Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 271 Overhauling the railway and controlling soil and water degradation!
Among the kings of Europa, the two brothers Louis XVI and George III can be regarded as exquisite people, at least better than those guys from the Habsburg family-it is because of the Habsburg family, so The Holy Roman Empire will become the laughing stock of being neither holy nor Roman, let alone an empire.

As a fastidious person, and a fastidious person who imitated Zhu Jinsong in every way, Louis XVI of course also learned what it meant to keep his word.

If you want to beat Gang Biya's shit out, then you must beat Gang Biya.

There is no need to doubt whether the current France has the ability to beat Gang Ya, because now France and England are working hard to develop their navies, and there are also a large number of garrisons and labor recruitment offices in West Kunlun, who want to fight Gang Ya A beating is simply easy and enjoyable for France.

Zhu Jinsong didn't doubt Louis XVI's sincerity at all - this guy dared to sell Europa as a whole, what else in this world would he not dare to do?
However, for the current Ming Dynasty, no matter how much labor is imported, there is no way to solve the problem of insufficient population.

After struggling for a while, Liu Huaiwen was the first to speak: "I think that if you want the common people to have more children, I'm afraid it must fall on the common people."

Zhu Jinsong let out a laugh, and said sarcastically, "If it doesn't fall on the people, why should it fall on me?"

There is one thing to say, Zhu Jinsong knows the meaning of Liu Huaiwen's words, but Zhu Jinsong just can't help but want to scold him-he just said that the reason why Daming's Ding mouth grows slowly is that Zhu Jinsong Jinsong is on the body of the Ming emperor.

Now that he has finally had such an opportunity, Zhu Jinsong, who has always been magnanimous, of course wants to go back.

In addition to being magnanimous, this is also a means of narrowing the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.

You see, I can still joke with you, I have always been that Zhu Jinsong, and I will never treat you badly in the future.

This kind of small method should be used when it should be used.

For example, Liu Huaiwen, who was bullied, now unconsciously thinks of Zhu Jinsong before Yuhuang Mountain.

Smiling slightly, Liu Huaiwen went on to say: "Your Majesty Qizuo, what I mean is that we still have to find ways to improve the living standards of the people so that they can earn more money and have a better life."

"If the people feel that there is no pressure to have children and raise children, they will naturally have children. After all, the older generation is still there, and the concept of having more children is a blessing will not change because of the appearance of a few workshops."

"In addition, there is another very important reason, that is, there are more and more places where people need to be relocated recently. The "Da Ming Newspaper" has written about it, and the people in the world know it too."

"Many people want to move out after being drawn, but if they have a child of one or two, they will inevitably have a lot of concerns if they want to move out, so this is also a very important reason."

"In the final analysis, the people are still busy making money and want to improve their family's income and living standards, so this delays the matter of having children."

Zhu Jinsong had never thought about the problem in this way.

It is understandable for Zhu Jinsong to say that ordinary people do not want to have children because of the high pressure of life. After all, maternity hospitals have begun to set task indicators.

But what Zhu Jinsong can't understand is that there are still people who delay having children in order to move to other places?
What's wrong with this fucking meow?
Liu Huaiwen went on to say: "In addition, the steam engine line from Shuntian Mansion to Jinling has been repaired for several years. Before that, it was only used by the governor's mansion of the Five Armies or those workshops or merchants under the imperial court. I feel that, Now is about time to try it out and see if it's going to be used by folks for a while?"

"If it is really released, the flow of goods in the workshop will be accelerated, the cost will be further reduced, and the income of the people will be further increased. At the same time, it may become easier to move people to other places than before. .”

"Especially in the west of Ganshan, Wuzang, Duogansi, and on the grasslands, if the railway can carry part of the role of transporting people, these barren land can be revitalized."

Hearing Liu Huaiwen talk about Ganshan, Wusizang and Duogansi, Zhu Jinsong's expression darkened.

Land degradation and soil erosion are definitely a fatal problem for the Gansu-Shaanxi region. Not to mention the current Daming, even if the flower grower from later generations was moved here, it took a lot of effort to manage it. It only showed a little effect.

