Chapter 9 Zhongxiu Talent and Opening a Factory
As a businessman, Shopkeeper Li understands the power of this small model in front of him, and with this textile machine that can work day and night, he can easily defeat all cloth manufacturers!
The real big businessman who can rival the wealth of the country is definitely not a businessman who sells luxury goods like himself, but a businessman who operates food, clothing, housing and transportation! The goods in their hands are the necessities of life, and the wealth they have accumulated over the years is terrifying.
In addition to grain and salt, the consumption of cloth is the largest in the Great Song Dynasty! As soon as he thought that he had the opportunity to become the top cloth merchant, Shopkeeper Li trembled with excitement.
Shopkeeper Li, whose eyes were red, grabbed Zhang Yang's shoulders and said eagerly: "How do Brother Li want to cooperate?" ”
Zhang Yang dodged the clutches of Shopkeeper Li without a trace, and said with a smile: "I will provide technology and equipment, Brother Li will handle the plant and personnel, and you and I will divide the account in four or six." How is it? ”
Shopkeeper Li is still a little dissatisfied with the four or six accounts, after all, he not only has to pay for the land to build a factory, but also recruits weavers to organize production, but he can only get forty percent! But when he saw Zhang Long close the door of the side room, he knew that he actually had no choice, the most important technology was in Zhang Yang's hands!
"Okay, no problem."
He can guess a little bit about Shopkeeper Li's thoughts, which is nothing more than waiting for everything to be on track and trying to do it alone, but Zhang Yang is not afraid at all, when Shopkeeper Li has the ability to do it alone, he must have stepped into the officialdom! In this official-oriented country, what other waves can he make.
Zhang Yang smiled confidently and said, "Okay, let's discuss the location selection now." ”
Because it is a hydro-woven machine, it must be next to the river, so the choice is limited. Although there are still many rivers in Haizhou that meet the conditions, Zhang Yang insisted on choosing 'Shushui'.
Shopkeeper Li said that he was puzzled, obviously there are closer places to choose from, why should he go far?
The reason is very simple, in addition to the fact that 'Shushui' is a big river that can enter the sea, and the water volume is guaranteed all year round, the more important reason is a small county town on the edge of Shushui - Shuyang!
According to the development of history, this little-known small county town will be attacked by Song Jiang a year later, and after receiving supplies in Shuyang, Song Jiang will attack Haizhou down the Shushui River, and then be attacked and defeated by Uncle Zhang, the governor of Haizhou, in Haizhou.
In the face of such a great achievement, Zhang Yang naturally wants to cut off his beard! Build a big factory by the Shushui River, and then prepare a big surprise for Song Jiang who comes to the house!
After getting rid of the shopkeeper Li, Zhang Yang patronized Yaxing again and bought ten acres of dry land outside the city. Because the yield of growing grain is low, the price is also very cheap, and a total of 20 yuan is not used.
In the era of the Great Song Dynasty, when there were a large number of idle laborers in the society, as long as you can provide job opportunities, countless people will flock to it, and the labor is very cheap. Therefore, Zhang Yang successfully recruited enough manpower and started work smoothly.
What Zhang Yang wants to build is not a big mansion, just a simple big factory! A huge fence and a rudimentary roof, the most elaborate thing is to build a two-story 'office building' for hospitality.
This will be the loom that will be used to build a water-powered loom! Because of the need to consider secrecy, Zhang Yang also started his family recruitment plan with ulterior motives.
The family member Zhang Yang wants to recruit is different from others, he only needs a young man aged 15-16! is the so-called half-grown child, eating poor old man, such a move of flamboyance is simply a panic in the eyes of ordinary people.
However, how can Zhang Yang make a loss-making business? It is normal for young people to be able to eat, and how much can they eat? A little food is not worth mentioning in Zhang Yang's eyes, and the most important thing is that young people at this age are rapidly forming their cognition of the world, and they are very easy to guide without a perfect world view and values, and Zhang Yang can easily make them loyal.
It's worth it compared to how much money you spend.
In this way, after seven or eight days of busy work in arranging people to build factories and interviewing family members, Zhang Yang ushered in good news! He successfully passed the college examination and became a showman.
Looking at the few little officials who came to report the good news happily in front of them, in their expectant eyes, Zhang Yang waved his big hand and gave each of them the usual reward! The little officials were suddenly full of sycophants...
The surrounding pedestrians also constantly cast envious glances, this is an era of the supremacy of reading, and with fame there will be many privileges, such as no need to serve forced labor, no need to pay taxes for farming, no kneeling down when seeing officials, and so on.
The most important thing is that Zhang Yang can participate in the autumn festival in the second half of the year!
Only by successfully passing the autumn festival and gaining fame can it be regarded as having the possibility of stepping into the official career! Xiucai can only be regarded as a high-level intellectual.
Zhang Yang, who was in a happy mood, once again activated his banknote ability and invited 'friends' to celebrate, and the result was naturally that the guests and hosts were happy, and everyone who was invited was satisfied.
A month later, Zhang Yang's factory was successfully completed, because of the use of cement, which was not only fast to build, but also cheaper.
After the completion of the project, the flamboyant did not stop, and immediately after that, the manufacturing of the textile machine began.
Because most of the body is still made of wood, most of the parts are outsourced to others, but he is not worried that others will be able to imitate it, because the core component of the loom - the bearing! All made by Zhang Yang himself.
Although the bearing is a small thing that looks inconspicuous, the level of science and technology involved in it is quite high! New China can only import high-quality bearings from abroad for a long time.
Zhang Yang has built a huge underground laboratory in the factory, where Zhang Long and Zhao Hu will light up the technology tree for Zhang Yang!
The assembly of the loom is not a complicated job, and Zhao Hu led the workers to teach them a few times, and they all learned it smoothly. And what he has to do next is to train these half-grown boys.
Fifteen boys stood in a row, with an average height of only about 1.6 meters, and they were childish, motionless under the midday sun.
Zhang Yang is not a soldier, but this does not prevent him from training these boys in semi-military means. These fifteen people are his seeds, and they will continue to expand his force in the future!
For these fifteen seeds, Zhang Yang will naturally not be stingy. As they grow their bodies, they not only eat more, but also eat well. Meat, eggs and poultry are eaten openly, and there is still a salary of three dollars per month to get! With such conditions, I don't know how many people have sharpened their heads and want to drill here.
In addition to physical training, reading and literacy are also a must! After dinner, Zhang Yang will give them a cultural class, of course, Zhang Yang didn't expect them to take the Xiucai exam, it is enough to know the 'three hundred thousand', and during the class, Zhang Yang will also intersperse some incendiary stories to plant the seeds of loyalty and courage in their hearts.