Silk, porcelain and tea are the "three major pieces" that China has exported "since ancient times" and have dominated the world market for many years. However, by the time of Guan Zhuofan, that is, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the production of porcelain had long surpassed that of China in the Taixi countries; The production of tea has long been more flowering, and there is no need to sell a single taste of Chinese tea.

Only silk is still almost a unique business in China. Looking at the world, in terms of raw silk exports, China only has Japan, a slightly decent competitor.

The Taixi countries have a strong demand for raw silk, but as Dapuqing said, foreigners "have opened their eyes and have a big appetite", and they have put forward higher requirements for the quality and yield of raw silk. However, China's existing technological level and production mode have no potential to be tapped.

Originally, with China's unique conditions, the modernization of the silk industry should have become one of the most important means of primitive accumulation of industrialization, and the technical difficulty was also the lowest.

It's a pity that the rulers of the original time and space are not clearly aware of this; Or, even if they are aware, but they are afraid of the opposition of the majority of local law producers and operators, from beginning to end, they have not made any substantial promotion of the modernization of the silk industry from the government and even the national level, and the new and old factions of the people have competed and left themselves to fend for themselves.

If the contradictions intensify and the two factions fight, the government will come forward to suppress the situation in order to calm the people, and it must be the side that adopts the "Western method" for production and operation.

On the other hand, in Japan, at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, Katakura Company's Tomioka Silk Works introduced a steam silk reeling machine made of metal from France, called "straight reeling car" - that was in 1870, only four years ago; Two years later. i.e. 1872. Japan has successfully copied its own "straight reeling car". It doesn't have to be imported anymore.

At that time, Masayoshi Matsukata, who served as the prime minister of Japan, set the production and export of raw silk as a national policy, and decided to "remove the old and cloth the new", eliminate the earthen reeling car, and vigorously promote the "straight reeling car".

In 1875, the "straight reeling car" was popularized throughout Japan; The following year, 1876. Raw silk production in Japan has ushered in a great development. After that, the Japanese silk industry made great progress, and by 1909, the output and export volume of raw silk finally surpassed that of China, and officially became the world's largest silk country.

When reading history so far, Guan Zhuofan always thinks: Steel, coal, and oil are not as good as others, and silk is actually overtaken by others? ! This story of Diaosi's counterattack is too inspirational.

The story isn't over yet.

1938 year. Japan's raw silk production is at an all-time high, accounting for 76% of the world's raw silk production. Both the output and the export volume are more than ten times that of China.

China's silk industry, compared with Japan, is not even a "little brother".

This story will always stay in the original time and space, this time and space, let me set things right.

First of all, we must do a little disadvantage and strive for a few years of precious time difference for the development of China's silk industry.

As mentioned above, Japan introduced the first "straight reeling car" in 1870, and the Meiji Restoration was no longer there, but the time when Japan introduced the first "straight reeling car" was four years ahead of schedule - the new silk reeling machine that Oura Kei purchased from France.

History is truly paradoxical.

Naturally, as a traverser, I brought a pair of butterfly wings. Therefore, the responsibility for coping with it should naturally be borne by me. For this reason, for the sake of the fundamental interests of the country and the nation, I do not hesitate to sacrifice my personal interests in a considerable way.

Dapu Qing's "Qing Ji", I am half of the shares drop.

I give up my own monopoly on the huge interests of the silk industry, and this price is not small - this price must be exchanged for the rebirth of China's silk industry!

I postponed the timetable for the establishment of the silk reeling factory in "Qing Kee", which is to postpone the timetable for the near-modernization of the Japanese silk industry, and to gain time for the near-modernization of China's silk industry. However, the modern and modern times of the Japanese silk industry cannot be postponed indefinitely, and China's silk industry, if it does not take the step of upgrading, will be caught up sooner or later.

Time waits for no man.

According to the experience of the original time and space, if the government does not intervene forcefully, does not dominate with public power or even violence, and relies solely on private capital to "compete freely", China's silk industry will not have any drama at all. The old mode of production is extremely stubborn, and the dispute between the old and the new has been delayed for a long time, and even the head is broken.

There will be a time when the local method of reeling silk will be washed away by the tide, but on that day, it will also be washed away by China's vast majority of the share in the world silk market.

The handful of "nascent national capital" in China's silk industry, but a few small fish and shrimp left behind after the big waves of sand, whether for buyers or competitors, are not enough to fill the gaps.

The mistake cannot be repeated.

However, it is indeed an extremely difficult challenge.

China's silk industry is based on Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces raise silkworms and reel silk, which is extremely common. The succession of three meals, the wedding and the marriage, and the pension are all thanks to this. Moreover, unlike the silk industry in Japan, which is composed of large and small "silk mills", the silk industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is based on the family, which raises silkworms at home, reels silk at home, and then sells it to the "silk line" that collects silk. Therefore, if a new machine is introduced, a "straight reeling machine" will be more than 30 manpower, and the "social impact" will be greater in China than in Japan.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where Guan Zhuofan started, must ensure that the social unrest caused by the new mode of production can be maintained within a tolerable range.

At least, you can't "slap it".

So, how do I get caught off guard?

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Before Guan Zhuofan arrived in Shanghai, Hu Xueyan came to Shanghai from Hangzhou and waited early. As soon as Guan Zhuofan arrived at the port, he personally took a sedan chair to Qingya Street to deliver the post. Hu Xueyan didn't have anything specific to report to Guan Zhuofan, but he always regarded himself as the "private" of King Xuanjun, and since the prince arrived in Shanghai, he naturally wanted to come over to serve.

However, it had been several days, and he had not yet received the notice of the interview, and he was somewhat muttering in his heart.

Mrs. Luo Si, who accompanied Hu Xueyan to Shanghai, had already met with Hufang Fujin.

Hu Qingqing said to her godsister that Hu Guan is his own person, and the prince must want to see him. However, in the past few days, the prince has been really busy, with all kinds of receptions, various meetings, and accompanying the "American delegation to China" to visit the "free trade zone" and "industrial park" of Gaochang Temple. During the day, even if the prince didn't go out and stayed in Qingyayuan, I wouldn't see anyone—I must be talking to someone on business.

Therefore, please observe Hu and wait patiently for two more days. It's just that Hu is a busy man, this ...... Will it delay his business?

Mrs. Luo Si hurriedly smiled and said: How come? Where is there a more important business than serving the prince?

*(To be continued......)