Liu Jin explained the establishment of a colonial stronghold in detail, and Tian Erniu and Zhao Houhou also knew what to do.
This trip to Golden Continent is not just about precious metals such as royal family and silver, but also to prepare for the future long-term immigration to Golden Continent, to lay the foundation, and to prepare for the establishment of fixed routes to Golden Continent in the future.
"Sun Xin~"
After talking about the Golden Continent, Liu Jin turned his attention to Sun Xin.
"Son~"
Sun Xin quickly replied respectfully.
"This time, I will send you to the south, to this location, Songhu~"
"You take ten million taels of silver and go to Songhu and buy as much land as possible around the Huangpu River in Songhu."
Liu Jin opened the map of the Ming Dynasty, and then drew a circle at Songhu, the outlet of the Yangtze River. Songhu is also the Shanghai of later generations. If you are a person of later generations, you should know the geographical location and important role of Shanghai.
As the outlet of the Yangtze River, and at the same time backed by the richest and most prosperous Jiangnan region, Shanghai will definitely be the economic center of China in later generations.
It is foreseeable that with the advent of ocean trade and the colonial era, Songhu's position will become increasingly prominent.
Now the only truly open port in the Ming Dynasty is Tianjin, and more ports will definitely be opened next. Tianjin is in the north, Songhu is indispensable in the south, and Guangzhou is indispensable in the south.
At this time, the economic center of the Ming Dynasty was actually in the south. The Ming court's tax revenue mainly came from the Jiangnan region. Capitalism in the north was developing rapidly. Naturally, the Jiangnan region could not just watch.
If the Ming Dynasty was to rapidly develop towards the colonial and maritime ages, the south of the Ming Dynasty must develop.
It's just that at the time, the stubborn forces in the Jiangnan area were too strong.
The main force opposing the sea ban came from the Jiangnan area. Shilin in the Jiangnan area had extremely powerful power in the Ming court.
They oppose the establishment of a sea ban and want to monopolize the huge profits from maritime trade. This has led to the fact that there have been no open ports in the south.
However, as Emperor Hongzhi continued to attack these Jiangnan scholars, the voice of Jiangnan scholars in the court quickly weakened, coupled with the rise of capitalism in the Beijing-Tianjin region and the huge profits from maritime trade.
The places in the south are also ready to take action. Many officials in the Jiangnan region have written many times to develop foreign ports in the Jiangnan region.
Whether it is the development needs of the Ming Dynasty's economy or the voice from the Jiangnan region, it is only a matter of time before the Jiangnan region opens its ports.
And with the passage of time, slowly all the ports in Daming were gradually opened to the outside world.
Songhu is such an important location, but Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, knew that once Songhu developed, every inch of land would be extremely valuable.
But now, Songhu is a very backward place. There are just some fields, and no one realizes the importance of Songhu at all.
Therefore, Liu Jin is also planning to start in advance. Just like Tianjin, he will first buy large-scale land and buy all the land in Songhu. When Songhu develops, not to mention other things, he will just change hands and sell these lands.
Once the land is sold, you can make a lot of money.
Of course, Liu Jin would definitely not play at such a low level.
Liu Jin plans to copy the Tianjin model in Songhu, buy land on a large scale, and then plan the entire Songhu, planning everything in an orderly manner, so that the value and benefits can be maximized.
It can also better promote the development of Songhu and serve the development of southern capitalism.
"Songhu?"
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao, Sun Xin, and Liu Jin couldn't help but look at the map at the same time, and looked at it carefully.
"What's so special about Songhu that it's worthy of Old Liu's help and asking Sun Xin to bring tens of millions of taels of silver to buy land?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at the map carefully and studied Songhu.
"It's a good place. It's at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it's backed by the richest Jiangnan area. But if you invest these tens of millions of taels, do you want it to be the same as here in Tianjin?"
Zhu Houzhao quickly thought of something and couldn't help laughing.
"Old Liu is really a profiteer. He made the plans in advance. Tsk tsk, the person who sold the land in Songhu will probably cry to death in the future."
Zhu Houzhao thought of the miserable landlords in the Beijing-Tianjin area.
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao bought almost all the land in Tianjin and Beijing. It was very cheap when they bought it, especially in Tianjin.
The land near the seaside is all saline-alkali land and the like, which is not valuable at all. When I bought it, one tael of silver could buy a lot of land.
