The assassins who ambushed Zhenwu Bo's special train were all wiped out. Even those who were seriously injured bit their tongues and committed suicide, leaving no one alive. After inspection, no obvious clues were found. They looked like ordinary people dressed up and wearing clothes.
The clothes he wore were very ordinary, the steel knife was bought from a private knife shop, there were no marks on the bow and arrows, and there were no traces of tattoos on the body.
"We must investigate this matter thoroughly. Don't let go of any clues. It's impossible for so many people to have no clues." Liu Ziguang said a few words and got into the car. Although the car was hit by several rockets, Han Xueer was not afraid in the face of danger.
The uncle's special water for making tea extinguished several flames. Apart from making the carriage a mess, it did not affect its use very much. Liu Mao Mao, who climbed up to play in the carriage, saw that the situation was not good and had already found a safe place.
He hid somewhere. When he saw that the situation had calmed down, he slipped out and lay down on the sofa to sleep like a normal person.
A huge boulder was placed in front of the railway. Fortunately, the train driver noticed it early, otherwise it would have definitely derailed if it hit it. This terrain is very suitable for an ambush. There are dense forests on both sides of the road, and it is difficult to get support if you have no village in front of you or a store in the back.
Fortunately, Liu Ziguang's guards were strong enough to prevent the assassins from succeeding. However, more than a dozen people in the red shirt regiment were injured, and their combat effectiveness was affected to a certain extent.
The special train stopped in place, waiting for the arrival of nearby government troops, burying the bodies and conducting further reconnaissance and search. Two other teams were sent to search along the railway line to see if the road was damaged. Fortunately, the stupid assassins only knew how to use big guns.
There are stones blocking the road, and there is no clever trick like prying off road spikes, otherwise the red shirt team will suffer a big loss this time.
After receiving the report, the troops from the nearby guard station rushed over, thoroughly checked the surrounding area, and deployed troops to protect along the way. No one dared to let the imperial envoy's car have an accident within their own jurisdiction, and the train started again.
, headed south at a speed of eighty miles per hour, and arrived at Changzhou Prefecture the next morning.
Qishuyan Machinery Factory is under the jurisdiction of Changzhou Prefecture. This factory is located on the bank of the canal, and the railway track leads directly to the factory area. The Machinery Factory has a long history and a strong foundation. The first train in the Ming Dynasty ran out of Qishuyan Machinery Factory.
Yes, this factory is not inferior to the National Railway Plant in terms of personnel, capital, or technical equipment. It is just because it is located in Southern Zhili, so it does not support as many private soldiers and machines as the National Railway Plant located in the border area.
After the collapse of the Nine Thousand Years, the head of the factory fled overseas with his family members, leaving behind a large number of technicians and workers who had no jobs and no money, especially ordinary workers who had very meager wages and no land, so they had to rely on
If you eat in the factory, if the factory is closed down by the court, you can only drink the northwest wind.
Fortunately, the reception staff of the South Factory received Liu Ziguang's order not to lose technicians and workers. They gave the workers a ration of rice and a small amount of silver every month, which was able to save the panicked workers. Qishuyan Machinery Factory has a large number of advanced machine tools.
The specifications of the gantry crane and hydraulic press are the largest in Daming. There are many small and medium-sized factories and workshops surrounding the machine factory that produce some raw materials and small accessories, such as Zhongtian Iron Shop in nearby Henglin Town and Zhenbang in Luoyang Town.
These small businesses, such as the woodware factory, have also fallen into crisis since the collapse of the machine factory. The money that should have been paid to them has disappeared. No small family or small courtyard can withstand such a toss, so they are all on the verge of bankruptcy.
Well, Liu Ziguang came this time with a large amount of silver and planned to acquire these small factories as well.
Qishuyan Machinery Factory was completely confiscated into the official treasury due to treason. Due to the huge amount, Changzhou Prefecture had no right to dispose of it. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry jointly organized the auction, with supervision from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, assistance from Changzhou Prefecture, and Zhenwu Bo taking charge of the overall situation. This does not mean that
Putting the canary in the cat's mouth? What Liu Ziguang needs most now is an industrial entity that he can control himself. He has already planned to set up a plan to eat up the huge Qishuyan Machinery Factory.
The others are not stupid either. Who doesn’t want a share of such a big piece of fat? Powerful people from all over the country have already started to inquire at the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry. Some people even send gifts directly to Zhenwu Uncle’s house. The manufacturers who are interested in competing include
Wuchang Shipyard, Shanghai Heavy Machinery Factory, Liguo Iron Works and other heavyweights all have rich connections in the court, and there is no shortage of a lot of money. Every one of them is determined to win. It is no wonder that as long as they can eat
A machine factory can triple its own strength. This temptation is really too great.
The auction is conducted based on the principles of fairness, justice, and openness. The highest bidder wins, and there is supervision by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Therefore, even if you take over the power, you cannot act arbitrarily. In this case, you can only find ways in other aspects. Fortunately, Gong
The ministry is completely under his control, and the officials sent by the Ministry of Revenue are also personnel deployed by Hu Yimin. It is still possible to do something with the auction details.
Qishuyan Machinery Factory's land, factories, machinery and equipment, raw materials, semi-finished products, inventory, and a large number of accounts receivable are vast. It will take some time to estimate a suitable price, so Liu Ziguang only visited the factory area accompanied by the Changzhou Prefect.
After that, we continued on the road and rushed to our next stop, Suzhou.
