"Even if it can be developed, it is often impossible to transport it out due to traffic and transportation issues, let alone sell the product to a place thousands of miles away."

Li Yanchuan thought for a while and began to talk in detail about the content of this global economy and integrated economy.

"The reason why the new situation of globalized economy and integrated economy is emerging now is inseparable from our increasingly developed transportation and transportation technology."

"Trains, cars, and ships have greatly facilitated the exchange and trade of people and goods. Cars produced in the Beijing-Tianjin region of the Ming Empire can be sold to any region in the world."

"Raw materials from all over the world can also be transported to the Ming Empire, which is enough to illustrate this point."

“Under such a development trend, all regions around the world will be involved and deeply affected. Places that can adapt to this development trend and trend will be able to quickly gain their own place in the global economy.

.”

"On the other hand, if you cannot apply and comply with this trend of global economic development, you will inevitably be gradually eliminated and abandoned by the times."

"Take Persia and Egypt around us as an example."

"The geographical conditions of Persia and Egypt are very suitable for growing cotton. The cotton grown is of very high quality and is very popular."

"But these two places are not very suitable for the development of agriculture, especially Egypt. Its agriculture can only rely on water from the Nile River for irrigation, and it does not have advantages in developing agriculture."

"If the Persians and Egyptians had only grown food, they might have been able to feed their own populations, but they would not have become rich."

"Because on a global scale, they do not have any advantages in growing food, and it is far from being compared with the Ming Empire and the South African colonies, which used extensive agricultural mechanization."

"The four major granaries of the Ming Dynasty are Black Earth Province, Hezhong Province, Liaodong Province, and Beihuanghuangzhou. The land is open, flat, and fertile. They use mechanized farming methods, which are extremely efficient, large in output, and low in cost."

"Even when the Ming Empire's grain was shipped to Egypt and in the hands of the Persians, the price was lower than their locally produced grain, and the quality was much better than their local grain."

"So from a purely economic perspective, growing food in places like Persia and Egypt is not as cost-effective as growing cotton."

"They can grow cotton, sell it to the Ming Dynasty people at a good price, and then buy cheaper and better quality grain from the Ming Dynasty people, so that they can still have extra income."

"If they just grow food, they will probably be able to barely fill their stomachs. Once there is a drought year, even filling their stomachs will be a problem."

"This is a manifestation of the global economy. The economic development of a place must be integrated into the global economy, and it will definitely be integrated into it."

Li Yanchuan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

"Because this is the choice and inevitability of the market. Under the influence of economic guidance, people will choose a way that is beneficial to them to live a better life."

"That's it. I talked with some officials in Persia about this period. He said that fewer and fewer people in Persia were growing food. Everyone was growing cotton and raising sheep. I didn't expect that there was such a truth in it."

After Li Zhaofan heard this, he suddenly said as if he had a sudden enlightenment.

Now I seem to have some understanding. In the past, I always couldn't figure out why this happened, but it turns out that there is such a reason behind it.

"Yes, in fact, the influence of Persia and Egypt in these aspects is not too great. They only suffered an impact on agriculture. In these vassal states and colonies outside our Ming Dynasty, this influence is even more profound."

"Our Chaling Colony and Zhang Colony produce oil. We don't even grow food ourselves. We rely on imports for almost all our products. We can live quite well just relying on oil."

"Also, the Chu State is dominated by animal husbandry; the Ning State is dominated by cane sugar, spices and tea; the South African colony has its own industrial advantages, so it is dominated by ship manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, electrical industry, and steel industry."

"There are also large and small colonies and vassal states. Almost all of them illustrate this point. Colonies and vassal states that have adapted to the development of globalized economy have developed rapidly and become rich rapidly."

“On the contrary, vassal states and colonies that do not like the development of globalized economy often develop extremely slowly.”

"Like Xingguo on the Gold Coast of West Africa, Xingguo itself does not have the foundation to develop industry. It insists on developing industry. As a result, a large amount of investment was poured into it and all the money was lost."

"To rejuvenate a country, if there is no technology and no talent, no industry can be developed. Their best development path is to follow the plantation economy, plant one or two crops with good economic value, and integrate into the globalized economy before they can develop.

stand up."

Li Yanchuan nodded and continued.

