Win the Ding 1617

In Hejing, the city of the womb that gave birth to the South China Army, the atmosphere above the city became a little weird and tense.

On the sea, Li Huamei led her own warship and more than a dozen large and small gunboats to check various ships on the sea, check the identity documents of people entering and leaving, and arrest any unknown persons immediately.

On land, from Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa, Thang Long, Hue, to Chai Gun, Man Raja, the security department of the South China Army, with the cooperation of all armies, is in a state of tight inside and loose outside to deal with suspicious behavior. persons under arrest and interrogation in secret.

For a moment, in the eyes of discerning people, the atmosphere in Nanzhong was somewhat depressing.

This atmosphere even affected Xu Hongzu who visited and traveled far away in the Jiulongjiang area.

Under a polished copper oil lamp, he twirled the flame, and the flame radiated soft light through the crystal clear glass lampshade that had been wiped.

Unfolding the pen and paper, he began to write what he saw, heard, and thought about that day in accordance with his old habits.

After visiting the roads, villages and some not-so-important factories around Hue and Ha Tinh, Li Huayu, who accompanied him, ordered someone to take a map of Nanzhong, which clearly marked the administrative divisions of various places, from the prefecture to the state , counties, and towns are listed clearly.Please choose one or two villages according to your hobbies to experience the life of the people in Nanzhong.

It was at this time that Xu Hongzu chose this town on the edge of the Jiulong River.

It is a little different from the many villages and towns located in the Jiulongjiang area. In this town next to the river, there are some farmlands outside the town where some vegetables are grown.There are few fish ponds dotted around, and there is almost nothing related to farming.The town, whose main business is another traditional affair, weaving.

As Xu Hongzu from Jiangyin, he is no stranger to spinning and weaving, but he has never seen such a huge spinning and weaving field.

Every three or two days, huge boats would appear by the riverside, unloading bags of Tianzhu cotton, and various factories in the town would buy cotton in large quantities.The cotton is sorted and processed.It is spun into cotton yarn, and then made by professional weaving fields into various patterns and colors of cotton cloth that are finer and tighter than Songjiang fine cotton cloth.Then, someone will transport the cotton cloth to various places, or send it to the printing and dyeing factory for dyeing.

He raised the wolf hair in his hand.Xu Hongzu felt that it was as heavy as a thousand catties.It seems that there are many words in my heart that I want to put on paper.But I don't know where to start.

say what?It is said that rice is grown three times a year here.Under the leadership of the government, farmers began to gradually change the three-crop rice into double-crop rice in order to improve the taste of the rice.Raise the selling price?It is said that in order to improve the survival rate of piglets, the farmers here do not hesitate to supply a large amount of fish soup to postpartum sows to enhance nutrition for sows?Or is it that many farmers in the earliest developed land did not hesitate to separate their families in order to open up more land, and then hired a large number of native laborers to cultivate the land?

Or is it that the road here is as smooth as a stone?The rich variety of food and the low prices surprised him, who came from a rich and prosperous land, and felt that he was like a countryman entering the city.

However, after thinking about it, Xu Hongzu still felt that two things had the biggest impact on him.

One is the tax system here.It's simply outrageous extortion!For farmers who only farm, the tax is low, and the government also purchases grain and oil crops at a protective price and subsidizes farmers in the form of industrial voucher subsidies.However, as long as farmers sell their own crops, meat, and oil to the market, various taxes will immediately come to their doorstep.

Business tax, income tax, if those large-scale farms have to collect more taxes according to their scale, it is called a stepped tax system.What's even more strange is that farmers and businessmen and gentry in cities and towns are happy with such taxes.

"What do you think, even the generals in the palace have to pay taxes! Moreover, according to the tax rate set by the lord himself, his taxes are more than anyone in Nanzhong!"

From the supreme ruler to street vendors, all have to pay money, food and taxes. Xu Hongzu from Jiangyin can only shake his head in amazement at such things.This is impossible to happen in the rich and prosperous south of the Yangtze River where the anti-tax trend continues.

