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Chapter 56: Betrayal and Separation (1)

Jiang Zhili did not accept the booklet and laughed: "It's a sensational statement. You can read it, or you can't read it."

It’s not because Jiang Zhili is arrogant, but because of the few words he said before, it’s already the limit to his ability to keep his color from changing color.

The Book of Rites says: Analyze words and break the rules, change the name of chaos, and follow the left path to disrupt the government and kill. Make obscene sounds, strange patrons, strange skills, and strange weapons to doubt the crowd, kill. Be false and firm in the way, speak false and argue with false words, learn wrongly and broadly, follow wrongly and betray, and be suspicious of the crowd, kill. Falsely and divine, doubt the crowd, kill. These four kills are not listened to. Anyone who holds the ban to unite the crowd, will not forgive.

With a few words, this group of people had committed all the four unforgivable sins. Not to mention whether muskets, cannons and looms are considered magical weapons, but that time, they were suspicious of many people. If they were not Gentiles, they would have to kill them.

Furthermore, looking at this time only means that you are harsh and weak on the inside, and you cannot watch it for the glory of the country at this time. Even if you are really curious and want to watch it, you have to wait until there is no one to watch it quietly. At this time, you will destroy your majesty.

Seeing this, Chen Jian stopped talking nonsense and took back the booklet. When the people in the next chapter saw that Chen Jian was defeated, they burst into laughter, either kindly or playfully.

After the embarrassment, I finally talked about the incident of rice entering Quanzhou, as well as the subsequent disaster relief, epidemic prevention and other matters.

Jiang Zhili attached great importance to this matter. Even if Chen Jian and others came ashore, he could make the decision. After all, this is a disaster relief and he would not be impeached.

Furthermore, Quanzhou has the foundation of a shipping center no matter how you say it is. The Great Mosque is opposite the Ministry of Education. It would be wrong to say that there is no vision of external communication.

Moreover, importing rice from outside was also encouraged by the court.

Starting from the 34th year of Wanli, only one cent tax was levied per stone for imported rice, and as long as the tax was paid for by the policy, it was still supported.

However, because of the thin profits, few maritime merchants are involved. When encountering famine, rice prices will definitely skyrocket, but now the communication level is known and then going to the news, even the daylily is cold.

Fortunately, the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty was a monster that only entered and did not leave. Even if there were merchant ships who were not afraid of massacre and continued to trade in Manila, it would be better to decorate rice than empty ships when they came back.

Although the amount of rice in these ships is not very large, Jiang Zhili also understands that as long as the merchant ships that have lasted for Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be able to survive.

Since the discussion on the worldview is no longer involved, the exchange is gradually becoming more and more lively.

Chen Jian said again: "Mr. Jiang, I have submitted my trade application to Fuzhou. I think I will reply soon. But this trade matter is probably not something the governor can decide."

"That's natural, it's a dictatorship. If Brother Chen really wants to pay tribute, he will at least have to wait until next year. But he doesn't know where your fleet will be parked in this year?"

Chen Jian hurriedly said, "This is exactly what I want to say. I wonder if I can stop in Quanzhou for the time being?"

"It's absolutely not possible!"

Jiang Zhili was extremely alert and thought to himself that the fox's tail was indeed exposed. The matter of Xiangshan Ao was in the neighboring province, so he didn't want to be applied to Chen Jian's knowledge.

Chen Jian quickly explained: "Just stay for the time being. There is no other intention. Please rest assured by Mr. Jiang. We are preparing to open the market for trade, and even if we trade, we will not choose Quanzhou. The silt and the port are sluggish, and the earthquake and wind just now, this is not a good place for trade. Not far away is Yuegang, where merchants gather. Even if we want to learn about Xiangshan Ao, we will not choose here."

"If trade is not permitted, we will leave and go to Japan immediately and will not stay here. A few days ago, I met several Japanese merchants. They said they still like saltpeter, steel, guns, medicinal materials and other goods. In terms of distance, we are closer to Japan, and trade is also very profitable. Silver is produced there..."

Hearing Chen Jian say this, Jiang Zhili said in a slut, "The Japanese pirates invade my territory and kill my people, and you must not trade with them."

He also said some educational words, morally explaining the disadvantages of trade with Japan. Before Chen Jian could speak, the next person snorted and said, "The emperor of Chixian Shenzhou is afraid that he will not be able to control us. If preaching is useful, the world will be quiet. The Spanish blocked other people's trade, not with their mouths, but with hundreds of warships patrolling the sea."

"If you can drive the ships to our coast and block our ports, it will naturally be useful. Even if you don't drive to our ports, even if you block Japan, we will not be able to trade. But since we can't do it, can you tell me, we merchants will ignore the gold and silver? Do you have to enact international law? But you must be qualified to set it."

Jiang Zhili angrily scolded: "Rareless! Talking about profit! What a villain!"

Chen Jian was so impressed that he was just a tough person without desire. Some people in the fleet felt that there was no profit in trade with the Ming Dynasty. Those European tight goods such as raw silk were shipped closer from their hometown to Europe, and there was no silver in the Ming Dynasty. They themselves opposed Chen Jian's behavior and seized the opportunity to blurt out.

No one in the fleet is fool, and they are all selected by thousands of people, so it is impossible to be a monolith.

Before making this decision, Chen Jian had already communicated with them that the fleet was not his own, and some things must be supported by many people behind him for different purposes and interests.

If it was just a disaster relief, everyone agreed.

These people all believe that this is an opportunity to build trust and credibility. Through a few good words from the official figures, you can at least obtain a license to trade.

