Yang Pu listened to Zhang Anshi's words, and he knew it in his heart.

He smiled and said, "After listening to the words of the governor, the lower officials have a little bit in their hearts. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Mr. Yang has always had a way, I have told you so much, doesn't Mr. Yang have anything to say?" ”

"Want to let the lower officials find some faults?" Yang Pu couldn't help but smile.

Zhang Anshi said: "What I want to do, many people below have some doubts, not only Zhu Jin, but also Gao Xiang, who also feels quite risky. ”

This is also the truth, the investment is too big, to be honest, Zhang Anshi knows that he is a little reckless.

But Zhang Anshi had no choice, there was no way back to implement the new policy, and he had almost completely offended the rentier class that had been entrenched in the world for thousands of years.

The only way now is to continue to move forward, as long as you run fast enough, the interest groups that have risen as a result of the New Deal can be even larger and ...... in the future Only then can the old gentry be truly and thoroughly liquidated, and the new policy can be thoroughly implemented in every corner of the world.

Time is not waiting for me!

Yang Pu smiled slightly, and he said, "Someone will definitely tell the governor that this matter is too expensive, and some people will ...... It is not yet known whether the railways will be useful in the future, or even, some people think that the governor is too greedy, right? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Anshi looked at Yang Pu, he knew that Yang Pu was fair, and he was willing to listen to Yang Pu's opinion.

Yang Pu said: "In fact, these days, the lower officials have heard a lot of such voices, of course, these voices are just worried, everyone does not mean to stop the governor, but is afraid that the governor will go astray." However, Yang seems to ...... These words...... Actually, you don't have to bother with it. ”

"Why?" Zhang Anshi looked at Yang Pu strangely.

Yang Pu said: "Anything in the world, once you start to look ahead, then it will be difficult to succeed!" Since the governor was determined to do so, he must have weighed it repeatedly. Now, no one in the world knows the New Deal better than the Governor, and no one knows the railway better than the Governor. Others don't understand, so they will be worried, so since the governor understands, and thinks that there is a good chance of winning by doing so, he is willing to make up his mind, since this is the case, then why doesn't the governor insist on his own opinion? ”

"In this world, there are very few smart people, and the vast majority of people can't see the direction of the road ahead, and the lower officials don't mean to look down on people, but the reality is like this. Just like this new policy, which is unprecedented, unprecedented, it is by relying on the governor that such a new road has been opened, then the governor should understand that at this point, the governor is the leader, what to do next, what to do, the governor must take his own idea, after winning the idea, he must not waver, if the governor himself dare not believe in himself, then ...... And why should others believe in the Governor? ”

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but nod his head after hearing this; "You're right, I firmly believe that I'm on the right path, since that's the case, then I have to stick to it, Mr. Yang's words can be regarded as enlightening to me."

Zhang Anshi looked at Yang Pu with blazing eyes, looking very sincere.

"The governor is gracious."

Zhang Anshi continued: "For the construction of this railway, Mr. Yang will be my deputy, there are some things that I need to discuss with you." ”

Yang Pu stood up and saluted: "Dare not obey your orders." ”

Waiting for Yang Pu to retire, Zhang Anshi looked at his back and couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being one of the three Yang cabinets in history, and the future Ming Cabinet is the first assistant scholar.

None of these three poplars are fuel-efficient lamps.

The entire Right Governor's Mansion was busy.

One by one, as well as the situation of land exploration, as well as technical training, all opened.

In addition, several steelmaking workshops under the Qixia Commercial Bank, as well as some steel and mechanical tools, began to conduct bidding.

The reason why I found a steel workshop at the bottom of Qixia Commercial Bank was actually to lower the price.

Zhang Anshi needs a lot of steel, but once the large-scale purchase will inevitably lead to a sharp rise in steel.

But with his own steel workshop, it is obviously different, Zhang Anshi directly gave an upper limit to the price, if other workshops refused to reach this price, then Zhang Anshi simply handed it over to Qixia Trading House for refining.

But even if there is a price cap, after all, the steel required to lay the rails is astronomical, and almost all workshops want a piece of the pie, even if the price is ...... In their opinion, there really isn't much profit!

