Chapter 184 Arrangements for the Xuzhou Iron Works

The replacement of the army's weapons will take about 10 years in the future.

A large number of craftsmen in the munitions factory will also be transformed into other aspects.

After all, He Xi has been in Daming for so many years, and he has not actually cultivated many high-tech talents. Previously, these people were concentrated in the military field by He Xi, and even after the war, the research and development of the steam engine was not further advanced.

It's just the same as it was.

But now it's back on track.

Ye Shen is the same. In the middle of the war, He Xi had to endure Ye Shen, but the war was over. Ye Shen may be a privy envoy in the future. But in terms of political status, it is back to its place.

Ye Shen also knew that this was inevitable.

But there is still a gap.

However, He Xi is not a person who falls into the trap. He will also compensate Ye Shen. He said, "By the way, come to Xuzhou, have you ever seen the Xuzhou Iron Works?"

Ye Shen said indifferently, "What's so good about Xuzhou Iron Works."

He Xi said: "Yes, compared with Zunhua and Shenyang, Xuzhou Iron Works has nothing to look at at all. But if it's your iron works, don't you think it's pretty?"

Ye Shen was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

He Xi said, "The imperial court owes a lot of national debts, you know. Now that the war is won, it is natural to think about how to pay it back. One of them is the sale of reverse property. Xuzhou Iron Works is the largest reverse production among the places that are now occupied. So, it was also the first to be put up for auction. The court will not treat meritorious officials badly. Frontline generals have priority."

The war is not over, but it is already necessary to think about what lies next.

War will surely create a lot of proud soldiers. It is not easy for them to honestly accept such a gap. He Xi thought very simply, that is, to pay for it.

It's useless to tell employees big things.

Giving money is the most practical.

Of course, the generals who can make He Xi find a way to appease are all high-ranking generals, that is, the future Jingnan nobles. He Xi wanted to win over the nobles of the imperial court as representatives of capitalism a long time ago.

But in reality, he failed.

Because, Hong Wu Xungui was stereotyped from the beginning. Even if various industries make money again, they make money from the acres from the beginning. The inertia of thinking has been formed, and it cannot be changed.

This is no longer the case. For the sake of these nobles, some of them have family backgrounds. For example, Fang Chengfeng's Fang family, people have long been maritime businessmen, and they can't talk about being rich and rivaling the country. But it's also very well-built.

But such as Ye Shen's Ye family, Qu Neng's Qu family, and other families may not have a lot of family background.

He Xi helped them build a family business. Let them get used to making profits from industry, and they will naturally turn to the camp of capitalism. Although, there are a lot of other problems with doing so.

But when the army is a capitalist army, it is impossible for the whole social system to go back to the beginning.

Otherwise, either there will be an emperor as strong as Zhu Yuanzhang and all the high-level military will be cleaned up. Or, a civil war.

To be honest, the last thing capitalism is afraid of is war. It can even be said that capitalism itself emerged from war.

Ye Shen said, "I don't have any money?"

Ye Shen did not have money, but he did not have the money to buy the Xuzhou Iron Works.

Yes, the Xuzhou Iron Works is far superior in scale, and the iron works in the north are also very backward in technology. But it's also an iron factory. There is no million-dollar dollar that you don't even think about.

Ye Shen has followed He Xi for many years and has also made a lot of money. But Ye Shen is in the army with his heart, and he doesn't attach much importance to money. In fact, like He Xi, there are many officials.

What's the use of money? Just enough to spend.

Power is the most important thing.

Well, this one thing, in fact, is common in many places in later generations.

So millions of yuan, Ye Shen couldn't come up with it.

He Xi said, "Don't worry

, it is enough that you have this priority. All you have to do is let the wind out, and someone will work with you. Actually, I'm looking for you to let out the wind. Reassure the generals below. The battle is almost over, and the court is ready to reward meritorious deeds. When the time comes, there will be titles, and there will be status. Even the money is there. Let them be careful, start and finish, don't finish the war soon, let me catch a current one. You know what?"

