Near noon, at the crossroads of the main entrance of Nanhua First Women's College, a group of young women stepped on the broken steps and came out of different textile factories. A group of three or five people laughed and whispered while covering their mouths.

"Master Sun, are they spinning women from Su Changsong area?"

Zhang Zhenxun stood at the street, staring at several young women walking in front of them with little feet.

"Not all of them."

Sun Bin's eyes moved forward, explaining that "Su Changsong area is the Jiangnan textile industry base. The government allocates a portion of the annual immigration funds to attract women textile workers. However, the Qing government attaches great importance to the financial and tax revenue of Jiangnan and prohibits the outflow of women textile workers in Su Song In other countries, only one or two thousand textile women workers migrate to South America every year, which is far from meeting the development needs of the textile industry.

And Mr. Zhang, you also just saw that some female weavers from middle-aged families have tied their feet from a young age. Although in South America, under the strict order of the government, women textile workers have let go of their feet, but the harm left by their foot binding on their feet still remains. After almost one-third of the female textile workers let go of their feet, their feet cannot recover naturally. They can only find a local man or apply to the government. The government issues a certificate and personally seeks medical treatment at a medical university. "

After finishing talking, Sun Bin pointed to the right with a few small-footed textile workers. "Look, the building on the right side in front is the medical treatment station set up by the Medical University in Xicheng District. If the nearby textile workers and female students are If you are sick, you can go there for treatment. "

Along the direction of Sun Bin's right hand, Zhang Zhenxun turned his head and saw that several young women came in and out of the building, and there were two guard soldiers standing on both sides of the door of the building.

"Adults, for the sake of the people, should be a blessing to me and other overseas travelers."

"As overseas Chinese, you should watch and help each other. Mr. Zhang doesn't have to be so elevated." ...

The textile industry is the most basic elementary industry. During the early development of the textile industry in Han Dynasty, all machinery and equipment were purchased from European countries such as Germany and France. By 1879, the foundation of the Han industry was initially established. Some textile machines and dyeing machines with simple processes Cloth machines can achieve independent production. As a result, clothing products produced by local machinery and equipment have also appeared in the South American textile industry market.

In the early 1870s, the textile industry mainly existed as small family workshops. After occupying northern Argentina, Nanyang Overseas Chinese capital was gradually imported. Small textile mills represented by machinery production replaced traditional family workshops and became the mainstream of the textile market. Develop it.

At this stage, the textile industry has grown savagely because the government adheres to the development idea of ​​focusing on large and small enterprises, and mainly developing heavy industries. A group of overseas Chinese businessmen who have poured in have invested funds in the textile industry with small capital and fast returns. In order to obtain higher profits, reduce raw material procurement costs, suppress competitors, and squeeze bottom-level Chinese female workers, textile owners lacking limited supervision have gradually revealed the nature of their capital and greedily expanded their product market share.

The brutal development of the textile industry gradually attracted the attention of government officials. In 1875, Li Mingyuan appointed the government to send commissioners to investigate the actual situation of the textile industry. According to the three-month investigation results in various places in the mainland,

In private textile mills, about one-sixth of the workers are female underage workers without training. Most of the female workers usually work 12 to 14 hours a day and take two rests a month.

Days, and after the female worker starts working, the textile mill owner will deduct the resettlement fee previously paid to the female worker's family from the salary of the female worker every month.

The deduction of wages and the poor housing environment for women workers led to various conclusions from the investigation that prevented the government from sitting idly by as the textile industry continued to grow savagely.

In November 1875, the government promulgated and implemented the "Business Administration Law". The decree expressly stipulates that: 1. Female workers must not work more than ten hours a day, and factory owners must not use coercive means to force female workers to work overtime.

2: It is forbidden to hire a woman under the age of fifteen and to prohibit women from working late at night,

3: Women workers and other workers receive a legal rest day per week. ...

Immediately following the promulgation of the "Business Administration Law", the Han government immediately set about reorganizing the chaos in the textile industry. A batch of textile factories that did not meet production requirements were strictly closed for a period of time. At the same time, the government and a group of powerful Chinese businessmen jointly invested in the acquisition and integration of various places. The textile mill reorganized the government-owned textile mill into two major state-owned textile groups, including Susong Textile Mill and Jiangnan Textile Mill.

The state-run textile mill introduced a European seven-day cycle system, with one day off on Sundays, ten days off each year at the end of the year and the summer, and nine hours a day. .

