Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 496
Building a thermal power station is also something Chu Yun really wants to do. Recently, he is also using the industrial revolution system and existing electric power experts to prepare the technology needed for thermal power stations.With the expansion of the Kyushu Army's sphere of influence and the improvement of technology, Chu Yun deeply felt that the existing industrial foundation was becoming more and more difficult to meet his expectations.

Now the generators of the Kyushu Army can only maintain the power supply of a certain street or telegraph line, which is far from the power supply of the whole city.And if the power supply capacity is to be enhanced, a power station dedicated to power supply is indispensable.

It's not that Chu Yun is not civilized enough to open up technologies related to electricity in the early stage, such as telephones, but is limited by the infrastructure!Without a network of electric wires throughout the country, without a sufficiently powerful thermal power station, what will happen after the advent of telephone technology?At most, it can only realize calls between important institutions in the city, which is better than nothing.

"Listen to your orders," said a group of officials from the Power Bureau.

There was some joy in their words.The Electricity Bureau will be split into the Telegraph Bureau, which means that nearly half of the officials in the Electricity Bureau will be promoted!Now the industrial base of each provincial government is almost zero. In this year, Chu Yun established various industrial organizations, specializing in industrial construction.Whether it is the Telegraph Bureau, the Textile Bureau, or the Electric Power Bureau, they will all be the first batch of pioneers at the beginning of the construction of the Huaxia industrial system!
Afterwards, Chu Yun discussed in detail with the officials the general plan for the construction of the telegraph. It will take several months to prepare personnel and materials for implementation, and it will also need to send an advance team to explore a suitable line.All in all, there are so many things going on, there may be tens of thousands of laborers and hundreds of officials involved in this big project.

Chen Ting, who is in charge of civil affairs, sees another vain amount of silver flowing into the treasury, and his heart aches.These are several major projects that Chu Yun unified inside and outside the pass.

This kind of infrastructure project requires a lot of investment and a long payback period. If it is not for the future of civilization, even Chu Yun would not want to invest in it.Military operations are different. At any rate, the cost can be recovered quickly. For example, the Dongying Expeditionary Force led by Zheng Zhilong is expected to bring back 100 million taels of compensation.

"Well, it is time to build the railway from the capital to Jinan and Nanjing, and to connect the Mongolian Railway, the Liangjing Railway, and the Liaodong Railway. Now it is necessary to build a national telegraph system. It’s not enough. Not to mention that now our capital has sent envoys to various provincial governments and chief secretaries to carry out reforms, and every place needs to spend money.” Chen Ting stared at the general account book, as if afraid of the bank and two associations recorded in it. Spread your wings and fly away.

"Old Chen, didn't we annex the tens of millions of taels of silver seized by Li Zicheng when we entered the capital? And the income from maritime trade is continuously put into the warehouse. It shouldn't lead to financial collapse in a short while, right?" a delicate The woman came in holding a stack of documents.

"Da Yuer, you have just entered the core of the household department, and you still can't experience a lot of pressure." Chen Ting put down the general ledger reluctantly, and said with emotion, "I used to be a down-and-out small official, but fortunately the military leader valued me a lot." , to have today’s status, the old man should be diligent and diligent, and die. But our military leader is good at everything, but there is one shortcoming, that is, he doesn’t know how expensive he is if he is not in charge. Moreover, the military leader has far-sightedness beyond ordinary people. A huge project is a matter of benefiting the common people, but our finances are tight."

Chen Ting has been complaining about lack of money, from southern Liaoning to eastern Liaodong and Beijing, this is not the first time.Because of the rapid expansion of the Kyushu Army in five or six years, the savings of the Kyushu Army were very small.The few savings have to be used to produce firearms, train new types of troops, and invest in factories. It can be said that there is nothing to win.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand why sometimes Chu Yun is forced to produce relatively backward arms and export them overseas to support other countries' wars.Because of the huge profits from arms, it can effectively alleviate the financial difficulties of the Kyushu Army.

"But Mr. Chen, think about it. The things we built will bring long-term benefits in the future. After a few years, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe. At that time, the annual fiscal revenue will be [-] million taels of silver, and there will be so many silver ingots in the treasury, Mr. Chen. You can't even count them, and you're still laughing in your dreams?" Da Yuer laughed after putting down the paperwork.

After Chu Yun captured the capital, he still followed the six-part model for the time being, but the six part existed in name only.In fact, the Ministry of Household Affairs is similar to the work of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, with the Finance Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Audit Office and other institutions under it.The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment are personally led by Chu Yun. The leading institution of the Ministry of Rites is the Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry of Industry is led by industrial construction institutions such as the Electric Power Bureau and Engineering Bureau.Because it is only a transitional stage, the power is somewhat centralized, and it will definitely be split up in the future.

Because many old ministers of the Ming Dynasty died in the turmoil of Li Zicheng, and a large number of officials were dissatisfied with the Kyushu Army or they were pedantic. A group of young officials were recruited, and some officials even held multiple positions.People like Da Yuer, who came from a famous family and were the first batch of outstanding students of the Academy of Sciences, were assigned to the busiest household department at present.Because many propaganda envoys are sent by the Ministry of Accounting, and the Ministry of Accounting is in short supply of personnel!
Although Da Yuer is just an ordinary clerk in the household department at present, she can work in the household department with the most voice besides the military department at the age of less than [-], and some very important materials have to go through her hands.No one would believe that the little princess of the Horqin tribe in Mongolia would always hold a clerical position.This position was obviously created by the top to train young officials.

"Come on, when the time comes, the old man will retire and return to his hometown to enjoy the family happiness. Since the past dynasties, how many people can be ministers of the household department? Enough. The old man still thinks that the transition will be smooth and smooth in the past few years. .” Chen Ting shook his head.

Following Chu Yun to the present, the already old Chen Ting has entered his sixtieth year.

"I see you, you have been talking about the military leader all day long, and you dare not let go of pursuing it. Isn't the military leader thinking about abolishing arranged marriages and free love? You should practice it, little girl. Let’s see. I have lived to a certain age, and I used to be complacent about memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics, and I also wrote gossip articles like a group of pedantic literati, and I didn’t understand the truth until I was mixed with the military master..." Chen Ting said.

"What's the point?" Da Yuer asked.

"Fuck the three cardinal principles and five constant principles." Chen Tingyun said swearing lightly, as if he didn't take it seriously, he picked up the teacup on the corner of the table and drank it.

(End of this chapter)