Chapter 96 Dumping
[96] Dumping
The business seat in Nagasaki, the entrance of the mountain foreign goods store is full of onlookers.
"Come and see! Come and see! The best imported goods! Amazing thermos bottle! Put the hot water in in the morning, and it is still steaming when you open it at night! Even if ice cubes are put in, it will not melt at night!
There are also the best bicycles in the world! The two wheels are flexible and durable, and the back can be tied up! Everyone is optimistic that this can run around! An iron horse that doesn't eat grass!
The big names of reading come and have a look. Western pens are colorful and beautiful, and there are ten styles for you to choose!
Everyone come to my store to have a look! ............”
Ichiro Yamashita, the owner of the Yamashita foreign goods store, sat in front of the store and supervised the shouts of the clerks.
The wall in front of the door is surrounded by water, and there is a lot of discussion.
"That thermos bottle is really amazing. I clearly saw the boiling water in the store in the morning and locked in the wooden box. Who knows that when I open the wooden box now, there is still hot water in the bottle!" Someone exclaimed.
"Lanxue is really beneficial, and Sinology seems to be useless anymore." There was a lot of discussion among the crowd.
"Shopkeeper Yamashita, give me a thermos bottle!" A well-dressed warrior squeezed in.
"Yes, Lord Maruyama, I knew that an enlightened person like you who likes imported goods will definitely buy this magical thermos bottle. Please take a look at this bicycle again. Look at this pneumatic tire, this snowy steel wire spokes, this perfect bearing! This black steel body, a galvanized steel faucet as shiny as snowflakes! How beautiful! It's just a work of art!"
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Similar scenes are staged in the shops and streets of various port cities in Japan. Nagasaki, Hakodate, Yokohama, Edo, Osaka, Hyogo, Niigata... Thermos bottles and folding umbrellas can be seen everywhere, and even people riding bicycles to show off on the streets. Every time they ride, there is a group of crazy children shout to follow.
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In 1867, the Tokugawa shogunate agreed to 're return the great government', and in 1868, the 'Meiji Restoration' staged a thousand-year-old bitter counterattack. The emperor came to replace Japan, which was ruled by the shogunate, and is still a country with a serious trade deficit, with more than five times its imports. After founding the country under the banner of "joint with overseas countries", it is suffering from the dumping of industrial products by the great powers. Without the dividends of war, industrialization will not be completed by levying customs duties alone. This is also the driving force for Japan to extend its ambitious hands to Taiwan, Ryukyu and *. Japan needs a neighbor too much. No matter how small the other country is, it can grab a lot of income under burning, killing and plunder. If it can be occupied after *, it will be a colony that can cut wool at will.
In 1871, Japan proposed to Li Hongzhang that Qing and Japan should sign a so-called Japan-China trade treaty based on an unequal treaty between the great powers and the Qing countries, and Li Hongzhang refused in anger contemptuously.
Japan considers that if an equality treaty can be signed, it is also very conducive to aggression*, because * is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. Once Japan can establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Dynasty on an equal footing, it will occupy a very favorable position in the face of *.
So Japan simply proposed to sign an equal treaty. This time, Li Hongzhang was hooked and signed the "Regulations for the Reveling of the Great Qing Dynasty". How did he know that the Japanese had already coveted *.
In 1873, the Japanese minister Vice Island met the Tongzhi Emperor in Ziguang Pavilion and made only three small bows. In that year, the British and French envoys met Tongzhi and made five 90-degree bows. After the incident, the island was extremely proud of taking advantage of Tongzhi, and the wolf's ambition was obvious.
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In the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Japanese Emperor Meiji rode a bicycle with sweat. This is the fifth lap of his ride around the trail outside the imperial garden.
"Lord Moriyama, this kind of bicycle is much better than that made by Britain and France before. Look at this steel, how bright it is! I don't know if it's a new product in the United States?" Meiji touched the discerning galvanized steel pipe faucet of the bicycle and praised it.
"I really don't know that. However, Your Majesty, our 245-ton displacement Yunyang gunship is only equipped with 8 cannons, which scares the Qing Kingdom to silence the Jianghua Island incident. It can be seen that the Qing Dynasty is already a foreign force. As our fleet sailed to * and the marines landed, I think we will be able to successfully seize * and sign the trade treaty, and from then on, let the loyal warriors of Japan complete the first step on the Eurasian continent and complete the starting point of the "Secret Policy of mixing within Usato" written by Sato in 1823, first *, then Manchuria, and then the whole China. Countries, followed by all of Asia.
Speaking of which, Sato Nobubuchi's sage is really a strange person to put forward such an encroaching mainland policy idea so early. Shigeru Moriyama, a policy adviser of Meiji, stood in place and looked at Meiji, who was riding sweaty.
Mei said to Moriyama with complacency, "We want to speed up the construction of industry. The industrial level of the world's powerful industries is really developing too fast. Look, we can't make such small things as thermos bottles, folding umbrellas, and even pens!"
Moriyama Maohu said with a face, "We need money, Your Majesty, a lot of money."
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Yao Fan's products also stimulate major European and American foreign countries.
Since the major foreign banks of the great powers wholesaled the goods to Yao Fan, they all found the great value of these goods at the first time. On the one hand, they send samples back to Europe and the United States for research. At the same time, they arrange personnel to inquire about the source manufacturers, hoping to purchase goods directly from the manufacturers to further increase sales profits.
But for foreign banks, the more important thing is to make money at hand.
As a result, various ports and docks along the coast of the Qing Dynasty and various colonial ports throughout Asia became the first market to receive goods.
As a leader in the foreign trade in Asia, Jardine Yanghang was the first to set up a subcolon in China. The current class of Jardine is York-Resident, a member of the Caesars family and the nephew of William Jardine, the founder of Jardine.
"Tig the European side to check it quickly! I want to know which country and which factory produced it in the shortest time! Why didn't the branches in Europe find such a popular product in advance? Did I pay them so much that they thought they could sleep peacefully in the office?" York-Zardin reprimanded his managers with dissatisfaction in the Hong Kong general account.
There is a disassembled iron shell thermos bottle on the table in front of York-Jardine, which is really a very simple design. The bottom of the iron sheet galvanized shell can be screwed down, and a liner is inserted inside, with a rubber ring on the mouth and bottom of the bottle.
York-Jadian understands that the key here is undoubtedly this silvery, full glass bottle, which is the core body of the insulation of the thermos bottle.
"Send some of these thermos bottles to Cambridge and ask the professors in Great Britain to see what the principle is and whether it can be manufactured in Britain." Jardine ordered.
"Yes, sir."
"And those pens, bicycles and folding umbrellas are sent back with the boat. I bet that these previous watches, printed cotton cloth, folding umbrellas, and new scented soap are all new German and French crafts! Of course, some may be Swiss or Austrian things. I can't imagine that their progress is so fast!" Jardine frowned.
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