Chapter 98 Turbine
He Xi took one or two pieces of linen, one of which was plain linen and had not been dyed. The other piece is colored linen, which has been dyed. There are also drawings in it. It is also a Buddhist-themed story. He Xi said, "Your Majesty, how much do these two pieces of linen cost?"
Zhu Yuanzhang touched it and said, "One coin and five, right?"
He Xi said: "Your Majesty, that's too high. Based on the current cost, I calculated it. It can cost about fifty cash. And a batch of colored cloth is also around a hundred cash. At today's cloth price, one piece of cloth can earn at least half a piece of cloth." Money. But now we have just started, we can produce three to four thousand horses a day. As time goes by, it will only be more. Let’s take four thousand horses. We can earn two hundred taels of silver a day. This has already deducted the labor cost. "
"If everything goes on track, it will be nothing more than a daily output of over 10,000 horses."
He Xi hasn't spoken yet. King Yan had already spoken first and said, "At that time, you will be able to earn five hundred taels a day. You will be able to earn tens of thousands taels a year."
He Xi said: "What King Yan said is very true, and there is even more. After all, we are not very skilled now, and there are other ready-made garments. There is still a lot of room for improvement in production efficiency. Giving this treatment does not count. What."
At this moment, King Yan was suddenly thrown aside by his previous worries about the country and the people.
His heart was kindled by the silver.
Don't think that earning just over ten thousand taels a year is very little. Sorry, the plates on Daminghai are only one to twenty million taels. Except for those years of explosive development, now we have to go to Tianzhu, or further afield. Once you go overseas, the situation of doubling profits no longer exists.
Because there are too many people going to sea.
A business can earn tens of thousands of taels in dividends over the course of a year. Some nobles in the background claim to have a certain amount of wealth. It’s just this amount of money after a year. Of course. Nanyang overlords like Lu Zhongheng are another matter. Do not make money. Why would he go all the way to take charge of Nanyang?
Just here, King Yan. The salary of King Yan was ten thousand stones. It is hard to say whether the income from other aspects is 10,000 taels a year. After all, he is far away from Nanjing. When the craze for sailing started here in Nanjing. He never made it.
It doesn’t matter how much you earn from the opening bonus.
At this moment, King Yan was extremely excited. He felt as if he was stepping on another development bonus.
Although I am also worried about the impact of cloth on ordinary people's homes. But he is the king of Yan and not the prince. Why do you care about this? For a moment, King Yan's eyes were full of learning attitude. It seems that I want to figure it all out and recreate it when I go back. He also thought of Lian Zining and thought to himself, "When I go back, let Mr. Lian get closer to his teacher."
Zhu Yuanzhang saw much further than King Yan.
He has estimated the cost here.
It is estimated that the largest expense is the salary of the female workers. It is because of He Xi's kindness that he gave the high price of seven buckets of rice per month. He estimated that even if the price was cut in half, someone would still come. However, Liaodong has a small population, which makes manpower so precious.
But in the south, the price is definitely not that high.
As for the others, they are just some wooden houses and some machinery. Even if we estimate a price for machinery, even though the price of iron has dropped, it won't be that high.
It is easy to scale up production.
Today there are only a few thousand people. After one or two years, there will be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. At that time, the biggest problem will be raw materials and market.
For today, tens of thousands taels a year. In the future, profits will be hundreds of thousands taels, or even tens of millions of taels. Many things can be done.
What is sheep eating people? Right now, it’s not sheep eating people. It’s hemp that eats people. Cotton eats people. It's all the same problem.
For a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a headache. He pressed his head slightly and said: "All the cloth here, whether cotton or linen, is not allowed to be sold to the country. He Xi, you are not very influential at sea. These cloths can only Sold overseas. No mistakes."
He Xi said: "Yes."
He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and hesitated to speak.
So what if it’s not sold domestically?
Markets are interconnected.
Although the overseas demand for Ming Dynasty cloth is endless. Whether it's cotton or linen. Especially this high-quality linen. All are very popular. But He Xi knows very well that the market is not really endless.
Once the overseas market cannot handle so much cloth, it will naturally affect the domestic market.
Even if nothing else is said.
This textile factory requires a lot of raw materials. Liaodong and Goryeo are not able to supply enough. Raw materials from Shandong, Hebei and other places are needed here to continue production.
It can't be stopped.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to talk anymore. He waved his hand and said, "I'm tired. Let's talk about other things tomorrow."
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Zhu Yuanzhang's self-regulation ability is very good. The next day, I couldn't see any of the fluctuations in my mood from yesterday.
What Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see on this day was the farm.
Zhu Yuanzhang was professional when it came to farming. Regarding farming, Zhu Yuanzhang was also professional. When he first crossed the river, he established the farming system. The person in charge of this matter at that time was Kang Maocai. The health system was also established based on this.
Farming is the core of the health system.
