1 thought on “The silver of the Ming Dynasty came from the South American Silver Mine. How did these silver be transported to the Ming Dynasty?”
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The silver of the Ming Dynasty was mainly from Japan and South America. In addition, there are silver from Peru and Mexico, which means that there are many silver used in the Ming Dynasty, but not just from Silver Mine from South America. , So it can bring a lot of silver. The scholar Gu Yanwu in the early Qing Dynasty once recorded that in the late Ming Dynasty, a priest recorded such details. He said that when every Chinese were buying things at the time, they would hold a handful of their hands in their hands. Scissors, and then cut the silver electrons on the hand into pieces of different sizes, and then call these silver blocks a weight. At that time, the people in this way were very skilled in the action of trade, especially the movement, especially When people need two dollars or 5 % silver, most people can cut the accurate weight at once. In we can see that in the late Ming Dynasty, silver's use was already very wide, and most silver was entered overseas, connecting the global market, in the late Ming Dynasty, we in the late Ming Dynasty. We A large amount of commodity exchange has appeared, and the market has gradually become very broad. In order to meet the entire Ming Dynasty society's demand for silver, from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, the silver mine production of our country has always been in the model of over -mining. , But the silver produced is not enough, so we can only get enough silver through overseas trade. is precisely because of the large number of silver needs of the Ming Dynasty, so it is tightly linked between the three continents of Asian Europe and South America because of trade. Blood is generally continuous production and exchange in the global market. Generally speaking, when we order silver abroad, we will bring the silver of Japan to China through the channel between Macau and Nagasaki, Japan. I we use silk, porcelain, flour, fruits, and a variety of low small jewelry in exchange for full -loaded silver. After that, these countries where we traded with our trade, through the transfer ports of Macau, Manila, Philippines, etc., transported these things to Europe, replaced back to silver and continued to flow into China. Historically, this is also called the Pacific Silk of the 17th century in the 17th century. road.
The silver of the Ming Dynasty was mainly from Japan and South America. In addition, there are silver from Peru and Mexico, which means that there are many silver used in the Ming Dynasty, but not just from Silver Mine from South America. , So it can bring a lot of silver.
The scholar Gu Yanwu in the early Qing Dynasty once recorded that in the late Ming Dynasty, a priest recorded such details. He said that when every Chinese were buying things at the time, they would hold a handful of their hands in their hands. Scissors, and then cut the silver electrons on the hand into pieces of different sizes, and then call these silver blocks a weight. At that time, the people in this way were very skilled in the action of trade, especially the movement, especially When people need two dollars or 5 % silver, most people can cut the accurate weight at once.
In we can see that in the late Ming Dynasty, silver's use was already very wide, and most silver was entered overseas, connecting the global market, in the late Ming Dynasty, we in the late Ming Dynasty. We A large amount of commodity exchange has appeared, and the market has gradually become very broad. In order to meet the entire Ming Dynasty society's demand for silver, from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, the silver mine production of our country has always been in the model of over -mining. , But the silver produced is not enough, so we can only get enough silver through overseas trade.
is precisely because of the large number of silver needs of the Ming Dynasty, so it is tightly linked between the three continents of Asian Europe and South America because of trade. Blood is generally continuous production and exchange in the global market. Generally speaking, when we order silver abroad, we will bring the silver of Japan to China through the channel between Macau and Nagasaki, Japan.
I we use silk, porcelain, flour, fruits, and a variety of low small jewelry in exchange for full -loaded silver. After that, these countries where we traded with our trade, through the transfer ports of Macau, Manila, Philippines, etc., transported these things to Europe, replaced back to silver and continued to flow into China. Historically, this is also called the Pacific Silk of the 17th century in the 17th century. road.