Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

In this regard, it was Charles, a representative of the French East India Company, who protested to Ming Dynasty.

Ask the Ming Dynasty to strictly investigate those Western ships pretending to be French and Dutch!
Because he wanted France to have a monopoly on trade between the East and the West.

Use this to make money!
However, Daming didn't take it seriously.

Because there is no way to check at all.

People in the Ming Dynasty were blind when looking at foreigners, and the main way to distinguish the nationality of ships calling at the port was to look at the national flag.

As for the national flag, isn’t it just hanging casually?
As for the differences in looks between different races of foreigners, unless they are particularly outrageous, such as white people and farm tools, Ming people really can't tell.

As for letting the French participate in the customs affairs of the Ming Dynasty, they could help distinguish the nationality of foreigners.

That must not work!
This is related to the sovereignty of Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to discuss it.

Charles couldn't get the reply he wanted from Daming, but there was nothing he could do.

In the end it was all over!

Anyway, judging from the current situation, with the Ming Dynasty switch and Guangzhou opening up to the outside world, France and the Netherlands will definitely benefit the most.

Although other countries can also drink some soup, France and the Netherlands eat meat in large quantities.

"Mr. Charles, this time you have opened the door to China for the company, allowing French businessmen and missionaries to freely enter and leave Guangzhou. This is really a huge victory."

"You will be able to join the company's board of directors soon, right?"

In a private room in a teahouse in Guangzhou, Charles and a French businessman named Hunter were sitting opposite each other.

Hunter's face was full of smiles and he spoke respectfully to Ciel.

When Charles heard this, he nodded proudly.

"Of course."

"But this is nothing. I am currently negotiating with the Ming Dynasty. I want the Ming Dynasty to open its inland cities to our French East India Company and allow the French to enter the Ming Dynasty's interior for trade."

"If this can be negotiated with Ming Dynasty, it is not impossible that the scale of the French East India Company will exceed that of the British East India Company in one fell swoop."

"The ancient Eastern Empire was quite wealthy, and this was simply the largest market in the world."

The French businessman heard this and said excitedly.

"The best thing about this is that when the time comes, the shares of the French East India Company in my hands will appreciate again and make a lot of money."

But when Charles heard this, he sighed and said.

"However, regarding the opening of inland cities to France, Ming Dynasty has never let go."

"They made several conditions for us!"

The French businessman heard this and asked curiously.

"What conditions? Are they excessive?"

Ciel spoke.

"It's not too much!"

"It's just that Ming Dynasty wants to send students to France to learn our astronomy, navigation, mathematics, economics, military, philosophy, science, shipbuilding, metallurgy and other knowledge."

"We are also asked to send craftsmen to help Damingxing build shipyards, glass factories, watch factories, machinery factories, etc.!"

"We are also required by the French Navy to train a group of qualified sailors and naval officers for the Ming Dynasty."

"Only if we agree to these conditions of Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty will open its interior to France and allow French merchants to enter Ming Dynasty's interior to do business freely."

Ming Dynasty has always adopted a relatively positive attitude towards opening up to the outside world.

But we can’t just let foreigners come to Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty also has to send people out to study.

Not to mention the current Ming Dynasty, even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had been actively learning from the West to make up for its shortcomings.

Although at that time, the West took away a lot of good things from Ming Dynasty!

After talking about the conditions proposed by Ming Dynasty, Ciel spoke.

"That's why I invited you, Hunter, this time."

"Hunter, I need your help!"

Hunt's family owns one of the largest shipyards in France.

Daming wanted France to send craftsmen to help Daming build the shipyard. Hunter was actually quite important.

After hearing this, Hunter fell into deep thought. After a moment, he raised his head and said.

"Yes, I can ask my uncle to send a group of shipwrights from the family's shipyard to China."

"But what do I get?"

Once the Ming Dynasty agreed to open the interior to France, it would not only be the Hunter family who would benefit, but other French businessmen would also benefit.

He doesn't want to sacrifice his family's interests to contribute to France as a whole!
Capitalists, with their temperament, understand everything!

Ciel chuckled and spoke unhurriedly.

"If the Hunter family can send people to help the Ming Dynasty build a shipyard, His Majesty the Ming Emperor has said that he can allow the Hunter family to open a shipyard jointly owned by the Ming royal family and the Hunter family on the coast of the Ming Dynasty."

"His Majesty the Emperor also offered it to the Dutch under the same conditions!" After the Qing Dynasty implemented the border relocation and sea ban, China's shipbuilding ability to build sea-going ships was almost directly cut in the heel.

