Chapter 105 The Textile Machine Begins to Spread (2 in 14000 words)
Chapter 105 Textile Machines Begin to Spread (2-in-1 4000 words)
Author: tree on tree
Chapter 105 Textile Machines Begin to Spread (2-in-1 4000 words)
"In short, you kid is not allowed to climb the rockery, nor is it allowed to climb the roof, nor is it allowed to climb the tree!"
Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaochi with a solemn expression.
"Yes, Dad."
Zhu Gaochi quickly nodded obediently and responded.
Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, but turned to look at Guo An with an even more unkind expression.
"Have you sent the craftsmen you promised to Duke Ying?"
"Going back to Your Highness, there are forty-two people in total who were the old craftsmen who made the nets and renovated the ships. The minister has handed them over to Zhu Liang and Xu Xiang and took them to Dagukou."
Guo Anshan replied with a smile.
"Um!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked again: "How about the cement and steel forging in Shangzhuang Village?"
"Back to Your Highness, two cement houses have been built in the past few days. As for the giant iron-making furnace, ten of them have also been built!" Guo An quickly replied.
Zhu Di asked again: "How is the situation on the farm?"
Guo An gave Zhu Di a strange look and said, "Your Highness, I forgive you, but the farm affairs are not under the jurisdiction of Wei Chen, so Wei Chen doesn't know about it."
"You don't know?"
Zhu Di glared at Guo An and said, "You suggested starting the farm to us. As the right chief minister of Prince Yan's palace, how can you be so careless!"
"Your Highness taught you a lesson very well!"
Guo An directly admitted his mistake.
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, finally regaining his dignity in front of his eldest son.
Then, the topic changed and he finally returned to the textile machine in front of him.
"How much money are you prepared to sell these textile machines to the people of Beiping Prefecture?"
"Your Highness, the craftsmen in my house only need two cents to make a cotton gin, and five cents to make a cotton stretcher. As for the three-spindle spinning wheel, it is more complicated, costing ten cents; while the textile machine costs only ten cents.
It’s more complicated and requires fifty words.”
After Guo An thought carefully for a long time, he said: "Therefore, Weichen plans to sell the cotton gin for ten cents, the cotton elastic machine for fifteen cents, and the three-spindle spinning wheel for thirty cents. As for the textile machine, it is directly
Two hundred coins."
Zhu Di's eyes widened and he said, "It tripled in one instant. You, a thief official, have a darker heart than those profiteers!"
Guo An looked aggrieved, "Your Highness has really wronged Wei Chen! Those profiteers outside are much more ruthless than Wei Chen.
Your Highness should know better than Wei Chen how much the set of textile looms used in Her Royal Highness's palace was purchased for.
The price is at least twice as expensive as the set of textile machines in front of Wei Chen. The most annoying thing is that it is not as exquisite as the ones made by the craftsmen in our house!"
"Those damn profiteers!"
Zhu Di's face suddenly turned dark. Guo An was right. The set of textile machines bought by the palace was at least three times more expensive!
Guo An continued: "In addition, the price of Weichen has been increased three times because we have to take into account the cost, the time and money spent by the craftsmen, and the taxes. In this way, Your Highness, we have not made any profit from our textile utensils."
How much money will you get?"
Zhu Di nodded slightly and said subconsciously: "Then it can go up a little bit!"
"Your Highness, it can't go up any more!"
Guo An explained, “The people in Beiping Prefecture are already poor, and no one can afford it if the price rises.
Moreover, the lower official is planning to use these utensils to drive out the merchants selling textile machinery in the south from Beiping Prefecture.
Even, if necessary, these artifacts can be sold to Songjiang Mansion!"
"In turn, sell it to Songjiang Mansion?"
Zhu Di's eyelids twitched, "We just realized that you are better at blowing than Zhu Liang, Li Wang and others!"
Guo An didn't argue. Let the boss say whatever he likes!
Anyway, Boss Zhu just likes to talk and have fun, and in the end it is him, the Right Chief, who does things and makes decisions.
Seeing that Guo An did not argue, Zhu Di cheered up and continued: "But the people in Beiping Prefecture cannot afford such a high price."
"Your Highness, Wei Chen already has an idea in mind!" Guo An said.
"oh?"
Zhu Di asked curiously: "Is it possible that a commoner from A should be asked to jointly purchase one set?"
"Not really!"
Guo An shook his head slightly, "Before going to the sea to fish, the common people might have saved some money at home and could afford textile machines.
But now that people have bought marine fish, naturally they can’t afford textile machines!”