"In that case, our Li family's colony can only continue to exploit oil?"

Li Zhaofan thought for a while and said.

"It is petroleum-based related industries, such as petroleum refining and petrochemicals!"

"Petroleum can not only be used to smelt gasoline, diesel, etc., but it is also an extremely important chemical raw material, and its use in the chemical industry is also very large."

"By simply exporting crude oil, we can only eat a small part of the oil industry chain. If we want to fully expand our profits, we must develop oil refining and petrochemicals."

"And once these two industries can develop, we can also slowly take the road of industrialization, and our ability to resist risks will be greatly increased."

"In addition, we have huge income from oil, which can be invested globally."

"For example, in Australia and Golden Island, there are many high-quality iron ore and copper mines. These places have inconvenient transportation and mining requires a lot of investment. We can definitely invest in these iron ore and copper mines."

"The rubber planting in Nanyang is also very good. We can also invest in a large number of plantations in Nanyang to plant rubber."

"We can also invest in some commercial firms and factories in South Africa and Daming. These firms and factories are developing rapidly and have very good benefits. Many of them lack funds and cannot expand quickly. We can definitely invest in these factories and firms."

"It doesn't have to be limited to Chaling. We Ming people have the most land and resources in the world, and there are many places where we can invest. And under the system of the Ming Empire, we can actually invest anywhere.

It’s almost the same, there’s not much difference.”

"At this point, we can learn more from Liu Gong, the chief minister of the current Ming Dynasty cabinet. The Liu family's industries are spread all over the world, in major industries."

"Liu Jin does not have his own colony, but the Liu family has shares in major colonies around the world. Even in our Chaling colony, the Liu family only invested a few million taels of silver and got half of it. In this way

The investment can be said to be very successful.”

"Similar to this kind of investment, the Liu family has many other investments. In many fields, the Liu family can be found. Although on the surface it seems to be inconspicuous, the towering tree of Liu Jin is

The roots have already spread deeply to all parts of the world and in various fields.”

"Liu Jin's Liu family?"

When Li Yanchuan mentioned Liu Jin and the Liu family, Li Zhaofan couldn't help but nod.

Thinking that his own Chaling colony was facing many difficulties and that he would no longer be able to survive, Liu Jin just dumped several million taels of silver and bought himself half of the Chaling colony.

At that time, I thought I had made a profit and was very happy. But now, the people in the Li family have been complaining about this transaction and I have suffered a huge loss.

It was only a few million taels of silver. Chaling Colony can now sell tens of millions of taels of silver every year by selling oil. The millions of taels of silver that Liu Jin originally invested are now making extremely huge profits every year.

To be honest, many people in the Li family are clamoring to discuss with Liu Jin to buy back the other half of the ownership, but Li Zhaofan does not dare to mention this matter to the Liu family.

On the one hand, this is a matter related to the reputation of the Li family. If you regret the things you agreed on at the beginning, the credibility of the Li family will be gone.

Another aspect is that the Liu family is not an ordinary family. Whether it is in the Ming Dynasty, South Africa, or other vassal states, colonies, etc., it has huge influence. You and the Liu family are trying to burn bridges by crossing rivers.

Kill yourself.

The Liu family is a super family with extremely far-reaching influence in the world today. Its influence and wealth are beyond imagination and have exceeded the scope of the Li family's current worries.

The Li family is only thinking about how to continue and expand their wealth. The Liu family has already laid out the global layout decades ago and laid out the development and pattern for the next few hundred years.

"What you said is very good!"

"This new learning is still very useful. Compared with your brothers who study the old learning, your knowledge and thinking are several levels higher. You are a rare talent in our Li family."

Li Zhaofan praised Li Yanchuan. After listening to Li Yanchuan's words, Li Zhaofan finally had a clear understanding of the current global economy and structure.

He had a rough idea of ​​how the Li family would go from here.

Although Chaling Colony belongs to the Li family and needs to be managed well, it cannot be restricted by Chaling Colony. Instead, it should look at the world and integrate into the global economy. At the same time, it should also continue to integrate into the huge Ming Empire.

into the system.

Such a Li family can truly develop into a global Li family, rather than a Li family limited to the small place of Chaling.

We must look globally and focus on the world and future development.

PS: Two chapters combined into one, too lazy to split~~
Chapter completed!