Chapter 173: Horse-drawn Train T
Hubu Shangshu is going crazy, now the treasury finally has a surplus, the treasury has nearly 15 million taels of silver, but before two days, most of this money has been spent, improve the Yunnan Chidao, improve the nine provinces Chidao network, invest in the development of development zones, but also expand the army, invest a large amount of silver to expand the new army, research and development of new weapons, warships, artillery these are all smashed silver into the inaudible business, the above, the cost of silver has exceeded eight million taels.
As for the construction of the railroad tracks, the head of the household Shangshu felt a chill down his back when he heard this nearly 1,000-mile railroad track, and it cost more than 600 taels of silver to build a 100-meter railroad track in the experiment outside the city of Haidu, if it was repaired like this, it would be impossible without 6 million taels of silver, and it would cost 6 million taels of silver to smash out a railroad track, and this kind of thing could only be thought of by the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the treasury has removed the usual expenses, even if all the silver in the treasury is used, there are only seven million taels of silver left, if all of it is used to build railroad tracks, I am afraid that it will be ...... in the future" Tobe Shangshu bowed and arched his ivory to sign out of the class.
"The railroad track is my national policy, and this matter cannot be changed, and there is still a lot of gold in the treasury that has been collected over the years. I remember that it was 1.3 million taels, so much gold was piled up in the treasury and idle, I plan to mint gold coins for market circulation, and then I can also use all this gold, if the money is only piled up in the treasury, it will be moldy, and only circulation can produce wealth, okay, you are responsible for accounting to come up with a plan for the railroad tracks as soon as possible, and all ministries will work together, is there anything that can't be done in this world? ”
Tobe Shangshu's lips moved a few times, and he was about to continue speaking. \*\\ Unexpectedly, Zhu Jun on the Golden Palace had already gagged him: "Have you chosen the day for my wedding?" Why hasn't the Ministry of Rites come up with a plan yet? ”
The big wedding is related to the country, and the affairs of the world are not daring to interfere, so he hurriedly retreated to the class, thinking about how to save some waste.
The businessmen of Haidu Development Zone are crazy. When the imperial court paved the railroad tracks. The announcement of repairing the road and purchasing military uniforms was posted, and the merchants immediately considered the materials to be purchased, and immediately came to the conclusion that this time the purchase would cost at least eight million taels of silver, steel, cement, and wood. The demand for weaving is unprecedented. It even exceeds the tax of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty for a year, that is to say, as long as you can produce the above raw materials, you don't need to contact the sales channel at all, you can sell them directly to the imperial court, and even the price will continue to rise, what does this mean? It means that a new industrial age is coming. \/*/\A group of huge riches will be produced here, and even all the businessmen in the development zone will benefit, everyone has the possibility of becoming a Justice of the Peace, and everyone has the possibility of spending a lot of money and wearing the title of gentleman on his head. Defying all authority, everyone could enter the chamber of commerce building located in the middle of the development zone and talk freely, for their own benefit, all the iron and steel mills, cement workshops, timber workshops, textile workshops immediately processed day and night, although the imperial court procurement did not officially begin,
But the goods piled up in the warehouse are money, and who wants to delay?
The next day. The workshops began to recruit workers in a big way. In particular, experienced craftsmen are on the rise, and some workshops even offer high salaries of five silver coins.
Day 3. All the logging workshops, iron ore workshops, clay workshops, and weaving workshops received an endless number of orders, and their task was that all the craftsmen and machine tools should not stop, and for twelve hours, day and night, as many raw materials as they wanted.
On the fourth day, Haidu began to recruit craftsmen and laborers, as long as you want, up to fifty-year-old women, down to eleven or twelve-year-old children, as long as you are still moving, can still do things, you can immediately enter the workshop to work, because the wolf has more meat and less meat, the craftsman's salary has changed from the original four taels to ten silver coins, and the original salary of the laborer has been increased to two to five silver coins, and some high-level craftsmen have even reached a high salary of thirty silver coins. \//*/\\
A month later, countless steel, cement, wood, textile and other related workshops sprung up, some large merchants began to insert into this industry, and even some small rich families dared to take real estate to the bank as a mortgage, and partnered with others, as long as a few skilled craftsmen dared to set foot in. As wages in the workshops continued to rise, workers in workshops producing other commodities began to lose and many workshops had to raise wages to retain workers.