Zhu Di asked: "Then how do you plan to sell textile machines?"
Guo An said: "Weichen wants His Highness to open a shop selling textile machines in Wanping County to receive orders. In addition, Weichen will take these textile machines to the villages in Wanping County to find
Those village elders go chatting!"
Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Nagging?"
Guo An quickly explained, "I just want to chat with the village elders and then cooperate with the people in Wanping County."
"cooperate?"
Zhu Di couldn't help but be curious. There were more new words coming out of Guo An's mouth today than he had in several months.
But in front of Zhu Gaochi, Guo An had unknown thoughts and liked to explain, "Your Highness, it is a conspiracy.
No, it’s not a conspiracy. Anyway, Wei Chen trusted the people of Wanping County and sold these textile machines to the people of Wanping County in the early stage.
However, we don’t want to collect money first, because the people in Wanping County don’t have much money at the moment.”
Hearing this, Zhu Di's brows were already frowning.
"However, now the cotton in the fields of Wanping County people has gradually matured and can be picked, and we can first let them use looms to spin cotton cloth.
When they spin cotton cloth, they can use the cotton cloth to offset the money they spent on the looms!"
After Guo An finished speaking, Zhu Di's brows still didn't relax.
"Will these people agree?"
"Your Highness, the people just haven't read books and don't have much knowledge, but they are not stupid! This is obviously a good thing with huge benefits for them. How can they disagree?
Besides, if any family disagrees, then don’t buy it, and Weichen takes the loom to the next family.
Anyway, there are tens of thousands of households in Wanping County, and as long as 30% of the people agree, it will make a lot of money... No, it can save thousands of households in Wanping County from being exploited by those profiteers."
Guo An said indifferently.
Zhu Di took a deep breath and said excitedly: "If this happens, you will be a great help to the people of Wanping County and even Beiping Prefecture!"
Guo An didn't know whether Zhu Di was excited about making a lot of money, or whether he was excited about benefiting the people of Beiping Prefecture.
but!
"Your Highness, we must have a small number of ministers!"
Zhu Di immediately broke his guard and was furious: "Damn it, when have we ever been greedy for your money?"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened and he looked at his father who had broken through the defense in disbelief!
…
Finally, Zhu Di left with an angry look on his face, while Zhu Gaochi behind him was still a little reluctant to leave, turning back three times every step of the way.
It's a pity that Guo An is just a minister. If he violates the rules once, it is already a big deal, and he cannot violate the rules again.
The next few days.
While Guo An urged the craftsmen of the Gongzheng Institute to make textile looms, he also ordered the stewards of Prince Yan's Palace to build a shop with three curtains in Wanping County.
Textile shop!
There is nothing inside except two sets of textile machines.
At the same time, Guo An also found five old women from Prince Yan's Mansion, all of whom were proficient in textiles, and placed them in the textile shop.
In less than two days, the entire Beiping Mansion knew that His Highness King Yan not only asked the craftsmen in the mansion to improve the textile loom.
Take it out and prepare it for sale.
Even the textile machines, cotton gins, and cotton elastomers in Prince Yan's Mansion are twice as cheap as those sold by other merchants.
However, no matter how low the price is, not many people buy it.
However, the next announcement made the people of Beiping Mansion completely excited.
The textile looms and five old women in His Royal Highness's textile shop can be rented out.
If anyone has extra cotton and wants to weave it into cotton cloth, but does not have a spinning machine, he can go to the textile shop of His Highness King Yan and pay fifty coins to ask the two old women in the textile shop to weave it for him.
Get a piece of cotton cloth.
If you don’t have extra money to pay, you can use cotton as a deduction.
In addition, you can also pay 300 coins to hire two old women in the textile shop and a set of looms to weave a month's worth of cloth for them.
You know, ordinary cotton fabrics these days cost one tael of silver per piece. And the clean cotton used for weaving is only fifty cents per catty. Ten catties of pure cotton can weave one piece of cotton cloth.
Although many ordinary people's fields can produce more than twenty kilograms of cotton a year, even after paying taxes, they can still leave more than ten kilograms for their families, enough to weave a piece of cotton cloth.
However, most people did not have looms at home, so they could only sell cotton to merchants at low prices.
It's just that as a result, the money for selling is less, and the people are reluctant to buy expensive cotton cloth, and can only buy ordinary white cloth or linen cloth.
But if you only spend fifty cents, you can weave ten kilograms of cotton into a piece of cotton cloth. In this way, for the common people, you will virtually earn an extra four hundred and fifty cents.
