Hu Xianzong is a scholar in the capital. He is thirty years old this year. He said he is a scholar or a bit general. To be precise, he is a child. Tongsheng does not mean that he is young and in his thirties, he naturally has nothing to do with the "child" of children. His childhood meaning is that he has no fame and fortune.

He started studying at the age of ten, and after ten years of hard work, he started taking the imperial examination at the age of twenty, and even took three exams, but failed the college entrance examination and was still a child. He was discouraged and bid farewell to the dream of nomination on the Golden List and began to take over the family business.

His family opened a cloth shop, and there was a large storefront in Gaopo Hutong in Yongfang, which was also considered a small wealthy family. However, "everything is inferior, only high school students are high." His parents thought that he could get a good fortune and glorious exam, but he was not a good student. After three consecutive days, his parents gave up and got it. If it was not the fate of becoming an official, then continue to work on low-key careers, and at least they could make a fortune for a lifetime.

To be precise, this cloth shop sells cloth and carries customized clothes. Although Hu Xianzong is not good at studying, he is extremely talented when doing business. With his management, the cloth shop business is becoming more and more prosperous. In less than three years, the cloth shop of the Hu family has made some fame in the entire capital. Generally, the small wealthy family in the capital are willing to go to his cloth shop to buy cloth and custom clothes. Hu Xianzong of the Hu family has also become a celebrity in Shiyongfang.

When this person becomes famous, some things will come to him inadvertently. One day in August this year, he was sitting in the cloth shop holding a piece of the Beijing News and watching leisurely, when Lord Fangzheng suddenly came to him.

Usually, the old man smiled unrestrainedly, but today he was like his face cramps, and he kept laughing: "Hahaha, Manager Hu, are you reading the newspaper?"

He was also an official, so Hu Xianzong naturally did not dare to neglect him. He quickly asked him to sit down in the main seat and ordered someone to make hot tea. Then he asked curiously: "I don't know what is the price for Master Fangzheng to find?"

Lao Fang was looking at the newspaper on the coffee table, pointing at an article on it with a smile on his face and asked, "Shopkeeper Hu, have you read this article?"

He looked at it and saw it. It seemed that the Ministry of Industry had developed a batch of machines. He nodded quickly and said, "I read it, I read it, it's pretty good."

Lao Fangzheng did not have an interface to evaluate the writing style of this article, but instead tempted him with a smile: "Does Manager Hu have no ideas?"

Thoughts? Hu Xianzong was a little confused. The things made by the Ministry of Works were good, but there was no garment machine inside. What would he have?

When Lao Fang saw his confused look, he continued to lure: "Do you know the shuttle loom and steam spinning machine? That speed, tsk tsk..."

Hu Xianzong was even more confused. I am not a cloth person. What does it mean to tell me about the loom?

Why is this kid so stupid? Seeing that he couldn't tempt, Lao Fang simply suggested directly: "Shopkeeper Hu, don't you want to open a weaving factory?"

Opening a weaving factory? What money can you make? You have to buy machines and hire people. Moreover, the weaving machine is so big. It would be great to open a weaving factory in Beijing. It would be great to make the rent back.

Hu Xianzong was about to refuse, but suddenly saw the two words Feisuo. Slowly, he saw an old-fashioned loom. He had never seen the Feisuo loom. Is it really the same as Feisuo when weaving the cloth?

He thought for a while and asked hesitantly: "Master Fangzheng, is this flying weaving cloth really the same as flying? How much faster than an ordinary artificial weaving machine?"

Seeing that the boy finally got on the road, Lao Fang couldn't help but add fuel to his jealousy: "Tsk tsk, you didn't see it. I had the honor of going to the inner factory to see the prototype of the flying shuttle loom. The speed was not even up to par with the eyes, at least ten times faster than manual labor!"

Ten times! The profit is terrifying. Hu Xianzong couldn't help but try: "I don't know how many units a person can buy, but if he can buy more than ten units, he will make money."

Lao Fang was just watching an indicator be completed, and excitedly said: "As long as you dare to buy, you can buy as many units as you want."

After all, Hu Xianzong is a veteran in the business world. He is not the kind of rough young man. He really wants to set up a factory. He has to consider all aspects. At this moment, he thought of a very serious problem. He needs to have a place to buy a machine! He couldn't help but frown and said, "It's a pity that my place is too small, and there is no one nearby that has a courtyard for rent."

Lao Fang knew the most about this matter. He quickly said, "Yeyouyou, there is a large mansion in Siji Hutong behind. It was originally a doctor from the Ministry of Revenue. Two years ago, I went to be the prefect and was empty. He sent someone to ask me how many times it was, but the place was too big and no one took over. If you want it, I will tell you the price and guarantee it is cheap."

After the site was resolved, Hu Xianzong continued to think about it, but he was a little embarrassed: "I want to buy a hundred or ten units, but the money is a bit tight."

Lao Fang immediately patted his chest and said, "Let me borrow it from Rixinglong Business, I'll guarantee you."

