Win the Ding 1617

The civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty, as long as you are of high grade, you have received a decree from the emperor's father and the regent. It probably means to write down everything you know about the situation of the southern barbarian Li Shouhan!Don't stick to the form, just have the content!

As for those whose grades are not enough, I also heard the spirit of superiors from my superiors, so I couldn't help but make up my mind, whoever made such a statement in the regent's will, but if there is something useful, I will reward you!

As a result, a large number of all kinds of information, whether they have seen it with their own eyes, heard it from friends and classmates, passed it from the toilet next to the village head, or hearsay, rushed to Beijing city and the cabinet like a sandstorm.

The deacons of the cabinet hurriedly collected and sorted out the information, and they couldn't help but curse that Feng who was complacently drinking tea in the warm cabinet at this time. "If it weren't for you, a treacherous rabbit master, why should we be so busy?!"

Yes, it was caused by Feng Quan's words.

"Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to order someone to fetch a map of the emperor's official residence, and Rong Chen will explain it to Your Majesty."

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the eunuchs cleared away the decorations and spread out the huge map of the imperial palace on the ground, so that Dorgon could have an intuitive understanding.

"I learned from Li Shouhan's strength in the imperial court in the 11th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, he had controlled the entire territory of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Yunnan, and expanded his power to the inland. The Old Port Consolation Commissioner had already been taken down by him long before this."

As he said in his mouth, his hands were not idle, and he sprinkled golden millet on the map, which was regarded as filling in the color.

"This side is Nanzhong, the so-called San Xuan Liu Wei, Siam, Annan and other places in the Yongle and Xuande years of the Ming Dynasty. Now it has all become the territory of the Li family. Your Majesty, here is fertile and wild, and the climate is hot and humid. , is most suitable for growing rice. Since Li Shouhan was born to lead the army, he has been very strict in military affairs, farming, mulberry, factories, and trade. Whenever soldiers and horses conquered a piece of land, they immediately put him in Laochao River Jingna The set of farmland and water conservancy regulations was extended here, and within a few years, the land of thorns became a place where rice is fragrant. With farmland, there will be immigrants, and immigrants will need food and clothing. Farming requires farm tools, and these needs are his. The source of income for the factory. There are too many factories, and the things produced can’t be tolerated by themselves, so the caravans of Nanzhong travel all over the world.”

"Mr. Feng's words are very true. When the king was in Liaodong, he was amazed by the variety of Nanzhong commodities and the low prices. It's a pity that Li Shouhan refused to sell grain to us. Otherwise, the late emperor's battle of Jinzhou and Guangning It won't be that difficult." Dorgon didn't speak, but nodded slightly in agreement when he heard what his younger brother Doduo said.In fact, in the eyes of their brothers, it would have been better if Huang Taiji's battle was fought so hard back then!If Li Peilin hadn't indirectly sent a large amount of food to Huang Taiji, even if Huang Taiji captured Guangning, his own vitality would be seriously injured.

"Since Prince Yu talked about food, let's talk about the food in Nanzhong. I have a classmate who was an official in Guangdong and Guangxi and traveled to Nanzhong. Of course, it was also the beginning of Li Shouhan's military affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi. In order to frighten officials and win people's hearts It was an act of showing off one's strength. The minister studied farming in the same year, and was quite familiar with farming and mulberry. When he arrived in the hinterland of Nanzhong, he didn't have a deep impression of those prosperous and magnificent places, but he paid great attention to the rice planting everywhere. According to what he told his ministers in the letter, Nanzhong planted rice and adopted the method of raising seedlings. The seedling fields did not sow seeds in the fields as before, but first kneaded the pond mud into a thin paste, and poured it into the fields that had been placed in the field for a long time. Then sprinkle rice seeds on the seedling tray, and carefully sweep with a broom to ensure that every seed is buried in the mud, then insert bamboo strips and cover with a curtain made of straw. Both ends of the bamboo strips are Inserted into the field, it is arched and used for heat preservation. This grass curtain does not directly contact the seedling tray, creating an arched space for the seedlings to grow in. This is a bit like the warming done by vegetable farmers and flower farmers in Fengtai. hole."

