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The threat from the Western barbarians did not have any impact on the capital, and even major newspapers did not mention a word. The emperor was too lazy to get it to the court to discuss with the ministers, but instead directly issued an order to Liu Yunsheng, the governor of Nanyang who had just taken office in Nanyang, so that he could fully deal with the matter.

"If the Western Barbarians dare to provoke actively, they will fight back with a severe blow."

Liu Jun authorized Liu Yunsheng to act cheaply in Nanyang and have the right to respond to the battle. He could send troops to fight back without asking the court.

After issuing this order, Liu Jun threw this matter aside. As the New Year approached, there were many various affairs. Liu Jun had to take a lot of time every day to summon the local governors and generals who entered Beijing.

"If the Western Yi really starts war with us in Southeast Asia, it will cause great trouble for our export trade. If it takes a long time, it will even have a chain effect on the court's economy."

Li Chunjiang, the governor of Sanjiang, wore a purple robe and jade belt, sat in front of the emperor. He said with concern. The court's trade surplus last year was as high as more than 100 million silver dollars, which is a huge number, which means that countless people in the Han Dynasty are trusting in exports today. Foreign trade merchants, maritime shipping ship merchants, as well as farmers, workers, merchants who produce and process foreign trade goods, as well as many transportation, shipbuilding, etc., and even involve those investments in financial industries, banks, money shops, and even individual investors in export-related industries.

If the maritime export route is blocked, countless people in the export industry will be affected and suffer huge losses. This will be a fatal blow to the emerging industry and commerce of Dahan.

"Don't worry, there are only some colonists of the Three Kingdoms in the South China Sea. They do not represent the Three Kingdoms. Their strength in the South China Sea is also very limited. All the armed forces of the Three Kingdoms in the Far East are combined, and warships, including merchant ships, can only gather at most 100 ships. All mercenaries together cannot gather 10,000 people. Such a little strength is still far from the mainland of the Three Kingdoms. What do you think they use to block us in the South China Sea and fight with us?"

Liu Jun poured Li Chunjiang a cup of tea, "The court actually had long expected the conflict in South China Sea. After pacifying Japan, several major fleets would adjust their defense areas and Liu Yun was promoted to the new governor of South China Sea. This was all to deal with the arrival of this day."

"Can't this problem be solved through negotiation?" Li Chunjiang asked, war affairs could never guarantee victory 100%. Although the Han Navy is very strong, the Southeast Asian country is far away after all.

Just like the Han Dynasty's military use in Myanmar, it has not made any good progress yet.

Zheng Zhilong, the founding marquis with a huge asset of more than 50 million yuan, has been unable to open up the situation until now when he became the Governor of Central and Southern China.

Until now, Zheng Zhilong has only controlled the newly developed land of Sanxuan and Liuwei, and it is difficult to go further. The roads are not smooth, transportation is difficult, the water and the land are not adapted, and the epidemic is not common. The indigenous rebellion is not frequent, the rainy season, and the changing climate...

In short, Zheng Zhilong is in a panic.

Small Central and Southern countries such as Dongshu, Nanyue, Nanzhang have established an anti-Han alliance. Even many natives who had originally knelt down to welcome the royal army turned to rebel.

Many officials of the court impeached Zheng Zhilong, believing that Zheng Zhilong was incompetent. After all, the situation was still very gratifying when Zheng Zhilong took office, but he had no progress for a year after he took office.

He was in Central South. He built roads, built roads, and then comforted the indigenous people, set up government offices, built hospitals, built schools, and engaged in trade. It is said that Zheng Zhilong has made a lot of profits. He introduced a large number of merchants to Central South, acquired various medicinal materials from the indigenous people, and hired the indigenous people to mine and log, making a lot of money.

Although there are many impeachment memorials, the emperor has not replaced Zheng Zhilong yet.

The emperor meant that although Zheng Zhilong did not make any progress in land in Central and South for a year, he stabilized the two provinces of Laos and Dali, controlled the San Xuan and Liuwei areas, and even defended them steadily in the face of several counterattacks from Dongshuo, and did not fail. The current situation in Central and South is caused by various factors such as climate and transportation.

Having said that, some important officials such as Li Chunjiang also discovered that Central and South were indeed much more troublesome than expected. This also made many people no longer blindly believe in the military power of the Han Dynasty. In the mountains and ridges like Central and South, in those primitive jungle places, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty faced more difficulties than they expected.

