Borrow the day to change the day

"Brother, what chance is there to make a fortune? There is no news about the last cement." The short man asked curiously.

"I have been inquiring for a long time, but I still haven't heard any news about cement. I can only wait for the news. The opportunity to make a fortune just thought of just now can be done immediately." The merchant said.

"Brother, tell me about the opportunity to make a fortune, let's listen to the elder brother." The strong man said.

"Now go and collect some former Daming Tongxing treasure banknotes and put them in your hands. I guess this thing may go up." The merchant said here, and reminded of the risk: "But I'm not sure, so my brother's suggestion to you is to use spare money to buy money." Collect a little and put it away, so as not to affect livelihood."

"Brother, do you think that Ming Tongxing's banknotes can also be exchanged for silver taels?" The brawny man quickly confirmed after hearing what the merchant said. [

The merchant shook his head and said, "I don't think it should be possible. Since the founding of the country, how many banknotes have been issued by the imperial court for more than 200 years. Even if they were no longer issued during the Zhengde period, there are still many treasure banknotes among the people. If they can be exchanged, where did the imperial court get so much silver?"

"Then why is the elder brother still optimistic about this banknote and let us collect it?" the short man asked.

The merchant looked at the short man, then at the strong man, and said, "Brother just thinks that the imperial court issued this new type of banknote, so you should give Tongxing Banknote an explanation for everything. But brother is not very sure, so let you have some If you have spare money, buy some, anyway, the price of waste paper is now, and you can’t lose much.”

The strong man and the short man nodded: "Okay, listen to the elder brother."

After the three of them finished talking, they went back to their respective homes.

As for Zhong Jinwei, he was sitting in his office on the second floor of the Daming Royal Bank, listening to the entrustment he sent out to collect the news.

Among them, one of Wang Fuxi's returns made him a little worried, which was the issue of Daming Tongxing's treasure banknotes.

Daming Jiusibao banknotes and Daming Tongxingbao banknotes are both banknotes issued by the old Zhu family, and they are endorsed by the government. If the two are treated differently now, I am afraid that it will cause disputes.

But to take over the historical burden of Daming Tongxing Baochao, not to mention that Daming's finances are in a state of deficit for years, no matter how rich they are, they can't take it over.

Zhong Jinwei remembered that when he was discussing banknotes with Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen said that he would not recycle Tongxingbao banknotes.

But the problem now is that when the Jiusibao banknote is mentioned, the common people will think of Tongxingbao banknote.After a long time, maybe people who have more Tongxingbao in their hands will start to make trouble.

It seems a bit unreasonable to ask the court to suppress it with iron and blood.The Tongxing Baochao was also paid by the imperial court according to face value, and it was the hard-earned money of the person who received the Baochao.Although it suffered heavy losses due to its depreciation, there was no other way but to depreciate in the past.Now that they see the hope of exchanging silver taels, they want to exchange them, which is also what they should do.

Zhong Jinwei thought about it, but couldn't find a solution to the problem.I had no choice but to ask Emperor Chongzhen immediately to see if there was any way to discuss it.

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to ignore it, but under Zhong Jinwei's oblique reminder, he also felt that it was impossible to ignore it, otherwise it would be tantamount to stealing money from the people naked. .

Emperor Chongzhen sent Wen Tiren, the chief assistant, and Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, came to discuss the matter together.

This long-standing and difficult problem left over from history has been discussed for a long time, and several people have no good idea.

In the end, several people reached the following consensus.

One is to decide not to let go of Daming Tongxing’s exchange of banknotes for silver taels.

The second is to allocate a small amount of money to secretly buy Daming Tongxing banknotes from the market, as much as can be recovered.Estimated according to the current value of Daming Tongxing treasure banknotes, which is close to waste paper, a large amount of treasure banknotes should be able to be recovered. [

Three, wait until later to see the situation before deciding what to do with the remaining Tongxingbao notes on the market.

Fortunately, it was a windfall, otherwise, there would be no chance of having this second consensus.

No one expected that in later generations, the collection value of Daming Tongxingbao banknotes would be more valuable than the first set of Daming Jiusibao banknotes. The reason is that after a series of measures, the surviving Tongxingbao banknotes are extremely rare.

