Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 305, Investing in a steel factory with two million taels of silver

On the official road from the capital to Miyun County, carriages were walking slowly. These carriages were all four-wheeled carriages, filled with various goods, and there were hundreds of them.

Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Xu Guangzuo, and Zhu Houzhao rode tall horses side by side, walking very slowly while chatting.

"Old Liu, can't we build a steel factory here in the capital? Why do we have to go to Miyun?"

Zhu Houzhao was very puzzled and said that the scale of investment this time is very large. According to the prospectus produced by Liu Jin, the investment in the Miyun Iron Works to be built this time will be as high as two million taels of silver.

In this era, when ordinary people can live on three taels of silver a year, if the two million taels of silver are converted into the wealth of future generations, it will be almost two to three hundred billion.

Such a huge investment, even in later generations, is a super-large-scale investment. As for this era, such a large-scale investment is the first time.

Of course, all those who participated in the investment of Miyun Iron Works were wealthy owners. Emperor Hongzhi invested [-] taels of silver, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin also invested [-] taels of silver, and the remaining [-] silver was invested by British companies and Cheng Cheng. The three families of Guogong and Dingguogong divided it equally, and each invested [-] taels.

Such a huge investment and such a luxurious investment group are enough to show the vastness of this Miyun Iron Works. Liu Jin plans to design it to be the largest iron factory with the highest output and the best quality in this era.

"Although the conditions in the capital are very good in all aspects, there is one disadvantage. If we build a factory in the capital, it will be too far away from the iron ore production area."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Iron ore, how much can be consumed, a four-wheeled carriage is enough."

Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly that his concept naturally remained on the basis of the existing smelting workshops. He had visited them and knew that the output of these smelting workshops would not consume much iron ore in a year. How much steel is produced.

"Why do we invest two million taels of silver together? If the iron ore we need is still transported by horse-drawn cart, then we will be able to recoup the investment in years of monkeys and horses and months?"

Liu Jin shook his head and said, then looked at the uneven and winding official road in front of him and said, "Perhaps the first thing we should do is to build a road first."

"Ahem, brat, this time we're just throwing money at you and investing with you. You can't waste this money carelessly."

When Zhang Mao heard that Liu Jin was going to build a road, he couldn't help but said.

Zhang Mao is now spreading out various industries. Although they are all profitable businesses, money will be very tight for a while. This time he learned that Liu Jin has a big business, and he also sold some land. Follow up.

To be honest, he was also very curious, isn't it just a steel smelting factory, how to invest two million taels of silver, Liu Jin actually thought of building roads first.

"Mr. Zhang, as the saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first. The capital is very close to Miyun. It doesn't cost much money to build a concrete road. After repairing it, it will greatly facilitate our future travels. This smelted Iron and steel can also be shipped out continuously, this is for the future to make money, how can it be a waste of money?"

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Brother Liu does things with confidence, I'm just curious about the smelting method that Brother Liu said."

Xu Guangzuo still has great confidence in Liu Jin. Of course, he can't do without confidence. Now his younger sister is already a member of Liu Jin. He just waits for this kid to get married after being named on the gold list next year. My brother-in-law, I still have to stand by him side.

"Yes, yes, Lao Liu, please tell me quickly, whether your blast furnace steelmaking method is feasible, how to invest so much, and you still have four hundred thousand taels of silver from the emperor, if you screw it up, what will happen?" manage?"

Zhu Houzhao also said that because he wanted to run a steel factory, Zhu Houzhao was also studying the relevant knowledge hard these days. He was very smart, as long as he studied hard, he would be able to learn it very quickly.

In this era, the main steelmaking method in the Ming Dynasty was the fried steel method.

Conventional ironmaking methods can only smelt pig iron, and then forge the pig iron to decarburize, or put wrought iron into the furnace to heat and carburize to make steel, that is, the steel pouring method.

