Chapter 422: The Concept of Industrial Zones
Zhang Lingyang's side, after handing over the matter of clothing design to Queen Wang, he no longer asked, and he didn't have so much experience to ask.
Because at this time, the Sixth Ministry and the Nine Secretaries had already submitted the draft charter on the first five-year plan of the Great Zhou.
Among the charters presented, some are reasonable, some are unreasonable, some are complacent, and some are full of risks.
After a closer look, Zhang Lingyang convened the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China for more than a month of discussions, during which he consulted the opinions of experts and scholars of the Royal Academy many times before finally deciding on the content of the first five-year plan of the Great Zhou.
Zhang Lingyang looks at the problem from the perspective of later generations, although he rarely makes mistakes, but the ministers do not have such a vision, so Zhang Lingyang must convince them.
For example, Zhang Lingyang proposed a five-year plan for the city, aiming to build the three port cities of Tianjin, Songjiang and Guangzhou into new trading cities within five years.
In addition, it is necessary to take these three cities as a foothold to build the Bohai, Jiangnan and Pearl River industrial economic belts respectively.
Regarding Zhang Lingyang's proposal, the ministers were very puzzled. Although Da Zhou has now opened his eyes to the world, many people do not pay attention to the huge interests of the sea.
Even, there are some people who believe that the benefits of the long term are dispensable for the entire Great Zhou.
The most important thing is that the ministers of the DPRK and China all grew up reading the Four Books and the Five Classics, and in their philosophy, it is their lifelong wish to govern the country and level the world, and their understanding and attention to the economy are simply not enough.
Even though Zhang Lingyang repeatedly reaffirmed the importance of economic development, the effect was not very good.
After careful consideration, Zhang Lingyang finally understood that the ministers of the DPRK and China were not without talent, nor did they not attach importance to the economy, but the most important thing was that they did not fully understand the concept of economy.
In the Great Zhou, although the experts and scholars of the Royal Academy compiled many books, there was not a single book in the field of economics.
In fact, let alone the Great Zhou, even in Europe, there has not been a book that can systematically explain the laws of economic development.
However, unlike the Great Zhou, many experts and scholars in Europe have begun to seriously study this issue.
Zhang Lingyang was just a small dick in his previous life, where do he know so many economic theories? Therefore, I had to give examples to illustrate some problems, and it took a lot of effort to convince the ministers of the DPRK and China.
If it is said that at the beginning of the development of industry, Zhang Lingyang can do it bonelessly. But the effect of that is somewhat unsatisfactory, after all, no matter how hard a person works, the extent is extremely limited.
The most important reason why Zhang Lingyang insisted on developing industry in the name of the royal private family was to play an exemplary role, so that the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and the local tycoons could see the huge profits obtained from the development of industry, so as to guide them to attach importance to industry.
After several years of development, both the ministers of the DPRK and China and the local tycoons realized the benefits of industrialization. However, in recent years, industrialization has been relatively scattered and has not been able to form a scale.
That's why Zhang Lingyang proposed the concept of building an industrial zone.
In Zhang Lingyang's planning, the three port cities of Tianjin, Songjiang and Guangzhou will be built into different industrial zones based on the mineral resources of the surrounding areas.
Tianjin Wei, near the coal mines, iron ore resources are relatively rich, so focus on building a heavy industry economic zone. On the other hand, Songjiang Prefecture is backed by the rich Jiangnan and is famous for its silk, tea and porcelain, so it is natural to build a light industry economic zone.
As for Guangzhou, Zhang Lingyang wants to build a comprehensive industrial zone, because Guangzhou is close to Nanyang, and it is not difficult to make use of Nanyang's mineral resources and combine local resources to build a comprehensive industrial zone.
Of course, Zhang Lingyang wants to build more than these three industrial zones, but compared to the entire Great Zhou, building these three industrial zones is the top priority at the moment.
Therefore, in terms of human, material and financial resources, the imperial court's support for these three major industrial zones is undoubtedly the greatest.
However, this does not mean that the imperial court does not support the creation of other local industrial zones, but relatively speaking, the imperial court's support is relatively small, after all, even a country's capacity is limited.
However, with the acquiescence of Zhang Lingyang and the imperial court, many local governors have also put forward some plans to build regional industrial zones.
Just like the governor of Jinzhong wants to build Jinzhong into a coal production base, the governor of Jingbei wants to rely on Wuchang and combine the surrounding resources to build an industrial zone in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Compared with these local governors, the proposal of the governor of Sichuan and Shu was undoubtedly much bolder and more risky.
The plan of the governor of Sichuan and Shu was very ambitious, and he proposed to Zhang Lingyang in his twists and turns that it would take ten years to open the road from Sichuan and Shu to Myanmar and Tianzhu, and then rely on the natural resources of Burma, Tianzhu and several southwestern provinces to build a plain industrial zone.
To be honest, when he saw the twists and turns of the governor of Sichuan and Shu, Zhang Lingyang was moved.
But at the same time, Zhang Lingyang also understands that although the content on this recital seems ambitious, it will face many thorny problems.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the opening of the road from Sichuan and Shu to Myanmar and Tianzhu is not a small project.
Because the problem is very simple, the imperial court decided to open the three roads from Sichuan and Shu to Guanzhong, which has already cost 15 million taels of silver.
And between Sichuan and Shu, the terrain is more complicated, and if you want to completely open up the connection between Tianzhu and Sichuan Shu, I am afraid that it is far from something that can be solved by fifteen million taels of silver, nor is it something that can be solved in three or five years.
Not only between Sichuan and Tianzhu, but also between Sichuan and Myanmar, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, and there is a Yunnan in the middle.
"But you can try it!" Zhang Lingyang looked at the map hanging on the wall and stared at the southwestern provinces for a long time before he came up with a good idea.
The road between Sichuan and Tianzhu is difficult to repair, but the road between Tianzhu and Myanmar is very easy to build, because there is no big mountain range between Tianzhu and Myanmar.
Of course, the funds for building the road were naturally paid by Tianzhu.
In addition, if Sichuan, Shu and Yunnan were allowed to withhold a part of the tax revenue to build the roads between the two, the connection between the southwestern provinces and Tianzhu and Myanmar was naturally strengthened a lot.
However, before that, first of all, a group of geological experts and scholars should be sent to the southwest to investigate the local geographical environment to see if with the existing conditions can build a road that Zhang Lingyang idealized.
In Zhang Lingyang's mind, his plan should be feasible, and the only problem is only the problem of time and money......