The representatives of the merchant gang are not here to give gifts, but to negotiate.

Of course, this negotiation is not to force the palace, but to be forced by Bai Minghe to be helpless, take the Jiangxi Merchant Gang as an example. Their Jiangxi business gang is a big business gang, and there are leaders of various industries below. Because last time, Bai Minghe purchased a large number of porcelain from the Guangdong merchant gang, and even made the entire city of Guangzhou no porcelain to sell.

Therefore, the head of the Jiangxi merchant porcelain came to Guangzhou in person.

It's just that his status is low, and he is not qualified to ask for a big man like Bai Minghe alone.

So I followed the Shang Gang for a few days to have a meeting, these days it can be said that the time he slept down could not add up to five hours, he couldn't eat the food he was worried about, he couldn't sleep, there was nothing he didn't understand in all the kilns in Jiangxi, the productivity was there, 1.3 million bottles, after really careful calculation, it couldn't be reached in any case.

Even if all the kilns are in a hurry for the white cranes, there is no more than half of the goods for export, but no more than a million bottles.

What's more, this quality must be extremely strict.

To put it more seriously, if someone is seen as defective in a foreign country, this is a shame for the face of the Ming Dynasty. Bai Minghe didn't do anything, just a few words, and the local government could seal the kiln mouth of the defective product.

Entering the main hall, an old man with red eyes and a very bad face, who was estimated to faint at any time, knelt in front of the white crane, crying to death. This is another Jiangxi businessman, who understands the dialect of Guanzhong and only translates it to Bai Minghe, otherwise Bai Minghe really doesn't know what the other party is talking about.

After listening to it for a long time, it turned out that it was impossible to make a million bottles.

The rest of the people were also embarrassed, and none of the various requests put forward by Bai Minghe could be fulfilled at all.

"Alas......" Shirakawa shook his head with a wry smile.

Xie Yiyuan was about to speak, but Bai Minghe stretched out his hand to stop him: "What does Old Xie want to say, I know Bai Minghe." Today, you are having dinner in my house, and it is also the first time that I have entertained representatives of various merchant gangs. This will wait for the kitchen to prepare. I'll tell you a story. ”

Tell a story, tell a story at this time.

With doubts, everyone sat down again, and a girl came over to bring tea.

Bai Minghe took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.

"When I think about ancient times, (the ancient times mentioned by the white crane, that is, the Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods) the agricultural tools used at that time were mostly made of wood, stone, bone, and mussels. In the spring and autumn, copper farming tools came out. By the time of the Warring States period, iron tools had already begun to be used. In the Han Dynasty, waterwheels for irrigation, dumping trucks for farming, and water mills for grinding noodles appeared one after another. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, there were cylinder cars and curved ploughs. Just one difference, in ancient times, a person may not be able to plant an acre of land in three days. In the Tang Dynasty, a person could plant ten acres of land a day, I don't know if this is a kind of progress! ”

The representatives of the Merchant Gang are all people who have read books.

Bai Minghe said that he was telling stories, but in fact he was lecturing and lecturing.

"Let's talk about the fields. From burning wasteland to farming, to Daming's compost farming. The yield of one mu of land has changed from the original harvest of a few buckets of grain to the current high-yield three-stone, or even four-stone refined grain. Is this an improvement? ”

Bai Minghe stood up and walked in front of Wang Fulin when he said this.

"Ningbo merchant gang should have a record of looms since ancient times. From the original hand-weaving, to the current large-scale machine qì weaving. How much has the output of a person's labor increased in a day, has it increased by a factor of five? ”

"If you go back to your lordship, it has increased more than tenfold."

Bai Minghe came to the old Jiangxi potter again: "Your stone is hand-polished. Have you ever thought about it? Inner stone and outer pig iron, 10,000 catties. Even 100,000 pounds. The huge stone mill pushed by water or animal power not only grinds more, but also grinds more finely, which will make your porcelain go to the next level. ”

The Jiangxi Gang had a look of sudden realization.

"To think, to do, to try. Don't care about spending money. Continuous experimentation, as long as it can replace manpower, improve the ergonomic efficiency of the machine is a success. If you work hard today, you can weave a hundred feet a day with three people. Then the new machine qì, can weave an extra foot a day is a success. ”

After Bai Minghe finished speaking, everyone began to talk about it continuously.

"The official knows that 1.3 million bottles a year is impossible at the moment, but what the official wants is 30 million bottles a year, or even 100 million pieces of porcelain." The white name crane heart said that in the modern age of the later generations. Jiangxi province alone has more than 3 billion pieces of craft porcelain, which accounts for one-tenth of the country.

Here, a hundred bottles can make you cry to death.

I know that with a population of 100 million, according to the calculations of future generations, there will be a demand gap of 100 million per year.

"Suzhou Gang!" The white crane snorted softly, and one of them stood up at the moment: "Please command!" ”

"I heard that you have built a new spinning machine that can spin eight threads at a time. But I have never dared to take it out and use it, for fear that someone will learn it. Isn't it? "Bai Minghe's intelligence work, with the help of Dongchang, is still superb.

