Zhao Yingong's application report encountered no objections to the project approval by the Planning Institute. [No pop-up novel website] However, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the competent authority expressed objections to his immediate involvement in the silk industry: Jiang Shan and others thought that doing so was too risky. The silk industry was a popular industry at the time, and officials and gentry were deeply involved. In the industry, Zhao Yingong immediately set up a modern silk reeling factory, which is a typical example of getting burned.
"He is preparing to be a big fat pig, waiting for someone to kill the pig. You must stop him." Li Yan said to Jiang Shan in the conference room, "The silk reeling factory came together, just like the opening of the Leizhou Sugar Factory. Immediately, the world was shocked and the ghosts and gods wept. He said that he only reeled silk and did not interfere with the circulation and silk weaving. You must know that Leizhou Station thought the same way at that time, but it was immediately besieged and besieged. If Leizhou was not just across the strait, the Senate's all-round support would have arrived quickly. Went out! "
Jiang Shan agreed: "I think so too. But you can't look forward and backward when doing things. I can understand that he is eager to get money to open up the situation. Now he can't open up the situation without money."
, "There are many ways to open up the situation. Besides, isn't there support from Shanhai Road? Wanyou will open a branch in Hangzhou soon..."
"He has no right to spend money casually in Wanyou. You know financial discipline. Obviously he needs money now." Jiangshan said. At a recent joint meeting of various departments of the Foreign Intelligence Service, they coordinated the finances of veterans stationed abroad. It was stipulated that any veteran could not withdraw cash directly from the shops on Shanhai Road except for the prescribed intelligence activity allowance. When necessary, cash is temporarily borrowed in the form of borrowing, and there is a certain limit.
The purpose of formulating this rule is to prevent veterans who are stationed abroad from thinking that they are "industrial and commercial wizards" and just waste a little money on their own "commercial operation" activities. If the operation fails and the enterprise collapses, it will be embarrassing. Therefore, whether the enterprises in Shanhai Road are state-owned or jointly operated, they are all managed and managed by the commercial department. Unless it is clear that the overseas veterans are responsible for the management and operation of Shanhai Road stores, they will only provide certain support to the overseas stations.
, "You can find other ways to make money, and enter the small-cost industry," Li Yan said. "I suggest you start with the book business first." Engage in book publishing. "
In the Ming Dynasty, Hangzhou's publishing industry was only considered "middle-level" and far inferior to that of Suzhou and Nanjing. There were not many bookstores and the influence was not great.
Compared with an extremely profitable industry like silk, the book engraving industry is costly, has slow turnover, and is not very profitable. It is not an industry that officials and gentry are willing to get involved in. Li Yan thinks that it is a good idea to let Zhao Yingong get involved in the book engraving industry first. best choice.
Jiang Shan said: "However, Zhao Yingong is very enthusiastic, and the motion he proposed immediately hit the g-point of the Ministry of Light Industry, Foreign Trade Company and Committee of Agriculture. I am afraid these departments will all express enthusiastic support. I am afraid that it will be approved at the Senate committee meeting."
If approved by the Standing Committee, it will be included in the Planning Institute's operational projects. Even if the Foreign Intelligence Service objects, I'm afraid it won't have much effect.
He turned around a few times, stopped and said: "It doesn't matter, the equipment of the modern silk reeling factory cannot be built overnight, and it will take at least half a year. We asked the Agricultural Committee to help Hangzhou Station improve silkworm breeding and mulberry planting. It is the foundation of sericulture reform, and Zhao Yingong will not oppose it."
Improving silkworm seeds and planting mulberry trees will not attract much attention, and the impact will be much smaller than setting up a new silk reeling factory all at once. According to the wisdom of the ancients, this is what is called "agricultural-based" gentry running their own business. Not only will no one look down on it, it is also a very respectable thing.
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This matter will take at least half a year. By the time Zhao Yingong wants to set up a silk reeling factory, the situation should have changed, and there will be no problem in setting up a silk reeling factory. "Jiang Shan is very proud.
Li Yan thought that this was just a "drag" trick, but he admitted that it was correct.
Thinking again, Zhao Yingong's report said that he had two directions, one was the silk reeling factory and the other was the printing and publishing industry. With the manpower and material resources in Hangzhou, it is impossible to take care of both ends. It is completely reasonable and reasonable to only take on one project at the moment, and he would not have any ideas.
Li Yan first held consultations with the 1st Institute of Planning, and then called Tan Ming, the director of the printing factory, and Zhou Dongtian, a member of the publishing steering group, to hold a meeting. They discussed how to develop the publishing industry in Hangzhou. discuss.
Yu De's wife saw that there was no need to establish a printing industry in Hangzhou at present, but could directly transport books from Lingao for sale. The printing factory in Lingao is now equipped with slate printing equipment and can print slate prints on a considerable scale. It is possible to transport a certain number of books to Hangzhou.
