Profit contribution of traditional industries

This question should be viewed from the dynasty first.

1. Lv Buwei, a famous businessman in the Warring States Period, once asked his father, "Father, farmers work at sunrise all the year round and rest at sunset. How much can they profit from hard work for a year? "

The father was surprised to hear his son suddenly ask this question, but he didn't think much. He replied, "If there is a bumper year, you can make ten times the profit."

Lv Buwei asked again, "What about selling pearls and jade?"

Father replied, "If you manage it properly, you can make a hundredfold profit."

Lv Buwei then asked: "If you can hold the king of a country, how much can you profit?"

Lv Buwei told his father that Zhao Xiang, the grandson of the King of Qin, was a proton of the State of Zhao, and the situation was not good. He also told his father all kinds of plans and step-by-step arrangements for making an alien the monarch of the State of Qin, and then gained great benefits from him.

After listening to Lv Buwei's plan, my father thought for a long time and nodded. "Well, there are countless benefits!"

It can be seen that selling pearls and jade is more profitable than farming in this period, except, of course, the big landlords collect rent.

Second, Shi Chong, a big businessman later, heard that he robbed a business trip and made a fortune with huge wealth, but it certainly didn't end well.

Third, look at the Song Dynasty with the highest GDP in our history. The prosperity of commerce in Song Dynasty was the first in the world at that time. It can be seen that the relatively developed industries are agriculture, porcelain making, mining and metallurgy, shipbuilding and silk weaving.

10 (1077), the total tax revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty was * * * 70.7 million, of which the agricultural tax revenue was 21620,000, accounting for 30%, and the industrial and commercial tax revenue was 49110.78 million, accounting for 70% (. This figure shows that the main body of national fiscal revenue is no longer agriculture, but industry and commerce, and the agricultural society has begun to move quietly towards the industrial society. The huge financial revenue in Song Dynasty did not aggravate the exploitation of farmers, but was the result of the rapid development of national economy, the extremely prosperous industry and commerce and the improvement of productivity. As a traditional agricultural country, directly collecting agricultural taxes from a large number of small farmers has always been the basis of state rule, which is really unique in the Song Dynasty. It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that the industrial and commercial income once again exceeded the agricultural tax.

At this time, the Maritime Silk Road was unprecedentedly prosperous, and merchant ships with porcelain and silk as the main cargo kept sailing to distant Europe from ports such as Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, Mizhou Banqiao (Jiaoxian County, Shandong Province) and Xiuzhou Huating County (Songjiang County, Shanghai). More than 50 countries and regions in Asia and Africa trade with China, the most important of which are Korea, Japan, Jiaotuo, Zhancheng, Zhenla (Cambodia), Bagan (Myanmar), Boni (North Kalimantan), Sambucci (Southeast Sumatra) and Dashi.

At this time, the industries related to maritime trade must be high-profit industries.

Finally, after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China closed its doors and the for-profit industry changed again. I'm afraid in the late Qing Dynasty, geese were the most profitable industry.