Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1004
In the ancient times when manpower was the center, combined with animal power and simple machinery, there is no doubt that skilled craftsmen represented the most advanced productivity.

In Jiangdong, including today's Huainan, the prosperity of commerce has led to the vigorous development of handicrafts, although great progress has been made in some fields.But it is still undeniable that Jiangdong is still far inferior to the north in terms of overall handicraft technology.

This is an experience gap accumulated for hundreds or even thousands of years, and it cannot be equalized by just a few years and a few innovations in production technology.What's more, Shen Zhezi neither has much energy nor sufficient reserves to promote the development of Jiangdong's overall handicraft technology on his own.

The biggest change he brought to the Jiangdong handicraft industry should be the simplification of the production process and the expansion of the production scale, which is also due to the constraints of the actual situation.

Although the Shen family was known as Jiang Donghao's head in the early years, in the final analysis, it was just a pawn in the hands of a wealthy family in Wuzhong.In addition to the struggle for status, there is also a large amount of reserves brought about by the improvement of basic production capacity.

But this does not mean that Shen Zhezi has no pursuit of truly sophisticated industrial technology. Previously, it was mainly about accumulation and expansion, but now it will be transformed into a relatively gentle digestion and operation.

There are indeed some technical principles of later generations in his mind, but if he wants to put them into reality, he still needs the cooperation of a high-level craftsman group to try a lot to transform those principles into technologies that can be realized in the current world.This is also one of the reasons why he is eager to gather a large number of northern craftsmen.

Skilled craftsmen are the foundation of running a family business in Haozong's private sect, and their meaning is almost equivalent to acres of land.But in the national community, it has even more extraordinary significance.

As early as the Chinese and Korean Dynasties, large cities like Luoyang and Yecheng gathered a large number of craftsmen, and in the later times of war and chaos, these populations were repeatedly contested.When Shile unified the north with a foreign race, in order to consolidate its ruling foundation, a large number of people migrated to Hebei, which naturally included many craftsmen.

The city of Ye, which was captured by the Huainan army before, was one of the ruling centers of Shi Le. In the later period of Shi Le's rule, there were frequent large-scale construction projects to build the capital here.And the artisan households gathered around Yedi amounted to hundreds of thousands of households to meet Shizhao's needs for construction and enjoyment.

Of course, not all of these craftsmen and families have special skills, and most of them are still driven by forced labor.But even if only some of them possess various exquisite skills, this is still an extremely astonishing amount.

Speaking of this point, Shen Zhezi also had to sigh with emotion that although the Jiangdong court inherited the orthodoxy of China and North Korea in name, it was still inferior to the Hulu regime in the north in terms of real inheritance acceptance.Yuan Emperor Sima Rui himself was a distant descendant of the clan king, and he went south to Jiangdong without any contact with the core power of China and North Korea.

Therefore, most of the artisans who were centralized and controlled in the Central Plains and Heluo areas still sank to the north and were enslaved by the Hulu.

Shen Zhezi didn't feel too deeply about the gap between the north and the south in terms of skills. First, he didn't have a deep understanding of this aspect, and second, he didn't have much energy to ask for guidance. Basically, as long as various industries can meet his needs , It will not set any too high-precision goals.

However, when he recovered Heluo years ago, he also saw the old city of Luoyang with his own eyes. Although there were only a few ruins left, even these wreckages showed a level of skill far superior to that of Jiangdong.

In particular, Shen Zhezi presided over the construction of Jiankang City earlier, and he was quite complacent about the results he led alone, but after he has truly seen the world's most high-end craftsmanship, even if it is just a residue, it is enough to make him feel a lot.

This time all over the north convened and screened craftsmen, the requirements were relatively high, and they were mainly concentrated in some families with craftsmen handed down from generation to generation.In this era, not only cultures are monopolized by family traditions, but also the inheritance of craftsman skills is often continuous. Many families often succeed fathers and sons, and several generations are engaged in a certain industry. This is the same in the north and the south.

For example, the Shen family themselves support a group of such craftsmen, and they want to keep their core technology a secret. Even the main family should not be too demanding in this regard, which is really understandable.

After a little screening by such criteria, the so-called artisan households recruited in Yecheng have shrunk significantly, reaching more than [-] households.This is also because the Huainan army did not copy many records and materials in the Jie country in Yecheng, and these craftsmen naturally had to carry out centralized management, which saved the Huainan army a lot of trouble.

At present, Shen Zhezi's foundation is still in Huainan, but he is not reconciled to leaving these hereditary craftsmen idle in Henan, and simply transfers some of them here.It just so happens that Huainan is currently short of manpower in various industries, which can be supplemented.

Large-scale population migration is inherently difficult, even without military disasters.In particular, many of these artisans have inherited some unique skills for generations, and it is heartbreaking to lose one of them.

The reason why Shen Zhezi was delighted was that this task was completed beautifully. More than 3000 craftsmen and families traveled all the way from Henan, and only a few hundred people were lost along the way.

Shen Zhezi went to the banquet, and after placing the booklet on the desk, he looked at Yu Du and said with a smile: "I heard that Shu Hong has such a talent, but now it seems that I have been biased in previous years, but I have lost my understanding."

