Jinhua Mansion, Zhejiang.

Higashiyama.

Lower Hook Village.

After the farming was busy, the figure of the merchants increased.

"Lee's."

"Zhou's."

"Wang's."

The cart pushed by the small trader was loaded with rolled silk material, and the basket was stacked neatly, and as soon as they entered the village, the men and women of each family gathered around, and the merchants were not in a hurry, according to the previous rules, and distributed the silk material on the cart to each family.

"Why is there less this year?"

"yes, it's 30% less than in previous years."

The women were gossiping.

While talking and picking, their eyes and hands are the best means of inspection, only need to look twice, touch with their hands, you can know the quality of the silk, will not be deceived by inferior products.

They would spin the silk into cloth, which would be taken by the vendors and handed back to the merchants, who would receive money for their handiwork.

It's different from all over the North.

Every family has not given up the fields here, and most of them are three or five or six or eight acres per family.

The harvest in the fields became the family's ration and daily use, and the women relied on their hands to increase the family's income, which led to the custom of three meals a day in Zhejiang.

It's hard to have such a luxurious region in the whole world.

Two meals a day is already a dream thing in many areas, not to mention three meals a day, the people of Samarkand are something they dare not think of before the arrival of the Ming army.

The peddler was surrounded by a large number of women, who were not very dressed, and even women with bare arms, but no one cared.

The peddler's eyes were dripping.

I can't get tired of watching it for many years.

"Go back and see your mother, where are you going?" An old woman stepped forward and knocked on the vendor, and the women around laughed, and the embarrassed vendor shook his head in disgust.

The men outside were also giggling.

One of the men couldn't help but smile when he saw his mother beating a small trader.

Soon after.

The small traders left, and each family brought back their "raw materials".

The village was restored to its tranquility.

The sun is setting and the smoke is rising.

The old woman went to cook, and the daughter-in-law took off her dress and began to work, wrapped only in a thin cloth towel, her hair was coiled up, and her feet stepped on the tread pole of the loom, and the cloth towel fell between her legs, swaying with the woman's movements.

The naked upper back, because the farm work was done by the men of the family, turned out to be a piece of white flowers.

Operating the loom with both hands, the crumbling scarf, as if it was about to slip off in the next moment, looked at the man who came home, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The women of every house are busy.

The men don't go to the door, and the fun is also in the village.

Some time ago, the men who had just finished their farm work were tanned by the sun, showing their front teeth and bragging.

If history has not changed.

In another 50 years, after the land of China is completely restored, the world's best-selling goods will be continuously supplied here to the world, including all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The high degree of economic development has given birth to various advanced ideas such as equal rights for men and women.

"This year's three percent less, I'm afraid there will be less next year."

"I heard that the factories in the city have a very high output, and they are even more refined than ours."

"Impossible."

"What we make here is silk, which is different from other fabrics."

When it comes to all kinds of fabrics, the men are also talking.

In the wave of the Western Industrial Revolution, one of the most vaunted technologies is the Jenny machine, which is not a loom, but a spinning machine, which belongs to the hand-cranked way and can spin multiple yarns at one time.

The hand-spinning machine was eliminated very early in ancient China.

Instead, Huang Daopo, who was born in Songjiang Mansion in the Southern Song Dynasty, improved the pedal spinning machine, when the efficiency was improved, it liberated both hands, and one person could operate it by stepping on it.

The emergence of three-spindle pedal cotton spinning wheels and three-spindle and five-spindle pedal hemp spinning wheels has made Songjiang area one of the cotton textile centers, and the exquisite "Wunijing quilt" is sold all over the country.

From spinning to weaving, a complete set of technical industries.

Therefore, although the men are only responsible for weaving here, they are also familiar with other industries, and they are not strangers.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, and you have to see it after all."

There was a man who proposed.

To go to a strange place, no one dares to go, mainly because they are reluctant to spend money.

A horse-drawn carriage appeared on the road.

The carriage passed through the village.

The young Zhou Chengzhi, tired and leaning against the wall of the car, was not in the mood to go down, continued to visit the place here, and was ready to end the trip and return to the capital.

Through the car window.

Saw the peaceful village.

Zhou Chengzhi sighed in his heart, the wave of industrialization, what an accurate adjective for this wave.

People are like ants, even if they are rich and noble, trying their best to struggle in the huge waves, and after the wind calms down, everyone changes to a new position, and many ordinary people, I am afraid that they will not react afterwards.

After returning home, Zhou Chengzhi and his colleagues exchanged their research conclusions, and finally their team leader organized them to form a booklet and submit it to the clerk's room of Wenhua Palace.

The booklet was quickly placed on Zhu Gaochi's desk.

This kind of booklet will become one of the ways for Zhu Gaochi to learn about various parts of the country.

"Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the economic development of the Jianghuai region has been changing with each passing day, and in the past 30 years, all kinds of traditional machines have become the standard configuration of every family, that is, the means of production."

"Hand-spinning machines, handlooms, becoming part of the furniture of each house, dowry and bride price, etc., every day, the house of each family, echoes the sound of clicking."

"In this way, it can be described as a golden age for the Jianghuai region."

"These handicraft families, who have farmland at home and work in an orderly manner at home, are economically prosperous and keep people active, so the moral level in the Jianghuai region is slightly higher."

"They pay attention to morality and righteousness, relying on manual work can make the family live comfortably, and there are a few acres of land harvest, as well as two occupations, for the current era, they are indeed better than the people in other places."

"But there are drawbacks to this lifestyle."

"The farm work is not as delicate as in other regions, and in comparison, it is so-so, and it is just a sideline business, and the agricultural output is less than in other areas."

"Because of the sunset, sunrise lifestyle, living on the outskirts of the city, or further afield, they do not consume much, and even retain the traditional rural way of self-sufficiency."

"Although they have created wealth through production, wealth has not been circulated, resulting in the economic development of the local society, which cannot be more perfect, and is a problem that needs to be solved in order to truly stimulate the local economic cycle."

"According to the survey, more than half of them have never been to the city in their lives, and most of them are gray-haired elderly people who have never even left the surrounding villages."

"The only external demand is the vendors who regularly enter the village to sell some simple goods, and such a business method cannot stimulate their desire to consume."

"But new changes are coming."

"A large amount of capital investment in Zhejiang, all kinds of machines using new technologies such as steam engines, far more competitive than handicraft families, this year's orders, handicraft families are less than forty percent."

"Within five years, the traditional economic model in these regions will be bankrupt, and large numbers of people will be forced to leave the land and go to the cities in search of work to support their families."

"At this stage, it is necessary for the imperial court and the Ming Industry Bureau system to face up to it, and prepare in advance to ensure a smooth transition, so that the people can change their previous lives, and at the same time, let them avoid more difficulties."

"Here's what the minister thinks."

"The people of the good area, they live in peace and harmony, of course, there will be a single person who is infected with bad habits, but this cannot deny the group, and now they live with dignity."

"If in the next few years, under the situation of economic crisis, these people who originally lived with dignity will be at a loss, embarrassed and lose their dignity in the great changes."

"Then the civilization in this region will also fall into regression, not only the local loss, but also the loss of the whole Ming Dynasty, which the ministers are also unwilling to see and can't bear to see."

"Capital needs to be controlled, but the advantages of capital must also be utilized."

"The minister believes that with the benevolence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he will not turn a blind eye to the suffering that the people are about to face."

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi shook his head helplessly.

What kind of agitation method, all kinds of means of wearing high hats, the ancient scholars, have already played flowers, if it doesn't work, then it will come in the opposite direction, and it will not work in the opposite direction, and it will not work in the middle of the anti-Tibet, which makes people unable to guard against it.

The industrial transformation of a region must be painful.

The solution is also very simple, put a task on the factory owners.

In the future, the factory owners in the West do not need to bear additional obligations, even if at the worst time, the bankruptcy filing will be over, and the factory owners will pat their butts and live in a new place.

Not in the East.

In addition to the original factory, the factory owners will also recruit workers according to the requirements of the local government, beyond the actual needs of the factory, and designate the group to accept them, etc.

Even bankruptcy is not something that you businessmen want to go bankrupt with.

Responsibility doesn't make it easy for you to get rid of it.

In a nutshell.

While occupying more social resources, the East will also assume more social responsibilities in the future, and the red line that will never be shaken is also one of the reasons why the rich like to run to the West.

Zhu Gaochi handed the booklet to the cabinet.

After reading it, Huang Huai and the others couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

The new way of governing the country led by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more advanced than the traditional way.

The original tradition.

The courtiers made all kinds of judgments through their own understanding and the absorption of intelligence from the surrounding networks, and the Ming Dynasty strengthened the inspection of the imperial history in the local area, becoming the eyes and ears of the imperial court in the local area and understanding the local situation.

Nowadays, there are various social groups joined by scholars, and various research and reports in various parts of the society have provided a unique vision for the imperial court.

"Since the problem is brought by private commercial banks, they have gained a lot of profits in the process and occupied more social resources, so they also need to take on more social responsibilities."

"It is a mandatory requirement for the cabinet to consult with those commercial firms to draw up a charter to absorb the population of bankrupt workshops in the Jianghuai region and provide more jobs."

Zhu Gaochi commanded.

In disguise, he took out the profits from the money bags of the merchants.

