Chapter 495: The Heart of the Stone

Sheringham, who was walking on the street, suddenly couldn't move because there was a shop in front of him, which made his eyes unable to move. / The shop's guy saw Sheringham walking in, stepped forward and bowed with a smile: "This customer, this shop cannot do business with outsiders, you might as well please go back."

After the translation, the Fangui Tongshi followed her, she stammered and asked: "Why?"

The guy didn't mean to reject the ghost and smiled and said, "This is the imperial decree. If you pre-purchase guns, you must have a local household registration certificate. In this Ming Dynasty, there are only two places where people can hold guns, one is Liaodong and the other is a senior official."

Sheringham looked at the neatly arranged guns in the store, with blue light emitting from the dark gun body, which was a killing weapon. In terms of shape, it was also the latest European flintlock rifle. Unexpectedly, the things that only came out in Europe were all placed in the store for sale. He muttered to Tongzhi, and finally the Tongzhi asked the guy: "We want to buy a gun, what should we do?" As he said that, a silver coin was stuffed over. The guy took it and weighed it, and put it in his pocket: "It's easy to deal with, the approval of the local supreme military commander, I'll sell it to you if I have the ability." This answer is a scam. Do you still have to buy a gun if you have that ability?

Sheringham, who spent money in vain, left unhappily and did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. This is how people are. When you become stronger, they are afraid of you and dare not cause trouble at your home. Sheringham witnessed the Dutch merchant ships in front of the Ming Dynasty. They did not even have the power to fight back. They could not beat them, they could not escape, and there was no way out of heaven and no way to enter the ground.

When I thought of that scene, my dissatisfaction and anger disappeared. Instead, I wondered how to buy weapons produced by the Ming Dynasty. I don’t need to think about the cannons. I wouldn’t sell them even if I killed people. I can think of muskets, but how can I see the supreme military commander?

Back at the dock, Adams Sheringham stood beside the Green. He was overjoyed when he saw it. He immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Adams, I have made a major discovery,..." Jili Guru said, Adams was also energetic. Europe is full of wars. There is no need to worry about the lack of sales of arms. It is rare to get high-quality arms from where to get high-quality arms. Now I heard that some of them are sold in the Ming store. That means at least rifles are relatively easy to get weapons.

Adams took Sheringham to visit Fons Valley in a hurry. They were all Europeans. They were easier to talk to. Fons Valley gave him face and took time to see him before waiting. Adams looked at Fons Valley in Ming military uniform and was very envious. This outfit looks good no matter how you look at it now, and people wear it as leisurely as they wear it.

After being kind, Adams said, "Captain Sheringham saw the musket shop on the street. I wonder if he could buy some?"

Fons Valley was surprised by this request and pondered for a while, saying, "I cannot agree to you now, I must get the consent of the cabinet minister. You know, arms transactions are never simple." In this reply, Adams could only stand up regretfully and say goodbye, and before leaving, "I will come again as soon as possible. Even if I don't, Captain Sheringham will come."

This is the truth. The Ming Dynasty allowed foreign trade. Shipping of silk and other specialties back to Europe was a profit of 300% and merchants in Europe would go crazy. Sheringham's Green, full of silk and tea, returned to India without mentioning it.

Chen Xie was in Songjiang and never returned to Nanjing. It was not because he was busy, but because Chen Xie needed to suppress the place. Huating's new district was a thorn in the eyes of many local gentry. Chen Xie was in charge here, plus three thousand elite soldiers and warships on the Yangtze River, so local officials and gentry dared not act rashly. However, not all officials and gentry opposed Chen Xie's affairs.

There are many gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. In the garden of the Zhou family in Songjiang Prefecture, it is almost dusk, and the winter rain outside the window is thick. There is no evening snow that is about to come, only raindrops are rustling. Although it is only early November, after a winter rain, the entire Songjiang Prefecture becomes extremely quiet in the cold and cold rain. People are shrouding at home and refuse to go out. Chen Xie will not stay on the warship and live in the Zhou family garden.

Green Ants fresh wine, red mud stove, boiling old wine, and warm all over. The one who was burning wine with bare hands was the two ex-wifes on Chen Xie's side and side. He would sit together and drink, not to prepare for an action movie, but to talk about it seriously. Mr. Chen is a enjoymentist, and naturally he will not treat himself badly when he has the chance.

The floor of the attic was covered with thick animal skins and fox furs, and he kept complaining: "This ghost weather was gone. The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is more difficult than in the north. The cold and cold air kept drilling into the bones."

"I haven't been so cold in previous years. I don't know what happened over the years, it's getting colder every year." Ye Xianyun put down the wine glass in his hand and gave Zhou Xiuying the first look on his old enemy opposite. The process of the two from life and death became best friends was very fast, with similar identities and similar experiences. One was that her husband was fooling around outside, and the other was a lover of broken sleeves. They both got a divorce letter, and they were inseparable from the guy in front of him. After leaving their respective families, these two people didn't regret it. In this year, although they looked at the scenery of the daughter-in-law in front of them, they actually didn't know how difficult it was behind their backs. The more a wealthy family was, the dirtier it was inside.

