Daming Crazy Emperor

In the southern part of Xiber Province, the people have been busy for more than a month and finally planted the wheat.

Taichang took Peng Bin and several officials from the Ministry of Industry to stand on the mountain to the west of Shenwu City. Looking at the lush plains on both sides, he couldn't help sighing slightly: "These ordinary people are really desperate. We have allocated so much land to them. It’s all over.”

Peng Bin also sighed: "Yes, the people of Ming Dynasty are so hardworking. As long as they can see hope and have a bright future, they will work hard."

Now they have planted their hopes, but they will have to wait three or four months before they can harvest.

This period of time can't be wasted, you have to arrange it well.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "How is it, are the common people exhausted, have you recruited enough people?

If we can't recruit people, we will wait for ten days and half a month to let them have a good rest before starting to build railways and canals.

Or, you can recruit the soldiers and young men from the Southeast Battalion who are building settlements in the north, and let them build railways and canals.

As for the common people farming here, we can also wait for them to rest enough before recruiting them to build settlements in the north. "

There are enough people!
Peng Bin quickly explained: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I have been dizzy these few days, and I didn't have time to report to you in time.

After we posted the notice of recruiting young and strong laborers, a lot of laborers came to apply for it, even almost 300 million. We have enough manpower.

We don’t need to recruit the soldiers and young men from the southeast battalion who are building settlements in the north. Let them continue to work there. It is estimated that they will be able to build settlements for 2000 million people this year.

In this way, we don't have to be in such a hurry next spring, we just need to pull the people over.

As for the canals and railways here, I feel that there are 300 elite soldiers from the Southern Day Camp, [-] navy soldiers, and nearly [-] million laborers, which is enough.

With so many people, we should be able to build two canals and two railways in the south this year. "

Nearly 300 million laborers?
According to their plan, there are only 1000 million ordinary people farming in the southern part of Xibo Province. It would be great if there were 1000 million young and strong people among the 200 million ordinary people. How did nearly 300 million come from?

Could it be that the elderly man also came here?

Taichang couldn't help but wondered: "Are these ordinary people working so hard? Don't they know they are tired?"

Peng Bin quickly explained: "Your Majesty, we pay wages, five taels of silver a month, not too low.

The money is purely earned. If a family can provide two laborers, working for three or four months is almost equivalent to a year's income in Daming.

Common people are like this, as long as they can make money, no one will feel tired.

They are afraid that they will not be able to make money after exhausting themselves.

Now, we give them such a good opportunity, how could they miss it? "

Well, the common people's thinking is so simple, they just want to make more money so that their families can live a better life.

Hearing the words, Taichang couldn't help but sighed slightly, and then said decisively: "Then get ready to start construction, not to mention the railway line, anyway, just build it along the canal.

What are your thoughts on these two canals? "

Peng Bin hastily introduced: "Wei Chen has ordered the Ministry of Industry to check it out. We can use the tributary of the Irtysh River to build the canal to the east. The excavation distance is only about 180 meters. around.

For the canal to the west, we can only rely on two small tributaries of three or four hundred miles, and the excavation distance is about three hundred miles.

The two canals are ready to start construction at the same time, and they will be built together with the railway line.

Anyway, we have enough manpower, and with the assistance of large excavators, Wei Chen estimates that the 180-mile river channel in the east can be dug in about a month, and the west may be slower, and more manpower should be dispatched. It should be about a month and a half.

After the rivers on both sides have been dug, we will pour water into them, and then use the Spike warships that specialize in dredging the rivers to clear these rivers to the extent that armed merchant ships can pass. "

There are also Spike warships that specialize in dredging the river?

Taichang couldn't help being curious: "What kind of Spike warships specialize in dredging the river?
I seem to have never seen it! "

In fact, Peng Bin had never seen this thing before, so he simply winked at the worker from the Ministry of Industry, Wai Lang, who was transferred to help.

Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly cupped his hands and introduced: "Your Majesty, this kind of ship is actually an improved sand dredger.

It turns out that when we widened the North Canal and the Tonghui River, we thought about building this kind of Spike warship specially designed to dredge the river.

However, at that time, Mr. Wang Zhengwang was developing a light infantry fighting vehicle according to your order, and there was no time at all, so this was put on hold.

Now that the light infantry fighting vehicles have been mass-produced, Mr. Wang has some time.

He heard that the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province were going to dig so many canals, and most of them had to borrow rivers that were not deep enough, so he led people to develop the Spike Warship to dredge the river.

This kind of Spike warship is actually an ordinary Spike warship with something like a big waterwheel added behind it.

However, that big water truck is not an ordinary big water truck. The iron barrel on it has been replaced with an iron bucket similar to an excavator, and the chains and guard plates have been enlarged and thickened.

The waterwheel was used for dredging sand and sand, and it was already very heavy, so it would sink into the sand at the bottom of the river once it was lowered.

As long as we turn on the four sets of steam engines specially used for the waterwheel, the sediment on the bottom of the river will be continuously dug up by the iron bucket, which is more than ten times faster than the original old-fashioned sand dredger. "

This thing is actually quite simple, and Taichang can understand it as soon as he hears it.

Because he has seen waterwheels and excavator iron buckets, and he can imagine the combination of these two things.

