Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh artillery, factory
Gan Qi left the palace and Zhao Zonghan entered the palace. Among the family affairs, Zhao Zonghan was the one who could support the emperor Zhao Xu.
This matter is still a big deal. When Zhao Zonghan comes, Zhao Zongyan naturally has no good results. He opened his mouth and wanted to seize Zhao Zongyan's title and demote him to a commoner.
With Zhao Zonghan's support, Zhao Xu naturally issued an order.
However, this matter was not over, and Zhao Zongyan obviously had to make trouble. He didn't have so many concerns about family matters. After taking the title, Zhao Zongyan naturally had to make trouble.
Gan Qi did not participate in these things. Although Emperor Zhao Xu was young, he was not a good person to talk to. The more he made trouble, the less he would have good results, let alone Zhao Zonghan?
The royal children came to the palace one by one to ask for a meeting. Zhao Zonghan and Zhao Xu were naturally furious.
Feng Jing's errands naturally went much smoother. Before Zhao Zongyan blocked his own fields, Feng Jing dared to teach people to carry him away.
There are naturally not many things that Feng Jing faces violent resistance to the law, but there are many things that change the way to resist the law.
People with human relationships, those who rely on relationships, those who give gifts, come to the door to reminisce about their past feelings.
If Feng Jing wants to be selfless, he has to "severe himself from the people". He was not the official who was Bao Zheng's way, but now he is forced to go to Bao Zheng's way.
This was probably also under Gan Qi's plan, turning Feng Jing into a lonely minister, and indirectly pulling Feng Jing to his side.
Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Feng Jing, Han Jiang and others will be the future tycoons, while Su Shi, Su Zhe, Li Ding and Cai Que and others will be the backbone of the future tycoons.
What Gan Qi wants is this situation that can completely control the situation, and the court cannot be full of puppets, but also talents with ability and means.
After a month or two, the affairs of the prefectures in various parts of the Gyeonggi Province were basically completed, and the matter of the people who were stationed in the Gyeonggi Province was already on track.
What Ganqi has to do every day is to constantly put pressure on these state officials, constantly urging them to reform according to the new law and implement it with all their might.
After everything was on track, Gan Qi could also take a break from his busy schedule.
Shen Kuo has been busy for several months in the south of Tokyo and the capital camp.
Today, Mr. Gan came in person to see Shen Kuo’s newly built three thousand kilogram cannon.
The three thousand kilogram cannon and the black hole cannon barrel made Gan Qi very satisfied.
The only thing I was dissatisfied with was that it was difficult to fiddle with. A few horses couldn't get up to a small slope.
This gave Gan Qi a headache. While watching the artillery test firing, he asked: "This thing is good, it is necessary to solve the transportation problem, otherwise it will be inconvenient for the army to move."
Shen Kuo nodded: "My husband said that the general frame cannot bear it. The modified large frame has a great weight. It requires at least four horses to drag it. When encountering a ramp, it has to be pushed by manpower. If it is a muddy land or a bad road, it will be even more troublesome to move."
Gan Qi frowned and thought, many things were still simple. If you want to transport this thing to the front line, sometimes northwest, sometimes Yan Yun’s...
"We have to find a way to solve this problem." Gan Qi said seriously.
Shen Kuo was also frowning. He had tried his best to answer, saying, "Or increase the horsepower to drag it to six horses."
Gan Qi waved his hand: "Horse is a small matter. What's troublesome is that the frame is huge. When you reach the border, it is mostly difficult to walk on the small road... You have to make the frame smaller. I think it's so heavy, the axle is not durable. If you walk hundreds of miles, you'll probably have to repair it several times..."
"Yes, the official also wants to talk about this." Shen Kuo replied.
Suddenly, Gan Qi browsed and said, "I made something more than ten years ago. I will show you something. That thing may solve your troubles, but I also need to study it. The production is more refined, and the materials must be carefully studied, and the production process must be more refined."
"I wonder what Mr. Gan is talking about?" Shen Kuo asked.
"Ball bearings, the lottery plate rolls smoothly because of this thing. But the ball bearings I made before are too simple, and it's okay to use them, but if you want to use them on the axle, you have to spend some time." Gan Qi remembered the lucky turntable he made.
Shen Kuo was quite surprised when he heard this: "The officials are already eager to see this thing."
Gan Qi nodded: "No need to go, go and get it with me."
