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Chapter 556 A lot of good things, road construction
Yang Reform is thinking about whether the matter of the banknotes has come to fruition?We have always issued twice as many banknotes, but now, can we issue a little more?Recently, tens of millions of taels of silver came to Beijing, and more than 1000 horse-drawn carts pulled the silver to show off, and they built gold mountains on the square of Liulizhai. Apart from these self-promotions, such as the salaries of Beijing officials, Beijing camps, and the new army are almost It has been changed to paper currency. If the relevant investment is counted as paper currency, this paper currency has already reached a considerable scale. Although this paper currency has not been officially declared as legal tender, it is also the default currency of the common people.

For this reason, Yang Reform is also quite complacent, and it can be regarded as having completed an impossible thing. Now, it is to continue to expand the scope of use of banknotes. After the capital is settled, then it is other cities and other provinces, although there are still many The officials talked about this incident, saying that history was repeating itself, and asked Yang Reform to cancel banknotes.

Hearing these arguments, Yang Reform thought he was farting. Yang Reform also learned an experience. It is better not to involve civil servants in the matter of banknotes for the time being. After reading it until his mind was rusted, he didn't understand banknotes at all, let alone how to operate banknotes. Yang Reform firmly believed that banknotes must be in his own hands, and it was even more impossible to give up and give up the right to issue banknotes. The government will not do such stupid things.

The matter of the carriage yard and the steel mill has been settled, and it is basically finalized. A total of several million silver coins have been raised. Yang Reform will deposit the money in the bank when he turns back, and print a batch of banknotes for use. Even if I didn't spend a single penny, I got a lot of money for nothing, and even got a few large factories for nothing.

"That is to say, many big households in the south are running to the capital?" Yang Reform summoned Li Ruolian, the bank's president, in the Qianqing Palace.

Recently, the fundraising of the steel mill and the carriage farm has been quite smooth. It was very easy to raise several million silver coins, which surprised Yang Reform because he could not raise enough money. It was launched, but it was a pity that Yang Reform was not satisfied because of the amount of funds raised to set up a factory, so Yang Reform has been dragging on like this.

Because Yang Reform really doesn't want these two very important companies to raise funds in such a way that they can be finalized in a hurry, which will make a bad start for larger-scale fundraising in the future. In Yang Reform's view, a large coal enterprise, such as Kailuan Coal mines and the like must raise at least 500 million silver coins to be considered qualified, otherwise, there is no such thing as a "state-owned enterprise".It's not about state-owned enterprises, but that in the future, heavy industries like coal will basically need to build roads, such as railways. If they can't raise enough funds, they will be powerless even if they want to. There are many obstacles to promote industrialization.

Therefore, for the two leading enterprises such as the carriage factory and the steel factory, Yang Reform will not let him only raise 500 million silver coins to make a hasty conclusion. Therefore, things will always be dragged there, not the future of these two factories Not good, but the north, especially the capital city, is really out of money, and almost all of them are attracted by Yang Reform. If they want to attract more money, there is really nothing to attract.

Yang Reform was unwilling to wait for things to turn around, and things did turn around. Recently, he easily raised the amount of funds raised to as much as Yang Reform expected, allowing the carriage yard and steel factory to be officially released. When asked why, it was because many big and wealthy people in the south went to Beijing to participate in this investment. Otherwise, the amount of funds raised would not have reached Yang Reform's expectations at all.

"Returning to Your Majesty, yes, I heard that the capital is very profitable. Many families in the south are not far away and send people to Beijing. Therefore, the business in the bank has been very good recently, and there are also a lot of people depositing and withdrawing money." Li Ruolian The spring breeze is all over the face, and the smile is all over the face.

"Oh, that's right!" Knowing the whole story, Yang Reform nodded straightly. This game of chess across the country is a game for himself. The rich people in the south are all running to Beijing, which is enough to show that Beijing is attractive to them.

It would be good to have them participate. Only then will there be enough funds for capital operations. In the future, more factories will gradually enter the market and require greater financial support. The funds in my hands are still relatively small. In the heavy industry and basic industry that cost millions of dollars to invest, Yang Reform has saved tens of millions of taels of silver in his hands, and he does not dare to waste money. Hearing this news now is undoubtedly quite good news.

