"Brother, are there any opportunities to make a fortune? There is still no news about the last cement project." The short man asked curiously.
"I have been asking for a long time, but I still haven't heard about cement. I can only wait for the news. The opportunity to make a fortune that I just thought of can be done immediately," the merchant said.
"Brother, tell me about the opportunity to make a fortune. We will listen to him," the strong man said.
"Now go collect some old Ming Dynasty currency notes and put them in your hands. I estimate that these things may go up in price." The merchant said this and warned of the risk: "But I'm not sure, so my advice to you is to use your spare money.
Collect a little and put it away, it’s important not to affect your livelihood.”
"Brother, do you think the Ming Dynasty's currency can also be exchanged for silver?" The strong man quickly confirmed after hearing what the merchant said.[
The merchant shook his head and said: "I think it's impossible. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court has issued many popular treasure banknotes for more than two hundred years. Even if they are no longer issued since the Zhengde period, there are still many private banknotes.
.If this can be exchanged, where did the imperial court get so much silver?"
"Then why does the eldest brother still like this popular treasure banknote and let us collect it?" the short man asked.
The merchant looked at the short man, then at the strong man and said: "Brother just thinks that the imperial court has issued this new type of treasure banknotes, so I have to give Tongxing Baobao an explanation for everything. But eldest brother is not very sure, so I let you have
If you have spare money, just buy some. Anyway, the price of scrap paper is the same now, so you won’t lose much."
The strong man and the short man nodded: "Okay, listen to big brother."
After the three people finished talking about this, they went back to their homes.
Zhong Jinwei, on the other hand, was sitting in the office on the second floor of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty, listening to the messenger he sent out to summarize the news.
One of the returns from Wang Fuxi made him a little worried, which was the problem of the Ming Dynasty's currency.
The Ming Dynasty Jiusi Baobao and the Ming Dynasty Tongxing Baobao are both banknotes issued by Lao Zhu's family and are endorsed by the government. If they are treated differently now, I am afraid it will cause trouble.
But in order to take over the historical burden of the Ming Dynasty's Tongxing Baobao, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty's finances are currently in a state of deficit for many years, no matter how rich they are, they cannot take it on.
Zhong Jinwei remembered that when he was discussing banknotes with Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen stated that he would not recycle the currency notes.
But the problem now is that when people mention the Jiusi Baobao, they will think of the Tongxing Baobao. After a long time, people who have more Tongxing Baobao in their hands may start to cause trouble.
Could it be that it is a bit unreasonable for the imperial court to suppress it with iron and blood? This popular banknote was also paid by the imperial court according to its face value. It is the hard-earned money of the person who received the banknote. Although the loss was heavy due to its depreciation, there was no way before.
It can continue to depreciate. Now that they see the hope of exchanging silver tael, they want to exchange it, which is right.
Zhong Jinwei thought about it and couldn't find a way to solve the problem. He had to immediately ask to see Emperor Chongzhen to see if there was any solution through discussion.
Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to ignore it, but after Zhong Jinwei's oblique reminder, he felt that it would be impossible to ignore it, otherwise it would be tantamount to robbing money from the people. This was a hurdle that Emperor Chongzhen, who always claimed to love the people like his own son, could not get over.
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Emperor Chongzhen sent Wen Tiren, the first assistant, and Bi Ziyan, the minister of household affairs, came to discuss the matter together.
After deliberation for a long time on this long-standing difficult issue left over from history, no one had a good idea.
In the end, several people reached the following consensus.
First, we decided not to let go of the Ming Dynasty’s currency notes to be exchanged for silver coins.
The second is to allocate a small amount of money to secretly purchase Ming Dynasty Tongxing Baobao banknotes from the market, and recover as much as possible. Based on the current value of Ming Dynasty Tongxing Baobao banknotes, which is almost like waste paper, a large number of Ming Dynasty Tongxing banknotes should be recovered.[
Third, we will wait and see the situation later to decide how to deal with the remaining Tongbao banknotes on the market.
Fortunately, I made a windfall, otherwise, this second consensus would not have been possible.
