Chapter 175 Economic Enclosure
In addition, a group of sailors brought by Robert this time were obviously screened by them. One of the guys named Schumann was actually the captain of a Dutch ship Galion sailboat. He once took the ship to America, but later, because of his drinking problem, he drank at sea and made a mistake. The wrong command of the ship entered the reef group, causing the ship to sink on the reef. As a result, he lost all his money. After finally returned to China, the guy was arrested and locked up for a period of time because of drunken trouble. After being released from prison, this guy was poor and almost died on the street. As a result, this time he heard that the Chinese emperor He wanted to recruit talents like him, so this guy decided to come to China for an adventure to see if he could make some money and go back to China to buy another boat.
When Xiao Tianjian learned that this guy had such a qualification, he was immediately overjoyed. He immediately appointed Schumann as the Ningbo Naval Martial Arts Hall as a nautical instructor. As for the other sailors, he was also sent to the Ningbo Naval Martial Arts Hall and served as an instructor.
As for the remaining shipbuilders, Xiao Tianjian divided them into three batches. One batch was sent to Nanjing China Shipyard, one batch was sent to Ningbo Shipyard, and the other batch was sent directly to the shipyard that had just been built in Dengzhou, so that they could start construction together in three shipyards to build Western-style sailboats for the Greater China and North Korea. In terms of ship type, Xiao Tianjian is not greedy for everything. First, he built a Galen ship of about 100 tons, and then built a large Galen ship with the accumulation of experience.
Of course, Xiao Tianjian can't rely on all these foreign devil shipbuilders to build boats for him in the future. The most important thing is that he needs to cultivate a large number of Chinese craftsmen for him through these people in the future. Therefore, after these people are ordered, everyone is also asked to cultivate at least three apprentices for Dazhong and North Korea, and can't hide. I'm holding it.
As for if someone among them is indiscriminate, then I'm sorry, don't want to take the salary, and they will be immediately expelled from the territory of China and North Korea.
In this regard, these shipbuilders also know that this high salary will not be for nothing, and they don't seem to have the so-called tradition of cherishing art. It is not difficult for them to bring apprentices for Dazhong and North Korea, but some people proposed that they came to work here. Robert did not propose at the beginning. You have to let them teach apprentices. If you are asked to teach apprentices now, you need to pay extra.
Xiao Tianjian suddenly smiled. These guys have got into the eyes of money. They guess they also want to earn a sum of money by working in China for a period of time and go back to Europe to settle down. Now Xiao Tianjian, the Chinese emperor, proposes to ask them to take apprentices. They think that the Eastern Emperor will still let them in the future. The students taught replaced them, so they naturally thought of the principle that the church apprentices starved to death, so they took this opportunity to dare to blackmail them and get more benefits.
But for Xiao Tianjian, this is not a problem. If it is a later generation, he may have to pay a high patent fee, but now he only needs to start working money to get the construction technology of Western-style sailboats, and spend a few more money to train his own shipbuilders, which is fundamental for him. It was not a problem, so he immediately agreed and signed a five-year work contract with these guys. In five years, they have to concentrate on their work for the Dazhong Dynasty, and in five years, they have to train at least ten apprentices for everyone in the Dazhong Dynasty to ensure that the apprentices can learn all their skills. In addition to paying them the original salary, the Dazhong Dynasty also increased their salary by one-third of their salary as the cost of training apprentices for Dazhong and Chao. In this way, both sides were very happy. These guys were immediately sent to various places and began to work for Dazhong and North Korea.
Such a result is a happy result for Xiao Tianjian's Greater China and North Korea and Western missionaries. Xiao Tianjian has obtained the talents he dreamed of. Through the systematic knowledge brought by these missionaries, he can transform the original education that has ruled Chinese scholars for thousands of years. The education system has also opened a door for the selection of talents from China and North Korea in the future.
The other is to initially solve the problem of large-China and North Korea imitating Western sail warships. At the same time, it has also obtained a group of instructors who are good at operating this kind of Western-style sailboats. As long as they are good at making good use of them, in the future, the Greater China and North Korea only need to invest enough financial support, so the Greater China and North Korea can quickly get a phase. To the powerful maritime power.
This time the missionaries returned to China, and this incident also had another impact on European countries. Whether Europeans are the Dutch, who are known as sea coachmen or old maritime powers, the Spaniards and Portuguese, who are now gradually declining, as well as maritime power. The rising British have realized that this may be good news for them.
These European countries have long wanted to get a bridgehead on China's road to carry out trade with China. For this reason, they have been fighting fiercely over the years. The Dutch are occupying Taiwan, trying to stay on for a long time, and driving the Spaniards from Taiwan's chicken cages, wanting to enjoy it alone. This big cake traded with China.
But in the past, the attitude of the Ming Dynasty was very unclear, and the sea ban policy made them salivate about it, but there was no way to open the situation.
Nowadays, China is facing great changes. The attitude of the new emperor of the Great China and Dynasty towards the missionaries is obviously much more enlightened than that of the previous Ming Dynasty. And through the news brought back by the missionaries, they also see that the new emperor of China does not want to continue the policy of banning the sea of the Ming Dynasty, which gives them a hope. This time When the missionaries returned, the Dutch took the initiative to transport these missionaries and shipbuilders, and sent them directly to Ningbo to land.
