Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 373 Brick Ceramics
After Luo Yangxing sat down, Li Jing continued: "Some time ago I saw some historical materials about the White Lotus Sect in the palace. I found that the White Lotus Sect started rebelling from the Southern Song Dynasty to our Ming Dynasty. It has actually rebelled for hundreds of years. .Damn it, what does the White Lotus Sect want to do? Is it that they will not rebel only if their leader becomes the emperor. "

Hearing Li Jing's sudden swearing, Song Yingxing couldn't help being taken aback. He never expected that Li Jing would be so careless about his image.

However, Song Yingxing immediately found out that everyone present, including Tu Shaoying, didn't take it seriously at all. Presumably, they had seen Li Jing swearing at people a long time ago.

Seeing Song Yingxing's astonished expression, Li Jing smiled and didn't care. Then he looked at Luo Yangxing seriously and said, "According to historical records, the White Lotus Sect is mainly active in the south of the Yangtze River, and it seems that some branch sects have developed. Mr. Luo, Let your people pay attention, and if you find the heads of these sects, they will be arrested."

"Yes!" Luo Yangxing clasped his fists and said.

After talking for a long time, Li Jing's lips were unavoidably dry. He took a sip from his teacup and frowned, but the tea was already cold.

Seeing that Li Jing's expression was wrong after drinking the tea, Wang Chengen remembered that he hadn't changed Li Jing's hot tea for a long time, and hurriedly got up and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Commander, I was engrossed in listening just now, but I forgot to change the water for him .”

After finishing speaking, Wang Chengen hurriedly called the little eunuch to exchange hot tea for Li Jing.

Li Jing smiled, pointed at Wang Chengen and said, "Brother Wang, it's just a trivial matter, don't worry about it."

Seeing Wang Chengen's dejected expression, Li Jing's heart moved. Wang Chengen used to hold great power, but now he is only the head of the palace. His name sounds majestic, but in fact he has no power at all. If things go on like this, Wang Chengen will inevitably resent himself.

Thinking of this, Li Jing couldn't help but think about it. It seems that Wang Chengen should arrange an errand for him.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing looked at Zhu Youjian and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have almost rested during this time, are you interested in finding something to do?"

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Don't talk, it's really boring. If there is anything I can do, let's talk about it quickly."

Hearing that Zhu Youjian didn't even mention the emperor's self-proclaimed name, Song Yingxing and Tu Shaoying couldn't help sighing secretly, this Li Jing is really powerful enough to make the emperor empty to such an extent.

But I don't know that if the two of them were not present, Zhu Youjian would call Li Jing the same name as Brother Li, and would never call Xing Guogong.

Perhaps seeing that Song Yingxing and the two had wrong expressions, Zhu Youjian suddenly realized that he had made a mistake in the address just now, and his face was a little embarrassed.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's embarrassing expression, Li Jing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that you have lived a very relaxed life these days, treating all your courtiers as family members. But, it can't be wrong, the courtiers are originally Your family, don't you think?"

Hearing Li Jing's rescue, Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling grateful, and quickly smiled and said: "Hehe, it's still Mr. Xingguo who can see what I'm thinking. He used to call me all the time, and made himself a loner."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian's expression returned to normal, Li Jing smiled and said: "The emperor is the father of all people, and he should treat his subjects as family members. Hehe, since the emperor is a father, he should set an example in some things. Take Get some money to build a few factories, Mr. Song just came to Beijing, and Mr. Song will provide you with technology, the factory will definitely make money."

"I paid for the construction of the factory, won't I be scolded for competing with the people for profit?" Zhu Youjian asked doubtfully.

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "How can you compete with the people for profit? It should be said that it is for the benefit of the people! Think about it, do you need to hire labor when you fund the construction of the factory? Do you want to pay the workers? Every time you recruit A worker is equivalent to solving a person's food problem. The larger the factory, the more people it recruits, and the more people it needs to eat.

In addition, factories can also pay taxes to the country, and the country can do more things only with tax revenue.

These benefits are obvious, and everyone should understand that opening a factory is a good thing that benefits both the country and the people. If someone says that the emperor competes with the people for profit, isn't that nonsense?If anyone says so, you leave him to me and see what I do with them. "

Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "If you say that, I'm relieved. Tell me quickly, what kind of factory should I open, and I want the most profitable one."

Li Jing smiled, opened "Heavenly Craftsmanship" and turned to the second chapter, pointing to the Tao Yun chapter and said: "Just do this, making bricks, tiles, and ceramics."

Zhu Youjian looked at the book with his head turned sideways, then looked at Li Jing suspiciously and said, "Making bricks, tiles and ceramics, can this thing make money? Don't fool me."

Li Jingwen said with a smile: "How could I fool you? I guarantee that this is a good business to make money. Think about it, what was Fang doing by the lake in the west of the city some time ago?"

"I heard that you asked him to build a new office there." Zhu Youjian said.

As he said that, Zhu Youjian suddenly thought about it: "You mean, the new office space uses bricks, tiles and ceramics produced by my factory?"

"Hehe, the factory opened by the emperor is related to the reputation of the emperor, so it is not possible to cut corners and fill it with inferior materials?" Li Jing asked with a smile.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand hastily: "How could I do such a thing? In your words, this is related to my reputation, cutting corners, shoddy, and if it spreads, I will be ashamed."

