The next morning, Chen Chen urgently met with the merchants of Dongshui and explained some things to the merchants. (8) 『(1)Chinese Δ』 .*81.

First, the daily necessities of the people must be sold uniformly according to the prices set by the state, and the prices must not be raised.

Second, vicious competition must not be allowed, and the state's macroeconomic regulation and control must be accepted.

Third, the formulation of all policies must comply with the permission of the East Water Law, and must not be out of line.

Fourth, improve the quality of goods, increase productivity, and prepare to explore overseas markets.

Although some of the policies proposed by the Dongshui Imperial Court were harsh for merchants, for merchants, this was only an individual aspect, and it was not important.

Because the current businessmen can be said to have completely got rid of the lowly position in society, and they also rely on their strong economic ability to force some big officials to bow to them, Chen Chen also turned a blind eye to this, as long as he did not go out of line, then he could do it. Therefore, Chen Chen got along very well with the merchant group, and the businessmen did not have any objection to the restrictions proposed by Chen Chen.

There are not many commercial things, and the main thing needs to wait until the new route is opened, and the current thing is to provide goods for the country, so Chen Chen did not spend too much time on this.

In fact, Chen Chen was particularly concerned about the army, so Commander Wei, Yang Cheng and Chen Cheng soon received Chen Chen's orders.

The three of them quickly put down their military affairs and came to the palace to see Chen Chen.

"See Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! When the three of them saw Chen Chen, they immediately bowed and worshipped.

Chen Chen smiled slightly: "Although I am the emperor now, you don't have to be like this, it's so weird." ”

The three of them hurriedly shook their heads: "No, no, Your Majesty, now that we are the lord of the world, our etiquette should still be in place, if someone with a heart catches the handle, then it will be useless to cause unnecessary trouble." ”

Chen Chen smiled bitterly: "Okay, okay, then it's up to you, but in private, we don't need to be so angry." ”

"I summoned you here today, mainly to learn about the situation of the army, how many troops are there now? What about combat capabilities?. ”

Commander Wei and the three of them looked at each other and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Dongshui army has integrated Tu'an and other ** teams, the number of troops is also as many as one million, and Shengzhou has recently spent a lot of energy to create weapons and armor for these troops, and it will take a while to think about it, and now there are more than 300,000 basic infantry, cavalry and archers. ”

Chen Chen shook his head when he heard this: "Now we can't just show the 6th Army, and even reduce the number of the 6th Army." ”

"Why? Is Your Majesty ready to cut the army! Could it be that there is a problem with Dongshui's finances? When the three of them heard this, they exclaimed.

Listening to the speculation of the three of them, Chen Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "What are you guessing nonsense?" As long as all the merchants of Dongshui are there, then Dongshui's finances will never be exhausted. After all, I have created a lot of business groups in order to develop the economy, supported so many businesses, and provided a lot of convenience for businessmen, how can Dongshui's economy dry up. ”

When the three of them heard it, they thought about it carefully, and they felt that other aspects of Dongshui may collapse, but the economic empire will never collapse. Chen Chen has vigorously developed commerce since the founding of the country, creating good conditions for the exhibition of commerce, and now the power of merchants who dominate the world is even stronger, how can Dongshui's finances be exhausted, not to mention that the state has paper money, and the gold and silver are firmly in his hands through the exchange of paper money, and the quality of the economy is completely decided by His Majesty.

"Then why did Your Majesty cut the army?" The three of them thought about it and couldn't think of a reason.

Chen Chen smiled helplessly: "Please, use your brains, if we have been unified today, we have ruled the whole country with the economy, and there will hardly be any major wars in the future, so there is no need to raise so many 6th Army." ”

"Now that we have understood the situation on the six grounds, and the ocean is still blank for us, so the focus of the future development is mainly on the ocean, so in this case, do we want to show the navy? At the same time, it is also necessary to increase the manufacture of Airbus and expand the number of air forces, if in the face of foreign invasion in the future, or participate in the battle for maritime hegemony, then the 6 Army will have almost no role, and at this time it is the Navy and the Air Force that play a decisive role. ”

"And in the future, overseas trade will be carried out, then the navy will definitely provide protection for merchants, and the role of the navy will be even more important, now you understand what I mean."

Commander Wei was embarrassed: "Your Majesty is wise, but the minister is stupid, it turns out that this is the case, then the minister will order the Ministry of Industry to preside over the shipbuilding work, and at the same time screen the relevant personnel as soon as possible." ”

Chen Chen hurriedly shook his head and said, "Commander Wei, do you think that this time we will build a ship, we will still use wood?" It was an ocean expedition, and it had to be made of steel, and the power of the ship could not be made of canvas alone with the help of ordinary wind, but a new and continuous power. ”

"Your Majesty, how can steel float in the water, I'm afraid it will sink like this." When Yang Cheng heard Chen Chen's plan, he couldn't help but be startled.

"I naturally have plans when I say that." Chen Chen smiled slightly and said, if it still sinks, then the modern ship will not survive.

"New motivation? What motivates this? Commander Wei was old in the end, and quickly grasped the key point in Chen Chen's words.

Chen Chen shook his head and said: "Alas, I am also worried about this matter, in our time, the driving force was mainly to burn oil, but here, due to the limitations of productivity and production technology, it cannot reach the level of our time at all. ”

"There it is." Chen Chen clapped his hands fiercely: "This method guarantees that you can give it a try, there is water and coal here, then this method will definitely work, so make do with it at present." ”

Chen Chen remembered the steam engine of the British Ming family, although the steam engine is too backward compared with the diesel engine or the nuclear power engine, but in the end, it is also the power of the machine, no need to look at the sky, it can directly replace the power of human beings.

I believe that in this era, steam engine power should be able to dominate the ocean, as for more advanced technology, it can only be explored slowly in the future.

Although the steam engine should be a relatively advanced technology in this era, and it can be achieved with the help of current conditions, but the steam engine burning coal is also easy to pollute the environment, so in this case, the country must not use the steam engine on a large scale, and can only be used in individual places, and can only be equipped with a steam engine on the ships of the expedition to the ocean, and use the steam engine as the driving force to ensure the fast operation of the ship.

"Okay, the sooner you choose the navy and air force for training, the better, and I will conduct research on this technology." Chen Chen commanded at the three of them.

Although the three of them didn't understand what Chen Chen meant, they quickly went down to do things according to His Majesty's wishes.

"It seems that the current is to manufacture steam engines as soon as possible, and quickly promote the country into the steam age, if you can directly enter the era of electronic technology, then it must be excellent, but the technology is limited, it seems that you have to train scientific research talents." Chen Chen smiled bitterly and began to conceive the technology according to the techniques and instructions of the notebook. (To be continued.) )