The carriage of Baoding Mansion was not available to return to Beiping.

Waited for two days.

The railway carriage that transported grain from the south changed carriages in Baoding Mansion, and the railway carriage in Beiping dragged the grain to Miyun.

Li Bosheng carefully watched the operation process of the two sides.

In order to support the development of the northern border, the imperial court implemented the law of opening the middle, and the grain from the south was transported to the north to provide the development of military households in the north.

It is precisely by relying on the opening of the Chinese law that a large number of guards moved from the south to Beiping, which is conducive to supporting this gap in the stage of starting from scratch.

Yanshan Liuwei, tens of thousands of military households, 120,000 people, only need rations, one year is 600,000 stone rations, two years is more than one million stones, plus the soybean feed needed by livestock, up to one million stones a year.

For more than 20 years, the Northern Parallel Province, the Northern Parallel Division, the Liaodong Division, the Shaanxi Division, and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division......

From zero to hundreds of guards, millions or even tens of millions of people have migrated, and the amount of food needed is incalculable.

Although it is also cultivating wasteland, the development speed cannot keep up with the annual increase in health centers.

For example, the six guards of Yanshan became more than 20 guards, and then Kaiping Zhuwei, Daning Zhuwei, and Liaodong Zhuwei.

It can be said that in the past 20 years, the expansion has never stopped, and it has always been inseparable from the demand for grain, cloth, and all kinds of materials in the south, all of which were supplied by the imperial court.

The imperial court has not been able to catch it, so there is a law to open the middle.

With the benefit of salt, the merchants were lured to transport grain to the northern guards, and then the merchants exchanged it for salt.

These merchants, who transported grain from the south to the north, were soon attracted by the more economical mode of transportation and became one of the big customers of rail transportation.

Countless grains and cloths were transported by rail to the border guards, allowing the military to expand and penetrate deep into the desert.

If this strategy is not interrupted, when the Kaiping Zhuwei and Daning Zhuwei are stabilized, continue to divide the kings to the north, and continue to move the guards.

Just like the many guards in Beiping at the beginning, the Kaiping Zhuwei and Daning Zhuwei who were transferred to the north, and so on, are somewhat similar to the practice of Mongolian expansion.

"The merchants in the south originally received the documents and directly exchanged salt with the government, so they did not have a large amount of silver, and it was inconvenient to take them out, which led to the settlement of the station and the merchants in the south often being delayed, and they could not just stop, after all, they were customers."

"The settlement of the honeycomb coal workshop and the station is also all kinds of money, copper coins, silver taels, and even cloth settlements, as well as the use of old treasure money, who wants to use this thing, the station only accepts new money."

"It's best to use silver, but I don't know where the silver has gone, and it's not convenient to carry, our trading volume is large, and the settlement is not a decimal."

Li Bosheng ran to several large stations, and the problems collected were mainly focused on the settlement method, which made the stationmasters of each station very distressed.

Not only the station, but also the rest of the merchants.

The way commodities are settled in the traditional way has made them feel the pain and needs a new way.

Silver is not easy to carry, the value of copper coins is too small, and the value of treasure banknotes is constantly depreciating, and new banknotes are used relatively little.

"The railway is a huge system project, and I dare to say that it is the largest part of the main plant, both in terms of scale and efficiency."

At a railway driver training place, Li Bosheng met Xu Ning, the chief treasurer of the railway engineering team, and he personally received Li Bosheng and his party.

Xu Ning has long known what Li Bosheng is doing, he is also a smart person, he knows the future of the person in front of him.

As the big treasurer in charge of a military household of more than 10,000 people, he is no stranger to the commanders of the guards, and the increase in real power makes him no longer jealous of others, even if he is white.

It doesn't matter if you give up people, I don't know how many people you have in the northern parallel provinces, but the people who can enter the eyes of the little prince and are responsible for specific affairs are different.

"The problem of the railway, counting it down, I'm afraid I can't finish it for half a day, there is a settlement method, and the lack of horses is also a problem."

"There is no shortage of horses in Beiping?" Li Bosheng asked in confusion.

Xu Ning smiled wryly.

"There is no shortage of horses in Beiping, but the railway carriage has high requirements for horses, and ordinary horses are inconvenient to use, and horses with greater endurance and strength are needed."

The requirements for pulling horses are somewhat the same as those of war horses, but there are also differences.

Xu Ning explained in detail.

"Rail transport is different from road transport, the rails save horsepower, so that the horse's physical strength is easy to conserve, and it can run longer."

"Didn't you go to Baoding Mansion before?" Xu Ning asked.

Li Bosheng nodded.

From Baoding Mansion to Zhending Mansion, I heard that some strong men were recruited here and were being trained as coachmen, so I came to understand, but I didn't expect to meet Xu Ning.

Xu Ning said, for example: "From Beiping Station to Baoding Station, the distance is 300 miles, if you use an ordinary horse, you can't run it in one go, you can only run 200 miles." ”

"So there is a need for better horses, taking advantage of the time that can provide rest for the horses by making pit stops along the way, intermittently for five hours, just in the morning to load and depart, and arrive in the afternoon to unload, and it will not hurt the horse."

"If it is replaced by an ordinary horse, then Beiping and Linfu Baoding need to change horses, and the cost will increase a lot."

"The cost of the entire northern parallel will be doubled, which is not a small amount of money, and it will directly affect the income of the railway."

