It's not just the location!

Staring at the busy passers-by on the Lugou Bridge, Shi Yiwen fell into deep thought, he thought a lot, not just the yarn factory and the cloth factory, but thought of decades later, and thought of the historical Jiangnan gentry group.

There is no accurate statistics on how much silver money Jiangnan earns each year from the export of cotton cloth to the north, but it is certain that the Jiangnan gentry group has made huge profits through cotton planting and gauze production, and it is their economic expansion that has led to a series of problems.

The economic base determines the superstructure, but anyone who has studied politics in junior high school knows this sentence.

What was the economic pillar of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty?

It's not rice, it's cloth!

It is precisely through cotton cloth that Jiangnan constantly "harvests" the north, which is the economic pillar of the south and the foundation of the gentry group, as long as this pillar is destroyed or severely damaged, it is bound to disintegrate the Jiangnan gentry group that has not yet taken shape, including the Donglin Party.

The economic base determines the creation of the superstructure. The economic base is primary, the root of the superstructure; The superstructure is secondary, a derivative (appendage) of the economic base.

Once the north formed a more developed textile industry, not only can hit the textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River, but also can form another group - the northern gentry group, in the Ming Dynasty why the northern gentry could not compete with the south, to put it bluntly, is that there is no more silver.

For Edwin, cotton yarn and cotton cloth are not just yarn and cloth, but weapons, weapons to destroy a group and establish a group.

Of course, these ideas cannot be revealed, and it is the truth to hide needles in cotton, keep quiet and make a fortune.

"There is indeed this idea, and of course the most important thing is that the development of the textile industry in the north will benefit the people of the northern provinces without harm."

While laughing, Shi Yiwen hid his true thoughts deep in his heart, but continued to explain.

"Zixuan, do you know the price of cotton?"

"This, little brother doesn't know."

"The price of cotton is between 1.2 and 1.5 taels of silver per load, and if it is a load of net cotton worth 6 taels of silver. One mu can produce about 80 catties of cotton, which is worth about 1 tael. ”

At this time, Shi Yiwen conducted a survey on the market, and the conclusion of the investigation was that growing cotton is profitable, and it is far more profitable than farming.

"But what about sorghum and millet? Even if the best paddy field is one acre at most one stone, the value is about five or six dollars, and the calculation of planting one acre of cotton is equal to two acres of grain, in the past, the textile was all in the south of the Yangtze River, so Jiangnan has the "cotton grain for land" thing, why are the people willing to plant cotton, because the profit of planting cotton is twice as much as growing grain, and if the cotton is spun into yarn, it is several times that of grain. Zixuan, if the people in the north plant cotton, their income will naturally increase, and their lives will be improved. ”

Looking at Zhang Jingxiu with a smile, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"I think it is not only for the benefit of the country and the people, but also for the benefit of tens of millions of people in the north, the family has savings, even if it encounters a famine, it can cope with it for a while, unlike now, the family has no savings, and every time it comes to a disaster, it can only pawn children and sell daughters."

Zhang Jingxiu seemed to be used to Shi Yiwen's self-selling boasting, and while nodding in agreement, he asked rhetorically.

"Yes...... What about the people of Jiangnan? Now the people in Jiangnan who live on weaving cloth are more than a million households, and when the time comes, what should they do? ”

They...... Shi Yiwen said casually.

"If there is no market in the north, it will certainly bring them some business, but they will look for markets in other places, besides, Jiangnan is already rich, even if they grow food, it is enough to live ......"

Additional damage is always inevitable, but who knows? Maybe they will really look for other markets, such as external markets, and maybe they can force them overseas.

Although he didn't have much hope for this, Shi Yiwen knew exactly what he was going to do.

"Therefore, this spinning and weaving mill can not only make me personally profitable, but also benefit millions of people in the north, such a good thing, in fact, if the imperial court knows about it, it should issue an order to reward me."

Facing Shi Yiwen's answer, Zhang Jingxiu asked with a smile.

"Then do you really want the court to reward you?"

"Don't, it's better to make a fortune now."

Although at present, except for the salt merchants in Shanxi, there are no commercial gentry in the north, which is completely different from the many merchant gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. It's always right to be cautious.

"By the way, how did you come to the capital? Is it going to Beijing to take the test? ”

Diverting the topic, Shi Yiwen asked.

"Going to the test?"

Zhang Jingxiu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes, picked up the teacup and said.

"I don't like fame."

"That's a coincidence, I don't like ...... either"

"Yes, fame and fortune, it's really not interesting, people, how good is it to be simple?"

Looking at Shi Yiwen with a smile on his face, Zhang Jingxiu suddenly sighed.

"Actually, I envy you, don't fight for fame and profit, just do some business to earn some silver, and it's even more rare to have a pure heart......"

"You're complimenting me!"

Without waiting for Shi Yiwen to laugh, he listened to Zhang Jingxiu again.

"However, it's not good for you to be like this, just like the last time we first met, I liked your righteous deeds, but after all, it was still too reckless, and the things that came out later, with twists and turns, almost hurt you."

"Indeed."

Nodding slightly, Shi Yiwen sighed.

"I was really reckless last time, but you too, you ran out by yourself and almost affected you."

"I'm different."

Zhang Jingxiu snorted, then looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"You pay attention to yourself in the future, this is the capital, in case...... If you provoke someone again, I'm afraid it will hurt you. ”

Hearing his concern, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Actually, I'm very glad that I was nosy last time, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to know Zixuan."

"You ...... man"

Hearing this, Zhang Jingxiu twisted his head to the side and looked into the distance, and after a moment, he sighed.

"Hey, anyway, brother, you should be cautious in the future, after all, this is the capital, okay, the younger brother is going to leave, if you are free in the future, the younger brother will visit the elder brother again."

"This is leaving?"

Shi Yiwen, who didn't have any friends, was surprised.

"Or, come back to Zhuangzi with me, and our brother will have a good drink of two cups......"

"The younger brother is young, so he can't drink, and the brother's kindness is understood."

Zhang Jingxiu not only rejected his invitation, but even directly rejected his suggestion to send him back, looking at Zhang Jingxiu's back when he rode away, Shi Yiwen, who was still standing there in a daze, couldn't help but sigh, and then got into the carriage.

"Let's go, go home."