After hearing the letter that Zhen Feng and others had arrived in Haizhou, Lin Fu did not delay in Shouzhou any longer. He, Gao Zongting, Wang Chengfu, Sun Shangwang, Song Jia, Liu Miaozhen and others took a boat from Shouzhou and rushed to Haizhou to meet them.
People from Haidong.
Going down the Huaihe River from Shouzhou is very fast, but it still takes three or four days to reach Haizhou. During these three or four days, Lin Fuze, Gao Zongting, Wang Chengfu, Sun Shangwang and others further elaborated
discuss the policies and policies of overseas colonial merchants.
Lin Fu sat in the cabin with the windows open, sitting around the table with everyone, and talked eloquently: "Huaidong's trade penetration into Haidong began eleven years ago. It is supported by strong maritime armaments and Jeju Island."
, Dongzhou Dudufu as a foothold, in the form of a free trade port, in just a few years, the regional trade scale of Haidong has reached more than 20 million silver dollars. In comparison, Nanyang covers a larger area, only
Including the Nanyang Islands and the Kingdom of Annan, the area is six to eight times that of Haidong, and its population is two to three times that of Haidong. Further to the west, there is the Jiduo Dynasty (now South Asia, India, etc.), which is said to be full of gold.
(land), its area and population are equivalent to those of Yuanyue before the war, and there will be hundreds of millions - which means that the trade potential that the Nanyang region can develop in the near future is more than ten times that of the Haidong region: Shang Wang, Chengfu,
The pressure on your shoulders is not light..."
Sun Shangwang nodded. The trade volume must be ten times that of the Haidong region, which is 20 million silver dollars. And now relying on free trade, in five or six years, the annual trade volume with the countries in the Nanyang region has reached 10 million silver dollars.
, has almost reached the bottleneck, and it is not that difficult to increase it another twenty times.
Sun Shangwang said: "If we want to continue to expand the scale of Nanyang trade, one is to continue to extend the route to the west, and the other is to learn from Haidong's example..."
To learn from Haidong is to combine military and trade expansion. If necessary, you can also carry out military deterrence and occupation. You can directly or cooperate with local nobles to exploit the resources that Huaidong urgently needs, such as gold, silver, copper mines, etc., or force large-scale expansion in the local area.
Plant cotton cane on a large scale to supply the shortage in Huaidong, instead of just being limited to traditional trade goods.
Just like when the traditional trade goods of Haiyang County were not enough to support the large-scale trade with other forces in Haidong, Huaidong Bank borrowed large sums of money from Haiyang's wealthy families so that they could organize cheaper local operations.
labor force to mine high-quality Shannan coal to supply Jianghuai.
It is no longer just a trade infiltration, but will evolve into an emerging financial colonial strategy - Huaidong Bank lends money to overseas forces, relying on the powerful naval force behind it, and is not afraid that Haiyang County will not return it
With the money, you can still earn huge profits. But if this strategy continues to be implemented, Huaidong Bank and the forces behind it will need to maintain the naval force that threatens overseas, and they will need the Central Bank to maintain a strategy of continuous overseas expansion.
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All factors are complementary to each other. Without the strategy of external expansion and strong naval armaments, the many forces gathered under Huaidong Bank and Blackwater Shipping Company would not be able to obtain excess profits from overseas; and those gathered under
There are many forces under Huaidong Bank and Blackwater Shipping Company. If they want to continue to obtain excess profits from overseas, they must ensure that the center maintains its overseas expansion strategy and maintains strong naval armaments.
After the government came to power, the core supporting the center was actually mainly composed of various forces that supported the expansion of colonization and merchants. The establishment of the Colonial Bank completely tied the center to the path of outward expansion and colonization and merchants.
superior.
"Well," Lin Fu nodded and said, "This time I convened the heroes of Haidong in Haizhou to discuss the matter, and asked you and Chengfu to participate. The purpose is to establish a silver bank. Nanyang Shipping Company seriously considered Haidong.
model."
The establishment of Huaidong Bank originated from the "Pian Qian Discussion Policy" presented by Wang Chengfu in the 11th year of Chongguan.
However, the Huaidong Bank established at that time mainly attracted principal from the Maritime Group and the Dongyang Township Party in the early days. Wang Chengfu was also not qualified at that time, so Lin Fu appointed Zhou Guangnan and Lin Mengde to take charge of it.
Using Wang Chengfu to take charge of the colonial bank this time can be regarded as a balance, and Wang Chengfu's talent and familiarity with the bank's operations are not inferior to those of Zhou Guangnan and others; and Sun Shangwang was also the first to assist Lin Fu in running the bank.
