Chapter 1876
Trading Center
Chapter 1876 Trading Center
Technical knowledge requires a lot of time to learn and digest, and it needs support from the court to implement and promote it before it can really come in handy.Although North Korea has obtained the opportunity to train and transfer shipbuilding technology from Haihan, it will not be achieved overnight if it is to be transformed into productivity and further form the combat effectiveness of the army.
Even with the most optimistic estimate, this time point will be one or two years later. Maybe when Li Mo finishes studying abroad and returns from Haihan, the new fleet of the North Korean Navy may not be able to take shape.Therefore, Haihan has no plans to include North Korea's future naval fleet into the coalition's plan for the time being. The army has the opportunity to invade south again.
As for sending troops with Haihan to take military actions in other sea areas like other coalition fleets, that is probably not a goal that can be achieved in the short term.
After spending most of the afternoon in the shipyard, Shi Diwen saw that Li Mo had no questions to ask, so he suggested that several North Korean shipbuilders stay here to continue observing, and invited Li Mo to visit Dinghai Port not far from here. Trading Center.
Li Lu had read the report on Zhoushan Dinghai Port written by Jin Shangjiu in China. In addition to the shipyard and port, this trading center was also one of the key objects mentioned.After arriving here, he also had a general understanding of the trading center from Jin Shangjiu. He was quite novel about this kind of official-led trading organization, and he readily agreed to come down after being invited.
Dinghai Port Trading Center was built much earlier than the shipyard. After Haihan occupied Zhoushan Island, the wharf, military barracks and trading center were the first batch of infrastructure to start construction.The trading center designed with the function of a regional trade hub is by far the largest building complex on the island.
This trading center located on Zhoushan Island is not just a building, but is connected with the civilian port on the east half of Dinghai Port, including more than 80 large warehouses, more than [-] shops, and more than ten large commercial warehouses. As well as official institutions including the trading center and the Dinghai Port Management Committee and many supporting facilities, its area even far exceeds the garrison area of the military port on the west side.The trading center is just a synonym for this area. In fact, it is more appropriate to regard it as a highly concentrated commercial area.
Goods and merchants from all over the world gather here and complete various transactions under the supervision of Haihan officials. Not only can it be more convenient to find the source of goods and sales, but also the interests of both buyers and sellers are more secure.Institutions like this actually exist in various trading ports under Haihan's rule, but this is considered a relatively large-scale trading center in Haihan's overseas colonies.
The resulting impact is not limited to countries other than Ming Dynasty. Dinghai Port is a trade distribution center for many countries in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Its geographical location, trade policy, and supporting facilities are all more suitable for trade fleets from the sea. With the gradual improvement and improvement of the trade environment here, there is now a faint tendency to replace the trade status of Ningbo and Hangzhou.In the past, those international trades that had to go to the territory of Daming to complete, now most of the trading locations have been transferred to Dinghai Port.
"Master Shi, aren't you afraid that Daming will take countermeasures when your country opens such a place on Zhoushan Island?" Although Li Mo knew little about international trade, he also knew from Jin Shangjiu's previous introduction that Haihan's approach would definitely cause harm. It made Daming uncomfortable. After all, after these transactions were transferred overseas, it not only directly affected the government's tax collection, but also transferred a large amount of private wealth to Haihan for his own use.This kind of trade measure involves the vital interests of many people, and Li Luo does not believe that Daming will have no reaction to it.
Shi Diwen smiled and said: "They have tried it a long time ago! But I'm sorry, whoever has the final say depends on whose fist is harder. It just so happens that our country is better at this aspect."
After Haihan occupied the Zhoushan Islands by force in 1633, he began to take over the international smuggling trade here, and gradually guided and incorporated it into the trade system he established.This control method dissatisfied many vested interests in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions at that time, thinking that the Haihan people were stealing meat from their own bowls. Some administrative means to restrict the trade between domestic merchants and Haihan.
