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    The new idea of ??industrial development is to relax the use of urban industrial land.

    This policy will definitely be taken advantage of by some people to annex land in disguised form near towns.  This is the case with any policy, and it cannot be avoided at all. We can only strengthen the supervision of relevant parties, although it is certainly impossible to supervise.

    Cities and towns with geographical advantages will stand out sooner or later under the influence of objective laws.

    ? Location advantages, including transportation, resources, manpower, etc.

    Just like Jiangning Town in the west of Nanjing, the specific address is probably between the urban areas of Nanjing and Ma'anshan in later generations.  It seems that the two are incompatible, but it is backed by the Yangtze River, and there is a small river flowing from Jilong Mountain.  At present, the remaining textile industry in Nanjing has been undertaken. As long as the opening of the land grant is released, the textile industry will surely flourish rapidly and form a large textile industry town.

    It will compete with Nanjing for various industrial resources, and it will definitely interfere with each other at the beginning.  But when the technology is sufficient, the resources are left, and the means of transportation are developed, it will be connected with Nanjing to form a ring-Nanjing textile industry belt.

    More obvious is in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Gaoqiao Town in Wuxi.  It's only a waterway town at the moment, but it's at the confluence of two canals.  One canal connects Jiaxing, Wujiang, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Danyang and Zhenjiang, and the other connects Jiangyin to the Yangtze River.  In addition, there are two rivers that can connect to Taihu Lake, and the surrounding areas are all cotton-producing areas. Once the land grants are released, the industrial location advantage will come immediately.

    There are many such small towns in the south of the Yangtze River, which are full of flowers and compete with each other, stimulating the progress of textile technology. In the end, the winner will be determined in a gu-style manner. The market and capital will automatically adjust and run to form an industrial package.  For example, some small towns mainly focus on spinning; some small towns focus on weaving; some small towns focus on dyeing.  When the various small towns unite, the conditions for large-scale industrial production will be created.

    So far, there is and only Jiangnan can reach this level, what is lacking is only technological progress.

    ?Su, Song, Chang, Hu, Hangzhou, and Jialiufu are probably the most densely populated areas in the world today. There are many towns and cities, all of which have handicraft industries and are connected by complex water networks

    Mughal Empire, India, Bay of Bengal, Hooghly Harbor.

    The accelerated prosperity of China's cotton textile industry has clearly affected here.

    Decades ago, Hooghly was not under the direct control of the Mughal emperors.  People of all ethnic groups in India who fled during the war gathered here to form many communities.  The Portuguese also formed two communities, which eventually merged into one city and even built the Portuguese Wall.

    This is not a colony, but a leased land, similar in nature to Macau.

    ?Because of Portugal's generous tax payments, local officials are happy to see the results, and the two sides have lived in peace for decades.

    More than 20 years ago, that is, the early years of Chongzhen.

    Chongzhen, who had just succeeded to the throne, was facing a severe drought in Shaanxi.  Shah Jahan, who succeeded to the throne at that time, faced a severe drought in the Mughals.  The Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Empire experienced severe droughts on a large scale almost at the same time¡ªthe climate was abnormal during the Little Ice Age, and no one was spared. At that time, Japan and North Korea also suffered famines.

    Years of famines in the Mughal Empire, people cannibalized each other, and many villages went extinct.

    Internal troubles are also accompanied by foreign troubles. Shah Jahan, who had just ascended the throne, got the same script as Chongzhen.  Rebels appeared in the west of the empire, and the Sultanate of the Deccan Plateau was also making trouble, and there was still a war with the Persian Empire in the west.

    As a result, the prosperous Hooghly Port was targeted, and the fat pig of Portugal could be slaughtered.

    Of course, the teacher must be famous, and Shah Jahan also charged the Portuguese: slave trading and preaching!

    In fact, the Mughal Empire itself traded slaves and agreed to the mission of Portugal long ago. Portugal was really labeled for no reason this time.

    An army of 10,000, 400 warships, a large number of war elephants and artillery, marched mightily towards Hooghly Harbor.  The Portuguese in the city had less than 300 soldiers and more than 1,500 civilians and missionaries.

    With such a disparity in strength, the Mughal army was still unable to break through the city wall, and surrounded it until the Portuguese ran out of ammunition and food.

    The Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, won a "brilliant victory" but didn't seem too happy.  In the past year alone, the Mughals took the initiative to show favor to Portugal, not only releasing all captives, but also granting a large amount of land to the Portuguese to rebuild their communities, and even granting the Portuguese 17 commercial and religious privileges.

    Why is this so?

    ?Because the Portuguese were driven away, not a grain of food was grabbed, and the spoils of war were not enough to cover the war expenses.  Moreover, domestic goods cannot be transported from the Bay of Bengal, not only losing the commercial tax paid by the Portuguese, but also causing a large number of domestic handicraftsmen to lose their jobs.  A big victory made the Mughal economy worse.

      Invited the Portuguese back for three years, but Hooghly Port recovered too slowly. Shah Jahan was very annoyed, and drove the Portuguese away again, and contracted all the relevant land to the Dutch.

    The Dutch have been operating the port for twenty years, and now they are finally thriving again.

    But the Dutch were too arrogant and domineering. Shah Jahan felt that the British were good, so he agreed with the British to establish a trade point in Hooghly.

    Cotton weaving is the most important industry of the Mughal Empire, bar none!

    The Portuguese, British and Dutch bought cotton cloth in Hooghly Harbor, sold it to Southeast Asia for pepper, or bought Chinese goods.

