My life skills in Daming Liver

By the time Yu Zongyuan arrived at the construction site, it was no longer a construction site, but two neat rows of factory buildings.

At this time, there were still a bunch of people pointing around the two rising factories. When someone saw Yu Zongyuan, they immediately came up to salute him.

Yu Zongyuan felt familiar when he looked at them. These people should be members of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce. He had seen them at a gathering of the Chamber of Commerce.

Yu Zongyuan just returned the gift perfunctorily, and continued walking into the factory with Lin An.

The architectural style of the factory is very simple, with two white walls and a ceiling. However, Yu Zongyuan has invested in many factories, and he knows that building such a large factory is also very time-consuming.

But the new factory building of the match factory was completed in less than two months, which Yu Zongyuan found incredible.

But the white walls of the factory stood there, and Yu Zongyuan asked as he walked:

"Is this wall strong?"

Lin An immediately said: "It's strong, it must be strong! In order to prevent the wall from collapsing, reinforced concrete has been put down!"

As Yu Zongyuan approached the factory, he heard a rumbling sound, and then he saw a huge machine, swallowing black coal and spitting out white steam.

Yu Zongyuan had seen steam engines at the expo. Later, he heard that he had also developed a steam engine, and Yu Zongyuan also hurried to Ren Fu's workshop.

Grand Governor Su Ze has always had a long-term vision. The machines he promoted back then have become golden roosters that lay eggs.

When he learned that the steam engine he invested in had collided with the Grand Governor's car, Yu Zongyuan was almost scared to death.

However, the market still gave Yu Zongyuan confidence.

After the steam engine was exhibited at the expo, it did cause a stir, but many industrial and commercial owners saw it, but few people actually wanted to buy it.

Ren Fu also went to sell steam engines, but the bulky machines, daunting prices, and high maintenance costs made industrial and commercial owners reluctant to invest.

Even the Grand Governor platform failed to sell the steam engine.

Yu Zongyuan didn't doubt Su Ze's vision, he just believed that steam engines must still be a money-losing thing in the past few years.

In fact, not only Yu Zongyuan, but Lin An also thought so.

This time the match factory was about to expand. Lin An then remembered his old friend and decided to buy a steam engine from Ren Fu, or even a factory driven by a steam engine.

At the beginning, Lin An didn't think the steam engine could play a big role.

But when building the factory, Lin An discovered that this steam engine was really easy to use!

Unlike unstable water power, steam engines can continuously provide stable energy as long as they are running.

And it is not restricted by the terrain at all. You just need to connect the connecting rod to drive whatever you want.

The sawing machine used to saw wood can be driven by a steam engine, the mixer used to mix cement can be driven by a steam engine, and even the drill bit used to drill a well can be driven by a steam engine.

In addition to using new materials such as cement and steel bars, glass and steel frames, the steam engine was also the key to the rapid completion of the new match factory building.

Lin An felt that the money was well spent!

With the further expansion of the southeast, the newly swallowed Annan, Huguang, and North Korea, these new territories are new markets.

The production capacity of the original match factory was insufficient, and a new factory must be put into operation as soon as possible.

Even if you spend a little more money, as long as you can capture the market as soon as possible, the investment will be worthwhile.

Lin Zongyuan saw the complex pipelines connected to the steam engine, and Ren Fu was debugging the machine next to the steam engine.

After seeing Lin Zongyuan, Ren Fu immediately walked over with a grin on his face.

"Master Yu!"

Yu Zongyuan's face didn't look good. One of the steam engines that was originally a money-losing project was sold. Fortunately, it was purchased by an industry he invested in, so it couldn't be considered a profit.

Yu Zongyuan smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Dagong Ren. Can this machine be used?"

Ren Fu immediately said: "It works! It works!"

At this time, several members of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce who had just visited also entered the factory.

Ren Fu immediately called his apprentices and started starting the steam engine.

I only saw the steam engine starting to move, and then I saw a worker putting the cut wood piles into one inlet, and soon squeezed out tiny matchsticks from another opening.

Yu Zongyuan was shocked. The previous matchsticks were all artificially made. He really couldn't figure out how a piece of wood could turn into a matchstick so quickly.

Ren Fu said: "This machine has a sharp blade. The steam engine pushes the wood in and it naturally cuts into matchsticks."

"With this machine, only one feeding worker is needed to complete the work of ten workers in the past."

Yu Zongyuan was shocked again. He had seen the craze of textile machines before. It was due to the improvement of efficiency that textile machines soared into the sky.

Would this be the case with today's steam engines?

Immediately afterwards, everyone came to a large iron cylinder. Lin An pointed at the iron cylinder and said:

"One of the difficulties in making matches is that the gunpowder on the match head must be mixed evenly, otherwise misfire will occur."

"If there are too many misfires, it will affect the brand of matches."

