Chapter 541: Journey T

.“ Fang's war did not occupy the front page of the Di Bao too much, several Di Bao called people to be summoned to the palace, and then, the major Di Bao began to spread the information of the New World, for the Han people, the attraction of the New World is not great, after all, the tradition here has always been to favor the ancestral land, unless it is really impossible to live, no one is willing to leave their homeland and go to the ocean, in thousands of miles away to seek what Laoshzi wealth.

It's just that now there are more and more Han people entering the city, and the major factories have already had enough manpower needs, so that naturally some people are unemployed, for the unemployed, they bid farewell to their hometowns, farewell relatives and friends to the city for a better life, what they do is just to dream of one day returning to their hometowns, for Westerners, they may just live for themselves, and for the Han people with a strong clan concept, the goal of their struggle is not only to improve themselves, but more for the sake of the neighbors. The so-called brocade night walk is so, when the Chu overlord Xiang Yu captured Xianyang, some people persuaded him to set the capital, but because of missing his hometown, Xiang Yu was anxious to return to the east, said: "Rich and noble do not return to their hometown, such as the brocade night walk, who knows" as early as that time, the Han people's native clan concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of everyone, at that time Xianyang sat and lay in the pass in the thousands of miles of fertile fields, in front of the four is a husband when the pass is invincible to the dangerous pass, the abundant products, is where the king is located, At that time, both sides of the Yangtze River were still regarded as the place of Qiuyi hundreds of years ago, no matter what aspect was too far from Xianyang, but Xiang Yu said a word about the mood of the Han people in later generations, a person can not return to his hometown to share the glory with his hometown after he is rich, so how much is the meaning of this wealth?

And the unemployed Han people are now facing a huge problem, they have no job, can't they get a foothold in the city, can they go back? No, when leaving their hometown, everyone is arrogant and ambitious, but even if no one complains about themselves, no one despises them, and no one sneers at them, can they pass this hurdle? Can you hold your head up? Obviously not, at this time, the information in the newspaper spread all over the world, in the sea of the Ming Dynasty, there are new continents There are countless gold, endless silver veins, this is the country of gold, and more importantly, the guards there are all savage barbarians, the barbarians still have the most primitive weapons in their hands, no armor, no organization, as long as you want, you can follow the fleet to sea at any time, where you can get everything you need, you hold empty sacks, On the way back, there will be lumps of gold in the sack

There are countless fertile lands overgrown with weeds, and the savages can't even cultivate them, and the land is so barren, as long as you are willing to take a little risk, you are willing to give a little bit of courage, you are willing to make this choice, and you will get what land The Ming court will issue you a land deed, and you will follow the Ming sailors, and the Ming sailors and marines will help you conquer the barbarians and force them to work on your land, and all you need to pay is to feed these wild people.

Ahead is the broad road, ahead is the smooth road, pick up the courage, pick up your thirst for wealth, and work with the sailors and merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty to conquer the sea, conquer the new continent, and conquer the heavens.

The front page of the major mansion newspapers is to conquer the four masters of heaven, where is heaven? Heaven is in the endless ocean, and whoever conquers the ocean has everything, and whoever arrives in the New World becomes the master of heaven.

The unemployed Han people hesitated at first, they really couldn't make up their minds, from the news they inquired, if they wanted to go to the New World, they had to go through a month or even a few months of sailing, what was that? The hometown is gradually blurred with the departure of the sea ship, and everything that was once will be temporarily or forever goodbye, far away from the land where it has lived for generations, just like the duckweed in the ocean without roots, losing its roots, even if everything is obtained, what can be done?

Subsequently, Di Bao began to write in detail in the way of storytelling, one by one, the earliest adventurers, these successful "adventurers, some of whom have now acquired their land in the New World, and some have returned with huge sums of money, and they have spent a lot of money just because their gold and silver are so good to be earned, and their lives are colorful enough to make the unemployed blush, they have everything, but they are not completely cut off from their homeland, and they are still able to come back, with huge sums of money, He returned to his hometown, built roads, built a schoolhouse, bought land, and settled down in his hometown.

Is it all so good? Many people began to waver, everyone had a dream, just like their ancestors, they wanted to get the land, to get a better life, they wanted to be able to wear brocade clothes, with servants, drivers of gorgeous chariots and horses, back to their hometown, the villagers looked at this once dirty young man, but now he is a rich party, the ancestral temple said to worship his name, the younger generations began to see him as a model, relatives and friends will get his favor, all this seems too beautiful.

Some people began to pack their bags, they resolutely embarked on the "journey" They are not afraid of adventure, they are not afraid of death, they are only afraid of fearful words, they are afraid of always being inferior in front of others, they have hard hands, they have flexible minds, and even some people have a certain amount of knowledge, they have all the same, to be ashamed, and now, they also have courage, these, enough.

