Chapter 386 Grain, wine, trade, the industrialization of the Song Dynasty officially started
The geographical location of Yuhang Town is very advantageous. In addition to having a natural deep-water port like Modu Port, there are also dense rivers and roads leading to the mainland!
There are natural deep-water ports and well-developed rivers that can accommodate very large ships.
This makes Yuhang Town’s trading methods extremely convenient.
With such a geographical advantage, Chen Mu would naturally take advantage of it.
At noon one day in Yuhang Town, more than ten grain transport ships sailed into the port.
Woo~
On a cargo ship, the crew manually shakes the mechanical buzzer.
Buzzers alert guests to avoid these huge grain-carrying ships.
The loud sound made people stare sideways.
Such a huge fleet has never been seen in their lives.
If they knew what was inside these ships, they might be even more surprised!
This was the first time these people had seen such a huge ship carrying out cross-ocean grain trade.
When the ship docked, countless people in Yuhang Town were talking about it!
"Is that the food sold by the Spring Breeze Caravan?"
"Oh my God, I thought the ships could hold a few thousand materials at most. But today, each ship can hold at least 50,000 materials, right?"
"It's definitely more than that. These transport ships are so strange. They are actually made of steel?"
"That's awesome!"
The people were talking a lot, and so were the officials and gentry of the Song Dynasty.
Watching the ship dock, these people have not changed.
But when the workers hired by the Chunfeng Caravan began to unload bags after bags of grain, the officials and gentry in Yuhang Town completely let down their guard.
"The Spring Breeze Caravan is really powerful. These iron ships can actually sail in the sea. Maybe what they say is true. There really is a country in the far west!"
"I'm still worried about their weapons. Even if these people are super skilled in martial arts, I didn't expect that they still have fertile land and enough people to grow food!"
"If we can produce such warships, we will definitely not mess with them in the future."
"The brewery must do well this time. I feel that this business will definitely make us a fortune."
The maritime trade of the Song Dynasty was very good during the Northern Song Dynasty.
But I can't say it's busy.
The maritime trade of the Song Dynasty began to flourish after the end of the Jingkang Disgrace, the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the establishment of sea routes in the Southern Song Dynasty.
These people lamented that the ship was huge, like a scene that blocked the sky and the sun, which was natural and normal.
Seeing the large amount of grain being transported, the county magistrate sighed: "We must not provoke him in the future, and we must deepen cooperation."
A few months ago, when these menglongs who crossed the river arrived in Yuhang, the county magistrate and a group of officials naturally rejected them.
They even wanted to mobilize police to capture these daring people.
But... they are too powerful.
And...they also gave too much!
The county magistrate Song Zhong will never forget the power of the other party.
He could never forget that horrific scene.
It was a scorching noon when the people from the Spring Breeze Caravan visited them with elegant things. Then they invited them to play, during which they performed several kung fu performances.
One of them was to fire projectiles at some donkeys.
Then he watched helplessly as the donkey's head exploded into blood clots, and then a big hole was made in the huge brick.
Then, these people hope that Song Zhong will reach some cooperation with them.
Song Zhong still had a certain bottom line at that time, so naturally he was not allowed to become a kneeling clan easily.
It's a pity that these people are completely different from ordinary gangsters!
It doesn't matter if you have super strength, it doesn't matter if you have powerful mysterious firearms.
These people are really good at heart-breaking behavior!
One of Song Zhong's henchmen, a local gentry, suffered the consequences of his wife and children being separated and his family destroyed a few days later.
This is a model.
In order for Song Ting to cooperate with them, special means would naturally be used.
After learning that Song Zhong was supported by gentry minions, he investigated and collected evidence and found that this gentry family was guilty of all kinds of evil, so he slaughtered the chickens to frighten the monkeys.
These words of rejection of the Spring Breeze Caravan spread throughout Yuhang Town in just a few days, and then quickly spread to surrounding counties.
Afterwards, the litigants who complained directly went out. They cleverly used the public's support to completely discredit the gentry, and then their families were ruined.
The hard one can't handle it, the soft one can't grind it down. These people from the Dongfeng Caravan also showed evidence that Song Zhong and others were in the land of fish and meat.
Damn it!
We are not afraid that bad people will spread all over the world, but we are afraid that bad people will have martial arts skills and become civilized.
These people are completely inappropriate!
Since he can't be beaten or scolded, he can only lie down.
These Song court officials could only anesthetize themselves mentally - they gave too much.
When the unhappiness is over, the administration of officials will be smooth.
If the officials manage things smoothly, government affairs will naturally flow smoothly.
After taking care of the official administration of Yuhang Town in the Northern Song Dynasty, Ju Chengyan used business to enrich the people and talk about strengthening the country, and then used these things to convince these Confucian scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty.
Although these officials occasionally reject super-active business responses, their murderous knives are too sharp.
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
The method proposed by Ju Chengyan was very beneficial to the Song Dynasty and them, so they could not find a way to refuse.
The Song Dynasty valued scholar-bureaucrats, and the officials in this dynasty were a special group.