But fools understand that this kind of large-scale trading, even if the profit is less, but after all, it can't stand the large purchase volume, not to mention, it is still profitable, and in the future, once they expand the scale, they may produce scale effects, and the cost can be reduced.

Even...... As long as you get a big order, you will hire someone to turn around...... When it comes to cost savings, whether it's using a new steelmaking method or improving the process, there's always a way.

So all of a sudden...... In the whole Qixia, the merchants are recruiting people everywhere, and the craftsmen needed to refine steel have suddenly become fragrant and sweet, even if they have no skills, they are also scrambling, after all, people can be trained, they can learn, and expanding production is already imperative.

The market for all kinds of mechanical tools has suddenly begun to become hot.

Whether it is smelting steel, or the steam engine of the future, or laying the railway, the demand for tools must also be massive, and those who do business are not cats that smell fish.

The business of the money bank also began to flourish.

Not only did the Right Governor's Office entrust the money bank to issue public bonds, but many businessmen also began to look for money to raise funds and prepare to expand production.

Even the loan interest rate of the money bank has increased a lot, but it cannot suppress this momentum.

In addition, the hardwood, kerosene, tung oil, and even all kinds of clothing, food, housing and transportation required for construction are also in full swing all of a sudden.

On the surface, Zhang Anshi is just a plan of millions of taels of silver a year, but it seems that in an instant, tens of millions of taels of funds have been leveraged. Everyone is looking for opportunities, and a large number of people are hired at high prices, which has led to a consumption boom, which in turn has greatly increased the demand for consumer goods.

After the price of manpower skyrocketed, the railway was not yet repaired, and Zhang Anshi's steam engine workshop ushered in the first wave of dividends.

"Is it done?" At this time, Zhang Anshi was pulling Xu Jingchang's ears: "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Jingchang sighed in his mouth, but said busily: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law...... Almost, almost. It's just that...... The production is a little less! ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Then train some craftsmen, how many people are needed, tell me." ”

"That's it......" Xu Jingchang said, pointing to a huge steam engine not far away, and said with a wry smile: "It's not interesting to tinker with it." ”

Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, "Your Majesty has already said that you have wasted a lot of silver, and he can't wait to eat your meat." If you don't hurry up and make money now, do you want to turn the world upside down? ”

Xu Jingchang is very frustrated now, he prefers to make a more powerful machine out, and wants to test whether there is a stronger power than steam.

It's a pity that the order given to him by Zhang Anshi was for him to enrich the products of the steam engine.

Now he has on hand, in addition to the improvement of the steam locomotive, that is, on the basis of this steam power, to make the steam locomotive more powerful and more loaded, the current thing to be completed is the steam loom at hand.

Steam locomotive, to put it bluntly, is to use steam to replace manpower, and the technology is lower than that of steam locomotives, after all, steam locomotives have to consider the size and weight of boilers and cylinders, but this steam locomotive, you want to be more powerful, you only need to add more cylinders and boilers.

For Xu Jingchang, this is simply a knife for killing chickens.

But Zhang Anshi saw the potential of this thing, because many workshops are now short of manpower, and the price of manpower is getting higher and higher, and if the railway is built in the future, it is bound to recruit a lot of labor.

In this situation of manpower shortage, replacing manpower with machinery may not have been possible in the past, but now it is ...... But the time was right.

Once this steam engine can be generalized to all walks of life, then ...... Zhang Anshi's steam engine workshop is bound to be able to enter the gold bucket day by day.

The most important thing is that this thing is like this, once the various types of steam engines are sold well, the cost of production can also be greatly reduced in the future, and at the same time, with the improvement of different models of steam engines, various processes can also be improved unconsciously.

This is a harmless thing.

Zhang Anshi's threat still had some effect, and Xu Jingchang had no choice but to say: "Brother-in-law, don't worry." ”

Zhang Anshi let go of Xu Jingchang, but at this time, he looked at the huge machine suspiciously, and couldn't help but say, "This thing...... Useful? ”

"Of course it works." Xu Jingchang couldn't help but show a little pride, and said: "Actually, this spinning machine is much simpler than a steam locomotive. Brother-in-law, you see, here's a steam engine, which provides power, and then it's connected to this celestial axis through gears and belts, and this celestial axis ......."