Suzhou is the seat of Jiangnan Weaving Yamen and the central area of the national silk weaving industry. There are hundreds of machine operators, tens of thousands of machine workers, thousands of looms, and countless mulberry farmers and silkworm farmers. It is not far from Songjiang on Shanghai Road.
Suzhou is the cotton weaving center of the country, with millions of acres of cotton fields and thousands of looms. As the saying goes, there is endless Songjiang cloth to buy and endless Suzhou and Hangzhou silks to collect. Suzhou and Hangzhou each have a weaving bureau in charge of silk. Songjiang
A Weaving Bureau was established to be in charge of cotton weaving. These three bureaus were all under the management of the Jiangnan Weaving Yamen. The chief of the Yamen was called the Weaving Envoy, with a third-grade official title, and also had the title of Minister of the Ministry of Works, but his business was independent of the Ministry of Works. He was definitely a
Waiting for the fat shortage.
The Weaving Yamen is the official office where weaving officials are stationed and manages weaving administrative affairs; the Weaving Bureau is the official factory that manages production, and each production organization has a certain establishment. The Suzhou Weaving Bureau consists of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau (also known as the North Bureau) and the General Weaving Bureau.
Bureau (a southern bureau). The weaving units in the bureau are divided into several halls or numbers. Each bureau is managed by three leaders, called office officers. Under the officers, there are general masters, masters, foremen and other technical and administrative personnel.
Responsible for supervising the craftsmen engaged in weaving. There are three machine rooms under the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau, namely the supply machine room, the Japanese satin machine room and the silk machine room. The technical division of labor is relatively detailed. According to the process, there are dyeing and brushing warp craftsmen, hand spinners, and weaving machines.
It is operated by various craftsmen such as warp makers, thread makers and weavers, and has the characteristics of a factory manual production organization form.
Under the production establishment of the bureau, a system of hired craftsmen is adopted. Craftsmen are recruited to the bureau and are not completely free workers. They are craftsmen who supply rations within the bureau establishment. Such craftsmen should be hired to the bureau for payment.
Later, if they were not dismissed, they would not only work in the industry for life, but also inherit it from their descendants. The Weaving Bureau also recruited the nephews of craftsmen to learn skills as young craftsmen, and then be promoted to full craftsmen, which is the so-called grown-up craftsmen.
In addition, the weaving bureau also uses methods such as value-bearing and machine-drawing to give stitches, etc., to occupy the labor of various handicraftsmen in the folk silk warping, finishing, dyeing and weaving industry, as a supplementary form to the use of hired craftsmen. Under the "leading machine to give stitches" method
, a large number of folk machine-household machine-makers are affiliated with the weaving bureau, and are often reduced to "official craftsmen", that is, "the machine-household name is affiliated with the official status". The so-called "leading machine to give posts" refers to the selection by the weaving bureau of well-established machine-makers who are familiar with weaving among the people.
Household machine makers take over the looms owned by the government bureau, and record the name, age, and place of birth of the recipient, and issue a government machine license. From then on, these household machine makers become machine makers of the loom bureau, also known as
"Official craftsmen". They receive raw materials and ICBC from the government bureau, and hire workers to use official looms to weave yarns, ensuring the smooth completion of the government bureau's weaving tasks. At the same time, most of them have their own looms, and they work as errands for the government bureau.
Later, they could also operate their own weaving industry, thus having the dual status of "official craftsmen" and "private households". However, because they were responsible for wrapping and weaving in the government bureau, their original self-operated weaving industry would inevitably be affected, and they would be exploited by the government bureau.
Extraction often leaves them bankrupt and unemployed.
The hard work of hundreds of thousands of weavers has enriched a group of officials in the weaving yamen. The weaving envoy Cao Yin is an all-around old man. When the Queen Mother and the Nine Thousand Years were in power, Cao Yin was able to deal with the two forces with ease.
As a fence-sitter, no one can offend him, and everyone says good things about him. It’s no wonder that if millions of taels of silver are thrown away, who can dislike him? Besides, the Cao family has been weaving for many years, and they are very experienced and knowledgable about Jiangnan silk.
The various branches of the cotton textile industry are very complicated, and others may not be able to play them successfully, so this fat position has always been controlled by the Cao family. Even after Zhu Youxiao took office, he was worried that Jiangnan would be unstable and did not
Move him, Lao Cao Yin is a man who is good at maneuvering. He sent his granddaughter to the uterus a few days ago when she was drafted. Now she is a female official in the palace. He has also taken care of the new generation of leadership after the coup. During the Mid-Autumn Festival,
At that time, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were scattered in the capital, and of course Liu Ziguang also received a large sum.
Suzhou is a water town, and the railway passes far away from the city. A group of officials have already been standing at the station to pick up the train. The prefect Jia Yucun and the manufacturing envoy Cao Yin both came to greet the train in person. The gongs and drums were noisy and colorful flags were flying in the lively scene.
This really makes Imperial Envoy Liu a little uncomfortable. I am afraid that only in Jinan Mansion would he receive such a warm welcome.
After the welcome ceremony, Liu Ziguang and his party took a carriage to stay in the garden prepared by Cao Yin. Suzhou gardens are among the best in the world, and the garden prepared for the imperial envoy is certainly the best. It not only combines the exquisiteness and elegance of southern gardens, but also draws lessons from the emperor.
The garden was magnificent. When the group came to the door, Liu Ziguang looked up and saw three familiar golden characters "Grand View Garden".