February 9. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than three months have passed since the Nandu operation, and the season has gradually transitioned from winter to spring.

After receiving the materials from Lin'an a few days ago, a steady stream of various materials entered Qingzhou in the following time, which can be described as a grand occasion for a while.

In this grand situation, the cabinet quickly allocated funds after discussion, and the military workshop, which was the focus, received a big piece of meat.

Chen Qi and Song Changping breathed a sigh of relief and expanded the production line at the same time, and the production of falcon rifles entered the stage of speeding up, while Chen Qi was even more busy, he supervised the construction of a grenade factory and began to invest a lot of money in the development of breech guns.

The breech loading method of the Falcon rifle had already given him a clear reminder that after all, the cannon was nothing more than an enlarged gun, and the gun could be loaded from the back of the butt, so could this gun.

In this way, the problem of difficulty in loading rifled guns was completely solved, and this problem had plagued Chen Qi for a long time.

In addition to the military workshop, the Railway Department also received a large amount of funds, according to Princess Pingyang's promise to Xiao Ming, the railway from Qingzhou to Youzhou was basically completed at the end of the year, after all, the distance between Kaiping and Youzhou is only 100 miles, which is not a difficult problem.

After this achievement, the railway department, which injected a lot of money, began the construction of the Kaiping-Chang'an railway line, as well as the construction of the Laiwu-Xuzhou and Xuzhou-Jinling railways.

The four railways, which run from east to west, north to south, are of course not a straight line, but zigzag, passing through almost every important city.

Once the railways are fully opened, the whole of the north will be connected, but it will take at least two or three years to achieve this goal, and the construction of the railway in the Kanto region will be even more difficult.

While vigorously laying the railway, the construction of cement roads has also been carried out, and now the main roads from Qingzhou to nearby counties have all become cement roads.

Some of the roads in the county and in the countryside were also rebuilt, and at the same time, businessmen with factory construction qualifications began to build cement factories in other cities.

Because some wealthy cities began to build roads under the orders of the imperial court, but there were no cement factories in the local area, merchants who pursued profit naturally saw this business opportunity.

It's just that it is not easy to build a cement plant, you also have to find mines, and you also need to have mining equipment, so that there are related factories to provide supply and demand for the mines.

The industry of Dayu began to radiate from Qingzhou Prefecture to the surrounding areas due to the recovery of the northern economy, and the investment of another batch of funds accelerated this process.

"Your Majesty, this capital investment, now Dayu is blooming everywhere, all walks of life have been greatly expanded, according to this situation, in less than a year, the total industrial volume of Dayu will have to double."

Pang Yukun handed him the summary form of the payment expenditure.

Xiao Ming smiled, in fact, this is something that cannot be helped, because the total amount of industry is small, so it will be so easy to double, but it is a miracle that the Great Chongqing Kingdom has been able to develop from scratch in the past nine years.

Now the only thing he needs to do is to extend the local industrial development to the whole country, otherwise it will not work in just one place, after all, the Western countries are now a monolithic industrial system.

"That's the beauty of money." Xiao Ming bared his teeth, the wealth seized from Lin'an was quickly squandered by the loser's cabinet, and he was now thinking about auctioning off the mansions, workshops, shops, and some of the land left by the wealthy family.

At this stage, it is necessary to concentrate funds to do big things, not to mention that the bulk of Lin'an's wealth is these things, but businessmen who are used to living in Qingzhou don't seem to buy it much.

But it doesn't matter, he has a way, how to stimulate economic development if rich people don't consume, everyone is a piggy bank, only in and out, which is not good for economic development.

After a pause, he said: "I have an idea, now that the merchants of Qingzhou are too crowded, for the balanced development of the industry of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, a trade zone should also be established in the south, and all businessmen who do business in the trade zone can get preferential treatment, so I think about drawing Suzhou, Songjiang, and Nanjing into a business zone." ”

Pang Yukun instantly understood what Xiao Ming meant, now that Qingzhou's thermal power plant has started, it won't be long before Qingzhou will first enter the era of electricity.

And once it enters the era of electricity, many backward workshops will face elimination.

But it is a waste to eliminate these workshops now, after all, the spread of industry requires a process, and there are still many places in the country that are not covered by the light of industry.

Therefore, it was necessary for the imperial court to attract merchants at this time to move the backward workshops to a place of fear, so that the Great Chongqing State could form a wave-like industrial development process.

Qingzhou is the center of the waves, which represents the most advanced technology, and the technology outside the waves is getting lower and lower, so that no productivity can be wasted.

"It's time to draw a business zone." Pang Yukun laughed treacherously, once the trade zones were established, those big businessmen with abundant funds would return to these areas to buy land and real estate, and set up workshops.

In this way, the industry and commerce of the place were alive, and at the same time, the imperial court was able to obtain a large amount of money by selling the assets of the wealthy families.

After all, the fixed property of these wealthy families is huge, which is not much less than the wealth transported to Qingzhou.

The two of them made this plan with a wicked smile, and Pang Yukun immediately went back to think about how to plan this matter.

While Qingzhou was gaining great vitality because of the funds, the war in the south continued.

After conquering Lin'an, Niu Ben did not choose to continue the attack, but rested in Lin'an City and waited for ammunition supplies and reinforcements.

Lin'an is only one point in the process of going south, and in the south of Lin'an, there are many more points, and he must be fully prepared.

After waiting for more than a month, the second batch of 20,000 grenades was sent to Lin'an, while 40,000 recruits armed with Falcon rifles left for the battlefield.

At this time, the number of troops marching south reached 140,000.

"140,000 people, that's enough."

Niu Ben in the Lin'an Provisional Staff looked firm, now for every soldier, the most important thing at present is to end the war in the south, after all, there are still a lot of troubles waiting for them to deal with.

"Lu Fei, you are responsible for attacking Shaoxing, Ningzhou and other cities to the south, Luo Xin, you are responsible for attacking Huizhou and other cities to the west, after the goal is achieved, the two of you will attack the southwest together and recover the southwestern lands."

"Yes, General." Lu Fei and Luo Xin said in unison.

They are now full of confidence, because the production speed of the military workshop has increased dramatically, and they are not afraid of sufficient ammunition.

Luo Quan reminded: "Although we have more advanced firearms, we must not take it lightly, and the merchant council still has a few brushes. ”