Seeing that Lao Fang was so enthusiastic about helping, Hu Xianzong was a little embarrassed, but he still asked the last question: "Where will I find someone with a hundred or ten in the future?"

Lao Fang was gritting his teeth and said, "I will post a notice to you and go to Silibafang to recruit you."

The relationship is good, Hu Xianzong felt that there was no problem anymore. He was also a person who did big things, so he immediately made the decision and did it!

This guy is not ordinary, but he actually ordered fifty shuttle looms and fifty steam spinning machines. He was lucky. He went there early. The Ministry of Industry prepared enough shuttle looms and steam spinning machines, but he actually delivered the goods to him within a few days.

Lao Fangzheng was also very active. Once Hu Xianzong started the factory, his task was completed. With such a large factory, the economic growth was not so great. The prefect should not come to cause trouble for him again. In order to save his black sha, he did not try his best to help. In less than half a month, the Hu weaving Factory miraculously started production!

The flying shuttle loom is indeed well-known. After several improvements by Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing, the speed is more than ten times faster than manual labor. Generally, people can weave a piece of cloth in ten days, and they can weave almost one and a half pieces in a day with a flying shuttle loom. In other words, a flying shuttle loom can weave more than forty pieces of cloth in a month. More than forty pieces of cloth will be sold at about ten taels of silver. In this way, he can earn at least 500 taels of silver in a month, and he can make a profit in more than one year, and in three years, he can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver. What does this mean? You must know that his family has opened a cloth shop that has been in forty or fifty years and has not earned a total of 10,000 taels of silver!

In the first two months, Hu Xianzong was almost waking up with a smile, but recently he was a little worried. With the increase in weaving factories, the price of cloth in the capital is slowly declining. Although he can still make about 500 taels of silver a month, if the price continues to slide like this, he will be afraid that he will have to protect his capital in two years!

Just when he was worried, the Beijing News published a news report that the Ming Dynasty's navy was equipped with a batch of super warships and was preparing to go out to sea for training. This time, it will take private merchants for free to a colony of an allied country called Portugal to open up the market. This is not a business in the Ming Dynasty, but an overseas trade.

I heard that the natives there were extremely backward, and they were not very good at making cloth and porcelain. A piece of cloth could be sold for half a tael of silver there, while the rice price there was only half a tael of silver per stone. In other words, selling cloth there would be about one-fold profit. If you bring the rice back to the Ming Dynasty to sell it, it would be four times the profit!

Hu Xianzong was originally a brave man, so he would not miss such an opportunity. As for the danger outside, he really didn't care about it, and he just knew that he would be brave and starved to death. Good men were determined to be overseas trade, isn't it?

Although the private economy of the Ming Dynasty did not seem to be very developed in history, it was just that the court did not advocate it. In that environment, capitalism sprouted appeared. It can be seen that there are still many brave businessmen among the people. Now our Emperor Chongzheng clearly supports the private economy, and there are more bold people.

Hu Xianzong originally thought he was considered brave, but he didn't expect that he was much more brave than him. He only prepared 10,000 pieces of cloth. When he ran to the train station to check in, he actually saw a fierce man who had 100,000 pieces of cloth in one consignment!

It’s okay to forget this cloth, he has never seen 100,000 pieces of cloth before. What kind of train is so magical. An iron lump can actually run by himself!

It seems that the people at this station said that the consignee can take the car to Dongdaying with the goods, so just take a ride. People dare to drive, but they don’t dare to take it.

So, Hu Xianzong took the first train of his life. The experience was simply amazing. Not only could this iron lump run by itself, but it also ran very fast. The galloping horse was at this speed. Moreover, this iron lump did not breathe all the way and drove to Dongdaying in one breath!

After arriving at Dongdaying, he was even more surprised. He didn't have to care about the goods at all. He just hung the gourd onto a flatbed truck, and then a horse pulled the flatbed truck and arrived at the port soon.

The port is so spectacular. There are a large row of iron racks more than ten meters high, and another gourd directly lifts his cargo onto a large ship about ten meters high. Hundreds of such large ships were parked near the entire port!

Oh my God, he has never seen so many big ships. I didn’t expect that there were so many big ships in the Ming Dynasty, which are more knowledgeable, more majestic and more ambitious!

It wasn't over yet. When he got on the boat, he saw the two rows of cannons on the deck. That was shocking. Is this the Ming Dynasty's super warship? There were more than twenty cannons!

Unexpectedly, it was not over yet. After he left the port with the warship, twenty-five giant ships were neatly lined up in front of him, larger than the warship he was on. Are there cannons inside the three-layer holes on both sides of the warship? He looked carefully at the style of the muzzle in front of him, exactly the same, it was really a cannon!

If you count carefully, there are fifty gates on one side, and there are a hundred gates on both sides! Super battleships, super battleships, that is the Ming Dynasty’s super battleship!

The Ming Dynasty was so powerful. As a Ming people, the passion in his heart couldn't help but arise. It's amazing, my Ming Dynasty!
Chapter completed!