The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 253 More Peking Than People in Peking

More and more businessmen came to Peiping from all over the world to participate in the so-called Second General Business Conference.

China Heavy Industry's business governance is to focus on the large and let go of the small. For important industries, such as the coal industry, because of the difficulty of coal development, there is no direct management.

However, the establishment of the Coal Mining Industry Association and the way of upstream and downstream monopoly are firmly in the hands.

With the establishment of the construction business group, it attracted an influx of capital, and the newly joined southern businessmen recruited a large number of workers from the south to Peiping.

Whether it's capital, or manpower, and promoting production efficiency, these southern businessmen are already an important piece of territory in the China Heavy Industry system.

The large-scale development of coal mining areas meets the needs of industrial development, and so far there has been no shortage of supply, which has delayed the pace of industrial development.

The joining of southern merchants can be said to have played a very important role.

The population of Peiping is only 300 million, and agriculture is the foundation, which also requires a lot of labor. Therefore, the workers brought by southern merchants from the south strongly supported the large amount of manpower needed for industrialization.

Zhou Shifeng came back from the Jinzhou inspection and made a cautious proposal.

"The development speed of Lushunkou is staggering. Its development speed is not slower than that of China Heavy Industry Headquarters, and it even has a tendency to catch up."

"My subordinates have a deep impression of the Lushun model during their trip to Lushun. The key is the eunuchs at Lushunkou, which played a key role."

With the end of the new year approaching, as well as matters such as the second general business conference and the internal conference of China Heavy Industry, Zhu Gaochi's workload has doubled.

He is very busy now, and even Guo Cailian can't take care of him. He doesn't want to listen to Zhou Shifeng's long speech, so he directly interrupts the other party.

Because Zhu Gaochi knew what Zhou Shifeng wanted to say, it was nothing more than introducing eunuchs to the mainland, after all, eunuchs were too cost-effective.

"Treasurer Zhou, your idea is wrong." Zhu Gaochi said bluntly.

Zhou Shifeng didn't dare to neglect, nor did he rush to explain, but patiently waited for the little prince's next words.

"A long time ago, I pointed out that China Heavy Industry is not a profit-oriented system, but a system that focuses on the distribution of social resources and the people's living and working in peace and contentment."

"Whether it was the constraints and concessions on the coal industry at the beginning, as well as many means, they all serve this purpose."

"It is true that the achievement of the Lushunkou model is surprising, but the environment in Lushunkou is different from our mainland."

"What is needed to develop industry?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"population."

Zhou Shifeng answered accurately.

In the fifth year of industrial development in Peiping, there was a shortage of workers and a demand for labor.

It's not that there are no people in Beiping, the reasons are very complicated, Zhou Shifeng didn't want to explain in detail, he knew that the little prince knew more than himself.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, and then said: "The population in Liaodong is too sparse, and the population in the north is still recovering, let alone emigrating to Liaodong. Population growth takes time."

"Then for the rapid development of Liaodong, it is beneficial to use eunuchs. The eunuchs lay the foundation for the development of Liaodong, and then domestic immigrants can obtain a relaxed environment."

Zhu Gaochi finally said: "It will not delay the development of Liaodong, but also ensure the peace and contentment of the people who immigrated to Liaodong."

Zhou Shifeng already understood what the little prince was thinking.

In fact, he understood it very early, but the development speed of Lushunkou is really moving. As the big shopkeeper of China Heavy Industry, he had to bring it up.

As for whether the little prince changed his mind, that was not in Zhou Shifeng's concerns.

If the young prince changes his mind, he will naturally change the follow-up model of China Heavy Industry. If the young prince does not change, Zhou Shifeng has fulfilled his duty of reminding.

Zhou Shifeng, who was still considered "simple" back then, finally began to possess political literacy and became no longer "pure".

China Heavy Industry is like a fast-moving railway carriage.

Many people have followed the growth of the railway carriage "by a thousand miles" and assumed greater responsibilities. Some people "stand still" and some people have already "get off the train".

Zhu Gaochi was satisfied with Zhou Shifeng's performance.

The scale of China Heavy Industry requires an old man who is more mature and stable, and a young man who is too radical. He is suitable for providing vitality in downstream factories, but not suitable for being a helmsman.

Because the scale of China Heavy Industry is too large, and the resources involved are too vast, there cannot be a slight mistake.

Zhu Gaochi develops industry, and the pursuit of profit is only a means. To make the people peaceful and prosperous, and to make the country strong is the goal.

The two cannot be put in reverse.

The introduction of eunuchs to the mainland has indeed improved the interests, but it has also reduced the employment opportunities of the common people in disguise.

If profit is pursued, Zhu Gaochi only needs to reduce the wages and restore the generous wages and welfare system of China Heavy Industry to the traditional level.

With the current size of China Heavy Industry, it can save [-]% of the expenses, and the [-]% of the expenses saved are all pure profits.

But does Zhu Gaochi need it?

Money is just a means. If it can't play its due role, it's just a pile of broken copper, rotten iron and stinky paper.

