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Chapter 62 The Cotton Trade
Chapter 62 The Cotton Trade
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and today was the day Thomas came to pay the money.
Thomas dragged his exhausted body to the Yanping King City. God knows how exhausted he was raising money during this time. Fortunately, it was all worth it. After getting the Ye Mingzhu, he will not have to worry about food and clothing in this life.
He bowed briefly to Zheng Kezang, and said, "Dear Your Highness, I have already raised 100 million silver, and my servant has sent it to the warehouse for you."
"Okay, old buddy, I'll send someone to take an inventory. If there's no problem, I'll take you to get the Ye Mingzhu." Zheng Kezang nodded.
Thomas rubbed his hands, looking a little impatient.
Seeing his urgency, Zheng Kezang tried to divert his attention: "Thomas, I heard that your country is developing a new continent."
"The New World? Your Royal Highness, there is a paradise for black slaves." Thomas has also heard of the New World. Many people are advocating how rich the New World is, and he doesn't believe a single letter of it. Only the poor will fight for it. Give it a go.
Later, the poor were not enough, and the crazy colonists started the evil black slave trade. Their purpose was only money. No matter how cruel, as long as they could make money, these conscienceless colonists would do it.
They frantically bought African labor and squeezed it as much as possible, never caring whether these people lived or died.
If they died from overwork, the slave owner would happily buy another batch.
After all, it was much cheaper to keep buying new slaves than to care for the ones already there, as African slaves were bought in ever greater numbers, and by the end of the seventeenth century the African slave population was four times that of the white colonists.
"A paradise for black people? Thomas, I heard that they were going to be slaves." Zheng Kezang asked.
"Your Highness, you don't know, it's their honor to send these black people to the New World to accept the baptism of civilization in the wild land of Africa."
"By the way, the cotton in the New World is not bad. If His Royal Highness wants it, your loyal partner Thomas can transport it for you." Thomas suddenly promoted.
"Cotton is everywhere. I can buy it elsewhere. As far as I know, the New World is far away from me." Zheng Kezang said with a frown. There is no need to transport it so far.
"Cotton from the New World is of excellent quality and cheap!"
Cotton is indeed a crop all over the world, but the quality of cotton in Eurasia is far inferior to that of American varieties. In the 16th century, the Spaniards went to southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula and found that the local cotton was of extremely high quality. This kind of cotton was called " upland cotton".
In 1519, King Charles V of Spain saw cotton seeds from Mexico. Subsequently, upland cotton was introduced to the Old World and quickly replaced the old varieties. More than 90% of the cotton in later generations came from upland cotton in America.
"How much is a catty?" Zheng Kezang was slightly interested.
"Your Highness, the price of friendship is fifty cents a catty."
That is indeed cheap. The current market price in the Qing Dynasty is around 90-125 Wen for a catty of cotton.
"Then let's buy [-] tons first." Zheng Kezang was rich and powerful.
Five hundred tons of cotton is only about 5 taels of silver, which seems quite favorable. In fact, to American slave farmers, it is only half a year's output of four thousand acres of cotton fields, and they are almost like free prostitutes.
Black slaves don't need wages, they just need to eat. The land is all robbed, and it is very fertile just after development, and only needs a few pounds.
Zheng Kezang's great generosity is bound to make the black slaves in the New World more sad.
In the New World, whether it was a tobacco plantation or a rice plantation, their daily tasks were fixed. For example, each person was responsible for weeding an acre of land. Hardworking slaves could go back to rest after finishing their work ahead of schedule.
However, the cotton plantation is completely different, because the British have a huge demand for cotton, and the plantation owners will not give slaves too much rest time at all in order to make more money.
In tobacco plantations, the overseers also beat people, but they used short whips made up of multiple belts, which hurt the body, but not too badly.
However, the supervisors in the cotton plantation use a 3-meter-long cowhide whip with a heavy handle. When it is swung, it will make a "snap" in the air, and it will immediately tear the skin and flesh when it is hit on the back.
No matter how strong the slave is, it is difficult to endure this kind of pain. Every whip is like a knife cutting, which instantly short-circuits people's thinking, slurs their speech, and their bodies start to tremble.
Moreover, the task system adopted by slave owners is very terrifying.
According to the situation of each slave, there will be a minimum picking amount. For example, a novice may only need to pick 20 pounds (about 9 kilograms) on the first day.