However, there is no such tax as the poll tax.The tax here is collected according to your property and income. For example, General Li has a lot of property and income, so, sorry, you have to pay more taxes.It has even reached the point where half of the income is taxed every year.

"Maybe this is the origin of Nanzhong's roads, bridges, post stations, chariots and soldiers?"

In his notes, he recorded the system that impressed him deeply and the social phenomenon that went hand in hand with it, and wrote down the results brought about by this tax system. Xu Hongzu nodded in satisfaction.

However, the second matter made him a little worried.

That is the sound of spinning and weaving in this small town.From early morning to late night, the entire town was enveloped by this sound for almost eight hours of the twelve hours a day.

This voice made Xu Hongzu startled.

He also once talked with several fellow villagers who opened a weaving factory at home. It should be known that the matter of spinning and weaving is the most important experience. Different fineness.It is conceivable that the spinning and weaving requires a high level of skill.

However, here, Xu Hongzu seems to have only seen some people who have just been exposed to spinning and weaving skills. According to the standards of Jiangnan, they are barely familiar, and he has not seen many so-called masters and masters.

A terrifying thought popped up in his mind, "If simple skilled hands can weave such exquisite cloth, what is the basis? If it is the work of textile machinery, if Nanzhong makes a large-scale announcement to Jiangnan, Huguang, Zhili, Shandong, and Shaanxi. Sales in Liaodong and other places, what about people in Jiangnan who rely on spinning and weaving for a living?"

Pushing open the door, Xu Hongzu walked into the courtyard, a few stars in the night sky accompanied by a cold moon, and the faint sound of locomotives came from the houses in the distance, which made his heart skip a beat.Like bursts of gold and iron horses.

"Unexpectedly, General Li is not only powerful in killing and attacking on the battlefield, but also in the way of wealth, taxation and people's livelihood!"

However, what Xu Hongzu didn't expect was that at this moment, the incomparably powerful General Li in his heart, Li Shouhan, was listening to the reports of various departments on the explosion accident of the gunpowder factory in Hejing with a livid face.

Over the years, gunpowder factories have relied on old-fashioned toilets to purify potassium nitrate, nitrification fields to provide potassium nitrate, carbonized corn stalks to replace willow charcoal, and Japanese sulfur to produce large quantities of gunpowder to meet the gunpowder needs of the military and civilians.The only difference is some performance indicators.

In order to be able to ensure the consumption of a large number of firearms in the army.And the consumption of rocks that need to be opened up and blasted for civil construction.There is also the need for self-defense firearms on those long-distance ships. Every harvest season, a large amount of corn is purchased by the government from all over the country, and after simple processing.Sent to gunpowder factory for carbonization.And in order to protect the needs of sulfur.This thing has become an important part of the trade between the South China Army and Japan.Almost all ships traveling between Japan and Nanzhong carried a large amount of sulfur as ballast.The Ryukyu ruler even sold sulfur and sugar cane to Nanzhong as the country's main products.A steady stream of raw materials were transported to the gunpowder factory and processed into powerful gunpowder, which guaranteed the huge demand of the South China Army.

but.On the day when the Qing army was ordered by General Dorgon and Yangwu General Yuetuo to divide the army, they successively entered from Dongjiakou and Qiangziling in Miyun by destroying the walls, and launched looting operations in the pass. It is said that the significant gunpowder factory had an explosion in the reserve warehouse, which completely flattened a mountain that was used as a cave warehouse.Tens of thousands of stones of gunpowder stored in the warehouse were reduced to ashes.

"My lords, tell me! What's going on here?"

Shou Han's voice was not loud, but it was as cold as ice.Hearing this made the leaders of Hejing Manufacturing and Military Industry tremble all over.

With such a huge loss, it would be difficult to dispel the anger in the lord's heart without killing a few heads.However, the leader of Liuyang stayed well, so he was going to leave like this. This is really a bit regretful.

"Speak up! Don't you usually hear the sound of your chest being slapped on the mountain? It's okay to say anything. Now that something has happened to the military order and the like, why have they all become sawed gourds?!"

