Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 247
In the Taiye Pool of the imperial city, ships of wheels are taking turns approaching the pier. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Imperial Army have already lined up in several long queues, and the unloading scene is simply spectacular.

Buckets of rubber and pieces of copper ingots were uploaded from the boat like flowing water, and were soon passed to the area where the long-abandoned Wanshou Palace site was located.

At this moment, the ruins of the Longevity Palace have long been emptied, and rubber barrels and copper ingots have been piled up like a mountain in the huge open space.

This time, Ming finally had enough rubber and copper to build warships, guns and artillery and other weapons and equipment.

Therefore, Taichang decided to directly take back all the garrison stations in Sanwei, Tianjin, and build various weapons and equipment factories on both sides of the Haihe River, including shipyards, cannon factories, gun factories, and so on.

There are also the armor factory, chariot factory, military uniform factory, Wang Gong factory, etc. of the Ministry of Industry in the capital, all of which have been moved there!
Then, call all craftsmen related to the manufacture of weapons and equipment in Ming Dynasty, and make weapons and equipment like crazy!
As for the original Tunwei military households in the three guards of Tianjin, anyway, the total number is less than [-] households, and at most one hundred thousand households. The young and strong are directly selected, reorganized and practiced, and become the guards of the major factories. Just give them enough food and pay.

In fact, the remaining old and weak women and children will not be idle. As long as the factories here start to be built, they will have plenty of work to do. Even if they find some work casually, it will definitely be better than farming.

In the meeting hall of the Wenhua Palace, he had just finished introducing this unprecedented plan, and all the important court officials were dumbfounded.

They really didn't expect that the first thing the emperor did when he came back was to call everyone to discuss this.

All the factories that manufacture weapons and equipment from the Ministry of Industry have all moved to Sanwei, Tianjin!
Call all relevant artisans of Ming Dynasty to come to manufacture weapons and equipment!
Build various super-large factories along the Haihe River!

To be honest, it has never been done in all dynasties.

Just kidding, which dynasty has so much money and grain to do such a big thing!
All the important officials of the court were stunned for a while, and then Bi Maokang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I really want to call all the relevant artisans. I estimated that there are more than 50 relevant artisans. If you add their family members, it will be at least 100 million or even 200 million people!"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, all the people who can be summoned can be summoned, the more people the better."

Now is the time to catch up, so naturally you have to go all out and take your time. I don't know how many years it will take to catch up with the European countries.

I can't wait!
The countries in continental Europe have been developing rapidly for more than two hundred years, and if Da Ming wants to catch up as soon as possible, he has to take an unusual path.

That's why he came up with such a crazy plan.

When Bi Maokang heard this, he was speechless and said: "Your Majesty, think twice, there are nearly 200 million people, and the food alone consumes at least a million stones a month! We summoned them here, we can't let them go hungry, right? Also, Today's craftsmen pay taxes to offset labor. That is to say, we can't recruit free of charge like before. If we call craftsmen to work, they all have to pay wages. More than [-] craftsmen a month How much wages do you have to pay!"

Salary is not a problem. At this moment, the income of Daming Bank and the tariffs of Taicang Port are more than 100 million taels a month, and these two items will continue to increase.

In other words, the income from the labor treasury can be easily borne, and the tax from the national treasury does not need to be moved.

The problem is that if the food is really enough to feed people, 100 million shi a month may not be enough, that is to say, 200 million shi will not be enough for a year!

At this moment, the annual land tax income of the imperial court is only about 400 million shi, even if it is all replaced with grain, and there are still more than 900 million shi to be used to pay the vassal Lumi.

From the looks of it, the only way to attack Zong Fan was.

Daming has raised these moths for more than 200 years, so it's time to pay a price.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "Wages are not a problem, the Food God will find a way, you just call them over to work."

Uh, okay.

Bi Maokang was speechless.

Since the emperor said that there is no problem with money and food, what else can be the problem?
Lu Xiangsheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, there are quite a few craftsmen in the army who specialize in making weapons and equipment. Have you all been summoned?"

Yes, of course!
These military households who specialize in making weapons and equipment must be better than civilian craftsmen. They specialize in this, so of course they must be called.

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Well, let's call them all over, the more people the better. We can't feel sorry for this little investment now, the more we invest now, the greater the benefits will be in the future, on the contrary, if we don't invest now , I am afraid that in the future, not only will there be no profit, but there will also be losses!"

Ok.

Lu Xiangsheng could only cup his hands and said, "I understand."

Seeing that the emperor has made up his mind to do this, Xu Guangqi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, quickly cupped his hands and reminded: "Your majesty, we can't recruit all the artisans here at once, can we? After all, to recruit people, there must be a place to live, more than two million There is no place to live in a place as big as the capital city! Such a big city cannot be built in a year or two. Should we make a plan, build that factory first, then build that factory, and when the factory is almost built, The artisan households also have a place to live, how about we call in batches of artisan households?"

Indeed, Bi Maoliang, a big city with a population of about 10 people, summoned 200 guards and youths to build it for three years, and a big city with a population of more than [-] million, even if it summoned [-] guards, it would probably take ten years.

Hearing this, Taichang thought about it carefully, then nodded and said: "Well, we really need to think about this. The most important thing now is the shipyard, the cannon factory and the gun factory. These three factories must be built first. Liangfu, If the building gunboats are developed, how many ships can the Haihe shipyard build in a year?"

Wang Zheng reckoned: "Wei Chen has now ordered people to build five docks and open five waterways. If there are enough people, it shouldn't be a problem to build 25 buildings and gunboats a year."

There are 25 ships a year, and only 250 ships in ten years. The ten-year production capacity is not as good as the half-year production capacity of the Dutch!
Moreover, according to the judgment of the Spaniards, within the next two years, the Dutch will definitely fight over.

This is not fake, in history the Dutch came to Daming in the past few years!
The problem is that it takes too much time to build a building ship and gunboat. No matter how many docks are built and more waterways are opened, it is not possible to get out of the building ship gunboat just by throwing wood in. It is comparable to a tower. A gunboat cannot be built in a few months.

What if, at this time, the Dutch call over?

Could it be that the sailors are still allowed to drive small broken boats to fight others desperately?

Can not be done!
This is the age of great voyages, and the key to sea supremacy, sailors and soldiers are treasures, and it is a waste of talents to drive a small broken boat to fight with others!
Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Liangfu, how big are the cannons in the Spanish gunboats, can you see?"

Wang Zheng reckoned: "Judging from the size of the muzzle, it should be about two hundred catties of artillery."

Well, artillery weighing about two hundred catties is easy to deal with.

Taichang immediately made a decision and said: "How about this, you first order people to build ten dock waterways, and build them according to the size of the water transport ship. The structure of the water transport large ship is relatively simple, ten dock water channels, half a year, and fifty steam engine-driven water transport ships will be built. Come on, are you okay?"

Why did you transform the large water transport ship again?

Wang Zheng thought for a while, then nodded and said: "As long as there are enough people, there should be no problem."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "That's okay, you add a few platforms for artillery on the deck of each ship, and each large water transport ship installs six [-]-jin Thor cannons, one at the front and back, and two at the left and right. is that OK?"

Wang Zheng just thought about it for a while and nodded again and again: "No problem."

Taichang then said to Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua: "Menghou, Chuyang, you should also think about it carefully, how much space and how many craftsmen are needed to build [-] artillery pieces of various types and [-] muskets a year? Give me a confirmation letter tomorrow."

Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "I understand."

At the moment, it is limited to the output of copper, so this is considered the limit of development.

(End of this chapter)