The male of the Zhou family, the eldest son is called Zhou Zhen, who is twenty-two years old, and the second son is called Zhou Yang, who is younger than Zhou Qingrou, and is only thirteen years old now.

Perhaps inherited his mother's genes, Zhou Zhen was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, although Zhou Yang's appearance is not as good as Zhou Zhen, but it is not much worse.

The two of them entered the elegant hall tremblingly, turned over and bowed, "The grass people knock to see the emperor!"

"Get up!" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "You guys also sit down, they are all a family, no need to be formal!"

The two sons of the Zhou family hesitated for a moment, they both sat on half of their butts, Zhou Dazhong made a look, Zhou Zhen hurriedly stood up and poured wine for everyone, Zhou Yang was relatively young, only half a cup.

The father and son of the Zhou family held a banquet to welcome Li Zicheng, and after toasting three glasses in a row, Li Zicheng put down the wine cup, looked at Zhou Zhen and said, "Where does Gongzi Zhou go high on weekdays?" ”

Zhou Zhen was about to get up, but was stopped by Li Zicheng waving his hand, and tunneled: "The grass people follow their father on weekdays, mainly to run the factory......

Li Zicheng knew that in this era, the son generally inherits his father's business, and Zhou Zhen is the eldest son in the family, so he naturally wants to learn the way of management, but when he heard the factory, he couldn't help but move in his heart and said: "Factory? What factory? ”

"Back to the emperor, the grass people run a cotton factory, which is not large, and there are only two machines!"

Cotton cloth? Isn't it just the production of cloth?

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said, "Does Zhou Dongzhu want to expand the scale?" ”

"Scaling up?" Zhou Dazhong was puzzled.

Li Zicheng bowed his head slightly and said: "Lord Zhou tells the truth, with the Zhou family's industry, if it is fully developed, how big can the scale of the factory be?" ”

"This," Zhou Dazhong thought for a while, and said: "Don't hide it from the emperor, if you do your best, the grass people can mobilize tens of thousands of taels of silver, but it's ......."

"But what?"

"Your Majesty, there are too many entrants in the cotton cloth industry now, and the profits are very low," Zhou Dazhong said: "If it weren't for the inheritance of the ancestors, and the grass people couldn't bear to fire the workers, I'm afraid the factory would have been disbanded long ago......."

"The profit of the factory is low, that is, all the factories are too similar, the Zhou family's factory is small in scale and the production cost is high," Li Zicheng saw the fierce competition in the textile industry again in Zhou Dazhong's body, but this Zhou Dazhong, can consider for the hired workers, and it can be regarded as abiding by the business morals, so he smiled lightly: "Zhou Dongzhu, if I have a way to reduce costs, is the Zhou family's cotton cloth competitive?" ”

"Reduce costs?" Zhou Dazhong seemed to capture something, his eyes flashed, and he said: "Don't hide it from the emperor, now the entire cotton cloth industry, except for printing and dyeing, everyone produces similar cotton cloth, if you can reduce the cost and sell it to the market at a lower price, the grass people's cotton cloth will definitely be able to ......" glanced at Li Zicheng, but was silent.

Li Zicheng laughed, "The proprietor of Zhou doesn't need to hide it, as long as he abides by the laws of Huaxia and can take into account the interests of the employees, I am not worried about who is rich and rivals the country," after a pause, he added: "The proprietor of Zhou needs to follow the laws of the market, and must not break the rules of the market in the name of the emperor's relatives and relatives!"

"The grass people don't dare!"

Li Zicheng said: "I helped the Zhou family to let the Zhou family gain an advantage in the market, not to let the Zhou family use power for personal gain!"

"Grass people keep it in mind!"

"In the land of China, not to mention the Zhou family, even the prince is a businessman, and he must abide by the law, and whoever wants to make money must rely on it

own efforts and vision. Li Zicheng was convinced from his words that Zhou Dazhong was not a too treacherous businessman, at least he had some social conscience, but the Zhou family would gradually become a big local family, and who knew how people's moods would change, so they had to be warned in advance.

Zhou Dazhong arched his hand and said: "The emperor can rest assured, the grass people will take the emperor's teachings as the family motto, and the descendants must always remember it!"

"That's great!" Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Master Zhou, if I can increase the production speed of cotton cloth, and I am also a hired laborer, and in the same time, I can produce twice or even three or four times as much cotton cloth, will the Zhou family's cotton cloth factory be able to make a lot of money?" ”

"Three, four?" Not only Zhou Dazhong and Zhou Zhen, but also the young Zhou Yang, also stared and opened their mouths, as if they had been pointed out in the air, and they were all stunned for a while.

Li Zicheng smiled, and when the three of them came to their senses, Fang said: "There is indeed such technology in the world, as long as the corresponding machine can be manufactured!" Based on the experience of Zhou proprietor, is there an improvement on the looms of this era compared with hundreds of years ago? ”

"Improvements?" Zhou Dazhong seemed to understand, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is saying that there are improved looms coming out, and the production speed is greatly accelerated?" ”

"The proprietor of Zhou is really a person of wisdom," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the proprietor of Zhou, I have improved loom drawings on my body, as long as this loom is manufactured, the production speed of cotton cloth will be greatly improved, and the corresponding production cost will be reduced." ”

"The Emperor's ......"

