In the middle of summer in July, the weather is hot, the sun bakes the earth white, and the trees are listless.At noon, when the official heat was unbearable, the people should have hid in their homes and sheltered from the heat under the shade of trees, but in the cotton fields in Jiangbei, there were many white figures.In the endless green cotton field, white flowers bloom, in the cotton field, with a white shade hat and a large cloth bag in front of the belly, standing on the ridge of the field, regardless of the heat, while talking and laughing, while picking cotton.Nearly one million acres of cotton fields in Jianghuai Cotton Industry began to blow up flowers, and hundreds of thousands of Jiangbei people, who were hired, came to the cotton fields to pick cotton.At this time, the cloth bag in front of each woman's belly was stuffed with cotton, and the bulging cloth bag seemed to be pregnant with Rokka.In a manor of more than 100,000 acres, the shareholders of Jianghuai Cotton, accompanied by manager He Bin, are inspecting the cotton fields.Looking at the harvest of the manor, everyone was smiling.Zhao Ming sat in the middle of a group of women resting on the ridges, and played some homely chores with the women, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious.Many women, many of them have no husbands, or some older aunts, they saw Zhao Ming powerful and handsome, and they came around and chatted around.There is a bold aunt, and she is also enthusiastic to give Zhao Ming a daughter-in-law.The young and strong people in Jiangbei were taken away by the Qing army, the ratio of men and women is seriously imbalanced, usually the village is either an old man, or a half-grown male baby, young men are extremely rare, and there are almost no powerful men like Zhao Ming.The atmosphere in Jiangnan and Jiangbei is relatively open, and when the aunts see Zhao Ming, they can't help but feel their hearts rippling, and they say flirtatious words.Seeing this, He Bin couldn't help but reprimand: "You mothers-in-law, hurry up and pick cotton after you are rested, don't be rude!"
”The women chuckled and dispersed, and before leaving, the aunt also touched Zhao Ming's strong chest.Zhao Ming looked at the women who left with laughter, and waited for them to enter the cotton field before smashing his mouth and saying, "The enthusiasm of the people is very high!"
It seems that the trauma has come out. ”He Bin said: "Except for a small number of female workers who are employed by the company for a long time, most of them are recruited temporarily.The company stipulates that for every pound of cotton picked, half a penny will be given.A female worker can pick 150 catties of cotton a day, earn two silver dollars a month, and some can even earn three silver dollars.This is more than the hard-working men on the docks, and they are naturally enthusiastic.Now the women and children in Jiangbei are willing to help pick cotton, and they don't need to be urged by the company, they are all picking together with their families from morning to night. ”Zhao Ming smiled and nodded, "This way of working more and getting more can indeed encourage the enthusiasm of the people to work."
At the same time, it can also improve efficiency and save costs!
”JAC Cotton Industry only needs to hire people when the farm is busy, and there is no need to pay monthly salaries, the cost is greatly reduced, and the competitiveness is definitely enhanced.He Bin was affirmed by Zhao Ming, rejoiced in his heart, and introduced: "The company adopts the mode of large estate operation to unify planting, irrigation and picking.The cost per mu of land is less than that in Jiangnan, but the harvest is about the same.Therefore, even if the price of cotton falls somewhat, the company still earns money, and it is more competitive than Jiangnan. ”The land in the south of the Yangtze River is in the hands of each family, and it is impossible to achieve unified planting in patches, and the land cost is also high, so it is impossible to implement large estate cultivation like Jiangbei.Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "Jiangbei has a relatively small population, and there is a lot of land, which is suitable for promoting large estates and farms.Jiangnan has a large population and less land per capita, so it is suitable for cotton spinning and silk weaving and opening workshops.In the future, the south and the north of the Yangtze River will complement each other and will inevitably be more prosperous. ”After listening to Zhao Ming's words, everyone couldn't help but be confident, as if they had seen Jianghuai Cotton Industry and controlled the cotton planting in the entire Jiangbei.However, this is not easy, because there are already many gentlemen and businessmen who are interested in JAC cotton stocks and cannot buy stocks, and they have also bought a lot of land and started to plant large estates.At this time, a Hui businessman couldn't help asking: "Manager He, how much cotton is the company expected to harvest this year?"
