The day after the announcement of the relevant appointments of the ten ministries and five schools, in the conference room of the Zuodong Pavilion of Fengtianmen, the Daming Center held a formal meeting on the determination of the first 'three-year plan'.

The idea was put forward by Zhu Yuan, and of course he had to participate.

Speaking of which, since Lao Zhu returned from Bianliang, this matter has also been brewing, and the reform of the ten ministries has been initially completed, and Lao Zhu wants to finalize the detailed first three-year plan recently so that it can be implemented by various ministries.

This was just the first meeting.

After the various projects are initially determined, it is necessary to conduct the necessary research to confirm whether it is feasible, set the plan goals, form the implementation team, and so on.

Because of the importance attached to this matter, and the idea of taking it as a basic national policy for the next hundred or even millennium, Lao Zhu specially called the three princes to come and observe.

The meeting began at midnight sharp.

Preparations in advance, such as the Jianghuai Canal, such as land surveying and mapping, such as population registration, such as steam machinery, and the corresponding projects were quickly finalized.

There are problems, too.

At the moment, everyone was watching the small confrontation between Li Shanchang, the left minister, and a certain young man Pingzhang.

The topic is about steel.

Zhu Yuan hopes that in three years, the steel output of Daming will reach at least 10 million catties, that is, Zhu Yuan will promote 10,000 tons of a certain weight unit, and even better to reach 20,000 tons equivalent to the peak of the Song Dynasty.

Zuo Ping immediately questioned: "Pingzhang, I see that you said that the Taiping iron ore reserves have 1 billion tons, and whether this statement is true or not, if it takes three years to increase the steel output of less than 5 million catties left by the previous dynasty to 20 million catties, so much iron, what do you plan to use it for?" ”

In Zuo Xiang's words, from the emperor to the ministers, a small detail can be found, and Zuo Xiang insists on not using the 'ton' proposed by someone as a unit.

This is a kind of statement of 'different ways do not conspire with each other'.

On the long conference table, Lao Zhu still sits alone at the top, the prince and the two princes put the book eucalyptus alone, on both sides of the long table are the central ministers of Zhongshu Province, Yushitai, Hanlin Academy, etc., Zhu Yuan and Li Shanchang still sit on the right and left at the bottom of the second only to Lao Zhu.

Lao Li said in a businesslike tone, and Zhu Yuan was also calm: "Zuo Xiang, I said in the demonstration that day that steam machinery needs steel to make it, and future trains, railways, ships, etc., will also need a lot of steel." ”

"I haven't forgotten," Li Shanchang looked at the other side: "But Pingzhang also said that these are not possible in the short term, 20 million catties in three years, if it is not used up after refining, the iron material will rot, if a large number of iron materials are allowed to rot, many craftsmen have worked hard, and the money and grain consumed during the period will not be wasted?" ”

"This is a problem," Zhu Yuan thought for a while, and motioned to Kang Maocai, who was the first to do so: "In addition to the needs of the military industry, Tuntian also needs a large number of farm tools, which is also a direction, as I said before." ”

"I can't use it up," Li Shanchang still insisted: "I have counted it, or you give that number, Song Shi is at most 20 million catties a year, which is consumed by the whole people. Let's just say that Tuntian, if it is a million tun soldiers, two catties of iron per person, but it only costs 2 million catties. ”

"Two pounds of ...... per person"

Zhu Yuan muttered.

The first feeling is too little.

However, this is not the era when every family had a tractor in a few hundred years. Two catties of iron per capita is enough for a hoe and a shovel. As for the large pieces such as ploughs, they are far from the extent that they do not need to be set by hand.

Let's just say the Yuan Dynasty.

The peak population is 90 million, and the peak steel output is 5 million catties.

Per capita equivalent ......

Half two!

All right.

Zhu Yuan knew that the records involving such numbers in ancient times were often very different, so he rounded them up and doubled them, counting them as one tael per capita.

Well.

Each person has a spoon to dig the ground, and it's a wonderful picture to think about.

If you don't lose the country, who will lose the country?!

Speaking of the matter of Tuntian, it has just been discussed.

The goal of the first three years of the plan is to organize 1 million to 2 million people, just like the 10 million to 20 million catties of steel production, because there is no experience, they all give a lot of flexibility.

Li Shanchang took the upper limit of steel and the lower limit of Tuntian, but even if it was the other way around, 2 million tun pawns and 10 million catties of steel, two catties per capita, and then consider the use of other aspects of the Ming Dynasty, even if the annual output of 5 million catties left by the former yuan, plus 4 million catties of tuntian consumption, there will be 1 million catties left.

This is not a small amount.

What's more, that's not how things work.

