Fifty thousand new troops would have to cost so much money.

The Manchu and Han ministers present were silent.

Now the Qing Dynasty has lost the money bag of Guangdong.

All of a sudden, the fiscal revenue was reduced.

Now we have to invest money to build a new army.

How will this money come from?

Emperor Qianlong looked at Dong Huan, the head of the household.

"Dong Huan, tell me, how do you get this money out?"

Four million taels of silver.

It's not a small amount of money.

Dong Huan is a Hanshang book of the household department.

The six Shangshu of the Qing Dynasty were all divided into the Manchu and Han dynasties.

The Manchu Shangshu of the household department is Fu Kangan's younger brother Fu Chang'an, although the Manchurian Shangshu has a higher status than the Han Shangshu, but Fu Chang'an is only a title, basically not in charge. Read the full content on the iRead app

Therefore, Dong He is now the de facto finance minister of the Qing Dynasty.

During this time, in order to raise money for Ah Gui to go south to establish the Ganzhou camp, the military expenditure for rectifying the southern green camp was already a lot of money.

The Qing Dynasty originally had two cows.

The big cow is Gangnam.

The little cows are two Guangzhou, mainly Guangdong.

Now the little cows are gone, and they can't milk anymore.

I have to take a little more of the big cows.

In fact, there are no new tricks.

It's a showdown plus donation.

The former is to put the burden on the small people.

The latter is to force the merchant to bleed.

The big merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were generally the merchants of Guangdong, Yanshang of Yangzhou, Hui merchants of southern Anhui, and Hu merchants of Jiangnan.

The richest is the 13 Guangdong Banks that do import and export trade.

If the thirteen elements had not rebelled, they could have had a showdown on their heads.

Millions of silver, the thirteen lines can still be taken out.

But now the Thirteen Elements are actually collectively rebellious, and they have the audacity to swallow all the dark shares of the Eight Banners.

At this moment, the Qing Dynasty's finances, which were originally balanced, suddenly made a big hole.

This big hole hasn't been filled yet.

Now we have to pay for the training of the new army.

Dong He can't come up with any good ways to come out now.

But now he is being watched by the emperor.

Dong He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, now that Guangdong is lost, the annual customs tariff, field tax, and commercial tax will be reduced by almost four million, plus the annual donation of four million from the thirteen lines, the annual tax revenue will be reduced by eight million all of a sudden, and the southern provinces bordering Guangdong, I am afraid that there will be some wars this year, if there is chaos in the locality, I am afraid that it will be much less, and it will be good to have a total income of 30 million next year, and the 30 million income may not be worth next year's expenses, and it is necessary to train new soldiers... It can only increase the land endowment, levy and suppress donations across the country, and also develop mining bans in various places.... If there is really no way, it may be possible to develop Manchuria. ”

"Mine ban? Manchuria? ”

Qianlong had an even more headache when he heard this.

Of course he does.

Mining can make money.

If this large wasteland of Manchuria is developed, it can also make up for a lot of national use.

However, mining will gather miners, and it is easy to breed trouble.

And the development of Manchuria ...

That's absolutely not possible.

What is Manchuria?

It is the retreat of the Eight Banners.

In case you really can't get along in Kannai.

You can also roll up your belongings out of customs.

Now that Manchuria is being developed, it is certain that the Han people will be allowed to leave the customs.

At that time, Manchuria was full of Han Chinese.

In case things get to the point of no return.

Isn't there no way out for the children of the Eight Banners?

"Hylancha, tell me about it."

Qianlong's eyes looked at a Manchurian veteran.

Hailancha was a fierce general of the Qianlong Dynasty.

Starting from the vest of Sauron's cavalry, he rose all the way to the current first-class super brave duke by virtue of his military exploits.

However, now that he is older, he is not suitable to be sent out to lead troops into battle.

This time he wanted to train new soldiers, and Qianlong simply called this first-class super brave man to discuss it together.

"It is absolutely impossible to develop Manchuria."

Hailancha, whose hometown is in Manchuria, said without thinking.