After leaving the family, gossip is inevitable. "Infertility" and "jealous women" are their biggest crimes. They have their own divorce letters, which is far more than the happiness they come in that depressing big family. Of course, they did not come out in vain, and brought their own industries. The cotton cloth piece is now divided into three parts, Chen Xie accounts for 60%, Ye Xianyun accounts for 20%, and the Zhang family accounts for 20%, and more than one million acres of cotton fields. In the new silk factory, Ye Xianyun accounts for 40%.

Now it’s Zhou Xiuying’s turn. After she left the Shen family, she took away the silk weaving piece of Shen’s family. There is no doubt that the traditional silk weaving workshop has no future. This is why Zhou Xiuying has so much capital to persuade the Zhou family to give this garden to Chen Xie, using it as a step to advance.

There are two textile centers in the Ming Dynasty, one is Susong and the other is Hangzhou. As long as there are two industries, silk and cotton cloth. Nowadays, there are no more people who have been crushed by industrial production. Nowadays, there are many wealthy families who follow the Zhang family. Cotton is planted on saline-alkali land to ensure the raw materials for large-scale industrial production. The original traditional family model and handicraft workshop were almost destroyed. Labor costs are a very important factor in this situation. According to records, weavers in the Ming Dynasty made 200 cents a day for food and accommodation. They had to earn this money, and they had excellent personal skills. However, there was no such priority in machine production. They were a woman with no stupid hands and feet. After a little training, they could work, food and accommodation. The daily wage was only fifty cents a day, and the newly promoted female workers could not even get this number. You are not happy, and many women didn’t have that much place to eat this meal.

The Zhou family is really anxious. As the largest raw silk provider in the past, the Shen family has made a lot of money in the past two years. Seeing that the Shen family is no longer able to do it, the tens of thousands of mulberry forests and a large amount of raw silk in their family every year, you have to find a next home, right? This is not a small matter, it affects the jobs of many families.

"In the past, they used to be hand-reeled, which was inefficient and had a lot of labor costs. What the family meant was whether to open a machine-reeled factory in Songjiang Mansion? You have this technology, so you can't help but pull it. It's getting late, and the spring silkworms next year won't wait for anyone." Zhou Xiuying calmly held her breath and added wine to Chen Xie's cup, and took it to her mouth. Chen Xie reached out to pick it up, but she shrank her hand: "Open your mouth!"

Tsk! Chen Xie smiled and after having this cup, he lay down lazily and said, "I know your family is anxious. Have you fallen in love with the factory building north of the new district? Or is someone informing me?" Chen Xie leaned against the thick pier and squinted his eyes and looked at the woman beside him who was pretending to be adding charcoal.

"Don't look at her, I sent someone to inquire. Such a large factory building will definitely be useful. I don't ask you anything else. The Zhou family can build the factory itself, and spending some money is nothing. But this equipment and technology will make you nod. To be honest, this matter is also somewhat related to the Shen family. The Shen family has more than 10,000 acres of mulberry forests, and there are many cocoons every year. In the past, each household reels its own silk. Now you have opened a silk factory in Suzhou, and this model will definitely not keep up with the supply. I'm thinking about it, open a one.

Silk reeling factory, this business can be done." Zhou Xiuying said this, and she felt a little upset. Chen Xie asked her to wait, not to let her take the initiative. She was anxious, and the Zhou family was anxious. It was because Chen Xie brought about too strong production model and the powerful of this bastard. The Zhou family hoped to hold on to her. In recent years, the Zhou family has not produced any outstanding figures. There are one or two Juren, and there is not a Jinshi. Juren can also be an official, but the future is limited, so it is different if someone promotes it.

Chen Xie lazily patted the envelope beside him. Zhou Xiuying came over obediently, picked up the big envelope and sat down next to Chen Xie. She lowered her eyebrows and looked very gentle, not as fierce as she was back then. Chen Xie looked at her appearance and couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you doing here? I'll let you see the envelope in your hand."

Zhou Xiuying's face turned red and was moved by this guy. She glared at him and said, "Bite you to death." As she said that, she didn't move. After opening the envelope and reading it, her face felt happy. A new silk reeling factory is in the new district and is already installing machinery and equipment. As long as she takes it back, signs it on it, and asks the Zhou family to sign it, this silk reeling factory has 40% of her shares.

However, this joyful color soon dimmed. After putting away the envelope, Zhou Xiuying whispered: "I have nothing, just those weavers from the past will have no place to eat in the future. I'm afraid they will cause trouble."

Chen Xie is not a tidy heart, so he can only smile lightly at this moment. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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