The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 322 Industrial Base

It was already the end of the first month of the second year of Xianchun when I received the first battle report from Li Beiyang, the commander of the navy. The ship was sent to Wenzhou Prefecture, and then sent to Lin'an Military Affairs Academy in an expedited four hundred miles.

I opened the battle report, and saw that it said: "The minister led more than 64 sailors of our dynasty, and a total of 120 warships from the three major fleets of the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the North Sea gathered at the Wenzhou Prefecture Navy Base on the seventh day of the first lunar month. , and departed from the Wenzhou Wharf in the early morning of the 330th, and arrived at the outer waters of the Nan and Beiji Islands on the evening of the [-]th. According to the pre-established combat policy, our army launched a war from the south, north, and west in the early morning of the [-]th. The attack took only one and a half hours to drive out the pirates entrenched in the archipelago. In this campaign, [-] and [-] pirates were killed and [-] were captured. The rest of the pirates fled from the east. After supplying fresh water, our army left two warships to thoroughly investigate the remnants of the archipelago, while the rest of the army took advantage of the situation to pursue eastward, "

From when Li Beiyang left Lin'an to when I saw this battle report, it took about 20 days. If this kind of communication speed is placed in later generations, it will be like a snail. The next goal of the navy led by Li Beiyang is farther away The Ryukyu Islands, even if you don’t count the combat time or the storm on the way, it takes more than two months to go back and forth. Maybe when I see Li Beiyang’s next naval battle report, it will be after April.

Although Longya's carrier pigeons have been put into use, they must be relayed halfway, and the distance between each station is not very long, so it is impossible to use carrier pigeons at sea. In this regard, I can only spread my hands, There is no telephone, no Internet, no telegram, and there is nothing you can do as a time traveler.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Li has enough food and supplies, and the equipment of our warships is far stronger than that of Zhang Xuan's group of pirates. Your Majesty need not worry."

"Hehe, Junshi, I'm not worried about whether Li Beiyang's battle will go well this time, but I think it's really inconvenient to contact after the naval expedition,"

Lu Xiufu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is always the case for long-distance voyages. It usually takes at least a year and a half for a cargo ship going south overseas to go to sea, and there is no way to contact them halfway."

"Well, let's not talk about Li Beiyang, Junshi, how is the training situation in each military region?"

Lu Xiufu excitedly said: "Your Majesty, according to what the Military Affairs Council has learned, except for the Guangnan Military Region, which is not yet full and is recruiting troops, the enthusiasm for military training in the other five major military regions is unprecedentedly high. According to His Majesty's will, the newly established military regions The inspector team is personally in charge of the military commander, who strictly controls the officers at all levels to withhold military rations and act recklessly. As long as the soldiers can achieve the minimum military training goals, they can get full salary, and the food in the army has also improved a lot. , and the generals set an example, the training enthusiasm of the soldiers was completely mobilized, "

"Okay, the first step has been done, the soldiers are willing, the second step is to be able to practice skillfully,"

"Yes, Your Majesty, each military region has thought of many ways to do this, and many of them have unique ideas. I have sorted it out and will send it to the major military regions tomorrow so that they can learn from each other."

"Well, by the way, Yin Yinglei is there,"

"Your Majesty, the deputy envoy General Wang Anjie is in charge of the military training in the Lin'an Military Region. Yin Yinglei still focuses on training generals. As for the effect, it can only be tested during wartime. However, there are many experienced soldiers in the Lin'an Military Region. All the generals think that Yin Yinglei's method is feasible,"

"Those who have experience can corroborate the content taught by Yin Yinglei with their own experience, and they should make progress. What about those generals who have never been on the battlefield, what do they say?"

Lu Xiufu said: "They even think that Yin Yinglei is the reincarnation of Zhuge,"

"Haha, this Yin Yinglei is really good at fooling people, but I just want Yin Yinglei to remind them, don't be like Zhao Kuo who talks about war on paper,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"Okay, Junshi, you can step back, I'm going to the Hall of Yanhe to hold this year's economic conference later,"

After Lu Xiufu left, I saw that it was almost time for the meeting, so I accompanied Xiaoqi to the Hall of Yanhe. Jia Sidao, Wen Tianxiang, and key officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of Households attended the meeting.

