Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 259 University Vice President

After all, Song Qingshu is definitely a black-hearted boss.

There is no guaranteed salary, and it only costs ten copper coins to assemble a bicycle or a sewing machine. Even if the cost of raw materials and labor costs in the foundry are added, the cost of a bicycle is less than two hundred copper coins, and it is wholesaled from Dai County. , he wanted two taels, and this bicycle was sold by wholesalers to Taiyuan, Puzhou, Quwo, Luoyang, Kaifeng and other northern metropolises. They all look smug.

This thing can be ridden, and it doesn't eat grass or food, and it still has face when riding it, which is much more cost-effective than raising a horse and a donkey.

In contrast, one tael of silver is equivalent to 600 to 300 yuan for later generations, and they have to pay for their own food expenses. The workers who work for Song Qingshu for twelve hours a day without rest are equivalent to [-] yuan a month. , This is really more Foxconn than Foxconn, and if the wages are deducted, Song Qingshu himself feels a little blush.

The beginning of the spring of the sixth year of Chongzhen was quite satisfactory for the begging army. Except that the light industry base in Dai County had just taken shape, the local landlords in Dai County had been fooled by Song Qingshu and developed into capitalists. On the other side, The situation in Yuanping County is similarly impressive.

In one winter, all kinds of underworld methods were used to light the lamps. Those decimated landowners in Yuanping County spit out more than 500 hectares of land. The 5000 hungry people who swore allegiance with Song Qingshu's sketches and portraits every day were also turned into a dozen production teams, and returned with more than [-] cattle and horses to start land reclamation.

This meeting is not limited to farming sweet potatoes and potatoes. Wheat fields account for more than half of the cultivated area. After all, people cannot live on sweet potatoes and potatoes all the time. They need some refined grains, and they have chosen some dry land. Cash crops such as cotton account for more than 50 hectares. , plus more than 100 hectares of cotton planted in Daixian County, the begging army no longer has to worry about raw materials for production when the autumn harvest comes.

Moreover, Yuanping’s wasteland reclamation is different from all the production methods of this era. It is no longer a feudal landlord and peasant, but a company similar to later generations. In fact, they are all workers rather than farmers.

This, Song Qingshu still learned from Zhang Jian, a figure he especially admired in the late Qing Dynasty, the leader of saving the country through industry.

Zhang Jian was the number one scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. He saved the country from the industry of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, and created the first batch of modern Chinese enterprises. Among them, the most influential one to future generations is the Tonghai Reclamation and Animal Husbandry Company!

When Zhang Jian went to Shanghai to raise funds, he found that the rickshaws in Shanghai were driven by people from several counties such as Haimen and Chongming. Feeling compassionate, Zhang Jian came up with the idea of ​​starting a farming company.

For this reason, he inspected the barren beach outside Fangong Dike four times, and then funded the contract to reclaim 200 million mu of cotton fields and feed more than 100 million people. The nature of large-scale capital and concentrated production has greatly improved production efficiency and economic benefits. Even in the era of Song Qingshu, this farming company is still benefiting one side. These are what Song Qingshu saw when he was visiting the Zhang Jian Memorial Hall of Tonghai Farming Company. He used it.

Although Sun Chuanting expressed dissatisfaction with him for occupying a good field to grow cotton.

In March, after the end of spring plowing, the fruits of Song Qingshu's hard work this winter also came.

Dai County has almost become a small commodity wholesale center in Shanxi. After recovering from the plague last year, and seeing the name of Jiaduobao, Shanxi merchants from all directions gathered in Daixian County. Shi Tianfu and Cao Sanxi suddenly became one of the best among Shanxi merchants. Moreover, he colluded with Jiang Xiang, who had a firm foothold in Datong, and several caravans to the grassland brought in a lot of horses. Originally, some merchants just wanted to have a look, but they just paid for the horses and bought them together. , There are countless caravans transporting goods out of Dai County every day.

