On the Huangpu River in Songhu, three cruise ships were slowly docking.
On one of the cruise ships, Liu Jin stood on the deck and looked at both sides of the Huangpu River, recalling in his mind the scene when he first came to Songhu.
At that time, both sides of the Huangpu River were covered with endless fields, and even the small town of Songhu County was pitifully small. This was a land of plenty and a land of Wu language, although it was still considered wealthy.
But compared with now, it is naturally far from comparable.
Just a few decades have passed, and earth-shaking changes are taking place here with each passing day. On both sides of the Huangpu River, high-rise buildings have risen from the ground, and bustling commercial blocks are bustling with people.
The road stretches as far as the eye can see.
The road was busy with traffic, people coming and going, and pedestrians hurriedly making it look very busy.
This place has already become one of the top three megacities in the entire Ming Dynasty, and even in the world. It has a permanent population of more than 10 million and is very prosperous.
Except for the Beijing-Tianjin area of the Ming Dynasty, no place can compare with this place.
The geographical location here is really advantageous. It is at the midpoint of the north and south sea routes of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is going to the Beijing-Tianjin area, or going to the Japanese vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, or Korea, it is in the center.
Liu Jin nodded while looking at it.
As long as it is properly guided, it can explode with unparalleled power.
"Not bad!"
But it is still this period, a super metropolis in the world, where everything is well planned, neat, prosperous, lively, and noisy.
At that time, ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty might not be able to save a tael of silver throughout the year, and the tax revenue of the Ming treasury was only 3 million taels of silver a year.
The rapid development of capitalism made the Ming Empire quickly become rich, and at the same time further promoted the development of Ming's overseas colonies, because the development of capitalism requires more markets and sources of raw materials.
The development of science and technology and industry has also further accelerated the development of all this. Without science and technology and industry, the development of colonization and capitalism will become extremely slow. It is difficult to say that in just a few decades, it has gone through hundreds of other people's development.
A road that can only be traveled in years.
This can be received every year, and it can still increase every year. In fact, with the development of Songhu, Tianjin, Beijing and other regions, the income growth of this area has been very stable, which is the main factor for many industries in Liu Jin.
It is the industry under his control that can best provide abundant cash flow.
If your neighbors have it, you must have it too. When someone around you gets rich, you must also find ways to get rich. At the national level, what you need to do is to be the most powerful country in the world and be the number one in the world in everything.
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This is the result of a combination of multiple factors.
Capitalism or colonialism alone would not have been enough to make the Ming Empire undergo such earth-shaking changes in just a few decades.
But now the Ming Dynasty is different. The imperial examinations and education are relatively fair.
Therefore, the overall development of the entire Ming Dynasty is relatively balanced, and there will not be any major deviations. There are very few phenomena similar to regional discrimination.
Every year, the income from land leasing, shop leasing, advertising income, house leasing, and factory leasing here in Songhu is extremely huge, and it can receive huge income of hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
At this moment, the car Liu Jin was riding was driving around the campus of Songhu Institute of Technology. This Songhu Institute of Technology is a private university jointly funded by capitalists, businessmen, and gentry in the Songhu area.
But it is precisely because Chinese people value education that we have been able to cultivate thousands of college students and a large number of scientific and technological talents.
Their colonization of the world is mainly based on plundering precious metal wealth. Only when industry and technology develop to a certain level will they have the ability to truly colonize the world.
But fortunately, Songhu University provides interest-free loans, allowing students to slowly repay the loans after working, which can be regarded as encouraging education and learning.
Liu Jin is very fortunate to be able to stand in such a position and make some contributions to this great nation and country, so that this great nation and country can not go through those difficult years and become the most powerful in this era.
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What's more important is that Ming people are very strong and always want to compete with the best in everything.
It mainly focuses on cultivating science and engineering talents, and is mainly targeted at local students in the Songhu area. After graduation, most of the students will be recruited by these local businesses and enterprises.
A major feature of private schools is that tuition fees are very expensive. The same is true for Songhu University. The tuition for students there requires more than 100 taels of silver per year, which is almost half the annual income of ordinary Ming people.
The millions of taels of silver at that time were not comparable to the millions of taels of silver today. At that time, overseas gold and silver had not yet flowed into the Ming Dynasty on a large scale. The silver and gold in the Ming Dynasty were very small and extremely valuable.
This is incomparable to the magic cities of later generations.
But when it comes to asking their children not to study, they will refuse, and they all know the importance of studying. All this is just the strong will of the Chinese people.
Such a huge population was something that European countries simply could not provide. During this period, European countries generally had a population of several million, and it was impossible to say that they could move out all their millions of people.
