The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 20 Creating Markets

Katsuragi was not surprised.

On the contrary, Zhu Gaochi couldn't bear to see it.

It's so sad.

The economic base determines the morality of human beings.

Only when the common people are rich can the society live and work in peace and contentment.

Was society stable in the early Ming Dynasty?
Compared with it, it can be regarded as tranquility.

But it could be better.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the crowd with a clear and gentle voice, "How much wages do you get for a day's work?"

At the same age, he was wearing luxurious clothes, while most of the twenty or thirty children in front of him were naked.

Clean and dirty, a stark contrast.

The miners shy away from speaking, and the children are more courageous. One of them, who is thirteen or fourteen years old and younger than Zhu Gaochi, summoned up his courage to take a step forward.

The foreman scolded softly.

"What are you doing so close, dirty the nobleman's clothes, let's see how you can take the crime."

The miners looked as they should. The foreman was right. Children don't know the rules and don't have a long memory, so they will suffer sooner or later.

Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and stopped the foreman.

"Don't swear at others. Our ancestors were also farmers, and the emperor was born as a commoner. Everyone is a family. Don't be unfamiliar."

Although they knew that the nobles had different identities, but the nobles could say such words, the miners showed moved eyes.

Katsuragi nodded secretly.

The eldest son is getting more and more promising.

Miners have been the seedlings of elite soldiers since ancient times.

If it weren't for the superiors to formulate the national policy of military households, otherwise many armies would recruit recruits from miners.

A flashy word can win the hearts of the miners.

From the expressions of the miners, Ge Cheng thought that he should not look at the eldest son with old eyes.

The eldest son has grown up.

"You talk to the front, where is your family? There are a few people in the family, why did you come to work in the mine." Zhu Gaochi asked with a smile.

"Your home is in Liangxiang."

A thick local accent.

Wanmen is the accent that local Han people speak of us, while Han people in Liaodong speak of us as Cheng Mumen.

As for the Mus, there is controversy, saying that it is not the traditional accent of the Liaodong Han people.

Zhu Gaochi didn't care about such unfounded empty talk, and didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Let’s not say whether it is true or not, but only say that the Han people have mastered it since ancient times.

Thousands of years ago, Hufu riding and shooting was practiced.

If it is really beneficial to oneself, just use it to absorb it.

However, for thousands of years, the surrounding tribes really didn't have many things worthy of the Han people. Instead, they radiated civilization to the surrounding areas.

Even ordinary cloth and salt are in high demand.

Ancient Korea, Japan, Annan and other independent regimes were all proud of Chinese civilization and eager to learn from it.

"How much wages do you get for a day's work?"

"Mostly it's a penny."

One penny is three silver denarii a month.

This is too little.

Although Zhu Gaochi didn't understand firewood, rice, oil and salt, he knew that an ordinary butcher in the Ming Dynasty earned about 30 taels a year.

The income of a butcher is not comparable to that of ordinary people, but it is less than four taels of silver a year, which is seven times lower. Although it is a child labor, it is a bit excessive.

It is the beginning of Ming Dynasty.

The income of the common people is high, but it is not the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the malpractices of the feudal dynasty not only reduced the income of the common people, but also increased prices.

The foreman quickly explained, "The boss thought they were pitiful and couldn't do physical work, so they assigned them an easy job of pulling ropes, so they didn't have to go down to the mine."

"The wages of the miners are quite a lot. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

After speaking, the foreman pointed to the miners.

The eldest son took the initiative to care about civil affairs, and Ge Cheng behind him was extremely happy, so he observed the eldest son's behavior without saying a word.

Some miners took the initiative to speak.

"Let's go to the mine and be a familiar person. At the highest point, you can get five cents a day, and you can earn one or two taels of silver a month."

The annual income is about 20 taels, which is in line with Zhu Gaochi's cognition.

A miner can only earn one or two taels of silver a month to support his family, and essential daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, needlework, etc.

Economic development cannot go against the market.

The Ming Dynasty, which can cultivate high-quality products, can be sold all over the world, and there must be a superior market.

In the mid-to-early period of the Ming Dynasty, when the great maritime trade in the West did not rise, and the traditional middleman Arabia was affected by the war, the trade was interrupted, and the world trade was terminated.

The Ming Dynasty relied on the local market to develop products with high content, such as high-priced silk and brocade, cheap and large quantities of cotton and linen, etc.

Take, for example, the Industrial Revolution in England.

His own local market cannot satisfy the production capacity of the industrial revolution, nor can it compete with the textile industry of Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of the Ming and Qing Dynasties that the Chinese textile industry was interrupted, and a huge gap appeared in the global market.

Only then did Britain plant cotton in India, replace Chinese cloth with cotton cloth, and master the global market.

Through the needs of the market, the development of the times has advanced technology, which has created the basic conditions for the industrial revolution.

Daming has a market demand.

The first clause is satisfied.

Only the development of technology requires Zhu Gaochi to accelerate the accumulation of technology hundreds of years in advance.

When the second requirement is satisfied, the Industrial Revolution will come into being.

And markets can also be created.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the mine.

The groundwater has been solved, but the amount of mining needs to be increased.

After the British Industrial Revolution, the income of miners increased significantly, because the output of a miner was more than ten times higher than that of traditional methods.

"When your master comes back, let him go to Yan Wang's mansion, we have something to discuss with him."

"Uncle Cheng, let's go."

left the mine.

"What do you want to do with that businessman? Can you tell me conveniently?"

Ge Cheng said in a kind tone.

Governing the world is more difficult than conquering the world.

Only when the national power of the Ming Dynasty is booming can the common people be stable and the hearts of the people will be convinced.

Although Zhu Gaochi is not as good as Zhu Gaoxu in military affairs, Ge Cheng values ​​the prince's internal affairs ability more.

However, the Eldest Young Master's methods are somewhat out of the ordinary, making it incomprehensible.

Ge Cheng couldn't decide what the result would be.

"The method of mining is too old. We have a way to increase the mining speed of miners and create a better working environment for miners."

Zhu Gaochi blurted out.

After going through a few things, Ge Cheng no longer has doubts about the eldest son.

It's just that as the governor of Yanwang's residence, Ge Cheng had a far-sighted vision and raised his concerns.

"One steam engine is 300 taels of silver, and ten sets is 3000 taels of silver. The so-called new method of the eldest son is convenient, but it increases the cost."

Ge Cheng spoke slowly, trying to slow down his posture so that the eldest son would not misunderstand that he was questioning him.

"According to what the eldest son said, with ten times more production, where can the merchants sell this much coal? Wouldn't it be piled up in the open space and wasted?"

Charcoal for smelting iron, firewood for common people.

Coal is used in the minority.

Coal is not cheap either.

"Then let the iron smelter burn coal to make iron, and the common people also use coal to light fire."

Zhu Gaochi believed in himself.

(End of this chapter)