In Shaanxi in early winter, the sky looks a little gloomy because the low dark clouds obscure the weak sun. The leaves on the trees have turned from pale yellow to withered yellow, and they are no longer able to resist the cold winds from the Great Gobi of Mongolia. In fact, Shaanxi is closer to the south than Jingshi, but Shaanxi is colder than Jingshi. Because of the lack of rain and large rivers, the humidity of the air is very low and dry, which expands the chill on a certain distance and weakens the will of the people to resist the cold. Although it has not snowed yet, the temperature is already about the same as in winter, and pedestrians rarely spend time outdoors unless they have to work.

In the cement factory in the Yansui Valley, the workers were busy sweating, loading, adding charcoal, burning fire, discharging, mixing, cooling, and sealing...... In the huge calciner, the charcoal fire is not extinguished day and night. Inside the factory, the workers feel warmer than the kang at home. Coupled with the busyness, no one realizes that winter has gradually arrived.

Because of the colder weather, the construction of the concrete road progressed slowly, mainly due to the early stage of road compaction and landfilling. But Zhu understands that once spring begins and the temperature rises, the demand for cement will rise sharply. Therefore, throughout the winter, the cement plant does not stop production, but stores the cement produced or transports it to various road repair sites, and after the beginning of spring, the road will be repaired on a large scale.

Zhu Youzhen has a large number of bandit prisoners of war in his hands, and now there is no shortage of manpower, only the cooperation of the weather.

One qiē is all for development.

Rapid development.

Extraordinary development.

After the discussion between Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chuanting, there will be two economic centers in Shanxi, one is Yansui Mansion in the north, that is, the place where Gao Yingxiang served as the prefect. It mainly produces lime, cement, coal, ceramics, etc., forming a mining city; The other is Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi, which mainly produces cloth, clothing, printing and dyeing, winemaking, rice vinegar, etc., and at the same time builds a commercial center to form a comprehensive city, and strives to restore the majesty of the Han and Tang dynasties as soon as possible.

Because all industry and commerce had to pay taxes according to agricultural standards, Sun Chuanting began to organize people to formulate the first law on industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty - "Industry and Commerce Law".

According to Zhu Youzhen's meaning, the "Industrial and Commercial Law" will be promoted in Daming in the future, and the "Industrial and Commercial Law" should be formulated by the Ministry of Household or the Ministry of Industry. However, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry are far away in Beijing, and they do not understand the specific situation of Shaanxi, and the laws enacted may not be adapted to the specific conditions of Shaanxi. If you send someone to Shaanxi for research, you will come and go, and it will be gone for half a month. Therefore, it will be formulated by Shaanxi first, and then let the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry review it, if the audit is passed, it will be piloted in Shaanxi, and it may be promoted throughout the country in the future, that is, Shaanxi will take the lead in piloting it in the country.

Qishan Gold Mine, Yishan Copper Mine, and Nanzheng Iron Mine are new mines that may be discovered in the future, because they produce precious metals, and according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the mines must be supervised by the government.

Private individuals can invest, and those who contribute more capital can also participate in management, but the obtained metal must be sold to the state at market prices, and the profits obtained shall be handed over to the provincial government in addition to the standard of 15 taxes and 1 of the agricultural tax, and the other 50% shall be shared by the investors according to the proportion of their profits.

It seems that the private profit is not high, in fact, the profit of the mining industry is very large, and the private share is still very considerable, and those retail investors who do not participate in the management are basically sitting on the ground and sharing, which is much more affordable and safer than usury.

Factories have sprung up in Xi'an, mainly by businessmen from all over the country. The technology of the Ming Dynasty was still relatively primitive, and the people could become qualified workers after a little training.

And in Yansui, Zhu Youzhen is not idle, he is now like riding on a wild horse that has escaped, and he is destined to live an idle life.

Zhu Youzhen is not short of money now.

Cement is Zhu Youjian's basic income. The first avenue from Jingshi to Shanhaiguan has long been fully completed, and the cement factory in the Yanshan area has begun to sell cement to large households near Beijing; In Luoyang Mansion, Henan Province, Fuwang Zhu Changxun began to build a cross-government cement avenue.

