Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 261 Distant Friendship and Close Attack ([-])

It was already unitary time when Huang Zongxi went out, and because of the long days in summer, the streets were still crowded with people at this time.And it caught up with the workers in the factory getting off work, and the pedestrian street became even more lively.

Although Qiu Tianxing was committed to turning Jinling City into a commercial city, there were still many factories in the city.This is because the income of the military and civilians in the city cannot support a huge commercial group, so industry needs to make up for it.Today, the Security Corps vigorously supports the textile industry, clothing industry, breeding industry, tobacco industry, tea planting industry, paper industry, transportation industry, and many woodworking shops, restaurants, snack bars, etc. in the area under its jurisdiction.Qiu Tianxing has been digging out huge amounts of wealth from the ground all the time, so the service industry is also vigorously supported. This is why more and more pedestrian streets are born. After seeing business opportunities, even businessmen from other provinces come to invest.

It's just that the primary industry and the tertiary industry are easy to handle, but the industry as the secondary industry is really difficult to handle.Although Qiu Tianxing increased his investment in steam engines, it still didn't work for a while, and now the main industrial power still relies on water power.For example, pressing plate armor and drilling holes for gun tubes all rely on hydraulic power.Of course, with the support of Qiu Tianxing's theory, relying on the ingenuity of the craftsmen, coupled with the system that allows the craftsmen to be promoted, it is foreseeable that the technology of the security team will usher in a big development in the future.China has never lacked smart people since ancient times, but it lacks a stage for these smart people to perform. Qiu Tianxing is not a smart person, but he is willing to build a stage for those people.

Therefore, after the headquarters of the security regiment settled in Jinling, the residents of Jinling City found that their lives were constantly changing, almost every once in a while there would be a change of appearance.

According to Qiu Tianxing's memories of the Ma'anshan Iron Mine in his previous life, several iron ore mines have been explored in Taiping Mansion recently, and the next step is to vigorously develop these iron ore mines. Several iron factories will be built around the iron mines, which will in turn drive the development of the surrounding areas. Employment of farmers with less land.Of course, the iron mines and iron factories are the country's sharp weapons, but those private capitals should not be allowed to get involved easily. All these heavy industries are controlled by the Industry Department under the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Jinling City is changing day by day, Huang Zongxi also has a clear feeling.I looked at those workers who came to the pedestrian street after work to bring some delicious food back home for their parents, wives and children, and those workers who went shopping after the sun was setting and the weather was getting cooler, just to pick a suit of clothes for themselves Ladies and daughters-in-law, see those families holding hands tightly to avoid being scattered by the crowd. Maybe their purpose of coming here is to see new things and improve the food.

Although the surrounding area is not peaceful now, the security regiment has a large number of troops on the border, so Jinling in the center is still very stable, which also provides a prerequisite for the development of the service business.Moreover, after the sale of food was not allowed, the residents no longer suffered from the fluctuation of food prices, and they were willing to use the spare money in their hands.Because they firmly believe that as long as there are food stamps in hand, the security team will provide food.Unknowingly, the credibility of the security team has gradually been established.

After walking a few steps, Huang Zongxi became addicted to cigarettes, so he walked into a tobacco shop along the way.Huang Zongxi didn't smoke before, but because he was bored and everything went wrong, he learned to smoke under the guidance of a director of the Civil Affairs Department of the Security Corps.After smoking the cigarette, Huang Zongxi felt that it felt really good, at least it could relieve his worries and forget his worries.

After entering the tobacco shop, I saw that there were already many people choosing cigarettes.Now the Ministry of Civil Affairs strictly controls the establishment of tobacco shops, and the threshold for entering this tobacco shop has become very high, even higher than the money spent by Tan Hongpan on the Shunda Restaurant.So there are only a dozen tobacco shops in the entire Jinling City, and there are only two at the end of the street in this pedestrian street.But with the spread of cigarettes, the number of smokers began to increase day by day.So even though the frontage of this tobacco shop is more than a hundred square meters, it is still overcrowded, and everyone is queuing to buy cigarettes.

Because of the popularity of tobacco, not only the several state capitals under the control of the security regiment headquarters, but also other provinces gradually spread.At least the tobacco seeds provided to the security regiment have also begun to be planted in large quantities in Zhu Chenggong's jurisdiction, which has also become a major source of tax for Zhu Chenggong's troops.

Now the textile industry and the tobacco industry are the two pillar industries of the security group, providing nearly half of the tax revenue of the security group.

The cigarettes are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. The lowest grade is Hongjinling, followed by Zijinling and Huangjinling.The low-grade Red Jinling is not packaged, but a hundred sticks are bundled together, and the hundred sticks are worth one hundred Wen.Because it sells quickly, the store does not need to worry about returning the tide.It's just that the quantity of these [-] sticks is a bit too much, and people who buy them can't finish them in a while, so most of them are purchased by partnerships.The mid-range Zijinling is packaged, twenty sticks a pack, and the shredded tobacco is better than the Red Jinling, and the price is [-] cents a pack.The most high-end Jinling only has ten cigarettes, but both the outer packaging and the quality of the tobacco are higher than those of Zijinling.Moreover, the Golden Mausoleum was of the same level, at least Huang Zongxi didn't feel the difference between the Purple Golden Mausoleum and the Golden Mausoleum.

It's just that Huang Zongxi, as the envoy of the King of Lu, can't afford to drop the price for traveling and socializing on weekdays, so he still has to use Jinling to smoke.However, Huang Zongxi was considered a wealthy family in Jinling City, and many smokers were reluctant to spend five cents and ten cents for a cigarette, so they still smoked a penny for a cigarette.In fact, what they don't know is that even the cost of a cigarette for this penny is less than half, and most of this cost is the labor cost of the tobacco factory.Without a cigarette rolling machine, the rolling of cigarettes is done manually, so many people have to be hired.Like the mine and iron factory, this cigarette factory is under the full control of the Industry Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and private individuals are not allowed to get involved.

Although the queue was long, it was quick to buy, because except for those with two dollars, most of the people bought Red Jinling.After buying cigarettes, some impatient people smoked a cigarette as soon as they went out, then shook the fire pocket, and started to smoke.That kind of comfortable look is really eye-catching.

Not long after, it was Huang Zongxi's turn, and he took out a tael of silver. Huang Zongxi directly bought ten packs of Golden Mausoleum, and asked the store to wrap them up.Although Huang Zongxi is also addicted to cigarettes, there is no such thing as those people who are puffing away at the door.So I won't start smoking as soon as I go out.

He was so full at noon that Huang Zongxi didn't want to eat dinner anymore, so he prepared to go back with ten packs of cigarettes.At this time, he suddenly saw a man appearing in the crowd. The man was very strange. The sun had already set and the weather was still a bit muggy, but he was wearing a big hat that almost covered his face.This posture does not seem to be for the purpose of shading the sun, but rather to prevent people from seeing his face.Moreover, there were a few people following the man, who seemed to be protecting him.

This is not his own territory, and Huang Zongxi didn't want to be troublesome, so he left with a cigarette.If Huang Zongxi knew who he was seeing, he would be green with regret, because what he saw was Qiu Tianxing, the head of the security team that he had longed for but never saw.

(End of this chapter)