Chongzhen two years.

February XVII.

Mandarin Palace.

Several ministers were discussing in the Wenhua Hall with some sad faces.

Yang reform these days, a lot of trouble, the mood is also bad, fortunately the son was born, upgraded to become a father, nothing can tease the son to play, can relieve a lot of boredom, now in the face of more and more huge situation, more and more difficult deduction, Yang reform is troubled, although won the salt merchant, but what to do next? Yang Reform was at a loss, a sense of loss and dazed after conquering the mountain, which deeply troubled Yang Reform.

"In other words, it has been reported that spring will start early this year?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, now it is reported everywhere that spring will start early this year, and the weather is too warm now, I am afraid that this year will be another year of great drought......" Shi Fenglai hurriedly took over the conversation and said.

"Oh, does the beginning of spring mean a drought?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, according to the situation of the beginning of spring this year, according to past experience, it should be a great drought, Your Majesty!" Shi Fenglai said with a sad face.

"Oh, that's right! It seems that this year's drought is a foregone conclusion. Yang Gengai lamented that although he had predicted a drought for more than ten years and made a lot of preparations, when the years really came, he was still full of oppression, and the weight of natural disasters pressed on his head was uncomfortable.

"Back to Your Majesty, if there is no accident, it should be a foregone conclusion,...... However, fortunately, His Majesty had already expected and had a countermeasure, and now the great migration is still continuing, all localities are stepping up spring plowing and drought preparations, and the cabinet is also preparing to strictly supervise the implementation of sweet potato planting in various places, there are many measures, this disaster year, it should not be too bad......" Shi Fenglai hurriedly replied.

"Oh......," Yang sighed.

The ministers are also silent, this is not a good thing, has proved the authenticity of the emperor's prophecy from one side, this year's spring is so early, it is only February at this time, the weather is unusually warm, this year is definitely a dry year, now the information gathered from all over the country shows that the arid area is quite wide, the situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi is particularly abnormal, it is estimated that there is a large area of drought, Shandong, Shuntianfu, Henan These places are also somewhat abnormal, even if there is no big drought, a small drought can not run, The situation is estimated to be worse than last year, how many people will be affected? Although the preparation measures can be said to be quite strong now, this news will still block people to panic, although the millions of immigrants are unprecedented disaster relief efforts, but now there are only one million? Some people are in a cold sweat in their hearts, if there are no measures prepared by the emperor, then I really don't know what the situation will be this year.

The monarch and the ministers were silent.

"It's not all bad things in the early spring, I just got the news, this Changlu salt field, has already posted the first salt, harvested the first 10,000 stone salt, this is also a good start, hehehe......" Yang Reform picked up a good news to break this dull atmosphere, until now, the salt merchant's business is over, and only he can produce salt, this salt industry, can be regarded as completely in his own hands, this "salt merchant", has finally become history, although 10,000 stone salt continues to increase, but the symbolic meaning is not small.

Seeing the emperor talking about the festivities of the salt farm, the ministers squeezed out some smiles again. Congratulations to the emperor on his successful acceptance of the salt works.

Although Yang Reform tried his best to make the atmosphere more optimistic, but this news really did not make people happy, and the atmosphere soon fell silent again, and there will be a great drought in the northern provinces, which is no matter what, it is also a news that makes people unhappy, although it is only a sign.

It can be used to describe today's deliberations as dull, Yang Reform is also boring, this is also a helpless thing, and the troubles have increased, and Yang Reform feels even more boring.

After dispersing the deliberations and leaving the Wenhua Palace, Yang Reform's mood was a little better.

"Big Companion, is there any news from Master Xu? Why hasn't Shi Kefa sent the construction plan for Shanghai yet? "Yang reform began to complain, this year is a year of great drought, we must make more preparations, last year was just a Shaanxi, the pressure of disaster relief is so great, this year but several provinces will have drought, this situation, but more serious than last year, have to think of more ways to deal with it!

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no news from Master Xu for the time being, and it is estimated that there will be no news until Master Shi goes to Shanghai." Wang Chengen replied.

