Chapter 8 Song Guogong arrives

On the whole, the iron of the Taiping Iron Works alone was better than the total iron produced in all places before the Ming Dynasty.

Even cheap steel has brought a lot of changes to the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in many places, the use of iron has gradually increased, and the use of other materials has gradually decreased. It is all kinds of machinery, whether it is a waterwheel, a loom, a water hammer and so on. The original iron-wood machine gradually became more and more made of iron, but there was less and less wood.

Therefore, even Liaodong is not short of iron here.

It's just that He Xi knows that next spring's big war is just the beginning. After that, there will be no less war in Liaodong. There is Liaodong Iron Works, which is more convenient.

Therefore, the Liaodong Iron Works was finalized. In fact, this one thing can be put aside for a while.

The coal yard is different.

The cold in the Northeast was expected. In the bitter cold land of the Northeast, the plan is not in vain. And He Xi also spent the winter in the north, and he didn't feel that he was unbearable. But I really met the Northeast winter. He Xi still used his body to feel the cruelty of the Northeast winter.

His hands, face, and ears were all covered with chilblains.

He Xi knew that the winter felt by modern people is completely different from the winter felt by people in this era. Because there are so many means of heating in modern times. Even cities have a heat island effect. But in ancient times, heating was very difficult.

In this part of the Northeast, heating is even more important than eating.

If you don't eat a meal, or eat a few less meals, you are hungry, but you can still live, and if you don't have heating, you can only wait for death.

The Northeast is so close to the Central Plains that it has not been developed for so many years. Not without reason. It can be said that before the large-scale appearance of cotton, a low-priced, easy-to-obtain thermal material, who came to Liaodong was asking for hardships.

Therefore, a large number of cheap heating materials in the Northeast are more important than food.

As a result, He Xi attached more importance to coal mines than iron factories, and the technical team headed by Ge Tiangong did not live up to He Xi's expectations, and in just a few months, a large coal mine was opened. Of course, this is also related to the abundant coal and iron resources in Northeast China.

Large quantities of coal were distributed to the people as hard currency. Several guards were placed on the coal mine in an organized manner and coal was dug up. On the other hand, coal has also become the remuneration for the labor of ordinary people, and it can even be paid in advance.

This is also a good thing for the people of Liaodong.

After all, every house in Liaodong needs to spend a lot of time on preparing wood for winter. Now the coal is directly delivered in a truck, and you can just pull it yourself. In this way, a lot of time is saved. And doing things for the government is not only a little good for coal.

Also take care of the rice. Even send some tools, all of which are iron.

The iron works although did not produce on a large scale. But small-scale production has already begun. The price of iron tools will only get lower and lower.

Of course, in order to maintain such a big mess. He Xi has built an unprecedented staff group. Headed by Yao Guangxiao and Zhan Ding, hundreds of Guozijian students are the center, and Ye Wang and other generals are the executive level. Ge Tiangong's team provides technical support.

After half a year of running-in. It's getting better.

Of course, because of traffic reasons, the center of He Xi's operation is Liaoshen as the center, including the banks of the Liao River, and the farther away it is, the more difficult it is to control. But even so, this is also the happiest time for He Xi to Daming.

In Jingshi, He Xi felt constrained. is not only constrained by Zhu Yuanzhang, but also by many other people. Countless swords, guns, swords, halberds, intrigues. Half of He Xi's mind is on doing things, which is already rare.

In Nanyang, the strength of the Ming Dynasty is not enough. He Xi can only use ingenuity to walk on thin ice. I'm afraid that if one is not careful, the whole game will be lost.

But in Liaodong, the family does not.

The Red Turban Army first washed in Liaodong, and then because Liaodong surrendered to the Ming Dynasty first, and later the Liaodong Hao clan rebelled, and after the Ming army occupied Liaodong again, it was washed again. In addition, Liaodong has been fighting wars, and the establishment time is still short, and no solid power group has been formed.

Not to mention that there are no prefectures and counties. The civil service is almost non-existent.