However, this attempt soon drew Haihan's fierce revenge. In the summer of 1634, Gong Shiqi and Gao Qiaonan carried out a beheading operation in Hangzhou, which took away several Zhejiang officials who publicly clamored to fight Haihan to the end. officials. At the beginning of 1635, Haihan concocted another big fire at the wharf outside Hangzhou, and took the opportunity to send troops to Hangzhou Bay, block the Qiantang River, and approached the city of Hangzhou, forcing the Zhejiang authorities to grant Haihan the right to trade in Zhejiang.
Haihan's direct response was simple and rude, but it had an immediate effect, making it difficult for the Zhejiang authorities to take the courage to try to restrict Haihan's trade.Afterwards, more and more local officials of Ming Dynasty joined this interest network. Restricting Haihan gradually became an empty slogan. Now everyone is busy gaining benefits through the trading system established by Haihan. The matter of Han being right is no longer mentioned.
If Li Luo had known that the prefect of Ningbo had an in-law relationship with Lord Shi in front of him, and also had a lot of property on Zhoushan Island, then he probably wouldn't have asked such a question.Shi Diwen's answer sounds like Haihan used force to resolve the trade dispute between the two countries, but in fact Haihan used more than just fighting, and the private exchange of interests was not humane.
Li Mo believed in Shi Diwen's self-praise. He believed that since Haihan was able to defeat the Qing army on the Korean battlefield, and the current Ming Dynasty was not an opponent of the Qing army, then Haihan's military strength should be higher than that of Ming Dynasty. It is also a reasonable choice to resolve this matter by force.
However, his attention was quickly attracted by the prosperity here. Although he learned from Jin Shangjiu that Dinghai Port is a prosperous trading port, the actual situation here seems to be far beyond the definition of "prosperity" in his mind. .
There are many foreign businessmen in the street whose dress and appearance are obviously different from those of the Han people. There are far more freight carriages on the road than in Seoul. The rows of shops on both sides of the street cover almost every industry that Li Wei knows. The crowd is like a city.If he only looked at the scene of this street market, Li Lu would subconsciously think that it was a big city in Daming, but in fact it was just a trading market on an island in the East China Sea.
If Li Luo knew the trading volume here, he would probably have to be scared. The cargo throughput of this port alone has exceeded the total foreign trade volume of North Korea.And the annual transaction volume here far exceeds the total annual revenue of the North Korean state treasury.
"All the products that can be bought with money in Daming can be found in this market! There are also many things that can't be bought with money, and this place also has them." Shi Diwen proudly introduced to Li Wei Said: "If the prince has any Daming products that he wants to buy, he can also be arranged."
Li Luo thought to himself that there were quite a few things he wanted to buy, but it was a pity that he was too shy to open his mouth.Because North Korea's economic situation after the war was not good, he went abroad to study this time, and the funds and entourage were cut again and again. Although the king Li Zhen said that he would try to raise some funds for him, Li Zhen really has no spare money at the moment. Available, you can only restrain your desire to shop first.
However, Shi Diwen's words made Li Wei think of another question: "Master Shi, since you can attract a large number of Ming merchants to do business here, wouldn't you also be able to attract many Han people to make a living here, and then be recruited as Immigrants sent to settle in your country?"
When it comes to immigration issues, Shi Diwen is more cautious. He knows that the immigration negotiations between Haihan and North Korea have not achieved ideal results. The North Korean side is quite wary of this and is not willing to let Haihan recruit immigrants in North Korea. Shi Diwen thinks that Li Min's question is probably a temptation.
"Our country has a great demand for population. The application window for immigrants is always open, but there are corresponding requirements and restrictions on whether they can obtain Chinese nationality. Not everyone can immigrate to our country." Shi Diwen still adopted Responding to Li Mo's question with a more conservative attitude: "In addition, doing business and recruiting immigrants are two different things, and the prince should not be confused."
Seeing that Shi Diwen seemed a little unhappy about this, Li Lu quickly apologized and said, "I made a slip of the tongue, Lord Shi, don't blame me."
