My life skills in Daming Liver

"Great Governor, there is a big explosion in Wang Gong's factory in the Ming Dynasty!"

Xu Wei took the information in his hand and rushed to Su Ze.

When Xu Wei received this information, he couldn't believe it.

In this age of steel and gunpowder, gunpowder is undoubtedly the most important material.

There are also gunpowder workshops in the southeast. These gunpowder workshops are under strict security for fear of being destroyed.

The gunpowder workshops in the southeast can even be said to be cautious to the point where people feel that the system is a bit abnormal.

There is no way, the gunpowder workshop produces dangerous goods such as gunpowder, and the demand for gunpowder is huge. Once there is a problem in the gunpowder workshop, there will be a big problem with the supply of gunpowder on the front line.

In addition to a very strict work system, gunpowder workshops in the southeast also have very high salaries. Working in these workshops is something that many workshop employees envy.

Su Ze also attaches great importance to the treatment of gunpowder workshop workers. Not only is the salary the highest among all government-run workshops, accommodation and meals are also provided near the workshop.

And for workers in gunpowder workshops, the biggest daily job is not to produce gunpowder, but to complete various safety regulations.

Such an important setting, Mingting actually exploded?

When Lu Tianshou took over as the head of the Capital Intelligence Station, he suggested that Su Ze send spies to blow up key facilities such as the Wang Gongchang Gunpowder Factory to create some trouble for the Ming court.

But Su Ze still rejected this point. The people of the capital will also be the people of the southeast in the future. If he does this, the people of the capital will be lost.

Su Ze's first reaction was that he didn't believe it. Although Ming Ting stretched his hips, Zhang Juzheng was still in power anyway, and it was impossible for him to make such a weak-minded mistake.

But when Su Ze read all the information sent from the capital, he was completely speechless.

No one expected that a big explosion would occur due to such a reason. Su Ze had already seen Zhang Juzheng's weakness despite his seemingly strong strength.

The gunpowder workshops in the southeast are also government-run, but government-run and government-run are also different.

The salary of government-run workshops in the southeast is not necessarily higher than that of similar private workshops, but the various systems and safety systems are the strictest.

According to Su Ze, if government-run workshops take the lead in violating the law, then what dignity does the law have?

In addition, it is impossible for government-run workshops to default on wages, and government-run workshops often provide benefits such as night schools for workers, dormitories, canteens, and childcare centers for workers.

Even many government-run factories will hire scholars to read newspapers to the workers in the workshop during work breaks and organize various entertainment activities.

Many private workshop owners were surprised to find that the production efficiency of government-run workshops did not decrease, but was actually higher than that of private workshops after sacrificing so much for workers' benefits.

Workers in government-run workshops are more motivated and have a better reputation. Some private workshops have also begun to imitate government-run workshops and provide some simple benefits to please their employees.

For example, when summer comes, the Xu family's textile workshop cooks mung bean soup, puts it in well water to cool down, then adds some Cochin sugar and stirs it, and it becomes a delicacy to relieve the heat.

The sweetness of mung bean soup is very light, but this free summer-relieving soup quickly won a good reputation for the Xu family, and Mr. Xu was also surprised to find that after providing tea breaks and mung bean soup, the work efficiency of the employees improved. On the contrary, it improved.

The Xu family's workshop took the lead in promoting it, and the textile workshops in Songjiang Prefecture also began to learn to roll it.

In Su Ze's view, the most unscrupulous workshop in the Southeast would not have been in arrears with wages for such a long time. It would also fire the veteran workers who took the lead in the strike. In the end, it would not produce gunpowder in accordance with production safety regulations, causing such a big explosion. .

Su Ze looked at the information and said: "If you don't take what God gives you, you will be punished. God has given us this opportunity, so of course we must take advantage of it."

"Order Lin Deyang's third brigade to take Xiangyang and Jingzhou immediately!"

"In addition, let Xuzhou's fifth brigade be dispatched to fire the artillery and consume Mingting's gunpowder!"

"The Dagu Fort can also bombard blank targets outside Dagu City."

Su Ze issued a few military orders and continued to play with the saplings in his hands.

Xu Wei then began to look at the saplings in Su Ze's hands. He was well-informed and one of his hobbies was painting.

In order to be able to draw more realistic paintings, Xu Wei's biggest hobby is studying various plants.

Now Xu Wei is collecting various plants, which he draws in his spare time. Xu Wei's goal is to complete the classification of all plants and draw illustrations for them all!

Under Su Ze's leadership, the important ministers in the southeast now all have their own interests and hobbies.

Fang Wanghai's hobbies are related to his job. He likes collecting various currencies the most.

Foreign merchants' trade in the southeast brought various coins. When Fang Wanghai was in Fuzhou, he melted Mexican eagle coins and recast them into silver coins.

Fang Wanghai's home is filled with currencies from various countries, including gold and silver coins issued by some ancient civilizations.

