Behind the bearings, there are gears, chains, bolts, nuts, washers, screws, rivets, etc. Xu Fu can still name them. Others, such as couplings, clutches, etc., have no idea what they are.

What are you here for?

Although the names of these things are the same, their appearance is very different from that of later generations. Most of the parts have existed in ancient times, but there was no large-scale production and application before industrialization. To establish a mechanical industry, these are essential.

After leaving the glass counter, most of the machines placed next to them were large machines. The only ones Xu Fu could recognize were improved spinning wheels. Others, such as agricultural machinery, general machinery, vehicles, etc., could not tell what they were used for.

It took more than half an hour to read everything, and Xu Fu was shocked. After reading this, he realized that Xiangyang was completely different from what he had thought before. There were many things that he had not thought about, but he had done them here.

He sat down at the table next to him and Qiao Ping'an served tea. After drinking the tea, Xu Fu asked: "Looking at you have all kinds of machines here, I think there are many factories under your control. How much business tax can you collect in a year?"

Qiao Ping'an said: "Everything here has just begun, and everything has just begun. Now the business tax is not much, only about 300,000 yuan a year."

"How much?" Xu Fu heard this and almost spit out the whole sip of tea he just drank.

Qiao Ping'an didn't know what Xu Fu meant, and stuttered a little: "Three - three hundred thousand feet."

Xu Fu couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. At its peak, the commercial tax of Kaifeng Prefecture was only more than 300,000 guan, and a small industrial zone in Xiangyang had 300,000 guan. How rich is it here?

Seeing that Xu Fu was silent, Qiao Pingan was a little uneasy. He said: "Last year it was just one hundred thousand guan, and this year it has more than doubled. Looking at the current situation, it is estimated that it will double every year in the next two or three years. The official estimated that,

In three to five years, there will be two to three million strings."

Looking at Qiao Pingan, Xu Fu didn't speak for a long time. Finally he sighed and said: "Do you know that it is not easy for the court to come up with 300,000 yuan now. Seeing that your place is small and the population is not large, why don't you say

Who would believe that there is a business tax of 300,000 yuan?"

Qiao Ping'an said: "You don't know, but the fastest way to make money is in the factories. The things there are easy to make, and as long as someone buys them, it's easier than printing. There are many factories in the mountainous area, and the business tax is naturally higher."

Xu Fu looked at Gao Shize and couldn't help but shook his head slightly. Three hundred thousand commercial taxes a year is the standard of the top metropolis in the world. How can you believe Qiao Ping'an's words? If Xiangyang Prefecture can have so many commercial taxes a year

It’s still believable, how is it possible here?

After calming down, Xu Fu stood up and said, "Let's go inside and take a look. We'll know what the factory you mentioned is like."

Several people left the exhibition hall and walked along the road towards the mountains. Not far away, they saw a small river flowing down from the mountains and was blocked by a dam at the foot of the mountain. Around the dam, many houses were built, which looked very large.

It's not small.

Qiao Ping'an said: "This is the bearing farm, the industry of Zhenfusi. They are now big and make a lot of money a year."

Xu Fu said: "Commander Jie has been appointed as the Zhizhi Envoy of South Jingxi Road, and there is no Zhenfu Secretary. Come on, let's go in and have a look."

Qiao Ping'an hurriedly agreed to lead the way into the factory.

As soon as he entered the gate, there was a concierge with two people guarding him. Qiao Pingan came forward and asked them to write down the names of himself, Xu Fu and others, and took out a few signs. He handed one to Xu Fu and said: "Envoy

Wear it on your chest. We are outsiders, so we have to wear a sign when entering here."

Xu Fu saw that the brand was made of bamboo chips and had a number on it, but he didn't know what it meant. He didn't ask any more questions and imitated Qiao Ping'an's way of wearing it.

Not long after, two people hurriedly came out. When they arrived, they saluted Xu Fu and introduced themselves as the promotion and art officers of this factory. When they heard Xu Fu and others coming, they hurried out.

Accompanied by several people, Xu Fu and Gao Shi entered the factory.

I saw that the houses on both sides were made of earth, with large windows installed on them, and there was a clanking sound coming from inside.

Ti Ji said: "This is where the final product is installed. Would you like the officials to go in and take a look?"

Xu Fu nodded and walked in through the gate together with Gao Shize.

When I walked into the house, I saw large square tables next to the windows. Workers were sitting on the north side of the square tables. The one on the east side took out the parts and only did one process, then pushed the plate in front of him to the next work station. After passing by

After several people, the end of the square table was processed into bearings. The last worker inspected, and another worker packaged. After packaging, a stamp was stamped on it, indicating the processing time, and the name of the inspection worker.

The position of the table is very particular, avoiding direct sunlight and making full use of the light.

Tiju said: "A table here is a separate production line, each producing different varieties. It is installed here and has to be put into the warehouse every day and sorted into categories. If someone wants to buy, just pick it up directly from the warehouse."

Xu Fu couldn't help but nod after looking at it: "Everything of you is very organized, you are not a small workshop. By the way, how much do you sell the bearings you produce? How many can you produce in a year?"