Li Bosheng hesitated and asked curiously: "A horse can run more than 300 miles a day, is it because of pulling goods?" ”

Xu Ning smiled and explained: "Similar to this reason, the main reason is that the increase in railway transportation requires a large number of horses. ”

"Nowadays, the price of horses has increased, and the cost of using ordinary horses is twice as high as that of good horses."

Li Bosheng understood what Xu Ning meant and recorded it in the notebook.

It is not only the railways that need to use horses, but also the increase in the number of honeycomb coal workshops in the northern provinces, although many use mules, many also use horses.

In short, with the rise of the transportation industry, the demand for livestock has reached a bottleneck, that is, the desire to bring down the price of horses, save costs, and want better horses.

Li Bosheng went to the Honeycomb Coal Chamber of Commerce, and under Wang Ren's introduction, he learned about the market of the honeycomb coal workshop today.

The original eight honeycomb coal chambers of commerce have become twelve, monopolizing seventy percent of the honeycomb coal market.

Only small county towns, as well as a small number of state capitals, and the rest of the small workshops carved up these markets and became a supplementary force.

In Xingle County, Zhending Prefecture, a farm tool factory.

Although the place is small, there are quite a few workers, up to more than 300 people.

A batch of sickles was purchased from a farm tool factory in Daxing County, Peiping Prefecture, and then a farm tool factory in Xingle County ordered wood locally to make wooden handles.

Because the sickles of Daxing County Farm Tool Factory are all one model, the wooden handle can be easily installed, even if it is a little surprised, it does not affect the installation, and the requirements for accuracy are not high.

To be more accurate, the farm tool factory in Xingle County is actually a factory that produces wooden handles, and at the same time assembles the sickles of the Daxing County Farm Tool Factory.

The cost of the sickle on the market is half lower, and it has won the enthusiasm of many people, so that many people buy sickles in large quantities.

Two months ago, relying on the cost performance, a large number of agricultural tools in Xingle County were seized.

The director of Xingle County, who was originally the deacon of the outer cabinet, left the outer cabinet and came here to prepare for the farm tool factory.

Knowing that Li Bosheng and his entourage came down from the main factory to investigate, they were very enthusiastic and took the initiative to invite them to dinner out of their pockets.

Li Bosheng did not hit the kindness of others, but he also made a request, it must be four dishes and one soup, otherwise he will not participate.

"Hahaha, Li Wengao looks down on me, my family wants to raise it, it's four dishes and one soup, haha."

The director of Xingle County Farm Tools Factory said with a hearty smile.

Li Bosheng did not demolish the other party.

As the saying goes, the car and boat shop should be killed if you are not guilty, which means that these people have a lot of knowledge, and in an agricultural society, the people who have less knowledge are easily attacked by them.

In the same way that the peasants went to the city in the 80s, outside the station, a few words that were obviously full of loopholes could easily coax the peasants who had just entered the city.

It's not that the peasants are stupid, but because of insight.

Of course, the outer cabinet is not so, the factory rules are strict, but the environment of the outer cabinet is not an honest person, and an honest person can not stay in the outer cabinet.

The director of Xingle County Farm Tool Factory did only entertain four dishes and one soup, but there were a lot of wild things, plus wine, it was not cheap, but it was acceptable, and the control was just right, so it was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Li Bosheng is actually not an honest person, both sides have a few glasses of wine, but they both think that the other party is really good.

The director of Xingle County Farm Tools Factory felt that Li Bosheng had no frame and did things in moderation, unlike young people who were arrogant.

Li Bosheng felt that although the other party was white, he could see a lot of knowledge, and there was something in his words, which was impressive.

"The business of the farm tool factory has squeezed out a lot of blacksmiths, but the little prince is very supportive of the farm tool factory, and I have never understood the truth in this."

Li Bosheng put down his wine glass and asked for advice seriously.

He is not Zhu Di, he has not taken Zhu Gaochi's theoretical class, in his opinion, the little prince does love the people, but this move has some meaning of competing with the people, which makes him feel very confused.

The director of Xingle County Agricultural Tool Factory laughed a few times, obviously understanding the reason.

Seeing this, Li Bosheng's attitude became respectful, and he took the initiative to get up and pour wine for the director of Xingle County Farm Tool Factory, with a sincere attitude.

Xingle County Farm Tool Factory no longer sells guanzi, this person is worthy of intersection, so he explained the reason.

"I'll give you an example, in the past, the price of the sickle was expensive, and the people were reluctant to pay for it, but they needed it, and in the end, Xingle County purchased three of them."

"The farm tool factory distributed operations and pooled strength, so that the price of sickles dropped significantly, and the purchase volume in Xingle County increased to six."

Li Bosheng frowned and pondered.

The director of Xingle County Farm Tools Factory took the initiative to say: "The people can save the province, and if they can't, they will use manpower, anyway, they don't need money, but in the end they are not only guilty, but also time-consuming, inefficient, and need more labor." ”

"Nowadays, a large number of agricultural tools are used, and the sickle is used for harvesting, although the yield per acre has not increased, but the efficiency has been improved, and the manpower freed up can be used in other things."

"You can go to the city to work, honeycomb coal to recruit workers, many garment shops are also recruiting, our factory is also recruiting, you can also go to the city to do business, I went back to the headquarters to report on my work a few days ago, the market in front of the door is so lively, a lot of people are not the people to do vendors."

"It's called promoting productivity and liberating labor."

(End of chapter)