Chen Fei didn't say the latter, in fact, this kind of industry directly managed and operated by the state is bound to have many drawbacks, that is, being an official and being a businessman are two different things. If and if you become an official, it is not suitable as a technological innovation. If we look at the history of science and technology in China, although China claims to be ahead of the West in science and technology, from the perspective of policy system, China is not suitable for scientific and technological development. First of all, it is very difficult to develop advanced technology if the government directly operates the industry. Because if the R&D fails, the officials are afraid to take responsibility, so they will not have the incentive to develop and implement new technologies, so that the technology cannot develop. In order to obtain profits, ordinary businessmen must find ways to increase productivity, increase output, and increase the added value of products, which is the way to advance science.

Therefore, if the officials of the imperial court have been allowed to run these smelting workshops themselves, then I am afraid that the technology of steel smelting will progress very slowly, or even at all. That's why the bureaucrats don't think about developing technology at all, they just think about when they'll be promoted. It is better to count on them to promote technology than to count on businessmen!

"Chen Feilangzhong, what about those winter clothes? Have you started producing? Li Jing asked.

Chen Fei then replied: "General Li, I am still preparing for this batch of winter clothes. I'm not going to produce it myself by our craftsmen, I'm going to outsource it. Let the private businessmen with capital to produce, which not only improves efficiency, but also allows the people to obtain certain benefits. After all, if we produce it ourselves, the more time it takes, and the more we may not be able to complete the task. ”

"Okay, I don't care so much, you have to make enough winter clothes, or I'll be done with you!" Li Jing said.

Li Jing already knew that he would be the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition to the Turks in a year, so his first concern was the issue of winter clothing. If there is not enough winter clothing, then the Tang army will not be able to fight in winter at all. So the first thing Li Jing cares about is winter clothes. All other weapons can be ranked behind, but winter clothes must be available. If there were no winter clothes, the soldier would not have been able to withstand the power of the winter snow at all, and would have frozen to death long ago. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare winter clothes, without which the war will never be launched.

Chen Fei heard Li Jing's urging, and immediately took the initiative to release a message about winter clothing outsourcing again. Chen Fei began to take the initiative to ask businessmen to help design winter clothes, and then once Chen Fei adopted them, he was able to obtain the right to produce, and then the government purchased them in large quantities.

In fact, this is also a technical tender, let those businessmen design some winter clothes, and then hand them over to Chen Fei for review. In the end, the effect was determined, and Chen Fei purchased a large number of them. Chen Fei actually found that the winter clothes of the original army had a very bad effect on keeping warm, and they were actually some heavy linen. In fact, the effect of these linen cloths is very poor, and it is difficult to keep warm, so Chen Fei does not want soldiers to wear this old style of winter clothes to the battlefield at that time. Therefore, Chen Fei took the initiative to ask those businessmen to design some winter clothes, and then he could choose the design styles of these winter clothes for himself, and then choose some suitable styles for procurement.

"Did you hear that? This time, the imperial court wants to purchase winter clothes for the soldiers, a full 300,000 pieces! "Really? I heard that the imperial court will issue winter clothes to soldiers this year, which can be regarded as the court's care for soldiers. And this time the winter clothes have to be purchased from us. Instead of being produced by the Ordnance Superintendent. We're going to make a lot of money! "Hmph, the court finally understands that their winter clothes are old and the production speed is slow. How can it be good? Now the winter clothes of soldiers are inferior to those of ordinary people. ”……

If anyone knows the most about the industries run by the government, it is the merchants. Of course, they know very well what the industry is running by the government. Therefore, they don't think much of the textile workshops in the imperial court. But now they heard that the imperial court actually purchased winter clothes, which made them all excited. Because this is 300,000 pieces of winter clothing, even if you can only eat tens of thousands of pieces. That's also a very huge benefit. Tens of thousands of winter clothing orders are enough to make those merchants eat a full bowl. Now it's 300,000 pieces of winter clothes, and if you can get your hands on it, you will definitely be full of brains, and maybe you can become a textile tycoon from now on.

Don't overestimate the productivity of ancient times, ancient times can produce 300,000 pieces of winter clothes a year, is already a super textile industry tycoon in ancient times, and there is no way to compare the market demand and productivity in ancient times with later generations. Therefore, many people hope to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money, so that they can make their business better and better. After all, such a large profit can give them the opportunity to scale up again, and then stimulate them to continue to develop.

In fact, what Chen Fei wants is to stimulate the economy to a certain extent and make business development better through this means. If everything is produced by its own in-house craftsmen, it will not stimulate the economy at all, and it will waste a lot of money. As a later generation, how could Chen Fei not know why the more wars fought in ancient times, the more impoverished the country became? In fact, the root is the influence of economic thinking in ancient times, which was due to the relatively backward economic model of later generations, which made them poorer and poorer the war.

But many people don't know that war can still get richer and richer. This Northern Expedition to the Turks, although it will consume a lot of materials for war, if it is the situation in the past, it can only be consumed, and there is no output. But now, if Chen Fei outsources to these merchants, these merchants will recruit employees again to carry out production, so that they can bring employment to textile workers from clothes, then drive the demand for mulberry and hemp, and finally the demand for wood from ordnance, which can bring many people to work. Even businessmen have to pay taxes. Merchants can take the opportunity to expand their scale, and they will pay more taxes when they expand in the future. Therefore, although the war costs a lot, these will flow back some of the tax revenue, and then after the war, some of it can be expanded, and finally the war occupies the territory of the population, and by expanding the commercial market, you can also get a part. On the whole, it is not an exaggeration that this war is actually a gluttonous feast, but the more ancient people fight, the poorer they become, this situation really makes Chen Fei too speechless. (To be continued......)