Li Zicheng directly ignored the snatching light in Zhou Dazhong's eyes, and said lightly: "Don't worry about Zhou Dongzhu, the production drawings of the loom will be carefully inspected after dinner!"

"That's, that's, drink wine first, eat vegetables, the dishes are going to be cold, do you want to make people hot......"

Li Zicheng smiled secretly and waved his hand, but he looked at Zhou Yang, "Has the second son ever been employed?" Have you read a book? ”

Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, the grass people have read for three years......

Zhou Dazhong shouted: "You are not too young, you should also help your family do something, you know how to fool around all day long...... Look at your eldest brother, at your age, he can already help take care of the factory!"

Li Zicheng smiled secretly, at Zhou Yang's age, if he was born in the next life, that is, a junior high school student, he wanted to find a job, and he was suspected of child labor.

Zhou Zhen is the eldest son, so he naturally has to take on more family responsibilities, but the factory has been taken care of for more than ten years, and he has not seen any development, and even thinks about closing it.

However, Zhou Yang is not yet an adult, and the future development direction is uncertain, and it is entirely possible to surpass the achievements of the eldest brother, but if you have extraordinary achievements, you can have extraordinary insight.

Zhou Yang is much younger than Zhou Zhen, and he has no social experience, so he is definitely not as good as Zhou Zhen in terms of knowledge, unless he ...... Unless he surpasses Zhou Zhen in terms of knowledge......

In the future Zhou family, the eldest son Zhou Zhen is engaged in management, and the second son Zhou Yang is engaged in research and development, as long as they cooperate with each other, it is a perfect match!

He thought for a moment and said, "The second son is still young, it is better to send him to a high school to study, and he may have a bright future in the future......

"High school?"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Hangzhou will soon set up a high school, although it is not as good as the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty, but it is also an institution for cultivating talents for the country, the age of the second son, now managing the factory, it seems that it will not help much, it is better to go to the high school to study for a few years, and graduate in the future, it is good."

Contribute to the country, to the family......"

Zhou Dazhong was still hesitating, but Zhou Yang said: "Your Majesty, can grass people enter high school?" ”

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Of course, the number of people who can enter high school is very limited, in addition to integrity, but also writing skills, if the second son wants to enter high school, he has to work hard in these two aspects!"

Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "Dad, from tomorrow, the child will no longer be greedy for fun, and will learn from Mr., and the child must enter the high school ......."

Although Zhou Dazhong didn't understand much about high school, in front of Li Zicheng, it was not easy to refuse Zhou Yang, so he said: "As long as you can go to high school and don't make trouble outside, my father has no objection......

After dinner, the servants cleaned up the dishes, and Li Zicheng took out the drawings and unfolded them in front of the Zhou father and son.

Zhou's father and son are both merchants, for the convenience of business, they are literate, Zhou Yang glanced at the cover page, and read softly: "Shuttle loom......"

Li Zicheng touched Zhou Yang's head, and said with a smile: "Second son, don't underestimate this kind of loom, as long as it is manufactured, your wife will be counting on it in the future!"

Zhou Dazhong and Zhou Zhen laughed along, Zhou Yang seemed to understand something, and blushed unconsciously, "The Emperor's ......" In his heart, Li Zicheng is no longer the terrifying emperor in the Jinluan Palace, but a kind and lovely brother-in-law......

Seeing that Li Zicheng liked Zhou Yang, Zhou Dazhong unconsciously showed a knowing smile, and being loved by the emperor was not only Zhou Yang, but also a great honor for the entire Zhou family!

Li Zicheng unfolded the drawings of the shuttle loom and explained to the three of them little by little, although Li Zicheng explained very carefully, but Zhou's father and son were in contact with the drawings for the first time, after all, they didn't know much, although they occasionally interjected a few words, but rarely in the key places.

Li Zicheng is not worried, as long as the Zhou father and son will use it in the future.

Jiangnan people are ingenious, and have a long tradition of engaging in the textile industry, craftsmen to create shuttle looms, should not be a problem, as long as the Zhou father and son are willing to invest, the Zhou family is not rich, strong can not.

However, now the Zhou family is not hugely rich, not to compare with the rich businessmen in Hangzhou, even in Yuhang County, the assets are only middle and upper-class, Li Zicheng did not sell the drawings, but gave them away for nothing.

I don't know if it's a dowry for Zhou Qingrou?

When Zhou's father and son almost understood the principle and use of the shuttle loom, Li Zicheng admonished again:

"This weaving technology, in the whole Hangzhou, is unique for the time being, but out of Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Songjiang, and even Huzhou, there will be the same technology," Li Zicheng said: "Zhou Dong mainly wants to keep the Zhou family's technical advantage in cotton cloth production, so he has to send the second son to study in high school, preferably Songjiang Textile College," paused, and said: "There is no one-and-done technical advantage in the world, only continuous innovation, research and development, it is possible to maintain the technical advantage, and be invincible in the competition!"

"The grass people have been taught!" Zhou Dazhong was secretly frightened, he had been in business for half his life, but he was not as thorough as the emperor! Fortunately, there is Qingrou, otherwise with such a vast imperial grace, how can it be the turn of the Zhou family?

He was still not very concerned about Zhou Yang's high school, but at this time, he felt that for the sake of the Zhou family, Yang'er had to go to high school no matter what, so as to maintain the Zhou family's technical advantage in the weaving industry......

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