Another thing is that the two profit models of trade and land rent have been determined, as well as the means of exploiting labor profits. I walked around the coast of Taiwan before, and the natives above were still in the late Stone Age. There were both goddesses and priests in the villages, and there was basically no concept of private ownership and land taxation.

Without the concept of private ownership and land taxation, this is very bad, which means that this group of people is not easy to exploit and resist. On the other hand, in the generation of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, people here have the concept of tax and private ownership, and are also the best targets of labor and exploitation.

Therefore, in addition to trade, disaster relief is also to build a good reputation among the people. In the future, it is easy to incite these people who cannot survive to cross the strait and reclaim that barren land.

Whether it is growing sugar, growing rice, making soup, or mining, as long as the land ownership belongs to the company and guaranteed by force, this is an income comparable to trade.

Taking advantage of this disaster relief, we can build a good reputation in Quanzhou, at least there will be no barriers, and it will be easier to communicate in the future.

Moreover, from the perspective of cost, we must establish good relations with people in Fujian. Whether it is to form violent agencies or maintain trade, people are needed.

However, before leaving the voyage, Chen Jian bought some sweet potatoes from Myanmar, saying that it could help promote sweet potatoes after disaster relief, so as to prevent many poor people from starving to death.

When they heard this, many people objected.

Some people pointed out that it is not a problem to help them prevent the epidemic, sell rice at a low price, and build hospitals like Catholicism to accommodate the poor.

However, promoting sweet potatoes is unfavorable to the future. Only a major disaster and famine can prompt more people to flee to the island, after all, they are not allowed to migrate at will.

Promoting sweet potatoes will cause those who were originally preparing to escape to fall back into endurance. Without labor, the company will not make money, and if you want cheap labor, you must starve the people of Quanzhou.

If you don’t go hungry, there will be fewer people running over. Especially with the cultivation of sweet potatoes, even if you encounter a famine, there were ten originally hungry, but now there are only five, which is not worth it no matter how you calculate it.

The debate began, and the opinions also clearly revealed the various differences that had been exposed before.

Those who are eager to start the slave trade are obviously opposed to helping promote sweet potatoes. In China, excuses such as the same ancestor can be used to prevent this behavior, but here, since black people can be slaves, why can't these people do it? Even if being slaves are not cost-effective from the perspective of exploitation, and using another method to reduce costs, it is obviously more inclusive to not promote sweet potatoes to starve some people to force others to come over.

Those who oppose this behavior believe that people in the world should have this morality, and in the long run, it is also beneficial and can gain greater reputation. Even when they come to the slave trade, they even opposed it, believing that this is wrong, and that it should help all people oppressed by the system overthrow and oppression to establish a country that everyone is equal, etc.

This involves the most fundamental issue. From the perspective of the country, even if you look similar and have similar habits, you are still aliens.

The nationalist style is used here, which is to find ways to dismember China, capture people as slaves or cheap labor, and how to control the upper class to become a dumping land and colony.

Even those who object, partly because this can gain longer-term benefits, rather than out of opposition to the behavior itself. Only a small part really opposes this behavior in thought.

Moreover, it is already considered to be a perfect end to disaster relief. Some people say that if we do not rescue disasters, there will be more people who die. If we do not help promote sweet potatoes or prevent and treat epidemics, they will still die. The deaths of these people are not our killing, and this does not involve the moral bottom line. Benefits should be considered outside the bottom line. If the deaths of these people are caused by us, then you can accuse this of immorality, but it is not caused by us. Should we be criticized if we do not do good deeds?

After the argument, Chen Jian explained helplessly: "The promotion of sweet potatoes is to make the potential laborers survive. First of all, we do not have the ability to directly occupy the big island now. At least we have to finish this matter and open up the Pacific route. At that time, these people were starved to death."

"Secondly, these people do not starve to death. As long as the land system and tax system remain unchanged, they will still not be able to withstand a slight risk. Even if there are sweet potatoes, they will not be starved to death now. If there is any disturbance in the future, there will still be a large-scale immigration wave."

"It only takes one month for people to starve to death. Since we cannot prepare to cultivate that island within a month, why not raise these laborers first and not let them starve to death? If a lot of them starve to death, laborers will still be scarce after all."

"This is not a long-term plan, but only a plan within three to five years. We can gain enough reputation, which will facilitate our management."

I said a lot more, and at that time, one of them stood up and said, "I thought of a way to make money after hearing what you said. The Spanish colonies and the archipelago lack slaves. Since you say raising them, we can actually build a farm on Ziyou Port. Catch the slaves, just like raising pigs. In this way, women can have a child a year, and we can use full-time doctors and deliverymen to catch a few strong men as slaves, and choose female slaves with big breasts and big buttocks as tools. It can be ten times more in ten years!"

"Everyone has 400 kilograms of corn every year, but only 400 kilograms in ten years. In ten years, the first batch of small slaves can be sold, and the profit will be at least 1,000 percent!"

I remember that the people from both sides started to curse each other at that time. After finally suppressing those voices, Chen Jian scolded in his heart.

Hu Lin said at the beginning that he was cold-blooded and ruthless, and now he was about to confirm his reputation. If the party organization was there, there would be no need for so many fallacies, but when facing this group of domestic accompanying people who put interests first, they must say so bloody. They did not do anything wrong, nor did they do anything wrong. It was just a manifestation of ideological disputes and would become more and more intense in the country in the future.

After this, Chen Jian was increasingly missing the basic establishment of grassroots organizations in Minjun, Nan'an, and Dahuang City, where many things were basically established. But here, without the organization, it was really nothing and nothing could be done. Even reasoning had to cover up and use a saying that others could accept, and faced with so many anti-humans but were regarded as normal topics.
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