When Ma Shouxin arrived, Wu Shigong had almost forgotten about the person he had fooled in Nanjing. However, it was a guest, and after receiving the report, Wu Shigong still received him very warmly.

Originally, it was just to meet and have a meal, and it was best for Ma Shouxin to invest in something, but after the meeting, Ma Shouxin unexpectedly asked Wu Shigong to watch the soldiers' drills.

If it weren't for Ma Shouxin's background in the wealthy Ma family in Songjiang Mansion, Wu Shigong might have blasted him out. For the soldiers of the Runing Army, although Wu Shigong is not able to completely love the soldiers like sons, he will never let these soldiers be played as monkeys by outsiders.

Besides, the number, equipment and tactical drills of the Runing army are all top secret, and it is absolutely impossible for Ma Shouxin, an outsider, to see it, so when he arrived in Zuihou, Wu Shigong also asked Ma Shouxin to visit the drill of his own team of pro-soldiers, of course, he only practiced a set of fists and feet and a set of axes and guns on the school field, and hit a target.

But this kind of exercise, Ma Shouxin is also full of interest, he is completely like a modern ordinary person visiting the army, completely dazzled. When he arrived in Zuihou, with Wu Shigong's consent, Ma Shouxin even took a few shots with a loaded gun, which made Ma Shouxin shout that it was worth the trip.

And the reason why Wu Shigong treated Ma Shouxin so much was nothing more than to let the Ma family invest in Runing Mansion. Therefore, after receiving him in person, Wu Shigong asked Zhang Xuebin to accompany Ma Shouxin to visit everywhere and explore the possibility of the Ma family investing in Runing Mansion.

The news of the return is quite bad, although after this trip to Runing, Ma Shouxin also has a good impression of Wu Shigong's Runing Army, but as long as it comes to specific investment issues, Ma Shouxin always diverts the topic and goes to zuihou. Zhang Xuebin also heard the extraneous voice, it turned out that Ma Shouxin couldn't be the master at all in the Ma family.

Although Wu Shigong was a little regretful about this result, it was useless to show Ma Shouxin's face at this time, but to offend people plainly, after all, so far, only Ma Shouxin, a big businessman from the countryside, had come to Runing Mansion to take a look. So, Wu Shigong still hosted a banquet to entertain Ma Shouxin before he left.

However, at this banquet, Wu Shigong also made Zuihou's efforts. He asked Ma Shouxin to open a weaving workshop in Runing. The land of this weaving workshop was built by Ru Ningjun, and the house of the workshop was also built by Ru Ningjun according to the requirements of the Ma family, and also let Sihai Qianzhuang loan the Ma family 2,000 taels of silver a year without interest.

Furthermore. Ru Ningjun also promised to purchase 10,000 pieces of white cloth from the weaving workshop every year for five years, and the rest of the cloth would also be marketed by the Four Seas Firm. However, the Ru Ningjun only needs to hold 30% of the shares in this weaving workshop. All the management of the weaving workshop will also be done by the Ma family.

Of course, Runing Jun also has requirements:

First of all, the cotton in the weaving workshop will be provided by Runing Jun, and the part that cannot be provided can be purchased by the Ma family from the outside world;

The second is to ask the Ma family to recruit 500 local weavers in Runing, and ask the Ma family to ensure that these weavers are fed every day. And the corresponding salary is only twenty copper plates per day, which is almost negligible;

zuihou is a two-percent share of the weaving workshop and the quilt workshop exchanged for the Ma family Ru Ningjun. However, the management of those two workshops will also be taken over by the Ma family.

Ma Shouxin heard this condition. It's just stunned, this is completely Wu Shigong sending silver to the Ma family!

The Ma family was the main manufacturer of the world-famous Songjiang cloth at that time. However, in Songjiang, the competition in the loom weaving industry is also quite fierce. The wages of skilled weavers are also getting higher and higher, and because the channels for exporting overseas are gradually monopolized by the Zheng family in Fujian, the selling price of Songjiang cloth has also been artificially lowered by the Zheng family.

Therefore, the operating rate of the current Majia loom is insufficient. It is no problem to transfer 100 surplus looms from their weaving workshops in Songjiang and Suzhou.

And now Wu Shigong is sending land and workshop houses, so the Ma family only needs to transport the surplus looms to Runing, and then send some skilled weavers to train the newly recruited weavers. You don't even need to borrow any interest-free loans to build this weaving workshop.

