The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

Naturally, the sage came here for the hydraulic loom. After Tu Mingyun went back, he told the sage what he saw at Jia She's side and the few questions Jia She said. How can the sage not be moved? reason.

Now that the saint is getting older, he doesn't want to go to war any more. He forced several sons to death before, but now he has some regrets.It’s just that the emperor can admit everything else. It’s absolutely impossible to let him admit his mistakes. Oh, your emperor is a saint, the son of heaven, and the power of the king is granted by God. How can you do wrong things?Isn't that the authority that affects the saints?

Whether the son is expelled from the family or granted death, there should always be some other compensation in the future, and the minister, although he owes a lot of money to the treasury, the sage can't bear to ask for it, so he just leaves this mess to the next emperor. Forget it, if you want to be an emperor, you have to work hard for a while, if you are unlucky, you may have to work hard for a lifetime.

No matter what the sage wants, it is still a word of money in the final analysis. Now that the national treasury is empty, the sage has money in his inner treasury, and he has enough confidence to speak, even if he puts on an appearance of negligence and asks Dai Quan and other confidantes to handle state affairs. If the money is held at the top, then, whatever the ministers below want to do, they can't get around the saint.

The problem is, there is no cash cow in the sage's internal treasury, so you can't count on ransacking your house when you are short of money. way out.

Jia Amnesty came up with a water-powered loom that was hundreds of times more efficient than ordinary looms. The sage soon understood that this was both an opportunity and a danger.

Since ancient times, there have been all kinds of convenient tools, many of which were even lost halfway and abandoned, not because these tools were not easy to use, but because they violated the interests of some people and were eventually thrown into the garbage dump.

This has always been the case in China. Compared with the West, the cost of labor in China is too low. Firstly, it is a matter of concept. Everyone pays attention to more children and more blessings. Second, because of the relatively mature medical system of traditional Chinese medicine, unless it is the time when the dynasty changes, otherwise, China's population has always been the largest in the world. Under such circumstances, the government or powerful merchants and landlords can easily organize a large amount of labor, and the work is naturally convenient and effective. Therefore, why bother to come up with any other tricks? Now this is completely enough!

The reason why Jia Amnesty didn’t dare to take this thing out was because of this, let’s forget about printing presses, and there is no such thing as compulsory education these days, the literacy rate is not high, and books are only available to a few people, so Well, the cakes of those booksellers are not big, so there is no need to haggle over this matter with Jia She, a Marquis who is in the Sacred Heart.What's more, reducing the cost will only allow more people to start to read and write, which will undoubtedly expand the market, and in the long run, it will make more profits.

But the textile machine is different. The sea trade is not prohibited in this dynasty. The most foreign exchange creation is nothing more than porcelain, tea and silk, and the cloth and silk are designed for people’s livelihood. How low is the industry, not to mention how many people are engaged in this industry, if Jia She enters rashly, Jiangnan Weaving will be the first to jump up.

The British Industrial Revolution could create a situation where sheep cannibalize people. If you dare to do this in the Central Plains, there will be a large group of people shouting the slogan "eliminate harm for the people", and the butcher's knife will slash at your neck Well, Jia Amnesty just wanted to earn some money to support his family in peace and contentment, but he didn't dare to touch such a hornet's nest. Therefore, this matter still has to be promoted by the sage.

The sage came here without fanfare. Instead, he put on a posture of a private visit. He was very amiable to Jia She. Seeing the sage like this, Jia She felt a little guilty in his heart. What's wrong with this thing, the sage You won't just throw him out.

The sage watched with great interest the weaver operating the hydraulic loom, and even tried it himself. After calculating the approximate output, he went out first, and said with a smile, "I've heard that your family's The garden is nice, but it's the first time I've come here, why don't you lead the way, Jia Qing, and walk around with me!"

Jia Shen naturally agreed, and led the way ahead, leading the saint into the Hundred Flowers Garden. It's not that the saint has never visited the garden. The Hundred Flowers Garden is nothing more than a variety of flowers and trees. Jia She's design is more wild, but the saint But he watched it with great interest, and then asked: "Since Jia Qing took out this hydraulic loom, I wonder if Jia Qing has any regulations?"

After Jia Amnesty disclosed the existence of the water-powered textile machine to Tu Mingyun, he thought about it for several days and wrote a rough statement. Now the sage asked, organized the language, and then Said: "Returning to the Holy Lord, the loom that I made is called a loom, but it can only be regarded as a loom. There should be another part that is a spinning machine. After all, there is no spinning machine that can spin enough yarn. No matter how big the production capacity of this loom is, it is useless! But I have just designed the blueprint, and have not yet built the machine!"

"Oh?" The sage looked at Jia Amnesty and said with a smile, "Jia Qing is exceptionally talented in this way of knowing things!"

