The most important thing for this expansion of the Beijing division is the eighteen squares of Jinling.

Since the 24th year of Hongwu, 45,000 craftsmen have been mobilized, and about 200,000 people have been concentrated in the southern part of Jingshi, which has been divided into 18 districts.

This is also the origin of the name of the eighteen squares of Jinling.

These eighteen workshops include the Paint Workshop, the Kicking Cloth Workshop, the Tofu Workshop, the Bow Workshop, the Arrow Workshop, the Baijiu Workshop, the Brocade Workshop, the Fine Willow Workshop, the Splendid Workshop, the Carpenter's Workshop, the Copper Workshop, the Iron Workshop, the Silver Workshop, the Saddle Braiding Workshop, the Leather Workshop, the Felt Workshop, the Mechanic Workshop, and the Qinhua Workshop.

Each has a role.

Although Zhu Yunxi had established a technical research and manufacturing bureau before, he still maintained the same status for the 18th square of Jinling.

The Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing has only become the competent authority of the Eighteen Squares.

Didn't touch it.

But now that they are preparing to open factories and expand Jingshi, especially the eighteen squares of Jinling, they will be transformed from small workshops into big factories.

Zhu Yunxi must study and investigate carefully.

Because of the eighteen squares of Jinling, it can be said that handicraft, machine, light industry, heavy industry, civilian, military, all mixed into one.

It's all mixed in this place, and it's not categorized.

The first thing Zhu Yunxi had to do was to split up the civilian workshops such as the Tofu Workshop, the Paint Workshop, the Kicking Cloth Workshop, and the Baijiu Workshop.

Improve its technology and hand it over to the capitalists who had been transformed from the landlords and gentry to set up factories.

Let the people have more food and clothing to consume.

And there are too few of them, and Zhu Yunxi also plans to add flour factories, soap factories, perfume factories, unicycle factories and so on on this basis.

After the establishment of the Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau, Zhu Yunxi would hand over some gadgets he thought of to the Technology Bureau from time to time.

Let them figure out how to make it.

And the Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau led by Xu Miaojin really did not disappoint Zhu Yunxi.

Simple things like soap, perfume, wheelbarrows, have been made.

And it's ready to be put into use.

At the same time, a whole set of machines powered by water and animal power has been developed, which can now be used to make flour, soap, perfume, and the like.

Of course, nature can also be used for weaving, iron, and so on.

It just so happens that the eighteen squares of Jinling are close to Qinhuai, and it is the water power in them that can be used to run the machine.

Save labor costs.

At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity to expand the Beijing Division, Zhu Yunxi planned to dismantle the military part of the 18 squares of Jinling.

A special military factory was set up for the production of new weapons and equipment.

Civilian and military must be distinguished and not confused.

Correspondingly, heavy industry and light industry should also be distinguished, and luxury goods manufacturing such as Jinxiufang should be distinguished.

As for the copper and silver workshops, it is needless to say......

Generally speaking, although the Eighteen Squares of Jinling are large and concentrated, they have not given full play to the advantages of concentration at all, but have become very scattered.

A hammer in the east and a hammer in the west.

In the end, they can only take care of their own families, and they can't become climate.

Lao Zhu's idea is good, to unify these craftsmen in a centralized place to facilitate management.

At the same time, it can also provide all the daily needs of Jingshi.

But what Zhu Yunxi wants to let Daming enter into an industrialized society, naturally he can't do it like this, but tries to put together as many factories as possible that help each other.

Heavy industry, on the other hand, should be concentrated in places with sufficient water power as much as possible.

After all, Daming doesn't have such a thing as a steam engine now...... There is no way to use boiling water as a motive power.

But the steam engine ...... Well, Zhu Yunxi can only say that this thing is much more difficult than he imagined if he wants to make this thing!

A small steam engine is useless, but a large steam engine ...... It's much more complicated than you think!

But Zhu Yunxi has only seen the prototype of the steam engine...... That is, the simplest kind......

Following.

Morning.

Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Yunxi announced: "In view of the increasing number of people in the Daming Jingshi, and the increasing congestion in the Jingshi, I have decided to expand the Daming Jingshi from now on!" ”

"Send craftsmen to the magic capital to study."

"Built in a habitable place for two million people!"

During the Hongwu period, the population of Jingshi reached a maximum of 700,000 people.

After Zhu Yunxi took charge of the country, the demand for labor continued to rise, and at the same time, the prosperity of Jingshi attracted countless people to live in Beijing, and now the population of Jingshi is approaching the one million mark.

But because of the restrictions of the Jingshi city wall.

As a result, the population growth gradually slowed down, and the current Ming Jingshi is like Bianjing in the Song Dynasty.

During the Song Dynasty, the population of Bianjing once exceeded 1.5 million, resulting in a soaring increase in housing prices and difficulties for the people.

It's magical......

The current Daming Jingshi has such a trend.

Zhu Yunxi naturally would not allow it, industrialization requires more labor, and laborers are often poor.

If it is difficult for the Daming Jingshi to even live, everyone will naturally not choose to come to the Jingshi.

Therefore, Zhu Yunxi had to expand the Jingshi, so that there were more and more places where the Jingshi could live, and at the same time ensure that the Jingshi would not become crowded.

But...... While expanding the Beijing Division, Zhu Yunxi also planned to imitate the form of Bianjing and make a pattern of the outer city, the inner city, and the inner city.