But the next day will be based on this, and he must complete 25 pounds, otherwise he will be beaten.
If this task is completed, it means that the person has learned the skill, and the task volume will continue to increase.Almost every slave did this, until the workload escalated to the point where they couldn't do it.
You can't imagine the 3-meter-long cowhide whip, and this horrible task system, how much "potential" the slaves have been inspired.
"Your Highness, the silver is counted, and the amount is correct." The excited Eunuch Li interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Let's go, Thomas, go get your Ye Mingzhu." Zheng Kezang said.
Upon hearing this, the impatient Sir Thomas couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly took his servants to harvest his treasure.
"By the way, Thomas, if you want to transport cotton, please send me some New World cotton seeds by the way." Zheng Kezang asked, he wanted to introduce American cotton to Yizhou Island, and promote it in the future, so as not to quarrel with Britain in the future and be stuck. neck.
Why did Zheng Kezang suddenly want to buy cotton?
Because Zheng Kezang wanted to stimulate the potential of women in Yizhou Island, he wanted to start with the textile industry.
But here comes the problem. Yizhou Island does not produce cotton. The nearest cotton producing areas are Qing Dynasty and India.
Originally, he wanted to buy some Indian cotton from Thomas, but he didn't expect that the New World had already started large-scale planting, which was exactly what he wanted.
"System, give me the blueprint of the spindle spinning machine." This is how Zheng Kezang consumed this batch of cotton.
[Deduct 10 points, the current balance is 15 points]
The mule spinning machine is a spinning machine contemporaneous with the Jenny machine, and it is a behemoth that swallows cotton.
In 1779, Samuel Crompton invented the mule spinning machine, which combined Hargreaves's spinning jenny with water spinning invented by another British barber Arkwright. The machine is combined into one, and it is also called "mule machine".
The mule machine inherits the technology of alternating pedals from the spinning jenny and the hand-free feature of the hydraulic spinning machine, which makes spinning out of handwork and becomes mechanized production, and at the same time weaves finer yarns.
A mule machine can drive 400 spindles, and the 500 tons of cotton can be used for no one knows how long, Zheng Kezang is a little worried that the cotton is not enough.
(End of this chapter)
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and today was the day Thomas came to pay the money.
Thomas dragged his exhausted body to the Yanping King City. God knows how exhausted he was raising money during this time. Fortunately, it was all worth it. After getting the Ye Mingzhu, he will not have to worry about food and clothing in this life.
He bowed briefly to Zheng Kezang, and said, "Dear Your Highness, I have already raised 100 million silver, and my servant has sent it to the warehouse for you."
"Okay, old buddy, I'll send someone to take an inventory. If there's no problem, I'll take you to get the Ye Mingzhu." Zheng Kezang nodded.
Thomas rubbed his hands, looking a little impatient.
Seeing his urgency, Zheng Kezang tried to divert his attention: "Thomas, I heard that your country is developing a new continent."
"The New World? Your Royal Highness, there is a paradise for black slaves." Thomas has also heard of the New World. Many people are advocating how rich the New World is, and he doesn't believe a single letter of it. Only the poor will fight for it. Give it a go.
Later, the poor were not enough, and the crazy colonists started the evil black slave trade. Their purpose was only money. No matter how cruel, as long as they could make money, these conscienceless colonists would do it.
They frantically bought African labor and squeezed it as much as possible, never caring whether these people lived or died.
If they died from overwork, the slave owner would happily buy another batch.
After all, it was much cheaper to keep buying new slaves than to care for the ones already there, as African slaves were bought in ever greater numbers, and by the end of the seventeenth century the African slave population was four times that of the white colonists.
"A paradise for black people? Thomas, I heard that they were going to be slaves." Zheng Kezang asked.
"Your Highness, you don't know, it's their honor to send these black people to the New World to accept the baptism of civilization in the wild land of Africa."
"By the way, the cotton in the New World is not bad. If His Royal Highness wants it, your loyal partner Thomas can transport it for you." Thomas suddenly promoted.
"Cotton is everywhere. I can buy it elsewhere. As far as I know, the New World is far away from me." Zheng Kezang said with a frown. There is no need to transport it so far.
"Cotton from the New World is of excellent quality and cheap!"
