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Chapter 512 Leap Forward

Chongzhen two years.

February seventeenth.

Wenhua Hall.

Several ministers were discussing matters in the Wenhua Hall with some sad faces.

Yang Reform has been in a lot of trouble these days, and he is in a bad mood. Fortunately, his son was born and he has become a father. He can play with his son when he has nothing to do. , Yang Reform was very troubled. Although he won the salt merchant, what should he do next?Yang Reform was at a loss, a sense of loss and confusion after conquering the mountain, which deeply troubled Yang Reform.

"That is to say, it is reported that the spring blooms early this year?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, yes, it is reported from all over the world that the spring blooms early this year, and the weather is too warm today. I am afraid that this year will be another year of severe drought..." Shi Fenglai quickly took over the conversation and said.

"Oh, does the beginning of spring already mean drought?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, according to the situation of this year's spring and past experience, it should be a severe drought, Your Majesty!" Shi Fenglai said with a sad face.

"Oh, that's right! It seems that this year's drought is a foregone conclusion." Yang Reform sighed. Although he had predicted the drought for more than ten years and made a lot of preparations, when the years really came, he was still full of emotions. The sense of oppression, the feeling of the heavy pressure of natural disasters on the top of the head, is not good.

"Returning to Your Majesty, if there are no accidents, it is a foregone conclusion... However, it is also good that His Majesty has already anticipated and prepared countermeasures. Now the big immigration is still going on, and all places are stepping up spring plowing and preparing for drought. The cabinet is also preparing Strictly supervise the implementation of sweet potato planting in various places, and there are many measures. This disaster year should not be too bad..." Shi Fenglai quickly replied.

"Oh..." Yang Reform sighed.

All the ministers also fell silent. This is not a good thing. It has already proved the truth of the emperor's prophecy from one aspect. This year's spring blooms so early, and it is only February. The weather is unusually warm. This year is definitely a year of drought. In [-], the information gathered from all over the world now shows that the arid area is quite wide, and the situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi is particularly abnormal. , A small drought can't escape, the situation is estimated to be more serious than last year, how many victims will this cause?Although the preparatory measures can be said to be quite strong now, this news will still make people panic. Although a million immigrants are an unprecedented disaster relief effort, are there only one million victims now?Some people were sweating coldly. If there were no measures prepared by the emperor, what would happen this year.

The monarch and his subjects were all silent.

"The beginning of spring isn't all bad things. I just got the news that the Changlu Salt Field has produced its first salt, and harvested the first [-] halite. This is a good start, hehehe... ..." Yang Reform picked up some good news to break the dreary atmosphere. Until now, the business of the salt merchants is over, and only he can produce salt himself. The salt industry is completely in his hands. , this "salt merchant" has finally become history. Although there are more and more [-] rock salts, the symbolic significance is not small.

Seeing the emperor talking about the celebrations in the salt field, all the ministers squeezed out a little smile again.Congratulations to the emperor for successfully taking over the saltworks.

Although Yang Reform tried his best to make the atmosphere more optimistic, the news really did not make people happy, and the atmosphere quickly fell silent again. The northern provinces will be severely drought. In any case, it is also a joyful one. The news of getting up, although it is only a sign.

Today's discussion can be described as dull. Yang Reform is also dull.

After the discussion was over and he left the Wenhua Palace, Yang Reform felt better again.

"Big companion, is there any news from Master Xu? Why hasn't this Shi Kefa sent the construction plan for Shanghai?" Yang Reform began to complain. This year is another year of severe drought, and more preparations must be made. Last year it was only a year in Shaanxi. , the pressure of disaster relief is so great. This year, there will be drought in several provinces. This situation is much more serious than last year. We have to think of more ways to deal with it!
"Replying to Your Majesty, there is no news from Master Xu yet. I guess we will have to wait for Mr. Shi to go to Shanghai before we get any news." Wang Chengen replied.

"Uh, I got it, let's send a message to Master Xu. He said that the drought is imminent, and Shanghai needs to start construction as soon as possible. It is already mid-February, and it is estimated that this large number of victims will have to wait until May and June." They have fled from the famine, and they need to be ready to receive them. Shanghai needs to be built in a large and special way, and it needs to absorb enough victims. The planning and preparations for Shanghai must be completed by the end of April..." Yang Reform frowned and ordered.Relief with work has been the only choice for disaster relief since ancient times. Although the large number of victims is a problem, it also means that labor is cheap. As long as you are full, there is almost unlimited labor. It is a good time to build a big Shanghai.

