Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 788, cotton wool is soaring again
In Liu Jin’s house in the capital, it’s really comfortable not to go to the morning court, especially the weather is getting colder and colder, the cold wind is howling, and the snow is fluttering. Getting up at three o’clock in the morning to go to the morning court, that kind of feeling, think about it I felt shivering even thinking about it.

Hugging left and right with his two beautiful wives sleeping until he woke up naturally, he was in a good mood and then had a morning exercise or something, isn't it sweet these days?
Anyway, Liu Jin was reluctant to think about Shu, and didn't want to go to any early court. He said that if he didn't complete his cultivation in two months, Liu Jin would never go to work.

While drinking morning tea and eating breakfast, Liu Jin also leisurely read the newspaper.

Who still reads newspapers before time travel?
But now, besides reading newspapers, it seems that there is no other choice. After slowly developing the habit, Liu Jin feels that reading newspapers every day is actually quite good.

"The Daming Medical Journal has been established. Now not only doctors from all over the Ming Dynasty will subscribe, but even ordinary people will subscribe. Reading and reading newspapers can be regarded as gaining knowledge and opening eyes. In this world where the means of knowledge dissemination are extremely scarce In that era, the sales of newspapers were surprisingly good.”

While reading the newspaper, Liu Jin pondered carefully.

The Daming Medical Journal is published once a week. With the help of the channel of the Ming Morning Post, the sales volume has soared. In just a few issues, the sales volume of the Daming Medical Journal has exceeded [-] copies.

Not only in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but also in the local provinces of the Ming Dynasty, overseas provinces, and the affiliated countries of the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, Luzon, and even various countries in the Nanyang region, there are people who will subscribe to the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the delivery is much slower, this does not prevent people in these places from reading newspapers. Many people have developed the habit of reading newspapers and feel uncomfortable if they don't read them for a day.

The sales volume of [-] copies is an extremely scary figure.

At the beginning of the Ming Morning Post, only [-] copies were printed in the first issue. Of course, the sales volume of each issue of the Ming Morning Post has exceeded one million copies.

So many people read newspapers, and those who can read newspapers and are willing to buy newspapers are all the elites of Ming Dynasty, and through newspapers, they gradually form some influence on these people.

This is what Liu Jin really wants to achieve.

The successful publication of Daming Medical Journal can popularize a lot of medical knowledge and disseminate correct values ​​and ideas to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Everyone is afraid of death. What the doctor said is more convincing than the average person. The doctor said that getting married early is not good for the health of the child, and it is easy to cause the child to die.

You may not believe it at first, but if you can come up with some data or typical cases, it will be more convincing, let everyone believe it slowly, and it will naturally change slowly.

Great Ming, it not only wanted to expand and colonize the world, but also, Liu Jin was more aware that what really restricted the development of this great country and nation was not what it saw on the surface.

But deeply rooted ideas and cultures.

Some things should be dusted to the land with the ancestors, instead of endangering the next generation generation after generation. The transformation of ideas and concepts can truly liberate the shackles that bind this nation and country, and let it really take off.

"Come slowly~"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin smiled and continued to read.

After reading Daming Morning Post and Daming Medical Journal, Liu Jin quickly turned to Daming Business Daily.

Daming Business Daily is a newspaper that introduces business-related information. It is not run by Liu Jin, but by the bosses of these commercial firms and factory owners in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

"The price of wool and cotton has risen again~"

"And this time the rise is even stronger."

Soon, Liu Jin saw an extremely important message.

Cotton and wool prices rose sharply again.

At the end of last year, the price of cotton soared, which almost made the Ming court decide to immediately attack the Western Regions to obtain cotton. Later, Liu Jin found a way to produce wool to replace cotton, so wool and cotton became important together. The matter of textile raw materials.

Originally, Liu Jin thought that after the wool was available, and this year, people in Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Henan provinces saw the price of cotton and planted cotton on a large scale.

The situation should be better this year, but unexpectedly, the situation is even more serious.

Cotton and wool prices have skyrocketed, even higher than last year.

"This shouldn't happen~"

"As far as I know, this year Daming's cotton planting area has increased more than ten times, and the wool production on the grassland has also increased many times, but it is still unable to meet the cotton demand of these textile enterprises in Daming?"

Liu Jin frowned, feeling a little unbelievable.

After thinking about it, he got up immediately, and was going to find out about the situation with Wang Shouren. Wang Shouren's Beijing Caiyun Textile Factory is the largest textile and garment factory in Ming Dynasty, so he must be very clear about the market situation.

