As for wheat to be ground into flour before cooking, grinding the flour alone requires a lot of manpower. As long as the flour sold is not too expensive, many people will definitely be willing to buy flour instead of grinding it themselves.

Beijing has a population of nearly one million, and the rice and flour consumed daily is astronomical, which is a large market. Even if the profit of the noodles mill workshop is meager, it can make a lot of money. As long as the scale is large enough, it should not be enough to make a hundred taels of silver every day.

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However, Zhu Youjian was still not satisfied because the money was so small to him that he could not solve his hunger.

"Can you help me design hydraulic spinning and loom?" Zhu Youjian asked suddenly.

Cotton has always been a bulk commodity for marine trade. The demand for cotton in the Ming Dynasty was also very large, and the profit of textiles was countless times greater than that of mills.

In the Ming Dynasty, Songjiang Prefecture had the largest area of ​​cotton planting. Songjiang cotton was famous all over the world and sold to the provinces of the Ming Dynasty and overseas. It brought countless silver to Songjiang gentry every year.

However, cotton is also produced in the north, and it is grown in Shandong, Henan and Shuntianfu. Moreover, the weather in the north is cold, and the quality of cotton is better than that of Songjiang.

If we can design a hydraulic spinning and weaving machine and build such a textile factory, the production efficiency is much more than that of hand-spinning and weaving cloth. Then we will ship the cotton fabric overseas to sell through the Royal Trading Company, and we will definitely make a lot of silver every year.

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"Hydraulic spinning machine and hydroloom?" Deng Yuhan blinked, "Weichen should be able to design it."

"If it can be designed, I will allow you to build a church in Beijing and preach as you wish." Zhu Youjian said decisively.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Deng Yuhan was overjoyed.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been very resisting to Western religions. Western missionaries have been in the Ming Dynasty for many years, actively learning Han culture, and making friends with the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, so they can only be given acquiescent missionary. And if they can get the support of the current Ming Emperor

, even to encourage the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to be baptized, the missionary cause will inevitably make rapid progress. Maybe, because of the missionary achievements, I can still be a cardinal!

Thinking of this, Deng Yuhan's heart was thumping.

Zhu Youjian looked at Deng Yuhan with a smile and reminded: "Don't fool me at will. The efficiency of the hydroloom must be high, and the higher the efficiency, the better."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do it." Deng Yuhan promised.

Speaking of textile workshops, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but wonder whether he could let the Academy of Sciences improve the process, build more royal workshops, and make money by producing and producing various products?

Why can't I do what those gentry can do? Why can't they make money away?

Well, it's time to formulate an industrial plan and establish a Royal Industrial Group, textile, steel, ceramics, and papermaking, all of which can be done. By the way, Deng Yuhan just presented a telescope, why can't the Ming Dynasty produce it?

"Let's go to Jishui Pond!" Zhu Youjian said immediately.

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At the Jishuitan Royal Academy of Sciences, dozens of Chinese and Western professors were summoned.

Zhu Youjian announced that there will be a lot of rewards for scientific inventions. Anyone who invents or improves useful equipment or production processes and can use equipment technology for production will have many rewards, ranging from hundreds of taels to ten thousand taels of silver.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, can the hydraulic mill invented by Wei Me get a reward?" Deng Yuhan asked hurriedly.

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Of course, you can reward two hundred taels of silver!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Deng Yuhan was overjoyed. In the late Ming Dynasty, when silver was not yet flooded, two hundred taels of silver was already a considerable fortune.

"I have decided to establish the Royal Industrial Group, which has various workshops under it. Every invention you have, you can apply to open a workshop to make products, and the Royal Trading Company is responsible for selling it. In addition to the bounty of invention, you can also enjoy technical sharing. The first workshop that Royal Industrial Group will establish is the cotton spinning workshop. I hope you can produce hydraulic textile machinery as soon as possible." Zhu Youjian said.

"Hydraulic textile?" Song Yingxing said, "I have read an ancient book. In the pre-Song period, hydraulic spinning and weaving cloth, but the drawings have long been lost."

"You are all knowledgeable people and professors from the West. Can you learn from the strengths of the world and re-made hydraulic textile machinery?" Zhu Youjian said.

"I must do my best!" Song Yingxing and others said.

"Song Aiqing, I heard that you are compiling a technical book for designing various agricultural and industrial industries. You can take out the technology you have sorted out, improve and improve efficiency, set up workshops, and produce goods." Zhu Youjian said.

"I obey the order." Song Yingxing hurriedly said.

Zhu Youjian looked at Xu Guangqi again: "Xu Yuanzheng, the business department has been established for a while. Have you cultivated some business talents who can manage business? After the Royal Workshop is established, these people can work in the workshop."

Xu Guangqi said: "When you go back to your Majesty, you have collected more than 200 people in the first phase of business. After nearly a year of studying, they have learned almost all the basic operations of arithmetic accounting and business, but they still lack experience."

Zhu Youjian said: "The Royal Family has Royal Shop in Gyeonggi, Royal Arsenal and various workshops under the Ministry of Industry, as well as the Royal Trading Company in Zhangjiakou. They can all be trained. After the Royal Workshop is established, they will be given a visit. Allocation of personnel to work in the workshop.”

"Xu Aiqing, Song Aiqing, you are all knowledgeable people. You can help me plan and formulate a five-year and ten-year industrial plan, and strive to set up some royal workshops in five or ten years."

"But will this compete with the people for profit?" Xu Guangqi said hesitantly. Zhu Youjian was too ambitious and wanted to set up many workshops, involving all aspects of textiles, smelting, papermaking, and ceramics. This will inevitably lead to various places. The original workshop had an impact, which made Xu Guangqi feel a little uneasy.

"Pediatric! Why compete for profit with the people? Could it be that all the money I earned is put into my pocket and used for enjoyment?" Zhu Youjian said unhappily, "The money earned in the treasury is not used to support soldiers and to provide disaster relief." ?”

"Besides, if the workshop is established, do you need to hire workers? There are so many farmers without land, so you can go to the workshop to work and earn money to support your family, and it can benefit the people." Zhu Youjian continued.

"But..." Xu Guangqi was still hesitant.

"Nothing is true, the Ming Dynasty is big, and even bigger than the Ming Dynasty! Most of the products produced by the Royal Workshop will be transported overseas by sea ships in exchange for a large amount of silver to support soldiers and people! On the contrary, what you said is The people who compete for profit are the gentry who run workshops. The money they earn will only be used to annex the land!" Zhu Youjian said coldly.

"Your Majesty is saying." Xu Guangqi said.
Chapter completed!