Zhu Di was overjoyed by Zhang Shuning's arrival. When friends gathered together, Zhu Di changed his past habit of two dishes per meal and prepared more than 20 dishes for Zhang Shuning, and there were eighteen kinds of drinks.
Zhang Shuning also had to sigh, it is true that Zhu Di is not poor, otherwise he would not be able to put up this formation!
Hu Yan was even more curious about what happened with the development of industry and commerce... Did he become richer or poorer?
What is the difference between Peiping and Central Plains?
Hu Yan accompanied them, and the three of them gathered together to chat, with Zhang Shuning toasting frequently... It takes two million years for a monkey to evolve into a human, but for a human to become a monkey, it often only takes a drink.
Not surprisingly, this guy Zhu Di really showed his true colors.
After a few glasses of wine, he started talking about everything without being able to stop him.
First of all, is Zhu Di poor?
He was very poor. The foreign debt of Prince Yan alone was eight million yuan, not counting the cost of building a normal school... But Zhu Di was not poor either. He had a very scary cash flow.
With this year's bumper grain harvest alone, he has more than three million shi of grain in his hands.
After deducting the cost, these grains can also bring a profit of one million guan. After deducting the merchant's share, he also has 500,000 guan.
In addition, there is another bigger income from land reclamation in Liaodong, which is high-quality red pine wood.
This is a good thing. It is used as a building material. The price is lower than that of mahogany, but the quality is excellent and the output is large... Wherever the land reclamation team goes, there must be the same place as the logging team.
The so-called "tired from logging" is no joke, not only is it tiring, but it can also cost your life!
In the past three years alone, more than 10,000 loggers have died. There are statistics, and those who cut down trees privately are not included.
The timber alone can bring more than 500,000 yuan in income to Peiping.
Moreover, during the process of land reclamation, gold mines were also discovered, and Liaodong is a place where gold is produced.
Now it can provide Beiping with three thousand taels of gold every year!
If we increase our efforts, gold mining income can quickly double.
In addition, 20,000 tons of ginseng are transported from Liaodong to the Central Plains every year!
And that’s not counting other medicinal materials!
A rough calculation shows that Zhu Di can earn an income of 2 million yuan from Liaodong and other places.
By the way, there is also wool spinning. Every year, 800,000 yuan is distributed as dividends from woolen sales, and the subsequent profits are even greater. Kaiping City, the capital city, has long been transformed into a city of wool.
That's not all. Silk, tea, porcelain, and other commodities from the south were sent over, and Zhu Di was able to collect tariffs.
All added up, Zhu Di can earn more than 3 million yuan a year.
It's almost equivalent to earning 300,000 yuan a year and having a debt of 1 million yuan.
It's a lot, but it's not unacceptable.
And Zhu Di didn't say everything. After all, Hu Yan was here... He didn't say anything about the benefits he got from Goryeo and the dividends he received from Li Shanchang and Lan Yu.
Anyway, to put it this way, Zhu Di is not only not poor, he is also very fat, very fat!
"Let me tell you, the benefits of developing industry and commerce are obvious... Let me ask you, how much silk can an ordinary woman weave in a year?"
Hu Yan thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, in order to support my education, my mother often spends her free time weaving. She can weave almost four pieces of cloth a year. In exchange for twenty guan, it is second only to food in my family.
income,”
Zhu Di laughed loudly, "Then do you know how much a weaver in Suzhou can weave in a year?"
Hu Yan was stunned for a moment, then said: "I'm afraid there are dozens of horses, right?"
Zhu Di nodded, "If the raw materials are enough, we can have about thirty horses in a year, and it can't be higher."
Zhang Shuning asked curiously: "What about the woolen fabrics in Xanadu? How much can there be?"
Zhu Di was so proud that he stretched out a finger and shook it triumphantly!
One hundred horses!
How come there are so many?
Neither Zhang Shuning nor Hu Yan could believe it.
Zhu Di laughed loudly, "This is why you don't understand... First of all, in the Kaipingcheng workshop, all the best looms are used. The ones that can spin sixty-four threads at a time are all eliminated.
!Also, if you want so much woolen cloth, you must have enough wool... Go and take a look now, Monan and Liaodong are full of sheep! The Mongolian Duoyan tribes entrusted by the emperor father have one hundred thousand tents,
Now they are all grazing for me! Also, there are so many border guards along the Great Wall. They also have their own pastures and farms. I now have advanced machinery, sufficient wool, and orders from the court. You say, if I don’t make money, who else will make money?
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Zhu Di was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, telling all the old stories.
Zhang Shuning was dumbfounded and Hu Yan was eye-opening.
After eating this meal with Zhu Di, he went around to investigate and understand the situation. For this purpose, he even traveled to western Liaoning, Liaoyang, Tieling, and Kaiping.
After running this big circle, Hu Yan finally gained some experience.
He began to write a report and handed it to Zhang Ximeng.
The biggest change brought about by the development of industry and commerce is not an increase in wealth at once, nor is it a sudden enrichment of the country and people. The most fundamental change is the improvement of efficiency!
