Xinshun 1730

Chapter 386 Huang Daopo's Plan

"Actually, we also know that we went there as a secret work. It's just that this secret work has the status of the imperial court. The sea is far away and the mountains are high. Even if the court has something, we can't communicate it immediately. It's just that we are a secret work. The court What exactly do you want us to see?"

Liu Yu laughed and said, "The imperial court doesn't know what they have, so how do they know what they want you to see? The imperial court thinks that many Western techniques can be copied, but the imperial court doesn't know what they have, so they don't know what to copy. What. When you find out in the future and want to copy it, just as long as you can find it.”

Tian Ping also understood the circles he was talking about. He shook his head and said with a smile: "That's true. But when my father went to Luocha and France last time, you invited a bunch of our friends to have dinner together. I ordered a lot of things. I was thinking about what I want to see, maybe you know, or at least give me a way."

"This time is different from the last time. I really have no way out." Liu Yu thought about the situation in Britain, and thought that the only thing she wanted to do at this time was the nautical clock. The brain drain is strictly controlled, and there is no play at all.

Then he shook his head and said: "When you go, you should eat and drink, and you should put your love between the mountains and rivers, and learn the English and Yi languages."

Unlike Liu Yu's last visit, where he had instructed many things with a strong purpose, this time Liu Yu really didn't know what to order.

Indeed, the ambassador to the UK is definitely a potential stock now.Right now, Dashun may not be as important as Portugal, or even Sweden, but it will definitely be the top of the powerful enemies who are qualified to compete with China for the "Celestial Dynasty".

However, potential stocks are only potential stocks at this time.

The United Kingdom is still very early to make a real effort, even for the legendary Jenny machine, it is still 20 years away.Thinking of this, Liu Yu slapped his head and said: "By the way, brother Tian is in Songjiang, have you heard the story of Huang Daopo?"

"I've heard of it. I visited Ningguo Temple in Songjiang. There is a statue of Huang Daopo in Ningguo Temple. It was established in the year of the apocalypse. Songjiang was originally famous for cotton spinning, and there were many pilgrims. How could I be there? Have you never heard of Huang Daopo's name?"

Tian Ping also immediately understood what Liu Yu meant, clapped his hands and said, "You want me to learn from Huang Daopo?"

"Hahahahaha...Brother Tian really knows how to put gold on his face. How can you spin and weave? You just want to learn, but you don't have the ability."

Tian Ping also realized that what he said was wrong, so he couldn't help laughing, but after making a joke, he also understood what Liu Yu meant.

In Songjiang for so long, British cargo ships have also received several ships. Although woolen cloth is not easy to sell, they always bring some.

Liu Yu would not aim at the target indiscriminately. Speaking of Huang Daopo, Tian Ping naturally thought of western woolen cloth.

There is almost no such woolen cloth in the house of Xungui in the capital, and the grade is not high enough.If Western countries talk about the top-quality cloth among them, there are some in Russia, but they are actually Persian or Turkish goods, and the woolen goods shipped by Western sea merchants in Songjiang are all market goods.

If it is weaving, he knows nothing about it.

But I also know that if Dashun can learn all kinds of Western techniques, it will be difficult to sell Western woolen cloth now, and if Dashun can learn it, then Western woolen cloth will not be sold at all.

He was also quite influenced by Liu Yu in Songjiang, but the "free trade" that Liu Yu called out was actually a mercantilism of accumulating precious metals. It's just that the situation in Dashun is special, and free trade can be used to disguise the essence of mercantilism , Shouting slogans.

From Tian Ping's point of view, it is correct for gold and silver to flow inward; it is wrong for gold and silver to flow out.

It's like the story of Huang Daopo he heard in Songjiang. Once Songjiang learned it, he became the best cotton spinning in the world. How can Huang Daopo learn the craft in Yazhou, Hainan, compared to Songjiang now?

He just understood Liu Yu's meaning, but Liu Yu also poured cold water on him. He thought that he really didn't know anything about textiles. Even if he learned it, how could he learn it?
"Shouchang, once you reminded me of this, I thought of a difficult point. After the French came, there was an order from the court to strictly investigate the contact of Westerners with porcelain and silk. I also had contact with Westerners in Songjiang. They are not stupid. If this matter is sent to the central government to make a big fanfare, I am afraid it will not be done."

His worry was not unreasonable, and Liu Yu also knew that even if the imperial court sent someone, there would be no one to send.What the imperial court can control are those with official status. How could those with official status be able to have such low careers?
Liu Yu actually knows nothing about textiles.Even the orphans he took in in Weihai learned basic knowledge and theory, and they just started practicing in the machinery and foundry industries.

He has also heard of flying shuttles and jenny machines, and he also knows that the yarn spun by jenny machines is not suitable for the production of cotton cloth in Dashun. It needs to be gradually improved until the mule spinning machine appears before industrial production can really be achieved. .

Do you want to say that Dashun's technology is backward at this time?It is true that some have lagged behind, such as machining and watch finishing, which are visible to the naked eye.

And many things seem to be useless at this time, and the accumulation of quantitative changes leads to qualitative changes.

