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"In March of the twentieth year of Wucheng in China, Hankou Town was promoted to Xiakou County, merged with Huangpi County, the capital of Huangzhou, and placed Hankou Zhili Prefecture." ――

Records of Emperor Taizu of the Chinese Dynasty

All dynasties and dynasties are tightly guarded places, so Hankou, which is separated by a river, has been quickly developed since the Zhaoji of the Chinese Dynasty, and has become a Yangtze River port with the same name as Chongqing, Shashi, Hukou, Wuhu and Jiangyin, but after being upgraded to Zhili Prefecture, Zheng Kezhang has not been to Hankou, until the seventh day of April in the 23rd year of Wucheng, he led his two sons and two grandsons to re-embark on this land full of vitality.

"Holy Lord, this is a water-powered spinning machine." Zheng Kezhang and his children and grandchildren came to Hankou not to inspect the market, let alone for the annual Oiran election, but for the sole purpose of letting potential heirs know the power of mass production. "There are a total of 300 such machines in the Hankou Yarn Yard of the Textile Bureau of the Inner Court Manager's Office, and each machine can spin 48 spindles of cotton yarn per day, so the whole field can spin more than 5 million spindles of cotton yarn throughout the year."

Zheng Anyang was shocked and asked: "With such a field, can you spin five million spindles a year?" It's incredible. ”

It's no wonder that Zheng Anyang thinks it's incredible, he and Zheng Andi have both worked at the grassroots level for many years, and they also know what it means to be a male farmer and a woman weaving, and according to the knowledge he has obtained in the past, ordinary peasant girls can only weave one or two pieces of cloth for their own use or sale all year round, and if the woven homespun cloth is converted into cotton yarn, it is only doubled, so the current output of this yarn farm is a million times that of ordinary farmers.

Zheng Andi asked suspiciously: "Then how much labor is used in this yarn field?" ”

"Each yarn machine uses two workers, one in the morning and one in the evening, and there are also 40 craftsmen for maintenance, who are also on standby in two shifts." The steward of the yarn yard replied in a tone of sincere fear. "Together with the laborers, the warehouse, the account room, and the foreman who inspects the porter, there are a total of nine hundred and twenty people in the whole field, and the total monthly amount of ICBC is four thousand two hundred and sixty-seven yuan and two hundred and seventy yuan."

"Less than a thousand." Zheng Anyang quickly calculated, with a shocked look in his eyes. "A thousandfold increase in potency."

Zheng Andi asked sternly: "Five million spindles, maybe all of them have been sold?" ”

"If you return to your grandfather, the spindles of the Textile Bureau will not be sold to the public." The reply of a supervisor of the inner court manager's office surprised Zheng Andi, Zheng Anyang and others. "All of it was allocated to the weaving yard of the Textile Bureau." The Superintendent then explained. "The Hankou Weaving Factory of the Textile Bureau alone needs 10 million spindles of cotton yarn every year, and the output of the Hankou Yarn Factory is far from enough, so how can it still be sold."

"Ten million?" This number once again caused the princes and grandchildren to exclaim. "Isn't that supposed to produce millions of pieces of cloth every year?"

"Not so much." The one in front of him is the master, so the superintendent doesn't have to hide anything at all. "The Hankou weaving factory mainly produces eight pieces of cloth, so it can only produce more than one million pieces of fine cloth every year, and the market sells half a horse, deducting labor, raw material prices and taxes paid, almost one piece of cloth can make consistent money."

One million guan is already a considerable amount, so the eyes of several princes and grandsons are straight, but Zheng Andi thinks a little deeper: "What is the price of white cloth on the market in the past?" Will the consistent half-horse fine cloth impact the market? How many yarn and cloth yards are there under the name of the Textile Bureau? ”

"If you return to China, water-powered spinning machines and water-powered looms, as the name suggests, are inseparable from water, so the field of the Textile Bureau of the Manager's Office is mainly located along the Yangtze River, Xiangjiang River and Ganjiang River, with a total of 26 yarn yards and 17 weaving yards, which can produce a total of about 20 million pieces of cloth every year.

Maybe it's because the income of 20 million yuan is also a great credit to the inner court, so there is a bit of complacent taste in the tone of the superintendent, in this regard, Zheng Kezang frowned unnaturally, and immediately there was a waiter who adhered to the intention of the inner court and shouted: "Quack, Grandpa Guo will answer whatever you ask, what are you doing with so much useless nonsense." ”

The Inner Court Manager's Office and the Inner Court Inner Chamberlain are level-level units, and the superintendent doesn't have to care about the attitude of the in-house servant, but Zheng Kezhang is coming, and even the big guy in the manager's office has to show that he is the same as his grandson, how dare he grin at this time, so the superintendent had to put away the pride in his heart, and bowed down to be a small response: "The minister is confused." ”

Zheng Kezhang bowed slightly, and the officials at the level of the co-organizer of his own manager's office on the side looked at the superintendent.

The supervisor who received the code continued to reply: "In the past, the cheapest Songjiang white cloth on the market was sold for two runs and one horse, and the texture was far inferior to the fine cloth of the Textile Bureau, so now all the cloth of the Textile Bureau has been resold in various places. ”

The actual situation is much more tragic than what the superintendent said, and the gauze production in Jiangnan can be said to have collapsed. The bankruptcy of large and small weavers, the change of careers, and even the production of homespun cloth that farmers originally spun and weaved themselves were also affected, and they were forced to change to more difficult silkworm production. The only thing to be thankful for is that the industrial production of fuel extracted from coal tar cannot be realized, and the application of a small number of chemical dyes cannot shake the application of natural dyes, otherwise even the market for calico will be occupied by the inner court manager, and those private dyeing houses will follow in the footsteps of the textile industry and be crushed by the inner court.

