Hu Xianzong is a reader in the capital, Chinese New Year's Eve has two this year, saying that he is a reader or a bit general, to be precise, he is a child, Tongsheng does not mean that he is young, people in their thirties naturally have nothing to do with children's 'children', he means that he has no merit.

He started studying at the age of ten, ten years of cold window, began to participate in the imperial examination at the age of twenty, took the exam three times in a row, but failed the college examination, he was still a child, he said goodbye to the dream of being nominated for the gold list in frustration, and began to take over the family business.

His family is a cloth village, there is a big façade in the Gaopo Hutong of Shiyongfang, and it is also a small rich family, but 'everything is inferior, only reading is high', his parents thought that he could take the test to be famous and glorious to his ancestors, but he is really not the material for reading, after hanging three times, his parents are also dead, and they have to get it, not the life of the official, then continue to run the cheap business, so that he can make a rich life.

This cloth village is to be accurate in selling cloth and making custom clothes, don't look at Hu Xianzong's study, but the talent to do business is amazing, under his management, the cloth village business is becoming more and more prosperous, less than three years old Hu family cloth village in the whole capital has broken a little fame, the capital is generally a small rich family is willing to run his cloth village to buy cloth to make clothes, Hu Xianzong of the old Hu family has also become a celebrity in Shi Yongfang.

As soon as this person becomes famous, some things will come to the door inadvertently, no, one day in August this year, he was sitting in the cloth village with a copy of the "Beijing News" and looked at it leisurely, and Lord Fang Zheng suddenly came to the door.

Usually this old man has a casual smile, but today he is like a cramp in his face, and he keeps laughing: "Hehehe, Hu shopkeeper, what about reading the newspaper?" ”

The size of the family is also an official, Hu Xianzong naturally did not dare to slack off, and quickly asked him to sit down on the main seat, and ordered someone to make hot tea, then asked curiously: "I don't know what Lord Fang Zheng is looking for?" ”

Lao Fang Zheng glanced at the newspaper on the coffee table he put on, pointed to an article on it with a smile on his face and asked, "Shopkeeper Hu, have you read this one?" ”

He took a look at it and saw it, it seemed that the Ministry of Industry had developed a batch of machines, and he quickly nodded and said, "I read it, I read it, it's quite good." ”

Lao Fangzheng didn't have the interface to evaluate the writing of this article, but seduced with a smile: "Doesn't Shopkeeper Hu have any ideas?" ”

Idea? Hu Xianzong was a little confused, the things made by the Ministry of Industry were good, but there was no clothing machine in it, what could he think.

Lao Fang Zheng saw his confused appearance, and continued to seduce: "Do you know the shuttle loom and the steam spinning machine, that speed, tsk......tt." ”

Hu Xianzong was even more confused, I don't make clothes and cloth, what do you mean when you tell me about a loom?

Why is this kid's brain so unenlightened? Lao Fang Zheng saw that the temptation failed, so he simply suggested directly: "Shopkeeper Hu, don't you want to open a weaving factory?" ”

Open a weaving factory? What kind of money can be made, you have to buy a machine and hire someone, and the loom is still a thief, and it is good to open a weaving factory in this place in the capital, and it is good to be able to earn back the rent.

Hu Xianzong was about to refuse, but suddenly saw the two words flying shuttle, slowly, he saw an old-fashioned loom, he hadn't seen a flying shuttle loom, did he really weave the same as flying?

He thought for a while, and asked hesitantly: "Lord Fangzheng, is this flying shuttle loom really the same as flying when it weaves cloth?" How much faster than a regular artificial loom? ”

Seeing that this kid finally got on the road, Lao Fang couldn't help but add fuel and vinegar and said: "Tsk, haven't you seen it, I was fortunate to go to the inner factory to see the prototype of the shuttle loom, the speed, the eyes can't keep up, at least ten times faster than manual!" “

Ten times over! The profit is terrifying, Hu Xianzong couldn't help but want to try: "I don't know how many units one person can buy, if you can buy more than a dozen units, then it will make money." “

Lao Fang was seeing that an indicator was about to be completed, and he excitedly boasted: "As long as you dare to buy, you can buy as many units as you want." “

After all, Hu Xianzong is a veteran in the business field, not the kind of rough young man, he really wants to set up a factory, and all aspects must be taken into account, which will make him think of a very serious problem, there must be a place to put the machine when he buys it! He couldn't help frowning and said, "It's a pity that my place is too small, and I haven't seen any compound for rent nearby." “

This matter is the most clear, he hurriedly said: "Yes, there is, there is a big mansion in the Four Seasons Hutong behind, it is the original household of a Langzhong, the first two years when the prefect went out, has been empty, he sent someone to ask me a few times, but the place is too big and no one has taken over, if you want it, I will give you a bargain, to ensure that it is cheap." “

This time the land was solved, Hu Xianzong continued to think about it, and was a little embarrassed: "I want to buy a hundred or ten units, but this money is a little tight." “

Lao Fang Zheng immediately patted his chest and said: "Find a Rixinglong firm to borrow, and I will guarantee you." “

Seeing that Lao Fang was so enthusiastic about helping, Hu Xianzong was a little embarrassed, but he still said the last question: "One hundred and ten people, where will I find it in a while and a half?" “

Lao Fang gritted his teeth and said: "I'll post a notice for you and go to Sili Bafang to recruit." “

That relationship is good, Hu Xianzong feels that there is no more problem, he is also a person who does big things, so he immediately made a decision and did it!

