Chapter 837 Industrial Upgrading

Wang Ning'an returned to Youzhou in early summer, and it took four months to develop the steam engine alone, and now the autumn harvest has passed.

As expected, this is a very serious disaster, the entire north, except for a few places, generally reduced production by one or two percent, and Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road, as well as Hebei West Road, half of the prefectures have reduced production by more than half, and there are 20 counties, there is a failure.

More people have been affected than expected at the beginning of the year.

The entire north was full of displaced people, and the Great Song Dynasty was strongly impacted.

The princes of the political hall were all very anxious, and even Wen Yanbo, who had just returned to Beijing, shook his head and sighed, so angry that his beard puffed up.

Wang Ning'an, a villain, when there is a good thing, he doesn't think about the old man, and when something unlucky happens, he must pull me up!

In our last life, we had an enmity?

Lao Wen was full of anger, but he had no choice but to try his best to find a way to raise food.

He even transferred 500,000 stone of grain from the Western Regions, as well as Hexi and other places, to relieve the victims in Qinfeng Road and other places, but fortunately, the drought did not affect the Western Regions.

Not only was the grain in the Western Regions not affected, but it was also harvested, which could not only supply the garrison, but also take out a lot of it to sell, and even provide relief to the interior, which was a lot of relief.

At the beginning of the year, Sima Guang discussed a full set of disaster relief measures with Wang Ningan, and now it is just right to be implemented.

Although there were many people affected by the disaster, on the whole, it was relatively stable.

There was just one thing that Sima Guang didn't expect.

The current drought has dealt a serious blow to the rural economy, and many peasants, who have always regarded the land as their life, have also chosen to go to the cities to work.

The influx of displaced people into the city has made the already stressful city even worse.

Moreover, their original plan was to transport grain to the countryside, but as a result, the victims moved into the cities, and the granaries in various places had to be adjusted, and things were in a mess.

Fortunately, several ministers in the court are all capable, and they have various plans, so they will not completely lose their square inches.

However, the flood of disaster victims into the city, the city does not provide so many employment opportunities, often a place, dozens of people compete for it, making it very fierce.

"Not only that, because of the influx of victims, the owners of various commercial houses have also begun to deliberately lower their salaries, and even the people in the city who have jobs are complaining, and there are more and more conflicts between the citizens and the victims...... In Xijing alone, there are dozens of clashes every day, many people are beaten to the head and bleeding, and some people are even injured and killed. ”

Su Shi was ordered by Sima Guang to run to Youzhou and report the disaster to Wang Ning'an, anyway, Sima Guang also recognized it, he had no idea, Wang Ning'an must have a better way, if the master can't solve it...... Then what else do you want Master to do!

"The job opportunities that the city can provide are limited, how can I have as many as I want, and I am not the God of Wealth, I can throw money all over the world."

Su Shi said with a smile: "It's useless to scatter money all over the world, didn't you say that the value of money lies in exchange, if there is no commodity, just if there is currency, currency is not even as good as a stone!" ”

Wang Ningan nodded, "Okay, you're still a good student!" Then I'll teach you one more thing! ”

"What?" Su Shi said curiously.

"Industrial upgrading!"

……

Wang Ningan took Su Shi and saw the true face of Lushan with a steam engine.

Since the first successful pull of the three carriages, Xu Yang and they have been even busier, the steam engine has to continue to improve and improve efficiency, and the speed of the train is slow and noisy, so they must find a way to solve it.

There are also rails that are prone to deformation and require better quality steel.

It's a lot of stuff, and it's no easier than before.

But the most difficult step came out, and the rest, even if it was difficult, was not a problem.

Because with the finished product, after it is proved to be feasible, all kinds of funds and talents will flock to help them overcome all difficulties.

Before the advent of the steam engine, the most complex machines were only a few dozen parts, but with the advent of the steam engine, there were at least a thousand parts for a train!

Moreover, it involves different kinds of materials and completely different processes, which need to be processed, assembled, verified, officially put into use, and repaired...... The entire industrial chain is running, and the number of workers needed has increased by more than 100 times!

In fact, before the advent of the steam engine, it could not be called an industry at all, at most it was a cottage workshop.

Even if Wang Ningan promoted standardization and developed a military factory with thousands of people, in essence, it was just a simple string of family workshops, and if they were disassembled, they could still operate on their own.

Just like those weaving workshops, if you have a thousand looms or ten thousand looms, as long as you take them apart, each weaver can weave a complete cloth.

It's just that after the advent of the steam engine, the situation changed completely.

To make a steam engine, a family workshop is completely out of order, hundreds of workers are necessary, and if you want to build a train and lay the tracks, you need even more amazing workers, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands...... It can increase to astronomical numbers!

Nowadays, the homeless people are not very much, as long as the industrial system around the steam engine is running, they can easily absorb all the labor.

After Su Shi read it, he was overwhelmed with excitement.