The representative of the Suzhou Gang blushed, and Bai Minghe was telling the truth.

"This official has a rule here. Any new machine created can be reported to this official. Just like your textile machine, the textile machine as a whole is a record, and the shaft head that no one has ever seen is also a kind of shelf, as well as a new frame body, which can be reported separately from the reel. ”

"Dare to ask your Excellency, what is this report?"

"After reporting, if anyone in the world copies your machine, this official can ask for justice for you. On the contrary, if the Ningbo Gang wants to build, you can charge some money appropriately, which is called an intellectual property patent. When is intellectual property, any kind of talent is knowledge, and you Suzhou Gang spent money, spent effort to study the new textile machine, this is the new knowledge you created, the official does not allow those who have not invested half of their efforts to use it for nothing, so the official is the master, to seek justice for you. ”

In ancient times, it was said that the power to invent and create zào was insufficient.

There are many reasons, but more of them are afraid that they will give their hard work to others for nothing.

Will the white crane be able to keep it?

"Your Excellency, may we discuss it privately?" Xie Yiyuan said to Bai Minghe on behalf of the merchants.

Shiramei Crane nodded and left the main hall.

As soon as Bai Minghe went out, someone said: "Lord Bai has won the trust of Banzai now, but what about later?" What if the white crane is not in this position on that day? ”

"How about the agreement between the ten major merchant gangs?" Wang Fulin said.

It's a good idea to make a pact, but what about the other small gangs. For larger firms, if they lose their trust in the world, they will be dead. But what about those who speculate, especially those who have the backstage of the government, or even the backstage of the Ming Prince's Mansion.

It's not that the people of the Ten Great Merchants Gang can really block this matter.

As long as you can block most of it, you'll be satisfied.

"Overall, it's a good thing. The old man thought that he had set up a rule, and this rule should be written carefully. It's always a constraint, it's hard to say anything else, but this thing has to go on. Bai Minghe, an official, has a more detailed mind than ordinary officials, and he has a high vision. ”

Xie Yiyuan's evaluation of Bai Minghe has been recognized by almost everyone.

"If nothing else, let's just say that looms always have to be developed. From the single-person hand-spinning of the Han Dynasty, to the water-powered yarn car of the Jin Dynasty, and then to the multi-person large yarn car of the Tang Dynasty. The best thing Daming used to be was three four yarns. The old man doesn't know how good this new Bahua is, but it should feel good. ”

At this time, the people of the Suzhou Gang said: "It is said that it is eight flowers, but it is actually six twenty-four water-powered yarn cars, and every two people manage eight flowers as a group, so it is called eight water yarn cars." In terms of ergonomics, it is almost ten times that of the original yarn car, and the probability of yarn breaking is very small, and it is the best yarn car for cotton weaving thread. ”

Ten times more ergonomic!

After discussing it privately, Wang Fulin asked, "I don't know how many taels of silver this yarn car spent." ”

"This is an old craftsman who has retired from work, and it took a year and a half. Among them, the owner of Songjiang Baili Cloth Workshop, Nian Lao Craftsman has worked for his family for a lifetime. He took out two hundred taels of silver, five hundred stones of wood, and thirty pounds of iron, and let himself try to make them. But these were spent in less than two months. ”

Hearing this, many people can feel that there must be twists and turns.

"Later, my uncle, also an old weaver. With five hundred taels of silver, he wanted to see a brand new yarn cart. But the five hundred taels were not used for even a month. My uncle visited everywhere, and it can be said that all the major cloth mills had a good relationship with my uncle, and they all took out some silver taels, and now they spent 1,700 taels of silver. ”

"And then?" The anxious person asked.

"And then it was done, and the eight-blooming machine was made. However, there is a new problem, the spindle is particularly prone to breakage, and the hydraulic part is not used. But the cloth mills saw the real benefits, and gathered more than 10,000 taels of silver, and each sent the best carpenters and blacksmiths. Another year has passed, and more than a dozen units have been trial-produced before and after, and finally the current finished product has been produced. Ten times the work efficiency, my uncle passed away with a smile after trying on the yarn. ”

The representative of the Suzhou Merchant Gang burst into tears.

Many people can understand that some old craftsmen have been painting this moment for the rest of their lives.

"The old man said fairly, how much each family spent on trial production is a matter for each family, and this is done. If you lose, you won't throw it all into the water. It is only said that it is ten times the work efficiency, how much can the output be increased. Therefore, a yarn machine draws a silver with ergonomic efficiency. The old man thought it was a quasi-price. Xie Yiyuan did not mention research funds, only the benefits.

If the white crane is here, you must also admire the wisdom of the ancients.

Businessmen speak of virtue, and they also speak of justice.

It is indeed a very reasonable algorithm to calculate the payment by the return. But some people think that it is better to count directly in silver. You can't always pay a difference in the ergonomics of the loom every year. It is most appropriate to give a certain amount of silver for each yarn cart, and this is easier to calculate. (To be continued......)