In order to change the topic, Guo Kang told Tuohuan what happened just now.
"This time is an opportunity." He thought of a reason: "The order in Dadu back then was rectified by my uncle Li Degong. But in the decades since then, the city has become larger and larger, and the people have become more and more mixed. There has been no promotion of management. Now that I am taking charge of it, I am inheriting the legacy of my predecessors."
"No problem." Tuohuan also expressed support: "Isn't this good?"
"Oh, there is one thing." He thought for a while and warned: "If you want to do it, do it bigger. If you only focus on this matter, everyone will suspect that you deliberately targeted Cao Jian or Pronsky and caused trouble with them. It’s a contradiction. But if we make it clear that we are targeting all the gangs in the city, there is no need to avoid it. When the time comes, they will take the initiative to cut off from these people."
"Including Pronsky. Since he is the son-in-law of the Cao family, he can be regarded as one of Rome's own. I know you think he is smooth and is a foreign rich chief, so he is not very trustworthy, but there are some things you have to think about. Yes, when doing things seriously, as long as he doesn’t do anything inappropriate, we can’t deliberately target him.”
"He is the person chosen by the Cao family, and the Cao family is the pillar country recognized by our system. Therefore, if we still want to maintain this system, we must not deny other people except where we need to avoid it according to the rules. Otherwise, others will marry with us. , and what those who surrender to us will think.”
"Of course there are risks in this, but what is without risk? If something really goes wrong, then I will help Mr. Cao deal with it." He finally said: "Because this is also part of our rules, we can't just Benefits, no risks; just receive the goods, no cost.”
Guo Kang nodded, indicating that he understood.
There is indeed truth to what is said about getting rid of love. Everyone faces trouble sometimes. If other people see the Cao family being abandoned, they will wonder if they are the next one. In this way, everyone can only prioritize their own survival, and it will be difficult to maintain this level of unity.
"Hey, actually from a historical perspective, this is not a good thing." Guo Kang couldn't help but sigh: "Relying on the upper-class families to stick together and protect each other is not a long-lasting method."
"It's okay, as long as it works better than the barbarian system." Tuohuan didn't care too much: "I also want to recruit more people, from a dozen families to all the families in Rome, so as to recruit soldiers It can make everyone more motivated. But who told us to have this condition now? We can't imitate Poland."
"I will also support the textiles and other things you mentioned." He said: "I think that only when these industries develop can more people have time to study, and then we can talk about the rest. Otherwise, we I probably will never catch up with Yuan and Ming.”
"Then let me give you a copy of the information." Guo Kang said smoothly.
"Why should I come here?" Tuohuan immediately refused: "Just calculate it and tell me the result. Anyway, I'm not as good at calculation as you, so why waste my time?"
"Then I'll just give you the results." Guo Kang had to give in: "We still have to look at this. If we understand it, we will know how big this industry can be."
"In addition, I also told Master Wang that in this pilot, we can directly adopt new technologies. I believe that these nuns can support themselves and even make more profits. If we can do it well, we can even directly introduce new technologies in the future. Promote managers from here.”
"Is this okay?" Tuohuan was a little surprised.
"Yes." Guo Kang said: "The physical requirements of the textile industry are lower than those of farming. In production, the machine still requires a certain amount of strength to achieve the highest efficiency. Therefore, it requires healthy and powerful The woman performs the operation.”
"Again, this is a job that requires skill. It's not enough to just work hard, you also need to learn technology. This includes basic skills such as weaving cloth and weaving patterns, as well as additional needs such as maintaining and repairing machines."
"In addition, weavers also need to pay attention to what kind of cloth to weave, who to give the woven cloth to, and how much to exchange for it. Because the cotton textile industry is different from 'big projects' like silk, most of them are based on single households. , a single person unit for production. Therefore, weavers even need to learn literacy and arithmetic before they can trade with merchants, take orders from them, and then sell the weaved cloth."
"Just think about the level of a woman who can shake a large loom, settle accounts with businessmen, and sign contracts." Guo Kang finally concluded: "I think that from this kind of person, we can select those who have the ability to manage. If you’re capable, it won’t be too difficult.”
"It's really..." Tuohuan seemed to have really not thought of this: "In addition to training and preparation for war, this is also a way to improve the capabilities of civilian organizations."
"In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of organization was formed spontaneously among the people." Guo Kang told him: "In the Jiangnan area, there were businessmen called 'Bao Buyers'. They would provide loans to peasant women, distribute raw materials on a regular basis, and even provide Weaving looms. The peasant women in the whole village and whole community weave cloth in batches according to their requirements. Although many people still work at home, a relatively tight organization has actually been formed. Big businessmen can control hundreds of looms. Uniform production as needed.”
"My plan is actually to copy theirs." He admitted: "It's just that our side is still too backward, and the businessmen may not have this ability, so we teach ourselves to be the 'contractor'."
"It just so happens that these nuns are relatively concentrated in their daily lives and can receive unified training. Moreover, their cultural level is higher than that of ordinary people. They can be trained first, and then the church will send them to various places. In this way , we can improve efficiency and copy the Eastern experience on our side."
"Okay, not bad." Tuo Huan nodded repeatedly.
"Helping each other is the cornerstone of the country." Guo Kang also took advantage of the situation and said: "I think, no matter whether it is the upper class or the lower class, whether it is a man or a woman, if we can do this, we will have nothing to worry about."
"In addition, we can also train and select leaders among these nuns." He suggested: "After the tasks increase, in addition to the nuns who are already managing the convent, we will definitely need more professional people. For example, to purchase goods , organizing manpower, designing patterns... We can do these tasks at the beginning, but in the end they must still leave them to themselves."
"These are all opportunities for training. I believe that as long as we train in this kind of organization for a period of time, we will be able to get a group of women with management capabilities. This will be very beneficial to our country and the army."
(End of chapter)
