Villager of Daming

Chapter 1316 Industrial Development Base (Two Other Chapters)
"Hanhan, congratulations! I heard that there are a group of pregnant women in Xiaqiu Village."

Hu Weiyong was frightened by Hanhan's laughter. He forced a smile and congratulated the newly married wives in Xiaqiu Village on their pregnancies.

"Tell me, who did you listen to? It's nonsense. It's spread, eh eh!"

Zhu Wentian stopped smiling and asked seriously.

"Everyone says, I, I just heard about it." Hu Weiyong was sweating again.

"Oh! I am very happy indeed. In a few months, the village will have new members."

Zhu Wentian laughed this time, on purpose. He felt that it was better for Hu Weiyong not to come back and that he should continue to stay outside.

Hu Weiyong does have the ability, and it would be more reassuring to arrange him in a suitable position. Once he comes back, I guess he will be agitated.

"Yichang! Our second grandson's wife is expecting a baby."

Wu Lin, who was no longer an official, was here. When he heard Hu Weiyong talk about her pregnancy, he mentioned it to the head of the village.

"How many months has it been? Is it easy to move? Ling'er, please make arrangements and bring the people over."

The head of the village asked two questions in a row, but finding it meaningless, he just went to answer it.

"Thank you, Yichang. It's been seven months. I begged for your bones last year. I didn't want to bother you any more. The imperial physician said that my pulse wasn't very good in the past few days, so I had no choice but to come and beg you."

Wu Lin clasped his fists to express his gratitude. If the imperial physician had not said the problem was serious, he would not have come over actively.

Last year, just like in history, he resigned and went home.

His family was rich. His father was rich. He founded a college, built forty-nine bridges and more than 130 miles of roads. Anyone who passed by his house could have a free meal, and this went on for forty years.

He dug nineteen more wells, and if anyone's family had a deceased person and didn't have a coffin, he would deliver a coffin.

Can he afford it if he has no money? Others also want this, but it's a pity that they can barely survive.

Wu Lin is not short of money. Historically, when he realized the situation was not good, he simply resigned and went home!

As a result, he was very lucky and lived for more than 20 years before he died.

When he resigned last year, the team from Xiaqiu Village was outside! Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the other party was indeed very old and agreed.

Wu Lin went home, back to Hubei. When the people from Xiaqiu Village came back, Zhu Wentian heard about it. He first felt sad for Hu Weiyong. Something happened in Hubei, and Hu Weiyong could not hide it, so Wu Lin went back.

Then I thought Wu Lin was fine, so why not stay outside and go home to farm? Come back and bring your family.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the head of the village say to call Wu Lin back, he wrote a letter. Wu Lin said that her granddaughter-in-law was pregnant and it would be inconvenient to do so, so they could talk about it after the baby was born.

The New Year came in a blink of an eye, and on the second day of the second month, everyone got married.

Someone wrote to tell Wu Lin that the master of Xiaqiao Village was actually the village guardian and was married.

Wu Lin found the local authorities and sent a telegram asking for a larger boat, as a larger one was more stable than a smaller one.

The whole family ran to Nanjing to see how Hanhan became a tall man. It was amazing.

It was already mid-March when he received the letter. He packed up his things, settled his family there, and time passed quickly.

Because he lost his original residence after resigning from office, which was given to him by the court.

His watch was gone, so he was given a wall clock as a reward.

When he had settled down at home and was ready to hold a banquet, he came to take a look and solve the problem of his grandson's wife at the same time.

"Don't worry, Chaoyang!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If it doesn't work, we'll have surgery. The knife skills in Xiaqiu Village are getting better and better, and there are a lot of emergency medicines. I have a watch here, you can wear it."

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he ordered someone to send the watch to Wu Lin, the same one that Wu Lin had handed over.

Wu Lin: “…”

He didn't want to wear a watch, he had already resigned, but from what His Majesty said, not wearing a watch was not a big deal for his grandson's wife...