This requires two times of heating. However, in the Ming Dynasty, our ancestors invented the method of frying steel, which can produce steel without cooling and reheating, which reduces fuel consumption and greatly increases production. This technology has reached Europe. Only in the 18th century.

The steel frying method is considered the most advanced smelting technology in this era. The steel output of the Ming Dynasty was also the largest on earth in this era. Of course, this output is still insignificant compared to later generations.

The output of the Ming Dynasty was large, mainly because the country was large. If you really want to say that the per capita steel output is almost the same as that of later generations, the total amount is very large, but the per capita ranking is not known.

"Steelmaking is actually not difficult. You will know when the time comes. Are you afraid of losing money if you follow me?"

Liu Jin said confidently, with the golden finger in hand, it is very easy to make steel.

As the huge convoy entered Miyun County, the whole Miyun began to boil.

"We're hiring~ we're hiring~"

"Miyun Iron Mine is recruiting~Miyun Iron Mine is recruiting~"

"Including three meals a day, at least [-] Wen a day's wages ~ more work, more rewards, sign up as soon as you are interested."

In various villages and towns in Miyun County, the people brought by Liu Jin began to beat gongs and drums to recruit workers on a large scale.

The steel industry is a capital-intensive industry, as well as a labor-intensive industry. Even in later generations, a steel factory has a very large number of employees and requires a lot of manpower. In this era, that is even more so.

"At least [-] Wen a day's wages, including three meals a day~"

This condition is tantamount to a huge temptation, and the people in Miyun County became restless. The Miyun Iron Works, which was just established in a short period of time, recruited more than [-] people, and almost the entire Miyun County The young and strong labor force is recruited cleanly.

In order to prepare for the establishment of this Miyun Iron Works, Liu Jin also mobilized a large number of backbones from the many industries under his command to form a huge management team of [-] people.

With huge funds, enough management personnel, and enough manpower temporarily recruited, the entire Miyun County also quickly became a huge construction site.

Every day, hundreds of carriages go back and forth between the capital and Miyun, continuously importing a large amount of supplies for Miyun.

In the mountains of Miyun County, there are a large number of people wandering in the mountains every day to explore the distribution and production of iron ore and coal; in the open plains, large tracts of land are bought by nobles from the capital, and become It has become a bustling construction site.

The silver was sprinkled on the small place of Miyun like water, and people in the whole Miyun County could feel that the silver seemed to become easier to earn all of a sudden.

For ordinary people, the young and strong labor force at home was recruited into the Miyun Iron Works, and signed a long-term employment contract, including three meals a day, and at least [-] cash, if they work hard , Some people even get a salary of hundreds of Wen, which is definitely a high income, something that was unimaginable before, once in and out, the life of every household in Miyun has become easier.

We must know that this is the winter time when the farms are slack, and the family can only go out, but not in, and the face of the head of the family is ugly. When the children are beaten the most, the poor families in the past even had to go out for the winter to survive this winter.

But it's different now, everyone's life has become much better all of a sudden, even if you have pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks at home, you can sell them at a good price and send them to Miyun Iron Works. As you go, you can charge as much as you have, and the price is so fair that many people are wondering whether they can raise more next year.

For the gentry and landlords here in Miyun, their life has suddenly become much better. Today, a certain landlord’s mountain was sold for several thousand taels of silver, and tomorrow a certain gentry’s mountain was sold because of the discovery of coal. It reached tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The day after tomorrow, I heard that Miyun Iron Works needs a lot of sand and gravel, and sand and stones can be sold for money. As long as people are arranged to transport them to Miyun Iron Works, they can be exchanged for vain silver.

Besides, Miyun Iron Works needs a lot of food, meat, and various materials every day. Basically, it can be purchased here in Miyun, and it is also for businessmen and gentry in Miyun County to enjoy it. To a wave of dividends.

People with money can do things easily. In less than half a month, a blast furnace with a height of more than ten feet stood on the ground in Miyun County.

　There is another chapter tonight~
　　
　
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