Chapter 255: Finding out the news
Meng Qing smiled, glanced in Chen Mu's direction, and then remembered something.
The look on his face paused, he raised his hand and touched his chin, and muttered.
"What did you name the government of that house? Call...... Called the Royal Factory? What does this factory mean......
Chen Mu saw Meng Qing looking in his direction with an innocent face, he smiled, touched Meng Qing's law, and then said.
"The place where the work is made is to gather those craftsmen and let them earn a living and work here to support themselves."
When Meng Qing heard Chen Mu say this, she nodded thoughtfully in response.
She rested her cheek in one hand, a look of confusion on her face.
She and many officials in the DPRK and China thought the same, and in her opinion, Chen Mu did not need to build this royal factory at all.
After all, there are enough folk craftsmen.
The people didn't need more cloth or more iron tools to sustain themselves.
Chen Mu knew that she didn't understand, but Chen Mu didn't say much, because she had other plans to establish these royal factories.
He intended to gather private retail investors in the factory, which would be managed by officials and merchants sent by the royal family.
In this way, we will be able to uniformly dispose of limited non-governmental resources, maximize the use of resources, and mobilize resources to various localities in exchange for more benefits.
In the future, the people's profits were high, and agriculture and handicrafts developed.
Naturally, the people were willing to use their surplus silver to buy more cloth and ironware, as well as some interesting knick-knacks.
When sending a letter to Beijing and asking people to send an overseer to look at Meicheng to take care of the gambling house.
Chen Mu also asked people to plan and arrange the establishment of a research and development government in Beijing.
He plans to recruit some folk craftsmen who are good at studying and let them think about developing some interesting gadgets.
If we can research and develop farming equipment and workmanship equipment to replace manual farming as soon as possible in the future, then the people's income can be even higher.
When the field has the work equipment to replace manpower, the peasant households will be liberated.
They can also devote their minds to learning and doing business, and as soon as the workmanship equipment comes out, the craftsmen can be regarded as liberated.
When the time comes, the people will benefit more and their lives will be better, and he will be able to focus on developing the military and expanding his territory.
If you want to fight abroad, you must ensure the livelihood of the people at home.
The east wall cannot be torn down and the west wall replaced.
Chen Mu thought about it like this, nodded secretly, and while he was pondering these things in his heart, the carriage had already arrived at Quanjun, where they were about to settle.
The people in the territory are unintentionally discussing the government decree they have just heard about at the street corner.
Chen Mu came at the right time, just in time for the people in the territory to learn about the establishment of the royal factory and the merchants to settle in the factory.
"This decree allows those merchants to settle in the factory and manage the affairs of the factory together with the county government?"
"This ...... What exactly is the intention of this royal man? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won't be dizzy, right? ”
"Probably not, which of the decrees issued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince some time ago is not staggering, but the results achieved are not good when implemented?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have other plans, I heard that those merchants are not settled in the factory, and it is as simple as managing the factory, they seem to have to bring the craftsmen in their own shops to settle in the factory......"
"They brought their own business into that factory, what is the plan of His Royal Highness the Prince?"
"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doing this to facilitate the collection of taxes in the future?"
"But I see that the merchants are really happy, and they should not be so happy if it were only for the purpose of collecting taxes......
After settling in the inn, Chen Mu could still hear the people in the inn talking about things related to local government decrees.
"I heard that only our county has been arranged with a factory, and there are businessmen stationed in the factory."
"Did you say that it was possible that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to do something big in our county, so it was arranged like this."
"What can it be? The reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arranged it this way is because there are many craftsmen in our county. ”
"Hey, if it weren't for the fact that there is too little land around our county, most of which are mountainous, there wouldn't be so many craftsmen in our county."
"And you see, when craftsmen already account for almost half of the people, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still wants to establish that Laoshzi Mansion and train new craftsmen, which is really inappropriate!"
"Alas, I really hope that those craftsmen can leave our small city and go to other places to earn a living after they have learned something."
"I've heard that the capital and the towns around the capital are short of craftsmen."
"What you said, those people grew up in our town, if you let them go, they are willing to go, and their families are willing to let them go?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince probably has other arrangements, the affairs of the factory are arranged, let's just sit and watch His Royal Highness the Crown Prince continue to issue decrees, and we have surplus silver on hand."
"Our land can also grow vegetables, and we are not worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will issue a decree, which will affect our days."
Chen Mu tilted his head to listen to the people in the lobby discussing matters related to his decree, and at the same time took Meng Qing in the direction of the upstairs.
Meng Qing glanced back in the direction of those people, and then looked up at Chen Mu.
Seeing Chen Mu frowning and looking thoughtful, Meng Qing covered her lips and smiled, and spoke.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, since you care so much about the opinions of those people on the decree, you and I will disguise ourselves later, pretend to be the people in this city and go to the street to talk to those people on the street?"
Chen Mu was stunned when he heard Meng Qing say this, and then laughed.
He nodded in agreement, he didn't know much about the local merchants, only that they were interested in making friends with the masters and students in the training office.
Therefore, he arranged for those merchants to settle in the factory, although he also arranged for people to be in the factory to manage the affairs in the factory.
But he was also worried that the merchants would have other thoughts after hearing about his decree.
In that case, he could go out into the streets to inquire about the people's opinions on the decrees, and then ask the people about the merchants.
Thinking about it like this, Chen Mu and Meng Qing went back to the guest room, and changed into simple clothes, the color of the clothes looked simple, but the fabric was good.
This is already the most ordinary and ordinary clothes that Chen Mu can find.
After all, he is the prince, and he takes out a random piece of clothing in his hand, and the fabric is the finest.
These clothes, which he asked his subordinates to prepare in Meicheng, have finally come in handy.
Chen Mu took Meng Qing and a few entourages out of the inn and walked towards the lively wine shops on the street.