Countless people want to join this system.
Even the actors of later generations are very fond of the official hat of the system, not to mention these elites!
After Ju Chengyan used means to suppress them, he then used carrots to impress these officials.
With tears in their eyes, the officials of Yuhang Town agreed with Ju Chengyan’s idea of win-win cooperation, improving political performance, and allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment!
Once the thoughts in your head are unified, the path will become easier.
Local officials in Yuhang Town half-heartedly turn a blind eye to these commercial activities!
A few months later, a surprise came!
It comes as a matter of course.
The Song Dynasty had a performance appraisal system, and they usually conducted statistics once a year.
After Ju Chengyan arrived in Yuhang Town, he started various commercial activities.
They enriched commerce and increased residents' income.
The Yamen of Yuhang Town found that their pockets suddenly bulged.
These incomes are actually not obtained through clever names and exorbitant taxes, but are collected through reasonable business planning.
What is even more surprising is that the income of most people has more than doubled.
The people's packages have increased, and the county government's income has also increased.
Win-win situation for all parties, perfect governance!
These commercial activities organized by private organizations directly opened up a new world.
The officials of Yuhang Town also gradually accepted Ju Chengyan's unconstrained words from the bottom of their hearts.
Earn money while lying down, don't be shabby!
This time I saw with my own eyes the large ships transporting grain to Yuhang Town. Naturally, they had various purposes.
In addition to having peace of mind and witnessing the strength of the Chunfeng Caravan, there is also the opportunity to participate in the business plan launched by the Chunfeng Caravan - a one-stop plan for breweries and the brewing industry!
Tobacco, alcohol, arms, etc. are very stable and highly profitable industries in the modern world.
The cigarette industry is the most profitable industry.
It is very simple to promote this, but it cannot quickly form a scale, so I won’t mention it for now!
Arms are also available, but this requires building trust. Arms trade takes time.
Chen Mu used a hammer and a sickle to establish industrialization and then enlighten the people. Therefore, they tried their best to use soft knives to activate the psychology of the people of the Song Dynasty.
Reduce violence as much as possible.
The brewing industry naturally became the crowbar that opened up the industrialization of the Song Dynasty.
Making wine is very simple and only requires food.
There are many ancient brewing methods, and there are many delicious wines. However, the output of the workshop-style brewing method is small, and it has caught up with industrial wine making.
When Chen Mu brought Wuliangye, Fenjiu, Moutai and other drinks, as well as fruit wine and other danshui wine to entertain the officials of Yuhang Town, he immediately conquered their tricky mouths.
At that time, Ju Chengyan said that he would build a brewery without using grain from the Song Dynasty. When he said that everyone would make a fortune together, the officials in Yuhang Town went through a long period of psychological struggle.
However, after they saw the written agreement presented by Ju Chengyan, they decided to experiment first.
Watching the grain get off the ship and then building a brewery is the beginning of the plan.
However, these Song Dynasty officials did not know at this moment that the appearance of wine had already caused the Song court to enter a countdown.
At this moment, they were still complacent in thinking that Song Ting's laws were so powerful that they were afraid of them.
indeed!
Private individuals during the Northern Song Dynasty were unable to engage in brewing operations.
If you want to make wine, you need to buy it from the official winery of the Song Dynasty. After purchasing, you can resell it or you can rent an official workshop to make wine.
There were three main forms of wine administration in the Northern Song Dynasty: wine monopoly, qu monopoly and wine taxation.
The Northern Song Dynasty implemented three different policies for different places.
The Sanjing area implements a monopoly on the sale of distilled koji.
In the prefecture city, there is a monopoly on selling wine.
Places below the county level either implement taxation or have a monopoly on wine sales.
Among them, the practice of wine monopoly is that the winery is owned by the government, and the production materials, production expenses, and production raw materials are settled by the government.
Liquor owners rented wineries from the government to organize production, and the government undertook the sale of the brewed wine. For tax wine, drinkers brought their own rice to a public hotel, sold it to the hotel, and paid brewing money and a share of the money before they could drink it.
The productivity of the Song Dynasty was low. Without chemical fertilizers, food output was very low.
Food is the foundation of a country. Without food, farmers will inevitably cause trouble.
The imperial court knew that not restricting winemaking would definitely hurt farmers, and the public approach would curb land annexation and the use of precious grains for winemaking.
However, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
The private brewing industry in the Song Dynasty has always been very prosperous, and it has been banned repeatedly.
All of this is naturally related to interests!
When Ju Chengyan proposed building a winery, the officials in Yuhang Town felt that it was an impossible business.
But Ju Chengyan slapped his head and said that he would not use grain from Song Dynasty to make wine, but would only buy grain from abroad.
They need to be replaced with silk, porcelain and other items.
Ju Chengyan said that silk and porcelain are very popular abroad and can earn high profits.
The officials then let down their guard.
Anyway, there are fixed indicators for the grain-based winemaking in the Song Dynasty. It doesn’t matter if foreign grains are used for winemaking.
Sometimes, if you change things from another angle, you will find the beauty of things.