The outer city was a walled dwelling, and the housing was cheap enough for the laborers.

In the inner city, where housing prices are expensive, it is for dignitaries to live.

As for the inner city, it is naturally the imperial palace, and it is where Zhu Yunxi lives by himself.

In this way, the laborers also have a place to live, and the housing prices in Jingshi have also speculated, and Zhu Yunxi can better cut the leeks of the rich.

Presumably, when the time comes, those rich landlords and gentry will be happy to buy houses in the inner city!

At the same time, Zhu Yunxi even announced: "From now on, everyone except officials will be given the power to open factories." ”

"You can buy land and set up factories in Jingshi, and you can go to Jinling Eighteen Fangs for help if you lack machinery, technology, and labor."

"This matter will be entrusted to the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau."

"All the people of the Ming Dynasty who want to start a factory can go to the Eighteen Fangs of Jinling to ask."

Zhu Yunxi plans to harvest another wave of leeks in terms of machinery and technology.

Especially in the area of machinery and equipment.

Zhu Yunxi even plans to sell it at a high price! Take back the money sent from the imperial court!

And technology, naturally, you have to buy patents, how can the technology researched by the imperial court be given to you for use?

It's just that this patent can be given to the capitalists 'for free' first.

After slowly producing goods, Zhu Yunxi slowly harvested them.

After all, if the leek is cut too quickly, it won't grow.

You have to cut it one by one!

Soon.

Today's early dynasty, under Zhu Yunxi's secret instructions, almost just after the early dynasty, the People's Daily has already published the matter.

Let all the people of Beijing know the news from the People's Daily.

The imperial court not only encouraged the landlords and gentry to contract land, but also encouraged the landlords and gentry to set up factories!

As long as you have the intention of opening a factory now, you can get the most advanced machines from Jinling Eighteen Fang, as well as some technologies that are not available on the market!

For example, there is a thing called 'soap' that is published in the people's daily newspaper.

It's much easier to use than soap horns and the like!

Not only does it not hurt your hands, but the washed clothes are as white as new, and they can have a special fragrance.

It makes people smell and feel, fresh and natural.

If something like this appears in the Daming market, it will definitely cause a fire!

For a while, everyone's hearts were moved......

However, all the landlords and gentry who had a lot of silver on them, or merchants who were originally engaged in commerce, went to Jinling Eighteen Fang to inquire.

made Xu Miaojin run to complain to Zhu Yunxi.

Palace.

The Imperial Study.

Zhu Yunxi is reviewing the folds and determining the plan for the expansion of the Beijing Division.

Suddenly, I heard a rush of footsteps outside.

Then there is a fragrant breeze.

"Hmph, you're very laid-back, you know, I'm going crazy!"

"Now people who come to my Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau every day to ask how to open a factory can simply line up from Beijing to Beiping!"

"I haven't closed my eyes for almost three days and three nights......"

Xu Miaojin looked at Zhu Yunxi with resentment.

Zhu Yunxi looked over carefully and found that thick dark circles did appear under Xu Miaojin's eyes.

His face was also a little haggard.

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly pulled Xu Miaojin over and sat down.

soothed: "It's hard, it's hard." ”

Then he asked with a happy face: "Are there a lot of people who have come to ask about the factory these days?" ”

"Who are these people?"

Zhu Yunxi asked hurriedly, he was extremely concerned about the matter of opening a factory, after all, relying on the eighteen squares of Jinling alone was more than enough to supply the people of Jingshi.

It can supply the entire Yingtianfu, the entire Gyeonggi region, and the entire Ming Dynasty, and it seems that there is no heart.

If you want to make the market of Daming active, you still have to rely on these landlords and gentry to set up factories spontaneously.

Furthermore, if there are not enough commodities, what will Zhu Yunxi use to harvest the grain and raw materials of the Wa Kingdom?

"Don't worry, these people are rich!"

"Ten factories are to be built one by one, and some people even boast of building hundreds of factories."

"And I think most of these people are very sincere, obviously not here to ask and play."

Zhu Yunxi was relieved.

However, he still did not feel at ease and instructed: "When screening candidates, we must not only look at the money, but also go to the place where he is to see how his prestige is." ”

"Can you mobilize the local people to leave the land and go to Beijing?"

Having money doesn't work here in Zhu Yunxi.

After all, who can be richer than him than money?

Daming lacks everything now, but there is no shortage of money!

The laborers needed to set up a factory had to be mobilized by these landlords and gentry from the place where he was located to come to Beijing.

In this way, there will be enough labor!

"Okay, I'll scrutinize it."

"Speaking of which, though." Xu Miaojin suddenly stretched his sleeve in front of Zhu Yunxi's nose.

A little excited, he said, "This 'soap' you made is really useful!" ”

"Not only are the clothes clean, but there is also a faint fragrance."

"And the same goes for the perfume you made people."

"Once it is produced, the people of Jingshi are afraid that they will not be able to help but snatch it up!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled a little proudly.

The hundreds of books in my previous life are not in vain!

At least remember the simple things like soap and perfume......

The only pity is that no matter how advanced it is, he won't.

But as long as the factory is opened, everyone can see the market and interests of daily necessities.

There will be a steady stream of goods.

After all, the people of China have never lacked wisdom! It's just missing an explosive primer!

And Zhu Yunxi is to be the first spark that ignites this prairie fire!

(End of chapter)