第三十八章 长途贸易
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听了于何这番话刘成不禁哑然,在大明朝天大地大皇帝老子最大,连皇帝老子都没把祖宗的法度当回事挣私房钱,那下面的百姓商户似乎也没有啥义务遵守禁令。网址找回邮件:ltxsba@gmail.com█毕竟在十七世纪还没有啥“人民主权”的概念,这江山就是朱家的,士大夫吃了朱家的俸禄要忠君之事,这些追逐什一之利的商人可没有这个义务。
于何看刘成沉默不语的样子,以为自己方才说的话得罪了他,赶忙赔笑道:“小人方才说的那番话多半是路听途说,若有不实之处刘大人莫要见怪。“
“于先生以实言相告,我怎会怪罪先生!“刘成笑了起来,作为一个穿越者,他的见识自然远远过守备、都司这个级别的军官所应有的水平。从远古时代开始,在东北亚大地上农人与牧民之间的战争就从没有停止过,农人千方百计的保护自己的田地和谷仓里的积谷,为此他们修建了城市、壁垒乃至万里长城;而牧人则想方设法越过这些阻碍,抢夺农民的积谷以避免在寒冷的冬天饿死。在绝大部分时候,农人与牧民的分界线是和四百毫米降雨线重合的——这也是降雨农业的生死线。在数千年的时间里,数以十万计的军队就在这条线的两侧对峙、厮杀,可以说这是人类历史上规模最大、持续时间最长的一场战争。在这场战争中,牧人一方拥有动员代价、机动的优势,而农人一方则拥有军队数量、技术、财力方面的优势。由于双方各自拥有”不对称“的优势,因此在绝大部分时候,在这条漫长的边界上并没有生决定性的会战,而是无数次偷袭、伏击、劫掠,农人们想方设法用策略、工事、技术和金钱来替代流血,而牧人们则用欺骗、坚忍、敏捷和凶残来与之抗衡。在这种漫长的冲突中,对盐、铁这两样极为重要的战略物资的禁运显得尤其必须。铁是制造武器的必须材料,而人不可能不食用盐,而这两样物资都是草原牧民几乎不可能自己生产的,从某种意义上讲,看王朝是否将由盛转衰的一个重要标志就是盐铁的禁运水平。像大明这种连天子的管家都在走私贸易里占股分红的,实在是让人哭笑不得。
刘成思忖了片刻,最后还是决定开口询问几句:“于先生,徐兄弟插手这盐货买卖,想必是得罪了原有的那几家商号吧,既然他们有那么大的后台,难道不怕他们借助官府势力,加害于你们吗?”
于何听了刘成的问话,还以为刘成是有心加入又害怕遭到牵连,赶忙笑着解释道:“刘大人有所不知,那几家商号虽然手眼通天,那那几位大佬只是占了干股吃红,替他们遮风挡雨,把官面上的干系处理干净了便了了,又怎么会去替这几家商号干这些邋遢事?说白了,这些大人先生们只是把这几家商号当做可以挤奶的牛羊,最多也就不让豺狼把羊叼走了,让他们割草、喂养那是绝不会干的。█说句夸口的话,敝教这些年来在西北展
甚快,也有教众十余万,驿站道路两旁所见之处皆是香坛,那几家商号若是与我们撕破了脸,只怕他们的口外生意也不好做。“
“那那些草原上的酋长呢?会不会那几家商号向其施加压力,不让他们买你的盐货?”
“大人说笑了!”于何笑道:“您想想,若你是那些酋长,是希望同时可以从几家买到盐,还是愿意只能从一家买到盐呢?那些商号求的是财,那些酋长买不买得到盐可是生死存亡呀,你说哪家拗的过哪家呢?”
刘成听到这里,不由得点了点头。于何方才的话将利害剖析的非常明白。对于草原上的那些酋长来说,食盐是军国之需,假如他们与大明的关系恶劣,很可能大明会下令加紧边界巡查,封锁食盐输出,那时多一条食盐输入渠道可能就是生与死之间的差别;而商号要求的是赚钱,对于他们来说封锁徐鹤城这一条新的食盐输出渠道无非是多赚少赚的问题,在这轮博弈中胜利者肯定是草原上的酋长们。
“先生一席话,胜读十年书!刘某多谢了!“刘成郑重其事的向于何长揖为礼,于何赶忙站起身来,让开刘成:”小人当不起,当不起。“
“当得起,当得起!“刘成强把于何按在椅子上,受了自己一礼,对外间喊道:”来人,取些酒食来,我要与先生喝上几杯!“
外间应了一声,不一会儿便送上一壶酒,两副碗筷,一盘蚕豆,几块羊肉,还有一碟腌韭,刘成笑嘻嘻的给于何倒满了酒,又给自己倒满了,双手举杯笑道:“为我尽一杯,为君三愿,一愿世清平,二愿身强健!
“说罢便将杯中酒一饮而尽。█于何听了,知道刘成所引用的乃是唐代诗人白居易的《赠梦得》一诗的前半段,心中微微一热,赶忙将自己杯中酒也一饮而尽,接答道:”三愿临老头,数与君相见!“两人相互对视,不由得会心一笑。
刘于二人两杯酒下肚,分说些商旅上的事情,不由得气氛活络了许多。作为一个前世在网络上各大军史论坛潜水多年的资深潜水党,刘成很清楚十七世纪的长途贸易是一个极其重要的行业,甚至可以说近代资产阶级就是长途贸易的产物。与很多人所认为的不同的是,大规模的长途贸易在人类历史上实际上是很晚的事情。与区域性、地区性的市场与贸易不同,长途贸易必须由一个与生产完全脱节,拥有巨额资本的商人阶层才能完成。前者不过是一些一边生产,一边在附近区域贩卖的“商贩“——即所谓的贩夫走卒而已。而后者就完全不同了,要进行长途(通常是跨国)贸易,先就必须将所要贩卖的商品购买下来,然后在转运到远方出售,也就是说这些商人必须先为远方的消费者垫付生产成本和交易成本,考虑到古代的交通条件,他们往往要在数年后才能收回成本和利润。由于古代世界不存在一个统一的货币体系(即美元,英镑),国与国之间、地区与地区之间唯一的通货单位往往就是贵金属,不难想象,能够经营长途贩运的商人集团会拥有多么庞大的贵金属储备。为了筹集到如此庞大的资本,除了多年的贸易积累以外,这些商人集团往往还会兼营票号来吸取零散的资金,行各种汇票来避免大量贵金属的运输,这实际上就是现代金融的萌芽。
在欧洲这些金融集团以税收、矿产、港口等有利可图的资产作为抵押,借钱给君主进行战争,从而让这些君主能够武装远远过他们财力所能支持的军队进行战争,而他们也能从战争中不断汲取利润展壮大。
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