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Chapter 230 Laying the Groundwork for the Industrial Revolution
In the third year of Chongzhen, 1630, in the spring, after a looting by the Manchu Tartars, they found that there was no more oil and water, so they withdrew, leaving the ground full of devastation.

But the Ming people could only endure the pain silently, licking their wounds, the pain and sorrow all turned into tears, and they swallowed it forcefully.

The people in the north fell into pain.

But the south is still singing and dancing, and the indescribable spring is full of spring. At this time, a caravan went down the river and came to this rich land. The name of the caravan is Lantian Caravan. It is said that Guanzhong Lantian from the county.

Young masters and ladies from the south, when they heard that they were from the north, the corners of their mouths curled up like [-] yuan. This is a habitual attitude of a rich place looking down on a poor place.

Just like Shanghai, the standard old Shanghainese think that except Shanghai is a rural area, that kind of arrogance is brought out in the bones, and there is no way to change it.

However, the Lantian caravan brought surprises to the ladies and gentlemen in the south, that is, beautiful handicrafts and crystal clear glass.

Those glazed products are really beautiful. Although they are expensive, they have an indescribable charm for the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River.

People in Jiangnan have no shortage of food and drink, and rich people gather together. If there are more rich people, there will always be comparisons, and there will always be high-end consumer goods. After all, people make money, so you have to find a way to help them spend their money.

This is the meaning of luxury goods, just like now, why are luxury goods so popular, are they really worth the price?

No, the same artificial leather bags can be sold for tens of thousands, or even 10,000+, while normal similar bags can only be sold for 200 yuan.

The premium is hundreds of times, why, it is nothing more than the fact that the rich want to show their difference, and want to separate the class level from the poor, otherwise who will buy it!

The same is true of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty. It is rich, comfortable, prosperous in commerce but does not pay taxes, and is protected by high officials in the court. In addition, it is far away from the northern Tartars. It can be described as a paradise on earth.

Looking at those painted boats in Jiangshan, the singing and dancing that spreads from them every night can not help but remind people of a poem, "Business girls don't know the hatred of subjugation, and they still sing backyard flowers across the river."

The Lantian caravan came to Jiangnan and opened a shop in Jiangnan, named Liulixuan, which specializes in selling some beautiful glass ornaments far beyond this era.

The shiny accessories made all the ladies in Jiangnan obsessed and crazy.

At first, the young masters didn't care about it, but one day when the young masters found out that the beauties in the boats they often went to began to discuss the accessories of Liulixuan, they realized that this little thing was so dazzling.

What made these sons even more crazy was that Liulixuan actually spent a lot of money to invite the heads of the eight most famous painting boats on the Qinhuai River to wear Liulixuan's accessories, everyone went crazy.

The lechers ran to tell each other, and the jealous prostitutes, when they knew that Liulixuan's accessories were super expensive and brought a so-called upper-class person, they began to scramble to let their benefactors buy Liulixuan's accessories. accessories.

In this way, the accessories of Liulixuan went up a new level. At the same time, the behavior of the coquettish sluts on the Qinhuai River alarmed the family members of the officials nearby. At first, these officials and wives just wanted to stare at their masters, and wanted him to avoid going to Qinhuai a few times. river.

But one day they suddenly found out that the master was visiting more and more, the officials and wives suddenly panicked. They began to pay attention to their competitors, and found that the competitors all carried a product called Liulixuan Shop.

As a result, they also started to buy. The purchase of the official's wife directly increased the brand effect of Liulixuan. Liulixuan suddenly became famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time began to crazily amass money.

Liulixuan sells all kinds of beautiful glass ornaments, of course there are also plastic ones, but people in this era can't recognize them. These products are all custom-made by Li Chaosheng.

The reason for the customization is because Li Chaosheng needs them to leave the three words Liulixuan on the jewelry, only in this way can the brand be known.

And this technology should not be too simple for voluntary manufacturers, this thing is extremely delicate, and the cost of a small jewelry is not more than two yuan.

The reason why it reached two yuan is mainly because of the trouble of lettering and trademarking. If it is not necessary, the cost can even be controlled at one yuan and five yuan.

