Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2527 The Age of Restlessness

168 The Age of Restlessness

"Han Jun, please look, this is the weaving house using your country's new equipment." In Ishinomaki Port, Kohina Moto walked in front, and introduced their newly built factory to the distinguished guests on the east coast.

Kohinata Shigeru is a member of the Sendai clan, and was originally a "servant" by the clan's lord. "Employer" is not a "servant", but a title of an official position, who follows the feudal lord on weekdays, and each person is responsible for one aspect of affairs.Kohinata Moto was the "employer" who was in charge of general affairs. This time he was sent to Ishinomaki Port to prepare a new textile factory, which shows the trust of the feudal lord.

On the east coast of Ishinomaki Oriya's management system, there is a president (namely Shigeru Kohinata) and a vice president, and there are dedicated persons in charge of general affairs, commerce, accounting, production, etc., a complete modern factory system.People from the East Bank Japan Company, which supplied equipment to Ishinomaki Weaving House, once laughed at them, saying that the Japanese only know how to copy the design and management of the East Bank factory, but they don’t know that oranges that grow in Huainan are oranges, and Huaibei are oranges. They may not be able to understand. The essence of the modern factory system.However, Han Feichun, who has lived in Japan for many years, does not think so. He has learned through his own observations that at least the factories of the Sendai Domain implement the East Bank system very strictly. They may really not understand why these system clauses are written in this way, but this It does not prevent them from copying rigidly.With this kind of ruthlessness, these factories will soon be up and running normally.

In contrast, North Korea, despite its rapid industrial development and unprecedented prosperity in commerce, their factories are still operating in the same old way, or even if they have introduced the management system from the east coast, they will gradually lose their shape after a long time, and eventually become completely unrecognizable.The products produced by North Korean factories are still sold today. One is that labor costs are low, and the other is that they are deeply integrated into the East Bank economic circle. The competition in the related low-end industries assigned to them by the East Coast people is not very fierce. Therefore, They can maintain it and even make some progress, which in turn promotes their complacent mentality, and they will not be sober without suffering.Considering that the current national policy goal of Japan is to "enrich the country and strengthen the military" ("increasing production and promoting business" is the means to achieve the goal), once it is completed in the future, it is no wonder what will happen to North Korea.

"It's all high-quality equipment." Han Feichun nodded with a smile and said.These equipments were all ordered from their Hashiguchiya, and then Hashiguchiya placed an order with a Japanese company on the east bank, and the Japanese company then went to Heishui Port to find a special manufacturer to order.This single business is worth tens of thousands of yen, and the profit is very rich. Of course, this refers to the huge profits of the Japanese company on the east coast. In fact, the manufacturer and the Hashiguchi house did not make much money.Who let this company monopolize the trade in the Japanese market? Even the giant Taiwan Bank can only pry a little of the market by cooperating with them.

The textile equipment produced in Heishui County is actually not very advanced. The structure of iron and wood is mixed, and the level of craftsmanship is two generations behind. Almost no local textile company will purchase this kind of equipment, even overseas colonies such as New China. Unlikely to purchase unless your price is particularly low.

However, given that Qing, Shun, Japan, North Korea and other countries are far behind the world's overall technology in terms of industrial level, they can only purchase this kind of equipment.The Heishui Machinery Factory has only obtained local technical authorization to produce this outdated equipment, just as they still produce the local steam engine designed and used decades ago.Patent authorization is a huge obstacle. Many basic patents cannot be bypassed. Even if you develop and innovate by yourself, as long as these entry-level patents are involved, as long as the relevant local companies do not grant you the relevant authorization, you can do whatever you want. No, we can only slowly wait for the end of its 30-year validity period.

For this reason, a small number of Heishui management committee officials and local entrepreneurs cursed local related companies as "patent hooligans" who would only cheat their own people.They pointed out that some companies in North Korea have privately imitated the equipment on the east bank. Although the quality is not good and the reliability is not very good, but the price is cheap and the supply is fast, so there is still a considerable market, which greatly erodes the Market share of local businesses in Blackwater.If companies in Heishui want to compete, firstly, they can put pressure on North Korean companies on the east coast to increase inspections by the North Korean government. Second, they can strengthen technology research and development and launch iterative products. This first requires a change of thinking in the local area, so that overseas colonies can grasp a little bit newer Technology.But this is destined to be a long wrangling lawsuit. Since things that have been made locally for decades can come to the Far East to make a lot of money, why bother to rush to promote more advanced things?Isn't a Santana selling well for decades? (Cross out, play tricks...)

"Han Jun, it is indeed excellent equipment. The master is very satisfied with Hashiguchiya's great help in this matter, and there will be more orders for you in the future." Kohinata Shigeru said with a smile.

