Chapter 1407 Ready to move
Ningyuan Port is small, but the coconut crab here is really delicious, and it deserves the name of crab. Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu and other former prime ministers really hadn't tasted this kind of taste of the South China Sea before.
After the ship entered Xinjinshan, it happened that the whaling fleet was returning to the port. The whaling fleet was full of blubber, and even dragged the newly killed whales directly into Xinjinshan Port for slaughter and division. The huge mountain-like whales made China The original old husbands all called Ju Kun directly.
The whales were sold out quickly at the pier, and Xu Jingzong and others also tasted a whale feast.
In addition to the whale feast that amazed them, they were also amazed by the bustle and prosperity of the port city. After being disappointed in Crab Harbor, they thought that the 100,000 households in Whale Harbor were just Qin Lang's bragging. I found out that I'm not bragging.
There are indeed 100,000 households in Whale Harbor.
It's hard to imagine that in such a South China Sea, such a large port can be built in less than 30 years, with such a large population. But after walking around in Qinlang City, they understood, because this is not a traditional inland city in the Central Plains at all.
The main reason for the small population in the inland cities of the traditional Central Plains is that agriculture is the mainstay, industry and commerce are not well developed, and the natural urban population is small. But Whale Harbor is a brand-new industrial and commercial port. There is also a free trade zone and a dedicated industrial zone.
The reason why Whale Harbor is called Whale Harbor is that a large-scale whaling and blubber processing industry has been formed here. There are more than a dozen whale oil refineries alone, and there are many candle factories that process whale oil. Industrial workers are everywhere.
Not to mention, in addition to being famous for blubber and candles, Whale Harbor also has a match factory. This new tool for making fire made of sulfur and firewood is more convenient, quicker and easier to carry than a scythe, and cheaper than a fire pocket. It is very popular in the market.
Anyway, there are many match factories in Whale Harbor now, which also brings supply and demand such as sulfur.
Jinggang’s original name is Xinjinshan, because it started from gold panning at the beginning, and the mountainous area not far from Xinjinshan is a famous large gold mining belt, so Xinjinshan’s gold processing industry is still famous today.
Combined with the self-sufficient hand-made industrial layout of Luzon formulated by Qin Lang from the very beginning, the second largest port city in Luzon has many industries ranging from salt drying to pottery, iron smelting, and shipbuilding.
The resident population of Xinjinshan Port has exceeded 100,000 households, and the total population has exceeded 700,000, because there are a large number of manufacturing workers.
Although the prosperity here is not as good as Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other places, the momentum is not too much.
"Whale Harbor City is so big!"
"This place has been planned for a long time from the very beginning, and the location has been reserved in advance. You see, here is the port terminal area, and it is also a warehouse and logistics area. Over there is an industrial area, where workshops and manufacturing plants are all concentrated, and that On one side is the living area and commercial area, and on the other side is the newly planned school district. All kinds of schools in Xinjinshan City will be concentrated here, which is similar to the planning of Luoyang School City..." Qin Lang told Xu Jingzong and the others introducing.
Luzon not only attaches importance to trade, but also to manufacturing, and more importantly to education.
The education in Luzon is not only the traditional Confucian classics education, but mainly to teach a skill, such as shipbuilding and car building, firing porcelain and pottery, carpentry and masonry gold and silverware, mining, smelting and casting, cotton spinning and silk weaving...
"I can proudly tell you that in today's Luzon, we are basically self-sufficient in everything from the construction of ocean-going treasure ships to the production of an embroidery needle, basic necessities of life, food, housing, transportation, and various needs."
Xu Jingzong and others were all shocked when they heard this. As the former prime minister of the empire, they knew very well how shocking these words were. Even if Datang has hundreds of millions of territory, there is no city or even a single city that can dare to say that it can be self-sufficient.
The more it is now, the more each part of Datang needs to complement each other.
For example, Suzhou and Hangzhou have become the center of silk weaving, Guangzhou is a world-renowned iron smelting center and a major trading port, and Shaozhou has become the largest producer of copper in the Tang Dynasty. 90% of the copper produced in the Tang Dynasty comes from Shaozhou every year.
The coal in Wulong Prefecture is the largest coal producing area in the entire Lingnan area. The annual demand of Guangzhou Iron Works alone is huge.
Yangzhou and Cangzhou are the two centers of salt transportation in the north and south of the Tang Dynasty...
Now there are quite a few large cities in the Central Plains with a population of more than 100,000 households, but they are basically industrial and commercial cities that hold a leading position in an industry.