Shi Diwen didn't want to have too much discussion with Li Wei on the immigration issue, so he took the initiative to change the topic: "My lord, why don't we go to a few shops to see together, if there is something that the lord is interested in, we will let you know." I'll do it as a souvenir of your son's visit to Zhoushan Island this time."
"How can this be done?" Li Mo hurriedly declined, "Lord Shi is too polite!"
Shi Diwen waved his hand and said, "Sizi and I hit it off right away, and I planned to give something as a present, but I don't know Shizi's personal preferences, so I just ask Shizi to choose by himself. Don't shirk, just treat it as something for me." A face."
When Shi Diwen said this, Li Wei couldn't refuse any more, so the local officials in charge of commercial affairs led the way and began to stroll around the business district.
Li Luo soon discovered that Shi Diwen's previous introduction was not bragging. The various commodities sold here were indeed very rich, and some of the products from the inland area of Ming Dynasty had never even been heard of.But after wandering around for a while, he really didn't see anything good that could make him fall in love at first sight.
Upon seeing this, Shi Diwen took the initiative to ask: "Is the prince interested in the things produced by our Haihan? Well... I mean things other than weapons."
Li Lu said: "Before, someone brought two sets of glass stationery produced in your country as a tribute to the palace. My father liked it very much, and later gave one of them to my subordinate. I heard that this is one of your country's special products. There are so many, I really want to see how many styles there are.”
Shi Diwen nodded and said: "This is easy to handle. There is a special store in the trading center that sells products from our country, so let's take the prince to have a look."
For high-level people who pay attention to elegance, the high-end glass stationery produced by Haihan is undoubtedly a work of art with considerable collection value.Although the craft of making glass is nothing new in this era, the glassware produced by Haihan not only crushes its counterparts in East Asia in terms of craftsmanship, even Western businessmen have stopped transporting glassware from Europe to this place in recent years. By the way, there are basically no glassware from other countries except Haihan in the Daming market.
Before Haihan opened the door to North Korea’s trade, there were maritime merchants from North Korea and Ming Dynasty who brought Haihan’s products to the North Korean market. Some of the more exquisitely crafted items were paid tribute to Gyeongbokgung Palace by interested people.As for whether this kind of tribute was for his personal career, or was ordered by some special department of Haihan, even Shi Diwen might not be clear about it.
The Haihan commodity exhibition area in the trading center occupies a full three floors, and the content basically includes all types of Haihan's export commodities.Of course, the weapons and equipment sold to foreign countries will not be displayed here, and you need to move to the garrison base on the other side of the military port to see them.
Haihan's current export commodities are mainly divided into two categories: industry and agriculture.Industry is dominated by mass-produced daily necessities, while agriculture is dominated by deep-processed products.So far, Daming is still the main export market of Haihan, and about [-]% of the goods Haihan sells to the area north of the Yangtze River are shipped through Dinghai Port, so the variety of goods here is quite complete, even no less than that of Haihan. The trading center of Victory Harbor.
After stepping into the shop displaying glassware, Li Lu was dazzled by all kinds of bright vessels here, and then he found that the glassware he had seen before was too crude to compare with the exhibits here.He soon saw the same type of glass stationery treasured in Gyeongbokgung Palace, but there are more styles and colors to choose from here, not only the crystal clear style he has seen, but also a variety of colorful colors, Gold and silver inlaid, so luxurious.
Then Li Luo's attention was quickly attracted by the glass mirror. In fact, there are also several glass mirrors made in Haihan in Gyeongbokgung Palace, but the size is much worse than the exhibits here.Especially the kind of floor-to-ceiling mirror inlaid with several smaller flat mirrors, which made Li Lu hardly move his feet when standing in front of the mirror.It was the first time he had truly seen his own appearance from this angle at such a young age, which brought him a different kind of shock.
"Does your son like this mirror?" Of course, Shi Diwen saw Li Wei's emotional change, so he took the initiative to ask him what he meant: "If your son likes it, I will have someone prepare such a mirror in Sanya and send it to his death first." son's residence."
