Luo Jian considered that the design of the battleship was a big problem, and immediately asked people to find Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zilong and a few old craftsmen.

Luo Jian introduced the relevant situation of the "Sea King" warship that has been manufactured by the United Kingdom, and also gave you a reference.

Song Yingxing, Chen Zilong and others did not agree with Luo Jian's eagerness to build advanced warships, believing that Yangzhou's current development was not the focus.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in addition to some areas under the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the south, our current trade in Yangzhou is mainly the Manchu occupation area in the north, and now the Manchus have not realized this, once they realize it, the blockade of these trades, our economic sources in Yangzhou will become a big problem."

Luo Jian patiently explained to everyone, seeing that everyone nodded frequently, and then said: "And the huge profits of maritime trade will be the focus of competition among countries in the world in the future, if we don't hurry up now, we will fall behind at that time, which is also the fundamental reason why I am in a hurry to build a warship at sea." ”

"Another point, as we all know, Beijing is not far from the sea, and the northeast area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's base camp is also near the sea, we must land from the sea in the future and directly attack these places, without a strong sea fleet, it is impossible to do this, I hope everyone will raise their awareness and do a good job in this matter."

Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi didn't expect Luo Jian to think so far, and they both looked at Luo Jian with admiration.

"The production of advanced warships is the culmination of all technologies, and the process of production is also a great promotion to the progress of various technologies. Song Lao, after the development of your steam engine, I think the first thing is to solve the power problem of each factory, such as the steel plant, if the steam engine is used as the power, the efficiency of the blower equipment will be greatly improved, and it will also help to increase the output, right? In addition, if it is used on various machine tools, the efficiency improvement is not a little. ”

"I don't think it's a hurry to apply the steam engine to the battleship, first get a few smaller ships, do experiments in the river, and then install it on the battleship after accumulating experience after success, so that there will be no problems and then make big changes."

"Also, Brother Mao, I think the transportation of materials between your steelmaking mill and several other factories is extremely troublesome, why don't you make a few railroad tracks to connect these factories, which can save a lot of manpower and time, and can also make some attempts to build railways in the future."

"Railroad? Xinghua, you mean to pave the road with iron? Too loser, right? Song Yingxing obviously didn't know about the existence of the railway.

"Song Lao, the railway is not to pave the road with iron, but to lay sleepers on the road and install two railroad tracks." Xiao Liu explained on the side, and as he spoke, he also found a pen and paper to draw a schematic diagram.

"The steam engine has another important use, that is, it is used to build locomotives, which can pull tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of catties of materials at a time, of course, now our steel production is far from meeting this requirement, which is the direction of our future development." Luo Jian explained.

"Alas, the old man is old, I wonder if he will be able to see that day? You young men need to work harder, and it is better that I, an old man, can see it in my lifetime. Song Yingxing listened and said with emotion.

"Old Song, you are not yet sixty years old, you can live at least a hundred years old, at our speed of development, in a few years, our railway will be able to start construction, then please be the first to travel by train." Luo Jian said with a smile.

Song Yingxing smiled and shook his head.

Speaking of which, Luo Jian had the idea of building another steelmaking plant, and the technology is not a problem now, but I don't know if the funds can be drawn, so I have to go back to Shi Kefa to discuss.

Originally, it was to gather everyone to come to discuss the construction of the battleship, but it turned out to be a seminar on the industrial development of Yangzhou, and the meeting was held until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, Luo Jian asked Xiao Liu to find a room to deal with it for a night, and rushed back to Yangzhou early the next morning.

In the 11th month of the lunar calendar, the city of Beijing is already cold and windy, and there are still many landless displaced people and beggars shivering in the cold wind outside the city, but the city of Beijing is a sea of joy.

When the news of the success of the peace talks reached Beijing, the Manchu and opposition parties were jubilant, as if the news of the peace talks had just reached Nanjing.

Most of the happy people are full of people, finally there is no need to fight, this day is better than before when I was outside the customs I don't know how many times, I don't have to do it myself, I don't have to do it myself, in order to mix food, I want to be a slave of the Manchurians everywhere, and the fields outside the city are also occupied by the Manchurians, so that the days are not wars, and it is really comfortable.

Some of the Hanchen's families were in the south, and some even had relatives under the Southern Ming Dynasty, and after they voted for the Manchu Dynasty, they desperately hoped that the Manchus could unify the world, so that their hometowns were also under the rule of the Manchus.

At this time, Dolgon, who had become the regent of the emperor's uncle, was furious at the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City looking at the folds in front of him, the peace talks had just ended, and these Manchus moved out of the previous set of practices, many people began to enclose land on a large scale, and many people were extremely harsh to the Han people, and there were not a few Manchu nobles who did not die a few Han people a day, and even the Hanchens like Fan Wencheng felt that it was too much, and they also wrote a fold, and the folds written by the Hanchens were even more stacked high.

These idiots! Don't you know that the Han people in Yangzhou are sharpening their knives? Do you really think that a peace treaty with the Southern Ming Dynasty can restrain the Yangzhou army? Dorgon cursed inwardly.