The glass factory has produced genuine products, in Daming, glass is priceless, except for Zhu Youjian's factory, only Nanyang has a small amount of import. A foot of glass can be sold for ten taels of silver. The glass alone can bring Zhu Youzhen an income of 50,000 taels of silver every month.

Zhu Youzhen, who became wealthy, began to think about new ways of income. In later generations, he was born in chemical engineering, and if he couldn't fully explore his professional strengths, he felt that he couldn't live up to this identity.

Zhu Youzhen paced around the room, looking for a sure-fire trade, like cement and glass. Zhu Youzhen disdained to do such a non-technical industry like red bricks, he was just to speed up the construction of the military academy, and after the construction of the military academy was completed, Zhu Youzhen took stock of the red brick factory.

Unconsciously pacing out of the hospital, a passing soldier was carrying a basin of clothes with a brand new wooden basin, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen, he bent down and saluted: "I have seen Your Highness." ”

Zhu Youzhen felt that the pro-soldier was a little familiar, but he couldn't call his name, in order to cover up the distance between himself and the pro-soldier, he pretended to be very familiar, "Ao, what are you doing?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the clothes I just washed are ready to dry." The pro-soldiers were really fooled, thinking that Zhu Youzhen was very familiar with him.

"Drying? Has this garment been washed? Zhu Youzhen casually glanced at the wooden basin.

"Back to Your Highness, I've washed it." The pro-soldier also subconsciously glanced at his clothes, blushing: "It's cold, and my clothes haven't been washed for a long time, and they can't be washed now." ”

Can't wash it clean? Zhu Youzhen was stunned, and a spiritual light rushed straight to his head from the soles of his feet, "You don't have to dry your clothes, go to the street immediately, buy ten catties of lard and ten catties of salt and come back, be fast." ”

Zhu Youzhen thought of soap, which is a good thing, every household has to use it, and it is used by a wide range of people, and it is light in weight, suitable for long-distance transportation, and sold throughout the country.

The people of the Ming Dynasty washed clothes, mainly using the soap horns formed on the soap tree, and even rubbed them directly by hand, if the soap could be produced on a large scale, the price would be reduced. It is not only conducive to the development of the soap industry, but also brings convenience to the people's lives.

Zhu Youzhen instructed his soldiers to dissolve the salt in most of the basin of clean water, and stirred continuously until the salt could not be dissolved, so as to make saturated salt water.

"Your Highness, what is this for? If you pour so much salt into the water, you can't eat the soup? ”

"Making soup? You want to be beautiful. Zhu Youzhen couldn't cry or laugh, these soldiers had no culture, so they could only fight, "Pour this salted water into the cauldron, then cut the lard into thin slices and put it in the pot." ”

"Your Highness, you don't need to put water to squeeze oil," the soldier hesitated, "When I was a child, I watched my mother squeeze oil, just put the lard in the pot directly, and heat it with a fire underneath." ”

Did your mom tell you how to make soap? Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing, "Don't talk nonsense, just do it." ”

The soldiers quickly cut the lard, poured it into the cauldron according to Zhu Youzhen's request, and mixed it with salt water thoroughly, "Your Highness, do you want to make a fire now?" ”

"Wait, huh...... Take four cotton pockets and fill them with plant ash. ”

At this time, more and more soldiers gathered, and even Wang Mujiu was attracted by Zhu Youzhen's strange moves.

Grass ash is not hard to find, and the kitchen is everywhere. Some soldiers had already packed four pockets.

"Throw the pocket into the pot as well...... Throw it, what are you looking at me for? ”

"Your Highness, this lard is dirty, how can you eat it?" The soldier plucked up his courage, it was not heated yet, there was not much grass ash on the lard, and it was still too late to take out the cloth bag.

