In a workshop area in the east of Quanzhou City, smoke and dust are billowing everywhere, and the sound of stones colliding is heard from time to time.

In the middle of the workshop area, more than a dozen workers were grinding stones, and one of them, a man in his thirties, still had a wound on his left hand, and the dirty rags oozed blood, mixed with the stone dust that was scattered everywhere and turned black.

The man's eyes were a little dull, as if he was extremely tired, still relying on his right hand to polish the hard granite, but he didn't realize that there was a person standing behind him.

"This worker, dare to ask how long you have been working here?" Liu Hongjian asked softly behind the man's back.

The man turned his head to look at Liu Hongji, and seemed to see that Liu Hongjian was not dressed like a poor man, but he did not answer Liu Hongji's question.

Qin Zuoming was also dressed in civilian clothes, he knew that Liu Hongjian was just to make this group of poor people angry, seeing that this man ignored him, he was very angry and wanted to get angry, but was stopped by Liu Hongji.

"That's right, I'm a merchant from Zhangzhou, I came to our Quanzhou just to buy some granite, by the way, come here to see if you're not surprised."

How did you get this hand hurt? Liu Hong gradually knew that compared with the high-ranking prince, it was easier to be convinced than a civilian identity, so he casually made up an identity for himself.

"Stoned." The man spoke Hokkien, and Liu Hongjian had to listen carefully to discern the meaning.

"Why don't you rest for a few days if you're injured?" Liu Hong gradually said with concern.

"Deduct the monthly money!" Seeing that Liu Hong was gradually facing kindly, the man continued while polishing the stone.

"Buckle it, buckle it, wouldn't it be worth the loss if the body collapses?"

"If you take a day off, not only will you not have the monthly money that day, but you will have to deduct an extra day of monthly money, which is not cost-effective, not cost-effective." The man muttered to himself.

"How long can our workshop rest in a day?" Liu Hongjian asked again.

"There is no timing, one hundred and twenty bricks are polished in a day, and you can start work after polishing."

"How long does that brick take to polish?"

"It's not accurate, it takes more than half an hour to come down." The man seemed to wonder why the person in front of him had so many low-level questions, glanced at it and began to work again.

Liu Hong gradually calculated carefully, a brick takes more than half a quarter of an hour, even if you take ten minutes as an example, one hundred and twenty bricks will take nearly twenty hours.

This does not include carrying rocks and listing them, as well as other things such as eating and going to the toilet, and if you move a little slowly, you have to go back and forth if you want to get a pitiful salary.

Otherwise, it's a vicious circle, and even the iron body can't stand it!

"I heard that a worker died here a few days ago, I don't know if there is such a thing?" Liu Hong gradually sighed slightly, he already believed that what Qin Zuoming said was the truth.

But the man didn't answer this question, but silently continued the work in hand, so Liu Hong gradually asked again.

"Why do you ask this, if you want to buy stones, go to the owner." The man seemed to have some scruples, and he didn't want to continue chatting with Liu Hongji.

"Zuo Ming, press that Zhang Haolin into this king!" Liu Hong gradually suppressed the anger in his heart and said.

He had come all the way from Quanzhou City, and he had seen no less than four such stone workshops, and the workmanship environment inside was simply so dirty that it was outrageous.

Workers work in an environment full of stone powder for a long time without masks, and after a long time, the lungs will become unbearable, and then form pneumoconiosis, which is difficult to treat even in later generations.

Even worse is the 20-hour working day, which can be scrapped even for young people in a few years.

He was indignant in his heart, and he worked hard to encourage the creation of science and technology, and encouraged businessmen to do business, hoping that Daming could take off as soon as possible.

But in the final analysis, he actually hopes that the people can live a better life than before, if the rapid take-off of the Ming Dynasty brings suffering to the people, then Liu Honggradually would rather slow down.

It's not bad for everyone to eat and drink and move forward slowly, as long as you make sure that the pace is always one step faster than the Europa group.

In the past two years, news from all over the world has praised his achievements, although on the surface he doesn't care about this, in fact, he is still a little happy in his heart, after all, who doesn't want to be recognized or praised by others.

Now, he suddenly has a feeling that he is worried about the people at the height of the temple, and he feels that what the people below have reacted is not necessarily the truth.

What the ears hear is not necessarily the truth, and if you want to know the truth, you must personally investigate and go deep into the people.

It was not enough for the imperial court to encourage business, it was also necessary to restrict merchants from exploiting workers arbitrarily.

Liu Hongjian suddenly felt that the Chinese economists of later generations were too powerful, and they followed socialism with Chinese characteristics and carried out macroeconomic regulation and control on the basis of the self-development of the market economy.

We do not dare to develop freely in the market economy, but we also invisibly control the development direction of the market economy.

The current Ming Dynasty is like an extensive capital dragon, with workshops everywhere and roads and bridges everywhere.

Liu Hong gradually let go of the shackles on the budding capitalism, but he didn't know that it was easy to suffocate to death if he was completely restrained, and it was easy to deviate if he was not bound at all.

He had always thought the book was too dry, and it had been in the corner of the ring for almost six years.

"Chief Qin, what do you mean by this? Don't think you're the chief soldier and you can arrest people indiscriminately!

I, Zhang Haolin, am not a vegetarian, if my brother-in-law knows, I can have your good fruit to eat! ”

Before entering the door, Zhang Haolin began to scold, this Zhang Haolin was originally a green skin in Quanzhou City, and he didn't do good things by stealing chickens and dogs since he was a child.

However, he has a sister who is good-looking, and was taken by the magistrate of Yongchun County, which was still under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou Prefecture, and was accepted as a concubine.

Later, the brother-in-law was promoted to the prefect of Quanzhou through the drill camp, and Zhang Haolin began to be powerful in Quanzhou City, and he has always been a tyrant in Quanzhou City.

Not counting the quarrying workshop outside the city, Zhang Haolin also has a cloth village and a grocery store in the city.

"Oh? Is your brother-in-law so powerful? Liu Hong gradually laughed instead of being angry.

"Of course, does Master Cao, the prefect of Quanzhou, know? That's my brother-in-law! Hey, which one are you? If you can help me report to my brother-in-law, you will benefit from it! ”

This Zhang Haolin didn't seem to see who Liu Hongjian was, and saw that Liu Hongjian was dressed as a businessman, and he was still a colleague in business, so he hurried to ask for help.

"I don't know who the prefect of Quanzhou is, but do you know this waist card?" Liu Hong gradually took out the gilded King Qin's waist card from his body and held it in front of Zhang Haolin.

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