Xu Qian's boat returned to Ningbo.

Ningbo is already boiling.

Tens of millions of orders for silver, from big ships to cloth, almost all merchants have already received orders.

There is only one content in the list, to provide goods as much as possible, the more the better, and as many as you want.

But anyone who does business, especially the proprietors of those workshops, is never afraid of running out of raw materials, but is afraid of the accumulation of goods.

Now, the demand for this Shuangyu port alone has become so strong that it cannot be increased.

The only thing to do right now is production.

Whoever produces the goods first, the more it produces, it means the silver of the snowflakes, even if the demand of Shuangyu Port is full, but the demand of merchants in the mainland is still there, at least for a long time, almost all commodities are in short supply.

Those merchants who have completed the construction of the workshop, while frantically carrying out output, are also recruiting craftsmen regardless of the cost, even if there are no craftsmen, apprentices can be, stimulated by this news, a large number of people began to travel through the state and county, recruiting people everywhere, as long as the four bodies are sound, as long as there is strength, no matter who it is, they are willing to spend a lot of salary, as long as they are willing to work, it is okay to say.

Immediately afterwards, the first workshop to implement the two-shift system appeared, and most of the workshops in the past, like the peasants, worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, but the workshop was different, the tools of the workshop were still there, and craftsmen and apprentices could be arranged to work overtime at night, and the emergence of this system was immediately popularized.

At the same time as popularization, a new commodity was born - horse lanterns.

You know, many textile workshops, because of the start of large-scale production at night, this makes the interior of the workshop must achieve a certain effect of brightness as day. Otherwise, under the dim light, it is very easy to leak when pulling the wire, resulting in a large number of defective products. However, if you light lanterns or candles on a large scale, the hidden danger is very great, and you must know that most of the textile workshops are flammable, and the slightest omission can lead to catastrophic consequences.

At this time, a Franco-robot who claimed to be from Italy thought of a way, and this Franco-robot was originally a craftsman from the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau. This time, he was sent to Zhejiang, and it was the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau that let him know about the situation of the textile machinery, and after learning about the problem of lighting the workshop at night, the Franc machine craftsman immediately thought of a special product of his country - glass.

Italian glass, hundreds of years ago. A lot of glass has been made and used in doors, windows and churches, but in addition to churches, glass is not widely used, and now, this Franco craftsman has the idea to use glass as a lampshade. Oil lamps were used as dyes, and immediately after, the first very rough horse lantern appeared, the horse lantern appeared. The fire was eliminated, and it was immediately welcomed by the textile workshop, and when the Francophile saw this, he simply built a horse lantern workshop with others. Repeatedly improved, specially responsible for the manufacture of horse lanterns.

Of course. These are all digressions, the whole of Ningbo has now fallen into a frenzy, because of the huge orders, all the workshop owners are only concerned about the expansion and recruitment of craftsmen, other merchants and gentry are also very angry, have taken out a large amount of silver, enclosed land, built workshops.

At this time, on Xu Qian's official ship to Hangzhou, there was a horse lantern lit, and the lampshade obviously could not be completely colorless and transparent, but because it was fire oil lighting, the brightness was greater, in fact, the role of the horse lantern was more extensive, not only the workshop, but also on this ship, it was also very useful, after all, there were still hidden dangers in lighting candles and lanterns on the wooden ship, and the wooden structure of the hull made the fire light at night, and it was inevitable to be cautious.

Seeing Ma Deng, Xu Qian suddenly realized that he didn't invent and create a zào in this world, but it was his mother's accident that he came up with such a cross-era thing.

This also made Xu Qian realize that when a novel idea can be richly rewarded once it is due, in the near future, there will be more and more things like horse lanterns, and human beings will begin to gather and put into production on a large scale, and many so-called 'small inventions' will come into being and be popularized on a large scale.

This is like the early Qing Dynasty, someone invented the so-called Lianzhu gun, but this kind of thing was calculated against the needs of the society at that time, and was considered a kit kat and obscenity, and finally it was disdained and swept into the trash.

And now, once the new thing comes out, as long as it can facilitate the production of people, it can be exchanged for white flowers, there will be people who are willing to cooperate with you in production, and then large-scale promotion to all parts of the world, and in the future, future generations of people will stand on your basis, continue to improve, use your principle, and can give birth to countless kinds of goods, so that a new thing, naturally, appears in front of people's eyes.

This is the power of change, by no means relying on a few traversers to make a few pieces of glass to complete the so-called scientific and technological progress, up and down thousands of years, how many cross-era things appeared, but which one is not annihilated in the long river of history? To put it bluntly, without soil, any superstructure is duckweed, Xu Qian is different, what Xu Qian has done is to change this soil, as for what fruits will bear in these soils in the future, it is not a problem for him to consider.

