Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1452 Draw a circle and build a second city

The things discussed and agreed have to be put into practice to be meaningful, so early the next morning, Gao Wushi went to Shushu to ask for the construction of Fuxin and Dandong.The reasons cited are basically consistent with the discussions he had with Wu Dui and Liang Menglong, and a "great principle" was also added: comprehensively strengthen the border, build Liaodong, and consolidate the foundation.

This time, Gao Shishi’s scavenging went very smoothly. The emperor was very interested in building two new cities without spending money, especially when Gao Shishi mentioned that Fuxin was very suitable for growing corn and raising horses, and he was very interested in Zhu Yijun’s appetite. , Let the Ministry of Industry calculate labor consumption and other things.

What's more interesting is that the Xin School didn't raise any doubts about Gao Yushi's memorial, and they probably couldn't find any suitable reason.

In the final analysis, Gao Pragmatism's plan this time is more detailed and does not cost "people's effort".According to Gao Yushi, victims of Baoding and Hejian prefectures in Beizhili, which were damaged by severe snow and ice disasters last winter, could move to Dandong under the arrangement of the imperial court; victims of disasters in 21 counties in Shaanxi and Shanxi could move to Fuxin.

There are many people affected by the disaster in these two places, and Baoding and Hejian are densely populated. The damage caused by the snowstorm caused the collapse of houses and as many as 50 to 50 displaced people.Gao Yushi suggested that all those under the age of [-] move to Dandong, and those over the age of [-] should apply by themselves (because although some people are old, their family members and relatives may have migrated, and they have to rely on when they migrated).

The disaster situation in central Shanxi and northern Shaanxi is more complicated. In addition to the ice and snow disasters in winter, they suffered a wave of locust plagues in autumn, so the situation is even worse now. The affected 21 counties are expected to have at least 70 million people The life of the people affected by the disaster is difficult.

However, not all of these 70 million people have reached the point of complete desperation. Specifically, which people have completely lost their way of life. The Ministry of Household Affairs has not yet been able to grasp the real number. It can only be judged by the inscriptions of local officials. Nearly 20 homeless victims.

However, unlike the Northern Zhili Second Prefecture, they can be concentrated in Cangzhou and shipped directly to Dandong by Shanghai ship.It is very troublesome for the disaster victims in Shanxi and Shaanxi to travel by sea. First, they have to gather by the Yellow River, then go straight down the Yellow River, and then change to a sea boat near the mouth of the sea to land in Yingkou, Liaodong, and then go north by water for a while, and finally turn to land Fuxin.

Such a long distance, so many times of changing the way of travel, this is also a big test for the court.The imperial court itself certainly did not have such a powerful and comprehensive transportation force, and Jinghua's help was inevitably needed for this matter.

Stopping supply points during transportation require a large amount of food, medicinal materials, and even cloth, oil, salt and other materials to be stored in advance. These require the Ministry of Households to make requests in advance for local officials to prepare.If there are insufficient reserves in the local area, the Ministry of Household Affairs needs to allocate in advance.

It was never easy to immigrate in ancient society. It was common for [-]% of people to die on the road, and what's more, half of them died was not so uncommon.But Gao Wushi hated this phenomenon deeply. What he disliked most was the meaningless sacrifice of life. Therefore, when the emperor approved it, he immediately organized manpower to start preparations, and also issued an assembly order to Jinghua to mobilize all the resources he could mobilize. And strength, must try to avoid immigrant death and even disease as much as possible.

Since this matter was Gao Pragmatic's idea, and Jinghua was his own property, in order to prevent being impeached afterwards, Gao Wushi also put forward a "budget" early in the morning, which included the cost of Jinghua's relocation and transportation and The responsibilities assumed are clearly written.

At the same time, the "enclosure bidding" for the whole society has also begun.

Jinghua first announced the planning map of Fuxin New City's "enclosed bidding" plan. This map is mainly for the division of agate distribution in the Fuxin area (Liaohe Hetao area), and is divided into several plots for auction-style bidding.The two mountains that Jinghua bought in advance are also listed among them-Gao Wushi has made it clear that he will not intervene in the agate industry.

Because agate is different from other minerals, it is generally difficult to form a so-called ore deposit. Therefore, the auction is equivalent to the operation of "selling the mountain". The specific operations such as digging rough stones are organized by the buyers themselves. No matter what.

However, because no mineral deposits can be formed, there is a certain risk of gambling in buying mountains.At this time, Jinghua's status in the eyes of the world was reflected. The two mountains held by Jinghua were sold at the highest price, and the mountains around them were also obviously more expensive.