"...but I don't know how many books Hangzhou needs and the types." Tan Ming was unsure. Although the production capacity has increased now, the printing factory has a very heavy task. The printing of a large number of textbooks and scientific and educational pamphlets has overwhelmed the printing factory. The work is extremely heavy.
Zhou Dongtian said: "Looking at his market application, the books Hangzhou needs must be of various varieties and small batches. This is a bit difficult for the printing house."
Multiple varieties mean that many editions need to be arranged, and not many are printed each time. This is quite uneconomical for printers.
The final decision was to transport a batch of ready-made books from Lingao to Hangzhou. At the same time, Zhou Dongtian suggested transporting simple printing equipment to Hangzhou. "One is the simplest hand-operated printing press. This kind of printing machine does not use typesetting, but uses paper or pattern to print."
Although many people think of modern printing as "movable type printing" in fact, "movable type printing" is not widely used. Most modern printing technologies, including modern photographic typesetting, follow the principles of woodblock printing. It's just that the speed and efficiency of making engravings have been greatly improved compared to engraving book boards.
In the era of "movable type printing", books were printed using movable type, and then thick cardboard or thin bell boards were used to press the arranged movable type into a "paper shape" or "bell shape". The paper pattern and pattern are then sent to the printing press for printing. After printing, the advantage of this is that it can greatly reduce the wear and tear of the type. Moreover, paper patterns can be stored for a considerable period of time. If the book is to be reprinted, it can be taken out of the warehouse and printed immediately, saving the time of re-typesetting. It can be said that it takes into account the advantages of movable type printing and block printing.
Compared with heavy wooden engravings, paper molds and lead molds are lighter in weight, smaller in size and lower in cost.
It can be regarded as the most commonly used book printing process before the promotion of modern photoengraving and printing technology. It is impossible for the Hangzhou printing factory that Zhao Yingong plans to open to train a group of specialized typesetters on its own, so it is the easiest way to directly copy and ship the various paper types and shapes currently stored in Lincha printing factory to Hangzhou. Preparing a few simple manual printing machines can meet the needs.
, "I recommend the Albion type." Zhou Dongtian said, "This manual printing press has been considered the best manual printing press since the Ming Dynasty, and many printing houses in the 20th century used it.
To this day, many printing enthusiasts still admire this machine. "
The Albion printing press has a simple and lightweight structure and a large transfer force. It is a very suitable choice for the printing office in Hangzhou. The disadvantage is that all impression printing machines are the same. They use flat plate printing, and the printing efficiency is not as good as that of rotary printing machines.
"Last time, we conducted research on imitating this kind of machine with people from the machinery factory, and we think it can be improved to increase production efficiency, including using power such as water turbines and steam engines. The other is to cancel the spring."
The Albion printing press had a key spring component, which was replaced by other methods after research.
"But with this approach, the task of typesetting still falls on the printing factory in Lingao. And most of the book types we currently store are not suitable for sale in Hangzhou." Tan Ming said that at a glance, the typesetting work in the printing factory is already busy enough. of.
Lingao Printing Office has stocked thousands of book types of various types, but most of them are technical and management brochures, various textbooks, promotional pamphlets and the like for Lingao's own use. The only books suitable for sale in the Ming Dynasty were a small number of the Four Books and Five Classics, commentaries on the Thirteen Classics of the Qing Dynasty, some common classics and historical collections, and religious pamphlets from the Catholic Church and New Taoism.
Zhou Dongtian said: "There is nothing we can do about this. We will gradually establish a typesetting process locally in the future."
Another piece of equipment was the lithograph. Lithography is essentially a type of woodblock printing, but the materials used are protective coatings and corrosives. Litho printing is suitable for printing patterns and small batches of text prints, and is more suitable for places like Hangzhou Printing Station that require small batches and multiple varieties.
Although these two devices seem simple, they still cannot be copied with 17th-century technology.
It does not constitute the possibility of "technology leakage" that is most taboo to the Senate.
Zhou Dongtian said: "I applied last time and wanted to go to Nanjing, Hangzhou and Suzhou to have a look at the local engraving and printing industry. By the way, I also wanted to see if I could recruit some master engraving craftsmen. The printing factory is very interested in engraving workers. The demand is also great. This time I want to go to Hangzhou with books and printing equipment to help Zhao Yingong set up a printing house. After all, I am a professional. By the way, I will take a look at the printing industry in Jiangnan and recruit a few craftsmen."
Zhou Dongtian had applied for an inspection trip to Jiangyan a long time ago. There was no base in Jiangnan at that time, so the 1st Planning Institute naturally could not agree. Now he gave the reason again which seems very good. Of course Yu De would not object. He turned his attention to Li Yan.
, "He has not received training. Is there any problem in going to Jiangnan?"
Li Yan said: "There is no problem in escorting him to Jiangnan. We have a plan available for the senator's short-term business trip to the red zone." a.
