Matches in the current era are profiteering. / This Tongzhi four years from abroad to China of the object, because of the relatively high price, as well as the volume of goods and sales channels restrictions, two or three years is far from the development of the national pyramid marketing to the point. When the local matches in Hanzhong began to be sold, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, and many places did not have matches. People have never heard of matches.

Relying on the low price and the swords and guns of the Qin army, this small match has rapidly attacked cities and seized land in the north and south of China's great rivers in two or three years, and its sales far exceeded that of 'foreign fire' by ten or hundred times.

At the time of this year, this kind of industry, which requires a lot of manual [paste matchbox] intensive labor, has extended from the Qin army system alone to the people of Hanzhong. Because only the matchboxes that the Qin military system can 'produce' are no longer enough for the production of matches. This is like after the Han Yuan brand cigarettes gradually spread in the north and south of China, the number of people who grow grain in Hanzhong has decreased, and the number of people who grow cigarettes has increased. Although they are still drying tobacco, not flue-cured tobacco.

Fortunately, Hanyuan Cigarette Factory directly signed a purchase agreement with tobacco farmers, otherwise there would have been many inexperienced people who planted tobacco leaves in the midst of the turmoil.

However, tobacco is also a labor-intensive industry, and like matches, it was good at the beginning. When it gradually became popular, the Qin army alone could not meet the demand for production. Although they ordered 10 cigarette machines from Maisheng & Co., the dosing of tobacco only relied on the tobacco supply part - the tobacco box for this earliest cigarette machine, and the dosing accuracy was not high. And when the speed of the cigarette machine increases, the uniformity of the tobacco distribution in the cigarette strip deteriorates significantly. What's more, it doesn't cut cigarettes automatically. So. This has to be done manually.

Whether it is the cutting of cigarettes into sticks, or the boxing, or the production of cigarette packs alone, it requires a lot of manpower. After two years of accumulation, cigarettes have slowly had a market in the north and south of China, and this year's cigarette production is urgently needed, and the cigarette machine will not reach Hanzhong for a while. Artificial cigarettes had to be put on the table. Coupled with the qualification requirements of cigarettes and cigarette packs, the two new industries of matches and cigarettes have brought great impact and changes to the people's livelihood in Hanzhong Prefecture.

Finally, there are glass mirrors. When Liu Xian introduced glass production equipment in the early days, he was completely thinking about the manufacture of telescopes. But the craftsmanship of the mirror grinder is not up to par. This thing must have the accumulation of experience, and the production of telescopes was put on hold for a long time. On the contrary, the production and market of glass mirrors have been rapidly developed.

The combination of an oval glass mirror and an old-fashioned dresser produces benefits that are not your average madness. The small round and square glass mirrors with extended handles have also become the favorite of countless middle- and low-class housewives and young girls. Liu Xian was completely unintentional. The effect of the lead was to achieve the first artillery business of the Qin army.

At first, he racked his brains to find a way. Find a business and make money. It didn't work out. Now it is unintentionally planted in the willows!

The benefits brought by these three industries to Qin Jun are far greater than those of gold sand mining and mining. He made the Qin army more closely connected with the people of Hanzhong, and also allowed the Qin army to start compiling a nationwide commercial network for the first time.

Even when the gun business gradually became saturated in the Qinghai grasslands, the Qin army was able to continue to firmly tie the Han merchants in Songpan by relying on matches and mirrors.

Glass mirrors are not uncommon on the southeast coast, especially in open ports. But in the interior and west of China, Liu Xian can still eat a round belly.

And in the past three years, the court has been like hysteria, and the three melons and two dates have been distributed without a spectrum. The Qin army has always been able to hold on to the west and fight in the west. The hometown has consolidated its foundation, and the east side continues to expand the intelligence system, and the cost of a qiē only depends on the original share of the family and arms profits, which is quite tricky. The emergence of the three new industries and their soaring to the sky brought great help to the Qin army.

"Yuandu, you want to go to Guangxi, and Qin Jun is also going to Guangxi, but Hanzhong is your foundation, you can't just care about Guangxi and ignore Hanzhong. Match factories, glass mirrors, cigarette factories, none of them can be moved. On this day, Li Ying of Fucheng suddenly rushed to the mansion of the Marquis of Liu Xian in Shuangxi, and opened his mouth to say such a squirt.

Liu Xian was stunned, "Where did Brother Mu Shan [Li Yingzi] hear such ridiculous remarks?" Offshore Guangxi, if the younger brother is running a factory, he only needs to order machinery from foreigners. Isn't it easier than dismantling the machinery in Hanzhong and transporting it all the way to Guangxi! ”

"Isn't the No. 3 Match, Glass Mirror, and Cigarette Factory being demolished?"

Li Ying got the first month near the water, and he has made a lot of profits in these three industries in the past two years. But that's not the biggest reason why he's in such a hurry. As a pro-people official, Li Ying is very clear about the influence of these three factories on Hanzhong, which is a bridge between the Qin military system and the interests of a larger number of ordinary people in Hanzhong except for the Qin army. Their existence allowed the foundation of the Qin army in Hanzhong to break away from the category of the single emotion of 'children of the township party', and to the point of combining interests, whose value could not be measured by simple silver.