In the yamen of the provinces and counties, many unemployed began to line up, according to the regulations, all adventurers must form a team, and accept the employment of the shipowner, every person, every team, every adventurer merchant ship must accept the registration, and swear allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor in order to make the trip, and they will also be helped by the Ming army sailors in the various seas.

More people's eyes are red, and when there is the first, there will be a second, a third, a hundredth, a thousandth,

A bizarre "mercenary group, formed, some rich businessmen also smell business opportunities, due to the rise of maritime merchants, the Ming Dynasty is actually not strangers to the strange world, although it is not as good as the newspaper said, but it is indeed full of opportunities, but the merchants understand that they are not only to conquer, but also to plunder naked, the court did not say it clearly in the end is to turn a blind eye, and plunder may be too evil for businessmen, but huge profits are attracting them,

With a proper profit, capital will be very bold. As long as there is a 10 percent profit, it will be used everywhere, and with a 20 percent profit, it will become lively; Fifty percent profit gives rise to positive risk-taking; When the profit reaches 100 percent, it makes people defy all laws; If there is a triple profit, people will not be afraid of sin, and even of the danger of hanging.

For businessmen, the profits of the new continent may have been more than three times, everything is not important in front of profits, for a time, the major shipyards do not know how many orders for armed merchant ships have been received, some shipyards have scheduled orders to the second year, businessmen want to pursue profits, adventurers need ships to go to sea, all this has turned into a huge order, this order is by no means a moment and a half can be digested, due to the stimulation of demand, more shipyards have risen from the ground, and the old shipyards have continued to increase production lines The abundant demand of the shipyards also led to the flourishing of the wood industry, as well as the precision machinery factories for making compasses, the workshops for making canvas, and all the industries involved in shipbuilding, after strong stimulation, worked overtime at full speed, and recruited a large number of workers.

Is it a skilled craftsman? It's not that it doesn't matter, everything can be learned from scratch There are old craftsmen in the factory who will take you, as long as you have hands and feet, nothing is a problem.

What? I think the salary is low, oh, please don't worry, about this, the owner has long considered it, how about four taels of silver a month? As long as you work for as many hours, we can increase it.

The factory got a large number of orders, the factory owners got enough profits, and the workers are also in demand, because a large number of people chose to go to sea, the factory's demand for manpower has gradually increased, the original labor market that was still in excess of demand has suddenly reversed, some factory owners on the one hand to recruit only the remaining job seekers, and some aspects to vigorously attract those skilled old workers, these days, more and more new factories have been established, have to guard against a point, you know, a skilled old worker, but a baby.

Just when the timber, shipbuilding, precision instruments, canvas and other factories are flourishing, the imperial court issued a sensational news, the imperial court will invest 100 million taels of silver in the next ten years to build a railway track connecting the south to Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Beiping, Tianjin, Xuzhou, and Guanwai, a railway network appeared on the territory of the Ming Dynasty like a sister network, and all of this requires a large number of sleepers and countless steel, the cabinet and the household department have formulated a detailed procurement list, which covers everything from rivets to steam engines. All of them are needed.

The technology of the steam engine has gradually matured, and several large merchants and the royal family have jointly established a steam engine manufacturing plant, which has just been put into production, and has already received a huge contract.

Crazy, absolutely crazy, no one knows what the concept of 100 million taels of silver is, but the businessmen understand that the time has come to act, let's start work, expand the production line, endlessly recruit craftsmen, don't need to be afraid of orders, all you have to do is increase the full horsepower production, everything else is not a problem.

"Crazy, all crazy some officials of the Ministry of Rites are secretly shaking their heads, for them, the world is simply crazy, if the madness can not be immersed in the scene, it must not be produced, the workers have high overtime pay, day and night into production, the merchants have unlimited orders, and even take action in person, the machine is not a product, it is a white flower, who can not be tempted by silver? And in the north, more than 600,000 Manchurians gathered together, and began to start construction under the threat of the great chief, the great engineer, the general, and the 10,000 men with bright and dangling broadswords, and the degree was faster, too slow, still too slow, and the whole society began to act highly, and the silver, everything was caused by the silver.