(End of this chapter)
Technical knowledge requires a lot of time to learn and digest, and it needs support from the court to implement and promote it before it can really come in handy.Although North Korea has obtained the opportunity to train and transfer shipbuilding technology from Haihan, it will not be achieved overnight if it is to be transformed into productivity and further form the combat effectiveness of the army.
Even with the most optimistic estimate, this time point will be one or two years later. Maybe when Li Mo finishes studying abroad and returns from Haihan, the new fleet of the North Korean Navy may not be able to take shape.Therefore, Haihan has no plans to include North Korea's future naval fleet into the coalition's plan for the time being. The army has the opportunity to invade south again.
As for sending troops with Haihan to take military actions in other sea areas like other coalition fleets, that is probably not a goal that can be achieved in the short term.
After spending most of the afternoon in the shipyard, Shi Diwen saw that Li Mo had no questions to ask, so he suggested that several North Korean shipbuilders stay here to continue observing, and invited Li Mo to visit Dinghai Port not far from here. Trading Center.
Li Lu had read the report on Zhoushan Dinghai Port written by Jin Shangjiu in China. In addition to the shipyard and port, this trading center was also one of the key objects mentioned.After arriving here, he also had a general understanding of the trading center from Jin Shangjiu. He was quite novel about this kind of official-led trading organization, and he readily agreed to come down after being invited.
Dinghai Port Trading Center was built much earlier than the shipyard. After Haihan occupied Zhoushan Island, the wharf, military barracks and trading center were the first batch of infrastructure to start construction.The trading center designed with the function of a regional trade hub is by far the largest building complex on the island.
This trading center located on Zhoushan Island is not just a building, but is connected with the civilian port on the east half of Dinghai Port, including more than 80 large warehouses, more than [-] shops, and more than ten large commercial warehouses. As well as official institutions including the trading center and the Dinghai Port Management Committee and many supporting facilities, its area even far exceeds the garrison area of the military port on the west side.The trading center is just a synonym for this area. In fact, it is more appropriate to regard it as a highly concentrated commercial area.
Goods and merchants from all over the world gather here and complete various transactions under the supervision of Haihan officials. Not only can it be more convenient to find the source of goods and sales, but also the interests of both buyers and sellers are more secure.Institutions like this actually exist in various trading ports under Haihan's rule, but this is considered a relatively large-scale trading center in Haihan's overseas colonies.
The resulting impact is not limited to countries other than Ming Dynasty. Dinghai Port is a trade distribution center for many countries in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Its geographical location, trade policy, and supporting facilities are all more suitable for trade fleets from the sea. With the gradual improvement and improvement of the trade environment here, there is now a faint tendency to replace the trade status of Ningbo and Hangzhou.In the past, those international trades that had to go to the territory of Daming to complete, now most of the trading locations have been transferred to Dinghai Port.
"Master Shi, aren't you afraid that Daming will take countermeasures when your country opens such a place on Zhoushan Island?" Although Li Mo knew little about international trade, he also knew from Jin Shangjiu's previous introduction that Haihan's approach would definitely cause harm. It made Daming uncomfortable. After all, after these transactions were transferred overseas, it not only directly affected the government's tax collection, but also transferred a large amount of private wealth to Haihan for his own use.This kind of trade measure involves the vital interests of many people, and Li Luo does not believe that Daming will have no reaction to it.
Shi Diwen smiled and said: "They have tried it a long time ago! But I'm sorry, whoever has the final say depends on whose fist is harder. It just so happens that our country is better at this aspect."
After Haihan occupied the Zhoushan Islands by force in 1633, he began to take over the international smuggling trade here, and gradually guided and incorporated it into the trade system he established.This control method dissatisfied many vested interests in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions at that time, thinking that the Haihan people were stealing meat from their own bowls. Some administrative means to restrict the trade between domestic merchants and Haihan.
