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Yang Reform is seriously correcting his homework.

This secret letter was from Xu Guangqi in the south.

Yang Gai looked at this secret letter and fell into deep thought, according to Xu Guangqi, the demand for cement in the south is far beyond his imagination.

Maybe it's because the effect of selling cement yourself is too good; Perhaps, seeing is believing; Perhaps, it is these big landlords who only know how to make money have enlightened, and there are quite a few people who are willing to stand up and be the first to eat crabs.

According to Xu Guangqi's letter, there are more than one person who wants to build a large water-powered mill to grind rice and flour for consumption in cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing, where the population is concentrated and the river transportation is convenient, and ordinary small mills cannot meet the needs of these cities, or there is still a lot of room for cost reduction. Especially in Shanghai, an emerging city, because of the huge population growth, the consumption of rice and noodles has also increased dramatically, and this market has become large enough to support the "industrialized" rice and flour grinding, that is, the letter said, to build a large hydraulic mill.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the traditional small hydraulic mills are all over the villages, and almost all the places suitable for the installation of traditional hydraulic mills have been occupied, if you want to build a new, large hydraulic mill, you must think of other ways, you must make an idea where the traditional hydraulic mill is not suitable, such as a larger river, build a larger aqueduct, there was no terrain that can be transformed before, but now it can, which must rely on cement as a building material.

Traditional small water-powered mills are all over the villages, and rice grinding and flour grinding are carried out in these small mills, a major disadvantage is the dispersion of processing locations, which leads to the rise of processing costs, if there are close to large cities, and large processing plants, the cost is undoubtedly much lower.

Xu Guangqi insisted on building a large water conservancy mill for other reasons, mainly from the Great Ryukyu, from Dongting Lake and other grain bases to send more and more grain, and it is normalized, there is a need for a large processing plant to digest these grains, the previous grain, after the output of various villages in the south of the Yangtze River, digested in the local small mills, turned into rice and noodles for urban consumption.

However, if the grain sent from places such as Daliuqiu and Dongting Lake is returned to these small water-powered mills to grind rice and noodles, because the processing sites are too scattered, the cost is even higher, and these grains have the meaning of grain reserves, so Xu Guangqi suggested that a large water-powered mill center be built near Shanghai to reduce the cost of grain production, and then it is necessary to grasp the initiative of grain production in their hands, with grain in their hands, they are not panicked, and they have mills in their hands, and they are not worried about what waves those local grain merchants will make again.

Yang Gai very much agrees with Xu Guangqi's approach, the more stable the food, the better, that is to say, relying on others, any idea of pinning hopes on others is undesirable and undesirable, this is to make fun of the country, businessmen and capitalists have never had a bottom line in this regard.

To build a large-scale hydraulic mill center, Yang Reform must agree, Shanghai is a new center that Yang Reform has built vigorously, and the grain distribution center is also one of them, and it is bound to have a matching grain processing capacity, but what makes Yang Reform feel embarrassed and embarrassed is that Xu Guangqi plans to personally go into battle and build such a large-scale hydraulic mill center in person.

Yang Gengai remembered that Xu Guangqi was also an all-rounder, and his achievements in agriculture were not small, and fiddling with these machinery could be regarded as "the industry".

For this reason, Yang Reform is also quite a headache, it is definitely necessary to build this large-scale hydraulic mill, it must be good, but let Xu Guangqi go into battle in person, but it is not possible, Yang Reform still hopes that Xu Guangqi will live a few more years, how can he work so hard? Refuse? …,

After being embarrassed for a while, Yang had to think about other things.

The south is not only this place wants to build this kind of large-scale hydraulic mill, many places want to build a more solid and durable hydraulic mill, because of the emergence of cement, human beings have greatly increased the ability to transform the natural world, new, larger hydraulic mills are bound to squeeze the traditional small hydraulic mills, this is almost a trend, according to Yang Reform to understand the situation, the hydraulic mill industry, but is a good industry, is an industry that many people like to invest in, after all, the rice and noodles we eat depend on the mill grinding, so invest in the mill, The world is not disgusted by this, but is very favorable and popular.

In other words, the demand for cement in the south is greater than I imagined.

There is also the love of the Chinese for the land, which is still beyond the expectations of Yang's reform, or perhaps the strength of their own cement promotion is strong enough; Perhaps many people in the north and south are preparing to introduce cement to build aqueducts, and prepare to open up more land into fertile land.