Two months later, the wages of craftsmen and laborers began to consume, the workshops of daily necessities suddenly became in demand, many goods have not yet entered the shelves, they have been snapped up, many people need to accumulate a few months to buy goods can be taken away from the shops in just a small month, the purchasing power of Haidu people has increased suddenly, many daily necessities and even luxury goods began to decline sharply, shops began to buy a large number of goods from manufacturers, and the workshops that manufacture daily necessities have immediately become a straining industry. He also began to work overtime day and night at twelve o'clock, recruiting artisan laborers at crazy high prices. \*\/\
As the purchasing power increased, the shops began to grow, and some of the shops that had made money began to expand their stores, and the number of shops in Haidu City increased by one-third compared to two months ago.
Then there is the maritime business, the increase in purchasing power also makes the people have a special preference for overseas specialties, due to the rise of the shopping boom, the maritime merchants also began to go crazy, constantly increasing the number of transportation.
The people of Haidu began to talk about business, and the Ming Business Newspaper was established, which was very different from the academic newspaper began to sell well, and it was obvious that the people had begun to have aesthetic fatigue about academics, and the industrial and commercial newspaper that was closer to life began to become popular and became the mainstream.
The first industrial expansion of Haidu began, and although there were many people who raised objections, some conservative and loud lamentations, chasing copper and chasing stink, and so on, they were soon drowned in the ocean of people.
The general trend of the world is mighty, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die. Haidu's industry and commerce have been accumulated for three years, this time the imperial court's large-scale engineering projects are more precisely only played a catalytic role, when the capital accumulation to a certain extent, then its outbreak has become a kind of inevitability, the Han merchants have already germinated the prototype of capital in Jiangnan fifty years ago, unfortunately due to the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the sprout was quickly extinguished by extreme * and massacre, today, this brilliant flower finally sowed seeds in the distant Haidu, and bears fruit under the careful care of the well-intentioned. \/*/\
The initiator of all this is the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jun, he silently observed all the movements in the development zone, quietly witnessed all this, he knew that this is just the beginning, the fanatical capital will follow himself, the northern expedition to the Manchu Dynasty, conquer the ocean, and even reach the distant other side of the Americas, to bear more fruitful fruits.
Sichuan, Chengdu.
After a month's trek, Qiqihar arrived at his office, and after handing over the letter of appointment of the imperial court, he began to officially set up the official office, Qiqihar simply and neatly, and raised the account to let all the generals in the city go to the governor's yamen to gather, intending to give these generals a dismount, at least the prestige of the governor should be displayed.
The Governor has just arrived, where dare the generals slacken, and hurriedly handed over to the deputy and hurried to the rebuilt Governor's Mansion Yamen, dressed in military uniforms waiting for the Governor's Lordship's lecture, in fact, they were also very curious in their hearts, the court had already sent the Governor's upcoming documents, so that they could prepare in advance, but which way is this Qiqihar? The generals were gathered in a bunch, but no one knew his origin, it stands to reason that such a hot position should at least be a lord, how could the imperial court let a little-known person come here to take charge of the military affairs of the three provinces?
Maybe this guy is an upstart from the imperial court, Zuo Ling, the generals thought so, and stood in the yatang of the Governor's Mansion according to the level of their positions, looking forward to the appearance of the Governor.
has been waiting for nearly an hour from noon, the generals seem a little impatient, the new governor seems to be too big, although the generals present are not a fart in the capital, but put it in the local how to say that they are in charge of the military affairs of a province and a city, and no one will call the master wherever he goes.
Although everyone was upset and scolded the governor for the eighteenth generation of their ancestors, they still had to wait, and the rules could not be broken, otherwise they would wear small shoes and not know how to write the dead word.
After waiting for another half an hour, the sun was gradually setting, and many people came at noon, thinking that the new governor had taken office, and had come to the dust washing feast with an empty belly, but now it was time for dinner, but there was not even a ghost shadow, and finally one person became angry.
It was no one else who was angry, it was the chief Sichuan military affairs of Beizi Suoluotu, Sorotu is the fourth son of Nurhachi's eleventh son Babuhai, the real brand of golden branches and jade leaves, now he is the governor of Sichuan, although he is not noble in the clan, but he is also a figure who holds real power, but now he is ridiculed by a governor who was killed halfway, where can he stand such anger, he paced a few steps angrily, and then raised his head and said: "The governor doesn't look down on us, since he doesn't want to meet, we don't have to put a hot face on this cold ass, Everyone is scattered, everyone is a well-known man, and the man who fought with real guns and knives on the battlefield did not rely on condescension to slap him. ”
"Bei Ziye spoke, what else do we have to say, we can't talk about such a governor, Yingjun, you still fucking owe Lao Tzu a drink, go, you go to the account in Fengyi Building tonight."
"Scattered, scattered, fuck, something." With the support of Bei Ziye, the generals have become a lot more courageous, and they are ready to treat their chests and backs.
"Your Excellency the Governor has arrived," and at that moment a goshha shouted in a long voice.