Or to put it more bluntly, the biggest problem in the Gansu-Shaanxi region is that it is difficult to be self-sufficient in food. For Zhongyuan Tangkou, money is not the biggest source of confidence, but food is.

With enough food in hand, you will not panic at any time.

For example, a certain little brother Li who delivered a courier.

If Gou Chengzi had been able to eat enough and drink a few small wines occasionally, he probably would have devoted his whole life to delivering express delivery.

It was precisely because of Cheng's lack of food and being cuckolded and many other reasons that Gou Chengzi embarked on the road of rebellion in a rage.

The death of Chongzhen was not due to Jianlu, but to the tens of thousands of dogs who had no food to eat.

However, to agree to Liu Huaiwen's proposal, the Ming court now had to face another problem.

The problem of train tickets.

Who will sell it?
How to sell?
Judging from Liu Huaiwen's brave temperament, he would only hold the ticket sales firmly in his hands, and would not hand it over to other yamen.

Especially the Ministry of Industry.

However, the construction of the railway was originally attributed to the Department of Railways of the Ministry of Industry. Now it seems that the money will be returned, but the opportunity to collect money has been taken away by the Ministry of Households. The Railway Sikong has a reputation for spending countless money. Can the railway department be willing?

If it belongs to the Railway Department, it will definitely not work.

A complete iron boss, no one can afford to provoke.

After deliberating for a while, Zhu Jinsong said: "Now, Zeng Qing will go back and discuss this matter with them, and hand over a question book."

……

When all the bigwigs returned to the Wenhua Palace, Zeng Cheng said with a bitter face: "Liu Butang, you have created a big problem for the big guys. If you don't have a good meal today, this matter Can't you just pass by like this?"

Liu Huaiwen felt a little pained, and muttered in a low voice, "Why don't you wait until the salary is paid?"

Zeng Cheng glared at Liu Huaiwen angrily, and said angrily: "You old man, is it so difficult to eat your meal?"

Liu Huaiwen chuckled, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It's because the family has no money left, and I hope the Chief Assistant will forgive me?"

Zeng Cheng pointed at Liu Huaiwen, finally sighed helplessly, and said, "Forget it, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat the meal you invited in this life, and I can only look forward to eating your table in the future."

Liu Huaiwen's face darkened, but Zeng Cheng went on to say: "Tell me first, what are your plans for the railway? According to what you said, the Ministry of Industry may continue to build railways in other regions Retrace?"

Liu Huaiwen nodded and said, "That's true. Not only do we need to repair it, but we also need to send some manpower from the Royal Academy to find ways to increase the speed of the steam locomotive."

"According to the statistics from our household department, the section from Shuntianfu to Jinling has the greatest demand for steam locomotives, followed by the section from grassland to Shuntianfu, and then from Jinling to Chengdu and then to Yunnan. "

"Currently, in our Daming, only the section from Shuntianfu to Jinling is a serious double-track line. The rest of the lines are single-track lines, which can only be used by one steam locomotive. You can either come or go back."

"So, in the next step, the Ministry of Industry needs to start to repair the sections from Jinling to Guangzhou, Jinling to Chengdu, and Chengdu to Yunnan as double tracks, and then slowly build all the lines into double tracks."

"This is especially true in the Gansu-Shaanxi area. After the railway is completed, the Gansu-Shaanxi area will be more closely connected with the capital and the south of the Yangtze River, and it will be more convenient for the Jiaozhi provinces to transport grain there."

"If possible, your Ministry of Industry will send some more people to cooperate with the local farmers' associations to let the people plant trees and afforestation to solve the problem from the root."

The face of Song Yucheng, the leader of the Ministry of Industry, immediately darkened: "Everything has been repaired into double lines?"

Liu Huaiwen hummed and said: "Since our household department has proposed it, we must be ready to bleed—let's put it this way, you can just repair it now, the Holy Emperor 11 years ago, there were 8000 million taels of silver for special use Since the construction of the railway, by the 12th year of the Holy Emperor, this number should increase to ten million taels of silver."

Song Yucheng was in a hurry at the time: "Liu Huaiwen, Liu Huaiwen, why didn't I realize that you, an old bastard, are such a jerk before, and all of them have been repaired into double lines? Do you want to plant trees?"

