Chapter 120: The Old and the New
Silk reeling factory? Guan Zhuofan's heart moved.
On the surface, he remained silent, and said with a smile: "What, has 'Qing Ji' already set foot in the silk industry?" Well, I don't know yet. ”
"Not yet," Dapu Qing glanced at Guan Zhuofan softly, "Isn't this a sign from the prince who came to ask for it?" ”
"Do business," said Guan Zhuofan, "where can I compare to Mrs. Aqing?" It's good for Madame to make up her own mind about these things, so why bother asking me? ”
"The prince is too humble," said Ouraqing, "the capable can do anything!" Kaiping Mining Bureau and Steamship Merchants Bureau, aren't they all painted by the prince himself? Qing Kee's shipping line is a copy of the steamship China Merchants Bureau; There is also the Miike Coal Mine, which I handed over to the shogunate, about how to run the Miike Coal Mine, and all kinds of measures, from beginning to end, are actually copied from the Kaipei Mining Bureau. ”
Speaking of this, Yanran smiled: "So, I am a student of the prince!" Lord Wang, you, a student, are still 108,000 miles away from becoming a teacher-can't you just let go halfway! ”
This bowl after bowl of fan soup poured Guan Zhuofan like drinking alcohol, and the whole person was drunk.
He smiled and said, "If Madame continues to say this, my face will turn red." ”
But his heart is like a mirror: what kind of student is not a student, Dapu Qing must have an obstacle that is difficult to understand, so he will "tactfully confess" to himself.
"After the Choshu rebellion," said Oura Kei, "the 'letter of intent' signed between the shogunate and the French to 'underwrite' the whole of Japan's raw silk was naturally abolished -- the Choshu rebellion was all up to the prince to settle the rebellion, and the French did nothing to help." The 'three armies' they trained for the shogunate, such as 'infantry, artillery, and cavalry'. In the Battle of Yizhoukou. It's going to collapse at the touch of a button! ”
After a pause, he continued: "Thanks to the wisdom and martial arts of the prince - otherwise, the silk piece, the shogunate and the French collude with each other, but it will be a round!" Where is the place where 'Qing Kee' is blended? ”
At this time, Da Puqing looked at Guan Zhuofan's eyes, like a little girl who had just fallen in love, looking at the star idol she had loved for a long time. Full of heartfelt worship and admiration, it is extremely natural, and there is no trace of PS.
This woman, if you put it in the 21st century to act in a movie...... Ahem.
"However," Oura Kei finally began to turn around, "Japanese silk is made of wooden reels with pedals, and the color is slightly yellowish, and it is not very smooth. Wang Ye Mingjian, today's foreigner. My eyes have also been opened, and my appetite has grown. I am not very satisfied with Japanese silk. In the long run, the sales of Japanese silk will be greatly affected. ”
"I ordered a new type of reeling car from France: an iron skeleton, the reeling pot was made of ceramic, steam driven, and after I set it up, I gave it a try—ouch!"
Opu Qing's face showed excitement that could not be concealed: "It's amazing! The reeled silk is hairless, white and slippery—I have never seen such white, so slippery! The silk reeled by the wooden reeling car of the foot pedal is placed next to it, just like ...... It's like a rough girl standing next to a public lady, there is no way to compare! ”
"Also, the speed of silk reeling is much faster! A new type of steam reeling car can top more than a dozen earth reeling cars! Take the manual calculation, a new reeling car, 30 people on the top! That is to say, the output of the new reeling car in one day will take a month with labor! If the supply of cocoons can be guaranteed, I don't know how many times the yield can be increased? ”
"The quality is better, the output is higher, but the materials are simpler than the soil reeling car - with the new reeling car, a cocoon, more silk can be reeled, and less is wasted!"
"The French can't train their soldiers, this new reeling car is really a first-class good thing!"
"Lord Wang, please think about it," Da Puqing slowed down his tone slightly, but the light in his eyes became brighter, "If we build a silk reeling factory and put hundreds of new silk reeling machines in it, then ...... Still got? ”
After a pause, he accentuated his tone: "Foreigners must have squeezed their heads to buy our silk!" And because the quality of the silk is better, it can be sold at a higher price! When the time comes, who in the whole of Japan will be better than us? Japan's raw silk export has become the exclusive business of Keiji, and it may not be possible! ”
Guan Zhuofan nodded and said with a smile: "It's really exciting." ”
"But," Oura Qingxiu frowned slightly, "In order to build a silk reeling factory, I went to the shogunate, who knows, up and down, one by one, but they are all yin and yang." ”
"First of all, Shiro Takeuchi. This guy was very slippery, saying that this matter was too big, and he was a Nagasaki practitioner, so he really couldn't be the master, so he had to ask Edo for instructions. After a few days, Edo's 'instructions' arrived in Nagasaki, saying that 'Keiki' was excellent for making silk, but it was better to use the reeling cart used back to the country, and the foreigner's machine qì did not know the details, and if something went wrong, it would not be good. ”
"This tone is very weird! Previously, the letter from the Sanchi Coal Mine also said that it was necessary to use the machine of a foreigner, but I didn't see anyone say anything, 'I don't know the details, smoke and water' - what happened this time? ”
"It shouldn't be because of this that there is a need for a request - whether it is the Nagasaki Shogunate or the Edo Shogunate, Pingsu and 'Keiki' get along well, and I should give it, I am a copper plate and they are not missing!"
Later, Shiro Takeuchi was forced to tell me the truth: since this new reeling car, since one can top 30 laborers, if you enter a new reeling car, there will be 30 workers who eat silk rice to break the rice bowl? The minordinaries are so poor and bored that they may come to the government for trouble—the shogunate has had enough troubles! ”
"What else did Shiro Takeuchi say: 'I'm also approaching the age of Zhishi, and I always ask Mrs. Aqing to reward me for two more years of safe tea and dinner!' ”
Speaking of this, Oura Qingying's lips pursed slightly: "This coward! ”
After a pause, his eyes were watery: "Lord Wang, this matter, I'm afraid that you can't come forward!" ”
After pondering for a moment, Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said, "Mrs. Aqing, I'm afraid what Takeuchi said about this matter is right. ”
Oura Keida had an accident.
The new silk reeling machine will rob the silkworm breeders and the rice bowls of the large and small "silk mills", and Oura Qing naturally knows that this layer, Shiro Takeuchi said, is indeed "right".
However, on this issue, everyone is "in their hearts", why did King Xuanjun echo Shiro Takeuchi's statement on the table? You are the prince of China, whether the Japanese people have food or not, what does it matter to you? It's not like the two of us haven't gotten along, I don't remember, when did you care about the livelihood of the Japanese people?
*(To be continued......)