Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 329 The Germination of Capitalism
Yang Xuangan volunteered to become the principal of the Technical College, and Yang Guang naturally handed over this task to him.

Unlike the old masters who thought it was insulting to be polite, Yang Xuan felt that this was a good thing. When Yang Guang asked the reason, Yang Xuangan said: "Your Highness, go and build this first technical school now. To put it bluntly, how many workshops and businesses will there be in Daxing City in the future?" It will definitely be this group of people who will be at the helm ten years from now, and we can be considered a favor to them."

"Taking it into perspective, people like Li Chun who are now in charge of the firearms arsenal may look like the shopkeepers of a workshop, but the taxes they contribute every year and the actual rights they hold are no less than those of ordinary officials. Their money is Even if they are all qualified, if one or two of these students reach this position, we will not be much worse off in the next few decades."

Yang Xuangan's perspective on the problem is different from others.

While several people were talking, Yang Lihua broke in.

A high-spirited woman is always enthusiastic. She is always like a blooming rose, showing her beauty without any scruples.

"Hey, so many people are here? What bad things are they discussing?"

"Sister, we are just discussing the technical school."

Yang Lihua nodded: "I have heard that you have caused quite a stir this time, but these old-fashioned people need to be taught a lesson."

Yang Lihua hated these old pedants. After all, she was the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty and had extremely high political marriage value. Because the emperor and queen wanted her to get married again, she invited the old gentleman to convince her with reason and threw out a series of arguments. Yang Lihua was tired of trying to persuade Yang Lihua with a lot of theories.

Although the old gentleman who came to persuade her was not Li Gang and others, her impression of these old gentlemen was very bad because of this.

"Sister, what are you doing here today?"

"Oh, I almost forgot. There is something wrong. You asked your workshop to give me cheaper cloth."

Yang Guang was a little confused: "Ah? What do you mean?"

"Oh, you've been out for too long, and you don't know the situation yet. I also opened a workshop to make clothes. Your workshop only makes cloth. Robots can't make finished clothes, so I saw that there are a lot of them. Due to business opportunities, I built a large workshop with 200 people, just for making clothes.”

"The quality of the clothes made by others is really not good enough. They are not pretty enough and I don't like them at all. So I can only make them myself."

The clothing needs of top wealthy and powerful women like Yang Lihua cannot be met by ordinary clothing factories. They must have advanced customization, and this kind of advanced customization still has to be done by hand. Yang Lihua saw the business opportunities and founded this. Workshop, and after Yang Guang heard what she said, he admired her idea very much.

She took the lead in selling services.

For these people with high demands, what they sell is not only clothes. The grade, color, style of fabrics, and the experiential links included in them are all very important. Yang Lihua, who has a keen business opportunity, directly sells clothing workshops. Opened in Dongshi, the production is completely transparent. You can choose the material style, size and color at the front. You can see the production at any time if you want. Every craftsman has a production station, and they are extremely elegant.

This has solved a lot of women's work problems, and the salary of the female tailors working in her workshop is higher than that of men outside, which makes people who want to work have their heads broken.

This is differentiated demand. With the current price of cloth products further falling, after the needs of ordinary people are met, high-end demand is actually expanding. After having clothes to wear, everyone will want to wear good clothes.

With the improvement of looms, the quality of the cloth produced can now meet high-end demands, but the workshops have also become more sophisticated. Although the cost is not much different, it is still more expensive to sell.

This is why Yang Lihua came to talk.

"Sister, your workshop has made a lot of money, but you still want to squeeze our little money."

Yang Lihua said: "You are the most profitable person in Sui Dynasty. Do you still have this little money?"

"Okay, okay, I'll talk to the workshop then."

Yang Lihua's business acumen has always been very keen. She was always the first to try something new when it came to selling properties and now working in workshops. Although she always likes to squeeze some profits out of herself, this is also the best explanation. Yes, she has the potential to be a capitalist.

What capitalists and landlords have in common is that profit comes first.

The difference is that the only way for landlords to obtain profits is through exploitation. The more they exploit, the more they get. However, while capital is exploiting, it must also take into account the survival of workers. Without workers, no one will work, and even workers will go to work. If others do it, it will only increase your own competition.