Therefore, China Heavy Industry gave up the practice of using the eunuch model, and still maintained the original model, implementing the principle of giving workers a relaxed working environment and high welfare remuneration.

of course.

Military workers still receive the highest treatment, followed by civilians. After all, the world is cruel, as the ancestors said: a country is so big that if you forget the battle, you will be in danger.

No matter how rich a country is, if it does not have strong military support, it can only attract more countries to plunder.

On the streets of Peking.

The young businessman Qi Sheng'an received friends from the south. Under his call, many businessmen from their hometown boldly came to Beiping to do business.

The business environment of Ming Dynasty was not as good as that of later generations.

Even in later generations, the business environment is different in every place, let alone Daming.

The looser the business environment, the more it attracts businessmen. This is an eternal truth. The economy of the Jianghuai region was developed in ancient times. Even in ancient times, the business environment surpassed that of other places.

But now that Beiping has suddenly emerged, especially after Qi Shengan's death of his father, it has been spread for a year and has inspired many businessmen.

Doing business is risky.

How tempting it is to be able to have a guarantee can only be seen from the businessmen who come to Peiping to do business.

These small businessmen chartered a boat with others to transport the goods from the south to Peiping, and then purchased the goods from the north from Peiping and shipped them to the south.

There is a saying that even a pig can fly as long as it stands on the tuyere.

Now, the Beiping Trade Center is the outlet.

As long as no mistakes are made and no accidents occur, everyone can get profits under the environment where Beijing has banned large and small public and private checkpoints and encouraged trade.

Merchants who are attached to the China Heavy Industry system, whether in Shaanxi or Shanxi, can also use the power of the construction business group to make goods available and reduce various invisible expenses and obstacles in long-distance transportation.

Qi Shengan took his friends to visit the places of interest, the streets and the alleys of Beiping.

In people's impression, Beiping is a military frontier, and it should be a very serious social atmosphere, full of restrictions.

But in reality, after long-term contact, the impression of Peiping has been greatly changed in people's minds.

The business environment here is better than that of Jianghuai.

After all, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were records that Juren did business in Jianghuai, because too much tax was collected at the checkpoints along the way, resulting in the loss of goods.

"The people in Beiping are so rich." Qi Shengan's friend couldn't help sighing when he saw the shops one after another on the streets of Beiping.

He had been to the Beiping Trade Center once, and the scale was indeed very large. He thought it might be that all the shops in Beiping were concentrated here.

As a result, when I entered Beiping City, I found that there were not many shops in the city, 360 five elements, all kinds of industries.

Even the business of collecting excrement from citizens' homes in the city has become a private guild, and the government no longer organizes corvee. This phenomenon is only recorded in the books of the Song Dynasty.

Qi Shengan had a smug expression on his face.

He is not from Peiping, but in Peking, the little prince was very kind to his family, and all his current wealth has been invested in Peiping.

He is more Peking than the people in Peking.

"That's because you haven't been to Daxing. When you see the China Heavy Industry Headquarters Industrial Zone there, you will know why the people in Beiping are so rich."

Qi Shengan's friends are all people who came to Beiping for the first time, and they are not considered big businessmen in their hometown, so they don't have much information.

They curiously asked what Qi Shengan said, they were very interested in everything.

"Today, I will take you to the Peking Grand Theater to watch a play, and tomorrow I will take you to the headquarters of China Heavy Industries, and take a look at the market there."

Qi Shengan said with a smile, after hearing the news, several of his friends were not interested in watching the theater.

Is it funny?

Where can the entertainment level in the world surpass JAC?Of course, these southern businessmen had no expectations for the new drama in Peking.

Peking Grand Theater.

There are a lot of people queuing up to buy tickets. At the entrance of the theater, there are many vendors selling all kinds of food, fruit, wine and drinks.

The old servants of Qi Sheng'an's family went to line up to buy tickets, they found a tea stall selling tea, sat around the table, chatted while drinking tea to quench their thirst.

"I didn't expect so many people to spend money to watch the theater." Qi Shengan's friend glanced at the gate of the Grand Theater in the distance and said in surprise.

"Do the people in Beiping have money?" Qi Shengan said with a smile.

"Tsk tsk." Qi Shengan's friend couldn't help shaking his head, it was really an eye-opener, he thought that only the people in the Jianghuai region were the richest in the world.

But even if the living standards of the people in the Jianghuai area seem to be very lagging behind Beiping, at least in the eyes of Qi Shengan's friends.

Of course, I also saw poor people during my trip to Beiping, but compared with the scale of what I saw, it was nothing.

A few people finally entered the Grand Theater. After a while, the Grand Theater ended. Amidst the surging crowd, Qi Shengan and his party were very silent.

Some of his friends are weird.

This is a Ming soldier?

It's too fake to say, but they are real people, and the slogan is too hypocritical, but the sage did say that the Song system should be restored.

Then the Ming army's slogan of learning from the Yue family army is not false.

In short.

Several people are very complicated in their hearts, proud and disobedient.

(End of this chapter)