"Your Majesty, I will see you,"

"Everyone who loves you, please be free from courtesy,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty,"

"Dear dear friends, the content of today's meeting is about the overall plan for our country's economic development this year. If a strong military is the guarantee for our dynasty's revival, and a clean and honest government is the foundation for our dynasty's revival, then the success or failure of our economic development is the foundation of our dynasty's revival." The point is, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, although last year's income has increased significantly, due to the lack of precipitation in the national treasury, and the budgets of various ministries this year are much larger than last year, not to mention anything else, just military budget expenditures are last year's doubled, so it is of great significance to achieve a doubling of this year’s revenue,”

"Of course, these newly increased investments are necessary and will be rewarded. The reason why I will increase the investment in various industries is for the future returns," I continued, "I look forward to the previous dynasties and dynasties. They are all based on agriculture, and agricultural taxation accounts for more than half of the total income. In our dynasty, this situation began to change. The taxation of the handicraft industry and commerce has reached about half of the total taxation. Regarding this phenomenon, I think it is A good thing is also an inevitable law of social development. Let me talk about agriculture first. Agriculture is the foundation of the economy and the premise of human survival. Only when people are full of food can people think about it and develop other businesses. Since then, the Ministry of Agriculture has formulated a series of policies to support farmers. These policies have greatly increased the enthusiasm of farmers, and the labor required for the same output has been greatly reduced. This has led to the emergence of rich labor in rural areas. With the rise of the revolution, I believe that there will be more advanced agricultural tools, better crop seeds and more scientific planting methods. At the same time, the improvement of water conservancy facilities will also promote the development of agriculture, Zhao Aiqing, "

Zhao Kui stood up and said, "The old minister is here."

"The Ministry of Agriculture must first summarize the various measures adopted last year, which can promote the continuation of production. On the contrary, they need to be improved or revised, or even cancelled. Begin to guide farmers to develop the cultivation of multiple crops and expand the breeding industry according to the actual situation in each region, so as to increase farmers' income, for example, plant fruit trees in areas where conditions permit, or open breeding workshops, etc., "

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister obeys the order,"

"In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture can work with the Ministry of Commerce to try to guide the surplus rural labor force to gradually transfer to the handicraft industry,"

"Transfer to handicrafts,"

"Well, Zhao Aiqing, the land of China has always been known as the Celestial Dynasty, with vast land and abundant resources, and rich products, but many items have reduced added value because they cannot be preserved. For example, farmers who grow fruits are not suitable for preservation because they are time-sensitive, but they can be preserved. Through processing, the excess fresh fruit is made into dried fruit. As you all know, on Liangzhe Road in my direction, many farmers turn excess glutinous rice into fermented glutinous rice or glutinous rice wine, which can expand the use of agricultural products. It can increase the income of farmers, enrich the goods of our dynasty, and secondly, it can make some wealthy laborers have something to do. Regarding this point, your Ministry of Agriculture can do a research first, and then put forward your opinions."

Zhao Kui said: "Your Majesty, the old minister will obey the order,"

"Okay, I have accumulated a lot of experience in agriculture, so I will stop here first, and then I will focus on industry and commerce. Everyone in the world loves money, but the social status of businessmen has never been taken seriously. Even in our dynasty, the commerce and trade industry is gradually developed, and its tax revenue accounts for half or more of our dynasty's income, and the status of merchants is the same. Therefore, I think that we must first break the concept of people's hierarchy, whether it is officials, businessmen, scholars, or farmers. Whether you are a craftsman, a craftsman or a soldier, their status should be equal. This is the same as the national equality I mentioned before, and there should be no discrimination, teachers and ministers, do you think so?"

Jia Sidao replied absently: "Your Majesty is wise."

I smiled: "Back to the topic, Liao Yingzhong and Liao Aiqing,"

"The minister is here,"

"I plan to set up an Industry Department under the Ministry of Commerce, and subdivide the functional departments of the Ministry of Commerce into the Industry Department, Commerce Department and Overseas Trade Department. Most of the industries in my dynasty are small handicraft workshops. A number of industrial bases were first established along Zhejiang Road and Jiangnan East Road to drive industrial development and form large-scale centralized production. Kangfu (now Nanjing) established a steel base, and established an official kiln production base in Lin'an Prefecture. In these industrial bases, there can be state-owned workshops or private workshops. The imperial court will grant tax relief to large workshops, and cheap Preferential policies such as land rent to support a group of leading workshops with large-scale production capabilities, and then these leading workshops will drive the surrounding auxiliary workshops to form an overall industrial base. Liao Aiqing, your Ministry of Commerce, according to what I just said, Let's submit the proposal first."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey the order,"

"If this method is feasible, it will be gradually promoted to other parts of the country. Song Rui, your Government Administration Council can discuss this matter with local officials during the process of reforming the provincial system. I generally mean that the imperial court, local governments and local governments will discuss this matter. The owners of large handicraft workshops come together to carry out this business,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"The business industry developed the fastest last year and created the largest increase in tax revenue. Here I would like to commend all the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and hope to continue to maintain it. I am very relieved of the business industry, so I don't Too much to say, but this year we will focus on strengthening overseas export trade, let’s discuss together how to improve export trade,”