Chapter VII Shaofu

At this moment, He Xi was inspecting Nanjing Shaofu with Huang Zicheng.

He Xi is very busy in Nanjing. Huang Zicheng was not idle. Huang Zicheng is busy with the establishment of the Shaofu system.

Renovation of all workshops in Nanjing.

Huang Zicheng had always wanted He Xi to give some guidance. But the problem is, He Xi is too busy. Now a lot of things are coming to an end. He Xi is about to return to Liaodong. It's time for some government affairs to be handed over.

He Xi had a little free time.

Only then did I have time to take a look at Shaofu with Huang Zicheng.

Huang Zicheng said: "The students initially sorted out the Shaofu system, the Shaofu is directly subordinate to the inner court, and the workshops under the 24th Prison are all integrated with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and the Taiping Iron Works is under its jurisdiction, which goes without saying, Jiangnan Weaving, Longjiang Shipyard, Construction Division, Jingdezhen Official Kiln, and Miscellaneous Division. ”

"Jiangnan weaving, in Suzhou, Songjiang weaving house. Among them, Suzhou specializes in silk, and Songjiang specializes in cotton. There are already hundreds of looms. ”

He Xi said: "What kind of loom is used? ”

Huang Zicheng said: "It is a loom in Liaodong, which has just been established, and can produce 500 pieces of silk per day. Cotton cloth thousand horses. In addition to supplying the needs of the imperial court, Suzhou sells every day, and can get more than 10,000 taels of silver every month. ”

He Xi secretly said in his heart, it seems that Liaodong's technology needs to be updated. Because he knows very well that the development of the textile industry here in Jiangnan is too dominant. From the origin of raw materials to the consumer market, and even technical advantages, etc.

In order for the textile industry in Liaodong to be able to resist the textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River, technical advantages are very necessary.

Competition is everywhere.

It's just that He Xi paid more attention to one question and said, "Ten thousand taels? ”

This number is not right.

Huang Zicheng was silent for a moment and said, "Jiangnan? That's it. ”

He Xi has a good understanding of the textile industry. Among them, the profit is also very clear, the price of silk is comparable, and cotton is much higher. Profits are also much higher. Ten thousand taels is not the right number.

But Huang Zicheng only needs a little.

He Xi understood what was going on.

The snakes on the ground need to be taken care of.

Of course, Huang Zicheng may have pierced this matter. Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely carry out a purge of interested parties. But the question is, will killing solve the problem? Huang Zicheng in history may be a high-eyed and low-minded Confucian minister. But today's Huang Zicheng is closer to a follower.

What is the difference between Confucian ministers and followers, the former talks about benevolence and righteousness, and many other high-sounding things. But do not do things. At most, I can watch others do things, and find fault is the best.

And the follower is the one who really does things, and when it comes to doing things, there may be a lot of compromises. The most important thing is to get things done.

Huang Zicheng is actually very able to understand some of He Xi's thoughts.

The Ming court, no, since ancient times, China has actually had a large number of workshops, and the organizational ability is not low, and even the internal division of labor is quite perfect, not to mention anything else. Let's just talk about the Qin Dynasty workshop. The level of sophistication of the weapons made is that it is difficult to imagine that their means of management are backward.

But why? These well-crafted workshops do not go any further.

The reason is simple, these workshops are not profitable, but more of a part of the central government. There is only consumption, no profit.

Similarly, the original workshop of the Ming Dynasty, in terms of organization and division of labor, was not a factory built by the night. But the problem, too, is quite okay. In this era, it is also world-class except for He Xi's series of factories.

It's just that they all have one thing in common, they supply the court, supply the court, and do not directly supply the market.

For the imperial court, there was only consumption.

Especially Jiangnan Weaving, many people seem to be affected by TV dramas, and it seems that Jiangnan Weaving is doing business overseas. Actually, no, Jiangnan Weaving was responsible for collecting silk from the local area and supplying it to the court. There are workshops in Jiangnan weaving, but there is a lot of silk that is directly apportioned to the people.

And Huang Zicheng's work, improving the working environment, adjusting the production process, and introducing machinery, these are all very important. But more importantly, the direct supply of goods to the outside world, from a court supply agency, into a factory.

And here's the problem.