Just like in later generations, the chip must be the best, the aircraft must be the best, the technology must be the most advanced, and the country must be the most powerful. In any case, everything must be compared with the most powerful and powerful.
Songhu's superior location destined it to become a super metropolis sooner or later, and the rapid development of maritime trade and transportation destined all this.
Of course, in itself, the huge population and size of the Ming Empire cannot be compared with European countries. Spain, Portugal, England, France, etc. that colonized early in history were all small and had small populations.
In order to buy the entire Songhu, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao spent millions of taels of silver.
In addition, in terms of new learning, because the new learning was founded by Liu Jin, more attention was paid to this point, which also ensured relative fairness.
Of course, this is something that Liu Jin always paid great attention to when he was the chief minister of the cabinet, that is, the idea of balanced development.
Moreover, the people of the Ming Dynasty also embarked on the road of capitalism, industrialization, and technology. With the development of various factors, the powerful Ming Empire was born.
All other land is only for rent and not for sale, no matter how much money is paid. The rent can be cheaper and the long-term stable income can also be continuously improved with the prosperity of Shengye. The income is very considerable.
And compared to the magical cities of later generations, it can be clearly felt that the people here in Songhu now have a much more relaxed mentality.
Of course, there is another very important factor, that is, almost all the land in Songhu belongs to Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.
The Ming Empire was different. Not to mention anything else, in terms of colonization alone, the Ming Empire could easily and continuously move millions of people to new lands.
These industries provide a large number of high-paying jobs and positions for Songhu, and also create a steady stream of huge wealth for Songhu.
Because we have an extremely detailed and long-term plan, we can plan the correct path suitable for the development of Songhu.
In comparison, of course the schools founded by Liu Jin are better because they provide free education, which is Liu Jin's way of giving back to society and the Ming Dynasty.
After getting off the ship, Liu Jin got into the car and asked the driver to drive around Songhu to see the situation in various places in Songhu.
The development of Huguang, Jiangxi, and South Zhili regions is quite rapid, and the development among the provinces is relatively balanced. This is naturally of great benefit to Songhu, and it also greatly promotes the development of Songhu region.
Here, shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, steel, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, electrical industry, finance and many other emerging industries are developing extremely rapidly, and these industries all require technology and capital, and they are also the world's largest industries during this period.
Making money, the industry with the highest technological content.
After traveling overseas for more than ten years, I finally returned to the Ming Dynasty and set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty again. I was already in my sixties and my hair was gray.
Although the Magic City of later generations is known as an international Magic City, in fact, it mainly relies on the huge land behind it. In terms of top industries on a global scale, the Magic City does not have many advantages.
If there are several children in the family attending college at the same time, the tuition fees alone will be a huge amount.
Of course, schools during this period were almost all private. Therefore, in various parts of the Ming Dynasty and in each province, people also took the lead in raising funds to establish colleges and universities. In many places, there were local universities. These universities were mainly aimed at students from their respective regions.
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The people of Ming Dynasty who lived in the land of Ming Dynasty were naturally the happiest people in this period. Their incomes were high and prices were low. The key was that they were very confident and very proud.
The original several million taels of silver, the current income is simply impossible to calculate.
Why can we develop in future generations?
That's because we have attached great importance to education since ancient times. Reading is the only quality that is inferior to others. Perhaps many people look down on scholars, saying that studying in college is useless, and that college students are also working part-time or something.
The Chinese people who attach great importance to education and inheritance are not too bad no matter what. They can survive no matter how many hardships they encounter. This nation takes the initiative and is a great nation that stands at the top of the world's powerful nations.
The Ming Empire was different. The entire Ming Empire was vast and sparsely populated, rich in resources, vast land, advanced science and technology, industrial development, and financial development. All these made the Ming Empire the most powerful country in the world.
At the same time, he failed to keep up with the development trend of the times and missed the best century of development. In the end, he had a hundred years of suffering and his back was almost broken.
Such a national characteristic and spirit is destined that this great nation will continue to grow stronger. No matter how many difficulties there are, it will not be able to defeat it, but will make it stronger.
At the same time, it is located at the outlet of the Yangtze River. The entire Yangtze River Basin is the basic base of Songhu, and the Yangtze River has always been one of the richest areas in the Ming Dynasty.
This has been the case since ancient times. Chinese people who are very strong, even though they appear to be modest and gentle on the surface and don't seem to fight for anything, in their hearts, all Chinese people have a strong heart.
Because Liu Jin has no intention of selling the land in his hands, all the land is only for rent and not for sale, except for the fact that his real estate firm has developed a large number of real estate projects.
Liu Jin knew very well that only education can truly change a person's life and destiny. Only by receiving education can one gain knowledge, know right from wrong, and have unlimited possibilities.