"Well, I know, let's send a message to Master Xu, just say that now the drought is imminent, Shanghai should start construction as soon as possible, it is already mid-February, at most until May and June, this large number of victims are estimated to have to flee the famine, they must be ready to receive, Shanghai will be large-scale, special, to absorb enough disaster victims, Shanghai's planning and preparations, must be completed by the end of April......" Yang Gai frowned and ordered. Although it is a difficult problem to have many victims, it also means that the labor is cheap, as long as the management is full, there is almost infinite labor, and it is a good time to build a greater Shanghai. ,

"The slave has written it down." Wang Chengen hurriedly got closer, wrote down the emperor's orders, and at the same time, waved his hand to let the followers behind him stand farther away, so as not to interrupt the emperor's train of thought.

"How many people are there there now?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are now more than 15,000 people in the Nanjing Shipyard." Wang Chengen said.

"Oh, let him prepare to expand production, prepare to deal with this year's wave of famine, the Shanghai shipyard will be completed as soon as possible, at least more than twice as many craftsmen will be absorbed, and I will increase the amount of ships this year, warships, merchant ships, cargo ships, fishing boats, and inland river ships, these will be increased by more than three times, let him make arrangements......" Yang Gai said another way to absorb the victims. There was no other way but to stuff people everywhere, as much as possible. In addition to the additional warships, merchant ships, etc., there are also preferential shipbuilding for Jiangnan merchants, that is to say, in recent years, Yang Reform has prepared to explode ships, large-scale exploding ships, in addition to absorbing disaster victims, but also preparing for large migration.

“…… The slave and maid wrote it down. Wang Chengen said again.

"What happened to Li Yanyi in Shaanxi?" Yang asked again. The oil industry can also be regarded as a chess move, but everything is in the grass-roots creation, extraction and refining are still in the grass-roots stage, and Yang's reform can only be a dead horse, and he has to find a place to stuff people, which is not good.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave remembers that it seems to be able to give birth, but this price is said to be not cheap, a few days ago, I also sent a batch of tributes......" Wang Chengen thought for a while, and then dug out such a piece of content from his memory, this kind of oil is too far away for Wang Chengen.

"Oh, why isn't it cheap? Send a letter to Li Yanyi, asking him to do everything possible to mass production, do everything possible to make the price the lowest, what I want is that the larger the scale, the better, the lower the oil price, the better, but it is not a tribute...... "In Yang reform's memory, this lamp oil is much cheaper than vegetable oil, there is no reason for the price of "oil" to be expensive, unless the people who do "oil" do not do this well, as long as the oil refined by "oil" is cheaper than traditional lamp oil, this will not worry about sales, there is a market means that there is a scale, and a scale means that more labor is needed, not to stuff more people.

"Back to Your Majesty, the specific slave is not very clear, he came to the letter before the New Year, but at that time, His Majesty was busy ......" Wang Chengen said, and hurriedly lowered his head, during the New Year, the emperor was busy fighting salt merchants, where there was kung fu to manage what oil in the corner of the mountain in Shaanxi.

"Oh, hurry up and go back......" Yang Gai seemed to remember, there was such a thing, remembering that the letter did have something about oil, but at that time, he could put his mind on the salt merchants, but he didn't have the time to care about that, and now it was time to deal with the large-scale exodus tide, but he had to take this matter to heart.

“…… Yes, Your Majesty ......" Wang Chengen hurriedly followed, and the emperor's pace accelerated abruptly.

Qianqing Palace.

East Warm Pavilion.

Yang Reform is looking at a letter, this letter is sent by Li Yanyi, this dog-like word, finally gave Yang Reform a sense of accomplishment, and finally found a person who is worse than his own writing, it's not easy!

After seeing it, Yang Reform already knows why the price of this lamp oil is still high, the first is that the scale is small, and the method of large-scale refining has not been found, and the second is that the transportation is inconvenient, and the things in Shaanxi want to be shipped out, and the freight is not cheap.

"Send a letter to Li Yanyi and tell him that he will use all means to increase production and expand the scale, the bigger the scale of this thing, the better, the larger the scale, the cheaper the cost, and the cheaper the lamp oil or something, tell him that the more refugees are absorbed, the greater the credit, and making money is secondary, let him figure it out by himself, I only need the result, regardless of the process......" Yang reformed and said.

"The slave has written down ......," Wang Chengen agreed.