Therefore, Li Chunjiang and others did not have much confidence in going to war with several Western barbarian countries in the thousands of miles away. They were not afraid of not being able to fight, but were afraid of war for too long. Especially even if the court could win the Battle of the South China Sea, these Western barbarians still controlled the Indian Ocean route and the Pacific route. The merchant ships of the Han Dynasty had to go to the Americas, Africa, India, the Persian Gulf and Europe to go to Europe. They could not sail on the sea all the time and had to dodge supplies. If they did not open ports to the Han Dynasty merchant ships and refused to supply supplies, the Han Dynasty merchant ships could not sail on the ocean at all.

The ultimate impact is still export trade, which affects the Han Dynasty's economy.

The Sanjiang Province, under the jurisdiction of Li Chunjiang, controlled the three places in later generations, including Anhui, Jiangsu and Jiangxi. However, the two provinces in later generations were bounded by east and west, while the two provinces are now bounded by north and south. However, the local areas are still these places. The Sanjiang District, composed of these three provinces, is also the fastest economic development area in the imperial court.

The development of commodity economy and re-export trade has led to a significant increase in the population of Sanjiang District engaged in commercial and transportation, and has also caused a large number of people in Sanjiang District to engage in economic crop planting and commodity processing and manufacturing.

The changes in the agricultural production structure, the gradual formation of the market mechanism, and the sharp increase in the number of business people are all based on the economic pattern guided by foreign trade and centered on re-export trade.

Once there is a problem with export and export trade, the economy of Sanjiang District will have great problems and even collapse.

Jiangnan Province in Sanjiang District has now developed into the most important textile industry base in Dahan, with annual cloth output reaching 45 million horses last year.

Silk and cloth have become the most important products in Jiangnan. The area of ​​mulberry and cotton planting is much larger than the area of ​​grain planting.

"This year, the cotton cloth produced in Jiangnan Province, Sanjiang District has reached 45 million, of which 40 million are sold to other provinces, including 15 million pieces of Northeast China and Beijing, 10 million pieces of Guangdong and Guangxi, 10 million pieces of overseas exports, and the rest are sold to Zhejiang and Fujian and other places. The price of domestic sales is silver hexagonal, and the commodity is worth 21 million silver. Each export is sold to 70 million silver. The price of silver is 70 million silver. The price of cotton cloth in one province is 28 million silver, which is an important source of tax revenue in Jiangnan Province."

Li Chunjiang settled the accounts for the emperor, explaining the importance of exports.

"In Jiangnan, although there is price protection for growing grain, it is only two pieces of rice per fulcrum, and one acre of land is cultivated carefully, and the output value per mu is only five or six silver dollars. In many places in Jiangnan, there are few land and are not suitable for growing rice. The income from growing rice in those places is not as good as half of the fertile land, and the income from growing rice is only about two pieces. If the investment is removed, the income is even lower, but the price of cotton in Jiangnan is four pieces per fulcrum. One acre of cotton can get 80 kilograms of lint per acre per year, which is three or two cents of silver. Growing cotton in these places far exceeds the income from growing grain."

"The income from planting mulberry trees is significantly higher than that of planting rice." Li Chunjiang was the governor of Sanjiang, and did not rely solely on his relationship with the emperor. He was very serious about the border officials. He knew very detailed about the production situation under his rule. When it comes to planting rice, cotton, and mulberry trees, all kinds of data are available at a glance. They are all well-founded.

"Because the small and large populations in Jiangnan are good and the weather is good and fertile, the land is not as thin as the north, but the farming is more intensive and meticulous. In Jiangnan, it takes about 11 and a half to plant a mu of rice, and you have to use fertilizers, ordinary river mud, wood ash, etc., so you have to spend money specifically on manure and bean cake fertilizer. A mu of field requires the use of fertilizer mainly 160 kilograms of bean cake, plus various investments such as seeds and farm tools, and a total of about four and a half silver dollars are invested. The average grain yield per mu of rice field is about 450 kilograms. Calculate about one titanium of silver dollars per titanium. Calculate about one titanium and three titaniums of silver dollars per titanium, and the output value of a mu is nearly six titanium dollars."

"Cai six yuan per mu. Excluding the four and a half yuan invested per mu, you can make a profit of one and a half yuan. Planting ten acres will only earn fifteen yuan. Even if you promote double-season rice now, you have to invest a lot of fertilizers."

"But if mulberry planting is changed, 48 man-made labor will be invested per mu, 750 kilograms of bean cakes, plus other mulberry seedlings, farm tools, etc. The total investment is 7.7 yuan per mu, which is much higher than that of rice planting, but the output value per mu of mulberry planting can reach 20 yuan. In addition to various investments, you can also make a profit of 12.3 yuan, which is eight times the profit of rice planting."

