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Suzhou was the center of the weaving industry of the Ming Dynasty, and even the dragon robes of Shanggong came from Suzhou.

However, unlike Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou mainly produces silk.

Qin Mu and his entourage came to the east of the city, and Xu Yingjie, the household servant who was sent to the south of the Yangtze River, also hurried to meet him. ”

Xu Yingjie didn't expect Qin Mu to go to Jiangnan at this time, at first glance, his expression was a little excited, and he replied with a deep bow: "The minister doesn't dare, King Qin has every opportunity, and he has to come to Jiangnan to inspect in person, which is really hard." ”

"Okay, this king doesn't have much time to stay in Suzhou, Xu Qing will take this king to see the newly founded textile factory."

"Yes, King Qin."

The waterways in Suzhou are very suitable for the development of water-powered weaving, and the textile mills established this time are concentrated outside the East Gate, similar to an industrial zone, with several rivers crisscrossing it, and freight can not only pass through the boats, but also many looms are driven by water power. Hydraulic weaving appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which is nothing new.

Outside the factory, Qin Mu found that there was a shrine and statue of Huang Daopo here, so he stopped to look at it and asked, "Governor Wu, is this the Suzhou Mansion?" ”

Wu Jiacheng hurriedly explained: "Qi Qin Wang, this is the people spontaneously erected, in the south of the Yangtze River, there are very Huang Dao Po shrines and statues, all of which are spontaneously erected by the local people out of gratitude. ”

Qin Mu nodded, and said with emotion: "Huang Daopo, this strange woman, used her personal experience to tell us a truth, only to get out of the road to communicate with the outside world. Learn from each other's strengths to make progress. ”

Qin Mu's perspective on the problem always makes Xu Yingjie feel novel, all along, everyone has seen the great progress brought by Huang Daopo to the textile industry in Jiangnan, but few people emphasize how this progress came about.

In fact, if there was no experience of Huang Daopo wandering to Hainan Island, she would not have learned the advanced textile technology of the Li nationality, and there would have been no great development of the textile industry in the entire Ming Dynasty.

But one generation, in order to restrict the movement of people, the government tied people to the land. deliberately erased the point that Huang Daopo "walked out of the road".

Now Qin Mu does not emphasize how much benefit Huang Daopo has brought to the textile industry. Instead, she emphasized how her skills were. This perspective of looking at the problem, even Xu Yingjie, who was born as a businessman, feels fresh.

"What King Qin said is extremely true, and the ministers must keep it in mind."

Qin Mu then went in to visit the "industrial zone", which had a total of more than a dozen factories. It's all textile-related. Some factories are still under construction. Some of the quick ones have already started work, some weave cotton cloth, and more are silk producers.

Spacious factory building. The loom kept ringing, and to Qin Mu's ears, this was a wonderful symphony;

After Xu Yingjie's introduction, Qin Mu learned that the largest silk weaving factory was actually opened by Jiao Menglong. Jiao Menglong and Xu Yongshun are both former Ming magnates, and last time Qin Mu awarded them a positive seven-grade undertaker.

This time, Qin Mu wanted to develop the textile industry, Xu Yongshun was very keen to see the opportunity from it, so he discussed with Jiao Menglong, Liu Changzuo, Tang Guozuo, Fang Yiyuan, Xu Wenjue and others, and decided to invest in Qin Mu's house, sold a lot of his family's property, and invested the funds in the textile factory.

In addition to Jiao Menglong, others also opened textile factories in Suzhou and Songjiang.

Hearing the news, Qin Mu only smiled faintly and didn't say anything, selling the land to set up a factory, this is exactly the capital transfer he wants to see, what else is there to say.

He made an exception and summoned Jiao Menglong, who happened to be in Suzhou. Jiao Menglong could be described as overjoyed, so excited that his hands trembled. Qin Mu even suspected that he was pretending to be like this, this guy was also a powerful person in the previous dynasty, so he wouldn't be excited like this when he was summoned once.

After a tom, Jiao Menglong knelt down as soon as he came up, kowtowed again and again: "Minister, meet the King of Qin, long live the King of Qin, long live, long live!" ”

"Get up." Qin Mu said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "The main reason for summoning you this time is to tell you that you can rest assured that you can run your factory, as long as you pay taxes truthfully, you don't have to worry about anyone making things difficult." ”

"King Xie Qin." Jiao Menglong bowed three times and bowed nine times before getting up.

