"From May 13 to July 9 in the 35th year of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, in Guangzhou, we ushered in the exchange teams from various provinces, and today, it has finally come to a successful conclusion."

In the huge banquet hall on the sixth floor of the headquarters of Cantonese businessmen, Kuang Yihe, the political envoy of Guangdong Zuobu, stood on the main podium very happily and held the wine bottle high: "As the host, thank you for the support of your colleagues from all provinces to Guangdong, please drink this cup to your heart's content." ”

After saying that, I drank it all up, in exchange for a full house of applause.

The exchange meeting held inadvertently in Guangzhou a few days ago can be regarded as having a serious name, and it was taken by the cabinet.

"Minglian's First Technology Exchange Expo."

Abbreviated as Ming Expo.

This conference can be said to gather all the technologies that can be used by the entire Ming Dynasty at the moment, involving almost every field: construction, bridges, water supply, sewage, composting, smelting, coking, road construction, textiles, breeding and other aspects of society.

Almost every province has its own advantages and disadvantages, but it is an opportunity to learn from each other's strengths.

Once there is a technical dividend, then there will inevitably be a market dividend or capital dividend.

Although the main force of this Ming Expo is the technical craftsmen brought by various provinces, the protagonist who really comes with the group is the president of the chamber of commerce of each province.

Even the imperial merchants after the split each sent their cronies to participate.

Businessmen are not fools, and they can see how much profit they can make if they can borrow a part of it and turn it into a means of production when a conference of all the cutting-edge technologies is successfully held.

After Zeng Wenji, the host, finished his speech, the venue entered the 'exchange' session that everyone was looking forward to.

Even Zhu Yunwen ignored this point, Daming does not have a patent law!

The so-called communication is a straightforward purchase.

Guo Wansan is the leader of Shanxi coal merchants, with a rich body, a fat head and big ears, and all gold and jade artifacts hanging around his neck and wearing ten fingers are jewels, revealing his nouveau riche temperament.

Unlike other attendees who wore plain shirts, he wore clothes embroidered with birds and animals.

In the early years, the emperor abolished the rule that merchants were not allowed to wear Luo shirts and brocade clothes, and there was no restriction on wearing them.

Guo Wansan was quite restrained, at least he didn't dare to embroider the dragon and phoenix python.

In fact, Guo Wansan is not called Guo Wansan at all, the name Wansan was obtained by himself after he made a fortune, and as for the law, everyone who does business understands it.

He's also bold.

"Dare to do coal business in Shanxi, but you are not very competent?"

This is Guo Wansan's temperament, where the Shanxi coal boss is so comfortable in front of people, and the difficulties are only known to them.

Most of the good open-pit coal mines are basically state-owned, and what is left in their hands is coal mountain deep mines, which are not easy to mine, and the risk factor is particularly high.

The wages of the workers who go down the mine are one price a year, and the labor remuneration expenditure has become a major expense.

In the past, everyone could still engage in black coal wells, but a small coal owner was not careful, and ran two out to report to the official.

The big case of the year.

Ding Jingfu, who was the political envoy of Zuobu in Shanxi Province at the time, was really ruthless, and he cut off more than 40 heads of the shopkeepers of black coal mines in one go and sent them to the special case team sent by the Criminal Department to supervise them, and at the same time closed down all private coal mines, including Guo Wansan's.

One word.

It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to spare one. From today onwards, there will be black coal wells, and all private mines will be closed. ’

The advantages and disadvantages of the imperial dictatorship are clearly revealed in this matter.

Since then, no one dares to open it, because if you dare to open it, you have to find a way to sell it, and the big guy knows about it, and he will definitely report you!

No one wants to die with you.

Of course, Guo Wansan, who is the leader of Shanxi's coal industry, knows more details, and he doesn't dare to say it, and there is no need to say it.

At least Shanxi's current coal industry has developed into a healthy trend in a series of systems such as workers' employment and pension security.

The vulgar Guo Wansan looked a little out of place at this Ming Expo, but Guo Wansan was not ashamed, but frequently talked to people.

Although they were all turned away.

Only a little old man found him.

"President Guo?"

Guo Wansan turned his head, unable to remember the appearance of the person in front of him, so he had to smile and scratch his head: "You are?" ”

"Contemptible Zhu Fu."

The old man revealed his identity: "I don't know how to live in the Liao Palace. ”

The Imperial Merchant came.

Guo Wansan suddenly gasped, stretched out his fat two big hands and shook them, it was hard for him to bend so deep with such a fat body: "Look up for a long time." ”

"Just now, I saw that Chairman Guo has been trying to introduce a set of laying pipelines for water supply and drainage?"

Zhu Fuci held up Guo Wansan with a kind eyebrow, and asked in surprise: "President Guo has a fortune from all over the world, and his wealth reaches three rivers, and more than ten percent of the raw coal in the world has to go out of your business, how can you still remember the technology used to build a house, is it possible that President Guo wants to change a high-rise building to your mansion?" ”

"No, no, no."

Guo Wansan smiled bitterly, looked left and right, and whispered: "Manager Zhu doesn't know anything, this new building seems to be novel, but I am not used to it if you let me live, it is crowded and narrow like a bird's cage."

To tell you the truth, I am a coal mine, and the coal mine has to dig wells, and it will be dozens of zhang deep when it is hit, and the water accumulation is serious.

The cost of manpower and animal power drainage is too high, and when I saw this hand-cranked water pump today, I thought that I could bring it in the past and use pipes to drain the water in the coal well. ”

"Hahahaha."

Zhu Fu laughed suddenly, which also attracted a lot of attention, and everyone wondered, after seeing Guo Wansan, they all thought that this rough man must have said some joke.

Guo Wansan was a little embarrassed and blushed: "This, Steward Zhu is laughing." ”

After coughing a few times, Zhu Fucai stopped laughing, took two glasses of wine from the table, handed Guo Wansan a glass, and raised a glass for himself: "First of all, I would like to give one to President Guo's whimsical idea." ”

The two touched each other, and Guo Wansan looked at Zhu Fu embarrassedly and drank it all, waiting for the latter to explain.

Zhu Fu did not delay, and said directly: "Hand water pumping water, the pipeline is only two inches wide, and the ports connected in the middle are cumbersome and complicated, your mine is dozens of zhang deep, and the amount of water is a knee-deep stream. ”

"You can thicken the pipes."

Guo Wansan gestured at his waist.

"Make one so thick, don't you drain it in a few strokes."

Zhu Fu sighed, he felt that Guo Wansan was really a little stupid: "President Guo, how thick should the pump on the ground be, how long and thick the crank should be, I'm afraid it is taller than a person, how to pull it?" Moreover, if the crank is suspended in the air, even if you build a slope to support your feet, or use a machine similar to the central axis of the water drain to pull it, the efficiency may not be as good as that of manpower and animal power to slowly drain it. ”

Guo Wansan didn't understand this, and was dumbfounded when he listened: "Isn't that completely out of line." ”

"When..."

As soon as Zhu Fu spoke, a middle-aged man came over next to him and grabbed the words.

"What can't be done by man, you can do it with machines, even if it's just a theory!"