Yu Zongyuan also nodded.

Daily necessities like matches are in the word-of-mouth business.

Matches are not a one-time purchase, but a long-term purchase. If several matches in a box cannot be struck, it will greatly affect the user experience, and the customer will buy another brand next time.

Only a few workers were seen putting various chemical raw materials into the iron cylinder at the feeding port on the second floor. After the entire iron cylinder was half full, Ren Fu pulled the lever.

I saw that the iron cylinder began to shake, and a stirring rod in the iron cylinder also began to rotate.

I saw several raw materials that were originally distinct, slowly mixed together.

Lin An said: "In the past, these were stirred manually, and not too much was stirred at one time, but uneven stirring would still occur."

"Now it has been changed to machine mixing, which can mix the amount of twenty workers at the same time, and it is more uniform."

Yu Zongyuan was almost numb. He never thought that the steam engine was so easy to use?

The industrial and commercial owners from the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce also began to whisper.

Although steam engines are expensive, as Lin An said, they are a more stable force than human power.

This power doesn't tire and can run forever as long as you add fuel and water.

At this time, several industrial and commercial owners began to get interested and prepared to ask Ren Fu whether their workshops could be equipped with steam engines.

By the time the visit was over, Yu Zongyuan was completely numb.

Steam engines are not the future, this damn thing is the future!

After investing in so many projects, Yu Zongyuan actually has some experience and intuition.

Whether a project can make money depends on whether it can be implemented and whether it can be truly sold.

If it cannot be implemented, no matter how powerful the technology is, it will be useless.

This is why Yu Zongyuan has never believed that steam engines are useful. In his opinion, it is too difficult for steam engines to replace water power and manpower.

But Yu Zongyuan was quickly slapped in the face.

What made steam engines cost-effective was precisely the increase in labor prices and the depletion of water resources.

Hangzhou is already a city with abundant water resources, but there are not many places where hydraulic equipment can be installed.

With the introduction of some laws to protect workers' rights and interests, the cost of hiring workers has also increased a lot than before.

As the development of the transportation industry has tapped into the development of the mining industry, the price of coal is further declining, and the cost of using steam engines is also declining.

One goes and the other goes, steam engines that were once considered very cost-effective are now becoming more cost-effective.

no! The steam engine factory must be sold as soon as possible!

Yu Zongyuan made up his mind, but how to sell the steam engine factory?

If you sell it now, I'm afraid the price won't be cheap.

And wouldn’t it be too obvious to sell a steam engine workshop at this time?

Yu Zongyuan returned to the house, thought about it carefully, and finally thought of something.

He immediately ordered his housekeeper to pack his luggage and braved the scorching heat to leave Hangzhou.

Just when the young master was busy trying to get rid of the steam engine workshop as soon as possible.

After being besieged for a month, Huguang and Jingzhou City finally ran out of ammunition and food.

Xu Xuemo, the prefect of Xuzhou, opened the city to surrender. After Xiong Kuang led the third brigade into the city to accept the surrender, he immediately issued an order for freedom of movement.

Without public grievances, Jingzhou officials and gentry landlords with clean backgrounds could leave Jingzhou and return to the areas controlled by the Ming court.

Xu Xuemo, the prefect of Jingzhou, has always had a good official reputation. He fought hard in Huguang and was good at training troops.

Lin Deyang also felt that he was a talented person, so he specifically asked for a quota from the Southeast Cabinet. He also asked You Jujing, the former governor of Huguang in the Ming Dynasty, to write a letter of persuasion to surrender, which Xiong Kuang personally handed to Xu Xuemo.

Xu Xuemo said nothing after receiving the letter. He returned to the prefect's Yamen and handed over the land inventory and official list of Jingzhou, and sent his family out of the prefecture. Finally, a gunshot was heard from the Magistrate's Yamen.

By the time the guarding soldiers rushed in, Xu Xuemo had already committed suicide with an exquisite short gun.

Xu Xuemo did not leave any last words or even any last words. Xiong Kuang was silent for a while looking at his body.

The Ming Dynasty has reached such a time, but there are still people who want to be buried with it.

In fact, it is strange that no one was buried with it.

Sure enough, the Governor was right, it was not yet time for a quick victory.

But soon, Xiong Kuang encountered a bigger trouble.

Because he was afraid that Jingzhou's army would lose morale, Xu Xuemo, the governor of Jingzhou at that time, did not allow everyone to leave the city.

This includes the current Prime Minister of Zhongshu in the Ming Dynasty, the ruler of the Ming Dynasty who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, and Zhang Juzheng's father.

The father who ruled the Ming Dynasty was in his own hands, and Xiong Kuang felt like he had a terrible headache.

This is not a good thing, on the contrary, it is a super hot potato!

Xiong Kuang immediately reported to Nanjing that he was in big trouble this time!