After laughing secretly, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to Ke Zhiming again: "Is there any news on Europa? If not, let's talk about our own affairs in the Ming Dynasty."

Ke Zhiming bowed and said, "I will tell you, there are still some things on the side of Europa."

Without waiting for Zhu Jinsong to ask questions, Ke Zhiming went straight to the question: "There is a large island overseas, which the Dutch calls New Holland and the English calls New South Wales. Now nearly 10,000 Englishmen have moved there, and many merchants have also gone there with the Old Port Administrator and the Lan Fang Administrator."

When Zhu Jinsong heard the word "Dao" and suddenly felt sorry for his pig's brain. After traveling through it for so long, he actually forgot such a good place in Australia - the geographical environment hanging on the sea, the area of ​​a continent, and the rich mineral resources. If he didn't bring this place to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it would be a crime for future generations!

As for nearly 10,000 English colonists...will there be more laborers in the Ming Dynasty?

Just after thinking about it, Zhu Jinsong felt a little painful again.

The first to discover that the Australian Spanish were not worth considering, and the Dutch and the English also had no need to worry about it. The Ming Dynasty could just transfer some troops from the Old Port Administrators or the Lanfang Administrators' Office.

The key to the problem is that the Ming Dynasty did not have enough population to move to Australia. After all, Australia is a continent. If it is migrated 100,000,200,000 people, let alone occupying the entire Australia, the biggest possibility is that it cannot even splash a splash.

Just as Zhu Jinsong was thinking about how to get Australia, Ke Zhiming continued: "In addition, grain production has been generally reduced in Europe, including Sand Goose, Silly Thief Eagle, France, England, and even West Kunlun and Ottoman. At present, the food prices in Europe are soaring."

Zhu Jinsong nodded and asked, "Grain prices soared? Production reduction is very strong? Where is our Ming Dynasty's grain reserves?"

After Zhu Jinsong asked this, Zeng Cheng and Liu Huaiwen and other bigwigs present suddenly had a tangle of wanting to complain but not knowing where to complain.

Why are grain prices soaring in Europe? Isn’t it because you are constantly purchasing grain?

Grain production cuts? In addition to the fact that some countries have shoveled grain-based Fushou Paste, isn’t the biggest reason because you have been provoking European countries to open films?

But no matter how much he complained, in the face of Zhu Jinsong's problem, Liu Huaiwen bowed honestly and replied: "Your Majesty, the grain prices in our Ming Dynasty have always been very stable. After all, the grain purchased is used as reserve grain, and the grain eliminated by the national treasury in previous years has also been used in feed and wine making, and has not flowed directly into the private sector and will not affect the private market price."

"As for the reserves, Your Majesty can rest assured that the food currently reserved in the Ming Dynasty is enough for the 50 million people in the Ming Dynasty to eat their needs for a year. If you save some, and cooperate with the autumn harvest of that year, it will be no problem to support it for three years."

"only……"

Liu Huaiwen said with a grudge: "But a large number of granaries are built every year, and it costs too much."

Zhu Jinsong was immediately angry and laughed at Liu Huaiwen: "What, do you need my treasury to support your treasury in building grain?"

After quarreling Liu Huaiwen, Zhu Jinsong bent his fingers and knocked on the table: "The grain prices in our Ming Dynasty should also rise - as far as I know, the people of the Ming Dynasty now earn far less money from growing grain than they earn from working, so many people have already planned to give up farming?"

This is actually shameless.

Why has the grain prices in the Ming Dynasty not risen?

Theoretically, from the day when Zhu Jinsong officially ascended the throne and became emperor, the food prices in the Ming Dynasty should have risen steadily until a reasonable range will slowly stop.

The so-called reasonable range means that people can not only satisfy the family’s food, but also make money and make the family’s living conditions better. At least it should not be lower than the income from working in the workshop.

