The winter solstice season of the sixth year of Chongzhen.

The second factory meeting was held.

This year's factory conference is much more generous and grand than last year, with an exclusive white mansion.

Outside the iron fence, all kinds of silk sedan chairs and carriages were parked, and a factory owner wearing a mink fur or silk winter jacket walked from the clean and tidy cement road to Baifu.

The surrounding meadows are endless, covered with a thick layer of snow.

Under the leadership of the squad leader, the village warriors of the infantry battalion marched in a uniform manner, carrying breech-loading rifled guns.

Walking into the Great Hall, the factory owners sat down according to their seats.

The hour was almost up, and Zhu Shun opened the side and walked up to the podium from the backyard.

Zhu Shun glanced around, Chongzhen's six-year factory owner has increased a lot compared with Chongzhen's five-year period, especially the newly established porcelain association, which has contributed to Zhu Shun's great plan to control all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Shun put the scroll in his hand on the podium and said, "Everyone, after a year of hard work, you must have earned a lot of silver in the six years of Chongzhen. ”

mentioned that they had made a lot of money, and the factory owners smiled heartily, not to mention a lot, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the last sentence was a daily income.

Zhu Shun saw the factory owners below laughing, knowing that this opening remark had reached their hearts, he also smiled and said: "Everyone is smiling, the next step is to get into the right topic, first of all, industry." ”

Industry - textile: The number of steam spinning mills and flying shuttle weaving factories on the banks of the Yongding River has not changed much for the time being, and it still remains at about 50.

But in addition to the Shuttle weaving mills, which had been fully steamed, twenty-seven new steam carding mills had been added, and a dozen or so squires of repute in the counties had been converted into industrialists.

The biggest result was the initial industrialization of the textile system.

Issue:

1. Because of the serious shortage of skilled workers, the expansion of the steam spinning mill has reached its limit.

2. Carding mills and spinning mills have realized steam production, and looms are still manpowered, resulting in overproduction of cotton yarn, and looms are in urgent need of steaming.

Chongzhen's seven-year plan:

1. Solve the problem of skilled workers.

2. The power loom driven by steam power should be invented in the seventh year of Chongzhen and can be put into production.

Industry - machinery: one of the four major industrial machine tools, the steam hammer has been successfully developed, the mechanical sawing machine, the mill and the crusher have been invented one after another, and the mechanical drilling machine has also been successfully developed.

Issue:

1. There are still three of the four major industrial machine tools that have not been invented, and they need to be invented as soon as possible to increase the output of steam machinery.

2. Coal and steel are still no progress, resulting in high prices for steam machinery.

Chongzhen's seven-year plan:

1. At least one more of the four major industrial machine tools is invented.

2. Try your best to recruit a world-class genius to conduct research on coal or steel.

Education: The Beijing Normal University has overfulfilled the 300-person plan, the new schools in each county have achieved the 1,000-person plan, and Songjiang Prefecture has established a Beiyang Naval Master School.

Issue:

1. Because of its backing on Jingshi, a metropolis full of talents, Shuntianfu has tapped 300 talented students in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but the talent potential has been exhausted.

Chongzhen's seven-year plan:

1. The five state capitals of the north are directly affiliated to realize the establishment of new-style schools.

2. The state capital of the north and the south of the country should carry out the erosion of the new school as soon as possible if the conditions permit.

Mining: The ore industry has initially realized steam production and established an efficient production system.

Issue:

1. The problem of coal and steel, which has also made no progress, has seriously hindered the process of steaming.

Chongzhen's seven-year plan:

1. Coal and steel must have the same to achieve zero breakthroughs.

Transportation: Cement has been successfully fired, and the invention of pyrometers has been mass-produced while reducing costs.

Issue:

1. There is a shortage of skilled workers, and there is a shortage of skilled workers to build cement factories, and it is impossible to talk about building cement roads.

Chongzhen's seven-year plan:

1. Train a large number of skilled workers as soon as possible, complete the thorough construction of the cement factory, and then plan to build the first cement road in Daming.

2. The steam engine ship in Songjiang Prefecture has entered the research stage, and strives to build an experimental steam engine ship within three years and achieve formal production within five years.

The summary book in Zhu Shun's hand, after the polishing of the strategy department, has basically covered all the problems and plans.

At the first factory meeting last year, there were also large and small questions raised by the factory owners, and this year they all listened attentively to the summary of Zhu Shun, the head of the meeting.

Especially for Chongzhen's seven-year plan, it was recorded word for word on the scroll he brought.

These factory owners, who have an extremely sensitive sense of smell, know very well that these plans are where the lines of cold data are, and it is clear that there are huge business opportunities.

In the case of zero breakthroughs in coal and steel, there are already factory owners who have realized that the coal industry will definitely make no worse money in the future than the steam mills.

When Zhu Shun talked about coal, he clearly felt the change in the mood of the factory owners, who were only a small part of the West French who knew about the first wave of industrialization dividends, and most of whom were not.

The sense of smell of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty was really sensitive, and with just a few cold words, they could perceive the taste of silver inside with extraordinary foresight.

At the end of the summary, Zhou Yuanwai stood up playing with the jade snuff bottle, arched his hand and said: "The head of the meeting, the rest of the matters can be postponed for the time being, this familiar issue must be put on the agenda." ”

"Because of the lack of skilled workers, the expansion of the steam factory here has been exhausted."

"Don't hide it from the head of the meeting, many squires in Fangshan County have privately approached their own staff, saying that they want to mix a share of the steam factory outside their staff, as long as the steam factory can be expanded, the adjusted inch will be 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver."

Zhu Shun knew that the shops in the Ming Dynasty had mixed shares, and it was generally the bureaucrats and squires who put the cash in their hands in the bulk shops, mixed the shares with an interest of two to three and a half percent, and distributed dividends at the end of the year.

Due to the large number of goods purchased in large quantities, there is often a shortage of silver, and a large amount of cash is needed.

The bureaucratic squire took out the cash in his hand to make money, and each side took what he needed.

The situation mentioned by Zhou Yuanwai is a good sign for the factory association, indicating that those squires who take care of the Donglin Party and the Jin merchants have a new plan in their hearts.

It has begun to shake the foundation of the Donglin Party and the Jin merchants.

The last two things Zhu Shun wanted to say were also related to the problem of skilled workers, and knocked on the podium.

The factories that were talking to each other gradually fell silent.

Zhu Shun stretched out two fingers.

"First, the factory association must go out of Shuntian Mansion in the seventh year of Chongzhen and take down the five northern state capitals of Beizhili."

Zhu Shun put away a finger and suddenly smiled, and a lot of pride surged in his chest.

"Second, Chongzhen used reinforced concrete as raw materials to build one in the seventh year."

"City of Industry!"

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