Generally speaking, Fan Shouji should be regarded as a natural ally of the Gao family, because they are typical rural party members.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was easy for those who had the friendship of fellow villagers to form alliances politically, because at this time, no party with common interests and independent political ideas had yet been formed - that should at least start with the Donglin Party, and even within the Donglin Party
In the era of rise, there are also the so-called Qi Party, Chu Party, Zhejiang Party, etc. that compete with them, eventually forming party disputes. Most of these factions are spearheaded by political leaders in their respective regions.
The Gao family was a family of officials for several generations and was one of the great sects of practical learning in the world. Gao Gong was the well-deserved chief minister of the Longqing Dynasty. Although he himself had no intention of becoming the leader of a local party, it did not prevent Henan officials from recruiting him.
As the leader of the Henan Party, many officials from Henan who hoped to further their career also moved closer to Gao Gong or the Gao family, intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Gao Pragmatic is young, judging from Gao Gong's current attitude and approach, there is a high probability that he may be the "successor" of the Gao family in the future. To some extent, he is also the leader of the next generation of the Gao family——
This can be seen from the unprecedented fact that he came to study with the prince for nothing, but he rushed back to Xinzheng to prepare for the scientific examination.
Gao Gong has no children. If Gao Jingshi does not have lofty political ambitions, he can wait for Yin Guan. Judging from Gao Gong's current favor for him, as long as Gao Gong dies, Yin Guan will inevitably fall to Gao Jingshi.
In terms of Gao Gong's status, a Gao Pragmatic Yin officer would at least start out as a member of the Shushe School, and might directly enter the Shangbao Prison.
But where is the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the development prospects of Enyin Guan are very limited, and they are far inferior to the scientific examination. Gao pragmatically returned to his hometown to take the scientific examination, and obviously looked down on Enyin Guan, which shows that Gao Gong has absolutely no expectations for him.
It’s not about relying on the kindness of your parents to get by.
In this way, it is normal for Fan Shouji to come in advance to meet Gao Pragmatic and become familiar with him.
As expected, Fan Shouji came here and seemed to be very cooperative with Gao Jingshi's desire to buy the Fan family's iron mine in Xuzhou. He not only brought some information about the Xu County iron mine, but also detailed the scale of his family's Xu County iron mine.
, introduced information such as strength and known surrounding mineral veins, and also made a slightly unexpected proposal.
The Fan family hopes to use the existing Xu County Iron Mine as capital to invest in the iron mine and even the iron factory that Gao Jingjing plans to build. At the same time, Fan Shouji made it clear that the specific share division can be discussed, and as long as Gao Jingjing reports a proposed investment amount, the Fan Family Iron Mine
You can join directly at a discount.
To be honest, Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised by this attitude. He didn't know whether the Fan family simply wanted to bundle the interests of the Gao and Fan families to deepen their relationship, or whether they had discovered that Gao Shidu had a little bit of trouble in his business.
It has the power to turn into gold, so come early to get a share of the pie.
But Gao Pragmatism does not reject such an approach, and even welcomes it.
Originally, when Gao Pragmatic founded these industries and mining industries, he hoped to use himself as an example to prove to the world that buying land and property is not the only way to get rich, and then use some industries and mining industries with core technologies to drive more
The enlightened class of the Ming Dynasty gradually moved towards the road of capitalism.
He never believed that the Ming Dynasty could transform from an agricultural country to an industrial country just by relying on the industries he founded.
In the end, the only thing you can do is lose your reputation and be killed - if you can't kill yourself by the means within the rules, someone will definitely kill you by breaking the rules.
It's even possible that the emperor took action.
Even though the emperor at that time was probably Zhu Yijun.
If Gao Pragmatic's financial resources are so strong and he doesn't have the power to protect himself, this is almost a certainty. Even if Zhu Yijun has been hanging out with him since he was a few years old, he will probably have to be killed by then.
The bourgeoisie must be a class, not just a single person who is high and pragmatic.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there is no room for two masters in one day. Only the emperor can be a single man in the world. As long as other people have this tendency, they will inevitably become hostile to the emperor. There is no doubt about it.
But the emperor, an independent man, also needs a foundation for rule. If Gao Pragmatic can form a bourgeois interest group with himself as its leader in the future, then even the emperor will have to weigh the impact of breaking up with him.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic welcomed the Fan family who took the initiative to approach him and approached him in terms of industrial development.
However, Gao Pragmatic still does not intend to let the Fan family enter the iron factory immediately.
Of course, profit exclusivity is one consideration, but it is not the whole story. The deeper reason is that iron and steel smelting is an important foundation for industrialization and a core competitive industry. Many things in the future will rely on this industry to promote high pragmatism.
and guidance, so he couldn't let go of this, or even let other people get involved.
Therefore, Gao Jingshi only agreed to the Fan family's participation in the new iron plant. The specific shares could not be determined until Gao Jingshi determined the investment amount, and the investment amount also needed to send people to inspect the possible reserves of the Xu County iron mine - this
The location of Gaowu Shi can now be basically determined, and it was probably near Wuzhuang in later generations.
According to the information brought by Fan Shouji, it can be determined that the scale of the iron ore in that place is okay, but it is also a typical Chinese poor iron ore, with an estimated maximum iron content of about 35%, which will only be barely developable in later generations.
level.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, this iron content is actually worthy of development, because the ancient Chinese have long been accustomed to low-grade iron ore and high iron-making costs. Iron ore with 35% iron content can be mined and utilized.
What's more, the smelting technology mastered by Gao Shishi is obviously much more advanced than this era, and coking coal resources are far cheaper and plentiful than those of later generations.
At the same time, Gao Pragmatic also determined from the information brought by Fan Shouji that the Xu County iron ore should be mainly magnetite. This is good news, because if the magnetite has less impurities, it can be directly used for open-hearth steelmaking——
Well, this is normal. If it were other types of iron ore that were difficult to process, it is estimated that the Fan family would not have mined and used it at all because the cost was not cost-effective.
The only trouble is that the impurity content of Xuchang iron ore seems to be a bit high, which will seriously increase the cost. After all, there are no magnetic separation and other methods of later beneficiation, and only primitive crushing, grinding and other methods can be used, which is inefficient.
But this problem cannot be solved pragmatically. He is not a student of this field. The magnetic separation and flotation in later generations all have professional equipment. He does not even understand the basic principles of those equipments, let alone manufacture them.
But in any case, the iron ore problem has been solved, and now we just need to determine the amount of investment.