"Going back to His Majesty is all thanks to His Majesty's blessing. Today, the capital has what it is today." Li Ruolian said repeatedly.

"Well, this is a good thing. In this way, if you release the news again, you will say that I am going to set up another factory specializing in coal operations. It may require a capital of two or three million yuan. If you are interested, you can participate. It is still the old rule. Don't be too wordy." Yang Reform saw that the form was gratifying, since so many people came to give him money, why should he be modest?When taking the opportunity to become stronger and bigger, empty-handed white wolves will prop up these heavy industrial bases one by one.Nowadays, coal companies do not need to build railways, and there is no large-scale machinery. An enterprise with a scale of 300 million silver coins is already quite large. Yang Reform set the price at this figure. If this is done, basically, the Tangshan A composite heavy industrial base of coal and steel has taken shape.With the formation of the heavy industry base, the road has become a bottleneck, and road construction has become a top priority. Roads, railways, etc. must be released as soon as possible.

"I obey the order!" Li Ruolian immediately replied happily after hearing the emperor's words. With the emperor's reputation, once the word is released, everyone will flock to it, and no one will doubt the emperor's ability to make money. I am regretting that those who follow the emperor have become rich, otherwise people in the south would not rush to the capital, nor would they give money as if it was worthless, looking for connections everywhere. Nowadays, many people in the capital have connections but no money. Some people made a lot of money by helping others.

Li Ruolian was very happy after hearing the emperor's words that were almost foolish, and basically believed that there was no obstacle in this matter. Nowadays, countless people who ask for help are eager to hold money and have nowhere to use it, just waiting for the emperor to speak. , The emperor's words, the direction the emperor pointed out, that is the mountain of gold and silver!Anyone who does not follow the emperor is a fool, this is the unanimous view of "businessmen".

Yang Reform talked to Li Ruolian again, and then let Li Ruolian go back. Yang Reform got the good news that the rich people from the south came to Beijing, and felt that there are some things that can be speeded up.

"Big Companion, has Xiao Shunzi returned to Beijing? Call him, I have something to ask him, and also call Fu Mingde, I have something to tell..." Yang Reform said.Things have turned around, so the matter of subsidizing the carriage can officially begin. The rumors released earlier have been floating in the sky. Now, it's time for him to land.

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen promised.He will go out to deliver the decree soon.

Yang Reform picked up the "workbook" again and began to correct the students' homework.Looking at the homework, Yang Reform frowned for a while, then relaxed...

After a while, Wang Chengen came back.

"Big companion, I heard that there is a kind of well salt in Sichuan, which is pumped up from a place hundreds of feet underground, is there such a thing?" Yang Reform asked before Wang Chengen could stand still.

"Sichuan...? Well salt?... Hundreds of feet..." Wang Chengen was really puzzled. He really didn't understand this matter.He is just a eunuch who serves people, how can he know such a distant thing.

"Yes, I heard that there is a kind of well salt that is pumped from hundreds of feet underground? Is there such a thing?" Yang Reform frowned and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this servant really doesn't know about this. Maybe you have to ask the internal supervisor, the Military Bureau, or the Ministry of Industry to find out. Maybe Liulizhai knows..." Wang Chengen replied, he was baffled by this matter. However, since the emperor was talking about wells and salt, then it is best to find an expert in this field.

"Well, very good, you can send people to these places to ask, see if anyone knows what's going on?" Yang Reform said, it's not that Yang Reform wants to dig wells hundreds of meters away to dig salt, but Yang Reform took a fancy to this drilling technology, hundreds of feet!It is thousands of meters. If this technology existed in ancient times, then the oil drilling technology is really ready-made. With the drilling technology, the refining technology is just so-so. This oil industry can really be forced to come into being. Road construction is required. , The concrete road is useless, and the cement is unreliable, so the only way is to go to the asphalt road, and then the oil industry has to be born.

It takes several million silver coins to build a [-]-mile stone road. With so much silver, it is used to give birth to the oil industry. The oil industry is really going to flourish. When the oil industry rises, the asphalt road will come out.

"Slave obeys the order, let's go!" Wang Chengen just came in, and then went out to deliver the order.