Thinking of this, Xu Qian couldn't help but smile stupidly, it was rare for him to show such an innocent smile.

The Ningbo trip can be regarded as letting the officials in Zhejiang understand what the New Deal is, the New Deal is not a slogan, it is not an ideological propaganda that cannot be seen or touched, it can be seen and touched, you can see it, you can hear it.

The officials on the official ship naturally discussed and exchanged with relish what they saw and heard in Ningbo, how the workshop was established, how to earn money, from the purchase of production tools to the manufacture of craftsmen, to the shipment of goods by merchants, and how to distribute. These things are roughly in the minds of Zhao Ming, Wu Tixue and others, and they have a little impression.

In fact, they don't know whether such a new deal is good or bad, but the instinct of officialdom makes them pushed by Xu Qian, and they are not allowed to go to the black on this road, the so-called ass determines your position, now that you are an official of the new deal, you naturally see more of the benefits of the new deal, such as absorbing displaced people, such as improving the lives of the people, etc., as for the so-called tricks and tricks of critics, or heavy business hurting farmers, they will automatically filter it out and remove it from their own thoughts.

Back in Hangzhou, the prefect of Hangzhou came to greet him, saw the prefect of Wang, Xu Qian was in a good mood, comforted him, asked about the recent situation of the Hangzhou Mansion, Wang Governor said: "My lord, recently there have been many brokers in this Hangzhou Mansion, and they have been pulling people to work in Ningbo everywhere. ”

Although it is not a good person, but it is obviously selfish, now there are many workshops in Hangzhou, manpower is a treasure in all provinces in Zhejiang, robbing people is not going to get along with the government, saying that you are not like a good person is considered light, and when you meet a prefect with a bad temper, it is nothing to accuse you of plotting against you.

Xu Qian didn't say anything, there was no need to poke this kind of thing, he just smiled: "Yes, has the governor already arrived, has Governor Wang done his best to be a landlord?" ”

The four words of the friendship of the landlord mean something, which is equivalent to seeing himself as the master, and as for the governor, he naturally becomes a guest.

Governor Wang naturally heard Xu Qian's voice, and said with a smile: "It has already arrived, and the governor's line has been arranged, and the square platform has not said anything, neither blaming the sloppy greeting, but also very satisfied with the station." ”

Xu Qian patted him on the shoulder: "That's good, it can be seen that you are still very dedicated to your work." This official has not been in Hangzhou these days, but it has worked hard for you, and since he has come back, he still has to meet in front of the master of Taiwan. Xu Qian was about to arrange for someone to deliver the post.

Wang Zhifu said: "My lord, the square system is ......."

Xu Qian saw his words flickering, and couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with the square platform?" ”

Governor Wang hesitated and said: "The square system is not in Hangzhou. ”

"Oh?" Xu Qian's eyes narrowed, and he said lightly: "Where is he not in Hangzhou?" ”

Wang Zhifu said: "After the master settled down, he only stayed in Hangzhou for a few days, and then said that he wanted to go to the nearby prefectures and counties...... My lord, this square table seems to be ...... It doesn't seem easy to deal with. ”

"How's that?" Xu Qian couldn't help but be moved.

Wang Zhifu said: "Although the governor is in charge of the army, I have never seen a governor who has just taken up his post and gone to the barracks. ”

Xu Qian smiled faintly: "What, are you still afraid that he will collude with the officers and soldiers to plot misdeeds?" ”

This is naturally a joke, but Wang Zhifu said solemnly: "It may not be a bad plot, or it may be collusion with the new army to gain a firm foothold." ”

Xu Qian narrowed his eyes: "It's just a rabble, it's okay, it's just that what did the people of Taiwan say and do in Hangzhou?" ”

Wang Zhifu said: "Lord Zhitai said that when he came from the imperial court, he had heard that Zhejiang has been in a miasma recently, and he also asked the lower officials to follow the rules, saying that the officials have already had the intention of promoting, and also said that the new officials Wang You is a fellow villager of the lower officials......"

Wang Zhifu didn't hide it, no matter how big or small, everything was shaken out, it can be seen that he was planning to be with Xu Qian, what kind of servant of the ministry, how far and how far to roll.

Xu Qian said: "Do you mean to say that the Taiwan producer is a little dissatisfied with the status quo in Zhejiang, and on the other hand, he still wants to recruit you?" ”

Governor Wang hurriedly said: "The lower officials don't dare to confirm it, but that's roughly what it means." ”

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Chapter 3 is delivered, asking for a monthly pass.