Wang Ningan listened silently, and Qian Hua proposed to plant cotton fields instead, which immediately made his eyes light up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The wisdom of the people of the Song Dynasty is really not to be underestimated, isn't this the southern version of sheep eating people!

Wang Ning'an promoted the woolen industry and crippled the Liao Kingdom, which is of course a good move, but if it is not well controlled, it will become a double-edged sword, slash yourself first, and even make a big mess.

After listening to Qian Xuan's idea, Wang Ningan dared to say that it would only cause endless chaos, and it would be useless except for benefits to the Qian family......

Qian Yu didn't think so, he felt that he had thought of the best idea in the world, he had studied the history of the Wang family, why was he favored by the emperor, isn't it just that he has good financial management and can find money!

When it comes to the ability to make money, the Qian family is not afraid of anyone.

He failed in his plot to win the prince's companionship, so he thought of this trick to make up for it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Ouyang Xiu's words are pure nonsense and alarmist. The income of cotton fields is higher than that of fertile fields, so it is only necessary to transfer grain from other places, and in recent years, tens of millions of stone of grain have been transported from Lingnan and Jiaozhi every year, and millions of stones have been added, so what is the difficulty? It is a matter of course for courtiers to honor their fathers and provide for the expenses of the palace. How did you become a bribe monarch? Ouyang Xiu said nonsense, he is a vain minister, please treat him for the crime of lying falsely! ”

Ouyang Xiu immediately refuted: "Qian Xuan, you are a bloody person, how much risk are there for ordinary people who have planted farmland for thousands of years, and suddenly changed to cotton?" What if the cotton harvest fails? How many people know how to spin cotton, these have not been figured out, how to implement it? ”

"Hmph, you don't have to bother with this, this official has his own way!"

"What's the solution? It's nothing more than bullying and exploiting the people! You still want to use the banner of Your Majesty to insult the holy name, you have ill intentions! ”

"You're squirting blood!"

……

The two of them were arguing, and Zhao Zhen suddenly coughed, "Don't fight." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhen looked at Wang Ningan and asked, "Wang Qing, what do you think?" ”

Wang Ning'an just made a quick calculation, and he already had a fixed opinion in his heart, "Your Majesty asked, the minister thinks that it is necessary to be cautious to change thousands of years of habits. There should be no doubt that it is profitable to grow cotton and spin cotton cloth, but it is worth thinking about how this profit can fall into the hands of the people and avoid being taken away by a few people. Once the people's income does not increase significantly, but causes the price of grain to soar and the people's grievances to boil, it will not be beautiful...... Therefore, the minister suggested that perhaps the experiment could be carried out in Yifu first. ”

"Where is the right fit?"

"Xiuzhou!"

Xiuzhou is located in Liangzhejiang Road, guarding the mouth of the Yangtze River, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, here is Songjiang Mansion, just famous for producing fine cloth.

In the memory of later generations, the Yangtze River Estuary is the world's top metropolitan area, with high-rise buildings, every inch of land, and patches of cotton fields have long been out of sight.

However, as long as it is pushed forward for several decades, there are still patches of cotton fields in Shanghai, among which the pure black cotton core in Longhua Township is of the best quality, and one acre of land can produce as much as 100 catties, which is known as "full burden".

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the court can only guide the change to cotton planting, but cannot force it. Mr. Qian said that he would contribute 20,000 horses to the palace free of charge, but the ministers thought that it was not possible, and those who did business understood a truth, free things were the most expensive, and for the sake of 20,000 cotton cloths, it was necessary to leave a gap in the tax, and it was necessary to force the people to plant cotton instead, which was too harmful. Wang Ningan said: "It is better for the imperial court to come up with a sum of money and buy cotton cloth at the market price, and the people will naturally take the initiative to change the planting when they see that it is profitable." ”

Wang Ningan glanced at Qian Hao, whose face was constantly changing, and said mercilessly: "Everything is right, there is a need in the palace, public bidding and procurement is, how much money is needed, go to the account, why blackmail your subordinates and take advantage of your courtiers?" In case the courtiers are unwilling to pass on the burden to the people, and the people will be victimized at that time, but they will still leave the guilt to His Majesty, the ministers think that it is not necessary. ”

Compared with Ouyang Xiu's fierce words, Wang Ningan's words touched Zhao Zhen even more.

Especially the sentence that free is the most expensive, which made Zhao Zhen suddenly realize.

The Qian family's abacus is very shrewd, it is nothing more than to give the emperor a little benefit in exchange for privileges, and then make a big deal of nonsense, ten times and a hundred times to get it back from the people.

It can be said that the intentions are sinister and ill-intentioned!

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen's words were displeased, "Qian Aiqing, I think what Wang Qing said is very reasonable, what do you think?" ”

What did he say?

Qian Yu was almost mad, a good way to make money actually made Ouyang Xiu and Wang Ningan mix, he was full of anger, and he wanted to swallow both of them, but he was helpless and didn't dare to argue anymore.

He could only cry and say with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the minister is not thoughtful, but the minister does not have the bad intentions they say, the minister, the minister has come all the way to Xijing, that is, to honor His Majesty, to plant cotton instead, how much profit there is, the minister is not clear, the so-called 20,000 horses, but also just casually said, if the court has a better way, the minister is optimistic." ”

Qian Yu slapped himself in the mouth and swallowed all the words just now, which was more uncomfortable than eating a mouthful of flies, and many of the important ministers present laughed secretly in their hearts.