In order to deal with the Yangzhou army, Dolgon put down his body, personally went to the general as a prisoner to reward those lowly craftsmen, and found a few foreigners left by the Southern Ming Dynasty, and begged them to help the Qing Dynasty make well-made firearms.

Dolgon invited John Tong to the palace to comfort him, and asked him to send some more Western craftsmen to help the Qing Dynasty make firearms, but John Tang demanded that if he ruled the world in the future, Christianity must be set as the state religion.

When the time comes, when the whole world is unified, who will pay attention to your set? Dolgon thought to himself, but his mouth quickly agreed.

The envoy to the West has already set off with John Tang's letter, and he is afraid that it will take more than half a year to come and go from the West, and God knows when the Yangzhou army will raise swords again, and the Qing Dynasty is far from the time to sit back and relax.

Dolgon looked at the twists and turns in front of him, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

After pondering for a long time, Dolgon still decided to gather the Manchu ministers and the Mongol ministers and explain this truth to everyone, if everyone can't turn the corner, the Qing Dynasty might as well withdraw to Guannai.

"Congratulations to Uncle Huang, the Regent, my Qing Dynasty is now safe and peaceful, and Uncle Huang's Lord Regent has made great contributions!" Several Manchurian ministers stepped forward to congratulate.

Hearing a few people congratulating, everyone also stepped forward to salute.

"Peace and tranquility? Everyone should prepare early, and in the near future, the Qing Dynasty will withdraw to the Guannei and return the city of Beijing to the Ming Dynasty, so let's still go to the Guanwai for peace and tranquility. Dorgon said lightly.

Hearing Dolgon's words, some people looked at Dolgon suspiciously, but Sonny and the others showed thoughtful expressions.

"Everyone wants to live a peaceful life, and I want to too, but we have to ask the Yangzhou army if it agrees? As you all know, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and other places have been in drought for many years, and whether it will be the same next year is only for God to know, and we will not have enough grain in the Gyeonggi area to eat, and we have to rely on canals to transport grain. ”

Dolgon spoke slowly, hearing Sonny and the others nodding frequently, but some of them had indifferent expressions.

"Now the canal is controlled by the Yangzhou army, the grain in the two lakes and the area can not be transported at all, and now the price of rice in Beijing has risen to more than four taels of silver, if it is still like this next year, I think everyone's good days are over."

Hearing Dolgon say this, everyone began to get nervous.

"This is only one aspect, do you really think that our Qing Dynasty can coexist with the Ming Dynasty? Let me tell you, we have a feud with the Ming Dynasty, a situation that is endless, the Ming court may want to maintain the status quo, but now that there is a Yangzhou army, are they willing to give up? Everyone may only think that the Yangzhou army is very powerful, and our Qing Dynasty always loses battles in front of them, but let me tell you again, their ability to win people's hearts is even more powerful. ”

"The regent is right, at the beginning, their governor wrote a letter to the Chinese compatriots I don't know how many readers were taken away, in the long run, people's hearts are towards Yangzhou, our Qing Dynasty is worse than the original Mongolians, the Mongolians have been sitting in the country for more than 100 years, we are afraid that we will not even be able to survive next year, we are full of people, if everyone is still greedy for comfort, greedy for enjoyment, I am afraid it is not far from the country." Sonny followed Dorgon's words.

Everyone became more and more nervous when they saw that Dorgon's opponent Sonny said this.

"Regent, what are we going to do?" Someone asked.

"How? You look at these and solve these problems first. Dorgon picked up the fold on the desk and handed it to the people.

"Recently, I have been looking at the history books, which dynasty was light at the beginning of the founding of the country, vigorously encouraged production, and settled the people's livelihood, this dynasty will prosper, and my Qing Dynasty is now doing its best to exploit the Han people, I am afraid it is not the blessing of the Qing Dynasty." University scholar Ganglin followed and said.

"You go outside Beijing to see, how many people are still homeless? How many beggars? And how many Manchurians are still enclosing the land? Still pulling people into slavery? As long as someone shouts at such a Han people, do you think they will pick up a knife and slash at your head again? Dolgon said with a gloomy face.

"According to Duoduo's news from Henan and Tan Tai from Shandong, Yangzhou in Huai'an and Fengyang is strongly encouraging farmers to engage in production, and its taxes are low, the lowest in history, and a large number of Han people in Henan, Shandong and other places have fled to these places. Seeing that everyone was listening, Dorgon continued.

"Although the Yangzhou army does not have those magic weapons, but its new firearms emerge in endlessly, if we still rely on the kung fu of riding and shooting on horses, sooner or later it will be wiped out by the Yangzhou army, if you only covet the enjoyment in front of you, then hurry up and enjoy it, anyway, it won't last long, and when the Yangzhou army comes, everyone is afraid that they will escape to the edge of the sky."

"The regent said well, I'm also thinking about these things these days, and I have also found a number of soldiers who have fought with the Yangzhou army to ask, although the Yangzhou army is only sixty or seventy thousand horses, but it is all elite soldiers, its training is strict, the discipline is strict, and the Qi family army in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty is not bad at all, there is such an opponent next to the couch, what reason do we have to say that it is now peaceful and peaceful?" Sonny then added that Dolgon was also stunned when he heard this.

