Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2350 Fengtian Mansion ([-])

On August 1698, 8, at the Nancheng Carriage Factory, several bannermen, old and young, were drinking tea and chatting.

Today's Manchurian Eight Banners can be roughly divided into three parts.The first is the Eight Banners in Guannei. To be honest, these people have a relatively easy life. Although they are also facing considerable pressure, after all the years of peace, the spirit of the Eight Banners is much worse than that of the founding of the country, and their personal skills are also far behind. Not small.Obviously, this is a side effect of being pampered and pampered, and more than half of the blood and courage of the ancestors have been wiped away.The only ones that looked good were probably the new Bannerman troops in those two towns. Because of the strict drills and the fact that most of them were not from upper-class families, these 2 people still maintained a certain level of energy.

The second part of Bannerman is the Eight Banners of Manchuria.The life of these people is not as good as the Eight Banners inside the pass, and the bitter cold outside the pass, with a small population, it is really impossible to provide them with too many pleasures.In addition, they are still facing the threat of the people from the east coast, and small and medium-scale fights are very frequent, so they still maintain a considerable combat effectiveness, and their spirit is much stronger than the Eight Banners in Guannei.That is to say, in the past few years, there has been peace all of a sudden, people have been raised a little lazy, and their combat effectiveness has declined slightly, but it should not be underestimated.

The really hard-working banner people are the third part, and the Mongolian Eight Banners stationed in the grasslands.These people live as nomads. Although they also receive a large amount of flag salaries and subsidies allocated by the Qing court every year, it is still not enough.Those who live really well are actually the upper class nobles. The life of the ordinary Eight Banners herdsmen at the bottom is actually not well-off. Sometimes they even have to accept escaped Han peasants to rent and plant their land, so life is a little easier—yes Yes, the Han people who escaped are basically Shanxi and Hebei immigrants in the Guan. They were originally stationed outside the Great Wall, but their lives were too hard (taxes and husbands had to be conscripted), and many of them had to raise their families. escape.

In recent years, the Eight Banners of Mongolia have suffered heavy losses in the battle with Galdan, and then they have to separate some cattle, sheep, and pastures to rescue the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes who fled south, so the economic loss is also quite large.Therefore, on the whole, they are probably the most bitter among the banner people.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria outside the pass are actually in this state of being more than the upper than the lower.As for combat strength, there are also some, and they can spare their lives to fight at critical moments, but they are a little lazy in peacetime.Especially now that the Han people have immigrated to the Guandong on a large scale, the value of the grassy land in their hands has increased countless times, and the family conditions of many people have been completely improved.Especially those who are related to the banner owner or even the clan, after a few years, they have earned a lot just by selling military rations, plus some family property passed down from their ancestors, which one is not worth 10,000+, It's not a big deal for everyone to pool 50 silver dollars for half a factory, not to mention that the money doesn't have to be taken out at one time, and they can invest 20 in advance.

But it is true to say so, the problem is that these old and young bannermen are relatively conservative, and they are not willing to invest in the carriage factory that they think is illusory.Yes, horse-drawn carriages are becoming more and more in short supply. Whether it is a large private carriage, a private carriage or a heavy-duty military carriage, the demand is very large.But what does that have to do with our men?Now everyone has meat to eat, a big house to live in, and servants to order. From time to time, they go out to ride, shoot and hunt together. When they come back, they can listen to a song or watch a play or something. The family has ten thousand mu or one hundred thousand mu of fertile land, and they only collect rent for a year. How much is it?Why go to a carriage factory?Isn't that a toss!

Therefore, Fengtian's rich banner people, old and young, really hated Feng Yu to death, thought he was troublesome, and blamed him for tossing around, in short, they hated Feng Yu.However, who made Mr. Feng have someone above him? Not only is Jane in the heart of the emperor, but he also has a very good relationship with Suo Etu Suo Zhongtang. This kind of tough background is hard for them to compare.Needless to say, in the end everyone could only hold their noses to recognize it. More than [-] young and old men pooled a sum of money and picked three highly respected people to be the general office and meeting office of the factory. .

Now, the factory buildings are almost in place, just beside the Hun River.The machine has also been transported to a new port named Yingkou in Liaohe Estuary. It has been transported to the factory a few days ago, and foreign technicians are installing and debugging.These Bannerman investors don't know much about it, so they entrusted several experts (of course, all Han Chinese) invited from the capital to set up factories, and asked them to bring a group of teenagers—obviously, all of them They are the children of Han immigrants near Shengjing—studying behind the foreigners and helping them.Of course, it is not that there are no Bannerman children in the factory, but there are few, and most of them are from poor families, so they come to the factory to try their luck.

