Chapter 564: Establishment of an Iron Foundry Factory
The textile industry has developed, and the only factories that can be established are wrought iron and construction.
Chen Mu pondered for a while, and prepared to let people build a wrought iron factory in the capital.
The demand for textile equipment and farming equipment will increase in the future, and a variety of iron tools will also become popular in the market.
Even so, it is also very important to set up a wrought iron factory in advance, so that those people can enter the factory to learn the art of wrought iron.
Chen Mu pondered for a while, waved his hand, and issued a decree.
The wrought iron factory did not cause much trouble in the capital, and all the families focused their attention on the promotion of literacy books.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
The officials who had compiled the wrong books had just been imprisoned, but only one day later, someone from the family came to visit the palace.
Chen Mu naturally saw the plans of those family members, he sneered, raised his hand and waved, still choosing to cool those family members.
Those people in the family were cold for a long time, and they were furious, but they were helpless.
Chen Mu was the crown prince after all, and they tried to attack people close to the prince, but with little success.
Lan Fenghuang and Meng Qing were even more worried that the promotion of books and teaching the people words and mathematics would affect Chen Mu's status.
Fortunately, Chen Mu repeatedly assured that he had other plans, Meng Qing and Blue Phoenix, so he felt a little at ease.
The establishment of the factory office went smoothly, but only a dozen days later, the wrought iron workshop was completed.
"The adults of the Ministry of Industry chose a deserted house located on the outskirts of the capital, and built around the deserted house, and now it has been successfully completed."
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, when do you plan to put this factory into use?"
The henchman arched his hand to Chen Mu, and Chen Mu thought about it for a while.
"In just these two days, have the people driven out by the two farm owners left the city?"
"They have all left the city, and most of them have moved to villages and towns not far from the capital, ready to find work."
"Those villagers don't have land in their hands, and they don't have any other skills, and they are thinking about going to other villages to become farmers."
They can only farm the land, and if they want to find a way out for themselves, they can only return to their old business.
Chen Mu sighed and nodded.
After pondering for a moment, he gave instructions to Lord Ye.
"Then send someone to summon those people to the wrought iron factory on the outskirts of Beijing, and ask them if anyone is willing to learn the art of wrought iron in that factory."
"While they are learning the art of wrought iron, they can live in Nafu Ya, and I will ask the adults in charge of the factory to provide them with three meals a day."
There are still skills to learn, and no one should refuse this good opportunity.
Lord Ye immediately responded.
As soon as the news came out, the people who had settled in the nearby villages were really moved.
Although they didn't know that Chen Mu had summoned them to the factory government.
But they knew that the factory was newly built by Chen Mu.
Although they don't have the ability to forge iron, they are happy if they can go to the factory to learn and serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future.
Many people geared up and rushed to the factory on the outskirts of Beijing with Lord Ye's people.
Chen Mu sent his trusted Master of the Ministry of Industry to temporarily take charge of the factory, and at the same time, he also pondered another matter.
As soon as this wrought iron government is established, it is best to dock with the manufacturing bureau, so that in the future, forging some iron tools, or parts of instruments, can also be directly handed over to the manufacturing bureau.
It just so happened that the Manufacturing Bureau was also newly established, and he could let the officials of the Manufacturing Bureau devote their minds to the management of the wrought iron mansion.
Chen Mu issued an order, and the officials of the Manufacturing Bureau immediately received the order.
Officials from the Manufacturing Bureau also corresponded with officials from the Research Bureau, and Chen Mu was worried that the officials of the Manufacturing Bureau would not have time to deal with a lot of government affairs.
Let Li Mao and others, who studied the government, also take care of the affairs of the wrought iron factory.
When everything was arranged, nearly 100 people were introduced into the wrought iron factory.
Most of those people were older people.
After the official in charge of managing the affairs of the wrought iron mansion entered the mansion, he looked at the old and tired face, and became worried again.
These people are not young, and it takes strength to learn the art of wrought iron.
I don't know if these people can stay in this palace, the officials are worried, but they still underestimate these people.
These people have been forced to have no way back, and they know that if they leave this wrought iron mansion, they will have nowhere to stay.
Therefore, they bred up every day and learned the art of wrought iron in the wrought iron mansion, and after a few days, they mastered the basic wrought iron skills.
The blacksmiths hired by the officials of the government looked at the people who were learning skills in the government office, and they were all old people who were not young.
He pondered it and decided to let the men forge small instruments and parts.
This just fits Chen Mu's mind.
Another month had passed, and the old men had mastered the basic skills and could forge some simple parts on their own.
The wrought iron government has also been put into production and operation.
Chen Mu listened to the report of the officials in the government office, saying that a batch of parts had been accumulated in the government office.
After those parts were supplied to the manufacturing bureau, there was still a surplus.
Chen Mu pondered for a while, and was ready to ask the officials in the government to join the people in the shops to promote those parts to see if any people were willing to buy them.
"Most of these parts are iron nails and knives, and the demand from the private sector is large, and we will reduce the price, and there will be many people who are willing to buy them."
Master Ye thought about it for a while and took the initiative to propose.
Chen Mu immediately responded.
The territory of Great Xia is rich in products and countless iron ores, and even if the price is lowered, after selling those parts, the silver earned is enough to pay the daily expenses of the workers in the government.
Because the nails were made by professional blacksmiths and officials in the government.
As a result, most of them are extremely robust and do not cut corners, and they have been extremely popular after being introduced to the market.
Within a few days, it was sold out.
Seeing this, many people in the wrought iron of the government also felt quite proud.
But in less than two months, they were transformed from farmers to blacksmiths, thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince.
The official in charge of the wrought iron mansion passed on the silver after selling the parts to Chen Mu.
Chen Mu asked people to count it, divide a part, and give it to the official to pay for the daily expenses of the government office.
Chen Mu asked the official to distribute the remaining part to the people.
"At the beginning, we didn't expect that these parts would sell so smoothly, and we didn't expect that we could make so much money."
The official arched his hand with a smile and took the silver taels from Chen Mu's hand.
According to Chen Mu's instructions, the Hui Mansion distributed the silver earned to the people.
When the people saw that the government was in charge of food and shelter, they gave them silver.
More money was given than they had earned when they were farmers, and tears of gratitude filled everyone's eyes.
After those peasant households were driven out of Zhuangzi, they quickly found a way to survive, and the news that they had earned a lot of silver also spread in the capital.
Farmers who are worried about the promotion of farming equipment and are afraid that they will have no way to live in the future also feel a little relieved.