Chapter 2009 Governor


Chapter 2009 Governor

"Okay, Lao Han, you really took care of Sister Daiyu." Xiao Huan said in shock.

“It’s all because of the teacher’s guidance and the teacher’s rich experience.” Zhao Han is an honest person, and of course he will not take credit or be arrogant.

"I heard it. Next time you go to Hachiko's world and be the protagonist. An outstanding student should be the protagonist." Wen Rensheng said angrily.

"Thank you, teacher. By the way, what type of protagonist is Hachiko's world?" Zhao Han asked happily.

"Dog."

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Southern Island.

Jia Rong and Jia Lian are developing rapidly.

Compared to Jia Baoyu who was still in Wenrou Township, they had already started industrialization.

The three of them had already agreed that some would be in charge of the inside and some would be in charge of the outside.

Jia Baoyu is in charge and takes the main line of emotional flow.

And they are engaged in the external environment, and the external environment affects the internal environment.

In order to avoid literary inquisition, the author of Dream of Red Mansions tried his best to remove the background of the era and the country, and even deliberately confused the various timelines to make people confused after reading. Even the exact ages of the male and female protagonists are unknown. It's not clear, just to prevent others from saying it's an innuendo.

Unlike Wen Rensheng, he has always been eighteen years old, so clear and simple.

It is obvious that the author's efforts were successful. Although the last forty chapters were lost, at least after completion, it was officially published by his contemporaries and widely circulated.

At that time, the authors of many books were killed by the Literary Prison, which was terrible.

Qingfeng is illiterate, so why is he flipping through the books?

My heart illuminated the moon, but the breeze cut my head.

Even so, when it comes to the plot, the author also had to write about some external circumstances.

For example, Fool Xue was kidnapped by bandits while traveling far away, and was rescued by Liu Xianglian.

What does this symbolize?

It means that bandits have been rife outside and the people are in dire straits. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

You must know that when Xue Dashou goes out, he is definitely not alone. He must be with the shopkeeper, guards, servants and maids.

Then came the Jia Mansion and Zhuangzi, which often suffered from droughts, the harvests were always bad, and the rent could not be collected. The Jia Mansion also wanted to have a reputation for kindness, resulting in less and less annual income.

These are clear signs of environmental deterioration.

Now, Jia Rong and Jia Lian are transforming the external environment.

Now their pharmaceutical industry, relying on some secret recipes and unique formulas passed by later generations, has become popular all over the world and is very popular.

Among them, medicines that treat malaria, medicines that refresh your mind, medicines that replenish qi and blood, medicines that stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, medicines that fight bacteria, medicines that relieve pain and lower fever... are all effective and widely used. of drugs.

For example, for colds and colds, the ancients lacked fever-reducing medicines. As a result, many people, especially infants and young children, were burned to death by a high fever and cold, and even died young.

In fact, nothing is needed at this time. As long as it can lower the fever, most people can survive.

Whether a drug is effective or not is the best way to tell.

An effective medicine is naturally sought after by everyone, and it is absolutely necessary, because if you don't take medicine when you are sick, you are just kidding with your own life.

Unless you are poor, as long as you are a person with some assets, you must take medicine when you are sick. It is not uncommon for families to go bankrupt because of taking medicine.

Now Jia Lian’s pharmaceutical factory is named "Yangrong Pharmaceutical", a very modern name.

But it’s nothing. The Dream of Red Mansions has already touched on modern times, with bells ringing and ships already existing.

Yangrong Pharmaceutical is booming. Its monthly turnover has exceeded 300,000 taels of silver, and its profit has exceeded 120,000 taels.

It’s completely a seller’s market these days. It’s an era of extreme scarcity of supplies. Everything is in short supply.

From grain to ironware, cloth is also in short supply. Of course, this refers to the shortage of farmers without spending power. Landowners with spending power are not short of food and cloth.

Many people have free labor but no opportunity to convert their labor into cash.

And labor force is the most precious resource in the industrial era.

As long as there is labor, resources can be mined in great abundance.

The opposite is true in agricultural societies, where resources are extremely limited and labor is wasted... This can be seen from countless massacres.

From the perspective of industrial society, this is such a waste. The massacre of hundreds of thousands of people only earns one hundred a day, but it is still billions...

But in agricultural society, it is not In this view, if there are fewer people, there will be more land, and the dynasty will be more stable for decades.

Yangrong Pharmaceutical is trying its best to convert these excess labor into wealth.

