Horse on the World

Chapter 854 Changes
Fuyuan, the front line against the barbarians, is now an important military center in Dingzhou. The number one arsenal in Dingzhou has continued to expand over the years, and its scale is getting bigger and bigger. The rapid expansion of the arsenal has made him in personnel management, production In terms of efficiency, it is not as good as before. In order to allow the arsenal to concentrate on research and development of technology and maintain Dingzhou's superior position in the ordnance industry, except for some key core technologies, Li Qing outsourced some auxiliary equipment from the arsenal, allowing Private assets intervened.

Military production has always been a sweet pastry. In the past, the opening was always tight, and outsiders, no matter how rich they were, could not get involved in it. Now, once it is released, a large amount of private capital will rush in immediately, and countless businessmen will flock to Fuzhou. Far away, a carriage and a carriage of money were dragged to Fuyuan for one thing, buying land, building a house, opening a factory, and recruiting workers.The technical cost of some equipment opened by the arsenal is not high, and it can be produced easily. As long as there is land, room and people, it can be done.
As a result, the price of land in Fuyuan has risen rapidly. From the original ten taels of silver per mu of land to the last 100 taels of silver per mu of land, there is still a price but no market. , There is no land to sell, and according to the laws of Dingzhou, private private land is strictly forbidden to buy and sell privately.Even if the people were jealous of the silver, they couldn't sell it on their own.
After learning about this situation, Li Qing immediately discussed with the cabinet. Although everyone in the cabinet disagreed with Li Qing opening the door, Li Qing used his authority to overcome all opinions. The land in Yuan County can be bought and sold freely.Although the cabinet is worried that this will easily lead to a new round of land annexation and go back to the old path of the Great Chu Dynasty, but on this point, Li Qing has his own ideas. The situation of mergers is quite different, so don’t worry about it for the time being. The high land price is enough for land-lost farmers to start some small businesses, and those businessmen also need a large number of industrial workers after buying and selling land to build factories. Found another way to survive.What's more, now only one county in Fuyuan is licensed, and other places will still strictly control the sale of land.

The liberalization of the land in Fuyuan has set off another round of land buying and selling in Fuyuan County. The entire Fuyuan County has almost turned into a large construction site. Construction is starting everywhere, and various factories have sprung up. ．

The Dingzhou No. [-] Armory Factory did not designate a contractor, but adopted a bidding system. Whoever had the lower price and better quality would purchase the product. The contract was signed once a year, and after one year, the bidding was re-invited. , this new mechanism makes all businesses in Fuyuan stand on the same starting line, but the competition is more brutal. After more than a year of survival of the fittest, a large number of businesses have no choice but to withdraw, and some people have lost their entire fortune because of this.

Regardless of these negative effects, for Dingzhou, the sale and purchase of land has accumulated a lot of money, and at the same time, the fierce competition makes the merchants dare not slack off. Once the quality drops, they will face the fate of being eliminated in the next year. On the one hand, they want to make money, on the other hand, they also need to maintain quality and quantity, and lower costs, forcing businesses to continuously spend money on research and development of new technologies and new processes, which makes these equipment change with each passing day, and the production cost has been greatly reduced compared to the original No.

Of course, it's not like they didn't want to take a crooked path by bribing the purchasers of the No. [-] Armory Factory so that the Armory Factory can use its own products. After being imprisoned in a cage cart, from the Fuyuan New City where merchants gather, and then their heads were hung high on the flagpole outside the gate of the arsenal, the merchants who paid bribes were expelled from Fuyuan, and they were strictly forbidden to set foot in this place in this life. After the industry, all merchants with this thought immediately became honest, and put their minds on how to improve the technology and reduce the cost.

At the same time, except for craftsmen related to sensitive technologies, the Dingzhou franchise allows free movement of craftsmen who can leave the No. [-] Armory Factory to find their own jobs. At the climax of the crowd, a large number of craftsmen from the Dingzhou No. [-] Armory Factory walked out of the Armory Factory and became the technical backbone of these private capitals.
In the past two years, Fuyuan has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the beginning. There are fewer and fewer farmlands, more and more factories, and bigger and bigger towns. City.A large number of people flowed to Fuyuan, so that the service industry there also began to expand, and its prosperity was no less than that of Dingzhou City.As a county in Fuyuan, the tax paid to the central finance is almost equal to that of a state.
If Dingzhou City is the political and cultural center of Dingzhou, then Fuyuan has undoubtedly become the economic center under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou.

The carriage was walking on the streets of Fuyuan that stretched for dozens of miles. Although Lu Yiming had known the grand occasion of Fuyuan from the text bulletin, he was still amazed and amazed when he was actually there.

Li Qing was not surprised, he lay lazily on the carriage, and said with a smile: "Yiming, how about this carriage?"

Lu Yiming praised: "It's really good, my lord, it's even smoother than your horse, and it doesn't have the creaking sound like before."
Li Qing smiled, "The speed of this carriage is more than double that of the previous ones."
"How could there be such a big gap?" Lu Yiming asked in surprise.
Li Qing took out a gadget from behind and handed it to Lu Yiming, "That's it! Look, look, it's made by a merchant who specializes in making carriages. With this gadget, he almost monopolizes the The carriage business under the entire Dingzhou is now very rich."

