Now everyone's interest is in the factory, Niu Chuanshan said a few words briefly, bursts of firecrackers rang out, Limin Textile Factory was officially inaugurated, announcing the establishment of the first large-scale textile factory in Sichuan, Qiao Yu waved his hand, the workers of the textile factory lined up in two rows from both sides of the turn, and officially entered the factory with their heads held high.

Among these workers were fifty clever men selected from the shops of Qiao Bai and Bai, and the rest were young men recruited from those weavers, and I saw them all dressed in dark blue overalls, full of red light, full of energy, and entered the production workshop in a neat step according to the pre-arranged arrangement.

At the back of the line, there were more than 100 female workers, and at this time the Chinese atmosphere was still relatively conservative, and it was still difficult for women to come out to work, these girls were the children of weavers, no matter how delicate their hands were, they could not compare to cold machines, and their livelihood became more and more difficult.

Since Qiao Yu promised those weavers last time, he introduced them to the treatment, three taels of silver per month for the first half of the year, and five taels after becoming proficient, and at least ten taels per month if he can become a technician.

This is not a small amount, you must know that a landlord can earn a net of one or two silver on an acre of land a year is already good, a female worker can already catch up with a small landlord in a year, how can it not be tempting, so a group of bold girls took the initiative to work in the textile factory.

Today, these female workers are wearing light blue floral overalls to work in the factory together, looking at these slightly shy female workers, for the scene of the crowd is still more shocked, the door is not out, the women who do not step out of the door have also become workers, it seems that the world has really changed.

Qiao Yu looked at the thoughtful crowd, his heart was still quite satisfied, the psychology of the people is changing little by little, the workers have come to their posts, Qiao Yu and Bai Kuan invited Niu Chuanshan and many businessmen to see how the machine weaves, these people also want to see how the machine works, everyone knows that foreigners are rampant in the world by virtue of this, so they are curious to naturally take a look, some more scheming businessmen want to learn something from it, if possible, they will also set up a factory.

After everyone entered the production workshop, Zhao Baoxuan had been waiting in the workshop for a long time, and when he saw Qiao Yu coming in with someone, he hurriedly ordered to start work, the machine roared, the spindle flew around, and the snow-white cloth flowed out of the machine in a short time.

"This, this cloth comes out like flowing water?"

Many businessmen were dumbfounded, even the dignified prefect Niu Chuanshan sighed, Qiao Yu casually took the fabric he had just woven in his hand, smooth and tight, strong and durable, it seemed that it was no worse than foreign cloth, and the rest of the merchants also looked at it again and again, admiring.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the environment in this workshop is not good, I have arranged a troupe, everyone is invited outside!"

Many businessmen reluctantly left the workshop, they knew very well that the loom was not woven with cloth, but with white silver, no one had any enmity with silver, and their hearts also made waves, and they had the heart to see more, but it was not good to disobey Qiao Yu's hospitality, so they had to go to the workshop and go to the play together.

Niu Chuanshan was busy with official business, and he also said goodbye and went back, and it was lively for another afternoon, and all the guests left, but Qiao Yu and Bai Kuan left more than a dozen of the most powerful businessmen alone, these people gathered in Bai Kuan's house, including Wang Dongcheng, the owner of Sihai Qianzhuang, Zhang Fuxiang of Tiantai ticket number, Wang Gui, the owner of Tiangong Jewelry Building, Xue Shan of Ruixiang Silk Village, Yang Xuecheng of Hengchang Pawnshop, and Xu Hua, Zhang Jin, a big businessman who deals in foreign goods, and so on are all big businessmen worth more than 100,000 taels, or even one million taels, and they are strong. has long said that he is interested in investing in industry, these people can basically represent more than 30% of the wealth of Yucheng, if these people can be entrapped, Qiao Yu will have the confidence to do anything, so Qiao Yu will invite everyone together.

"You must have seen the production of the textile factory, I want to say that this is only the first phase of the project, soon the second batch of 600 machines will be shipped, the production capacity of the textile factory can be increased by more than four or five times, conservatively estimated that it will be able to produce more than 5 million horses in the next year.

And the work efficiency of Limin Textile Factory is far more than those factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it may even be higher, I don't want to show off with everyone, but I want to share this profit with everyone! ”

As soon as Qiao Yu said this, everyone present was suddenly shocked, everyone thought that Qiao Yu invited everyone to come, but it was just to discuss the sale of cloth, or to borrow some silver, everyone saw that the textile factory was a chicken that laid golden eggs, but it was useless to be envious, it was Qiao Bai's two, but as soon as Qiao Yu said this, everyone was frightened, and Wang Gui of the jewelry building was the first to react.