Wang San was originally an ordinary tenant farmer, his ancestors have been working for Wang Yuanwai in the village for generations, and now Wang Yuanwai suddenly sold the land to the provincial capital Suzhou It is said that he started a business and set up a rivet factory, and the land in the village also changed owners, Wang San's mind is more active. It is not a way to work in this field for the rest of your life, you have to find it yourself; Mountain, just like Wang Mazi in the village, went out a few years ago and is said to be a worker in the Suzhou Development District, a catty, three or four taels of silver a month from time to time to wear that bright clothes back to the village to put a table of wine, and then stuff a large piece of silver to the father and mother, after less than three years Wang Mazi's family built a brick house, I don't know how many girls in the neighboring village are eyebrows at Wang Mazi, only hoping to be Wang Mazi to look at and marry into the provincial capital. With Wang Mazi finding a precedent, Wang San and the other young people in the village were warm, and after a short hesitation, he said goodbye to his parents with a few fellow villagers, and began to go to the provincial capital with a few bags of dry food on his back.

When he arrived in Suzhou City, Wang San felt that he had opened his eyes, his ancestors had been tenants for generations and went to the farthest place that was probably not far from the town, and now he saw Suzhou City, only then did he know that there was such a place in the world, but, not immersed in the excitement for a few days, Wang San had a problem, the dry food brought along the way had already been eaten, several fellow villagers first found Wang Mazi in the city, Wang Mazi was generous, invited them to eat and live for a few days and took them to see the work a few times But it backfired, The factory did not recruit them because they were not skilled workers.

At this time, Wang San and the others were in a hurry, and they were frantically looking for a way out But the result was nothing, after all, there were too many villagers pouring into Suzhou, and there were only so many factories, where could there be so many opportunities to give him a young man who had never worked before. One of the fellow villagers had returned to his hometown in despair, and the few who stayed behind were really not good at eating and drinking at Wang Mazi's place, and a few people could only occasionally make small breaks, help people carry and salute, and do short-term jobs to earn some food, Wang San finally understood that it was really not easy to mix in this city.

After staying up for more than a month, just when Wang San was discouraged and coldly planned to return to his hometown, Wang Mazi came up, he excitedly dropped a Di Bao, sat on the old chair in a dilapidated house temporarily rented by several fellow villagers and crossed Erlang's legs, so he chatted with Wang San and others in a mysterious way, and under the urging of everyone, he said: "There is a way out, come, take a look at this Di Bao."

Wang Mazi knew that they were anxious, and they no longer sold Guanzi, and told the plan of the imperial court to conquer heaven, and also read some success stories in the newspaper, and then pursed his lips: "Instead of working hard in the city, it is better to fight, others can make money, why can't we?" ”

Wang San and a few fellow villagers looked at Wang Mazi together, because the last sentence made them very puzzled, what do we mean? Could it be that Wang Mazi doesn't do such a good job in Suzhou City, and he also wants to go to sea?

After all, Wang Mazi is well-informed, he has stayed in Suzhou for three years, and he still has a little knowledge of going to sea, so he heard what those sailors who ran to the sea, and finally came to a conclusion: "I think about it, the salary of four taels of silver this month is not interesting, people can make silk and satin, why can't we?" People have 3,000 mansions, are we stupider than others? If you believe in my Wang Mazi, let's just go to the yamen to register together, go to the sea together, and break out by ourselves. ”

Wang San and the others looked at each other, surprised and unbelieving, the salary of four taels of silver a month, Wang San and these people can't get it when they dream and drool every night, Wang Mazi actually doesn't want it, what kind of Laoshi Zihai to go, isn't this confused? So some people began to persuade them, but some people were pondering about going to sea, and they were making a lot of noise anyway.

In the end, Wang Mazi slapped the board: "Don't persuade me anymore, I have seen everything in the city over the years, and the matter of going to sea is also encouraged by the emperor, I Wang Mazi don't believe in other people's words, but can I not believe the emperor's words?" If the brothers are willing to believe in me, follow me, and one day we will return to our homeland. ”

Wang Mazi takes care of a few fellow villagers on weekdays, and he is also honest and reliable.

A few days later, they registered in the yamen, and a few days later, they were hired by a ship that had gone to sea."

In this way, Wang San, like countless adventurers, carried his bags on his back and marched towards the port like a torrent with his fellow villagers.

The owner of the ship that hired Wang San was a Suzhou man, with a white face, a sven man, and a scarf on his head, but he looked like a scholar, he hired more than 300 people, and there was an armed merchant ship, and Wang San was one of them.

After boarding the ship, the first thing Wang San and the others did was to share a long tong each, for this thing, Wang San really didn't understand what it was, but Wang Mazi knew that these long dysprosiums were bird sharp, and the Ming Dynasty did not allow civilians to buy even the fire system, but the ban on birds that were not too powerful was not strict, so whether it was a helmsman or a sailor on the ship, or an adventurer like Wang San, it was a person.

When I went back to the door today, I followed my wife's family to play until seven o'clock in the evening, and I came back at seven o'clock in the evening.

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