Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1569: Differentiation of Thinking
Over the years, Ye Mingsheng has often been able to feel the difference between his own thinking and that of the world!

This differentiation can be said to have both advantages and disadvantages!
The advantage is that it allows Ye Mingsheng to look at problems beyond the limitations of the times, not be bound by some rules and regulations of the feudal era, and be able to innovate boldly, encourage the development of industry and commerce, improve the status and treatment of technical personnel, and promote better progress for the entire Daqian!
But there is always a downside to this!
This kind of difference in thinking sometimes leads to the situation that what Ye Mingsheng thinks is important may be unimportant in the eyes of most people, and what Ye Mingsheng thinks is unimportant may be important in the eyes of most people!
And this will lead to differences and conflicts!

Ye Mingsheng realized this very early, and for this reason Ye Mingsheng consciously wanted to change the world, but unfortunately, even though Ye Mingsheng was the emperor, the most powerful man in the world, he sometimes felt that his will was there but his strength was not enough!

That kind of feudal thinking was deeply rooted in people's minds in this era, and it was difficult for Ye Mingsheng to change their minds!
So since it is difficult to change this world, Ye Mingsheng is more likely to integrate into this world. For this reason, Ye Mingsheng also tries to think from other people's perspectives, but sometimes he still finds things like Huang Bin difficult to understand!

Although the incident involving Concubine Huang was a tragic event, it was just a trivial matter in the entire court!

In fact, the disagreements and contradictions caused by this difference in thought are more reflected in the relationship between Ye Mingsheng and his clansmen, and some ministers.

Especially the issue of clans. The Ye clan has made a lot of efforts in Ye Mingsheng's fight for supremacy over the years. Countless members of the Ye clan can be said to have sacrificed their lives and made outstanding military exploits. For this reason, they are also seeking a special status in the Daqian court after the war, seeking more voice!

But unfortunately, their demands and ideas are contrary to Ye Mingsheng's political philosophy, so the relationship between Ye Mingsheng and the Ye clan is not that close!
However, the Ye clan has many people in middle-level positions in Daqian, whether in the army or the court. This is a force that cannot be ignored. So in order to win over and appease this force, Ye Mingsheng acquiesced to Ye Cui, and An Miaoyi had more contact with the Ye clan!

This also allows this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to act as a link between themselves and the conservative forces in the court, ensuring the stability and development of the Daqian court!

Ye Mingsheng's mind became more and more confused as he lay on the table thinking. So he simply stopped thinking about it. It was time for lunch at this time, and two palace maids brought Ye Mingsheng's lunch.

Ye Mingsheng's lunch today was rice from Huanxiling, Liaoyang. The dishes included cumin pork slices, an Yijing roast duck, a stir-fried cabbage, and fifteen blanched prawns.

Ye Mingsheng, who was already a little hungry, started eating immediately after the food was served. Although the cumin pork slices, Yijing roast duck, stir-fried cabbage, and prawns were all delicious, Ye Mingsheng's favorite was still the white rice!

Although this white rice looks nothing special, it is just an ordinary bowl of white rice, but this white rice is Huanxi brand rice············
Although Liaoyang has a vast territory, it has always been a border area with respect to the Central Plains. Although it is rich in natural resources, there are many undeveloped areas. Since Ye Mingsheng took office, he has been committed to developing Liaoyang's assets and resources!

There are two main aspects of development. The first is to open mines and see where there are mines, such as gold mines, iron mines, coal mines, etc.

The second point is agricultural resources. Simply put, it is to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land, and then try to develop animal husbandry to see if a chicken farm, pig farm, duck farm, etc. can be built on these wasteland.

The Huanxi brand rice is a product of such a background. The reason why Huanxi brand rice is called Huanxi brand is because the rice is produced in Huanxiling, Liaoyang. Huanxiling was not called Huanxiling ten years ago. It was called Black Bear Ridge because of the presence of blind bears there!
Liaoyang is a cold place with a sparse population. In addition, there are blind bears in Black Bear Ridge, so many people are unwilling to go there. However, under Ye Mingsheng's call and encouragement to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land, some people went to Black Bear Ridge to reclaim wasteland.