The core figure of Jinhai Liangdao is skilled in shipping, transportation and military affairs.
Therefore, Lin Fu designated Wang and Sun as the core figures for the subsequent trade expansion in Nanyang.
Sun Shangwang said, "At present, there is an urgent need in Southeast Asia, and there are islands that can be used to build military ports. One of them is Luga Island in the southwest of Luzon. Its land is as large as Xisha Island, and it can lead to Luzon, Sulu, and Malaysia by sea.
Man and other island countries. The natives of Luga were conquered by the Luzon Kingdom sixteen years ago. Only thousands of tribes were left to work as slaves on the island. The minister used a boat of lake silk to buy the entire Luga Island and thousands of slaves.
If you want to build a military port and garrison troops, Luga Island is the most convenient..."
Lin Fu recalled that later the United States purchased Arras from Tsarist Russia for millions of dollars. He was also interested in using money to pave the way for the expansion of Southeast Asia in order to reduce local resistance.
Lake silk is gorgeous, thin and light, and is shipped to Southeast Asia for sale. It is particularly expensive. A boatload of Lake silk in Southeast Asia is worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of silver. Compared with the desert islands where Fan slaves live on the edge of the country, Lu
The nobles of the Song Dynasty did not feel that there was any disadvantage in this transaction.
At present, Nanyang trade is dominated by luxury goods such as silk, tea and porcelain. Although there is no resistance to these luxury goods in Nanyang, the trade volume is limited and will soon reach a bottleneck. In the future, Lin Fu will use new cloth and ironware to foreign colonists.
The main products are primary industrial products, which will touch the traditional interests of local forces and will be strongly resisted. At the same time, the vigorous maritime trade will breed pirate forces on a large scale.
Whether it is forcibly opening the trade doors of the Southeast Asian countries, or suppressing the pirate forces around the routes, and maintaining the smooth flow of trade routes, it is necessary to maintain deterrent naval armaments in the Southeast Asia.
Lin Fu was willing to exchange ten boats of lake silk or even more goods for an island of almost seven to eight hundred square kilometers, which was easy to build a military port, close to Luzon, Sulu and other countries, and located on the South Sea route; one boat
It is really cheap to exchange the lake silk for a big island.
Looking at Sun Shangwang unfolding a more detailed map of the Nanyang Islands, Lin Fu said: "The Lujia Governor's Office can be set up to take charge of island affairs and commercial affairs of Luzon, Sulu and other countries; the candidate needs to be familiar with Nanyang affairs...
Then let Sizong go." Lin Fu looked at the young man Sun Sizong standing next to Sun Shangwang and asked, "How about it? You don't mind that Luga is a scorching wasteland, right?"
Sun Sizong was Sun Shangwang's eldest brother. He survived the Yannan War at the age of seventeen, and later worked as an official with Sun Shangwang. He was only twenty-six years old at this time.
Sun Shangwang governed Yizhou, and he sent Sun Sizong to the Nanyang twice on ships to inspect the customs and customs of the Nanyang countries. As a first-hand source of information on Nanyang maritime trade, he was indeed one of the young officials most familiar with Nanyang affairs.
At this time, Luga Island was only a semi-developed island inhabited by thousands of slaves. Huaidong had only built a supply base in Luga before, with more than a hundred soldiers stationed and several offshore warships stationed. Speaking of prosperity,
The level is not even as good as that of the Xiangsi in the Jiangnan area.
However, the newly established Luga Governor's Palace is even half a level higher than the ordinary state capital. Although the main island is deserted, it is on the golden route from Quanyi to Luzon, Sulu and other countries, and has a protected route.
The important task of combating piracy.
In addition to a certain number of island guards who will be under the direct jurisdiction of the Governor's Office, the elite combat forces of the navy will also be stationed for a long time to threaten surrounding pirate forces and Luzon, Sulu and other countries.
Even without talking about anything else, just having hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of slaves is a huge power - such a good job fell on Sun Sizong. In addition to Sun Sizong's familiarity with Nanyang affairs, Lin Fu was also familiar with
Considering that Sun Shangwang’s uncle and nephew have made great achievements in governing Yizhou over the years.
"Sizong will definitely live up to his lord's heavy responsibility!" Sun Sizong stood at attention and swore without concealing his joy to show his unwavering loyalty.