Not only has it become the largest country in the world, it also has a large number of colonies and vassal states. In the final analysis, these colonies and vassal states actually belong to the Ming Dynasty and are occupied by their own people.
Perhaps the current Songhu cannot be compared with the Songhu of later generations, and has not yet reached the scale and prosperity of the magic city of later generations.
Compared with later generations, there is not much difference between the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the coastal areas now, and the river transportation value of the Yangtze River has been maximized.
If you want to change the destiny of the entire country and nation, you need to pay more attention to education. Only when thousands of educated people enter the society and contribute to the construction and development of the entire country, will the entire country and nation be successful.
Hope is full of power.
This is the importance of education to a country. For individuals, there are thousands of examples. Countless farmers' children have transcended social classes through education and reading.
After walking around in Songhu, Liu Jin was filled with emotions and thought of many, many things in his heart.
In addition, when Liu Jin was still in government and opposition parties, he presided over the project of dredging the Yangtze River channel and building Yangtze River ports and docks, which greatly increased the value of Yangtze River river transportation.
The white-haired Liu Jin stood on the deck of the cruise ship and looked at the prosperous Songhu in front of him, the Great Shanghai of later generations, and the Magic City.
Without access to vast tracts of land and resources overseas, the living space is too small.
At that time, several million taels of silver was a truly huge sum of money. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao used this money to buy almost the entire Songhu.
Residential areas, industrial areas, commercial areas, etc., everything is neatly planned, which is also an important reason for the rapid development of Songhu.
And now the Ming Empire has not only enjoyed the greatest benefits of the Age of Discovery, but has almost occupied all the land and resources in the world.
Relatively speaking, places with money naturally have more advantages, while places without money will suffer a lot more.
In science and technology, quotas are allocated according to the number of people in each province, and there are three rankings for examination and admission: north, south, and east. Generally speaking, this is very fair.
The income of the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area may not be as high as that of the farmers in Liaodong and Black Soil Provinces. They are not as free and comfortable as others. They feel like they are trapped in a cage in the city. On the contrary, the farmers live comfortably in the towns.
Little days.
For example, the development of Huguang and Jiangxi in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the development of the Chengdu and Chongqing regions in the southwest, and the promotion of the development of Liaodong, Nanyang and other regions are all for the balanced development of the Ming Dynasty as a whole.
Because the Ming Empire is now the most advanced, developed, and powerful empire in the world, Songhu can be at the top of the global industrial chain.
This is natural. No matter where they live, Ming people have a relatively relaxed and peaceful mentality. There is no sense of urgency, and there is no regional discrimination.
This led to the rise of the entire country and the great rejuvenation of the nation.
To the south are Zhejiang, Fujian, Ryukyu, Guangdong and Guangxi, as well as the Nanyang provinces of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, you can go to the overseas vassal states and colonies of the Ming Dynasty, and you can also go to Australia and Golden Island.
In addition, there are more people and less resources in later generations, and competition is very fierce. Whether you are a person from the Magic City or someone from other places, life is generally very tiring.
Let's not talk about the huge value brought by the appreciation of land. Now almost every inch of land in Songhu is very valuable. The key is that even if every inch of land is very valuable, there is still no land to buy.
Colonization brought a large amount of land, resources and wealth to the Ming Empire, and moved a large number of Ming people out, which greatly alleviated the contradiction between man and land and the internal contradictions within the Ming Dynasty.
From the beginning, attention was paid to balanced development in this area, and the same was true for the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty. The quotas in each province were allocated based on the population of each province.
Nowadays, it can be said that the entire Songhu belongs to Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao. Liu Jin has always had extremely detailed and reasonable planning for these lands.
We will not allocate too much fiscal funds to one place, but focus more on the overall balanced development.
In addition, another very important aspect is education. In this regard, the Beijing-Tianjin area and the Magic City area have great advantages in education and occupy a lot of resources. Compared with other places, it is very
unfair.
Of course, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao's initial investment also received huge returns beyond imagination.
Unknowingly, we will compare the present Ming Dynasty with that of later generations. Generally speaking, later generations suffer because they missed out on the huge benefits of the Age of Discovery.
You can only establish colonial strongholds one after another, each with hundreds or thousands of people, and rely on colonial trade to earn a large amount of gold, silver, etc.
The Ming Empire, on the other hand, could occupy large tracts of land on a large scale and directly turn a piece of land into its own territory, instead of just plundering gold and silver.
This is why the Ming Empire was able to go through a path that took Europeans hundreds of years to go through in just a few decades, because the Ming Empire was large enough and had enough population, capital and market.
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