"Okay. No need to guess. Zhao Yuncong, you can go to Lin'an University to report to Mr. Shen in the next few days." I smiled and said. "In addition to the normal affairs of the university, your temporary scientific research work is to help Song Wuxin and Yun Bofei's two teams continue to work on the problem."
"Yes, young master. I will report there tomorrow."
"Well, Zhao Yuncong. One thing I want to remind you is that many of Lin'an University's scientific research projects are commissioned by the imperial court and are strictly confidential. Some projects cannot even be disclosed to your closest relatives. Can you do it? "
"Young master, Yun Chongming is white."
"Okay. You must do this. Be fully aware."
"Son."
"Is there any progress on the steam engine project?"
"Back to you, Master. Not yet."
"Well, after Zhao Yuncong becomes familiar with the affairs of the university, let's join this group as well."
"Sir, what is this steam engine?"
"Well, Dean Quanjue will tell you later."
Only then did Zhao Yuncong realize that he was not much different from the frog in the well. It seemed that Lin'an University was really full of talents. Zhao Yuncong had always been conceited. He did not expect that after dinner, there were many novel things that he could not even hear. Unheard of. From then on, Zhao Yuncong put away his conceited heart and eventually became a mechanical expert surpassing Su Song.
Another person who holds the same idea is Zhang Sanfeng, who just arrived in Lin'an yesterday. Although Zhang Sanfeng does not understand these scientific knowledge, he has followed Zhang Yun'an for many years and has been deeply influenced by him. Therefore, he respects the learned gentlemen and professors.
The only difference from Zhao Yuncong is that Zhang Sanfeng's curiosity about me has deepened in his heart.
In the next few days, Yuan Ji did not teach Zhang Quanyi any martial arts. Instead, he selected one or two people with different martial arts skills from the imperial guards to come to Shifeng Trading Company to practice with Zhang Quanyi every day. Sometimes Fang Ling would join in. At the end of each time, Yuan Ji would comment on both sides. Not only Zhang Quanyi, but also the sparring partners also benefited a lot.
Yuan Ji believes that Zhang Quanyi's Biluo Palace martial arts is very good. Compared with the Imperial Valley martial arts, it is not much different. Therefore, the first thing to do is to integrate his own martial arts in actual combat. This is consistent with Zhang Yun'an's view. It is also consistent.
In more than a year of training, Zhang Quan has accumulated a lot of practical experience. And after these targeted sparring exercises arranged by Yuan Ji, he gradually engraved the martial arts moves he learned vividly in his mind. middle.
It cannot but be said that Zhang Quanyi's martial arts talent is extremely high. After Yuan Ji's explanation, Zhang Quanyi's understanding of practical combat skills quickly reached a new level. Both Fang Ling and Yuan Ji were interested in this. Full of admiration.
That afternoon, Fang Ling and Xiao Tian left the Red Cross with Pu Shougeng, who had just returned to Beijing, and came to Shifeng Trading Company.
When Xiao Si saw the three people coming, he said: "Miss Fang, Mr. Yuan asked you to go to the backyard and asked you to take action. Let's compete with Mr. Zhang again."
"Okay. I'll go right away."
"President Pu, Mr. Pu is upstairs. You can go up yourself."
"Well, thank you so much, little fourth brother."
Pu Shougeng walked up to the second floor. When he saw that I was the only one in the room, he quickly closed the door. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Pu Shougeng."
"No courtesy. Sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Pu Shougeng sat down, he handed me an account and said, "Your Majesty, this is the account of Pu's Trading Company last year. Please take a look at it."
I took the account book and put it on the table. I smiled and said, "Pu Shougeng. Just tell me."
"Yes. Young Master. The export business of the trading house has increased significantly compared with the first half of last year. Except for the slight increase in the original items, most of the increase comes from new items such as MSG and magnifying glasses. Also, since the end of last year. The export share of tea has begun to show a good trend. Due to the increase in revenue, last year's accounting summary was delayed by half a month. Therefore, my subordinates arrived a few days late. According to His Majesty's instructions, all the revenue of the trading company has been transferred to The branch of the Royal Bank of the Song Dynasty opened in Quanzhou."
"Well, I will take a look at the relevant accounts slowly. Mr. Pu, you are a senior in our business community. Do you have any suggestions for our economic development this year?"
Pu Shougeng seemed to have been prepared. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, judging from our current economic situation, commerce and handicrafts have surpassed traditional agriculture. What do you think of this?"
"I think this is a good thing. Since ancient times, although agriculture has always been considered the foundation, with the progress of the times, it is the general trend that industry and commerce will surpass agriculture."