”He Bin smiled: "This year's first large-scale planting, there are still deficiencies in many places, but this year's sunshine is sufficient, and it should be able to harvest about 10 million catties." ”This year, Jiangbei is the same as usual, there is not much precipitation, if you plant rice, the harvest will definitely not be ideal, but planting cotton, but get a bumper harvest.Someone next to him immediately began to settle the account, "Last year, a pound was six cents, that is, sixty wen, wouldn't it be able to sell for six million silver dollars." ”The shareholders were boiling, and those who didn't sell the shares couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately, the shares were not sold.With such a performance, now 30 taels per share is just the beginning, and it is not a dream to rise to 100 taels.Some can't help it, and the shareholders who bought some shares regret it and want to slap themselves in the mouth.Zhao Ming reminded: "The account can't be calculated like this.This year, the Jianghuai cotton industry has a bumper harvest, so much cotton has poured into the market, and cotton prices will definitely fall. ”A chubby shareholder of a Hui businessman said: "That won't go down much."
A piece of cloth is three feet two feet, one foot eight inches wide, and needs about three catties of cotton.Songjiang alone produces 30 million pieces of cotton cloth a year, which requires 90 million catties of cotton, while Songjiang produces less than 30 million catties of cotton, and the gap is huge.In recent years, Songjiang's cotton cloth production has been growing every year, and cotton needs to be purchased from overseas and Henan, and cotton prices have also risen every year.Our Jiangbei is close to the south of the Yangtze River, and we have a cost advantage, and it will fall to 40 Wen at most, and it will not be less. ”The cotton textile and silk weaving industry made money, and Hui businessmen had long wanted to intervene, so they had a thorough investigation of the cotton textile industry in the entire south of the Yangtze River.The Huizhou businessman who spoke was Wu Chongde, a big man of the Wu family in She County, Huizhou, and many shareholders had already sold their shares when they rose to 30 taels, but he not only did not sell, but instead ate a lot, and one person got 10,000 shares.Zhao Ming looked at the fat man in front of him, but he didn't expect him to know more than himself, and couldn't help but write down his name.Zhao Ming smiled and said, "It's so good."
This time Jianghuai Cotton, the court and everyone made money.Soon after, the imperial court will also set up, two Huai salt industry and two Huai mining, you should also actively subscribe!
”Wu Chongde said: "Your Highness will enjoy the meal, and the villain will definitely subscribe enthusiastically and strive to get the original shares!"
”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, quite satisfied, "Okay!"
The court won't let you suffer!
”Although the founder of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu adopted a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, but it failed to suppress the development of commerce.By the end of the Ming Dynasty, several major merchant gangs had been formed in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.There are Shaanxi merchants who trade grain in exchange for export and sell in the east and west.There are Jin merchants who are engaged in foreign trade and playing with silver money exchange, there are Jiangyou merchants who are engaged in grain trade and transshipment of Chu and Jiangxi rice grain, there are Zhejiang merchants who are engaged in textile and sea trade, there are Fujian merchants who smuggle by sea, and there are Hui merchants who travel all over the world and sell salt and goods.Previously, Zhao Ming was able to rise, mainly because of the support of Jiangsu and Zhejiang gentry and businessmen, and Zhao Ming also reciprocated the favor and gave a lot of convenience to Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen.However, with Zhao Ming's entry into Nanjing, he became the central ruler from the separatist forces, and he needed to check and balance all parties and strengthen the central government, which could not meet the further requirements of the gentry and merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there was a rift between the two.In order to prevent the gentry and businessmen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from becoming the Donglin interest group, Zhao Ming intended to support other business gangs to check and balance them.This made many gentlemen and businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang begin to be dissatisfied with Zhao Ming.Suzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall, the base camp of Zhejiang businessmen.Wang Duo, Zhao Yilong and other gentry gathered together, and all of them had unkind faces."
The price of cotton has fallen!
Allah earns at least 100,000 taels less!
”A gentleman said with a grimace.Zhao Yilong also suffered a lot of losses, and couldn't help but look at Wang Duo, "Brother Wang has to think of a way to recover his losses!"
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