"Eat, eat you big-headed ghost." Zhu Youzhen felt that he had watched a comedy of Stephen Chow, "First boil the water over high heat, and then switch to low heat to cook and roast to keep the pot boiling." ”

Zhu Youzhen was worried that the recruits would destroy his soap industry, so he waited until the salt water in the pot was completely boiling.

"Keep boiling like this, and when a yellowish solid appears in the pot, come back to me."

It wasn't until the evening that the soldiers came rushing over: "Your Highness, Your Highness, something yellowish has appeared in the pot." ”

Zhu Youzhen rushed out of the study, crossed the soldiers, and trotted all the way to the kitchen.

Sure enough, I saw some yellowish, fluffy solids floating in the pot.

It worked! Zhu Youzhen suppressed the excitement in his heart, "Keep burning, keep stirring, don't turn off the fire." ”

When the sky is about to get dark, the pale yellow solid gradually ages, and the water surface is full of yellow jumping up and down. Zhu ordered his soldiers to cease fire, take out the yellow solid, and wait for it to dry.

To prevent frost spoilage, the soap was brought to a charcoal fire room.

The next morning, there was no drip of water on the soap, but it was still soft to the touch. Zhu Youzhen put the soap in a wooden box with no bottom and no lid, pressed a huge stone on it, and pressed it for a whole day and a night before taking out the formed soap.

"Your Highness, what is this? Why does it smell bad? The soldiers looked at Zhu Youzhen as if he were a treasure, and he was very puzzled.

"Haha, that's good stuff. Although it smells bad, it can make a lot of money. The soap had been formed, and Zhu Youzhen was so excited that he wanted to take a few bites, if it weren't for the bad smell.

As long as you do a few more experiments to increase the amount of soap produced and find the optimal ratio of raw materials, the soap can be put into production.

"Your Highness, what the hell is this? So godly. "The eyes of the soldiers have begun to shine with the light of grabbing, as if this is not yellow soap, but yellow gold.

"Find a piece of your dirty laundry, the dirtier the better." Zhu Youzhen did not answer the question of the pro-soldiers, he wanted to test the efficacy of soap. Soap is made, and if it doesn't have a decontamination function, it's a waste of work.

The soldiers quickly took a piece of underwear full of dirt, and according to Zhu Youzhen's instructions, soaked the clothes in clean water, smeared them with soap, and rubbed them.

The foam balloon quickly rose in the basin of water, ironing every pore of Zhu Youjian through the air. If there are so many bubbles in the stock market, I am afraid that it will scare a large number of sentient beings, but now, Zhu Youzhen is full of expectations.

"Your Highness, how can there be so much foam on this dress?" The soldiers were also worried about whether the bubble would ruin his clothes.

"Don't talk nonsense, rub it a few more times, and then wash off the foam."

The soldiers are used to blindly obeying Zhu Youzhen, and since Zhu Youzhen has spoken, he can only do it.

When the foam was washed off with water, the mouths of the soldiers were grinning like full gui: "Your Highness, God, this dress is as clean as new." ”

"Such dirty clothes can be washed, you say, soap is not a baby?" Seeing the clean clothes, Zhu Youzhen's heart officially fell back to his chest.

"Your Highness, you say this is soap? Is the clothes he washed? The eyes of the soldiers were already rolling in gold and silver, "The entire Ming people have to use it to wash clothes, so isn't His Highness going to get rich?" ”

"You can't get rich." Zhu Youzhen patted him on the shoulder, "Now put away the soap and don't leak it out for the time being." ”

The soap was made, and Zhu Youzhen was immersed in the joy of success. While humming "Time Cooks Rain", he walked aimlessly in the cold wind, hoping that the cold wind would cool down his excited brain, otherwise, he might not sleep tonight.

"Your Highness, Lord Sun sent someone to ask for a meeting." The report of the pro-soldier interrupted Zhu Youzhen's comfort.

"Lord Sun? Where are the people? Zhu Youzhen frowned, what is Lord Sun looking for me on this cold day?

"Back to His Highness, the person is outside, it is a small house, followed by a sedan chair." The soldiers pointed to the door of the house with their hands.