However, the reality is that the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty has never risen. Even though the price of grain outside the Ming Dynasty has already soared to the sky, the price of grain purchased by institutions under the Ministry of Revenue through other countries has been far higher than the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty itself, and the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty has not risen much.

The reason for this situation is mainly because the court has been interfering in the Ming Dynasty's grain prices - the rise in grain prices, so the court released a batch of reserved grain to suppress grain prices. Once the grain prices fell, the court would purchase large amounts of grain to ensure the stability of grain prices.

The fundamental reason is to control the income from people's food growing to a lower level than the workmanship of workshops, so as to enable the people to go to the workshop to work. The income from people's food growing can ensure food and clothing and even allow their families to live a good life, but it is slightly worse than the workmanship of workshops.

It sounds quite shady, but if you don’t do this, the people of the Ming Dynasty will recognize that acre of three parts of land and will not be willing to work in the workshop.

It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty court has been controlling the price of grain that a large number of Ming people would go to the workshop to work after farming, or increase their income through other messy handicrafts.

This is also a small way to promote the industrialization process.

Now Zhu Jinsong suddenly wants to allow the Ming Dynasty's grain prices to rise a little because many people are no longer willing to stick to the land, believing that the income from farming is not as good as the income from direct work - this is another point that needs to be paid attention to in promoting the industrialization process.

After all, the level of industrialization in the Ming Dynasty has not reached the level of fully mechanized automatic planting, and the stability of grain still depends on the large amount of Ming Dynasty farming. If a large number of Ming people give up farming, no matter how much grain reserves are, they will be eaten for one day, and there may be problems in the Ming Dynasty’s grain supply.

To put it bluntly, the world is vast and the food is the largest. The thousands of years of history of Zhongyuan Hall is enough to show that the people can eat a full meal in peace and prosperity, and when the people cannot eat a full meal, they can only have a turbulent country.

Of course, the adjustment of grain prices was not enough for Zhu Jinsong to say a few words in Wenhua Hall. It will be carried out slowly after a series of discussions between the Cabinet, the Ministry of Revenue, and even the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Railways, etc. The process can be completed in a short period of time or two months, and it will never be completed in a short while.

Because the Ming Dynasty's grain price is not just the price of grain, it will affect the Ming Dynasty's prices. As the first of the five good people of Xiaobo and the largest exporter, Daming's price changes may affect the entire Xiaobo.

Let me put it this way, if the Ming Dynasty's economy sneezes, the entire economy of other countries will have to catch a cold, and if it is more serious, it may even die on the spot.

Just as Zhu Jinsong was considering the issue of food prices in the Ming Dynasty, Zeng Cheng suddenly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, isn't New South Wales a colony of England now? It just so happens that the food prices in England are also soaring, right?"

Zhu Jinsong suddenly became interested and said oh, "Why might Zeng Qing say it carefully?"

Zeng Cheng bowed and replied: "Just just now, Commander Ke said that the entire Europa food price was soaring, and England had just finished fighting with France, and the material consumption must be huge, and the food price should rise even more. If the price of our Ming Dynasty food also needs to be raised, I am afraid that the food in the whole of England will be in crisis."

This is also a very normal thing.

First of all, the matter of England and France opening a movie has led to the price surge in England - prices during the war will always rise the fastest, and the first thing to be affected is food. What is the ancient times that understand gold in troubled times. During the war, ancient times and gold are nothing in front of food!

Secondly, the rise in grain prices in the Ming Dynasty will trigger the rise of the entire small-bang-bang grain price, because merchants are always profit-seeking, and the price of grain purchased by the Ming Dynasty is higher than that of other countries, so these merchants are more willing to sell grain to the Ming Dynasty.

Besides, compared with the Europa barbarians who have never been very credible, the reputation of the Ming Dynasty court and the reputation of the Long Yuanbao Notes are very impressive. Now the bulk trade on the Xiaopo Ball has defaulted to using the Long Yuanbao Notes of the Ming Dynasty - merchants only like Long Yuanbao Notes, so they don’t care whether selling grain will starve people from their country to death.