"In addition, now the scale of this carriage factory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more carriage wheels, and the carriage factory is also preparing to open a branch factory in the south, and I will definitely be full of carriages in the future, and now the lubricating oil used on the carriage wheels is not very effective, you let him see if he can refine some from oil...... "Yang Reform thought about it and said, it is not enough to invest in the "petroleum" industry, but also to make the "petroleum" industry have output.

"The slave has written it down." Wang Chengen said again.

"In addition, let the carriage factory see if it can make more and more durable carriages, but now it is not enough to only carry people, and this Shaanxi thing cannot be transported......," Yang said. ,

"The slave has written it down." Wang Chengen said again.

A flash of inspiration flashed through ......

Yang Reform suddenly remembered something, this ship can be subsidized by 20%, it can give birth to the shipbuilding industry and the transportation industry, and the carriage, can it also give birth to it? This boat can be subsidized, and the carriage is also a means of transportation, so why can't it be subsidized? One runs on the water, one runs on the land, can not be separated from each other, this must immediately give birth to the "car" industry, this car-making industry also belongs to the machinery manufacturing industry, but also by the way gave birth to the iron and steel metallurgical industry, more steel, is it possible to build a railway? That kind of steam engine train may not be built for a while, but this horse-drawn train is not impossible to do, although there are great geographical restrictions, but Yang Reform remembers that the horse-drawn train has also run between Tianjin and Beijing for many years, although a little helpless and funny, it can show that this horse-drawn train is indeed feasible, but this is the progress of industry and technology! The birth of the iron and steel metallurgical industry, the mining and coal industry also gave birth to the birth of the mining and coal industry? This is a solid foundation for heavy industry! Gave birth to machinery manufacturing, iron and steel metallurgy, coal, and railways, is it time to put it on the agenda again? Very good, very powerful...... the prototype of an industrial age has been placed in front of Yang reform......

Peel through the clouds and see tomorrow! Yang Reform suddenly woke up to the fact that an industrial age that was about to leap out was coming, but he was still living in such a daze, with a headache and a pain in his feet, he really shouldn't think about the huge potential of the industrial age, what nomads, what natural disasters, all of them are scum! Yang Reform, who had figured it out, immediately kept smashing his hands, and his whole face was a little "crazy" with joy.

"Invite Master Sun to come and ......" Yang Gai was surprised to find a "world", and he needed to find someone to share with him, the first one was Sun Chengzong, even if Sun Chengzong didn't care about "political affairs".

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor's face full of ecstasy, as if he was crazy, and kept smashing his hands, that situation was really weird, and when he heard the emperor's order, he agreed to come down and immediately went to pass the decree.

……

Yang Reform couldn't help but walk back and forth in the warm pavilion, which suddenly, Yang Reform felt that these days, he had lost his goal, and lost the most important treasure to deal with the problem, he was really too invested in this Ming Dynasty, and the salt merchants, and the bureaucrats were too involved in the battle, the general trend of the world, their most advantageous and the most should do to discard, and now suddenly saw the road they should take, suddenly, sober.

Now that he has defeated the salt merchants, he has a lot of money in his hands, his prestige has reached the peak, and there are huge natural disasters waiting for him, all of which provide conditions for him to promote the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

Money, this is the premise of everything, now I have 40 million silver in my hands, with enough start-up capital, can support and give birth to those industries to start, the capital chain is absolutely no problem, if you promote the use of paper tickets, these 40 million, can be spent as 80 million or even 100 million taels of silver, this huge amount of money, even if those industries are a bottomless pit of money, Yang Reform believes, can also fill it, those industries will be able to give birth to the day when they can grow on their own.

Prestige, not to mention, there will be many obstacles to promote industrialization, and great prestige is undoubtedly the best thing that can avoid these obstacles. A large number of imperial parties with the "imperial party" as the core surround themselves, who dares to oppose themselves, naturally there are a large number of imperial parties to deal with, and now, who dares to stand on the opposite side of the emperor?

Natural disasters, in the past, were definitely a big problem, and even a big problem that would have killed the dynasty, but it was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for starting and promoting industrialization. How is this industrialization promoted? Without natural disasters, how can we find enough excuses to promote those industrializations?

