Although the two people here are good friends, the Guangdong Business Alliance has regulations on commercial confidentiality to protect the rights and interests of its members. The alternate member stopped talking and stopped talking. In addition, the friend also knew this.

After waiting for the rules to be followed and a wink with the Confucian scholar, the three of them tacitly agreed not to talk about business matters anymore. Instead, they returned to some interesting things from their childhood, which also made the whole room laugh.

Chaozhou's success lies in its solid foundation brought about by long-term stability, which is second to none in Fujian and Guangdong provinces. The Zheng Group governs Chaozhou with a normal heart and collects taxes.

Wang Jiang and other officials who are willing are also carrying out local industry upgrades and other good governance. For example, after the Guangzhou people returned to their hometowns, in addition to selling them to local people, many of them were used as school fields to support rural book schools.

The investment in education has been highly praised by local people.

After the people of Guangzhou returned to Guangzhou, their property was returned, and the abandoned fields outside the city were also compensated and distributed as agreed. This undoubtedly further enhanced Chen Kai's prestige.

As a result, Wang Jiang next implemented some new technologies in Guangzhou that they had widely promoted in Chaozhou, and they also received more general welcome. The people of Guangzhou had increased confidence in the government, making administration more effective with half the effort.

Effect.

It is still Shunde County. The dilapidated state at the beginning of the recovery has become a thing of the past. Only the tombstones and the ruins of villages and towns that have not yet been swept by capital have disappeared. They are still faithfully recording the smoke of the past. In the case of Longjiang,

Starting from Longshan, Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop quickly spread throughout Shunde County through acquisitions, output, capital withdrawals, and increased investment brought about by the favorable industry situation.

The large tracts of mulberry forests in Shunde County have been purchased by workshops. Even if the owners are unwilling to sell them, they also try to recruit them into the acquisition system and sign contracts to ensure the supply of sericulture.

Over in Longjiang Town, the mulberry forest they had seen during their initial inspection had now begun to spread into the original rice fields. On the path in the field, a group of people who looked like proprietors and shopkeepers were walking around two local mulberry farmers.

Led by a very familiar member of the Guangdong Business Alliance, we are visiting the local silk weaving industry.

These two people, one tall and one short, one fat and the other thin, in later generations seem more like a pair of compliments and teasing. However, this is only what it seems at first glance, in fact, the two of them are resident in Longjiang.

The shareholders who preside over and supervise the work here in the town, and a few others are busy with other things. It is up to these two people to provide advice to these businessmen who have recently joined the meeting and are preparing to invest in Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop.

Work on introduction.

"The mulberry forest in the distance was what we took a fancy to when we first came to Shunde. The original owner's family was killed, so we bought it from the government, built a tomb, and worshiped at all times..."

It was not just a business deal, but there was such humanistic care from the very beginning, which made everyone like this Guangdong Business Alliance suddenly.

He led everyone to see the mulberry forest, where the mulberry farmers were picking mulberry leaves. The mulberry leaves were carefully selected. Yellow and rotten leaves can cause poisoning and diarrhea in silkworms, so their use is strictly prohibited. The mulberry leaves will be given away after being picked.

To wash and dry, especially the food for ant silkworms, young leaves must be specially selected and cut into strips and blocks. These are all done by specialized workers, who go around in the mulberry forest

, and soon turned out from the entrance and came to this original rice field.

"When we planted mulberry trees in this area, we chose the mulberry-fish pond model. This was not only in response to the call of the governor's yamen and the chief envoy's yamen, but also because fish dung and silt can be used to fertilize the fields, making the mulberry trees grow better

.On the other hand, those fish almost seemed to come for nothing.”

They laughed and made everyone laugh. They are stationed here in Longjiang Town and are responsible for this area on behalf of the shareholders of the workshop. Compared with the people who are laughing, they know better that when they

When they were living in Chaozhou, the government promoted fish farming in rice fields. As a result, when they set off back to Guangzhou, the price of fish in Chaozhou continued to plummet, forcing some fishermen to either go ashore to work or to make a living on merchant ships.

This phenomenon is not universal, but the food shortage in Fujian has indirectly given Chaozhou fishermen some relief. However, as sweet potatoes are planted on a large scale in Fujian, the total number of fishermen fishing on the river has also increased.