In less than a day, dozens of people came to the textile shop and asked for weaving services.
On the second day, hundreds of people gathered outside the entire textile shop.
Fang Qinggui, the shopkeeper of the textile shop, saw that the matter was getting serious and quickly sent people to the Yan Palace to ask for an audience with Guo An.
"Hundreds of people surrounded the textile shop?"
Guo An, who was planning to use the textile shop to warm up the people of Wanping County first, and then go to the countryside with a set of textile machines, couldn't help but feel happy when he heard the report from the shop clerk.
"Let's go, I will follow you to the shop!"
Guo An didn't hesitate and went directly to the textile shop.
When Guo An Rang, the steward, chose the location, he specifically chose the location between the Yan Palace and the Guo Mansion.
Therefore, it didn't take long for Guo An to arrive in front of the textile shop.
It was completely dark, and most of them were women.
In the shop, shopkeeper Fang Qinggui looked overjoyed when he saw Guo An arriving, and shouted to everyone: "Guo Changshi is here, please be patient!"
"Guo Changshi?"
All the people couldn't help but be stunned, but after seeing Guo An, they all reacted, looked overjoyed, and worshiped directly.
"The common people have seen the county magistrate!"
"The common people have seen Mr. Guo..."
Guo An quickly waved his hands and shouted: "Don't do this, everyone. I am no longer the magistrate of Wanping County, but now the right chief historian of Prince Yan's Mansion!"
"Isn't Guo County magistrate of Wanping County anymore?"
"It seems that I have heard from the village elders before that Wanping County has changed its magistrate, and County Honorable Guo has been promoted to Prince Yan's Mansion!"
"Guo County Zun has been promoted?"
"Common people see Guo Changshi!"
"See Guo Changshi..."
Some clever people quickly changed their words, but the rest of the people were shocked and quickly changed their words.
"Okay, everyone, please get up. I am in charge of this textile shop. You are surrounding this shop in broad daylight. What's going on?"
Guo An waved his hand, asking all the people to stand up, and then asked deliberately in a loud voice.
"Reporting to Guo Changshi, Cao Min and others are here and want to hire a shop to weave cloth for Cao Min and others!"
A commoner with a little bit of prestige came out and said.
"All of you?"
Guo An looked at all the people.
"Exactly!"
"Guo Changshi, I came to the city early in the morning with the newly picked cotton at home!"
"Yes, Guo Changshi, we arrived as soon as the city gate was opened, but we didn't expect so many people to wait for us..."
All the people said with eager faces.
Hearing this, Guo An nodded slightly. He really underestimated the common people of this era. He already knew to line up in advance to get a seat!
It's a pity that there are so many people, no matter how hard you get a seat, you still have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
"Everyone, I understand what you mean!
However, today is only the second day, and so many people have already come. There are only two sets of textile machines in the textile shop.
How long does it take for a set of textile machines to weave a piece of cotton cloth? You all know it by heart. If you, more than a hundred people, want to weave all the cotton cloth, it will take less than two months and it will be impossible.
Not to mention Beiping Prefecture, how many households in Wanping County want to weave cloth?
…”
Upon hearing this, the people surrounding the textile shop became anxious.
"Guo Changshi, Caomin is Ning Shitou from Ningjia Village in the south of the city, and Ning Daguang is Caomin's uncle..."
"Guo Changshi, the grassroots are from Shangzhuang Village, twenty miles west of the city, and Wang Shoushi is the grassroots..."
"Guo Changshi..."
Guo An was immediately happy and waved his hand quickly.
"I am familiar with the li chiefs and grain chiefs you mentioned, but there are so many of you. If I want to spin cotton cloth for you in advance, I have to come one by one!"
The faces of all the people turned gloomy again.
"However, I do have a good suggestion." Guo An chuckled.
All the people looked at Guo An expectantly.
Guo Andao: "You can buy a set of textile looms and weave at home. You don't need to bring so much cotton from a long way to queue up, and you don't need to pay the rental agency fee of fifty cents!"
"Buy a textile machine?"
All the people couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Guo Changshi was joking. Not only is a set of textile machines expensive, but there is not enough room at home to store them."
"Yes, looms are still just sentimental objects. If you buy them and put them in a poor house in a common man's home, they will probably break down within a year!"
"Guo Changshi..."
All the people started talking again.
Listening, Guo An's brows also wrinkled slightly, and he didn't think about it again.
"Please be patient and calm, these can be easily solved!"
"real?"
All the people looked at Guo An with joy on their faces.