"Your servant has written it down." Wang Chengen hurriedly moved closer, and wrote down the emperor's instructions. At the same time, he waved his hand to let the servants behind him stand far away, so as not to interrupt the emperor's train of thought.

"How many people are there in Zheng Huaizhong now?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Return to Your Majesty, Nanjing Shipyard now has more than 5000 people." Wang Chengen said.

"Oh, let him prepare for the expansion of production and prepare for this year's famine. The Shanghai shipyard will be completed as soon as possible, and at least twice as many craftsmen will be absorbed. This year, I will increase the funds for shipbuilding. Warships, merchant ships, cargo ships , fishing boats, and boats on inland rivers, all of which must be increased by more than three times, so let him make arrangements..." Yang Reform said another way to absorb the victims.There is no other way but to stuff people everywhere, as many people as possible.In addition to the additional warships, merchant ships, etc., there are also discounts for Jiangnan merchants to build ships. That is to say, in the past few years, Yang Reform is preparing to explode the ship. The large-scale explosion of the ship is not only to absorb the disaster victims, but also to prepare for the large immigration.

"...The maidservant wrote it down." Wang Chengen said again.

"How is the situation at Li Yanyi in Shaanxi?" Yang Reform asked again.The oil industry is also a move, but everything is in its infancy, and extraction and refining are still in the infancy stage. Yang Reform can only be a dead horse and a living horse, and he has to find a place to plug people.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this servant remembers that it seems to be able to give birth. However, the price is said to be not cheap. A few days ago, a batch of tributes were sent..." Wang Chengen thought for a while before digging out such a piece from his memory. In terms of content, this kind of oil is too far away for Wang Chengen.

"Oh, why isn't the price cheap? Write to Li Yanyi and ask him to do everything he can to mass-produce and keep the price as low as possible. What I want is the bigger the scale, the better, and the lower the oil price, the better. It's not a tribute." ..." In Yang Reform's memory, this lamp oil is much cheaper than vegetable oil. There is no reason for the price of "petroleum" to be expensive, unless the person who makes "petroleum" does not do this well, as long as the oil refined from "petroleum" is cheaper than Traditional kerosene is cheap, so there is no need to worry about sales. Sales means scale, and scale means more labor is needed, so more people can be filled.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I don't know the specific servant. He wrote a letter before the New Year, but at that time, Your Majesty was busy..." Wang Chengen said, and quickly lowered his head. During the Chinese New Year, the emperor was busy fighting. As for the salt merchants, they have the time to manage the oil in the corner of the mountain in Shaanxi.

"Oh, go back quickly..." Yang Reform seemed to remember that there was such a thing, and he remembered that there was indeed something about oil in the letter, but at that time he had put all his thoughts on the salt merchant. But I don't have time to worry about that, and now it's time to deal with the large-scale fleeing famine, but I have to bring this matter to my heart.

"...Yes, Your Majesty..." Wang Chengen hurriedly followed, and the emperor's pace suddenly accelerated.

Qianqing Palace.

Dongnuan Pavilion.

Yang Reform was flipping through a letter. This letter was sent by Li Yanyi. This dog-like handwriting finally gave Yang Reform a sense of accomplishment. Finally, he found someone who could write worse than himself. It was not easy. !

After watching it for a while, Yang Reform already knew why the price of the kerosene is still so high. The first is that the scale is small and there is no way to find a large-scale refining method. The second is that the transportation is inconvenient. The things in Shaanxi want to be shipped out. Shipping is not cheap.

"Send a letter to Li Yanyi and tell him to use all means to increase production and expand the scale. The bigger the scale of this thing, the better. The bigger the scale, the cheaper the cost. Only lamp oil can be sold cheaply. Tell him, The more refugees he absorbs, the greater the credit, earning money is secondary, let him figure out a way, I only want the result, not the process..." Yang Reformed.

"Your servant has written it down..." Wang Chengen agreed.

