The preface to "On Production" written by Wang Hongyu should be understood by scholars, peasants, workers, merchants and soldiers.
And the first step is to let Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian understand clearly.
The preface to "On Production" to be published this time actually elaborates on the inevitable trend of the development of productivity and sets off a wave of productivity and scientific and technological progress.
"On Production" was written in the everyday language of ordinary people, which greatly increased the number of people who could understand it, and also accelerated the pace of vernacular Chinese replacing classical Chinese.
One move by Wang Hongyu will play a dual role. This is a revolution with historical and practical significance.
Of course, there will be strong opposition from conservative literati and bureaucrats.
They would even collectively submit a letter to Emperor Tianqi, demanding severe punishment for Wang Hongyu, the instigator.
However, the beneficiaries are the majority of the people after all. As Wang Hongyu’s vernacular continues to come out, vernacular literature will gradually replace classical Chinese. In the end, classical Chinese can only become a literary subject for the study of history and archaeology.
In his letter to Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian, Wang Hongyu made clear the benefits of the vernacular version of "On Production" being published, and asked them to be prepared to accept attacks from literati, especially the Donglin Party.
However, this kind of vernacular writing is just suitable for people like Wei Zhongxian who are new to literary studies.
Thousands of people who were new to literature and ink gradually gained the right to speak, and the entire Ming Dynasty's agricultural, industrial, commercial, and military associations set off an upsurge in learning culture and technology through newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and popular science pamphlets.
Therefore, it is written in the form of daily language, that is, vernacular. As long as you know a small number of words, you can think of the meaning. By combining a few sentences before and after, you can recognize the unknown word. Next time you encounter the word, you can think of it.
In a word, you can learn this word without being taught by others.
He was also bored with the writing, and it was indeed a little difficult to read the calligraphy written vertically from right to left.
The popularization of simplified Chinese characters has gradually been put on the agenda.
Wang Hongyu has listed a comparison table between most of the uppercase characters and simplified characters, but his writing level is really limited. Both uppercase characters and simplified characters are at an intermediate level.
He needs to collect information and talents, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to do it in the short term. I don’t know how Nurhachi invented the Jurchen script. There must be a team, and no matter how smart he is, he will not be able to complete it alone.
This requires striving for a good foundation now.
Economics, politics, military, culture, none of them can be bad.
At present, there are 3,000 people in the Hunhe Army and 3,000 people in the construction of military camps. The total number is actually small. The biggest bottleneck is food.
On a larger scale, economics still limits the number of soldiers and horses.
Of course Wang Hongyu wants to accelerate development. In addition to relying on supplies from Xiangyang and other places, purchasing from the market, and supplementing it with sweet potatoes in the future, he also needs to find more ways to obtain food to support his mining and handicraft investment, survival and development.
Nanyang rice is unsaleable, and the transportation capacity at this time is not enough to transport it to too far away, but Wang Hongyu can develop it~
After Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are completed, we will build large ports in Guangxi and Hainan.
This is his next strategic goal.
Before the sweet potatoes are in place, although there is no way to recruit more villagers, and the number and types of workshops cannot be too large at once, we can focus on a few key points first.
The capital already has clocks, coal, construction teams and an information station.
Baoding has laid out bookstores and cultural industries.
Kaifeng is an industry that grows herbs and garlic, as well as sesame and garlic sauces.
Information stations and purchasing and distribution shops have been set up across Xiangyang.
Yunyang has the best industrial and mining resources, and there are 3,000 construction military villages. Currently, stone coal, iron ore and turquoise are directly mined, and smelting workshops have been initially opened. It also specializes in waterway-based transportation.
These are outside of Yun County. Yun County, which has a population of more than 30,000 people, needs more industries that are in line with local resources.
Bamboo and wood, these are just raw materials, don't make much money, and they also occupy part of the transportation capacity of the Han River.
From an industrial perspective, local cheap raw materials can be used.
From a logistics perspective, reducing bamboo wood
Direct outbound shipping can free up ship capacity for transporting higher value products.
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Furniture factory is about to come~
The high-quality bamboo wood from Yunyang is directly processed into furniture in Yunxian County, and then transported to Xiangyang and Wuchang to make money. It can be sold to Henan, Hunan, and even down the river to Jiangnan to make a lot of money.
When making furniture, you don’t have to work hard to accumulate it yourself. You can also directly cooperate with local big players who have a certain amount of property.
Tie them all to his chariot.
Wang Hongyu took Wang Zheng, Li Tiezhu, and Zhou Zhaoan to convene eighteen wealthy households in Yun County to discuss matters.
These eighteen households are the most resourceful group of people in Yunyang over the course of more than 100 years from the Zichenghua period to today.
The household with the most land owns 800 acres, and the surrounding families have nearly a thousand acres in total. Those who engage in forestry also have a land of up to a thousand acres. This kind of land size is no more than that of ordinary landowners in other places, but in Yunyang this is the largest.
There are also those who have been doing business for a long time, some who have been selling bamboo and wood for a long time, some who have been buying grain from outside and selling it to various counties, and some who have been mining turquoise for a long time.
There are also a few families whose families have hundreds of acres of land, which is just enough to support their children's long-term education. Some tribesmen have people who work as officials outside, and some work as officials locally or in nearby areas.
A total of 18 truly wealthy households.
Wang Hongyu has been here for more than a month and has always been polite to them.
At this time, when there was talk of business, they also trusted Wang Hongyu and came to negotiate together.
Wang Hongyu invited them to sit in the courtyard next to the bookshop, instead of in a closed room, specifically to create a more relaxed and bright atmosphere for communication.
"I believe everyone knows that Yunyang is rich in natural resources, but those that are easy to develop are not valuable, and those that are valuable are difficult to develop. So we gathered together today to take advantage of the good opportunity of having human, material and financial resources to talk about doing business together.
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Wang Hongyu got straight to the point and called everyone by name.
Since it is about making money, it is definitely a good thing, but it is not that easy to do.
Wang Hongyu also stated the difficulties, using examples from what he had seen with his own eyes for more than a month, describing the objective difficulties of insufficient food, limited manpower and inconvenient transportation.
Then he stated his plans for water transportation and land transportation to make Yunyang's transportation more convenient and its transportation volume larger.
After hearing these measures, a person sitting in the front row was a little excited.
Wang Hongyu signaled to him that it didn’t matter.
The man stood up and saw that he was quite tall. His arms had many scars and his hands were covered with calluses. Although his clothes were made of silk, they did not fit him well. Although he was a middle-aged member of the Communist Party of China, he could tell at a glance that he had worked hard by himself.
Everyone in Yunyang knows him.
Yun County Yang Yuanwai.
The bamboo business in Yunyang is the best. The younger generations of the family can go to Yunshan Academy to study, and some people have become warehouse officials in Yunxi.
If General Wang supports us, we may be able to reach a higher level in the future.