Chapter XVIII Five Years

If you miss the agricultural season, at least one season, don't think about what the harvest will be. But what are the laws of industrial production? That is, never let the machine stop. Because once the machine stops, the cost of maintaining the whole system is still there.

This huge cost can crush a business.

Therefore, the company has no orders. It's going out of business, laying off employees.

Once the demand in the market is insufficient, it represents the arrival of an economic crisis.

He Xi is the same. He doesn't do these things, and it seems like he can stop. Wait until you have accumulated good capital before starting. But the problem is that he has a little bit of a big deal with the design of the Shenyang Iron Works. The Shenyang Iron Works used to build a large number of weapons supply fronts, and now the confrontation situation with the Goryeo front will continue for some time. The demand for weapons fell.

There is already a lot of iron in stock at the Shenyang Iron Works.

The Shenyang Iron Works is the first to do a good job and support the downstream industry. That is, to build a machine for the underneath. These machines, all of which are iron guys that use human or animal power, look very backward. For example, He Xi came up with the idea of a large number of soybeans. That kind of oil press has changed the situation of Daming oil pressing, after all, it is smashed with a sledgehammer.

These machines can be built by Shenyang Iron Works.

The Taiping Iron Works also maintained production only because of overseas orders for weapons from the Nanyang Domain. Even today, the production of the Taiping Iron Works has shrunk a lot. That is, there is a lack of demand.

The Shenyang Iron Works, which is larger than the Taiping Iron Works, has no orders. It's not just a matter of closing the business for a year and leaving all employees without pay. There are 50,000 people in Shenyang's coal and iron industry, and if there is no profit, it is really difficult to feed these 50,000 mouths.

These are all strong men, and many of them are even turned by guards.

In short, turn it over and think about it. It must be stopped. In fact, He Xi gritted his teeth and suffered huge losses, but it was not easy to start next time.

However, he also understands a little bit of the truth of industrial management. Got it. Why is the doctrine of empire for the sake of the market, it is simply evil. Because once there is no market, there are no orders. They will immediately face the collapse of the country.

It's not without benefit to do it now.

The good thing is that manpower actually has a cost. Today's Goryeo immigrants, the cost of the victims of the disaster in Shandong is extremely low, and they almost only need to take care of food. But such a situation cannot last long.

Ye Wang said: "Then please rest assured, the earliest is three months, or about 100 days, and the first batch of beans will be produced." ”

There were also varieties of soybeans in ancient times. There are various varieties such as March ripening, zinnia, etc. In order to have an early harvest. Ye Wang mostly chooses early-maturing varieties. Although these early-maturing varieties are estimated to have some flaws in other aspects.

But I can't care so much at the moment.

He Xi said: "What about those new crops? ”

Ye Wang said: "I heard from the people below, all of them were planted last year, and the harvest was a lot, and in the future I will allocate 20,000 mu to them, including mature fields, raw fields, mountain fields, and paddy fields." Sent some old peasants. These crops will definitely be cultivated. ”

Ye Wang's expression was not too excited.

This is also because the performance of these native crops in the Americas in Liaodong is not so good. I don't know if it's a problem of soil and water, or something else. In short, high yields are certainly a bit more productive. But it's not so high as to be surprising.

Not even as well as they did in the American origin.

However, where the potential lies.

After all, there will be a day that will surprise everyone.

He Xi took a deep look, the land that was being ploughed in the spring, and finally hurried away.

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He Xi went all the way south to inspect the spring plowing on both sides of the Liao River, and finally arrived at Niuzhuang. It is located in a large factory near the textile mill. He Xi saw what he had been looking forward to. That's the printing house. The first priority now is to print the bills.

Although the food stamp system is under construction. But food stamp printing is also a big problem.

Be confidential, be sturdy, and be easy to produce.

Ge Tiangong has been waiting here for a long time. I saw He Xi coming. said, "Teacher, look. ”

He Xi took the paper in his hand. The paper is thick, soft, and strong, giving it a special feel. He Xi couldn't say clearly, it seemed to be the kraft paper of the kraft bag, and it was different.

Ge Tiangong said: "This is made of more than a dozen materials such as wooden paddles, hemp materials, etc. It's like no other on the market. Because, this ticket is very unfriendly to ink. You can only write on it with ink. Immediately, Ge Tiangong took a brush and asked He Xi to put down the pen.

He Xi simply scratched a vertical on it, and immediately noticed that a moment later, the ink smudged on it, forming a large patch. And Ge Tiangong immediately sent the ink. He Xi wrote again, and the notes were clear and clean.

He Xi said: "Not bad. ”

Ink in Daming although not to say no. But there are very few. It's not that the ancients were clever and couldn't make ink. Rather, there is no need. What do you do with it? However, it's just the ink. It's enough to give people who want to imitate it a headache.

And Ge Tiangong here has developed a set of inks.

This set of inks of various colors is actually not deliberately done by He Xi, but is unintentionally inserted into the willows.

What He Xi wanted was kerosene.

Yes, not for anything else. It's just to light the lights. Unless you light dozens or hundreds of candles. Otherwise, there is no feeling of brightness in the room at night. Extremely drowsy. And candles are expensive. He Xi himself can afford it.

But the whole world can't afford it.

Now that there is so much coal in Fushun Coal Mine, He Xi doesn't want to think about other ways to sell it. Come to think of it, kerosene lamps are a good market. There are many people in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more people who read. And quite a few people who read books can't afford candles. And kerosene lamps are an alternative.

As for the poorer people, they do not light their lamps at night.

Because of the emergence of a large amount of kerosene, some people have a whim to smelt some materials to make this ink system, of course, not all. Lots worse colors. But it was enough to print food stamps.

As for the dozens of printing presses that are ready to go, He Xi will not pay too much attention to them.

After all, this is not a new thing, and it is not much different from the printing press of the official newspaper. There are only a few minor improvements. This thing was made by He Xi. He just glanced at the finished product.

A one-stone food stamp.

The front is written, with a stone, there is a large seal of the governor of Liaodong, and the back is written Tong Suo without bullying. There are also some decorative patterns, but this pattern is actually a riddle. Each health center is different. You can see where the pattern came from.

Of course, this also brings a lot of difficulties to printing technology. Fortunately, there are only seventeen guards in Liaodong.

All you need is a dozen templates.

In addition to this, there are also samples such as salt stamps, coal stamps, etc. These things also have postponement of exit.

He Xi said: "Send a thousand households to guard here, and there must be no problems here." Without my permission, not a single piece of waste paper can go out, these craftsmen, let's live here for a while, and everything else will be treated as usual. ”

He Xi doesn't want to, let me not make fake bills. That's miserable.

Although, a lot of the technology here is kept secret. But He Xi didn't believe too much in the secrecy measures of this era. For example, all the details and intentions on this banknote, He Xi estimates that most of the craftsmen here can say the same.

It's not that they have to be proficient in all crafts. It's just that a lot of people don't keep that string a secret. There is no such concept. Just talk about the secret stuff casually.

It's the kind of guy who doesn't understand anything, and he only understands when he wants his life.

This is the norm in ancient times, although there are many elites, and they are also top figures in modern times. But there's more, muddy. I don't know anything at all. Messed things up. You think he's an enemy wreaking havoc, no, he's not, he's alone and doesn't care, or he's curious.

Therefore, He Xi has to use the most severe defense to trap this place.

"Teacher, how long are they going to stay here?" Ge Tiangong said.

He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "Family members are allowed to visit, but they are not allowed to take a piece of paper from here." Time? Five years. Just five years. ”