Zeng Cheng continued: "England's prices are soaring and food is short. Even if we want to continue to maintain the colonial rule in New South Wales, we are afraid that we will have the will but not have enough strength. So, why don't we take this opportunity to buy New South Wales directly from the English?"

Zhu Jinsong nodded, bent his fingers and slowly knocked on the table, while wondering whether Zeng Cheng's proposal was feasible.

It is mainly because of the number of Dingkou in the Ming Dynasty - even a small piece of land like Benghazi in the Ming Dynasty was directly entrusted to France because there were not enough people to use the migration. How could it be completely entrusted to France as a land of such a large area of ​​Australia?

But just let go directly, Zhu Jinsong is indeed not willing to do so. After all, Australia's geographical location and mineral resources are there.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out any good idea. Zhu Jinsong simply looked at Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen and others and asked: "If England agreed to sell New South Wales, where should our Ming Dynasty migrate so many people?"

Zeng Cheng replied without hesitation: "I think your Majesty is wrong. Although our Ming Dynasty certainly needs the geographical location of New South Wales, judging from the current situation, what our Ming Dynasty needs is the mineral resources in New South Wales."

"Even if the deposits in New South Wales are not needed, our Ming Dynasty also needs ownership of New South Wales."

"At worst, just follow Benghazi's example and directly entrusting South Wales to England, which can be regarded as supporting England's recovery of blood, so that it will not be in a slump."

Hearing this, Liu Heming, who was a little absent-minded, suddenly became energetic and bowed and said, "I advise that France has just defeated England and has obtained the custody of Benghazi. It is also very popular in Europe. A powerful France is obviously not in line with the interests of our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I think Mr. Zeng’s proposal is good. He can give England some support through New South Wales to suppress France."

However, Ke Zhiming suddenly said: "According to the information found by the Jinyiwei, except for France, the rest of the European countries, including Sand Goose and the Silly Thief, have retained the development of steam engines and muskets. In other words, France is currently devoted to following our Ming Dynasty, but other European countries still have their own plans."

Liu Huaiwen, who originally planned to support Zeng Cheng, suddenly changed his position: "Since England and other countries still plan to develop muskets, cannons, steam engines and other things on their own, then our Ming Dynasty doesn't have to support them anymore."

Liu Heming said: "They developed muskets and artillery and the purchase of New South Wales in the Ming Dynasty and slightly supported England. The two are not the same thing at all."

"Besides, with the double-gun troops of those countries in England, even if they developed muskets and cannons themselves, what's the use of steam engines? Any army of our Ming Dynasty's governor's office can sweep them."

Zeng Cheng also said: "It is necessary to support England, otherwise France's dominance is not a good thing."

As Zeng Cheng finished speaking, the entire Wenhua Palace suddenly became a mess. Some ministers believed that England should be built slightly to avoid the dominance of France, while others believed that England should not be built to avoid raising tigers. In short, it was just that the prince was right and the mother was right, and no one could convince anyone. Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, sat on the dragon throne with a smile.

As for the court, it should be like this, and it would be better if the ministers were quarreled from time to time. If these ministers were all tied together, I'm afraid Emperor Zhu would not be able to sleep well.

Until the ministers were so quarreled that their faces were red and their necks were thick, and they were about to perform a full martial arts movement, Zhu Jinsong coughed and said, "Okay, there is nothing to be arguing about in New South Wales. Anyway, it wouldn't cost much money to buy New South Wales. As for entrusting it to England, I don't have to - instead of entrusting it to England, it's better to entrusting it to all the Qing families."

After Zhu Jinsong said this, the big guys present were immediately confused.

The word custody is easy to understand, and the word Qing family is also easy to understand, but what is the operation of custody to the Qing family present?
Chapter completed!