What no one expected was that in later generations, the collection value of the Ming Dynasty Tongxing Bao banknotes would be more valuable than the first set of Ming Dynasty Jiusi Bao banknotes. The reason is that through a series of measures, the surviving Tongxing Bao banknotes are extremely rare.
On February 21st, the third year of Chongzhen, a piece of good news came, which greatly excited Emperor Chongzhen.
The white pole army led by Qin Liangyu has reached the boundary of Baoding Prefecture, and will reach the capital in another four or five days.
Emperor Chongzhen quickly informed Sun Chengzong of the good news outside the capital and asked him to take corresponding measures.
After Sun Chengzong heard the news, he was also greatly relieved. He summoned the generals to talk about the matter and announced that the annihilation of the rebels in the pass was not far away. Then he began to send out a large-scale Yebushou to explore the rebels in the pass.
Distribution and movement of troops.
After the news of the decisive battle against Jianlu reached Zhong Jinwei, he put aside his research on the state-owned enterprise plan and went straight to the cement factory, where he found the glassmakers and checked how they were making telescopes.
You won't know it until you look at it, but you will be shocked when you see it. These glassmakers are actually slowly polishing the mirrors based on their previous experience in making crystals.
However, Zhong Jinwei immediately remembered that ancient China was better at hand-made production than assembly line production. He remembered these two concepts. He told Emperor Chongzhen and Xu Guangqi about them. Xu Guangqi also improved the cement production process and replaced some steps with water.
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In fact, assembly lines and standardization are symbols of industrialization. If they can be popularized now, it will be a big leap.
Zhong Jinwei called the various craftsmen and An Guiyi and others who managed them to the meeting hall, and popularized the concepts of streamlines and standard parts to them.
After explaining the concept, Zhong Jinwei specifically talked about the example of glass. He said: "When I went to check the glass workshop just now, I found that the glassware they were making was blown into shape one by one. The leader also swore that this was
The Western method is the most authentic method. He finally found out about it in the past, so of course he followed it."
Having said this, Zhong Jinwei looked at the entire audience and saw that they were all looking at him, including, of course, the craftsman he mentioned without naming him. Then he continued: "Yes, for the glass industry, our Ming Dynasty is just the beginning.
Yes, the Westerners have many more years of experience than we do, and their methods were authentic and advanced in the past. But "
There was no sound in the audience, waiting for Zhong Jinwei's next words.
"But in my opinion, their approach is bullshit and rubbish. Why do I say that? Because after they have so many years of experience in glass production, they have still stuck to the single blow molding method from the beginning. There is no
Thinking about improving.”
"Some people are not convinced today, so I will tell you about glass making, and other craftsmen who are not glass makers will also listen to see if they can learn anything from it."
Zhong Jinwei had the speaking style of a master, and the fact that there were several majestic Dongchang officers standing behind him only increased his momentum.
"We Han people have long had examples of making things with molds. Not to mention the work of your craftsmen, we make cakes to eat in our daily lives. Do you make them one by one, or use pre-engraved molds to press them one by one?
Which one is faster? Are the products made exactly the same? This is the standardization I asked you to achieve just now."
After talking a lot at once, Zhong Jinwei was a little thirsty. He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued: "To put this case into glass production, can we also make a mold in advance, and then blow or blow the glass water?
Will it be easier to pour it in? For the convex lens, can we use a compass to draw circular molds with different curvatures in advance? Wouldn't it save a lot of time to use this mold to make the lens and then grind it?"
Although the glass craftsmen had never heard of a compass, they knew what it was for. They all blushed and lowered their heads.
In fact, we can’t blame them, they all have a habitual way of thinking when doing things. They brought over their previous experience in making crystal lenses, and they haven’t had a certain amount of time to innovate, or they lack enough motivation to innovate immediately.[
"And the flat glass. I see that the glass sent to the bank for account opening is very small. What you do is to blow the glass into balls first, and then make it into a cylinder. After it cools down slightly, remove the two ends and cut it in the middle.
Flat, use this method to make flat glass. Yes, you have made it, but the size of the flat glass obtained by this method is limited by the vital capacity of the glazier and the volume of the glass balloon. I have said so much today, no
Does it inspire you? Who has a better way to improve it? Theoretically, it is also possible." Zhong Jinwei finally asked these craftsmen a question.