Chapter 1877
National Strength
Chapter 1877 National Strength
Of course Li Lu liked it, but he was still a little worried that it was too expensive, so he pretended to ask casually: "This mirror is so big, it must be very difficult to make, and the market price must not be low, right?"
Shi Diwen said: "It seems that Shizi also has some understanding of the manufacturing process of glass mirrors! Yes, the larger the size of this glass mirror, the lower the yield rate, and it may not be possible to have a qualified lens after ten times of production. Mirror surface Although it is made of mosaic, this mosaic technology is only mastered by a few craftsmen in our country. Because of the limited production capacity, most buyers have to pay for it first, so the price is indeed higher than ordinary glass on the market. The mirror is higher."
Shi Diwen’s response is actually bragging. The production principle of glass mirrors is not complicated. After the process is gradually improved, the size of flat glass produced in Sanya is getting larger and larger. The whole glass mirror is tall, but there are not many technical difficulties in this kind of full-length mirror inlaid with several smaller lenses.But the rich eat this set where scarcity is more expensive, so Haihan intends to control production capacity and raise prices.Shi Diwen deliberately exaggerated the difficulty of production, in fact, to maintain the current high price of this product.
Of course, in Shi Diwen's opinion, aristocratic children like Li Luo who have never been out of North Korea have very limited vision and knowledge. If you can win his favor by giving him a full-length mirror, then this is simply too easy to do.
Shi Diwen saw that Li Luo seemed to be hesitant because of this, and immediately expressed his position again: "My lord, in fact, you don't have to think about the price of this mirror. This is just a small gift from me personally, and there will be no other any strings attached."
Shi Diwen insisted on giving it away, but after a few words of refusal from Li Wei, he still couldn't resist, so he could only accept the gift after thanking him.When he arrives in Sanya, the mirror of the same style will be prepared in advance and sent to his residence.
After receiving such an unexpected gift, Li Luo's mood improved, and he seemed to be more relaxed when talking with Shi Diwen.He was already at an age full of curiosity, and he had never left North Korea before, so he felt novelty about everything in the outside world, especially in Haihan, where there were so many new things that he had never heard of, which made him very impressed. This trip was really not in vain.
Thinking about it, this is just an overseas ruled area of Haihan, there are many places like this overseas enclave, there are as many as five or six places around the coast of Daming alone.It is said that the prosperity of the capital is far greater than that of this place, so Li Luo couldn't help but be full of curiosity about that unknown destination.
And this three-story trading center is not limited to glassware. In fact, there are many types of goods that Haihan exports to Daming. Li Lu wants to look at them all, but he can't finish shopping in an hour or two. of.In fact, by the time it got dark, he hadn't even seen half of the floor.
Even daily necessities such as windproof oil lamps, matches, perfumes, and hardware utensils, Li Mo would still look at them with great interest, because he had never seen most of these things in Gyeongbokgung Palace, and he did not understand their functions at all.After the staff demonstrated it to him, Li Lu would praise its exquisite design, and Shi Diwen would ask his followers to record every item that Li Lu praised, and all of them will be included in the gift list later.
The cost of these small things is actually not high, and they can afford to sell in the Daming market. The main reason is that Haihan's industrial design capabilities and manufacturing technology are unrivaled in the world. market.
Shi Diwen saw that it was getting late, so he invited Li Mo and Jin Shangjiu to dinner.It happened that Li Lu also had a lot of problems and wanted to ask Shi Diwen for advice again, so he readily agreed, but he refused to drink any more.Shi Diwen knew in his heart that the banquet the night before had fed Li Min enough, so he didn't force it now.
The Zhoushan Islands are originally one of the main fishing grounds in the East China Sea, rich in various fish and shellfish resources, and the seafood banquet has become one of the local special banquets.Although yesterday's banquet was also mainly seafood, but after two days, there was not a single dish that was the same. Apart from the skill of the cook, it also showed that there are indeed a wide variety of local seafood.