Thanks to Zhang Ximeng's lectures, the way these young people look at various issues has been greatly changed.
Let's put it this way, if you develop industry and commerce and build factories and workshops, the people will immediately become rich, all industries will prosper, and the country will enter a peaceful and prosperous era... and there will be no problems. That would be too easy! It's too unfair.
It’s not in line with common sense. Is there anything in the world that only has advantages and no disadvantages?
It can't be done!
Take the farming company as an example. If the people of the Ming Dynasty were to work, they would have to save enough rations first, and if conditions allowed, they would also store part of it.
When grain merchants come to buy it, these common people may not be willing yet. They must wait for a good opportunity and sell it at a high price!
Therefore, the cost of trading with small farmers is extremely high and the efficiency is appallingly low.
But if you switch to Tuntian Company, it will be different.
Still want to leave rations?
Go ahead and dream!
The labor brought from the Goryeo and Japanese countries only provided a small amount of food every day.
As for the dishes?
Have you ever seen pig food?
Just add two pounds of salt to that thing and eat it!
Fortunately, we are close to Changlu Saltworks, so salt is cheap and you can eat it as much as you want.
The taste of that dish is several times saltier than pickles!
You said that this kind of food was given to the coolies of Japan and Korea, but these people were actually grateful, thinking that apart from working longer hours, there was nothing to eat or drink.
As expected, Shangguo was much more tolerant than their master.
Zhu Di was stunned when he heard the news. Am I not black-hearted enough?
He had to write Lanyu and ask specifically, "Just tell me, what do these two countries eat?"
Half a month later, Lan Yu sent news that many of these laborers were captured soldiers, so they ate military rations.
Moreover, both countries have the same habit of not letting soldiers eat too much. Otherwise, it will affect their fighting spirit and they will not be energetic during training...
Zhu Di was stunned after hearing this. Is this human language?
You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, the military logistics under the leadership of Zhang Ximeng has always aimed at keeping the soldiers well-fed... Although sometimes it is not possible, the whole army has this goal.
If any team is good at growing vegetables, raising pigs, or eating well, it should be praised.
But Japan is different from Goryeo. Does it eat well?
What are you thinking about?
Are consumables also worth wasting food?
Lan Yu told Zhu Di that in the final analysis, both Japan and Goryeo had strict hierarchies, especially in the military, where there was a huge difference... In their view, if the noble generals in the army ate the same as ordinary people, how could it be reflected?
Nobility status?
So the gap must be widened.
But the problem is that their support capabilities are so stretched that there is no way they can feed everyone and still be at the top of their game.
Sorry, mules and horses in the army, you can only eat kneeling meals.
According to Lan Yu's introduction, they are lucky enough to grab it from ordinary people, so they can have enough to eat.
If you can't get it, rely on the supplies delivered from behind, which is basically the amount of a rice ball.
This rice ball is not pure grain, it needs to be mixed with some beans or even weeds.
Occasionally, when I meet a conscientious person, when making rice balls, they will dip their hands in salt water and knead the rice balls, which is considered to add some flavor.
Clean and hygienic.
The problem is that the shelf life of this kind of rice balls is too short. When they are delivered to the soldiers, they are often moldy and spoiled, and the smell is overwhelming... Anyway, as long as you have seen the military meals of Japan and Goryeo, you will be glad that you were born in the Ming Dynasty.
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Thanks to Zhang Xiang's compassion, by comparison, you will feel that Zhang Xiang is simply a Bodhisattva who came to the world.
Therefore, the Goryeo and Japanese people are definitely the best labor force at the moment. After all, only they can accept that kind of ultra-high-intensity oppression without rising in rebellion.
Hu Yan concluded that the development of industry and commerce will bring about an increase in efficiency, one kind of which is achieved by upgrading machines in woolen factories. However, even if the machines are upgraded, workers will need to increase their time. If they work six hours a day, they are considered lucky.
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The other type is the Tuntian Company. They simply press, squeezing oil from the bones... After seeing it, Hu Yan finally understood why it couldn't be placed in the Central Plains... If this was really done in the Central Plains, Emperor Hongwu and Grand Master Zhang would be there
, may not rebel. But when these two are gone, the world will be in chaos immediately, and there is absolutely no other possibility!
Since the disadvantages are so obvious, why bother to develop industry and commerce? What is the purpose?
In the final analysis, it’s still those two words: efficiency!
Now Zhu Di can produce millions of stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of logs of wood, millions of bolts of wool... In a word, this guy is full of oil and water, and he is so fat that he can nourish the Ming Dynasty!
Hu Yan's report was delivered to Zhang Ximeng. At this time, Zhang Ximeng had returned to Yingtian. As expected, Zhu Biao also saw it.
Then, a letter was delivered to Zhu Di.
"Fourth brother, eldest brother is currently short of two million shi of food. To make up for the shortfall and provide relief to the victims, no matter what, you must help eldest brother!"
(End of chapter)
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