However, this attempt soon drew Haihan's fierce revenge. In the summer of 1634, Gong Shiqi and Gao Qiaonan carried out a beheading operation in Hangzhou, which took away several Zhejiang officials who publicly clamored to fight Haihan to the end. officials. At the beginning of 1635, Haihan concocted another big fire at the wharf outside Hangzhou, and took the opportunity to send troops to Hangzhou Bay, block the Qiantang River, and approached the city of Hangzhou, forcing the Zhejiang authorities to grant Haihan the right to trade in Zhejiang.
Haihan's direct response was simple and rude, but it had an immediate effect, making it difficult for the Zhejiang authorities to take the courage to try to restrict Haihan's trade.Afterwards, more and more local officials of Ming Dynasty joined this interest network. Restricting Haihan gradually became an empty slogan. Now everyone is busy gaining benefits through the trading system established by Haihan. The matter of Han being right is no longer mentioned.
If Li Luo had known that the prefect of Ningbo had an in-law relationship with Lord Shi in front of him, and also had a lot of property on Zhoushan Island, then he probably wouldn't have asked such a question.Shi Diwen's answer sounds like Haihan used force to resolve the trade dispute between the two countries, but in fact Haihan used more than just fighting, and the private exchange of interests was not humane.
Li Mo believed in Shi Diwen's self-praise. He believed that since Haihan was able to defeat the Qing army on the Korean battlefield, and the current Ming Dynasty was not an opponent of the Qing army, then Haihan's military strength should be higher than that of Ming Dynasty. It is also a reasonable choice to resolve this matter by force.
However, his attention was quickly attracted by the prosperity here. Although he learned from Jin Shangjiu that Dinghai Port is a prosperous trading port, the actual situation here seems to be far beyond the definition of "prosperity" in his mind. .
There are many foreign businessmen in the street whose dress and appearance are obviously different from those of the Han people. There are far more freight carriages on the road than in Seoul. The rows of shops on both sides of the street cover almost every industry that Li Wei knows. The crowd is like a city.If he only looked at the scene of this street market, Li Lu would subconsciously think that it was a big city in Daming, but in fact it was just a trading market on an island in the East China Sea.
If Li Luo knew the trading volume here, he would probably have to be scared. The cargo throughput of this port alone has exceeded the total foreign trade volume of North Korea.And the annual transaction volume here far exceeds the total annual revenue of the North Korean state treasury.
"All the products that can be bought with money in Daming can be found in this market! There are also many things that can't be bought with money, and this place also has them." Shi Diwen proudly introduced to Li Wei Said: "If the prince has any Daming products that he wants to buy, he can also be arranged."
Li Luo thought to himself that there were quite a few things he wanted to buy, but it was a pity that he was too shy to open his mouth.Because North Korea's economic situation after the war was not good, he went abroad to study this time, and the funds and entourage were cut again and again. Although the king Li Zhen said that he would try to raise some funds for him, Li Zhen really has no spare money at the moment. Available, you can only restrain your desire to shop first.
However, Shi Diwen's words made Li Wei think of another question: "Master Shi, since you can attract a large number of Ming merchants to do business here, wouldn't you also be able to attract many Han people to make a living here, and then be recruited as Immigrants sent to settle in your country?"
When it comes to immigration issues, Shi Diwen is more cautious. He knows that the immigration negotiations between Haihan and North Korea have not achieved ideal results. The North Korean side is quite wary of this and is not willing to let Haihan recruit immigrants in North Korea. Shi Diwen thinks that Li Min's question is probably a temptation.
"Our country has a great demand for population. The application window for immigrants is always open, but there are corresponding requirements and restrictions on whether they can obtain Chinese nationality. Not everyone can immigrate to our country." Shi Diwen still adopted Responding to Li Mo's question with a more conservative attitude: "In addition, doing business and recruiting immigrants are two different things, and the prince should not be confused."
Seeing that Shi Diwen seemed a little unhappy about this, Li Lu quickly apologized and said, "I made a slip of the tongue, Lord Shi, don't blame me."
