Chapter 1004 Cotton, Cloth, and People's Hearts

Zhao Ziying's style is simple, no one brags about big words, but there is no in-depth conversation, this week Xuezhi actually said a few provinces and the whole world big words, it is really shocking, but it also makes people see the prospect here, Wang Zhaojing, Ruhui and Zhou Xuezhi of course understand the importance of this kind of cotton weaving, otherwise Zhao Jin will not put this matter before the expansion and restructuring.

"No farming, no stability, no work, no wealth, this is really not bad, the grain that is hard to cultivate is just to maintain food and clothing, if you want to get rich, you have to rely on the factory business." Wang Zhaojing couldn't help but say with emotion, the real profits of Zhao Ziying's side come from several big bazaars, as well as shochu and private salt, which are all made by craftsmen and traders, and it is no wonder that Wang Zhaojing is so emotional.

"There is chaos if there is no food, this is the most important fundamental" Zhao Jin smiled and continued, without food, Xuzhou would not be able to maintain so many full-time family training, no food, there is no expansion, even if the prisoners are caught, there is no way to really use it, but having food is equivalent to controlling life and death, and it is natural to firmly grasp it.

After chatting a few words, Zhou Xuezhi took out a thick account book, and Wang Zhaojing and Ruhui also spread out their pen and paper, there must be a lot of important events that need to be recorded and planned.

Just after Zhao went into the barren grass beach and knew that the villages began to spin and weave, he immediately gave an order to Zhou Xuezhi in Qingjiangpu, and asked him to investigate all aspects related to cotton cloth. Even if you don't open a store here, it is necessary to send the price back to us on a regular basis, otherwise you will suffer a big loss in trade or be taken advantage of by others.

In such a situation, cotton cloth, which can be regarded as a necessity, his power to set prices in bulk has been transferred from the original Songjiang Mansion to Qingjiangpu more and more, and in this case, a large number of wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan have also come to open a business, and the details of the cotton cloth business can be easily investigated in Qingjiangpu.

Songjiang cotton cloth so-called clothing quilt the world, export cotton cloth tens of millions of horses every year, three-fifths or even more of these cotton cloth, are going to the provinces south of the Yangtze River, Goryeo, Wa, Nanyang countries, as well as Siam, Champang, Myanmar and other countries, the sales of several provinces in the north are not so much, this reason is also simple, the rich wear silk satin, the poor people do not cover their bodies, only the average people will buy cloth tailoring, in contrast, the people of the southern provinces are much richer than the north, and the sales volume is naturally huge, as for the Wa country, The buying and selling of Goryeo and other places is the power of one country, and it is naturally different.

The cotton cloth sold to the north is transported and sold by sea and water, and the Songjiang sand boat has a business, which is to load cotton cloth to Dengzhou and Tianjin, and in the past, it has to go to Jinzhou and Yingkou in Liaodong, and then there are many of them along the canal to the north, and then turn into the Yellow River, and transport it to Henan to Shanxi, Shaanxi, and a considerable part of the cotton cloth in the north is bought by the Mongolian tribes on the grassland and the Jurchens in Liaodong. However, the people who control these businesses are often border army generals, so naturally no one pays attention to them, and none of the merchants in Qingjiangpu dare to hide anything from Zhao Jin, so they inquired.

Such a huge sales, Songjiang Mansion is far from enough cotton planted in one place, not to mention that only one-third of Songjiang Mansion is suitable for planting cotton, how to fill this gap, naturally to buy from all over the world, in addition to Songjiang Mansion near a few cotton fields, this Shandong Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion and North Zhili Hejian Mansion and Zhending Mansion, there are a large number of cotton fields, these cotton gathered on the canal, and then all the way south to Songjiang, and then become the Songjiang cotton cloth that is clothed in the world.

"Although Songjiang cotton cloth is good, the price is not low, the northern provinces are far poorer than the south, so the average person over there can afford it, this side may not be willing to pay, the price of this kind of cloth is higher outside the customs gate, even the Mongolian departments are some can not afford it, if we can produce cotton weaving cloth here, the market is definitely not worried." Zhou Xuezhi finally stabilized his mind and began to elaborate.

Everyone naturally understands what he said, the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are extremely rich, the workshops are contiguous, and the weavers are hundreds of thousands, but those weavers have to be paid, and cotton needs to be purchased, and Zhao Ziying can do it for free in a certain sense in these two terms, and the cost is so pressed down, there is a natural advantage in price, no matter how it is calculated, it is much more profitable than farming and producing grain.

