Chapter Ninety-Eight: Turbines

He Xi took two pieces of linen cloth by himself, one was plain linen cloth and had not been dyed yet. The other was colored linen, which had been dyed. There are also patterns. It is also a story with a Buddhist theme. He Xi said; "Your Majesty, look at these two sackcloths, how much do they cost?"

Zhu Yuanzhang touched his hand and said; "Five-dollar, right?"

He Xi said: "Your Majesty, it's tall. At today's cost, the minister has calculated it. It can overwhelm about fifty Wen. And a batch of colored cloth is also up and down Baiwen. At today's cloth prices. A piece of cloth earns at least half a penny. And now it has just begun, and it can produce three or four thousand horses a day, which is a long time. There will only be more. Take 4,000 horses. He could earn two hundred taels of silver a day. This has already deducted the cost of wages. ”

"If everything is on track, it is estimated that more than 10,000 horses per day will not be a big deal."

He Xi hadn't spoken yet. King Yan had already spoken first and said; "When the time comes, you will be able to earn five hundred taels a day. You can earn tens of thousands of taels a year. ”

He Xi said: "What King Yan said is extremely true, and there are even more. After all, they are not too skilled now, and there are other ready-to-wear clothes or something. There is still a lot of room for improvement in production efficiency. Give this treatment. It's nothing. ”

At this moment, King Yan was suddenly thrown aside by his previous worries about the country and the people.

His heart was set on fire with silver.

Don't think that the income of only more than 10,000 taels a year is very small. I'm sorry, but the plate on the Daming Sea is only one or two million taels. Except for the years when those explosive developments had just begun, now unless they go to Tianzhu, or further away. Once out of the sea, the situation of doubling profits no longer exists.

Because there are too many people going to sea.

A business name, a year, can share tens of thousands of taels of dividends. Some of the nobles who are behind claim to have a lot of family property. That's all for a year. Of course. Lu Zhongheng, the overlord of the South Seas, is another matter. Not profitable. Why did he go all the way to sit in the South Seas?

Just here in the Yan King. Yan Wang Yulu Wanshi. In other aspects, it is difficult to say whether there are 10,000 taels a year. After all, he is far away from Nanjing. When Nanjing's seafaring fever was set off here. He didn't make it at all.

And not on the opening of the sea bonus, how much to earn.

At this moment, King Yan's heart was extremely excited. He felt as if he was stepping on another development dividend.

Although I am also worried about the impact of cloth on ordinary people's homes. But he is the king of Yan, not the crown prince. What do you care about this? For a while, King Yan's eyes were full of a learning gesture. It seems that I want to figure it all out and reproduce it when I go back. He also thought of Lian Zining, and said secretly in his heart; "After I go back, let Mr. Lian get close to his teacher."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw much farther than King Yan.

He has estimated the cost here.

It is estimated that the biggest expense is the wages of female workers, which is why He Xi is good enough to give the high price of seven buckets of rice in January. He estimates that even if the price is cut in half, someone will come. However, the population of Liaodong is small, so it seems that manpower is so expensive.

But in the South, you won't be able to do that at this price.

As for the rest, it is nothing more than some wooden houses, and some machinery. Even if you estimate the price of machinery, although the price of iron is reduced, it will not be very high.

It is easy to scale up production.

Today, there are only a few thousand. In a year or two, it will be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands. At that time, the biggest problem is raw materials and markets.

For today, tens of thousands of taels a year. In the future, hundreds of thousands of taels of profits, or even tens of millions of taels a year. A lot of things can be done.

What is Sheep Eating Man? Now it is, it's not sheep eating people. It's hemp eating people. Cotton eats people. It's all the same problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a headache for a moment, he pressed his head slightly, and said: "All the cloth here, whether it is cotton cloth or linen, you are not allowed to sell a horse in China, He Xi, you are not very influential at sea." These fabrics can only be sold overseas. There must be no mistakes. ”

He Xi said: "Yes." ”

He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and stopped talking.

What if it doesn't sell to China?

The market is interconnected.

Although today's overseas requirements for Daming cloth are endless. It doesn't matter if it's cotton or linen. Especially this high-grade linen. All are very popular. But He Xi understands very well that the market is not really endless.

Once the overseas market can't eat so much cloth, it will naturally affect the country.

Even if nothing else.

This textile mill requires a lot of raw materials. Liaodong and Goryeo are not enough to supply, and raw materials from Shandong, Hebei, and other places are needed here to continue production.

It can't be stopped.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to say any more. He waved his hand and said, "I'm tired." We'll talk about the rest tomorrow. ”

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Zhu Yuanzhang's self-regulation ability is very good. The next day, I couldn't see any mood fluctuations yesterday.

On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see the Grange.

For farming, Zhu Yuanzhang is a professional. For Tuntian, Zhu Yuanzhang is also a professional. At the beginning of his crossing of the river, he established the tuntian system, and it was Kang Maocai who was in charge of this matter at that time. It is also based on this that the health center system was established.

Tuntian is the core of the health system.