Shi Diwen didn't want to have too much discussion with Li Wei on the immigration issue, so he took the initiative to change the topic: "My lord, why don't we go to a few shops to see together, if there is something that the lord is interested in, we will let you know." I'll do it as a souvenir of your son's visit to Zhoushan Island this time."
"How can this be done?" Li Mo hurriedly declined, "Lord Shi is too polite!"
Shi Diwen waved his hand and said, "Sizi and I hit it off right away, and I planned to give something as a present, but I don't know Shizi's personal preferences, so I just ask Shizi to choose by himself. Don't shirk, just treat it as something for me." A face."
When Shi Diwen said this, Li Wei couldn't refuse any more, so the local officials in charge of commercial affairs led the way and began to stroll around the business district.
Li Luo soon discovered that Shi Diwen's previous introduction was not bragging. The various commodities sold here were indeed very rich, and some of the products from the inland area of Ming Dynasty had never even been heard of.But after wandering around for a while, he really didn't see anything good that could make him fall in love at first sight.
Upon seeing this, Shi Diwen took the initiative to ask: "Is the prince interested in the things produced by our Haihan? Well... I mean things other than weapons."
Li Lu said: "Before, someone brought two sets of glass stationery produced in your country as a tribute to the palace. My father liked it very much, and later gave one of them to my subordinate. I heard that this is one of your country's special products. There are so many, I really want to see how many styles there are.”
Shi Diwen nodded and said: "This is easy to handle. There is a special store in the trading center that sells products from our country, so let's take the prince to have a look."
For high-level people who pay attention to elegance, the high-end glass stationery produced by Haihan is undoubtedly a work of art with considerable collection value.Although the craft of making glass is nothing new in this era, the glassware produced by Haihan not only crushes its counterparts in East Asia in terms of craftsmanship, even Western businessmen have stopped transporting glassware from Europe to this place in recent years. By the way, there are basically no glassware from other countries except Haihan in the Daming market.
Before Haihan opened the door to North Korea’s trade, there were maritime merchants from North Korea and Ming Dynasty who brought Haihan’s products to the North Korean market. Some of the more exquisitely crafted items were paid tribute to Gyeongbokgung Palace by interested people.As for whether this kind of tribute was for his personal career, or was ordered by some special department of Haihan, even Shi Diwen might not be clear about it.
The Haihan commodity exhibition area in the trading center occupies a full three floors, and the content basically includes all types of Haihan's export commodities.Of course, the weapons and equipment sold to foreign countries will not be displayed here, and you need to move to the garrison base on the other side of the military port to see them.
Haihan's current export commodities are mainly divided into two categories: industry and agriculture.Industry is dominated by mass-produced daily necessities, while agriculture is dominated by deep-processed products.So far, Daming is still the main export market of Haihan, and about [-]% of the goods Haihan sells to the area north of the Yangtze River are shipped through Dinghai Port, so the variety of goods here is quite complete, even no less than that of Haihan. The trading center of Victory Harbor.
After stepping into the shop displaying glassware, Li Lu was dazzled by all kinds of bright vessels here, and then he found that the glassware he had seen before was too crude to compare with the exhibits here.He soon saw the same type of glass stationery treasured in Gyeongbokgung Palace, but there are more styles and colors to choose from here, not only the crystal clear style he has seen, but also a variety of colorful colors, Gold and silver inlaid, so luxurious.
Then Li Luo's attention was quickly attracted by the glass mirror. In fact, there are also several glass mirrors made in Haihan in Gyeongbokgung Palace, but the size is much worse than the exhibits here.Especially the kind of floor-to-ceiling mirror inlaid with several smaller flat mirrors, which made Li Lu hardly move his feet when standing in front of the mirror.It was the first time he had truly seen his own appearance from this angle at such a young age, which brought him a different kind of shock.
"Does your son like this mirror?" Of course, Shi Diwen saw Li Wei's emotional change, so he took the initiative to ask him what he meant: "If your son likes it, I will have someone prepare such a mirror in Sanya and send it to his death first." son's residence."
(End of this chapter)