"Chaoyang! If you go back, you will just be farming all day and watching over the seedlings. Why don't you take a position in the Censorate and ask for a rehire?

Rehiring is good! Higher salary, more bonuses, and more generous benefits.

Every day you walk around, stroll around, and give advice to anyone you dislike. No, you give advice to officials who have made mistakes. "

The position Zhu Yuanzhang was talking about was the Censorate, formerly the Censorate, which did not belong to the Six Ministries. The official rank was not high but the power was great.

Wu Lin originally served as the Minister of War, and later as the Minister of Personnel, a second-rank official.

After retirement, he will enjoy the treatment of a second-rank official. It would be reassuring to have him come back to keep an eye on the Censorate, as he is not short of money.

He has a son and a grandson, and his grandson's wife gave birth to a boy, so four generations live together. Will he destroy his own family just for the sake of money when he comes back to be employed?
When Wu Lin heard that there was no specific work, he put on his watch skillfully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After saying that, he looked at the Censorate. There were four Imperial Censors there. He nodded, and they also nodded, indicating that it was no problem and they had no objection.

They don’t know that there have only been two Grand Censors in history, Chen Ning and Wang Guangyang.

However, Chen Ning was removed. Historically, he was killed for his involvement in the Hu Weiyong case.

Wang Guangyang continued to stay in Guangzhou and participate in politics, and he did a good job.

They don't need to come back. Zhu Wentian doesn't allow them to come back. Why do they come back? They can still work well outside, but when they come back, they start fighting for power and profit again.

Right now, the Ming Dynasty does not need so many people to help give advice, as long as they do their job well.

"Minister Wu, we will be back soon. Don't worry. Xiaqiu Village has the best conditions."

After Ling'er made the arrangements, she sent a girl among her friends to pick up the person to show her importance. There were only seven girls in her friends, including her.

"Thank you, Ling'er." Wu Lin had nothing to say. If Xiaqiu Village couldn't guarantee the safety of her grandson's wife, it would not work elsewhere.

Outside, there are medical practitioners who tell someone to prepare for the funeral!
If we run to Xiaqiu Village at this time, there is still a glimmer of hope.

If Xiaqiu Village asks us to prepare for our funeral, it will be useless to go anywhere.

So far, no one has died from childbirth in Xiaqiu Village due to medical treatment.

There was a dead baby that was taken out. The pregnant woman's pulse was problematic and the baby's heartbeat was missing.

At this time, Xiaqiu Village will take out the dead fetus instead of performing a cesarean section. It will be difficult to give birth naturally after a cesarean section!
"Why should I thank you? Minister Wu has worked hard for the country and devoted himself to it. It is an honor for Xiaqiu Village to help with some trivial matters!"

Ling'er was polite and told Wu Lin that he had to work hard and not try to be lazy.

"That's right! Xiaqiu Village is the most suitable for logistics!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, then turned his head to look at Zhu Chong: "When will my son go to the vassal state? Xi'an Prefecture has been built!"

"Ah?" Zhu Chong was stunned; "Become a vassal? Why? No, there is no rush, Father, we are not in a hurry to become a vassal, we still need to study hard."

Zhu Chong was caught off guard. Why did he become a vassal? He hasn't learned it yet! The key master is Brother Hanhan. What I said to Brother Hanhan before... Oh...

Zhu Chong didn't know that in history he was enfeoffed three years later, and because of the war, the construction of his Xi'an city wall was slow.

There is no war now, and there are construction machinery. People working are paid, and the efficiency is very high.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not continue to build the Great Wall. For example, Shanhaiguan was missing. Why build Shanhaiguan? If someone else built it, it would be someone else. The Ming Dynasty was the main attacking party.

Manpower and material resources were saved, and there was more food. Not only was Xi'an Prefecture repaired, but Taiyuan Prefecture and Yanwang Prefecture were also completed.

Zhu Chong is nineteen years old this year, and he will not be nineteen until December. He doesn't want to go to Xi'an Prefecture!

He discovered that Brother Hanhan was a master, and he wished he could kick his wife away and sleep with Brother Hanhan every day.

