Is Jinghua willing to give up profits on sugar products to the nobles? The answer is of course yes.
Gao Pragmatic's positioning of Jinghua, especially in the Ming Dynasty, has always been to drive the ruling class and business class of the Ming Dynasty towards handicrafts and even industry. In the past, leading them to do business was a means - if business reached a certain level, it would be Will want to control the source of the product.
Therefore, Jinghua, which is highly pragmatic, will never engage in monopoly and suppress other competitors for its own selfish interests.
If Gao Pragmatic wants to suppress competitors, then why did Jinghua remain indifferent at all after Jiangnan chaebols such as the Songjiang Xu family jointly established shipyards? In fact, Jinghua internally submitted several proposals to Gao Yingshi to suppress them. The methods were both hard and soft, both political and commercial, but Gao Yingshi did not adopt them.
This is not only because Gao Pragmatic insists that competition can lead to faster development, but also because the actions of these Jiangnan chaebols are actually turning the rudder of the giant ship of Ming Dynasty.
Europe has entered the Age of Discovery from the Renaissance, and now the religious reform movement is gradually gaining momentum, and they will slowly enter the early stage of the industrial revolution. As a latecomer, Gao Pragmatic knew very well that if it could not enter the industrial age first, no matter how strong or powerful an agricultural country it was, it would only be beaten.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This famous saying was his biggest feeling when studying history in his previous life. Therefore, everything he did in this life was ultimately to hope that China would not fall behind others in such a critical era.
Why did he want to protect Daming? It’s not just because he feels that Boar Skin and his descendants don’t value science, nor is it because “people who are not our race must have different minds”, but because he knows that the Han people are the main ethnic group in China. If this dynasty’s If the rulers and ruling class are not Han Chinese, they must have serious internal strife in order to maintain their rule.
This kind of internal friction will make the Manchus wary and suspicious of the Han people anytime and anywhere, and then refuse to let the Han people control important power. If an ethnic group that accounts for the vast majority of the country's population cannot function normally, how far can this country progress and how strong can it be? Therefore, in Gao Pragmatic's view, the Han Dynasty must be preserved.
But he himself is also a Han, so rebelling or usurping the throne seems to be an option, especially given that Jinghua actually already has great strength.
However, his surname is not Zhu, which means that if he wants to rebel or usurp the throne, he is destined to be unable to be like Zhu Di Jingnan, who can win the capital and make the whole country surrender.
If he is pragmatic and wants to rebel and usurp the throne, it will inevitably lead to serious turmoil in the country. Civil strife and civil war are absolutely unavoidable consequences.
Yes, he did have a chance to win the civil war, but which dynasty change in China's history was not accompanied by the loss of tens or even hundreds of millions of people in order to succeed?
For the sake of the throne, tens of millions of people were displaced, their wives and children were separated, and their families were destroyed. Is this what a person who grew up under the red flag should do? At least he didn't think it should be.
Of course, he is not a truly selfless person. He not only left a way out or foundation for himself in southern Xinjiang, but also had huge interests in the Ming Dynasty. But he believed that the things he did did not harm Ming Dynasty itself, but instead brought great benefits.
Southern Xinjiang and Nanyang are the main lines of defense against Western maritime invasion, while Jinghua's domestic role is to drive the country's transformation. No matter from which aspect, he believes that mutual benefit and win-win results are basically achieved.
Specifically, the same idea is basically followed when it comes to handing over the future sugar industry of the Philippine Islands to the nobles. Sugar products are not worried about sales at all in this era. The market demand has always been far from being met. One more Philippines will not have a serious impact at all.
And tying the interests of the nobles directly to the Philippine Islands is not just as simple as being pragmatic and pulling their people to fight - in theory, Jinghua alone can capture the entire Philippines, and it is not necessarily difficult.
The real reason why Gao Pragmatic did this was to allow the nobles to keep a considerable amount of their property within the "Greater Southern Border". Only in this way, if Gao Pragmatic really wants to leave the Ming Dynasty for some reason in the future and go to southern Xinjiang to retire, there is no need to worry too much that the Ming Dynasty will hold him "responsible". Because in order to protect their own interests from being harmed, the nobles will definitely do their best to exonerate him.
Perhaps it is not possible to do it with the strength of the nobles alone, but that is something that should be considered in the future - how could we know that the only people who will invest huge sums of money in "Great Southern Xinjiang" in the future are the nobles?
So when Gao Pragmatic made it clear that Jinghua would not participate in the sugar production business in the Philippine Islands, the nobles immediately became excited.
You know, just the old land of the Huang family in Guangxi allowed the Jinghua Qinzhou Sugar Factory to produce about 40% of the sugar products in the Ming Dynasty, earning a gross profit of 370,000 taels a year. So such a vast Philippine Islands is suitable for growing sugar cane. The area is at least three or four times that of Guangxi. How much should the annual output value and profit be? At the very least, it’s a million taels!
