Chapter 788, Immigrants from the Prairie to Australia
"We are also doing ready-made garments, and the business is okay, but my father ordered the construction of a new factory when I went to Nanyang."
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Wang Shouren said helplessly.
In the Ming Dynasty, you basically buy the cloth yourself and make the clothes yourself. If you have the conditions, you go to a tailor shop and find someone to tailor it. There are few ready-made clothes for sale.
Wang Shouren saw this opportunity and opened a garment factory. He thought the business would not be very good, but unexpectedly the business was very popular.
When you buy fabrics and make clothes at home, it is inevitable that the clothes will not be made well. Many times, the clothes are either not the right size, or the design is unreasonable and unsightly.
The clothes produced by the Wang family's garment factory are, after all, professional. The colors, materials, designs, etc. are naturally better looking than those made by many people themselves.
Once the ready-made clothes were launched, they became a big hit. Not only were they very popular in the Ming Dynasty, they were also sold to North Korea and Japan, allowing the Wang family to make ample profits from this area.
The fabric produced by the Wang family's own factory does not even need to be exported, it can just be supplied to its own garment factory.
"That's it~"
Liu Jin understood immediately and nodded slightly, then frowned and said: "It's not that the output of cotton and wool is not enough, but because there are too many new factories and there is too much demand for raw materials."
"This is going to be troublesome. Without wool and cotton, all the newly invested textile factories will go bankrupt."
"Then there is nothing we can do about it. There are too many new factories."
"Especially here in the south, there are thousands of new factories invested and built this year alone. Factories of all sizes are spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. Because food prices have plummeted, many places have used fertile land to plant mulberry trees to raise silkworms."
Wang Gui next to him also said helplessly.
"This is not possible. There are so many factories that affect all aspects. If they lose all their money due to the scarcity of cotton and wool and the skyrocketing prices, this will also have a huge impact on our Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly and said.
These emerging capitalists in the north have tasted the sweetness and grown rapidly. Only this year have these people in the south truly begun to integrate into the era of great navigation, colonization and emerging capital.
We cannot let them get slapped in the face as soon as they enter, as this can easily dampen their enthusiasm, and more importantly, it will hinder the emergence and development of Ming capitalism.
"There are only two ways to solve this problem."
"One reduces demand and the other increases supply."
"It's not possible to reduce demand now, we can only increase supply."
Wang Shouren also nodded slightly, thought for a while and said: "This year, cotton has been planted on a large scale in many places in Ming Dynasty, but it still cannot meet the market demand. Winter has just entered, and cotton was just picked in the autumn not long ago. The reserves are
There are still more.”
"We can still hold on for a while. In the first half of next year, when everyone's cotton is used up, and the sheep in the northern grasslands no longer produce wool in winter, problems will really arise."
"How is the cotton here in the Western Region?"
After thinking about it, Liu Jin raised another question about Wang Gui, Wang Shouren's subordinate.
"The cotton output in the Western Region is very high, but the Oara Junggar tribe that controls the Western Region knows that our Ming Dynasty has a high demand for cotton, and deliberately raises the price of cotton. In addition, the Western Region is far away and transportation is extremely difficult. The price of cotton in the Western Region is
Several times the price of our cotton in Ming Dynasty."
"There is no profit at all from using cotton from the Western Regions. Even the wool from the Western Regions is much more accurate than the wool from the northern grasslands controlled by our Ming Dynasty."
Wang Gui thought for a while and immediately replied: "But in addition to the Western Regions, there are many trading houses in Tianzhu now purchasing cotton. The cotton output in Tianzhu is also very high. The key is that the price is very cheap."
"Western Region~"
"Wala, Junggar~"
"Cianzhu!"
After Liu Jin heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "I am worried that I can't find an excuse to clean up the Western Regions. This year we conquered the Nanyang region, and next year it will be our turn to use force against the Western Regions. By then, we will capture the Western Regions, cotton, and so on."
We can’t just transport the wool.”
The Western Region has always been an extremely important cotton producing area. In later generations, Xinjiang's cotton not only had high yields, but also was of very good quality, and its long-staple cotton was world-renowned.
In addition, the countries in Central Asia in later generations are also important cotton producers. The climate and geography in this area are really suitable for the growth of cotton.
In addition, these places in the Western Regions have a large number of high-quality pastures and are also important livestock areas. They are also extremely important wool production areas.
In the past, I always felt that the Ming Dynasty could not find the desire and motivation to actively expand externally. Now it seems that it may not need to do anything on its own. Soon, these emerging textile capitalists in the Ming Dynasty will push the Ming Dynasty to use troops in the Western Regions.
The Ming Dynasty needed cotton and wool from the Western Regions.
"Want to conquer the Western Region?"
Zhu Houzhao, who had been listless, immediately became energetic when he heard this and asked excitedly.
"Ahem, Your Highness, there's nothing wrong with that. The imperial court just conquered Nanyang this year, so it still takes a year or two to cultivate."