The working environment and life of the state-owned textile workers are quite full compared to private textile mills. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, the state-owned textile mills will set aside two hours of working time to arrange women textile workers to study at night school.

In the early years, funds for the construction of state-owned textile mills were provided by the government. Textile mills belong to deficit public utilities that keep accounting out of the way. Therefore, the state-owned textile mill is not so much a factory that produces silk and cloth, it is more suitable to be a women's fiber industry college for the residential system.

The two major state-owned enterprises took the lead. After three years of integrated development, Susong Textile Factory and Jiangnan Textile Factory successively turned losses into profits, eliminating the need for government financial subsidies.

Soon after the female workers of the Susong Textile Factory got off work, the gates of Nanhua First Women's College also slowly opened. Because Nanhua First Women's College had not yet been completed, so after the gates opened, there were only a few sparse people walking out of less than 100 .

"Sir, under the big camphor tree at the main entrance, the little girl is wearing a light blue mattress."

About twenty or thirty meters away, Zhang Zhenxun pointed at the front and introduced.

"Gentle and graceful, natural appearance, expensive Qianjin and Her Majesty really are a good match."

Sun Bin looked at the young woman standing under the camphor tree and sighed.

"Hehe, Zhang thanked the little daughter for his praise."

Zhang Zhenxun thanked with a smile. ...

"Sister You Lan, we are here." Zhang Zhenxun and Sun Bin talked about Zheng Huan. On the side of the women's college gate, Wu Lingxuan shouted when she saw a young woman coming from Susong Textile Factory.

"Miss Wu." The young woman came and saw Zhang Baoyi next to Wu Lingxuan, greeted with a smile, "Miss Zhang, you are here."

"I was staying in the backyard to help my dad take care of the chores at home. Miss Wu heard that Nanhua First Women's College held a preparatory event today and invited me out to accompany her."

"Hee hee, I pulled Bao Yi over. If I hadn't tried hard to persuade, she wouldn't come over."

Wu Lingxuan was laughing, her little girl's expression still hung on her face.

"Hee hee hee, I don't know how to be shy, I'm going to be a princess, and I'm like a child."

"What kind of child, people are already sixteen years old, and brother Han Han said, he likes my simple character, I am not afraid."

Wu Lingxuan didn't care, she was proud.

Although Zhang Baoyi is as old as Wu Lingxuan, she has a precocious personality and usually treats the other person as her sister, regardless of her naive behavior.

"Sister Youlan, when did you arrive in South America? I remember that you were with Uncle Huang in Selangor six months ago?"

Seeing Huang Ping's daughter, Huang Ping's daughter, Huang Ping, who is also the host of the Taiping Club, was also here ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ Zhang Baoyi asked curiously.

"Kapitan Yeya of Kuala Lumpur did not give up. He wanted to seize the tin mine in Selangor. Dad was worried that it would be dangerous to stay there, so he sent his mother, younger brother and me to their homeland."

"The situation in Nanyang is not very good. The English have blocked maritime traffic in South America and the Nanyang region. There has been no news from Nanyang for two months."

"It's not good. Foreigners blocked the maritime transportation for a few months. Not only did local and overseas ties be cut off, but also many local-produced products could not be sold. They had been piled up in the warehouses, and they didn't know when the blockade would end.

Both Huang Youlan and Zhang Baoyi are descendants of officials and businessmen who have a relationship with the Han government. With long-lasting ears in their families, they also have some understanding of the current situation in Han.

"Ah, you two are talking about something you don't understand, go, just don't say it, we'll eat there."

Wu Lingxuan could not understand what the two said, and forcibly opened the topic.

"Okay, all of you who listen to you today will accompany you to dinner."

With a smile on her face, Zhang Baoyi teased each other, and the three of them walked towards a nearby inn together. ...

"Well, where's Bao Yiren?"

Zhang Zhenxun and Sun Bin talked for only three or two sentences, turned around and looked at the crowd, but found no daughter.

"Mr. Zhang, do not be in a hurry to find your precious daughter. You have already seen Miss Zhang from a distance just now, and your Highness also has a good opinion of Miss Zhang. After returning to see your precious daughter, you only need to explain it. Exploring Miss Zhang in the streets. "

"Mr. Zhang is right. After waiting for the little girl to return, Zhang will explain to her."

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