He always said, no wonder he was so powerful, it turned out he had a brother who was also a master!
I have been with Hanhan for the longest time. I am not the first one to be with him, but I am always by his side, including when I was drunk and held his hand to talk... Ouch! How embarrassing! The past is too painful to recall!
It’s okay, it’s okay. The master doesn’t care. He really doesn’t care. He doesn’t care, right? Right?

"Can't you learn outside? The people in your fiefdom are waiting for you!" Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to send his son away.

"It's hard to learn outside... Mother, I will study for another two or three years! I can't bear to leave you and father."

Zhu Chong wanted to explain, but suddenly found that something was wrong. Brother Hanhan said that when someone denies one of your reasons, you should not improve it according to this reason, you must start a new idea.

When one reason after another is rejected, you only have two reasons left, namely injury and family affection.

This time, Zhu Chong decided to follow what Brother Hanhan taught him. He was no longer injured and there was no point in pretending. He had to go find his mother!

"Chongba, how can you kick someone out before they even reach the climax? You must drive him out of his nest, as if he were a bird.

Right now, the world is stable, so let the second son follow... Well! Check the account!

In previous dynasties, princes relied on others to do work for their fiefdoms. Why should we rely on others to help our children become fiefdoms?
Our son's enfeoffment is definitely not for show, but to take charge of a region. The third, fourth, and fifth sons are not in a hurry."

When Empress Ma saw her son begging her for help, she had no choice but to say, could he learn bad things from following the people from Xiaqiu Village?

"Then... after another two or three years?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hanhan.

"Okay! Um! Hehehehe..." Zhu Wentian also wanted to teach Zhu Chong a lesson, don't let him go to the local place and cause trouble. Sending telegrams every day would be troublesome and waste time.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.

"Thank you, Han... Mother is the best!" Zhu Chong wanted to write Hanhan, thanks to his quick thinking.

"Hmph!" Queen Ma snorted coldly.

"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang also snorted!

"Father is just as good! Oh! Eat the skewers, or they will get cold, it's cold!"

Zhu Chong added, and quickly changed the subject, "It's about 30 degrees now! The skewers get cold easily."

The ministers who were close to him drank seriously, and they would never get involved in other people's family affairs. "Arrange singing and dancing!" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there was no business, so he sang and danced, and asked everyone to find a chance to chat with each other. Otherwise, it was too quiet, and how could others talk?

The palace maids and eunuchs came out, and the speakers had already been set up. The singers had microphones connected by wires, as the wireless effect was not good, and they had to use something like a 702 walkie-talkie.

When Zhu Wentian did these things, he would always look at the progress of the laboratory. As long as the basics were met, he would start working on them immediately. If there was a failure, he would find out the problem and try again.

He doesn't need a sudden inspiration or anything, he knows what kind of results can be achieved when the industrial base progresses to a certain level.

He stands at the top of history. In history, people had to rack their brains to invent something, and were interfered by many factors and experienced repeated failures.

He bypasses all the steps and goes straight to the finished product.

After the laboratory has made some things, it is ready to develop them into industrialization. Currently, we are working on display screens. We have cathode ray tubes and are making other things.

Once there are display screens, he will make computers using electronic vacuum tubes and capacitors. Transistors will take a back seat as they are not possible now.

He had a mechanical calculator that was used to calculate trajectory and coordinates. By the time the transistor was invented, the other basics would be almost in place, so he could make a small calculator.

The inventors in history were those who put inspiration first, but he was those who put manpower first. If the manpower level was not up to par, it would be very tiring for him to do the work alone.

It is very difficult to train human resources, especially in mathematics. As for mathematics... I just can't do it... I just can't do it!
Today's speakers and microphones are already considered magical devices. In fact, magnetic tapes can be made. If there is no need to store a lot of information, just sound, Zhu Wentian can make it easily.

This way, when you shoot a wedding photo, you can have sound and there is no need for post-recording.

With so many technologies, only he can take the lead, no one else can.