Manchuria was developed.

So is this Manchuria the territory of the Han Chinese or the territory of the Manchurians?

"However, it is feasible to open a mine, but private mining cannot be allowed!"

He Shen's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Yes, yes, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can set up a mining yamen to supervise it." ”

Mining is a fat gap.

"Well, I'll leave it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time."

Emperor Qianlong nodded.

"Is it feasible to start a levy and donation?"

"Feasible." He Shen thought for a while and said.

"Dong Huan, how much donations do you need to collect?" Qianlong asked again.

Dong He, who was kneeling on the ground, sighed in his heart.

Guangdong is lost.

The burden of these eight million will have to be pressed to other provinces.

Now it is necessary to increase the distribution of donations.

How much leeway is there?

Ordinary peasants have long been hungry.

If we squeeze it again, I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising.

When the time comes, the people will change and the Ming will come together.

It's hard to say whether the Qing Dynasty can withstand it.

So this burden.

It can only be pressed on the heads of the gentry in Jiangnan - Jiangnan is rich, and more levies will not cause too much turmoil.

"Your Majesty, you have to fill the holes in Guangdong, plus the cost of training the new army, make a surplus, and send an additional 10 million a year to the end, if you want to run a new army... The minister felt that he could only dismantle part of the green camp. ”

When Qianlong heard this, he was already thinking about it in his heart.

Increase donations, dismantle the green battalion, and expand the eight banners to train the new army.

Each of these can be quite pitiful.

It's basically the same as drinking water to quench your thirst.

.........

The Qing Dynasty wanted to collect a wide range of coats and expand its armaments.

Daming is not idle here, and he is also accumulating strength.

The first steel-making furnace has been built on Lantau Island.

Unlike Gaul in general.

The height of this furnace is not high, and the shape is low-grade, but the molten pool is quite large.

This type of stove is called an open-hearth hearth.

There is a specialization in the art industry.

Zhu Daohua still has some skills in medicine.

But there is not much knowledge of steelmaking.

He had heard of open-hearth steelmaking.

It is to use water gas instead of coke as fuel, which can smelt pig iron and iron ore into high-quality steel.

This method does not require the construction of a blast furnace that is too high, and is relatively safe and simple in engineering.

And the output is huge.

Each furnace can produce hundreds of tons of steel.

Furthermore.

The raw materials used can be pig iron, molten iron, scrap steel, iron filings, wrought iron and ore, which is convenient for the recycling of scrap steel, and the steel smelted is uniform and stable in quality, which can produce high-quality steel.

So after the advent of the open-hearth steelmaking method.

It has rapidly developed in various places.

Martin, chief engineer of Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation, is methodically directing the workers to work.

The relocation of Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation to Lantau Island is no longer subject to any restrictions.

In terms of raw materials.

The shipping company invested by several merchants from the Thirteen Banks successfully transported the media and iron ore from Annam to Lantau Island.

The route from the mouth of the Red River to the mouth of the Pearl River will become a major transportation channel for transporting coal, iron and rice resources from Annam.

"Your Majesty, according to the information you provided, we conducted hundreds of experiments when we were in Batam, and this furnace produces steel with extremely high efficiency, and due to the use of water and gas, it produces very little waste residue, which ensures the stability of steel quality."

Martin, an iron-smelting engineer from France, has sunken eyes and red eyes, but his face is a little excited.

This steelmaking method is successful if it is mass-produced.

It's going to disrupt the entire steel industry.

Nanyang Iron & Steel Corporation will crush all European countries in terms of output and become the world's first, leaving the second place far behind.

Of course, Zhu Daohua understands the significance of steel in industry.

Steel production is the most important indicator of a country's industrial capacity.

If Zhu Daohua's investment in the Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation can come up with the open-hearth steelmaking method 100 years ahead of schedule.

Relying on the abundant coal and iron resources in the Red River Delta of Annam.

Guangdong under his own rule.

It will become the world's steel center!

