Although the Ming Dynasty began to enter the economic model of commodity economy very early, the textile industry still developed in the form of a family workshop.

In addition to growing grain in a farmer's field, cotton is also their target for planting. After the cotton is produced, it will woven into yarn and cotton cloth, which will account for farmers' income.

Except for those big cities, almost all rural areas rely on family handicrafts to carry out the textile industry, which is a low-efficiency textile industry.

But this kind of textile industry is that it has low production costs. In areas where the economy is not developed, cotton itself is cheap, and in some areas, cotton is even less than one tael of silver per pound.

As long as Shandong's textile mills make every effort to impact the rural textile economy of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of farmers will go bankrupt. With the development of industrialization, such an impact is inevitable.

However, Zhao Yan still needs to try his best to reduce the negative impact to the lowest level. As for the north and the south, the north is in turmoil and the south is stable at this moment.

Many areas in the north are deserted thousands of miles away, while in the south, there is a high population pressure and strong economic resistance to shocks.

Therefore, it is ideal to choose to impact the southern economy, while the northern economy is sluggish at this moment. Too much impact will obviously only make the situation worse.

After the south is hit, it will only usher in a new adjustment and will not cause production to fall apart. Therefore, impacting the southern market has become Zhao Yan's first choice.

Zhao Yan immediately set a sales plan for the textile factory next year, and sold as much as you can overseas, deduct part of what you supply, and sell part of the northern commercial market, and sell most of the remaining cotton to the south, which will completely occupy the southern market.

As long as the commercialized market in the south is completely occupied, a large number of people will be unemployed, and Zhao Yan's opportunity to recruit people will come.

In history, when Mongolia and Qing dynasties were in full swing invasion, there was no resistance in the north, and the resistance in the south was the most powerful, and these nomadic people killed the most in the south.

This is a phenomenon caused by various historical and geographical reasons. The people in the north are responsible for the long-term resistance to nomadic peoples, while the people in the south are responsible for the task of exporting fiscal revenue to the government. Once the foreign race invades in full, the people in the north have been weakened to the extreme. Those who dare to resist have died almost the same death before, and there is no such economic strength to resist.

After the south lost the protection of the north, even resistance could not last long, because the south did not have the military foundation, and the most successful one was the Southern Song Dynasty, and it did not last long.

At this moment, the late Ming Dynasty had reached such a critical moment. The national power in the north was already relatively weak and urgently needed to replenish its strength from the south.

It is not that northerners are not good at literary talent, but environmental factors are not as stable as those in the south, which leads to poor cultural conditions.

The southerners are not good at martial arts. They can become good soldiers by training, but they don’t have to face such turbulent environments.

As long as the people are stable and prosperous, the gap between civil and military affairs between the north and the south can be reconciled.

At present, Zhao Yan educated the people with ideological education. Most of the people under his rule know the national justice. If you train the people immigrated from the south, you can also get many good soldiers. This is a transformation of shortcomings.

Then mix the population in the south with the population in the north, and slowly you will reconcile yourself. Culture, quality, customs, etc. will gradually reach a balance point.

Most of the population of the Ming Dynasty was concentrated in the south. If Zhao Yan wanted to get more, he had to work hard in the south. As long as it had an effect on the economic impact of the south, even if Hong Chengchou and Chongzhen did not allow him to immigrate from Shaanxi, he could still get a large population from the south.

...After Zhao Yan's order, the textile factory immediately worked overtime to produce cotton cloth and made every effort to build a weaving machine to increase the production of cotton cloth and no longer export cotton yarn to the south. At the same time, a large amount of cotton is purchased in the south, and any of them are purchased, provided that the price of cotton does not exceed four taels.

The economic impact against the South has officially begun.

As soon as Zhao Yan returned to Zhaojiabao, Yuan'er immediately ran to him and said, "Young master, the Institute of Science and Technology has built a steam engine."

"It's really made?" Zhao Yan was a little dizzy when he was smashed by the news.

"It's really made, it's thick smoke!" Yuan'er patted her chest, as if she was scared.

"Haha! Steam engine!" Zhao Yan laughed loudly, kissed Yuan'er's face excitedly, teased Yuan'er so that a red cloud appeared on her face, and then said, "Let's go and have a look."

"Yeah!" Yuan'er nodded obediently.

Zhao Yan and Yuan'er quickly rushed to the Science and Technology Academy. A steam engine was roaring. Richardson was so excited that he jumped up and down. When Zhao Yan saw this, he knew that it was created by Richardson's team, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Why is it a group led by a foreigner? I will lose face in history books in the future.