The output of steel is every year, but Tuntian consumes steel, and people in this era are careful, a hoe will not be worn out in a year. It is not uncommon for the current iron to be used for ten or twenty years, and even passed on to the next generation.

Think about it this way...... The Yuan Dynasty actually had a lot.

It only takes 20 years to have two catties of iron per capita.

All right.

It is no wonder that in the early days of the old Zhu uprising, arrowheads were made of copper in large quantities.

When I first learned about it, I thought it was incredible.

That should be something that the Qin Dynasty did, it's been more than a thousand years, why did it go backwards again?

The truth is, it is indeed going backwards.

Lao Zhu sat on the top, listening to the old brother who had followed him for many years to send a difficult problem to his baby twenty-third grandson on the spot, seeing that Zhu Yuan was silent for a while, he wanted to speak, and felt that this was indeed a problem, so he waited patiently to see what solution his baby twenty-third grandson could come up with.

Now that the problem has been determined, Zhu Yuan is also quickly considering.

For steel, if it is forced, of course, it can be used, remember that later it was just a Yangtze River bridge, and the consumption of steel was tens of thousands of tons, which was equivalent to the national output of several years in the feudal era.

However, if you are in a hurry to build an iron bridge, not to mention the Yangtze River Bridge, an ordinary Xiaohe iron bridge, if you lack sufficient technical accumulation, it will also be a mess.

If it's really made, it may be scrapped in a few years.

Similarly, the various related to the steam engine will not be used much in the short term, at least.

There is also the building of houses.

Well......

This should be coordinated with concrete, and cement, in the short term, want to mass production, is not realistic, small batches, and meaningless.

It is possible to put this project on the ground.

Thinking so, he lowered his head and wrote the word 'cement' on the notepad in front of him, Zhu Yuan's rapidly rotating brain also had a flash of inspiration, and he quickly raised his head and whispered two words: "Subsidy!" ”

Subsidy?

The conference room was also curious, waiting for a group of people, all with question marks in their eyes.

Li Shanchang subconsciously dismantled this new word, but found that compared with Zhu Yuan's other new words, he couldn't understand the meaning of this 'subsidy' for a while, so he asked: "Pingzhang, what is a subsidy?" ”

Speaking of which, I was still curious, what someone had just written with his head down.

Zhu Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "To put it simply, the excess steel produced by us will be distributed to the people for free. ”

Now, everyone understands.

Then it was blinded again.

It is distributed for free, or millions of catties.

Great good man!

Li Shanchang looked at his own lord at the top, and remembered that a few days ago, someone wanted to use 1 million taels of silver to buy cotton for the soldiers to add warmth.

Say 'distribution' and so on.

It's just terrifying.

Things are still being implemented, but under the dissuasion of everyone, it has been changed to be more reasonable, on the one hand, it continues to procure, and on the other hand, it is to directly distribute silver money, so that the soldiers can make up for it themselves, presumably, the total expenditure has been reduced to 30% of the original.

The expenditure of 300,000 taels of silver is not a small amount.

However, compared with the past, I have to admit that since the appearance of the boy opposite, my own lord has become more and more generous.

Let's just talk about overseas trade.

With the recent return of caravans from Japan, Goryeo and other countries to Myeongju, only two percent of the city's tax revenue, during this period has been reported more than 300,000 taels of silver.

In addition to taxes, everyone has not forgotten that their own owners also hold a bunch of shares in the sea trading company.

The same two percent.

It is rumored that the sea trade can have 10 times the profit once and again, even if it is actually worse, it will not be too bad. It is conceivable that the dividends that each company can get from 20% of the shares will only be more than 300,000 taels of silver.

Can......

No matter how much money you have, it's not like that!

At that moment, he heard another free gift, and Li Shanchang almost wanted to throw the stack of papers in front of him.

Send it off!

Let you know how to send!

Cub Sell...... Isn't it distressing to send Ye Tian cubs!

Thinking so, Li Shanchang was about to object, but the first old Zhu had already said: "Yuan'er, can you tell me more about it?" ”

Zhu Yuan also reorganized his thoughts and said, "Ancestor, we still have to start with fishing in the Yinghai Division. ”

Lao Zhu nodded.

The people around them became curious again.

What's the twist?

Li Shanchang could only temporarily press the objection he wanted to blurt out to see how the other party planned to talk about it.

"In the early days of Yinghai, Mingzhou has been short of hemp, because hemp is not only needed for shipbuilding, but also the key is to be able to weave fishing nets," Zhu Yuan said: "At that time, there was a simple conversion, suitable for 500 materials of large nets dragged by sea ships, a piece of hemp material cost 200 catties of hemp material, and this net, from launching to scrapping, the entire use cycle, can be exchanged for about 1,000 quintals of fish, that is, 100,000 catties." ”

Saying this, Zhu Yuan turned to a blank page, quickly wrote a paragraph of "200 catties of hemp material" is equal to "100,000 catties of fish", and held it up to signal to the people around him: "Look, this is not clear at a glance." ”

The crowd looked over.

