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Jingcheng Opera House.

The singers on the stage sang a song to praise the Ming Dynasty, this new song was compiled by the prince of Zhou, the prince of Zhou pleaded with Zhu Gaochi, and after getting permission, he left Kaifeng and came to the capital and became an opera artist of the Beijing Opera House.

The principle of the 12 equal temperaments has given birth to many new musical instruments.

In addition, the revival of large musical instruments such as the carillon, and in the process of shrinking production, there are various musical instruments such as copper piano, metal flute, and organ, which are the best skills of Zhou Shizi.

Magnificent accompaniment.

A middle-aged man in a medium uniform, in the center of the stage, behind him are twenty choir singers.

"The flag of the Great Tomorrow is fluttering in the wind."

"Ah~ah~"

"The greatest civilization in the world, how glorious."

"Let the people of the world yearn for it."

"Ah~ah~"

The red and blue lampshade sets off the light of the stage, and the huge red lantern on the ceiling is full of joyful colors and warm colors, which make people feel warm and excited.

Zhu Gaochi also wore a simple and neat Chinese uniform, wearing white gloves.

Gu Cheng secretly glanced at His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince beside him, and only felt that His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince was very down-to-earth, but he didn't expect that Zhu Gaochi's dress was useful.

Tailor of the royal family.

According to the birth of the working class, and even the huge number, many workshops have a strong demand for gloves, so that gloves have become a weaving commodity spread all over the country, and finally white is the most sold.

The grandson of the emperor wore white gloves on his hands, the same as the workers, representing the working class.

Meantime.

His Royal Highness the Imperial Highness is dressed in black, and he wears black leather shoes on his feet, which is the favorite of the new elite group in society.

"Not bad, right?"

Zhou Shizi sat on Zhu Gaochi's right.

"Good."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

For people like King Zhou's father and son, the more the royal family appears, the better.

Zhou Shizi retracted his gaze proudly, he was not interested in power, and he didn't want to get involved in messy things, the more natural he became, the best way to get along, let him stay in the opera house for the rest of his life.

Gu is an old man, a strange place, sees more and says less, if you don't know him, you still think he's just a restrained old man.

"The voice of victory is loud and bright."

"Praise the Ming."

"Ah~ah~"

"The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is prosperous and strong."

"Ah~ah~"

"Flatten the mountains and fill the depressions, the Ming people are the most diligent."

"Everyone is for me, I am for everyone, and the ideal society is proud."

"Whoa."

Thousands of officers invited to the Beijing camp, as well as officials, virtuous people, scholars, doctors, etc., and thousands of people applauded the exquisite performance on the stage, which resounded the Grand Theater.

I watched the singing and dancing performance at the Grand Theater, and held an open-air banquet on the square of the Donghua Gate of the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Gaochi led Gu Cheng and met with batch after batch of people.

These are all things that Guizhou does not have.

Guizhou has only a registered population of more than 100,000, and there are not enough people who farm the land, so where is there such a large non-agricultural population.

"When General Gu Cheng was young, he grew up in the broken mountains and rivers, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, but he contributed his precious years to Guizhou."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Originally, the old general Gu Cheng should be allowed to live in his old age, but the new generation of relays still needs the support of the older generation like the old general Gu Cheng, so he can only work hard for the old general Gu Cheng." ”

Gu Cheng was extremely moved.

He was also pleased that His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun valued him, and that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and the peace of the people were gratified.

"The old minister must go all out to contribute to the education of the Ming Dynasty in the Propaganda Division, so that the Propaganda Division can return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, become one of the Ming Dynasty, and never be separated."

"Okay."

Zhu Gaochi picked up the wine glass and took the initiative to toast.

Although the king of Zhancheng came to the capital, Zhancheng was not stable, and it was easy to intensify the local contradictions, so Zhu Neng needed to stay in the local area.

Historically.

The generals of Jingnan led the army to the north alone, but the whole army was wiped out, many people died, and the generals who led the army also sacrificed a lot, which caused Zhu Di's heartache and anger.

led to Zhu Di's pro-conquest, which became a common practice, because Zhu Di was not worried about the generals below, and was afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so for the needs of the northern expedition, he could only transfer Zhang Fu to Jiaozhi, giving Jiaozhi a chance to rebel.

