At present, there are indeed many hidden dangers around the Ming Dynasty, unlike the previous Central Plains Dynasty, these hidden dangers are not only limited to the north, but also many hidden dangers are overseas, and as a mainland country, the overseas power is very weak.

But Guo Dan looks at these hidden dangers, in fact, he is more excited than worried.

Because he doesn't have much place to invest now, just those small workshops, which can no longer arouse his interest, and he is a joint-stock system, which is not advanced or retreated.

Then investing in war is undoubtedly a very good choice.

This war is capable of destroying all the old order, and this will provide him with markets, productive forces, and means of production.

It's exciting to think about!

He began to adjust his strategy.

Invest money in war-related buying and selling.

As soon as he moved here, the Wei Hui Mansion immediately saw an immediate effect.

Banks.

"What... What the? Produce 200,000 taels more firearms? ”

Gu Chang looked at Cao Xiaodong in shock.

Cao Xiaodong nodded and said, "This is a secret, Mr. Gu can keep it secret!" ”

"It's... How is this kept secret? ”

Gu Chang was very embarrassed: "Even if you make fake accounts, at most, you will hide tens of thousands of taels of orders, but this time it is only 200,000 taels, and you can't hide it at all!" ”

Cao Xiaodong said: "Brother Guo said, this only needs to be concealed for a while, and the money is directly transferred from our money bank, and concealment should not be a problem for a while." ”

Gu Chang was silent for a while, sighed, and said, "Okay, I'll do my best." But he muttered in his heart, this time he will produce 400,000 taels of firearms, what is this for!

......

Wei River.

I saw that many wooden sheds were built on the edge of the Wei River, and under the wooden sheds were slowly rotating the runners, and the silk threads were wound around the spindles along the wheels.

Qinzhuang, who had just come here from the capital, also came here to inspect for the first time.

Qin Zhuang looked at the spinning wheel and asked, "How much yarn can you spin on this day?" ”

A weaver said: "If you go back to the owner, there are 32 spinning ingots on this big spinning wheel, and you can spin at least 100 catties of yarn a day, and at present, we have built 100 of these large spinning wheels in Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, and we no longer need manpower to spin hemp and silk." ”

Qin Zhuang nodded, and asked again: "But this spinning wheel can't be cotton, right?" ”

"Yes."

The weaver nodded and said: "It is precisely because few people wear linen clothes now that this kind of large spinning wheel will be abandoned by the Central Plains, but this kind of large spinning wheel can free up hundreds of workers for us, and these people can spin cotton, I estimate that our cotton textile output will also increase by one-third compared with previous years." ”

This kind of hydraulic spinning wheel has actually appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty, but because Asian cotton is too short, this spinning wheel can not spin cotton, after the prevalence of cotton, this spinning wheel was abandoned, but for Qin Zhuang, his textile workshop, spinning everything, silk weaving, hemp weaving, cotton weaving, etc., now any tool that can replace manpower, he has to use.

Because the manpower of Weihui Mansion is too expensive, how much money does it cost to make this spinning wheel, and he can save money from the manpower side in a year, he now has money, such as this kind of large spinning wheel, he is used to get it, although this plan was set last year, but the construction began after the New Year, but it has only been completed.

However, Qin Zhuang was not too excited, and just nodded slightly.

When the weaver saw that Qin Zhuang didn't praise him, he immediately said, "Don't worry, the proprietor, we are still studying how to weave cloth with water and wind power, and use it for cotton weaving." ”

"Good!"

Qin Zhuang nodded.

It turned out that he had just received an arms order worth 50,000 taels from Guo Dan, which would be used in Wuguang's Shenji Battalion, and this order could be made of money, after all, it was not directly allocated by the imperial court, but the productivity could not keep up, because Guo Dan had a lot of requirements, and the military uniform should be textured, exquisite, and even embroidered and designed.

He's under a lot of pressure right now!

......

Leather mill.