At the Caiyun Textile Factory in the capital, Wang Shouren was also frowning at this time. The family members took advantage of their own time to lead troops to Nanyang, but did not follow their own arrangements, and expanded the scale of Caiyun Textile Factory on a large scale this year.

Not only has a large branch factory been built here in Tianjin, but also two branch factories have been opened in Songhu and Zhejiang's hometown. The three new branch factories are all very large in scale. And even bigger.

With such a huge scale, the simultaneous layout of the north and south, although the weaving and spinning capacity of Caiyun Textile Factory has been greatly improved, but it has also brought about an extremely serious problem.

That is the need for more raw materials and a larger market.

The market is good. Along with the colonization of the world by Ming Dynasty, businessmen of Ming Dynasty travel to all over the world and sell goods of Ming Dynasty to the whole world continuously. The cloth business is considered the best among all businesses.

Daming's cloth is not only cheap, but also has bright patterns and colors, and is durable. It is sold all over the world. People in the vassal states of Korea and Japan like Daming's cloth.

The natives of the Golden Continent also like the cloth of Ming Dynasty, the Middle Easterners, the Persians, and even the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean also like the cloth of Ming Dynasty. The sales volume is very large, and the cloth shipped by ship after ship to all parts of the world is not enough. Sell.

But now there is an extremely serious problem.

The price of raw materials has soared, and the key is that it is still very difficult to buy.

This time, it wasn't someone deliberately hoarding, but a normal market reaction.

"I told you a long time ago, don't build a new factory this year, don't build a new factory this year."

"It's all right now. Cotton and wool can't be bought anymore. At that time, there will be so many people and so many machines, all of them will stop."

Wang Shouren looked at Wang Gui and Wang Fu and said, these two have been managing Caiyun Textile Factory.

"Master, how dare we not listen to you, all this is requested by the master."

"The master said that everyone is desperately expanding now. If we don't keep up, we won't be able to maintain our leading position in the market. For our Wang family, this is absolutely not allowed to happen."

"So despite your repeated instructions, young master, the master still requires us to expand and maintain our leading position."

Wang Gui said helplessly.

Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua, has the final say in the Wang family, even though Wang Shouren's current official position does not seem to be much lower than his father's.

"Old Wang~Old Wang~"

At this time, Liu Jin with a smile on his face walked over with Zhu Houzhao smiling.

Because he was at the same time as Wang Shouren, and he went on several expeditions together, he is an old acquaintance, so Liu Jin likes to call Wang Shouren Old Wang in private.

Uh, a bad taste from later generations, Old Wang next door.

"I have seen His Royal Highness~"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Wang Shouren quickly and respectfully led him to salute.

"Free~"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand indifferently, and Liu Jin really did, why did he bring himself to this textile factory? It's no fun.

"Old Wang, I came to see you this time to find out why the prices of wool and cotton suddenly soared. If I remember correctly, the output of wool and cotton has increased many times this year. It should be There will be no such thing as skyrocketing prices."

Liu Jin also didn't have any nonsense, so he asked directly.

"Oops~"

"I'm worrying about this too."

"When we went to Nanyang for an expedition, my family opened several branch factories without discussing with me. In Tianjin, Songhu, and Zhejiang, we opened three large branch factories. Now the prices of wool and cotton are soaring. It's going to kill me with a headache."

Speaking of this, Wang Shouren also sighed helplessly.

"Your family opened three branch factories in a row?"

"Last year, didn't you say that you emphasized making ready-to-wear?"

When Liu Jin heard it, he was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it, he immediately understood why the prices of cotton and wool soared.

In the final analysis, it is the urination of Chinese people.

In any industry or industry, as soon as you see someone getting rich, you will immediately rush into it, and everyone will rush to enter this industry.

In a short period of time, this industry will be overwhelmed and turned into a sea of ​​red.

In the textile industry of Ming Dynasty, there are too many people who have tasted the sweetness in the past. Relying on the new spinning machines and looms, they have accumulated and developed rapidly.

Others saw that they also entered this industry one after another, and the past two years have ushered in explosive development. There are too many new factories opened in various parts of Daming, and the newly added spinning machines and looms do not know how many there are.

No matter how much cotton and wool production is increased, it can't hold back the crazy investment of Ming businessmen, landlords, big families, etc. into this textile industry.

Especially this year, the south of Daming, Jiangnan and other regions have begun to exert their strength. With the addition of new factories, textile machines and looms, etc., the prices of cotton and wool will naturally skyrocket.

　Do Chinese people have such urine?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)