Take the mall to Datang

"Well, then let shopkeeper Zhou talk about it." Yuan Shan said.

"The Cotton Chamber of Commerce has benefited from two points. One is the cotton fields in Chengdu, and the other is the facial weaving technology. It is said that the new looms are very easy to use." Zhou Qing said.

"Well, you are right, but what I want to talk about is the scale of the industry. It is no secret that looms are in Chang'an now. Some of the weaving workshops of rich merchants in Chang'an use imitated new looms. , It’s a pity why few people can start the cotton cloth business, the problem is the scale of the industry.” Yuan Shan said.

"Does Yuan Pushe mean that as long as we expand the business?" Zhou Qing asked.

Yuan Shan shook his head and continued: "It's not just about expanding the business. The scale of the industry means that you have to form a good industrial chain. For example, from materials to production, of course there are inputs. At the beginning, the textile mills of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce also It was established later, and when the output was insufficient, the method was to continuously recruit people, so that now it has reached a scale of more than 3 people."

"And this is only to increase the output in terms of the number of people. What is more important is that the textile factory has applied new textile machines. This is the power of the technological improvement belt. Otherwise, more than 3 female textile workers will not be able to meet the demand for cotton cloth in Datang. Even though the cotton cloth covers the Tang prefectures, the purchase quantity of many prefectures still cannot meet the demand, otherwise the cloth business in Suzhou will be so good." Yuan Shan said.

Taking the prevention industry as an explanation, Zhou Qing was the one who felt the deepest. He found that what Yuan Shan said was true, but the investment made by them in the scale of the industry was not enough, so he thoughtfully shifted the focus to weaving on board.

"Yuan Pushe really awakened the dreamer with one word, I understand." Zhou Qing thought for a while and said immediately.

Most of the people around were still a little dazed, and they understood everything, and they all looked at Zhou Qing, as if they wanted him to explain.

Zhou Qing was also unambiguous, seeing that everyone wanted to hear him, he said: "As for other industries, Zhou didn't dare to say more, only after Yuan Pushe's advice did he know that Zhou Ji Buxing can do it if it develops according to the way of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce. Bigger and stronger, judging from the current situation of the Zhou family, all they need is to purchase a large number of new looms."

Yuan Shanxin said that he understood quite quickly.

Chapter 739 Speeding up the development of Suzhou

Zhou Qing is full of confidence.

A group of people are curious, but the businessmen present are very smart.

"Well, there is nothing wrong with Yuan Pushe Zhou's cloth business if it is on a large scale. After all, the Zhou family's heritage is there. It is not suitable for us to open a restaurant." Wu Changxing, who is in the restaurant business, said.

"Actually, this starts with the nature of the industry. In my opinion, economic development includes three industries. The first is industry, the second is agriculture, and the third is service industry. Literally, it is very simple. Zhou Ji The cloth shop has raw material collection and processing, which is the industry, and the restaurant of the shopkeeper Wu Changxing House belongs to the service industry, and the ideas are similar, such as innovative recipes, increasing services, etc. The key to the operation is to improve the service through chain operation. The specifics can only be understood by shopkeeper Wu." Yuan Shan explained.

People around began to think about it. It was the first time they had heard of the concepts of industry, agriculture, and service industry, and it took some time to digest them.

Wu Changxing thinks that innovation in recipes and improvement of service are very general, but he has plans for a long time. He has been to Chang'an and knows that a series of new things have happened in Chang'an. He is very interested in the dishes on the first floor. I've heard it a long time ago, and my own tavern is also starting to think about it now, and the customers who travel all over the world are now demanding more and more, it's impossible to keep up with the situation.

Wu Changxing has opened many restaurants in Suzhou, but it is not easy to open a restaurant. The training and management of cooks is not easy. I don’t want to be able to open multiple shops as long as I have goods, but the restaurant has been affected. Therefore, Wu Changxing still counts on the inn's profits.

There are also several people who are the largest rice merchants in Suzhou. Their business makes money by selling to the north, and the scale of the industry is already very large.

