Gao Wu Da Xia: The fox demon lady at the beginning

Chapter 150 The Factory in Ping An Fort
It was at that time that the confidence of the entire Daxia was destroyed, and they no longer dared to engage in large army field battles with the Wu Clan.

We can only rely on the tall city walls to protect the last dignity.

Talking about that tragic war, the senior officials in the court also fell into uneasiness.

If the Wu tribe really annexed the barbarians and mobilized the whole country to attack Daxia, the tragedy of Daling River would probably happen again.

Although some believe Zhang Rulin's words, the Southeast Party will not agree to this.

Even if the views of Party Zhang and Party Eunuch are correct, our Southeast Party will still attack them.

People who are not from our race must have different intentions. Power and party struggle are what the Southeast Party puts first.

As for the threat of the Wu clan's great power in the future, what does it matter to me now?

The senior officials of the Southeast Party once again began to show off their invincible rhetoric, because they disagreed with the propositions of Zhang Rulin and the Barbarian Alliance.

Start rambling, anyway, no matter what your Party Zhang says, I, the Southeast Party, just don’t agree.

"Your Majesty, these are all traitors." Zhang Rulin jumped angrily.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Rulin has had close contacts with the barbarians and is a traitor to the country. Please have him killed."

Fortunately, they are all educated and have basic literacy. Otherwise, they would have been scolded long ago.

Emperor Yingxuan looked at the court hall, just like a vegetable market, people from the two parties kept arguing and frowning.

He glanced at the great eunuch Zong Bao beside him.

The great eunuch Zong Bao understood this and struck the gong in his hand, making a sharp sound.

"Quiet and quiet, above the court, how decent is it?"

The two sides stopped scolding and became quiet.

Emperor Yingxuan stood up from the dragon chair, looked at the ministers in the court with disappointment, hesitated to speak, and finally sighed.

"Let's end the discussion today. Let's discuss it another day. Let's withdraw from the court."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and left the court.

Every time there was a major event, apart from quarrels between the parties, there was no substantial progress at all, which made him feel irritable.

Emperor Yingxuan was thinking about the pros and cons of forming an alliance with the barbarians.

Gu Suyun, the Minister of Rites of Dayuan who lives in the Guobin Building, is waiting for news from the Daxia court.

Seeing his subordinates walking in, Gusu Yun asked, "Is there any news?"

"Reporting to my lord, according to our spy report, the Great Xia Dynasty Hall is still in dispute. Their two largest parties, the Southeast Party and the Zhang Party, have been arguing endlessly and have not yet reached a result."

"Then wait a little longer, come to Daxia to discuss an alliance, it's better to go to the east to seek peace, fortunately, I escaped this disaster.

If I were asked to go east to negotiate peace, my life would be in jeopardy. "Gusu Yun said happily.

"My lord, should we use our power in the imperial capital to promote the alliance between Great Xia and our Great Yuan?"

Gusu Yun waved his hand, "This is a dispensable thing in the first place. The most important thing is the negotiation in the east. As for whether we can form an alliance with Daxia, let's just wait and see.

It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out, but if it does, it's just the icing on the cake.

How can the hundreds of years of enmity between us and Daxia be settled by a covenant? "

"My lord knows."

At this moment, Han Chufan was vigorously developing his industry in Qingxiangwei.

The first thing to develop was heavy industry: steel plants.

The Ping'anbao Iron and Steel Plant branch was successfully completed.

The branch factory covers a large area, hundreds of acres of land, and employs thousands of workers.

More than a dozen chimneys emitted black smoke, dyeing the sky not far away slightly black.After the Ping'an Bao Iron and Steel Plant branch was put into use, it directly increased Ping'an Bao's steel production by four to five times.

The output of steel was more than enough to meet its own needs, and it gradually began to take out goods.

In particular, the steel produced quickly occupied the market due to its ultra-high quality.

However, Han Chufan was very cautious about the sale of steel to prevent these strategic materials from flowing into the hands of the northern Wu clan.

In terms of light industry, Han Chufan's first development was naturally the textile industry.

The land around Wanren City is very suitable for growing cotton.

Han Chufan organized people to reclaim a large area of ​​land and plant cotton.

Later, the Pinganbao Textile Factory was established and thousands of female workers were recruited.

At the same time, Han Chufan is also promoting the development of new looms to enhance textile efficiency.

The research work on the new textile machine was handed over to Leshibo, hoping to design a new textile machine in a short time.

The establishment of the steel plant attracted a large number of farmers to work, and the wages were much higher than those for farming.

Workers at the lowest level can receive an annual salary of five taels of silver every year, which is enough to feed their family.

After the textile factory was established, it attracted a large number of women from Qingxiangwei to work. The money they earned could subsidize their families.

At first, many people did not agree with their mothers-in-law working in textile factories.

In their view, a mother-in-law should stay at home to take care of her husband and raise children, and should not go out to show off.

It was okay for women to make their own looms at home and go out to work like men. There was no precedent in Daxia.

Under the pressure of this feudal thought, the women of Qingxiangwei really wanted to work in the Ping'anbao Textile Factory.

But none of them dared to be pioneers and challenge secular prejudices.

The result was that it was very difficult for Pinganbao Textile Factory to recruit workers at the beginning. After three days of recruitment, no one was hired.

Chen Jingwan, who was in charge of finance and commerce, finally had no choice but to find Han Chufan.

Han Chufan personally wrote a proclamation in which he encouraged women in Qingxiangwei to go out to work.

With Master Han's announcement, some of the women in Qingxiangwei gradually entered the Pinganbao Textile Factory to work.

Those women who had not entered the Ping'anbao Textile Factory were envious at the end of the month when they saw the first batch of people who entered the factory receiving their monthly salary.

Subsequently, more and more women joined the Pinganbao Textile Factory.

When the quota was gone, those women who had not yet entered the factory immediately regretted it.

"It was you who refused to let me enter the textile factory in the first place. You see, now they are full of people and no longer want me." A woman who had not had time to enter the textile factory complained about the men in her family.

"Then don't go in. Just stay at home and I'll support you." The man said.

"You feed a fart, you only plant this little land, and you don't even have the money to buy a new dress for our son.

Look at our old neighbor Zhang's sister-in-law. She joined a textile factory last month and received a monthly salary of [-] yuan this month.

People are living a very good life now, and they eat meat every day.

And the eldest brother of the Wang family has joined a steel factory and is now prospering, but our family is stuck in the same place.

It's all your fault. It's just that you have no future, and you delayed me from going to the textile factory. I missed such a good opportunity. "

The man was speechless. The old neighbors who had moved into steel plants and textile factories were indeed getting more and more prosperous.

With these factories, the people in Qingxiang Weizhong have an extra income besides farming, and their living standards have been greatly improved.

(End of this chapter)