Su Yonglin had shown the map of the world he knew to the members of the Renaissance a long time ago.
Except for Sun Ziyi, everyone present is a member of the Renaissance, so they all know that this world is not limited to the Ming Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Xixia, Goryeo, Japan and other neighboring countries.
Even though Sun Ziyi is not a member of the Renaissance because he has followed Su Yonglin for a long time, he still has a clear concept of the so-called "world".
The top leaders of the Ming Dynasty basically have a worldview shaped by Su Yonglin. They know that the world is big and that there are many large and small countries besides the countries they are familiar with. They know about the Middle East, know about West Asia, know about North Africa, and know about Europe.
In Su Yonglin's world map, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, and even Europe are all marked.
And based on the information sent back by the Skynet Army spies arranged by Su Changsheng in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places, it can be basically confirmed that the Southern Song Dynasty had trade relations with more than 60 countries, large and small, in these areas, and the trade exchanges were very frequent.
With such frequent trade exchanges, the Southern Song Dynasty officials also had some contacts with some regimes in the Middle East and North Africa, and they also had envoys to contact each other. However, the purpose of the contacts was just to make contact and know that this country existed outside.
All the energy of the Southern Song government was used to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and there was no extra energy to deal with other countries.
This is so, because of the strong demand for China's local products from various countries around the world, such as porcelain, silk, tea, iron pots and other items, Quanzhou and Guangzhou maintained a high-intensity ship berthing rate even during the Ming and Song wars. .
A large amount of wealth continued to flow into the people and the court through the ports and shipping companies, making wealthy businessmen, powerful people and other upper-class people richer and richer, living more and more luxuriously, and living more and more unimaginably luxurious lives.
Of course, these are not very important things. They will definitely be liquidated by the Ming Dynasty.
What Su Yonglin is most concerned about is based on the information reported by the Skynet Army's spies - Quanzhou and Guangzhou are simply the world's metropolises in this era.
Especially in Quanzhou, not only Chinese people, but also people from many other regions and countries have settled here.
Arabs, North Africans, Europeans, Indians, Southeast Asians, Japanese and Koreans came in droves and settled here.
They have different origins, identities, and religious beliefs. They are bureaucrats, businessmen, travelers, monks, missionaries, etc. People from all walks of life travel to and from Quanzhou and the local area on merchant ships.
Because of the large number of people and the long stay for business matters, many people simply settled and lived in Quanzhou.
People from different countries purchased land in Quanzhou and established "fanfang", and then each elected a "fan chief" who was highly respected and able to convince the public to be responsible for daily management, dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty government, and handling tax matters.
They also established "fan studies" for their own children and trained their own children.
They also set up temples, monasteries, etc. in settlement areas according to their different religious beliefs to spread their own religions.
All aspects show that these people tend to regard Quanzhou as their second hometown, and more and more people are coming.
They brought many commodities, cultural products, religious beliefs, etc. from all over the world. Various external cultures and religious beliefs have grown up in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places. They have interacted and integrated with each other, forming a very prosperous and extremely complex society. economic and cultural situation.
In Su Yonglin's view, this is also a very interesting thing for the Ming Dynasty.
After the Great Revolution and the Great Purge, the Ming Dynasty basically wiped out the old bureaucrats, old landlords, gentry, and businessmen of all sizes who relied on them, and almost the entire social class was reshaped.
As a result, the old ruling class that could drive a large amount of commercial demand was systematically eliminated by the Ming Dynasty. The entire commercial demand within the country dropped greatly, so the tax revenue contributed by business also dropped greatly, and the entire business scale shrank.
The current business policy of the Ming Dynasty is specifically a conservative business policy based on agricultural production, and is basically state-owned and supplemented by private business.
There are large-scale commercial activities among the private sector, but they are mainly concentrated in catering, retail, handmade manufacturing and other industries. These are also the main commercial activities that normal people are exposed to.
The country's major economic industries are state-owned under the leadership of the Ministry of Finance.