Yuan Shan's simple words made several businessmen start to think about it. Although most of the businessmen thought it was not helpful, they didn't say anything else. After all, they wanted to give face to the officials.

But then Yuan Shan said that they were all interested.

"What I want to say is that science and technology is the primary productive force. You should know something about steam engines. At present, steam engines are used in Chang'an City at a relatively high price, such as steam trains, steam cars, blacksmith workshops, and carpenter workshops. , The Cotton Chamber of Commerce is using steam engines as power, and in the future these steam powers will replace part of the handicraft industry, because machines are obviously more reliable than human physical strength, as long as coal is provided, theoretically steam engines don’t have to stop and work all the time.” Yuan Shan said.

The eyes of the merchants brightened. They all knew about steam machines and knew the importance of steam machines to industrial development, especially when it came to processing. Zhou Qing asked: "Is the steam machine sold in Suzhou? Isn't that kind of loom To be able to quickly increase production, I just don’t know how much such a steam engine costs.”

Mentioning Qian Zhouqing's face calmed down a lot, and he was a little worried that Yuanshan's asking price was too high.

"Some finished steam power equipment can be purchased from Yuan Jing'ai. Table saws, drilling equipment, pumping equipment, pressing equipment, ironmaking, woodworking, and shipbuilding are used in many fields. If you are interested, you can go to Chang'an to see more Understand a little bit, after all, steam equipment in Western Zhejiang is a big investment, and it is difficult to make money immediately, but industries like Zhouji Buxing can use steam power to meet the demand for rapid production." Yuan Shan said.

"If the steam power is added to the new weaving machine, the Zhou family's cloth output will have a breakthrough. After buying a batch of cotton in Chengdu, Zhou Ji can weave cotton cloth. The supply of cotton cloth in the south is a big market. "Zhou Qing was very excited. He had already decided to purchase steam equipment, so as to shorten the gap with the Cotton Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, why did Su Zhennan not want to invest in steam equipment? At the beginning of the Weishui River, he was a shock-absorbing steam ship sailing by himself with five sails. If he invested in it, the prospect would be good, but he still calmed down, because what was going to be carried out today The main content is to prepare for the establishment of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Yuanshan's idea is as simple as yours, it is to speed up the economic development of Datang, and the coastal cities have convenient sea transportation conditions, so there is no reason not to support it, but the Ministry of Economic Development will definitely pay for it. No big deal, it can only promote economic development and then fatten the treasury revenue.

As long as the tax increase shows the importance of the Ministry of Economic Development, no one will trouble them in the organization, because whoever troubles them must be able to bear the loss of money from the treasury, and no one should be so stupid.

When it comes to building roads, we must rely on Zhang Anzhi, the governor of Suzhou. Specifically, how he wants to ask for money from the court does not care about Yuan Shan, but the person who promotes this matter can be the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. Donate generously, but the real purpose is to cultivate an engineering team.

Their development model is also somewhat similar to that of Luoyang, but they believe that the construction of the engineering team is an opportunity to gather everyone's strength together. In the long run, if the governor of Suzhou really wants to come to Yinliang to build roads in the future, then they will The engineering team can make money, and it is good to let the engineering team work together in between. Many businessmen are not short of money.

In addition to their [-] main shareholders, the merchants on the first and second floors of Fumanlou also have some strength. In terms of the strength of the chamber of commerce, the financial resources of the Suzhou chamber of commerce may not be enough even if the merchants in Chang'an and Luoyang are combined. Comparable.

After Yuan Shan introduced the steam power, the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce once again involved the topic of establishing the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, so under the witness of Yuan Shan, the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce was formally established. Su Zhennan served as the chairman temporarily. At present, there is already a Suzhou project. Team construction project.

At the dinner, the merchants did not mention what they ate and drank. To Yuanshan's surprise, several merchants were very interested in the treasure ship, and they all highlighted that they wanted to buy a treasure ship, but Yuanshan agreed immediately because of the production time.

In this regard, the million-dollar business was put on hold for the time being. Yuan Shan was relieved that Su Zhennan proposed to build a steam equipment workshop. Yuan Shan naturally would not object and promised to sell them the design drawings of the steam equipment. It went smoothly.

