From Chief to Ball

Qiao Tiexin turned around, wiped his nosebleeds, and said, "I can't come back. I heard what Mr. Chen Jian said a few days ago, and I think it makes sense. The more advanced the technology, the more machines, the more things will be produced in the future." , everyone will have more things than they can have now. Besides, those apprentices can do other things instead of brewing sauce, they can transport beans and squeeze soybean oil... A new industry certainly makes some people unemployed, But it also created new industries.”

"Brother, what are you talking about, what should we do with our family? You don't think about our family first, but those hired workers first? I don't care whether it can be better in the long term or short term. I only know that our family is going to lose now!"

"Love each other and benefit each other. I believe these words."

"But you are also our father's son, my elder brother."

"Our family is hungry, earning a lot, and doing other things. Brother, didn't you also like reading Mr. Zhugan's Dream City back then?"

"That's different! I liked reading when I was young, but I don't like it when I grow up. Why are they equal? ​​When my father was in the soy sauce workshop, what did those hired workers do? Besides, I don't care about the future, I care about the present! It’s you, and Mr. Zhu Gan himself, who betrayed what he wrote. He said that everyone’s life is good, but now what he’s doing is making some people’s life bad!”

"So we are revising and improving. Not only amending the current laws and taxes, but also improving Mr. Zhugan's original fantasy. Otherwise, why do you think we are called the Amendment and Improvement Club? Whom to fix? Whom to fix? Besides these, we also need to fix and improve the machine , so that a person can do more work; it is to collect more taxes by amending the law..."

"It's useless to tell me this. I know that our family's life is not as good as before. I know that my father's drinking and anger are all because of your business company! You keep saying that in order to make more people live better, don't we Not human? I don't know what the future will be like, and I can't see what the future will be like, so I know our family is not doing well."

"However, many people in Mincheng can afford soy sauce, which is still an improvement."

"Progress? You progress when you die. Are you going to die? You don't want to die, so why let us die?"

"It's a mess!"

"ungrateful!"

Qiao Shichang pointed at Qiao Tiexin and cursed: "Brother, I thought about it, I want to use the family's money to do the textile business. Let me ask you, if some new machine comes out in the future and squeezes out my textile workshop, will you Don’t you also think this is progress?”

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"Then let me tell you, when that day comes, I will take the lead in smashing the new machine to pieces. You didn't realize that all this chaos is due to the progress you said. He Chen Jian has a new technology to make soy sauce, Donate some money, he is a good person? Shit, if he is really a good person, he shouldn’t squeeze these workshops. His good person is built on the tears of dozens of people and hundreds of people. He is a hypocrite. In fact There is no need to change anything at all, the guild is the best system, there is no need for new technology and new machines, everything new will only bring chaos and filth!"

"That's not the fault of machines and new technologies. I can't tell you about this. You can go to the place where we meet at night and listen."

"Brother, if you want to say that, I have nothing to talk to you about. Let's stop arguing, and don't let mom worry. From now on, you will go your way, and I will go my way."

"Well, let's stop arguing."

The two went back to the house silently. In the evening, Qiao Tiexin was whipped by his father, took part of his salary and put it at home, and left the house.

A few days later, he went to the coal mine with a safety light, and his younger brother also hired a few hired workers, bought a spinning wheel and started spinning...

Chapter 74 Min City Autumn and Winter, Miscellaneous Notes of the Capital ([-])

When these members of the Mexican Party were preaching the principles and prevention of gas safety in the coal mine, the owners of several coal mines in Nan'an County received an invitation from Chen Jian.

It is no longer the contempt when the glass workshop was first established. This time, after receiving the invitation, the mine owners of these coal mines attach great importance to it.

When the workshop was first built, it was just a small workshop for small people.

But it was different now, Chen Jian was able to chat and laugh with most of the big businessmen in Mincheng.

The largest shareholder of the largest and only glass factory in Mincheng, the vice-chairman of Mincheng's soda making guild, half of the soy sauce industry in Mincheng, the behind-the-scenes person of the Charity Trading Company, the initiator of the Mexican Party, a disciple of the Academy, and the general of the Temple of the Wise Leave a name...

When all kinds of halos hang over a person, the coal mine owner has to pay attention to it.Glass factories and chemical workshops consume a lot of coal, and the soda making guild is closely related to the rest of the textile guilds. These are big coal consumers.

