Chapter 94 Cement Industry

He Xi said: "The Marquis of Jiangyin is wrong. Actually, there is no need to recruit too many people. He Xi gestured to the bottom, and someone immediately brought out something that seemed to be a stone.

He Xi let Wu Gao look.

Wu Gao's first feeling was a stone, and he felt that there was nothing to look at. But He Xi asked him to see how he had to take a closer look, but soon, Wu Gao was stunned. He looked at the traces of the rules on it, and he didn't think that this stone was naturally formed.

Wu Gao looked at He Xi in surprise and said, "This -----"

Liu Jing said: "This is the legendary cement, right? ”

Liu Jing is much more powerful than Wu Gao. During this period of time in Liaodong, Wu Gao devoted himself to the army. Inspect everywhere. Prospecting everywhere. For most of the year, I dare not say that I have completely mastered the Liaodong Army. At least in the army, he has the most basic prestige. But I don't know much about things other than the military.

And Liu Jing is different.

Perhaps Liu Jing needed to establish Liaoyang Mansion from scratch, and he conducted an investigation of the situation in Liaodong. Among them was the discovery of cement.

It was also mentioned earlier.

Cement is not new. Even early on.

But cement formulations, there is a process from immature to mature. From the very beginning, there were all sorts of problems. Later, it was okay at first, but after a long time, it will crumble. Up to now, although there are still various problems, in He Xi's opinion, it is enough.

Other problems can be gradually improved during use.

He Xi said: "Exactly. He paused slightly, and said: "This thing is artificially fired, just stir it with sand and stones and water, and within ten days, it can be condensed like a stone, at least within ten years, there will be no problems." If you maintain it regularly, it can support it for a longer time. The process is simple. There is no need to recruit too many people. ”

He Xi also thought about it before deciding to release the big killer of cement, of course, the cost of cement is not too high. But it is still higher than the cost of building a house for ordinary people. It can be said that for a long time, cement simply could not enter the homes of ordinary people.

But if you don't use it, you will never be able to mature the process and reduce costs.

He Xi thought about it and decided to build a series of port cities in Goryeo and even Japan. As the control of the newly occupied areas of the Ming Dynasty, by the way, there is also a big project, that is, the palace and city of His Royal Highness the former King of Lu of the Ming Dynasty, and now His Royal Highness the King of Goryeo.

If the people are recruited, rammed earth and bricks require a lot of manpower and material resources. As Wu Gao said, in such a place where people are not attached, large-scale conscription of labor does not seem to have any cost, but it will pay a lot of invisible costs.

And if cement is used in large quantities. It will reduce the amount of work by a lot. No longer to be drafted, but to give money. That's something else. Although this item, it is estimated that it will cost a million taels and cannot be beaten. But when a large amount of silver, or silver bills, flows into the people. Naturally, it will drive consumption in other industries. More importantly, by the way, the hearts and minds of the local people of Goryeo were restored.

From then on, I dare not say that all the people of Goryeo were open-minded. But a considerable number of people have benefited from the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, I won't think about rebellion anymore.

Wu Gao pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, in my opinion, it doesn't matter what Goryeo is, the most important thing is the Tartar. Changchun Fort hangs alone. Ping An is also a general, but the closest army to Ping An is also a hundred miles away. In my opinion, the earthen ramparts left over from the construction of the canal can be built into a city. This is the most suitable thing to use. I have the walls of all the cities in Liaodong. There are also many places that need to be built. Isn't it? ”

When He Xi heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "You can report it later." ”

Anyway, with so much money flowing, He Xi naturally wanted to give Liaodong some benefits. In particular, the huge agricultural plan to turn Liaoze into fertile land requires astronomical funds, not to mention the development of the three northeastern provinces. It's a huge investment.

Compared with these, Wu Gao's small request is simply not worth mentioning.

He Xi said: "That's basically the case. Now it's time to discuss the details. It is estimated that the things of the imperial court will not arrive until next spring, but in this half year, you can't do nothing. Yang Shiqi, let's think about Liaodong's family background, and have invested in the early stage of these projects. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people's eyes lit up.

To be honest, they all know that the disposition of the imperial court appropriations. Now it's just a principle. Not to mention, this matter was decided on a certain day. There is no room for negotiation. But here's a different story. That's the penny of real money.

This year, the balance of Liaodong is still not much. But there are still quite a few.

Coupled with such a heavy task next year, it is very important how much can be divided.

The principle or something is unshakable. But the details can still be adjusted.

Seeing this, He Xi listened to Yang Shiqi report on Liaodong's family background, how much silver, how much silver tickets, how much grain, how much coal, and so on. But there is a bit of a wandering world.

On the one hand, He Xi is unwilling to manage it so carefully. He can't care about the details so much, and the following situation has its own ideas. He Xi could only listen to them fight back and forth. See who makes more sense. On the other hand, He Xi has already determined the general principle. I'm not afraid of what tricks they will come up with.

In He Xi's heart, he only had two thoughts at the moment.

In his opinion, if the millions of taels of funds can be digested next year, or even the year after that, the entire industrial system of Liaodong will probably be completed. I dare not say that I will be self-sufficient in the future, but the productivity of Liaodong alone, except for agriculture, is estimated to be the entire north, and even the entire Ming Dynasty combined, may not be able to match.

Because, this large amount of money has paid for the construction cost of many industrial systems. For example, a cement plant that will be built on a large scale in the future. For example, the Liaodong Artillery Factory, which is likely to be separated from the Shenyang Iron and Steel Plant, the expanded Lushun Shipyard, and the textile base with Yingkou as the core.

Of course, it is also difficult to maintain this system.

The industrial system that has begun to rotate is like gluttony, constantly devouring everything in the world. Once there is nothing to eat. He will disintegrate himself and turn into a great crisis. And He Xi established this system, which is still very fragile. Can't afford such a crisis.

What's next?

He Xi was a little confused. One thing is certain, though. With the entire Liaodong behind him, He Xi had the courage to go back to Nanjing to fight.

Whether it is military or political, strength is fundamental. And the strength that He Xi feels is industrial productivity.

And He Xi must also fight, because many things are not advancing or retreating, looking for the market and the future for this gluttony. It's what He Xi has to do, even if it's very likely, this gluttony will get out of control in the future. Now, He Xi can only lead this gluttony and walk like this.

The future may not be perfect, but it is better than the world of the present.

He Xi's other thought was that he was going to Goryeo to meet Fu Youde, no matter what Zhu Yuanzhang thought, this large amount of money, since it was military expenses. In many ways, Fu Youde's nod is needed. Of course, He Xi felt that Fu Youde was not difficult.

The reason is very simple, Fu Youde probably has never fought this rich battle in his life.

It's just what you want?

But He Xi can't disrespect Fu Youde, He Xi always has to discuss with Fu Youde so that he can make adjustments according to Fu Youde's ideas.

It's just that He Xi didn't know that when He Xi was thinking about Fu Youde, he was also thinking about him hundreds of miles away. Prepared, not thinking about He Xi, but thinking about the money in He Xi's hand. After all, the expenditure of millions of taels is simply shocking to the world.

If there were no customs taxes, if there was no large-scale war by Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the extermination of the family, if He Xi had not saved the imperial court huge expenses in many places, such as ordnance, the imperial court would not have accumulated so much silver.

But the problem is that it is inconceivable to fight a small Japan with so much military spending, in the eyes of many people. There are many people who think that with so much money, it is enough to fight the grassland once.

Coincidentally, there is a person in Peking who also thinks the same way.

Not someone else. It was Feng Sheng.