"If each male can plant four mulberry trees or eight mu of rice, then the profit of planting rice can be twelve yuan, and the profit of planting mulberry trees is nearly fifty yuan. Planting mulberry trees is still more than four times that of planting rice. Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, a considerable part of the land that planted mulberry trees can be transformed from land that is not suitable for planting rice, and the economic improvement is even higher. This year, Sanjiang District is still promoting mulberry-based fish ponds, base mulberry plants, pond fish storage, mulberry leaves feed silkworms, and then feed fish with silkworm shit and pond mulberry mulberry mulberry, making mulberry mulberry mulberry mulberry fruit, making mulberry mulberry fruit profit."

With these detailed data comparisons, the people in Jiangnan are of course more willing to plant mulberry rather than rice.

Moreover, there is another advantage in growing mulberry rice. After planting mulberry and silkworms, you can sell the cocoons and silkworms, and even process them into silk fabrics. This will further increase the added value of mulberry and silkworms and silkworms, and the benefits will be higher.

Liu Jun nodded in a flash. Li Chunjiang's words were not empty words, they were very thorough and supported by data.

Planting mulberry trees can produce four times the income from planting rice. Why do people still need to plant rice? Conversely, planting mulberry trees and silkworms produces the final output of raw silk and silk fabrics. This year, the bulk commodities exported by the imperial court include raw silk and silk fabrics, accounting for a large part of the value of exported commodities.

If exports are blocked, the domestic market will definitely not be able to digest all production capacity. The result will be overcapacity, merchants are unsalable, and prices will be reduced.

It turns out that if the income from growing mulberry is four times that of rice, it may be twice or even lower. The income of mulberry farmers will be reduced. Not only will the taxes that the government can receive will be reduced, but the consumption of mulberry farmers will also be reduced, which will also reduce the sales of other commodities.

Now, three relatively concentrated crop distribution areas have been formed in Sanjiang District.

In the coastal areas of the riverside, cotton planting is the main planting of some rice, which has become a cotton-rice-producing area. In the eastern part of Hangzhou in Fujian and Zhejiang, it also belongs to this type. The main cotton-rice-producing areas are concentrated in Songjiang, Taicang, Suchang and other places. The cotton fields in these places account for 60% or even more than 70% of the cultivated land area, while the rice fields are only 30 to 40%.

The second area is the mulberry rice-producing area, mainly in the southern Suzhou area of ​​Jiangnan Province, as well as Huzhou, Jiaxing and other places in Fujian and Zhejiang areas. The proportion of mulberry fields still accounts for more than 60% of arable land.

The third production area is the rice-producing area mainly concentrated in the narrow zone between the northeast of the canal and the coastal sand, Susong Changzhou and other places.

The two districts of Sanjiang and Fujian and Zhejiang are now large grain inflow areas. Tens of millions of stones of grain are imported from Central Plains, Huguang and other places every year. In addition, because of mulberry and cotton, these two districts also have a huge demand for fertilizer use, and millions of stones of bean cakes used as field fertilizer are imported from outside every year.

Secondly, oil also mainly relies on other inputs.

However, the amount of silk and silk fabrics, cotton, sugar, etc. exported in these two zones every year is extremely large, and a large part of them are exported.

"I am very clear about the importance of trade to the Han Dynasty. Trade can bring a lot of taxes, bring wealth to the people, and bring huge trade surpluses to the country, earn a lot of real money and silver, and then buy a large amount of cheap raw materials and primary processing goods outside to let our people enjoy a better life." At this point, Liu Jun paused, "However, we cannot get such a life by begging. If anyone wants to steal the fat piece of meat from our mouths, we will not give them a piece, but should directly chop off his hand."

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who only has martial arts, but I'm never afraid of war. If this trade war really starts, it will definitely come and go quickly. Moreover, we have to use this war to make the Western barbarians completely awaken."

"I don't object to talking to the Western Barbarians, but in the current situation, before the talk, I will fight with them first. After the war is over, we will sit down and talk. Only then can they see the situation clearly, instead of being arrogant and just thinking about how to deceive and blackmail."

Liu Jun was not worried that this war would expand infinitely. The Han Dynasty needed trade, but the three countries of Britain, Joseon and Spain needed trade even more, especially the East India companies of Britain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. They were colonial companies that aimed to make money. If they really started a full war, they would only lose both sides.

After they were taught a lesson and understood the gap in strength between the two sides, Liu Jun believed that they would sit down and talk after the Han proposed some new trade cooperation agreements.

Of course, in the trade cooperation agreement at that time, the big man would throw a few bones at them when he was eating big pieces of meat, so that they could share some benefits.
Chapter completed!