It can be said that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to have the world has something to do with his very active grain production policy. Everywhere, focus on food. This point is Zhang Shicheng, and there is no way to compare it with Chen Youliang. Chen Youliang was reckless and did not care about the life or death of the people. And Zhang Shicheng does not repair the field administration, and the good land is owned by Zhang Shicheng's relatives. There are more powerful people, and there are fewer hands in the imperial court.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang is the deepest and most resilient of the three regimes, even if he can't win for a while. As long as the stalemate continues, Zhu Yuanzhang must win.

In the matter of Tuntian, Zhu Yuanzhang is not a layman.

This Goryeo Grange has only been cultivated for a few months. It's all raw, and there's nothing to look at. If you want a good harvest, I'm afraid you will have to wait a year or two. The rhythm of agriculture is like this, and there is no way to do it.

But that's not to say that you can't see anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang first looked at the treatment in the Goryeo Grange. How many rations per person per day. Then look at the tools. All farm implements are made of steel. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the blade on it, and if he polished it a little, he could use it as a weapon.

Zhu Yuanzhang tried to use such a farm tool. It's much easier to use than all kinds of farm tools before.

Especially when he was a child, many of his farm tools were made of wood. The two are not the same at all.

Then look at the land.

I have to say that the land in the Northeast is very powerful. Very fertile. Even Zhu Yuanzhang gave a fact that He Xi had not paid attention to, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This place is actually familiar land. It's just that there is no time to plant, so it is easy to reclaim it when it is wasted. It is estimated that it will stay up for a year next year, and the year after next will be about the same. ”

"Familiar?" He Xi looked closely at the land below, and he couldn't see anything.

He had never planted the land himself, but he didn't know that the fertile land and the raw land lay in the soil layer dozens of centimeters thick on the land. The soil layer of the land that is often cultivated has adapted to the growth of crops. Or that the microbial environment inside has changed. Only then can there be a good harvest.

Experienced people, at a glance, inexperienced people. Naturally, nothing can be seen.

He Xi was a little surprised that it was cooked, but when he thought about it, he also felt normal.

After all, although Liaodong is the marginal area of Chinese civilization, it does not mean that Liaodong has never been prosperous, not to mention anything else. Even in the Yuan Dynasty, there were many hukou in Liaodong, indicating that the amount of land reclamation in Liaodong was far higher than now.

It is also a good place close to the Liao River and convenient for watering. It's also normal that it has been reclaimed.

After reading these things.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Crops, one is in water, one is in soil. Everything else is secondary. Soil has seen it. Then look at the water. ”

He Xi said: "It just so happens that I also have something here, please look at your majesty." ”

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Soon came to the river.

Zhu Yuanzhang also quickly saw He Xi's masterpiece.

Along the Liao River more than ten meters, there are dozens of strange buildings side by side. And he saw from afar that there was stone on the outside and iron on the inside. What it is, but you have to get closer to see it clearly. When I came closer, I saw a high platform with a long and narrow river below. It seems to be able to divert water from the Liao River, and all the water goes to the deep pit below. And in the middle of this deep pit, there is a thick iron pipe. In the iron pipe, there is a central shaft, and there is a strange ring of blades on the central axis.

Eye-of-sight effects. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't see it really.

It's just that the high platform above extends a canal, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to guess what this is. Said: "This is the water diversion? ”

He Xi said: "Exactly. Then someone turned the switch on. The sluice gates of the canal below were also opened. A stream of water was drawn out of the Liao River because of the difference in height and the impact on the iron pipes below. The water struck near the thick iron pipe and swirled out again.

Just listen to the sound of the water, there seems to be something else.

And with the impact of the current. On the high platform above, it can be clearly seen that the central axis in the middle of the iron pipe has moved. After a while, I could clearly hear the sound of water in the pipes. Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, leaned on it and listened carefully for a while. said, "Come up." ”

Suddenly, a stream of water rushed out of the iron pipe and flowed into the canal. Attack the reclaimed land along the river and canal.

If you pull it up from here, you can see that along the Liao River, there is about a mile of this machine. It hasn't been rolled out on a large scale yet, and there are only a few dozen in total. But even these dozens of them can irrigate tens of thousands of fertile fields in the surrounding area.

Not to mention, this thing is purely water-powered. Different steam power, no electricity is used. In this day and age, it couldn't be more suitable.

Although there is also a limit on the height of the water lift. But in He Xi's opinion, it is much better than siphon equipment. Although there are some technical problems with this equipment, the biggest problem is the bearing. Nowadays, the production of bearings cannot be standardized. It takes a master to be in charge.

But it's enough for the time being.

There is also a limit to the amount of water you can carry. Not suitable for some special terrain. But for most of the land bordering the river. It's all usable. And it's convenient, fast and efficient.

Of course, it's all built on the mass production of steel. The premise that the price has been lowered, otherwise, He Xi can only think about the wooden waterwheel.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw a lot from this. He saw that all the rivers and canals of the whole world were filled with this. When the time comes, grain production will be able to increase, and the people will be able to cope with the general drought on their own.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "What is this called?" ”

He Xi said: "This is called a water turbine. ”