This Qian family is really worthy of a small abacus, but no matter how much you can calculate, you can still count Wang Ningan, and you deserve to be slapped in the face.

……

Finally, the early dynasty ended, and they returned to their mansions, Wang Ningan was thinking all the way, in fact, it was profitable to promote cotton and develop cotton spinning in the southeast.

And it's also a move that must be taken.

Silk, cotton, wool, even in later generations, this is also the most critical natural textile raw materials, the textile industry can bring a lot of employment, but also promote technological development, you must know that the industrial revolution is from the textile, this must be developed, but the problem is that can not be according to the Qian family's assumptions.

Doing business will be profitable, everything is according to the rules, the common people grow cotton, sell it to the workshops, weave it into cotton cloth, and the merchants sell it everywhere...... In every link, everyone is profitable, and naturally everyone is happy.

But the problem is that once 20,000 horses are taken out every year, they will be given to the palace for free.

Other yamen at all levels also want it, if you stretch out your hand, I will stretch out my hand, and they will all be treated as a piece of fat, and they may be able to swallow hundreds of thousands of cotton cloths.

If you take such a large piece, even if the cotton spinning profit is large, it will not be able to make ends meet, what else can you do? There is only one way left to buy cotton at a low price and squeeze cotton farmers.

And after changing to cotton, the grain needs to be transferred, even if the people can earn a little more, they can also be easily deprived through the price of grain, don't forget, the Qian family is also the largest grain merchant in the southeast.

Thinking of this, Wang Ningan suddenly remembered the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

You know, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, China's textile industry topped the world, and a massive amount of silver poured in every year, but the question is why it has not developed an industry and has been in the bud?

The problem lies in the operating model of the Weaving Bureau!

Every year, a part of the products must be taken out to meet the bottomless pit of the yamen at all levels.

Businessmen who act according to the rules of the market will not be able to sustain themselves at all, and only those special related households can eat and drink spicy food. These people colluded up and down, with monstrous power, squeezing mulberry farmers and cotton farmers, eating and drinking fat, and would rather take a lot of silver and go to the temple to buy peace than do technological innovation and pursue higher production efficiency...... With such a deformed development, no matter how prosperous it is, it can't withstand a cannon bombardment.

Obviously, the Qian family wants to be that kind of official businessman, relying on the privileges given by the old Zhao family, to be a comfortable vampire...... Wang Ningan obviously didn't want to see that happen.

He was serious this time, and after returning home, he found Su Banniang.

"I thought the Qian family was a thief, but now I realize that I underestimated others, and the Qian family is ambitious!"

Su Banniang chuckled, "That's not it, the master is ready to attack the Qian family?" ”

Wang Ningan said: "Let the Royal Bank go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to open a branch, let them study it carefully, formulate preferential interest rates to support the development of the textile industry, we use loans to guide the development of cotton spinning, take the sunny road, the villain trick of the Qian family will not succeed!" ”

……

"They are unscrupulous, unscrupulous!"

Since the morning down, Qian Hua has gone crazy, and smashed the bottles and cans in the house, all over again, just in time for his son to come in, Qian Hua looked at him, he was angry, waved his hand, gave the little fat man a mouth, and beat the kid away.

After being stunned for a long time, I suddenly grinned, wow, and cried.

As soon as he turned around, he ran outside.

ran head-on into Mrs. Qian, and Mrs. Qian also had red eyes as soon as she turned the landlord's own son.

"Master, if you want to kill or beat, you just want to be alone with the concubine, why bother beating the child, do you want to cut off the roots of the Qian family?"

Qian Hua did not accommodate the woman again, but rushed over, opened the bow left and right, and gave her four mouths, which made the woman's face swollen, bleeding along the corners of her mouth, and she fell to the ground.

Qian Hua was still angry, "Long hair and short things!" Who told you to chew your tongue? Do you know that your son is your fault, and you can't even be a companion? Do you still have the face to yell at me? ”

Mrs. Qian was a little dazed by the spoiling, and she was unconvinced: "You dare to blame me? Didn't you say those words, you said that the Wang family is not bullshit, you said that their son is not worthy of being a companion, and can only be used as a stepping stone for our son, you still say......"

"Shut up!"

Qian Xuan screamed frantically, so angry that his hair stood on end.

"You don't have a brain, do you? You can say that behind your back, but can you let your child hear it? Thinking of this, he pointed to the little fat man again, and he was angry.

"What about cleverness? Where's your ingenuity? I don't know how to put a lock on my mouth, and I dare to say anything bastard! You killed the Qian family, you know? ”

Of course, Qian Yu has reason to be angry, if it weren't for the bad things of the two of them, and his son successfully became a companion, his image would not be so bad in Zhao Zhen's eyes, and there would be no conflict with Wang Ningan, and the children of both families would have become companions, so he would be able to find a way to reconcile with Wang Ning'an, give him a little benefit, and not harm his own affairs...... It can also be seen from Qian Hua's thoughts, no wonder his wife and son are not successful, he is also a good seller all the way, and his eyes are like beans!

Just when Qian Xuan was furious, someone suddenly sent a letter from his nephew Qian Mingyi, Qian Xuan opened it and looked at it, there were only five words on it: Ouyang Xiu's nephew!