If the electronics industry is to develop, there must be no shortcomings in other areas.

At present, we are still using coal-fired steam engines, and in the future we will use heavy oil steam engines. Small boats will use diesel or gasoline engines, which will be faster on inland rivers. The power units are light in weight and take up little space.

Then you can bring out the plane. The propeller plane can be used as a reconnaissance plane. It can also be turned into a small bomber with explosives. It can be equipped with a heavy machine gun and fire in a dive.

Add a shooting coordinator and you don’t have to worry about hitting your own propeller.

Build a ship with a larger deck, install propeller planes on it, and kill anyone you don't like.

By that time, the enemy was working on catapults and siege crossbows, and the Ming Dynasty's aircraft carrier went out with its carrier-based aircraft.

If there is a naval battle, the other party’s sailboats can be left alone and planes can be flown over to burn all the sails.

"If you can see the mountains and rivers in my heart, I will pray with every step I take, like a lotus. How could I know that life is just a piece of grass, and time will make people grow old..."

As the singing and dancing began, some officials shook their heads and hummed along, while others began to chat with others.

The Ministry of Revenue is the most popular, and everyone likes to talk to the ministers of the Ministry of Revenue.

The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of money. Zhu Yuanzhang set the general direction and did not need to approve minor matters. The Ministry of Revenue allocated funds according to the progress of other departments and was also responsible for auditing.

When the total amount of funds increases, the Ministry of Revenue will write a petition to Zhu Yuanzhang. This needs to be discussed. Do you agree?
Among them, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works spent the most money. They wanted to spend less but were not allowed to do so. Zhu Wentian gave a plan and asked them to spend the money quickly.

The Ministry of Revenue itself also spends money, so there are people from the Censorate staying in the Ministry of Revenue every day to keep an eye on it!

"Hanhan, move closer. You can't hear me if you're too far away."

Zhu Yuanzhang's officials each found something to do, and waved to Hanhan. He didn't care whether the other party was a master or not! Anyway, he would treat you as a village guard, just like before.

"Move, be careful, it's hot, don't, um! Hehehehehe..."

Zhu Wentian stood up and told the eunuch who came to help move the grill to be careful. He himself held the large tray with the skewers and did not allow anyone to get close, in case someone poisoned it!
Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

"Your Majesty, Hanhan is used to it." The head of the village helped to explain.

"We have the same habits, it's fine." What else could Zhu Yuanzhang say?
Empress Ma laughed twice and said, "The master is simple-minded, the happiest person, and the same age as the prince. Alas, how could one know that life is like a blade of grass, and time makes people grow old!"

She gave reasons for being happy. The master was young and could help her son and grandson as well. The master did not have the same thoughts as the Sima family, otherwise he would have made plans and taken action long ago.

If the master is an octogenarian, then we would be worried. We would have to stare at him and ask him questions every day, from morning to night, and use all our abilities.

Otherwise, one day suddenly...

As he got closer to Zhu Yuanzhang, he adjusted the direction of the grill and started blowing the fan, or to be more precise, blowing it toward the outside, acting as a smoke extractor.

The charcoal from fruit wood logs is much stronger when burning than machine-made charcoal. This is because of the different density of the charcoal, which requires higher barbecue technology.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Hanhan grilling and sprinkling seasonings there and said: "Hanhan, you are living a good life now, are you starting to waste it?"

"In order to promote consumption, the taps should be replaced with iron cores or lead-tin alloy cores. They are used alternately in winter and summer and will break down within a few years.

Otherwise, if we use pure copper faucets like we do now, how long will it take to replace them with new ones?

And the plastic basin, the first-grade plastic ones can be used for more than ten years without breaking.

We can add something in it, or recycle the plastic to make the basin, which will usually break after two years.

Glassware, I want others to always buy new ones, simple, no annealing, the temperature difference changes a little bit, snap! ”

Zhu Wentian said that he was still wasting seasonings as he sprinkled salt, cumin and chili powder on it.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded at first, but then realized something was wrong: "Not now, we are still poor! Aren't our farm tools hardened?"

