This is a machinery factory, a steel factory, a cement factory and a wire factory, where to build it? Zhu Cijiong asked Cao Huachun to get the latest map of the capital, and the six people searched around the map for a long time, but they couldn't find a place to build a factory!

After more than 300 years of development, the population of the capital of the Ming Dynasty has already exceeded one million, and a total of only fifty or sixty square kilometers of place to live so many people, which is considered a densely populated city in later generations, not to mention that there are no high-rise buildings in the Ming Dynasty at this time, the population of the capital is dense, you can imagine, where to find so many places to build factories!

Do you want to build these factories in Dongdaying, Zhu Cijiong just came up with this idea and rejected it, what are you kidding, these factories all need to be managed by officials of the Ministry of Industry, if the whole Dongdaying is built, won't even the Ministry of Industry move there together.

There is no place to expand, and you can't move out of the capital, so you can only expand the capital, as soon as this idea came out, Zhu Cijiong couldn't hold it back, he stared at the map of the capital and looked carefully, slowly, a bold idea came out of his mind, there are so many cities with a population of tens of millions in later generations, can't you build one in the Ming Dynasty!

He wants to build a super city that can accommodate tens of millions of people, he wants to make the people of the Ming Dynasty proud, and he wants to make the whole world amazed.

The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more excited he became, and finally, he pressed his hand on the map, stood up, and said with pride: "No need to look for it, I am determined to expand the capital, just like the original expansion of Wang Gong's factory, expand in all directions, and expand the capital ten times the size it is now!" “

Seeing that the emperor stood up, everyone hurriedly stood up, but as soon as Zhu Cijiong's words came out, everyone was shocked and almost fell back. The current capital is already so big that it is exaggerated, what is the concept of expanding ten times, a big city with a population of tens of millions, this is also too unrealistic.

Even Xu Guangqi, who had never put up a master's shelf, couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, think twice, how much silver is needed to expand the capital tenfold, and besides, is there so many people living in such a big expansion?" If no one comes to live, it will be a waste of money and waste! “

Zhu Cijiong reacted a little too excited when he heard his teacher's teachings, he hurriedly raised his hand and pressed it to let everyone sit down with him, and then explained: "Teacher, I don't want to expand so much at once, for example, this time, just expand the east and west sides, and continue to expand when the population is full." As for the question of money, it doesn't cost much to enclose a vacant land as large as the capital, so let people build a city wall and build a few roads, and after the land is encircled, it can be sold to those merchants and workshop owners to build houses, which not only does not cost money, but also makes a lot of money. The main money is still spent on these factories, but 10 million taels are supported, and the total is only 40 million taels, and this money is still out of it. “

Xu Guangqi heard this, thought about it carefully, it is really like this, now the capital is also overcrowded, since the imperial court took the lead in overseas trade, I don't know how many merchants and workshop owners poured into the capital, it turned out that those high-ranking officials idle mansions were all bought by the workshop owners as workshops, the inn is basically full every day, and even the students who came to Beijing to catch the exam can't find a place to live, many people are using the help of fellow villagers who are officials in the capital, Like the last time Chongzheng tried to live in the Jiaxu Branch in the seventh year of Chongzheng, there were more than ten students in his family who came to borrow it, and Chen Zilong, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi all borrowed it from him.

Now although there are only one million households in the capital, but there are more than one million merchants coming and going, if you just expand the east and west sides, it can indeed be filled quickly, and those merchants have money, in the old capital where every inch of land is expensive, they can buy a large piece of land, go to the newly built east and west cities to buy a piece of land to build a house.

Thinking of this, he nodded slowly and said: "Well, if it is slowly expanded, it is not a big problem, but in terms of city defense, the emperor also needs to think about it, the area has expanded ten times, and the city wall has grown ten times longer." “

Zhu Cijiong was very excited when he saw that his teacher agreed, as for the problem of city defense, he didn't have to worry, he said confidently: "Teacher, with the current military strength of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid that no one will be able to hit the capital, even if it is useless, I will build a city wall first every time I expand it, and when the city wall of the capital is three layers inside and three layers outside, it will be great if the enemy army can break through one layer, and it will be a dream to attack the inner city." “

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he nodded, and no longer dissuaded, and the others saw that the old Shoufu had agreed, so they naturally didn't dare to put forward any more opinions, and the matter of expanding the capital was settled.

Zhu Cijiong saw that there was no objection, and immediately excitedly took a large white paper, drew a sketch of the capital in the middle, and then drew a box of about the same size on the left and right sides of the capital, and explained while drawing: "The first phase of the expansion of the capital is to build a new city on the east and west sides that is about the same size as the current capital, and it will be named Dongcheng District and Xicheng District. The steel plant and the cement plant are not very hygienic, so they are built in the northwest and southwest corners, and the machinery factory and the cable factory need to be managed by the Ministry of Industry, so they are in the northeast and southeast corners close to the old city, and the rest of the places are left to the merchants who cooperate with the Wang Gong factory, what do you think? “

This kind of big plan is naturally the emperor's final say, and if everyone dares to have any opinions, they just need to nod their heads and go along with it.

Zhu Cijiong saw that everyone had no opinions, so he stuffed the pen into Bi Maokang's hand and said generously: "You are the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, you have the final say on how big the new factory is, don't be polite, give me a bold painting, I will build you as big as you paint." “

When Bi Maokang heard this, he put pen to paper and thought about it, so he directly drew a big cross in the box of Xicheng District, and then drew a line in the middle of the upper and lower halves, dividing Xicheng District into eight pieces, and finally he pointed to the upper and lower four pieces and said: "The upper and lower four pieces are used to build factories, and the middle four pieces are reserved for merchants who cooperate with Wang Gongchang, Your Majesty, what do you think?" “

Good guy, this piece is at least tens of thousands of acres, Bi Maokang really dares to paint, however, Zhu Cijiong did not blame him, but nodded with satisfaction: "Well, yes, yes, it is to build a bigger one, save it and expand it later, so be it, after you go back, convene the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Industry to discuss it and see how these factories are laid out." “

Bi Maokang nodded and asked: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late to build all the factories before the year, which factory to build first?" “

Zhu Cijiong heard this, thought about it carefully, and said decisively: "Let's build a machinery factory first, the spring ploughing in the northwest can not be delayed, we must make the earth ploughing dragon as soon as possible, and the cement processing equipment should also be done more, the second step is to build a cement plant, the steel plant can be slow, first make do with the blast furnaces of Wang Gong factory, and the wire factory can start construction after the year." “

Bi Maokang nodded again and again, indicating that he understood, this discussion is over, and a huge city is about to be revealed to the world, how can this city be built? Let's see the next breakdown.