The imperial court actually had no control over the market, nor did it have the right to set prices. Moreover, the Jiangnan weaving output created by Huang Zicheng is not enough to occupy an absolute advantage.

Moreover, everyone wants a piece of the public stuff. He Xi has a hard foundation, and no one dares to ramble around He Xi. But Huang Zicheng is not He Xi. When encountering many things, he can only compromise and give up the small to take the big. There are not even these benefits. There are many things, and Huang Zicheng can't do it so easily.

He Xi said: "Is this the case with other workshops? ”

Huang Zicheng said: "Yes, the ex-factory price is a price. The market price is a price. But fortunately, large-scale production reduces costs, and the imperial court still has to make money. And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed. Shaofu's profits, which do not need to be handed over, have just started this year, and there are about 100,000 taels. ”

"It's not as good as Liaodong now, but after a long time, it will definitely be stronger than Liaodong."

He Xi said: "I can see it. Jiangnan's advantages are too great. ”

Huang Zicheng said: "Yes, there are still some things, I hope the teacher can help." There are a lot of machinery to sell from Liaodong. Hopefully, teacher, give an expedited. ”

He Xi said: "It's easy to say. ”

Today, Shenyang Machinery Factory can be said to be the only machinery manufacturing capacity in the entire Ming Dynasty. Huang Zicheng wanted to expand, but he had no choice but to buy it from the Shenyang Machinery Factory, and the machinery factory was more of an internal supply in Liaodong. It is the most convenient way to let He Xi say hello.

Huang Zicheng continued: "The official kiln is in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. I went to the past, in fact, the official kiln and the private kiln are a group of craftsmen. Craftsmen work in shifts for ten days a month. In fact, it is best for the teacher to abolish the craftsman's registration. Now I have been employing mainly in the entire Shaofu system. However, there is no way for you to see these places. ”

"The construction department, in fact, does not have any entity, but is just a group of craftsmen who specialize in construction."

"Longjiang Shipyard, with Miscellaneous Yards. It's in Nanjing, and the teacher is willing to go and see it. ”

He Xi said: "Okay, I have time today." Check it out. ”

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Longjiang Shipyard was the largest shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, and it still is today.

The Lushun Shipyard and Yingkou Shipyard built by He Xi in Liaodong cannot be compared with here at all.

After all, the place where Zhu Yuanzhang has been operating for more than 30 years can be easily compared. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang's business for more than 30 years is too useless. Of course, with the explosion of navigation. If Longjiang Shipyard is complacent. It's definitely going to be thrown off.

It's just that Huang Zicheng came and brought the most advanced technology from Liaodong.

The situation at the Longjiang shipyard is very different.

After He Xi came to Longjiang Shipyard, the first thing he saw was the most important property of Longjiang Shipyard, that is, the dock.

The shipyard is a big hole.

Facing the water, you can build a ship in the dock, and when the ship is built, you can release the water directly and let the boat enter the river from the dock.

And when building a ship by the river, it is easy to be swept away by the current. This was the reason for building a dockyard in the first place, but as ships were built to get bigger, it was difficult to find a place to build a shipyard that big. Only shipyards can be built.

The Lushun shipyard built all fishing boats, and there was no need for a dock. It was built directly on the coast, and when it was built, dozens of people were carried into the water. And the big ship is different. Built directly on the shore, it is impossible to go into the water at all.

The construction of the dockyard is time-consuming.

Many people may think that the dockyard is just a big hole.

But civil engineering, in the absence of construction machinery, requires people to dig it out with a shovel. It is particularly time-consuming. In the Longjiang Shipyard, there are dozens of large docks, which can build dozens of large ships at the same time. This is not Yingkou and Lushun, which can catch up for a while.

It's spectacular.

He Xi said: "Yes, it seems that business is booming. ”

Huang Zicheng said: "The main thing is the Nanyang copper ship, which the imperial court wants. ”

The Nanyang copper ship is a ship that transports copper ore from the South Seas. It is also one of the four towns in Nanyang, Sulu Town. That is, the Cebu copper mine has begun to be mined in the later generations. It has become another pillar of Daming's finances. After all, this copper is used to mint money.

In recent years, the number of coins minted has increased from tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, to millions.

It has become one of the important revenues in the treasury.