If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 55 Building the Wharf
"Mr. Yang, do you think we should build this river or not?" Looking at Zhu Di's approval on building the canal sent back by the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Zhanchen asked Yang Pu for his opinion.

In fact, it doesn't matter to Zhu Zhanquan whether the river is repaired or not. Having hydraulic support can certainly improve the work efficiency of the workshop, but without it, it won't have any impact. It's just lower efficiency and more labor costs.

As for if there is no hydraulic machinery, just build a steam engine or something, but that is not necessary.

It's not that Zhu Zhanjun doesn't know the benefits of industrialization, or that the immortal cultivator thinks that everything must be done by cultivating immortals, but he really doesn't think it's necessary.

Steam engines can indeed greatly improve production efficiency and produce various products quickly and in large quantities, but the problem is how to deal with these products after they are produced?

Sell?In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the entire country was still a stable small-scale peasant economy. Family-style handicraft workshops could already meet most of the living needs of the Ming Dynasty people. It was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that capitalism sprouted and created greater market demand. .

Therefore, large-scale industrial production is not very necessary for today's Ming Dynasty, because the market does not have such a large demand.

The British were able to invent the steam engine and start the Industrial Revolution in the [-]th and [-]th centuries because British society at that time had developed to this stage, generated sufficient market demand, and was eager to improve productivity.

But in today's Ming society, there is no such market demand.

Of course, can we build a steam engine as a technical reserve?This is of course possible. It is not impossible to use the application of new technologies to force the market to expand, and to artificially use a large number of industrialized products to generate market demand.

It's just that this is not very necessary for Zhu Zhanchun, at least not at the moment.

Promote the development of social productivity and improve the level of science and technology?He is a cultivator, so he can do scientific research after laying the foundation of his cultivation.

make money?This is indeed a reason, but the question is whether the job his father wants to do next is to open a bank or be a central bank responsible for currency issuance. Is there a more profitable business than this?
If engaging in industry can make more money than opening a bank, financial giants will not become the source of all evil for future generations.

Therefore, for Zhu Zhanqi, the current workshop is like the productivity of Ming Dynasty. If conditions permit, it can be improved. If conditions do not exist, it does not matter. The existing productivity is enough.

However, although Zhu Zhanchun's attitude was that it didn't matter, Yang Pu didn't think so.

After serious consideration, he said to Zhu Zhankun: "Your Highness, can you dig a canal along the Yangtze River, divert the Yangtze River water into the canal, and move the workshop to the riverside to meet the needs of the workshop? This can save money. The cost can also meet the needs of the workshop.”

The military camp is close to the river. If the workshop is also close to the river, the idea proposed by Yang Pu is indeed feasible.

After Zhu Zhanjun thought for a moment, he nodded and agreed to Yang Pu's suggestion: "Mr. Yang can check with the people from the Ministry of Industry. If it can meet the needs of the workshop, let's do it."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will handle this matter with the people from the Ministry of Works." Yang Pu accepted the errand, but asked Zhu Zhanyu another question: "It's just a small matter here at the Ministry of Works. Where the money to repair the canals will come from is the question.

Although the money allocated by the imperial court is sufficient and it won't cost much to convert the canal into a canal, it is still an expense. Your Highness, do you think you should use other funds to cover it first and make up for it later, or should you think of other ways? "

Money is indispensable when doing things. Whether it is building a canal or a canal, money will be spent as long as the construction is started. It is just a matter of how much it is spent.Zhu Zhanyu certainly had money on hand, but the money was used for food and salary training, and he did not have a budget for this.

But it's okay to have money.

According to Yang Pu's calculations, if Zhu Zhanquan was determined to build a canal, the money would definitely not be enough. After all, the cost of building a canal was too high.

This is also the reason why he suggested Zhu Zhancheng to change the canal into a canal. At least the cost of the canal would be much smaller. If Zhu Zhancheng was willing to go to the emperor to plead, it might not be that he could not get the budget from the emperor. Come.

If that doesn't work, you can also borrow the money from your account first and then find a way to make up for it after the ditch is repaired.

As for the ways to fill the gap, there are too many, whether it is to collect some filial piety when recruiting noble children, to do some private work to make money after the workshop is built, or to report accounts to the court. For some expenses, Yang Pu had a way to solve the money problem.

After all, the cost of repairing a canal is only so much, so it is not difficult to find some ways to make up for it.

At the end of the day, you can still use the ancestral method of making money for noble generals. You can smooth out the accounts by eating some free money. It just depends on whether Zhu Zhanchen wants to.

This would definitely not work in the Hongwu Dynasty. Among the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, the empty seal case was just a matter of officials wanting to make it easier for themselves. Lao Zhu set up a huge case. Yang Pu's approach must be You're going to lose your head.

But although today's Yongle Dynasty is also very strict, and most officials still have some moral integrity, there is still room for maneuver in some things.

But for Zhu Zhanchun, these methods were something he didn't like.

After thinking for a while, he asked Yang Pu: "Mr. Yang, when we build a military camp, will the various materials be transported by water or by land?"

"Water route? Land route? The materials and supplies required for the construction of the military camp are all allocated from the warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing City and transported overland by carriage and horse." Yang Pu was a little surprised why Zhu Zhanqi asked this. But he still answered the question seriously and added: "If His Highness feels that it is not good to use carriages and horses, you can also find a dock in the city and transport it by boat along the Qinhuai River. But in this case, you will need to build a dock." .”

Hearing what Yang Pu said, Zhu Zhanjun nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yes, we really need to build a pier."

Yang Pu's mind was a little confused all of a sudden, and he didn't understand why Zhu Zhanqi did this, but as a counselor, he still frowned and thought for a while and said: "If your highness is only transporting materials for building the military camp, there is no need for it." So much trouble.

There is not much road to get here from Nanjing city. Transportation by carriage and horse is much less expensive than building a dock... Your Highness, do you have other plans? "

"Yes, Mr. Yang, you know practical things. If I build a pier outside Dinghuai Gate and allow merchant ships to dock and load and unload goods, would those businessmen be willing to pay to help me build the pier or even build a canal? What?" Zhu Zhanqun looked at Yang Pu and asked with a smile at him.

　When I was looking at a map of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, I looked at a wrong place. I mistook the moat north of Dinghuai Gate for the Qinhuai River, and that's why I said I wanted to build a canal. But in fact, the Qinhuai River did not go north there but directly entered the Yangtze River. , there is no need to build the canal, it’s a mistake...

　　
　
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