The value of dry land and wasteland is not high, and it is not valuable, and the value difference is huge compared to that of fertile land. Dry land ranges from a few cents of silver to a few dollars of silver, but the price of paddy fields and fertile land is between a few taels or even a dozen taels, and such a large price gap makes it necessary to build aqueducts to change dry land and wasteland into paddy fields.

Especially in the north, in the current situation of high grain, the income brought by an acre of good paddy field is extremely considerable and attractive, and the construction of aqueducts is becoming more and more intense.

Yang Reform is also quite self-deprecating, which is probably the reason why he has done enough to promote cement, and he began to put the wind of cement a year or two ago. From building physical objects, such as churches, such as sewers, to altars that are still being demonstrated, to holding promotion meetings with Hongyi cannons, to building dams, to now working in this small cement building, these are all means of selling cement by themselves, and if they want to do it to this extent, if the cement still can't open the road, then it is really blind to do so many things by themselves.

According to what Yang Gai knew about it, those who could afford to build aqueducts to turn dry land and tidal flats into fertile land were all big landlords, big bureaucrats, and big businessmen, and only they could use thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of investment to do this kind of thing at a time. And many of these people are acquaintances of Yang Reform.

Yang Reform does not mind these big landlords, big businessmen, and big bureaucrats getting more land, and Yang Reform is also aware of the adverse consequences brought about by land annexation, but Yang Reform is an emperor, not a rebel, and does not intend to overthrow the country to redistribute land.

The consequence of land annexation is naturally that more peasants go bankrupt, which is terrible at other times, and even causes the collapse of a country or dynasty, but now, Yang Reform hopes for this consequence, without bankrupt peasants, there will be no workers in the city, and without workers, there will be no taxes, and collecting taxes from workers is far more reliable than collecting taxes from peasants.

Industrialization has been nearly launched, colonial expansion has begun, Yang reform needs more population, more bankrupt population, and the need to break the shackles of land on population. Whether it is a natural disaster, or this kind of land annexation will lead to the collapse of the empire, in short, these are what Yang Gai loves and likes.

Of course, dare to let this kind of thing go, there must be a certain bottom line and hole cards in hand, that is, there is a certain ability to regulate and control grain, must have its own grain base, and the grain base, Yang reform has been basically built, so, for this kind of thing, Yang reform is not very worried, in the future, the expansion of the South Sea, the Indian Ocean, there will inevitably be more grain bases, with the help of trade winds, monsoons, with the help of developed lighthouse networks, with the help of developed shipping, Yang reform is confident, you can not worry about this matter. …,

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Reform put aside some troublesome things and thought about other things.

It is not possible for Xu Guangqi to build a large-scale hydraulic mill center by himself, at most he can only give him some reference opinions, and at most he can preside over it in his name, which is the bottom line of Yang Reform, and Yang Reform really doesn't want Xu Guangqi to be too tired.

For such a strong demand for cement, Yang reform's approval to Xu Guangqi is to build a cement yard first, and then build a hydraulic cement plant first, without a large-scale hydraulic cement plant, the output and price of this cement is impossible to apply on a large scale. The hydro-powered cement plant still needs to build hydraulic facilities, but Sun Yuanhua needs to transfer the technology there.

The transfer of technology and mutual argumentation have actually been carried out, and various science and technology under the command of Yang Reform have actually been exchanging and demonstrating with each other, and broadening the vision and knowledge of this group of pioneers is what Yang Reform has been doing, which is also the reason why Yang Reform needs to correct a large number of homework every day.

However, as more and more homework needs to be corrected, the scope involved is becoming more and more extensive, and more and more people are involved, Yang Reform feels unbearable.

From Sun Yuanhua's various metallurgical technologies and mechanical technologies, to the data of dam construction methods, to Zhang Xianyong's biological sciences, to Liulizhai's glass manufacturing technology and capabilities, to the innovation and progress of various astronomy, geography, sea state and other data in the past bureaus, almost all of these were transferred through Yang reform.

Yang Reform sorted out the technical progress information collected from various places and the help messages sent from various places, and then gave replies or prompts respectively, which accounted for a large part of Yang Reform's correction work. These are the top technologies of today's era, every small progress is full of the hard work of the staff, every data and results are cut out of silver, and they all need to be kept secret.

With the expansion of knowledge, scope, and personnel, Yang had to consider setting up an internal scientific and technological exchange journal for the exchange of scientific and technological personnel under his command.