"What the hell, do you think that if you take out 8000 million taels of silver, this old man has the ability to turn all the 8000 million taels of silver into railways? I think you are eating light grass ash and farting lightly!"

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. As far as the railways that we have built in Daming, on the premise of not counting Duo Gansi and Wu Sizang, there are two laborers buried under each mile of railways on average!"

"Sichuan, Guizhou, Duogansi and Wusizang are even more powerful. On average, four or five workers' bones are buried under each mile of railway. Do you know that, you bastard!"

"Have they all been double-tracked? Where did you ask the old man to find so many laborers for you? The laborers imported by Daming these years are basically used up. The speed at which France and England dispatch laborers can't even keep up with the speed of consumption." !"

Liu Huaiwen said: "Don't you know that the people of Ming Dynasty should be allowed to do some work? It must be a disaster for the laborers?"

But after hearing Liu Huaiwen's words, Song Yucheng was even more dissatisfied: "The people of Daming? If we can use the place of Daming, doesn't our Ministry of Industry know how to let the people of Daming earn a few more money? But my old brother, hey, build railways This matter is often filled by dignitaries! Tell me, do I dare to fill in the people of Daming?"

Speaking of this, Song Yucheng sighed again, and said: "Forget it, even if you don't mention it today, you will still have to fix it in the future. It's just a little earlier now, but your household department really needs more Get some money out."

Hearing this, Liu Huaiwen's heart suddenly thumped, and he cried secretly, "It's broken!"
Damn, he hunts geese every day, but this time he was taken into the ditch by this Song!
But Zeng Cheng stopped Liu Huaiwen and Song Yucheng, lowered his head and began to ponder.

In the Ming Dynasty, people in many places no longer rely solely on farming for a living. This is obvious. Because the workshops give a lot of money, and the grain production in Jiaozhi provinces is high and the price is cheap, so the common people Even if you buy food at all, it is enough to eat.

But in the land of Gansu and Shanxi, the food for the common people is not enough to eat, so they have to spend money to buy food to eat.

This is also really impossible, because of the problems of soil erosion and desertification, the food in Gansu and Shaanxi is not enough-sweet potatoes?It’s okay to have that thing to satisfy one’s hunger in an emergency, but who can eat this thing every day?

Speaking of which, the manpower and material resources invested by Daming in the Gansu-Shaanxi area over the years are definitely not small. The Ministry of Households allocated funds, the Ministry of Industry set up workshops, and the people were somewhat richer, but the little extra money, They were all invested in food by the people.

Compared with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, the living conditions of the people in the Gansu and Shaanxi areas are definitely worse.

If, according to what Liu Huaiwen said, build a few more double-track railways there, further reduce transportation costs, and vigorously guide the people to plant trees, maybe it can really solve the problem of land degradation in the Gansu-Shaanxi area?

Even if it is to transport some manure over there...

After thinking for a while, Zeng Cheng said, "The large-scale construction of railways can not only make more money for the common people, but also take the opportunity to solve the problem of land degradation in Gansu and Shanxi."

"How about this, your Ministry of Industry prepares the survey and budget first, and your Ministry of Households also prepares the corresponding money and food, so don't get busy and catch yourself blind."

After Liu Huaiwen and Song Yucheng responded, Zeng Cheng continued: "Also, if all the railways are really double-tracked and used to transport people and private goods, then this matter is not just yours. It's a matter of the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Households, and it's not just a matter of the Ministry of War."

Liu Huaiwen was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zeng Cheng said: "There are too many things involved in this matter, for example, who should collect the money for transporting people and private goods?"

Liu Huaiwen exclaimed: "Of course the state treasury should collect it, or else the Ministry of Industry can collect it? Don't forget, the money for the railway construction is all allocated by our state treasury!"

Zeng Cheng laughed and said, "I said, Lao Liu, don't even think about it. How much money can you collect for transporting people and private goods? It's amazing to hold all the money collection matters in your hands. Isn't it a good thing?"

As for what Zhu Jinsong said about discussing and discussing, and then writing a question book, Liu Huaiwen may not have realized the twists and turns in it, but Zeng Cheng knew it very well in his heart.

(End of this chapter)