Qiming 1158

Chapter 1176 The public toilet is great

The Ming Dynasty took the economic route of public ownership as the mainstay, and the economic lifeline is now in the hands of the national team.

Of course, there is no private business. Su Yonglin does not allow individuals to run business, but it is small in scale and commonly found in the catering, accommodation and small commodity industries.

Key areas and some emerging areas are now under the control of the national team, so the scale of the state-run economy of the Ming Dynasty is indeed very large.

A long time ago, the private salt trade with Jiangnan country controlled by the national team did very well.

Now the various business categories controlled by the national team are also doing well.

For example, the agricultural tools, agricultural livestock reproduction, fertilizer, weaving and other industries that are currently needed in large quantities by the people are all state-owned by the Ming Dynasty.

The essence of the agricultural implement industry is steel smelting.

In the past, when the iron and steel smelting efficiency, quality and quantity were insufficient, the salt and iron official camp really made people suffer, so that they could not afford expensive salt, and in winter they did not dare to turn the soil at will due to lack of agricultural tools, and they could not freeze to death Locust eggs, so as to cause a plague of insects.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it organized the industry, sorted out iron and steel smelting, reorganized the sales of agricultural tools, introduced high-quality and low-cost iron agricultural tools into the private sector, set up state-owned agricultural tools shops in all counties across the country, and sold various high-quality agricultural tools directly to farmers. the productivity of farmers.

In addition, after the craftsmen successfully illuminated the coking technology, the quality of Mingguo Iron and Steel was further improved.

Although the current coking technology has not been fully promoted, and the production capacity of high-quality steel is not high, it is a matter of time. In the future, not only military equipment, but also agricultural equipment can achieve high-quality steel.

In addition, the reproduction of agricultural livestock and the manufacture of fertilizers were also state-owned in the Ming Dynasty.

The reproduction and sale of agricultural livestock such as cattle, donkeys and mules is under the overall control of the Department of Livestock under the Ministry of Finance.

They have set up branches in various provinces across the country to carry out professional breeding and reproduction of cattle, donkeys and mules, and streamline and scientific everything to increase production, reduce costs, and benefit farmers.

Fertilizer is the most important part of agricultural production.

In the era of no chemical fertilizers, compost was a common fertilizer used by farmers. Livestock manure and human manure were important raw materials. In the past, some folk tyrants made a fortune by collecting manure and making fertilizers, and even in some places Monopoly power - dung tyrants.

The existence of dung tyrants makes the local people not free to even poop.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court, which attached great importance to agricultural production, quickly conducted a thorough investigation of the composting situation in the country under the arrangement of Su Yonglin, and then proposed a state-run plan for fertilizers.

This plan is very interesting.

Because this plan can also involve the Ming Dynasty's health revolution and the army's firearm needs.

The hygiene revolution is something Su Yonglin is very concerned about. In ancient China, it was not unhygienic. Larger cities have good hygiene conditions. There are public toilets and specialized personnel to clean up excrement and urine. To spank or something.

But this is limited to some big cities or famous historical and cultural cities. Small cities and rural areas do not have such treatment. After all, there are relatively few big cities and famous historical and cultural cities. Most of them are small cities and villages. There is no hygiene in these places. .

It's okay to have a dung tyrant, at least he can collect dung, but many places don't even have a dung tyrant, so people live in a clean and hygienic environment!

Due to various considerations, Su Yonglin started a nationwide public toilet construction plan during the period of the Central Bureau of General Affairs.

Strive to have at least one public toilet in every administrative village under the guidance of the village and peasant association, with a hygienic environment that is enough for the whole village to easily relieve themselves.

If a notice is found and criticized, he will be publicly punished. If he is found twice, he will be fined. If he is found three times, he will be publicly sentenced and fined.

All in all, it is necessary to allow the whole village to use the toilet in the public toilet. After using the toilet, they have to scoop water and wash their hands. The cleaning of the public toilet is handed over to the farmers in the whole village to take turns, so as to spread the correct concept of hygiene to everyone in Daming. a corner.

This is an important task for the staff of the village peasant associations and collective farms. The higher-level peasant associations and revival associations should go to the countryside from time to time to conduct random inspections to check the rationality of the location and number of public toilets and the acceptance of farmers, and then report to the revival association in real time. Central, convenient for the central government to adjust policies at any time.

While developing hygiene habits, this method also contributes to the centralized collection of feces and the centralized production of compost, and this task is left to the township and peasant associations.

The rural peasant association should set up a composting brigade specially responsible for this work, which will go down to the public toilets in the village to collect animal manure and human manure for special composting and fermentation.

After the compost is successfully produced, it is sold to the village and peasant associations at a relatively low price guided by the state for uniform distribution and use, so as to increase agricultural output and increase the production of grain and cash crops.

As of the beginning of the sixth year of Hongwu, the number of administrative villages that have built at least one public toilet has exceeded [-] according to the statistics of the Central Committee of the Renaissance.

With the issuance of funds and the availability of supervision, this number will continue to increase. In the future, as the population increases, one public toilet will definitely not be enough, and the number will inevitably continue to increase.

The public toilet construction plan can not only play a role in agriculture and sanitation, but also in the military.

Gunpowder requires nitrate, and good saltpeter mines are very difficult to find. The saltpeter mine exploration team dispatched by Su Yonglin is currently running around the entire Central Plains, exploring for saltpeter mines everywhere, but the harvest is very limited. demand for gunpowder.

The Privy Council, which is in charge of the military's logistical affairs, is very troubled by this, and the smooth progress of the public toilet operation has greatly reduced the pressure on the Privy Council.

The nitrate that the saltpeter mine cannot provide is made up by numerous public toilets.

For this reason, the Privy Council regarded the work of collecting saltpeter as very important.

Every state and prefecture in Daming has a saltpeter commissioner sent by the Privy Council to watch the collection of nitrates for the Privy Council. Township and village peasant associations will assist them to scrape the nitrates from their public toilets on a regular basis, and they will centralize them to deliver them. It is boiled in a special nitrification factory, and then sent to the gunpowder factory to make gunpowder.

The Ming Army Shenji Camp consumed a huge amount of gunpowder, and a considerable part of the gunpowder they used was made from nitrate collected from public toilets all over the place.

It is not an exaggeration to say that public toilets provided the Ming army with fighting power.

Public toilets can also improve public hygiene, provide fecal fermentation and compost, and provide nitrate to make gunpowder. It can be said that a public toilet connects three strategies that are very important to the Ming Dynasty. Three birds with one stone belong to yes. .

The public toilets are great.

The Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Finance and Commercial National Team also became more and more mature in this arduous work and test.

Obviously, the policies that can be successfully operated in Ming Dynasty will inevitably be put into operation in Jiangnan, and the fist products that can be famous and sold in Jiangnan country in foreign trade must be mastered by the Ming government and become part of the public economy.

This part of foreign trade cannot be handed over to private individuals, and even under the rule of Jiangnan Kingdom, these bulk foreign trade are in the hands of a few powerful people.

Although the leaders on the bright side are all businessmen, their attributes are also the white gloves of the powerful family.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, do you still want to do foreign trade from scratch?

Think beautifully.

(End of this chapter)