Human nature is a very wonderful thing. The easier it is to get it, the less people know how to cherish it, and even after getting it, they will throw it away at will. But if people go through a lot of hardships to get something, even if such things are seen by others.

It is just a broken stone, but the person who gets it will carefully treasure it and refuses to show it to others.

For example, the winners of the lottery in later generations, a considerable number of people returned to poverty after a few years after becoming rich overnight. The huge wealth that they obtained was squandered by them, and even their original survival skills were thrown away.

, This makes these people only become poorer in the future.

By the same token, when Zhou Chong promoted the production of wool textiles and canned food, he took advantage of this human weakness. Not only did he vigorously promote the benefits of wool textiles and canned food, he also made a confidential gesture and then the court

The inner palace and his Nanyang Chamber of Commerce were the first to invest in and build factories in Xuanfu and other places, which aroused the curiosity of those who were interested. When these people found out the secret, this human weakness would work. The more confidential Zhou Chong made

The more these people wanted to get the technology of wool textile and canning, so in this case, Zhou Chong took the opportunity to spread the two technologies, and in less than a few months, Ningxia, Datong and Xuanfu

Countless textile factories and canning factories appeared in the area, and even factories rushed to increase the treatment of workers in order to attract people, which once caused a local labor shortage.

There were no invention patents in the Ming Dynasty. After a new invention was studied, most of the other things except for a few military-related things could not be kept confidential. As long as it was learned by others, others could use this invention.

He made profits for himself, and even the inventor had no choice but to admit his unluckyness in the end, even the court could not control it.

The same is true for wool textiles and canned food. These two things were proposed by Zhou Chong. Then the craftsmen of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce worked hard to perfect them into mature technologies. If they follow the practices of later generations, both new inventions must be applied for.

Patents, no matter who wants to use these two technologies in the future, they will need to pay patent fees to them.

Unfortunately, because of the "bad" confidentiality, these two technologies have been circulated. Although Zhou Chong was the king of Zhao and was also the governor of the Ming Dynasty, there was no way. After all, the law does not punish the masses. Now in Xuanfu and other places

There are countless wool textile factories and canning factories, most of which have deep backgrounds, such as Xu Qi, the Duke of Wei who was in charge of the military academy. The Duke of Wei also invested in the construction of several wool textile factories, and other factories also have Duke of Wei.

No matter how tough Zhou Chong is in such a noble support, he cannot be enemies with most nobles.

Zhou Chong had already expected this situation before, and it was even the result he wanted to see. However, on the surface, he pretended to be extremely annoyed by this. He even proposed severe punishment to the cabinet several times.

Those who steal technology, but unfortunately, the cabinet dares not make decisions on such matters. After all, there are too many people involved behind it.

Zhou Chong made a fuss in the court for nearly a month because of the stolen technology. Finally, he pretended to be helpless and agreed to the losses caused to him by the loss of technology, which also made everyone feel relieved.

Especially those who use these two technologies without permission, they are really worried that Zhou Chong will fight them regardless of the situation.

However, before these people could finish their mouths, Zhou Chong submitted two bills to the cabinet again, namely the Patent Law and the Trademark Law. Among them, the Trademark Law is nothing, which is for most merchants

It's a good thing and it doesn't have much impact, so it's easy to pass.

The patent law involves a lot. After all, after the implementation of this bill, we can no longer invade other people's new inventions and new technologies like before. However, this time Zhou Chong was red with his eyes and determined to support the passage of this bill.

This gives people the impression that Zhou Zhong suffered losses in the previous wool textile and canning, so he proposed this bill, and if anyone dares to object, it is simply not a question of himself, only the person who stole the technology last time

Only then will he oppose the bill proposed by Zhou Chong.

It is also under this situation that the patent law, which is more involved, did not arouse too many oppositions in the end. It was finally passed with the strong support of Zhou Chong, but what everyone didn't know was that they

Both have fallen into Zhou Chong's trap. After all, in his opinion, it is too valuable to exchange for the passage of these two bills, especially the patent law, which only guarantees the inventors.

Only in the future will more talented people devote to new inventions.

These two bills are just one of the by-products of Zhou Chong's economic regulation. With the investment and construction of wool textile mills and canning factories, everyone is looking for raw materials. At the beginning, the Mongolians drove cattle and sheep to Daming.

Open border market transactions, but this transaction volume was not very large, so it could not meet the needs of those factories soon. So these merchants began to form caravans and took the initiative to enter the grassland to find Mongolian tribal transactions.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, it would be very dangerous for the Ming Dynasty caravan to enter the grassland. After all, the Ming Dynasty caravan to enter the grassland was like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. But in fact, this is not the case.