Ye Wang threw himself into He Xi's door again.

There is no one in the entire Liaodong who can balance He Xi. It can be said that He Xi can do whatever he wants. There was no resistance at all.

As long as He Xi doesn't mess up himself.

In addition, Liaodong, which is under militarized management, is much more tightly organized than the prefecture and county system. It's a bit like the production and construction corps of later generations. Of course, the organization of the two is still much worse.

But even so, it's enough to do a lot of things.

Hundreds of thousands of people, say too much, don't say less, if there are more people, He Xi estimates that he can't manage it.

And many times, He Xi can use some materials instead of food and money to mobilize the people, such as coal. Iron can also be used in the future. Thus forming a whole. There's so much more you can do in this way.

If he came to Liaodong before, He Xi was still worried that the task assigned to him by Zhu Yuanzhang would not be completed. But now I don't think so.

He was even confident that after a few years of development, he would complete the feat of destroying Goryeo and Pyongnuzhen with just the Liaodong army.

Just when He Xi was working day and night, the following people suddenly came to report and said, "Song Guogong is here." ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "Please." ”

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At this moment, Feng Sheng didn't know what to say about He Xi.

Shenyang City, he has been here. The impression of Shenyang is a small city. There are only two gates. There are only a few guards and their families in the city. Today, the city of Shenyang is very lively. Outside the city, new buildings were built, and the heat wave was rolling in, and it was several degrees higher from a distance.

It was none other than the Liaodong Iron Works.

The location of the Liaodong Iron Works is different from that of the Taiping Iron Works, which is almost the source of raw materials. However, the situation in Liaodong is different from Taiping, which, as the name suggests, does not need to consider security issues at all. But Shenyang is different.

Although the security situation has improved a bit now. It is almost impossible for the cavalry of the Tartar brigade to surround the city of Shenyang. However, if the ironworks were remote, it was likely that the Tartars would launch a special attack on the ironworks.

After all, the price of iron in Daming is getting lower and lower. The increasing number of people smuggling iron to the Mongols does not change the overall environment. That is, the iron in the hands of the Mongols was too expensive. Iron in the hands of the Mongols is money. It's a weapon, it's power, it's food.

Without iron, they don't even have an iron pot. You can't even eat hot food.

Therefore, He Xi finally circled it, and it was set outside Shenyang City, there were 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Shenyang City, and there were also many guards around Shenyang, with a total of 70,000 or 80,000 troops. And according to the plan. Around the ironworks, a small city will be built. As a satellite city of Shenyang. It is only a few miles away from Shenyang, showing the trend of cornering. In the future, Shenyang's twin-city structure is estimated to be more difficult to attack.

After all, the blacksmith has become a defender of the city.

This is also one of the changes in Shenyang.

The second is the roads in the city of Shenyang, which are paved with black cinders.

Compared with the asphalt roads and cement roads of later generations, this cinder road is very primitive, but compared to the muddy dirt roads of this era, the cinder road is already quite good. After all, before the emperor went out on patrol, why did he want to pave the road with loess and sprinkle the street with clear water, because if he didn't do it again, there would be no way to pass the street.

The cinder at least keeps the roadbed from deforming and not becoming too muddy. It is not so that after a heavy rain, the road becomes potholes.

In short, the entire city of Shenyang developed in a way that Feng Sheng did not recognize.

This kind of shock made Feng Sheng not know what to think for a while.

Until He Xi went out to welcome, he saluted Feng Sheng and said: "The lower officials don't know that the prince of the country has come from afar, and if he misses the welcome, forgive his sins." ”

Feng Sheng turned around, laughed heartily, and said; "Virtuous nephew, why do you need to be like this, we are old acquaintances. I originally wanted to see what you didn't fit in with in Liaodong, and what I needed my help with, but when I looked at it today, I underestimated my nephew. Under the big tomorrow, I will count on my nephew in the future. ”

He Xi hurriedly excused himself and said; "Don't dare to be. Don't dare to be. He took a step back and motioned, "Please." ”