"Forget it, I invented this thing anyway, he is just the executor." Zhao Yan thought of this, a proud smile appeared on his face and walked over with a long and tiring pace.

"Sir, here." People immediately surrounded Zhao Yan and said hello.

"General, your wisdom is enough to illuminate the entire sky." Richardson saw Zhao Yan and immediately flattered him. "Under your guidance, our team took the lead in creating this big guy."

"What's the situation?" Zhao Yan asked, looking at the simple steam engine roaring beside him.

"We made..." Richardson gestured for a long time before Zhao Yan realized that the steam engine Richardson made was just a Newcomer steam engine, and it did not require rubber.

After the other groups got the rubber, they went to build the Watt steam engine.

"General, that bounty question..." Richardson asked in a low voice.

"The reward will not be less." Zhao Yan was very generous. He asked someone to get tens of thousands of taels of silver without blinking, and he just paid it. The members of Richardson's group received more bounties than Zhao Yan had set before.

"Which group is the first to create the second steam engine is the same as this reward." Zhao Yan said loudly to the team members around him, which immediately attracted a burst of exclamations.

Zhao Yan's wealth is beyond everyone's imagination.

Then Zhao Yan announced that Richardson's team was honorably eliminated, and the personnel from their team would be transferred to other groups to assist in the manufacturing of new steam engines. At the same time, some team members began to manufacture this old steam engine, and first built a dozen of them to supply them to Handan.

Steel products in Handan are heavy industries, so they are naturally the top priority. In terms of profit, they are not much worse than the textile industry.

When cooking, cooking, farming, steel utensils are used for everything. The market in Daming is very huge. Handan's steel industry has very obvious cost advantages and higher quality.

At present, the industrial chain of steel products has been formed in Handan, such as iron pots, iron spoons, scissors, needles, iron wires, hoes, shovels, axes, and saws. These commodities are not only needed by sea trade, but also in the palace supply and demand.

Because of the advanced technology, the cost is extremely high, and it is competitive even in remote small places.

In addition to daily necessities, there are also various weapons, armor, shells and other things. Reinforced concrete is also used in engineering, and there are more places to use steel.

Now there is no longer any fear of over-the-steel production. When there is a steam engine, a large number of rails will be laid, and a large number of steel bars will be required to repair roads and houses.

The iron production in Handan theoretically reaches 10,000 tons per day, but in fact it is not that much, because blast furnaces have high requirements for raw materials supply, and raw materials must be continuously supplied to form the maximum output.

The mining volume of mines in Handan often decreases due to water inlet, and raw materials are not available at all times. The emergence of steam engines can be used to pump water.

This old-fashioned steam engine without gear structure can also be competent for water pumping. The steam engine only needs to drive the water pump. By constantly pressing the water pump up and down, the water in the mine can be pumped up and down.

At the same time, the military weapons bureau can also use steam engines. With the steam engine, the weapons can be directly forged with steam engines, which is stable and stronger than the hydraulic forging machine.

Once the water flow power reaches the depletion period of water level, it will be stopped. With the steam engine, it is different. As long as there is coal, it can be continuously operated.

The era of Hercules will be opened soon!

Zhao Yan was very excited. Even if he had made a steam engine before traveling through time, he would not be as excited as he is now. In that era of technological development, the steam engine was meaningless and was eliminated. In this era, it was different. The steam engine was a machine that could make the nation rise rapidly, and it was the most advanced scientific and technological achievement.

Zhao Yan then inspected other groups, and three groups were still studying steam engines, one of which was Putragues' group. Most of the members were missionaries from Britain and Protestants. Richardson was a pseudo-Catholic from the Holy Roman Empire.

Putragues's group is studying a new steam engine, that is, a mature steam engine. Only when the new steam engine is released can it truly enter the era of major production changes.

There are two other groups, one who is studying the old steam engine and has also withdrawn from the competition after learning that Richardson has made the steam engine.

The remaining research team was led by a scholar named Shi Kewei. Shi Kewei's uncle is a mechanical repairman who has been studying machinery since he was a child.

Zhao Yan discovered that they had made the condenser and gear linkage, and at this moment they were just waiting for the last two-way acting cylinder.

However, due to the inadequate processing technology, the cylinders are not round and the piston rods are not straight enough.

The progress of this group is much faster than that of Putragues's group. As long as the barrel boring machine is successful, the Watt steam engine can be manufactured immediately.

The steam engine with gear linkage is the real universal machine.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!