Although the dishes are plentiful, Li Lu's mind is not on eating. After visiting the local business district and some display products in the trading center, he really wants to have a deeper understanding of the operation of Haihan's business model.
"Master Shi, can you tell us how your country attracts businessmen from all over the world to Zhoushan Island for trade?" After the dishes were finished, Li Luo couldn't wait to ask his own question.
Shi Diwen did not expect that Li Luo asked such a general question, and it would take three days and two nights to explain it in detail.
Shi Diwen thought for a while, and still responded patiently: "The matter of the son is indeed a bit big, so I can only talk about it in general. If the son is unclear, let's discuss it slowly."
"The Zhoushan Islands used to be a place where businessmen and pirates from all over the world gathered and traded, but at that time it was considered an underground black market that was not under the control of the government. After we occupied this place, we set rules for it so that all transactions had rules. It can be followed. The trading environment we have created can give more people the opportunity to safely obtain benefits from cross-border trade, so more and more businessmen will come here and join the trading system we have built. "
"The most important thing is the trading environment. Shizi should have seen it today. The variety of things you can buy here has surpassed that of any other city on the mainland. From transportation to inspection to payment and delivery, we are in the whole They can provide very complete services during the transaction process. I don’t know if the prince has noticed that the transaction currency used on Zhoushan Island is the banknote issued by our country, which is far more convenient and safer than gold and silver, and it is also more convenient to use bank services.”
Haihan's trade and financial systems were both set up by Schneider, an expert, and their operating principles have indeed surpassed this era.What Shi Diwen could explain to Li Wei was only superficial.Of course, this kind of explanation can make Li Luo understand much. In fact, Shi Diwen doesn't hold much hope. After all, he also knows that the North Korean prince doesn't know much about trade affairs. I was just curious because I saw the prosperity here.
Sure enough, the purpose of Li Luo's question is to hear whether there is something to follow in the doorway here. If North Korea can have several trading ports like this, it seems that it can also make money through international trade like Haihan. big money.Of course, Li Luo has a mentality of "I can do it if I do it", but he doesn't understand that the "trading environment" Shi Diwen mentioned is not so easy to imitate or copy.
Li Lu said: "Your country's bank has opened a branch in Seoul, and I have done some research. It seems that it is more convenient for businessmen to do business. Master Shi thinks, is it possible to develop a branch in our country according to the model of Zhoushan?" What about a trading port like this?"
Shi Diwen said: "The model can be copied, but whether it can develop or not depends on the market in your country. For example, if a businessman arrives in your country and finds that no one is buying and there is no goods to buy, it will soon choose to leave.”
Li Lu couldn't help being a little disappointed when he heard such an answer. He recalled that the commodities that North Korea could export to the outside world seemed to have a huge gap compared with the various commodities he saw in the trading center.It seems that only some agricultural products can be sold outside, but judging from the trading situation here in Dinghai Port, food crops are not the main trading content in the market.
It is true that primary agricultural products receive very limited attention in Dinghai Port, because most of the transactions between major grain merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and Haihan are completed in private meetings, and there are stable supply channels and settlement methods, so there is no need to go to the market. conduct public transactions.If North Korea's trading ports can only sell primary agricultural products, it will naturally be difficult to attract businessmen from foreign countries.
As for the deep processing capabilities of agricultural products, such as oil extraction, sugar refining, wine making, etc., the processing technology mastered by North Korea is not competitive at all.Now Haihan's deep-processed agricultural products rely on cost advantages, and have begun to have an obvious impact on the private workshops of Ming Dynasty. In recent years, more and more oil workshops and wineries have closed down in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.After North Korea's market is gradually liberalized, such a shock will happen again in North Korea, and the social and economic impact will probably be more significant than that of Daming.
Of course, with the help of Haihan, it is not impossible for North Korea to take this trade route to make a fortune. It can develop some labor-intensive industries locally and let them act as a processing site for certain commodities or certain links. Taking the path of characteristic processing industry can still be integrated into Haihan's trade system.