After a game of negotiation between man and nature, and between man and blind bears, the people of Liaoyang successfully planted crops in Black Bear Ridge.

In fact, these ordinary people didn't think too much about it. They just wanted to grow some rice for themselves to eat, but they unexpectedly found that the rice they produced was particularly delicious.

Soon, the rice produced in Black Bear Ridge spread through word of mouth, which attracted the attention of many grain merchants. In order to highlight the deliciousness and high quality of the rice, the grain merchants named the rice "Happy Brand", which means that eating this rice will make you very happy and joyful!

For this reason, Black Bear Ridge was renamed Huanxi Ridge. Because Huanxi brand rice has a strong aroma and excellent taste, it quickly became popular in Liaoyang and the entire Daqian under the promotion and publicity of grain merchants.

The popularity of Huanxi brand rice soon attracted the attention of the government. After realizing that the rice was indeed very good, Wang Qinghe, the then Liaoyang governor, actually directly ordered to stop the sale of Huanxi brand rice.

At that time, Wang Qinghe planned to donate the rice to Ye Mingsheng for consumption by the leaders of the Fengwu Army Group headed by Ye Mingsheng.

Ye Mingsheng didn't know all this at the time. It was during a meal that he discovered the rice was delicious and asked An Miaoyi about it.

An Miaoyi didn't think much about it at the time, and told Ye Mingsheng how Wang Qinghe turned Huanxi brand rice into the royal rice.

Although Ye Mingsheng likes the taste of Huanxi brand rice, he doesn't like what Wang Qinghe did. So, with An Miaoyi and others puzzled, Ye Mingsheng gave Wang Qinghe an order to stop restricting Huanxi brand rice and not to interfere with the normal production, sales and operations of Huanxi brand rice!
After doing all this, Ye Mingsheng asked An Miaoyi and the five grain merchants responsible for the production and operation of Huanxi brand rice to sign a five-year supply contract worth five hundred taels of silver!
An Miaoyi found it very difficult to understand Ye Mingsheng's decision, so she asked Ye Mingsheng why he did this in the dead of night! In An Miaoyi's opinion, although five hundred taels of silver was not much, she could obviously enjoy high-quality rice without spending one tael of silver, so why did she have to spend five hundred taels of silver?

Secondly, An Miaoyi believed that after becoming the royal product, Ye Mingsheng could also use the Huanxi brand rice as a symbol of identity and status, and use it to reward ministers in order to win over these court officials...
Now, these Huanxi brand rices are flowing into the market and anyone with money can buy it. Although this rice tastes good, it is just an ordinary rice and has no other uses!

Therefore, An Miaoyi found it very difficult to understand Ye Mingsheng's behavior. She didn't understand what Ye Mingsheng's intention was!
Now, every time he eats this Huanxi brand rice, Ye Mingsheng would think from time to time of the question An Miaoyi asked him that night. Ye Mingsheng had to admit that his wife was sometimes a real ZZ genius. She could even think of linking rice with ZZ and identity!

If An Miaoyi was not a woman but a man, then there is no doubt that she would become a strong competitor in his fight for supremacy!

But this is not what Ye Mingsheng wants to do. What Ye Mingsheng wants is a system with highly developed commodities and commerce, so being the exclusive supplier may not be a good choice for Ye Mingsheng.

Because he had just rested on the table, Ye Mingsheng did not dawdle after dinner and started his afternoon work directly!
In the past, Ye Mingsheng had inspected many factories, but these factories were generally factories under the First Manufacturing Bureau and the Second Manufacturing Bureau, and belonged to the G Camp factories. However, the factory that Ye Mingsheng was going to inspect today was different from the past!
The factory that Ye Mingsheng is going to inspect this afternoon is the Jiaming Textile Factory located on North Third Street in Yijing. It is a private factory belonging to the Jiangnan wealthy businessman Wu Jiaming!
According to the materials reported by the prefect of Yijing, there are approximately seventy-nine factories in Yijing with more than one hundred employees, of which nearly fifty are G-camp factories, and the remaining twenty-nine are private factories!

