The commodity economy is fundamentally different from the natural economy. The natural economy is introverted and always tends to be conservative after it stabilizes. The fastest update is the nature of the commodity economy, which is to expand, produce, exchange, and expand and reproduction after obtaining profits. More and more products are produced, and the market for demand will naturally become larger and larger.

The sugar sugar business built by Xu Ping in Yongzhou actually has this nature. At the beginning, it was mainly transported to the mainland market, and the profits were also kept in the mainland. Everyone didn't think so. When the expansion of the mainland market slowed down, Pang Ji immediately turned the direction of market expansion to the ocean after taking over it. It was not Pang Ji who wanted to do this in his heart, but the nature of the sugar sugar business forced him to do this. Continuously reclaiming land suitable for planting sugar cane on land, and producing more and more sugar, naturally a broader market is needed. Nanyang Commercial Road is the direction of the expansion of sugar sugar business. From this point of view, Chameng is not as good as Jiaozhi before. If Jiaozhi is honest, it is actually very safe. Chameng blocks the sugar sugar business road and must be knocked out.

Sugar Sugar Service looks a bit similar to the manors in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but they are actually completely different. Manors in natural economy are self-sufficient, while manors in commodity economy, such as Sugar Sugar Service, have no ability to be self-sufficient. They must sell the sugar produced and buy back the needed food and various consumer goods. This difference determines that they are one conservative and one natural tendency to expand. This difference is the epoch-making difference between capitalism and feudalism.

Xu Ping was not worried that they would develop an independent consciousness, just like the United States in his previous life, because the two were fundamentally different. Whether it was the sugar sugar business in Yongzhou or the similar manors that would be produced in the future, their main market and the main source of goods were the Central Plains. The Central Plains were their foundation. Those manor-made economic entities were just branches and branches of the big trees in the Central Plains. Without the Central Plains, they would have no soil for survival. The largest market in the southern United States was in Europe and the largest source of goods was also in Europe. Economically speaking, it was one with Europe. This was the root of the south's independence and their economic foundation.

The economic foundation determines the superstructure, and social existence determines social consciousness. As long as there is a large and unified economic market, the economic foundation is there, there is no need to worry about the south being a manor with different ambitions. This is the logic of the commodity economy.

The sugar sugar business on Yongliang Road is looking for its own new market, and the finger has been aimed at Chameng. It is only a matter of time before annexation there and completely controlling the Nanyang Commercial Road. The current situation is fundamentally different from when Xu Ping was in Yongzhou. At that time, Xu Ping did not have the main initiative to annex Jiaozhi. The development direction of the sugar sugar business is still towards the country, so he just responded passively. Now the foundation of the sugar business has moved to the south of Liangzhou, and the development to the south has become an instinct.

The sugar business is facing south, and Xu Ping also needs to open up new cotton and old silk industry markets, which is why he is particularly concerned about the trade routes between Goryeo and Japan. There is no way, Southeast Asia is too hot and the indigenous people are too poor, and wearing clothes is optional for them. It is really difficult to open up the textile market. Unless the Nanyang Commercial Road leads to Europe, you will find a large market for textiles. I don’t know which year or month it happened. It is impossible to quench the near thirst.

Talking to Wang Wen, Xu Ping also learned about the current situation in Northeast Asia. There, the Khitan was stronger than the Great Song Dynasty, but the Khitan was also a barbarian after all, and Goryeo had psychological barriers to surrender. Goryeo is now neutral in fact and does not offend both sides, but in terms of culture, it is still biased towards the Great Song Dynasty. Bin Gongsheng, who had been supervised in the Imperial College in Kaifeng, especially those who were given Jinshi, were also outstanding people when they returned to Goryeo, at least

He can also do the duties like the Six Ministers of the Central Plains. The Wang family is one of the most powerful families in Goryeo. There have always been people in the clan holding positions similar to the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. As for Wang Bin, who stayed in the Central Plains as an official, he was a Jinshi exam based on his own skills, and he was not a Jinshi student who was awarded Jinshi. Of course, he did not bother to return to the place where birds do not shit and become an official. Now he has the face of the Wang family in Goryeo, which is more glorious than being prime minister in Goryeo.

The situation next to Japan is different from Goryeo. It has been closed to the country since the Five Dynasties. The domestic situation is not particularly stable. For fear of being affected by the Central Plains regime, the political situation is unstable, so it is strictly prohibited for maritime trade. It is not so strict that Goryeo is isolated from the Song Dynasty. The business route has always been open, but the scale is not too large. Nowadays, Han people travel to Japan by sea, either pretending to be the name of Goryeo, or simply finding a few women in Japan and building another home, which is considered a Japanese.