"hiss!"

The people present took a breath of air as if they had a collective toothache.From below Dorgon to Chenbanda, I have eaten vegetables cultivated by farmers in Fengtai with warm caves, such as cucumbers for three or nine days, and flowers in the twelfth lunar month. Whether it is vegetables or flowers, all of them are delicious. Something of great value.No way, keeping the temperature is a costly process.But if rice seedlings are also cultivated in this way, then the money and grain spent will not be a little bit.

"Everyone in the country says that Liang Guogong is rich, but he doesn't want to be so rich. This is even more extravagant than Shi Chong cooking with candles. Even if he pays attention to agriculture and mulberry, it shouldn't be so?!" Hong Chengchou murmured to himself.

"The manpower and material resources invested are huge," Feng Quan actually doesn't know how much manpower and material resources will be invested in rice seedling cultivation, but at this time, we must follow everyone's thinking. This is the official practice.

"However, the income is even more staggering. In the same year, I asked the accompanying Nanzhong officials how much production could be increased by this approach. The Nanzhong officials said that under the Lord's rule, roughly every mu of paddy field would come down a year, including various Including fertilizers, improved seeds, pesticides, tools, farmland water conservancy, agricultural technology and many other factors, the annual output can be around ten stones of rice. Your Majesty, this is the average value, and high-yield fields are not included. After adopting the rice seedling raising technology, per mu The field can be increased by one and a half, which is at least one stone! This is not counting the rice field rotation and the vegetable oil produced by intercropping during this period of time.”

A stone of rice? !It sounds like the amount is not large, but the people present are well aware of the amount of arable land in Nanzhong.According to the information from Shanxi merchants, in Nanzhong, there are often grain fields stretching for thousands of miles, and villages, towns, counties, prefectures and capitals are dotted among the grain fields. "I'm afraid there are hundreds of millions of acres of grain fields?"

"If these fields can increase the production of one stone per mu, then there are at least tens of millions of stones. Needless to say, all of these tens of millions of stones of grain will be transported to the Central Plains, or [-]% of them will be transported. You can’t eat enough!” Over the years, every time there was a battle with the main force of the Ming army, the upper echelons of the Qing army would worry about the supply of military rations, so Dorgon was extremely sensitive about the food issue.

"Your Majesty, you are familiar with the affairs of the Wei, Jin and Three Kingdoms. You should know that Prime Minister Zhuge was victorious in all battles back then, but why was he still unable to open the way to the north when facing Sima Yi?"

"It's not easy! Heaven will destroy the Han Dynasty!" Duoduo fired another cannon.

Dorgon gave him a sideways glance, didn't say anything, but motioned Feng Quan to continue.

"Your Majesty, in the nine states of the world, Cao Wei has already occupied six states, and the rest is divided between Sun and Liu. In Hanzhong and Bashu occupied by the Shu Han, the grain population is far less than that of Cao Wei, and there are Jiange, Shu Road, natural dangers, and grain transfer. It was difficult, so Sima Yi couldn't hold on, and every time he used food and soldiers, it was exhausted until the Shu Han soldiers ran out of food and retreated. This..."

This scene immediately exposed the hidden worry in Dorgon's heart!He immediately seemed to push away the clouds and mist, "No wonder I can't be happy every time I hear the good news from the front line! That's the reason!"

No wonder just now Feng Quan said that the current situation is the same as when Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan. Li Shouhan can use food and supplies to consume, and the waste is exhausted, so he has to carry out strategic contraction.

"Mr. Feng, Liang Guogong naturally has no shortage of food and salaries. However, there are so many types of materials needed for soldiers and horses. How can we sum them up in one word?" Hong Chengchou specifically asked the question about military materials, especially combat materials.

"That's right! What gunpowder, armor, steel, etc..." Having said that, Doduo suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. Nanzhong's steel output is large, its quality is excellent, and its price is low. The iron yard has suffered enough.Even himself, he also tried his best to collect armor and equipment from Nanzhong for his Ba Yala soldiers and house slaves.

