Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh royal product
Zhang Ximeng's carriage finally left Suzhou City. When he looked up again, he saw the morning glow filling the sky and the red sun rising. His surging mood did not weaken at all. On the contrary, Zhang Ximeng saw endless hope.
Zhang Xiang entered Suzhou with his carriage and horse, and the sincerity of the king was dejected.
Hundreds of thousands of weavers work on the bamboo poles of high-end households.
It is true that Zhang Ximeng still has too many things to finish in time. But his trip to Suzhou has indeed shattered an old world.
The new world is still rapidly taking shape.
First of all, there is still the unavoidable land issue... The same equalization of land, the situation has changed again when it comes to Suzhou. In the beginning of Huaixi, it tried its best to benefit the people as much as possible, so there were tax-free ration fields; after crossing the river, Huaixi
, in order to ensure food supply, the number of mulberry fields was limited.
When the seedlings are divided into fields, keep the girl fields.
When we arrived in the Central Plains, although we still had to equalize the land, the first step was to rebuild village communities, concentrate our efforts, and restore people's livelihood. Let every household be able to cultivate the land by themselves, and then talk about other things.
All in all, adapting measures to local conditions is still the most important thing.
Now we have arrived in Suzhou, where the population is densely populated, the land is fertile, and the output is naturally extremely rich.
Moreover, those big silk companies occupied the land, replanted mulberry trees, raised silkworms and reeled silk, all of which required tenants to work... In fact, to put it bluntly, tenants and weavers can complete the process of raw silk production, raw material supply, and spinning into silk themselves.
But the mulberry farmers were scattered, and the weavers had nothing but a pair of hands.
The whole process is controlled by big players. They exploit mulberry farmers to the fullest extent, and bully weavers. They don’t have to do anything. They don’t do technological innovation, market research, talent training... They don’t do any of these things, and they even evade taxes.
, relying on the power of wealthy scholar-bureaucrats to tear off the fattest and fattest profits, they are completely parasitic beetles.
Now, Zhang Ximeng has eradicated a considerable number of large households, and also eliminated many local gangsters. This is equivalent to pulling out this huge silverfish and its tentacles that penetrated into the local area, crushing them, and throwing them into the smelly ditch.
Next, it depends on how people can resume production and make up for the broken industrial chain.
The mulberry fields were distributed to every household and scattered small farmers. Not only did the raw silk produced vary from good to bad, but it also raised transaction costs to an unbearable level.
Therefore, at the local level, mulberry farmers must be organized.
It’s true that the fields belong to you, but the raw silk produced must meet the standards, and the raw silk produced in each village must be sold uniformly.
This requires Sannon to select people he trusts, and at the same time, the court also needs to control Sannon through Chang Pingcang.
Although we cannot rely on grain to exploit mulberry farmers, we cannot condone mulberry farmers, hoard them, drive up the price of raw silk, and make the workshops unable to survive.
Therefore, if you want to engage in industry and commerce, you must consider all aspects and make proper arrangements to avoid various problems.
Otherwise, we would allow powerful people to grow wildly and play sheep-cannibalism, forcing millions of families to die and their families to be scattered. This is not what we want to see.
And don’t forget, this is the Central Plains, the descendants of China. The place with the most peasant uprisings. If you dare to act like this, there will be another Red Turban Uprising in minutes.
After all, the descendants of the dragon are not God's docile sheep...
But one thing is very clear. This is a complete reshuffle. In the new distribution of benefits, the farmers who have obtained the land occupy a dominant position and can get at least 70% of the benefits.
By completely getting rid of the control of big households, you can not only live a life of food and clothing, but also have more possibilities in the future.
Maybe some of these mulberry farmers will also set up workshops, weave silk by themselves, print and dye by themselves, sell by themselves, and develop into new silk merchants.
There is no doubt that Zhang Ximeng is happy to see the results.
On the other side, there is another question, which is whether those workshops that are completely handed over to weavers can continue to operate. This is also a huge problem.
After all, the rumors have been spread by many big companies. No matter what, we can't let a group of women get things done. Otherwise, we won't have the dignity to survive, so we might as well just jump into the Baimao River.
The remaining big households in Suzhou City, including many who were watching the excitement, were eager for these female workers to fall hard. Even the female workers' family members came forward and persuaded the female workers to go home.
Don't come out in public. It's immoral, but you don't know how to run a business. If you make a loss, your family will be affected, and they will be unlucky in the future.
Stop it, you can't do it!
In the midst of such doubts, Zhang Ximeng stood up and told the female workers when he returned to Yingtian that he believed that weavers were not humble and would definitely succeed.
To be honest, after hearing these words, almost all the weavers cried.
It is said that it was Prime Minister Zhang who advocated granting land to women, supported women's schooling, and approved women entering the court as officials. Prime Minister Zhang's wife was the first female official. This time, Zhou Huiniang, Qianhu of the Gongwei Department who came to Suzhou, was also a female official. Those who came from the Ming Dynasty
Among the officials who came over, there were also women.