Although the transportation of cotton raw materials may be farther, the cheap labor in Runing is to remove the cloth because the local production may be discounted, and it is no problem to sell the Songjiang cloth at a high price.

Therefore, Ma Shouxin made a silent calculation in his heart, as long as Wu Shigong underwrote 10,000 horses every year, the Ma family's seventy percent of the shares could also get at least 4,000 taels.

As for the 500 local weavers recruited, they are nothing more than novices, but compared to their wages are one-fifth of that of the local skilled weavers in Songjiang, it is not a problem, at most the weaving speed is a little slower.

There are also Runing Army Weaving Workshop and Quilt Workshop, these two workshops Ma Shouxin has also visited and learned about in the past few days. Ma Shouxin knew that the two workshops were only in a state of offsetting and slight losses, and as long as the technology was improved and the management was strengthened, the two workshops would soon be able to turn losses into profits. And these two percent of the shares were completely given by Wu Shigong.

Ma Shouxin estimated that his father Ma Yong did not agree to open a weaving workshop in Runing, so he took out some of his private money, plus an interest-free loan of 2,000 taels of silver as working capital, then Ma Shouxin himself could also open this weaving workshop.

In fact, Ma Shouxin also knew that when he revealed that he could not be the master of the Ma family, the high-ranking officials of the Runing Army who accompanied him also showed a look of disappointment in their eyes, and Wu Shigong's tone was somewhat regretful. This made Ma Shouxin's heart not taste, he was a man who didn't want to be despised by others, so his young and competitive heart rose.

Ma Shouxin immediately finalized the opening of a weaving workshop with 100 looms in Runing at the banquet, and immediately signed a contract with Wu Shigong. After the banquet, Ma Shouxin immediately rushed back to Songjiang to transport the loom, and recruited more than a dozen skilled weavers and loom craftsmen to rush back to Runing. And the steward he brought with him this time stayed in Runing, arranging the construction of the loom workshop.

And the reason why Wu Shigong put forward such generous conditions, in addition to the consideration of a thousand gold and horses, the main reason is that the Runing Army can obtain considerable benefits from it.

For the current Runing Army, more than 300,000 homeless slaves have been collected before and after, and although many tuntian villages and workshops have also been opened, there are still many laborers that cannot be settled.

Especially those who are single women or orphans and widows, their lives are more difficult. After the opening of Ma Shouxin's weaving workshop this time, it will be able to solve the problem of feeding at least 500 such female laborers. Getting rid of these burdens will also relieve the tight finances of the Runing Army to some extent.

However, all the weaving workshops and quilt workshops of the Runing Army originally produced some homespun cloth at most because of the high price of raw material procurement and the poor jishu, except for the Runing Army's own use, the sales price and quantity outside were not high.

As a result, every year the weaving and quilting workshops are in a state of slight loss. However, in order to maintain the livelihood of the female workers in these two workshops, Ru Ningjun had to spend a large amount of silver every year to subsidize it. So far, no one has come to buy the shares of these two workshops.

Although Wu Shigong gave the Ma family 20% of the shares this time, if the Ma family can bring these two workshops back to life, Runing Army can not only leave these two big burdens, but also be able to revitalize this property, why not do this kind of good thing?

As for the underwriting of 10,000 pieces of white cloth, this amount is also needed for the Runing army every year. Coupled with the sales of Sihai Commercial Bank in Henan, there is no pressure to sell one or twenty thousand more pieces of cloth. This also adds a new source of revenue for the Four Seas Commercial Bank.

What's even more exciting is that Wu Shigong has found a way out for Chang Meng's Jimin Reclamation Commercial Bank. That is, in the newly developed reclamation farm, except for some grain fields, the rest are cultivated with cotton.

Without the lure of food, the threat of bandits would be much less. In addition, cotton is a cash crop, and the income per mu is definitely higher than that of pure grain. It's just a bit of trouble, you have to sell cotton to buy grain, but with the purchase of cotton by the weaving workshop, most of the problem will be solved. As for buying grain, you can go to Huguang through Tang Liu to buy it!

And what did Wu Shigong give? On a riverside land that can't grow food, a group of idle and panicked house slaves work hard to build a workshop house, plus the interest of a few hundred taels or four sea money farms. Expenditures are also negligible.

It's also a win-win partnership. However, neither Wu Shigong nor Ma Shouxin expected that the opening of this weaving workshop would have an extremely profound impact on the development of Runing. (To be continued......)