After listening to Liang Yujie's words, everyone was a little puzzled, and Song Tao asked suspiciously: "Daming's goods are sold all over the world, and without Manila's silver, isn't there any other channel?" Besides, what does the economic crisis of the Ming Dynasty have to do with us, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are all those gentry, and they deserve to lose their silver. ”

Liang Yujie glanced at Song Tao and said with a smile: "From 1565 to 1815, for two and a half centuries, the Spanish government sent one to four galleons with a load ranging from 300 tons to 1,000 tons every year to cross the Pacific Ocean between Acapulco and Manila, Mexico. The silver shipped from the Americas to Manila by galleons amounted to four million pesos every year.

Do your own math on what would have happened without this silver channel. If Daming's exports are affected, the first thing to suffer is the raw silk industry, silkworm farmers, weavers in the silk weaving industry, and a large number of small merchants who depend on it for their livelihood. In addition, cotton, porcelain and other industries will also be affected differently.

At that time, a large number of people in Jiangnan were unemployed, and a large number of businessmen lost their money. In this era, there are no labor laws and no insurance, and they are affected by the economic crisis, and they will soon be unable to open the pot, and even eating will become a problem. ”

Song Tao immediately became anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Isn't that another famine, it seems that we are in a hurry to occupy Manila." In a few years, when we conquer Liaodong and have the ability to immigrate on a large scale, we will drive Spain away, and then we will immigrate in Jiangnan. ”

Li Ming smiled and said: "We are modern people, if we come to this era, we can't even cheat the money of foreign devils, and we will be killed by a headbutt." Don't talk nonsense, please Miss Liang continue to ......"

Liang Yujie smiled and said, "I know after you occupy Manila. There should be some ideas. My proposal may be in line with your ideas. ”

Li Ming shook his head and said: "I have some ideas, this is what the company sent you this time, after all, you are a business elite, and your understanding of the market is definitely more professional than ours." Now that we've said that. Just talk about your plans. ”

Liang Yujie snapped her fingers with a smile, and then said excitedly: "Since everyone has time, then I will talk about my plan." ”

She got up from her chair, looked at everyone, and said, "The global economy of the 17th century was all about mining silver from the Americas. It was used to buy goods from Asia, which in turn were shipped to the European continent for consumption. Most of the goods in Asia come from the Ming Dynasty. If the Americas in this era are the cradle of silver, then the Ming Dynasty is the grave of silver. ”

As she spoke, she walked a few steps to the large map in Li Ming's house, pointed to the location of Manila, and said, "Manila is blessed with a unique location, just like Banten on the island of Java and Macau in Guangdong. are all important parts of the global economy in this era. Although we drove out the Spaniards and occupied Manila, causing temporary chaos in the global economy, it was not an opportunity for our Far East company to control the East Asian economy. ”

Song Tao listened to Liang Yujie's words, frowned and asked, "Eldest sister, Spain has been beaten away by us, so how can the silver from the Americas come in." We can't go to the Americas and steal the silver of Spain ourselves. ”

Liang Yujie glanced at Song Tao. smiled and said, "Little friend, it is very impolite for you to interrupt others like this. Since you asked. I'll tell you about it first, and I'll listen to it obediently later. ”

Song Tao was made by Liang Yujie to have no temper at all, and hurriedly nodded constantly, like a primary school student who was reprimanded by a teacher.

"Since Song Tao wants to know how to get the Spaniards to bring in the silver, then I will tell you first, you may have the same idea as Song Tao. It's actually quite simple. Avoid the government of the Kingdom of Spain and come into direct contact with the magnates of Spain and the American continent. Although I do not know the situation of the Spanish galleon's route, I can conclude. There must be a huge chain of interests in this.

Due to the low price and high quality of Asian products, Spanish products are crowded out in the Americas. In order to protect Spanish commerce, King Philip II decreed in 1593 that the Manila galleon trade was restricted, stipulating that no more than two galleons could reach Mexico per year, each with a load of no more than 300 tons. But there has never been more than so much undeclared silver and commodities carried by galleons every year.

On February 10, 1765, the Attorney General of the Supreme Court of Manila addressed the King of Spain: "Since the conquest of the Philippine Islands (1565), more than 20,000 pesos of silver have been shipped to Manila. Subsequently, according to Decorman's calculations, the silver that arrived in Manila from Spanish America was forty thousand pesos, according to Decorman's calculations.

Don't worry that the Spaniards won't agree, the stakes are big enough to tempt the elites. Don't say we're enemies of Spain, hehe...... For the sake of profit, those Spanish magnates will not have any psychological burden by pasting his wife's sanitary napkins on the flag of the kingdom. ”

Li Ming was the first to applaud when he heard this, and the applause lasted for a while, and Li Mingcai smiled and said: "Mr. Liang, it's very exciting, please go on, we are looking forward to it." ”

Liang Yujie nodded and said, "Thank you!" How to make Manila the only distribution center for East Asian goods? ”

She turned around and pointed to the location of Macau on the map and said, "Knock it out...... Whatever method you use, knock it out! The merchant ships of various countries that come to Daming now are nothing more than the Macao-Goa-Lisbon route, the Macao-Nagasaki route, or the Yuegang-Manila-Acapulco route.

