At this time, the glass manufacturing factory was several times larger than when Xu Wei built it. There were countless more workshops around the factory, and it had completely become a prosperous town. There was a lot of traffic inside and outside the town, not horse-drawn carriages transporting raw materials into the factory.
It was a carriage pulling newly manufactured glass products for sale.
Not far away, sails were swimming and the sun was blocking the sky. The pier was already full of ships transporting glass. From time to time, you could see these transport ships coming in and out. They brought goods to sell in Zhangwu, and then brought various glass products with them.
Sold to other regions.
There are many small vendors around the glass factory, making the surrounding area lively and lively, not even inferior to the prosperous county town!
Seeing such a lively scene, Zhen An flattered him and said: "Being in power is really a golden touch. Three years ago, this place was deserted, but now it has become a prosperous city. Judging from the crowds coming and going.
, there should be tens of thousands of people here!"
Zhen An is a native of Jizhou. He knows that this area was still a wasteland three years ago, and he has been here several times to buy glass products. It can be said that the changes here are very big every time. It is said that it changes three times a year.
It is not an exaggeration. At this time, the prosperity here is not inferior to that of Jizhou mainland.
At this time, he finally understood that the ancient people's saying that a city can be built in one year and a city can be built in three years is not an exaggeration, but it is possible that the people in ancient times really saw such a scene, and their ability to govern was not inferior to that of the holy kings in ancient times!
As an escort, Zhang Baiqi said proudly: "The Jeju Glass Factory now has more than 2,000 employees, the entire glass industry chain has more than 5,000 workers, and the number of other personnel serving these workers exceeds 10,000. Although the Glass Town is newly built
, but there are 20,000 people living here, which is already the standard of Shangxian County, but this is far from the deadline of Zhangwu. Judging from the current development trend, Zhangwu can become a single country in less than ten years.
county!"
As a shepherd in Jizhou, Zhang Baiqi came here in person because he wanted to report to Xu Wei his achievements in the past three years. In less than three years, he had built a prosperous city with huge potential.
Such political achievements are unheard of and unseen in the Han Dynasty's hundreds of years of history. Of course he wants more people to know about his political achievements!
Jia Xu and Xiang Kai were also amazed. Both of them had seen the prosperity of Luoyang City. As the capital of the Han Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to say that Luoyang City is the best city in the world.
As they walked along, every house in Zhangwu was built with masonry structures and glass windows, which made the city even more dazzling. There was no dust flying on the streets. The entire Zhangwu was either paved with cement or made of glass.
The blue brick roads make the whole city look exceptionally clean and tidy, which even Luoyang City cannot do.
Just looking at the prosperity of Zhangwu, it is not inferior to Luoyang City. Today's Zhangwu is just a little smaller in scale and heritage, but its level of wealth exceeds that of Luoyang City.
If they didn't all know how talented Zhang Baiqi is, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhang Baiqi is an unparalleled national scholar just looking at this city.
But the two of them clearly understood that the current prosperity of Glass Town was due to the guidance of the ruling party. Seeing such a wealthy town, the two of them finally put aside their worries about the 80 billion debt! As expected, it is very easy to talk about money with the ruling party.
Stupid behavior.
Zhang Baiqi continued to accept: "There are already more than dozens of factories producing various glass products here, which can produce hundreds of kinds of glass products, with an annual output value of tens of billions. Although the population of Zhangwu is not large yet, , but it can already be regarded as the richest place in Ji County."
The glass workers in Jizhou are all gold-collared, with a monthly income of more than 3,000 yuan, and the master craftsmen can earn tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. This is to make money based on their own skills. The more skilled the craftsmen are, the more money they make. .
The glass products that Xu Wei can think of are glass windows, magnifying glasses, telescopes, water glasses and other daily necessities. Because in his era, glass was not considered a valuable item at all, so the route Xu Wei originally planned for the glass factory was one that could Ordinary commodities that have entered thousands of households, just like porcelain bowls today, have entered thousands of households.
The strategy he and Zhang Baiqi formulated at the beginning was to first reap the dividends for a few years, and then take the path of winning through quantity!
But in this era, glass is a kind of gemstone. It is a very precious treasure in the eyes of ordinary people and an extremely precious luxury product. Even though Zhang Baiqi has completely destroyed the glass gem market, it is still very difficult to It is difficult to change the concepts that have been in our minds for thousands of years.
So when the Jizhou Glass Factory started construction and did not enter the gem market, there were immediately foresighted businessmen who took advantage of the opportunity. They brought the master craftsmen to Zhangwu and opened some small workshops and gem processing factories.
They imported raw materials from glass factories and manufactured various glass gems, glass dolls, glass corals, glass rockeries, and various glass jewelry and glass ornaments. In short, as long as they were valuable luxury goods owned by the Han Dynasty, they were also produced from glass. , made of glittering gold and dazzling light, just like those gemstone necklaces in third-rate idol dramas, full of the dazzling light of the nouveau riche.
Then sell them to rich businessmen, rich farmers who want to show off, wealthy herdsmen, and mid- to high-level craftsmen!
Throughout Hebei, because of Xu Wei's cheating, productivity has skyrocketed, and the wealth of the entire society has also grown explosively. In addition, the distribution system formulated by Xu Wei is relatively reasonable, benefiting the middle and lower classes.
Nowadays, not only the number of rich people in Hebei has increased, but the number of wealthy people has also increased dozens of times. These wealthy people are the middle class of this era.
They also have demand for luxury goods. They cannot afford a gem that costs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. But they need glass beads, glass cups, glass necklaces, glass bracelets and other glass jewelry that cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The quantity is huge.
This has created a huge luxury market. Skilled craftsmen will make glass into various high-end gems, necklaces and jewelry and other precious items. Although these glass products can no longer be sold for the price of gems, they can be sold. With the price of luxury goods ranging from several hundred to several thousand, it can be said that the profits in this business are huge, basically ranging from several times to dozens of times.
The more exquisite the craftsmanship of the craftsman, the higher the price, so this has created a group of wealthy craftsmen. It can be said that this is the highest-paid type of work. Basically all of them are here, and the workers supporting the glass factory generally earn more than a thousand yuan.
In terms of per capita monthly salary, this should be the highest in the entire Hebei area. Of course, they also produce the highest wealth. With a population of 20,000, they have produced more than 10 billion in wealth, and the average output value per person exceeds 500,000. This
It should also be the tallest in the entire world.
It is precisely because of such huge wealth that this fairy tale-like town was created.