Feng Quan didn't say much, and turned his attention to Chen Banda, "Master Chen, most of the armaments of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are from you. I would like to ask, what is the general process of making gunpowder in the Qing Dynasty, and how much does it cost? "

"This?" It's about military secrets, so Chen Ban naturally wouldn't say it casually.He hesitated for a while, trying to figure out how to answer Feng Quan's question, but Feng Quan had already asked and answered by himself.

"Gunpowder is expensive, which is well known in the world. The so-called one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, nitrate, no matter what kind of gunpowder it is, must occupy the bulk. According to the "Shen Qi Pu", "Wu Bei Zhi", "Tian Gong In the method of extracting nitrate in various volumes of Kaiwu, the nitrate soil in the field is dug up in many places for purification, and a large amount of gray water, gelatin, egg white, radish, etc. need to be added to absorb and remove the impurities in it. Master Chen, I don’t know if my Daqing also operates like this?”

"Exactly."

"But Nanzhong has found a different way. It is said that there are nitrate fields, which are specially used to produce nitrate, and the nitrate produced is very pure. But it is a military weapon, and outsiders are not allowed to see it. In addition, according to what I heard, there are quite a few islands overseas that naturally produce nitrate , sulfur, etc. are very pure. Liang Guogong has these two sources, and the cost of saltpeter is extremely low. As for sulfur, Japan, Japan, often uses sulfur from the mountains as ballast to be used with Nanzhong conducts trade. A stone of sulfur can be exchanged for a stone of white rice. The Japanese are eager for this matter. In his view, there are all kinds of things that can be found everywhere in the mountains. You only need to use a hoe to exchange for good rice, so why not be happy?"

"Then there is charcoal. Most of the gunpowder in the mainland is made of willow charcoal. This is true whether it is the Ministry of War or the bureaus and factories of the inner court. Now when the army is used, the consumption of gunpowder is huge, and the price of willow charcoal is often raised."

"Mr. Feng, you don't need to talk about our Daqing side, just talk about how Liang Guogong handles it." Duoduo became a little impatient.He just wants to know why the gunpowder on the opposite side can be fired at will without money. Feng Quan has already talked about two-thirds of the mystery inside, and this last point makes him feel itchy.

"My lord, we use willow charcoal, while others use corn stalks. This is where the difference lies!" Feng Quan naturally didn't dare to play tricks at this time, and immediately went straight to the point.

"Corn stalks?"

Hong Chengchou frowned, "When I was in my hometown, I have seen farmers planting this plant to supplement it on the hillside wasteland, but I don't want to have such a use."

"Lord Hong, you don't know. Apart from rice, this corn is also very popular in Nanzhong. It is often planted by the people in the mountains. Liang Guogong ordered people to buy sorghum straw for processing into charcoal and making it into gunpowder. Once the corn comes down, there are mountains and plains, so how can the cost of sorghum stalks be compared with that of willows? Therefore, the three main ingredients, saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, are all cheap, so naturally the southern army can squander them at will."

"Damn it! Donkey balls! Back then, we thought it was very cheap to sell us a bucket of gunpowder for two silver dollars. Now it seems that these Nanban don't know how much they made from it!"

As for Nanzhong's production of pig iron, steel, and armored weapons, naturally Feng Quan didn't need to talk about it.Those present, the Dorgon brothers, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ningwan, Chen Banda, and others, either grew up in the army and went in and out of the battle, or had a long history of military service, or were engaged in steel smelting and weapon manufacturing. , quite familiar with Nanzhong’s achievements in this field.

"If I had half of Liang Guogong's iron and steel grain in my hands, the world would have belonged to me long ago!"

Dorgon roared in his heart.

"But if coal mines and iron mines are extensively mined in the Qing Dynasty, will it disturb the people? Is there any hidden danger of gangsters gathering to do illegal things?" After Ning finished speaking, he was not willing to wantonly mine and smelt.As the endorsement in the book, he is the spokesperson of the Red and Blue Flower Party among the top leaders of the Eight Banners Manchuria.In order to raise the cost of purchasing materials, it is natural to sell everything that can be sold quickly. As long as the battle is won, there will naturally be plenty of goods.