Xu Jingchang pointed to the pipe above his head and said, "I am connecting the gears and belts, so as to drive the shuttle on the spinning machine...... In this way, there can be a steady stream of production, but ...... The only fly in the ointment is this thing......... Occasionally it breaks ......"

"It doesn't matter, just recruit more people and provide them with after-sales service." Zhang Anshi said: "What about efficiency? How efficient is it compared to manpower? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Compared with the previous spinning machine, the efficiency is at least five times more than that of manpower. ”

Zhang Anshi nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's enough, I'll let the people from the Qixia Textile Workshop try it first, and you will recruit more maintenance workers over there and train a group of personnel." ”

Xu Jingchang looked reluctant and said, "I still have to teach those ordinary craftsmen...... This shallow knowledge? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Then you find someone to teach, in short, don't think about slacking off in this matter." ”

Xu Jingchang frowned, and finally compromised under Zhang Anshi's glare, so he had to say, "Okay"

After a pause, he suddenly remembered something, so he said again: "By the way, brother-in-law...... I also thought of ...... Steam pumper. ”

"Huh?"

"I've heard that in many mines, there is a lot of water accumulation, mining is not easy, and it is very easy to cause accidents, but if you use a steam pump, you can solve the problem."

Zhang Anshi's eyes brightened a little visibly, and he said, "Do it, you can do it!" In short, you can try anything that can replace manpower. That's right, I'll recruit hundreds of readers, and I'll follow you in the future, you're a little sure, and I have to give you more manpower. ”

Xu Jingchang drooped his head again: "But brother-in-law, I want to ...... Get your feet wet...... Is there any way to replace that steam engine...... This thing...... The force is too small. ”

Zhang Anshi glared at him again and said, "Solve the current matter first, otherwise it will be a no-brainer, and if you stuff gunpowder into the boiler in the future, I will kick you to death." ”

Xu Jingchang: "......"

It was also at this time that a letter was delivered to Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi got the letter, and when he saw the letter, Zhang Anshi didn't dare to slack off.

This was sent by his brother Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhang Anshi took it apart and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed slightly.

Then, he immediately went to see Zhu Di.

Zhu Di heard about some of Zhang Anshi's wanton debts in Qixia, and the DPRK and China were quite controversial about this, but Zhu Di ignored it.

It was rare for Zhang Anshi to come to see him, but Zhu Di was kind and pleasant, and said with a smile: "You kid...... It's rare. ”

Zhang Anshi saluted and said, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from the King of Han here...... No, it is Zhu Gaoxu's letter, I implore His Majesty to look at it. ”

Zhu Di frowned, Zhu Gaoxu's kid exchanged letters with Zhang Anshi all day long, but he rarely repaired books to him, as a father, Zhu Di was a little disliked.

This dog son is very realistic, he wanted to take the crown prince and surrounded me all day long, but now he just wants to ask Zhang Anshi for weapons, so he surrounds Zhang Anshi again.

Zhu Di glanced at Yizha.

also lost his understanding and hurriedly sent the letter to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di opened it and looked at it, and immediately ...... Discoloration.

He glanced up at Zhang Anshi: "Have you read this letter?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, I have seen it." ”

"Zhu Gaoxu, this kid, what do you eat, and show off your power in Annan all day long, but it's a pity that ...... It's just a wine bag and a rice bag. ”

Zhu Di threw the letter on the desk.

The content of this letter is very simple, it is a report by Zhu Gaoxu, who was sealed off by the Shen king of Johor, Zhu Mo, who occupied hundreds of miles of land in Johor, and then built a city.

It's just that he was still a little unwilling, and felt that he had enclosed too little land, so he contacted Zhu Gaoxu, and at this time, the Siamese Kingdom began to be wary of King Shen who appeared in Annam and around him, and often invaded.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu and Shen Wang Zhu Mo hit it off, and planned to do a big vote and directly take Siam, which occupies fertile land and has a territory of thousands of miles.

The uncle and nephew met at Champa and were very speculative, and then they each went back, gathered their troops and horses, and in the name that the king of Siam did not pay tribute, each led a group of men and horses to attack Siam.

