Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 295 The Homeless Dilemma
Seeing this, Guo Kang continued to talk about his thoughts.

He laid the groundwork so much, and told all the related anecdotes and strange things, which made Zhu Wenkui, little Rangna and others very interested.So, let’s get right to the point.

"England is a good place," he said. "There is cheap coal and cheap manpower. I hope to build a number of workshops there to make up for our lack of iron."

"Why go there to find ironware?" Zhu Wenkui was really concerned about topics related to his interests, and when iron was mentioned, he became serious: "Is there not enough iron in the Black Sea now? If it is a little further away, you should also go to Alemanni. There are only a few more people on the British Isles, enough to do anything."

"For things like iron smelting, the larger the scale of the workshop, the higher the efficiency; the more convenient the transportation, the lower the cost, so the location is very important. Now the Black Sea is pretty good."

"Of course not enough." Guo Kang told him: "Agriculture alone consumes a lot of money every year. There is no end to other places. I feel that there will never be enough iron."

"During the Yuan Dynasty, we introduced blast furnaces, but they are still not enough now. I feel that we can only stock up first."

"That's true..." Zhu Wenkui hesitated.

If he hadn't lived here for many years, Guo Kang might not have imagined that there is still a shortage of iron.Moreover, the iron thing, the more you use it, the bigger the gap.Because with the increase of iron equipment and the improvement of production efficiency, the amount of iron used is also increasing.Only by continuing to find ways to expand production can the gap be filled.

Moreover, many newly developed areas of the Zizhang Khanate are also large iron consumers.

Take the Ross region as an example.Until the statistics of 1911, the farm implements of Tsarist Russia were still mainly made of wood, and there were almost no agricultural machinery, and even iron was not popular: there were 420 million iron plows in the country, and 1000 million wooden plows; 50, and 2500 million rakes.It can be seen how backward the countryside in this place is.

Guo Kang remembered that there was a saying before that the Central Plains used iron as agricultural tools first, and then as weapons.Looking back now, even if the early iron was relatively inferior, it was an overly extravagant behavior.

Similarly, the early popularization of iron farm tools was also an inconspicuous thing at first, but it was only after imitating it that I realized how difficult it was.Now the iron used for agricultural tools and daily necessities in the Ming Dynasty is supported by his annual iron output of about 10 tons-don’t think this figure is not high, the Republic of Chiang Kai-shek is a "modern country", and it is only [-] tons a year Ton.

There may be many such misunderstandings.For example, Guo Kang also saw a saying at the beginning that the Seres people only used gunpowder as fireworks, not weapons.But in fact, gunpowder has been a very scarce material for a long time, and the whole world may be there, rich enough to make fireworks.

Thinking about it now, it is estimated that after getting used to the abundance of material things, even the way of thinking is different.

Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is of course necessary to continue to increase iron production.Zhu Wenkui is obviously clear.

"The countries around us can't really help." Guo Kang continued: "Not to mention that many people have a bad relationship with us. Even if they are willing, the output is useless. More gaps can only be obtained from The East is here to make up for it."

"However, on the one hand, we can't always ask for rewards without compensation. On the other hand, our legal system here is actually very embarrassing."

"Is there?" Zhu Wenkui didn't seem to have thought about this question.

Monk Daoyan sighed, and looked at little Rangna who was still thinking.

Guo Kang was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should explain directly or guide little Rangna to speak out.So, he habitually looked at Theodora to see her opinion.

Theodora nodded slightly, and said: "Actually, as long as you understand the biggest differences between other civilizations and the Central Plains civilization in terms of organization, you can understand it well."

"Organizationally..." Little Rangna muttered, "Aren't we all the same?"

"Of course it's the same when the organization is small, but what about when the organization is large?" Theodora asked rhetorically, "If you want to build a larger organization that remains efficient, what do you need?"

Little Rangna suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment: "I understand. You mean that the organization of the people in the Central Plains needs a strong center. But the two centers are incompatible."

"Why are the two leaders incompatible?" Zhu Wenkui asked curiously, "It's not two emperors."

"That was when the organization was relatively small. What if it grows bigger?" Little Rangna pointed out: "In the Central Plains system, the most efficient and most effective organization is the government organization. Or, if an organization , is more efficient than the government, then it will replace the government and become the new government.”

"So, as long as any group grows in size and power, it will naturally develop towards the government. If this continues, sooner or later it will become a competition between the two governments, and of course they will not be compatible."

"Is that so..."

"You see, in the past 2000 years, everyone has only recognized one emperor and one imperial court. Once the situation of 'there are two days' occurs, they will instinctively feel uneasy, and they must fight only one person." Little Jeanna thought Thinking, said: "I think that this habit may have become part of the thinking of the Central Plains people. In fact, they only agree with this single-centered structure."

"In this case, the Central Plains people outside the imperial court's control area will definitely be in a dilemma - people want to live, after all, they need an order. Since it is already beyond the reach of the imperial court's order, there are only two choices gone."

"Or, it is to join the order of the locals. But in this case, after a period of time, you will lose your own characteristics, blend in with the natives, and be assimilated by them. On the contrary, you have to establish a Central Plains-style order yourself, but this kind of The order will definitely conflict with the existing local order, and sooner or later there will be a fight."

"In order to deal with this kind of conflict, immigrants from the Central Plains who are unwilling to be assimilated must have a strong organization, otherwise I am afraid that even the natives will not be able to beat them."

"But if such an organization is established, it will return to the previous problem-this is equivalent to having another government, or even another court overseas. This will be even more troublesome."

"The existing imperial courts in the Central Plains will be very wary of it, and may even be more hostile to it than the natives. Because the natives can make peace and coexist with it; but as long as the two Central Plains courts are close enough, they will never They may coexist stably. Therefore, the existing Central Plains imperial court will not only not support and help them, but may even be hostile from the very beginning.”

She spread her hands: "This is what I call a dilemma."

(End of this chapter)