For example, the salt production industry, the iron smelting industry, the brewing industry, the animal husbandry industry, the weaving industry, the book publishing industry, the shipbuilding industry and even the cold drink industry, etc., are basically all state-owned.
There are specialized departments under the Ministry of Finance responsible for the management of these commercial industries, including the establishment of a large number of local handicraft workshops, which are also under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance. These departments are responsible for managing the raw material production, transportation, finished product manufacturing and sales of these industries across the country.
It can be said that although the gains from this part are substantial, the total commercial revenue does not account for a large proportion of the entire country's tax revenue.
The main private demand is also relatively small. If commercial demand cannot be stimulated, it will be difficult to develop. The government's current main task is to restore agricultural production, protect agricultural production and open up wasteland. Commercial trade is not the country's main task. .
In other words, the Ming Dynasty currently does not have enough domestic demand, and it also lacks relevant management talents. It does not know much about the entire world trade industry, which also means that the Ming Dynasty lacks management experience in this area.
Su Yonglin did not hope that after he went south to unify in the future, he would mess up the overseas trade that the Southern Song Dynasty had done well because of his lack of management experience.
The financial and administrative costs invested in the process of an excellent, mature and widely recognized business transaction location from its establishment to prosperity, as well as the cost of all supporting facilities, are unimaginably huge.
Quanzhou and Guangzhou were both done very well by the Southern Song Dynasty, and were also recognized by those wealthy and stupid wealthy people. If they were destroyed because of this, the gains would outweigh the losses.
Therefore, Su Yonglin still hoped to take over these two important ports through peaceful means, and began to intervene in the management of the Municipal Shipping Department, dispatching officials to deal with foreign businessmen, and accumulate enough experience to lay a commercial and economic foundation for unifying the country in the future.
Apart from anything else, Lin Jingchun is still worried about the fact that the business deal that was finally negotiated was disrupted by the Shipping Department of the Southern Song Dynasty. It also exposed the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty in business.
In order to avenge his shame, Lin Jingchun strongly supported Su Yonglin's policy. He strongly supported acquiring these two ports now and accumulating overseas business and travel connections.
The Ming Dynasty needs to shift their perception from [doing business with the Southern Song Dynasty] to [doing business with the Ming Dynasty], let them accept this fact, and ensure that their business confidence does not waver through security guarantees.
Regarding millions of dollars and even more business taxes in the future, Su Yonglin hopes to ensure the stability of these overseas business relationships no matter what, and not to affect this part of the income because of the war between the Ming and Song Dynasties.
But, this question is actually not particularly important.
Because the products they need can only be produced in China and cannot be purchased elsewhere, and it is impossible to imitate them because this production technology is still firmly controlled.
Now, only the Ming Dynasty has the ability to swallow up the Southern Song Dynasty and control everything in it.
Therefore, only the Ming Dynasty can continue to make this money, and no one else should even think about it.
"Lin Butang is right. The significance of winning Quanzhou and Guangzhou to us is to transfer the Southern Song Dynasty's overseas trade advantages to ourselves, intensify the conflicts within the Southern Song Dynasty, and further enhance our own ability to manage overseas trade.
I often say go out and go out, but going out is not as simple as just three words. To start overseas business, it is easy to say it is easy, but it is also very difficult to say it is difficult. We must learn from the good experience of the Southern Song Dynasty and abandon them. Good disadvantages, try to win Quanzhou and Guangzhou successfully. "
Su Yonglin knocked on the table: "This is not only related to the attack on the Southern Song Dynasty, but also related to the future economic development of the Ming Dynasty. It should be noted that our current business scale is relatively small, and we are not an opponent of the Southern Song Dynasty in any sense.
How to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty's business, especially overseas trade, after the Southern Song Dynasty is eliminated. This requires us to prepare in advance. If we do it well, we can make more money than the Southern Song Dynasty. If we don't do it well, we will continue to go out. It's difficult. "
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