Chapter 262: The Sprout of Capitalism
Li Weiguo's words were actually advising Hu Zongxian. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Hu Zongxian was useful, Sejong pardoned Hu Zongxian's sins countless times, but when the Japanese rebellion subsided, especially after the fall of Yan Song, where did Hu Zongxian have such good luck?
You and I are just ants-like characters in front of that old Taoist in Xiyuan, what else do you say about fifty steps and a hundred steps?
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The carriage and horses were bumpy, and Li Weiguo returned to Tongxiang.
Today's Li Weiguo has a job in Tongxiang that the previous officials have never done, that is, to summon some people every once in a while.
The people who were summoned may have been big men who wanted to do business with the government, or old farmers, or some small traders or soldiers, and all kinds of people.
In order to tell all Tongxiang people that the court is by your side.
Today's Tongxiang City War is imminent, and this will attack Tongxiang again after less than half a year, if there is a court with the people at this time, it is an excellent thing to stabilize the hearts of the people.
Otherwise, what do the people want your court to do?
Your court only knows that grain and silver money will be taken from the common people at the time of harvest every year, but you don't know that this stall should stabilize the people's hearts?
Li Weiguo's statement is also to follow suit.
Later, during World War II, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt would broadcast every evening broadcast, affectionately known as fireside chats.
The only thing we fear is fear itself, and this classic quote comes from Roosevelt's fireside chat.
In times of war, the common people need a backbone the most, and the imperial court, at this time, should play this role, otherwise the taxpayers want you to do it?
However, there is no broadcast at the moment, and now Li Weiguo can only use this primitive face-to-face conversation to tell the people that the officials in Tongxiang are with you.
"What's your name? Where is the home? ”
Talking to Li Weiguo today, this person is a businessman, and his family is spinning, in fact, he came to the county government today mainly to do business with the imperial court, but this kind of person has a wide range of contacts, and he is busy with work on weekdays, Li Weiguo also wants to find someone to chat, so he talks to this person.
"The little one is called Cai Wen. The family is in the spinning business, and our field is in the southeast of Tongxiang, not a small mile! ”
This man is in his forties, and he seems to be quite talkative, and he said with a big grin.
It feels like the smell of copper on this person's body is not so heavy, and Li Weiguo is willing to say a few more words to him.
"You want to do the same thing?" What Li Weiguo is referring to is naturally the private market.
Nowadays, the county government buys all kinds of silk and cloth on a large scale, and such businessmen come to the door every once in a while, in order to make a living under the guardianship of the county government.
If the county government helps to shelter, then the risk level of the private market, which is extremely risky, can be greatly reduced, so businessmen are naturally flocking to it.
Since it is a business, it has to come up with some regulations, and Li Weiguo is now following the order contract of later generations to find a few businesses and factories with strong production capacity in Tongxiang City, and strive to have a relatively stable supply of goods.
"How do you convince the officer of your workshop spinning methods? Don't fish for three days, the two days of drying nets have been out of stock for the official! ”
Li Weiguo said with a smile.
Now this private market is not very stable, first, the relationship between Wang Zhi and the imperial court is good and bad, and second, the most important imperial court has not yet opened the sea ban, if the supply of goods will be out of stock at every turn, this already unstable private market will have more unstable factors, so Li Weiguo has to be cautious.
There is a great demand for silk, cloth, porcelain, and the like from China, which has been a self-sufficient natural economy for many years.
However, the current situation is special, and Li Weiguo has to be cautious.
"This Lord Li rest assured, we don't dare to blow other cowhides in Tongxiang City, if you want to talk about this spinning step, but few people can compare to me Cai Wen!"
This Cai Wen said exaggeratedly.
"Oh? Seriously? Li Weiguo asked with a smile.
"That's it." Cai Wen said with a big grin: "Our factory has hired more than 30 people to help with the work, and now Master Li is asking for silk and cloth, and now we have recruited sixteen or seventeen new ones!" Our workshop now has nearly sixty of our weavers!
What kind of workshop in Tongxiang City does we have the ability? ”
Cai Wen said proudly.
Li Weiguo was shocked when he heard this.
Isn't this the germ of Jiangnan capitalism that later history books say?
With the help of a large number of people, productivity can be greatly improved, and the scale of the field can also be made larger and larger.
The development of society is indispensable to the promotion of the huge wealth of the capitalists, and Li Weiguo, who came from later generations, is naturally well aware of this matter.
"Good!"
Thinking of this, Li Weiguo couldn't help but be a little happy.
Now, with the help of this private market, the textile industry in Tongxiang City can also develop slowly?
And these things are a chain reaction, after the development of an industry can drive the development of many other industries, and finally realize the common progress of this society, although the pace is a little slow, but human society is like this.
