Northern Dynasties

Chapter 639
Amid the cheers and cheers of the crowd, Li Tai also took the lead into the park under the obedience of the soldiers.

This Nandu Wuhuayuan occupies an extremely large area, spanning both sides of the Xian River, with an area of ​​more than ten hectares, and is divided into different areas.

Different parks are divided by various crop green plants between Jianghan and Han, and these green plants themselves also have considerable economic value, such as moso bamboo, tung trees, lacquer trees, citrus and other fruit trees.In this spring day when the vegetation is revived, the park is full of vitality.

A group of Shiliu followed behind and entered the park. The scenery they saw made them take a deep breath, and soon they exclaimed in exclamation.

As far as the field of vision can be seen, there is an open garden. The circle of the garden is decorated with flowers, and in the middle is a three-dimensional map with exquisite workmanship and lifelike shape.This map is based on the sand table map of the General Manager's Office. It simulates the territory of the states and counties under the General Manager's Office of Jingzhou and the mountains and rivers and geography in each area. It is carved and stacked with wood and then decorated with various paints.

Due to the rush of work, this sandbox map is not realistic and exquisite in general, and the details are very rough and inaccurate.Of course, some places are inferior in craftsmanship, and some are deliberately so. After all, the geographical details of the territory are absolute military secrets. Li Tai cannot let people make a one-to-one replica and display it publicly just for the sake of temporary surprise.

But despite this, the people present had rarely seen such a way of displaying landscapes and geography. Seeing the mountains and rivers vividly gave people a sense of pride and pride, and they were all amazed for a moment.

Although this map is seriously inaccurate in terms of scale and layout, all the familiar mountain and river signs are marked. Although the actual reference value is not great, the visual impact it brings is by no means small.

The so-called green waters and green mountains are mountains of gold and silver. Naturally, the most valuable thing under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou General Administration is the territory.

Nowadays, the fertile fields, hills and plains are in front of you. What you see is the most intuitive message. Originally, the Jingzhou General Administrative Office did not have jurisdiction over a corner of Mianbei, but now it has to add the Shannan area east of Hanzhong and the vast area. The territory of the Handong area, as well as the areas around Yiyang in Huainan, etc., has been expanded several times, which also gave Shiliu a more intuitive understanding of the achievements of the Jingzhou General Manager's Office.

Clothing, food, farming and weaving are the foundation of all industries. A wider territory means richer farming and weaving resources, warehouses full of grain and grass, and silk cloth piled into the mountains.Today's big tycoons themselves have accumulated considerable wealth through the large estate economy of enclosing land and holding slaves, so they are naturally more sensitive to the increase and loss of territory.

However, the General Administration has its own policy plan for the gradual development and distribution of these mountains, rivers and wilderness, and will not attract too much private capital intervention.The reason why this is presented is, of course, firstly to boast, and secondly, to increase the public's enthusiasm for this investment fair so that they can actively participate in subsequent investment projects.

After Li Tai's repeated urging, the crowd reluctantly left this spectacular sand table map and continued walking into the park.

The first park you enter is a large market.Of course, it cannot be a real trading place, but it is a simulated market layout, with rows of stalls and shops on display. The stalls display various northern and southern fashionable goods and indicate their respective current prices.

When Li Tai walked into this park, he suddenly wondered whether future generations would make a special note of this incident when writing his biography, saying that he was greedy for profit and would open up questions within the government when he served as the general manager of Jingzhou. Market, forcing domestic tycoons to enter the market to buy goods, and then being quoted out of context by marketing accounts, and finally becoming the industry ancestor of the anchors who bring goods?
Putting aside this daydream, Li Tai also began to visit the market seriously.Before that, he had already obtained the list of products provided by the General Manager's Office. There were hundreds of items in various categories, some of which even Li Tai had never heard of.

Although the territory of Jingzhou General Manager's Office has been greatly expanded, the internal governance alone is not enough to gather so many fashionable goods.The main reason is that we signed a trade agreement with Jiangling before, and it has been going on for a long time from last year to now.

Although the people of Nanliang are now in dire straits because of Hou Jingzhi's chaos, they are still only able to be pacified. Therefore, the originally prosperous trade in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River has almost stagnated.However, as a large town in the middle reaches, Jiangling itself is also a place where rich things gather. The commercial activities carried out between them also greatly enriched the types of commodities and the content of trade within the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Governor's Office.

The products from Jiangling include ivory, rhinoceros horn, pearls, tortoise shells and various spices produced in Yuanfan in Lingnan, as well as various metals such as mackerel skin, tortoise shell, silver, tin, bran, gold, dendrobium and snake gall, which are specialties of Nanliang itself. Various medicines, as well as various handicrafts such as lacquerware, colorful fabrics, bamboo mats and bronze mirrors.