Although this one million taels of gross profit has to be divided up by the three princes and about twenty marquises and uncles, even so, at least one family of the three princes will receive one hundred thousand taels every year, and the other families will earn about 40,000 to 50,000 taels a year. Bar? This is not a one-time deal, it is a long-term profit!
However, just when everyone began to feel that the golden light was shining in front of their eyes, Gao Pragmatic started to pour cold water on them at the right time: "Everyone, although the prospects are good, don't forget that the introduction of sugar cane requires investment. In addition, according to I understand that the natives there are very lazy. If we want these sugar cane fields to be taken care of well, we have to introduce more immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, in recent years, there have been frequent disasters in the north and there are many refugees, so this is not a problem. It’s difficult.”
Oh, yes, since it is production, we must also invest, not only in sugar cane fields, but also in sugar mills, which all require capital. The nobles finally stopped looking crazy, and began to slowly calculate and discuss with each other.
Gao Pragmatic didn't urge him, but instead waved his hand and asked someone to send him a bunch of information. These documents were divided into more than 20 portions and delivered to the honorable guests on silver platters. When everyone opened it, they saw that Gao Pragmatic actually listed all the relevant matters such as the approximate number of sugar cane fields each family would be allocated, how many people would be needed to take care of it, how big the sugar refinery would be, and how much investment these sugar refineries would require.
"Hiss..." Many people gasped, feeling that Gao Pragmatic had already made all the plans. It seemed that they only needed to invest and send the refugees there, and then just waited to collect the money.
The nobles looked at each other's "plans" and found that these plans actually considered all aspects, especially everyone's performance in the Sea Trade Alliance in the past few years, as well as the number of troops sent this time.
At this time, Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "The plan in your hands is just a basic summary. How to subdivide the sugar cane land in the end depends on the subsequent unification war of the Luzon Kingdom."
This is easy to understand. It is nothing more than that the greater the effort, the more gain. But everyone doesn't object to this. After all, you can't get the same land no matter how much effort you put in, right? That would definitely lead to internal discord.
But in this case, everyone has to take the bait that Gao Pragmatic has thrown down. Jinghua's terms of merit are surprisingly detailed. It's not easy to cheat in it. Whoever wants to get more sugar cane land has to do it. Do your best to perform well.
Zhu Yingzhen stood up at this time and expressed his position: "Rixin has already said this, what else can I say? The servants and armed transport ships of the Chengguo Palace have not withdrawn. They are at your disposal, Rixin. I will never take back the entire archipelago!"
Xu Wenbi cursed in his heart: "Little bastard, you were the most active in saying that we wanted to withdraw our troops before, and now you are the most active in continuing to fight! Damn it, your grandfather was not as smart as you back then!"
The old Duke Ding immediately planned to express his position. Unexpectedly, the British Duke Zhang Yuangong took advantage of his youth and quick movements. He immediately raised his right hand and followed Zhu Yingzhen and said: "What Duke Cheng said is exactly what I want to say. I, the servant of Duke Ding's Mansion, The warships are also at Rixin's disposal, and we will never take them back until the battle is over!"
Mr. Xu didn't even have the energy to scold him. He was the only one of the three great princes who didn't express his stance anyway. It was hard for the others to speak before he expressed their stance. He simply put on an air of arrogance and slowly stroked his long beard under his chin. It looks like "I am thinking".
Gao Pragmatic has always had excellent observation skills. He knew in his heart that Mr. Xu just missed the trip, but he did not see through it. Instead, he looked at Xu Wenbi with a smile and asked sincerely: "What do you think, Mr. Xu?" "
"You young people are so courageous." Xu Wenbi walked down the steps that Gao Pragmatic sent him, stroking his beard and said: "The Sea Trade Alliance is originally one. Since you, the leader of the alliance, seek truth, you have spoken. The Duke of Guo and the Duke of England have also expressed their support. How can I lag behind? Naturally, I will also leave my servants and fleet to you. "
After all, he is an elder, so he does not call Gao Pragmatic "Rixin" like Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, but his cousin.
Gao Jingshi smiled and cupped his hands towards him, saying, "Then Jingshi first thanks my husband for trusting me."
The three major princes all expressed their support. If the remaining princes and uncles had any doubts, they naturally expressed their willingness to follow up. All the forces sent out in their hands would continue to be handed over to Gao pragmatically. They would not withdraw their troops until the entire Philippine Islands was captured.
However, there are still some who are a little bolder, and in a roundabout way, they remind Gao to be pragmatic. If you want to fight, fight quickly, and don't procrastinate - time is money, my leader!
Gao Pragmatic naturally expressed his affirmation one by one, ensuring that this battle would not drag on for a long time. The capital has decided to discuss it, and he will write a letter to Manila immediately - no, a letter to Fubo City: immediately deploy a full-scale attack and strive to capture the entire archipelago as soon as possible.
