Xu Guangqi is not a fool.

He knew that the reason why Zhang Hongbin took him to see these things was nothing more than to tell him: Daming will inevitably be finished, you should hurry up and know the current affairs for Junjie.

This is not a condescending demonstration by a ruler against a captive captive, but a persuasion by his son-in-law to his own relatives. At this point, even the old and stubborn Xu Guangqi had to compromise.

Agreement: Do not actively participate in the planning of the Ming Dynasty, and do not directly participate in the war against the Ming Dynasty. He is a scholar, at most a researcher, he can cultivate enough talents for Zhang Hongbin, and even write a letter for him to Daming to his protégés and former officials to see if any of them want to come over. Of course, he can also find a research institute and quietly research and invent things that he is interested in.

Zhang Hongbin agreed to his request, but he really didn't need his help in terms of talent. Those so-called elites of the Ming Dynasty are not used to it.

Xu Guangqi is also sensible, working as a research consultant in a firearms workshop, with his understanding of firearms and Western science, Lao Mu's research level is almost a day. Many people who were ignorant before are now able to see the moon.

Xu Guangqi's biggest role also lies in the training of young research institutes, this has a set of training young people, compared with Lao Mu, an unqualified teacher who only knows how to work and research, and does not know how to teach and educate people, Xu Guangqi is more professional and more suitable for the position of teacher. It is conceivable that the core research institute in the future may be his disciples and grandchildren. I only hope that he can live a few more years.

The new product test was very successful, and Zhang Hongbin naturally immediately invested in three steel mills, two coking plants, five steam engine zuò factories and more than a dozen lathe manufacturing plants. It's a bit of a bit of overtime, but the construction of these things was completed at the end of 1851, and the first batch of products began to be manufactured in 1852, and a month later, a series of new looms, forging presses, and rolling mills were manufactured.

It was the day when spring had just arrived, and the first batch of fabrics, under the witness of Zhang Hongbin and others, were spun out with the drive of the steam engine. Such a factory, which originally required more than 30 female workers, now only needs more than 10 female workers to work carefully. The strength is also much lower than before.

The woven cloth is fine and smooth, and I don't know how much better it is than homespun cloth. The launch of the first batch of fabrics directly made the local cloth in Shaanxi be reduced in price to the greatest extent, and even could not be sold at all. Compared with poorly made homespun cloth, the quality and feel of textile cloth are much higher, and the price is surprisingly low.

Such good cloth used to be sold for at least three times the price of homespun cloth. However, in Zhang Hongbin's opinion, such cloth is only half the price of homespun cloth. On the day of the listing, it was robbed by madness, and the popularity of Cheng dù can be imagined. The second batch is also in the hot spinning, and the purchase of cotton is also in full swing.

Many farmers have seen business opportunities, not to mention that they have changed a lot of land to grow cotton, and it is not that Shaanxi cannot grow cotton, and they believe that after the cotton harvest is completed, their family's income will definitely be much more than that of growing grain. Not to mention, Zhang Hongbin has a lot of coarse grains added here, and the price of grain has not been high, and of course it will not be low.

After tasting the sweetness, the businessmen immediately began to come over one after another, looking for Zhang Hongbin to cooperate in opening a textile factory. After Zhang Hongbin asked professional statisticians to count, he approved more than 30 textile factories and five silk reeling factories. The products are not only cotton, but also cloth products such as linen and silk.

In the face of an increasingly saturated market, Zhang Hongbin launched a macro-control mechanism, in fact, he couldn't say whether this was macro-control. One is to arrange and promote the employment of women workers so that they can work in factories, and to discourage families who do not allow women to work. The effect is not very good, but there are still many women who have entered the factory, so it is good, only need to receive a salary in the first month, so those who do not let their daughters go to work are afraid that many will regret their intestines.

Zhang Hongbin wants to ensure that when the homespun cloth is squeezed, those women who have to rely on weaving to supplement their families can support their families with a pair of skillful hands. It also allowed those families who had lost the homespun market to the point where their lives had become hard to become rich again.

At the same time, a textile federation was formed, and all textile mills had to join. Its fundamental value is to unify the market value, not to have the phenomenon of internal price wars, and to ensure that every member can get profits. At the same time, it will also count the relationship between Daqin's cloth demand and production capacity, so as to ensure that if there is enough cloth to sell in Daqin, it will be exported to Daming or surrounding regions to the greatest extent.

By June 1852, the first shipments were already being shipped in all directions. The price remains the same, and it is completely at the level of price collapse. At most, some fares or something have been added to it, but the improvement is still very limited. This kind of high-quality and inexpensive goods naturally sold well all over the world quickly, and you don't even need to go too far to get to the border of Shanxi or something, and you can be purchased by the second dealer as soon as possible.

For these despicable second-class dealers, Zhang Hongbin's indication was that he could sell them to them, and at the same time told them that the number of these goods would increase year by year.

They know that if the price drops sharply in the future, those who bought their cloth at a high price will be dissatisfied. It's just that these batches of high-end goods that they bought for the first time are basically objects that can't be provoked casually, so in the end, they are simply uncomfortable with themselves.

In the days to come, they will know about the terrible production capacity of Daqin, and since the first goods were sold, this textile mill and silk reeling factory can be expanded again.

In the end, as a result of large-scale industrialization, the factory owners in the Great Qin Territory made a lot of money, then the people in the territory earned a lot of wages and materials, and the third was the second-tier dealers who made a lot of money. Those who suffered were the cloth merchants in Daming Ning, as well as those yeoman farmers in Daming.

It is conceivable that as such an invasion expands further, more yeoman farmers in the Ming Dynasty will go bankrupt and become proletarians. But the Ming didn't have enough workshops, so they ended up either being tenant farmers for others, or they were going to join the army, join the thieves, or move to the territory of Daqin.

Regardless of the outcome, in the end, the tax rate of the Ming Dynasty will drop to a new low, and the court will become even more moneyless. At the same time, the rebellion of the people in the Ming Dynasty will be greatly increased, and when the time comes, the rebels will take advantage of the situation, and God knows if it will become a trend that will sweep the world.

These are not what Zhang Hongbin needs to consider for the time being.

At this moment, the Salvation Army already has 200,000 front-line combat troops.

After deducting the most basic defenses, 50,000 troops can be mobilized. Heavily armed, they now have a task, that is, to follow Cao Wenzhao and Li Dingguo into Shu. Yes, Zhang Hongbin finally plans to enter Shu. The reason is very simple, Zhang Xianzhong's house couldn't wait for the first time, and began to enter Shu in March this year. Now that Shu has destroyed a lot because of him, Zhang Hongbin can't tolerate such a thing to continue, so it is inevitable to send troops immediately.

50,000 warriors, divided into three units, with Yuan Zongdi as the general's 10,000 vanguard army, began to officially enter the land of Bashu from Shaanxi!