Zhu Houzhao drove his steam locomotive around the streets and alleys of the capital, allowing the entire capital to see the magic and power of the steam engine.

On the other hand, in a conference room of the Jingcheng Machinery Factory in the southern suburbs of Beijing, the managers of many industries under Liu Jin received Liu Jin's meeting notice and gathered here from various places.

Miyun Iron Works, Tianjin Shipyards, Tianjin Cement Works, Tianjin Textile Works, Daming First Bank, Ryukyu Sugar, Changlu Salt Works, Xishan Coal Industry, Tianjin Ocean Trade Company, etc., almost every person in charge of the industry under his command rushed to the capital overnight to hold a meeting after receiving the news.

Liu Jin is very lazy and has rarely held meetings, especially this kind of meeting to convene the heads of various industries, and on the other hand, Liu Jin will only have a decent meeting during the Chinese New Year.

Listen to the performance of everyone in the past year, and when discussing the year-end bonus, the other is that Liu Jin arranged the development plan for next year.

There are many industries under his command, and most of the time the people below are in charge, Liu Jin chose to let go in this regard, and the system is to adopt the incentive system of later generations.

If the industry is well managed, these managers can also enjoy dividends, if the management is not good, it is indeed because of the problem of management ability, Liu Jin will soon be replaced.

In addition, these industries are basically industries that cooperate with the emperor, the crown prince, and the powerful people of the dynasty, and they are the major shareholders, so the managers of this industry under their command are very clear about their identities.

Manage well and work hard to earn money, you can justifiably share the dividends and make a fortune, and many managers even earn as much as tens of thousands of taels of silver a year.

Like Li Yuanshan of the Ryukyu Sugar Industry last year, his monthly ringing plus rewards, his annual income exceeded 10,000 taels of silver, which is definitely a very terrifying income.

Corruption in the industry is not absent, but under this system, it can be controlled within a reasonable range, so Liu Jin is also more assured, and the shareholders of Emperor Hongzhi, the crown prince and Zhang Mao are also more assured.

So far, Emperor Hongzhi has never asked about the operation of this industry, one is the emperor, it is not suitable to ask about these, and the other is indeed the orderly management of this industry, with the development of the Ming Dynasty, it is also getting better and better year by year, and the silver earned makes Emperor Hongzhi's internal money full.

Liu Jin is lazy, but it doesn't mean that he can't manage, he has to be busy with the affairs of the DPRK and China, and he has to be busy with these things, so naturally he has to learn to delegate power, otherwise so many industries under his command alone will be enough for Liu Jin to be busy.

Liu Jin, who has always been lazy, suddenly summoned everyone to a meeting in the capital.

This makes everyone's minds full of doubts, what is going on?

Otherwise, why would Liu Jin suddenly call everyone over for a meeting.

With many doubts, everyone came to the conference room of the Beijing Machinery Factory.

"Lao Li, I haven't seen you for a long time~"

"Yes, I haven't seen you for a few years, and every time you come to the capital, you're in a hurry, this time you have to have a drink before leaving."

"Okay, I heard that your Miyun Iron Factory's performance this year has exploded, and the bonus at the end of this year should be a lot, right?"

"Where can it be compared with your ocean trading house, Tian Erniu got tens of millions of taels of silver at once on the Golden Continent, and we can't catch up even if we shoot the horse."

"That has nothing to do with me, it's not in my performance, but you're a real achievement."

"How's the Songhu Iron Works in the south going?"

"The first phase has been basically put into use, and then there are two and three phases, and next year we are going to build another steel plant in Wuchang, Huguang, and a high-quality large iron mine has occurred in Qiongzhou, Guangdong, and we are also preparing to build another iron plant in Qiongzhou~"

"When the north, middle and south, the three iron plants will be completed, and if they are put into use, they will basically be able to barely meet the needs of the market."

"Where's your shipyard?"

"We are also so-so, this year in Liaodong, Songhu, Ryukyu, Guangzhou four new shipyards, next year in Nanyang, Xianglin to open two more shipyards, Nanyang here there are a lot of high-quality trees, for shipbuilding is very suitable."

"Then your year-end bonus this year is a big amount, so remember to treat yourself to dinner when the time comes."

"Haha, it's so-so, it's no problem to have a treat, you can do it at any time, come to Tianjin, Wanghailou entertain, this capital, it's still Lao Li's territory, and it's not my turn to entertain."

"You iron rooster, you still don't pull a hair."

"Haha~"

Everyone chatted very casually, many of them were old acquaintances, and they could talk to each other very well.

In the past, everyone was still here in Beijing and Tianjin, and they could often sit together to drink tea and chat, but with Liu Jin's industrial expansion and layout.