Those words...... It's clear at a glance, but it's 'what' it is?

Of course, Zhu Yuan understood everyone's doubts, and looked at Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao with a smile: "The ancestor and His Royal Highness should understand, this ...... It is the simplest conversion of 'productivity', the foundation of economics, 'production', hemp material, called 'means of production', fish catch, is 'production results', hemp material to fish catch, is 'productivity', which means that 200 catties of hemp material represents productivity, can produce 100,000 catties of fish. Of course, there are many other factors, such as ships, such as manpower, and here is just for everyone to understand more vividly. ”

Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao actually didn't react at first, but when Zhu Yuan said this, both father and son had read the 'study of economics', so they naturally understood.

Looking at the other confused ministers in the conference room, one big and one small will inevitably have some small sense of superiority.

Well.

This sense of superiority was deliberately given by Zhu Yuan.

After secretly praising it, Zhu Yuan quickly continued: "After talking about the theoretical basis, and then talking about my 'subsidy' idea, it will be easy for everyone to understand." ”

Saying that, he showed the 'conversion formula' on the notebook to everyone around him again, and Zhu Yuan continued: "First of all, it is necessary to increase steel production, 10,000 to 20,000 tons in three years is just a beginning, a foundation, we must do this if we want to enter the industrial age I demonstrated that day." Moreover, things can only be done step by step, it cannot be said that we only have an annual output of less than 5 million catties of steel this year, and it will suddenly increase to 50 million catties when it is needed next year, which is unrealistic. ”

Everyone here understood, and nodded their heads.

Zhu Yuan continued: "Then, it is second. In the process of increasing steel production, what should I do if the iron produced is not used up for a while? The solution I gave was a subsidy. ”

Without waiting for everyone to ask, Zhu Yuan began to explain in detail: "Referring to the simple productivity formula I wrote, next, let's make the surplus iron into farm tools, hoes, ploughs, etc., and distribute them to the people for free." In doing so, it seems that the imperial court suffers a loss, but in fact, the 'means of production' we give will inevitably be able to be converted into more 'production results'. If, with more, better, faster, more durable large numbers of agricultural tools, the people of the country will increase the grain output of the Ming Dynasty by 10%, that is, 10%, which means that the grain tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty can also be increased by 10%, according to our annual grain tax revenue of 15.43 million stones this year, an extra 100000 stones, is equivalent to more than 150 million stones. What is this concept? According to the calculation of two liters of rice per day for a single soldier, this extra 10% of the grain tax is enough to feed an army of 100,000 for more than two years. ”

After saying this, Zhu Yuan thought about it and added: "This example also allows everyone to have a more intuitive feeling." In fact, it seems that the imperial court subsidized farm tools for free, but the benefits will only be more. I'll say it casually. First, it can stimulate the people's enthusiasm for reclamation, so that the Ming can get more arable land and produce more food. Second, if food production increases, the people will be richer, and the world will be more stable. Third, the increase in grain production will also bring lower grain prices, which can benefit all classes of the Ming Dynasty, such as blacksmiths, the imperial court subsidized the steel they produced to farmers for free, which indirectly led to lower grain prices, and the remuneration they received from the imperial court was used to buy grain, and the same silver money could also buy more rations. Fourth, as I just said, more food production means more taxes. Fifth, as I just said, we don't have to worry about the problem of overcapacity in steel, and we can safely increase production to lay the foundation for the industrial age. Sixth, by increasing steel production to indirectly increase food production, behind this is actually a reasonable allocation of human resources, at the moment can not see anything, after one or two hundred years, when the Ming people are more and less, you will understand the strong necessity of this configuration. Seventh...... Well, I can't think of it for a while, so you can also think about it......"

A chuckle rang out in the room.

Lao Zhu quickly wrote down some in the notebook in front of him, and clapped with a smile: "Don't think about it, that's it, you said this 'subsidy' policy." ”

Saying this, Lao Zhu did not ignore his old brother, turned to Li Shanchang and said: "Baifang, you also have a good question, if you wait until the end of the matter to find out, you can't arrange it, I'm afraid you will also miss things." ”

What can Zuo Xiang-sama do?

Lord Zuo Xiang could only nod.

On the other side, one after another, Li Shanchang didn't want to admit it, but he inevitably felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

This guy ......

Where the hell popped up?!

Could it be that there is still one more five-color stone left by Nuwa Niangniang to make up the sky?