Year 1633. The Tokugawa shogunate in Japan will pursue a policy of closing the country to the outside world, and if we have the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain, we will have a lot of operability in the shipping routes of Japanese silver and goods. We have also taken Manila and a backroom deal with the Spaniards will secure a second silver route. Now only the Portuguese occupy Macau, as for how to solve Macau, that is your business.

We can use the Chinese businessmen in Manila, as well as Song Shiping, the nail we laid in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to contact us with the Chinese businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, and even choose an island along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to establish a distribution center for Ming goods. We can use radio for long-distance communication. Coordinate the deployment of goods in various places.

Of course, this is not enough, we also have to fully consider the pirates on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, such as Zheng Zhilong in Fujian and Liu Xiang in Guangdong. When the time comes, whether to absorb or eliminate is up to the Military Commission to decide. It is better to establish a foothold in Taiwan to control the coastal areas of Fujian and deter the intrusion of pirates in the surrounding area. ”

Li Ming, Xiao Hanguang, Song Tao and others glanced at each other, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Liang, you can prepare for the next few days." Secret contact with the commander of the captured Spanish Expeditionary Force. After we finish talking with the Dutch, we will take northern Taiwan, Spain, and Keelung and Tamsui. As for the disposition of Macao, this matter is too big for me to reply to for the time being, and I have to report it to the board of directors of the company. It is up to the Managing Directors to meet and decide. ”

Liang Yujie nodded with satisfaction and said: "This plan will take two to three years to implement, first of all, it is to open the American route, and strive to resume the operation of Manila galleons next year. Next up is the Japanese route, we don't have to wait until 1633, I think you will be able to do this. Macao is not in a hurry, when we have a solid plan, it is not too late for us to start implementing it.

in the process of implementing this plan. It is bound to affect the economy of Daming Jiangnan, although it is not long, but it is a big blow to some of the bottom personnel engaged in this industry. I hope that the company will take some steps to deal with it. ”

Song Tao thought for a while and said, "Then should we also let some of the company's enterprises participate in the commodity trading in Manila?" ”

Liang Yujie shook her head and said: "I have thought about this, for the time being, it is better not to let the company participate, first, there is no need, we are not short of those silver, as long as we use Manila to control the circulation channels of East Asian goods." The profit can be described as astronomical, and in the future, it can also raise grain, minerals, cotton and other production and living materials for the company.

Then the company's equipment is basically from modern times. As soon as the production line turned, the output was huge. The cost is low, and the impact of Daming's industry will be incomplete in an instant. Moreover, the output of the goods we produce with modern equipment is too huge to be digested by relying only on the merchant ships of the Western colonizers, and to put it bluntly, there is not such a large market.

Unless the company crosses the ocean, opens a new trading point on the American continent, and enters the European and Middle Eastern markets through the Guò Atlantic route. Instead, it was possible to produce some high-end luxury ornaments, which were sold to the European continent through Guò Manila. As for the market in Daming, I built yì to produce some goods that did not conflict with Daming, and directly looked for agents in various parts of Daming, so that they could establish second- and third-level distributors for the company. ”

Li Ming laughed and said: "I agree with Mr. Liang's opinion, it seems that you have done a lot of work, and the company has sent you here to be considered the right one." You need to pay more attention to the next step in Manila, and we will support you. ”

Liang Yujie smiled and said: "It's nothing, this is all my specialty, I will start to renovate the Manila branch, and strive to establish an international trading company with the characteristics of modern society, and I have to ask everyone to support my work." I still have something to do in my company, so I won't bother you, goodbye. ”

Li Ming and the people in the house all stood up and enthusiastically sent Liang Yujie out of the house. Before they sat down when they returned to the house after sending people off, someone came to report that Zhang Siyuan, a Chinese businessman in Manila, asked to see him.

Zhang Siyuan has been very busy recently, because the company's reorganization is imminent, and a lot of work is on his shoulders. But today, he has to come in person.

He hurriedly walked into Li Ming's office, and when he entered the room, he hugged his fists at the people in the room, and said with a smile: "I've seen all the adults." ”

Li Ming smiled and said: "Lao Zhang, you are a rare guest, why did you have the strength to come to me today, come...... Sit down and talk. Li Ming also personally poured him a glass of water.

Zhang Siyuan said respectfully: "There is something today, or I wouldn't have met the general in person." I have a fellow villager in Fujian who has always admired the company's Huwei, so he specially sent his brother over to meet a few adults with generous gifts. I hope that you will continue to help you in the future. ”

Li Ming thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Your fellow countryman, but his surname is Zheng?" (To be continued)

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