Qin Mu said casually: "If you want to make more money by running a factory, it is nothing more than a few points, constantly improving the quality of products and enhancing market competitiveness." Continuously stimulate the enthusiasm of workers and increase output. There is also the need to reduce costs and reduce expenses. The best way to reduce costs is not to deduct workers' wages, but to improve production technology, which is a long-term strategy and can always be invincible. Relying on deducting the small amount of money from workers without technological innovation is a completely short-sighted behavior, and you must firmly remember that science and technology are the primary productive forces. ”

"King Qin's golden and jade good words, the ministers must remember and never forget." Jiao Menglong repeatedly patted his chest and reassured, and after the last moment, he asked hesitantly, "King Qin, please forgive the ministers for taking the liberty of asking, I don't know when the imperial court will recover Fujian." ”

"Come on, you don't have to worry about this, just take care of your factory."

Jiao Menglong saw Qin Mu's tone was cold, and couldn't help but exclaim: "King Qin misunderstood, the minister asked this, the main reason is that the minister also opened a printing and dyeing factory, King Qin didn't know, printing and dyeing is inseparable from indigo material, this dye is used for printing and dyeing The color is long-lasting, and the color is bright and bright, it is called 'Jinliang Cylinder', after dyeing, the price of a white grey cloth can be doubled;

Now the Zheng family has divided Fujian, cut off the water pass and the Xianxia pass, and the sea route is not very smooth, now the indigo material is extremely scarce, the price is expensive, and the printing and dyeing industry in the south of the Yangtze River has had a great impact. The minister asked that there was no other meaning for this, that is, he hoped that the imperial court could recover Fujian as soon as possible, so that the trade routes could be unblocked. ”

After a piece of white grey cloth is printed and dyed with indigo material, the price can be doubled or even several times, which makes Qin Mu very surprised, no wonder Jiao Menglong is so concerned about this, this is something that can quickly double the output value.

Qin Mu took this matter to heart, but did not directly answer Jiao Menglong's question, this relationship is a military secret, Fujian must solve it as soon as possible, but before it is resolved, it is impossible to disclose this schedule to someone like Jiao Menglong in advance.

He went south this time, and the textile factory just stopped by to take a look, and he was confident in Xu Yingjie in this regard, but he didn't have to worry about it. His main target is actually Fujian.

After coming out of the factory, the Suzhou prefect set up a banquet to entertain Qin Mu, during the banquet, Wu Jiacheng said: "King Qin, Suzhou has built a textile factory, which is naturally good, but this will also cause a lot of impact on the local people." ”

Qin Mu took a sip of tea and asked, "Governor Wu will talk about it in detail." ”

"Qi Qin Wang, there are few people in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, so every family weaves cloth, when the farm is slack, even men will weave together to subsidize the family, almost every family in the south of the Yangtze River has a loom, spinning and weaving is one of the main livelihoods of ordinary people in a year. Now after the textile factory is set up, it will inevitably have a big impact on the homes of ordinary people, and the imperial court must have a corresponding measure in advance. ”

Wu Jiacheng can think of this, which shows that he is not bad, at least not the kind of dull and dull official, intensive enterprise production, can reduce costs, improve efficiency, and promote technological innovation. It's sure to be a big shock to those family-run workshops.

Jiangnan is narrow and densely populated, and if the people's textile income is impacted, life will become very difficult.

"Governor Wu doesn't have to worry, this king has his own countermeasures."

What countermeasures does Qin Mu have?

In fact, there is no countermeasure, but the original mode of production of retail investors in Jiangnan is not conducive to the development of the entire industry, change is necessary, in the process of change, it is inevitable to bear some pain, this kind of pain is not necessarily a bad thing, he may be forced to change the original way of life of the people in Jiangnan, forcing them to get out of the gang, this is exactly the effect that Qin Mu hopes to achieve.

Since ancient times, Chinese people have been too home-loving, and no one wants to go out, which is extremely detrimental to social development.

It really doesn't work, and then there is another strategy, and that is to immigrate.

In fact, when the founding of the country in successive dynasties, there were often large numbers of immigrants. For example, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of immigrants from the south of the Yangtze River immigrated to Shibian. As many as 230,000 people moved to Yunnan from the Jinling area alone.

At present, due to the famine caused by more than 20 years of war and famine in the north, the population has plummeted, and it can be said that there is no chicken for thousands of miles, and after the recovery, if the people's livelihood in the north is to be restored as soon as possible, it is very necessary to resettle. In this way, it also solves the problem of more people and less land in Jiangnan at the same time.

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PS: The third is offered, to be honest, I'm almost powerless to call, there are still four hours of monthly passes, monthly passes, or monthly passes, and the little wishes that have been waiting for four years are close at hand, but they will become empty at any time.

Xiaoxi is already chasing after the hips, the chrysanthemum is about to break, brothers, look at your ticket holder, there is a wood, another vote, urgently ask for a monthly ticket to protect the chrysanthemum!

Four hours after the last, I am desperate for a monthly pass!

I rolled all over the floor crying and begged if the monthly pass was good

(To be continued......)