This winter, if there is anything that surprises the people of Daming, it should be the honeycomb coal sales points all over the streets.

In fact, the history of the people of the Ming Dynasty burning coal for heating is very long.

This kind of coal, which can be ignited and emits heat, although it takes the lives of many people every winter, is compared to freezing to death because you have no money to buy expensive firewood to heat the fire.

And those big families in the city also purchased a lot of expensive charcoal early, for them... Carboniferous did not exist in their eyes.

This thing is only used by poor people who have no money.

However, the honeycomb coal that appeared this winter has saved many families, and it is not easy to heat in winter.

Honeycomb coal.

It is simple to manufacture, fuel-efficient, and capable of full combustion.

Generally speaking, it is not easy to cause gas poisoning, and with a special chimney and iron coal stove, it can not only be used for heating, but also rely on the stove fire to boil water for cooking.

Despite the arrival of winter.

However, Daming's sea transportation did not stop at all, and a steady stream of coal was transported from Tangshan to the Yangtze River along the way.

What's more, the requirements for the quality and quality of honeycomb coal are not high, and the continuous improvement of Daming smelting technology is now high... The price of iron products is also declining, and many families can afford it.

And this is not an unprofitable business, the Daming supply and marketing bureau market has played an important role in the promotion of honeycomb coal and iron stoves, iron chimneys, and its supply and marketing network covering almost all states and counties in Daming has made Zhu Youzhen see for the first time what is called selling goods can also be as fast as the wind!

The rapid promotion of honeycomb coal has made the entire Ming people finally understand the importance of coal development, and Zhu Youzhen is more determined to continue to invest in mining and steel smelting next year.

And on the other side.

Zhu Youzhen has also re-renamed many departments and bureaus in the Ming Dynasty, and classified the future direction more clearly, such as the Daming Royal Financial Supervision Bureau, which was established before, and now it has been renamed the Daming Audit Bureau.

At the same time, Daming Transportation Bureau and Transportation Construction Group were established!

In fact, compared with the cost of coal, the price of honeycomb coal sold in the market of the supply and marketing bureau is actually not low, basically in the same price range as the stone coal on the market, and fluctuates with each other according to different regions.

Behind this, Zhu Youzhen actually has a certain amount of benefit to the people, otherwise the price of honeycomb coal will definitely reach a very high price in the short term.

The establishment of the Transportation Bureau and the Transportation Construction Group marks the beginning of another major event in Daming, that is, all the new and reconstructed cement roads in Daming will be incorporated into the Transportation Bureau.

In other words, Zhu Youzhen is going to start collecting tolls!

Of course, it is also a normal thing to collect tolls, after all, from an economic point of view, as the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money and manpower on the construction of roads.

I must also rely on it to make some money back.

As a result, Zhu Youjian's toll plan also began, according to the initial approximate plan for the service life of the cement road.

Zhu Youzhen set the estimated time of use of the entire Daming transportation network at 30 years.

During this thirty-year period, every road built by the imperial court could be tolled according to a certain standard...

Of course, there are exceptions, and there is no need to pay for large-scale troop movements and ordinary people rushing by routes.

The main collection is the merchants who rely on the existing roads for commercial trade, these are the people who rely on the Ming transportation network the most, and they are also the people who damage the roads the most.

It starts next year.

Daming will continue to gradually build toll stations and post stations and rest places along the existing cement roads.

The revenue collected is used to pay for the cost of road construction, as well as to pay taxes, pay tolls along the way, and maintain the road.

It can be said that Zhu Youjian this winter.

Very busy.

Time flies quickly, and before you know it, the Spring Festival has arrived... The Ming Dynasty has been Chongzhen for three years.

It has finally kicked off in the cover, and it will not be too far away from the arrival of spring. Daming re-assembled the momentum of preparations.

The Ordnance General Administration and various logistics support brigades began to increase production and increase the reserve of military equipment in accordance with the predetermined plan.

At the same time, the Daming Bureau of Statistics once again dispatched a large number of statisticians to collect the prices of local grain, coal, cloth and other basic living materials of the people throughout the country, and reported them to the imperial court at the same time.

Other departments within the imperial court will use this data as a basis, especially the Daming Supply and Marketing Bureau, the Royal Grain Store, and the Daming Grain Reserve Bureau, etc., will start to coordinate the allocation of grain in due course, and launch cheaper and cheaper grain to stabilize grain prices.

Daming is moving forward with a thriving attitude.

At the same time, the Daming Printing Bureau was established, under the jurisdiction of the Printing and Auditing Department, the Royal Printing House and other directly subordinate departments, Zhu Youjian began to pilot the reduction of the existing book prices in the Ming Dynasty in a small area.

And to a certain extent, it can reduce the existence of illegal printing.

All publications that need to be printed in Daming need to be reviewed by the Daming Printing Bureau from now on, otherwise they will not be allowed to be printed or sold to the outside world.

Once discovered, a heavier punishment will be imposed.

And Zhu Youzhen also began to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the original creators, that is, if you create in Daming.

After creating, you will first go to the Copyright Department of the Daming Printing Bureau for registration, and then the World Bookstore will want to print your book...

Then you will need to pay the fee with your consent.

Otherwise, it is a violation of the law, and the punishment is also severe.

The first batch of books to be printed were selected by the University of the Royal Academy of Sciences and revised by the Royal Library.

Started to roll out to all the general public.

However, in order to avoid the leakage of core technologies, in this kind of basic enlightenment type books, Zhu Youzhen strictly restricts the content of its printing to not involve core secrets.

And the price is limited. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to except for the printing house owned by the Daming Printing Bureau and other printing houses under the imperial court. For example, sometimes due to insufficient production, the printing house of Huangming Bao is temporarily used, and it is not allowed to be printed by any other private bookstore, let alone tampered with in any form of teaching materials.

The various decrees of the imperial court show from the side that one of the various things that Zhu Youzhen had to do in the three years of Chongzhen was to build a reasonable and perfect scientific development system.

Such a system construction will benefit Daming for a long time.