A glass ornament cost two yuan, and when it was acquired in the late Ming Dynasty, its value doubled. It is said that the ornaments from Liulixuan are the cheapest 50 taels, and the slightly higher-end ones are all hundreds of taels.

Whether it’s expensive or not, don’t think it’s too expensive, it’s just this price, no discount, and there are four beauties who are at the door of Liulixuan, who can be regarded as high-end goods at the very least, as welcome ladies.

As long as you see someone coming, just give him a sweet smile, and you are guaranteed to make the man fascinated, and after a few words, the macho man will pay for it.

As a result, a large amount of money began to pour into Liulixuan, and the money was exchanged for food, steel, copper, and cloth in the south of the Yangtze River and began to be transported to Lantian County.

Li Chaosheng looked at the continuous delivery of supplies, and decided to continue to increase investment in Jiangnan, so there was another lingerie store in Jiangnan.

This women's underwear has no technical content, and can be made by finding a group of tailors. Li Chaosheng established an underwear factory in Lantian and recruited ingenious Lantian women to learn how to sew underwear.

So all kinds of women's underwear were continuously produced by Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng didn't know how to design, anyway, he bought a few underwear for the old tailor to learn from.

Soon all kinds of underwear appeared that Ming women had never seen before. Li Chaosheng still transported this kind of underwear to Jiangnan, because this underwear was affordable by Jiangnan people, because this underwear, which cost less than a hundred yuan, arrived in Jiangnan. It can be sold for a tael of silver, so Li Chaosheng established the Jiangnan Beauty brand.

When these underwear arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, even if the style of the south of the Yangtze River is open, it was not accepted at the beginning. There is no way but to use the old method and recommend it directly to the painting boat on the Qinhuai River. However, it is not enough to find the oiran for public exhibition this time. Girl, she has a face, how can she dress like this for others to see.

Therefore, the promotion of underwear encountered a little resistance at the beginning, but the situation quickly opened up. The person in charge of Jiangnan asked Li Chaosheng for instructions. Can you take out some and let Huafang girl try them on first?
Li Chaosheng understood as soon as he heard it, isn't it just a sample, so Li Chaosheng approved the Jiangnan Huafang girl to try it on.

These girls who wear such underwear, the rate of enticement keeps rising. Daming's young master has seen this kind of thing before. This thing is set on women who are usually beautiful, and these women who are originally beautiful will change instantly. There are all kinds of amorous feelings, and the ordinary girls are now rejuvenated by their second career.

So these girls started to repurchase, and the business of the girls who didn't wear it was obviously not as good as others, so they also started to buy, and the result was that the men went crazy and liked to go to the boat.

I used to go there once a week, but now I feel uncomfortable if I don’t go for a day. The officials and wives saw it, no, this group of little sluts are using dirty tricks again, if not, they have to sacrifice themselves for the sake of men.

So the wives of the officials also started to buy underwear, and who knows who wears the underwear. In the past, the thing was shaking back and forth, which was very uncomfortable, and it was uncomfortable to tighten it with a tube top. After putting on the underwear, it was like a pair Hold it with your big hands.

comfortable.

Moreover, since I put on underwear, my officials have become more and more clingy, pulling myself into the room whenever I have time, studying non-stop, and obviously less time to go to the boat.

But the girl from Huafang became impatient when she saw that her benefactor was not coming, so she went to buy the latest underwear. In this way, the wife of the official and the girls from Huafang formed a competitive relationship. They competed, but the underwear shop became rich. , So underwear sold like crazy.

Both Huafang girls and official wives buy them, which is also a kind of attraction for girls from small families. After all, in this era, official wives represent authority, strong women, and Huafang girls represent fashion, similar to today's stars.

Their driving force is terrifying, so even the small households who can squeeze out money will buy one, so these people support more than half of the women in Li Chaosheng's Lantian County.

And money also began to rush into Li Chaosheng's Lantian County crazily. At the same time, Li Chaosheng also set his sights on the textile industry. Li Chaosheng got the Jenny textile machine map, which is not difficult to imitate in this era, and directly opened a textile factory.