Tiju said: "We generally don't care about individual ones here, but about pairs. Bearings are always installed in pairs and are rarely used singly. The most produced ones are the ones used at both ends of the axle now, one pair for each foot.

The other quantities are not as large as this, and the price is much more expensive."

Gao Shize said: "I see that the bearing over there is very small. Is it more expensive than this big one?"

Tiju said: "Your Majesty, although that thing looks small, it requires a lot of work, and of course the price is much more expensive. The cheapest one here is the one that is most used on vehicles, and it is neither big nor small."

"I see." Xu Fu nodded. "Only a pair of these bearings are sold consistently here?"

Ti Ji said: "That's right. - Of course, we are a factory here. When we come here, we don't buy one pair like this. Now we have decided to sell at least one hundred pairs. If it is less than one hundred pairs, we can only buy it one by one."

Go to a store in Xiangyang City to buy it. The price there is more expensive."

"How much does it cost?"

Tiju said: "In our own shop, a pair costs 500 yuan. If it is in other shops, the price may be more expensive."

Xu Fu turned to Gao Shize and said: "Now in Chuzhou City, many cars use their bearings. By chance, I happened to ask about the price a few days ago. A pair costs three times, and it has to be

Not acquaintances."

Tiju said: "If it is shipped to other places, the price will naturally increase. This is human nature."

Xu Fu didn't say anything, but he sighed in his heart. The factory sold it for only one guan, but hundreds of miles away, it cost three guan and five guan. The money for this thing was still made by the merchants. The factory worked hard in every possible way, but in the end no businessman could earn it.

many.

After looking around, Xu Fu said: "How much is the commercial tax here? How much can this factory produce in a year?"

Tiju said: "Each factory has a different commercial tax, some are 20%, and some are as high as 50%. However, the vast majority of factories have a commercial tax of 30%. In our factory, the Town and Fu Department has invested a lot of money.

It can produce approximately 300,000 pairs of bearings annually.”

"Three hundred thousand -" Xu Fu couldn't help but click his tongue after hearing this number. Looking at the layout of the workshop, the production line for the most common bearings only accounts for one-third. The output value of this workshop is only fifty thousand a year.

More than ten thousand yuan.

The first factory has such a scale, and even if the others are small, they are not too far apart. No wonder it is a bit embarrassing to mention that the current commercial tax of 300,000 a year is a bit embarrassing. There are several large factories with a commercial tax of one million a year.

It's really not difficult.

I visited several factories, and before I knew it, it was evening. As soon as the sun went down, various factories started to work, and workers came out one after another. Like a group of ants, they flocked to several residences. There was a canteen in the big factory, and the workers in the small factory

, then gathered in other canteens.

Before Kaifeng Prefecture was conquered by the Jin soldiers, there were several large factories. Large ones were like the textile industry, which could have tens of thousands of people. Xu Fu had seen the big world in Kaifeng Prefecture, so he was not surprised by the industrial area here.

I just sincerely admire Wang Xiaolie for being able to open so many factories and make a lot of money. Such a small place collects hundreds of thousands of yuan in commercial taxes a year, which is very convenient for the government.

After leaving the industrial area, Xu Fu turned back to the mountains to the south of the city and said: "Such a small place with such a small number of people can collect 300,000 yuan in commercial taxes a year. Wang Xiaolie is really an ordinary person. Now that the war is in chaos, where can we go?"

Isn’t it just adding taxes on top of taxes? Only here in Xiangyang, whether it’s scholars, farmers, industry or merchants, they all say that taxes are not heavy. Only now do we know how Wang Xiaolie did it.”

In fact, the more important reason for the low tax collection is that no matter how large the current government expenditure is, it cannot be compared with that of later generations. Because the expenditure is small, even during wartime, Wang Xiaolie can greatly reduce his financial resources by expanding his financial resources.

Tax.

There is a word in later generations called capital accumulation. Especially for newly industrialized countries, since they cannot expand externally, they have to extract a large amount of surplus from agriculture. In many countries, there is a special term for this, called the industrial-agricultural scissors gap. It goes like this

We do it because there are too many missed lessons in industrialization, and we must make up for them as much as possible in order to catch up. In many cases, there is a ready market.

As for the old capitalist countries, when they industrialized, they usually had colonies and a vast international market. Not only did they have a market for the products they produced, but they could also obtain a large amount of wealth from the outside. When these countries industrialized, they generally had no long-term plans.

, and don’t know the meaning of the work they are engaged in. Many policies are relatively blind.

At this time, the Song Dynasty had no colonies outside and no large-scale precious metal deposits in the country. Those experiences had no reference value. What Wang Xiaolie had to do was to first cultivate the market. The broadest market was, of course, in the countryside. The first thing to do was to let farmers

Only when they become rich and have money in their hands can they buy industrial products. When the market develops, subsequent industrialization will follow naturally.

Don't talk about sheep eating people at this time, driving farmers into factories, and supporting capitalists to accelerate their accumulation of capital. That was the industrialization path that the British took based on their national characteristics and faced a special historical period.

In fact, this is not the case in other European countries, such as France and Germany. The United States in America and Japan in Asia are also not like this.
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