When Ma Shouxin returned to Songjiang Prefecture and reported the matter to his father, to be honest, Ma Yong was a little unhappy. It was not that he was complaining about Ma Shouxin's self-assertion. The Ma family also had hundreds of idle weaving machines.
Even if the money is spent to buy a new loom, it is not a big fortune for the Ma family. At most, the family property allocated to Ma Shouxin will be less. The main reason is that Runing is in a turbulent area.
Ma Yong was afraid that his second son's life would be in danger.
But after Ma Shouxin swore that the Runing army could protect his own safety, Ma Shouxin thought that he could arrange for a steward from his family to run the weaving workshop in Runing, so in the end Ma Yong reluctantly agreed.
At least his son wanted to start a career, so as a father he should always support him. As for making friends with the noble sons of Nanjing officials, Ma Yong did not only have two sons anyway.
However, after the weaving workshop was established, the supply of cloth immediately exceeded the demand. Although Henan was in chaos, its overall consumption power was not low, and industries such as food, clothing, housing and transportation were the basic needs of every citizen. However, due to the inconvenience of transportation caused by the chaos,
In the past, the price of cloth remained high, which curbed people's consumption.
Now that Majiasongjiang cloth is of high quality and the price is not too expensive, and Sihai Commercial Bank has armed escort to solve the transportation problem, it almost immediately monopolized the Henan market.
And the impact is not just that. The weaving industry in the Ming Dynasty was basically concentrated in the Jiangnan area, and the weaving industry in the mainland was in a rudimentary state. The Runing Majia Weaving Workshop filled this gap.
.In the end, businessmen from nearby Shaanxi, Shanxi and Huguang areas also placed large orders from Majia Weaving Workshop and sold them to make huge profits.
Therefore, Ma Yong quickly went from reluctant agreement to support, and finally to strong support. The scale of the weaving workshop also increased from hundreds to hundreds of looms, and finally reached thousands of looms.
And because they were later able to purchase local cotton from Jimin Reclamation Trading Company, which greatly reduced the cost of raw materials, and because they could resell grain for profit, the Ma family immediately transformed from a wealthy family in Songjiang Prefecture to a wealthy family in the south of the Ming Dynasty.
Home. And Runing Mansion has also become another important production base of the Ma family.
That's not all. Later, after Ma Yong personally visited Wu Shigong in Runing Mansion, he immediately discovered the beauty of the "Patent Law" promulgated by Runing Army. He immediately applied for the Jiangnan weaving, printing and dyeing industry, and the technology of many industries.
patented.
Therefore, in a short period of time, in the area controlled by the Runing Army, the Ma family's products were exclusively sold under the protection of the "Patent Law". In addition, the Ma family also completely blocked the Runing Army's investment from their Jiangnan counterparts.
news, so the Ma family gained huge wealth in just a few years.
But after all, there is no airtight wall in the world. When the competitors of the Ma family in Jiangnan finally learned the reason for the Ma family's sudden wealth, they immediately discovered the paradise of Runing Mansion with keen eyesight, so they might join forces with the Ma family to
Or they came alone and opened a large number of workshops in Runing Prefecture. And the entire complete industrial chain was gradually established in Runing Prefecture.
However, the entry of a large number of wealthy businessmen also brought many conflicts. The most prominent one was that the Ma family applied for patents for many technologies unique to other wealthy businessmen. This also led to a series of lawsuits later. Deng Qifan, who was in charge of civil affairs, was
Under the pressure of this situation, the originally crude "Patent Law" was greatly improved, so that in the end, due to the mediation and judgment of a large number of commercial dispute cases, the "Business Law" finally appeared here in Runingjun
prototype.
A stable environment, a huge market, a complete industrial chain, low-cost labor, perfect legal protection, controllable taxation, basically no bad regulations and embezzlement of people's property, effective financial support... all of these make it possible.
Runing Mansion has produced a wealth accumulation effect.
Moreover, those big businessmen also actively participated in a large number of local business activities in Runing Prefecture. For example, investing and speculating through the stock exchange, for example, they formed a joint stock company with Jimin Reclamation Company to go out to reclaim wasteland. Therefore, a powerful Henan Province was formed in this time and space.
business group.
After the establishment of this weaving workshop, Runingjun, Yuan Xingshan and Zhang Xuebin, who were in charge of business and investment promotion, immediately discovered a new way of cooperation. They immediately summarized Wu Shigong's investment promotion method as experience and issued
It was handed over to various local officials in the Runing Army for them to learn from.
Since then, various local officials have launched a fierce battle for their own investment achievements, and many favorable investment conditions have been offered, which has also led to great development of industry and commerce in the areas controlled by the Runing Army.
Fu Wenzhai, director of the Propaganda Department, also keenly discovered this new propaganda point. He focused on publicizing Wu Shigong's behavior of giving away his land and property in order to let the refugees who took refuge live and work in peace and contentment.
This further increased Wu Shigong's local prestige in Runing. It also made the refugees who took refuge in Wu Shigong burst into tears of gratitude to Wu Shigong. What is somewhat funny is that Wu Shigong formed two completely different images both internally and externally.
