Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1221, it's hard to be in charge
"Ten thousand taels of silver for a cannon?"

When King Ning heard this, his eyes widened slightly.

"They are stealing money."

"My lord, it's faster than stealing money. Although their cannons are indeed of good quality, the price is too expensive, and even if you have money, you can't afford much."

Li Shishi nodded and said.

"How much is our military expenditure?"

King Ning had a headache. After coming here, he became the king of a country, and then he realized that the emperor's position is not so easy to sit.

Not to mention the huge Ming Empire, even the small country of Ning has caused King Ning to suffer.

Now that we want to fight a large-scale war, various problems arise.

There are too few Han people in the country, so we have to recruit all the soldiers. This means that non-Han people will be used as soldiers, and various problems may arise in the future. This is also a problem that requires great attention and attention.

The second is the issue of training. With an army of [-] people, Ningguo has no systematic training mechanism and manpower at all. Of course, these are not problems.

The most important thing is the issue of silver, weapons and equipment, food, horses, etc. These things are all gold-swallowing beasts, and the silver is like running water, and it disappears quickly.

"It's at least five million taels short!"

Li Shishi did the math and said: "Even if you don't buy helmets and armor, you only buy weapons, bows and arrows, and don't buy muskets. Cannons are definitely indispensable. You must use cannons to siege, but there is still a shortage of five million yuan." Two denarii."

"For things like grain and grass, we in Ningguo have had a bumper harvest every few years, so we don't need to spend money to buy them."

"Five million taels of silver~"

"If I hadn't let go of the million shares in the Egyptian Canal, I would have sold tens of thousands of shares at will."

Upon hearing this, King Ning looked at the newspaper on the table and regretted it even more.

"Forget it, let's take out five million taels of silver from the inner treasury of the palace first, and take down Beitianzhu first."

"It's only tens of millions of taels of silver, and the whole of Northern Tianzhu can be retrieved casually."

"Yes, my lord!"

Li Shishi nodded quickly.

Ningguo’s side is similar to Ming Dynasty’s. The imperial court’s money is called the national treasury, and King Ning’s personal money is called the internal treasury, just like Emperor Hongzhi’s personal money is called the internal treasury.

Of course, King Ning is the richest person in Ningguo. King Ning's private property has almost occupied all walks of life in Ningguo. In many cases, the whole Ningguo is serving the industry of King Ning.

It's like the slave trade. Although it is the industry of Ning Kingdom to the outside world, all the money earned goes into King Ning's personal pocket. The advantage of this is that King Ning has money in his hands and can do what he wants to do, which will not happen before. In the case of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was too poor to do anything.

"Liu Yangzheng, how is the latest railway that appeared in Ming Dynasty?"

After talking about forming an army to attack North Tianzhu, King Ning asked about the railway again.

Because this is a very hot topic now, almost all newspapers in Daming are reporting related content, and they are also blowing up the train.

Another reason is that two new railways have been listed on the Tianjin Stock Exchange here one after another, and both railways have raised hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

King Ning didn't care if he wanted to.

"My lord, I have found out clearly, and the person I sent to Daming has sent back a letter."

"The situation on the train is basically the same as what was reported in the newspaper."

"With a strong carrying capacity, it can transport 80 people at a time, or transport more than [-] catties of goods, the speed is very fast, the speed can exceed [-] miles per hour, and it can also be transported day and night, even if You can walk at night."

Liu Yangzheng also hurriedly replied.

"It's pitch black at night, can this train move?"

Ning Wang said very puzzled.

"Also~"

"Because this train is different from ordinary cars. The train runs on special pre-built rails, and being invisible has no effect on its walking."

"To put it simply, it's like a ball walking in a round tube. They are all fixed paths. As long as the round tube is not blocked, day and night will not have much impact on it at all."

"Besides, the train is running on the rails, basically it is fixed on the rails, and there is no need to worry about deviation or deviation, so it can be started at night."

Liu Yangzheng replied.

"Traveling 80 miles in one hour, twelve hours in a day, almost a thousand miles in one day, and the carrying capacity is so huge, it's unbelievable!"

After listening to this, King Ning silently calculated and sighed.

"It's really incredible~"

"The Beijing-Tianjin Railway, which has been opened, is very popular every day. Many people just want to experience this train."

"When the train is running, it is still very stable. Even if you put a glass of water on the table, it will not turn over. It becomes very easy to travel by train."

"That's why newspapers also called it an epoch-making great invention!"

"Da Tianzi also specially interviewed the research team who invented the train, and awarded titles and awards to several key personnel."

Liu Yangzheng nodded solemnly.

Even if you have never been on a train, you can imagine how powerful the train is. It can transport [-] people or [-] catties of goods at a time, and it can travel thousands of miles a day, which is completely beyond the imagination of people in this era.

"In the past few years, there have been many inventions in Daming, all relying on steam engines, such as steam tillage machines, which are said to be stronger than cows, and the speed of plowing land is very fast. One person can control such an extreme, and it can easily be cultivated in a day. Dozens of acres of fields."

"There are also steam harvesters, which also use steam engines to purchase wheat and rice. One person can easily harvest dozens or hundreds of acres of fields in a day."

"In addition, in the factories and workshops in the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, it is now popular to use steam engines, especially textile factories, which use steam engines to drive textile machines and looms, and the efficiency is very high."

"My lord, our country of Ning is sparsely populated, can we also vigorously develop steam engines, whether it is used for farming, in factories, or building railways, etc., these are of great benefit to our Ning country .”

Liu Yangzheng spoke out what he was concerned about.

Steam engines are used a lot in Daming, but not many overseas. Tianzhu is far away from Daming, and there are even fewer steam engines here, so Ningguo doesn't pay much attention to steam engines.

After all, in the colonial era, in fact, there was no need to rely on steam engines to increase productivity and to obtain huge profits. The casual slave trade allowed King Ning to accumulate a huge wealth. It's easy, where would you think about developing technology to improve productivity.

Use machines to plow the land and harvest rice. If the machine breaks down, if you don’t know how to repair it, you will lie down. It’s better to buy more slaves. As long as they are full, the slaves will have the strength to work.

"Well, you can never go wrong learning from Daming."

"You are in charge of this matter. Send someone to learn how to make steam engines. We will try to build a railway here in Tianzhu later."

"I don't know if we can go to Daming to raise funds if we build the railway. The cost of this railway is definitely not cheap. It will cost hundreds of millions of taels of silver at every turn, and only Daming can afford it."

King Ning nodded solemnly, and after thinking about it, he gave orders.

"My lord, I have asked people to find out clearly that the cost of this railway is about [-] taels of silver per mile. This is still in the plain area. If it is in mountainous, hilly and other areas, it needs to build bridges, divert routes, open mountains, and drill holes. If not, the cost will be even higher, which is why the two railways planned by Daming cost hundreds of millions of taels of silver."

"Such a huge expenditure and high cost can only be afforded by Daming. Our overseas vassal state simply cannot afford it."

Liu Yangzheng also sighed and said.

The construction cost of the Jinghe Railway and the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is several hundred million taels. Only the Ming Empire can afford such a huge budget.

"Let's learn it first, I'm afraid we can only talk about it later."

Ning Wang nodded and said.

When the three of them were discussing the matter, a eunuch hurriedly came to report: "My lord, the envoys of the Japanese shogunate are asking to see you!"

"An envoy of the Japanese shogunate?"

King Ning, Liu Yangzheng, and Li Shishi heard this and looked at each other, but they didn't know why the Japanese came here to find him.

　The weather is hot, my daughter is at home, I am going crazy~ I come here to bother you from time to time~ Does anyone understand me?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)