According to Gao Yushi's previous regulations, [-]% of the income from all the sold "Agate Mountains" will be directly allocated to Fuxin City, which is under construction, for the construction of the city wall.The remaining funds will be discussed by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry for the construction of the Lifang or the construction of the side wall, and may even be used for the construction and expenses of the Hetao side wall, the Fuxin Military Equipment Yamen (estimated), and the Fuxin Guerrilla General’s Yamen (estimated). overhead.

The situation of this auction is not much different from what Gao Pragmatically expected. Not only the dignitaries of various families participated, but also many civil servants and generals were very interested and participated in it one after another.

To be honest, Gao Yushi is not optimistic about this kind of influx. He predicts that in the next ten years at most, many people will quit this industry, and most of the "Agate Mountain" they bought now will be bought. In the end, Fuxin will also form several giants in the agate industry.

However, it doesn't matter if it's more pragmatic, but he really gave Liang Menglong a piece of advice: Don't be in a hurry to buy a mountain, but instead try to find those ancestral jade craftsmen as soon as possible.Liang Menglong really arranged for his family to go to Zhang Luo after being instructed by him.

For the time being, we can only do these things in Fuxin, and there is not much that can be prepared in advance for the specific construction after that. Anyway, Kaiping has a cement factory in Jinghua, and the grain needed after the first batch of immigrants arrive is also nearby. The Ministry of Households mobilized corn from Liaodong Come to support.

Gao Wushi started the bidding work of Dandong City non-stop.Dandong is characterized by border trade and ports. The bidding for border trade is a bit more complicated. This matter must be coordinated with the Ministry of Industry, because the bidding is mainly for the Lifang land in Dandong City, which obviously needs to be planned in advance.However, the Ministry of Industry had no plans before, so obviously it will have to wait for a while.

The problem of the port is not very easy, because there is no place near the urban area of ​​Dandong that is suitable as a seaport, and it can only be used as an estuary port.The location of the seaport needs to go a little further to the southwest, that is, the location of the east port area of ​​Dandong in later generations.

However, the Donggang Seaport of later generations is essentially an artificial port, which was created by reclamation. Considering the current natural conditions of Dandong, this port is obviously not as good as other high-quality natural ports owned by Jinghua, especially the size of the port is limited. Under natural conditions, it is basically impossible to make it bigger.

The only thing that can make Gao Pragmatic feel relieved is that this "big" standard is based on the situation of later generations. At present, after the completion of the construction of Dandong Seaport, it can still be used.

Originally, based on Jinghua's strength and even its habits, Dandong's river port and seaport could be eaten at one bite. However, considering other factors, Gao Wushi opened up both Dandong ports for outdoor shooting this time.In the end, Jinghua won [-]% of the equity in Haigang, while Hegang only won [-]% of the equity, becoming the only river port in Liaodong where Jinghua did not have more than [-]% of the equity.

Perhaps because the location of Dandong is too remote, even if it is the concept proposed by Gao Pragmatism, everyone's sense of vying for the purchase is not strong. In the end, the two ports only sold for 4000 taels of silver.

This situation was somewhat beyond Gao Pragmatic’s expectations. He reflected afterwards and found that apart from the remote location, there were other factors that affected the valuation of the port.

The most important point is that Dandong and the large area in the southeast of Liaodong that it is backed by are not rich places, nor do they have any decent industries, especially no leading industries.

At the same time, coupled with its close proximity to Jurchen and North Korea, it is considered unsafe by some people.There is also the issue of the number of immigrants. At present, only Baoding and Hejian prefectures have been arranged to emigrate. Although there are more than [-] people in name, it is not certain how many people will arrive in the end.

Population represents consumption power and trade volume. Although you may not have summed up these, you still have this kind of thinking in your heart. Therefore, compared with Fuxin, there are many fewer people who are optimistic about Dandong.Even those who followed Jinghua to buy the land in the two port areas of Dandong, most of them just followed the investment because they believed in Jinghua's vision, not necessarily because they thought Dandong's future was so promising.

So Gao Pragmatism had no choice but to turn around and think about other ways to develop Dandong's economy.

There are many hot springs in Dandong, but they are meaningless at the moment. No matter how bored the rich people in the capital are, they would not travel so far to soak in hot springs. Even Jinghua can't use it; kaolin, marble, andalusite reserves are also large, but the building materials are too far away to be competitive, and there is no such plan for firing porcelain. After all, there is no shortage of good places for firing porcelain in Ming Dynasty.

Think again?Well, Dandong is rich in water resources. Both freshwater fish farming and marine fishing are good. Unfortunately, they are very pragmatic and can’t make canned food. Making salted fish consumes a lot of salt, so it’s not profitable.