"In addition, the scale of this carriage factory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more wheels. The carriage factory is also planning to open a branch factory in the south. I will definitely be full of carriages in the future. The lubricant used on the carriage wheels now The effect of the oil is not very good, let him see if he can extract some from the oil..." Yang Reform thought for a while and said, it is not enough to just invest in the "petroleum" industry, but also to let the "petroleum" industry produce output .

"Your servant has written it down." Wang Chengen said again.

"In addition, let the carriage factory see if it can make a more durable carriage that can hold more things. Nowadays, only carriages that carry people are not enough, and things from Shaanxi can't be shipped..." Yang Reform said again.

"Your servant has written it down." Wang Chengen said again.

A flash of inspiration...

Yang Reform suddenly thought of something. This ship can be subsidized by [-]%, which can give birth to the shipbuilding and transportation industries. Can the horse-drawn carriage be born by itself?This ship can be subsidized, and the carriage is also a means of transportation, why can't it be subsidized?One runs on water and the other runs on land, but they cannot be separated from each other. This must immediately give birth to the "car manufacturing" industry. This car manufacturing industry belongs to the machinery manufacturing industry anyway, and it also gave birth to the iron and steel metallurgy industry. There is more steel , Is it possible to build a railway?That kind of steam engine train may not be built in a short time, but this horse-drawn train is not impossible. Although there are great geographical restrictions, Yang Reform remembers that horse-drawn trains once ran between Tianjin and Beijing. For many years, although it is a bit helpless and funny, it shows that the horse-drawn train is indeed feasible, but this is the progress of industry and technology!The iron and steel metallurgy industry was born, and the mining and coal industries were also born by the way?This is the real foundation of heavy industry!It gave birth to machinery manufacturing, iron and steel metallurgy, coal, and railways. Is it time to put it on the agenda again?Very good, very powerful... the prototype of an industrial age has been placed in front of Yang Reform...

Clear the clouds and see tomorrow!Yang Reform suddenly realized that an industrial age that was about to emerge was approaching, but he was still living in such a muddled way, treating his head with headaches and treating his feet with pain. What potential, what nomads, what natural disasters, all are scum!Yang Reform, who had figured it out, immediately kept hitting his hands, and his whole face of joy was a little "crazy".

"Master Sun, please come here..." Yang Reform was surprised to discover a "world" and needed someone to share with him. The first one was Sun Chengzong, even though Sun Chengzong didn't care about "political affairs".

Wang Chengen looked at the ecstasy on the emperor's face, he looked like he was insane, and he kept smashing his hands with his hands. The situation was really weird. Hearing the emperor's order, he agreed, and immediately went to deliver the decree.

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Yang Reform couldn't help walking back and forth in the warm pavilion. Suddenly, Yang Reform felt that he had lost his goal these days, and lost his greatest magic weapon to deal with problems. Chaotai is too involved, fighting with salt merchants and bureaucrats too much, discarding the general trend of the world, discarding what he has the most advantage and what he should do, and now he suddenly sees the path he should take, suddenly Time to wake up.

Now that he has defeated the salt merchants, he has a lot of money in his hands, his prestige has reached its peak, and there are huge natural disasters waiting for him. All of these have provided conditions for him to promote the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

Having money is the premise of everything. Now I hold 4000 million silver in my hand, and I have enough start-up funds to support and promote the start-up of those industries. The capital chain is absolutely no problem. Use, the 4000 million can be spent as 8000 million or even [-] million taels of silver, this huge sum of money, even if those industries are a bottomless pit that eats money, Yang Reform believes that it can be filled for him, and those industries will definitely give birth Until the day when I can grow up by myself.

Prestige, not to mention, promoting industrialization will inevitably encounter many obstacles, and huge prestige is undoubtedly the best thing that can avoid these obstacles. Who dares to stop what I want to do now?A large number of imperial parties with the "imperial party" as the core surround him. Whoever dares to oppose himself will naturally have a large number of imperial parties to deal with. Now, who dares to stand on the opposite side of the emperor?
Natural disasters, this was definitely a big problem in the past, even a big problem that killed the dynasty, but it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for starting and promoting industrialization. There are not a large number of unemployed farmers. labor force?How is this industrialization promoted?Without natural disasters, how to find enough excuses to promote those industrializations?

