Therefore, Wang Yue's commercial tax system has offended a sea of people. With such a person and such a system, who will be optimistic about him? Who would dare to look favorably on him?

The elders of the Pan family believe that Wang Yue has offended the officials and gentry of the whole world, and his future must be worrying. Is there still a lot of people who die and the government rests? Just like Zhang Juzheng's reforms, what can be left in the end?

Pan Jingwen, who came to Suzhou, was unusually quiet in the crowd. is not like others, constantly talking to each other, guessing Wang Yue's true intentions. Because of Wang Yue's iron-blooded methods some time ago, most businessmen were ready to be blackmailed by Wang Yue when they came this time.

Pan Jingwen, who was sitting on the chair, was sipping tea without taking a sip, and Pan Jingwen, who looked calm, actually had a flame of desire surging in his heart. The old guys of the Pan family, what they saw seemed to him to be short-sighted.

He likes to read Ming Pao, so he just looks at Pan Jingwen of Di Bao when he has nothing to do, and he probably understands what kind of person this Wang Yue is.

Wang Yue is completely different from Zhang Juzheng, because he has an independent army and territory, which is a force that is difficult to shake in the imperial court, what if he offends the officials of the whole world?

Pan Jingwen really wanted to get a chance to get acquainted with this governor, and if he could get his appreciation, Pan Jingwen would not hesitate to devote himself to his subordinates. I'm afraid, people don't look down on themselves. For the children of the concubines, they will have to rely on themselves in the future. If you can't study, you can only hug your thighs, and only in this way can you change your fate.

Wang Yue finally showed up, and all the representatives of the merchants saluted one after another, after all, the governor was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and it was already a great deal of face to be able to meet them.

"I invited you here today because the official has some matters related to cooperation to discuss with you, and now Zhang Zhong, manager of Jiangnan Trading Company in the starting point, will preside over the meeting." After Wang Yue finished speaking, he took a seat on the main seat.

Zhang Zhong bowed his hand to the businessmen and said, "Today's gathering is presided over by me. My name is Zhang Zhong, and although I have not been in Jiangnan for a short time, some of you here should also know me. ”

Because of the consignment sales of goods in the starting point city, some of the merchants here have already dealt with Zhang Zhong.

"As I said just now, Mr. Wang invited you to come to talk about cooperation. Before that, I would like to talk about the views of businessmen in Suzhou who opposed the urban management fee some time ago, and I just want to describe it in four words, that is, 'rat eyes'! ”

"You haven't been to the starting point city, and you don't know enough about us, Lord Wang Sihua. I just want to tell you that Lord Wang Sihua came to Yingtian and Suzhou not only for the poor people, but also for you businessmen! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhong looked at the faces of the businessmen present, and smiled: "It seems that you don't think so, you must be thinking in your heart that you have collected half of our management fee, what kind of blessing is this?" ”

Zhang Zhong pointed to the businessmen present and said, "So you are short-sighted, how much is the management fee of one and a half percent?" So if we can help you double or even ten times the output of cotton cloth, what is the management fee of this half? ”

As soon as his words fell, the businessmen present immediately couldn't sit still, and they were buzzing with each other, all in disbelief.

A hand was raised among the merchants, and it was naturally Pan Jingwen who raised his hand, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"What is this gentleman called? Have any questions? Zhang Zhong raised his hand and gestured.

"Please ask Manager Zhang." Pan Jingwen is still a little unfamiliar with the title of manager, "What is the method to increase the output of cotton cloth so much?" Isn't it okay to have silk? ”

"The production of silk can also be increased, but today we will talk about cotton first, and we will talk about silk in the future." Zhang Zhong explained, and then he had two large machines pushed in.

This is a flying shuttle loom and a Jenny spinning machine, which is a modified reel spinning machine.

These two machines are made by the masters of the starting point city machinery processing factory, which has more than 500 lathes of various types and more than 8,000 workers. After more than a year of study and exercise, a lot of skilled workers have emerged, and many accessories have been made.

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, the mechanical structure was not complicated, for example, there were less than 100 parts of the Jenny spinning machine, and in the starting point with advanced equipment, the workers processed various accessories according to the drawings provided by Wang Yue, and soon assembled more than 200 units.

The progress can be so fast, and it is also related to the fact that Wang Yue provides a large number of standard parts, such as the large and small bearings on the Jenny spinning machine, because of the use of modern bearings, the Jenny spinning machine is more precise and labor-saving than the original.

"This, this is a loom?" Pan Jingwen asked curiously, and some businessmen stood up and wanted to see clearly.

These merchants all had weaving mills in their homes, and although they saw both machines for the first time, they were able to judge their appearance.

"Sit down, you can see clearly while you are sitting!" Zhang Zhong pressed his hands weakly, in order to facilitate the display of this gathering, a platform was set up in the courtyard of the Zhou Mansion, and everyone sat on the platform.

After the two machines were put in place, Zhang Zhong introduced: "This is a spinning machine, this is a loom, now let's take a look at the actual operation." ”

After that, he motioned to the workers, who were all weavers from Zhou Zhenglin's family, numbering more than 5,000 people. Since Zhou Zhenglin was corrected, these people have been considered unemployed, and counting other businesses that have been raided, the number of unemployed mechanics has reached tens of thousands.

These are unstable factors, of course Wang Yue can't just watch it, about 5,000 young and strong people in the mechanics will be organized into three regiments of security forces, and most of the remaining people will be absorbed into the chengguan brigade.

In addition, a small number of industry experts stayed to engage in the after-sales, technical guidance and maintenance of spinning machines and looms. After more than ten days of exploration and learning, the new loom and spinning machine were quickly mastered by them.

The weavers are somewhat similar to the working class in later generations, and this group is better organized and obedient than the peasants who dig in the soil, and it is a group that is more suitable to become a source of soldiers, which can be seen from the combat effectiveness of Qi Jiguang's Qi family army with miners as the team.

To say that Wang Yue's toss in Suzhou made these weavers almost lose their jobs, and under the instigation of some well-intentioned people, they originally hated Wang Yue in their hearts.

But any hatred can not withstand the silver offensive, to Wang Yue errand has always been a high salary, whether it is the security army or the city management, the income is several times that of their original weavers, and the treatment is not the same, any hatred in the face of interests quickly disappeared.