However, with this kind of long-term plan, Shi Diwen is not going to say too much to Li Min at the moment. After all, he is only the heir to the throne, not the owner of the throne, and Li Min can't be expected to contribute much to the decision-making of state affairs.Moreover, with this kind of awareness instilled at the business level, Shi Diwen knew that when Li Min arrived in Sanya, there would be someone there who could do better than him—there would probably be a platoon of high-level executives from various countries who had been brainwashed by Schneider over the years. This kind of fledgling fledgling will definitely be taken down by him.
Although Shi Diwen himself is a senior general of the Haihan military, he hopes that Li Wei can feel the strength of Haihan's national power in Zhoushan, not only in the military field, but also in many fields such as infrastructure, commerce, finance, and shipping. It has gained a huge advantage that other countries cannot match.He believes that only after he has fully realized the strength of Haihan in various fields, Li Wei will truly accept the advanced nature of the Haihan system ideologically, so that when he arrives in Sanya and starts his real study abroad career, the indoctrination of various ideologies will be very important. There won't be much resistance anymore.
For the overseas student candidate sent by North Korea, Shengli Fort has already conducted a special investigation led by Ning Qi, and has read all the information about the son of North Korea in the large database.Since the prince had changed his basic position because he was a hostage in the Qing Dynasty for too long in the original history, there is every reason to believe that he will become a loyal supporter of Haihan after studying in Haihan.As long as the corresponding arrangements are made, Li Min, who will return to China in two years, will become Haihan's greatest support in North Korea in the future.
Li Lu's feelings are actually quite vague. He can indeed feel the strength of Haihan's national power from the two days of visits and conversations, but he still doesn't have a clear understanding of where this strength comes from. Didn't connect this to Haehan's state system.
But there is no doubt that Haihan's success in these fields has given Li Luo the idea of following suit.Although according to Shi Diwen, it is not easy for North Korea to follow suit, but Li Wei believes that since allies such as the Xu family of Fujian and An Nanguo who are close to Haihan can integrate into Haihan's system in terms of military and trade, Then North Korea should also be able to improve its own strength in this way.
As for how to do it, Li Luo believes that if he can’t find the answer in Zhoushan, then his final destination, Sanya, will not disappoint him, and this is the main reason why he traveled thousands of miles to study there.
After dinner, when he returned to his residence, Li Wei asked someone to prepare the Four Treasures of the Study while his mind was clear, and recorded everything he saw, heard, and thought after he arrived in Zhoushan.He thought that after sending these experiences back to Gyeongbokgung Palace, his father might have more information for his reference when dealing with diplomatic relations with Haihan.
Halfway through the writing, Li Luo felt that he still didn't know something clearly, so he asked someone to summon Jin Shangjiu.Jin Shangjiu slept until midnight for the second day in a row and was woken up to see Li Mo. He was also a little puzzled, thinking that the prince didn't drink at the dinner party today, so it is impossible to suddenly lose his memory again.
Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, as a courtier, Jin Shangjiu dared not complain at all, so he hurried to see Li Lu immediately.But he really didn't expect that the purpose of Li Luo summoning him in the middle of the night was just to find out some details of the local cross-border trade. Apart from laughing and crying, he was also a little moved by Li Luo's research enthusiasm.
Jin Shangjiu has been in Zhoushan for more than half a year, and naturally knows the situation here better, but he is an official of the Ministry of Rites, and he is actually not good at business affairs, and the degree to which he can explain to Li Min is still very limited.
Regarding the trade system formulated by Haihan and the trade system created by himself, Jin Shangjiu has a relatively conservative view. He believes that North Korea's learning of this set of things is not necessarily beneficial.Because he stayed here for a long time, he also clearly saw how the Haihan people bought and wooed Ming officials for their own use.If this trade system is introduced into North Korea, the integrity of the country's officials may not be much higher than that of Ming officials.