The next day, the people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce held another meeting, and then the craftsmen, carpenters and other craftsmen in Suzhou began to be hired collectively by the people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the large-scale blacksmith workshop of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce was established.

It is said that there were hundreds of businessmen who invested, and the combined funds were so huge that not long after the establishment of the Suzhou Blacksmith Workshop, all the ironware and other objects needed in the entire Suzhou city came from the Suzhou Blacksmith Workshop.

Chapter 740 The next stop is Yuezhou

Suzhou city is very prosperous these days Yuanshan, Dugu Ruolan, Du Qianyu and the rest of the family just hang out all day long. The winter in Suzhou is still a bit cold, but luckily it is not the coldest time.

According to Yuan Shan's plan, they had already gone to the south for the winter when it was the coldest time, and it must have been spring when they returned to Chang'an again.

They were playing in the city of Suzhou, and the people from the Ministry of Economics and Development that came with them couldn't be idle. To investigate the business data of Suzhou.

With the support of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Suzhou Economic and Development Department was established very quickly. The key is that the merchants provided many accounting rooms.

However, to the disappointment of the businessmen, it is not so easy to try through the Ministry of Economics and Development, so the Talent Training School of the Ministry of Economics and Development in Suzhou was established, but it will take a few days to start teaching, because it needs to be dispatched from Chang'an. More staff.

However, enrollment can continue. Suzhou people who study arithmetic are more enthusiastic than Chang'an people. The business development in Suzhou and Hangzhou has been relatively good since ancient times. There are many shops.

The Ministry of Economic Development’s talent training school still adopts a specialist training system, which exempts tuition fees but requires a job in the Ministry of Economic Development after graduation. Of course, if you don’t want to work in the Ministry of Economic Development, you need to pay tuition fees.

So the businessmen from Su signed up for their children one after another, and promised to sponsor them. This was beyond Yuan Shan's expectation. After a few days, Yuan Shan stopped shopping with the beauties and started working in Suzhou.

The office building of the Ministry of Economic Development, the teaching building of the talent school, the dormitory building, the canteen, etc. all need to be planned.

In the Suzhou county government, Yuan Shan brought people from the Ministry of Economic Development to discuss the urban construction plan. In fact, he wanted to take care of the local construction of the office area.

"Inspector Zhang is going to trouble you again." Yuan Shan said.

Zhang Anzhi was in a difficult situation, but he had no choice but to keep a smile on his face because he was overwhelmed by a senior official.

In fact, the urban construction planning is that Yuanshan chose an open space on the map of Suzhou City, and then this place became the office area of ​​the Ministry of Economics and Development. Zhang Anzhi has nothing to do with the rest of the servants, but he still wrote this matter to Suzhou. In the memorial presented by the governor, at the same time, the people from the Economic and Development Department also presented the memorial.

The Ministry of Economic Development will not start construction without His Majesty's review and approval. It doesn't matter if it is not approved. Anyway, the urban compound that is rented now is very good, and it is cheaper than the construction cost.

But matters involving talent schools cannot be sloppy.

"Suzhou's commercial development is still counting on the help of the Ministry of Economic Development. Now His Majesty is very concerned about commercial taxes, and I also hope to have a good performance in the coming year." Zhang Anzhi said.

"Well, Governor Zhang's words were clear. Now that the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce is gaining momentum, the Suzhou Yamen should take advantage of it. In the future, the economy will still depend on businessmen." Yuan Shan said.

"Yes, yes, Xiaguan is very supportive of business development and will pay more attention to it."

No matter what Zhang Anzhi said is true or not, anyway, this attitude is very good.

"Suzhou City is a prosperous place. As an official of the imperial court, you must focus on looking for the people. Suzhou's fishery industry is not very good. You still need to work harder in this area. You can rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. You can learn from Cangzhou to develop fish projects. , Dried fish and fish fillets are good rations, and if the development is good, it will be money." Yuan Shan said.

Zhang Anzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this, but what role can he play as a governor.