"Your Majesty is wise. Your Majesty has such a high opinion. Please tell me your suggestions. Since Kublai Khan of Mongolia withdrew to the north five or six years ago, our country has temporarily gained peace. Especially this time since your Majesty ascended the throne. During the year, all walks of life in our country have gradually regained their vitality. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as prosperous. Compared with the past, the situation in rural areas has begun to show a trend of recovery. The gradual implementation of land reform has made farmers' The enthusiasm has been greatly improved. I believe that in addition to the strong policy support from the imperial court, this year it is also necessary to guide the surplus labor in rural areas to join industry and commerce. His Majesty set the tone for the scientific and technological revolution years ago. The scientific and technological revolution will definitely significantly improve farmers' The production efficiency is high. Under the same output, the working hours invested by farmers will also be shortened. This will lead to excess labor, which is just supplemented by the booming industry and commerce. However, the farmers in our country have always They are all based on the land and are unwilling to leave easily. This requires guidance from the court. The simplest method is that my subordinates think that they can build agricultural product processing workshops in various places."
"Agricultural products processing workshop. Township enterprise." I nodded and said: "Yes. Continue."
"When there is excess grain, farmers can choose to sell the grain to the court. They can also reprocess it and sell it to the market. For example, farmers in Quanzhou will grow a fruit called longan. If this fruit is overproduced, When the time comes, they will make dried longans and sell them throughout Fujian Province. Their subordinates will also purchase them and export them overseas. If the governments in various places provide guidance, they can increase the income of farmers."
"Yes. This is a good method. Farmers with abilities and skills can organize themselves and set up processing workshops."
Seeing my approval, Pu Shougeng said happily: "It's just that most of the current processing of agricultural products is limited to family workshops. It is difficult to form a large-scale operation. Your Majesty, the current handicraft industry also has such a problem. But on the other hand, it is also It can be said that there is a lot of room for development. That is to form large-scale production."
"Haha." I laughed. "Mr. Pu, your idea coincides with mine. I am considering changing the state-owned liquor processing workshop into a liquor production factory."
"What is the difference between a factory and a workshop?"
"Mr. Pu, most of the workshops in our dynasty were based on family units. They generally did not employ workers. They only had apprentices or helpers. There were some large workshops, such as the Zheng's Iron Making Workshop in Suzhou, which hired a small number of long-term workers.
But most of them are still helpers. The factory I am talking about is a method where factory owners hire long-term workers. According to the factory's production process and the characteristics of the workers, they are divided into different types of workers. I will take the liquor workshop as an example.
There must be people who purchase grain, people who use distillation equipment, people who adjust liquor formulas, people who fill bottles, people who manage warehouses, and a lot of other workers. If it is only a small part of the production, which one
It can be done at home. But to produce thousands of bottles of liquor, a large group of people are required to work collaboratively. Moreover, each of these workers is only responsible for one process, and the production efficiency will be greatly improved. At present, the state-owned workshops in our country
.For example, weapons production workshops, shipbuilding workshops, etc. already have such prototypes. I once heard Jerry from Lin'an University say that there were ship manufacturing plants there more than 100 years ago. A large number of ships were mass-produced in
The components are assembled on the production line. It takes about a day to assemble a ship. In its heyday, the factory had more than 16,000 workers. For a manufacturing factory, each person does a part and is finally assembled.
become."
Pu Shougeng praised: "The master's ideas are more advanced and comprehensive. His subordinates are not as good as him."
Handmade workshops, handmade workshops. Then to handmade factories, modern factories are the process of the development of capitalism. The emergence of handmade workshops marks the emergence of the germ of capitalism. The germ of capitalism in my country was actually first born in the late Song Dynasty. Even compared to the Ming Dynasty The period was even worse. However, the development of capitalism was halted due to the hundreds of years of Mongolian rule.
"Mr. Pu, continue."
"Yes, Master. If the handicraft industry can form large-scale production, it will improve production efficiency and provide more items for the society. At the same time, it can also solve the employment problem of surplus labor caused by agricultural development. Regarding business, the court's policy has been
Very good. The Ministry of Commerce established last year is an example. I believe that it only needs to improve the social status of businessmen. I have the most ideas about export trade."
"Well, Mr. Pu has been engaged in export trade. Please tell me carefully."
"My lord, gold and silver are innate things that cannot be made by ourselves. Tea, liquor, monosodium glutamate and other items are all made after tomorrow. The acquired things from our dynasty are exchanged for the innate things from overseas. I think this is
It is a very cost-effective business. Therefore, the imperial court should vigorously support it. In addition to contraband goods, the imperial court can formulate a series of preferential policies to encourage our merchants to export. During this year's Spring Festival, my subordinates thought of a way.
.I don’t know if it’s possible. I’ll tell you and ask Your Majesty to correct me.”
"Say it."
"Your Majesty, while maintaining the normal export tax rate, the imperial court will return the customs duties to the companies that exported goods in a certain proportion to increase the profits of these companies and increase their export enthusiasm. Of course, this policy is not
For all export items, but for items that are overstocked or facing elimination in China. For example, once the production scale of new distilled liquor is expanded, it will affect the sales of original ordinary liquor. And these original workshops
There will be a situation where no goods can be sold. However, the demand in overseas markets still exists. At this time, we should vigorously encourage them to export. By returning taxes, we can reduce export costs so that these liquors that are facing elimination can compete with equivalent products overseas.
.”
"Export tax rebate."
Pu Shougeng thought that no one had thought of this suggestion. But he didn't know that I said these four words in an instant, and it was very close to its intention. He was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, could it be that you have had this intention for a long time."