"It's a pity that the silk mill owners in Runzhou didn't think of this way."

"It's useless to think about it." Han Gang laughed disdainfully, "Do you know what is the biggest difference between the factory owner of the cotton textile factory and the factory owner of the silk weaving factory?" ”

"Technology?" Zong Ze was well aware of Han Gang's point of view.

"It's about the importance of technology." Han Gang nodded, "Except for Kansai, the silk weaving technology of all manufacturers is bought, and the cotton textile technology is saved by the cotton mills in Kansai at their own expense. ”

Zong Ze added: "So the silk mill owners in Jiangnan don't bother to think about how to improve the efficiency of the machine, but think about how to squeeze the workers. ”

"Because research is too time-consuming and too expensive." Han Gang was very satisfied with Zong Ze's answer, and said, "Spinning machines and looms have invested more than 100,000 yuan in research every year. There are nearly 300 craftsmen involved, not including the small workers who have given them hands, and the textile workers are also enthusiastically offering suggestions and looking for ways to improve the weaving machine. ”

Research lacks foundation, factory owners always like to deduct workers a little, when it costs a lot of money, who has the heart to start from scratch?

To open a new technology is to hit the luck, not every copper plate can be rewarded, most of the time there is not even an echo. Instead of spending this unjust money, it is better to plagiarize and imitate.

The most important point is that Han Gang did not say it to Zong Ze. If the silk factory owner in other places really started to research new technologies, when he succeeded, the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce would immediately spread the equivalent level of technology, leaving him with no return.

A large part of silk weaving technology is common to cotton textile technology, which can be used for mutual reference, and the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, which is dominated by cotton spinning factory owners, has been able to make a windfall for nearly 20 years, because of the cost advantage formed by monopoly technology. Therefore, the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce could not allow other textile factories to threaten them technically.

This is not Han Gang's guidance, but the common opinion of the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, suppressing the exhibition of textile technology in the outside world, and firmly grasping the commanding heights of textile technology.

Although such a monopoly is not good for the science and technology exhibition, Han Gang has no intention of interfering. He needs the support of the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, as long as the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce is willing to continue to invest heavily in the field of technology, he will continue to support it.

"But now that there is something about Runzhou, what will the silk factory owner do?"

Unable to make technical improvements and reduce costs, and unable to exploit workers, the cost of silk weaving will inevitably rise, although it is still lower than that of hand weaving, but out of thin air there is an extra expenditure, less profit, which for the factory owners, can be more painful than cutting meat.

Han Gang said: "There is one thing, Ru Lin, you probably don't know yet. ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's a new thing from Xiuzhou [now Shanghai]." Han Gang turned around and walked out of the computer room, "The news only reached the capital two days ago. It is said that there are several silk factories in Xiuzhou, and they do not plan to hire the original workers after the beginning of spring. ”

Zong Ze followed and asked, "Do you want to close it?" ”

"It's not about closing the door, it's about hiring someone else."

Zong Ze said suspiciously, "If you drive all the workers out of the door with one sentence, who would dare to go to the door again?" And without those skilled hands, the factory will definitely be delayed in terms of production. ”

"The workers in the silk mill have only been working for two years at most, and the newcomers are not much different from the veterans. In the silk factory, what needs to be familiar is repairman, silk reeling and other work, and newcomers can get started quickly. ”

Skilled craftsmen don't have to worry about losing their jobs, not worrying about being exploited, and don't have to worry about someone daring to deduct their wages. And pure repetitive work, which can come in handy with a training session from anyone.

Han Gang remembered that in his previous life, a few decades earlier, in the same position in Xiuzhou, there were dozens of cotton factories and silk factories, and the contract workers working in them were basically illiterate.

"But who can they hire, and if they have a broken hand, they will be driven out of the house, and who will dare to come to the door to work?"

"Yes, the widows."

"Hire widows?" Zong Ze's face was full of confusion, the matter of going abroad to work was completely unimaginable for people in this era, "How is this possible?" ”

"It's not an impossible problem, a few days ago, a boatload of Japanese people was transported into the port."

Han Gang's tone was calm now, but when he heard that the silk factory owner in Xiuzhou had bought Japanese slave laborers, he was shocked.

When the instinct of the capitalists to pursue profits is revealed, any kind of 'miracle' can be produced.

"Let's not mention that people from foreign domains must report to the government, the Wa Kingdom has long been occupied by the Liao, and they are not afraid of being said to be a fine work." Zong Ze shook his head, this matter is simply incredible, if it breaks out, it is not one or two heads that can resist it.

"There are only women and children, and there are no strong men. It is said that it is to avoid the harsh government of the Liao people, so they fled here. ”

"Really?"

Zong Ze once heard that after the Liao people conquered Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, they expropriated the local area, and the natives were killed and wounded, and the people were not able to survive.

If the rumors are true, it is not impossible for someone to flee to the Great Song Dynasty. It's just a woman and a child, there are no strong men, and it won't be a fine work if you think about it.

"Fake, of course. It was sold by the Liao. ”

Han Gang has heard a lot of similar things, isn't this a common excuse used in later generations for the sake of smooth immigration? And this group of women and children was sold by the Liao people as livestock.

