5-2 Auctions. Weaving

The assassins who ambushed the Wubo special train in Zhenwu were all wiped out, even those who were seriously injured committed suicide by biting their tongues, leaving no one alive, and after inspection, there were no obvious clues, it looked like ordinary people were dressed up, and the clothes they wore were also very ordinary, the steel knives were bought by civilian knife shops, there were no marks on the bows and arrows, and there were no tattoos on the corpses.

"We must investigate this matter thoroughly, don't let go of any clues, it is impossible for so many people to have no clues." Liu Ziguang dropped a sentence and got into the car. Although the carriage was hit by a few rockets, Han Xueer was not afraid of danger, and used the special water for making tea for her uncle to extinguish a few flames, in addition to making a mess of the carriage, it did not affect the use of it, Liu Xiaomei, who climbed into the carriage to play, saw that the situation was not good, and had already found a safe place to hide.

A boulder was put in front of the railway, fortunately the train driver was early, otherwise it would have to be derailed, this terrain is very suitable for ambushes, there are dense forests on both sides of the road, and it is difficult to get support if you don't go to the village and the store, fortunately, Liu Ziguang's guards are strong enough to not let the assassins succeed, but more than a dozen people in the Red Shirt Regiment were injured, and their combat effectiveness was affected to a certain extent.

The special train stopped in place and waited for the arrival of nearby officers and soldiers, buried the corpses and carried out further reconnaissance and search, and sent two teams to search forward along the railway line to check whether the road was damaged.

After receiving the report, the troops of the nearby guard station rushed to the city, thoroughly surveyed the surrounding area, and deployed troops along the way to escort it, and no one dared to let the carriage of Lord Qincha have an accident within his jurisdiction, and then the train started again, marching south at a distance of 80 miles per hour, and arrived at the Changzhou capital the next morning.

The Qishuyan Machinery Factory is located under the jurisdiction of the Changzhou government, and this factory is located on the bank of the canal, and the railroad tracks lead directly into the factory area. The history of the machine factory is very long, the foundation is also very strong, the first train of the Ming Dynasty was driven from the Qishuyan Machinery Factory, this factory is not worse than the Liguo Iron Works in terms of personnel funds, or technical equipment, just because it is located in the south of Zhili, so the private soldiers are not as many as the Liguo Iron Works located in the border area. After the fall of the machine factory at the age of 9,000, they absconded overseas with their families, leaving behind a large group of technician workers who had no work and no silver collar, especially those ordinary workers, whose salaries were quite meager, and there was no land, so they could only rely on the factory to eat, and the factory could only drink the northwest wind when it was sealed by the imperial court.

Fortunately, the receivers of the South Factory received orders from Liu Ziguang not to lose technicians and workers, and they gave the workers rice and a small amount of silver every month, which saved the panicked workers. Qishuyan Machinery Factory has a large number of advanced machine tools, gantry cranes and hydraulic press specifications are the largest in the Ming Dynasty, there are many small and medium-sized factories and workshops around the machine factory attached to it, the production of some raw materials and small accessories, such as the nearby Henglin Town Zhongtian Iron Shop, Luoyang Town's Zhenbang Wood Factory and the like, these small enterprises since the collapse of the machine factory have also fallen into crisis, should pay them the silver is gone, how can the small courtyard withstand such a toss, so they are on the verge of bankruptcy, Liu Ziguang came to bring a large number of silver taels this time, and he was going to buy these small factories by the way.

Qishuyan Machinery Factory was completely confiscated into the official treasury because of the rebellion, because the amount is huge, so the Changzhou government has no right to dispose of it, and the Ministry of Household and Industry jointly organizes the auction, supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, assisted by the Changzhou government, and the town Wubo is in charge of the overall situation. Isn't this the same as sending a canary to the cat's mouth, what Liu Ziguang needs most now is an industrial entity that can be mastered by himself, he has already planned to set up a bureau to eat this huge Qishuyan Machinery Factory.

Other people are not stupid, who doesn't want a piece of such a big piece of fat meat, Haoqiang from all over the country has long begun to explore in the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and some people even send gifts directly to the Zhenwu Bo Mansion. Manufacturers who are interested in competing for the deer include Wuchang Shipyard, Shanghai Heavy Machinery Factory, Liguo Iron Factory and other heavyweight roles, they all use rich contacts in the imperial court, and there is no shortage of silver, each of which is determined to win. It's no wonder that as long as you can eat the machine factory, your own strength can be tripled, and the temptation is too great.

The auction is carried out in line with the principles of fairness, impartiality and openness, and the highest price wins, and there is also the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so even if he has the overall power, he cannot act recklessly, so he can only find a way in other aspects, fortunately, the Ministry of Industry is completely under his control, and the officials sent by the Ministry of Household are also the personnel installed by Hu Yimin, and it is still possible to do something from the details of the auction.

Qishuyan Machinery Factory's land, plant, machinery and equipment, raw materials, semi-finished products, inventory, and a large number of accounts receivable are vast, and it will take some time to estimate a suitable price, so Liu Ziguang only inspected the factory accompanied by the Changzhou prefect and then continued to go on the road and rushed to the next stop, Suzhou.