Zheng Andi's eldest son, Zheng Pingsong, the son of Shuozhuang County, had not yet undergone grassroots training, so he did not understand the danger of the destruction of the farming and weaving system like his father, and he was very simple while lamenting the ease of obtaining wealth, he had a certain question: "Producing 20 million pieces of cloth a year, is there so much cotton supply?" ”

It was the superintendent who replied: "If you go back to the emperor's grandson, the imperial court has widely promoted cotton planting in Jianghuai, Henan, Shandong, southern Hebei, Jinghu, Hunan, Shaanxi and other places, so the cotton source is still guaranteed, and the manager's office also imports 100,000 quintals of cotton from North Korea, Japan, Tianzhu and other places every year, which can also meet some needs." ”

The textile markets of Korea and Japan have also been completely occupied by the inner court fine cloth, so that the two countries can only export the cotton they grow, thus becoming a resource supplier for the production of fine cloth in the inner court.

A manager of the office added: "If we can import 2 million quintals of cotton from Tianzhu every year, the manager's office can also open one or two yarn and cloth yards around Guangzhou, and if we can import more than 10 million quintals of cotton every year, the manager's office can even sell the fine cloth back to Tianzhu locally." ”

In fact, the fine cloth exported by the Textile Bureau of the Manager's Office has successfully entered the European and West Asian markets, and has become a new fist product exported from China in addition to silk, tea, porcelain, and spices.

"I see." Zheng Andi, who suddenly came to his senses, bowed to Zheng Kezang. "Father, my sons understand."

Zheng Kezhang asked with interest, "What do you understand?" ”

Zheng Andi replied: "I understand why my father wants to implement an open door and equal opportunity policy in Tianzhu." ”

Zheng Kezhang looked at Zheng Andi in surprise, and asked hopefully, "Tell me about it." ”

Zheng Andi sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then spoke: "Erchen thinks that the current power of the imperial court has reached its limit, and I am afraid that it will not be able to swallow the entire Tianzhu, but the inner court urgently needs Tianzhu's cotton and linen, so my father is only afraid of oppressing the Taixi countries to agree to open the port, so that my Chinese merchants can purchase materials on the same terms as other countries." ”

Zheng Kezhang glanced at Zheng Anyang, who was remorseful, and said with a smile: "Yes, I have such an idea, but you just say one thing, and the other two, I don't know if you can still think of it." ”

Zheng Andi thought for a while, and shook his head helplessly: "The son is stupid, and he asks his father to exonerate." ”

Zheng Kezang's gaze fell on Zheng Anyang, Zheng Anyang recalled the analysis of the strategists, and cautiously responded: "Father's move, could it be that there is still an intention to permanently split Tianzhu?" ”

Zheng Kezhang stroked his palms and laughed: "My son has grown a lot, yes, it is to completely split Tianzhu." ”

Hearing that Zheng Kezhang was going to talk about political affairs, several court officials from the manager's office obediently retreated, and at this time, they heard Zheng Kezhang say to his two sons and two grandsons: "Tianzhu is not inferior to the ancient civilization of China, but this is not the reason why I want to divide the country. The key is that Tianzhu's geography is too superior, and it is the so-called place of beauty. ”

"There are thousands of high mountains in the north of Tianzhu as a barrier, and there are also big rivers and mountains at the end of the eastern section, so neither the northeast nor the northeast can invade its country; And the west of the land, connecting Persia and Tocharian (Afghanistan), you can get a glimpse of the northern steppe, and you can tend to the land of great food, which can be described as a pivot with soldiers; The southern end is directly connected to the ocean, which can control the trade between the dynasty and the Taixi countries. "There is no map in front of him, so Zheng Kezhang can only use his mouth to describe the terrain of India, fortunately, the two sons and two grandchildren have studied martial arts and can consider problems from a military perspective." Therefore, if Tianzhu is unified, this dynasty will be threatened in the southwest. ”

Zheng Pingsong said viciously: "Then simply destroy his country completely." ”

Zheng Kezang sighed: "Tianzhu has a population of tens of millions, and its history is not inferior to this dynasty, how can it perish lightly." ”

Zheng Pingli said with some worry: "Grandpa Huang, is there really no way to eliminate this hidden danger?" ”

"It is impossible to destroy Tianzhu, but it is still possible to occupy the entire Tianzhu." Looking at the puzzled children and grandchildren, Zheng Kezhang pointed out. "The religious contradictions in Tianzhu are fierce, and there is no truly unified dynasty in history, so the tendency of separation is obvious, as long as Huaxia pulls one faction to fight another, it is not impossible to bring it under the rule within 100 years. However, I didn't think it was the best idea to bring them under my rule. "Zheng Kezhang is using the history of a different time and space as a mirror, and it is under the colonial rule of a certain country that the idea of a unified nation-state was formed in India, so he is not willing to repeat the mistakes of the past." As long as its resources can be used by this dynasty, what does it have to do with the life and death of the Tianzhu countries. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Anyang blurted out: "Divide and rule." ”

Zheng Kezhang praised: "It is divide and rule, and the last thing is to implement peace under the rule of China." ”

After that, Zheng Kezhang changed his words: "The inner court and the people can't compete for profits for a long time, so let's get a charter and sell the water-powered yarn field and water-powered weaving field of the Inner Court Textile Bureau, I don't want to be happy alone, but to be happy ?????? everyone."