The horizons of the officials in Yuhang Town have been opened, their perspectives have been changed, and things will naturally become easier to handle!
Today they went to war and arrived at the dock. They saw so much real food disembarking from the ship, and they made up their minds.
The size of the winery in Yuhang Town needs to be expanded a hundred times, and at least 500 workers must be recruited.
By the way, they also need someone to take charge and ask the Chunfeng Caravan for advanced brewing technology.
Although people from the Dongfeng Caravan often speak wildly and unrestrainedly, they are trustworthy!
After watching the grain being unloaded, the county magistrate of Yuhang Town immediately led a group of officials to the Chunfeng Caravan.
"Mr. Ju, I have agreed to the cooperation in the construction of the new winery. What about our...contract?"
Hearing the news, Ju Chengyan had a smile on his face.
He took out a document: "Please take a look at this contract!"
The contract is of course no problem.
Yuhang Town will purchase grain in large quantities using silk, cloth, and low-quality porcelain, and then transport it to the brewery to make fine wine.
The sales share between both parties is two and eight.
The Yuhang Town official gets 80% of the profit, and the Chunfeng Caravan gets two shares of the profit, once every half year.
That's fair!
Soon~
The two parties signed a formal contract on this business cooperation based on the principles of equality, mutual assistance, fairness and justice.
There are probably several clauses in the contract!
Yuhang Town will purchase porcelain, cloth, silk, and then a large amount of grain.
The grain will be used in wineries to make wine.
The brewery will be built in Yuhang Town, with Chunfeng Caravan providing construction funds and Yuhang Town providing construction land.
Chunfeng Caravan will provide complete construction technical support, provide advanced construction equipment, and teach local people to make delicious drinks.
In return, they will receive 15-year share rights.
During the construction and brewing period, the Spring Breeze Caravan will provide workers with funds and gainful employment.
After this condition was stated by Ju Chengyan, it actually went through some twists and turns.
After Ju Chengyan raised the issue of workers' funds, the county magistrate of Yuhang Town vaguely said that the corvee construction could be conquered to help everyone save money.
Ju Chengyan naturally refused on the spot.
It was a matter of principle for them not to harm the people of the Song Dynasty unless absolutely necessary.
If Song Ting is harmed, then forget it!
This stalwart rejection made all the officials in Yuhang Town feel ashamed.
In short, the brewery was built like this.
Infrastructure is the foundation for facilitating business activities.
With good infrastructure, more rapid commercial activities and convenient commercial production can be carried out.
Building a winery is not an easy task.
In fact, Song Zhong thought that the Chunfeng Caravan was just building a brewery, but they discovered that these people had more than one thing.
Does building a brewery require cement?
Where can I find cement?
Of course it’s time to give birth!
Arrangements are made for making cement using local methods.
The overall physical fitness of the people in the Fairy Sword World is very good, they are twice as strong as those in the main world.
Therefore, the development potential of ordinary people in the world of Fairy Sword is very great.
Strong people and strong horses will naturally lead to faster construction work.
After the local cement construction is completed, roads need to be built.
Because the brewery is only five kilometers away from the port, the cost of this cement road is huge.
Fortunately, there is no need to pay for it from Yuhang Town.
When this road was built, it instantly became a scenic spot in Yuhang Town. Countless people came here to watch the newly built road.
After the roads are built, factories still need to be built.
The steel transported from Wanwan, the cement made in Yuhang Town, and the gravel mined from nearby mountains are all infrastructure materials.
Yuhang Town is completely busy.
When building a factory, you can't just have one brewery, right?
Are matching earthen jar containers also needed?
Chen Mu directly provides free technical guidance and teaches everyone how to mass produce glass bottles.
If you want to produce glass bottles, do you need some energy to drive it?
Do you know what a steam engine is?
Do you know what hydroelectric power is?
Steam engine - backward product!
Come, let me show you what hydropower is.
"Want money?"
"No money, free! But we need 20 years of operating rights, and you can also participate in the share. We need a 50-50 split for this."
"good!"
Then, uukanshu www.uukanshu.com officials in Yuhang Town saw something that subverted people's cognition again - a hydraulic generator!
In addition to hydroelectric generators, they also provide combustion generators, which naturally burn thermal coal.
Along with cement factories, glass factories, wine cork factories, they also established chemical plants, yeast factories...
In short, they have built all the supporting production plants for the brewery.
Officials in Yuhang Town finally discovered that the number of factories established and the number of workers recruited exceeded their imagination.
Originally, they only wanted to recruit 500 people, but in the end, the supporting factories and workers needed at least 3,000 people. This was caused by downsizing.
During the construction of the factory, they also expressed their personal opinions on the fact that so many people entered the factory and no one was working on the land.
Then Chen Mu directly gave them hundreds of cultivators that could be pulled by livestock.
Officials in Yuhang Town tried it themselves.
When they discovered that these devices could be used by one person for dozens of people, they immediately supported the expansion of the factory!
Factories that make people love and hate them were built one after another in this small place in Yuhang Town.
The new class that destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty also began to be conceived!
