"Okay, Lao Han, you really took care of Sister Daiyu." Xiao Huan said in shock.
"It's all because of the teacher's guidance and the teacher's rich experience." Zhao Han is an honest person, and of course he will not take credit for himself.
"I heard it. Next time you go to Hachigong's world and be the protagonist. An outstanding student should be the protagonist." Wen Rensheng said angrily.
"Thank you, teacher. By the way, what type of protagonist is Hachiko's world?" Zhao Han asked happily.
"dog."
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Southern Island.
Jia Rong and Jia Lian are developing rapidly.
Compared to Jia Baoyu who was still in Wenrou Township, they had already started industrialization.
The three of them have already agreed that some will be in charge of the inside and some will be in charge of the outside.
Jia Baoyu is in charge, taking the main line of emotional flow.
And they are engaged in the external environment, and the external environment affects the internal environment.
In order to avoid literary inquisition, the author of Dream of Red Mansions tried his best to remove the background of the era and country, and even deliberately confused the various timelines, making people often confused after reading it. You can't even figure out the exact ages of the male and female protagonists, just to prevent others from seeing it.
Call it an insinuation.
Unlike Wen Rensheng, who has always been eighteen years old, so clear and simple.
It is obvious that the author's efforts were successful. Although the last forty chapters were lost, at least after completion, it was officially published by his contemporaries and then widely circulated.
At that time, the authors of many books were killed by the Literary Prison, which was horrific.
Qingfeng is illiterate, so why is he flipping through the books?
My heart illuminated the moon, but the wind cut my head.
Even so, when it comes to the plot, the author also had to write about some external circumstances.
For example, Fool Xue was kidnapped by bandits when he went on a far journey, and was rescued by Liu Xianglian.
What does this symbolize?
It means that bandits have been rife outside and the people are in dire straits. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?
You must know that when idiot Xue goes out, he is definitely not alone. He must be with the shopkeeper, guards, servants, and maids.
Then came the Jia Mansion and Zhuangzi, which often suffered from droughts, the harvests were always bad, and the rent could not be collected. The Jia Mansion also wanted to have a reputation for kindness, resulting in less and less annual income.
These are clear signs of environmental deterioration.
Now, Jia Rong and Jia Lian are transforming the external environment.
Now their pharmaceutical industry, relying on some secret recipes and some unique formulas passed by later generations, has become popular all over the world and is very popular.
Among them, medicines that treat malaria, medicines that refresh your mind, medicines that replenish qi and blood, medicines that stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, medicines that fight bacteria, medicines that relieve pain and lower fever... are some of the medicines that are effective and widely used.
For example, when it comes to colds and colds, ancient people lacked fever-reducing medicines, which resulted in many people, especially infants and young children, being burned to death by a high fever or cold.
In fact, nothing is needed at this time. As long as it can lower the fever, most people can survive.
Whether the medicine is effective or not is the best way for people to see.
An effective medicine is naturally sought after by everyone, and it is absolutely necessary, because if you don't take medicine when you are sick, you are just kidding with your own life.
Unless you are poor, as long as you have some assets, you need to take medicine when you get sick. It is not uncommon for families to go bankrupt because of taking medicine.
Now Jia Lian's pharmaceutical factory is named "Yangrong Pharmaceutical", a very modern name.
But it’s nothing. The Dream of Red Mansions has already touched on modern times, with self-ringing bells and ships.
Yangrong Pharmaceutical is booming, with monthly turnover exceeding 300,000 taels and profits exceeding 120,000 taels.
These days it’s completely a seller’s market. It’s an era of extreme scarcity of supplies. Everything is in short supply.
There is also a shortage of grain, ironware, and cloth. Of course, this refers to the shortage of farmers without spending power. Landowners with spending power are not short of food and cloth.
Many people have free labor but no opportunity to convert their labor into cash.
And labor force is the most precious resource in the industrial era.
As long as there is labor, resources can be exploited in great abundance.
In agricultural society, on the other hand, resources are extremely limited and labor is wasted... This can be seen from countless massacres.
From the perspective of industrial society, this is such a waste. The massacre of hundreds of thousands of people only earns one hundred a day, but it is still billions...
Agricultural societies don't think so. With fewer people, there will be more land, and the dynasty will be more stable for decades.
And Yangrong Pharmaceutical is trying its best to convert these excess labor into wealth.
They recruited landless farmers, homeless people, beggars... and put them all into factories.