Li Ying was very clear about his relationship with Qin Jun. If he wanted to use Liu Xian to climb up, then now he is a member of the Qin army system. The two have long been combined to make one, one is prosperous, and the other is lost.

Li Ying worries about the interests of the Qin army, that is, for his own interests.

"What the hell is this? The three factories of matches, glass mirrors, and cigarettes were being demolished, but they were not moved to Guangxi, but to the original craftsman camp, that is, the gunpowder bureau where it was listed. Liu Xian personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to Li Ying. Now the firearms of foreigners have gone one step further and have become breech-loading guns and breech-loading guns. The weapons produced by our craftsman battalion now are all breech, which cannot keep up with the times, and it will not be long before there is a day to make money. The previous rules of production should also be changed, how many orders there are, how many guns we produce. The warehouse was no longer needed, so I moved the three factories of matches, glass mirrors, and cigarettes there. ”

"First, it's a pity to waste, and second, it's easy to manage. It is impossible for your position as the prefect of Hanzhong to continue like this. The prefect who came again is not one of us. The third factory is too close to Fucheng! Moreover, the scale of the third factory is too small, and I have already placed an order with the Americans, and by February at the latest, the match machine, the cigarette machine, and the equipment on the glass will be able to be shipped again. The artisan camp is large, suitable for factory expansion. ”

Listening to Liu Xian's explanation, of course Li Ying will not be anxious anymore. He was worried about his future.

The Qin army is not the Xianghuai Chu army, and no matter how high Liu Xian's title is, he has no corresponding power, and he can't do anything on the issue of Li Ying's transfer. Even if he complimented the Zhang family, it is difficult to say whether he can really have a good result.

Zhang Shoudai is only the governor of Henan, and he has some connections at the top, but he has no strong connections. Li Ying is already the actual prefect of the registered envoy, and the next level is either a Taoist platform or an envoy, and it is no longer a Henan governor like Zhang Shoudai, who has no military power, to help him.

Now Qi Dalin of the Qin army has rushed to Qiongzhou with his men and horses to take office. The shortage of his Hanzhong Town General Soldier was filled by Zhang Zhongkui, and Beijing gave Qi Dalin another shortage of Qiongzhou Town General Soldier.

Of course, this Qiongzhou refers to Hainan. Later, Hainan was a single province, but now it is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou. Qiongzhou Town is also one of the five towns under the jurisdiction of the Admiral of Guangdong Navy. Poor Qi Dalin himself is still a landlubber. I haven't even swam in the Han River, and now I'm jumping into the sea all at once.

And two Guangzhou, three admirals, twelve towns green camp. The two admirals of Guangdong on land and water directly occupied the ten towns! Liu Xiantang served as the governor of Guangxi, and there were only the general soldiers of the two towns on the left and right rivers under his command. Now Li Shien, the chief soldier of Youjiang Town, is still on the battlefield in Guizhou, under the command of Liu Mingchuan. And Xie Jigui, the chief soldier of Zuojiang Town, was Feng Zicai's old department, and he was on the border of Guangxi and Vietnam, encircling and suppressing Huang Chongying of the Yellow Flag Army and Liu Yongfu of the Black Flag Army. Governor Li Futai personally led his troops to sit in Baise Hall to prevent the Taiping army from attacking Guangxi.

From the beginning of the fourth year of Tongzhi to the end of last year, the Taiping army made Guangxi unpeaceful. The two governors lost their officials because of this, the three general soldiers were killed, and the prefect, the provincial platform, and the county commander lost their heads on their necks, no less than 30 people. Now that the Xianghuai Army has gradually gained the upper hand on the battlefield by relying on today's breech guns, the pressure on Guangxi has suddenly been reduced I don't know how much.

It was only with the further expansion of the French in Vietnam that Guangxi's border defense became increasingly strict. Although there are many scheming plans in many quarters for the group of bigwigs in Beijing, the use of Liu Xian's 'ability to fight' to consolidate the border defense -- against France -- is not a major reason.

As for Qiongzhou Town, it is more like a sweetener for Liu Xian. The population of that place is still less than that of a large county in the interior, and there are many conflicts between Han and Li, which are not much inferior to the local battles in the countryside of Guangxi. And Qiongzhou Town, which was strong and strong back then, had 7,000 soldiers and 100 large and small warships, but now it is also lost. With it without it, the impact on the Guangdong sailors is not great at all.

In recent years, Guangdong has not been stable for a few days, whether it is the Taiping Army, the local anti-Qing uprising in Guangdong, or the Second Opium War, the towns of Guangdong Green Camp have fought on the battlefield many times. Needless to say, the five towns by land can also frequently see the names of Nanao Town, Jieshi Town, etc., while Qiongzhou Town, which has long been emptied, has always been 'quietly' squatting in Hainan. The implications of this can already be illustrated.

In addition, four years ago, the Guangdong Navy Division ordered six steam artillery ships from Britain and France, namely Anlan, Zhentao, Qingqing, Suijing, Feilong, and Zhenhai, which arrived last year and are now used for patrolling, anti-smuggling, and catching thieves in the Lingdingyang area. Then you don't look at the empty shell-like Qiongzhou Town.

Beijing, too, is using a sweetness to appease Liu Xian. (To be continued......) R527