Such methods would be considered bad in later generations, but they are not common in this world. Of course, it is not impossible. After all, looking back, this method was born out of Wei Yang's Li Mu Jianxin in the pre-Qin period.
The fact that a method can be used for more than two thousand years shows its effectiveness.
When Xue Baochai heard Brother Rong talk about it, his eyes suddenly shone. As a daughter of an imperial businessman, how could she be ignorant. He also knew a lot about the ways of doing business all over the world, so he asked in surprise: "You still know these things?"
"I didn't understand at first, but just seeing you, my mind became more active. All my senses became clear, and all kinds of countermeasures came out of my head." Brother Rong said hehe.
Xue Baochai just smiled. "You can take these words and talk to those two from Dongfu."
"I only spoke from the bottom of my heart when I met you. How can I talk to others." Brother Rong rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Let's first spread out in several major capitals of each province and build warehouses. The others are There’s no way I can catch up.”
"The idea is naturally excellent." Xue Baochai sighed. But she had other worries. As the daughter of a businessman and having read some books, her understanding of this society may not be as good as that of Jia Rong, who has only been here a few years.
Baochai said: "Such a big move will inevitably involve dealing with the government. If the matter gets serious, it must be reported to the palace. All dynasties only wanted to maintain stability, so if this thing is publicized, in a few months the provincial government and business associations will start to think about it. Build kilns and burn ashes. This is something the palace and the governors of the provinces don’t want to see."
Brother Rong frowned and signaled Baochai to continue.
"The emergence of the Ningguofu Cement Kiln Factory was entirely due to King Zhongshun's reform of the camp. Dayan needed such things, so it allowed Ningguofu to build the factory. But for the imperial court, it was still hoped that these things would be mainly used in the camp. Flood control and other fortifications. A small part of it can be used among the people. If we promote it nationwide like this, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction in the palace."
"What a great opportunity." Jia Rong frowned.
Xue Baochai smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "When I was young, I heard my father mention something. At that time, iron frying was very developed in southern Guangdong, and there were tens of thousands of workers in one mine. In the southern part of Guangdong, there were nearly ten large mines, and even smaller mines. There are hundreds of them. Back then, when the Supreme Emperor came to power, he ordered the governor of southern Guangdong to close all the iron mines in Guangdong Province except for government-run iron mines. Instead, private iron ore mines with less than 500 workers were opened in Lianghu, Sichuan and Chongqing."
"Why is this?"
"Prevent riots and prevent refugees." Xue Baochai said calmly.
Jia Rong couldn't figure out how a mining factory with too many people could be related to riots and refugees. "Even so, what does it have to do with our propaganda in the provinces?"
Xue Baochai looked at him sideways and curled his lips and said: "Simple selling has nothing to do with it. If you vigorously publicize it like you said, the world's rich businessmen will ask for tribute and get nothing, what should you do?"
Jia Rong understood Xue Baochai's meaning, that is, don't cause trouble and seek stability.
"It's a pity."
Xue Baochai saw that Brother Rong was a little decadent, his face was bright and his smile was bright, and he said: "Since I told you so, naturally there is a solution. We don't need to let the Xue family's caravan go to various provinces to build warehouses. We can still do the work of promoting cement. It’s just a step-by-step approach. There is no need to build a warehouse. Buyers are required to go to Ping’an Prefecture and Jinling to purchase.”
"Isn't it a loss to the Xue family?" Brother Rong looked at Baochai in surprise.
"How can we lose the Xue family? The provinces still buy from the Xue family's shops." Xue Baochai gave him a faint look and said angrily: "Don't you want buyers from all provinces to block outside the kiln every day? The Xue family's warehouse is built on the outskirts of Jinling. It will not disturb the kiln factory, but also ensure that others cannot cause trouble."
Jia Rong lowered her eyebrows and thought carefully, Baochai was right. Although the Xue Family Trading Company has business in various provinces, it is not as safe as in Jinling. Such a big move would offend local officials or local squires, but that was not good either.
It's better to just let them go to Jinling. Who dares to cause trouble in Jinling City?
It's a pity that Jia Rong's ambition to build warehouses in all provinces across the country. If we really wait until all provinces across the country have warehouses built, what kind of business will be difficult to do? What can't be done?
I can only wait for a good opportunity later.
"We, Bao'er, think far ahead."
"Your calculations are also excellent." Xue Baochai laughed, looking at this guy rubbing his hands, and couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. "Other places are far away and people are not familiar with them. No matter what happens, we people from other provinces will always be the ones who suffer in the end."
Brother Rong smiled softly and thought, as a result, Heishan Village will also change accordingly. But that's okay. The Xue family's publicity is only the first one, and there are still pawns like the peasant officials behind it.
Reinforced cement concrete will sooner or later enter the public eye across the country.
Fried iron.
When can Dayan be stimulated to vigorously develop Jiantie.
Xue Baochai seemed to have read through his thoughts and said slowly: "Brother Rong has been in the sky and has his own thoughts. This is a good thing. Now that we have cement, it will be enough. If we come up with other things, King Zhongshun will also We may not be able to save both palaces.”
Why is this girl pouring cold water at this time?
Brother Rong glared at her angrily.
Xue Baochai, however, was not to be outdone, and hummed: "The authorities call it a mystery, and they will be judged by the sidelines. Someone has tried your idea before. Why did the imperial court keep Western artifacts in the palace and prohibit them from flowing into the people? In the past, "Wang Zhennong Shu" stated Why are the rare tools banned and destroyed? Compared to a machine that can weave a hundred kilograms of yarn a day, the imperial court would rather see everyone using a machine that can produce three kilograms of yarn a day."
Jia Rong was in a trance after hearing this.
Yes, it’s not like many things haven’t been done yet, so why is the court unwilling to promote them?
He then heard Xue Baochai say: "My uncle has long heard that a man named Newcomen in the West made a flame water pump for mining, and spent a lot of money to send it to the palace from the west coast. This thing Instead, it was treated as a demon weapon."
"Flame water lift?" Jia Rong suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart. This strange name reminded him of Western industry.
"Don't say you know each other." Xue Baochai said with a smile, "This name was something Baoqin bragged to me when he came back from a trip to the west coast. He said that as long as you add coal and fire below, the stove above can absorb the water from the ground. come out."
It can work just by adding coal. Why does this thing sound more and more like a steam engine?
It shouldn't be. Wasn't the steam engine supposed to be built by Watt? How did you become Newcomen?
Who is Newcomen?
No matter what the fuck his name is.
Whether it's Watt or Newcomen.
For Jia Rong, this is not a good thing.
He secretly gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart: Damn it, the muskets over there are just about to be imitated, and there is such a thing in the West. Do you really want to wait for the Industrial Revolution in the West, and then watch them drive steamships and mount artillery to crush Dayan?