Jia Amnesty didn't have any other thoughts because of this, but said: "My sage praised it, I'm just interested in this, besides, I just proposed a general framework, and those craftsmen have to supplement and implement it!"

Seeing that the sage didn't say any more, but only motioned him to continue, Jia Amnesty said, "This spinning machine, in my design, can not only spin cotton thread, hemp thread, and silk thread, but also use treated wool. Rabbit fur is used as raw material to spin wool! Wool should be thicker than cotton and linen silk, but the fabric woven with this kind of wool should also be warmer!"

When Jia She said this, he said helplessly: "I also know that the world has been in peace for so many years, the population has grown, and there is a shortage of land, such as sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes. Although the yield is higher, but the people of the world cannot rely on these to feed themselves. Stomach, those middle-level people, the staple food is rice noodles, these are not easy to increase production! Therefore, if the already insufficient arable land is used to grow mulberry cotton, I am afraid that some people will starve! If you want to use this loom to produce silk and cotton cloth in large quantities, you have to draw a line to limit the area of ​​food crops in various places, and you have to prevent the officials below from cheating. But wool or something, it is very easy to want! "Speaking, Jia Amnesty looked directly to the north.

The saint immediately understood: "Jia Qing is talking about the Tatars on the grassland?"

Jia Amnesty nodded: "Holy name, the Hu people on the prairie are often old Hu people and new Hu people are born again. There is little rain there and it is difficult to cultivate. Therefore, it is impossible to expect the Han people to move north! They can occupy the grassland all year round. After all, they are still those Hu people. Throughout the ages, dynasties have often traded with the grasslands, buying cattle, sheep and horses in exchange for salt, iron, tea, silk utensils, etc. in the Central Plains! However, these are not long-term In the event of a natural disaster, these Hu people will still go south to rob!"

"I think that if you buy wool and cashmere from the herdsmen on the grassland, it can grow every year. Even if there is a drought or snowstorm or something, the impact will not be great. The herdsmen on the grassland can also have income every year, so that they can get enough cashmere. living supplies! In the future, in order to make money, the herdsmen will not raise more horses, and will expand the scale of raising sheep. Without enough horses, the threat of the Hu people to the Central Plains will not be so great!" Jia She After hesitating for a while, he still said, "Also, if there is any change in the Tatars in the future, you only need to announce that the Central Plains will no longer buy their wool or anything, I am afraid that the herdsmen will be the first to object. There is not much threat from the Tartars!"

Jia Shen said vaguely. He only knew a little bit about it. It was nothing more than kidnapping the economy of the Tatars to the Central Plains and using economic means to control the grazing species of the herdsmen on the grassland. The imperial court overturned the table, and the Tatars could only be caught blind.

After hearing this, the sage clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay, with this policy, Jia Qing can already be called a national scholar, and those people still say that Jia Qing is not doing a proper job. , then I don’t have anything to worry about! It’s all right, I’ll write a note of your thoughts later and hand it over, and I’ll discuss it with the cabinet as well! If this plan works out, I’m not stingy!”

"I obey the order!" Jia Amnesty hastily agreed.

After receiving Jia She's words, the sage became even more interested, and even met Ah Shou and Mrs. Zhang specially. Everyone from the Zhang family has always been well-mannered and polite. He is innocent and cute, especially, good looks always take advantage, Ah Shou is born cute and has no awe of the saint, the saint said to let him be called "grandfather", he called him "grandfather" crisply, The sage was almost elated.The sage has many grandchildren, but most of them are in awe of his grandfather. Even a two- or three-year-old child has been raised to behave in a well-behaved manner, which made the sage feel that he had lost his desire to play tricks on his grandchildren. interest.Now seeing Ah Shou, the sage loves him very much.

As long as Ah Shou is willing to coax people, even if the other party is hard-hearted, he can make people smile. The saint almost hugged Ah Shou for a while, making the accompanying people look dumbfounded. Fortunately, there are no princes and grandchildren accompanying him. Otherwise, both Jia She and his son would be riddled with knives.

Jia She gave the saint a good idea, and Ah Shou made the saint happy again. The saint is always generous. After he left, he gave a lot of rewards, especially for Ah Shou.

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help being a little worried, and asked, "Enhou, isn't it too eye-catching for a saint like this?"

But Jia Amnesty said: "Don't be afraid, accept it with peace of mind. Compared with my achievements this time, this is just a small head!"

Mrs. Zhang looked at Jia She, still a little worried. Jia She is getting more and more capable, and the saint is still subdued. This makes Zhang who has always adhered to the doctrine of the mean feel a bit too much, but she is now willing to accept Jia She. He was still the dandy who only knew about antiques and gold stones back then, at least no matter how hard he tried, Jia Amnesty wouldn't be able to make any major troubles, and wouldn't cause her to worry.

Jia Amnesty didn't know Zhang's intentions, so he stayed up all night and wrote a thick letter and handed it in. Within two days, he received the order for an audience.