"Originally, according to the treatment of the Japanese people entering the country in the past, they were to be ordered to return to China after being given food and water. But now that the Wa Kingdom is occupied by the Liao, there will be a fear of life when they return to China. Forcing him to return to China is to promote his death, and not to allow him to return to his country is illegal. Therefore, Xiuzhou Prefecture and County are in a dilemma. ”

Han Gang glanced back, saw that Zong Ze was attentive to what he heard, and asked with a smile, "Rulin, in your opinion, what should be done." ”

"Foreign countries enter the country, the customs are different, I am afraid of clashes with the people, and I can't stay in China. If there is a woman, she may be sent to the frontier to be armed, and her children will go with her. If there are nobles, they can be sent to Beijing and punished by the imperial court. ”

"It is neither guilty nor voluntary, and it is unkind to forcibly send him to the border with troops. It is unjust to take away your home and country and throw yourself into China from thousands of miles away, and instead of comforting them, they will be sent away. Unkind and unjust, the court can do it? Han Gang shook his head and said, "Rulin, you don't care." ”

Zong Ze owed himself and apologized, he really just said it casually without thinking much about it. He asked Han Gang: "Did Xiuzhou leave them all to work?" ”

The corners of Han Gang's lips were raised, with a little mockery, "The state and county are in a dilemma, and I don't know what to do for a while." Fortunately, there were righteous people who shared the worries of the imperial court, and built the Yixiu Prefecture government to imitate Fanfang, divided a piece of ownerless wasteland, and set up a Japanese workshop. A fence was built outside the shop to prohibit them from entering or leaving. However, because the fugitives are all penniless, I hope that the government can allow them to work for daily use. Although these women and children are not allowed to leave the workshop, they can let the workshop open in the Japanese workshop. ”

"Ah......h

Zong Ze screamed lightly, and even had a feeling of sudden realization. In doing so, it is indeed well thought out.

You can't be repatriated, and you can't go from place to place. land, which can only be placed on the spot. There is no shortage of wasteland in Xiuzhou, and it is very simple to carve out a piece, and I don't want to see these foreign people entering and leaving the market at will, such an arrangement is the most appropriate. And after having a job, there is no need for the government to provide relief from time to time. It's the best of both worlds.

"It's the silk factory that recruits the widows?"

"Of course." Han Gang smiled: "Look...... As long as Xiuzhou takes out a piece of wasteland, he can let this group of women and children feed themselves, is there a more trouble-free way than this? ”

Zong Ze said: "It just so happened that Mingjiao used the silk factory to make a fuss, and the two Zhejiang counties didn't want to see the regeneration of the silk factory. Re-employment of women and children of the Japanese country, one is an outsider, then there is no need to scruple when calming down, the second is all women and children, and there is no big trouble, third, with the situation of the silk factory, there will be no one left in a few years, and there is no need to worry about the fine work of the Liao people hidden in it. ”

"Exactly." Han Gang clapped his hands haha.

"With this strategy, Xiuzhou can't agree to it." Zong Ze was impressed, "Who came up with this plan, and the intelligence is by no means idle." ”

Han Gang shook his head, "Hearing the clanging of copper plates, blind people can open their eyes, and fools can become smarter." Before money, there is no stupid person. ”

"What is the court going to do?" Zong Ze asked, "With this example, there will definitely be more and more imitations." ”

"The opening has been opened, but it can't be blocked." Han Gang calmly admitted that he was powerless, "They came across the sea in the name of fleeing, and it is impossible for the imperial court to drive them back - do you think about who are the people who opened the silk factory?" If the imperial court wants to do this, its reputation in Jiangnan will be completely ruined. ”

"Then look at the silk factory full of widows?"

"Over the years, there have been thousands of plantations in Jiaozhou, and the population is not enough, so they have already begun to hire Nanyang people to farm, and there are a few Nanyang maids in Fujian. Do you know why they like to use Nanyang women? Because no one cares about it when he's dead,"

Han Gang asked and answered himself, with a faint unhappiness in his words.

Chen Zhizhong's concubine Zhang -- that is, the victim of Chen Shiru's mother-murder case -- who caused a lot of uproar a few years ago - beat and killed the maidservant, if it weren't for someone trying to step on Chen Zhizhong's name, it wouldn't have been exposed at all.

And in the end, Emperor Renzong's verdict in this case was to arrange for Zhang to enter a nunnery to practice - this was after she forced another maid to death.

Therefore, after she was murdered by her own son and bride, many people said that it was karma.

"In a few days, these Japanese people will only be trafficked across the sea by the Liao. Since there are widowers, of course there will be Goryeo maids. ”

After a lapse of several hundred years, Goryeo maids once again filled the mansions of high-ranking officials and nobles. At that time, without the scruples of the law, I don't know how many grievances would be added. ”

"So what to do?"

"Take your time, don't rush."

Today, workers can burn silk factories in a harsh working environment. Tomorrow, the unemployed will be able to burn down the factory again for the same job.

Han Gang said to Zong Ze: "There are some things that can't be rushed. ”

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