Ye Shen's heart froze, and he immediately knew that what He Xi said meant something.

Ye Shen also knew that after the Battle of Guangwu, in fact, most people knew that this war was coming to an end. Many generals' minds have shifted to other places, such as making money.

In particular, the army drove straight in, swept between the Jianghuai River, except for Nanyang, Fengyang, Huai'an, and other places. Almost all of Henan was taken by Ye Shen.

As a result, Ye Shen's army was unable to act for a while. Eating too much.

So many places should be divided and occupied. Let's arrange a garrison. Even the officials from the rear, you have to send someone to hand it over.

Wait, there's a bunch of things.

Ye Shen also heard a lot of things, such as the extortion of places by generals outside. They did not dare to plunder. It's too much of a fuss like this. But gather the rich people in the city together, invite them to dinner, and then let the rich people pay homage.

Don't give enough, don't let go. Such a thing is done.

Generally, it is not excessive, and the local rich do not dare to speak out.

After all, many people have experienced the turbulent times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Such soldiers are already very civilized, and it seems that they are not good, at least, they did not directly rob them, and they did not ask for much.

But He Xi seems to be a little intolerable.

Yes, many of the generals there in Mei Yin directly paid for the ransom of the city from the locality. Blatant. But what kind of army did Mei Yin bring. It's a miscellaneous card. To put it mildly, after the end of the war, most of these armies were to be dismantled.

And what kind of army is Ye Shen's department.

In the future, sixty forbidden troops in the world will not be enough.

He Xi estimated that it would expand to a million people. There will be certain changes in the size of the armed forces. There were about twenty-five to thirty corps. Together with several fleets, there are a total of 11.2 million people.

Now the army, to integrate. There are those who have been retrenched. There are those that need to be expanded. And who is the expanded army?

Naturally, he is a descendant of He Xi.

Is it feasible for such generals to be allowed to serve as future senior generals?

He Xi was disappointed by this.

But there is no way to do it in addition to disappointment.

After all, times are like this. The generals below are fighting desperately, and what they are doing is not to seal their wives and sons. Splendor. Let them fight for the revolution all their lives, they don't know what it is.

Therefore, He Xi can only give a sweet date and a slap.

Let these high-ranking generals have a way to get money, and at the same time, they must also strictly enforce military discipline and let them put things in order.

At this moment, He Xi is still very grateful to Ding Xian. Ding Xian set up so many factories and later directly took over many industries. At this moment, he was swept by He Xi's pen and stroked into the reverse production.

The so-called reverse production should be collected and owned by the state.

Of course, there are many things in the reverse industry that cannot be sold. For example, Taiping Iron Works. The Taiping Iron Works has a heritage. As long as it is slightly improved, it will not lose to Zunhua and Shenyang. The biggest problem of Taiping Iron Works is the problem of raw materials.

The high cost of raw materials made it impossible for him to compete with the North.

But after all, this was founded by He Xi. So it can be kept for a while, and He Xi didn't think about buying it immediately.

And many other industries will not stay.

He roughly estimated that these industries alone could be as much as one or two hundred million yuan. In other words, Ding Xian's construction achievements and the plundering of the people were directly taken over by He Xi.

From an economic point of view, this was a legitimate plunder of the Nanjing regime by Beijing.

This will not only fill the huge financial gap of the imperial court, but also allow the capitalist production model to be replicated in the south on a large scale. After all, although the Nanjing court plundered and consolidated these industries. but

It is many of their modes of production, which are not factories, but are directly managed by bureaucrats.

But in the hands of these businessmen in Beijing.

It's very different, He Xi has been operating in Beijing for so many years, and the top and bottom are actually used to the production method brought by He Xi.

They will consciously change the mode of production. After all, they are not the imperial court, and they do not have the power to force people to labor.