Then Xue Fengxiang opened his mouth and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the research and development of the new artillery is going smoothly, but the specific details are not well understood, and Sun Yuanhua has to report to Your Majesty." ”

Today's Sun Yuanhua has become the number one official in the real sense of the artillery bureau under the General Administration of Daming Ordnance.

The establishment of this artillery bureau is not a simple name, the entire artillery bureau has completely moved away, and the factory park where the original Ming Royal Ordnance General Bureau was located.

Instead, they moved farther away from the capital, after all, the dangerous artillery that could be made was obviously much more dangerous than the musket.

So being farther away from the capital is no problem at all, but it's a great thing.

Zhu Youzhen did not stop him, but supported Sun Yuanhua's idea very much, and allocated a large amount of silver to establish a production industrial park of the Artillery Bureau outside the Royal Ordnance Bureau.

Hearing his name, Sun Yuanhua stood up as soon as possible, bowed down to Zhu Youzhen and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the minister will report to Your Majesty on the development of the new field artillery of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

So Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty's new 75 mm field gun is now being developed smoothly, and the Ming Royal Artillery Bureau has the ability to mass-produce this new type of field artillery. ”

"There must be some trouble, right?"

Zhu Youzhen followed, and hearing His Majesty say this, Sun Yuanhua's face was also a little unbearable.

said again and again: "It's nothing, it's nothing, Your Majesty, we can study it ourselves for a while." ”

"Let's talk about it, I mainly ask you today, because I may have to use it next, of course I believe in Aiqing's ability, but the production of artillery cannot be delayed."

As soon as Sun Yuanhua heard this, he was no longer hypocritical, after all, everyone knew that artillery was used to kill the enemy, not to be developed as a mascot.

"Back to Your Majesty, although there is no problem with the development of the new Ming artillery, the output of this special steel is relatively low.

Therefore, although there is now the capacity for mass production, the output is still greatly affected due to the limitation of steel.

The minister is worried that if a large number of new field artillery pieces are suddenly needed temporarily, I am afraid..."

Of course, Sun Yuanhua was worried, but what he was worried about was not what kind of problem the Artillery Bureau had in producing such a new field gun, but that it was worried that it would not be able to keep up with the pace of war in terms of production capacity.

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen also understood the meaning of Sun Yuanhua's words.

That is, although there is no problem in the current technology, there is a gap in the most basic steel.

Above the main hall.

All the officials looked at each other in unison.

If some years ago, who dared to take the initiative to raise such difficulties in the main hall, if there was a problem, wouldn't it be their own responsibility?

Then Zhu Youzhen said: "From now on, Daming North Iron and Steel Group will be established, and the three major steel bases of Tangshan, Taiyuan and Anshan will be built to fully guarantee all kinds of special steel and new steel and Daming Iron and Steel." ”

Even if Sun Yuanhua did not take the initiative to mention that the Ming Dynasty's current high-quality steel production is not enough, Zhu Youzhen will increase investment in steel production capacity.

This brings us to another point.

Since ancient times, why people have never been able to get rid of their farmland?

There are many factors that influence this.

The main problem is that most people rely on farming to provide themselves with the most basic food security.

The main reason behind this is because the food problem has been a puzzle for many years.

First of all, if a farmer cannot grow his own crops and feed himself, then he will first face a problem.

Is it possible to buy enough food with the income obtained through other means?

The answer to industrialization is yes.

When large-scale cultivation began to become a possibility, when overseas grain could begin to supply Daming continuously.

In that case, a high degree of industrialization will continue to create greater benefits and value by means of industrialization by using the commodities produced by industrialization while relying on agricultural production.

And from the perspective of economics, this kind of interest value is very helpful for the development of a country.

Especially in a world like this.

Daming's industrialization is undoubtedly at the forefront of all countries.

Against the backdrop of such times.

Zhu Youzhen has no reason to curb the continuous development of his country's industrialization.

So he then spoke: "The three major steel bases belong to the Daming Royal Mining Bureau, the Daming Royal Industrial Bureau, and the Daming Royal Ordnance Bureau. ”

"The entire steel group is under the direct management of the royal family, but each steel base is temporarily under the management of the new political departments."

In fact, this distribution method has a great meaning, and Daming's steel production is mainly distributed in three places for consumption.

Among them, the first to bear the brunt is the demand of the General Administration of Imperial Ordnance of the Ming Dynasty.

Muskets, artillery, machine guns, and especially the most in-demand ammunition consume a lot of high-quality steel.

The second is the Royal Directorate-General for Industry.

For the Royal Directorate of Industry, they were mainly responsible for the production of almost all the machinery that is produced in the Ming Dynasty today.

In addition to the military machinery has been attributed to the Daming Royal Ordnance Bureau, civilian machinery is basically owned by several machinery production plants under the Daming Royal Industrial Bureau.

This leads to their demand for special steel and high-quality steel.

On the contrary, the demand for steel is not so large, mainly the Ming Royal Mining Bureau.

Because the people want to buy large-scale steel in batches, in fact, it is also possible, and the imperial court does not impose too many restrictions in this regard.

It's just that in order to prevent high-quality steel from being sold abroad by some private businessmen with ulterior motives.

The Ming Dynasty has a fairly complete supervision mechanism for the current steel from production and processing to use.

If anyone dares to sell a large amount of high-quality steel overseas on a large scale without permission.

It's not just a fine, it's normal to be punished until the family goes bankrupt, and the head falls to the ground.

After all, in front of the interests of the country, in front of the interests of the Ming court, and in front of the interests of the royal family.

If you secretly sell domestic steel abroad, isn't that treason?

Of course, as long as there is a formal demand for steel, such as the creation of basic agricultural production tools for the people, and the iron and steel used by some people, then it can be purchased from the Daming Royal Mining Bureau through centralized procurement in various regions.

The officials in the court looked at His Majesty and shouted again and again.

But only Zhu Youzhen knew that once the process of industrialization would be accelerated.

Then the number of agricultural population will begin to decline rapidly, which is quite experienced in the development process of later generations.

Therefore, for the time being, the Ming Dynasty, which cannot be separated from agriculture as the main social and economic pillar, still has a long way to go in a sense.