Yang did not dare to make this decision. In this era when the means and measures of secrecy are not good, in the Ming Dynasty, where the sense of secrecy is not so strong, the leakage of technology is inevitable.

However, Yang Reform really can't stand such a huge amount of work. It is better to be ruthless and make such an internal journal to publish the progress of scientific research and scientific research achievements in various places under his command, so as not to reply to the letters one by one and answer them one by one. As for the technical leakage, there is no way to do it, so I can only keep it as secret as possible.

"Ome." Yang Gengai collected his thoughts and shouted.

"Your Majesty, the slave is here." Wang Chengen hurriedly agreed.

"Find a few reliable people, I have something here that needs to be kept secret, I need someone to compile it into a book, then publish it, and then distribute it to the designated people, and only show it to the designated ......people," Yang Gengai wiped his forehead and said. Yang decided to publish those things that were not too important in the form of internal publications, and he was only responsible for managing the most core things, otherwise, there would be too many things.

In the past, it was okay, and there were only a few people to discuss, and things could always be dealt with, but now, it is not good, things from all over the place pass through me, even if I have forty hours a day, it is not enough, not to mention that now there are more and more students and apprentices everywhere, and there are some things that must be made known to them, otherwise it is not conducive to their growth, which makes it even more necessary to make an internal publication.

“…… This, Your Majesty, this, slave maid ...... "Wang Chengen is really confused, the emperor's words have no beginning or end, he really doesn't know what to do." …,

“…… Hmm, for example, Sun Yuanhua's progress in various places, all kinds of problems; For example, all kinds of progress and various problems in Liulizhai; For example, Zheng Huaizhong's various progresses and problems; For example, the various developments and problems of the past bureaus, I hope to sort them out and publish them in a booklet so that people in these places can know about them, so that I don't have to reply one by one, can you understand what I mean? Yang reformed and explained.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid understand...... Wang Chengen immediately looked suddenly enlightened, and immediately agreed. He knows the emperor's hard work, why it is hard, he also knows, naturally this endless reply, in fact, most of them are not "serious" political affairs, the emperor has handed over a lot of "serious" political affairs to the cabinet ministers to deal with, and he has made a lot of time to do "private affairs", for this reason, Wang Chengen is also quite distressed, seeing that the emperor is finally going to let go of these things, he is also happy in his heart.

“…… By the way, it is best to set up a special department under the celebrant to be responsible for this matter, and these printed things are all cut up by me with real money and silver, and the most taboo thing is to leak secrets...... Yang Gai said.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid understand...... Wang Chengen agreed, he really understands this, it is indeed real money and silver cut, none of the things that the emperor just said did not cost a huge amount of money.

“…… Again, collect the progress data from various places and distribute the publications, and we must go 600 miles as quickly as possible......" Yang added another sentence. In the past, I was accustomed to using the Internet, used to the forum, this most timely means of communication, is currently Yang Reform most wanted, but limited to conditions, it is impossible to provide forums and networks for their own scientific and technological teams, and now they can only use their own rights to provide convenience for these people as much as possible, Yang Reform hopes to do his best to build a "forum" of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor with some surprise, and immediately agreed later.

Yang reform dared to use six hundred miles of expedited way to build a "forum", but also has its own considerations, now the communication between the north and the south is also very developed, to be precise, that is, now after the separation of the post inn, the postal system is all equipped with carriages, the postal system has been quite developed, almost covering the entire Ming Dynasty, especially the mail industry from Beijing to the south, is more developed, as long as there is money, ordinary people can afford to use six hundred miles of expedited, for the southerners who are eager to know the movement of the capital, for those who are eager to contact the south, a few taels, A dozen taels of silver is nothing. With such a developed postal system, it doesn't really cost much.

After instructing this matter, Yang Reform's brows tightened again, it seems that he still has to be the editor of this publication, many things can only be understood by himself, and the little eunuch who helps him may not understand these technologies. Although the amount of work is less, it will definitely consume a lot of effort here.

“…… By the way, big companion, is Shi Feng here? Yang Gengai thought for a while, let go of the things in his heart, and began to ask about other things, such as internal scientific and technological publications, and he could only take one step and look at one step. He is not superhuman, nor is he omnipotent, and it is impossible to have twenty-five hours a day for his own use, and it is almost inevitable to take this step.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have just arrived...... Wang Chengen hurriedly replied. The emperor was "distracted" in the blink of an eye, and he was not good at interrupting the emperor's distraction, so he had to wait patiently, as for the rest, he Wang Chengen couldn't manage so much, there must be a priority in things, and he naturally had to give priority to the emperor here.

