Daming Crazy Emperor

The mineral resources in Xiber Province are really quite rich, and there are almost all the minerals that have been discovered in the world.

There are many metal deposits such as gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, iron mines, aluminum mines, tin mines, etc., especially gold mines, which are frighteningly abundant.

There are also coal mines and oil reserves that are even more amazing. Anyway, the coal mines and oil found in the Hubei River Basin alone are already incalculable.

After the prospecting officials from the Ministry of Industry sent out, the good news kept coming. They have already detected four large coal mines, two large iron mines, and five large gold mines. There are silver mines, copper mines, aluminum mines, etc., which have also been discovered one after another.

Song Yingxing excitedly mobilized machinery and manpower to build the canal, but Taichang went outside Shenwu City to start building houses.

To be precise, what he built was a greenhouse.

Because the more mines there are, the more manpower is needed. He has to ensure that the people here can live a normal life in the severe winter. Otherwise, no one can stay here except for the families of the Beidaying and Southeastying camps. live.

At this moment, more than a dozen rows of pillars have been erected on the west side of Shenwu City. The square concrete pillars are like soldiers in an array, neatly and neatly arranged.

Thousands of southeast battalion soldiers are stepping on the brackets to nail wooden squares on it.

The greenhouse he designed is actually very simple, that is, there are concrete columns every ten feet.

The general passage is three rows of columns, the middle one is one foot high, and the two sides are eight feet high.

Generally, the greenhouse does not need to be built too high, as long as people can move around freely in it.

Because the higher the building is, the more heat it consumes, which is not conducive to keeping warm.

As for why the pillar in the middle should be made one foot high, that's no way, because he has to ensure that the snow can slide down naturally.

If it is made into a flat roof, the snow accumulation on the roof in winter is estimated to be half a foot or even a foot thick, which is not a little heavy. Even if the concrete columns can withstand it, the wooden squares and planks in the middle may not be able to support it.

If the greenhouse is crushed by snow, it will be in big trouble.

There is also a large type of greenhouse that is used in the market and to keep cattle, sheep and horses warm in winter. There are five rows of columns, the outermost two rows are also eight feet high, the inner two rows are one foot high, and the middle row is One foot two.

He can't design the greenhouse too big, because if it is too big, the steam pipe will have to go around the middle of the greenhouse. Not only is it troublesome to install, but it also needs to be isolated and protected to prevent people from being burned.

At this moment, the emphasis is on speed, not grandeur.

Anyway, as long as it can keep warm, there is no point in making it too big. If necessary, it can be extended continuously, and it can also accommodate more stalls or more cattle, sheep and horses.

As for the structure of the greenhouse, it is actually very simple. It is to fix wooden beams with slopes on the cement columns, and then nail a row of wooden squares more than ten feet long and about the thickness of an arm.

A layer is nailed densely first, and then a thick plastic sheet is added in the middle to seal it, and then a layer of wooden squares is nailed on top. The walls on both sides are similar, and they are all three-layer thermal insulation structures.

Anyway, there is a lot of wood here, and if it is used to build a greenhouse, it will never be used up.

It is really simple to build a greenhouse with this structure. As long as the cement columns are dry, it is very fast to nail the wood and lay the plastic.

Thousands of soldiers from the Southeast Battalion only worked for one day, and the three greenhouses were completed.

These three greenhouses are an I-shaped, with two large houses ten feet long on both sides, and a passage about five feet long in the middle.

As for why he built such a large and three greenhouses for experiments, there is no way.

Because the casting of large-scale boilers has not yet started here, he can only dismantle the boilers on the Spike Warship to try.

Early the next morning, he brought Yuan Keli, Zhu Cihong and a group of guards to test the greenhouse.

This test method is also very simple, that is, put a small boiler on one side of two large rooms, and then put more thermometers around the room and in the middle of the passage.

After all the guards set up the thermometers, Taichang walked over and carefully checked the readings of the thermometers.

The temperature at the moment is about 22 degrees. It can't be too hot, so it's just right to wear a single coat.

However, I don't know what the temperature will be.

After carefully looking at all the thermometers, he ordered decisively: "Start to burn the steam, open all the steam valves on it, don't need to maintain the pressure, it's okay to let the steam spray out.

You have to be careful, the inside is sealed, there is not even a chimney, although the fire is firewood, there may be a lack of oxygen.

If you feel dizzy, open the window quickly, or run out to get some fresh air. "

The General Banner of the Navy Division who was in charge of burning the boiler hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I will understand at the end."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then led everyone out.

The next step is to wait.

To be honest, he didn't know how effective this kind of greenhouse was, and he didn't even know how long it would take the boiler to heat up to the height he wanted.

No way, no one has tried this kind of greenhouse in the future, who knows how effective it is in keeping warm.

Taichang was standing outside staring at the I-shaped greenhouse in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, but Zhu Cihong cleverly ordered some chairs and a table to be brought in, and also ordered someone to make a pot of hot tea. Only then ran over and said crisply: "Grandpa Huang, why don't we sit down and wait."

This kid is quite considerate.

Looking back, Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly and said: "Well, not bad, if you want to be a flourishing emperor, you must know what your subjects need.

For example, ordinary people, they want to have enough food and clothing, earn money to support their families, and want to change their lives through their hardworking hands.

You have to find ways to create a good environment for them so that they can get over it as much as possible.