Li Jing clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Isn't this the end? As long as the quality of the products produced by your factory is up to standard, even better than those produced by other factories, the equation will naturally purchase the products you produced? Hehe, that's a problem." For a large project, I estimate that after the project is completed, the profit of 5 to [-] taels cannot be lost."

"Just earn this?" Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

Li Jing said with a wry smile: "How much do you want to earn? You may not even earn half of it in another factory. In order to get their products into this project, other factories will definitely ask people to find connections everywhere. Up and down this How much money do you need to manage after a round of management? Does the factory you opened need management?"

"But what should we do after the project is over? I'm not going to open a factory and make a one-shot deal." Zhu Youjian asked.

Li Jingwen was speechless for a while. After a while, he pointed at Zhu Youjian and said, "Can I let you open a factory that only does one business? In the future, I will also improve the drainage facilities in the capital. Now the drainage facilities in the capital are all On the ground, when the two of us were shopping in the city, do you see what it looks like inside and outside the city? There are stinky ditches everywhere. I plan to change all the drainage facilities in the city to the ground in the future. Think about it How many stones, bricks and tiles do you need?"

"Ah! And this project? The scale of this project is not small. Wait a minute, I will calculate how many bricks and stones this project needs." Zhu Youjian said happily.

Li Jing said angrily: "Can you figure it out? I don't even know how many materials will be needed in the end. Come on, don't forget it, let's continue talking about other things."

Zhu Youjian smiled: "Aren't you happy! Okay, let's talk about other deals. What other deals are there for money?"

Li Jing was amused for a while, then shook his head and said, "Did I stop talking just now, there is still a ceramics factory."

"Porcelain factory? Most of the ceramics are produced in the south, especially in Jiangxi where Mr. Song is located. As far as I know, most of our Ming's porcelain comes from Jiangxi. I'm afraid it won't work for us to build a ceramics factory in the north?" Zhu Youjian asked doubtfully .

Li Jing looked at Song Yingxing and said with a smile: "It might not work before, but now that we have Mr. Song, it will definitely work."

As he said that, Li Jing patted the book in his hand lightly and said with a smile: "The "Heavenly Craftsmanship" written by Mr. Song can be regarded as our Ming Dynasty's national treasure, and Mr. Song himself is our Daming's national treasure. Sir, I think we will soon be able to train a large number of ceramic workers with superb skills. At that time, we will produce on a large scale and then sell them overseas.

However, if he wanted to make a profit, he had to pass the hurdle of Zheng Zhilong.The southeast sea area is now Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence, and all merchant ships that come and go have to pay him. "

Speaking of this, Li Jing suddenly sneered twice: "Hey, Zheng Zhilong is doing things in the name of my Daming, but he doesn't pay a penny of taxes for overseas trade. He saw that the imperial court didn't have a decent navy, and he didn't have the power to control him. Dare to be so arrogant, but don't worry, wait for Sun Chuanting to build a navy fleet and see how I deal with him."

Hearing that Li Jing wanted to take care of Zheng Zhilong, everyone was terrified. Zheng Zhilong had more than a thousand ships, and it was not easy to deal with this person.

Seeing the solemn expressions of everyone, Li Jing sighed: "Actually, I know the rumors outside. Many people say that I know how to collect taxes and make money all day long. I got into the eyes of money. They say that I want the old man of Qiange, and some say that I am The old man who copied his house.

Those who say these words are not in charge of the family and don't know how expensive Chai Mi is, they don't even know how difficult our Daming is now.When I first came to Beijing half a year ago, the treasury only had 20 taels of silver. 20 taels of silver, this is the treasury of our imposing Ming Dynasty.

And what was the situation inside and outside Daming at that time?

Externally, the Jurchens in the northern region have already conquered the tribes of Korea and Mongolia, and they are eyeing the Central Plains. When I first entered Beijing, the Jurchens were burning, killing and looting in the hinterland of Gyeonggi.

Internally, several provinces in the Northwest have suffered from severe drought year after year, refugees are everywhere, and the land of the Central Plains is almost barren.

I want to destroy the Eastern Captives and also quell the civil strife, can 20 taels of silver do it? "

Song Yingxing and the others hurriedly shook their heads.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Jing continued: "To be honest, it is not difficult to destroy the Eastern captives, but the difficulty is to quell the civil strife, it is not as simple as killing all the rogues.

We all know why the refugees rebelled. The reason is very simple. The common people have no food, and the government doesn't care about it. They rebelled out of desperation.If the food problem of the common people is not fundamentally solved, then the rogues will never be killed.

And as long as the common people can eat and have enough food, the bandits will be leveled without suppressing them.

But the most difficult thing now is to feed the common people.

It's not that the common people don't want to farm, but there has been a severe drought in the Northwest for years, and most of the land has been barren. If the common people want to farm, they must solve the water problem.

So in the past six months, I have been doing a lot of disaster relief, and at the same time, I have ordered people to promote water conservancy. In the military, only Gao Qi, Hong Chengchou, and Lu Xiangsheng led the troops to control the movements of the rogues, and it was enough to prevent the rogues from wandering around. "

(End of this chapter)