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Chapter 340

The navy has never listened to the instructions and is [-]% the emperor's lackey. If the customs is in its hands again, it will be equivalent to having money again. From now on, it will really become a behemoth and even more difficult to check and balance. For a while, the room fell into silence again, and no one was willing to easily agree to the emperor's arrangement.

"I just mentioned it casually. Whether it can be done or not depends on everyone to weigh it. If anyone has a better way, you can bring it up for discussion. As long as it is feasible, I will not stand in the way. It would be best to follow Li Hongfu's example and go to Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian in person. Sitting in charge, he is old and it’s time to go home and take care of himself.”

Now that he has already figured it out, Hong Tao will not let the hole be dug in vain. Fight with silence, right? You won’t shed tears until you see the coffin. Today I will let you see which end of the coffin is bigger and which is smaller.

"Why, don't you all want to share your worries for me? You still have to wait for me to call your name!" After waiting for a while, the room was still silent. The emperor was angry, his smile gradually faded from his chubby face, and there was a hint of coolness in his voice.

"I believe that the establishment of the customs is a measure of the New Deal. It is better to use the raw than the familiar. The navy is stationed in Guangdong and Fujian all year round, and the best strategy is to control the sea by sea."

After Zhao Shiqing heard clearly, he understood that the emperor was determined to establish a customs today. If anyone stopped him, he would go to Guangdong and Fujian to share the country's worries.

It doesn’t matter what others think, I don’t want to go anyway. Let’s not talk about whether northerners can adapt to the hot and humid climate. The New Deal alone can make people anxious to death. Once the emperor's requirements are not met, almost any crime that can destroy a family or clan will be applicable.

"I second the proposal..." With one person taking the lead, the others could no longer hold on. Ye Xianggao was the first to express his position, and then they all expressed their agreement with Zhao Shiqing's conclusion.

"Well, Youdao is like a hero with three gangs, and a fence with three stakes. I cannot manage the country of Ming Dynasty alone. It requires the concerted efforts of all the lovers. I am not a mean king. When I have benefits, I will naturally share them with everyone. I love you, please share it with me. There is a great wealth now, I wonder if you, my dear friends, would be willing to share it with me?"

Although the customs matter was reluctantly passed, the emperor was not displeased. A smile immediately appeared on his plump face, and he bared his teeth and began to draw the pie. He spoke with great joy and expressiveness.

"It is my duty to share the country's worries with you, and I dare not take credit for it."

Li Dai had lost his temper after being tortured. What kind of emperor is this? There is no one like him before or since, and he can make a big issue of the imperial court look like a child's play. Just a moment ago, his face was full of murderous intent, but in the blink of an eye, the spring breeze was blowing on his face again. He's so rich, I'm afraid he's going to do some tricks again, so forget it.

"Hey, Li Aiqing, don't be too modest. It's the hardest for you to hold two jobs. You have to get more than just this great wealth. That's it. I accidentally thought of a good thing that can increase the speed of spinning by five to ten times. , the quality does not fall but rises.

I plan to let the machinery factory build it and build a factory in a selected location to purchase cotton spinning. I wonder if any of you would be interested in taking shares. If it is feasible, in the future, the shares of the spinning mill will be determined by the cabinet bachelors and the six ministers and nine ministers. If they are in their positions, they will receive their profits, and if they are not, the principal will be returned. "

Inspired by the collective silent confrontation just now, Hong Tao suddenly felt inspired and thought of another way of cooperation. Instead of facing the resistance of courtiers every time you want to change something, and finally relying on fists to force them to reluctantly agree, it is better to change your thinking and turn potential antagonists into collaborators.

Government-supervised private factory construction is one way, but the number of factories to be built is limited after all, and there are losses and profits in doing business, so the temptation is not too great. Especially for officials with relatively high grades and relatively wealthy families, they are useless. If you change the way of thinking, if you don’t have to worry about management, you are guaranteed to make money, and it also has certain attributes that show your status, wouldn’t it be more attractive to them? For example, the spinning mill that is about to be built.

Xu Guangqi and Wang Zheng have already developed the prototype of Zhenni spinning machine. After trial operation, the results are remarkable. It can easily increase the spinning efficiency by more than five times, and the yarn quality is better than that of hand spinning. Right now, the two of them are making the final optimization of the spinning machine, and they are just waiting to put it into mass production immediately after it is finalized.

However, Hong Tao does not intend to put the Zhenni spinning machine directly into the private sector. First, the production capacity of the machinery factory is not enough to meet such a large market demand; second, there is a serious shortage of skilled workers, and the spinning machine driven by the water wheel is no better than the traditional spinning wheel. , once the operation is wrong, it will lead to casualties and accidents, and the operators must be trained.

The most appropriate way is for the royal family to build the factory first and train the operators while it is put into production. After the expansion of the machinery factory is completed, the spinning machine operates normally, and the number of skilled workers is sufficient, it can then be sold nationwide.

So where is the most suitable place to build this factory? Shandong and Henan are both cotton-producing areas and are said to be the best places to build spinning mills. However, after investigation, it seems that it is not appropriate. There is plenty of cotton, but the cotton processing industry is not developed.

Except for a small amount of cotton produced in Shandong and Henan that is spun and woven locally, most of it is shipped to the south of the Yangtze River, where it is woven into cloth and then sold to the north, especially in Songjiang Prefecture.

There is only one reason why this is the case. The weaving industry in Jiangnan has always been developed, with a large number of employees and a full range of supporting industries. It has one-stop spinning, weaving and dyeing. It has the advantage of cluster development, resulting in higher output and quality than in the north. fair price.

As the upstream of the weaving industry, spinning mills do not have the ability to manufacture finished products themselves. They mainly provide supplies for downstream weaving mills. In this case, if the factory is built in Shandong or Henan, it will be close to the source of raw materials, but it will be far away from the next destination of shipment, which is not conducive to the operation of the industrial chain.

Getting a new thing to be accepted by most people requires a process in itself. If it is still too far away, the difficulty will be even higher. In addition, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions have always been the stronghold of conservatives and Qingliu. If they intend to resist, machine spinning may not be accepted no matter how good the quality and high the output.

If we can get the cabinet bachelors and the six ministers and nine ministers to participate in the construction of a factory, it will not only solve the problem of product sales, but also open a small hole in the position of the conservative Qingliu, paving the way for further penetration in the future. It is simply It's a wonderful trick that kills three birds with one stone.

But then again, once machine spinning is accepted, it will be a very, very huge industry, and the returns will definitely be very, very rich, and can even influence a country's economy.

Hong Tao was determined not to let too many conservative officials get involved, so as not to create a situation where the tail was too big to lose. But now we have to use their energy for promotion, so we thought of a compromise.

The shares in the spinning mill do not follow the person, but the position. It is more like a job allowance. Whoever becomes the cabinet bachelor or the six ministries and nine ministers will get this dividend. Not in the position, sorry, the principal will be returned to you, and you will have nothing to do with the spinning mill from now on.

This also has the advantage of converting the Cabinet Grand Scholar and the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers from hostile positions into cooperative partners. Now that everyone has the same interests, it will be easier to communicate when discussing policies in the future. At least we can gain understanding and concessions on non-principle issues.

(End of this chapter)