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Of course Li Lu liked it, but he was still a little worried that it was too expensive, so he pretended to ask casually: "This mirror is so big, it must be very difficult to make, and the market price must not be low, right?"
Shi Diwen said: "It seems that Shizi also has some understanding of the manufacturing process of glass mirrors! Yes, the larger the size of this glass mirror, the lower the yield rate, and it may not be possible to have a qualified lens after ten times of production. Mirror surface Although it is made of mosaic, this mosaic technology is only mastered by a few craftsmen in our country. Because of the limited production capacity, most buyers have to pay for it first, so the price is indeed higher than ordinary glass on the market. The mirror is higher."
Shi Diwen’s response is actually bragging. The production principle of glass mirrors is not complicated. After the process is gradually improved, the size of flat glass produced in Sanya is getting larger and larger. The whole glass mirror is tall, but there are not many technical difficulties in this kind of full-length mirror inlaid with several smaller lenses.But the rich eat this set where scarcity is more expensive, so Haihan intends to control production capacity and raise prices.Shi Diwen deliberately exaggerated the difficulty of production, in fact, to maintain the current high price of this product.
Of course, in Shi Diwen's opinion, aristocratic children like Li Luo who have never been out of North Korea have very limited vision and knowledge. If you can win his favor by giving him a full-length mirror, then this is simply too easy to do.
Shi Diwen saw that Li Luo seemed to be hesitant because of this, and immediately expressed his position again: "My lord, in fact, you don't have to think about the price of this mirror. This is just a small gift from me personally, and there will be no other any strings attached."
Shi Diwen insisted on giving it away, but after a few words of refusal from Li Wei, he still couldn't resist, so he could only accept the gift after thanking him.When he arrives in Sanya, the mirror of the same style will be prepared in advance and sent to his residence.
After receiving such an unexpected gift, Li Luo's mood improved, and he seemed to be more relaxed when talking with Shi Diwen.He was already at an age full of curiosity, and he had never left North Korea before, so he felt novelty about everything in the outside world, especially in Haihan, where there were so many new things that he had never heard of, which made him very impressed. This trip was really not in vain.
Thinking about it, this is just an overseas ruled area of Haihan, there are many places like this overseas enclave, there are as many as five or six places around the coast of Daming alone.It is said that the prosperity of the capital is far greater than that of this place, so Li Luo couldn't help but be full of curiosity about that unknown destination.
And this three-story trading center is not limited to glassware. In fact, there are many types of goods that Haihan exports to Daming. Li Lu wants to look at them all, but he can't finish shopping in an hour or two. of.In fact, by the time it got dark, he hadn't even seen half of the floor.
Even daily necessities such as windproof oil lamps, matches, perfumes, and hardware utensils, Li Mo would still look at them with great interest, because he had never seen most of these things in Gyeongbokgung Palace, and he did not understand their functions at all.After the staff demonstrated it to him, Li Lu would praise its exquisite design, and Shi Diwen would ask his followers to record every item that Li Lu praised, and all of them will be included in the gift list later.
The cost of these small things is actually not high, and they can afford to sell in the Daming market. The main reason is that Haihan's industrial design capabilities and manufacturing technology are unrivaled in the world. market.
Shi Diwen saw that it was getting late, so he invited Li Mo and Jin Shangjiu to dinner.It happened that Li Lu also had a lot of problems and wanted to ask Shi Diwen for advice again, so he readily agreed, but he refused to drink any more.Shi Diwen knew in his heart that the banquet the night before had fed Li Min enough, so he didn't force it now.
The Zhoushan Islands are originally one of the main fishing grounds in the East China Sea, rich in various fish and shellfish resources, and the seafood banquet has become one of the local special banquets.Although yesterday's banquet was also mainly seafood, but after two days, there was not a single dish that was the same. Apart from the skill of the cook, it also showed that there are indeed a wide variety of local seafood.