It's different now, but what needs to be done still has to be done.

As an important region, the Lao Propaganda Division must have generals who can take charge of themselves, Zhang Fu went to the northwest, and Gu Cheng was the most suitable.

Day 2.

Zhu Gaochi issued an order and became the chief military officer of the Lao Propaganda Department.

If there are at least 100,000 registered people in Guizhou, there is no one in Laos, only Tusi and the local people, and the current natural environment is even worse than that of Guizhou.

It's like a slave.

In later generations, it was the Great Northern Warehouse, but it was built by the whole country with one heart and a great deal of effort, and it was the Great Northern Wilderness before.

Southeast Asia has the environment of later generations, it is also a modern society, a stable country, built through production, not since ancient times, thinking of making the Lao Xuanwei Division into the granary of the Ming Dynasty, what is needed is to promote production, not slaughter.

Historically, Britain, France, Spain and other countries, as well as in the New World, no matter what means were taken in the process, they were all for production.

The strength of the New World depends on production and development.

"Zhang Fu is in the northwest, I am very relieved."

"When Yang Zhong can return to Daming, it is estimated that it will take at least half a year, not because of the fear of Timur, but delay the development of Southeast Asia, on the contrary, we must increase the pace of development in Southeast Asia."

The military is the guarantee for the development of productive forces, and there are people who can rest assured in the military, so Zhu Gaochi asked the cabinet to discuss the population plan for relocating Laos with the six ministries.

"The minister thinks that the railways should be given priority."

Xie Jin proposed again.

It is very difficult to build railways in Guizhou, it is easy in some areas of Yunnan, it is difficult in some areas, and the junction of Guangxi and Jiaozhi is in the mountainous area, which is also very difficult.

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

Guizhou has a small population, but it has to immigrate to Laos.

Railroad construction is even more difficult.

However, the Ming Dynasty built the Great Wall of more than 12,700 miles in the mountains, starting from Shanhaiguan in the east, reaching Jiayuguan in the west, and building the Great Wall of Liao in the later period, which shows how strong the productivity of the common people is.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty could be built, but now the industrialized society can't be built?

Xie Jin went to Beiping very early and belonged to the supporters of the railway.

No matter what you do, the first thing you do is the railway, and you think that the benefits brought by the railway directly solve all the problems, even if it is economic development, it can also be greatly promoted in the process of building the railway.

The construction of railways requires the use of mines, iron smelting, coking, manufacturing, steam engines, triads, steel bars, and brick kilns.

It can be said that a hundred industries are prosperous.

Not to mention the military and national benefits.

If you want to divide it, Xie Jin should belong to the Railway School, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but think.

Since Xie Jin's attitude insists.

Under his promotion, various organizations and various departments of China Heavy Industry, and even the Ministry of Railway Engineering, the Ministry of Engineering held a joint meeting, which also participated in the Finance Department of China Heavy Industry and the Grain Stamp Bank.

The report was finally sent to Zhu Gaochi's head.

"At present, there are 500,000 eunuchs in the northeast, of which 300,000 are used to invest in the development of Nuergan, paving roads, cultivating forests, pumping swamps, etc., in just ten years, there are nearly 10 million acres of land in Liaodong today, all relying on the power of eunuchs."

"Railways are being built in the northwest, railways are also being built in the central region, and railways are being built between the provinces of the interior, plus Guangxi and Jiaozhi, as well as the Guizhou-Yunnan and Yunnan-Laos Propaganda Divisions proposed by the cabinet ministers."

All the bigwigs obediently listened to the words of Chen Heng of the grain stamp bank.

This Lord is very low-key.

As the imperial grandson said, the most powerful group of people are always the most low-key, China Heavy Industry and the system, there are many bigwigs, but there are only two people, no one has ever dared to provoke.

One is Chen Heng of the Grain Stamp Bank, and the other is Cai Wen, who is in charge of the economic system of social resource distribution.

The two of them may not be the most talented, but their previous talents, coupled with more than ten years of experience, can be described as the people of the industry, and no one can surpass their experience.

At least in this era, Zhu Gaochi has to listen to the words of the two of them.