But these big cities only focus on the development of one or two industries. For example, although Shaozhou now accounts for 90% of the annual copper output of the Tang Dynasty, it mainly relies on pig iron to smelt copper, relying on the huge amount of pig iron supplied by Guangzhou and Foshan.
However, the major iron factories in Foshan can smelt a huge amount of pig iron and process various iron products, but they rely on the supply of iron ore mined from the iron mines in the peripheral areas of Guangzhou, and they have to rely on Wulong Prefecture in Wu'an Prefecture. The huge amount of coal shipped from coal mines is supported by sea.
The large-scale transportation of coal and iron ore is inseparable from the Pearl River waterway and sea transportation.
Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other big cities focus on the development of one or two industries. For example, Guangzhou is famous for iron smelting and trade, so they will not go to salt or weaving. Suzhou and Hangzhou are famous for weaving, and they will not go there. For making porcelain or ironware, Yangzhou is famous for its shipping and salt, and they won't just say anything else.
Luzon is an exception.
In the beginning, Luzon was developed by Qin Lang who used gold mining to attract people to develop. Over the years, Qin Lang has continued to develop, and Qin Lang has transferred many industries that were originally doing well in the Central Plains to Luzon.
Even if such a transfer is laborious, I still persist.
With his efforts, industries such as shipbuilding, glass, porcelain, perfume, sugar, and candles in Luzon have been launched one after another, and even industries that are not dominant in themselves have been supplemented one after another.
What is smelting salt, what paper printing, what cotton textile manufacturing, what Luzon needs for self-sufficiency, Qin Lang is doing whatever.
The Qin family didn't operate many industries before, but now they are starting to do them. They don't take advantage of technology and other advantages, and the cost of making them is much higher, but Qin Lang is doing it with subsidy money.
If there are no skilled workers, no master craftsmen, then spend a lot of money to recruit people.
Start from scratch, bit by bit.
Even in the beginning, in order to ensure the market share in Luzon, they had to operate at a loss, just to compete with outside products for market customers.
Others' cloth is cheaper, but the Qin family's cost is high, so they have to sell it at a premium.
I really don’t have the skills or experience, so I will attract investment and bring them over to build factories and workshops. As long as they are willing to come to Luzon for business development, the Qin family is willing to give a lot of discounts.
From the beginning, Luzon has positioned itself to be self-sufficient in the future, to form its own faction, not to be a source of resources for the Central Plains, and not to be stuck in the Central Plains.
"We didn't have a silk weaving industry before, but now we also plant mulberry and raise silkworms in Luzon, and we also reel silk for silk weaving. Although the conditions in Luzon are not good, compared with the north, the north can raise two seasons of silkworms a year. However, Luzon can raise silkworms for eight seasons a year, even if the quality of silkworm cocoons is slightly worse, at least it can still guarantee the self-sufficiency of the low-end market, and the silk market in Luzon will not be full of foreign products."
"Up to now, our silk weaving industry in Luzon has not only been able to meet the local low-end demand, but has even begun to compete for a lot of foreign trade silk weaving orders, and we can make a lot of profits from export trade every year."
"And our cotton spinning industry in Luzon has now become the best in the world and has become the industry leader, regardless of scale or technology. Luzon now has a large amount of cotton planting area, and at the same time, every year from Lingnan, Linyi Import a large amount of cotton and cotton thread from other places, and carry out cotton spinning and processing in Luzon."
This is the same as the sugar industry in Luzon. Luzon has mastered advanced industrial technology and put all the deep processing industries on the main island of Luzon. Although they also cooperate in planting cotton or rough processing outside, they do not engage in fine processing outside. .
This ensures technical advantages and earns more added value.
Luzon now even has its own ordnance industry, ranging from weapons to armor. Not only can it be self-sufficient, it has even begun to sell foreign arms a long time ago. Among them, Luzon's cotton armor is now a word-of-mouth product.
Luzon has achieved self-sufficiency in the bulk commodities used by the common people, such as grain, cloth, salt, tea, sugar and wine. demand.
Luzon now has no shortage of technology or industry, what is lacking is some raw material resources, such as iron, copper, cattle, horses, fur, etc. Qin Lang's solution is to buy.
Luzon sells Luzon through trade, and uses the money earned to buy these resources everywhere. Datang restricts export supply, so find a way to obtain mines in Waguo, Linyi, Chenla and other places, or buy them directly.
The country of Wa is now the most important import place of silver and copper for the Qin family in Lusong. A large amount of silver and copper materials are obtained from there every year. In exchange, some of them were sold by Luzon with goods bought from other places and sold in Japan.
