中国基本不进口货物,所以东印度公司要用银子换茶叶和丝绸,中国因此进口很多银子。可英国的银子从哪里来呢?中美洲国家盛产白银!英国先将本国产品运到非洲,再贩黑人到中美,获得白银。美国独立战争后,银路受挫,东印度公司就从英国装上制造品,运到印度卖掉,再装上印度盛产的鸦片,运到广东,换成茶叶、丝绸。鸦片解决了跨国贸易的支付问题,但它赚的却是“坏钱”。 China basically does not import goods, so East India companies use silver for tea and silk, so China imports a lot of money. Where can the UK’s silver come from? The Central American countries are rich in silver! The United Kingdom shipped its products to Africa first, and then the blacks to China and the United States for silver. After the war in the United States, Silver Road suffered a setback. The East India Company installed manufactured goods from the United Kingdom, shipped it to India for sale, and loaded it with opium, which was rich in India, and transported it to Guangdong for tea leaves and silk. Opium solved the problem of cross-border trade payments, but it earned “bad money.”