In particular, the unified ordering of coal by the glass factories in Mincheng made these coal mine owners have to pay more attention to their relationship with Chen Jian.

At least in Nan'an, he can be regarded as a local man of influence, and some mine owners even took the initiative to show favor to Chen Jian.

After these coal mine owners arrived, they discovered that Chen Jian had not only invited them, but also invited many people from other industries in Nan'an.

Such as iron mines, quarries, lime mines, etc., and some carpenters who were not well-known before but have become more and more prosperous because of their relationship with Chen Jian, such as Huang De.

After the meeting, the coal mine owners first praised Chen Jian fiercely.

"You guys from the Mexican Party went to our coal mine with safety lights. I have to say that Mr. Chen has done a great deed. In fact, we don't want accidents in the coal mine. There was really no way before. People always die when digging coal. Mr. Chen I'm also in the glass business, and I know that without coal, nothing can be done."

"Yes, of course we will not refuse such a good thing. Mr. Chen is not worried that we will not be willing to give up this little money, is he? You are thinking wrong..."

"Do we want to die? There is no way. The reason why the dead were hidden before is actually because people are afraid that they will not come to mine."

"That's right, I also donate a lot of money to the school every year. So we are actually half of the Mexican Party... Don't you think so?"

Everyone laughed, and Chen Jian responded with a smile: "Everyone, I invite you here today. There are other things besides this matter. To be honest, I never thought that you would refuse the safety light. I won't say anything else for now. , is the compensation for the dead, and the mine cannot be mined after the explosion... The money in it is more than the cost of a few small safety lights."

"I came today to help you make money."

Everyone laughed and said: "The rumor in Mincheng is that whatever business Mr. Chen is in, the world will collapse. Before we came, we were worried that you would tell us that you are going to be in the coal business?"

"Hahaha... That's right, our group of iron smelters have heard that Mr. Chen has built a few new iron smelting furnaces, and we can't sleep or eat well."

"However, we like to talk about making money. Master Huang is a living example. Now this woodware factory is booming..."

After joking, everyone followed Chen Jian to the expanded glass factory.

As soon as they stepped into the factory gate, the mine owners were all stunned.

Behind the door, there are two weird logs that lead to the factory area.

The wood is carved into a thick bottom and thin top, which looks like a convex character, and some hardwood is placed underneath to prevent it from sinking into the soil.

There is some sand between the hardwoods, which is basically level with the hardwoods.

There is a lot of coal on a large cart, and a horse easily pulls this oddly shaped cart forward, walking very fast and it can be seen that the horse is not too hard.

The amount of coal loaded on the truck has terrified the mine owners beyond their imagination.If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would never have imagined that a carriage could hold so much coal.

Everyone was surprised, Chen Jian waved and shouted: "Stop first, unload the horse."

Several hired workers ran over to remove the horse's harness, and Chen Jian invited the people around him: "Everyone, come and try. Let's see if we can push it."

Seeing what happened to Mara just now, these people were already eager to try, and their hearts were beating wildly.

Their minds are very flexible, and they just thought for a moment, if such strange wooden rails were installed in their mines, wouldn't it save a lot of manpower?The coal that can be transported by one person in one day is several times or even dozens of times that of now!

Chen Jian took the lead, and several people hurried to the back of the mine car, shouting and pushing hard.

It was extremely laborious at the beginning, but it was also easier than normal carts.Once it was pushed, the mine cart rolled forward as if it became lighter.

After only pushing a few steps, everyone stopped and said directly: "Mr. Chen is talking about making money, isn't this what it is?"

"Well, what do you guys think?"

"Good stuff! One person is worth one horse!"

Looking at the few people next to me, the rest of the people also have the same meaning. There is no doubt about it, and I think this evaluation is very appropriate.

"Everyone, it would be much easier for the miners to repair such wooden rails from the tunnels of the mine. Of course, there will be a lot more coal mines mined every day. I am afraid that many mines now mine more but transport less. Bar?"

Seeing everyone nodding, Chen Jian said again: "Then I am also dissatisfied with you. I have spent a lot of money to apply for a patent for this thing. And how the wood is formed, how the wheels are stable, and how to turn the forked road. I am afraid it is not easy to learn. of."