Shen Shixing's hobby was literature and art. Not only did he continue to write various prose and operas himself, he also vigorously funded various literary societies and was very supportive of young scholars with literary talents.

Even He Xinyin, who is usually the dullest, has a hobby that is like studying epigraphy and archeology. He likes to collect various ancient objects and verify the age and provenance of these objects. There is a room at home full of these messy things.

Su Ze's hobbies are strange, but they have become accustomed to them in Xu Wei.

Could it be that the Governor has changed his hobby again and stopped playing with machinery and started planting again?

Xu Wei looked at the sapling in his hand and said, "Captain, this looks very much like tung tree, but does it look different from the leaves?"

Su Ze raised his head, glanced at Xu Wei in surprise and said, "Chang Wen, your botany has improved again! How is your illustrated book going? I'm starting to look forward to your illustrated book!"

Xu Wei said: "I've been busy with business lately, so my speed has slowed down again, but is this the Governor-General's tung tree?"

Xu Wei also became curious. Is this a special variety of tung tree?

Tung oil is already one of the most important raw materials in the Southeast. The tung oil squeezed from the tung fruit can be anti-corrosive and waterproof when brushed onto the wood, which is essential for processing ship materials.

In addition, tung oil can also be used to make ink, soap, and oil-paper umbrellas made by a new workshop in Suzhou. After mass production in the workshop, they immediately became a daily necessities.

In order to obtain stable tung oil, extensive planting has begun in Fujian and Guangdong.

Danyun accidentally discovered the business opportunity of tung oil, and she found that tung oil trees were more suitable for the environment in Guangxi, and she also vigorously promoted the introduction of this cash crop to her hometown.

Su Ze looked at the sapling in his hand and said, "This thing is indeed related to tung oil, but the things it produces are much more important than tung oil."

"More important than tung oil?"

Xu Wei now didn't believe Su Ze's firm tone.

Although Xu Wei is not the Minister of Finance, he has also read the reports from the Ministry of Accounts.

Among the many cash crops, the most important is undoubtedly cotton.

With the huge production capacity of textile machines, both the north and the south are turning into a cotton empire.

There is no doubt about the importance of cotton as a cash crop.

Next came tea. The black tea invented by Dadudu solved the problem of moisture and deterioration of green tea during transportation, and it soon became very popular in the European market.

With a slightly sweet aroma, the taste is not as high as green tea, but the tea soup is richer. Black tea, paired with sugar and milk, caused a trend of tea drinking among European royal families and nobles.

Portuguese merchants engaged in this trade made a lot of money.

Next are the spices.

Spices were originally a commodity that was pursued by both the East and the West. After discovering that there were large areas of spice production in Nanyang, businessmen in the southeast began to advocate in newspapers that Nanyang once had a country established by the Han people, and that Nanyang itself was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Now the Southeast should use force to allow the Southeast Asian countries to continue to claim sovereignty.

Next came sugar cane. The urgent pursuit of sugar made businessmen in the southeast frantically look for land suitable for planting.

The reputation of tung trees is not as good as the previous ones because it is a raw material for sailboats and industrial products and is not familiar to the people.

However, tung trees are still among the top ten important economic crops in Southeast China.

Su Ze said that this kind of thing would surpass the tung tree, but Xu Wei naturally didn't believe it.

Su Ze said: "This is called a rubber tree. I asked the Spanish adventure team to find it in South America."

"The load-carrying area of ​​this thing in the future will probably be larger than that of the tung tree."

Su Ze said: "Rubber trees can only be planted in rainforest areas with a warm climate. You can try planting some in the south first, and you can also try in Annan."

Xu Wei was a little surprised that Su Ze personally explained this matter to himself, the chief minister, but Su Ze had proven his vision time and time again, and Xu Wei also took the promotion of rubber to his heart. He said:

"Dan Yun, a representative of Guangxi's Constitutional Assembly, has been running projects at the Ministry of Household Affairs, saying he wants to introduce new industries to Guangxi."

"Otherwise, let her try to bring rubber trees back to Guangxi. If rubber trees can really be more important than tung trees, it can also improve Guangxi's economic backwardness."

Su Ze said with great joy: "How could I forget Guangxi! Guangxi is also the most suitable for the growth of rubber trees! I have compiled a manual for planting and collecting rubber. The cabinet can approve a special support fund for Guangxi to fund the growth of rubber trees before they become useful. Farmers.”

After Xu Wei left, Su Ze reluctantly put down the rubber tree in his hand.

The climate in Nanjing is not suitable for planting rubber trees at all. If it weren't for the hot weather in July, the rubber trees would have frozen to death.

Su Ze spent a lot of money and only bought the seeds of the rubber tree, but did not find the cinchona tree, a sacred tree that can cure malaria. Although it is a bit regretful, the performance of industrial equipment such as rubber transmission rings, seals, and steam engines can be improved. Floors.