In order to weaken the power of the grassland people, trade control has been implemented on the grassland, and sometimes trading is even banned. In this way, the materials urgently needed by the grassland people cannot be solved. For the grassland people, it is like strangling the grassland people.

Throat.

It is precisely because of the Ming Dynasty's blockade of the grassland that the grassland people formed a tradition, that is, respect the caravan. As long as the caravan arrives at a tribe, they will not only not be attacked, but also be warmly treated, which also leads to

The smuggling situation in the northwest and northeastern Ming Dynasty was very serious, not much worse than at sea, so the Ming Dynasty caravans still had safety guarantees when entering the grassland. Of course, there were also robbers on the grassland, and these robbers were riding horses.

When walking, it comes and goes like the wind, so it is also called a horse thief. This horse thief was not destroyed until the liberation period in later generations.

However, horse thieves on the grassland usually act in small groups. After all, if there are too many people, they will not only be inconvenient to move, but also be hit by some tribes. Therefore, as long as there are enough people in the caravan, ordinary horse thieves will not dare to make any decisions.

, Only if several horse thieves work together can they dare to attack the caravan, but this situation is very rare. After all, there is fierce competition among horse thieves, and few people will trust others, let alone cooperate.

The Ming Dynasty caravans rushed to enter the grassland. In the past, the Ming Dynasty's trade blockade on the grassland was naturally abolished. In fact, this law had long lost its effect. The border lines between the Ming and Mongolian grasslands were full of smuggling caravans, especially Shanxi.

On the other side, most of the transactions smuggled by the Ming Dynasty on the grassland and Liaodong were controlled. Therefore, after this law was abolished, the most affected were the wealthy merchants in Shanxi, because they could no longer dominate the transactions smuggling on the grassland.

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"Mr. Supervisor, the villain has been monitoring the wealthy merchants and families in Shanxi and other places for a while. With the abolition of the ban on grassland trading, these Shanxi merchants can no longer control the transactions with grassland and Liaodong, so they are very dissatisfied with the imperial court.

Moreover, these merchants are rich and powerful in the local area, and even raise a large number of thugs and guards. Even local officials have to obey their orders. The villain is worried that if these merchants cause chaos due to dissatisfaction, it will cause chaos on our borders.

!” In the small room where Zhou Chong worked in Wenyuan Pavilion, a middle-aged man wearing the commander's uniform of the Jinyiwei was reporting to Zhou Chong.

Zhengde left the capital and also took away a large number of people. Among them, there were not only internal officials like Gu Dayong, but also external officials like Jiang Bin. In addition, Qian Ning was also worried that he would be completely abandoned by Jiang Bin if he was not with the emperor for a long time.

So he left the affairs of the Jinyiwei and ran to Xuanfu. However, this also gave Zhou Chong the opportunity to reorganize the Jinyiwei. The young man in front of him was Sun Liang, who was the commander of the Jinyiwei and was a steady person.

Reliable and very talented. Wu Shan recommended Sun Liang to him before, but now Sun Liang's performance does indeed satisfy Zhou Chong.

"I did a good job. I heard that Shanxi merchants are rich enough to compete with the country. Several of them are representatives. I wonder which ones are?" Zhou Chong asked in a calm tone. He was about the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Shanxi merchants had no favoritism at all, because for their own sake, these Shanxi merchants understood Mongolian and Jurchens. Especially decades later, these Shanxi merchants provided military pay, weapons and food to the Jurchens, and vigorously supported the Jurchens.

It can be said that the reason why the Later Jin Dynasty was able to establish and invade the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop was mostly due to the support of these Shanxi merchants. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, these Shanxi merchants became the imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty.

It has been prosperous for hundreds of years.

During this period, Sun Liang had already figured out Zhou Chong's temper. Although Zhou Chong's tone was very calm, he couldn't help but chill and said: "Report to the Lord of the Supervisor, Shanxi merchants initially relied on regional relations.

At first, they smuggled between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, but later they became bigger and bigger, and even used money to bribe many generals in the border army. Therefore, their caravans could be unobstructed in the border, but other caravans could only stop at

Border.”

When he said this, Sun Liang paused and said, "It was precisely this method that the Shanxi merchants monopolized the Ming Dynasty's trade with the grassland and Liaodong. After generations of accumulation, these Shanxi merchants can indeed be called

The upper part is rich enough to compete with the country, among which the eight families including Wang, Jin, Fan, Liang, etc. These eight families are all large clans in Shanxi. They not only have a large clan, but also have a lot of money and grain. This time the imperial court abolished the transaction ban, and these eight families
Chapter completed!