Chapter 159    Adjustment

Ming Dynasty, 1641 AD, spring.

Zhang Hao takes care of his children at home and stays with his wives.

The two daughters are getting more and more cute, they can walk and call him father, and Zhang Hao is very happy.

In addition, Chen Yuanyuan, Kou Baimen and Dong Xiaowan are pregnant for three or four months.

Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo, Zhang Hao was not in a hurry to ask them to have a second child.

Bian Yujing and Li Xiangjun have not moved yet.

Except for Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo, the other five were less than twenty, and some had the chance to have children.

Gu Hengbo became a full-time housewife and a housewife. Liu Rushi wanted to be an official in the future, and now he followed Zhang Hao to handle official duties while studying.

Chen Yuanyuan and Bian Yujing like to do business.

Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun love to study and hope to be a teacher in the future.

Kou Baimen serves as Zhang Hao’s personal secretary, taking care of Zhang Hao’s daily life, arranging his itineraries, etc.

Liu Rushi is equivalent to Zhang Hao's assistant, and Kou Baimen is the secretary of life.

Zhang Hao is not greedy for them. They are fighting hard and fiercely. They have what they want to do, have men to care for, and don’t have to worry about food and clothing. As long as they are not too greedy, their lives will get better and better.

Wu Zi is 27 years younger than Zhang Hao. He is more than one year younger than Zhang Hao. He has not been married yet, but he is pregnant. It is Zhang Hao's.

Last year, Wu Zizang asked Zhang Hao to drink alone, and Zhang Hao was drunk. So Wu Zizang succeeded and was very lucky, so he hit it in one go.

Wu Shuidi did not plan to get married, nor did she intend to let Zhang Hao be responsible, and she was unwilling to marry Zhang Hao.

This happened. Zhang Hao thought about it and communicated with Wu Shui first. With Wu Shui's consent, they told Liu Rushi and the others. They were not too surprised. They knew that Wu Shui had never given up on Zhang Hao.

Wu Zhidian would not live in Zhang Hao's mansion and still live the same life as before. Zhang Hao would try his best to accompany her, but he would definitely not be able to take care of Wu Zhidian like Liu Rushi and the others.

After Wu Zetian knew about this, she asked Wu Zhe about her thoughts, but did not interfere and respected Wu Zhe's choice.

Early summer.

Wu Shuidi gave birth to a son for Zhang Hao, who was also Zhang Hao's first son in the Ming Dynasty.

Two months later, Chen Yuanyuan also gave birth to a son for Zhang Hao.

A month later, Kou Baimen and Dong Xiaowan were born, and they were both sons.

Zhang Hao is all his sons in this wave, and the output is high.

Liu Rushi, Gu Hengbo, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun and others were envious and hoped that they could have a son.

At this time, Bian Yujing and Li Xiangjun became pregnant.

By the spring of 1642 AD, they had two daughters. Zhang Hao was happy, and they were a little disappointed.

Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo began to prepare for pregnancy and were preparing to give birth to a second one.

Zhang Hao's eldest and second daughters are already a few years old and can run around the ground.

Second daughter: "Dad, I finally have a sister, and I just want a younger brother. Mom, I want one younger brother, no, I want two!"

With sister, brother, sister, and younger brother, there will be all.

Today, Wu Shuidi brought his children to the mansion.

Zhang Hao now has nine children, five sons and four daughters, and he can be said to be full of children.

Wu Shuidi came with her children, on the one hand, for reunion, and on the other hand, for discussing some business matters with Zhang Hao.

After giving birth to the child, Wu Zhai took care of the child at home and left the business matters to others. She just needs to listen to the situation at home and control the overall situation.

Chen Yuanyuan and Bian Yujing were also discussing with them because they were doing business.

Wu Zishuang said: "Now all our industries are using mechanical power, mining has electricity, pumps, ventilation machines, and motorcycles to pull coal. The latest mechanized production has been used in the textile industry, saving a lot of labor and improving production efficiency has been greatly improved..."

The Ming Dynasty was still popularizing general manual production machines, such as Jenny spinning machines, while Wu Tian and his industry were already using steam engines, electricity and other machinery, and were at the forefront of the industrial revolution and changed to a special technical innovation research department, and later it went to the technical type to produce equipment for other industries.

For example, Wu Ting's industries now include generators, motors, pumps, blowers, induced fans, steam engines and other production factories.

Although the imperial court also had these equipment production factories, Wu Zizang was the only one among the people.

"I am going to divide some industries. In the future, we will specialize in technical products to produce equipment used by others, without directly producing products."

Wu Zang expressed his thoughts: "Textile factories, cement factories, red brick factories, ceramic tile factories, glass factories, sugar factories, coal factories, etc. can be divided, and some experiments are left for equipment.

Some technical products, such as high-end glass manufacturers, can be retained, Yuanyuan and Yujing can be made. There are also perfume factories and wineries that can be retained. They will manage them first, so I will devote myself to the production equipment.

In the future, electricity will be indispensable, mainly to manufacture power equipment, and you can also build some thermal power plants by yourself..."

In summary, Wu Ziang was attracted by the prospects of steam engine equipment and power equipment, and believed that all industries in the future were inseparable from them.

Wu Zhai is very sensible and is born to do business!

Zhang Hao fully supported it, so they began to discuss the details.

First, we must determine which industries need to be divided and which ones need to be temporarily retained.

The luxury and technical factories such as high-end glass manufacturing plants, wineries, perfume and other cosmetic products, high-end coal processing plants, high-end steel smelting plants and other luxury goods and technology factories are retained and run by Chen Yuanyuan and Bian Yujing.

There are also some factories that can be used to cooperate with equipment to conduct production experiments, and most other ordinary factories are divided, and companies are set up to operate or sold to the court or other merchants.

That's right, it's Wu Zang, but other companies in the Ming Dynasty have also begun to use companies and operate the company model to facilitate distinction and management.

Wu Zi established several new companies: Electric Power Equipment Co., Ltd., Steam Equipment Co., Ltd., Utilization Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd., Ship Manufacturing Co., Ltd., etc.

Electric Power Equipment Co., Ltd. can do: generators, various electric motors (used in mining, cement production, glass manufacturing, steel production, light industrial production, etc.).

Ship Manufacturing Co., Ltd. mainly produces steam engine power and electric power ships.

Unfortunately, Master Luban has not broken through oil refining technology and has no oil extracted from oil, so the use of electric power will be very limited, and for the time being, only ships with steam engine power can only be used.

Of course, these technologies were obtained from the court at the beginning, and then they were slowly researched and made cumulative breakthroughs.

The court is designating new industrial and commercial laws, including patent technology laws, in the future, patent technology will be protected, and Wu Tian and his new technologies will be promoted.

Of course, it also includes new tax laws for industry and commerce, which clarify the responsibilities, powers and obligations of enterprises and companies, and regulate the market.

The silver standard system of the Ming Dynasty also needs to be changed. It needs to be replaced with a gold standard system to avoid the monetary impact caused by excessive silver, and the gold standard monetary system is more reliable and stable.

Banks are also planning to consider implementing paper money and establishing a new monetary system.
Chapter completed!