There are only two problems that Song Yingxing said, the first is that the productivity is not enough, and some fine parts of the train cannot be mass-produced, so they can only rely on those skilled craftsmen to knock them out little by little with a hammer.

The second is the problem of steel, which began to gradually enter the steam age, and the steel needed was too much.

Weapons need steel, trains need steel, and even Song Yingxing wants to build a steam ship in the future, which also needs steel.

In short, Daming needs steel everywhere, but Daming's mining technology is not advanced enough, or advanced technology has, but it has not yet been popularized, so it leads to the original Daming, which is rich and rich, and now it is beginning to lack steel.

Song Yingxing's words calmed down Lao Zhu a little.

He thought for a moment, and then said: "Now that many places in Daming have been rectified, we will gradually spread the technology researched by the Civil Weapons Bureau." ”

"After they master the technology of the Civil Weapons Bureau, you don't have to build the things that the Civil Weapons Bureau lacks in the future, and you can directly customize or requisition them from the people when the time comes."

For those businessmen in the people, Lao Zhu couldn't know anything better.

As long as they feel that it is profitable, the speed of research and development of these businessmen will definitely not be much slower than that of the Civil Weapons Bureau.

And the most important thing is that there are a large number of those merchants, as long as the technology can be popularized among them, the productivity of the Ming Dynasty will be raised in a few years.

After all, although there are tens of thousands of people in the Ordnance Bureau, there are only a few hundred, or even dozens of people who can really participate in the research, and the rest are just some craftsmen.

But if the technology can be disseminated, then there will be millions, if not tens of millions, of people who will study and participate in the production of these things.

Although Lao Zhu has not heard the saying that quantitative change produces qualitative change, he knows that more people must be better than fewer people.

After proposing a solution to the productivity problem, Lao Zhu said again: "As for the gap in Daming Iron and Steel, this matter is easy to solve." ”

"Before, we approved a lot of iron ore for those merchants, although their output is not very good, but after all, it has been half a year, and it is estimated that a lot of mines can be produced."

"Let's go back and raise the price, let the Ministry of Industry buy some in large quantities, and then let people talk to those who open mines to see if they still have inventory in their hands."

"With their minerals here, and the imperial court's use of explosives to open mines is already on the right track, we estimate that it should not be a problem to fill this gap in steel production in a short time."

Lao Zhu considered that there was a shortage of steel half a year ago, so he let go of private mines in the private sector, for today.

And his Lao Zhu is not a bandit, this time he will try to buy the iron mine, as for the money, although the imperial court is a little difficult, but you can borrow some from Zheng Zhilong first to deal with the emergency.

As for what to do if you can't do it in the future, this is not a big problem, it's a big deal to build a steam ironclad ship in the future, and it's good to transfer a few to him.

Of course, he just tried to buy it, after all, the interests involved in mining are too great.

Lao Zhu believes that many of those private mine owners must be maggots with black hearts, and they don't care about human life, and Lao Zhu will naturally not be polite to this kind of person.

When the time comes, you can directly kill people and take a dragon to rob your family, not only can you not have to collect their ore for a penny, but you can also confiscate the mine that belongs to them, and then sell it again.

For this matter, Lao Zhu can be said to be familiar with the road, so it will definitely save him a lot of costs.

"That's right......"

After Lao Zhu finished speaking, he remembered one more thing, and then said: "Let's go back and ask the Ministry of Industry to give a charter, plan the main route, and then start laying the tracks." ”

"The train can be slowed down first, but the rails must be paved first."

After finishing speaking, Lao Zhu shook his head again, and then said: "Forget it, let's discuss this matter with the cabinet, you don't have to worry about this matter, when the time comes, we need to build railroad tracks there, and we will send someone to inform you." ”

"This matter, you can't get it done by a department of the Civil Weapons Bureau, we will let the Ministry of Industry cooperate with you."

Daming has developed too fast, the original political structure is obviously a little inappropriate, and Lao Zhu has already estimated the future prospects of the railway, so he thinks that after discussing with the cabinet this time, he estimates that the Ministry of Industry may have to split a separate department to manage the train.

After dealing with the affairs of the Civil Weapons Bureau, Lao Zhu went to the Weapons Bureau again.

Probably because his ambitions finally have room to be displayed, and probably because the imperial doctor is better conditioned, so the old man Bi Maokang's body still looks very tough now, and Lao Zhu estimates that the old man who should have died in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen should not be a problem to live for a few more years.

After seeing Lao Zhu, he told Lao Zhu that the Ordnance Bureau is now developing a new weapon, and after the birth of that weapon, the way of fighting on the battlefield in the future will undergo subversive changes.

Lao Zhu is also looking forward to the old man's research, but because the development of that kind of weapon has just started, and if it is decided today, the demand for these firearms is not so urgent for the time being, so Lao Zhu appeased the old man and asked him to take care of his body before leaving the Ordnance Bureau.

In the following days, the days of Daming began to become a little smooth.

Disaster relief, land division, infrastructure construction, everything looks in good order.

Of course, this is only for Lao Zhu, in fact, for those gentry of the Ming Dynasty, this life is not peaceful.

They were doing a good job, and suddenly someone began to measure their land and change their taxes.

Before they could start resisting, the local officials were almost cut down, and the new officials were particularly ruthless, and they didn't wait for them to buy them at all, and directly relied on the confessions left by the previous officials to start killing people and raiding their homes.

In the face of this kind of behavior, some of the gentry in the world are panicked, but the officials in the capital have almost been replaced, although there are still their people who have been replaced, but as long as their people dare to say more for them, they will immediately usher in the strict investigation of the Jinyi Guard.

If you can't find out the problem, forget it, but if there is a little problem, you will be dismissed from the official and abandon the knight, or the head will fall to the ground, and there is no love to talk about at all.

Under such high pressure, it was not that the gentry thought of resisting, and they were rooted in the bottom and controlled the people, so they used the people to start making trouble.

As a result, it was indeed ruthlessly suppressed by the Ming army, and most importantly, after suppressing them, immediately after they were suppressed, there were Jinyi guards in the local area who began to strictly investigate the gentry clan.

And the things they investigated and dealt with were punished with heavy sentences for minor crimes, and serious crimes were directly dealt with to death.

Because of this incident, I don't know how many people were beheaded by the whole family and even directly connected the nine clans, and in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the entire Ming Dynasty was killed and dyed with a touch of blood.

Under this ruthless method, all the gentry were killed with some fear, so they could only honestly bow their heads and admit their cowardice, and even took the initiative to help the imperial court to check the land and implement the new policy.

After all, the most that can be done is to give up a part of the wealth and then pay some of the taxes that have been fined.

But if you resist to the end, you will be punished by the nine clans.

The gentry, who were afraid of being killed, obviously knew how to choose between handing over wealth or dying their whole family.