However, he was still a little curious: "Why didn't Liangfu spend some time making such a simple thing?"

Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, quickly explained: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that we will do our best to develop weapons and equipment?
Civilian machinery and equipment research institutes generally do not develop them. This time, Mr. Wang also heard that the situation here is special. The freezing period is too long, and the temperature is very low. It is very troublesome to clean up the river, so he specially developed it. Spike warships specially used for dredging sand. "

Uh, he did say that he would go all out to develop weapons and equipment.

However, things in the civilian field do not mean that they are completely stopped, and they are not developed!

Civilian machinery and equipment can also expand Daming's advantages.

For example, spinning machines and looms.

After the development of these two machines, the speed of weaving will surpass the European countries in seconds, and they can form a crushing advantage in terms of quality and output.

In other words, as long as Ming Dynasty maintains its advantages in spinning machines and looms, European countries will have no chance to set foot in the field of weaving.

They simply can't win against Daming, who is far ahead in resources and technology, and the cost alone can trample them to death.

With such a large territory of Ming Dynasty and so many vassal states, the production of cotton and silk in Europe is definitely incomparable, and the prices are much cheaper than those in Europe.

Coupled with the leading advantages of spinning machines and looms, how can the European countries compete with Daming?

In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, food and clothing are unavoidable expenses.

People can't live without food, and it's impossible for people in continental Europe not to wear clothes.

If these two things are stepped on by others, they will not be able to turn over.

It seems that I have to send a telegram back quickly, asking Wang Zheng and Zhang Jimeng to recruit more disciples and develop more machinery and equipment for civilian use.

This thing is equally important, especially after the war is over, entering the peaceful and prosperous age, the most important method is to step on others in the civilian field.

It's not an option to keep catching people and beating them up all the time.

How to step on people in the civilian field and make them unable to get up is the main means of peace and prosperity.

Otherwise, fighting all day long, what kind of peaceful and prosperous world is that?
Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, and then continued to ask: "When will the Spike warships that specialize in dredging the river be able to come, and will they be able to catch up with the cleaning of the river here?"

Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to bring the Spike warship that dredges the river. The military city only needs to complete the parts for dredging sand, and install the boiler and steam engine. It will be transported by train, and Weichen will lead people to modify it here, very quickly."

In this way, there must be no problem, because it takes at least a month to dig the river, and it takes about half a month for the train to deliver the parts for dredging the river.

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, let's start the work as soon as possible, Yan Ru, I will leave the development and construction of the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province to you, you can let it go, if there is any problem, I will solve it for you .”

He really can't take care of these specific affairs. The strategic direction of Daming's development is the focus of his consideration.

If he spends his energy on these minutiae and specific matters, it will be a bit outweighed.

At this moment, he should consider the layout after the war.

No matter how powerful the European Continental Alliance is, under the consumption of the Black God Army on the African battlefield, it is definitely not Daming's opponent. What he should think about now is how to step on him so that he can't get up after the world is peaceful.

These days, no high technology has been developed, and the biggest consumption in European countries is the four aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

He has to plan well in these four aspects.

In terms of clothing and cloth, we must ensure the leading advantages of spinning machines and looms, including cotton planting, sericulture and other related planting and breeding must also be vigorously supported to increase the scale and reduce the cost.

Food is mainly the cultivation of food, the breeding of chickens, pigs, cattle and sheep, and the development of fishery resources.

In order to grow food, we need to increase investment, accelerate the popularization of farming machinery, and develop harvesting machinery to replace manpower with machinery, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and develop as much land as possible.

The breeding industry has to start developing feed. Poultry and livestock that eat only grain or grass do not grow fast. If the feed is developed, the growth cycle of poultry and livestock can be shortened by more than half. This is also a change of direction. The cost is crushed.

The development of fishery resources involves the colonization of sea areas. After defeating the Continental Union, they have to find a way to abolish their shipbuilding industry, while Ming is vigorously developing various large fishing boats to increase production.

Candles, kerosene lamps, and electric lamps can also make a fuss about housing. These things rely on energy and resources to support development.

To put it bluntly, it is to convert energy such as oil and coal into lights for night lighting.

In this regard, Daming is already far ahead, and the exploration and smelting of oil needs to be stepped up. Daming wants to monopolize the energy industry as much as possible.

As for the electric light, the European countries are not eligible to enjoy it for the time being, so this must be kept secret from them.

In terms of travel, there is no need to rush, first bring the European countries back to the era of two legs or four legs, and then use technological advantages to monopolize the automobile and even the train industry.

If they develop cars and trains, then put the cars and trains made in Ming Dynasty into the European market, let their huge investment go to waste, and prevent them from making profits from cars and trains, and these two industries will naturally be trampled to death.

This trick is also a common trick used by European colonial robbers.

In short, the price of something you haven't developed is ridiculously high, making it impossible for you to buy it.

If you invest huge manpower and material resources to develop it, then you will fight a price war and monopolize the market, so that you will not only lose money but also lose money.

After Taichang sent these ideas back to the capital bit by bit, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, including Wang Zheng, Zhang Jimeng and others were a little confused again.

Didn't you say that you are going all out to develop weapons and equipment?

How does this increase investment in the civilian sector?