He smiled playfully: "Mr. Qiao, don't make fun of all of us, your factory makes money, and we envy it, but everyone is a businessman, do you still want to send us silver?" Isn't that a pastime! ”

"Boss Wang, you are really right, I have discussed with my uncle, he gave up 15% of the shares, I gave up 30% of the shares, a total of 45% of the shares, sold to everyone, in addition to what I want to say is that everyone has seen the benefits of the machine, next I plan to set up more factories, everyone can fully participate, everyone has money to earn together, to be honest I have been in a foreign country for many years, the biggest feeling is that our industry is too backward, and the wealth in the industry is too amazing, Our investment in industry is of great benefit to the country and to ourselves, but after all, we started late, the foundation is thin, and the political axe is weak and incompetent, we only have to join forces, have money to earn together, and have something to do together, we have to compete with foreigners, and take the profits into our own hands, I don't know what everyone thinks? ”

These businessmen have long revealed their interest in industry, the reason why they are waiting and watching is to worry about the risk, and they are also in deep thought when they hear Qiao Yu's words, of course they know that those foreign businessmen make more money, but they don't have the courage, Qiao Yu's proposal everyone quickly figured it out, it is nothing more than buying the shares of the textile factory and tying it to Qiao Yu, and then everyone is jointly investing in other factories, everyone earns money together, as the saying goes, there are many people, these people are united, the risk can be minimized, with Qiao Yu's guidance, Presumably, it will be much easier to build a factory, and there will be confidence in competition.

Wang Dongcheng of Sihai Money Village thought for a while, "Mr. Qiao is very courageous, my old Wang is willing to buy the shares of the textile factory, and I am also willing to cooperate with Mr. Qiao to set up a factory!" Wang Dongcheng said this, and other businessmen also spoke out in support and were willing to pay.

Soon, 45% of the shares were carved up, of which Wang Dongcheng got 10% and became the third largest shareholder, while Wang Gui also got 8% and became the fourth largest shareholder, but Qiao Yu had an extra 700,000 taels of cash in his hands.

In fact, according to the scale and profitability of Limin Textile Factory, these shares are not exchanged for one million taels, but Qiao Yu intends to give profits to all businessmen, so he does not raise the price excessively.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am now preparing a garment factory, a printing and dyeing factory, all of which are dependent on the textile factory, and then set up a building materials factory, the production of ash, bricks and tiles, clothing, food, housing and pedestrian everyone is inseparable, as long as it can be done well, the profits are definitely a lot, you are interested in joining it, if you have any projects you want to invest, you can also take the initiative to put forward, you can also account for the majority, I will do my best to help!"

As soon as everyone heard Qiao Yu's conditions, they talked about it, and their enthusiasm for setting up a factory became stronger and stronger, Wang Gui suddenly interjected on the side: "Mr. Qiao, you can think about us, it is a great kindness, but one person's energy is limited, if we run several factories in one go, which one do you help first, and which one do you help later?" What if several companies want to set up the same factory? ”

Wang Gui's words got to the point, how can you guarantee that Qiao Yu can be treated equally, and Qiao Yu has a lot of shares, if there are few shares, can he do his best, investing in a factory is not a small amount, I can't help but be cautious.

"The shopkeeper Wang's words are too good, I have an idea, that is, everyone will invest in the establishment of a company, and the company will be responsible for the investment, and everyone will pay dividends according to the shares, and the factory will be established by everyone, and everyone will be the director of the company, and we will be selected to run the factory with qualified talents!"

Everyone looked down and thought about it! This is a good idea, the joint formation of a company, to avoid everyone's conflicts, and to be able to build a reasonable factory, and the most important thing is that everyone asks Qiao Yu for help, that is a favor, now after the establishment of the company, this is the duty, and there is no need to worry that Qiao Yu does not do his best, because this is his own business.

Qiao Yu actually wants to set up such an investment company, bringing together the capital of Yucheng, first investing in light industry, then entering heavy industry and military industry, and finally establishing his own industrial system, but unlike the investment company in later generations, the main direction of operation is not the financial products of later generations, stocks, futures or something, but direct industrial investment, which is also determined by the underdeveloped financial situation in Sichuan.

Moreover, Qiao Yu's goal is not simply to make money, he wants to use capital as a link to tie Sichuan's big businessmen to his chariot, and finally form a powerful industrial capital force to help him control Sichuan.

"Boss Qiao, how exactly does the company you mentioned run and how much capital is needed?" Wang Dongcheng asked.

"Boss Wang naturally invests as much as possible, but we also need to investigate the market situation, formulate specific articles of association, and we will meet again in half a month, but I mean that the scope of the initial offering should not be too large, the main thing is that everyone here, if there are many people, our factory will not be able to run it soon!"

These businessmen nodded one after another, and went back to think about this proposal, in fact, Qiao Yu's proposal is also purposeful, and now the Limin Textile Factory has just started, although it has aroused the interest of these people, but there is still a lack of real money to impress them, so Qiao Yu wants to wait for the first batch of goods in the textile factory to be sold before officially establishing an investment company.