Obviously, when such a detailed special issue of Qingliu Bao was released, it was quickly sold out in major cities, and a huge wave was formed, and the workers in the middle of the wave began to speak out for their situation, calling for the imperial court to legislate labor rights.

At the same time, Xue Haiyun's request to protect the rights and interests of workers was also disclosed in the court, and in this confrontation in the court, Ning Yu's attitude was the same as before, and he expressed strong appreciation and support for Xue Haiyun.

"Dachu must not only look at the present, but also look at the future, the development of industrialization should not be desperate, should not be the development of the off-grandchildren, whether it is the protection of green mountains and clear waters, or the protection of the people of Dachu, it is a major event that cannot be ignored!"

"Your Majesty."

Cui Wancai and other ministers responded respectfully, especially Xue Haiyun's eyes were full of gratitude, he knew how important the emperor's strong support in this matter was, if his performance was rejected again, I was afraid that there would be no other way out except to leave the field.

In this matter, the ministers of the new faction did not object to it, they only hoped that industry and commerce could continue to survive smoothly, and they did not care too much about the constraints on industry and commerce, and perhaps in the hearts of all ministers, they also hoped that they could consciously impose certain restrictions on industry and commerce.

Seeing that there was no opposition in the court, Ning Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to prevent the traditional ministers from killing the newly developed industry and commerce at once, and also needed to avoid the wanton development of industry and commerce from infiltrating too much into the Great Chu regime, which was not a very simple matter to weigh and grasp.

For Ning Yu, as a guest of later generations, he knew very well in his heart that the development of capitalism is essentially that capital will naturally pursue higher profits, and in order to achieve the purpose of capital multiplication, they will do whatever it takes, including selling the ropes that can hang them to the enemy - the future Da Chu must not completely slide in this direction.

After all, later history has witnessed all this, the British Empire, which was originally the earliest industrialized industry, became an excellent puppet of capital, which manipulated the British Empire to colonize the world on the one hand, but on the other hand, it carried out brutal internal exploitation, forcing a large number of dispossessed British refugees to the New World, so that the United States could become independent, and even the outbreak of World War I and World War II was essentially the dead knot of capitalist development.

Ning Yu does not want such a future, so he is also vigilant about the development of capital itself, on the one hand, he needs to use it, and on the other hand, he also needs to restrict it, at least through the law to make a cage for it, to prevent capital from rushing out and eating people.

Before that, Ning Yu had also discussed this issue with Ernst, and Ernst objected to Ning Yu's idea, he believed that capital could be restricted, but capital would naturally pursue higher profits, so if it could not grow wantonly in Dachu, it would choose to flee.

Ning Yu smiled and told Ernst: "The two things I am doing now are to expand overseas, and use overseas profits to meet the needs of Dachu capital in exchange for internal restrictions; Secondly, the transfer of capital is not an easy task, it needs to be transferred to countries with an industrial base, but at present, there is no other place in the world to transfer except for my great Chu. ”

Entes pondered, and asked another question, "Your Majesty, although there is no now, in the future, industrialization will definitely spread to other countries, maybe not in Asia, but there will definitely be in Europe." At that time, European countries with lower costs will take over the transferred capital. ”

Ning Yu was silent for a long time before he said softly: "The future industrial development will never be just based on the exploitation of ordinary labor, after we achieve industrialization, we also need to work hard to upgrade the industry, and use technology and market barriers to build a moat, only in this way can our people be outside the competition." ”

"Outside the competition?" There was a hint of surprise on Ernst's face.

"Yes, I believe that day will come sooner or later, and we are not completely out of choice until we do."

After the conclusion of this dialogue, on the first day of September of the 12th year of the revolution, Ning Yu directly expressed his stance in the State Department calling for legislation to promote the protection of workers' rights and interests and environmental protection, and established the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Environmental Programme, and formulated relevant laws and regulations within one year to protect the legitimate rights and interests of all legal workers.