"The fundamental purpose of our peace talks with Nanming is to gain time, firstly, we need time to govern the country, and secondly, we must also find a way to deal with the Yangzhou army, instead of buying time for everyone to enjoy, so that everyone can once again force the Han people under their rule to rebel." Dorgon continued Sony's words.

Seeing that everyone gradually understood, Dolgon's face paled slightly, and his tone became much softer.

"Throughout the Prince Yu's several major battles with the Yangzhou army, all the infantry army is vulnerable to fighting, only the cavalry can pose a certain threat to it, and the number of cavalry in my Qing Dynasty can not reach the Yangzhou army to death, so the first priority at present is to continue to expand the cavalry, several Mongolian princes want to return to the grassland to collect war horses again, form cavalry, and wait for the decisive battle with the Yangzhou army in the future before they can go down." Dorgon instructed several Mongol princes.

Several Mongolian princes showed embarrassed looks on their faces, and when they saw Dolgon's face sinking again, they didn't dare to refuse, so they had to reluctantly agree.

Later, Dolgon explained that he must adopt a conciliatory policy towards the Han people, and must not force the Han people to death again, and if this matter is found again, he will be severely punished.

After explaining to the Manchus and the Mongols, Dolgon immediately convened a group of Hanchen to discuss.

The main theme of this discussion is the adjustment of some policies, and the focus is on reopening the imperial examination as soon as possible, and the heart of the scholars must be grasped as soon as possible.

Dolgon also wanted to learn from Yangzhou to be as light as Yangzhou, but was unanimously rejected by almost all Hanchens.

This is not because these Han ministers cared for the Han people, but because the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have the foundation to pay light and meager endowments.

The premise of low taxation is social stability, and the rulers subjectively have the desire to improve the living standards of the people, and the areas currently occupied by the Manchu Qing Dynasty are not even stable, and the war with the Southern Ming court, especially with the Yangzhou army, may resume at any time, and the number of troops determines that the tax cannot be light.

In addition, it is also a very crucial point that the areas occupied by the Manchus have already occupied a large amount of land, and in order to plunder more profits, these Manchus have used the method of "throwing money" to force a large number of peasants to put farmland in their names, and these Manchus do not have to pay taxes.

Relying on the collection of taxes in the occupied areas is already somewhat beyond their means, let alone reducing taxes again, if that is the case, I am afraid that the normal operation of the Manchu court will not be maintained.

Hearing Hanchen's analysis, Dorgon felt that he had been driven to a dead end.

If the Manchu nobles are forced to give up their vested interests, they will definitely be extremely dissatisfied, and without the support of these Manchu nobles, the basis for the existence of the regent of the Qing Dynasty will be gone.

If this heavy taxation continues, the instability of the ruling area will be visible.

In desperation, Dolgon waved his hand to let the ministers retreat, leaving Fan Wencheng behind.

Just now, all the Hanchen spoke one after another, but Fan Wencheng didn't say a word, and Dolgon knew that he had something to say.

"The regent doesn't need to worry, the minister thinks that the current difficulties encountered by my Qing Dynasty are not as serious as everyone says." Fan Wencheng's words lifted Dolgon's spirits.

"Please Fan Aiqing come quickly."

"The minister thinks that the biggest enemy of my Qing Dynasty is the Yangzhou army, and the Qing Dynasty cannot solve the Yangzhou army by military means at present, and the minister thinks that it is closely related to its backing to the Southern Ming Dynasty and the strong support of the Southern Ming Dynasty."

Fan Wencheng said unhurriedly, listening to Dolgon thoughtfully.

"Then to solve the problem of the Yangzhou Army, the minister thought that he could start from two aspects. The first is to continue to win over the ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty who are not dealing with the Yangzhou army, and gradually separate Yangzhou from the Southern Ming Dynasty, and finally let Yangzhou not get the support of the Southern Ming Dynasty; Second, our Qing Dynasty must solve the problems of the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army as soon as possible, and it is not difficult to solve these two problems, and an agreement has been reached with the Southern Ming Dynasty during the peace talks, and the Southern Ming Dynasty will not intervene in the Great Qing Dynasty to exterminate the Great Shun Army and the Great Western Army. ”

Fan Wencheng paused slightly, and Dolgon hurriedly asked the eunuch to bring water, and asked Fan Wencheng to drink saliva first and then speak slowly.

Fan Wencheng glanced at Dolgon gratefully, and then said: "While our Qing Dynasty is exterminating these two forces, it is also constantly expanding its territory, and we can take the opportunity to gather heavy troops in the area of the two lakes, and then we can drum down the two Guangzhous, so that the area under the jurisdiction of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Yangzhou Army is already extremely small, how can a corner of it resist the power of our Qing Dynasty?" ”

After listening to what Fan Wencheng said, Dolgon felt a little relieved, but his fear of the Yangzhou army was still not gone.

The next day, Dolgon received a long memo written by Hong Chengchou from Hubei, and he felt much more at ease, because what Hong Chengchou wrote in the memo was more operational than what Fan Wencheng said, and it took much less time.

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