It is continuously declining, which just fills the labor gap in other aspects.

Undoubtedly, this gave them a warning from past mistakes. However, workshops inherently require more manpower, even when hydraulic machinery is already used in many aspects. However, as mulberry forests began to occupy grain fields,

The magistrate of this county is scratching his head even more, fearing that one day Shunde County will really no longer produce food, and will have to go to other prefectures and counties to purchase it, which always makes him feel uneasy.

In Longjiang Town, the silk weaving industry can no longer be described as a pillar industry. It can be said that all the people, businessmen, and merchants in the town are pointing to the silk weaving workshop for their meals!

After leaving the mulberry forest, they took everyone to see the silkworm-raising workshop, and then came to the workshop by the river. Here, it is still an establishment integrating silk reeling, spinning, and weaving, but the only difference is in terms of scale.

The previous outline is no longer visible at all.

“When the silk arrives here, it will go through a series of processes. Some will be woven directly into silk, and some will just be made into spindles... When it comes to the printing and dyeing process, the town of Longjiang Town is now full of workshops, and dyes such as indigo are produced.

We mostly order from Fujian, where the indigo is of high quality."

The next stop is the county town. The silk weaving workshop has recruited many embroiderers from various prefectures and counties. They all work in the workshops there or in the houses arranged by the workshops, embroidering various patterns on the silk.

Some patterns are pre-ordered by the orderer, while others are designed by the workshop itself. Many of these embroiderers are also involved in the design, and their income is higher than before. Due to the deterioration of their livelihood, they had to become housewives again.

Or being engaged in sewing and mending is a world of difference.

To go to the county town from here, we first have to go back to Longjiang Town. After looking at the printing and dyeing workshops, everyone boarded the boat and went down the water. What they saw was that the mountains and rivers were still the same, but when they boarded the boat, they saw the wastewater from the dyeing workshop.

It poured straight into the river, colorful and seemingly endless. What I was thinking about was not any strange talk about environmental protection, but only the shock of the production capacity of this Shunde silk weaving workshop.

We rushed all the way to the county town, and when we arrived it was already past the closing time of the city gate. Fortunately, once the silk weaving workshop got busy, we no longer had to worry about day and night. We knew the officers guarding the city gate well, and they were obviously silk weavers.

The people in the workshop didn't bother to inform the county magistrate or put on guard, so they just opened the door and let them in.

It's past the next duty hour, and the silk weaving workshop has fully complied with the customization and embroidery craftsmanship that Chen Kai made when he was at the Ordnance Bureau. We will have to wait until tomorrow to see you again.

The two settled everyone in the inn first, and then returned to their club in the county. They met other members, talked about today's situation, and soon turned to other things.

"What did the county magistrate say?"

"It's still the same cliché as growing food, growing food, growing food. There are no other new words."

From the beginning, food was mainly purchased from other prefectures and counties. The land they purchased in Shunde was used for silk weaving-related industries. Even if they hired people to grow vegetables, it was just to fill the needs of craftsmen and workers.

Belly, rather than doing it as an industry.

They only have silk and silver in their eyes, but the county magistrate still has to consider the issue of taxation - money is important, but if the local area does not produce food, where should the military rations be obtained? Without military rations, the army will not be able to continue the counterattack.

I am afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable.

Logically speaking, it is Chen Kai who has to worry about major military and national affairs, and it is not his turn to be a seventh-rank sesame official. However, he is not like those county officials east of Guangzhou Fucheng, who are all Chen Kai's hands.

He was appointed by Guo Zhiqi. Who knew that in just half a year, this place would be under the control of Chen Kai. If he hadn't been so good all along, he would have been driven away early, and he would still be the magistrate of Shunde County.

Sitting on the throne for a long time.

However, he was not a direct relative, or even appointed by a political opponent. The county magistrate always had doubts about how long he could serve under Chen Kai. For this reason, he gave a great deal of help to the Guangdong Business Alliance in developing Shunde's silk weaving industry.

The cooperation was just to show goodwill to Chen Kai. But the problem was that the development of Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop was too rapid, and it even threatened to take the entire Shunde County astray. Out of fear of multiple unknown factors

Worry made him even more worried about military and national affairs, fearing that a change in the general environment would cause him to change and go home.

