The eighth year of the Apocalypse was spent in a relatively calm atmosphere, and although there were many disasters in this year, it was already numb, and with the relief of the imperial court, there were no man-made disasters.

After the rebellion of King Fu was suppressed, the comprehensive reform in the north proceeded smoothly. After the lifting of trade barriers in the north in the eighth year of the Apocalypse, many Jiangnan businessmen got a chance to breathe, and they were not so reluctant to the new policy.

Many Jiangnan goods have re-poured into the northern market, which is now prosperous. However, in comparison, the market share is not high. But when it comes to sales, it's bigger than before.

This is the total market growth, thanks to the economic development in recent years, the total market volume is naturally expanded many times, the southern commodities re-enter the northern market, in the current northern market economic prosperity pattern, the sales situation is naturally good.

Of course, these merchants were subject to relevant taxes, which were also paid when northern goods entered the market, and the two sides stood on the same starting line, and did not favor one side or the other.

After frequent contact with the northern market, many small and medium-sized businessmen in the Jiangnan area began to find a very important problem, that is, the New Deal in the north was actually beneficial to them, and the only disadvantage was actually those privileged classes.

This discovery made many small and medium-sized businessmen in Jiangnan begin to support the New Deal in the north. State-owned capital needs a large number of small and medium-sized businessmen as an economic supplement, and this is the key to their benefit. In particular, state-owned capital will not keep the money in its hands and not flow to the people, which means that the market for these small and medium-sized businessmen will also be secured.

It's just that many Jiangnan businessmen can't understand why the price of textiles in the north is still falling?

In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, textile prices have dropped a little. Although the decline is not modest. But it's really on a downward trend. However, in the commercial cotton market, the price of cotton is on the rise, which is completely inconsistent with the laws of the market!

Some businessmen knew the reason, that is, the steam engine began to be used in textile production, and the efficiency was amazing.

Although it is all word of mouth, there is no official confirmation. But the steam engine is now officially used to have huge benefits, so it is natural to want to make a fortune quietly. It's also perfectly normal not to publicize it.

Not only the textile industry has developed, but the grain processing industry has also used steam engines, the cost of grain processing has dropped rapidly, and the establishment of large-scale grain processing factories has become possible. In the past, most of the grain processing plants of state-owned enterprises were distributed in places with abundant water resources, and then the grain was processed with water power.

Nowadays, there is no need to be limited by terrain or water power, and it is possible to set up a processing plant directly in a place where grain is concentrated.

At the same time, the sugar industry, the oil industry, and other general industries, there is constantly news of the successful application of the steam engine, and an industrial revolution is unfolding vigorously.

The leading force of this industrial revolution is the state-owned capital consortium. Steam engine technology is monopolized by a state-owned capital consortium, and private capital cannot be involved in it.

A state-owned capital consortium that has already begun the industrial revolution. Now it is full of confidence. Zhu Youxiao is not in a hurry to reform the southern provinces, as long as the industrial revolution is completed, the southern nobles and chaebols will not be able to jump up completely, and at that time, as a weak capital force, they can only be encircled and eliminated by a large number of state-owned capital.

In a space with the same rules, the big fish eat the small fish, which is the eternal law of capital.

This year, the investment of more than one billion yuan has also been implemented, and the scale of assets owned by the state-owned capital consortium has increased again, and the growth is not as simple as more than one billion.

Some resources are worthless before they are developed, but they are different after they are developed. And as long as these assets are good, it is basically impossible to take them out and sell them, which cannot be bought with money.

A large amount of investment has led to a large number of jobs, and after a large number of people have received income, a great demand for consumption has been generated.

In terms of commodity supply, state-owned consortia have been satisfied. As a necessity, the supply of grain in the eighth year of the Apocalypse was very stable, and the output of commercial grain in Northeast China was further expanded, and the commercial grain output in Nanyang and Indochina Peninsula also increased.

The commercial grain harvest in the Huguang region has not failed, and with the supply of a large amount of commercial grain, the grain supply of the economically developed provinces in the north and south coastal areas has been satisfied. The grain supply in the southern inland provinces is generally not too problematic, while the northern inland provinces are supported by domestic commercial grain.

Prices of metal products such as steel have also remained stable, and textile prices have even fallen somewhat.

Most commodity prices remain stable, the only ones that are unstable are the prices of vegetables and meat, and the large concentration of people in towns and cities naturally leads to an increase in demand for vegetables and meat. The only thing that hasn't been raised is the price of the pickled fish, which are still so cheap.

The agricultural companies that started farms and vegetable growing were very profitable in the year, and more and more landlords began to operate in this area, quickly filling the gap in the market.

The massive investment led to an immediate boom in the northern market, and it was a stunningly prosperous one. A large number of small and medium-sized businessmen from the south of the Yangtze River saw that the economy of the north was so prosperous, and simply went to the north to do business, especially in Shandong, which became the most amazing development among the northern provinces.

A large number of factories began to open in the coastal areas of Shandong, and the area around Jiaozhou Bay was literally full of factories, not only shipyards, but also all kinds of other factories, and it was a very prosperous industrial area. Most of the large factories in the industrial zone are owned by state-owned enterprises, and the roar of steam engines can be heard from the buildings of these factories.

Raw materials from all over the world arrive by land and sea, are produced in factories and then shipped to various places by sea and horse-drawn wagons. Usually the goods transported by sea are for export, while the goods carried by horse-drawn carts are for internal demand.

Business is simply extremely prosperous, and under such a prosperous business, as long as the mind is flexible and the luck is not so bad, you can find a way to make a fortune.

Because the result of this industrial revolution is that the development of industry is like grabbing money, there are endless markets waiting to be opened, and there are endless commodities waiting to be produced.

The economic development of the coastal ports of Liaodong is also very rapid, and with the support of the northeast region, the conditions of these outlets to the sea are very favorable, and the port of Dalian has also become an extremely busy port.

The economy of these coastal ports has led to a large number of jobs. More and more people are flocking to coastal port cities to see overseas gold rush places.

It was not only the development of industry that made the northern provinces prosperous, but also the colonization of overseas. More and more stories of making a fortune in the process of overseas colonization have been passed back to the country, and many people have been deeply fascinated. (To be continued.) )