children.
The population is far less than that of other colonies and vassal states, but they are all the Ming people and their descendants, and they all implement new education and long-term investment and development.
The South African colony finally began to show its strength and distinctiveness.
Although there are no indigenous people, there are not a large number of slaves, and although it is not mainly about exploiting resources and plundering wealth, the foundation of the South African colony has been solid, and it has gradually become the most developed place except the Ming Dynasty.
Industry and agriculture are extremely developed, and the economy is developing rapidly and growing rapidly. It is already the most powerful place in the Western Hemisphere.
"I always thought that there wouldn't be much difference between this South African colony and other colonies and vassal states, but I didn't expect that it turned out to be completely different."
After hearing this, Liu Da also said in surprise.
"Of course, this South African colony was conquered by Liu Gong and many military officers and nobles from the DPRK and China. It is certainly different from ordinary colonies."
"The system in the South African colony is similar to that of the Western Union. The shareholders form the highest shareholders' meeting, which formulates laws, appoints the governor and the commander-in-chief of the colonial army. At the same time, there is a prison office responsible for the implementation of the law."
"Everything should be handled by everyone together through discussion. If there are differences, they will be voted on. The minority must obey the majority."
"Another most important point is that the South African colony was a place where new education was popularized. All students attended new schools, and there were no traditional private schools or academies."
"If you want to be an official in South Africa, you don't need to take the imperial examination. You only need to take the official examination. Those who pass the exam can be an official. Ordinary people can become officials as long as they have received education in new schools. There are also a large number of officials at all levels in the South African colonies.
Be an official in the Yamen."
"My younger brother's family immigrated to the South African colony. His son was admitted as an official in the South African colony last year, and he is now an eighth-grade official."
When he said this, Tao Xing also became slightly proud. His ancestors had been farmers for generations. When he came to their area, he was a captain. Many of his brothers and sisters also immigrated overseas, including those who immigrated to South Africa.
The younger brother's family finally has an official, which can be regarded as changing the face of farmers for generations.
"Yeah, that's really good."
Liu Da listened carefully. After listening, he had a general understanding of the South African colony. His father did not tell him these things before coming here. He was preparing for Liu Da to go to South Africa to learn slowly.
PS: Something was delayed today, so the update is late. Today will be a big chapter of 5,000 words~