Gradually, the industry under his command is laid out to the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and even overseas, and these old acquaintances rarely have the opportunity to get together to chat and drink tea.

Just like this time, because the meeting was held in a hurry, many people could not come, and those who could come were people from the vicinity of the Beijing-Tianjin area.

Liu Jin is constantly adjusting and laying out the industries under his command, and will not let his industry be limited to one place or one field.

Like Tianjin Shipyard, at the beginning it was only in Tianjin, but Liu Jin will continue to split Tianjin Shipyard and open branches, Tianjin has a factory, a second factory, in addition to Liaodong, Songhu, Ryukyu, Guangzhou to open a branch, so that with the development of the Ming Dynasty, rapid growth of themselves, but also to always maintain their leading position.

Shipbuilding is a very high-tech thing, but in this era, it is still limited by timber resources to a large extent.

Going to Liaodong is also because of the rich forestry resources in Liaodong, and going to Songhu is to take a fancy to the huge potential of the development of the south of the Ming Dynasty.

Ryukyu not only has potential, but also has very rich forest resources, and Guangzhou, which is also an important place in the south in the future, even in the South Seas.

Shipyards are like this, steel mills, textile mills, etc., in the Ming Dynasty layout all over the country, not only let their industry continue to develop, always maintain the leading position, but also to promote the balanced development of the north and south, inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.

As far as the shipbuilding industry is concerned, Tianjin in the north is the center of the Ming shipbuilding industry.

There are now hundreds of large and small shipyards here, such as Tianjin Shipbuilding, which can manufacture ships that can go to sea, and small shipyards are still family workshops, and they can't build a few ships a month, and they can only build small boats.

However, it can also survive in the market, and the more it lives, the more nourishing it is, mainly because the Ming Dynasty's demand for ships is getting stronger and stronger, and no matter how many shipyards can meet the huge demand of the market.

Tianjin shipyards in the north are numerous and powerful.

However, in the south, Songhu and Nanjing, as well as Quanzhou, which was very prosperous during the Song Dynasty, and Ryukyu, which was the focus of Liu Jin's development, shipyards also developed rapidly.

Among them, there is Liu Jin's influence on the industrial layout, but it is more the development of maritime trade and overseas colonies, which led to the huge demand for ships in the Ming Dynasty.

There are too many, too many people investing in shipyards, and the masters who know how to shipyard are now very popular, and the shipbuilding school opened in Tianjin Shipyard is a school that countless people want to go into.

The rapid development of the southern shipbuilding industry has also become the most important part of the Ming shipbuilding industry, with thousands of large and small shipyards, but this still cannot meet the needs of the market.

Not only is the huge market demand of the Ming Dynasty itself, but even the people of North Korea and the Japanese Kingdom are placing orders with the shipyards of the Ming Dynasty, and their own shipyards are not strong, and they trust the shipyards of the Ming Dynasty more, especially a series of shipyards from the Tianjin Shipyard.

Ships are in high demand and expensive, so naturally there will be people who will do this kind of business, and will specialize in this kind of business.

Liu Jin's layout of Tianjin shipyard is in line with the needs of the times, there are shipyards in the north, there are also in the south, and the orders from the north and the south are all taken up, not only to develop fast and maintain the leading position, but also to stimulate more people to invest in the shipbuilding industry.

In addition to shipyards, the same is true for steel mills and textile mills.

Iron and steel mills and iron ore are inseparable, the Miyun Iron Works in the north mainly rely on the iron ore of Miyun, and the Songhu Iron Works in the south mainly rely on the Ma'anshan Iron Mine and the Daye Iron Mine in Hubei.

Now that a large iron ore mine has been discovered in Qiongzhou, it is natural to build a factory in Qiongzhou.

The establishment of large steel mills can not only smelt more steel, but also promote the development of these places, and for places like Qiongzhou, it can also strengthen the rule of the Ming Dynasty over these places.

Shipyards and steel mills are both very technical and also industries with huge investment, but textile mills are different.

In fact, there is no need for Liu Jin to continue to invest in branch factories in the south, and the merchants, landlords, and aristocrats in the south also like to invest in textile factories the most.

The large number of textile machines and looms have made too many and too many people see the huge profits of the textile industry.

The biggest difference between the Ming Dynasty and European countries is that the Ming itself has a very large market and strong financial strength.

This is far from being comparable to those small countries in Europe, with a strong market and capital, many industries can grow to a certain point within their own countries, without the need for external markets and funds, so the primitive accumulation of capital, this thing is very important to Europeans, but not necessarily for the Ming Dynasty.