"This subordinate is only the last member of the army, and it is a great fortune to be able to continue to serve the governor. Such a high reputation is really unworthy."

Hearing the great governor's praise, Yu Du was unavoidably delighted, and was once again full of expectations for his future.

Ji You also said with a smile from the side: "Everyone in the house has outstanding talents, this is also God's love for this place, all parties use their talents to the best of their ability, and they are really not afraid of the difficulties of the world."

"Xuexue's words are indeed fair. Uncle Hong, you deserve to be highly commended for your meritorious service. But right now, the mansion is only gaining a great reputation. I will keep this matter in my heart, and I will definitely make up for it in the near future!"

Shen Zhezi said with a smile again, to be honest, the merits of saving a lot of luck are not inferior to the direct battle achievements. If you count the exemplary meaning in it, it is more than enough to be a marquis.However, the generals in Huainan have not been rewarded for a long time now, and the people in Taiwan are also sharpening their swords with anger. Even if Shen Zhezi is recommended to Taichung, he may not be able to pass.Therefore, this achievement can only be accumulated temporarily.

Thinking of the recent stalemate relationship with Taiwan, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but sigh.Contradictions between each other are meaningless, they just lie in different positions, and as Huainan grows stronger, this contradiction will become more and more acute, just waiting for a critical point to erupt.

"Uncle Hong has traveled far away, so I won't stop you from taking rest for a long time. I just remember to visit the camp with me tomorrow. In the past few days, you should rest first and recover enough energy before you come back to listen."

Shen Zhezi gave another order with a smile, and then ordered someone to lead Yu Du out of the mansion.After hearing this, Yu Du couldn't help but beam with joy. It seems that the governor must give him a new appointment.

After Yu Du left, Shen Zhezi summoned Du He, Wang Shu and others to discuss and order how to place this group of precious craftsmen.In fact, the Governor's Mansion has already made plans before, and discussing it now is just another confirmation.

In the early morning of the next day, in addition to following Shen Zhezi and the subordinate officials who were going to inspect the camp, even some merchants, Xiangzong, came here after hearing the news.Most of them are building properties in Huainan, and they are suffering from a shortage of workers. Knowing that the Dudufu has mobilized a large number of craftsmen in Henan, they are naturally eager to share a little profit.

The arrival of these merchants made Shen Zhezi a little unexpected, and he had to feel that once the capital started to operate, its profit-making nature would be fully revealed.He also had to be thankful that although private capital was allowed to join, it did not give them more freedom, especially in terms of worker leasing, and it was strictly forbidden to go beyond the intermediary of the Dudu Mansion to recruit workers independently.

This move was originally only for the convenience of supervising the production of workshops and extracting servants, and to protect the relevant interests of craftsmen.Now it seems that it can be regarded as a means to control the unlimited growth of these private funds.

In the final analysis, in this era, industry and commerce are just a means of wealth allocation, and if this erodes the foundation of agriculture, it is putting the cart before the horse.Once there is no restraint in this regard, those farmers who have been exempted from household registration are very likely to turn around and be recruited by workshops, causing a serious shortage of agricultural population.

Those merchants didn't know that their enthusiasm had actually deepened the idea of ​​the governor to restrain their development, and happily followed the governor's mansion all the way to the artisan camp at the foot of Bagong Mountain.

After Shen Zhezi and others arrived, relevant personnel followed their instructions, and Yu Du also introduced them along the way.

The craftsmen who moved to Huainan this time mainly came from the Shi Zhao court's material bureau.The material bureau is the bureau in charge of all kinds of craftsmen. The Han system belongs to Jiangzuo, while in Jiangdong it belongs to Shaofu. The main functions are similar. It is responsible for civil engineering such as ancestral temples, mausoleums, palaces, and gardens. Responsible for ordnance manufacturing, defense construction, including direct participation in combat, etc.

Shi Zhao was building the two capitals of Xiangguo and Yecheng until Shile's death.Then a civil strife broke out, and the craftsmen who stayed in Yecheng were directly recruited by Shi Kan into the army, but they were not professional soldiers after all, so they stayed on the defense, which gave the Huainan army a chance to take them all.

Therefore, these artisan households are not only ordinary artisan households, but also include many Shi Zhaocai government offices, such as Caiguan Xiaowei, Youxiaoling and so on.These people are now living in Huainan, and they are also very respectful to Shen Zhezi, a powerful official in the Southern Kingdom, and try their best to show their talents in order to get better treatment.

Through the introduction of these officials, Shen Zhezi also learned that these craftsmen can be described as all-encompassing, with detailed division of labor, and each has their own specialties, ranging from small handicrafts such as wood and stone, gold and jade, leather goods, painting and dyeing, and ceramics to large-scale buildings such as palaces, urban construction, and water conservancy. Projects, all kinds of talents can be described as everything.

In addition to manpower, these people also contributed many theoretical old books, etc., including Zheng Xuan's annotation "Kao Gong Ji", Du Yu's "Chen Nong", etc., and even "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and so on. academic treatise.Some of these old books have long been lost in Jiangdong, and some even if they exist, they are still missing a lot.

(End of this chapter)