Feng Yu arrived around four o'clock in the afternoon. He was riding a horse, followed by more than ten attendants, which was considered light and easy.When they arrived, the old and young banner people who were drinking tea, chatting, and practicing boxing in the courtyard of the factory immediately came over. Feng Yu waved to them, without much greetings, went directly into the factory behind, and looked at the machines .

The factory is a little busy at this time.More than a dozen foreign technicians stood aside and pointed, and two interpreters ran around, sweating profusely from the heat.A group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenagers installed the machine under the guidance of foreigners. They seemed very focused and studied hard.But in the periphery, there were more than a dozen bannermen's children standing idle with their arms raised, not participating in the process.

Feng Yu glanced at them coldly.Those guys were also clever, and when they saw the magistrate coming, they immediately knelt down to pay their respects.The teenagers who were installing the machine also knelt down tremblingly when they heard the movement.On the contrary, those foreign technicians were still standing there one by one, watching all this with amazed eyes.

Feng Yu actually doesn't understand industrial machines, but this does not hinder his love for these things.At the same time, he also deeply realized that the New Deal is to build factories and buy more machines. The more machines, the better, and the stronger the production capacity, the better.Therefore, after seeing those boilers, gears, connecting rods, forging hammers, and smelting furnaces, he was really excited and happy, so that the little unhappiness when he came in earlier disappeared.

This is the beauty of industry!The mystery of the strength of the Dongguo people probably lies in this.Now I have also learned from the Qing Dynasty. As long as the money is in place and the talents are trained in place, with the national strength of the Qing Dynasty, it is not a matter of course.When that time really comes, can the thief in yellow still be arrogant?

The more Feng Yu thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help smiling.He also guessed that his thinking might be a bit simplistic, but he felt that it should be correct in general.The Dongguo people don't have three heads and six arms, nor are they gods. Why can't they do it, but I can't do it in Qing Dynasty?It doesn't make sense!

Feng Yu then chatted with the foreign technician through an interpreter.I learned that apart from the leading few from England, the other ten people in this group are all from a place called "Germany". They all worked as craftsmen in the local factory before, and were moved by the high salary offered by the Qing Dynasty, so they traveled across the ocean. The sea is here.

To be honest, the level of these people is actually not very high.Some of them are too young and obviously not experienced enough, some of them are too low-educated and seem to be unable to speak fluently, some are too old and their eyesight is not very good, and they are obviously here to earn the last vote.In a word, the level of these people is very average. Even in Europa, they may not have outstanding skills.The leading English technicians seemed to be okay, at least they had long-term working experience in the factory, and they were not the kind of ignorant people.According to the report from the people below, these people have been doing the installation and debugging of the equipment before, and a boiler that has been debugged has been tested, and everything is normal, which shows that they are still a little level.

Feng Yu was more amiable when talking to them.Even though this team is filled with a lot of fake people - you know, the Qing court paid them high salaries - but the overall level is still competent, if the people below are smarter, they can still learn a lot from them Yes, that's enough.The only thing that makes people uncomfortable is probably those bannermen's children. What's going on?When installing and debugging equipment, I don’t know how to give a hand, so I just stand on the periphery with my arms up, talking and laughing. Is this salary so easy to get?On the other hand, those Han children are all clever and intelligent people selected outside the city. Many of them may not be able to read, but they study hard one by one, because this is a hard-won opportunity for them, and it is a possibility. They will never give up the opportunity to change their destiny!

With this knowledge, Master Feng Yu felt a little bad.This factory was invested by Bannermen. As a result, apart from a few important management positions held by Bannermen, the other insignificant management positions and most of the workers and apprentices were Han Chinese. What should I say.Banner people would rather drink, hunt, practice boxing, and use big swords than come to learn the art of machine manipulation, and they don't want to manage a factory well. Then the question arises, who is this carriage factory for?If all these Han people in the factory leave in the future, will the factory still be able to operate?I'm afraid that even a shock-absorbing spring can't be pulled out?How is that different from closing the door?

In the end, the Han people are fucking cheap!Master Feng was a little depressed.Bannermen pay to help Han people learn technology. No matter how you think about it, you feel good about it, but there is no good solution yet.And not only Feng Fengtian is like this, but the provinces in the country are actually similar, right?

Thinking of this, Feng Yu's interest suddenly dropped, and he had no intention of continuing to visit.

(End of this chapter)