The types of goods also range from ready-to-wear, footwear, soap, to bicycles, toothbrushes, towels, iron pans and other daily necessities. The characteristics of light industrial capital are small investment and quick results, which is now vividly displayed in Dai County.

And it’s not just selling goods, Song Qingshu also accepts people. The Zhang family in Puzhou who cooperated with Song Qingshu not only sent Zhang Shiding as a distant relative, but also changed to a direct descendant of Qingyuantang in Puzhou. It is said that Zhang Siwei, a scholar of the first assistant university Zhang Tianli’s grandson, a man named Zhang Tianli came to contact Song Qingshu in person, and the Zhang family in Puzhou invested an additional 10 taels of silver as a share. Obtained 10% more shares.

Another company that surprised Song Qingshu also came to cooperate. This company is called Liubiju. Song Qingshu bought a lot of pickles from Liubiju supermarkets in later generations. I didn’t expect this brand to exist in this era. Liubiju’s The shopkeeper's Zhao family didn't take any shares, but signed a commercial agreement with Jiaduobao, and the sales rights in Linfen and Taigu all belonged to them.

There are also the Fan family in Puzhou, the Yang family in Zhenwu not far from Dai County, the Xue family in Tianchengwei in Datong Prefecture, the Li family in Quwo, and the Qu family in Qi County. The business opportunities burst out by Jiaduobao were bigger at that time. Almost all Shanxi merchants were attracted.

Especially when Song Qingshu unexpectedly met an old acquaintance, Qu Botao!
This old Xier can be regarded as Song Qingshu's earliest partner. Unfortunately, when Song Qingshu was in the most difficult time, this old boy went south to Guangzhou with great ambitions, and followed a few Cantonese merchants to find some overseas opportunities. Unfortunately, doing business is not without risk. Bo Tao was cheated in Guangzhou. He invested in a sunken merchant ship. He almost lost his underwear. When he returned to his hometown in Qi County, he was devastated. Talk about cooperation.

It seems that the few businessmen who cooperated with Song Qingshu did not end well, and I don't know if Song Qingshu was reincarnated a while ago.

The old man sighed for a while when they met each other, Song Qingshu simply kept Qu Botao and started working for himself.

Now sitting in Dai County, playing the role of a first-tier supplier, Song Qingshu's business is quite prosperous. Today, he is Zhenghe Shi Tianfu, and Qu Botao is planning the next business trip to the grassland. Unexpectedly, Zhang Hao, who was in charge of doing chores outside, hurried to find him again.

"Marshal, Li Siye, who lives in our county to avoid the plague, will return to Beijing recently, and I specially invite Marshal to attend the farewell banquet!"

Song Qingshu is used to welcoming and sending this official to Song Qingshu. Looking at "Jin Ping Mei", except for those pornographic elements, Ximen Daguan is a typical image of a businessman in the Ming Dynasty, and he is inevitably rejected by officials from all walks of life. Exploitation is said to be a farewell banquet, but in fact it is asking Song Qingshu to pay for the travel expenses.

Closing the account book, Song Qingshu rubbed his cheeks helplessly: "I will ask the accountant to give a red envelope of 1000 taels of silver. I have to see the owner of Qiao's family tonight, so I won't go!"

"Yes, Li Siye specially sent an invitation card!"

This is considered very solemn in the etiquette exchanges in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Haocai also reluctantly placed a bronzing invitation in front of Song Qingshu. Looking at the golden official script, Song Qingshu's face felt pain. This is really true. I've got my eye on Lao Tzu, and I won't leave until I suck a tube of blood, right?
Full of irritability, Song Qingshu opened the invitation helplessly, but after a while, his eyes suddenly shone with a golden light, and he saw the inscription on the invitation, Imperial Regulatory Commissioner, Sincerely, Quwo Li Jiantai!

Guozijian Siye is a great official position, the fourth rank of Beijing official, equivalent to the vice president of the National University, but what Song Qingshu really cares about is the three characters Li Jiantai, who is actually this old guy!

(End of this chapter)