Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 769 Livelihood and Cardigans and Machines

He thought very clearly that when the whole family came to Dingxiang for the first time, what they should consider was not how to return to Hongnong, but how to live here.Father's crime has been determined, and no one can change it. Even the uncle was dismissed from the position of prime minister because of this. It is impossible for them to return to Hongnong in a short time, and even, they will never return.

Since he couldn't go back and didn't want to die, all he could do was to live here first.No matter what method is used, even if it is farming.

The four brothers, except for the youngest Yang Sizhao, the other three had to accept this fate they did not want to accept.

A few days later, Yang Sijian finally waited for Yang Gongren's eldest son, Yang Siyi.

"Brother." The four brothers looked at Yang Siyi as if seeing a savior.

Yang Siyi looked around the room and apologized to them: "Father is sorry about the third uncle, and we are also very sorry. In fact, it's not that we don't want to save it, but that we can't do anything. Father can't stop what His Majesty has already decided. .Besides, you must also know that my father has been removed from office."

This topic was a bit heavy, Yang Sizhen and Yang Sizhi both kept their mouths shut.

"However." Yang Siyi's voice changed, "You don't need to be too desperate, there is still good news. Uncle Qi has been appointed by His Majesty as Minister of Honglu Temple, which shows that His Majesty has not completely given up on us."

"Brother." Yang Sizhen opened his mouth and asked, "Why didn't the empress empress ask for mercy for my father?"

Yang Siyi was startled, and then sighed: "It's not that the Empress does not speak, but that she cannot intercede."

"Why?" Yang Sizhi asked.

"Because, this time the matter is very serious." Yang Siyi said: "You must have seen a lot of people sent here along the way. I can tell you that they are all wealthy landlords whose properties have been confiscated, and even state officials County officials. This time, my father wants to prevent the imperial court from enforcing the allocation of land into mu." At this point, Yang Siyi stopped talking.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, you don't understand. Let's talk about your future arrangements. My father thinks so. The Yang family has a card that sells grassland furs given by His Majesty. Every day Every year, you can get some shares from the Dingxiang Governor's Mansion, and go back to process and sell woolen clothes yourself. You are in Dingxiang, and you happen to be in charge of this for us. You can take [-]% of the sales profits for your family."

"Only [-]%?" Yang Sizhen muttered.

"Thirty percent depends on His Majesty's face." Yang Siyi smiled wryly: "We dare to help you in this way, but we are already resisting the decree. If you didn't get the approval of the empress, you would really want to cultivate land here."

The brothers shut up one after another.

Yang Sijian asked: "I remember that woolen sweaters are only sold by the imperial court?"

"Not all right." Yang Siyi explained: "At the beginning, when the new loom was born, no one in the court noticed the huge profits of woolen clothes. It was not until later that they found out that they asked His Majesty to grant the brand management. But we can maintain The business scale is very limited, and the sales share is also very limited. Whether it is internal or external, how much wool can be collected and how much woolen clothes can be sold must follow the standards set by the imperial court. Even the price is the same. Later, the family chose to abandon the domestic Selling, focusing on foreign sales, there are two main sales channels, one is the grasslands, the other is the Western Regions, and I am currently trying to find a way to win the Koguryo brand, and the other. "

Give them a rough explanation, and finally add: "Of course, in fact, the new looms have already been popularized, and the common people have enough wool in their hands to make woolen clothes by themselves. We are restricted because the imperial court wants to control the balance. I'm not very clear about the specifics, it's all the court's regulations. You don't have to worry about how much you can earn, every time you do business, at least it's a net profit ranging from [-] taels to [-] taels."

Hearing this, Yang Sijian pondered: "So, the domestic woolen clothing market is all owned by the imperial court?"

"Not exactly." Yang Siyi said: "The Cheng family, the Qin family, the Duan family, and the Xie family all have a certain share. However, they have relatively large restrictions and high business taxes. But everyone has something in common. That is, from the factory building, to the employment, to the compensation of the employees, and even the detailed rules of the employment of the working hours, etc., all must follow the regulations of the court.

Last time, the Pei family was disqualified from running a factory by His Majesty the Emperor because of privately exploiting hired workers, so they could only buy ready-made clothes and sell them to the outside world. "

"It's so cumbersome." Yang Sizhen said.

Yang Siyi nodded and explained: "You can think so, everything is in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor. Whether it is for foreign sales, qualifications for opening factories, or taking raw wool, etc., you must obtain permission from His Majesty. Row."

"Huh." Yang Sijian said: "But how much can we earn? According to what you said, we have to pay for the opening of the factory, the money for hiring workers, and even the money for buying wool from the court. If we pay by ourselves, how much can we earn in the end?"

"A lot." Yang Siyi said: "In China, especially in the Guanzhong area, because it was the first to open factories and received the care of His Majesty the Emperor, the price of woolen clothes is not particularly high, but in the Western Regions, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, and grasslands where the bitter cold In this area, the price of a woolen sweater is far more precious than cattle and sheep."

"Why do you ask so many questions? Do we have any other options?" Yang Sizhi looked at Yang Siyi and said, "Brother, tell us what you want us to do."

"Okay, listen to me."

Privileges are everywhere. Although Yang Sijian and others are exiled in Dingxiang, as long as the people in the court are strong enough, they can still live relatively comfortably.

Regarding the division of sales of Datang's new products, it is not particularly cumbersome, but woolen sweaters are relatively cumbersome.

It can be said that tea and water mills are semi-public technologies, which were strictly controlled by the imperial court before, but are now gradually opening up to the common people.However, the water mill is not for ordinary people to play with. Only the craftsmen of Weihe Workshop can understand the technology involved.

Therefore, those who can grind wheat and rice with a water mill actually obtained a license from the emperor.The mill was built by the imperial court for its use.

As for soap, sugar, rice paper, glass, cement, glasses and other relatively high-end profiteering industry technologies, the imperial court has not announced them at all. If they want to sell them, they can only get them from Weihe Workshop.

The woolen sweater belongs to the more unusual one, because it involves a new type of loom. In order to benefit the common people, Li Zhiyun has long opened up the loom manufacturing technology to the common people.

Because of the huge profits of woolen sweaters, apart from the large factories run by the imperial court, several other companies were also qualified to open small factories to make woolen sweaters.However, whether it is the scale, the selling price of woolen clothes, or the share of external sales, all must follow the regulations of the imperial court. There are relatively many restrictions, but they also earn a lot.

As for the invention of agricultural technology, whenever a breakthrough is made, the imperial court will order governors all over the world to promote it as soon as possible. In this regard, the imperial court never hides its secrets.

In addition, the large-scale hydraulic spinning machine, mule machine, hydraulic loom, etc. that will be released later will certainly not easily promote manufacturing technology.After all, these things have fundamentally moved away from human power in favor of the application of natural forces.

Its work efficiency is terrifying.

(End of this chapter)