Started to enter the textile industry, the Jenny textile machine seems to be very backward now, but at this time in Daming, this is a cross-age product representing advanced productivity, representing the beginning of the industrial revolution that Li Chaosheng is stepping forward step by step, and starting to lay the foundation for this era. Solid industrial base.

Jiangnan is a treasure land. Li Chaosheng fell in love with this place. The people here are so rich, they speak nicely, they are vain, and they like to compare themselves. You don’t know how cool it is to collect commercial taxes and not have to pay taxes. The money you make is yours, and you just need to take part of it to manage officials.

And this money is definitely not for nothing. Those who manage to be an official are actually rewarded. For example, Li Chaosheng used money to open a way in the current Nanjing officialdom, and he has established relationships with many people. These relationships are accompanied by the output of benefits. The bond of interests is getting deeper and deeper, and Li Chaosheng can even remotely control people in Nanjing official circles to help him speak in court.

This is very strange, there is a feeling of chaebols controlling the rulers, but the Ming Dynasty is still an official-based country, and businessmen can interfere in politics from behind, but they have no status.

However, Li Chaosheng is different. Li Chaosheng's Lantian County is different. This is the foundation of Li Chaosheng's establishment. The nutrients passed by the big tree strengthened itself, and one day, this branch of Li Chaosheng would replace Daming and become that towering tree.

This is Li Chaosheng's hope and his historical mission.

That's right, Li Chaosheng only cared about himself at first, but now there are more than 40 people in Lantian County pointing at him to live. Li Chaosheng dare not be careless. When people have expectations of you, a sense of personal responsibility will be erected. It is actually difficult for people to change the environment, but the environment can definitely change people.

In the autumn of the third year of Chongzhen, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lantian County was busy again. This year, Lantian County had a bumper harvest, and the weather was good. The people in Lantian County have basically solved the problem of food and clothing. The situation does not exist in Lantian County.

The territory of Lantian County has also expanded, and now Chang'an County has been renamed as Lantian County. Of course, Li Chaosheng is not a traitor, so Li Chaosheng, the county government office of Chang'an County, is still retained. Grandpa, he can't control a single grass outside the gate of the yamen, because it's Lantian County.

The angry Chang'an county magistrate now has only one job every day, that is, sitting in the county yamen gate and scolding Li Chaosheng when he is full.

He scolded Li Chaosheng as a traitor, he scolded Li Chaosheng as inferior to an animal, Li Chaosheng was very generous and allowed him to scold him, but Li Chaosheng's subordinates were unwilling. The militiamen rushed into Chang'an County and beat up the magistrate of Chang'an County. The five Chang'an County government servants who were present did not dare to step forward.

After Li Chaosheng got the news, he was very angry, severely criticized his nephew Li Dewen, and demoted Li Dewen's chief of the village to the chief of the middle village. However, a month later, Li Dewen was reinstated as the chief of the Chang'an County.

However, the original magistrate of Chang'an County stopped scolding very wisely, and even moved into Xi'an Prefecture at home.

Chang'an County, Shangluo County, and Zhashui County are now merged into Li Chaosheng's Lantian County, and they are still expanding. Of course, Li Chaosheng doesn't have to worry about this at all. Li Chaosheng is now the master of the four counties.

With the foundation of four counties, Li Chaosheng plans to increase the recruitment of refugees. At the same time, the construction of water canals and the clean-up of officials are all carried out simultaneously. There were 5000 people, including 5000 flintlock troops.

In addition, there are 8 militiamen, and the number of people under his rule has reached 70. Li Chaosheng feels that the speed of his expansion has accelerated, and Li Zicheng's troops are also at the same speed.

Li Chaosheng got information from Bai Shoumin that Li Zicheng was very busy this year. Last year when they rebelled, the first time they rebelled was Wang Zuogua's peasant uprising army. But this spring Wang Zuogua surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Li Chaosheng is currently serving as a vanguard general who does not stick to mud, attacking cities and villages, and Li Chaosheng's senior spy Li Shichao has also taken up a lot of positions, and currently has more than 2000 peasant troops.

(End of this chapter)