Hu Yuan looked at the more than ten craftsmen standing in front of him with an unhappy face, and said: "Look at the people, it is wind power and water power, and the output of a large spinning wheel has increased by thirty times, and our leather workshop has not used anything so far." Are you brainless? When will we be able to use wind and water? ”

A craftsman cried: "Proprietor, we are really wronged, our leather is from Mongolia, and it is already a finished product when it is delivered, we only need to make the leather into a product, which requires very fine manual work, which cannot be used with water and wind power." ”

Hu Yuan thought for a while and said, "Then can we buy raw hides and process them ourselves?" ”

"Of course not, if this rawhide is sent from Mongolia, it must be moldy and smelly."

“......！”

Hu Yuan was unhappy.

Because he also just received Guo Dan's arms order.

The artisans were also depressed, and the leather workshops really didn't need wind and water power.

......

On the contrary, although all the blowers in the Grand Canyon now use wind and water power, there is no manual blowing, but this is far from enough, they have just started, and as a result, Guo Dan smashed another 200,000 taels.

They're all racking their brains to figure out how to increase production.

Grand Canyon Mining Area.

I saw mules pulling wooden carts full of coal, driving on wooden tracks covered with iron sheets.

"Good, good!"

Qin Dalong smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, and then turned his head to Matteo Ricci and said, "Mr. Li, your track is really good, it really saves us a lot of manpower, and the miners are not so hard." ”

At present, the mining industry requires the most manpower, especially to transport coal and iron to smelters.

And the West has just used the track for coal and iron transportation, and this track is the idea that Matteo Ricci thought of for Qin Dalong.

Matteo Ricci said, "It's all God'......!" ”

As soon as he spoke, Qin Dalong nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I know, all this is guided by God, I have always believed in God very devoutly, I will invite Mr. Li to dinner later, let's talk about this god, I still have something to do, so I will be lost first." ”

As he spoke, he went to the head of the craftsmen and ordered them to lay all the tracks in all the mines at once.

He also asked Gu Chang to talk to the ranch and supply them with mules and horses.

With the current profits of the Grand Canyon, there is no shortage of money, and how to increase production can come.

Matteo Ricci watched Qin Dalong jump up and down, took a deep breath, and suppressed the urge to beat people in his heart.

He was depressed.

He brought a lot of Western technology and theories to Weihui Mansion, and he has helped Weihui Mansion build a bell tower, where everyone respects him very much, and when he preaches, everyone listens quietly, but he still does what he should do.

In the past, he always thought that it was the policy of the Ming court that caused him to preach unfavorably, but now in Weihui Mansion, basically no one cares about his preaching, but avoids the title of "God", he can only use God instead of God, but it is useless.

The only one who insisted on praying with him was Xu Guangqi.

When the rest of the people were in trouble, they accompanied him to pray, which meant it.

But often the gods who still dislike him are not as good as his top.

Because Matteo Ricci was the one who had been helping them with their problems, and God had never helped them.

It's so embarrassing.

What he didn't know was that it was not the imperial court that really prevented him from preaching, but the Confucian sage, no matter where the teachings came from, he had to follow the local customs in this land, and after the transformation of Confucianism, he could survive in this land.

But it's often changed beyond recognition.

......

The capital, a tooth line.

"Guo Dan, this king is about to go to the domain."

Zhu Yihua sat on the sofa and said to Guo Dan without love.

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

Zhu Yihua's eyes immediately shot two angry glances.

Guo Dan said: "Then what should I say?" ”

Zhu Yihua was silent for a while before he said, "If I also go to jump into the river...... ”

"Jump... Jumping into the river? ”

Guo Dan was slightly stunned, only to feel that he had heard it wrong.

Zhu Yihua looked to the side.

Guo Dan turned his head to look, and there was Zhu Yaoyuan's desk, but Zhu Yaoyuan was not there.

Suddenly, he reacted, this kid wanted to learn from Zhu Yaoyuan, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, don't make trouble, don't talk about jumping into the river, you just go to jump off the cliff, and I can't help it." And I think that the prince is very lucky, although you can't come back, but from time to time you can go out to sea, I promise, I will get you a huge luxury cruise ship, let you swim in the sea. ”

Zhu Yihua sighed: "That's right, but... But I'm still reluctant to be here, reluctant to be here with you. Guo Dan, you can help me find a way so that I can come back and play from time to time. ”

"I really can't help that."

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "But Lord Wang, if you can keep the Luwang Mansion in order and become a very key port for my Ming Dynasty, I believe you still have a chance to come out." ”

"Really?"