The accumulation of these quantitative changes into qualitative changes may be a new set of industrial chains, such as linear industrial chains such as glass and alkali manufacturing, and finally achieved a breakthrough in chemistry.

What he knows is glass, but there must be many other industries that he doesn't know.

It is precisely because of this "disparity invisible to the naked eye" that Liu Yu was unable to replicate the means of "children studying in the United States" back then: steam engines, telegraphs, railways, and chemistry. At that time, the gaps were really visible to the naked eye. Just learn.

Going to study now, the time is really embarrassing.

The British textile industry is still five or sixty years away from taking off on flat ground.

But now, the technology is really not as good as Dashun; when it takes off in 40 years and 60 years later, the efficiency will suddenly overtake, but this is by no means a smooth upward line, but more like it is still on the ground one second, and the next second It flew up directly.

Theoretically, the flying shuttle in the United Kingdom led to an increase in the demand for cotton yarn, which led to the Jenny machine, and then improved to the mule spinning machine.

The road is such a road, but Liu Yu is very clear that he can't wait for the sword, because this road will not work in Dashun.At the step of the Jenny machine, it will be stuck directly, and the yarn spun by that crappy thing will only lose money in Dashun.

So the only thing used for copying is the mule spinning machine, but this thing really doesn't exist at this time.

The imperial court has a relatively good relationship with France. In the previous secret agreement with France, the first batch of apprentices to Europe has been sent, but they are mainly concentrated in military, shipbuilding and other industries.

Tian Ping is going to England, all Liu Yu can think about is the textile industry.

Now, the technology is definitely not as good as Dashun, but can the ideas be used for reference?
Since there is a specialization in the art industry, some professionals should be sent to have a look.

"Brother Tian, ​​I think so. The size of a country is nothing but the basics of basic necessities of life, and then there are paintings, poems, warships and cannons. I don't think there is much to learn about warships and cannons. On the contrary, we need to look more at the basics of food, clothing, housing and transportation. study."

"So I thought about Huang Daopo's matter. That being the case, I have a plan for Huang Daopo. I will contribute some capital, and then find some people to be your followers. When I get there, I will invest in some textile workshops. If I don't want to make money, I will Trying to steal a teacher."

"As the saying goes, three people must have my teacher. Confucius taught Tanzi, Changhong, Shixiang, and Laodan. Tanzi's disciples are not as good as Confucius, but they can always learn something. This is the same."

"Furthermore, western wool is made of wool. Now that the imperial court controls Mongolia and the Western Regions, if some woolen workshops can be opened there, it can also deepen the control over there. In this way, if things come true in the future, brother Tian will also make a great contribution item?"

When Tian Ping heard this, he suddenly regained his energy.Liu Yu also knew what Tian Ping cared about, what he cared about was merit, so he naturally threw out a merit as a temptation.

When Tian Ping came to Liu Yu, he was really out of friendship to tell Liu Yu the "good news". He knew that Liu Yu was very concerned about the matter of sending envoys to the West, and it was revealed by an insider that it had been finalized.

Yu Si also hoped that he could make another contribution there and be promoted to a higher level when he came back.

He has no front and rear eyes, he does not know that the United Kingdom is the one with the greatest potential among the Western countries, and he does not know that he may be the No. , his status in the future will rise, at least beyond Sweden and Portugal, which seem to be more important at this time, there is no problem.

At this time, if you really want to make some achievements, you have to go on a crooked path. Thinking that Liu Yu knows a lot about Western countries, I want to hear what Liu Yu means.

Seeing that Liu Yu came up with such an idea, he has experience in Songjiang, and knows that Liu Yu can always find a way in some unexpected places. The reason why he "had quite a lot of achievements" in Songjiang before was because of customs tax and transaction tax Wait for the development of tax sources.

Hearing Liu Yu call it "Huang Daopo's plan", he smiled and said: "It turns out that I am not Huang Daopo, but I was asked to protect Huang Daopo."

Liu Yu said solemnly: "Brother Tian, ​​the envoys stationed abroad at this time are actually thieves. It is difficult for this dynasty to participate in the affairs of Western countries. Doesn’t exist? It’s the many skills of basic necessities of life, if you steal it, it’s your own.”

"The French want to invest in our porcelain and silk weaving technology, and we also want to steal things from the Westerners. If we can steal them, we are capable. There are so many things to steal, such as wool-producing lambs, good horses, technology... these , Westerners are not stupid. If you can steal it, that's your skill."

"It's not easy to do anything on the French side, lest the relationship between the two countries become tense, hurt the friendship, and ruin the big event. The British side just happens to be able to steal. It's exposed. Anyway, the relationship between this dynasty and the British Guild is average, and there is no big deal; If you don’t expose it, if you bring it back, it’s a merit. The court deserves credit, and the stolen things can be converted into money for you.”

"Build a workshop, or hire an Englishman to take care of it, build a factory, and set up a cover. Some things are easy to steal. As for what to steal... I don't know what they have. It depends on whether the person who does it has a bright mind. .”

(End of this chapter)