At that time, there were several other kings nearby, such as the king of Zhao in Java, and the king of Tang in Malacca, who expressed their willingness to come to help in the war.

But this Zhu Gaoxu and Shen Wang's uncle and nephew think that ...... It was easy to take Siam, and one more person sent troops, but I was afraid that I would have to get a piece of the pie, so he said that this was just a military punishment operation, and the troops would be withdrawn after a fight.

As a result, the two led the military horses, drove straight in, and were very happy, and finally ...... Overturned.

Siam was surrounded by dense forests, but the king of Siam was not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with it, but fought and retreated, and finally ambushed the soldiers and horses of Zhu Gaoxu and King Shen in a dense forest.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu and King Shen had to retreat, but when they retreated, they were pursued all the way by the Siamese.

Zhu Gaoxu chicken thief said to King Shen, you are Uncle Wang, after cutting off the little nephew, King Shen agreed.

As a result, the loss was the worst, even he himself was shot in the calf with a bow and arrow and was carried back.

In this battle, Han Wangwei lost more than 300 people, and Shen Wangwei lost 3,400 people, so the former Han King was not convinced, and said that he wanted to avenge his uncle, please Qi Xia's side, hurry up and send some firearms and artillery.

Zhu Di read this letter and almost died of anger.

He was so angry that his face turned pale, and said, "Recruit Jin Zhong and Xia Yuanji, go quickly." ”

Jin Zhong and Xia Yuanji entered the meeting.

Zhu Di glanced at them and said, "I want to drive the expedition in person, what does Erqing think?" ”

Jin Zhong was surprised: "I don't know where Your Majesty is conquering?" ”

"Siam."

At this moment, Jin Zhong was stunned: "Your Majesty, that place ...... Mountains and rivers are far away......"

Xia Yuanji was also anxious, and said: "Your Majesty, how can you raise troops for no reason, if you attack the Tatars, it is understandable, this is ......"

Zhu Di said: "See for yourselves." ”

The letters were circulated in the hands of Xia Yuanji and Jin Zhong.

The two were silent.

After half a ring, Xia Yuanji thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, if the King of Han wants a weapon, give it to him...... Overseas affairs, their own vassal kings to deal with, if it is not successful, the big deal is to order the Tang King and the Zhao King to increase the troops, why do you need to work Your Majesty, if you send military horses from Nanjing, to Siam, the loss along the way, it is really not small. ”

Zhu Di also calmed down a little, and sighed: "It's not that I don't know this, but this King of Siam seems to be a heroic man for a while, I am worried that Zhu Gaoxu and others can't deal with him, this Siam is not a small country, covering an area of thousands of miles, with 100,000 armor, and the country is densely forested, Zhu Gaochu and Tang Wang, Shen Wangren, etc., although there are elite soldiers, Shen Wangren, etc., but once they go hundreds of miles, the supply will not be able to keep up, resulting in a lonely army, the time and place are favorable, and they are not in their hands. ”

Zhu Di paused, and then said: "In such a situation, if I don't come out of the horse, do I want to watch them lose and see them defeated?" Zhang Qingjia, did you say? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that there is no need to move lightly, this Siam is really far away." And as His Majesty said, this Siam up and down, the same enemy, and occupy an area of thousands of miles, once a large army is raised, there are many mountains and dense forests, once the war lasts, I am afraid that it will not be good for my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Di frowned, he originally expected Zhang Anshi to sing and harmonize with him to persuade Xia Yuanji and Jin Zhong.

However, Zhang Anshi immediately said: "But the minister has a way, in fact...... It is not necessary to send troops to avenge the king of Shen and the king of Han. ”

Zhu Di listened to it and said in surprise: "What? What's your best idea? ”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "The situation in Siam, Jinyiwei has already mastered it, and has sent many people to infiltrate, and now the minister has a subordinate and has him to strategize, and things will be successful." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Di became more and more curious: "Why haven't you heard you before?" ”

"Your Majesty knows this person."

"Chen Li?"

"No, Your Majesty...... It's His Royal Highness King Yi! ”

(End of chapter)