Daming Crazy Emperor

Peng Bin collected the materials for building cities, settlements, railways, bridges, etc., and sent them back without hesitation.

He knows how many things to build, so it doesn't matter how much material there is.

After Bi Maokang received the list of materials, he was really taken aback. No matter how big the world he had seen, he had never seen so many materials needed once.

The amount of material on this list is really scary.

For example, with red bricks, it only takes tens of thousands of yuan to build a house, and the list is directly more than 1000 billion yuan!

No matter how cheap these red bricks are, you can buy a thousand taels at most for one tael of silver. Just for this item alone, it is worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

There are also doors and windows, tens of millions of sets on the list!

Oh my god, how much does this cost?
If the Ministry of Household Affairs were to pay this money, it might not be enough to add up to ten years of taxes.

Fortunately, it was clearly stated in the telegram that the money was allocated from the internal treasury.

However, even so, Bi Maokang did not immediately order someone to order.

Just kidding, this is at least a few hundred million taels of silver, and he can't afford to pay for the wrong order.

Moreover, it is stated in the telegram that they can be ordered from private factories.

If he ordered so many materials from other private factories and ended up not wanting them, it would kill people.

He looked at the full list for a while, then raised his hand and said loudly: "Come on, send this list back to confirm, and see if the quantity is wrong."

It is very convenient to send telegrams here. The cabinet and the eight departments have dedicated telegraph rooms.

However, at this moment, the telegram cannot be sent directly to Altai City, and it has to go through more than ten transfer stations in the middle.

If it is a simple sentence or two, the transfer speed is still very fast. If he wants to send back a full list, he will have to wait for a long time.

He waited for more than an hour to return the return, but the return was simple, just one sentence, yes, that's all.

Bi Maokang was stunned for a while looking at the report, and still a little suspicious: "Send the report to ask if it is worth hundreds of millions of taels of material."

The telegram sent back this time was very fast, and they still said, yes, it was hundreds of millions of taels of material. The emperor had already sent the telegram back to the palace, ordering the treasury to prepare money.

Well, the emperor ordered the treasury to prepare money, so it must be true.

Bi Maokang thought about it for a while, and then said loudly: "Go to the newspaper again, and ask if these materials are only needed for this year, or if there are so many in the next few years."

This is also very important. After all, there are too many of these materials, and they are urgently needed. In order to complete the work in time, the private factories probably need to increase equipment or hire more people.

If it's just this time, it will be gone next year, and people will probably lose money.

Fortunately, the telegram came back very soon, and they made it very clear that this large-scale order of materials would last at least three to five years.

That's fine.

Bi Maokang stared at the list and considered carefully for a while, and then said loudly: "Cai Bangjun, the doctor of the Qing Dynasty official."

After that, he picked up a pen and copied the list.

He was going to hand over this matter to Cai Bangjun, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Cleaning up. After all, he had to assist Xu Guangqi in handling cabinet affairs, so he had no time to focus on this matter.

The materials on this list are incredible. The folks don’t know how many factories will be able to take over. Even if enough private factories are found, they have to check the quality, speed up the progress, organize freight, etc., which is very troublesome.

He didn't have time to do it, so he had to hand it over to a capable man.

This Cai Bangjun was a second-class Jinshi in the first science palace examination, and his ability to handle affairs was quite outstanding, so he was promoted all the way to the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The current Ministry of Industry, Cleaning and Cleaning Department is not the insignificant Qingshui Yamen in the past. It is in charge of dozens of large factories, including shipyards, steel factories, smelters and other super factories.

At the moment, the number of officials in the Ministry of Industry's Cleaning and Cleaning Department is also frightening. There are hundreds of Yuanwailang and principals alone, and thousands of low-level officials such as officials, promotions, and ambassadors.

It can be said that at this moment, the Department of Cleaning Up Officials of the Ministry of Industry is the largest Department of Cleaning Officials among the Eight Departments, not one of them.

Cai Bangjun was very busy now and then, but he still didn't dare to neglect the call from the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the Second Assistant to the Cabinet.

Not long after, he hurried into Bi Maokang's duty room, bowed his hands and said, "My lord sees you."

Bi Maokang nodded slightly, and carefully checked the list he had just copied, then picked up the list and handed it over, solemnly said: "Guohua, please read this list first."

Cai Bangjun quickly took the list with both hands and looked at it carefully.

The number of materials on this list also surprised him.

My God, with so many materials, it is probably enough to build a country.

He read the list carefully, and then asked carefully: "My lord, do you need the materials on this list urgently?"

Bi Maokang nodded without hesitation: "It's urgent, it must be ready before October this year.

You can order from private factories, and as for the payment, it will all be paid by the internal warehouse, so you don't have to worry about it.

How about, is there any problem in getting the materials on the list ready before October? "

So urgent!
Cai Bangjun took the list and looked it over carefully, and then said carefully: "My lord, the output of materials such as rails, sleepers, and iron nails is already large. As long as the factories under the Ministry of Industry work overtime, they will be ready before October." is no problem.

There are too many other materials, and it is impossible to drive out the private factories on the front line from the capital to Wubei City.

Weichen may have to send people to the surrounding provinces of Beizhili and even Nanzhili to order. "

Bi Maokang nodded without hesitation and said: "No problem, you can send people to all the prefectures and counties in the two capitals and the thirteen provinces to order, and no matter what, send it to the capital or Altai as soon as it is ready.