After asking these questions clearly, Xu Ping said to Wang Wen: "Gory is sparsely populated. Even if you transport cotton coats there, you may not be able to sell them much. If you do it in the future, it will be inconvenient."

Wang Wen smiled and said, "Du Cao is so exaggerated. No matter how small Goryeo is, it has hundreds of thousands of households in the Central Plains. How many cotton coats can be found in Xijing City that Goryeo people cannot buy it!"

Xu Ping smiled slightly: "How many people can afford to buy hundreds of thousands of households? With the wealth of the Central Plains, everyone can afford to wear cotton coats on West Jing Road. Goryeo is probably far behind. As for how many cotton coats there are in Xijing City, I will take you to the yard tomorrow to take a look. I dare not say that there are too many clothes. It is enough to have a person in Goryeo nationwide."

Wang Wen was stunned for a while and stopped talking. Finally, he said disbelief: "Luoyang is just a city, how could it be that many cloths? We in Goryeo also have hundreds of thousands of people."

Huang Jinbiao knocked on the table impatiently: "I'll say you are a barbarian with shallow eyes, and there are many hundreds of thousands of people? There are one or two million households in Kaifeng Prefecture! Not to mention the capital, just say that we have hundreds of thousands of households in Yongzhou, which is still a border area!"

Wang Wen was surprised: "Even there are hundreds of thousands of people in the contemptuous place in Yongzhou? Don't mess with me!"

"The officials of Ducao are here. Please ask, how many people were there at that time?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Huang Jinbiao didn't say much about this. There were indeed hundreds of thousands of households in Yongzhou. At that time, the land was a resident, and there were 200,000 to 300,000 households in the natives. In addition, the households in several counties and the sugar service, it may not be less than those in Goryeo."

When Xu Ping was in Lingnan, Yongzhou was more than Nanning's cities in later generations, almost equivalent to most of the later Guangxi. In this era, there were not many crops suitable for planting in high-latitude areas in Goryeo, and the weather was cold, which was far from comparable to Yongzhou's population carrying capacity. It was normal for the population to be similar to Yongzhou.

Wang Wen was a little discouraged: "Well, Goryeo has a remote small country with few people, so naturally it cannot be compared with the prosperity and wealth of the Central Plains. However, no matter how small it is, it is still a business. I heard from the Caoguan people. Could it be that Goryeo is poor and poor, and he looks down on the transaction there?"

Xu Ping waved his hand: "I don't mean that. If I really think so, I won't take care of you everywhere for convenience. What I said is that if you want to do a big business, Goryeo still seems small after all, and you can earn limited wealth. I heard that Japan has much more land than Goryeo and many more households. Only when the business is done can you get big interest!"

Wang Wen shook his head: "Ducao officials don't know that the business in Japan is not easy to do, so they are very good at guarding against foreigners. The reason for the lack of goods to trade with Goryeo is that there are not many goods. Once there are too many, it is possible to try every means to break the trade route."

After hearing this, Xu Ping asked with concern: "Oh, are you really so guarded? I also heard that Japan has banned maritime merchants, but it has not completely stopped them. It only allowed the Song Dynasty maritime merchants to be connected once every three years. Recently, I heard that the most people went there four times a year. But the control there was too strict, and private merchants were not allowed. When the maritime merchants arrived there, they had to sell the goods uniformly by their government."

"The officials of Ducao only know one thing, not the other. Japanese people naturally like goods from the Central Plains. For example, they also produce silk, and their quality is pretty good. They have sold them to our Goryeo over the years. However, officials and nobles, who have a little status, must wear silk sold in the Central Plains. Even the maids of rich families must have this kind of identity. I think Japanese domestic paper is also famous in the Central Plains, and many places are regarded as treasures. But they are different. They have to use the Central Plains for their pens, inks, paper and inkstones to transport them through the Central Plains.

In the past, otherwise they would be looked down upon. Xiaoke said this, which means that there were naturally people who wanted to buy goods from the Song Dynasty, but the government strictly controlled them. Once there were too many, they would try every means to ban them. There were always people in the sea merchants here, such as encountering a storm on the sea and drifting to Japan, wanting to trade in this way. When encountering such merchants, most Japanese countries are not allowed to get off the ship, and they will be sent away with the goods. When they do business, they will be suspicious of all kinds of suspicion."

Xu Ping only asked about these maritime events from the people of the Central Plains in this era and always couldn't understand them clearly. In fact, at this time, the Song Dynasty did not understand Japan's political situation clearly and had no channels to understand.

After hearing Wang Wen's words, Xu Ping couldn't help but ask: "Since they like Central Plains goods, why are they still so aggressive?"
Chapter completed!