There are many people with a keen sense of smell like Yang Lihua. According to his own tips, Yu Wenshu is now obsessed with studying steam engines to drive carriages. As long as they draw a blueprint for a better future for him, they will do their best to enjoy it. The huge benefits gained after making this thing.

Yang Guang felt that capitalism had begun to sprout throughout the Sui Dynasty.

Productivity is increasing and production relations are changing. This is a sign of budding.

This change will stabilize the overall social relations in Sui Dynasty in recent years. Everyone is busy making money. When they are making more every year, it is difficult to stabilize social relations.

Social development cannot be achieved overnight, and must go through various stages.

Yang Guang made arrangements for this day. Yang Xuangan became the principal of the technical school and started training technical talents as soon as possible. He also formulated rules. Those who passed the assessment of the technical school and finally obtained an excellent diploma will be eligible to buy a house in Daxing City. subsidies, as well as real money subsidies within one year after graduation.

After the establishment of the Notification School, the state-owned workshops in Daxing City will also send people to teach techniques and assign jobs after graduation.

As soon as this policy was announced, a group of young people planned to go to school.

Nowadays, many young people aged sixteen, seventeen or twenty are willing to work in factories, especially places like firearms workshops. If you have a craft, you will never starve to death in your life, but you can earn more than farming. .

But the firearms workshop has high recruitment requirements.

Originally, they did not plan to go to a technical school to study. They would study for two or three years, and their precious time would be wasted. However, given such a good policy and including distribution after graduation, it was not enough to squeeze in.

Every eye is filled with a bright future.

Li Yuan said at the same time: "Your Highness, there is another thing to worry about now, and that is food."

"Although the weather has been good in the past two years, with the increase in the number of people going to cities to work, there are now fewer farmers growing food at home. Although it does not affect food production at the moment, it is prone to problems in the event of a disaster. .”

Yang Guang put his hand on the chair and rubbed it for a while and said: "I do have a solution, but it will be more troublesome and it will last forever in the future." "Your Highness, please tell me."

"South of the Yangtze River, the land is fertile, and in some places there is even two crops a year."

Li Yuan answered and said: "Your Highness, I understand what you mean. Capturing Nanchen can indeed obtain more food, but according to the current situation..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Guang said: "Look further south."

Yang Xuangan was the first person to react: "Your Highness, do you mean Lingnan, or even the Jiaozhi area?"

Yang Guang nodded.

"Although I haven't been to that place yet, I heard that you can grow food all year round in the Cochin area. The water and grass are plentiful, the weather is hot, and rice can even be harvested three times a year. If we can allow it to continue to deliver food to us for a long time, our food reserves will be in crisis. We can solve more than half of them.”

Yu Wenhuaji said worriedly: "But Your Highness, Jiaozhi is south of Nanchen. If we want to transport Jiaozhi's grain over, I'm afraid..."

"Brother Yuwen, have you forgotten the method I used to defeat Goguryeo?"

Li Jing already understood Yang Guang's thoughts.

Yu Wenhuaji suddenly realized: "Oh, our warships can directly cross Nanchen, and in terms of transportation efficiency, warships can be much faster than land transportation."

"Yes, that's my plan. In the future, maritime trade will be a very important part of our Sui Dynasty trade. In a place like Jiaozhi with a unique geographical location, growing food is easy, but transporting food is even more difficult. As long as it is Once the transportation link is solved, food can continue to come to the Sui Dynasty."

At this time, Yu Wenhuaji, who had not yet achieved a great feat like Li Jing, stood up and said, "Your Highness, fighting across the sea at such a long distance is dangerous, but if I am willing to go, I will win Jiaozhi first for Your Highness."

"Although it's time to play Cochin."

"Huh? No fight?"

"We just want food. We will decide later whether to fight or not. If we capture Nanchen in the future, Jiaozhi will be taken back naturally. As long as we have food, we will not only target Jiaozhi, but also the Nanyang countries and their fertile lands. ."

