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Chapter 39 Southeast Merchants in Golden State

At the port of Jinzhouwei, a merchant ship was moored, and a dozen merchants in brocade clothes came down under the protection of their servants.On the simple wharf, hard-working laborers moved goods to merchant ships.

"I haven't come to Jinzhou to do business for several years. I didn't expect Jinzhou Wei to return to the imperial court. Time flies, it's really embarrassing."

"Jinzhou Wei can be as prosperous as it is today. This officer named Chu Yun is really amazing. He is obviously a soldier, but he values ​​business so much. He is really a clear stream among the group of warriors."

"Look, the quality of these ironware is really good. It is much better than the ironware made by those old blacksmiths with decades of experience in blacksmithing along the southeast coast. And the cost of these textiles is too low. Even our Textiles from here have appeared in Suzhou."

More than a dozen businessmen talked while walking, expressing their appreciation for the products of Jinzhouwei and Guangludao.

Wang Changyuan, a businessman from Wuhu, was also there, and he could make a small fortune from the trade with Chu Yun.It was Wang Changyuan who brought businessmen from around his hometown to Liaodong to do business, making Jinzhou products famous among wealthy Jiangnan businessmen.

"When Chu Yun was still in Guanglu Island, he saw that he was not an ordinary person, but he didn't expect that he could be the master of the Jinzhou Guard with his status as a mere garrison of Wanghai Fort. There may be something behind this that we don't know." Wang Changyuan said, " This time I invite you all to come here because I want to carry out more extensive cooperation with Golden State Guard. Only relying on us, it is impossible to swallow such a large production capacity of Golden State Guard.”

"Brother Wang is really interesting. We all want to see this Wanghai Fort guard soon. If he really values ​​our merchants as you said, Brother Wang, we will definitely cooperate with him for the sake of Brother Wang." A businessman said one after another.

The army stationed at the port has a team of more than 20 people waiting for them in advance.The young people who led the team saw the Jiangnan merchant boat in Jinyi, and led their people to meet it.

"Are you all businessmen from Wuhu and Jiangsu? I am Yu Cheng, the squadron leader of the guard squadron of the Liao Army, and I am here to pick you up under the order of our commander." The young school officer introduced himself to the Jiangnan businessman.

"I didn't expect General Chu to be so thoughtful and send someone here to pick us up. If we leave, there will be Brother Laoyu."

Yu Chengcheng was the captain of the Houjin team who led the Wanghai Fort defenders to surrender to Chu Yun that day.But now Chu Yun has been incorporated into the guard squadron and served as the squadron leader, which shows Chu Yun's trust in him.He was also very grateful to Chu Yun for giving him this opportunity, so before dawn, he brought people here to wait for guests from the south.

Along the way, Yu Cheng prepared a carriage to bring a dozen businessmen to Jinzhou City.At the gate of Jinzhou City, from time to time, carts of resources can be seen entering the city, and carts of goods are being transported out.

"Look at that cart full of things, wrapped in black cloth and transported to the city, what is it?" A businessman looked outside the carriage and saw more than a dozen carriages working hard to transport things to the city. There is no end in sight.

"Everyone can tell from the black debris on the ground that these are coal." Yu Cheng pointed to the ground.

Sure enough, due to the bumpy road, it was inevitable that some coal chips on the big carriage fell to the ground during transportation.

"Jinzhou City needs so much coal. Is it for heating or metallurgy?" Jiangnan merchants couldn't help being surprised.

"These are all used for metallurgy," Yu Cheng said.

"The metallurgical scale of Jinzhou City seems to be huge!"

"Have you ever visited the smelter in Hirokashima?"

"Yes, the smelter in Guanglu Island has already shocked us a lot. Presumably the scale of the smelter in Jinzhou City is still higher than the smelter in Guanglu Island."

"You are right. The smelter in Jinzhou City is several times the size of the Guangludao smelter. Our products are exported to Korea, Dongying and Nanyang." Yu Cheng said proudly.

After entering Jinzhou City, Yu Cheng led a group of businessmen directly to the industrial zone.It's just that the Jiangnan businessmen who came to Jinzhou City looked around curiously when they passed the shantytowns and Shifang.

"The order in Jinzhou City is so good, it makes me feel that I am not in the desolate southern Liaoning, but more like the bustling Suzhou City." A businessman said with emotion.

"And the people here seem to be full of hope. There is no famine or war." Another businessman praised.

"Our tax here is only one-tenth, and the salaries of miners, weavers and blacksmiths are all very impressive." Yu Cheng patiently introduced to everyone one by one, "Let me take you to the textile factory first. Our Jinzhou Textile Factory has five workshops and thousands of textile workers, which can produce an output equivalent to nearly [-] workers in textile factories in the Jiangnan area every day."

"Ten times as many weaving workers in Jiangnan, is this possible?" Jiangnan businessmen were taken aback.It is too exaggerated to use Jinzhou Wei as ten people. If it is true as they say, it is equivalent to 1 people spinning in Jinzhou...

"Sure." Yu Cheng raised his head and said proudly.

Originally, the appearance of the Jenny textile machine increased the production efficiency of textile workers several times. Now, the steam engine invented by Mr. Watt is applied to textile factories. Therefore, the production efficiency of Jinzhouwei's textile factory has been improved by leaps and bounds.Chu Yun was even worried that there would not be enough horse-drawn carriages to continuously transport the produced textiles to the dock.It is also due to the use of steam engines that there is an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages transporting coal to the city every day for energy consumption.

When Jiangnan businessmen entered the textile factory, they even screamed.In the textile factory, the steam engine is running at high speed, a shuttle of yarn is shuttled on the Jenny textile machine, skilled workers are operating on the assembly line, and the formed gauze is continuously piled up in the warehouse, which surprised the Jiangnan businessmen.

"It's too fast, it's too fast! You said that the output here is ten times that of our textile factory in the south of the Yangtze River. I believe it now!" A businessman looked at the magical Jenny loom and the steam engine that he didn't understand at all. stunned.

"Brother Yu, what kind of machine are you talking about? Can we buy from you?" Many businessmen are jealous. They are insiders and know how much impact the Jenny textile machine and steam engine will bring to the textile industry. , what great profits they will bring to those who own them.

"I am willing to buy ten of these machines for 5000 taels, no, 1 taels!" A businessman directly offered the price.

"Hahaha, brothers, don't even think about it. If Chu Yun is willing to sell, I, Wang, would have already bought a textile factory to produce in Jiangnan." Wang Changyuan said.

(End of this chapter)