Chapter 477 Tiles actually became the fuse that detonated the conflict between Manchu and Han in the Qing court!
The people's yearning for a better life has always been endless. As long as there is some hope, everyone wants to keep up with the next level. The capital has been in Antai for several years, and the people's pursuit of beautiful things has naturally become more and more intense.
The more.
More importantly, compared with the previous society, the number of civilians and middle-class groups in Beijing has increased significantly, and the consumption of large and small working-class people and wealthy people has become the mainstream. Unlike in the past, there were wealthy groups and poor groups.
The barriers are obvious, and consumer goods are concentrated on some expensive and unrealistic items. A good bed costs dozens of taels of silver, but the convenience it brings to people is like a sewing machine or a bicycle, okay?
Advocating civilian consumption and focusing the society's business atmosphere and production energy on improving the quality of daily life is Zhu Youjian's increasingly clear idea.
Of course, there is still a gap between the idea and implementation of some things. For example, ceramic tiles. Zhu Youjian asked people to develop this thing in Tangchangwu District. His original intention was to bring it to ordinary people's homes and improve the brightness and brightness of ordinary people's rooms.
The quality of life. However, it has developed to this day, and it is still far away from serious civilians. Until now, those who can lay tiles in their homes in the capital have to be at least seven-rank official families and wealthy businessmen in the capital.
This is just the capital city. The value of ceramic tiles when they are exported is beyond people’s imagination. I heard people say that after being shipped to Songjiang by sea, they can be purchased for more than three times the price. In places like Nanjing and Suzhou, the price can even increase.
Five or six times. Does anyone still want such a high price? Of course there are people who want it, and there are not a few people who want it. No matter how high the price of ceramic tiles is, can it be higher than the gold bricks produced in Suzhou? There are people who want gold bricks, let alone ceramic tiles!
Ceramic tiles existed before the Ming Dynasty. The Dabaoen Temple Pagoda built by Zhu Laosi was covered with ceramic tiles. However, it is different in performance from the ceramic tiles produced in the Tangshan factory area today. Due to the use of a large number of manual and water conservancy machinery and grouting
The production method of reverse molding has high production efficiency, low cost, and is lighter and thinner than traditional ceramic tiles. Compared with gold bricks, which are about the same price as gold, they are not outrageously expensive. However, in the eyes of many wealthy people in the south and other places, this kind of
The performance of new ceramic tiles is comparable to that of gold bricks. No matter how good gold bricks are, can they make the room brighter? Unlike white ceramic tiles, as soon as they are laid in the room, they can immediately make the house brighter. In the current era, people are laying
The whiter and brighter the tile floor, the better. No one will look at dark tiles.
Ceramic tiles have now become a pillar industry in the Tangshan factory area. Not only is there a huge demand in the capital and the south, ships from Liaodong, Japan and the West are also buying up large quantities of this stuff. When it reaches the West, the price can increase tenfold.
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Relatively speaking, those who thought they got a big bargain were the Manchus. They could get ceramic tiles from Shanhaiguan Port and Huludao Port that were only more than double the ex-factory price, because at these two ports, there were ceramic tiles issued by supply and marketing cooperatives.
Specialty stores. Moreover, these two places are relatively close to Tangshan, the main producing area of ceramic tiles. Both sea and rail transportation are very convenient, so the price increase will not be much.
At the beginning, people from the Supervision Department and the Customs Department specifically asked Zhu Youjian for advice. The profits of ceramic tiles were so great. Do they need to raise the price specifically for the Liaodong market? At least increase it to five times, otherwise the Manchu Qing Dynasty might take this thing.
Seek profit and make the difference.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Youjian rejected the proposal. It felt like the gains outweighed the losses by specifically adjusting the price system because of the Manchus. Besides, if the Manchus took such a thing, where could they become second-rate dealers? Mongolia, which borders them, could purchase goods from other ports.
, there is no need to follow their trade route. North Korea has a direct shipping channel to the Ming Dynasty, and they will not follow their route. The northeastern part is all wild land, how many people can buy ceramic tiles? The only ones who can buy ceramic tiles are also
It is the Rakshasa colony in the north of the Northeast that recently appeared. But those people, traveling all the way to Europe to carry ceramic tiles by land transport, it seems a bit difficult and the price paid is a bit high. No one should be that stupid.
Do this nonsense.
Just let them get a little light. Compared with ceramic tiles made of earth, Zhu Youjian always felt that high-quality wood was more valuable. He should replace it with more mature wood and make less money.
The nobles of the Manchu and Qing dynasties who had acquired the honor were also very sophisticated and loved ceramic tiles. Anyone who had the ability wanted to lay their homes with ceramic tiles to make their homes brighter. The palaces of the Manchu and Qing dynasties were also very fond of ceramic tiles.
Dorgon's regent's palace was paved with transparent white ceramic tiles. When entering the tiled hall, most people had to take off their dirty shoes and put on wooden slippers before entering. Ceramic tiles have become a must-have luxury decoration in the homes of upper-class nobles!
Just because I love it so much, this thing recently triggered a crisis. Due to the instability of the currency system, the government-run shopping malls as a guarantee of value have become a place of refuge. The Manchu nobles and ministers received the issued treasure banknotes.
The first thing is to go to the mall and exchange them for off-the-shelf products. Among them, ceramic tiles are the most important because they are used in larger quantities and are more expensive in the overall external market. It sounds like there is potential for appreciation.
In winter, the sea route is cut off, and goods can only go back and forth through one port in Shanhaiguan. Then something happened. The cost of land transportation from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang is already high. This thing was intercepted a lot by people along the way.
There doesn't seem to be much left in Jinzhou.
The Manchu nobles living in Shenyang suddenly had a problem. All the welfare of the Qing Dynasty was intercepted by you guys from Jinzhou. Is this world the world of the Manchus or the world of your Han people?
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"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
The Manchu nobles who had objections united and went to Dorgon to reason. As they talked, they took the matter to an extreme. As a symbol of status, ceramic tiles should be banned from Han people's homes. Your Han official's home has tiles
The tiles are as bright as the palace. What does it look like? This is disrespectful to the emperor and regent, and even more disrespectful to us Manchus.
They first proposed that the sale of ceramic tiles to Han officials in shopping malls be strictly prohibited, and then the quarrel became more and more intense. At the end, a group of enthusiastic Manchus rushed to the house of Han officials who had already laid tiles, smashed their tiled floor, and the floor was cleared for a while.
The conflicting mood among the officials of the Ting, Manchu and Han Dynasties was unprecedentedly solemn.
Zhu Youjian thought that the Qing Dynasty's currency system would cause big problems, but he didn't expect that it would be ceramic tiles that would trigger this point again.
That thing doesn't look like a necessity of life, so how could the rush to buy that thing intensify the conflict out of control? Zhu Youjian didn't understand it! Until he heard about the Liaoyang front line, some of the subordinates who turned out to be happy were because of their family.
After laying tiles and being smashed by the Manchus, when I led hundreds of people to the Ming army's position to surrender, I felt that the whole thing was quite outrageous.