Daming Crazy Emperor

On the Hubei River, a huge fleet is heading south rapidly.

The densely packed ships galloped past like rows of flying shuttles, and the young and strong people on both sides of the strait who were busy building settlements couldn't help but look over here.

At this time, Taichang was also turning the telescope to scan the plains on both sides of the river.

The huge territory of the Xiber Province is finally a bit popular. If it is fully developed here, I don't know what it will be like.

He glanced around for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Yan Ru, how many young people have migrated here now?"

Peng Bin quickly thought about it carefully, and then carefully said: "Your Majesty, according to the news from Altai City last time, more than 260 million young and strong have migrated here.

Calculated according to their migration speed, there should be almost 300 million young and old at this moment. "

300 million young and strong, plus 30 southeast battalion soldiers, do not know how many settlements have been built.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "How many settlements have been built, have you counted the number?"

Peng Bin said cautiously: "The exact number is not very clear, because these young adults were transported in batches, some of them may have built one or two settlements, and some are still going to the planned settlements. Hurry up."

This is really difficult to count, because the area here is too large. Without a boat, even by horse-drawn carriage, it may take a month to reach the farthest gathering point.

There is no way, the river here has been frozen for too long.

Taichang sighed slightly, and then asked: "What about the other common people, when will they come over?"

Peng Bin said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, because the train going here has to transport materials and young adults, there is no way to transport other ordinary people in the first one or two months, so I can only let other people The common people came by boat first.

At this moment, the first batch of 300 merchant ships, [-] Flying Dragon warships, [-] Aegis ships, and [-] dreadnoughts rushed here, carrying a large amount of food, materials, and nearly [-] million people.

The last time Weichen received the news, they had already passed through Beitaiping City, and they should have arrived near the mouth of the Yeni River by this time. "

There is no way, the speed of their expansion is too fast, and many places have not yet been connected to telegraph lines.

For example, there are no coasts of the Arctic Ocean.

This has to be pulled quickly.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then ordered: "When you arrive in Shenwu City, you should send a report to the Ministry of Industry and ask them to send people to the coast of the Arctic Ocean to build telegraph lines and relay stations. This year, the telegraph lines must be pulled here.

In addition, when you arrive at Shenwu City and the sailors who built the settlement disembark, I will give you five Flying Dragon warships and four thousand Spike warships. You plan carefully and let them go to the mouth of the Hubei River to follow The coming fleet converges.

At that time, they will just pull the people, food and materials directly to the designated area, instead of pulling all the people, food and materials.

Otherwise, we have to arrange for the ship to turn around and pull back when we get here, which will waste a lot of time.

Time is running out right now, we have to settle the first batch of people who arrived quickly, otherwise they won't be able to grow food this year. "

Peng Bin hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "Maozhong, are the wheat and potato seeds ready? When will they be brought here?"

Chen Zilong quickly replied: "Your Majesty, these have been prepared a long time ago, and they are all shipped in Wubei City, and they are in the merchant ship that came over."

Well, yes, the newly established yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture is very efficient.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said to Peng Bin: "Yan Ru, you should distribute the seeds well later.

The time for sowing the seedlings is coming soon, if they still have to wait for the seeds, the delay will be long. "

Peng Bin hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

At this moment, the fleet has already entered Hubei Lake, and Shenwu City is not far away.

After more than two hours, they finally saw the familiar Shenwu City from a distance.

What is surprising is that at this moment, there are more than a dozen flying dragon warships parked at the port of Shenwu City.

Did these flying dragon warships rush over to report the news in advance?

Sure enough, as soon as the flagship landed on the pier, a naval guerrilla general walked over quickly, bowed his hands and said, "Report, Your Majesty, the naval fleet has arrived at the mouth of the Xinxi River ten days ago, and it should be arriving in northern Hubei soon." The estuary."

Uh, this speed seems to be a little faster than they estimated.

Taichang quickly waved his hand and said, "Yan Ru, go and explain to him, and ask him to go back to report near the mouth of the Hubei River, and the fleet should not really bring all the personnel and supplies here.

In addition, you should explain to the navy officers and soldiers here again, and ask them to help pull this group of relocated ordinary people to the built settlements.

Yuan Fang, hurry up, order the sailors who built the settlement to get off the ship first. "

Hearing this, Peng Bin hurriedly bowed his hands and retreated, leading the naval guerrilla general down.

Zhang Yuanfang immediately ordered the flag bearer to play the flag.

The Flying Dragon Warship and the Spike Warship they brought were quickly docked at the pier, and the sailors rushed off the ship like a torrent.

Taichang looked at Peng Bin dancing, and suddenly realized that he hadn't arranged a subordinate officer for him yet.

He is the governor of the two provinces, and he manages the two largest provinces in Ming Dynasty so far, so a bare-bones commander is definitely not enough, even if he splits people apart, he will not be able to handle it!
He frowned and thought for a while, then said loudly: "Cheng En, send someone to send the report immediately.

According to my decree, I ordered each of the eight departments to arrange an experienced Yuanwailang and five more diligent chiefs to help Peng Bin handle the affairs of the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province. "

48 subordinate officers should be enough for the time being, but after the development, there is no need to worry.

Because the Ministry of Officials is transferring officials to form the third department and the prefectural and county governments of the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province, there will be seven to eight hundred officials here if there are not one thousand, and Peng Bin will definitely feel a lot easier.

Taichang thought about it carefully, then lowered his head and stared at the mineral deposits on the map.

His investment this time is unprecedented. If the mines here are not quickly mined, the internal treasury will probably be exhausted by him within five years.

There is still a big battle to be fought at that time, but I dare not exhaust the internal treasury.