Cotton is indeed a crop all over the world, but the quality of cotton in Eurasia is far inferior to that of American varieties. In the 16th century, the Spaniards went to southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula and found that the local cotton was of extremely high quality. This kind of cotton was called " upland cotton".
In 1519, King Charles V of Spain saw cotton seeds from Mexico. Subsequently, upland cotton was introduced to the Old World and quickly replaced the old varieties. More than 90% of the cotton in later generations came from upland cotton in America.
"How much is a catty?" Zheng Kezang was slightly interested.
"Your Highness, the price of friendship is fifty cents a catty."
That is indeed cheap. The current market price in the Qing Dynasty is around 90-125 Wen for a catty of cotton.
"Then let's buy [-] tons first." Zheng Kezang was rich and powerful.
Five hundred tons of cotton is only about 5 taels of silver, which seems quite favorable. In fact, to American slave farmers, it is only half a year's output of four thousand acres of cotton fields, and they are almost like free prostitutes.
Black slaves don't need wages, they just need to eat. The land is all robbed, and it is very fertile just after development, and only needs a few pounds.
Zheng Kezang's great generosity is bound to make the black slaves in the New World more sad.
In the New World, whether it was a tobacco plantation or a rice plantation, their daily tasks were fixed. For example, each person was responsible for weeding an acre of land. Hardworking slaves could go back to rest after finishing their work ahead of schedule.
However, the cotton plantation is completely different, because the British have a huge demand for cotton, and the plantation owners will not give slaves too much rest time at all in order to make more money.
In tobacco plantations, the overseers also beat people, but they used short whips made up of multiple belts, which hurt the body, but not too badly.
However, the supervisors in the cotton plantation use a 3-meter-long cowhide whip with a heavy handle. When it is swung, it will make a "snap" in the air, and it will immediately tear the skin and flesh when it is hit on the back.
No matter how strong the slave is, it is difficult to endure this kind of pain. Every whip is like a knife cutting, which instantly short-circuits people's thinking, slurs their speech, and their bodies start to tremble.
Moreover, the task system adopted by slave owners is very terrifying.
According to the situation of each slave, there will be a minimum picking amount. For example, a novice may only need to pick 20 pounds (about 9 kilograms) on the first day.
But the next day will be based on this, and he must complete 25 pounds, otherwise he will be beaten.
If this task is completed, it means that the person has learned the skill, and the task volume will continue to increase.Almost every slave did this, until the workload escalated to the point where they couldn't do it.
You can't imagine the 3-meter-long cowhide whip, and this horrible task system, how much "potential" the slaves have been inspired.
"Your Highness, the silver is counted, and the amount is correct." The excited Eunuch Li interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Let's go, Thomas, go get your Ye Mingzhu." Zheng Kezang said.
Upon hearing this, the impatient Sir Thomas couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly took his servants to harvest his treasure.
"By the way, Thomas, if you want to transport cotton, please send me some New World cotton seeds by the way." Zheng Kezang asked, he wanted to introduce American cotton to Yizhou Island, and promote it in the future, so as not to quarrel with Britain in the future and be stuck. neck.
Why did Zheng Kezang suddenly want to buy cotton?
Because Zheng Kezang wanted to stimulate the potential of women in Yizhou Island, he wanted to start with the textile industry.
But here comes the problem. Yizhou Island does not produce cotton. The nearest cotton producing areas are Qing Dynasty and India.
Originally, he wanted to buy some Indian cotton from Thomas, but he didn't expect that the New World had already started large-scale planting, which was exactly what he wanted.
"System, give me the blueprint of the spindle spinning machine." This is how Zheng Kezang consumed this batch of cotton.
[Deduct 10 points, the current balance is 15 points]
The mule spinning machine is a spinning machine contemporaneous with the Jenny machine, and it is a behemoth that swallows cotton.
In 1779, Samuel Crompton invented the mule spinning machine, which combined Hargreaves's spinning jenny with water spinning invented by another British barber Arkwright. The machine is combined into one, and it is also called "mule machine".
The mule machine inherits the technology of alternating pedals from the spinning jenny and the hand-free feature of the hydraulic spinning machine, which makes spinning out of handwork and becomes mechanized production, and at the same time weaves finer yarns.
A mule machine can drive 400 spindles, and the 500 tons of cotton can be used for no one knows how long, Zheng Kezang is a little worried that the cotton is not enough.
(End of this chapter)
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