    Today, due to the improvement of spinning machines and looms in China, even a few of them still use primitive steam engines.  The production efficiency of cotton cloth textiles has increased rapidly, and the cost has continued to drop. Although it will not impact the Indian market, it has completely seized the Southeast Asian market of Indian cotton cloth!

    Indian cotton cloth cannot be sold in Southeast Asia.

    At the same time, China's cotton textile industry is constantly experiencing shortages of raw materials.  As a result, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands began to purchase large quantities of cotton or cotton yarn in Bangladesh and southeastern India.  They transported cotton and cotton yarn to Banten and Batavia, where the Han merchants shipped them to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for sale.

    ?In the past two years, since Malacca was occupied by China, Guangdong maritime merchants began to have the idea of ??Indian cotton.

    ?Guangdong maritime merchants set up a station in Malacca, and first went to Hooghly Port to buy cotton.  The maritime trade business here is jointly occupied by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (mainly the Netherlands, but the United Kingdom has the Mughal emperor's side).  Local officials took bribes and refused to contact Chinese businessmen. Guangdong maritime merchants could only continue southward.

    Finally, in the country of Tanjore on the southeast coast, through the Portuguese, the merchants from Guangdong successfully bought the first batch of Indian cotton.

    ? Following the Chinese mission to Mughal, the Mughal emperor also agreed to Sino-Indian trade.  Only then did Guangdong merchants successfully enter Hooghly Port, but the share of cotton was still small, mainly because it was snatched away by Dutch merchants.

    "Why has the price of cotton increased again?"

    Hooghly Harbor, a Chinese businessman, was complaining to his interpreter.

    The translator explained: "Cotton sales are tight, and Britain and the Netherlands are also vying for it. Mughal merchants have no worries about selling, so they sit down and raise prices, and the Dutch are also angry about it."

    A Chinese businessman named Chen Liangxi came from Xiangshan, Guangdong.  He is only responsible for buying Indian cotton, and occasionally buying cotton yarn, which is unloaded when it arrives in Guangzhou, and then transferred to Jiangsu and Zhejiang by other merchants.

    Chen Liangxi said angrily: "Even if the price is increased, it can't be increased by so much. It has increased by 50% all of a sudden. When I ship it back to China, how can I make any money?"

    The translator said: "Businessmen here never talk about credibility, as long as there is a bargain, they will make money to death."

    After negotiating repeatedly for several days, Chen Liangxi finally bought cotton, but the price was so outrageous that the profit was already negligible.

    Both Chinese and British merchants could not accept the high cotton price, but the Dutch actually agreed.

    There are a large number of ships from the Netherlands to Batavia every year from the Bay of Bengal.  There are not many goods that can be sold, as long as there is a small profit, it is better than running an empty ship.  Moreover, a price war can be fought to drive away the British and Chinese who trade here.  It is not too late to lower the price after a monopoly is formed!

    A businessman from the British East India Company took the initiative to find Chen Liangxi: "Chen, China is so powerful, Chinese businessmen should go to meet the emperor. Ask the emperor of China to send troops to drive the Dutch out of Batavia. In that way, you can be in India.  By buying cheap cotton, we can also get more spices in Java."

    Chen Liangxi sighed with emotion: "His Majesty the Emperor of China has a lot of affairs and is busy with government affairs. How can he raise troops because of us businessmen?"

    But the British businessman said: "The monarch of a country should open up markets for businessmen. I heard that the Chinese emperor is very wise and intelligent, and he will definitely help drive away the Dutch. Didn't China and the Netherlands fight a few wars a few years ago?  You have occupied Malacca."

    Chen Liangxi was thoughtful.

    Returning to Guangzhou with cotton, Chen Liangxi went to find his employer.  He is just an errand, the real boss, and it is impossible to go to India to buy goods in person.

    "Boss, the Dutch colluded with Mughal officials and businessmen in Hooghly Harbor to raise the price of cotton and cotton yarn," said Chen Liangxi. "The Dutch were ambitious and wanted to monopolize the cotton trade. They will drive us away before lowering the price. Let them go."  In this way, there is no need for Hooghly's business to run away, and he will not make much money after working hard."

    The owner's name was Chen, and he asked, "What do you think?"

    Chen Liangxi said: "Connect with the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and let your Majesty do the same. Your Majesty, please send troops to capture Batavia in one fell swoop. As long as the Netherlands loses Batavia, the Dutch will not be able to gain a foothold, and they will no longer be able to compete with us for business."

    Chen frowned and said: "This matter is not easy to handle. First, the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River may not want to join forces with us; second, the imperial court will probably not send troops because of this."

    Chen Liangxi said: "Textile merchants in Jiangnan are often short of cotton. Especially after Shandong recovers, Shandong is also building textile factories, and Shandong's cotton sales to Jiangnan are getting less and less. We help Jiangnan merchants buy Indian cotton. The most beneficial thing is  They, why don't they want to help? As for the court, let's see what His Majesty will do."

    Chen thought about it left and right, slapped his fist and said, "Then give it a try!"In Davia, the Dutch will not be able to gain a foothold, and they will no longer be able to compete with us for business.  "

    Chen frowned and said: "This matter is not easy to handle. First, the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River may not want to join forces with us; second, the imperial court will probably not send troops because of this."

    Chen Liangxi said: "Textile merchants in Jiangnan are often short of cotton. Especially after Shandong recovers, Shandong is also building textile factories, and Shandong's cotton sales to Jiangnan are getting less and less. We help Jiangnan merchants buy Indian cotton. The most beneficial thing is  They, why don't they want to help? As for the court, let's see what His Majesty will do."

    Chen thought about it, slapped his fist and said, "Then try it! ?
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