Chen Heng likes to pant when he speaks, but Cai Wen is anxious, and without waiting for Chen Heng to speak slowly, he directly interrupted and interjected: "The people-oriented economic system has expanded to the limit, and productivity can't keep up. ”

Cai Wen said bluntly: "The construction of Guizhou and Yunnan, to Laos Xuanwei Division of the railway project, the amount of work is large, the difficulty is greater, at least hundreds of thousands of workers are needed, China Heavy Industry cannot afford to support, and the Ming Dynasty cannot afford to support it." ”

Workers and peasants, under the system of social resource distribution, the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union guarantees the economic status and social treatment of workers, and belongs to the backbone of society.

The large-scale well system guarantees the status of the peasants, who also belong to the backbone of society.

In a nutshell.

Workers and peasants are not the exploited of the Ming Dynasty, not only producers, but also consumers, an important part of market demand, and the demand created by their purchases has far exceeded that of the high-level.

It became an oval-shaped social system.

"With labor other than non-workers." Cai Wen finally said.

Zhu Gaochi touched his chin, isn't he going to use slave labor?

The construction of railways in the United States is different from that of China Heavy Industries, but there are similar parts in the use of Chinese labor, which is also a part of supplementing productivity.

In short, light production does not enjoy the dividends brought by social development.

Because of the current social dividends of the development of the Ming Dynasty, it is not enough to take care of the large number of labor forces that are about to be expanded.

The truth of the world, there is really no difference, just change the soup and not the medicine.

Railroad cannibalism.

It seems inevitable that it will not be avoided.

It's just that they eat their own people, or do they eat outsiders?

Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Ning.

"The life expectancy of eunuchs has been reduced a lot, and most of them do not live to be 40 years old, although they have been guaranteed food and medical resources have been established, but this can only be the case."

"Forty years old is enough, and I still want to live to old age."

"Do you want Daming to provide for them?"

Xie Jin scoffed.

Hearing Xie Jin's words, Zhu Gaochi had a headache, since these literati were scolded by an unexpected Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in Beiping, each of them uncovered the fig leaf of the other, causing a wave of anti-Taoism, they stopped pretending and had a showdown.

There was Yang Shiqi first, and then there was Xie Jin, each more vicious than the other.

used to be a superficial gentleman, but now he is a real evil person.

Listen to it.

What did he say, and it spread out, so that people outside could hear it, and they thought that Daming was a den of robbers, and they still wanted to be decent.

"Let's contract it to the merchants of the feudal kingdom."

Zhu Gaochi said pityingly.

Hearing His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun's proposal, everyone's faces were complicated.

has done evil things, the imperial grandson is not even willing to bear the name, in the evil side, everyone feels that he is too far behind His Royal Highness the imperial grandson, and there are still many places for them to learn.

A total of 26 commercial companies were established in the capital of Japan, including the Korea Trading Group, the Korea Human Resources Company, and the newly established Goyo United Commercial Bank.

Zhang Lian, an official of the Ministry of Industry, a former Huguang person, was a young jinshi who was originally in the Ministry of Industry to observe politics, and is now nearly 40 years old, serving in the Ministry of Industry and responsible for supervising these enterprises.

"What are the rules of the imperial court?"

Big businessman Luo Zhongheng asked.

Zhang Lian took a sip of tea.

Luo Zhongheng did not urge, he was in business at the beginning, cast a wide net to make friends, but among the friends, it was the young Jinshi Zhang Lian who could bring him the greatest profits, Luo Zhongheng's old bank basically closed down, and he fully participated in the Gaowei United Commercial Bank.

Zhang Lian is not stupid, he knows that Luo Zhongheng befriended himself for profit.

But isn't the world all about profit?

I also need to have a cronie like Luo Zhongheng below, so that I can control it more deeply and ensure and implement my tasks.

"If Xie Ge Lao's plan is approved, you know the situation in Yunnan, Guizhou and Laos, the local population is small, and the labor force needed must be at least about 500,000 in order to build the railways in the three places within five years."

"Sss

Luo Zhongheng gasped.

The cost of eunuch trade was already very high, and many trading houses began to change careers, including the robbers who were originally born from the Japanese robbers, only to find that the benefits of doing business were higher than the benefits of robbery.