Liu Jin said quickly.
"You just made it clear that you wanted to conquer the Western Regions."
Zhu Houzhao said very seriously.
"No~"
"Old Wang, did I just say this?"
Liu Jin asked Wang Shouren with a confused look on his face.
"Yes, yes, we are talking about wool and cotton."
Wang Shouren naturally understood what Liu Jin meant. Zhu Houzhao liked marching and fighting the most. If he really knew about it, he might run out secretly. If something happened then, it would really be over.
"Hmph~"
"If you want to lie to me, there is no way."
"But, conquering the Western Regions is the Western Regions. I heard that there are still a lot of good things in the Western Regions. We should have conquered the Western Regions a long time ago."
Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and smiled, as if he wanted to lie to me?
He didn't even look at who I was, but he was thinking about how he would get in if he really went to the Western Regions next year. :(/
"Ahem, cough, cough, actually we are discussing the migration of northern grassland people to Australia."
"This newly discovered Australia is very large, and is no worse than our own Ming Dynasty. In the southeastern part of Australia, there are abundant water and grass, a vast land and sparsely populated areas, which is very suitable for the development of animal husbandry."
"This grassland is located to the north of our Ming Dynasty capital. In fact, it is not suitable for excessive grazing. Once the grassland is degraded, it will become a desert in the future. Therefore, we must continuously reduce the quantity and scale of grazing in the grassland province."
"The best way is naturally to move the prairie people to Australia. In addition, there is news from the Golden Continent. In the Southern Golden Continent, an extremely vast grassland has also been discovered, which is very suitable for grazing."
"I am going to suggest to His Majesty that some grassland people be moved to Australia and the South Golden Continent to graze in these places. By expanding the scale of breeding and grazing, there will be more wool in the future."
Liu Jin thought for a while, rolled his eyes and said.
"Is it possible to move the grassland people to Australia and South Australia?"
When Wang Shouren heard this, he immediately became interested and immediately asked someone to get a map and study it carefully.
"What's wrong?"
"Australia and the Golden Continent are vast and sparsely populated, with vast grasslands and abundant water and grass. They are the most suitable places for grazing."
"But I also know what you are worried about. We not only need to move the prairie people to Australia, but we also need to move more Han people to these places. In Australia, we will build large pastures and prescribed pastures here in Golden Continent.
Transition from nomadic grazing to stationary grazing.”
"All problems can be solved naturally."
Liu Jin smiled and said.
Just kidding, Australia and Argentina in later generations were the ranches and meat warehouses of the world, and the bald eagles in North America were also the largest beef producers in the world.
These places are very suitable for the development of animal husbandry.
What Wang Shouren is worried about is whether after the grassland people are moved to this place, they will revive in these places and re-establish their empire in the sea.
There is no need to worry. When they go overseas, they will only become more dependent on the Ming Dynasty. What's more, with the development of the Ming Dynasty, guns and artillery are becoming more and more powerful. Do you still expect to use war horses and scimitars to beat the world?
If it didn’t even have this little bit of confidence and strength, how could the Ming Dynasty talk about colonizing the world?
"If Australia and Golden Continent can build a large number of farms and raise a large number of cattle and sheep, it will indeed increase wool production."
"And the climate in the southern hemisphere is just opposite to that in the northern hemisphere. When we have winter, they have summer. In the future, we don't have to worry about running out of wool in winter."
Wang Shouren thought for a while and nodded, expressing his agreement.
He also knows about the situation in Australia. The Ming Dynasty Morning Post has a detailed description of Australia. Now there are many treasure hunters in Australia looking for gold, silver, copper mines, etc.
Australia is close to Nanyang. It is very convenient to travel to Australia. There are islands along the way and it is very safe.
"Go, go, go to the palace to find His Majesty."
"Winter is coming soon. While the temperature is not very cold yet, we may seize the time to move to Australia first."
Liu Jin smiled and pulled Lao Wang directly, and Zhu Houzhao hurriedly walked towards the palace.
Relocating the prairie people to Australia is a big deal. All aspects need to be taken into consideration. The most important thing is to consider the emotions of the prairie people.
To move from the grasslands in the north to Australia, which is as far away as the sky and the corner of the sea, I guess few grassland people would be willing to go, but it would definitely not be possible without moving them.
It has been okay in the past few years. After several wars, almost all the men on the grassland have died, and the remaining ones are women and children. But as time goes by, coupled with the abundant supplies, the population of the grassland will definitely expand rapidly.
We will still have to face this problem at that time.
It is better to take advantage of now, when the majesty of the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, to move people out.
If you leave early, you have to slowly form a rule, and you will naturally get used to moving out.
And some people have migrated to Australia and the Golden Continent. After discovering that this place is indeed a paradise, they will naturally gradually have no objections and even actively cooperate with the migration themselves.
In this way, the grassland problem can be easily solved. Although it is a bit difficult and problematic now, it is completely controllable and solveable.
