Chapter 1425 A good beginning and a good end (please ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
Kangxi looked at Gao Yanzhong after looking at Twelve Elder Brothers.
There is nothing good to say about this person, he is sure and prudent in his actions, he is practical and capable, and he also acts cautiously.
He looked at Jin Yiyao again. He was in his twenties, handsome and honest.
Although he is from the Jin family, his moral character is much better than that of his brothers.
This is also a pitiful person. He lost his father and mother at such a young age. It is not fair for his brothers to separate their families. If his father had not arranged a marriage for him with the Li family before his death, which became the link between the marriage of the three major weaving companies, he would have been with us long ago.
Like several concubine brothers, they were kicked out.
He asked: "What difficulties are there in the weaving factory?"
Jin Yiyao did not answer immediately, but looked at Brother Jiu and Gao Yanzhong. Seeing that neither of them moved, he said: "If I go back to the emperor, the weavers currently available are from Jiangning. Before they came out of Jiangning last year, they signed
I have signed a one-year contract and I will leave around the Mid-Autumn Festival at the earliest. If it is later, it will be at the end of the year. I am afraid that the manpower here will not be available by then."
Kangxi also knew that for weavers, the daily output of skilled workers and apprentices was very different.
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and said, "Do you have any solution? It's really hard to keep the manpower dispatched from Jiangnan for a long time."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "If you want to bring this weaver out, practice will not make perfect. It is also important to have someone who understands and teaches you. Why don't you go back and think about it and see what kind of reward system you should set up. According to the end of the year
Calculate, there is still half a year left, and we will allocate apprentices to them according to the model of three and four. At the end of the year, during the assessment, if one weaver is taught, he will be rewarded with a piece of silver, and two will be rewarded with double. If three or four are not brought, they will be rewarded with one piece of silver.
If they come out, half of the money promised to them will be deducted..."
Kangxi looked at him and said: "The weaving factory has been in operation for half a year, why didn't you think of this before?"
Brother Jiu said: "I didn't expect that life would go by so fast. I was thinking of reducing the cost of cleaning grease, but that didn't work, so I thought of asking people to pay attention to other uses of wool."
Kangxi nodded, looked at Jin Yiyao and said: "Since Brother Ninth wants to use you, you should work hard. If you have any questions, please write to Li Xu and Cao Yin for advice."
Of those two, one is Jin Yiyao's cousin-in-law, and the other is his brother-in-law.
Jin Yiyao responded honestly: "I understand."
The prince looked at Jin Yiyao. He was in his twenties and looked a little thin. Perhaps he was born and raised in Hangzhou, so he looked like a scholar.
He asked people to inquire, and people outside said that it was Cao Quan who came forward to save Jin Yiyao, but he didn't think so.
This should be the grace given by the imperial father to Cao Yin and Li Xu.
He seems to be an honest man, so he can be considered as putting his talents to good use in Tongzhou Weaving Factory.
Kangxi waved his hand and sent Gao Yanzhong and Jin Yiyao down, then said to the ninth and twelfth elder brothers: "Sit down and talk."
Brother Jiu agreed, looked at the seats, and sat down next to the prince.
The twelfth elder brother lowered his head and also sat down below the fourth elder brother.
The thirteenth elder brother who was standing next to him sat down under the ninth elder brother.
Kangxi then looked at Brother Nine and said, "How much does it cost to build the Tongzhou Weaving Factory? How long will it take to recover the cost?"
Although Brother Ninth did not do it himself, he was the person who coordinated the planning. He knew it well, so he gave a figure. The land was official land under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it was discounted according to the Tongzhou land price, and there were construction costs. It was built by the Construction Department.
, not to mention the cost of labor and building materials, the bulk of which is the looms. These looms were all dispatched from Jiangning, plus the expenses of weavers, dyers, etc., the total cost is a certain amount of silver.
"According to the current situation, we should be able to be responsible for our own profits and losses within three years, and recover our capital within eight years..."
Having said this, he paused and said: "From now on, if the weavers keep up with their daily production and there is no backlog of items produced, there should be a surplus of three thousand to four thousand every year..."
The time is not short, but it is not too long either.
Kangxi was very satisfied. The weaving factory was of great significance and was not for profit.
Just being able to stop throwing money into it is also a good thing.
Kangxi looked at Brother Jiu and said: "Increase revenue and reduce expenditure is the long-term solution. Construction of the Rehe Palace will begin this year. The budget reported by the Ministry of Industry is 120,000 taels of silver. You can think of a way to see how to use this sum of money."
The money is even."
This project is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Works, but the money cannot be spent from the Ministry of Works. Otherwise, it will appear that the emperor is wasting his time and money.
This money should be allocated from the inner treasury.
Brother Jiu also knows the cost of the Rehe Palace.
There is no way to do it, mainly because there are few people in Rehe, the labor for the palace has to go to the capital, and the food consumed is also transported from the capital, so the labor is high, and the logistics cost is also high.
The wood and stone needed for the palace also had to be transported thousands of miles away.
Brother Jiu had already thought about visiting the palace before. There was no one else around at the moment, and he did not hide his secrets, so he said: "Khan Ama, if you go to the imperial grandmother to spend the summer outside the Great Wall, then there will be a lot of nobles and nobles accompanying you.
The son thought about building a city outside the palace, imitating the example of the imperial city. All the residences and shops would be official rooms. When the time came, the merchants would go north and directly rent the official shops, which would be the residences of the princes and nobles.