Since they can do a good job, why can't we do a good job?
It doesn’t make sense!
"Sisters and sisters, everyone, please stand up! We must discuss a way out, come up with a proper idea, run the workshop well, and impress those who look down on us!"
After a brief moment of sadness, the other female workers also clenched their fists and gritted their teeth.
No matter what, we must accomplish this!
The female workers got together and took stock of the situation first... The original big boss had been killed by Zhang Xiang, and the foremen, supervisors, minions, and thugs were all gone.
No one beat them with whips, and no one tried every means to squeeze and search them and force them to work.
Humans are not beasts and do not need whips.
As long as you can make a profit and live a better life, who wants to be a cow and a horse?
According to the agreement, half of the shares in this workshop belong to the imperial court.
Weavers are only half.
After discussion, the female workers decided to take out 30% of the money and distribute it equally to everyone. As for the remaining 20%, they should distribute it to those who have made merit according to the size of their contribution.
After solving the problem of profit distribution, everyone's motivation instantly increased.
After being a weaver for so many years, there are many people who are ingenious and can not only weave the best silk, but can even operate the loom.
Therefore, a few weavers were selected and tasked with maintaining the looms.
Among the remaining people, those with good character and skills were selected to serve as team leaders, responsible for leading everyone to work.
After some arrangements were made, someone was responsible for almost everything, and everything became orderly in an instant.
The so-called management is not difficult.
But the next thing is troublesome. In order for the workshop to operate, it also needs raw materials, which is raw silk. Purchasing raw silk costs money.
In the past, big households paid for it, or they had their own mulberry fields and could directly obtain raw silk. They just weaved silk.
What should we do now that we no longer have the money from the big family?
Who can get them raw silk?
After worrying about it for three days, the female worker finally thought of a solution that was not a solution. Didn't half of the shares belong to the imperial court?
Can we borrow money from the court and buy raw silk first? After selling the silk, we can make money and then return it to the court...
"Logically speaking, we shouldn't borrow money. If we borrow money and owe a favor, we will never be able to repay it... But this time, Prime Minister Zhang has helped us so much, and we can't repay it in the first place. Moreover, the court is not the Zhang Shicheng it used to be. If you sincerely wish us well, it’s time for you guys to start thinking.”
After some discussions, Shen Rulan led three weavers to find Zhou Huiniang.
After all, it was a bit difficult for them to go directly to the Yamen and talk to the officials.
Fortunately, Zhou Huiniang was here, and the Guards Department continued to assist in punishing the criminals in the city and did not return to the capital... She couldn't help but smile when she heard about the difficulties of the female workers.
"This is not a matter of course. This is also the business of the imperial court. You can't run it anymore! Don't worry, Prime Minister Zhang actually encourages borrowing. When he was in Kaifeng, he advocated providing loans to village communities to help farmers restore their acres and cultivate crops. Land. Now it is only natural to help you restore your workshop."
Shen Rulan listened silently, nodded frequently, but then said: "Even so, we can't just rely on the court. We borrowed money this time, and when we make a profit, we can continue to operate it ourselves, and we will continue to do so in the future. Just pay more to the court."
Zhou Huiniang said with a smile: "This is a good saying. If we women want to be respected by others, we must show our true skills and be upright. We cannot rely on charity. Once the workshop is handed over to us, we must do it better than others. The money we turn in every year We make more money than other workshops, and the silk we produce is sold all over the world and is famous all over the world! This is our true ability!"
Shen Rulan nodded quickly, and after half a day, they got a huge sum of 30,000 yuan from the bank with an annual profit of 15%!
Many years later, Shen Rulan still remembered how she felt about carrying the money. She did not go home for a whole night, but stayed in the workshop with her three sisters. The three sisters held the treasure in their arms for fear of growing wings and flying away.
They didn't even blink, and they set off for the countryside as soon as it got dark.
It is worth mentioning that they, who have always been weak, actually found a kitchen knife and brought it with them.
If anyone dares to steal money or do anything, they will really risk their lives!
We can't survive anyway, and the worst is possible!
But things actually went smoothly. Zhou Huiniang was a careful person, and she also knew how difficult it was for women to do things, so she arranged for people to help Shen Rulan and the others go to Changpingcang and buy a batch of raw silk.
With an anxious mood, I brought the raw silk back to the workshop. Everyone's eyes were bright!
They have seen a lot of raw silk and played with it all day long, but today's raw silk belongs to them!
"Everyone, listen, our workshop will live or die, it depends on this time... put in 10,000 efforts, don't let it go to waste!"
At this time, Zhou Huiniang came again. She got straight to the point, "I want to tell you the good news. The people in charge of purchasing from the palace will come over in a while... Whether it can become a good item for the royal family depends on your ability!"