"It's good to get there, let him in......" Yang said. Dealing with a country's government affairs is actually just one word, "cumbersome". …,

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed.

……

After Shi Feng came in, he saluted respectfully.

"......Excuse me," Yang said.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty summoned your ministers, what do you have to order?" Shi Fenglai said.

"Actually, it's nothing, I want to ask, how busy are you with the matter of the altar? What progress has been made? Yang Reform asked, this is also one of Yang Reform's troubles, the news from Sun Yuanhua, the construction of the altar of people, has to be pushed back, not two or three or three years as he expected at the beginning, not three or five years, it may take longer.

With the continuous advancement of technical verification, the time of demonstration is becoming clearer and clearer, and the clear consequence is that the time is getting longer and longer. The demonstration of various technologies and the solution of various problems are all challenges for today's Ming Dynasty, and there are more and more things involved.

This is also the reason why Yang reformed the technical publications, whether it is to build a human altar or to study in other places, more "talents" are needed, and the cultivation of "talents" requires this kind of "forum" style of scientific and technological publications to broaden their horizons, expand their cognition, for them to solve various problems, challenge all kinds of difficulties is undoubtedly very important, science and technology need to be demonstrated from all aspects, a single knowledge is not conducive to their growth.

"Back to Your Majesty, now, but I am still collecting advice from all over the place, Your Majesty, my dynasty is really too big, from south to north, the time it takes, it takes half a year, Your Majesty, this altar represents my Ming Dynasty, represents my Huaxia, naturally, everyone must be involved, so this day is getting longer and longer......" Shi Fenglai hurriedly explained.

Yang Reform nodded, the altar of people does represent China, that is natural, all the descendants of China, all the people of the Ming Dynasty, should have the right to participate, the traffic of the Ming Dynasty is like this, it is impossible for everyone to walk six hundred miles to expeditious, this back and forth, it will take a long time.

“…… Well, there is indeed a need for this, we must ensure that the descendants of China in every place, the people of the Ming Dynasty in every place have the right to advise the altar, and the time for collecting advice should be longer, this is not a matter ......of one or two people, it is a matter of the whole of China, and we must be cautious," Yang Reform said.

"Obey the order!" Shi Fenglai replied.

“…… By the way, for the construction of the altar, are there any good and brilliant suggestions? Yang asked again.

“…… Returning to Your Majesty, there are also yes, but it takes too long...... "Shi Feng said, Shi Feng came to see the emperor and asked about it, thinking that the emperor thought that he was ineffective and took too long.

"Oh, tell me?" Yang Reform is worried that there is no excuse to delay time, the altar that can be built in three or five years, now it seems that I am afraid that there is no ** year, no ten years, it cannot be built, which needs to delay the construction of the altar.

“…… Your Majesty, someone suggested that since this altar is a condensation of the world's popularity, is it not the construction of this altar that should also be built by the people of the world, and the people of the world should contribute to the cornerstone, so as to show the cohesion of the altar more? Shi Feng said.

"Oh, what do you mean?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is like this, some people suggest that the people of the world should collect stones for the construction of the altar of people, and this stone does not need to be big, nor how much, it is completely a symbolic meaning, Your Majesty thinks, if this altar is built by the stones accumulated by the people of the world, if the people have participated in the construction of the altar, they have contributed to the construction of the altar of people, this is not more popular with the altar? More cohesion of the human world? Your Majesty, if this is the case, then everyone in the world regards the altar of people as their own, and how can anyone not love and look up to it? ......" Shi Fenglai said confidently.

"Hmm! This makes sense......" As soon as Yang Reform heard about it, he made such a comment. Collect stones from people all over the world, this news has to be discussed, and then the news after the discussion is delivered to every corner of the Ming Dynasty, and then collect the stones sent from every corner, this process, not a year or two, but I am afraid that it will not be done, Yang Reform thinks, very good.

“…… This altar is to gather people's hope, if it is by the people of the world to add bricks and stones, then the people of the world are the cornerstone of this altar, it is indeed necessary, therefore, it can be more condensed the people of the world, this is the original intention of the altar of the people, I think in the future, as long as I am a descendant of China, as long as I am the people of the Ming Dynasty, no matter where I go, this root, this soul is still tied by the altar, it is still my descendants of China, it is still my people of the Ming Dynasty......" Yang Gai immediately agreed.