In fact, since Zhu Youdong went north to serve as the supervisor, especially when Cao Sanxi also went to Beijing to serve as the president of the Royal Bank, and after Wei Zhongxian entered the internal official prison and began to rectify a large number of internal servants, the efficiency of his Honghe Industrial and Fangshan Grocery Stores began to gradually decline.

of reduction.

On the one hand, the ability and ethics of the personnel responsible for the follow-up are worse than the first two. On the other hand, the supervisory state or the emperor's industry is actually a "state-owned enterprise" in this era. And state-owned enterprises, each

There are always inherent stubborn diseases. As the stalls get bigger and bigger, Zhu Youdong has no energy for fine management. Moreover, the production of light industrial daily chemical products does not require excessive capital investment, and requires fine management and flexible scheduling.

Next. It is better to open up technology and cut out all these light industrial and daily chemical industries that are only related to people's livelihood.

In the future, light industry with low investment and fast output will be left to the private sector. Heavy industry with large investment and a success or failure effect on national security will be the main direction of the royal family's business in the future.

As for the problem that in the early stages of development, in order to reduce enemies and strengthen itself, many cadres were given away. Naturally, the royal family's shares were merged into one when Zhu Youdong became the emperor. The shares of other dignitaries and subordinates can be redeemed on the one hand.

On the other hand, it can be converted into new industries such as arsenals and railway administrations.

Of course, none of the businessmen who could sit in the golden hall of the bank at this time were fools. After Cao Sanxi expressed that the royal family wanted to cut off ordinary factories and sales outlets in Honghe and Fangshan, almost all the businessmen became aggravated.

breathe.

Although everyone now knows that in Fangshan and Honghe, the service attitude has become worse and worse in recent years, and internal corruption problems have also occurred from time to time. However, Honghe in the north and Fangshan in the south have almost full sales outlets.

County towns in the central and eastern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the southwest and northwest provinces have also achieved full coverage of all prefectures! In addition, the sales of these two retail giants still use the channels of Jinyiwei - these are the logistics channels and sales groups!

Therefore, as long as the royal family is willing to sell it, it must be bought!

It’s just that all the wealthy businessmen here spent a lot of money to buy salt mines a few years ago, and donated a lot of money to the war foundation. How much would it cost to take over Honghe or Fangshan in a province or prefecture?

Where is the silver?

After all, although all of you here are the top businessmen in the Ming Dynasty, the money of wealthy businessmen is not unlimited.

Seeing the wealthy businessmen below falling into a dilemma of choice, Cao Sanxi smiled slightly, then knocked the gavel, making the venue quiet again.

"Everyone, what I just mentioned, such as technology development, sales channel sales, etc., are all compensations made by the emperor for the support of the righteous merchants to the imperial court in previous wars. Next, there are some restrictive regulations,

Please remember this and never make it happen. Otherwise, everyone will be in trouble, the emperor will be in trouble, and I will also have trouble doing my job."

"...Please give me your instructions, President Cao."

"Well, the first one is a factory powered by a new steam engine. Except for mines, the court has only given three locations for the opening of other factories. Specifically, Tianjin Wei is in the north and Suzhou is in the south.

Mansion and Songjiang Mansion.”

As soon as Cao Sanxi said these words, the disparity in the level of wealthy businessmen from all walks of life was immediately revealed: the poorer ones lamented why even the place to open a factory was restricted, while the more outstanding businessmen's eyes lit up - why?

?Is the imperial court prepared to open even the mines to private individuals?

"Everyone, it is the Emperor's wish that these new machines be built in several places. The Emperor said that if there is a problem with the new machines being gathered together, the technicians from Fangshan School can quickly arrive to repair them. The technicians from Fangshan Power Research Laboratory

Professors can also easily extract data and listen to feedback for further improvement. This is one of them.

Secondly, everyone here needs to understand that although the structure of this steam engine is complex and the materials used in the body have special requirements, as long as it is a machine and a real object, there is a possibility of being imitated. At this point, I, Huaxia

All of our craftsmen are extremely talented. Therefore, by bringing new equipment together, we can also strengthen management, effectively prevent the leakage of technology, and effectively protect everyone's interests. Although this machine structure will eventually be leaked, but everyone here

You definitely want this to happen as late as possible, right?

Third, all of you comrades have paid so much money to get new machines or new technologies. After you get these things, you must build factories to produce them, so as to get back your principal and make profits. But you must pursue profits.

In the words of the emperor, this logistics is the most critical. The raw materials needed for the factory to produce things must be able to come in quickly, quickly, and in large quantities. The produced things must also be transported out conveniently. At this point, Tianjin Wei,

Songjiang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture are currently the most advantageous places in the entire Ming Dynasty.