Suzhou is the location of the Jiangnan weaving yamen, but also the central area of the national silk weaving industry, there are hundreds of machine households, tens of thousands of mechanics, thousands of looms, mulberry farmers and silkworm farmers are more countless, adjacent to the Shanghai Dao Songjiang Mansion is the cotton weaving center of the country, there are millions of acres of cotton fields, looms also have thousands, the so-called inexhaustible Songjiang cloth, the harvest of Suzhou and Hangzhou silk can not be finished, Suzhou and Hangzhou each set up a weaving bureau in charge of silk, Songjiang set up a weaving bureau in charge of cotton weaving, these three bureaus are under the management of the Jiangnan weaving yamen, the chief of the yamen is called the weaving envoy, is the third rank of the official rank, and at the same time hangs the title of the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, but the business is ** in the Ministry of Industry, which is definitely a first-class fat shortage.

The weaving yamen is the official office where the weaving officials are stationed and manage the administrative affairs of weaving; The weaving bureau is an official bureau workshop that operates and manages production, and the production organization has a certain establishment. The Suzhou Weaving Bureau is divided into a weaving and dyeing bureau (a north bureau) and a general weaving bureau (a south bureau). The weaving unit in the bureau is divided into a number of halls or numbers, and each bureau has three leaders to manage, named the officer. Under the officer, there are technical and affairs management personnel such as chief masters, masters, and plumbers, who are responsible for supervising craftsmen and engaging in weaving. Hangzhou Weaving Bureau is divided into three machine rooms, namely the supply machine room, the satin machine room and the silk machine room, the technical division of labor is finer, according to the process by dyeing and brushing warp craftsmen, spinning craftsmen, warp pullers, thread makers and weavers and other craftsmen to operate, with the characteristics of the workshop manual production organization form.

Under the production establishment of the weaving bureau, the system of hiring craftsmen was adopted. Artisans are recruited into the bureau, not completely free laborers, they are the craftsmen who supply rations within the bureaucracy, and if they are not dismissed, they will not only be employed for life, but will also be hereditary to their descendants. The Weaving Bureau also recruits the sons and nephews of craftsmen to learn the art as young craftsmen, and then promote them to full-time craftsmen, that is, the so-called long-term workers.

In addition, the weaving bureau also used the methods of bearing the value difference and the receiving machine to give posts, etc., to occupy the labor of handicraft craftsmen in all walks of life in the folk silk warp finishing, dyeing and weaving industry, as a supplementary form of using hired craftsmen. Under the method of "leading the machine to give the post", a large number of private machine owners and machinists belong to the weaving bureau, and they are often reduced to "official craftsmen", that is, "the name of the machine is subordinate to the official register". The so-called "leading machine to post" refers to the selection of the weaving bureau by the people who are familiar with weaving and the solid machine household mechanics to undertake all the looms belonging to the official bureau, and at the same time the name, year, and place of origin of the bearer are recorded, and the official machine license is given, and these machine operators have since become the weaving bureau of the machine, also known as "official craftsmen". They received raw materials and ICBC from the bureau, and hired workers to use the official machine to weave and pull to ensure the smooth completion of the weaving task of the bureau. At the same time, most of them have their own looms. After receiving the post as an errand for the official bureau, he can also run his own weaving industry, so he has the dual identity of "official craftsman" and "private household". However, due to the fact that they are responsible for weaving on errands in the official bureau, it will inevitably affect their original self-employed weaving industry, and they will be exploited and exploited by the official bureau, so that they are often bankrupt and unemployed.

The hard work of 100,000 weavers fattened a group of officials in the weaving yamen, weaving made Cao Yin an eight-sided old man, when the Queen Mother and the nine thousand years old party were in power, Cao Yin was able to maneuver easily in the two forces as a wall-riding faction, no one can be offended, who still says that he is good, it is no wonder, millions of taels of silver smashed out who can not like him, and how many years of weaving the Cao family has been doing, the experience is very old, the various doorways of the Jiangnan silk and cotton textile industry are very complicated, and others may not be able to play, So this fat position has always been held by the Cao family. Even Zhu Youxiao was worried about the instability of Jiangnan and did not move him after he became in power, the old Cao Yin is a person who is good at drilling camps, a few days ago when he drafted a girl in the womb, he sent his granddaughter in, and now he is a female official in the palace, and he has taken care of all the new generation of leadership after the coup, and he sprinkled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the capital during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Liu Ziguang of course also received a large sum.

Suzhou is a water town, the railway is far away in the city side of the pass, the station has long been standing a group of officials in the driver, the prefect Jia Yucun and the manufacturing envoy Cao Yin are personally to welcome, gongs and drums are noisy, the lively scene of colorful flags fluttering really makes the Qincha Liu a little uncomfortable, I am afraid that only in Jinan Mansion he will be so warmly welcomed.

After the welcome ceremony, Liu Ziguang and his entourage transferred to the carriage to Cao Yin's prepared garden to stay, Suzhou garden is the world, the garden prepared for the Lord Qincha is of course the best, both the fusion of the exquisite elegance of the southern garden, and the grandeur of the emperor's garden, the group came to the door, Liu Ziguang looked up, it was three familiar golden words "Grand View Garden".