The problem is that there are not enough manpower for farming and raising cattle, sheep and horses at the moment, so where can people dig mines?
Especially gold mines.

There are not so many gold mines here. There are gold mines almost everywhere in the Altai Mountains, the Hubei River Basin, the Yeni River Basin, and the Xinxi River Basin. How can they be mined with more than 20 people each and enough equipment?

He can't just order people to mine gold mines casually, and he can only rest assured if he sends soldiers from the Ming army with strict military discipline.

Otherwise, it is very likely that there will be a big mess.

Where can we transfer more than a dozen or 20 soldiers of the Ming army with strict military discipline?
The 30 elite soldiers of the North Camp are preparing to build an acropolis, and the 30 soldiers of the Southeast Camp are also leading the young and strong to build settlements.

These 60 soldiers must not be able to move.

It seems that there are only 20 Beidaying soldiers who are guarding the fortress guard city on the line of Mobei City, Altai City and Hubei River.

Most of these are elderly veterans, and there must be no problem with military discipline.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said loudly: "Chuan Wenzhao come here."

Cao Wenzhao was originally stationed in the Altai Mountains. At this moment, the [-] soldiers of the Southern Camp have left the Altai Mountains and headed here. The gold mines discovered are temporarily closed, and the defense over there is handed over to the Altai City. He is no longer a soldier of the Peking University Camp, so he naturally doesn't have to sit there anymore.

He really didn't expect that Taichang came to him because of the gold mine.

Soon, he quickly boarded the flagship, bowed his hands and said: "My humble minister sees the emperor."

Taichang nodded slightly, then solemnly said: "Wen Zhao, I have to trouble you about the gold mine.

At the moment, the gold and silver in the internal treasury are being spent crazily. At least a few hundred million taels will be spent a year. It will definitely not work without replenishment. I have to save some money to prepare for the war with Europe.

We have found a lot of gold mines here, but we have not organized manual mining, which is a bit wasteful.

After thinking about it, it is only you who are in charge of gold mining is the most suitable. "

Uh, Your Majesty, can you send me some other tasks?
After all, Wei Chen is also a fierce general!

There is no way, the emperor has spoken, and he dare not refuse.

He could only ask helplessly, "Your Majesty, where should we mobilize manpower to mine gold mines?"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "Just transfer the soldiers of the Beida Camp from Mobei City, Altai City, Shenwu City to Hubei City to mine gold mines.

Anyway, the border line has been pushed to the Ural Mountains, the Ural River and the Caspian Sea at this moment, and there are 60 elite guards led by Bianjiao and Jiandou. It is impossible for Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire to fight here , you just leave some people to defend the city.

The equipment needed for mining is also up to you to contact the Ministry of Industry.

In short, I will leave this matter to you. You work hard to mine the gold mine here as soon as possible. "

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

The problem of mining gold mines is solved.

Cao Wenzhao's fief also has gold mines, he must be familiar with this, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Next came the mining of coal, iron ore, and oil.

These also require a lot of manpower, but there is no need to worry about someone secretly hiding the mined mines and taking them out.

Anyway, these ores are not worth much, and it doesn't make much sense to take them out, and one person can't take much at all, so it doesn't matter if they take them casually.

The key is to have enough manpower, enough equipment, and enough smelters, so that these can be turned into money.

Taichang thought for a while, then said decisively: "Cheng En, send someone to send the report.

According to my decree, I ordered the Ministry of Industry to recruit 100 million laborers in the Mughal Empire, and dispatched officials to mobilize equipment to prepare to mine here. "

Cao Wenzhao's speed was really uncommonly fast. Within a few days, he transferred all the tens of thousands of defenders in Altai City to the Altai Mountains to mine gold mines.

Moreover, he also mobilized a batch of equipment from the silver mines in Monan and Mobei. The gold mines in the Altai Mountains were mined soon, and the smelters there also started work in the two nearby Acropolis.

There are really many gold mines in the Altai Mountains, and the daily output of 400 taels is not fake. Calculated, the Altai Mountains alone can produce nearly 4000 million taels of gold a year, which is [-] million taels when converted into silver.

As for the Xiber Province, it is even more serious. If calculated by the number of gold mines, the output is at least twice that of the Altai Mountains.

Of course, the gold mines here are too scattered, and the output cannot be directly calculated according to the number of gold mines. However, it should not be a problem to mine 600 million taels a year.

In other words, the gold mines in the Altai Mountains and Xibo Province alone can bring about [-] million taels of silver income to the inner treasury a year.

In fact, this is nothing.

After all, it is a bit troublesome to mine gold mines, and the gold content of ordinary ores is not high, and the output cannot be compared with iron ore, coal mines, oil and other mineral deposits.

Under the condition of the same weight of these mineral deposits, it is definitely not comparable to the value of gold mines, but they cannot withstand the large mining volume!

Gold veins are generally not large, and it is considered good to be able to mine tens of thousands of catties a day, and the mining of these mineral deposits is at least hundreds of thousands of catties or even millions of catties a day.

Moreover, Daming's level of smelting and processing is not covered.

After iron ore is smelted, it can be directly processed into various daily necessities. After oil is refined, it can be directly made into kerosene lamps, candles, plastic sheets, buckets, etc. to sell.

That would be rather terrifying.

All these mineral deposits are really mined, and after they are turned into money, they can bring hundreds of millions of taels of income to the internal treasury at least a year after excluding the cost.

If the mineral income from other provinces is added, not only will the internal treasury not lose money, but it will also generate several hundred million taels more in a year.

This may be the fundamental reason why European colonial bandits like to rob resources. To rob resources is actually to rob money, and the benefits are too great.