According to Wen Jin's meaning, Lai Bao'er asked Su An to focus on managing the army, on the one hand, let him improve the combat effectiveness of the army and improve the army's weapons, and on the other hand, let him know that Fanzi occupied a small island not far from Maocheng: "They will use boats to carry people over at any time and launch an attack on Maocheng, and the adults should hurry up and find a way to recover it." ”

"Why didn't the Prince of the South China Sea do it?"

"There's no way, Lord You in front of you has rented out the island, ten years, more than 10,000 taels of silver a year, those fans have a contract in their hands, if the prince forcibly takes it back, he will lose his trust, and let those barbarians criticize the prestige of our Jurong Heavenly Empire."

"Ten years on a lease, how many years to go?"

"Two years, Lord Su, if you turn your face and are unwilling to return the island, can you be sure that you will take it back by force?"

Although Su An was the governor, he had no choice but to be a literati thoroughly, and in the face of Lai Bao'er's questioning, he couldn't say a word, so he had to ask: "Brother Lai, do you know how to take it back?" ”

"Your Excellency may wish to gather your subordinates to ask one or two, or go to the garrison to inspect it."

"Yes!" Thinking that it was also his own territory, Su An came to the spirit.

The army is a place that Qian Jun absolutely controls, fortunately, Su An does not understand the army, seeing that those officers are respectful to him, more respectful than the people, and his heart is calm, Lai Bao'er took the opportunity to explain to him, how much does these changes in the yamen have benefited him as a governor, if Su An is willing to take care of things, he is still very busy as a magistrate, and there are places where he stands up, but it is different from the feeling of being an official in the past.

Su An soon found greater pleasure, he found that the commerce of Maocheng was developing rapidly, and many things had to be decided by him, and those merchants, when giving him gifts, were much more generous than the people in the capital. Su An is a cautious person, he easily does not fall into the handle of bribery, and he does not give people the impression of using power for personal gain, but when he celebrates a birthday or something, it is always appropriate to receive some gifts, right? As a result, Mrs. Su's jewelry box and money box were soon filled with gold and silver.

Su An saw that he lost the east corner and harvested the mulberry elm, so he was no longer lost, and he used the money as the principal, entrusted Lai Baoer to invest, and wanted to make money with money.

According to Wen Jin's instructions, Bao Er is preparing to set up a new style of money bank, so he suggested to Su An, let him be a small shareholder, Su An heard that the profits are very stable, and they are also very rich, very happy, later, the money village made money, Su An saw that it was good, and no longer received gifts in disguise, he later resigned, and stayed in Maocheng to retire, and his children and grandchildren are also considered a successful person.

Wen Jin published scientific knowledge in the newspapers and encouraged people to discover the truth through experiments, but the effect was not ordinarily good, especially the Rong Gaoming telephone, which made a lot of money, so that many people who wanted to get rich could not help but be moved.

Who said that the ability of the Orientals to invent and create is poor? That is not to put them in this era, with the enlightenment of Wenjin, the industrial revolution has not yet broken out in the West, but it has sprouted in Maocheng.

The first major industry in Maocheng is textile, to be exact, it is a silk weaving field, when Wen Jin arrived in Maocheng, there were seven or eight hundred thousands of weavers' fields, not one hundred but seventy or eighty, and the silk fabrics shipped out every year were piled up with mountains and cliffs in exchange for silver.

However, such productivity still cannot meet the requirements of the market, with the sharp increase in the trade volume of those Western countries, Maocheng to the world more and more routes, this side has to give up a large number of orders every year, which is very regrettable.

There is a person named Wu Guan, who is a loyal reader of the "Maocheng Daily", his father runs a small weaving farm of 100 people, and he has a good life, but he is not rich, but Wu Guan has a girl, and the family not only has a 200-acre mulberry garden, but also a silk weaving farm of thousands of people, and the other party does not care about his proposal at all, and refuses without hesitation.

Wu Guan was very sad and bent on making a lot of money, not for anything else, just to fight for breath.

Wu Guan once carefully read the science fiction in the newspaper, firmly believe that the machine can replace human labor, and even a lot of work, better and faster than artificial, he came to inspiration by chance, and after several months of painstaking research, he actually invented the shuttle, although it can only weave plain silk, but the efficiency is a hundred times that of artificial, which makes the old man who was very disappointed in him impressed, Wu Guan's father Wu Ping, is an apprentice who started from repairing looms, and created this family business from scratch, the old man is optimistic about his son's invention, and decisively mortgaged the house and workshop, He took out a loan from the village to support his son to renovate all the silk looms, and rented a section of the riverbank as a factory site to start his journey with the new machine.

When they saw that the new machine was really efficient and of good quality, they no longer doubted Wu Ping, and they also gave an advance payment of 30%, because the silk woven by the machine was smoother and more uniform.

Wu Ping relied on the advance payment to buy a large amount of raw silk, and then took out the whole body ability, organized production, and soon completed the order, received the goods there, very satisfied, not only paid off the goods in full, but also placed a new order, and also gave the advance payment. The Wu family suddenly turned over, a field with 100 employees, sold more goods than a field with thousands of people, and all the expenses for the renovation of looms and the construction of new factories were recovered, and there was still a small surplus.

The matter of the Wu family caused a great sensation in Maocheng, and many people wanted to introduce the Wu family's machine, but they were all rejected by Wu Ping.

In the past, the girl's father, who looked down on Wu Guan, changed his attitude all of a sudden, and asked an intermediary to come over to pass the word, not only agreeing to the family, but also taking the initiative to let his son-in-law help manage the silk weaving factory, saying that it was for Wu Guan's three components to make a New Year's gift.

You must know that Wu Guan can increase the efficiency of their silk weaving factory by hundreds of times, and after giving a dividend of 30%, the remaining profits are still much more than in previous years.

Wu Ping originally wanted to put up a shelf, but his son couldn't wait to marry a girl, although he scolded: "It's useless." But he still spared the woman, after all, he will be his in-laws in the future, and it is not good to ignore those idleness, and let his daughter-in-law and son disagree for no reason. In addition, Wu Ping also has a plan, the funds in his hands are not abundant, and the loan is better than the money in vain, if he joins forces with his in-laws, he will not only increase his feelings, but also use the other party's loan to expand production. Wu Guan also doesn't care what his father and father-in-law think, anyway, he is a beauty into his arms, he got the opportunity from pondering the transformation of the loom, and worked harder and harder in this regard, and successively made a loom that can be jacquard, satin, twill, etc., a few years Maocheng weaving industry has undergone great changes, the field of hand-woven silk, in addition to the pattern of cumbersome brocade, silk, the rest are all forced to close.

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