Qiming 1158

Chapter 1315 The Dividend of the Times

There is no doubt that the needs of farmers can be continuously met for a long period of time.

Because after the diversion of the Yellow River, there are still a large number of water conservancy projects, road projects, and urban housing construction projects in the Yellow River area.

Everything that has been damaged in the entire Yellow Flood Area due to the continuous rage of the Yellow River for 300 years needs to be repaired and reconstructed, so as to activate the agricultural productivity in the Yellow Flood Area and make this area prosperous.

This is a huge project, and it is a very important link in the entire Ming Dynasty's national strategy.

According to the investment plan set by the Ministry of Finance, in the next 20 years, a considerable scale of infrastructure construction will be carried out in this area, and the required manpower and material resources will be huge.

The Zhongdu court would use the copper coins collected from the landlords as construction capital to drive the construction of basic projects and increase additional income for farmers by the way.

Therefore, in the foreseeable future, within 20 years, the advantages of collective farms will be fully reflected.

But what about 20 years later?
There will always be an end to infrastructure construction. After the completion of the project to boost employment and people's income with state investment, or after the scale declines, there will always be farmers who have no work to do, and their income will be reduced at that time. Compared to before, it must be difficult to accept. There will be resentment.

As the ruler of the country, this kind of thing cannot be ignored.

Su Yonglin thought of this early in the morning.

Infrastructure construction cannot last forever, development is the only solution. Taking advantage of this precious window period, we must make every effort to develop industry and commerce, increase the increment of social output value, make the cake bigger, and distribute it to the vast number of farmers.

At the same time, the development of industrial technology is the top priority.

Steam engines, steel, trains, cement, military industry, ships, chemicals, mining, pharmaceuticals, etc., all of these are the bulk of the job creation. If these industries can be gradually pulled up in Daming, they will be able to benefit from the infrastructure construction dividend period. Before it's over, connect it up.

In this way, it can not only increase the income of peasant families, but also free the redundant rural labor force from agricultural production, expand the number of worker groups, and consolidate the achievements of the revolution.

Therefore, while governing the country, it is necessary to spend a lot of money on the Ministry of Industry.

When leading a team to visit Kaifeng City, Su Yonglin thought deeply about this issue and considered the future industrial layout.

The development of science and technology is currently unpredictable. It can be foreseen that there are only relatively early industrial technologies such as coking, steelmaking and firearm manufacturing.

Of course, these early industrial developments can also bring considerable demand for jobs, and the layout of the imperial court is now beginning to unfold.

The Ministry of Industry is currently setting up coking workshops in many coal mining areas to refine coke, and then transport the coke to iron smelting workshops in many iron mining areas across the country to innovate iron-making technology and produce high-quality steel.

Some of these high-quality steels were used in firearms manufacturing, and were transported to firearms workshops mainly distributed around the central capital to make firearms.

Part of it was sent to the ordnance factory also located around the central capital to produce high-quality steel knives, spears, armor, arrow clusters and other traditional weapons.

Because of the particularity of military production, the layout of the military industry is mainly located near the central capital, which is convenient for the central court to control nearby.

With the passage of time, Mingting is planning to build related military industrial chains in various central and municipal regions, so as to increase military output, stimulate local employment, increase local income, and by the way, it can also reduce the cost of transportation.

In the foreseeable 20 years in the future, the Ming Dynasty will not stop its military advancement, so the war will continue. From the current point of view, the gap in military manufacturing is still quite large.

This is part of the dividend of the times for the Ming Kingdom.

The demand from the military is enough to drive the employment of a large number of professional industrial workers. These various state-owned workshops and handicraft workshops all over the country can absorb a considerable amount of local surplus agricultural labor and transform into professional industrial workers.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, the number of workers employed in various state-owned factories has exceeded 150 million and is heading towards 200 million.

Coking workshops, firearm manufacturing workshops, textile workshops, porcelain workshops and other light and heavy industries are blooming and flourishing across the country.

This situation will continue as agricultural production recovers.

The birth and development of the working class was of great significance to the revolution of the Ming Dynasty, and the education and organization of the workers was simpler than that of the peasants.

However, in addition to the traditional light industry, Ming's heavy industry technology is still in its infancy, and the jobs that can be created in this state are still limited.

Before the breakthrough of science and technology in this area, the business side can also create a huge demand for jobs.

For example, after the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Jiangnan Kingdom, it was replaced by global maritime trade. These maritime trade will drive a series of job demands, from raw material production to finished product production to transportation and logistics to shipbuilding to large sailing. A large number of specialized practitioners are needed.

Su Yonglin also intends to carry out further direct trade, dispatching the Daming navy to occupy some supply and living points in the entire commercial waterway area to protect the safety of the waterway, and then open up a safe waterway directly controlled by the Daming Kingdom, conduct bilateral direct trade, and attack some intermediate business.

So much money has been earned by your middlemen, but the upstream industry can't make this money. It's really unwilling.

This money has to be earned, it has to be earned.

In this way, part of the demand can be created and part of the jobs can be provided.

With the expansion of business scale, the demand for this part and upstream and downstream demand will also increase, and more jobs will be provided.

In this way, the domestic economic environment of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly improved, and great prosperity, the so-called "prosperous age" of the past dynasties may be at hand.

But Su Yonglin's pursuit of the "prosperous age" is obviously not limited to the prosperous age of eating bran and pharyngeal vegetables to fill his stomach.

To achieve this goal, multiple guarantees are required.

If the scale of commerce is large enough, then general regional military conflicts will hardly have a big enough impact on the commercial trade of the Ming Kingdom. This is a major guarantee.

On the other hand, increasing the population, expanding the basic market, and doing a good job of internal circulation are also a great prerequisite for hedging external risks. Only by doing well in the internal circulation and even making the basic market can we have enough confidence to develop external demand.

If all demand is placed externally and the main focus is on the external market, then a mutiny or a natural disaster can hit the Ming industry hard and cause the industry to shrink.

These days, no country in the world can guarantee long-term stability. As far as Su Yonglin knows, most major countries in the world are in a relatively chaotic state.

Therefore, if you want to do business peacefully and make money lying down, it is basically an extravagant hope, and it is mainly up to you.

It is very necessary to engage in agriculture, engage in industry, develop the service industry, and do a good job in the three internal industries.

Revolution is one aspect, which is important, but it is also important to have a full stomach and live a good life.

In the future, there are still many things that need the layout of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to military liberation, more investment is required.

While thinking and walking, Su Yonglin began to walk towards the downtown area.

At this moment, the carnival crowd from last night gradually woke up and started their daily activities one after another. Even if there was half a day less, the days would pass. Find something to eat and get ready for work.

Su Yonglin was wearing normal clothes and walked on the street as usual, which quickly attracted the attention of many people. Everyone cheered Su Yonglin by shouting [the official family is here], [long live the official family], [the official family is wise] and so on.

Su Yonglin didn't like the title of Guanjia, and preferred that everyone called him Chairman, so he told the people in Kaifeng City about this many times.

However, obviously not many people followed suit, and everyone was more accustomed to calling him official.

I don't expect everyone to change their minds completely in a day or two.

(End of this chapter)