The next day, Fang Zhengyi had no intention of going to the Honglu Temple to serve.
Anyway, the purpose of the matter has been achieved. Beirong no longer has the intention of marriage, and they have also seen the "luxury goods" of Taoyuan.
As for the rest of the matters, Fang Zhengyi just ignored them.
The most important things right now are large-scale constructions such as textile factories and football stadiums.
There is nothing much to say about the football field.
The textile factory is very important. Whether you can hook up with the princess depends on it!
Moreover, when winter approaches, all kinds of clothes in Beijing are not cheap.
The extremely high efficiency of Taoyuan County's textile machines is enough to crush small handicraft workshops on the market.
At that time, clothing prices will also fall accordingly, and many people will probably take advantage of the drop in clothing prices to buy themselves a new set of clothes.
There are many ordinary families who don't buy a new set of clothes for several years or even more than ten years.
When clothes and pants are torn, just patch them up, layer by layer, as long as they can be worn. Everyone does this and no one will laugh at you.
The weather is getting colder and there is no need to farm the fields, so logically there should be a lot of manpower available.
But contrary to intuition, manpower will not only not increase, but will decrease rapidly.
Because of the extremely cold weather, most people stay at home and families rely on each other for warmth.
Going out to work in winter will not only not make money, but it will also consume energy and waste food.
The people are obviously smart and know their own accounts better than anyone else.
All in all, by winter, parts of the private economy had almost come to a standstill.
What’s even more terrifying is that people will freeze to death, and this happens every year.
This is never a good thing for managers.
The small private economy in Ban Shan Fang has always been doing well. Things like street stalls and snack carts are all exempted from tax by Fang Zheng Yi with a wave of his hand.
Even so, the small vendors only have a small amount of wealth, and compared with ordinary farmers, they can only barely have the concept of "private property".
They can't afford any risks, and are still far from being wealthy!
Fang Zhengyi pulled Li Yuanzhao to the textile factory site, where work was still in full swing.
Generally speaking, it is halfway completed and the project is progressing very rapidly.
After Fang Zhengyi took Li Yuanzhao for a walk, he called the person in charge.
The person in charge was naturally also from Taoyuan County, his name was He Zhong.
In addition to being responsible for construction site matters, he is also responsible for subsequent production.
When he arrived in front of Fang Zheng, he first greeted him and then stood aside to answer his questions.
Li Yuanzhao asked curiously, "Old Fang, why didn't I see you care so much about the textile factory when we were in Jianjiang and even go there in person?"
Fang Zheng smiled.
Why else? For your sister's happiness!
"Jianjiang is too big for me to take care of. Besides, those are the businesses of the merchants themselves, so we can't interfere too much."
"Winter is coming soon, and we need to build a textile factory to provide clothes for the people."
"How can we do this when the people are freezing in the winter?"
"There are ready-made clothing shops everywhere on the street. When did they run out of clothes to sell?" Li Yuanzhao asked in confusion.
"Lao He, explain this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Old He walked up to Li Yuanzhao and said respectfully, "Your Highness, our textile factory is very different from other places."
"The factory uses the latest textile machines from Taoyuan County, which are extremely efficient!"
"In addition to the rapid weaving process, the assembly line method invented by the master was also used."
"Assembly line? What does that mean?" Li Yuanzhao asked
Fang Zhengyi quickly interrupted: "Your Highness, remember to tell the historian that I invented the assembly line!"
This patent registration cannot be missed! Otherwise, your life will be in vain!
Li Yuanzhao rolled his eyes, wondering why Lao Fang was so interested in the historian, and then looked at Lao He.
Lao He smiled and said, "This assembly line means that each person only does one process, with a clear division of labor. Parts that can be replaced by tools will be reduced in manpower, and repetitive work will be divided into different parts to reduce wasted time."
"Our looms are already very efficient, and with the assembly line, production is even faster. This way, production time is short, fewer people are needed, and the products are naturally cheaper. Maybe what I said is not accurate, but Your Highness will understand it when he sees it."
"Moreover, the things we will produce in the future will not only be good, but also quite different from the popular clothes and pants on the market now!"
"How is it different?"
Lao He explained: "We sew three layers of linen into one layer, which makes it more durable and warmer. Although the cost and price are a bit higher, it's worth it!"
"Yeah, that makes sense! Very good!"
Fang Zheng sighed.
This kind of clothes was originally worn by the people of Taoyuan County.
Although life in Taoyuan County is good now, the beginning days were really difficult and tight.
Some people starved to death, some froze to death.
In order to reduce hunger and cold, the county called on women to sew clothes by hand.
Three layers of linen were sewn together into one layer and distributed to the people for free, which allowed the people of Taoyuan to survive two cold winters.
Cotton is naturally unaffordable.
Growing cotton consumes too much land fertility, and no one in Dajing is willing to grow it, so the price of cotton remains high.
Naturally, ordinary people had no access to cotton-padded clothes.
However, once the sweet potato production increases, more people should be willing to grow cotton.
At least it can persuade the imperial court to grow cotton.
Fang Zheng glanced at Li Yuanzhao, who was still observing the construction site with great interest.
Suddenly he said, "Your Highness, don't look at this as a construction site, but this is related to the well-being of the people in the capital."
"Although three-layer winter clothes are good, I think they are a bit expensive and the people may still not be able to afford them."
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