What about agriculture?It seems that this is not Dandong's strong point, and Dandong's agriculture in later generations mainly relies on the Kuandian area, but the current Kuandian Liubao is obviously not under Dandong's control.

Finally, after much deliberation, Gao Yushi finally thought of one: forestry resources.Because Dandong is close to the Yalu River, and the upper reaches of the Yalu River is the Changbai Mountains, so the forestry resources are still very rich.There is no need to talk about Jurchen's side, there are a lot of trees on the side where the six castles of Kuandian are located.

According to the answer he received from Liu Xin, the forests in Kuandian area are in the transition zone of the two major flora of Changbai Mountain and North China, and the woody plants of the two flora are alternately mixed.Representative species of woody plants in the Changbai flora include Korean pine, sand pine, yew, and Mongolian oak, and representative species of woody plants in the North China flora include red pine, Chinese pine, Quercus japonica, Quercus liaotungen, chestnut, and Ailanthus ailanthus.

Under the action of natural and human factors, these forest woody plant communities have gradually reversed from Korean pine and oak forests to oak mixed wood forests, forming natural secondary forests.Most of the forest types are pure oak forest or mixed broad-leaved miscellaneous forest with birch, aspen, colored tree, elm, and willow.

Some woods here are more convenient to use. For example, Liaodong oak is a shipbuilding wood, and it is also suitable for making axles and building materials, which can have a good prospect.And most oak wood can also be cultivated to produce oak silk.In addition, there are birches and the like, although the wood is soft, it is also a good material for papermaking.

As for the current problem, Gao Wushi is a little troubled by the fact that he has no plans to build a new shipyard in Liaodong—Jinghua already has two shipyards in the north and the south, and Huang Zhiting proposed to open one in Dingnan not long ago. There are three major shipyards here. It is completely enough.At this time, building another shipyard in Dandong will most likely lead to overcapacity.

Then the role of Dandong can only be to undertake the transfer of timber from Changbai Mountain to Shandong. In other words, the economic value is still not high enough.

From this point of view, it is only appropriate to build a paper mill.Gao Pragmatically thought about it. After Dandong built a paper mill, Liaodong's local paper would not have to rely on other provinces, and it could be exported to North Korea and Japan nearby. It would kill two birds with one stone.

As I said before, Japan robbed North Korea of ​​many paper and printing craftsmen after the Imjin War, greatly improving its own paper and printing industry.But to put it bluntly, North Korea's papermaking level is obviously impossible to surpass Daming, and it is even more impossible to surpass Jinghua, which has a high level of pragmatism.

As long as Jinghua starts to produce paper, it must be at the top level in East Asia, and it can also classify.One is traditional paper, such as rice paper, which is suitable for calligraphy writing; the other is relatively "European" thick paper, which can be written with a hard pen.

Writing with a hard pen is of course not the mainstream of Ming Dynasty, but this kind of paper is more suitable for printing, in other words, it is suitable for making books and improving the preservation time of books.

Papermaking is still relatively popular in Ming Dynasty, especially for the technology of improving the performance of paper, which is generally praised by scholars.

Talents in this area had ideas before they were highly pragmatic, so they also recruited some. Now that Dandong has to find a leading industry, it can only catch ducks on the shelves and pull them out first.

Cong Gao pragmatically announced that Jinghua would invest in Dandong to build "Daming's largest paper-making factory", and the word Dandong immediately became precious.When Jinghua said that he wanted to build "Da Ming's biggest" XX, basically no one would doubt it.

However, the land for the port has been sold out, and now the Ministry of Industry is inexplicably getting a lot of attention: Since Dandong is going to build such a large paper factory, the ground in Dandong City will obviously increase in value immediately, and those who are interested in investing are waiting for the Ministry of Industry. The plans are released.

The planning map is a change brought about by high pragmatism. In the past, Ming Dynasty never announced any planning plans in advance when it was engaged in construction. Now the Ministry of Industry has been tricked by high pragmatism.

Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, originally thought that Gao Wushi would also consult with him, because he thought that Gao Wushi would build a paper mill in the city. Who knew that Gao Wushi was talking to himself, and in the name of the Ministry of Households, he was in the middle of the river port and the seaport outside the city. The location was allocated a piece of land, and he directly proposed to sell it to Jinghua.

Of course, if you go out with your left hand and go in with your right hand, you will definitely be impeached, so he reported this to the emperor, stating the significance of this paper mill, and asking the emperor for approval.

Dandong City was still on the blueprint, the emperor read the "circle map" presented by Gao Wushi and was unmoved, and agreed with a swipe of his pen.

While Gao Yushi was busy building the second city, a news came: Li Rusong arrived in Beijing from Xuanfu and was waiting for His Majesty to see him.
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