Yu Wenhuaji looked puzzled: "Your Highness, if we don't fight, how will we get their food?"

"Can't you use the ones you bought?"

"These foreign people still have to spend money to buy things from them?"

Yang Guang helplessly shook his head and smiled: "Brother Yuwen, we have to look at things in the longer term. We have just conquered Goguryeo. If the current governance is excessive and excessive, it will inevitably lead to resistance. When the sky is angry and people are resentful, we will have to retreat if we don't retreat. War is the last resort. The only way to solve the problem is trade, which is our regular way to obtain resources from the outside world."

"Then if we spend money to buy it, how can we make money?"

Li Jing said at this time: "Who said you can't make money? The people there live in poverty, the labor is cheap, and the prices of things are also low. We sell them from there at a low price, and then transport them back and sell them at a high price. Don't we make money?"

“But is it really possible to make money traveling such a long distance?”

But Yang Guang was very sure: "We could bring things there in the past, and we could also bring other things back. Now that commerce is booming, there are too many things that can be sold. Just the same thing, our cloth clothes, Just find some, the quality is much better than those over there, you may even directly seize the other party's cloth market and make money together."

When Yu Wenhua thought about it, it seemed that the truth was that low-priced and high-quality products could directly eliminate similar products in their market. The local nobles had always liked the products from the Central Plains, but the transportation was too troublesome. At the same time, This has also resulted in the price being very high.

Yang Guang continued: "We can load our goods and transport them over there, sell them there for money, and then exchange them for goods over there, such as grain, to earn business from both sides."

"Once the routes are fixed and more frequent, and after seeing the value of sea transportation, it will soon develop. Of course, trade must be protected. Our maritime combat effectiveness is the basis for guarding our trade. If we cannot defeat others at sea, This money is just waiting to be robbed.”

Yang Guang patted Yu Wenji on the shoulder: "Brother Yu Wen, I think it's very good that you recommended yourself to take charge of this matter. I originally planned to come. In addition to trade, I also have to be responsible for exploring the situation of the Southeast Asian countries. These places will become external supply sources that nourish our Sui Dynasty in the future."

It was decided that day that this matter had to be started, and Yu Wenhuaji was temporarily appointed as the first director of maritime trade in the Sui Dynasty, in charge of maritime trade. The imperial edict would be finalized when the emperor issued an order.

……

When Yu Wenhua returned home, he didn't feel very happy.

When Yuwenshu saw this situation, he asked him. He told Yuwen that he was appointed as the director of maritime trade by Yang Guang today, and then sighed: "Dad, you see that Li Jing has achieved great military exploits at such a young age. I finally got it." The appointment is not to go to war.”

Yuwen Shu was so angry that he punched his son on the head.

"You silly boy, all this wealth has been thrown at your head, and you don't even know it."

Yu Wenhuaji was in pain, rubbed his head and said, "Father, I just led the caravan there, how can I be so rich and noble? I have no military merit."

"You silly boy, this is a great way to make a lot of money, a lot of fame, and a lot of military exploits."

"Oh?! Why did father say that?"

"The first is to make money. Needless to say, you can definitely make money by following His Highness the Crown Prince. To earn fame, you represented the Sui Dynasty in going to sea to explore the countries in Southeast Asia. If you look up the list, the one with a similar status should be Zhang Qian who went to the Western Regions. If you If you do this well, and my father will build momentum for you in the country, you will be the contemporary Zhang Qian."

Yu Wenhuaji's face was full of astonishment, he didn't expect such a statement.

"As for military exploits, although His Highness did not ask you to go to war, going out with a large amount of money like this will definitely attract the attention of others. There are many people who have fantastic ideas about it. You will definitely have to follow with your troops. You must be very careful along the way. Once a war breaks out, we will take it to sea to fight. Our navy of the Sui Dynasty is now invincible. By then, what you will be fighting is not a battle of conquest but a battle to protect the Sui Dynasty. Are you still afraid that you will not have military merit?"

When Yu Wenshu said this, Yu Wenhuaji immediately reacted: "Yes, yes, this is a great thing."

(End of this chapter)