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were so frantic that they almost bought all the land in Tianjin.
Now, with the rise of Tianjin New Town, the development of Tianjin Port, and the rise of capitalism in Tianjin, land prices in Tianjin have skyrocketed.
The closer you get to Tianjin Port, the more expensive the land in Tianjin New City is. One acre of land has now cost several hundred taels of silver, or more than hundreds of times.
The key is that there is no place to buy land even if there is money, because all the land has been bought by Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao. Liu Jin has no intention of taking action, but slowly plans and develops it.
First, build spacious cement roads to make the entire area accessible in all directions, then rent out, build commercial streets, and build communities. In short, the planning is neat and tidy, so that the entire Tianjin New City will be completely like the traditional Ming Dynasty city.
no the same.
These measures have further pushed up the price of land in Tianjin. Countless people want to buy land here, but there is no way.
At most, the land here can be rented out to you to run factories or workshops.
In order to attract the population and promote employment, Liu Jin's rents were very cheap. Anyway, the purpose was to attract people first. Even in the factory area, Liu Jin had a large number of factories built for rent.
Under this series of operations, the population of Tianjin as a whole has increased. The population of Tianjin New Town alone has exceeded 2 million.
Then Liu Jin continued to open real estate projects. The buildings above were sold, and the shops below were still rented out. Now the rent received every year alone is more than the total money invested in buying the land.
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As a shareholder, Zhu Houzhao certainly knew all this, so he immediately knew that Liu Jin was going to do something bad, which was nothing more than copying Tianjin here in Songhu.
"It seems like we can send someone to Songhu to buy some land~"
Liu Jin's little eyes were also rolling. He also made a lot of money by following Zhu Houzhao. As long as Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao invested in something, he would invest with them.
There is a trading house in Tianjin that Liu Jin funded and established, specifically to make a fortune following Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.
Because he found that as long as he followed Liu Jin, he would not be able to make enough money.
Although he is just a little eunuch beside the prince, he is worth a lot of money. Now he no longer accepts any money from everyone.
That little money of filial piety is almost the same as sending someone to beg for food. He has plenty of money. As long as he follows Liu Jin, he can easily earn money. Why bother to collect that little money? He only collects tens of thousands of taels of silver in a year, which is not enough.
Stuff between teeth.
"Sir, are you going to Songhu to buy land?"
Sun Xin looked at Songhu's position and said with some confusion.
"Yes, after buying all the land on both sides of the Huangpu River, Songhu will become Tianjin in the south. And once the south develops, it is estimated that it will soon surpass the north. Maybe within a few years, this Songhu will be
It’s hard to say that Shanghai can surpass Tianjin.”
Liu Jin nodded and said bluntly.
“More than Tianjin?”
"That's unlikely, isn't it?"
Sun Xin thought for a while and said with some doubt.
"Do not believe?"
"Then let's take a look slowly."
"The economic center of our Ming Dynasty has always been in the south. The grain, cloth, silk, tea, salt, etc. produced in the entire Jiangnan region have always accounted for more than half of our Ming Dynasty."
"In the past two years, the factories, workshops and sea trade in the north have developed, and they can barely be compared with those in the south. But where is the foundation of the south and what are the conditions? Once it develops, the speed will be
Very fast and has great potential.”
Liu Jin said very confidently.
In fact, as early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the economic center had already moved to the south. The population of the south also exceeded that of the north. Coupled with the favorable natural conditions, the development speed of the south was definitely faster than that of the north.
"In the future, not only Songhu, but also Guangzhou at the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong also has great potential. With the rise of maritime trade in the coastal areas, these places can also develop rapidly.
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"Of course, the same is true for areas along the river, such as Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. They can develop rapidly both by the sea and the river."
Liu Jin pointed at the Ming Dynasty's territory, circled some areas on it, and said very confidently.
The Ming Dynasty is a giant dragon. It used to be locked up by itself. Once it is released, it can shake the whole world. Its natural conditions are really superior.
It has a vast territory, a large population, superior natural conditions, a very long coastline, and rivers such as the Yangtze River and the Pearl River that can be transported by river.
In addition, we have the most hardworking and intelligent nation in the world.
This is destined to always be one of the most powerful nations on the planet.
What Liu Jin has to do now is to completely release it, liberate it from the cage it is imprisoned in, and seize more territory and resources while the colonial era has just emerged.