After Ning finished my words, he also got Duoduo's approval, "Exactly! If we allow mining, by that time, the Han people in various places can justifiably gather tens of thousands of people in one place, and then organize them with the art of war. Don't say How much manpower and material resources do we have to invest before mining and smelting steel? With these people and money and food, I might as well put down the rioters in the south. Why open mines and set up factories to smelt steel? Once someone takes the opportunity to initiate chaos, we The gain outweighs the loss."

Duduo's words also represent the attitude of a large number of high-level Qing troops. Opening mines and blast furnaces to smelt steel require a lot of labor and a lot of investment.If someone really wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to do something in the hinterland of the Qing army, they really couldn't handle it.

You know, the rivers and mountains of Lao Zhu's family came from the river harnessing project of the stone man with one eye.If these lunatics rebelled, how much troops and food would the Qing army spend to put them down?If they echo each other with Liangguo Kilometer Yingwaihe, then our Eight Banners will be in big trouble!

"Slave wait for second opinion! The matter of opening a mine and setting up a factory still needs to be discussed in a long-term way, at least until the war calms down a little bit before starting."

Facing the opinions of several confidant ministers in front of him, Dorgon turned his attention to the two people who did not speak, one was Feng Quan, and he was going to continue to analyze the situation of the North and the South.And the other is Dorgon's confidant, Chen Banda.Needless to say, Dorgon already knew in his heart that this guy must be advocating more mines and more factories.

"Mr. Feng, you might as well talk about your opinion. Brother fifteen, all the ministers, take a break for a while and listen to Mr. Feng." During the meeting, Feng Quan's position in Dorgon's mind has reached the same level. Hong Chengchou is on par with Fan Wencheng and others.

Dorgon signaled to the guards who were waiting on the side to pass on the message, and exchanged boiling hot tea for the adults and gentlemen, so that everyone could take a rest for a while.Taking advantage of this time, Feng Quan also walked up to the guard who was about to go out to pass the order, and spoke with a smile.

"My lord, I would like to ask you one thing."

The guards on duty are all confidantes who have been by Dorgon's side for many years, and their brows and eyes are transparent and spiritual. However, knowing that Mr. Feng in front of him is a celebrity in the eyes of his master from now on, such a person is of course easy to serve.

"Mr. Feng, what you say is just fodder for the slaves. You just order anything, but do you want some snacks, or do you have other orders? The slaves will definitely take care of it for you."

"In front of the regent, how dare we make mistakes and be arrogant? In this way, you go outside to find my long-term follower and bring in the official's leather book. There are some things in it for the regent to see."

Since it was for the master to see, the guards dared not neglect it.He trotted all the way and took Feng Quan's leather book and handed it to him.

"Please take a look, Your Majesty." Feng Quan held up several sheets of colorfully printed paper with both hands and raised them above his head.

"What is this? Could it be that Mr. Feng spyed on Liang Guogong for some important confidential matter?" Dorgon made a joke in passing, which immediately caused a burst of chuckles in the hall.

"In front of Your Majesty, don't dare to speak nonsense. Although it is not a confidential military situation, you can still take a peek and get the whole picture." Feng Quan is serious.

Feng Quan's words aroused the curiosity of everyone present.After Dorgon finished reading those pages, he raised his head in confusion, "Mr. Feng, what do you mean by showing me this?" After seeing Dodo, he even forgot that Dodo is illiterate.On the contrary, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and others watched from the sidelines. It seemed that coal mines and iron mines had been discovered in a certain place in Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and the licenses had been obtained in the records of the general Xingyuan.It is currently being prepared, and the general has approved that this mine will be the same as the coal and iron joint ventures such as the Ha Tinh Mine in Ha Tinh that will be opened soon. It will recruit business shares in Shanghai, and each share will be one hundred silver dollars. It is currently ready to be listed on the market. Recruit [-] shares.

"This is from a letter from Chen's friend in the Shanghai business district half a year ago." Feng Quan said calmly, as if he hadn't bought this stock at all. "At first, the name on the prospectus was Yuanzhou Mining Administration Company. Later, it is said that Liang Guogong heard about it and changed it to Anyuan Mining Administration Company. It doesn't matter if he changed his name. The Anyuan Mining Administration in the exchange The stock price rose by [-]% immediately."