lcionline Chapter 677 The Rapidly Developing Daqin
Chapter 677 The Rapidly Developing Daqin
In the following time, Ying Yu told everyone why he wanted to reorganize the Silk Road at this point in time.
Since the establishment of the Silk Road, it has indeed not encountered too many troubles. After solving the small problems, he has been Daqin's money-making tool.
This is due to the original intention of the construction of the Silk Road, which itself was a visionary strategy.
According to common sense, even if the Silk Road is left unmoved, it will be as expected by the ministers present.
In the next ten years or even decades, this Silk Road will continue to provide Daqin with the economy it needs,
This is naturally the result that Ying Yu would like to see, but the problem is that it is only a general situation.
Although others are not very clear about the establishment of the Silk Road, Ying Yu himself knows it very well.
This is already a business route established beyond the timeline. If Ying Yu is only satisfied with the status quo, then such a business route can indeed bring Great Qin prosperity and prosperity for at least a few decades.
But that was only for Daqin when the Silk Road was established.
From the establishment of the Silk Road to the present, although it has not been too long, under the various policies of Ying Yu in the past few years, the rapid development of Daqin is simply unimaginable.
It can be said that in today's Great Qin, almost every year is equivalent to crossing a small era.
In the past few years, the development of Daqin has been much ahead of the time when the Silk Road was just established.
Relatively speaking, the current Silk Road, to put it bluntly, can no longer keep up with the development of Daqin.
Although the Silk Road is still continuously providing the economy for Daqin.
However, according to the current development speed of Daqin, it will not take long for such a Silk Road to be eliminated.
Of course, this is not artificially trying to eliminate the Silk Road, but because with the popularity of steam engines, the development of Daqin will be faster and more unstoppable in the next few years.
Although most people and officials do not understand what kind of changes such a machine can bring to a country.
High-efficiency steam engines dominated almost an entire era when modern society came out.
And Ying Yu brought the steam engine to Daqin. There is no need to question Daqin's development.
And they didn't know these things, only Ying Yu knew it very well.
So he had already expected it. Although the Silk Road has not declined at the moment, it will not take long in the future.
The society of Daqin was highly developed, and various industries matured one after another.
The Silk Road, which is still unchanged, will instead become an obstacle for Daqin.
So at this time, Ying Yu must plan ahead and try to make changes before the elimination comes.
The reason why Ying Yu made such a decision is also because it only values the Silk Road, and he does not want this mountain road to be eliminated by the times.
So he decided to make changes before the elimination came, so that the Silk Road could keep up with the development of Daqin and survive in line with the times.
Ying Yu told all the ministers present what he thought and what he could say.
The ministers also looked at each other in blank dismay after listening to it. It turned out that Ying Yu had made such a plan.
After listening to Ying Yu's words, all the ministers were no longer as opposed to it as they were at the beginning.
Instead, they wanted to hear how Ying Yu wanted to reform the Silk Road.
The topic returned to the central point, which was also the focus of Ying Yu's current court meeting.
"Before discussing this issue formally, I would like to ask you a question, what do you think of my Daqin's silk industry?
When Ying Yu asked this question, a minister immediately stepped forward to answer it.
Because Ying Yu's question was actually not a problem.
Daqin's silk industry is now highly developed. From production materials to production techniques, it is absolutely at the top level in the world.
Although Daqin has never spared its own technology, many countries that want to learn how to make silk have sent people to Daqin to learn the post-production of silk materials.
But it can be said that until now, no country has really taken away the core of Daqin silk.
Therefore, even if other countries can produce some silk products, compared with what Daqin produced, it is really a world of difference.
Coupled with the unimpeded Silk Road, those countries that have a great need for silk will not make their own for a long time and buy directly from Daqin.
Because anyone can calculate simple accounts, they found that not only the quality of the silk they produced was much worse than that produced by Daqin, but if it was calculated comprehensively, even the cost would be higher if purchased directly in Daqin.
Gradually, no one is doing such a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and thankless thing.
Therefore, in today's world, silk production outside the Great Qin Dynasty almost does not exist.
Even if there is still a small amount, it is completely negligible.
Those are often small workshops with a less subdued climate, and the silk they produce cannot be provided to those who really need silk.
Because the quality of these small workshops is not high, there is no way to compete with Daqin silk in the real silk market.
The silk they produce is to satisfy the vanity of some middle and lower class people.
Those people know that silk with big money is good, but the price of silk is not acceptable to everyone.
So those inferior silks became their only choice.
To sum up, the conclusion drawn is that Daqin's silk industry is almost monopolized today.
After listening to the minister's speech, Ying Yu nodded and said.
"The analysis is very reasonable and thorough. Let me ask another question. How is my Daqin silk sold now?"
After hearing Ying Yu's question, the officials fell silent again.
Because this may hardly be regarded as a problem. Of course, buying and selling is to sell goods for money, so how to divide and sell?
But they also knew in their hearts that it was impossible for Ying Yu to ask such a worthless and meaningful question.
He asked this right now, so there must be a reason for him,
It's just that they haven't figured out why for a while.
Okay, Ying Yu, when no one answered for a while, he didn't wait any longer and said directly.
"My Daqin's silk, is it now that the country's currency is collected wherever it is shipped?"
The ministers nodded. Today, Daqin's silk is indeed, and any country can use their country's currency to buy it.
But the reality of selling silk is in the final analysis the manufacture of Daqin, the silk workers.
After they received the coins from various countries, they obviously couldn't use them in Daqin, and they needed to take the coins from various countries to the royal firm and exchange them for Daqin's coins.
The coins from various countries collected by the Daqin Royal Commercial Bank are generally accumulated to a certain extent before being sent to other countries and exchanged for Daqin coins.
Because Daqin coins can also be used in various countries, there are also a large number of Daqin coins in their markets in the countries of the Western Regions.
Ying Yu brought up this matter at this moment because he wanted to solve this problem first.
Because of this back and forth exchange, the manpower and material resources lost in it cannot be underestimated.