In addition to the fact that Guangdong also has certain shipbuilding capabilities along the coast, it can build some red single ships for offshore use.

Other places can only build some small boats for inland rivers.

For ships that can travel across the ocean, there is almost no ability to build them!

Compared with the West at the same time, the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding capabilities lag behind for hundreds of years.

It is very difficult to catch up in a short time.

Therefore, under Zhu Jing'an's suggestion, Zhu Jiazhuo simply decided to introduce several shipyards from foreign countries in order to improve Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding capabilities in a short period of time.

In fact, it is not only shipyards, but also machinery factories, watch factories, textile factories and other related industries. Zhu Jing'an is preparing to introduce a number of industrial chains from foreign countries and let foreigners build related factories in Daming itself.

As for whether foreign products will seize the domestic market, so that local related industries cannot develop.

Well, how to say.

On the premise that you are unable to produce a certain product, the market is the only bargaining chip in your hand.

Let’s use this bargaining chip to bring in factories, production lines, technology, talents, and management experience first!
Anyway, with such a big factory, you can’t escape once you come here.

In wartime, if your home is ransacked, everything that belongs to you and mine will end up being mine, right?

It just so happened that Zhu Jing'an needed a catfish in the catfish effect to force related industries in Ming Dynasty to give up their comfortable life and roll up all of them.

Let practitioners in Daming's related industries take the initiative to learn advanced technologies, introduce relevant talents, and learn advanced management experience and methods.

After all, as the saying goes, only by rolling up can you develop, and this is true.

Besides, the market in Ming Dynasty is huge now, so it doesn’t matter even if it is temporarily occupied by foreign goods.

When the relevant industries reach a certain scale, several large leading companies emerge, and Ming Dynasty introduces some policies to support local production capacity, won't the related industries develop?
This is a fact that Zhu Jing'an witnessed with his own eyes from childhood to adulthood before traveling through time.

Could he still copy Rabbit's homework?

As for shutting down the country to ensure the development of its own industry, such a thing could not be more stupid.

History has proven countless times that only competition can lead to development.

Isolating the country will only create a bunch of trash!
In modern times, China fell behind the world because of its isolation.

After the Victorian period, Britain implemented trade protection for its own advantageous industries, so that British factory owners began to rest on their laurels and wait to die, rejecting technological development and progress.

As a result, we missed the development of the second and third industrial revolutions.

Let Germany, the United States and other backward countries catch up. After World War II, they completely lost their status as an empire on which the sun never sets.

Facts have proved that closing the country off and being complacent never works!
Of course, Charles and Hunter couldn't imagine such a long-term future.

What they can see in their eyes is the huge benefits that can be brought about as long as Ming Dynasty opens its market to them.

As for what they need to pay while receiving these benefits, they haven't paid much attention yet.

When Hunter heard this, his eyes flashed and he asked.

"Mr. Charles, is this true?"

"You didn't lie to me?"

Ciel nodded.

"This is a promise made personally by His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

"There will definitely be no fakes!"

Just as the two were discussing how to build related factories in Daming, there was a sudden noise outside the teahouse.

Then there were cheers one after another.

"Great victory, great victory, great victory in Changsha!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince captured Changsha lightly and defeated the main force of the Qing army under Agui who was reinforcing Changsha. He killed Lin Sixiang, the Qing admiral of Shaanxi Province, and captured An Ruide, the Manchu general in Luoyang, alive. He killed two thousand Sauron soldiers of the Qing court and one Qing green battalion. Fourteen thousand, and more than [-] green camp soldiers and horses from various ministries were captured..."

"A great victory in Changsha, the situation in Hunan has been stabilized!"

A Ming soldier delivering the battle report, Tang Ma, galloped through the streets of Guangzhou. While galloping, he shouted loudly, announcing the good news of the victory in Changsha.

The pond horse ran past quickly, and immediately, a burst of cheers erupted in Guangzhou city.

"Wan Sheng! Daming Wan Sheng!"

"A great victory in Changsha, hahaha, a great victory in Changsha, I hope the Ming Dynasty will be restored!"

"The king of the Han family destroyed the ugliness of the captives, revived the mountains and rivers, the sun and the moon were suspended, the gentry and the people of the world were filled with joy, and it was at this time that the world was clarified..."

"..."

Some literati even began to recite their own limericks in the street.

Immediately, bursts of firecrackers and gongs and drums rang out in the city of Guangzhou, and countless people were celebrating the victory.

Even some foreigners cheered along and chanted thanks to God.

Because, if the Manchus come back, they will not be open to trade like the Ming Dynasty... (End of this chapter)