Chapter 48 Theory of Industry

Li Xian blinked, feeling aggrieved, "I really only have time now, and I really have a lot of things to be busy with in the next year."

I added in my heart that maybe I still have to get married.

Without waiting for the prime minister to speak again, Wang Chuan spoke; Wang Shangshu smiled happily, "My nephew did the right thing, and it should be done like this. There is nothing that cannot be said to others. If the prime minister has anything to say, you can say it now." Look, His Majesty can comment on it too."

Needless to say, Wang Chuan's words made Prime Minister Ouyang Wubing's face even more ugly. Finally, he looked at Li Xian angrily, "Li Xian, since you want to talk here, the old man will ask you a few questions.

First, looms are expensive! Afterwards, the old man did a careful calculation. If the textile machine is not counted, the price of the weaving cloth can indeed be reduced to 30% off, but if the textile machine is included, the price does not seem to be much cheaper!

How do you answer this? "

It has to be said that the prime minister is the prime minister, and the question was right in one sentence. Both officials and emperors looked at Li Xian.

Li Xian knew that he seemed to be really annoyed by this "upright and honest" prime minister, so he asked such a question at the beginning. Immediately sat up straight, his face became serious.

"Master Prime Minister, how did you calculate before asking this question? To be precise, how did you calculate this result?"

"It's not easy. I've seen the price of your textile machine, and it costs 500 taels of gold, which is 5,000 taels of silver.

Taking a piece of low-grade silk as an example, the market price is about one tael of silver. A skilled weaver can weave one piece of cloth a day, and about 200 pieces a year (it is impossible to work all year round). Counting related expenses, the annual profit is around 20 taels of silver.

The textile machine can weave 10 pieces of cloth a day, so it can’t work all year round. Even if it works 300 days a year, that’s 3,000 pieces of cloth, and the profit will not exceed 300 taels of silver. Because of the strategy of small profits but high sales, it is very good to have a profit of 200 taels of silver.

In this way, it will take 25 years to earn back the cost of five thousand taels of silver. Counting other expenses, etc., it will not be profitable within 30 years.

And this textile machine probably won't last five years. "

Li Xian was dumbfounded, Mr. Prime Minister, is this how you settle accounts? Damn, is this the level of a country's prime minister? Scared to death brother!

Not to mention Li Xian was stunned, even some officials who knew the details were also stunned. The next moment, Wang Ping was the first to laugh, spouting his drink, "Master Prime Minister, you...haha, the textile machines at the expo are not selling textile machines, but opportunities.

That loom is easy to imitate. To be honest, our Wang family also bought a loom and disassembled it for research. If you only describe the formation to make a textile machine, the cost of a textile machine does not exceed 4 taels of gold. It's just that such a textile machine is very bulky.

Moreover, the looms sold by Li Xian are all models, not real looms. With a little modification, it can weave about 15 pieces of cloth a day; after all, the loom is not a human being, so it can run non-stop all year round, as long as there are people on duty.

It only takes half a year to earn out the cost of the textile machine.

The cost price of large-scale weaving has been reduced to a level that you would never imagine for a prime minister. "

Ouyang Wubing was dumbfounded for a moment, and after a long time, he turned out to be a mistake—the joint authorship was not worth five hundred taels of gold, but the "opportunity" was worth five hundred taels of gold.

This time, Wang Chuan took the initiative to ask, "Master Prime Minister, you just said the first point, and the second point?"

"The second point..." The prime minister obviously hesitated, and then he estimated that he had jumped too many "points" before he said: "If we use weaving machines to weave cloth on such a large scale, how will the people live? They will lose their income! Textile income accounts for at least 30% of a family's income."

When Li Xian heard this, he became annoyed. What he hated the most was the stubborn conservatives—conservatives broke many things, and they always thought about "unchanging" instead of "solving". Therefore, the tone was a bit impolite, "Master Prime Minister, can you only look at the present and the past, and can't look forward?

If a large number of textile factories are established, have you calculated how many people are required to work?

And besides textile work, there is also planting!

In addition to planting, people can be encouraged to do business and earn foreign money.

Why is there no way out if we don't weave? In addition to textiles, you can also breed chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs. You can also encourage the folks to set up lantern workshops, textile workshops, and various joint organizations to develop together.

Especially cotton planting, silkworm breeding, etc., which are very important textile raw materials. In this way, the whole society turns towards the social form of industry and commerce. People will be richer and more motivated. What a wonderful picture scroll is this? ! "

Li Xian himself was intoxicated by himself; even His Majesty the Emperor was intoxicated.

But the Prime Minister's persistence is strong. He pointed at Li Xian and said, "You are encouraging people to commit crimes. Since ancient times, commerce has been a cheap industry, and handicrafts have also been a cheap industry. Cultivation is the foundation.

And everyone is swimming around to make money, which will inevitably lead to crime. There will be endless robbery and theft. "

"The thieves keep coming out in endlessly? Then the law of the state will deal with it! As long as you deal with it two or three times cruelly, I don't believe that they will really come out in an endless stream!"

The prime minister was blown bearded and stared at by Young Master Li, "I don't mean this! I mean, if there are benefits, there will be crimes. Don't think that I don't know all kinds of scams in business!"

Li Xian asked back: "Then may I ask, is there still less cheating and abduction in society now?"

"But at least it's within control! If you do it your way, it will be out of control."

"Okay, okay, then, Mr. Prime Minister, tell me, how can we put an end to these things?"

"Returning to the state when the ancient country was just born, the people lived alone in the village, and there was little communication between the villages. The doors were not closed at night, the roads were not picked up, the sound of chickens and dogs was heard, farming made a living, and cultivation was the main activity."

Li Xian finally laughed out loud, and couldn't help it anymore, "Master Prime Minister, let me ask, can we go back?"

"This... can't." Even if the prime minister is unreasonable, he must admit that this is really irreversible.

Li Xian cocked his tail again, "Master Prime Minister, I can tell you clearly that the door is not closed at night because the poor have nothing to steal! The reason for not picking up things on the road is that there is nothing left on the road, even cow dung has to be picked up to make firewood. .

You go ask the people, are they willing to live such a hard life? "

"I...you...I...I..." The prime minister was so angry that Li Xian couldn't speak; but what Li Xian said was very correct; many people nodded in agreement.

Li Xian stood up, and for the first time officially uttered his voice in front of all the officials, "Everyone, this society is developing, and it can only be developing. Why did the past become the past, because it was eliminated. Retreat is There is no way out, but the future needs active and active pursuit.

The fire of industry has been ignited and must not be extinguished. Everyone has seen the capabilities of mechanical looms. A loom is a cash cow. If you have 10,000 or even 100,000 looms, what will happen? I don't need to explain it!

Besides, what should one pay attention to in practice, right? Money comes first!

Therefore, I think that in order to strengthen the country, the next step is to vigorously develop industry and commerce. "

Taking this opportunity, Li Xian loudly shouted the slogan of "rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce". So, how did people react?

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