"The displaced people and captives are our population, not our cattle and horses, it can be used for three years in vain, and it will not be in the future, but it can still be cheaper than Jiangnan." Zhao Jin said with a smile, everyone nodded, captured so many prisoners, and built a grange for them, not just to treat these people as serfs for a lifetime, but to make them the real population that Zhao Ziying can control.

Zhou Xuezhi nodded, and then said: "Actually, there is no need to worry, the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo use a lot of cotton cloth, as long as our fleet is built, it is enough to specialize in this business, and even if we are within the Ming Dynasty, he Songjiang cotton cloth is sent over, it may not be as good as us, at least as soon as we produce cotton cloth, Henan and Shandong will not fall into the hands of others." ”

"I can't think so far, I can't take care of the things on the ocean for a while, those who know how to grow cotton, those who know how to spin and weave, the skilled weavers in the Songjiang and Jiangnan workshops, those who know how to make spinning and weaving equipment, these people must get it, don't care about the cost, the villages on the east bank of Luoma Lake produce their own cotton cloth, and they will start to buy from now on, and sell them in the bazaar and the big market, although the business is small now, but you can test the water first, and let the guests see the color and texture of the cotton cloth, so that we can know how to improve." Zhao Jin patted the table and said as he patted it.

Zhao Jin said over there that Wang Zhaojing, Ruhui and Zhou Xuezhi were flying with their pens and wrote down every word he said.

"When you go to the village on the east bank of Luoma Lake to collect cloth, you must remember one thing, that is, fair trading, the people of the village there are no longer our prisoners, but our roots, and this Xuzhou is no different, so everything you do over there should be taken into account as much as possible, don't just think about exploitation." Zhao Jin said slowly.

Everyone keeps writing, Zhao Jin's partners are used to the rhythm of Zhao Jin's speech, sometimes saying one thing, but often diverging, but Zhao Jin is the head of Zhao Ziying, even if he diverges, it is an order, and this divergence often represents the overall situation, which is exactly what Zhao Jin should do and say.

"Please rest assured, even if the village on the east bank of Luoma Lake is bought and sold fairly, the price of the cloth will not be high, at most it is a salary, the fields over there are ours, the production is also ours, and the cost is just handmade." Zhou Xuezhi had a full understanding of this in advance.

Zhao Jin nodded with a smile, and then said in a deep voice: "Now the Zhuangtou stewards and group trainers who were born on the east bank of Luoma Lake are going to give them their own fields, and if they continue to use them so costlessly, I am afraid that they will have to use them, but if they are given their fields, the family members cannot be treated badly." ”

"That's a lot of money." Ruhui said a word.

Everyone's expressions are a little solemn, Zhao Ziying's food and salary to the family is less than half of the food and salary given to the soldiers below in Daming, fortunately, the hair is sufficient, the camp treats the family well, and the disposal is fair, so it seems to be much more generous than the official army, and there is also the name of a family here, a private slave, and how much food and salary to give is naturally the master's will

However, the relationship between this name can be vague at first, everyone is hungry and cold, and here is a way out for the brave young people, no one has a word, and Zhao Ziying is guarding the countryside of Xuzhou, which is more righteous, but now it is different, two-thirds of the various teams of Zhao Ziying are stationed outside Xuzhou, and several major battles are also outside Xuzhou.

The family members are fighting everywhere, fighting life and death, and it is not to protect Xuzhou, it is to expand, it is to punish, then the relationship between master and servant and the name of protecting the countryside is not enough, Zhao Ziying has the biggest flaw at the moment, that is, he has no reputation, no matter how rigorous Zhao Jin makes this structure, let everyone have many expectations and extravagant hopes for the future, after all, he does not have the righteousness of the court and the government, this is just his family's soldiers, everyone is just fighting for him alone.

It's okay to fight a small-scale and low-intensity campaign, but now that it is slowly expanding, the changes in people's hearts will be different, this matter, Chen Huang and Shi Manqiang have mentioned it to Zhao Jin, but everyone feels very uncomfortable talking about this matter, so they should be taboo and avoid talking about it.

"In fact, there is military discipline that can be restrained," Wang Zhaojing said, then shook his head and was silent.

Ruhui frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Master, in fact, now the family members are at this level, and they are loyal to the master, because they have a field in their hands, as long as we Zhao Ziying is in one day, their industry will only become more and bigger, and their interests are closely related to us, this method is easy to use, but this method has to be used on all the family members, and the cost is too great." ”

Speaking of this, Ruhui groaned, and said: "What's more, the hearts of the people are inexhaustible, this time I gave so much, what should I do in the future, master, you are too generous to the below, whether it is the court officials and soldiers, or the local regimental training, they are all working hard to eat, and it is not bad to be full, sir, these considerations are the practice of the imperial court generals to their own personal guards." ”

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