Obviously, only ten workers were needed, but at the request of the local government, twelve must be recruited, and several of them were designated by the local government, and there were many accusations in later generations.

In view of this phenomenon, the dissatisfaction of the businessmen can be understood, but some ordinary people complain for the businessmen, which is a situation that is not clear.

Western countries have similar practices, but they are not as tough as those in the East.

After all, the capitalists in the West have the power in their hands.

So the cabinet Huang Huai personally led, with the assistance of officials from the Ministry of Industry and the staff of the Daming Industrial Bureau, those firms that set up factories in Zhejiang, and named Heji Hezhong and other firms.

The merchants complained one after another.

The imperial court is becoming more and more detailed, and even they have to manage the recruitment of workers, and what is even more excessive is that they have to assign tasks and must complete the number of recruited workers.

The previous inheritance tax law, and today's style, make the emerging businessmen very dissatisfied.

But no one dared to raise the lead against it.

How long has it been since the fate of the Zhang family's business, and many people remember it deeply, such a big business, if it is gone, it will be gone, and the court will not end up, who dares to continue to make trouble?

No matter how much dissatisfaction you have, you can only hide it in your heart.

Huang Huai ended the meeting, and after returning to the Wenhua Palace, he told Zhu Gaochi about his inner worries.

Zhu Gaochi smiled when he heard this.

Revolution is not a dinner party, although this is not the case in the Ming Dynasty, and it is a similar reason.

"I'm not the God of Wealth, of course I can't like everyone, you say that some people are dissatisfied in their hearts, how can I not know it, the ancients said that the world is bustling for profit, and if the interests of others are moved, others can still rejoice, isn't it bullying."

"I can understand their dissatisfaction, but as long as they can do things according to the rules and not violate the interests of the Ming Dynasty, then I will protect the interests in their hands, otherwise the interests of the Ming Dynasty will be harmed, and I will take their interests to make up for the interests of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaochi said indifferently.

As long as the barrel of the gun is mastered, it is the foundation of political stability.

Nowadays, the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty can't turn the world up in China.

In addition to not having this strength, the social customs of the Ming Dynasty do not have such soil.

——

Gu Yun: Flying clouds and birds raise wind flags, and the Dragon Boat Festival has never competed in the water. The golden drum suddenly made everyone look at it, and the boat topped upside down with children.

Yangzhou.

On the Qujiang River.

There are a lot of people on both sides of the strait.

"Knock knock knock."

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Hey."

The gongs and drums on the dragon boat beat continuously, the men shouted slogans, the action turned into one, everyone tried their best, their faces were swollen red, the waves were blooming, and the dragon boats were scrambling to catch up.

The child sat on his father's shoulder and looked at it with a grin.

The women also held handkerchiefs and swayed one after another, cheering for their dragon boat team.

On a high platform.

The village elders of the villages were stamping their feet, some were in high spirits, some were so angry that they stomped their feet, and the officials next to them were smiling from ear to ear.

There are also many pleasure boats on the river.

Large boats and small boats are docked at the riverside to make way for the dragon boat team.

Somewhere.

The people on the arch bridge let go of their hands, the ducks fell from the air to the water, a command, "poof" and "poof", the endless sound of going into the water, people jumped into the water to catch ducks.

The person who grabs the duck wins the jackpot.

Not only did the people on the shore cheer for him, but there were also prizes, which were not rich, and people hoped to win a good fortune in addition to pursuing their own excitement.

Cruises.

Eight or nine-year-old boys pose Guanyin and perform golden rooster independence.

The two sides of the strait applauded.

The sailors of the salt ship, tied to the bow and stern of the ship, tied to the bow and stern, competed for the first place.

The whole Jianghuai area is lively.

The children's smiling little faces were flushed, shuttling everywhere, drilling through the dense crowd, laughing and forgetful, and even the adults were infected.

People on this day are especially polite.

In the past, a touch, or a quarrel may lead to a big fight, but today they are very polite and generous.

A wealthy and well-connected firm.

Put the reward ticket with the reward amount written on it in the hollowed out duck eggs, throw the empty duck eggs into the canal, and the sailors who row dragon boats have gone down to the river to "grab the bid", and the duck eggshells drift with the waves on the water, ups and downs.

Sailors who "grab the bid" are not allowed to scramble with their hands, and must bite the duck eggshell with their beaks to "win the bid".

The crowds of spectators on both sides of the canal sparked bursts of cheers.

The major painters painted it.

Major newspapers also published the grand occasion.

At this time.

A team of people went to Beiping from the railway stations in the south of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the latest order of the Ministry of War.

The southern army was going to the north to participate in the annual drill in the province of Senan and the northern part of the country, and many people were worried that this move would cause many non-commissioned officers to become unaccustomed to the soil and cause a large number of injuries and illnesses.