"Quenched, all quenched, some with water, some with oil, your majesty, rest assured."

The village head assured that it would not be possible to cheat the people.

For example, the blade of a kitchen knife is covered with steel and sandwiched with steel, so it can be sharpened and has a very high toughness. There is no need to worry about garlic being crushed when being smashed. It is not made of special cold-rolled steel. The steel is indeed sharp, but it is afraid of being smashed.

Nowadays, the scalpels used in the village are made of that kind of steel, including surgical scissors.

The axes sold by Daming are made of pure iron, and the scissors sold are also made of pure iron and can be sharpened.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and after careful recollection, he remembered the purpose of asking Hanhan to come closer.

"Silly, why is the court's income more than that of the palace? It turns out it's not like that!" Zhu Yuanzhang talked about the issue of income.

There was more in the palace before, and there is more in the national treasury now.

Zhu Wentian handed over the message: "The national treasury income is for the entire Ming Dynasty, and the palace's income basically belongs to foreign trade.

Exports belong to an export-oriented economy. When a political collective society uses exports as the basis for its fiscal revenue, it means that its internal development is not keeping up.

Our Ming Dynasty has a large territory, rich resources, and a large population. It relies on export-oriented economic income, which means that domestic resources are not well utilized.

The economic model based on raising large animals such as cattle, sheep, and horses is called the livestock economic model, while the economic model based on farming is naturally the agricultural model.

Those that rely on exports are of the trading type, and those that rely on industrial types actually serve the trading type.

If we still rely on the export-oriented economy to dominate fiscal revenue, it proves that I am incompetent.

Therefore, I lowered the profit ratio of department stores, which generate the largest revenue, by passing on benefits to the people and investing in infrastructure.

It is necessary to build a department store in remote areas. Due to the small local population, the department store can only survive by relying on subsidies.

They are all subsidized, so how can we talk about profits?
There were losses in the economy but gains in politics. The people knew that no matter how poor their place was, they could still see the court.

When Emperor Ming of Jin was a few years old, he sat on Emperor Yuan's lap. Someone came from Chang'an, and Emperor Yuan asked about the news from Luoxia... He looked up and saw the sun, but not Chang'an.

The same was true of Guo Xin, the nephew of Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, who guarded the Western Regions alone for 42 years.

Liu Yong of the Northern Song Dynasty, people said that wherever there is a well, people can sing Liu's poems.

In our Ming Dynasty, wherever smoke rises, there must be a department store.

All the money is spent on this, and the political significance is greater than the actual benefits.

But political significance can be transformed into practical benefits, especially in border areas and some unstable areas after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The moment when the entire Ming Dynasty puts its entire nation's strength into fighting for one person is the moment when the people of Ming Dynasty are united.

The stronghold can be broken, but the people's will cannot be broken!"

"Good! Well said!" As soon as Zhu Wentian finished speaking, Xu Da cheered excitedly.

Zhu Wentian: "..."

"Hanhan, are there any more?" Zhu Yuanzhang was relatively calm, although he was also very excited.

“Well… Actually, it’s for future immigration considerations. Whether it’s relocating people to remote areas or just moving people away, it will be convenient.

When we migrated there, we told them there was a department store, so people who wanted to go there could rest assured.

We want people to leave that place. After all, there are too few people there, it's not cost-effective, and building roads requires too much investment.

So if the department store wants to leave, let them go. They make money here and would rather stay next to the department store."

Zhu Wentian smiled, in a very honest way.

Xu Da, who just called out: "..."

“Hahahaha…hehehehe…” Tang He covered his mouth after laughing. Hahaha is likely to get you beaten.

"Tian De, eat skewers!" Queen Ma greeted Xu Da. Only she could make Xu Da endure his grievances.

"Okay! Hanhan, you can do it!" Xu Da gritted his teeth!

Zhu Wentian handed over the skewers: "Thank you! Let's learn from each other! Yeah! Hehehehe..."

(End of this chapter)