Yang Reform looked at the letter from Shaanxi and was in a daze. This letter from Shaanxi finally mentioned this matter.

Yang Reform had always wanted to bring this matter up, but he was afraid it would be too weird, so he kept it in his heart, waiting for it to ferment naturally. Fortunately, the matter did not disappoint him. Li Yanyi and his wife from Shaanxi, very It was soon mentioned that larger-scale oil digging can no longer be completely "scooped" in the ground, and wells need to be dug, and the issue of oil-related drilling was only slightly mentioned.

Yang Reform also followed these vague words and asked Wang Chengen to find Sichuan salt wells. In fact, Sichuan salt wells existed in ancient times. As time went by, the salt wells were dug deeper and deeper. Even salt wells with a depth of hundreds of feet, that is, more than 1000 meters, are not uncommon. Since salt can be obtained from a depth of a thousand meters in ancient times, there is no reason why oil cannot be obtained. Since the well can be drilled to a thousand meters , then this drilling technology is naturally leveraged, and it is also the oil industry that Yang Reform has always been flocking to. Yang Reform has watched a CCTV documentary a long time ago, which mentioned that the salt wells in Sichuan have a long history, at least before the Ming Dynasty. , and drilled to a distance of [-] feet underground, which amazed Yang Reform, and also allowed Yang Reform to see the possibility of the oil industry. With oil refining technology and drilling technology, the threshold of the oil industry is basically gone. It is also worthy of large-scale investment. Otherwise, if you really invest huge sums of money in the oil industry for no reason, then your head will be caught by the door.

After a while, Wang Chengen came back.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the servants have passed on the decree, I believe there will be news in a while." Wang Chengen said, this matter must be asked everywhere, and it is impossible to get an answer immediately.

"Hmm..." Yang Reform nodded.

"...Uh, may I ask Your Majesty, why did you dig such a deep well?" Seeing the emperor staring blankly, Wang Chengen tried to ask out of curiosity.

"Oh, hehe, Li Yanyi and his wife from Shaanxi mentioned that they are refining oil in Shaanxi and 'scooping' from the ground, but they can't 'scoop' much. If you want to have more oil, you have to drill wells, maybe very deep I know that they are embarrassed to talk to me, since they mentioned this matter, then I have to help them solve it, so I asked my big companion to ask about the salt well..." Yang Reform smiled Said.

"Your Majesty is wise!..." Wang Chengen replied.Speaking of Li Yanyi and his wife, Wang Chengen seemed to think of something again, and said: "Your Majesty, the oil dregs sent by Li Yanyi and his wife have arrived, and the internal prison is paving the way. Do you want to go and see?" Wang Chengen saw that the emperor was very kind to Li Yanyi and his wife , I just said this matter by the way. The emperor has explained this matter long ago, and it is a matter that can be said or not. Since the emperor attaches so much importance to Li Yanyi and his wife, he might as well talk about it.

"Oh, here's the oil residue? How much is there?" Hearing this, Yang Reform immediately became interested, asphalt road!We can finally meet again.

"Return to Your Majesty, twenty carts have arrived, weighing [-] catties." Wang Chengen replied immediately. He has been paying attention to this matter, so he knows it very well.

"Twenty thousand catties?" Yang Reform silently calculated that there are about twelve tons of asphalt, which is not a lot. If stones are mixed in, it may take two or three miles to build a road.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, twenty thousand catties!" Wang Chengen replied affirmatively.

"Okay! Let's go and have a look!" Yang Reform became interested, asphalt road, this is a rare thing!

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The emperor's team drove to the place where the road was built in a mighty way. Yang Reform has been to this place several times. The first time was to see the Sanhe soil road being built, and the second time was to see the cement pool being repaired. The crushed sandy soil road.

Facing the craftsmen and eunuchs who kowtowed all over the place, Yang Reform was spared the ceremony, and everyone got up.

Yang Reform looked at the scene of road construction in astonishment, and was extremely surprised. This scene can only be described as full of enthusiasm.

Dozens of large iron pots lined up, with firewood and charcoal piled up next to them, each pot was served by several people, a lot of oil residue had been put in the pot, it looked dark, the person in charge of the pot People, too, are covered in black charcoal, smoked by fireworks.