Although the dishes are plentiful, Li Lu's mind is not on eating. After visiting the local business district and some display products in the trading center, he really wants to have a deeper understanding of the operation of Haihan's business model.
"Master Shi, can you tell us how your country attracts businessmen from all over the world to Zhoushan Island for trade?" After the dishes were finished, Li Luo couldn't wait to ask his own question.
Shi Diwen did not expect that Li Luo asked such a general question, and it would take three days and two nights to explain it in detail.
Shi Diwen thought for a while, and still responded patiently: "The matter of the son is indeed a bit big, so I can only talk about it in general. If the son is unclear, let's discuss it slowly."
"The Zhoushan Islands used to be a place where businessmen and pirates from all over the world gathered and traded, but at that time it was considered an underground black market that was not under the control of the government. After we occupied this place, we set rules for it so that all transactions had rules. It can be followed. The trading environment we have created can give more people the opportunity to safely obtain benefits from cross-border trade, so more and more businessmen will come here and join the trading system we have built. "
"The most important thing is the trading environment. Shizi should have seen it today. The variety of things you can buy here has surpassed that of any other city on the mainland. From transportation to inspection to payment and delivery, we are in the whole They can provide very complete services during the transaction process. I don’t know if the prince has noticed that the transaction currency used on Zhoushan Island is the banknote issued by our country, which is far more convenient and safer than gold and silver, and it is also more convenient to use bank services.”
Haihan's trade and financial systems were both set up by Schneider, an expert, and their operating principles have indeed surpassed this era.What Shi Diwen could explain to Li Wei was only superficial.Of course, this kind of explanation can make Li Luo understand much. In fact, Shi Diwen doesn't hold much hope. After all, he also knows that the North Korean prince doesn't know much about trade affairs. I was just curious because I saw the prosperity here.
Sure enough, the purpose of Li Luo's question is to hear whether there is something to follow in the doorway here. If North Korea can have several trading ports like this, it seems that it can also make money through international trade like Haihan. big money.Of course, Li Luo has a mentality of "I can do it if I do it", but he doesn't understand that the "trading environment" Shi Diwen mentioned is not so easy to imitate or copy.
Li Lu said: "Your country's bank has opened a branch in Seoul, and I have done some research. It seems that it is more convenient for businessmen to do business. Master Shi thinks, is it possible to develop a branch in our country according to the model of Zhoushan?" What about a trading port like this?"
Shi Diwen said: "The model can be copied, but whether it can develop or not depends on the market in your country. For example, if a businessman arrives in your country and finds that no one is buying and there is no goods to buy, it will soon choose to leave.”
Li Lu couldn't help being a little disappointed when he heard such an answer. He recalled that the commodities that North Korea could export to the outside world seemed to have a huge gap compared with the various commodities he saw in the trading center.It seems that only some agricultural products can be sold outside, but judging from the trading situation here in Dinghai Port, food crops are not the main trading content in the market.
It is true that primary agricultural products receive very limited attention in Dinghai Port, because most of the transactions between major grain merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and Haihan are completed in private meetings, and there are stable supply channels and settlement methods, so there is no need to go to the market. conduct public transactions.If North Korea's trading ports can only sell primary agricultural products, it will naturally be difficult to attract businessmen from foreign countries.
As for the deep processing capabilities of agricultural products, such as oil extraction, sugar refining, wine making, etc., the processing technology mastered by North Korea is not competitive at all.Now Haihan's deep-processed agricultural products rely on cost advantages, and have begun to have an obvious impact on the private workshops of Ming Dynasty. In recent years, more and more oil workshops and wineries have closed down in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.After North Korea's market is gradually liberalized, such a shock will happen again in North Korea, and the social and economic impact will probably be more significant than that of Daming.
Of course, with the help of Haihan, it is not impossible for North Korea to take this trade route to make a fortune. It can develop some labor-intensive industries locally and let them act as a processing site for certain commodities or certain links. Taking the path of characteristic processing industry can still be integrated into Haihan's trade system.