Lin Fu waved his hand and asked Sun Sizong not to be too serious, and said: "Luga Island is half hills and half fertile soil. The Fan tribe also has the tradition of growing sugarcane. If the colonial Yinzhuang cannot eat all of it, part of the fertile soil can be sold.
Allow Zhejiang and Fujian merchants to plant sugarcane plantations without being restricted by the new tax policy in the mainland - this can also raise funds to operate Luga Island. As for the island guard, I will give you the establishment of a battalion of water infantry. The camp sentry general
, will be transferred to you by the military headquarters. Ordinary soldiers can be recruited from the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian. As for the officials under the governor's office, you choose a list and submit it to the Privy Council Selection Department. As for the Navy, I want Zhao Qingshan to rotate one from the southeast coast.
The brigade warships are stationed on Luga Island; for the products produced locally on Luga Island, I will give you a five-year tax holiday, and then we will wait for Jeju..." In addition to the appointment of officers of the island guard and the rotation of the navy, Lin Fu also
Give Sun Sizong as much autonomy as possible to govern Lujia.
The central government currently cannot allocate much money to operate Luga Island, so the main operation will be colonial banking. However, it cannot completely enslave slaves to work. It also needs to attract some business gentry to hire landless farmers to move to Luga.
Only by adding the island can we achieve the goal of permanently occupying Luga Island.
There are 200,000 to 300,000 acres of fertile land on Luga Island suitable for planting sugar plantations, and there are thousands of slaves who can be used as extremely cheap labor. Merchants in Zhejiang and Fujian are not very unfamiliar with Southeast Asia, especially those who traveled through Southeast Asia with ships.
, operating sugarcane plantations in Nanyang is still very attractive as long as the land is cheap enough - even if no one applies, with the prestige accumulated by Sun Shangwang and Sun Sizong in governing Yizhou for several years, together with the colonial Yinzhuang from Yizhou, Quanzhou
It is not impossible for other places to raise hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on their own and recruit thousands of farmers to run Luga Island.
Lin Fu and Sun Shangwang said: "It is not enough to set up the Governor's Palace in Luqa. A naval base and a Governor's Palace need to be set up between Borneo and Johor. Do you think which place is suitable..."
The Strait of Johor, later known as the Strait of Malacca, was the only way for the Nanyang route to the Chito Dynasty. Only by building a naval base near the Strait of Johor could the Nanyang trade route be smoothly extended to the Chito Dynasty.
In addition, Borneo, later known as Indonesia, was also called the Golden State in the former Chen Dynasty, and was famous for its abundance of gold. If Lin Fu wanted to implement the New Deal, he needed a large amount of precious metals to serve as currency, whether it was trade penetration or strong
Regardless of plundering, the Privy Council now needs to be able to directly utilize the gold and silver resources of Borneo.
In fact, in addition to the gold and silver mines in Borneo, the merchant ships sailing to the South Seas brought Lin Fu two more important Borneo products, which made Lin Fu attach great importance to the trade penetration of Borneo.
One is Borneo fire oil, and the other is Borneo mountain ash.
The so-called Borneo fire oil is petroleum. The oil reservoir in Borneo is very shallow, easy to mine, and the oil is of excellent quality. It can be used directly as lamp oil without refining. Borneo is already used to extracting oil for burning lamps.
In Nanyang, it is known as Borno fire oil.
Lin Fu could not think of other uses for petroleum at this time. Perhaps before the invention of the internal combustion engine, petroleum was not widely used. However, if it was used as lamp oil, it would be very profitable, and the cost of transporting it to the Jianghuai area for sale would be very low.
If large-scale mines are set up for mining, the cost will be significantly reduced.
In order to have a stronger lighting source for the navigation lighthouse, Huaidong even extracted light oil from the residual oil residue of smoldering coal. The cost was twenty to thirty times that of Borneo oil. Regardless of other things, Huaidong was in Hecheng
, Changshan Island, Haizhou and other places set up dozens of large lighthouses, which cost tens of thousands of silver dollars every year just in fuel oil consumption.
After switching to Borneo fire oil, the cost of burning oil for the lighthouse dropped to one-tenth.
Lin Fu remembered that there was oil storage in the Northeast, but the oil reservoir was very deep. The oil reservoir a thousand meters deep was obviously not mineable with the current technical level.
At present, the technology of drilling wells in Shu to mine salt brine is extremely deep, and salt wells can only be drilled to a depth of one hundred feet under the rock at most.
There should be shallow oil in the Western Regions. History books and miscellaneous histories also record that there is black fire oil produced in the Western Regions. It should be oil. However, the high cost of land transportation. If you want to use the oil mined in the Western Regions in the Jianghuai River, you will be shocked just thinking about it.
collapse.
