Wushan City is promoted to level 3 county town!

The city was extremely wealthy, and the stock of gold and silver alone was close to 2 million taels of gold.

So much money was accumulated from 0 after the auction.

Through the Industrial Revolution, Wushancheng established the first semi-automatic production line, specializing in textile production.

The products produced are mainly cotton cloth and linen cloth.

These two things are the daily necessities of the people, the market is large, and the sales volume is high, which is why wealth will accumulate so quickly.

In particular, cotton cloth has a soft and warm texture and does not wear out the skin, which is deeply loved by the people.

Cotton alone has received millions.

Lin Yuan has decided to promote the cultivation of cotton in the territory.

He wants to take advantage of the fact that others do not react, first plant cotton, and then spin it into cotton cloth, and sell it to other territories at a high price to make money from other countries.

After resting for the night, on the second day, the messengers of the two major dojos came after him.

It's just that after these two envoys entered Wushan City, their mana was suppressed by Shang Ding, and they couldn't use it at all, just like mortals.

After they panicked, they hurriedly asked to see Zhuge Liang before they were arranged to rest in the pavilion.

It's like a foreign envoy.

When Lin Yuan heard the news of the arrival of the two, he just nodded, and he didn't plan to meet him, or he didn't plan to meet him in the near future.

He began to convene a meeting of officials from the six ministries.

In the last month, a lot has happened in the territory.

The first is the report of Sun He, the head of the household department.

"Your Majesty, in the past month, the population of the Great Shang Kingdom has increased by 6 million! The total population of Dashang reached 20 million. ”

"The increase in population is mainly due to the following three types: first, the number of new births, from November and December, there were 2.6 million new births in the country; The second is that Junzhou recruited the population, Junzhou Thorn Shi Su Zhe wrote a strict letter a few days ago, there have been 1 million people out of the deep mountains and old forests, after Zhang Fei put down the chaos, hundreds of thousands of people came out, a total of 1.9 million new people. The third is the number of displaced people who have fled from Zhongchu, with 1.5 million people, and the number of displaced people is still increasing. ”

Lin Yuan nodded, "There are 2.6 million newborn babies, God bless me with a big business!" ”

The ministers shouted: "This is the blessing of Your Majesty, the blessing of all the people!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled, the reason why there are so many newborn babies is because the domestic environment is stable, the people are worry-free, and the food is abundant, so they will get married and have children.

This is good news, but it is much better than attacking other countries and plundering populations.

However, the large number of displaced people from Zhong Chuguo went north, which was also unexpected by him.

It seems that the problem of food famine in Zhong Chu has reached the point where it cannot be solved.

Lin Yuan immediately asked, "What is the situation in Zhong Chu's country?" ”

Wang Anshi immediately reported: "The time moved back a few days ago, the information was sent back that Zhong Chu Kingdom had been in chaos, and they were divided into three forces, led by Yang Qi, Zhong Ziang, and Prince Zhong Yang. ”

"The Zhongchu Royal City is now in the hands of Prince Zhong Yang and the family of relatives behind him, and the 300,000 troops defending the city have fallen into his hands. Zhong Yang tried to blackmail his father Zhong Xiangchan to be in him, but he refused, so Zhong Xiang was placed under house arrest in the palace. After Zhong Ziang learned the news, he quickly marched to the king, and under the city of Zhong Chu, the two sides fought a few times, and Zhong Yang was defeated and retreated to the royal city to hold on. Now Zhong Ziang has besieged the city of Zhongchu for more than a month, and I heard that the grain and grass in the royal city have been exhausted, and there are people who are starving to death everywhere. ”

"What a joke!" When Lin Yuan heard this, he burst out laughing, and suddenly felt sorry for Zhong Ziang.

actually encountered this kind of bloody plot, I am afraid that after this time, even if Zhong Ziang can become the king of Chu, he will also be the king of Chu in name only.

"What's going on with Yang Mi?"

Wang Anshi replied: "Prince Zhong Chu fought for power, Yang Mi was not involved, he led an army of 500,000, entrenched in Dongting Lake and Yuezhou, hoarding grain and grass, and has always been on guard against the Yuejia army in Jiangling City and my Yunmeng Water Division!" ”

"This person is a shrewd person, it seems that to destroy Zhong Chu, you must get rid of this person first." Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "How is the training of the various armies?" Can you guarantee that Zhong Chu will be defeated after the beginning of spring? ”

Zhuge Liang replied: "Your Majesty, all armies are stepping up training, the naval division is practicing large-scale water battles, fleet artillery battle simulation, after the beginning of spring, you can go straight to Dongting Lake to eradicate Yang Mi." ”

Lin Yuan was very happy, "Order the Ordnance Supervisor, let them give priority to the newly built Tiger Squat Cannon to the Sailor, whether they can penetrate Zhong Chu, they will have to rely on the Sailor Fleet after the beginning of spring." ”

"Yes!"

Next, Li Bing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, reported.

Li Bing reported on the reclamation of acres in various states and counties, and Lin Yuan learned that in the past year, the fields in his territory had reached 100 million mu, with an average of 5 mu of land per capita.

In addition, all the water conservancy projects in the prefectures and counties will be completed, and they will be used for irrigation in the coming year, and there will be a bumper harvest of grain.

Lin Yuan was overjoyed after hearing this, and praised Li Bing emphatically.

After reporting the problem of acres of land, Li Bing immediately asked people to carry up a sand table.

On the sand table are Malan City, Wushan City, and Xiangyang City.

Between these three cities, there were actually railroad tracks and model trains, which really shocked Lin Yuan.

Li Bing said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has summoned several great masters to create trains and railroad tracks, and Weichen has the courage to use the three cities of Wushan City, Malan City, and Xiangyang City as experimental objects to implement railway projects between the three cities!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military forces in the Manchu court were shocked.

Lin Yuan hurriedly stepped down from the throne and took a closer look at the sand table and the model train.

This train model is really exactly the same as the earliest steam train, and the carriage pulled behind it is also very similar to the green train car that Lin Yuan has seen.

The surrounding ministers couldn't help but marvel.

Wang Anshi was also pleasantly surprised: "If the train is laid between the three cities, the travel between the three cities will be more convenient, which is conducive to population flow and business development. ”

Lin Yuan immediately asked: "The railway project is a major project, Li Bing, after accounting by your Ministry of Industry, how much money do you think will be needed to lay the railway between the three cities?" ”

Li Bing replied truthfully: "The steel, coal, and labor required are all added together, and it costs about 1 million taels of gold!" ”

1,000,000 taels of gold, that is, 100,000,000,000 taels of silver.

Lin Yuan's territory has never had such a big project so far.

However, Lin Yuan decided to invest.

Once the train is in operation, it will only take a few years for all the investment to be fully recovered.

"The lone king has decided that this project must be done, led by the Ministry of Industry, with the cooperation of the other five major departments, and in addition, a group of monks from Wudang Mountain will be summoned to join this project."

Lin Yuan hadn't forgotten the immortal cultivators.

There are immortal cultivators, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water, which can save a lot of labor, so that this project can be completed one day earlier.

"Yes!" All the ministers claimed to be.

Lin Yuan still has great expectations for the train.

However, since trains have appeared, the earliest steam cars will also appear.