Facing the fury of Shou Han's thunder, Ling Kun and others can only adopt one attitude, that is to make a fortune in silence.There was an expression of extreme pain on his face, to deal with the lord's roar, so as not to get burned.

However, there are often thorny heads in any group, and there are such people among the many managers of Ha Tinh Manufacturing and Ha Tinh Chemical.

Just when the guard's chest heaved with anger from the group of stewards and shopkeepers kneeling in front of him to plead guilty, and the impulse to kill was bursting in his chest, a voice sounded from the tail of the line.

"Actually, the lord and the managers at all levels are responsible for today's disaster!"

This voice made Shou Han's anger even more difficult to contain.

"Who's talking?!"

Kneeling in the front row, Ling Kun kowtowed like garlic, "The Lord is merciful! The Lord is merciful!"

Two personal soldiers had already picked up the speaker from the back of the line and dragged him to the guard.

"Chen Xingping is a third-class supervisor under my Hejing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. He is in charge of supervising the gunpowder factory, military factory and other places." Lin Huofeng, the big shopkeeper, saw someone jumping out, and his mind changed, planning to use this unlucky guy as a Let the heads of the guards calm down.

"Tell me, why do you say that I and everyone are responsible?"

Shou Han was not so angry anymore, and even waved his hands to let the two soldiers release Chen Xingping, making him stand up and speak.

"My lord, all the shopkeepers, shopkeepers, and stewards. I am a steward in the cell. Although the official position is small, I know how to repay the master's knowledge and monthly salary. However, my lord, Since moving to the north, in order to open up the road between Guangdong, Guangxi and Nanzhong, we have spared no effort to mobilize people's resources, money and food to build roads. Among them, our gunpowder field will provide [-] shi of gunpowder for road construction to Guangdong and Guangxi every month. This is not counting the troops and horses everywhere. Gunpowder for fleet batteries."

"However, in the face of such a major mission entrusted by the master, how do officials at all levels handle it?"

Hearing what Chen Xunping said, Ling Kun and the others lowered their heads.

These people who were craftsmen back then, with the smooth sailing of the Shou Han business for many years, most of them have good tempers, and their ways of dealing with people and attitudes have also undergone great changes unconsciously.The stewards and shopkeepers just give orders and assign tasks in their own signing rooms.Urge to complete.

There are many problems such as the will of the chief, speaking with one word, not acting in accordance with technology, exaggeration and recklessness, etc. to varying degrees.

"My lords, my boy is a late-born child, but today I dare to ask in front of my lord, since my lord issued an official document to increase the monthly supply of gunpowder, all my lords have not only passed on the official document, urged the raw materials to enter the market, but also urged all departments to speed up the production progress. In addition, did you ever go to the gunpowder factory to see the production situation there one day? Did you know that in order to catch up with the progress, the workers quietly threw aside many of the rules made by the lord back then. Just the production?"

Hearing what Chen Xunping said here, Shou Han already understood seven or eight points that the explosion at the gunpowder factory was not so much a disaster.Let's say it was an accident.All links do not respect science.This scene of tragedy caused by not following the operating procedures and safety system.to this end.He paid the price of tens of thousands of stones of gunpowder and hundreds of lives.

"Okay, get up!"

Shou Han's words were still quiet, but not as cold as before.

"My subordinates, thank you, Lord, for your grace!"

"It's a great misfortune that something like this happened! The dead and injured need heavy pensions. So money is used from the salaries of you and me to provide pensions for the survivors of these hundreds of people. Those with household registration support the elderly and children, and those without Laborers and official slaves with household registration, ask the family members what they think, as long as they are within the law, try to be satisfied. Thanks to the fact that there is no war right now, there are no enemies around our army for the time being. If something like this happens when tigers and wolves are around Both you and this official are at risk of losing their lives!"

"So this is the greatest fortune in the great misfortune!"

"It happened at the gunpowder factory, but what about the steel factory? What about the military factory? What about the shipyard? Are there similar things?"

"After the subordinates went back, they immediately searched in various factories, mines, and forest farms. Anyone who has similar incidents will be severely punished!"

"Severe punishment? It's just a temporary solution. Can you guarantee that you won't relapse after a few months, or by this time next year?"