How can you make Li Weiguo unhappy?
With the help of trade, the development of the country's economy can be stimulated to the greatest extent, and the development of the local industrial chain with an expanding scale can promote the accumulation of wealth and increase employment for the local people.
These are all important principles in later economics.
If the people are busy with work in their hands, they will not have nothing to eat, the country will have financial revenue, and there will not be so many ordinary people who have no food to eat, which is the fundamental way for a country to have long-term peace and stability!
Otherwise, why would the U.S. government be so eager to reduce the unemployment rate of the people in the future?
If the common people only count on the few acres of crops in their hands, they can only barely eat and clothe after a year of hard work, and if they encounter any famine, drought or the like, there is no harvest in the field, and the common people will be hungry.
If you are hungry, there will be rebellion.
This is a living drama that was staged every day in ancient China!
However, if other industries can also develop, then the country's ability to resist natural disasters will be greatly improved, and the people's lives will not be so passive, and they can only rely on the sky for food!
This is a good sign.
Li Weiguo encouraged: "Cai Wen, you can do your workshop with peace of mind, and the cloth you get, just send it to the county office." ”
"So, Master Li, this is agreed?"
Originally, the silver was ready in the sleeve for filial piety, but now that the silver ticket has not been taken out, the little adult will make a decision on the spot?
Cai Wen was a little surprised, and said that thousands of miles of officials are only for money, is it possible that Li Weiguo is not coming for silver?
"Well, agreed!"
Li Weiguo was encouraged and said proudly.
China has a vast land and resources, and there are too many people who need Chinese supplies.
Not only silk and cloth, but also porcelain, tea, ironware, and even weapons in the future......
All kinds, with the help of such a magic weapon as trade, Tongxiang City is still afraid that it will not be able to develop?
Why was China the center of the world during the Tang Dynasty? It is because of the developed industry and trade of the country that this has achieved a prosperous generation!
Li Weiguo suddenly had a better imagination for the future.
"This ......"
Cai Wen said that this is going to make silver, and he will do everything in his sleeves.
Getting such a big benefit without giving others benefits, this person seems to feel unsteady.
"I am the imperial history of the imperial court, and I will not accept your money!"
Li Weiguo said with a smile: "You go back to do your workshop, and the king will sign a contract with you in a while, with a period of one year, as long as you make silk and cloth within one year, you can send it to the yamen and transfer it by the county government." ”
Li Weiguo said.
"Okay, thank you, Lord Li, thank you, Lord Li!" Cai Wen said excitedly.
"Okay, go about your business with peace of mind, go back." Li Weiguo said.
The wisdom of the common people is infinite, and the key lies in how you guide.
At this time, the traditional Chinese national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce had gradually lost its market, and the Qing Dynasty in later generations still blindly used this backward national policy, which eventually led to the country and the nation falling into deep suffering.
Li Weiguo came from a later generation, so naturally he had to do his best to avoid this kind of tragedy.
Li Weiguo is a loyal congestion of Adam Smith, the invisible hand of the market will automatically adjust the social division of labor, and it is not beautiful for your court to insert a lever.
In Adam Smith's doctrine, the role of the government is to supervise, and everything is regulated by the market, especially in the current Ming Dynasty, which should be the most practical theory.
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Today's Tongxiang streets, the people are busy, there used to be chatting and farting on the streets, and now you can earn money everywhere, who will come out without anything to make around?
Carriages and horses and tooth shops seemed to fill the streets overnight, and busy workers could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and workshops and workshops like Cai Wen had sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, almost everywhere.
Now that Li Weiguo has only opened the private market, Tongxiang is so prosperous, if the imperial court really opens the sea ban one day, then what will happen to this Tongxiang?
Li Weiguo couldn't imagine it.
Li Weiguo had a dream tonight, dreaming that Tongxiang has become the center of Jiaxing and the richest place in Zhejiang, and merchants from all over the world can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, including Japanese, Portuguese, and big cannibals......
All the businessmen came to Tongxiang to do business, and the people of Tongxiang either opened inns or set up workshops...... All of them are busy with their feet on the ground, and their faces are full of satisfaction with making money!
Now all the Tongxiang people have been mobilized by Li Weiguo, and everyone seems to be busy.
No, Li Weiguo had just finished talking to an old farmer, and Mr. Jiang came over.
"My lord, Tongxiang Juncheng, please review it!"
The effect of the last review was not very successful, Li Weiguo only promoted Ma Zhengkun and Dong Jun, and then ordered the second drill to be re-trained, no, isn't the second drill coming?
"Let's go, let's see."
At present, military training is a major event, and Li Weiguo does not dare to slack off, so he will go to the school with Jiang Jiang. (To be continued.) )