Although there is a sea route of thousands of miles from the Borneo Kingdom to the mouth of the Yangtze River, it takes four or five months for sea ships to go back and forth between the Jianghuai River and the Borneo Kingdom.
But a Linzhengjun-class ship can transport more than 10,000 barrels of kerosene.
At that time, the price of kerosene and pork was the same. A kilogram of meat in Jiangning was worth 60 yuan, and a barrel of kerosene with a net weight of 120 kilograms was worth more than seven silver dollars. In other words, a crew of thirty or forty people operated a ship of Lin Zhengjun.
Class-class seagoing ships can transport nearly 100,000 silver dollars worth of kerosene to Jianghuai for sale within two to three months.
The cost of purchasing this kerosene from Borneo and transporting it to Jianghuai by sea does not cost more than 10,000 silver dollars. Even if the price of oil sold in Jianghuai and other places is reduced by half, one trip by boat can still earn nearly 40,000 silver dollars.
Nowadays, the cost of building a Lin Zhengjun-class merchant ship that can travel far to sea is only 40,000 silver dollars. In other words, you can make a profit from a Lin Zhengjun-class merchant ship by selling kerosene on the ship. The profit is very high.
amazing.
Lin Fu wants to promote glazed lanterns on a large scale. The high cost of glazed lanterns is one of the reasons. The more important reason is that farmers today simply cannot afford to burn lamp oil at night - even now, Borneo's shallow oil resources
, which also made Lin Fu salivate.
Even if it is used as traditional lamp oil, as long as the price is low enough, the potential annual demand for the 50 million people in Jianghuai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Hubei is millions of barrels, and it can even be mined to other places in Haidong and Southeast Asia.
Regional dumping.
Another one is Borneo ash, which is actually volcanic ash deposited by an eruption in an unknown year. In Borneo, locals use this volcanic ash to fertilize their fields and plaster their houses.
The ash from Mount Borneo was transported to Jianghuai by merchant ships. It has been trialed on a small scale in the past two or three years. It has been used to improve the sandy texture along the coast with excellent results. It can make the cotton grain output of the sandy fields catch up with the upper-mature fields in the south of the Yangtze River.
The ash is mixed into the slurry and its adhesion is comparable to Sanhe slurry.
Borneo ash is actually a kind of natural mineral fertilizer and natural concrete. Although its value is not as good as Borneo oil, it is still a profitable cargo shipped to Jianghuai.
Frequent volcanoes in Borneo make its land extremely fertile, and it is also the first choice for the development of various plantations.
Therefore, Lin Fu needs a stronger military presence near Borneo. If possible and necessary, he will not hesitate to annex Borneo militarily when he has spare strength. Due to the memory of later generations, Lin Fu has no intention of Indonesia.
What a good feeling.
"There is a peninsula named Putan in the southeast of Johor, which is connected to Johor. There is water when the tide rises, and there is siltation when the tide falls." Sun Shangwang pointed to the Nanyang chart and told Lin Fu that it was suitable to build a land between Borneo and Johor.
The location of the military garrison, "so although it is connected to the land, there is no channel to connect it. It is regarded as an abandoned land by the Johor State. Only three to five thousand Ban tribes make a living by fishing. In the early years, Nanyang merchant ships often exchanged fresh water with the Ban tribes."
, food, and then bought a village and built a small castle..."
In fact, before today, Nanyang merchant ships followed the Haidong model in their foreign trade penetration, and built several supply stations along the route.
From the end of the previous dynasty to the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of survivors fled to the sea and settled in Nanyang. Before the rise of the East China Sea pirates, many bankrupt and landless farmers from Zhejiang, Fujian and other places went to Nanyang to seek livelihood, which made Nanyang countries such as Luzon and Sulu,
There are many coastal or island areas in Borneo, Johor, Annan and other countries, and there are a large number of sea people who migrated south from the Central Plains to beg for a living, and their status is extremely low.
This was the basis for the large-scale expansion of the Nanyang Commercial Line in just five or six years.
"Johor is further away from the mainland, and the previous dynasty's penetration into Borneo and Johor was limited and its influence was not deep, so a stronger military presence is needed," Lin Fu said to Gao Zongting and others, "You guys can discuss and see if there are suitable candidates.
Approximately how many water infantry troops should be sent there. Occupy Putan, don't think about saving money. Spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy it. If the people of Johor want to take it back in the future, they can also publicly say: This land is our money.