Zhu Yihua hurriedly asked.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I think it's possible." ”

Suddenly, I heard a small voice outside the house, "I have seen my little uncle." ”

"Brother Rong is here."

Zhu Yihua said.

I heard Xu Jirong say again: "Xiaoxiao, from now on, you can no longer call me little uncle, you have to call me Dean Xu." ”

"This stinky boy knows how to pretend."

Zhu Yihua rolled his eyes, and complained to Guo Dan: "I don't know if this person has become stupid, there are really many people who go to his academy to sign up, but he can't even memorize an idiom." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xu Jirong swaggering in.

Guo smiled lightly: "Dean Xu is good! ”

"Faint!"

When Xu Jirong heard this, he laughed so hard that his eyes were gone, and he sat next to Guo Dan and put his arm on Guo Dan's shoulder, "Faint, you won't blame me for digging a lot of teachers from you, right?" ”

"Dean Xu, what can I say?"

Guo smiled lightly: "At the beginning, we all said that it was good, I will do it, force you to pretend, you say that you are digging people, it is all insulting our double fools in the capital, I think this is a matter of course." ”

"Faint."

Xu Jirong was suddenly moved.

Zhu Yihua said angrily: "Guo Dan, I beg you, you will push and block, but Brother Rong dug you, not only do you not blame him, but also help him, is it because Brother Rong told you to be light?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, I can help you, and I will do my best, but you are so busy, I really can't help." ”

"Faint, you don't have to tell your brother that this sounds good."

Xu Jirong waved his hand and said, "The relationship between the two of us is different. Faintly, I plan to open twenty more academies this year, hehe, I may have to dig from you again... No, ahem, ask some teachers to go. ”

"This teacher is good to say, we can sign a contract, and we will provide teachers specifically for your little uncle's college."

After a pause, Guo Dan said again: "But you opened twenty more stores this time, it's a little too fast." ”

"Fast?" Xu Jirong raised his head and thought for a while, and said, "But I don't have any place to spend money now!" ”

"That's just as well."

Guo Dan nodded, patted Xu Jirong's shoulder again, and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely support you." ”

He was really not joking, and signed a teacher supply contract with Xu Jirong on the spot.

provoked Zhu Yihua to leave in a rage.

Soon after the two second-hand goods left, Kou Zhuan came to the office.

"What is this?"

Kou Zhuan Sha held the contract on the table.

Guo Dan sighed: "This is the teacher supply contract I just signed with my little uncle." ”

When Kou Liansha heard this, she looked at it carefully and said in surprise: "Husband, why did you do this?" Uncle Xiao poached a lot of teachers from us, and not only did you not tell him, but you also helped him do it, so what should we do? ”

Guo Dan said: "Madame, do you know how much the salary of the Little Uncle Academy is?" It is more than double that of us, with high salary, good environment, many holidays, and the students who teach are also from large families. The key is not to look at the diploma, oh, that is, whether you are a child or a talent, as long as you teach well, that's fine.

This is the best job for those who do not make the list.

If we become the only springboard for the Little Uncle Academy, then there will definitely be more people who come to teach us, because other colleges don't teach these, and they will work very hard to show themselves, and we can mobilize everyone's enthusiasm without spending a penny, why not.

After signing the contract, we can appropriately reduce some of the benefits for new teachers, and use the money to help more poor families. ”

Is that okay too?

Kou Liansha couldn't help but praise: "Husband's move is really high. ”

There was a creak, and the door opened.

I saw Aunt Xu walk in and put the information on the table, "I didn't hear anything." ”

"Uh...!"

......

East Pavilion.

"What do you say? Is Tianjin Weilu Wangfu a port? ”

Shen Shixing looked at Wang Xijue in shock.

Wang Xijue nodded and said: "I also just received the news, it shouldn't be wrong, last year Guo Dan shipped all the goods to Tianjin Wei, if it is not a port, why did he do this." ”

Shen Shixing frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't disclose this news for the time being." ”

Wang Xijue said: "This may not be able to be hidden, because the North Korean side has already sent people to ask if they can pay tribute to Your Majesty by sea this year." ”

Shen Shixing said incredulously: "North Korea? ”

Wang Xijue nodded.