Of course, if some ministers are greedy or greedy for power, and just want to step on the heads of the common people to do their best, then you can't encourage them, you have to stop them in time. "

Zhu Cihong thought about it carefully, then nodded again and again and said: "Grandson understands."

Taichang smiled slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Li Qing, sit down quickly."

They just sat there, drinking tea and chatting, and the time passed quickly.

About half an hour later, the doors of the two large rooms opened almost at the same time, and the sailors who were burning the boilers ran out almost at the same time, walked up to him quickly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it's too hot inside." We can't hold it anymore."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being pleasantly surprised: "Oh, what's the temperature inside?"

He thought it was due to the lack of oxygen inside, and these people were so dizzy that they couldn't stand it.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be because it was too hot inside.

How long has it been, and how hot can it be in there?
The general flag of the Navy hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's 45 degrees inside."

Such a high temperature?
very good!

This proves that the sealing effect of this kind of greenhouse is quite good, and the heat inside can hardly be dissipated.

The temperature rises from about 23 degrees to 45 degrees. This temperature should be almost enough. In winter, as long as there is more than 20 degrees in the greenhouse, most people can live comfortably.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then ordered: "Take someone in and close the furnace door, don't continue to add fire."

The general flag hurriedly said "Zunzhi", and then ran in with people, and after a while, he ran out with people again, ran to Taichang, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, close it, the inside is closed." The firewood should burn out in less than a quarter of an hour."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, you go back to rest first, and I will order someone to call you if something happens."

The general flag hurriedly led the people to bow and leave.

But Taichang was still sitting there with the old god, drinking tea and chatting with Yuan Keli and Zhu Cihong, very leisurely.

The environment of this place is indeed quite good. It is surrounded by grasslands, mountains and forests in the distance, and the temperature is quite suitable. Sitting here to drink tea and chat is also a kind of enjoyment.

After about half an hour, he waved his hand and said, "Cheng En, send someone in to check the temperature inside."

Wang Chengen hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to explain a few words in detail, and soon, several Wu eunuchs ran in quickly.

After a while, they ran out and bowed, "Your Majesty, there are still 42 degrees inside."

Very good, it seems that the insulation effect of this greenhouse is quite good.

Taichang waited for about half an hour before ordering someone to run in to have a look again.

At this moment, the temperature inside has dropped to about forty degrees.

He couldn't help but excitedly said: "It seems that the effect of this greenhouse is already good. As long as you keep burning the boiler in winter, the temperature inside should not drop."

Hearing this, Zhu Cilang couldn't help asking curiously: "Grandfather, this place is full of steam. If you stay for a long time, your clothes will probably be soaked through. I'm afraid most people won't be able to bear it?"

Taichang smiled and explained: "Now we are just trying, the steam is sprayed out directly.

A formal greenhouse is definitely not like this. We have to add pipes, and the steam flows through the pipes to the whole room or to both sides, and it will not be sprayed out.

Now it's all right, we can come here in large numbers of migrants. "

Yuan Keli heard this, and couldn't help but cautiously said: "Your Majesty, the winter here is so cold, will the common people be willing to migrate here?"

He had naturally considered this issue long ago.

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "Under normal circumstances, if ordinary people are allowed to migrate to such a bitter and cold place, no one would be willing.

However, we can be stimulated by rewards.

The reason why the families of the soldiers of the Southeast Camp are willing to come here is because we have great rewards.

If we use this method to stimulate the common people, it is estimated that the common people will rush to migrate here.

For example, for all ordinary people who are willing to migrate, we will allocate [-] mu of land or [-] mu of grassland to each of them according to the standard of military households in the guards, and provide them with free warm housing.

For another example, we can also reward them with cattle, sheep and horses.

Anyone who is willing to come and farm will be rewarded with a cow.

Anyone who is willing to come and graze, no one will reward a cow or ten sheep.

We can even reward food, a complete set of household items, and daily necessities, so that they can live comfortably after they come here.

Of course, the rewards for the families of the soldiers of the North Camp and the Southeast Camp should be slightly higher than those of ordinary people. We cannot let the soldiers feel cold. "

Uh, such a reward?

Generally, ordinary people who are not living well in Daming will be moved!
Yuan Keli thought for a while, and then carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, if the local people of Daming are scrambling to come over, then there may be more than 1000 million, and maybe 3000 million or [-] million.

If there are really so many people who want to come here, then we will spend billions of taels just to buy cattle, sheep and horses! "

Taichang said indifferently: "A few billion taels is a few billion taels. As long as it is developed here, it will be no problem to earn hundreds of millions of taels a year.

We can also properly control the number of people who migrate, and it is enough to ensure that the income and expenditure are almost balanced in the first ten years.

As for spending hundreds of millions of taels of silver every year, we don't need to worry about this little money.

A strong country requires wealth for the people. In a prosperous age, you don’t have to worry about the common people making money. If you worry about the prosperous times, the common people won’t make any money, and problems will arise. "

Well, if the emperor doesn't care about money, then there's no problem.

With such favorable conditions, there is no need to worry that no one will come over.

What they have to worry about is that there are too many people who want to come over, and when the time comes, those who have waited for a few years and have not come over will have opinions, which will be a bit troublesome.

Taichang has also considered this.

The two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty sent out the announcement at the same time, and then arranged according to the order of registration.

Whoever registers first will be arranged to migrate here first. As for those who are hesitant and not actively registering, they can't blame others for waiting for a few years.