Where is the stable trading on the knife edge?

The oldest qualification of Hirata Zengzong, originally the strongest under his hands, but now he smiles when he sees people, and he can't see a trace of fierceness, which makes people marvel, his firm was the first to wash his hands ashore, and now he has given up his old business and engaged in the maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom.

"The demand of 500,000 yuan, the price of a caster is 20 yuan, and the current market price is as high as 10 million yuan, and such a large demand will inevitably stimulate the price rise."

Luo Zhongheng couldn't help but wipe his hands.

Hirata Zengzong relied on eunuch trade to eat his stomach, has his own way and connections, and can switch to overseas trade, but he is not full, and his relationship is all on Zhang Lian.

As the so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft the water, relying on Zhang Lian, Luo Zhongheng has no idea of changing careers, he wants the profits of eunuch trade, and he also wants the profits of overseas trade.

Sure enough.

There are no impermeable walls in the world, and many businessmen in related industries, snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths, and everyone is concerned about the plans for the construction of railway projects in the southwest, central and southern regions.

The prices of various commercial banks rose directly, and in just one month, the price rose from 20 yuan to 22 yuan, still in the case of the policy not being announced.

Mandarin Palace.

Zhu Gaochi knew that many things were inevitable, but he was still very angry.

"Okay, the matter of the state, before the final decision, everyone already knows about it, it seems that you have done a good job of secrecy."

Xie Jin and Zhang Lian had bitter faces.

"The current price is twenty-two yuan, if it is announced on the day, will it not be doubled?"

Zhu Gaochi was very dissatisfied.

The labor required for the construction of railways in Yunnan, Guizhou and Laos is only the most basic, and the materials required in the process of building railways are astronomical.

In order to meet these materials, China Heavy Industries has to open many factories in Yunnan, Guizhou and Jiaozhi.

Sanhe soil manufacturing plant, brick kiln manufacturing plant, lime production plant, etc., all require a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as iron smelting plants, iron casting plants, coal washing plants, and coking plants

The economic development of one ring after another not only recruits workers from the interior and immigrants to supplement the local population, but also expands the group of workers in the market, stimulates consumption, and stimulates the local economy.

Only in the most difficult part, the project of opening mountains and expanding roads, many workers will be sacrificed, and it is also the biggest shortage of labor.

The development of the three places, for Daming, will not bring profits for at least 20 years.

The already very weak economic links rely on the blood transfusion of the Ming Dynasty, and the use of large infrastructure projects to cultivate hundreds of thousands of consumer population, form a cycle with the economy of the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and achieve initial complementarity, which can be regarded as a bit of gain.

In terms of castration expenditure, the budget of the finance department is 15 million yuan, plus eating, drinking, lazing and sleeping, what is needed is tens of millions.

For this railway, the premise investment inside and out, Daming needs to spend at least hundreds of millions.

This is the reason why Zhu Gaochi was reluctant to fight with Timur.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in Southeast Asia, at least they can be reincarnated as soon as possible, but if they are used in Central Asia, can't they go to the plateau to raise sheep? As for Western Asia, although there are plains, they are tens of thousands of miles away, and the Ming Dynasty is crazy to count on the grain there.

For at least 30 years, the Ming Dynasty will not need Central and West Asia.

Only when the Ming Dynasty completes the development of Southeast Asia is it worth investing in Central and West Asia, or for strategic needs, not interests.

"The secrecy work is a dereliction of duty on our part, but the matter has already happened, and the minister thinks that in order to stabilize the price of castration as soon as possible, it is better to relax the restrictions, and the population of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo is limited after all."

Xie Jin said.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

Today's situation requires the relaxation of restrictions here, and tomorrow because of the situation, it will retreat elsewhere and give up more and more things, and it is really not easy to govern the country.

"The plan and budget for the preliminary work, the cabinet will continue to formulate the regulations, and everything will be decided whether to implement it after Yang Zhong returns."

What Timur was thinking, Zhu Gaochi didn't know yet.

If Timur really came to the east with 500,000 troops to conquer the Ming Dynasty, the development plan in Southeast Asia could only be suspended.