"Hahaha...hahaha..." Yang Reform, who wanted to be transparent, felt comfortable all over, knowing everything, and now looking at the many problems in front of him, in fact, they are not problems at all. Grind to powder, and myself, as long as I fully promote industrialization and firmly grasp the results of industrialization in my own hands, I will be invincible.

Sun Chengzong hurried to Qianqing Palace, thinking that the emperor called him in such a hurry to have something important. When he was about to arrive at Qianqing Palace, he heard the emperor's extraordinary laughter and stopped in shock. Wang Chengen knew that the emperor had already passed away. On the verge of "crazy", he kept urging Sun Chengzong, if he went later, God knows how "crazy" the emperor would be.

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"Your majesty..." As soon as Sun Chengzong entered the door, he immediately gave the emperor his luggage with awe-inspiring righteousness, so as to "wake up" the somewhat bewitched emperor.

"Hahaha...Master Sun, come in quickly, I have great news to tell Master Sun..." Yang Reform really couldn't wait, how could he be bored with such great news by himself?

"Your Majesty, I don't know what good news it is?" Sun Chengzong entered the Nuan Pavilion and saw that the emperor's face was quite red, everything else was fine, especially his eyes, full of energy, Sun Chengzong was relieved, the emperor was fine, there must be something serious good news.

"I am going to subsidize carriages, just like shipbuilding. I want to stimulate and give birth to the great development of the carriage manufacturing industry..." Yang Reform couldn't wait to share his experience with Sun Chengzong.

"Subsidize the carriage manufacturing industry?" Sun Chengzong had a big question mark in his mind.

"That's right, I'm going to give birth to this industry vigorously, and I'm going to let the carriage run around every corner of my Ming Dynasty..." Yang Reform shouted excitedly, his whole body was full of pride and power. This kind of power is just after industrialization. Bring the power.

"Your Majesty, what, why?" Sun Chengzong asked inexplicably, the southern subsidy for shipbuilding was a means for the emperor to win over the southern forces, and the transfer of disaster victims was just a cover, but now this subsidized carriage is where it is sung?Sun Chengzong couldn't figure out that there is still a force in the world that needs the emperor to win over, and now they are all relying on the emperor!

"Hehe, Master Sun, this boat is a means of transportation, and this carriage is also a means of transportation. If you subsidize the boat, why not subsidize the carriage?" Yang Reform blushed and said excitedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this..." Sun Chengzong couldn't believe this explanation.

"Hahaha..." Yang Reform frowned when he met Sun Chengzong, who had a serious expression, and laughed out loud. Sure enough, even Sun Chengzong couldn't see the chain reaction brought about by the birth of the carriage manufacturing industry.

Sun Chengzong looked at the emperor even more suspiciously, the emperor is really a little crazy!
"...Master Sun, have you thought about it, once this carriage manufacturing industry is born, what will be the consequences?" Yang Reform was extremely excited and inspired.

"This... Once it is born, if His Majesty's large subsidy goes on, people all over the world will flock to buy carriages, and the production of carriages will increase greatly..." Sun Chengzong replied immediately.

"Then what? What raw materials do you need to make a carriage?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Materials? Wood, steel?" Sun Chengzong asked cautiously.

"That's right, steel, large quantities of steel, gave birth to the carriage manufacturing industry, that is to say, gave birth to the steel industry. Does Master Sun know what is needed to make steel?" Yang Reform asked with a red face.

"Steel..., iron ore, coal... charcoal..." Sun Chengzong frowned and replied, the emperor's wave after wave of questions really moved Sun Chengzong's thinking.

"Yes, it is the coal industry and the mining industry. Master Sun knows how many disaster victims can be accommodated by this birth? How many disaster victims can they solve the food problem?" Yang Reform said enthusiastically.

"This... I understand. Your Majesty means that the purpose of subsidizing carriages is to accommodate more victims?" Hearing this, Sun Chengzong understood a little bit. If it is for the victims, this is indeed a feasible solution. Today When discussing matters in the Wenhua Hall in the morning, the situation was very dull. It must be that the emperor came up with this idea in order to solve the problem of the victims.

"Hahaha..., yes, no,...hahaha..." Yang Reform was extremely happy, and laughed...

(End of this chapter)