The salary given was extremely low, which was enough for three meals a day, plus a place to live.
But that's enough for many people.
As for saving enough money to get married and have children, most landless farmers have no such luxury.
What do thirty million bachelors count for in future generations?
In this era, many people had no chance to leave any descendants. Only landlords, officials and gentry could leave many descendants.
On this day, the two of them were looking at the ledger.
"The industrial population has exceeded 88,887 people, and the silver taels on the books have exceeded 1.2 million taels. In just a few years, it has exceeded Lin Ruhai's lifetime savings, and there is still a big gap in the salt inspection censor." Jia Rong sighed.
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"The speed at which industrial society creates wealth is completely unimaginable in agricultural society, because the resources and labor force that can be utilized in industrial society are completely different from those in agricultural society," Jia Lian said.
"Yes, industrial society can use coal, oil, and electricity as power. From an energy perspective, it far exceeds human bioenergy and can create massive wealth. The final indicator that restricts the production capacity of industrial society is actually agricultural society.
The most troublesome thing is the population. The larger the population, the larger the scale of industry will be, and the higher the efficiency will be. The population is sparse, and no matter how high the technology is, it cannot support industrialization." Jia Rong had to sigh, this feudal society is wasteful.
Too much labor.
While the two were calculating, suddenly, a manager came from outside. He took a letter from a pigeon and reported urgently:
"Something bad has happened. Two bosses, Governor Fanyu, asked our branch stationed in the local provincial capital for 300,000 taels of silver to assist in the suppression. They also said that this is what is needed for one season and will be collected next season."
When he said this, the host was sweating profusely and looked nervous.
Once the money comes out, they won't be able to work in Semicolon for long, and they will just close their doors.
"This is not a wild goose plucking its feathers, this is a wild goose getting into the pot!" Jia Rong was furious when he heard this.
Jia Lian looked calm.
If the goose gets fat, there will naturally be more jealous people.
This is feudal society. The size of your business does not depend on how smart you are, but on how big your official position is.
Of course, even if you are the emperor, your business scale will be restricted, mainly by eunuchs and civil servants.
"My boss, what should we do? They give us a reply within three days, otherwise they will send troops to conquer." The boss said hurriedly.
He currently earns 735 taels of silver per year, plus many benefits, but he doesn't want such a good position to disappear.
The most important thing is that the two bosses treat him as a human being.
Once it is gone, he will have to live a lifeless existence, enduring humiliation and humiliation to survive.
"Did you report the name of the Xue family?" Jia Rong asked after calming down.
"Reported, they said that a down-and-out imperial businessman dared to interfere in the imperial court's major event of suppressing bandits?" the chief said helplessly.
"Have the names of the Wang family and the Jia family been reported?" Jia Lian asked.
"I didn't dare to report it without your permission."
"Sign up and give it a try."
Half a day later, the news came and the chief came to report again.
"I reported it, and they said it would be at least 200,000 taels, not a penny less."
"It seems that the Jia and Wang family are much stronger than the Xue family. They suddenly lost one hundred thousand taels. No wonder Aunt Xue wants to join the Jia family." Jia Lian said with a smile.
"But in this case, don't we become workers for them? We have worked hard for so long, three months in a quarter, and the total profit is only 360,000 taels, and they want 200,000. This is still a semicolon demand!"
Jia Rong said harshly.
The boss was also helpless.
Obviously this business is not easy to do. The influence of the Jia family and the Wang family is in the north and south of the Yangtze River. This is the land of Tiannan, which is too far away.
The other party was willing to give up one hundred thousand taels, probably for the sake of Wang Ziteng. After all, the other party was still a popular figure in front of the emperor at this time, held military power, and had some connections with Governor Fanyi.
"You go down first, we will discuss it immediately."
Later, Jia Lian and Jia Rong contacted Xiao Huan and asked her to help contact Jia Baoyu and hold a three-party meeting together.
This was the only trick Wen Rensheng used on the underlying mechanisms of this world to trick them.
Allowing them to ignore distance, surpass the communication methods of this world, and enable real-time contact.
This is the kind of treatment you can only get after the telegram is sent out.
In fact, Jia Baoyu's timeline also has all kinds of gods and monsters.
For example, Taoist Ma, Taoist Kongkong, or that monk.
They all have mysterious powers.
Another example is Taixu Illusion, Police Fantasy Fairy, etc., but in the end, these gods and strange things are all fake.
This is called when falsehood becomes true, truth is also false, and inaction sometimes exists and then ceases to exist.