First of all, these three places are along the coast, which can effectively radiate to all coastal areas of the country and many vassal states overseas in the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, Songjiang and Suzhou are both along the Yangtze River, and can radiate along the Yangtze River to Yingtian, Jiangxi, Huguang and even Sichuan. Tianjin Wei

What? The third phase expansion project of the Beijing-Tianjin Highway has begun, and the construction of the Jingshan, Beijing-Zhangjiakou, Jingluo, and Luochang highways has also been completed. Moreover, the Ministry of Industry has now completed the exploration along the Beijing-Tianjin and Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railways, and it will not be until the second year of Tianqi at most

Construction will start in the second half of the year. Therefore, behind Tianjin Guard, it can quickly radiate to provinces such as Beizhili, Henan, Shandong, Liaodong and even Shaanxi. Comrades, I feel that the emperor has no such regulations.

After detailed inspection, it is more than 99% likely that you will also set up factories in these three places."

After Cao Sanxi said these words, many businessmen present thought for a moment and nodded frequently. The resistance in their hearts to Zhu Youdong's restriction on where they could set up factories was suddenly reduced by more than half.

For Zhu Youdong, as a traveler from China, he has an instinctive belief in "concentrating efforts to do big things". And at present, when Ming Dynasty is not really ready to welcome the arrival of the industrial age in culture, ideology, and market,

Gathering factories together as much as possible will also facilitate effective control, thereby preventing excessive harm to society due to rapid increases in productivity levels.

Of course, Tianjin, Suzhou, and Songjiang (Shanghai) are really geographically advantageous. In the future, at most, Guangzhou, the light industry centers in the north, east, and south will be added to the mix.

After seeing the businessmen below nodding in approval, Cao Sanxi added: "Then let's talk about the second rule set by the emperor for everyone. After you get new machines and new technologies and set up factories in the three places above, you must be practical.

To protect the rights and interests of workers! The emperor has instructed the Ministry of Punishment to draft the "Labor Law", which will be officially promulgated in January of the second year of Tianqi. This law clearly stipulates that the maximum daily working hours in the factory shall not exceed twelve hours

, the daily daily wage shall not be less than five copper coins, and workers must be given one day of complete rest every ten days. In addition, this law also stipulates the minimum age of employed workers, the treatment of female workers, and safety protection, and what happens to each worker after a work-related injury.

The handling is clearly specified.”

"ah?!"

"President Cao, what's the point of this?"

"Well, of course the emperor cherishes the people, but we are also good citizens of the Ming Dynasty. Why does the emperor not cherish us so much?"

"That is, we are not only good citizens, we are also righteous businessmen!"

"Oh, I opened a factory to give these unemployed vagrants a place to eat. It is already a huge kindness. Why, I actually have to take a day off every ten days? Sir, I get up early every day and work in the dark. Aren't I better than these workers?

Hard?"

"Dong Dong Dong~! Dong Dong Dong~! Everyone, be quiet!"

After all, Governor Cao has established considerable authority in the Ming Dynasty's business community over the years. After he banged the gavel with a straight face, the 'indignant' wealthy businessmen quickly calmed down.

"Everyone, the emperor said something, and I will relay it to you here. This sentence is: 'Rest is to walk a longer distance.' If a worker is exhausted every day, his work enthusiasm and efficiency will be affected.

It will definitely get lower and lower, and eventually it will become unusable and he will be fired. On the surface, his resignation seems to be his fault, but in fact it is the destruction of the entire family who depends on him. You can estimate for yourself, this factory

After it is opened, which factory will not employ hundreds of workers? Let them work fifteen or sixteen hours a day, all year round? How long can this continue? One year or two years? If it continues like this, it will take less than twenty years

, I’m afraid that the factories in the three places in Tianjin will create millions of new refugees without food and clothing! When the time comes, Chen Sheng will come and cheer him up, will your bosses’ factories become fans?”

Looking at the many wealthy businessmen who were silent but still looked disapproving, Cao Sanxi was also helpless: As a businessman, how could he not know that businessmen are all profit-seeking, and how could he not know that the highest cost of opening a factory is labor? How could he not know that all businessmen are profit-seeking?

Do you know that what businessmen want to exploit most is labor?

However, he recalled Zhu Youdong's advice to him a few days ago, and had to continue to persuade many businessmen.

"Everyone, let's do some calculations. If you treat workers better, on the surface it means that they work less hours and you offer higher wages. But in fact, he is more enthusiastic at work and has a good rest.

No matter how hard you work, you will be more efficient. And because your physical health is guaranteed, he can work for you for many years. This is a skilled worker! It is not as good as recruiting a lot of newbies all day long and spending two or three months training them from scratch.

How much better? Only when workers have a stable and sustainable income can their families be willing to consume. Bosses have to sell the things they produce. If the country is extremely poor and no one buys it, then there is no consumption, so why
Chapter completed!