My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 666

c656 division of labor system

Shen Yiguan received the information that Dagu was rushing to Seoul. He did not expect that Li Chengliang was so fast and had already prepared the army to go north.

Shen Guanyi knew that the troops in the southeast still needed to be mobilized, and there would be no time to cross the sea and reach North Korea.

Shen Yiguan also knew that if Li Chengliang really came out of seclusion, Li Rushe’s Jurchens would be unable to resist. By that time, it would be too late for the southeastern army to move out.

Shen Yiguan quickly found Yi Sunchen, and he immediately said to Yi Sunchen:

“Commander Li, now is your chance to make contributions to Southeast!”

Yi Sun-shin was a little embarrassed. North Korea had just stabilized, and now it was crossing the Yajiang River to attack the Jurchens. This was not in North Korea’s interests.

Yi Sun-shin was very aware of the quality of his army. If it had not been for the southeastern army, these North Korean armies would not have been able to drive away the old army of the North Korean leader.

Seeing Li Sunchen’s hesitation, Shen Yiguan immediately said:

“Commander Li, his status is all earned by himself. If North Korea wants to provide status within the southeast, it must come up with something.”

“As a vassal state of Introspection, if you only think about the benefits but don’t want to contribute, you will not be able to maintain a lasting relationship just relying on old kindness.”

When Shen Yiguan said this, Yi Sunchen immediately woke up.

Today, the North Korean regime relies entirely on support from the southeast. Without the support of the southeastern army, Yi Sun-shin would still be fighting guerrillas on Jeju Island.

And now North Korea’s various preferential treatments are completely dependent on the policy preferences of the Southeast.

Even the industries within North Korea are now allocated to it from the southeast.

With the rise of the huge citizen economy in the Southeast, a huge consumer market has emerged. This market produces a lot of products and also generates a lot of demand. The Southeast produces the most industrial products and consumes the most commodities.

This situation means that Southeast Asia is the complete core of the entire international market.

Grand Governor Su Ze has long judged that the most important indicator in determining whether a country is strong or not is the number of industrial people in a country who can engage in industrial activities.

The industrial population is simply the number of labor force.

The most important thing in a country is the labor force. A labor force is both a producer and the most vigorous consumer.

Take the textile workers in Songjiang, for example. Their salaries exceed those of North Korean and Annan officials. In terms of living standards, they have surpassed many island owners and chiefs in Southeast Asia.

These workers in Susong can have plenty to eat, and have the latest industrial products such as sewing machines and clocks at home. When they take a break, they can go to the theater on Chongming Island to listen to plays, and eat sweet pastries and sweet snacks. Fruit tea milk tea.

Such a labor force produces silk and cloth worth more than hundreds of silver dollars every year, and they also consume a large amount of silver dollars, which promotes the activities of the entire economy.

The number of people engaged in industry in a country is the sum of its producers and consumers. A country with strong productivity and consumption capacity is a well-deserved center of the world.

Su Ze’s theory was quickly verified in trade.

Because of the consumption power of the Southeast, a large number of foreign merchant ships have transported a large amount of goods to the Southeast for trade, and they will also take away industrial products produced in the Southeast in droves.

And a trading system established along the southeast was established.

Spices from Southeast Asia, sugar from Annam, ivory from Khmer, and ginseng from Korea. These countries and regions are all classified as part of the southeastern commercial system, and only within this system can they be qualified for trade.

In such a system, “division of labor” is extremely important.

For example, Manila, which had just been captured, originally had spices and some tropical fruits as its specialties. However, in order to fight against Nanyang pirates and protect Nanyang waterways, the Navy moved an artillery workshop in Nanjing to Manila.

For Manila, this is not just an artillery workshop, but also a series of supporting workshops such as ironworks and smelting plants. These factories can not only produce artillery, but also can Cultivate local workers and produce various civilian products.

All in all, for Manila, this equals a large number of job opportunities and the transfer of industries and technology from the southeast.

Similar to Manila is the sugar cane industry in Annan.

The sugarcane industry that is now the mainstay of Annan did not originally have such a large demand.

It is precisely because the increasingly prosperous sugar consumption market in the entire Central Plains has brought a large demand for cane sugar. Annan quickly became the main production and processing place of sugar cane by relying on its unique geographical location and sugar cane planting advantages, as well as its tariff advantage as an inland province.

Before, North Korea far surpassed Annan in both economic and cultural levels.

What the hell is Annan? Compared with a vassal state like North Korea, which has always been submissive, it is just a place where nothing matters.

However, now relying on the sugar cane trade and the sugarcane wine industry that has recently emerged in Nanyang, Annam’s economic development has greatly accelerated. It has now surpassed Korea and become the forefront of development among the Southeast vassal countries.

The prosperity of Annan made Yi Sun-shin see the power of the southeast.

This kind of strength is not just military strength and cultural advancement, but a powerful force that transcends the previous sectarian-vassal relationship.

This power refers to the huge market and advanced technology of the Central Plains, making it the center of world trade. Relying on these, the Southeast can lift an ordinary country from this international division of labor system to a new height, and this country can compete with Manila, like Annan, rapidly developed by leaps and bounds.

And if a region cannot be “favored” by the Southeast, then this region will not be able to benefit from the international division of labor order established by the Southeast, or it will be defined in a relatively low status in the national division of labor. For example, like some countries in Southeast Asia, it will become Food supplier country.

Then these areas will be unable to escape poverty, and will even be exploited by goods from other areas.

Today is such a critical period in North Korea.

As an introspection, North Korea is not as blessed with a natural sugar industry as Annan.

So far, the Southeast has not transferred its steelmaking and weapons manufacturing industries to North Korea, and it has not even transferred its textile industry to North Korea.

At present, North Korea is only an embarrassing exporter of luxury goods and copper ore. The copper ore is still produced in factories in the southeast, and it only pays a symbolic tax to the North Korean government.

Yi Sun-shin understood Shen Yiguan’s voice-over, saying that if North Korea wants to gain a higher status in this trading system, it needs to fight with its own sweat and blood.

Yi Sun-shin immediately said:

“I will mobilize immediately! Send troops to Liaodong!”