I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In the four years of Yongxing, Wu Changqing put forward many keywords.

Technology, development, ocean, trade......

All-round development at home and active expansion abroad.

The domestic war has basically been settled, and the next step is to develop in an all-round way.

The Army's military spending was cut again, saving money for development.

However, the navy's military spending is steadily increasing.

The next military activities will mainly take place overseas.

For example, Brazil is the key strategy direction of Yongxing Dahua for four years.

The reason is just because Dahua is currently short of natural rubber, very short.

This stuff is currently only available in Brazil, and the planting in Southeast Asia has just begun, and it is still early to wait for the harvest.

At this time, if you want natural rubber, you have to go to Brazil.

With such a large demand, the origin of raw materials can no longer be in the hands of others.

If Portugal suddenly bans the export of rubber, it will have a great impact on Dahua's economy.

Moreover, even if the Portuguese do not make trouble, Dahua needs to establish a stronghold in Brazil, so that Dahua's businessmen can go there to do business.

If you don't have a stronghold and don't understand the situation there, you will often suffer in trade.

By establishing a base there, you can learn about local prices in detail, and even help Dahua merchants make purchases, and you can dispatch in time when Dahua merchants are bullied to protect the rights and interests of Dahua merchants.

In early February, an expeditionary force from Dahua set off for Brazil.

They are the vanguard of Dahua's invasion of the world, and their actions mean that Dahua will officially fight against global opponents and compete for resources all over the world.

At the same time, merchant ships going to Europe also successfully returned to Dahua.

They brought back a boatload of leather, gold and silver, spices and other specialties.

Today, there are not many products in Western Europe that can make Dahua fancy.

In this world, there is no more advanced industrial manufacturing than Dahua, there is no more.

Therefore, the goods imported by Dahua are basically all kinds of raw materials.

And the raw material means cheap, so when they bring back the raw material, they can often bring back some gold and silver.

Going back and forth like this, the earnings are basically doubled, or even more than doubled.

A large amount of gold and silver continued to flow into Dahua, which also caused a headache for Dahua officials.

Now Dahua officials have become smarter, knowing that too much gold and silver is not very useful.

What is most beneficial to Dahua is to spend these gold and silver.

However, what troubles them is that there are not many valuable things overseas, and it is very difficult to spend this money.

On this issue, Dahua officials have no good solution for the time being.

And this question is also a compulsory question in the imperial examination this year.

Many candidates with a keen sense of smell have been able to guess the questions from the trends in Dahua Daily.

However, this kind of question that can obviously be guessed is often very difficult and difficult to answer.

Prohibiting the inflow of gold and silver is definitely not acceptable, otherwise the trading volume of merchants from other countries and Dahua will be greatly reduced.

After all, they can't come up with so many good things to trade with Dahua.

There is not enough goods, and the gold and silver are not collected, so those foreign businessmen can only go home.

This is not a good way for the economy.

It seems impossible to let these gold and silver flow in without taking some measures.

In this trade alone, more than 20 tons of gold and more than 700 tons of silver flowed into Dahua, with a total value of nearly 15 million yuan.

Even for the entire country of Dahua, this is not a small sum.

"Third brother, third brother, please tell me what Western Europe is like. I heard that people there are all blond and blue-eyed, and they don't take a bath once a year, right?"

Tong's family, Tong Xiangyu is pestering Tong Xuyou to tell what happened this time.

"Don't be ridiculous, your brother still needs to go out to receive guests."

Tong Youwei invited some friends to celebrate the smooth return of his son Tong Xuyou.

Tong Xuyou earned about 300,000 yuan on this trip to Western Europe.

This is pretty good for a first-time business owner, and it's worth celebrating.

But for Tong Xuyou, he actually gained a lot of knowledge from this trip, and he has become more mature.

After completing this ocean-going trade, Tong Xuyou took the lead in realizing financial freedom.

The money he earned, Tong Youwei would not want it, all belonged to Tong Xuyou himself.

In the future, whether he wants to start a company and do it himself, or whatever he wants, he can make his own decisions.

This kind of treatment made several other brothers envious.

Those of his brothers still need Tong Youwei to pay for their monthly expenses, and they can't live too extravagantly. After all, the Tong family's family education is very strict.

But Tong Xuyou, who has achieved financial freedom, can spend as much as he wants.

"I'll tell you later when I'm free."

Tong Xuyou smiled and then went out to receive the guests.

In the future, if he wants to do business, he also needs to make some contacts.

In the past, he was not qualified to attend such an occasion, but now Tong Youwei recognized his ability and shared his personal connections with him.

The more and more mature Tong Xuyou, facing this kind of communication with ease, is praised by everyone

It also made Tong Youwei feel light on his face.

The little money Tong Xuyou earns is just icing on the cake for the Tong family.

But for those small companies that bet on their wealth to go overseas, the income this time has doubled their assets.

Those shareholders have all received huge profits, and their confidence in ocean trade has become more abundant.

Many people are already thinking about how to expand the scale and go to sea again.

With experience, they also know which goods to take with them sell better and which route is more cost-effective.

The bosses made more money, and so did the sailors who went out to sea to make a living.

Although this trip was fortunate, it was also very worthwhile.

In Dahua, their monthly income was about one or two yuan.

As for the sailors who completed this ocean-going trade, the lowest was allotted 100 yuan, and the more was 200 yuan, depending on whether the boss was generous enough.

A trip to the sea will directly make them into the middle class.

With this money, they can go to the government to buy 20 or 30 acres of land, marry a daughter-in-law, and live a normal life from then on. Realize the transition from the proletariat to the property class.

You can also use the money to start a small business and become a boss from now on.

You can also go to brothels, restaurants, and casinos to be unrestrained, and then return to the pre-liberation overnight, and then get on the boat again to continue the life of wandering at sea.

Different people have different choices, but the majority continue to choose to be sailors.

They are used to the days at sea, and it is difficult for them to go to farm or do other things.