"Hahaha...... Hahaha...... "Yang reform, who wants to understand thoroughly, feels comfortable all over his body, and now looks at many problems in front of him, in fact, it is not a problem at all, the era of industrialization will crush all this into powder, and himself, as long as he makes every effort to promote industrialization, and firmly grasps the fruits of industrialization in his own hands, he is invincible."

Sun Chengzong hurriedly rushed to the Qianqing Palace, thinking that the emperor would have something big to call him in such a hurry, and he was about to arrive at the Qianqing Palace, but he heard the emperor's extraordinary laughter, and stopped in shock, Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was already on the verge of "madness", and urged Sun Chengzong vigorously, if he went later, God knows what the emperor would be "crazy". ,

……

......As soon as Sun Chengzong entered the door, he immediately gave the emperor luggage with heroic righteousness to "wake up" the emperor who was a little evil.

"Hahaha...... Master Sun come in, I have great news to say to Master Sun...... "Yang Reform really can't wait, such big good news, how can you be stuffy in your stomach alone?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know what good news it is?" Sun Chengzong entered the warm pavilion, and saw that the emperor was doing well except for his face was quite red, especially his eyes, which were full of spirit, Sun Chengzong put his mind at ease, the emperor was fine, there must be great good news.

"I am going to give subsidies to horse-drawn carriages, just like shipbuilding, and I want to stimulate and give birth to the great development of the horse-drawn carriage manufacturing industry......" Yang Gai couldn't wait to share his experience with Sun Chengzong.

"Subsidizing the carriage industry?" Sun Chengzong put a big question mark in his mind.

"Yes, I want to vigorously promote this industry, I want to let the carriage run all over every corner of my Ming Dynasty......" Yang Gengai shouted excitedly, full of pride, full of strength, this power is the power brought by industrialization.

"Your Majesty, why is this?" Sun Chengzong asked puzzledly, the southern subsidy for shipbuilding was a means for the emperor to win over the southern forces, and the transfer of the victims was just a pretense, but now this subsidized carriage is where it is sung? Sun Chengzong couldn't think of it, if there is still that force that needs to be won over by the emperor today, now they are all leaning on the emperor!

"Hehe, Master Sun, this ship is a means of transportation, and this carriage is also a means of transportation, subsidizing the ship, why not subsidize the carriage?" Yang Gai's face was flushed and he said excitedly.

"But, Your Majesty, this ......" Sun Chengzong was unconvinced of this explanation.

"Hahaha......" Yang Reform frowned at Sun Chengzong, who was serious, and laughed, sure enough, even Sun Chengzong could not see the chain reaction brought about by the birth of the carriage manufacturing industry.

Sun Chengzong looked at the emperor even more suspiciously, the emperor is really a little crazy!

“…… Master Sun has ever thought about what the consequences will be once this carriage manufacturing industry is born? Yang Gengai was extremely excited.

"This ......, once it is born, if His Majesty's large subsidy continues, people from all over the world who buy carriages will definitely flock to it, and the output of carriages will definitely increase greatly......" Sun Chengzong replied immediately.

"And then? What raw materials are needed to build a horse-drawn carriage? Yang Reform was inspired.

"Raw materials? Wood, steel? Sun Chengzong asked cautiously.

"Yes, steel, a large amount of steel, gave birth to the carriage manufacturing industry, that is, the birth of the steel industry, Master Sun, does Master Sun know, to make steel, what are the needs?" Yang Gengai asked with a red face.

"Iron and steel...... iron ore, coal...... Charcoal......" Sun Chengzong frowned and replied, the emperor's wave after wave of questions really impulsed Sun Chengzong's thinking.

"Yes, it is the coal industry and the mining industry, Master Sun can know, how many victims can be accommodated by this birth? How many people can be fed? Yang Gai said with great interest.

"This ......, the minister understands, what does Your Majesty mean is that the subsidy for carriages is to accommodate more disaster victims?" When Sun Chengzong heard this, he understood a little, if it was for the disaster victims, this was indeed a feasible method, and when he was discussing in the Wenhua Hall this morning, the situation was very dull, and it must have been the emperor who came up with this idea in order to solve the problem of the disaster victims.

"Hahaha...... yes and no,...... Hahaha...... "Yang Gai was so happy that he laughed...... IO

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