However, with this kind of long-term plan, Shi Diwen is not going to say too much to Li Min at the moment. After all, he is only the heir to the throne, not the owner of the throne, and Li Min can't be expected to contribute much to the decision-making of state affairs.Moreover, with this kind of awareness instilled at the business level, Shi Diwen knew that when Li Min arrived in Sanya, there would be someone there who could do better than him—there would probably be a platoon of high-level executives from various countries who had been brainwashed by Schneider over the years. This kind of fledgling fledgling will definitely be taken down by him.
Although Shi Diwen himself is a senior general of the Haihan military, he hopes that Li Wei can feel the strength of Haihan's national power in Zhoushan, not only in the military field, but also in many fields such as infrastructure, commerce, finance, and shipping. It has gained a huge advantage that other countries cannot match.He believes that only after he has fully realized the strength of Haihan in various fields, Li Wei will truly accept the advanced nature of the Haihan system ideologically, so that when he arrives in Sanya and starts his real study abroad career, the indoctrination of various ideologies will be very important. There won't be much resistance anymore.
For the overseas student candidate sent by North Korea, Shengli Fort has already conducted a special investigation led by Ning Qi, and has read all the information about the son of North Korea in the large database.Since the prince had changed his basic position because he was a hostage in the Qing Dynasty for too long in the original history, there is every reason to believe that he will become a loyal supporter of Haihan after studying in Haihan.As long as the corresponding arrangements are made, Li Min, who will return to China in two years, will become Haihan's greatest support in North Korea in the future.
Li Lu's feelings are actually quite vague. He can indeed feel the strength of Haihan's national power from the two days of visits and conversations, but he still doesn't have a clear understanding of where this strength comes from. Didn't connect this to Haehan's state system.
But there is no doubt that Haihan's success in these fields has given Li Luo the idea of following suit.Although according to Shi Diwen, it is not easy for North Korea to follow suit, but Li Wei believes that since allies such as the Xu family of Fujian and An Nanguo who are close to Haihan can integrate into Haihan's system in terms of military and trade, Then North Korea should also be able to improve its own strength in this way.
As for how to do it, Li Luo believes that if he can’t find the answer in Zhoushan, then his final destination, Sanya, will not disappoint him, and this is the main reason why he traveled thousands of miles to study there.
After dinner, when he returned to his residence, Li Wei asked someone to prepare the Four Treasures of the Study while his mind was clear, and recorded everything he saw, heard, and thought after he arrived in Zhoushan.He thought that after sending these experiences back to Gyeongbokgung Palace, his father might have more information for his reference when dealing with diplomatic relations with Haihan.
Halfway through the writing, Li Luo felt that he still didn't know something clearly, so he asked someone to summon Jin Shangjiu.Jin Shangjiu slept until midnight for the second day in a row and was woken up to see Li Mo. He was also a little puzzled, thinking that the prince didn't drink at the dinner party today, so it is impossible to suddenly lose his memory again.
Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, as a courtier, Jin Shangjiu dared not complain at all, so he hurried to see Li Lu immediately.But he really didn't expect that the purpose of Li Luo summoning him in the middle of the night was just to find out some details of the local cross-border trade. Apart from laughing and crying, he was also a little moved by Li Luo's research enthusiasm.
Jin Shangjiu has been in Zhoushan for more than half a year, and naturally knows the situation here better, but he is an official of the Ministry of Rites, and he is actually not good at business affairs, and the degree to which he can explain to Li Min is still very limited.
Regarding the trade system formulated by Haihan and the trade system created by himself, Jin Shangjiu has a relatively conservative view. He believes that North Korea's learning of this set of things is not necessarily beneficial.Because he stayed here for a long time, he also clearly saw how the Haihan people bought and wooed Ming officials for their own use.If this trade system is introduced into North Korea, the integrity of the country's officials may not be much higher than that of Ming officials.
(End of this chapter)