In addition to the house you mentioned, Khan Amma, you can also rent a house from the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
"As for the construction cost, when the palace is built, it will be possible to build the accompanying city. We will use a budget of 100,000 taels. After the cost is recovered, the rest will be profits. In ten or eight years, the cost of the palace will be only
draw……"
Kangxi listened and glanced at Brother Jiu.
This is because the people selling Xiaotangshan are addicted to selling salt, and they are repeating their old tricks, except that the private salt has become official salt.
When the time comes, rents for shops and houses will rise, which is another long-term benefit for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
He said: "It sounds rough, go back and plan carefully, write a note and hand it over."
Brother Jiu stood up and responded.
Several of you here have witnessed the doubling of land prices in Xiaotangshan.
Before Xiaotangshan, there was an incident where land prices doubled in Haidian.
Therefore, everyone knows that if they really want to buy and sell land at the Rehe Palace, they will make a huge profit in the process.
Unexpectedly, Jiu Age directly imitated Huangcheng’s example.
That means that all land, shops, and houses are not allowed to be bought or sold.
The prince felt that although Brother Jiu had an unpleasant temperament, he had a very clever mind.
Last time he went back to Xiaotangshan, he caught everyone off guard. Now if he wants to do it again, no one will just watch him amass money. Directly returning it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs is indeed the best choice.
Although Khan Amma was picky, the meaning behind his words was that he agreed.
The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and thought of the household department.
It would be great if the Ministry of Household Affairs could increase revenue and reduce expenditure in the same way as the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
only……
Nowadays, the storm is coming. Brother Jiu is naive and not suitable for wading in the muddy waters of the previous dynasty. It is a pity.
The twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother only have admiration.
The twelfth elder brother thought that the ninth elder brother once said that he would be sent on a business trip to Rehe after he entered the ambush, so that he could gain a lot of experience by then.
The thirteenth elder brother is thinking about the elder brother's house that is being built outside the small east gate of Changchun Garden in Haidian. When the emperor goes to Rehe Palace to spend the summer in two years, will the elder brother's house be built there as well?
Or should we directly give these grown-up princes houses?
It doesn’t matter how he lives. He’s getting married this year, and next year he’ll marry someone from Fortune...
At noon, the father, son and brothers ate together and had a meal of river delicacies and seasonal delicacies.
River delicacies include dry-fried crucian carp and soy-roasted black fish, while seasonal delicacies include fried pepper leaves and pickled apricot leaves.
As others may admit, the prince and the ninth elder brother are quite picky about their diet.
It's just that the two of them behave differently.
The prince couldn't sleep and disliked the roughness, so he didn't even use chopsticks and just ate tea and rice.
Brother Jiu took a bite of each before he picked out his favorite and took a few bites.
Kangxi saw it in his eyes, lowered his head and chewed slowly.
He also has an introspective temperament and knows that his mood during this tour is not quite right.
He was also picky about food, but he was even more dissatisfied with the prince. He felt that the prince's daily expenses were too extravagant.
If the prince were still in his teens now, he would still feel that he had "deep love and deep responsibility."
After all, Brother Jiu has been free-range since he was a child. It doesn't hurt whether he is picky about food or not and does not affect others.
If the crown prince of a country cannot lower his head to see the people's livelihood and cherish manpower and material resources, then there is a hidden danger.
But he couldn't help but persuade himself that this was how the prince had been since he was a child.
It was he, the Khan Amma, who pitied the prince for losing his mother and was afraid of being neglected by his servants, so he repeatedly provided the prince with daily necessities and many rewards. Over time, he developed the prince today.
The prince he trained, he himself despised...
His heart was heavy.
History books say that emperors were all lonely.
His parents are not very close, but they don't regard him as a widower.
He wants to be a loving father...
He looked at the ninth elder brother who was bowing his head to the prince.
The ninth elder brother was listening to the thirteenth elder brother and looked very patient.
Kangxi felt a little soft in his heart.
He was a fool in front of himself and his brothers, but to the younger brother below him, Brother Jiu also looked like an older brother.
He then looked at Si Age, who was opposite the prince.
The fourth elder brother saw that the twelfth elder brother was only picking up the food in front of him, so he changed his chopsticks and picked up a small dry-fried crucian carp and put it into the twelfth elder brother's bowl.
He acts like an older brother.
Along the way, he also patiently taught Brother Thirteen.
The fourth elder brother noticed that the twelfth elder brother was cautious in front of the emperor, so he chose a small crucian carp. This one was fried crispy and there was no need to spit out fish bones.
Princes in the past dynasties often committed fratricide, but his sons were all good.
Even if the eldest brother and the prince are not convinced, the two of them are facing each other openly and openly, and they do not use any weird methods.
Brother Jiu has such a donkey temper. If he gets annoyed with this person today and quarrels with that person tomorrow, he doesn’t hold grudges. On the surface, he’s doing okay.
Kangxi looked at the prince, maybe he should be more tolerant to the prince, so that the relationship between father and son could start well and end well.
The prince also noticed Kangxi's loving eyes and looked back.
Kangxi expressed concern and said: "It's not enough to just eat tea and rice. Next time I come out, ask the kitchen to prepare more side dishes to bring out."
The prince nodded and said: "My son is also picky. He is used to the regular dishes in the palace. He is not used to eating these outside. He is afraid that he will upset his stomach and alarm the imperial doctor and make Khan Ama worry."
Kangxi said: "If you're not used to it, don't eat it. How can you fit in your mouth..."