In fact, many shareholders of Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop are aware of this kind of thinking. However, they do not dare to get involved too much in political matters. Even the Advisory Bureau and the Guangdong Business Alliance have

Many members have become members or alternate members. For them, they are acting entirely according to Chen Kai's wishes. They cheer for Chen Kai in the advisory board and protect their own interests by the way. That's all.

In the final analysis, it was still a question of interests. After chatting a few commonplaces about the county magistrate, they stopped diverging further. One was to avoid being offended, and the other was that the small thoughts of the magistrate were not really important.

"As for the garrison, the money we give to the garrison every year has never been less. Now that the goods have been intercepted by those river pirates, it's time for them to come out and do something."

Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop has developed rapidly in the past two years. Apart from other things, this workshop, with its continuous expansion and acquisitions, seems to have the momentum to swallow up the entire Shunde County. Others, if there is no one

Those who are envious and jealous are deceptive talk. Firstly, they share the benefits equally, and secondly, the backer behind them is really not an easy guy to mess with. They have been in peace for the past two years, until the last few years.

For months, the cargo ship transporting silk ingots and silk was intercepted several times, and a lot of goods were lost. The tree was obviously so big that it was impossible not to attract the wind.

"Well, he has given his full assurance, and has also identified the hiding place of a group of river pirates. He has led the troops to suppress it this afternoon. However, listening to the underlying meaning of his words, it seems that there is something wrong

The other river bandits all came from other prefectures and counties, and some seemed to be involved by other officers and soldiers. This matter was no longer something he could decide alone. Yesterday, he found out about the whole family and immediately reported it to the governor's office.

I have reported it and I have to wait for Mr. Fujun’s decision."

The matter of the river pirates actually involved other Ming troops, which greatly surprised the "crosstalk group". Undoubtedly, this also involved political matters. Not only were they stunned and speechless, but they did not even dare to report it.

Kai's side had too much hope - to fight a civil war over a few ships of silk and silk. They didn't think they had that much face.

"I probably want to settle the matter. I just hope that I can drive away those bastards to avoid further losses. No matter how big the family is, it can't bear it."

Due to the general environment, Chinese businessmen are often cautious. Even if they now have official and business backgrounds, they dare not say anything to the military in these troubled times.

Business must continue. In the final analysis, the investment raised this time is to provide funds for further expansion of production.

Compared with others, the shareholders of these silk weaving workshops know best that in terms of family background, dilapidated hometown, and years of being away from home, they are far from being able to compare with the merchants of Chaozhou and Qiongzhou. Not to mention, today's Guangzhou

, Shunde's silk weaving industry is just a driving point. Although the fragrant wood production industry in Dongguan and Xin'an has a slow cycle, the profit rate is frighteningly high - Wanxiang is worth a lot of money when sold to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it can be sold now.

The price has reached ten times, more than ten times, or even dozens of times the normal price. It was already weak, but it has allocated a lot of resources to the fragrant wood industry. It is true that the momentum is rapid and the situation is also very good.

, but the background has led to the inability to succeed, so we must try to attract more help.

Bracing themselves up, the "Crosstalk Group" took everyone to visit the workshop in the county early the next morning. In the afternoon, a batch of goods happened to be shipped to Hong Kong. They made an appointment with the freight terminal and took these people with them again.

After a visit, the subsequent capital injection still needs to be discussed, but the goods went all the way down the river and were shipped directly to Hong Kong without any setbacks on the way.

A large part of this batch of goods was resold to the Zheng Group through the Guangdong Trading Company. It is unknown where the Zheng Group resold it.

The goods quickly entered the warehouse of the Guangdong Trading Company. Cai Cheng did not show up this time. He just sent a shopkeeper to contact him. As the person in charge of the trading company, Mouse Xuzi naturally has places where he needs to appear.

Fan is the only one he knows among the five merchants in the sea who has come to visit Zeng Ding, so socializing is still necessary.

"To be honest, Brother Cai, this time I was ordered by Marquis Jianping to come to Brother Cai to discuss increasing the acquisition volume."
Chapter completed!