When the Ming Dynasty was founded, everyone was equal and privileges were abandoned.
The feudal hierarchy was smashed to pieces by the Ming army led by Su Yonglin, and all restrictions no longer existed, so the luxury consumption level that relied on the feudal hierarchy was also shattered.
Everyone has the right to buy what they like, as long as they can afford it, and as long as the Ming Dynasty produces it, they can buy it without any feudal class restrictions.
Let alone brocade, even if an old farmer discussed with Su Yonglin privately and wanted to wear any of Su Yonglin's clothes, there would be no legal problem.
Except for restrictions on official uniforms in public places and official duties, as well as some requirements on public order and good customs, the "Ming Code" does not impose any restrictions on people's basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation.
The feudal hierarchy no longer exists, and the fact that only officials can wear silk and live in a big mansion no longer exists.
Therefore, selling brocade to farmers and letting them wear clothes made of silk was just a simple economic issue in the Ming Dynasty and did not involve any political factors.
In this case, since the policy has been completely relaxed, why are we still tied up and timid?
Xu Hua's words were like a heavy hammer, breaking through the fragile barrier in front of Xie Yuanliang and opening up his situation.
"Take brocade and silk, for example, they are expensive, so can't we just find ways to reduce production costs? Can't we just improve the production process, expand the production scale, reduce the cost of purchasing raw materials, and reduce the difficulty of making finished products? "
Xie Yuanliang was stunned.
Xu Hua continued: "If you don't want such exquisite patterns and simple color matching, won't the cost come down? Why is silk brocade so expensive? Those exquisite patterns require experienced embroidery workers to take up to several months or even a year to complete. .
Those bright and magnificent colors also require sourcing dye raw materials from various sources, spending a lot of effort to collect them from the mountains and jungles, carefully blending the colors, and then dip-dying them. This process can take several months or even a year to complete.
These time, energy, and labor are the reasons why brocade and silk are luxurious and expensive. So why can't we reduce production costs from these links? The policy is so loose. If we still can't put our finances in order, wouldn't we be failing the chairman's entrustment?
And we blindly count on those merchants from outside. Once something happens in their country, who will we sell so many things to? Who wants it? Don't let it rot in your hands and become a bad debt? Who will bear this bad debt then? Who will repay? "
The more Xu Hua talked, the more Xie Yuanliang felt that what he said made sense, and the situation became more open.
Luxury goods are expensive, but as long as the manufacturing process and materials are not so particular and the production cycle is shortened, the production cost will naturally come down.
Those who sell to big dog owners should use the standards of big dog owners, continue to produce luxury goods to meet their needs, and then sell them at extremely high prices to make a lot of money.
If you sell it to ordinary people, use the standards of ordinary people. Don't use so many exquisite patterns and don't use so complicated dyes. Use simple craftsmanship and simple color matching. It will still work.
Who said ordinary people can only wear commoners?
I have a little money and want to buy some silk to make some clothes for myself, can't I?
Who says that manufacturers that produce luxury goods can only make luxury goods?
Do the same thing as the cheaper ones.
If you make high-end products, you can also make low-end products. Anyway, they are all selling goods. Who is not selling?
They are all the same copper coins, and they are all the same Ming Tongbao. Can they still distinguish between high-end copper coins and low-end copper coins?
Two copper coins are placed in front of me. Can you tell me which one is noble and which one is low?
Facing Xu Hua, who had completely opened up the situation, Xie Yuanliang felt that his mind was still too rigid and not as flexible and easy to use as Xu Hua.
So he praised Xu Hua vigorously, praised his flexible mind, and expressed that he wanted to learn from him.
He then decided to vigorously develop the characteristic industries of Guangdong Province, just like Guangxi Province, and make full use of the advantages of Guangzhou Shipping Company to build up Guangdong Province's own collectively-owned factories, so that such a good location advantage could not be wasted.
As for Xu Hua's request, Xie Yuanliang agreed to the cooperation plan between Guangdong and Guangxi based on the idea that more migrants would have higher incomes.
Subsequently, Guangdong Province and Guangxi Province reached a series of cooperation agreements, including but not limited to the joint construction of roads, ports and a series of infrastructure construction between Guangdong Province and Guangxi Province.
At the same time, regarding the issue of local specialty industries in the province, Guangxi Province sent a working group to provide assistance and guidance to help Guangdong Province explore high-quality products in the province and so on.
Subsequently, the revival organizations in the two provinces also joined forces to set up a foreign language training school led by the revival.
They plan to take advantage of the geographical advantages of Guangdong and Guangxi to cultivate a large number of language talents and create a talent reserve for future expansion of the business industry, so as to better make their business bigger and stronger.
Anyway, the cooperation between the two provinces has flourished, and these cooperation projects have been recognized by the imperial court.
Su Yonglin is very happy that the two provinces have made full use of their geographical advantages to engage in cooperation and mutual assistance.
After reviewing the cooperation project between the two provinces, Su Yonglin nodded in approval and passed on the cooperation between Guangdong Province and Guangxi Province as an outstanding deed.
He hopes that other local governments across the country can also learn from this spirit, help each other, and try to achieve a win-win situation instead of engaging in a zero-sum game.
The administrative and economic construction of Guangdong and Guangxi is booming and making great progress.
In just over two years, they have put up a decent framework for local construction, including agriculture, commerce, and handicrafts.
The living standards of the local people have also improved to a certain extent, and the Ming Dynasty's local rule has been increasingly recognized by the local people.
This makes them more willing to accept the concept that they are Ming people.
At this moment, the five hundred officers of all levels from the Champa Kingdom who were being trained on Qiongzhou Island also completed their training courses and learned sufficient military technology and organizational skills.
Of course, they also fully studied a series of Ming Dynasty revolutionary textbooks including "Hongwu Political Treatise".
After a series of studies and field trips, in the tenth year of Hongwu, the Champa State branch of the Fuxing Society was established on Qiongzhou Island. All 500 training officers joined the Champa State branch of the Fuxing Society and swore to work for the liberation and liberation of the Champa State from now on. Strive for glory.
After a long period of study and field investigation, and even personally participating in the wave of the Lingnan Revolution, they were infected by the revolutionary spirit, especially by the strong revolutionary atmosphere within the Ming army, so they all joined the Fuxing Association.
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