Qian Fugui still has the eagerness, and immediately told Hauge that he was Hauge's loyal servant, and because of this, the group master did not want to see him. Originally, he wanted to take the initiative to quit the group, but just to help the master listen to the news, he had to go against his will, continue to stay in the group, and never speak, so that the group owner forgot him, how could he go to report to the group owner!

Haoge naturally knew that the group of masters hated the so-called captives, and when he was still in the group, Qian Fugui was also scolded, thinking so, he let Qian Fugui go. However, because Qian Fugui has been telling him some trivial things in the Ming Kingdom, now that the crown prince has been abolished, he has no intention of listening to it anymore, so he will leave Qian Fugui aside.

As a result, Qian Fugui's side had no way to know what was happening in the Chongzheng Hall at the first time.

Emperor Chongzhen also knew about this matter, and instructed Qian Fugui to act carefully, safety first, and not to deliberately inquire about the news. Anyway, the focus of this year should be domestic, as for the Liaodong side, they will continue to camp troops and grain on the Haizhou side, put pressure on Jianyu, and wait until there are good fighters.

On the Jingshi side, whether it is the cabinet or the celebrant supervisor, the regulations for collecting personal income tax in disguise are still being drafted, and Emperor Chongzhen does not intend to wait, so he leaves Suzhou and goes to Nanxun Town, the concentration of raw silk.

All the way over, this side of Jiangnan seems to be more prosperous. As you can see along the road, the fields are no longer planted with rice grains, but cash crops such as mulberry cotton, especially mulberry trees.

For these, Emperor Chongzhen had known about these in advance, and he also understood some of them. It's nothing more than that the people in the south of the Yangtze River saw that planting mulberry cotton and other cash crops was more profitable, so they all changed rice to mulberry, not like a TV series in later generations, it was the imperial court that asked to change rice to mulberry, but the spontaneous behavior of the people. The original granary of the Ming Dynasty has become a place of grain shortage from the late 16th century to the early 17th century, and Huguang has become the granary of the world. That is, "the lake is ripe, the world is full" replaces the original pattern of "Suhu is ripe, the world is full".

Among them, Xiangtan is the largest rice grain distribution center in Hunan, while Hankou is the largest trading market for rice grains in Huguang and Sichuan. Grain is transported down the Yangtze River, and the transportation method is also very simple and convenient.

Of course, here in Suhu, it's not that there is no grain at all. Generally speaking, the approximate ratio is three seven cents, that is, three parts of grain and seven points of cash crops.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about these things while letting the horses run slowly. Suddenly, I heard Tian Guifei's voice: "Master, this way, it seems that there are many people going to the front, looking at whether there should be a meeting, right?" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he came back to his senses and looked at it, so he asked with a smile: "Is there a chance, just ask." ”

He knew that Tian Guifei liked to watch the excitement, so he gestured slightly, and naturally a brocade-clothed guard left the team in plain clothes and went over to stop someone to ask about the situation.

After a while, the brocade guard came back in plainclothes and said, "Master, madam, these people are all special hired workers, and most of them are veterans in silkworm raising, and they have come from all over to make money. Others are veterans of cotton cultivation and have to travel further afield. ”

"Huh?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little puzzled, so he looked at the brocade guard in plain clothes and snorted.

Or this Jinyi Wei plainclothes is not good at this, he was suddenly a little nervous, so he hurriedly added: "People here in the south of the Yangtze River, who have better family backgrounds, will not do things such as silkworm raising and weaving by themselves, and will hire some skilled hands." ”

This time, Emperor Chongzhen understood that the signs of capitalism had begun to appear on the Jiangnan side, and there was a large-scale relationship between hiring and being employed. But when you think about it, it seems normal. Just as landlords do not go to the land to farm themselves, rich people will only exploit the fruits of other people's labor in order to obtain greater benefits.

For this situation, Emperor Chongzhen was very interested, so he paid more attention to this aspect, and even asked a few random people in person. In the end, it turned out to be exactly what happened.

In this Jiangnan area, some specialized market towns have emerged. There are market towns (Zhoupu Town) dominated by salt industry, towns (Shimen Town) dominated by oil extraction industry, pen industry towns (Shanlian Town), pottery towns (Ganjiayao Town), weaving towns (Weiting Town, Tang Town), embroidery towns (Guangfu Town, Xiasha Town) and so on.

These towns were not established by the government, but were eventually formed spontaneously due to factors such as geography and transportation. The most characteristic thing is that often these towns will form a network effect, for example, a town is specialized in mulberry planting, while a town next door is specialized in silkworm breeding, and there is even a town specializing in silkworm cultivation; Between these towns, there are merchants who communicate with each other.

The advantage of this is that each of these towns has a specialty, which can choose the best of the best, and has a cost and technical advantage over other places. And these are the spontaneous formation of economic development.

The emergence of this specialization has made it difficult for those small-scale peasant individual production to make a breakthrough in quantity and quality, and has been replaced by a specialized way, and handicraft workshops characterized by wage labor have appeared. This point, especially in the weaving workshop, training workshop, dyeing workshop, shaft workshop, etc., is the most, and the labor employed is also the most.

This also led to the emergence of labor markets in various places, such as those that Emperor Chongzhen saw now, and rushed to the corresponding places to be employed according to the changes in the season. Generally speaking, in the current season, in order to make more money, employers will also give their employees more wages, and even have wine and meat to entertain; Instead of the season, not only is there little money, but there is not even the opportunity to hire, and if you don't save money, you have to beg on the streets for the next year. From another point of view, these people are probably the earliest proletarians in Chinese history.

It is also because of these circumstances that the quantity and quality of the goods produced by Daming have always been well-known, crushing all opponents. It can indeed be said that in the south of the Yangtze River at the end of the Ming Dynasty, rural industrialization had already appeared, that is, early industrialization.

If we can correctly guide these industrial capitals on this basis, ensure the stability of the overall situation, and do not let external forces interrupt this evolutionary process, perhaps the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty will be able to proceed smoothly and far surpass the industrial revolution in Europe with its strong foundation.

In the original history, this process was not only interrupted by Jianyu, but also had no corresponding political and cultural soil. But on this plane, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Since I am here, I will definitely not let Europe surpass the Ming Dynasty!" ”