However, the military department still made a decision in the end.

The doctors were also called together and went all out to maintain the health of the army, and finally even the troops in Guangdong and Guangxi were named and asked to send elites to participate.

"Click, click."

The soldiers of Liangguang took the railway, arrived from the south of Daming to the north of Daming, passed through one region after another, and saw one city after another, everyone sighed, the vastness of Daming.

The Samarkand region is also vast.

However, the vast Samarkand region, compared with the greater Ming Dynasty, can be said to be ten to one. A thousand miles of no-man's land and a thousand miles of urban areas are two different things.

For this big exercise, the imperial court made a lot of preparations.

Peiping.

The north and south of the river, a variety of local sounds, let the people of Beiping open their eyes.

The prosperity of Beiping City also amazed the soldiers.

Beiping, which is not even comparable to the capital, has a street composed entirely of more than a dozen floors, and it is also the most developed area in Beiping.

Each soldier was given three days off.

The shops in Beiping are full.

In order to meet the demand, the major theaters extended the time of work, and the soldiers opened night shows.

Some soldiers have seen new dramas in their hometowns, and many soldiers have not seen them.

The wolf soldiers in Guangxi were also severely supervised.

The wolf soldiers fought bravely, but the military discipline was lax, which was also due to the local environment.

In these years of military reform, the treatment of the wolf soldiers has been greatly improved, and the military discipline has also been improved, but after all, it is Beiping, thousands of miles away, and the whole army is here, even the officers of the wolf soldiers dare not lose face.

For a whole month.

More than half of the passengers on the railroad buses in Beiping are soldiers from other places.

this month.

With a consumer population of 100,000, the traders in Beiping have made a lot of money.

Each soldier earns eighteen dollars a year.

There is no place for consumption in the army, and there is no shortage of places for consumption in Beiping, so they need to ask for each, and they are all happy.

Ultimately.

In the open space outside the city of Daning.

The 100,000 army was arrayed, and the person in charge was Xunchen Bingwen, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County.

In the end, it is divided into three ways.

Each road was divided into ten sections, like waves, from east to west, horses and steps combined, carrying firearms and vehicle-mounted guns, marching in unison, and did not take the railway of the province of Senan.

The good days in Peking were suddenly reduced to tempering.

The day-to-day march became a wrist that trained the soldiers to maintain their tenacity.

The army quieted down.

The silent army is like a terrifying machine.

The torrent of steel is gushing.

Lake Baikal, the Erkhon River, the Achi-Caspian Sea, the Zabkhan River, and the boundless Hanhai Sea left the Ming army everywhere.

Local and migratory people.

Under the organization of the Ming court, the pastures were divided into households, and each family obtained its own pastoral area, and the amount of grazing was stipulated, so as not to exceed the ecological supply of local pasture and destroy the ecological balance.

It complements the economy of the mainland and greatly develops the productive forces of both sides.

But with this way of life, the herders need the most peaceful environment and cannot resist the bandits from outside.

The big drill of the year.

The horse thieves who came and went on the grassland disappeared without a trace, providing peace for the lives of the local people, and also preventing foreign tribes from encroaching on the grasslands of local herdsmen.

It's like a three-dimensional in history.

Because of the relationship with the Ming Dynasty, the two sides have maintained a mutual market, and Duoyan Sanwei has also become a familiar part of the Ming Dynasty, and the local herdsmen are also the best living groups in the rest of the region.

This tranquility.

Because in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid the rise of the right-wing Mongols, the left-wing Mongols chose to move westward, and Lin Dan Khan's grandfather generation invaded the pastoral area of Duoyan Sanwei, and maintained mutual markets with the Ming Dynasty in the name of Duoyan Sanwei.

"Heavy snow?"

"It's snow."

The soldiers of Liangguang spread their legs and cheered obliviously.

The soldiers of the north scoffed.

Isn't it just snow, what's so surprising.

Altai Mountains.

At the end of the exercise, the soldiers were in a happy mood, and finally ended the hard work of several months.

On the south side.

A large number of Western Expeditionary Forces are on their way home.

The officers and generals who organized the large-scale drill maintained a high degree of tension and waited for the dispatch at any time, and as soon as they received the military order, they immediately set off as a whole army.

Soldiers from the north and south had a snowball fight.

They didn't know the true intentions of the imperial court.

Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty.

Arrived at Jiayuguan.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

The soldiers chanted.

Zhu Di stood on the high platform, like Hongwu twenty-four years, he was ordered by his father to march north, and achieved a great victory, and now, he also opened up thousands of miles for the Ming Dynasty and achieved great achievements.

"I."

"Worthy of the world."

Zhu Di said proudly.

(End of chapter)