The gods and monsters are fake and do not exist, but those overseas countries and things, inside and outside the Jia family, actually exist.
This is one truth and one falsehood.
After contacting Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu also said angrily: "Damn it, you dare to ask for 200,000 taels of silver. Do you really think that this silver was blown by the strong wind?"
"Alas, the Jia family is in ruins. If Jia Daishan, Duke of Rong, was here, how could anyone dare to ask for it like this?" Jia Lian shook his head.
"Yes, those big eunuchs in the past always came to Jia's house and asked for more than 1,000 taels of silver. Grandma Liu was very happy when she got 20 taels of silver." Jia Rong also sighed.
"It seems that our pharmaceutical industry can no longer be covered by the power of the Xue family, the Jia family and the Wang family alone. Some people are already jealous of the 1.2 million taels of dividends a year. These 200,000 taels are just a test. If we give in,
, they will definitely ask for shares, and in the end, step by step, the industry we have worked hard to build will fall into their hands." Jia Baoyu understood.
"Yes, what good will it do to fall into their hands? The government-run industry is extremely bad, and there is no worst, only worse. There are too many people, and if you put 100 people into the work that can be done by 10 people, you will eat up 100 people.
Free rates. I'll pass it off as good, and I'll get you rotten raw materials, but the price is still the same as good materials. I'll buy it for 100 taels of silver, and I'll buy you materials worth ten taels of silver. As a result, the raw materials you buy can't be used.
, you have to spend another 100 taels to buy it again." Jia Rong sighed.
"Then what should we do?" Jia Baoyu asked.
Now the three of them have personally experienced the severe obstacles that feudal society has to large-scale industry.
Why industrialization requires a stable legal environment.
If it is unstable and allowed to be bullied and exploited, no matter how high the profits are, it will not be able to support it.
It's a huge blow to the confidence of the factory owner. Who can bear it? After working hard for a year, it will all be in vain.
A fair legal environment and a fair contract environment can enable the rational distribution of industrial profits.
For example, I can pay taxes to the court, but you must ensure that after this round of collection, you cannot collect any more. You must ensure my safety.
If it never ends, no one will engage in industry anymore.
You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but you can't guard against a thief in a thousand days.
What should they do now?
"By the way, did we overlook something?" Zhao Han came to the end and suddenly remembered what he had overlooked.
"What did you forget?" they asked.
"Have you forgotten your two uncles?"
"Uh, I really forgot." Wang Wenwen said helplessly.
She remembered that her two uncles were working as eunuchs.
They are still the chief eunuchs, one is Xia Bingzhong and the other is Dai Quan.
"Understood, let's put the property in their name first and see if we can scare some people? We still need time." Jia Lian said suddenly.
One day later.
The chief came again and happily reported: "The price demanded by Governor Fan is less, only ten thousand taels."
However, the three of them were not at all happy.
Reduced from 300,000 taels to 10,000 taels.
This is the power of imperial power.
It should be said that he is a person who can truly enjoy the imperial power.
The emperor often failed to enjoy imperial power because he was incapable of doing anything else.
Although he has power, he is alone and cannot control time.
Most of the benefits brought by his imperial power were shared by eunuchs, concubines, and civil servants.
It is a great thing if the emperor can enjoy 10% of it.
Jiajing could enjoy one-third of the income back then, but he was not satisfied and said it was his money.
He should be contented, because his later emperor Chongzhen could no longer get one-thirtieth of it.
This is no exaggeration at all. In the end of the Ming Dynasty, commerce was extremely developed, especially maritime trade. Western merchants had a lot of things to sell to the Ming Dynasty, and a lot of things they wanted to buy from the Ming Dynasty.
However, the ridiculous court officials deliberately set up obstacles, which caused the Ming Dynasty, which could save its destiny through trade, to be completely ruined.
You must know that at that time, Zheng Chenggong relied on trade and military training to reach Nanjing. The key was to rely on expensive armored men to defeat the Manchu Qing's arrogant cavalry!
This is the most important thing. Being able to defeat the opponent's cavalry means that you can take the initiative, especially the maritime advantage.
If Zheng Chenggong hadn't only lived to be 39 years old, and had he lived to Sima Yi's age, he might have pushed back the Manchus.
In fact, the history of social form is not inevitable. In many cases, it depends on the life span of the main characters.
It's just inevitable in general, such as the origin of the industrial revolution and the development of science and technology.