Among these 29 private factories, Wu Jiaming's Jiaming Textile Factory is the factory with the second largest number of workers, but the one that pays the highest taxes. It covers an area of ​​more than 50 acres, has more than 150 textile machines, and 800 female workers, and can produce about 30,000 pieces of cloth a year!
Therefore, this Jiaming Textile Factory has become one of the representatives of Yijing’s private factories. It is representative among Yijing’s private factories. This is also the reason why Ye Mingsheng chose it as his inspection target!

When Ye Mingsheng inspected the G Camp Factory before, in order to see the factory’s most realistic production situation, he almost never said hello.

However, Jiaming Textile Factory is a private factory after all, and Ye Mingsheng's consistent political philosophy is to ensure that private property is not violated and to respect the private property of others!
Therefore, some time before today's inspection, Ye Mingsheng specially asked the Minister of Works Su Junjie to say hello to Wu Jiaming, but Ye Mingsheng did not let Su Junjie say that he was going to inspect, but asked Su Junjie to say that he was going to inspect.

And Ye Mingsheng did not give Su Junjie a specific time, but just asked him to tell Wu Jiaming that one day within one or two months, he would go to inspect Jiaming Textile Factory!
Half an hour later, Ye Mingsheng, in casual clothes, brought Zhang Hu and others to meet Su Junjie. Looking at Ye Mingsheng in casual clothes, Su Junjie couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but things had come to this point, he could only act according to Ye Mingsheng's instructions...

Soon the group arrived at Jiaming Textile Factory. In order to welcome Su Junjie, Wu Jiaming, who had received the news, stood at the door to greet them. After some flattering greetings, the group walked into the largest private factory in Yijing!

As soon as Ye Mingsheng entered the factory, he could hear the sound of textile machines, so he looked at the production workshop.

At this time, Wu Jiaming was chatting with Su Junjie. Seeing Wu Jiaming who hadn't noticed anything yet, Su Junjie winked at Wu Jiaming from time to time. However, Wu Jiaming didn't realize Su Junjie's thoughts at first. On the contrary, he asked with concern:
"Minister Su, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Jiaming's question made Ye Mingsheng, who was in casual clothes, look at Su Junjie with a smile. Facing Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Su Junjie naturally did not dare to make any small movements and could only respond vaguely.

Seeing Su Junjie's somewhat embarrassed look, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help laughing!
In fact, the reason why he inspected Jiaming Textile Factory was, on the one hand, because Jiaming Textile Factory was a representative of Yijing’s private factories!
On the other hand, the Coordination Office had previously discovered during its investigation of Su Junjie that Su Junjie, who was in charge of the Second Manufacturing Bureau at the time, had many close contacts with Wu Jiaming, a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng's choice to inspect Jiaming Textile Factory was very particular. This was also a small test and warning for Su Junjie...

Soon everyone arrived at the production workshop. Ye Mingsheng saw at a glance that although there were not many textile machines in the production workshop of Jiaming Textile Factory, these textile machines were all Lotus brand textile machines produced by the Second Manufacturing Bureau. This type of textile machine had very advanced technology among the textile machines on the market in Daqian!
The cloth woven by Lotus brand textile machines is of better quality than that produced by other textile machines. Secondly, Lotus brand textile machines are more durable and can be used for a long time with a low failure rate. Therefore, Lotus brand textile machines have a one-year warranty!

Therefore, Lotus brand textile machines are in great demand in the market. Not to mention new ones, even second-hand ones can be about 20% to 30% more expensive than other brands of textile machines in the market!

Because the Second Manufacturing Bureau belonged to the imperial court's assets, most of the textile machines it produced were supplied to the G Camp factories, and only a small number of them were sold to private factories. Now Wu Jiaming had 150 of the latest textile machines, which was undoubtedly an unusual signal!

However, this was already within Ye Mingsheng's expectations. After all, the Coordination Office had previously reported to Ye Mingsheng that Wu Jiaming and Su Junjie had a close relationship.

Compared with textile machines, Ye Mingsheng was more interested in the female workers in the textile factory. While Su Junjie and Wu Jiaming were chatting, Ye Mingsheng randomly found a female worker in the factory to ask.

"Little sister! Are you busy now? Can I chat with you for a few minutes..."

This girl, who looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old, was a little confused at first when faced with Ye Mingsheng's question, and then looked at the foreman beside her at a loss.