By the time the meeting reaches this point, it's already getting late. Your honorable men are usually on duty like a cat in a cattle pen. It doesn't matter whether you go to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army or not, even if the meeting lasts all night, it doesn't matter. However, Gao pragmatism is different after all. He is an important minister of the court who cannot miss work at will. Therefore, all the distinguished officials expressed a tacit understanding that they would be here first today and it would not be too late to discuss the specific details later.
Gao Pragmatic naturally pretended to stay, but no one would take him seriously anyway, so the meeting quickly ended.
As soon as the honorable men left, Liu Xin came out from behind and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the boss for winning another city, and being tied more tightly to this group of honorable men. Just like Mr. Xu said just now: 'Hai The trade alliance is originally one."
Gao pragmatic casually said "hehe", stretched out his hand to Liu Xin and made a "please sit down" gesture, but turned to Luo Yuan who was standing beside him and said: "Captain Luo, your performance in this Luzon naval battle is very important." Quite outstanding, from your perspective, how long do you think it will take to capture the Philippine Islands?"
Luo Yuan didn't expect that his boss would ask him such a big question, and he was indeed not prepared for it. He was stunned for a moment and said awkwardly: "Ah, this... my boss, I'm not very familiar with Master Lu's situation, so If you don’t understand land division operations, it’s really impossible to estimate this.
If we talk about the sea alone, before Xiao Bei came to Beijing, the fleet learned that the Spaniards' maritime power in the southern part of the archipelago was no longer strong, with only six large Galen ships at most.
Judging from the performance of previous battles, the expedition fleet has an overwhelming advantage over them. If there can be another decisive battle at sea, we will definitely win. But I'm a little worried that the Spaniards may learn to behave after suffering a big loss last time, and maybe they won't fight us in a decisive battle again.
In addition, since the Marine Division is going to launch a full-scale offensive, and the Philippines is an archipelago, our fleet must always cooperate with the Marine Division's actions, whether it is diversion to the islands or transporting military supplies, in short, we must allocate part of our strength to cooperate. With that being said, it still depends on how Commander Zhenxin will allocate the power..."
Gao pragmatic nodded. This boy was very courageous when fighting, but he was very cautious when facing his own question. This is good, indicating that he should be a malleable talent.
But Gao Pragmatic continued to ask: "So in your opinion, how will the Spanish respond at sea, and how should Gao Zhenxin distribute his power?"
Luo Yuan did not speak immediately this time, but thought for a while before saying: "If I am the commander of the Spanish fleet, and if I cannot evacuate directly at this time, there are only two options: one is to find a way to fight with Malacca or even The Portuguese fleet reached an agreement to see if they could unite to fight the expedition fleet.
The second is to give up the decisive battle and engage in a harassment battle with the expedition fleet. The general idea is that as soon as the expedition fleet and the land division leave a place, I will attack the place they captured not long ago.
Although due to the lack of personnel in the Spanish Marine Division, I may not necessarily be able to capture the target before the Expeditionary Fleet and Marine Division return, but I don’t necessarily have to capture it. As long as I keep attacking here and there, I can make the Expeditionary Fleet exhausted. Then they stalled for time, waiting for domestic support. "
Gao pragmatically glanced at him appreciatively and said with a smile: "Yes, I have some ideas. If the Spaniards know how to do this, our expedition fleet will really be in trouble." He paused and said: "You are also very busy these days. It’s enough, let’s go and rest first.”
Luo Yuan quickly thanked him and bowed to say goodbye.
After he left, Liu Xin tilted her head and asked, "Do you think the Spaniards would use the second style of play Luo Yuan mentioned?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head: "I don't know." Seeing that Liu Xin seemed a little surprised, he added: "Don't look at me like that. I'm not an all-rounder. In fact, I'm not good at naval battles. How will this subsequent naval battle develop? , it still depends on Gao Zhenxin and the others."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "If this word gets out, the admiration of you by the two ocean fleets will probably be shattered."
Gao Pragmatic smiled casually, changed the subject, and asked: "The sugar industry in the Philippines is left to the nobles. I wonder if Zhiting will be dissatisfied. After she arrived in Annan, she also planted crops in Haidong." Less sugar cane.”
That's for sure. Haidong is "next door" to Siming Mansion, so it is naturally a good place to grow sugar cane. In addition, the Qinzhou Sugar Factory is also very close, so it is undoubtedly a wise move to grow sugar cane.
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "Based on what I know about her, she probably won't care - of course, provided this decision comes from you."
Gao pragmatic frowned slightly and said nothing.
Liu Xin smiled and said, "Why, I feel sorry for my wife again. What do you want to make up for?"
Gao pragmatic glanced at her, touched his chin and said, "It's not impossible if you understand it this way... Do you have any suggestions?"
"Yes." Liu Xin raised her eyebrows slightly: "Just ask her to personally escort Huang Yinglei to the capital to see you."
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