This cargo is not an ordinary fat, he really ordered fifty shuttle looms and fifty steam spinning machines, and he was lucky to go early, and the Ministry of Industry prepared enough shuttle looms and steam spinning machines, and even sent the goods to him within a few days.

Lao Fang Zheng is also very positive, as soon as Hu Xianzong's factory is set up, his task is completed, such a large factory, what economic growth is not swishing, the prefect should not come to him again to trouble, in order to keep his black yarn He is not desperate to help, but in less than half a month, Hu's weaving factory was miraculously put into production!

The shuttle loom really lives up to its name, after Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing several improvements, the speed is more than ten times faster than manual, the average person can weave a piece of cloth in ten days, and the shuttle loom can weave almost one and a half horses a day, that is to say, a shuttle loom can weave more than 40 pieces of cloth in a month, and more than 40 pieces of cloth are sold at the market price is about more than ten taels of silver, so that he can earn at least 500 taels of silver in a month, and he can return to his capital in more than a year, and he can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver after three years, what is this concept, You must know that his family has been running a cloth village for forty or fifty years, and they have earned less than 10,000 taels of silver in total!

In the first two months, Hu Xianzong almost dreamed of waking up with laughter, but recently he was a little worried, with the increase in weaving factories, the price of cloth in the capital is slowly declining, although now he can still earn almost five hundred taels of silver a month, but if the price keeps sliding like this, I am afraid that in another two years, I will only be able to save the capital!

Just when he was worried, the "Beijing News" published a news that the Ming sailors were newly equipped with a batch of super warships, and they were preparing to go to sea for exercise, and this time they would take private merchants to a colony called Portugal's allies for free to open up the market.

I heard that the natives over there are extremely backward, cloth porcelain or something is not very good at making at all, a piece of cloth can be sold for half a tael of silver over there, and the price of rice over there is only equivalent to half a tael of silver and a stone, that is to say, just going there to sell cloth is about double the profit, if you bring the rice back to Daming to sell, it is four times the profit!

Hu Xianzong was originally a bold man, he naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity, as for the outside is very dangerous, you have to be careful when you go out, he really doesn't care, he only knows that he can die to the bold, starve to death the timid, a good man is determined in all directions, isn't it overseas trade, do it!

Don't look at the private economy in the Ming Dynasty in history does not seem to be very developed, it is just that the imperial court does not advocate it, and in that environment there are also the sprouts of capitalism, which shows that there are still a lot of bold businessmen among the people, and now our Chongzheng Emperor has made it clear that he supports the private economy, and there are even more bold people.

Hu Xianzong originally thought that he was bold, but he didn't expect to be much bolder than him, he just prepared 10,000 pieces of cloth, and when he ran to the train station to consign, he saw a fierce man who was consigned 100,000 horses!

Forget about this cloth, he hasn't seen 100,000 pieces of cloth, what kind of train is this called magic, an iron lump can run by itself!

It seems that the people at this station said that the consignment can take the car to Dongdaying with the goods, then sit, everyone dares to drive, and he doesn't dare to sit yet.

So, Hu Xianzong got on the first train in his life, that kind of experience is simply amazing, this iron pimple can not only run by itself, but also run fast, and the galloping horse is also at this speed, and this iron pimple is not panting all the way, and it drove to Dongdaying in one breath!

After arriving at Dongdaying, he was even more surprised, he didn't have to worry about the goods at all, he just hoisted a gourd onto a flatbed cart, and then a horse pulled the flatbed cart to the port quickly.

The port is called a spectacular, more than ten meters high iron shelves, lined up in a large row, and directly a gourd hoisted his goods onto a ten-meter-high ship, such a big ship was parked near the entire port!

My God, he really hasn't seen so many big ships, I didn't expect Daming to have so many big ships, long knowledge, long majesty, long ambition!

That's not all, when he gets on the ship and sees the two rows of cannons on the deck, that's a shock, is this the super battleship of the Ming Dynasty? There were more than twenty cannons!

Unexpectedly, this is not the end, when he went out of the port with the battleship, there were twenty-five huge ships lined up in front of him, which was larger than the battleship he was sitting on. He carefully looked at the muzzle pattern in front of him, it was exactly the same, it was really a cannon!

If you count carefully, there are fifty doors on one side alone, and there are 100 doors on both sides combined! Super battleship, super battleship, that's the super battleship of Daming!

Daming is so powerful, as a Ming people, the pride in his heart can't help but arise spontaneously, amazing, my Daming!