You can ask private factories to add some equipment and recruit more manpower. This large-scale order of materials will last at least three to five years.

In short, this matter should be done sooner rather than later, and you should prepare all the materials as quickly as possible. "

Cai Bangjun hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your official understands."

Bi Maokang nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and prepare, and report any problems in time."

Cai Bangjun hurriedly bowed and resigned.

After he hurried back to the Department of Cleaning up Officials, he said directly to the errand servants: "Quickly inform all the officials and chiefs who are on duty in the yamen, and bring the four treasures of the study and a blank ledger to the conference room to discuss important matters."

After finishing speaking, he also ran back to the value room, took a pen, ink, inkstone and blank ledger, and walked quickly to the conference room.

At this time, several Yuanwailang and the principal were already sitting in the meeting room, so he didn't bother, he just put the list in the middle of the meeting table, and then ordered: "Everyone copy this list, copy it directly into the account book, the first One full page is used as a table of contents, and each material is divided into another page later.”

Several Yuanwailang and the principal hurriedly picked up their pens and copied it.

They were also taken aback by the amount of these materials, but no one asked anything, and everyone was copying them seriously, including Cai Bangjun himself.

Yuanwailang and the principal who came in from behind only asked Tongze who was beside him in a low voice, and then quickly took up a pen to copy.

Seeing that all Yuanwailang and the principal had finished transcribing, Cai Bangjun said solemnly: "Master Bi has an order that these materials must be prepared within half a year.

You are all ready to go to the capitals and counties of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces by train and boat to order the above materials.

Any factory, no matter whether it is privately run or government-run, as long as the materials on the production list are produced, you can place an order.

After ordering, record the monthly output of each material in each factory on the ledger.

Each person makes two ledgers, one for their own use, and one for their own use after the order is placed. The official has to collect it and arrange for transshipment and payment.

Do you have any questions? If you have any questions, please tell me quickly. This matter is very urgent, and it should be sooner rather than later. "

A group of Yuanwailang and the principal looked at me and I looked at you, and finally one Yuanwailang coughed, and then asked cautiously: "My lord, are so many materials only for this year or for the next few years? "

Cai Bangjun said without hesitation: "Master Bi said that this large-scale order of materials will last at least three to five years. You can ask private factories to add some equipment and manpower according to the situation."

This is fine.

Everyone nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Cai Bangjun immediately began to assign tasks.

At this moment, there are more than 20 Yuanwailang and chief executives gathered in the conference room, and it seems that there will be a few more from each province.

However, in big places like Nanzhili, Beizhili, Shandong, etc., one person must be too busy, and he will send the extra few to these big places directly.

As soon as Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, and the principal arrived at the place, the bosses of the related non-governmental factories were all overjoyed.

A large order of hundreds of millions of taels, even if it is distributed to thousands of factories, each factory can earn tens of thousands of taels a year!

Tens of thousands of taels is nothing to the current Ming court, but it is a huge benefit to most private factory owners.

What's more, this is not a one-off deal, and there will be more in the next three to five years.

Where can I find such a good thing.

All of a sudden, the entire two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty were almost full of jubilation.

All the relevant factories that received orders were frantically buying equipment and recruiting people frantically.

These factories have made money, and related industries have also made money.

For example, providing raw materials.

Naturally, these materials cannot be created out of thin air. Even red bricks have to be burned with firewood and coal.

As for doors, windows, tables, chairs and benches, it consumes a lot of wood.

For another example, those who manufacture processing equipment can make even more money.

There are also hired workers working in factories, who work overtime, and their wages are directly doubled.

When they have money, related industries such as food, clothing, housing and transportation can follow suit.

In short, this year's investment of several hundred million taels has driven countless industries, and the whole of Ming Dynasty is thriving. Most people can clearly feel that their wealth is increasing, and their lives are getting better and better.

This is the result Taichang wanted.

Again, there is no use for money in there.

Even if the internal treasury has more than a billion taels or even billions of taels, it is just a number and it doesn't mean much at all.

It is impossible for him to eat money, and his family can't use much money.

This money is only meaningful if it is spent and drives the development of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Hundreds of millions of taels were spent, and the effect was not so good. Not only did all walks of life develop, but the common people also benefited. Even the tax revenue of the Ming court increased by tens of millions of taels a year.

Of course, he didn't just give money to people, and the benefits he got after spending the money were quite terrifying.

After the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province were developed, various mineral deposits alone could bring him hundreds of millions of taels of income a year.

There is also tax revenue, tens of millions of taels a year is not a problem.

These are not benefits for three to five years, but benefits for three to fifty years or even hundreds of years.

In short, if you spend money on him, it's really beyond your reach.

Compared with him, others are really far behind.

Just like the Spanish kings, they have colonized the Americas for more than 100 years, and they don't know how much money they robbed.

Not to mention too much, it must add up to several billion taels.

As a result, most of this money was used by successive kings to enjoy a luxurious life, and most of the luxury goods were not produced in Spain.

They are sending money out, and it has no effect except for their enjoyment.

A huge colonial empire was just played by themselves into a weak country without any sense of existence.

Their realm of spending money is far worse than that of Taichang.