Yangzhou Guangling, Weaver Department Office, Xu Gaizheng and his colleagues studied the report. The report was submitted by Nanyang Trading Company in ten copies, and everyone here took one copy.

The participants expressed their own views based on the "incoming materials processing" introduced in the report.

Incoming material processing is a form of trade that Nanyang Trading Company is trying. This kind of trade uses cotton produced in India as raw materials (incoming materials), making textile cotton (processing) in textile factories in Lingbei and southeast, and then selling it in the Central Plains to make profits.

This is the first stage. If it does work, it will enter the second stage, that is, cotton from the countries of India is used to weave cotton to make, and then the cotton cloth is sold to the countries of India in exchange for specialties from India and transported back to the Central Plains for sale.

Such a bold idea made Xu Gai and his colleagues stunned after seeing it. Nanyang Trading Company, as a rising star in the sea trade, always came up with various ways to make money, which made them extremely impressed.

The trade form of "incoming materials processing" really makes it difficult for Xu Gai and others to imagine, and it is difficult to imagine whether this matter is feasible.

In fact, the weaving department implements a production model of "incoming materials processing", purchasing hemp from various places, and then re-sold after textiles are woven into cloth. However, this is in the Central Plains, the transportation distance of raw materials and textiles is only hundreds of miles a day.

Now Nanyang Trading Company plans to "process incoming materials" with the countries in India thousands of miles away. Such a vision can be called whimsical.

If it weren't for the officials of the Weaver Department who had the knowledge, everyone would think it was a dream. However, the strength of the Nanyang Trading Company was there, and everyone could not help but think about this issue seriously.

Cotton (Jibei) is said to be native to Tianzhu. According to the survey results of the Nanyang Trading Company, Tianzhu countries do have developed cotton planting and textile industries, which can be confirmed by overseas merchants.

When the harvest season of cotton is planted in various countries in India, the Central Plains Calendar should be autumn. At this time, the west wind is blowing in the coastal waters of India.

The sea ships from Persia, the extreme west, sailed eastward with this west wind, passed the Lion Kingdom through the coastal areas of Tianzhu and entered the Nanyang area. It was spring and the southeast wind blew.

So the ship continued to sail north on the wind and arrived at Jiaozhou Longbian or Guangzhou Fanyu.

Such navigation rules make sea ships coming from the west purchase the already harvested cotton when passing through the coastal areas of Tianzhu and transport them to the Central Plains along the way.

The cotton textile factory in the Central Plains weaves these cotton into exquisite cotton cloth. When the north wind blows in autumn and winter, the sea boats loaded with cotton cloth can go south and enter the Nanyang waters.

At this time, there was an east wind blowing in the waters west of the South Ocean, so the ship could go to India or to Persia in the extreme west.

In this way, the "incoming materials processing" planned by Nanyang Trading Company is indeed possible to make a profit, but before that, we must "trial operation" first and see the results.

First, make sure that a foreign merchant ship really transports Tianzhu cotton to Guangzhou Fanyu this year, and then transfers it to Yangzhou Guangling.

At that time, the emperor who went to Guangling would witness with his own eyes how the cotton in India was weaving cotton into cotton in Guangling.

This matter is the top priority of the weaving department, so Xu Gai and his colleagues dare not neglect it. They ran to the textile factory every few days and continued to implement all work.

However, it is useless for them to be anxious. After all, it is hard to cook without rice. If the cotton from India cannot arrive as scheduled, there is no way to start.

If India's cotton cannot reach due to various reasons, can it be used as a Central Plains cotton?

Don’t even think about this kind of thing, no one dares to fool, and no one dares to deceive the emperor.

So today, Xu Gai and his colleagues held a meeting to study whether there were any missing points in the Nanyang Trading Company's plan, and they helped find it out.

But to be honest, if something goes wrong with Nanyang Trading Company, it will be too late to fix the problem, but everyone is waiting in Guangling, so it is better to find something to do.

By the way, let’s study, if the Nanyang Trading Company’s bold trade plan really works, how will the weaving department maximize its benefits?

While ensuring that the weaving department has good performance, everyone can get a piece of the pie and make a fortune together.

The report is very thick and there are many contents. Nanyang Trading Company analyzed the feasibility of "processing incoming materials" very clearly. Xu Gai didn't know what others thought, but he was the more he looked at it, the more he felt warmer he was.

This method of trade can turn the maritime route between the Central Plains and Tianzhu into a "golden route". Every trip the ships sailing on this route will greatly increase profits.

If Nanyang Trading Company really set up a special trading fleet and specializes in this route, it will not only strongly stimulate the development of the Central Plains cotton textile industry, but also benefit cotton farmers a lot.

Therefore, the area of ​​his cotton field must be expanded quickly.

As he thought about it, Xu Gai thought of Lihu's hometown and the cotton planted at home.

I thought of the increasingly embarrassing family manor.

The world was unified, singing and dancing rose to peace, and the peace of mind for several years made the grain prices and cloth prices in Henan and the two Huai areas continue to fall. To the west, there were rice from Jingxiang and Han Mian, and to the east, there were Jiaozhou rice shipped from the sea and even Funan rice.

The large-scale import of low-priced grain and the large-scale dumping of hydraulic textile fabrics from various weaving departments made the possibility of rebounding of grain prices and cloth prices become extremely slim. Therefore, the wealth and income of the Lihu Xu family, which was originally strong, began to shrink.

This is a situation that has never happened in a century. Xu Gai and his father realized the seriousness of the problem and realized that the times are changing drastically, so the Xu family must respond quickly.

Land is a priceless treasure, of course it cannot be given up, but by just growing grain, planting hemp has no future, so cotton must be planted properly.

The Lihu area has been famous for planting hemp since ancient times, while the Bozhou area has always been famous for its hemp spinning. Now, with the gradual development of cotton spinning, if the major manors do not change in time and still guard the hemp fields as treasures, they will inevitably suffer losses for years and even go bankrupt in the future.

The Xu family’s manor must properly plant “economic crops” to open up new sources of income, ensure income, and keep the manor normally and not collapse because of insufficient income.

Cotton and rapeseed are both "cash crops". Xu Gai and his father were unsure of their minds and didn't know that it would be better to bet on the chips there. Now, Xu Gai looked at the report of Nanyang Trading Company and quickly made a decision in his heart.

In any case, we must expand the cotton planting area, and then try our best to obtain a "business license" to open a cotton textile factory.

However, most of the things he could see were seen by others. Now that the imperial court is vigorously developing the cotton textile industry, there are more and more signs that cotton threading will be the rising star of the textile industry, and will inevitably squeeze out the hemp threading in the future and occupy the dominant position of the textile industry.

Therefore, opening a cotton textile factory is promising and has a "money prospect". So many sensible people will inevitably fight for the "business license".

Business license is actually industry access. This is a management system implemented by the weaving department in order to avoid vicious competition. The textile workshops allowed to be opened in each region are limited, and how to obtain this limited quota depends on their respective abilities.

Thinking of this, Xu Gai couldn't help but feel a lot of thoughts. Before he knew it, the participants were also thinking about it. Looking at the report in his hands, he didn't know where he was thinking.

Some people think about "business permit", while others think about another important thing right now.

The fleet returning from Japan has arrived in Guangling, and the threshold of the Silver Exchange will soon be broken.
Chapter completed!