"But before this are all experimental small furnaces, this is the first time to build a large furnace for mass production, if the data is not wrong, such a furnace, a furnace can produce 200,000 catties of steel at a time, and the monthly output of steel is at least one million catties."

A million pounds of steel.

That's almost a thousand tons.

One furnace produces a thousand tons of steel a month.

The annual output is 10,000 tons.

There were ten such stoves.

The annual output of steel is 100,000 tons.

And if you remember correctly.

By 1850, Britain's steel production was in the order of hundreds of thousands of tons.

If the open-hearth steel method is successfully mass-produced and put into production. ，

Continue to expand production.

In this steel mill on Lantau Island alone, it is easy to reach the annual production capacity of one million tons of steel.

There is a lot of cheap steel.

Combined with a steam engine.

Then the next epoch-making inventions such as ironclad warships and railways will be meaningful.

"Molten steel!"

With the shouts of the workers.

Molten steel can already be seen at the outlet of the melt pool at the bottom of the open-hearth.

"It worked!"

Martin breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Martin, you're now a name in history."

Zhu Daohua smiled.

Martin hurriedly bowed and saluted: "This is all the inspiration provided by His Majesty, you are the real genius." ”

Zhu Daohua patted Martin on the shoulder.

"It's hard work, and with this merit alone, you'll be able to get a title with enough weight."

Martin's heart was on fire.

Title.

O nobles!

A French civilian himself.

How did it get to China.

What about becoming a Chinese aristocrat?

"Let's go, let's go to Watt."

Zhu Daohua watched the No. 1 open-hearth furnace after the steel was successfully tapped.

I went to another important factory on Lantau Island.

Watt Machinery Factory.

When Zhu Daohua arrived at the Watt Machinery Factory with his followers.

I have already seen a rumbling steam engine.

I saw Zhu Daohua coming.

Watt hurried up to meet him.

Zhu Daohua waved his hand, took three steps and made two steps to the running machine.

This steam engine was close to the kind of locomotive he had imaged.

"It's... This machine has no manpower, how can it spin on its own? ”

"Steam engine, steam engine, is it powered by steam?"

Along with Zhu Daohua, there were also Wu Dunyuan and Lu Jiguang, several merchants from the Thirteen Lines.

They were now staring at the rumbling machine, too, in amazement.

"Two, do you still think it's unrealistic to use this steam engine as a train?"

Zhu Daohua pointed to the steam engine and laughed.

Train.

Steamship.

There are also machine tools powered by steam engines, etc.

With a stable source of power.

And cheap steel.

The era of big industry.

It's been turned on.

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He took a big breath of fresh air, and his chest trembled.

Confused, incomprehensible, all kinds of emotions come to my heart.

Where is this?

Then, Shi Yu subconsciously looked around, and then became even more dazed.

A single dormitory?

Even if he had managed to be rescued, he would have been in the ward by now.

And their own bodies...... How could it be that there was no injury at all.

With doubts, Shi Yu's gaze quickly swept from the room, and finally his gaze stayed on a mirror at the head of the bed.

The mirror reflected his current appearance, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and his appearance was very handsome.

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The previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.

And now, no matter how you look at it, this appearance is only the age of a high school student......

This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.

Don't tell him that the operation was a success......

The body and face have changed, and this is not a question of surgery or not surgery at all, but immortal magic.

He's a different guy altogether!

Don't...... Did you cross by yourself?

In addition to the mirror at the head of the bed, which was obviously not good in feng shui, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.

Shi Yu picked it up and looked at it, and the title of the book instantly silenced him.

"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Novice Breeders"

Postpartum Care for Pet Animals

"Alien Beast Ear Girl Evaluation Guide"

Shi Yu: ???

The names of the first two books are quite normal, but what are you doing with the last one?

"Ahem."

Shi Yu's eyes were solemn and he stretched out his hand, but his arm quickly stiffened.

Just as he was about to open the third book to see what it was, his brain stabbed violently, and a flood of memories flooded back.

Icefield City.

Pet animal breeding base.

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Beastmaster?