On the day the news was announced, the stock prices of the Nanjing Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell sharply on the same day, and a large number of industrial and commercial enterprise stocks were frantically sold, and even some people jumped from the roofs of buildings, splashed blood on the spot.

........

"Boss, here's the latest business newspaper."

An emaciated young man stood in front of the newsstand, with a hat on his head, and with his withered hand, he handed over a dime of copper, and then took the newspaper from the boss.

Since the newspapers began to use lead movable type printing presses, the cost of all newspapers has been greatly reduced, and the printing speed is also very fast, and it can be sold at a faster speed, such as the newspapers bought from Nanjing, which will continue to emit this faint smell.

The young man spread out the newspaper and read it carefully, then he raised his head, his face showed a taste of vicissitudes, this person was Shen Weijun who was in the turmoil of Xue San's case before.

In this time, the Shen Family Chamber of Commerce, as the core of the storm, naturally suffered the biggest impact, in addition to the original fine, his textile factory is all facing rectification, all labor contracts need to be re-signed, and more importantly, the Shen Family Chamber of Commerce, which was originally red in the stock market, has been plummeting wildly, and is about to lose a lot of money.

"Young Master, why did you come out? Hurry back, the master has arrived in Nanjing! ”

A call came from a distance, and it turned out to be Chun San trotting all the way, and at this time he was much thinner than before, with a slight worry on his face.

Shen Weijun sighed softly, he clutched the newspaper in his hand, and laughed at himself: "The old man will not come sooner or later, but he will come at this time, just let the old man deal with this mess......."

Since the Shen family in Jiangnan sold off the fields in Jiangnan, the whole family moved to Shanghai, on the one hand, because Shanghai has become the largest commercial port in the entire Great Chu, and on the other hand, they are also trying to avoid the emperor, and this time Shen Guanglie ran from Shanghai to Nanjing, and he was really helpless.

In the courtyard of the Shen family in Nanjing, after bringing two cups of tea, the subordinates quietly retreated, leaving only the father and son of the Shen family standing in the flower hall, sitting and standing, with a solemn atmosphere.

Shen Guanglie gently picked up the teacup and sighed: "After my Shen family moved to Shanghai, you were no longer willing to study, you entered the business world to work hard, and you have done a lot of things in the past few years, I am actually very satisfied, but today I want to ask you for my father, what do you think of yourself?" ”

Shen Weijun said with a wry smile: "After all, it is to catch up with the general trend, Your Majesty wants to support the development of industry and commerce, coupled with the rapid development of the steam engine, the development of this woven fabric will sooner or later crush the original textile market, and the child is just taking advantage of the trend, speaking of which, there is always a bit of luck." ”

"Now you know that you are following the trend, but why is it going against the trend now?"

Shen Guanglie took a sip of tea lightly, and said expressionlessly: "It's a shame that you still read the newspaper every day, but even this most basic sense of smell has been lost, my Da Chu's heaven will always be Your Majesty, you are working against Your Majesty, can you have your good?" ”

Shen Weijun was shocked, and he hurriedly explained: "How dare the child go against His Majesty? The boy did not understand what his father meant. ”

"You, sit down first."

Shen Guanglie put the teacup on the table and beckoned Shen Weijun to sit opposite, and then said softly: "Do you think that Your Majesty's support for industry and commerce is equivalent to supporting you to do nonsense?" Those untouchables seem worthless to you, but in the eyes of Your Majesty, he wants to use your head to please them! ”

Speaking of this, Shen Guanglie couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "In the final analysis, whether it is Your Majesty or the civil and military officials, they either want to kill us, or they just want to use us, and now that something has happened, only our Shen family can bear this responsibility!" ”

"But....... But what should our Shen family do? Shen Weijun's face was like ashes, and he couldn't help muttering to himself.

Shen Guanglie smiled coldly, and the beard on his face directly curled, "My Shen family has been operating in Jiangnan for hundreds of years, and it hasn't been uprooted all at once?" Since we have become businessmen and the like, we naturally want to continue on this road, as long as our identity is still this, the emperor will not attack us easily! ”

"Keep going this way?" Shen Weijun was really a little stunned by his father.