Taking this opportunity, the Dutch asked Robert to submit a letter to Xiao Tianjian on their behalf, in which he proposed to trade with China and North Korea.
After Xiao Tianjian considered this, he summoned the ministers to discuss it again. He did not immediately agree to the Dutchman's request, but put forward a request to the Dutch in the name of the Chinese emperor, that is, if the Dutch want to trade with the Dazhong Dynasty in the future, it is okay, but the premise is that they must stop everything with the Zheng family. And the trade activities between the Southern Ming court, otherwise the Dutch will be hostile to the Great China and North Korea. If the Greater China North Korea eliminates the Zhengjia Group and the Nanming Group in the future, they will punish the Dutch and cut off all trade transactions with the Dutch.
Of course, this kind of thing is not only for the Dutch. Xiao Tianjian also sent someone to take a Dutch ship to Manila in Luzon and submit a letter of state to the Governor of Spain in Manila. He also made such a request, including Portugal, which is currently ruled by the Spanish king, and of course, At present, the British who have extended their tentacles to the South China Sea and told them to immediately stop all commercial activities with the Zheng Group and the Nanming Group. If they agree, then the Greater China and North Korea will be allowed to trade and open ports along the coast to allow their ships to berth for trade. Otherwise, once After the Great China and the People's Republic of China resolved the Zheng Group and the Nanming Group, it will be used as a punishment to prohibit Chinese businessmen from trading with them.
Originally, Xiao Tianjian also wanted to raise the issue of the ownership of Taiwan, which made the Dutch unconditionally withdraw from Taiwan, but after careful consideration, their maritime power of China and North Korea is still very weak, and they can't immediately recover Taiwan by force, and it is likely to force the Dutch and Zheng. The group also has the Nanming Group to fight against the Great China at sea.
At present, his most critical problem is to solve the problems of Zheng Group and Nanming. After unifying China's maritime power and integrating a strong navy, he can officially put the solution of the Taiwan problem on the agenda.
The Dutch's request for trade has not been satisfied by the Greater China and North Korea for the time being, but for them, they have achieved nothing. Through this transportation of missionaries to Ningbo Prefecture, they have officially had contact with Greater China and North Korea, and also received a reply from the Greater China and North Korea, so that they can see the new emperor of China's business. I didn't refuse, which gave them hope.
But they are also very difficult for the conditions put forward by the Greater China and the North, because they can't see when the Greater China and the North will eliminate the Zheng Group and the Nanming Group in the future. If the time is short, this is acceptable for them, but if the time is long, they will give up too many benefits.
But one thing is that the Dutch have a unified understanding of the recent political situation in China, that is, it is impossible for the Zheng Group and the Nanming Group to restore the Ming Dynasty. For these two forces, under the front of the Great Central Dynasty, they can only survive and be destroyed by the Greater China North Korea, but late The early thing, at this point, whether it is the Dutch, the Spanish or even the Portuguese, can see it clearly.
Besides, in recent years, the Zheng family has been against them at sea and collecting tolls, which also makes them very unhappy. The wild goose pulling-outing lottery is also unacceptable to them. However, after all, the Zheng family's sailors are strong. Although their ships are strong and powerful, their number is not comparable to that of Zheng's sailors. More ants bite the elephants to death. The Zheng family It was by the numerical advantage that they controlled the sea road and forced them to follow the orders of the Zheng family.
Another point is that in the past year or two, because China and North Korea have controlled the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas as well as Nanzhili, Huguang and Jiangxi, the number of goods obtained by the Zheng family in these places has plummeted, which also makes it impossible for these foreigners to obtain a large number of Chinese products as before, especially China, which is sought after by European countries. The number of silk has dropped sharply, and the number of porcelain has also fallen sharply. In the long run, it is not a good thing for foreigners.
Dazhong and North Korea controlled the goods to go south to sea, causing great losses to their interests. In the long run, even if the Zheng family can hold on for a longer period of time, they can't wait.
Therefore, after internal discussion between the Dutch and the Spanish, for the long-term interests of the future, they decided to temporarily suspend their trade activities with the Zheng family for a period of time, especially the weapons and gunpowder that the Zheng family and Nanming are now urgently needed. They have restricted them and no longer provide confessions to the Zheng family and Nanming for various reasons and excuses. Goods, of course, secretly continue to trade with the Zheng family and purchase some goods from the Zheng family to maintain their trade activities in the East.
In this case, the Zheng family and the Nanming Group will be a very big blow. Originally, their finances are overstretched by the pressure of China and North Korea, so they urgently need to obtain military weapons and recruit soldiers through trade with foreigners. Suddenly, the Dutch and Portuguese and Spaniards. Trade activities with them have been greatly reduced, which is equivalent to choked their necks, which is a big blow to the Zheng family, who rely on maritime trade to obtain funds.
Moreover, the Dazhong Army's military operations against Fujian were also very frequent during this period. The Dazhong Army captured Funing Prefecture before the end of April, and then began to exert great military pressure on Fuzhou. Although in May, the Dazhong Army temporarily stopped attacking Fuzhou for some reason, but did not withdraw its troops, so that The Zheng family had to invest a large number of troops in Fuzhou, which put great financial pressure on the Zheng family, which made Zheng Zhilong a little panicked all day long.
What should he do next? Zheng Zhilong couldn't help feeling a headache.
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