It can be said that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to dominate the world was related to his very active food production policy. Everywhere, attention is paid to food. This is Zhang Shicheng, and there is no way to compare with Chen Youliang. Chen Youliang was very aggressive and did not care about the life and death of the people. However, Zhang Shicheng did not cultivate land administration, and all good farmland and beautiful land were owned by Zhang Shicheng's relatives. There are more powerful people, and there are fewer people in the hands of the court.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has the deepest foundation and the most tenacity among the three regimes, even if he cannot win for a while. As long as the stalemate continues, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely win.
Zhu Yuanzhang was no amateur when it came to farming.
This Korean farm has only been cultivated for a few months. They are all raw and there is nothing interesting about them. If you want a good harvest, you may have to wait a year or two. The rhythm of agriculture is like this, and there is nothing we can do about it.
But that doesn't mean that nothing can be seen.
The first thing Zhu Yuanzhang looked at was the treatment in the Goryeo Manor. How many rations per person per day. Then look at the tools. All farm tools are made of steel. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the blade on it and saw that it could be used as a weapon with a little polishing.
Zhu Yuanzhang tried to use such agricultural tools. It is much easier to use than all the other farm tools before.
Especially when he was a child, many farm tools were made of wood. The two cannot be compared at all.
Then look at the land.
I have to say that the land in the Northeast is very awesome. Very fertile. Zhu Yuanzhang even gave a fact that He Xi had not noticed. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is actually mature land. It's just that there is no time to plant, so it is easy to reclaim it. It is estimated that next year it will take a year, and the year after that will be almost the same. "
"Refined land?" He Xi looked carefully at the land below, but he couldn't see anything.
After all, he has never planted the land himself, but he does not know that good farmland and raw land lie in the soil layer several dozen centimeters thick above the land. On land that is frequently cultivated, the soil has adapted to the growth of crops. In other words, the microbial environment inside has changed. Only in this way can we have a good harvest of food.
An experienced person can tell at a glance what an inexperienced person is. Of course nothing can be seen.
He Xi was a little surprised that he was familiar with her, but when she thought about it carefully, she thought it was normal.
After all, although Liaodong is a fringe area of Chinese civilization, it does not mean that Liaodong has never been prosperous, let alone anything else. There were many household registrations in Liaodong during the Yuan Dynasty, which shows that the amount of land reclaimed in Liaodong at that time was far higher than it is now.
This is also close to the Liaohe River, making it a good place for watering. It is normal for it to have been cultivated in the past.
After reading these things.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Crops, one is in water and the other is in soil. The others are secondary. If you have seen the soil, then let's focus on the water."
He Xi said: "Just in time, I also have something here, please take a look at it."
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Soon we arrived at the river.
Zhu Yuanzhang also quickly saw He Xi's masterpiece.
There are dozens of strange buildings lined up along the Liaohe River for more than ten meters. He saw from a distance that it was stone on the outside and iron on the inside. What it is, you have to get closer to see clearly. When I got closer, I saw that it was a high platform with a long and narrow river below. It seems that water can be diverted from the Liao River, and all the water flows into the deep pit below. And in this deep pit, there is a thick iron pipe. In the iron pipe, there is a central axis with a circle of strange leaves on it.
Sight impact. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't see clearly.
It's just that a water channel extends from the high platform above, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to guess what it was. Said: "Is this a water diversion?"
He Xi said: "Exactly." Then someone turned on the switch. The sluice gates of the canals below were also opened. A stream of water was diverted from the Liao River, impacting the iron pipe below due to the height difference. The water flow hits near the thick iron pipe and then swirls out.
Just below the sound of water, there seemed to be some other sound.
And with the impact of water flow. You can clearly see from the high platform above that the central axis in the middle of the iron pipe has moved. After a while, the sound of water in the water pipe could be clearly heard. Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly surprised. He leaned on it and listened carefully for a while. Said: "Come up."
Suddenly, a stream of water rushed out of the iron pipe and flowed into the canal. Attack along the river and through the cultivated land.
If you look up from here, you can see that there is this machine about one mile along the Liaohe River. It has not been rolled out on a large scale yet, and there are probably only a few dozen in total. But even just a few dozen of them can irrigate tens of thousands of fertile fields around them.
Not to mention, this thing only uses water power. Unlike steam power, it does not use electricity. It couldn't be more appropriate in this era.
Although there are restrictions on the water lifting height. But in He Xi's opinion, it is much better than siphon equipment. Although this equipment also has some technical problems, the biggest problem is the bearings. Today, the production of bearings cannot be standardized. It takes a master to take charge.
But it's enough for now.
There is also a cap on lifting water. Not suitable for some special terrain. But for most of the land near the river. All are usable. It is also convenient, fast and efficient.
Of course, all this is based on mass production of steel. The premise is that the price has come down, otherwise, He Xi can only think about wooden waterwheels.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw a lot from this. He saw that all the rivers in the world were full of this. By then, food production will be increased, and people will be able to cope with ordinary droughts on their own.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What is this called?"
He Xi said: "This is called a hydraulic turbine."