Shen Kuo quickly got on his horse and followed Gan Qi out of the city. The one who could build ball bearings was a blacksmith shop on the south dock of the city. The old blacksmith kept keeping Gan Qi's secrets and kept making Gan Qi's money.
After handing Shen Kuo to the old blacksmith, Gan Qi stopped caring about it, and Gan Qi couldn't get involved in the craftsman's affairs.
Gan Qi took the opportunity to go back to the old house in the village and also took a look at his sumo field and commercial street.
It was also a busy time. Gan Qi had never seen the accounts last year. They were all seen by Zhang Shuyuan and Wu Qiaoer. Today, I will also check the accounts and consider more planning and development.
Speaking of which, the business circle driven by the sumo field has matured, and hot spring hotels have become more and more successful. With this family business, you will no longer have to worry about wealth.
But Gan Qi naturally has more ideas, but he has not had time to plan in recent years.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Ganqi wanted to build a factory. It was not that the factory could make a lot of money, but that Ganqi needed to bring a new production model to the world.
In small peasant economy, production units are basically families, and the biggest one is just small workshops. In Ganqi's view, this production model is naturally too primitive.
Factory means more detailed division of labor, larger scale, smaller costs, and higher efficiency.
This thing is not something new to Ganqi, but for this era, it is different.
If Ganqi wants to open an extremely successful factory, after success, many people will inevitably follow suit. Kaifeng Prefecture is a place where capital is concentrated. There is no place to go to these capitals. Apart from buying land, they are reserved for their descendants. This is a huge waste of social resources. Ganqi gives these capital a new place.
To put it bluntly, Gan Qi is about to bring a new trend.
If this new trend is really successful, the country will embark on a different path, which can liberate productivity, increase social wealth, allow more people to enjoy a better life, and make the country stronger and stronger.
The most important point is that factories can break the social structure. The social structure of the Song Dynasty was too simple, so simple that it was only binary. Either the gentry class who studied and controlled most of the society's resources. Or the suffering lower class people would always dig food in the land.
As for other businessmen and servant services, they are just accessories to this binary society.
Once factories bloom everywhere, society becomes diverse, a real business class will emerge, and a vast working class will emerge.
With diverse society, many things are no longer black or white. For Gan Qi, the ruler, the impact of many things he has to do will become more complicated. For Gan Qi, the people in society are no longer simple, either friends or enemies.
To give the simplest example, the fact that the tax is being distributed to acre is itself a liberating productivity. Without the capitation tax, the government will be more loose in its management of household registration and will no longer worry about the people who have to pay capitation tax.
Because when there is a head tax, people need every household to perform labor service. Once the people run around and the government cannot find anyone, they will not be able to collect taxes. Therefore, the government is strict in the management of household registration. Even those who do not pay the tax will become illegal households and will be arrested by the government wherever they go. This indirectly leads to the breeding of bandits in the mountains and forests. Now that the cap tax is not collected, there is no need for every household to perform labor service, the government will no longer care whether you are farming at home or not, and people who run around will not worry about becoming illegal households and being free.
Once people become more free, the most benefit is the factory that needs to recruit workers.
If there were countless factories in society at this time, Ganqi's strategy of placing acres of platinum will inevitably be supported by countless factory owners. Factory owners must be the kind of people with voice in society, and many of them are even gentry. Then Ganqi's resistance to platinum of platinum will be greatly reduced.
This is one of the benefits of implementing the factory production model. If the factory model is really implemented, it will also be of great benefit to real land reform. Because every household has land, people's most basic survival is guaranteed, and more people will dare to leave the land and go to the factory.
Another point is that if the factory owner becomes a newbie, the power of the old landlord class will become smaller, because in an era of 100 million people, the output value of the land is far inferior to that of the factory.
So Gan Qicai thought of taking the lead in establishing a benchmark factory so that the world could follow suit. Changing the labor model would make the whole world different. Even the cost of living for the people would be reduced, and all daily necessities would be reduced as production efficiency increases.
Even in the era when technology has not yet developed greatly, even if it is just producing hoes, shovels, pots, pans, and some furniture, once it turns from carpenters and blacksmiths workshops to assembly line operations, efficiency is a completely different world.
What's more, Gan Qi is also preparing to make some small technological progress, such as spinning machines and hydraulic spinning machines. This thing has not technical requirements, or it is not technical requirements for people like Shen Kuo. With just one idea or another direction, Shen Kuo will definitely be able to make this thing.
