Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 903 Macro Control (Fourth Change)

In a workshop area in the east of Quanzhou City, smoke and dust billowed everywhere, and the sound of stones colliding could be heard from time to time.

In the middle house of the workshop area, more than a dozen workers are working hard to polish the stones. One of them is a man in his 30s with a wound on his left hand. Blood oozes from the dirty rags and splashes everywhere. The stone powder turns black.

The man's eyes were a little dull, as if he was extremely tired, and he was still polishing the hard granite with his right hand, but he didn't realize that there was someone standing behind him.

"My worker, how long have you been working here?" Liu Hongjian asked softly behind the man.

The man turned his head to look at Liu Hongjian, as if he could see that Liu Hongjian was not dressed like a poor man, but he didn't answer Liu Hongjian's question.

Qin Zuoming was also dressed in casual clothes. He knew that Liu Hongjian was out to vent his anger on these poor people. Seeing that this man ignored him, he was very angry and wanted to get angry, but Liu Hongjian stopped him.

"It's like this. I'm a merchant from Zhangzhou. I came to Quanzhou to buy some granite. Don't be surprised if you come to the workshop here to have a look.

May I ask how your hand was injured? "Liu Hongjian knew that it was easier to be convinced as a commoner than a high-ranking prince, so he made up an identity for himself.

"It was hit by a stone." The man spoke Hokkien, and Liu Hongjian had to listen carefully to discern the meaning.

"Why don't you rest for a few days when you're injured?" Liu Hongjian asked with concern.

"Deduct the monthly money!" Seeing Liu Hongjian looking kindly, the man continued while polishing the stone.

"Just buckle it up, wouldn't the loss outweigh the gain if the body breaks down?"

"If you ask for a day off, not only will you have no monthly payment for that day, but you will also be deducted an extra day's monthly payment. It's not worth it, it's not worth it." The man muttered to himself.

"How long can we rest in a day?" Liu Hongjian asked again.

"There is no fixed time, 120 bricks are polished a day, and work can be started after polishing."

"How long will that brick be polished?"

"This is not accurate, it takes more than half an hour to get down." The man seemed to be puzzled why the person in front of him had so many low-level questions, he glanced at him and started working again.

Liu Hongjian calculated carefully, and it took more than half a quarter of an hour to make one brick. Even taking 10 minutes as an example, it would take nearly 120 hours to make [-] bricks.

This does not include carrying stones and listing stones, and other time such as eating and going to the toilet. If the movement is a little slow, you have to keep spinning if you want to get poor wages.

Otherwise, it will be a vicious circle, and even a hardened body can't stand it!

"I heard that a coworker died here a few days ago. I wonder if this happened?" Liu Hongjian sighed slightly. He already believed that what Qin Zuoming said was true.

But the man didn't answer this question, but continued to work in silence, so Liu Hongjian asked again reluctantly.

"Why do you ask this? If you want to buy stones, you can go to the owner." The man seemed a little scrupulous, and didn't want to continue chatting with Liu Hongjian.

"Zuo Ming, let me press that Zhang Haolin in!" Liu Hongjian said while suppressing the anger in his heart.

He walked all the way from Quanzhou City, and saw no less than four such stone workshops, and the working environment inside was so messy that it was outrageous.

Workers have been working in an environment full of stone powder for a long time without wearing masks. After a long time, the lungs will not be able to bear it, and then form pneumoconiosis, which is difficult to treat even in later generations.

What's more terrible is the [-]-hour working time limit. Even young people who work like this for a long time will have to be abolished within a few years.

He was resentful, and he worked hard to encourage the creation of science and technology, and encourage businessmen to do business, hoping that Ming Dynasty could take off as soon as possible.

But in the final analysis, he actually hoped that the people would live a better life than before. If the rapid take-off of Ming Dynasty brought suffering to the people, then Liu Hongjian would rather slow down.

It's not bad for everyone to eat and drink slowly, as long as the pace is always one step faster than the Europa group.

The news from all over the past two years has praised his achievements. Although he doesn't care about it on the surface, he is actually a little happy in his heart. After all, who doesn't want to be recognized or praised by others.

Now, he suddenly has the feeling that he is worried about his people because he is high in the temple, and he feels that what the people below have reacted to may not be the truth.

What the ear hears is not necessarily the truth. If you want to know the truth, you must personally investigate and go deep into the people.

However, it is not enough for the imperial court to only encourage business, it must also restrict businessmen in terms of rules so that they cannot exploit workers wantonly.

Liu Hongjian suddenly felt that the economists of later generations in China were really too powerful. They adopted socialism with Chinese characteristics and carried out macro-control on the basis of the self-development of the market economy.

Neither dare to dare the free development of the market economy, but also control the development direction of the market economy invisibly. The pace is not fast, but every step is very steady.

The current Daming is like an extensive capital mad dragon. There are workshops everywhere, and roads and bridges are being built everywhere.

Liu Hongjian let go of the shackles on the buds of capitalism, but he didn't know that being completely restrained would easily suffocate, and not restraining at all would be easy to go astray. He decided to take the time to learn the basics of economics that he brought with him.

He had always thought that book too dull, and it had remained in the corner of the ring for almost six years.

"Qin Zongbing, what do you mean? Don't think that you can arrest people randomly because you are the Zongbing!
I, Zhang Haolin, am not a vegetarian either. If my brother-in-law finds out, I will have your fruit! "

Before entering the door, Zhang Haolin began to curse. Zhang Haolin was originally a Qingpi from Quanzhou City, and he had been sneaking around since he was a child.

But one of his younger sisters was beautiful, and she was taken as a concubine by the magistrate of Yongchun County under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou Prefecture.

Later, the brother-in-law was promoted to the prefect of Quanzhou through drilling, and Zhang Haolin began to dominate Quanzhou City like a chicken and a dog, and he has always been a tyrant in Quanzhou City.

Not counting the quarrying workshop outside the city, Zhang Haolin also has a cloth shop and a grocery store in the city. Except for the quarrying workshop, the other two shops were bought back by means.

"Oh? Is your brother-in-law so good?" Liu Hongjian smiled instead of anger.

"Of course, Master Cao, the prefect of Quanzhou, knows? That is my brother-in-law! Hey, who are you? If you can help me report to my brother-in-law, you will be of great benefit!"

Zhang Haolin didn't seem to recognize who Liu Hongjian was. Seeing that Liu Hongjian was dressed in a businessman's attire, he thought he was a colleague in business, so he hurried to ask for help.

"I don't know who the prefect of Quanzhou is, but do you know this belt card?" Liu Hongjian took out the gold-plated King Qin belt card from his body and held it in front of Zhang Haolin.

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(End of this chapter)