They recruit landless farmers, homeless people, beggars... and bring them all into the factory.

The salary given is extremely low, which is enough for three meals a day, plus a place to live.

But that’s enough for many people.

As for saving enough money to get married and have children, most landless farmers have no such luxury.

What do thirty million bachelors count for in future generations?

In this era, many people have no chance to leave descendants. Only landlords, officials and gentry can leave many descendants.

On this day, the two of them were looking at the ledger.

“The industrial population has exceeded 88,887 people, and the silver taels on the books have exceeded 1.2 million taels. In just a few years, it has exceeded Lin Ruhai’s lifetime savings, and there is still a big gap in the salt inspector. "Jia Rong sighed.

“The speed at which industrial society creates wealth is completely unimaginable in agricultural society, because the resources and labor force that can be utilized in industrial society are two completely different dimensions from those in agricultural society.” Jia Lian said.

"Yes, industrial society can use coal, oil, and electricity as power. From an energy perspective, it far exceeds human bioenergy and can create massive wealth. The final indicator that restricts the production capacity of industrial society is actually agricultural society. The most troublesome thing is the population. The larger the population, the larger the industrial scale and the higher the efficiency. The sparse population and high technology cannot support industrialization. "Jia Rong had to sigh, this feudal society is wasteful. Too much labor.

While the two were thinking about it, suddenly, a manager came from outside. He took a letter from a pigeon and urgently reported:

"Something bad has happened. One of our bosses, Governor Fanyu, asked our branch stationed in the local provincial capital for 300,000 taels of silver to assist in the suppression. He also said that this is what is needed for one season and will be collected next season. "

Said this. As he spoke, the host was sweating profusely and looked nervous.

Once the money comes out, they won’t be able to work in Semicolon for long, and they will just close their doors.

"This is not a wild goose plucking its feathers, this is a wild goose getting into the pot!" Jia Rong was furious when he heard this.

Jia Lian looked calm.

The wild goose has become fat, and naturally there will be more jealous people.

This is feudal society. The size of your business does not depend on how smart you are, but on how big your official position is.

Of course, even if you are the emperor, the scale of your business will be restricted, mainly by eunuchs and civil servants.

"My boss, what should we do? They have limited three days to give a reply, otherwise they will send troops to conscript." The boss said hurriedly.

He currently earns 735 taels of silver per year, plus many benefits, but he doesn’t want such a good position to disappear.

The most important thing is that the two owners treat him as a human being.

Once it is gone, he will have to live in exile, endure humiliation to survive, and behave in a low manner.

"Did the Xue family's name be reported?" Jia Rong asked after calming down. "Reported, they said that a down-and-out imperial businessman dared to interfere in the imperial court's major event of suppressing bandits?" the chief said helplessly.

"Have the names of the Wang family and the Jia family been reported?" Jia Lian asked.

“I didn’t dare to report it without the permission of both of you.”

“I’ll give it a try.”

Half a day later, the news came, and the chief came to report again.

"I reported it, and they said it was at least two hundred thousand taels, not a penny less."

"It seems that the Jia and Wang family are much better than the Xue family. They suddenly lost one hundred thousand taels. No wonder Aunt Xue wants to Take refuge in the Jia family." Jia Lian smiled.

“But in this case, don’t we become workers for them? We have worked hard for so long, three months in a quarter, and the total profit is only 360,000 taels, and they want 200,000. This is still a Ask for a semicolon!" Jia Rong said harshly.

The boss was also helpless.

Obviously this business is not easy to do. The influence of the Jia family and the Wang family are in the north and south of the Yangtze River. This is the land of Tiannan, which is too far away.

The other party was willing to give up one hundred thousand taels, probably for the sake of Wang Ziteng. After all, the other party was still a popular figure in front of the emperor at this time, held military power, and had some connections with Governor Fanyi.

"You go down first, we will discuss it immediately."

Subsequently, Jia Lian and Jia Rong contacted Xiao Huan and asked her to help contact Jia Baoyu and hold a three-party meeting together.

This is the only trick Wen Rensheng used on the underlying mechanism of this world to play for them.

Allow them to ignore distance, transcend the communication methods of this world, and communicate in real time.

This is a treatment that can only be received after the telegram is sent out.

In fact, there are all kinds of gods and monsters in Jia Baoyu's timeline.

For example, Taoist Ma, Taoist Kongkong, or that monk.

They all have mysterious powers.

Another example is Taixu Illusion, Alarm Fairy, etc., but in the end, these gods and strange things are all fake.