Every word of Shou Han's words pierced into the hearts of the group of managers and shopkeepers in front of him like an awl.Many people have such an idea in their hearts. When the gunpowder factory is restored, the lord's anger will pass, and everything will be as usual.Drink the tea and listen to the music.

"Everyone, many of you are old people who followed me when I was in the Garrison Mansion. When I see you now, I can't help but think of the scene when you followed me to start a business. What kind of energy was that? In order to make the artillery The gun barrels are better and faster, and there are one or two more gun barrels every day. Everyone eats and lives in the workshop, and some people don’t even wash their faces and change clothes for several days, let alone go home to reunite with their families. But why is it now? "

Seeing Shou Han mentioning the years when he started his business, Ling Kun, Lin Huofeng, Feng Mofeng and others all lowered their heads.With the improvement of their age and living conditions at home, they have not gone to work in the factory for a long time, but are used to signing documents in the signing room.

The days covered in sweat and exhaustion seemed to be very long ago, and they couldn't remember the long time ago, as if they had lived such a life from the beginning.

Thinking of this, Ling Kun and others fell to their knees again.

"The subordinates have forgotten the original! I hope the lord will impose punishment!"

"It's okay, some things are left behind for a while, let's find him!" Shou Han is quite satisfied with the performance of his group of managers and technicians. At least, they can realize their shame and be brave. .

"Starting tomorrow, you guys will take turns going to your respective workshops, mines, forest farms, woodyards, and shipyards to resume your old business. What unreasonable rules and regulations, backward technology, and safety hazards are found in the process of working? If the implementation system is not in place, etc., we will rectify it on the spot! Also, workers who work on the front line and engage in production, whether they are serious workers or those official slaves, laborers, as long as they have a reasonable understanding of technology, craftsmanship and management, All can be promoted and rewarded. Workers with household registration can be promoted to become foremen and foremen, and those laborers, official slaves, etc. will be rewarded with household registration! You managers and shopkeepers will work and meet with workers after you go down, maybe you can even come up with something new come out!"

"Stewards and shopkeepers participate in labor, workers participate in daily management, reform unreasonable rules and regulations and reform backward craftsmanship, workers do not distinguish between officials and slaves, laborers work together with managers, shopkeepers and craftsmen?"

Ling Kun repeated the core purpose of Shou Han's speech.

"My lord, what should I do in this way?"

"In front of technology, there is no superiority or inferiority! When it comes to metallurgy and forging, can I be better than you, a veteran craftsman? When it comes to building weapons and houses, can I be better than anyone who builds factories and military factories?"

The next day, in the various factories in Ha Tinh, among several large-scale manufacturing and metallurgical factories filled with the smell of soot and sparks, the workers, laborers and official slaves who were fighting for their lives on the front line couldn't believe it. Appeared.In the past, many shopkeepers who were high above the sky like gods took off their silk and satin and put on padded jackets and coarse work clothes, and appeared beside the blast furnace to work with them.

The many managers and shopkeepers of the construction factory gathered together on the ruins of the original gunpowder factory, surveyed the site, calculated the materials, and prepared to start building the gunpowder factory again.

Soon, Shou Han put forward the system of "managers and shopkeepers participating in labor, workers participating in daily management, reforming unreasonable rules and regulations and reforming backward technology, workers are not divided into officials and slaves, laborers work together with managers, shopkeepers and craftsmen", and As long as workers have experience in technology and daily management, they will be rewarded or the news of the way to make progress spread like wildfire.

The various workshops immediately became full of enthusiasm, "Once the workers' initiative and enthusiasm are brought into play, they will do things you didn't expect."

Lin Huofeng, Ling Kun, Feng Mofeng and others chewed on Shou Han's words before leaving, and felt more and more interesting.

However, Shou Han couldn't care less about this.

Wang Dehua has already rushed to Hue from Guangzhou. (To be continued..)

ps: Some things at home have delayed the update these days.This chapter hides some good things of our country back then, but unfortunately, flowers bloom inside the walls and fragrance outside the walls.After exporting to domestic sales, it became a baby again.well!