On February 21st of the third year of Chongzhen, a piece of good news came, which made Emperor Chongzhen very excited.

The White Pole Army led by Qin Liangyu has already reached the boundary of Baoding Prefecture, and it will reach the capital in another four or five days.

Emperor Chongzhen quickly notified the good news to Sun Chengzong outside the capital city, asking him to take corresponding measures.

After Sun Chengzong heard the news, he was also greatly relieved. He summoned the generals to talk about the matter, and announced that the rafters who wiped out the Jianlu in Guannei were not far away. Troop distribution and movement.

After the news of the Jianlu decisive battle reached Zhong Jinwei, he put down the research on the state-owned enterprise plan, went straight to the cement factory, found the glassmaker, and checked the status of their telescopes.

I don’t know if I don’t look at it, but I’m startled when I see it.These glassmakers turned out to be slowly grinding into mirrors according to their previous experience in crystal making.

But Zhong Jinwei immediately remembered that in ancient China, it was good at hand-made but short at assembly line production. He remembered these two concepts. He told Emperor Chongzhen and Xu Guangqi about it. Xu Guangqi also improved the cement production process because of this, replacing some steps with hydraulic power. .

In fact, the assembly line and standardization are symbols of industrialization. If they can be popularized now, it will be a big leap forward.

Zhong Jinwei called all kinds of craftsmen and An Guiyi and others who managed them to the conference hall, and popularized the concepts of streamlines and standard parts to them.

After talking about the concept, Zhong Jinwei specifically talked about the example of glass. He said: "When I went to check the glass workshop just now, I found that the glassware they were making was blow-molded one by one. The way of Westerners is the most authentic way, he found it with great difficulty in the past, so of course he did it accordingly.”

Having said that, Zhong Jinwei looked at the whole audience, seeing that they were all staring at him, of course, including the craftsman whom he mentioned without naming his name.Then he continued: "That's right. As far as the glass industry is concerned, we just started in Ming Dynasty. Westerners have many years more experience than us. Their methods were authentic and advanced in the past. But"

There was no sound in the audience, waiting for Zhong Jinwei's next words.

"But what they do is, in my opinion, shit and rubbish. Why do I say that? Because after so many years of experience in glass making, they are still stuck in the practice of blowing individual pieces from the very beginning, without Thinking about improving."

"Some people are not convinced today, so I will tell you about this glass making, and other craftsmen who are not glass making should listen to it and see if they can learn something from it."

Zhong Jinwei seemed to speak like a master, and behind him stood a few majestic Dongchang soldiers, which added to his aura.

"We Han people have had examples of making things with molds for a long time. Not to mention the work of your craftsmen, we just make cakes and eat them in our daily life. Do you make them one by one, or press them out one by one with pre-carved molds? Which one is faster? Are the things made exactly the same? This is the standardization I asked you to do just now."

After talking a lot at once, Zhong Jinwei was a little thirsty, so he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued: "This example is put into glass making, so can it be made into a mold in advance, and then the glass water can be blown or blown? Is it easier to pour it in and make it? For the convex lens, can you use a compass to draw circular molds with different radians in advance, and use this mold to make lenses and then grind them? Will it save a lot of effort?"

Although those glass craftsmen have never heard of what a compass is, they also know what this thing is for.They all blushed and lowered their heads when they heard this.

In fact, they can't be blamed, they all have a habitual thinking in doing things.They brought over their previous experience in making crystal lenses, but they haven't had a certain amount of time to innovate, or they lack enough motivation to innovate immediately. [

"And the flat glass, I see that the glass sent to the bank as a customer is very small. Your method is to blow the glass into a ball first, then make it into a cylinder, wait for it to cool slightly, remove the two ends, and cut it from the middle. Ping, use this method to make plate glass. Yes, you have made it, but the size of the plate glass obtained by this method is limited by the lung capacity of the glassmaker and the volume of the glass balloon. I have said so much today, no I wonder if it inspires you. Who has a better way to improve? It is also possible in theory.” Zhong Jinwei finally asked these craftsmen a question.