Awesome, really awesome!

Unexpectedly, my brother-in-law disappeared for more than four months, and he actually made such a great thing, and he was finally able to explain.

"Brother-in-law, is there an order to recruit homeless people now?"

Wang Ningan raised his eyebrows, "What are you recruiting them for?" ”

"What else can you do, make steam engines, build trains, build railways!"

Wang Ningan rolled his eyes, worthy of being a lyricist, Su Dacai, you are really romantic enough.

"Do you think those victims can make parts, or do they know metallurgy, what can they do?"

Su Shi was dumbfounded when asked, "This ...... I can't say well, maybe there are masters in the people! ”

"Fart!"

Wang Ningan couldn't help but burst into foul language, "Such a large system project can't be done without systematic training." Over the years, that is, the Baigong Institute, as well as Youzhou, Cangzhou, Tianjin and other places have accumulated a number of qualified craftsmen, and other places are completely blank. ”

Wang Ningan couldn't help complaining, "Even if you work hard to promote engineering education, the people of the world still regard studying and taking the imperial examination and becoming an official as the right way, and the best talents are going to learn intrigue, no one wants to calm down and invent and create, this is the most fatal thing in the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Su Shi was helpless, and said in his heart that it was useless for you to lose your temper at me, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book, that is what Emperor Zhenzong said, people in the world don't believe in the emperor and believe in you?

However, seeing the power of the steam engine, Su Shi also became interested.

"What, brother-in-law, I'm going to let Su Mai study engineering, do you think so?"

"Okay, of course, if he can make some achievements and make great inventions, he will definitely contribute more than you!"

Su Shi laughed dryly, "Brother-in-law, I think so too, his father is too good, continue to follow the path of a civil official, Su Mai is no play, so ah, you have to find another way!" By the way, I'll go back and talk to Wang Fu! ”

Su Shi thought about it for a while, and then shouted again, "Brother-in-law, don't talk nonsense, since the homeless people are not useful, how to solve the problem of employment?" Hurry up and get an idea, your good student Sima Junshi loses his hair every day, if there is no way, he will really become a veritable Sima Guang! ”

His words also amused Wang Ning'an.

"Although the homeless people can't make steam engines, they can still mine and mine coal."

Wang Ningan calculated that in the past, the coal kilns in Xishan, each mine, could produce about 1,000 quintals a day, and the main limitation was water accumulation and transportation capacity.

After all, in the mountains, some sections can only be transported out by small donkeys, and then loaded into Youzhou, which is really not fast.

But if the railway is built, the capacity can be increased by more than 100 times! Who can refuse?

The popularity of the steam engine was inevitable.

Then we need more steam engines, more trains, more tracks, and naturally more coal, more iron...... Iron ore and coal mines are also the largest consumers of labor.

"You go and tell Junshi now, and let him draw up a decree immediately."

"What decree?"

"All coal and iron minerals belong to the imperial court, and private individuals are not allowed to develop them without approval. In addition, when it is discovered that there are indeed minerals underground, the imperial court can expropriate the land at an appropriate premium according to the average local land price, and no one may refuse, otherwise the imperial court has the right to forcibly expropriate. ”

The steam engine is unlike any ordinary invention and can bring about changes that are almost earth-shattering.

Wang Ningan found that he had too much planning to do, and more laws and regulations to make in order to adapt to the changes ahead, and an industrial revolution was coming.

It's really exciting!

But compared to other things, what really matters is two things, one is capital and the other is labor. These two technologies combine to create value – no, his good apprentice is here.

Zhang Dun and Liu Yu led the fleet, mighty, and returned from the Wa Kingdom.

Facing the heroes, Wang Ningan personally greeted him, and after seeing Zhang Dun, he was startled, when he went, he was a very strong guy, how could he lose weight, it seemed that the food in the country was too bad.

"Zihou, it's good to come back, I invite you to eat roast whole sheep for the teacher, and make up for it!"

Zhang Dun nodded weakly, "Cheng, remember to leave the sheep kidneys to me!" ”

Liu Yu couldn't help laughing on the side, "I said Brother Zihou, if you listen to me and practice kung fu more, you won't be so weak!" ”

Zhang Dun gave him a blank look, you don't deal with Genji's gang, everything pushes me to the front, you kid is full of energy, and you dare to say my cool words!

You wait, we're not done!

Zhang Dun shook his head vigorously, it was still important to get down to business, he cleared his throat and said, "The disciple is on this trip, and he will not disgrace his mission, and he will pay tribute to his teacher!" ”

Zhang Dun pointed to the big ship behind him, "This is 1.8 million stone of grain, plus the 2 million stone that was transported back first, we squeezed out 3.8 million stone of grain from the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo!" Maybe I can relieve Master's worries. When Zhang Dun said this, he was full of spirit and pride!

It's not in vain, I'm doing a good job!

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