Lu Yiming took the wheel-shaped object in Li Qing's hand, and looked at it carefully. There were two circles inside and outside, with concave holes on the inside, and small iron balls inlaid inside. As soon as it was turned, the outer iron ring whirled and spun, the sound was very small, and the speed was extremely fast.
"Ah, it's really a good thing. The oily layer inside is grease, right?" Lu Yiming kept turning the iron ring in his hand with great interest.
"Yeah, it's grease. It's a pity. It would be great if the grease could be further improved, but now, it's amazing to be able to make it like this." Li Qing shook his head and sighed, "Everything can't be done overnight. Come on, take your time, Yiming, do you know that this little thing was originally made of pig iron, although it is good, but it is extremely easy to damage, and this businessman is also a character, and he actually spent a lot of money to buy stainless steel from the arsenal to produce it This thing has courage!"
"Steel is a controlled product, but it is also very useful in military industry." Lu Yiming nodded. "It doesn't hurt to sell him at all."
Li Qing laughed, "Old road, old road, Ren Ruqing has become a minister of the Ministry of Industry these years, and his vision has broadened a lot. He doesn't want money. He takes this kind of refined steel as a stock. This businessman wants to improve this roller. The quality of steel must be made of fine steel, and there is only Dingzhou No. [-] Armory Factory for fine steel, and there is no other semicolon. Ren Ruqing relied on this point to provide fine steel with Dingzhou Armory Factory. [-]% of the shares. Dividends on the ground."

"Thirty percent? It's so high, so the businessman will do it too?"

"Why don't you do it?" Li Qing said with a smile, "Don't think that this businessman has suffered a loss. He has a stake in the No. [-] Armory Factory, and he has a hat on his head. for excessive."
"A profiteer!" Lu Yiming shook his head and sighed. "I really can't figure them out."
Li Qing smiled and said nothing. When it comes to scheming, who can scheming against powerful people?Don't look at the prestige of officials and businessmen, but when those in power want to clean up you, that's even easier.When it comes to treachery and fraud, it's up to those in power.Of course, he wouldn't say this to Lu Yiming.Seeing Lu Yiming's eyes flashing, he didn't know what he was paying attention to.
"Although this gadget is small, it is of great significance. It means that our merchants in Dingzhou are starting to go our own way." Li Qingdao: "Actually, it's not just rollers. Technological innovations like this are happening in Fuyuan today." It can be said to be endless!" Li Qing lifted the curtain of the car, pointing to the factory buildings that are piled up outside, "Have you seen that, those who can still stand here now have more or less enough to stand here? New technology, and those businessmen who do not want to make progress, have been eliminated, and now these businessmen, if they stop here, they will soon be replaced by rising stars. Free competition is always the driving force for progress. So don't be afraid of those Businessmen are chasing wealth, we just need to guide them in the way and method of chasing wealth. Look at those people who followed Wei Zhihua to go overseas to pan for gold this time, most of them came from here, and they are rich now!"
Lu Yiming also sighed: "Yes, yes, the old ships eliminated by our navy have been swept away, and the order for new ships has even been placed ten years later. I was shocked when I saw the briefing. Yes, such a huge fleet is the first time in history!"
"Long Sihai and Qiyu bought ten obsolete old-style warships at one time. They have money and connections, while others don't have such ample funds, but several people form a joint stock company and each buy a ship to go to sea. You know what? The Overwatch Council even came to report that our merchants have all bought boats in Dingzhou, Bozhou and Dengzhou." Li Qing said with a smile.
"I have also read the information." Lu Yiming was a little worried, "My lord, allow these merchant ships to hire retired soldiers and allow them to arm the ships. Will this pose a threat to Dingzhou? Such a huge merchant ship Team, no, it should be said to be a huge navy, enough to shake the country!"
Li Qing laughed, "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, their roots are with us, besides, their merchant ships are still equipped with some equipment in the past, compared with our navy, they are very different Well, if you go overseas, you can still show off your power, but in our homeland, they are vulnerable. Besides, they can only be attached to our big ship, so that they will not be in danger of capsizing. If anyone really can't think about it, I am willing Kill the chicken for the monkey to see, besides, this huge merchant ship is headed by Long Sihai and Qiyu, and with these two men leading the battle, are you afraid that they have any crooked intentions?"
Lu Yiming twisted his beard and said: "That's true. Speaking of which, Long Sihai has a very good vision and a lot of courage. Compared with his father, Xiaotian is inferior."

"Xiaotian is the magistrate of the whole prefecture, and he has worked hard and achieved quite a lot." Li Qingdao: "The first generation fought in the country, and the second generation took charge of the country. For Long Xiaotian to have the current ability and achievements, it must be that Long Sihai is already an old man." Huai is gratified. This is also the reason why he dared to set sail when he was approaching his sixtieth age. There are successors!"

Hearing Li Qing's old-fashioned tone, Lu Yiming knew that Li Qing felt something, so he smiled and said, "My lord is in the prime of his life, and these young masters are even more intelligent. With decades of training and education, how can they be successful in the future?" It is something that Long Xiaotian can compare to, the lord's sentiment makes Yiming disagree!"
(End of this chapter)