Cotton has been planted in various parts of Gyeonggi for several years, and has received great responses from the public. The court spared no effort to promote it. Moreover, cotton is easy to plant and has low requirements for water sources. Some wastelands and dry lands can be planted, and the output has already risen. At least one factory is enough to supply the output.
Gan Qi thought about these things and decided on them.
For hydraulic spinning machines, first, we need water. When choosing a site, we have to be next to the river channel. Then, we have to be less water flow, so we have to be downstream of the river channel.
The Bian River is an excellent place, and it is not difficult.
It is not difficult to build. In a low-lying place, open a ditche to lure out the water of the Bian River, then go down with the flow, stacked layer by layer, arrange one spinning machine after another, and use the help of hydraulic power to continuously drive the machine spinning.
This plan obviously works.
The more Gan Qi thought about it, the more excited he became. After reading the account book of the sumo field, he went back to his old house and couldn't wait to let Gan Ba polish the ink. Gan Qi started writing, and even drew out all the rough sketches of the factory.
What is missing is the spinning machine.
I have to look back to find Shen Kuo. Even though it was dusk, Gan Qi couldn't wait to ask Shen Kuo to enter the city quickly and talk to Fanlou.
Shen Kuo came in a hurry and was amazed at Gan Qi's idea of transforming the spinning machine. It is definitely feasible to use hydraulic power to spin yarn, which is to transform the existing spinning machine operation model.
Gan Qi didn't care about that much and just said, "There are many wise craftsmen around Brother Cunzhong. If you take this matter back and discuss it with everyone, this thing will definitely not be difficult."
Shen Kuo nodded: "The lower official also knew that this thing could be made, but there was no specific solution for a while. I hope my husband can tolerate some time."
Shen Kuo had too much trouble, and Gan Qi gave him another task, and he was giving himself some time.
Gan Qi said, "I don't know much about the principle, but I'll give you something to design."
"Please give me some advice." Shen Kuo was waiting for Gan Qi's words. He knew that what Gan Qi proposed would inevitably have his own opinions.
"This thing is a gear, and you are familiar with this thing, but if you want to make a truly suitable iron gear, it takes the best craftsman a lot of thought from sketches to hand-made construction. If this spinning machine is blessed with gear transmission, it is an excellent design idea." Gan Qi could only help here, he really doesn't know much about textiles.
However, Shen Kuo was familiar with the principles of textiles and a flash of inspiration: "A word from my husband was enlightened. The water truck has always been used only to pound rice, which is the limitation of the transmission method. The subordinate seems to have some ideas."
"Then you go back quickly and take the craftsmen to think about it and quickly create this thing." Gan Qi was also very happy and anxious.
"Sir, please obey the order!" Shen Kuo hurriedly left Fanlou again without even drinking a few glasses of wine. This engineering man seemed to have no interest in women.
Gan Qi was not staying in Fanlou Duolu, and he seemed to have no interest in women anymore.
It’s a pity that the courtesans with long necks were extremely disappointed. Gan Xianggong came here with a rare trip, but he just left.
If it were ten years ago, today's Fanlou would have risen by taking advantage of Gan Xianggong's reputation.
Twenty years ago, thirty years ago, Liu Sanyuan Ouyang Xiu was a distinguished guest here, but unfortunately they did not come many times later, and they rarely wrote lyrics when they came. Ten years ago, Gan Qi, Su Shi, Su Zhe was a distinguished guest here, and now they don’t come many times, and they don’t think about poetry when they come.
Now that we have arrived at Qin Shaoyou, Cai Jing and others, they have not been many recently.
Only Yan Jidao has been living in Fanlou for several years, but still comes often. Instead, Yan Jidao has become the most popular among the 72 famous buildings in Tokyo.
Sometimes this is the case in the world.
No one even made fun of the fact that Gan Xianggong wrote lyrics to mock Yan Jidao. It seemed that everyone thought that Yan Jidao was made fun of by people like Gan Xianggong, which was not embarrassing.
Gan Qi naturally didn't know about these things in the fun world now. After returning home, he was still thinking about the factory matters carefully.
I even thought that if factories really spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain, the money house would rise with the flow.
However, Gan Qi was also worried about some things, such as how to ensure the cultivation of grain under the factory model, which is the most fundamental guarantee of society. This is something that people in power have to consider. The balanced relationship between factory and farming and population is too important.
Chapter completed!