Outside the areas controlled by the Runing Army, some bandits and refugees formed the image of Wu Shigong as a butcher because of Wu Shigong's massacre. Emperor Chongzhen and court officials also believed that Wu Shigong was a greedy, lustful, cruel and unscrupulous warrior.
However, in the areas controlled by the Runing Army, scholars believed that Wu Shigong was a descendant of a saint who had read books about sages; local gentry believed that Wu Shigong was their close friend; and even the lowest-ranking domestic slaves believed that Wu Shigong was a man with a profound benevolence.
A good man who is generous with his wealth.
As for Wu Shigong’s family and Runing Army himself! Because of his status, Runing Army participated in a large number of industries in the name of Runing Army Headquarters and Officials’ Foundation, which caused the Runing Army’s financial income and officials’ income to explode.
Sexual growth. And retired veterans at the bottom also received a batch of land or a large resettlement fee.
You must know that if there is no group like Runing Army, then these people will not have this benefit in the future. Therefore, the political group of Runing Army has become more closely united, so the group composed of economic interests is the most
Unbreakable, is this a new interpretation of political economy?
Under the advice of Zhao Ruya, Wu Shigong's wives, together with officials of the Runing Army, local officials and gentry also invested heavily in various industries, which also greatly expanded their private wealth. So in the end, Wu Shigong controlled
The district formed a monolithic unity, and in the end everyone willingly accepted Wu Shigong's leadership.
Of course, it is not without noise. There are always some court officials who do not want their power to be deprived by the Runing Army. However, they are immediately threatened by their superiors, colleagues, and a large number of petty officials and government officials who participate in the Runing Army’s civil service system and the Department of Internal Affairs.
I was so marginalized and neglected that in the end I couldn't even receive the regular payment of one tael of silver. I could only stay in the yamen every day and count the ants on the ground, hoping that I would be transferred out of this hellish place as soon as my term was over.
The active industry and commerce also greatly eased the pressure on the Runing Army to resettle the refugees. Later, those businessmen took the initiative to build bridges and pave the way for the development of commerce and helped the Runing Army build a large amount of infrastructure. Grain and banks were opened.
The reclamation of Zhuangzi helped the Runing Army solve the cost of resettling a large number of refugees.
Moreover, those businessmen also showed their magical powers and established many high-level connections for Wu Shigong through the officials in the DPRK and China who were related to them, which later made Wu Shigong's path forward much smoother.
The Shanchuan Division also took the opportunity to achieve great development. They were finally not limited to Runing, Guide and other places, and extended the Shanchuan Division's spider web through relationships in all aspects.
The finances of the Runing Army have also been greatly developed, so that in the end the Runing Army gradually became richer. However, due to various objective reasons, the Runing Army was unable to expand its army again within a short period of time.
However, due to the establishment of a large number of village protection teams and the reserve of a large amount of weapons and food, the reserve resources of the Runing Army have also been greatly expanded, and the structure of their military resources has gradually become more reasonable. Under general mobilization, they can quickly form an impressive force.
The dumbfounded army.
Afterwards, the only thing that gave Wu Shigong some headache was Yang Goudan's wife. To be honest, this Yang's power in the Runing Army even exceeded that of Yang Goudan and Yang Rusong. Because when the Runing Army was first established, almost everyone
All high-ranking officials had received Yang's care. Later, a large number of Runing army officers' marriages were introduced by her.
Because this time Wu Shigong handed over Runingjun's original weaving workshop and quilt workshop to the Ma family for management. Yang believed that this was Wu Shigong's punishment for her poor management, so she hid in her own home and became emotional.
.
After learning about the situation, Wu Shigong immediately sent Li Xin to the Yang family with gifts to appease the Yang family, but the Yang family was still very stubborn and refused to give up one thousand taels of silver to purchase 10% of the shares of the two workshops.
He must show his determination to coexist with these two workshops.
Wu Shigong was a little dumbfounded. He immediately established a Women and Children's Bureau under the inner study. He appointed Yang as the director of the Women and Children's Bureau and was responsible for the affairs of women and children in the Runing Army, which showed the importance he attached to Yang.
However, the system of female officers in the Runing Army first appeared. Although this system of female officers was not promoted for a long time due to long-term habits, it set a precedent after all. After a long time, there were finally some
Women participated in politics and became officials. Yang also became a pioneer in women's liberation in this time and space.
What Wu Shigong didn't expect was that he established this institution in order to appease the Yang family. However, it became prosperous under the auspices of the Yang family. With the cooperation of the Women and Children Bureau and the later established Medical Bureau, the management of women's childbirth and
A lot of work has been done on postpartum recovery and the healthy growth of children, which has greatly improved the survival rate of children in the Runing army.
As a result, there was a population explosion in the areas controlled by the Runing Army. Of course, this will happen in the future. But at this time, Yang's work was unanimously respected by all members of the Runing Army.
And Ms. Yang, who regained Wu Shigong's attention, also regained her second youth. When the shares she invested in the two workshops gained great appreciation, Ms. Yang donated the huge sum of money and established a prize.
It rewards doctors who have made contributions to medicine every year, and later formed a very influential medical award.
But these are still very far in the future. If Wu Shigong cannot guarantee the tranquility of the areas controlled by the Runing Army at this time, then everything he does will be in vain. At this time, the peasant rebel army will also take action again.