This means that when falsehood becomes true, truth is also false, and inaction sometimes exists and then ceases to exist.

Gods and monsters are fake and do not exist, but those overseas countries and things overseas, inside and outside the Jia Mansion, actually exist.

This is one truth and one falsehood.

After contacting Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu was also angry and said: "Damn it, you dare to ask for 200,000 taels of silver. Do you really think that this silver was blown by the strong wind?"

"Oh, The Jia family is in trouble. If Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rong Kingdom, is here, how can anyone dare to ask for it like this?" Jia Lian shook his head.

"Yes, those big eunuchs in the past always came to Jia's house and asked for more than 1,000 taels of silver, but Grandma Liu was very happy when she got 20 taels of silver." Jia Rong also sighed.

"It seems that our pharmaceutical industry can no longer be covered by the power of the Xue family, the Jia family, and the Wang family. Some people are already jealous of the 1.2 million taels of dividends a year. These 200,000 taels It's just a test. If we give in, they will definitely ask for the shares, and in the end, the industry we have worked hard to build will fall into their hands." Jia Baoyu understood.

"Yes, what good will it do to fall into their hands? The government-run industry is extremely bad, and there is no worst, only worse. There are too many people to do the work, and you can cram in the work that can be done by 10 people. 100 people, eating 100 people's wages. I'll give you bad raw materials to fool you, but the price is still the same as good materials. If I buy it for 100 taels, I will buy you materials worth ten taels. The raw materials you bought cannot be used, so you have to spend another 100 taels to buy them again," Jia Rong sighed.

"Then what are we going to do?" Jia Baoyu asked.

Now the three of them have personally experienced the severe obstacles that feudal society has imposed on large industry.

Why industrialization requires a stable legal environment.

If it is unstable and allowed to be bullied and exploited, no matter how high the profits are, it will not be able to support it.

It is a huge blow to the confidence of the factory owner. Who can bear it? After a year of hard work, it will all be in vain.

A fair legal environment and a fair contract environment can enable the rational distribution of industrial profits.

For example, I can pay taxes to the court, but you must ensure that after this round of collection, you cannot collect it again. You must ensure my safety.

If it never ends, no one will engage in industry anymore.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to guard against thieves.

What should they do now?

"By the way, did we overlook something?" When Zhao Han came to the end, he suddenly remembered what he had overlooked.

“What did you forget?” they asked.

"Have you forgotten your two uncles?"

"Uh, I really have forgotten." Wang Wenwen said helplessly.

She remembered that her two uncles were working as eunuchs.

They are still the eunuchs, one is Xia Bingzhong and the other is Dai Quan.

"Understood, let's put the property in their name first and see if we can scare some people? We still need time." Jia Lian said suddenly.

One day later.

The chief came again and happily reported: "The price demanded by Governor Fan is less, only ten thousand taels."

The three of them were not happy at all.

Reduced from three hundred thousand taels to ten thousand taels.

This is the power of imperial power.

It should be said that he is a person who can truly enjoy the imperial power.

The emperor often failed to enjoy imperial power because he was incapable of doing anything else.

Although he has power, he is alone and cannot control time.

Most of the benefits brought by his imperial power were shared by eunuchs, concubines, and civil servants.

It is a great thing if the emperor can enjoy 10% of it.

Jiajing could enjoy one-third of the income back then, but he was not satisfied with this and said it was his money.

He should be satisfied. His later emperor, Chongzhen, could no longer get one-thirtieth.

This is not an exaggeration at all. Originally, commerce was extremely developed in the late Ming Dynasty, especially maritime trade. Western merchants had a lot of things to sell to the Ming Dynasty, and a lot of things they wanted to buy from the Ming Dynasty.

The ridiculous court officials deliberately set up obstacles, causing the Ming Dynasty, which could save its destiny through trade, to be completely ruined.

You must know that Zheng Chenggong relied on trade and training to reach Nanjing. The key was to rely on expensive armored men to defeat the arrogant Manchu cavalry!

This is the most important thing. Being able to defeat the opponent's cavalry means being able to take the initiative, especially the maritime advantage.

If Zheng Chenggong hadn't only lived to be 39 years old, and he had lived to Sima Yi's age, he might have pushed back the Manchus.

The history of social form is actually not inevitable. In many cases, it depends on the lifespan of the main characters.

It’s just inevitable in general, such as the origin of the industrial revolution and the development of science and technology.

(End of this chapter)

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