Some of these items are exclusively for the luxurious enjoyment of the powerful, some are indispensable raw materials for important industries such as military industry, and others are closely related to daily life.Even Li Tai was dazzled by the dazzling array of products with different uses after entering this market. Those wealthy people in Guanzhong who had not seen much were even more amazed and couldn't extricate themselves from being addicted to it.

Various commodities are clearly priced according to their quality and value, allowing visitors to see clearly at a glance. After thinking about the price of the same commodities in Guanzhong, and secretly calculating the profits and risks involved, they already have the desire to make a big purchase. idea.

However, investment and trade are two different concepts. Li Tai's real purpose is to let these Guanzhong local tycoons invest their assets in the construction of the Jingzhou General Administration, rather than buying and selling and making quick money. Just leave immediately.Therefore, although the products in this market are colorful and attractive, they are still content to enhance the atmosphere and are not the focus of this investment fair.

After exiting the market, the next park you enter is a workshop area.After arriving here, Li Tai's progress slowed down significantly, leaving enough time for the officials in the mansion to introduce the process steps of the workshop in detail to the visitors, and also for the wealthy people to observe clearly the efficiency of various processes and the final outcome. The finished product effect.

Li Tai had previously blackmailed [-] craftsmen from Jiangling. Although the number seemed huge, in ancient times, craftsmen's households were basically centralized and managed by the government through separate registers, and Jiangling was an important town in the middle reaches, and there were many people around the governor. The number of craftsmen cultivated by the prefectures and counties is also quite impressive.Years and years ago, when Li Tai was still staying in Guanzhong, this group of craftsmen had already arrived in Jingzhou in batches.

Although Xiao Laoqi did not bargain on this, he still played a careful trick when delivering the goods. Although the number of craftsmen sent to Jingzhou was quite large, most of them were from papermaking, dyeing, gardening and other industries, and there were even some There are nearly a thousand craftsmen who cast Nanliang iron coins, but there are very few craftsmen in the more important crafts such as boats, chariots, and military industries.

What is currently on display in this park is the skills of papermaking and dyeing. Craftsmen are arranged to work on different processes, allowing the public to tour carefully. At the same time, the finished paper and colorful fabrics are displayed aside.

Compared with other areas, Guanzhong can be called a cultural desert, but the demand for paper is still increasing year by year. For example, government offices and temples require a large amount of paper to copy scriptures. In recent years, culture and education have become more and more popular, so folk The demand for paper has also increased significantly.

The papermaking workshop Li Tai previously built along the Luoshui River also made considerable profits every year.However, the cultural industry here in Nanliang is more prosperous, and both raw material technology and industrial scale have completely surpassed Guanzhong.

Nowadays, the Jingzhou General Administration has more important things to plan and deal with, so it hands over these handmade productions to the private sector.The workshop land, craftsmen, and raw materials are all readily available here. It can be said that production can be started immediately as long as a certain cost is invested.

While the crowd was concentrating on admiring the craftsmanship displayed by the craftsmen, officials from the state government explained that by investing only a thousand bolts of silk, these rich people could own a papermaking workshop or dyeing cloth with a considerable output. Workshop, and can make a lot of profits every year.

It doesn't matter even if you don't understand this industry, because the state government will provide guidance throughout the process from raw material supply to recruitment of craftsmen. If a certain profit level cannot be reached within the first few production cycles, you can even file a claim with the state government.

After hearing these explanations, the powerful people who visited the park became very interested. Some powerful people who were very wealthy and focused on political progress did not even take a closer look, even though they said they had invested thousands of dollars into the park. Thousands of pieces of silk were produced, making the scene lively for a while.

Of course, this is not the only thing that the state capital has spent many days carefully preparing for the park.The ancient handicraft industry can basically be divided into food processing, textiles, smelting and casting, ceramics, civil engineering, boating, and other aspects. This park covers almost all aspects of craftsmanship, and there is also a lot of black technology that is beyond the level of the times. .

After walking out of this park, what stood along the Xian River in front was the large water conservancy spinning wheel built by Li Tai shortly after he came to this world.He kept this a secret before, but now he finally has the confidence to make it public openly, so that this equipment can truly promote and promote the development of the entire industry and benefit the world!

When others saw the big spinning wheel, they were still a little confused and didn't know what it was.And Li Tai felt quite emotional in his heart. If you are poor, you can save yourself, but if you are rich, you can help the world. Now he can finally practice the second half of this principle and bring truly beneficial changes to this world through his own efforts.

(End of this chapter)