In addition to importing a large amount of silk, cotton, linen, silver, copper, iron, wood, charcoal, etc. every year, Luzon even imports a large number of slaves and recruits immigrants every year.
Xu Jingzong stayed in Xinjinshan for ten days, but he was reluctant to leave. He felt that this city was like a dream, even fresher than Luoyang.
"Crab Harbor is famous for its coconut crabs, Whale Harbor has whales, and San Francisco is called Dragon Harbor. Are there really dragons there?"
"Well, San Francisco is called Longgang, and there are indeed dragons, but they are not the dragons that everyone imagines, but pig dragons."
Zhu Polong is a crocodile. There are many crocodiles in Luzon. The local crocodile species are smaller than ordinary crocodiles. They usually grow to one foot long and weigh thirty to forty to sixty to seventy catties. They are generally not aggressive. Strong, but will bite if harassed.
When Qin Lang and the others first came to Luzon, there were many Luzon crocodiles in San Francisco. People used to call them pig dragons, so later San Francisco Port was called Longgang.
"Can this piggy dragon eat?"
Former prime minister Dou Dexuan who tasted whale in Whale Harbor.
"Of course you can eat it. There are several restaurants in San Francisco Port that specialize in pig polo. They are very distinctive and taste good. Of course, San Francisco's special delicacies, in fact, I recommend Nanhai Chicken Rice, Coconut Chicken, Luzon Soup, etc. .”
"In addition, the crocodile leather belt and crocodile leather shoes made of Luzon pig dragon skin are also very good. They are very distinctive and worth buying."
Dou Dexuan looked like a dandy, "Then I must try them all." He is better than Cui Yixuan, Cui Yixuan is in charge of Changliu. God just thinks about eating and drinking.
"The aliases of these place names in Luzon are very interesting, Crab Harbor, Whale Harbor, Longgang..."
Qin Lang smiled, the main cities in Luzon are all along the coast, most of them are ports, besides those few ports, there are also Yan Port, Lan Port, Black Port, White Port, Red Port, and many overseas port names It’s also quite interesting, for example, Hue Port in Linyi’s concession, also known as Xiang Port.
The port in Puluo, Malacca is also called Lion Port, the Saigon Port in the Chenla Concession is also called Gong Port, and the Shanghai Port in the Boni Concession is also called Juan Port, because the rhododendrons there are very famous. The concession port in Shandi is also called Coconut Port, and the concession port in Sri Lanka is also called Xigang...
When Xu Jingzong and others landed in Longgang San Francisco, they were even more amazed when they saw this Luzon royal city with a population of more than 200,000 households than when they were in Whale Harbor.
This has a larger industrial area, a larger free trade zone, and even full of barbarian merchants, San Francisco Sugar Factory, San Francisco Glass Factory, San Francisco Shipyard, San Francisco Salt Factory, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco Porcelain Factory, San Francisco Iron Works , San Francisco Cotton Mills, San Francisco Silk Mills...
A family of well-known firms in the South China Sea gathered in San Francisco Bay.
In these famous factories and factories, there are more than 100,000 Persian workers from Persia alone.
"I can't imagine it."
"San Francisco now has more than 10,000 students in school."
After hearing this, Li Yifu, who had always been calm, opened his mouth wide, ten thousand people?
Even if this includes compulsory primary schools, middle schools, technical schools and other students, this number is a bit too much, right?
Although there are tens of thousands of students in Luoyang Academy City, the Guozijian alone has 10,000 people, but Luoyang is the center of the Tang Dynasty. The barbarian Hu Fan only had around 6 million.
There are more than 10,000 students in San Francisco?
"The newly-built University of San Francisco will open six colleges, ten or twenty departments, and dozens of classes. It will become the highest institution in Luzon by then. In the future, students from Luzon will not have to travel all the way to Luoyang to study. Countries such as Wa, Linyi, and Zhenla can also come to study at San Francisco University in Luzon." Qin Lang said.
At this moment, Li Yifu suddenly felt that Qin Lang was ambitious. When he was in Luoyang before, he still felt that Qin Lang had no desires and only wanted to return to the fief for retirement.
Now I feel that this is no desire for endless retirement. This is obviously ambitious and the plan is huge.
Otherwise, who manages the fief like this?
Now you want to build such a University of San Francisco, what exactly is it trying to do?
The mentality that was already a salty fish, unexpectedly began to sprout new shoots like a dead tree in spring.
(end of this chapter)