"That's right, the so-called taking advantage of the trend is naturally to follow the path drawn by His Majesty, and only in this way will there be no disadvantage!"

Shen Guanglie stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked forward step by step, "The Dongmin Chamber of Commerce has found the right way now, they have found a large number of soil chieftains on Haiyun Island, and now their stocks have skyrocketed, and all the factories know that after the labor law is introduced, if they want to find cheap and low-cost labor, they can only buy slaves overseas......"

Shen Weijun was not a stupid person, he immediately understood, and said softly: "Father, does Your Majesty mean to move the trouble away?" ”

"That's right, let's do the same, my father came to Nanjing today to tell you that there is no need to continue to do business here, all industries will be disposed of, and our Shen family will also open up overseas, so many islands, such a vast world, will definitely let our Shen family take off again in the future!"

"Yes, father, I would like to take the ship to sea!"

Shen Weijun's eyes reappeared with a confident look, despite this blow, but he was not completely discouraged, but let him become more and more frustrated, he had every reason to believe that he would be able to find those unknown islands in the future, laying the foundation for the rise of his old Shen family again!

However, at this time, Shen Guanglie's face was a little weird, and he snorted coldly: "Our Shen family doesn't need you, the eldest young master, to open up overseas, and besides, this overseas is turbulent, what if something happens?" The incense of our old Shen family still depends on you to pass it on! ”

"But........ But father, what should I do? Shen Weijun couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Shen Guanglie smiled, "Don't worry, my father naturally found you a good job, speaking of which when I was in Shanghai, my father met a Westerner, who claimed that animal husbandry was very profitable, and my father felt that you should be able to make a lot of money by letting you go to Chuzhou to do animal husbandry." ”

Shen Weijun's face was more or less unnatural, although he did not reject the animal husbandry industry, but he still preferred to do the textile industry that he was familiar with, so he said euphemistically: "Father, I think I may not be suitable for ........"

"It doesn't matter, when the time comes, my father will send someone to help you, at present, the prices of beef and mutton, milk, butter and cowhide in Jiangnan are very expensive, and the water and soil climate in Chuzhou is very good, and the income is still very profitable, but you have to work harder."

Shen Weijun was a little speechless for a moment, but he really couldn't let go of the textile industry, and explained in a low voice: "Father, I'm not picky, but my past connections are all in the textile industry, and I am afraid that many things will be wasted if I change industries this time......"

"Not so much not not ........"

Shen Guanglie waved his hand and said softly: "That Westerner said that the wool industry is also very profitable now....... It is to buy some long-haired sheep from Europe, and then mate with our local sheep to give birth, and then you can take the wool down, which can be used to weave cloth, and can also be made into that new woolen fabric! ”

"Woolen fabric? You mean the kind of winter clothes in the army? ”

Shen Weijun was really familiar with the textile industry, and he immediately thought of the fabrics that the Wehrmacht had changed last year, all of which were woven from wool, which was not only very warm to wear, but also very handsome, and even he himself bought two winter coats made of woolen material.

However, Shen Weijun did not study this fabric in depth at that time, only knew that this fabric was woven from wool, which had a very good warmth effect, and was sold very well in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places, and even many people used it to make scarves and gloves, and they were not afraid of frostbite at all in winter!

When he heard this, Shen Weijun was really interested, if he could get through the road of wool through animal husbandry, it might not be worse than before, but he began to worry about other things at this time.

"Father, if you want to do animal husbandry, why don't you go to the northern grasslands? Let's raise cattle and sheep in Chuzhou, I'm afraid there won't be such a big grassland........"

Shen Guanglie smiled, "Don't worry, we won't rely on that cattle and sheep at that time, we can use soybean meal to raise them, and we can also add some alfalfa grass to ensure that we can raise those big animals to be fat and strong!" ”