Since Yang Reform had requested it long ago, this roadbed was built in advance. The stones were laid on the bottom, and the top layer was a layer of three-component soil. On the top, the oil residue was prepared. The road has been paved, just beside the old rotten concrete road.

Yang Reform found that although the crowd was dark, they were still orderly. It seemed that someone was directing them.

It is not uncommon for Yang Reform to use asphalt to build roads. In the 90s, China was still very poor, and there were no machinery for road construction. Especially in rural areas, the scene of road construction is not much better than this. It is also an earthen stove. Oiled iron drums are used to burn the asphalt. After the asphalt is burned, some stones are mixed and then paved on the built roadbed. Even if the asphalt road is completed, there are not many road repairers in general, and there are a few. There are more than a dozen of them. They repair 20 meters every day. If there is oil residue, they will continue to repair. If there is no oil residue, they will wait for a few days.

"Is there someone in charge here?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes!" Wang Chengen replied immediately.After a while, a supervisor was found for Yang Reform.

"Slaves, servants, internal officials, and young supervisor Zhang Chun kowtow to His Majesty!" A well-dressed eunuch kowtowed.

"Oh, Zhang Chun? Let me ask you, did someone teach you how to build roads?" Yang Reform asked. Judging by the posture of this road construction, it is obviously not the first time to build roads. Dozens of bites.

"Return to Your Majesty, there are, and there are craftsmen who are responsible for road construction along with the car." Zhang Chun immediately agreed, he came to supervise the construction that the emperor valued, and he came here to supervise the construction, which can be regarded as diligent, here Road construction was done according to the requirements of the craftsmen sent by Li Yanyi.

"Oh, call me to ask." Yang Reform was a little curious. Although the asphalt road didn't have much technical content, he must know something after watching this scene.

"Slave obeys the order!" Zhang Chun excitedly agreed, and then went to find someone immediately.

After a while, Zhang Chun led an excited old man.

"Grassmen kowtow to His Majesty!" The old man has accumulated merits in eight lifetimes to go to the palace, and he can still see the emperor. The ancestral grave must be smoking, and his whole body is trembling.

"Mianli, what's your name? According to Zhang Chun, you know how to repair oil residue roads?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"Back to the emperor, the Caomin's surname is Zhang, everyone calls Caomin Lao Zhangtou, Caomin's real name is Zhang Dayue! However, this name is rarely used..." The old Zhangtou was so nervous that he spoke tremblingly, and finally managed to say something. It's over.

"Oh, old Zhang? Let me ask you, do you know how to build roads?" Yang Reform asked.

"Going back to the emperor, Caomin knows that Caomin built roads for the shopkeeper and used oil residue to build roads. It was Caomin who tried it out." Old Zhangtou said what he was proud of, and his voice immediately became louder, and he calmed down a lot.

"Who is the shopkeeper?" Yang Reform didn't recover all of a sudden.

"Back to the emperor, the shopkeeper is the shopkeeper, and she refines oil for the emperor..." Old Zhangtou explained as best he could.

"Oh, I understand!" After Lao Zhangtou reminded him a little, Yang Reform understood that this probably meant that Li Yanyi's daughter-in-law Malanhua, judging from the letter to himself, was managed by Malanhua in the oil industry base. In Yang Reform's impression of the little woman who dared to knock on the palace door, her current impression is both vague and clear.

"...Tell me how you paved the oily road." Yang Reform asked, throwing away some thoughts.

"Back to the emperor, the grassroots obey the order!" Old Zhangtou said excitedly, the shopkeeper didn't lie to him, didn't treat him badly, and didn't covet his credit. He was recommended by the shopkeeper to go to Beijing to build roads for the emperor, otherwise, How can I enter the palace?If you don't enter the palace, how can you see the emperor? Since the emperor values ​​this road construction so much, his day of prosperity will not be far away. Although the villagers have never seen the world, they also know some good and bad things, and vaguely know what they want to do. Developed.

"...Going back to the emperor, Caomin first heated the oil residue in this big pot, and then put in the prepared stones. The stones, preferably granite stones, should be about the same size. After heating and mixing, pour them into the Put it in this small car, then transport it to the road, pave it, and after it is paved..."

(End of this chapter)