Han Feichun knew what he meant.In fact, when Japanese people buy East Coast products, they can order through agents like Hashiguchiya, or they can place orders directly with East Coast Japanese companies. If the business is handed over to you, it will give you a chance to make money. deny.Moreover, the Sendai clan has accumulated considerable wealth through reclamation of wasteland and Shandan trade in the past few decades. The domestic population has increased greatly, business has flourished, and money is flowing everywhere. It has already met the conditions for converting commercial capital into industrial capital.

According to the greetings that Date's family gave him before, they are currently planning a series of factories.In addition to the Ishinomaki weaving house visited today, there are also projects such as the Miyagi Work Bureau, the Taga Iron Works, the Shiraishi Works, and the Kurihara Seed Farm.Among them, the Miyagi Work Bureau is the largest, a mechanical processing and manufacturing enterprise, whose main task is to imitate various machinery such as machine tools, steam engines, and mining equipment of the Dongan people.The Date family put a lot of energy into this, and hired many technicians from the East Coast, the Netherlands, England, and Portugal to sit in the town, imparting knowledge and helping to support the factory.

Taga Iron Works is a steel smelting company. They import ore from other places, and then smelt pig iron and wrought iron. Steel is not yet available, and the technology is not available.Shiraishi Works is a gun repair company that uses machine tools and parts imported from the east coast to repair damaged firearms, cannons, armor, cold weapons and other equipment.The Kurihara Breeding Farm is more interesting. This is a livestock breeding enterprise. It uses the local natural environment to import cattle, sheep, horses and other fine breeds of livestock from foreign countries, and then breeds them with a large stock of local breeds. Breeding livestock that are suitable for the local environment and have great economic value.

From these plans, we can clearly see that the Sendai domain has great ambitions and a strong desire to develop modern industry and commerce.This may be affected by the turbulent environment in Japan today, but it is more likely that Date has seen that the current situation has changed and is planning for the future.Of course, the stimulation of a series of tent companies ordered by the shogunate is also a factor that cannot be ignored.As the largest feudal lord in Shigao in the country, Date's guess would be a ghost if he didn't use his relatively abundant financial resources to establish a feudal enterprise that could compete with it, even if it might arouse the suspicion of the shogunate.

The orders of the private companies are nothing to Hashiguchiya, but they are ready to take a big share of the orders of the feudal companies in Sendai.To this end, the National Intelligence Agency, which has been using Hashiguchiya's profits to engage in various underground activities, will also provide assistance.Don't doubt the capabilities of intelligence agencies. They are game breakers and they can do too many things.

"I have long known the kindness of the Sendai clan. We have been working together happily for so many years, and we really want to keep it going." Han Feichun's words were not perfunctory.The attitude towards Japan has always been very clear from above. It not only obtains commercial benefits, but also restricts its development. After all, this is not North Korea.But guarding against Japan does not mean that even the basic backward industries must be restricted. That is unreasonable and unnecessary.Letting them develop a little basic industry can improve their ability to create wealth, so that people on the east coast can also obtain greater commercial benefits.In the process, people from the east coast can also infiltrate Japan through various means, looking for opportunities to grab greater benefits.

For example, the Bank of Taiwan is currently negotiating secretly with the leaders of Edo Ginza, which many people hate, to see if there is a possibility of cooperation.This is cooperation in the financial field, but there is also plenty of room for cooperation in agriculture, commerce, industry and, crucially, the military.At present, there are a considerable number of military officers studying in the Vladivostok Army Academy, and in the Denglei area in the south, the people from the east coast have also specially opened a temporary school to train local military officers.

Studying abroad in the military has always been the best way to cultivate goodwill and develop spies.The Japanese have suffered from the new North Korean army, so they are very eager to form a new army.Looking at the whole of East Asia, only the East Bank family can provide them with modern military education, so this provides a good opportunity for the National Intelligence Agency.

The training of government officers is similar.Officials of the National Intelligence Agency used their status as lecturers to subtly influence Japanese students, which is good for countermeasures.Even, some intelligence officials secretly set traps or traps, took advantage of some Japanese students, and then developed them into spies.This kind of students usually don't ask them to do anything, and even people from the east coast will provide help, so that they can slowly climb up the system, and finally activate it at a critical moment, which can receive miraculous effects.

In this era of restlessness in the world, all countries are opening new schools and setting up new industries.As the origin of the industrial revolution, the east coast has naturally received countless foreign students from various countries, and there is really too much room for maneuvering.Japan, the future cannot escape the palm of the East Coast!

(End of this chapter)