Xie Jin is a southbound faction.

Because going south is profitable, it is also in line with Zhu Gaochi's plan.

But one's own plan is one's own, and the external environment, whether others are willing to cooperate or not, is not something that can be controlled by the plan.

The United States will be strong enough in the future.

How many small and weak countries still dare to do him to the end.

China is a representative.

him.

Although Zhu Gaochi is not in a hurry, and national affairs are not in a hurry, the layout in the early stage is indeed still ongoing.

Although the policy of the Ministry of Industry was not issued, the price of castration did not come down.

The first is that the cost of obtaining castrations is indeed high, and secondly, the development of Daming, the demand for labor that is not protected by the rights and interests of the Ministry of Workers' and People's Unions is already imminent, as long as Daming insists on development, the demand for castrations will exist for a long time, so the price of castrations is very strong.

When the production efficiency of the Ming Dynasty has been able to cover the demographic dividend, it is the day when the eunuch trade will end, just like the United States, which has made great efforts to prohibit the smuggling of cheap foreign labor.

"Our firm is always aggressive, and the court is a cage."

Together.

Zhang Bo gasped and said.

Hop Kee is not the leader in the coal industry, but in the Sanhe soil industry, relying on the technical patent of the pressing machine, although the patent protection period has passed for five years, the Sanhe soil manufacturing plant of Hop Kee has opened one after another, and the technology continues to make breakthroughs, and it is still a leading enterprise.

"In the future, Heji will invest 1.5 million yuan to open the largest local Sanhe soil manufacturing plant in Guizhou, Yunnan and Jiaozhi to seize market share."

"However, the imperial decree has not yet been issued, and if the large-scale development plan is cancelled, our investment will not be at a loss."

"How can you lose money?"

In the face of the shareholders' inquiries, Zhang Bo said impatiently: "Even if there is no Yunnan-Guizhou-Laos development plan of the imperial court, the construction of the railway project in Jiaozhi alone is enough to make profits." ”

Shareholders are not very satisfied.

What industry can't make money?

If someone else earns a hundred dollars, but you only earn ten dollars, you are losing money.

Zhang Bo didn't want to explain.

Since the establishment of Heji, from the outbreak to the bottleneck, the interests have become more and more stable, and there is no longer the geometric growth of the previous years, and the people's hearts have become unstable, and they all feel that they can do it.

So Zhang Bo wants to gamble.

While other commercial banks were still waiting and waiting, he was the first to go to the local area to build a foundation, wait for the next policy, and immediately take the lead and gain the largest market share.

As for what to do if you lose the bet.

Cold salad.

The model of Heji, absorbing more and more shareholders, the unfathomable number of people with power and money, and the imperfection of the system have made Heji chaotic, and many people want to replace Zhang Bo's position in Heji.

Zhang Bo doesn't care about money now, what he cares about is Heji.

Only when there is a joint memory can Zhang Bo call the wind and rain.

Without a joint memory, Zhang Bo who has money is nothing, he can only win the envy of ordinary people.

$1.5 million.

Heji's movements stunned the peers.

"I dare bet on it."

"Shall we keep up?"

"Stare at Heji, what Heji does, we will do."

The businessmen say a word, I say a word.

Each firm reacts and adjusts differently according to its own position and strength.

There are several proprietors in the coal industry, but they don't want the imperial court to develop Yunnan-Guizhou Laos, so that Heji will hurt their muscles and bones, so that they can swallow Heji's market share in the coal industry.

The most prominent is Zhang Xiancai, who openly called in the newspaper that the imperial court should not use the manpower, material and financial resources of the Ming Dynasty to develop the three places of Yunnan, Guizhou and Laos.

Zhang Xiancai's father is Zhang Dehui.

Although Zhang Dehui has been retired for several years, ordinary people do not know this person, but everyone with a head and face knows this person, the first big shopkeeper of China Heavy Industries, and one of the founders of the steam engine factory.

His Royal Highness's first merchant partner, a veteran tycoon in the coal industry, had a close personal relationship with the heads of major organizations and factories of China Heavy Industry, and had a very close relationship with many civil and military officials in Beiping.

There is no shortage of money, power, and power.

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