"Sir, this thing requires only half of the labor required for the previous one. If all the looms are used in Jiangnan workshops, there will not be any future chaos. Therefore, for the sake of the people's livelihood, I would like to ask the weaver in the world to prohibit the use of this loom. Only by competing for profit with the people can we maintain peace in Jiangnan." The aide made a suggestion to Hong Chengchou.

However, Hong Chengchou looked at the problem much more thoroughly than them. He immediately shook his head and rejected it, "Since this thing has flowed out, it is probably impossible to ban it." Although he did not understand that a hundred times profit was enough to violate any law, he could also figure out something similar. "Anyone who does this job can see clearly the benefits of this thing. Even if we destroy all the looms at the moment, those merchants will still take them out in order to make money. This is impossible to rely on the government alone."

"The important thing about this is that the weavers have no way to survive after being driven out of the workshop. If they can find a new way to make a living, there will be no problem." Hong Chengchou stopped the questioning of his staff and continued, "Now, Liaodong and Liuqiu Shang need someone to go and reclaim the land. Let's ask how many of them are willing to go."

"I have asked, but these people have lived in the prosperous places in Jiangnan for a long time, and I am afraid that even the capital is unwilling to go, let alone the bitter and cold places like Liaodong and wild places like Liuqiu? Therefore, less than 20% of the people asked by me are willing to accept this plan, and the rest are still willing to leave Jiangnan." An aide replied.

"Now the land in Jiangnan is under investigation. Many of these people have been seized by local gentry by illegal means, so they have to live in the city as weavers. If this matter can be done well, returning the lost land can also solve the problem of many weavers." Another official added, "This item can probably solve the livelihood problems of 10% of weavers."

"Your Majesty's edict to re-engineer the Jiangnan Guard Station, and recruit new soldiers are indispensable. If any of them are willing to join the army, as long as they can pass the review, I can also recruit some people." Cao Wenzhao also helped Hong Chengchou find a solution, "It's just as the gentleman said just now, Jiangnan is a rich place, and there are probably not many of these people who are willing to join the army."

"But it can also solve many problems, at least one adult's livelihood problem." These items add up to 40%, but 60% of the unemployed weavers cannot find a way out. Hong Chengchou discussed with others for a long time but did not discuss a good solution. He could only write this into a memorial and submit it to Li You, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor could come up with a solution. He still admired Li You's strategy very much. As for those guys in the cabinet, Hong Chengchou did not think they could come up with any good solutions.

The facts were just as Hong Chengchou thought. When Li You distributed the memorials to his ministers for the purpose, Sun Chengzong, Wang Qia and others could not come up with any good solutions. They just played the old tune repeatedly and said something that was not suitable for competing for profit with the people. They should ban such looms, which made Li You shook his head repeatedly.

He knew how earth-shaking changes the world would have in the next few hundred years, and the root of this change was the continuous emergence of various new machinery. Now the Ming Dynasty has more efficient looms but it is necessary to ban them. Isn’t this a reversal of history? He must not agree to this matter, and he asked Song Yingxing to study this kind of looms at the beginning to ban them. He would use this thing to implement another plan.

"With the workshop in Jiangnan, the food and clothing of thousands of weavers, please ask Hong Chengchou to let them recover earlier. For the military uniforms of the border towns and garrisons, it is time to continue to be made. The clothing materials should be purchased from Jiangnan, so that those weavers can earn more wages." Now that Hong Chengchou has gradually calmed down Jiangnan, the suppression of them should be gradually loosened. This batch of fabrics is enough to support many weavers and allow them to escape the danger of unemployment.

"But Your Majesty, the fabric required for this military uniform is limited after all, and it is not purchased every year. Even if you can help them with it for a while, what should you do next year?" Sun Chengzong raised a new question, "And the military uniforms are all ordinary fabrics. Jiangnan's output is not just these, but also many expensive clothing materials. These troops are afraid they won't be able to use them."

"Silk and high-end cotton cloth have their own sales, so we don't have to worry about it." After all, high-end people are a minority, and the impact is not that big, so Li You plans to let them solve it themselves. All he can do is to improve the internal transportation system of the Ming Dynasty, reduce the collection of tolls, and provide them with convenience. Of course, the taxes these people should pay cannot be avoided. Now is no longer the time for them to rely on their identities to evade taxes.

"And I have hundreds of millions of people outside of the Ming Dynasty. The Thai countries are eager to see the silk of the Ming Dynasty. The people of North Korea, Japan, and South China also need cloth wraps. Even if there are doubled in the Jiangnan workshops, there is no need to worry about sales." Now that the Ming Navy has begun to take shape, it can provide security protection for the Ming maritime merchants. It is time to use Ming Dynasty goods to occupy their market. Increased demand will inevitably lead to the expansion of the scale of the workshops, and those unemployed weavers no longer have to worry about their work. Of course, in this way, the commercial systems in North Korea, Japan, and South China will inevitably suffer a serious impact. However, if you can use troubles to solve your own troubles, this business is still very cost-effective.

"But if this is the case, the demand for cotton and sericulture will increase greatly, and more and more landlords will change to rice and grow cotton. Jiangnan is an important grain production place in the Ming Dynasty. If so, I will probably have people going hungry." Sun Chengzong was not easily convinced by Li You. The issue of food is the foundation of national peace.

"The mulberry trees grow on the ridges of the field and will not occupy too much field. The most suitable place for cotton planting in the world is the northwest, but not the south of the Yangtze River. Now the army in Guyuan Town, Ningxia Town and other places has been trained. After they take back the Western Regions, they can plant cotton on a large scale there to solve the problem of raw materials." Li You remembers the reputation of northwest cotton in later generations.
Chapter completed!