Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 260 Will Developing the Northeast Lose Money?

Beidu Municipality, Forbidden City West Shooting Range.

clap clap.

Several consecutive gunshots rang out.

The glass bottle tens of meters ahead shattered.

It turned out that Emperor Zhu was playing with guns in the shooting range.

He pulled the bolt of the gun, took out a cardboard fixed ammunition and stuffed it in from the butt of the gun, turned the bolt and locked it, and fired.

With a bang, flames burst out from the muzzle of the gun, but there was not much smoke.

But Emperor Zhu frowned when he pulled the bolt of the gun. It turned out that the paper shell was burned irregularly by the flames, which caused the gun to be cleaned with a brush.

"The emperor is good at marksmanship!"

Luo Fangbo, who was standing aside, flattered him.

Zhu Daohua handed the gun in his hand to the Guards guard standing aside, then shook his head and said, "My marksmanship is just ordinary, but this gun is different from before."

It's a rear-loading needle gun.

An epoch-making product.

Moreover, the smokeless propellant of nitrocellulose is used.

It is the latest product of Lantau Armory.But there are still many problems.

It has not yet been finalized, and the one sent to Emperor Zhu is an experimental gun shape.

Emperor Zhu turned his head and said to a firearms expert from the Lantau Armory with white skin, big nose and blue eyes on the other side: "Bullets should not use paper shells. It is too troublesome to clean up. Brass should be used. In addition, the mechanical structure of the bolt lock It is still too complicated, which is not conducive to maintenance, and it can be considered to continue to streamline.”

Emperor Zhu didn't have much research on firearms, so he can make a generalization based on his impressions.

"Your Majesty, our engineers have also considered using metal as a material, but this will increase the cost."

"There is no need to consider this cost, as long as it can be put into large-scale production, this cost can be wiped out." Boss Zhu said.

The current Ming Dynasty must be the country with the highest industrial output value in the world. One of the benefits of industrialized mass production is that it can greatly reduce costs.

Waiting for the Western engineers from the Lantau Arsenal to leave.

Emperor Zhu was talking to Luo Fangbo while walking.

Emperor Zhu's father-in-law came to ask him for money.

The opening is 2000 million.

It's true that the emperor's family has surplus food.

"2000 million Mingyuan, this is not a small amount! I don't have that much money for a while."

"Your majesty, don't be humble. Now that Ming Dynasty belongs to the emperor, you are the most profitable. The arsenal, machinery factory, steel factory, and pharmaceutical factory in Lantau Island are all profitable businesses, and emigrating to the Northeast is a big deal. Well, although I don't know how to get back the capital, the emperor must have a way, 2000 million is just an investment to you, the emperor."

Zhu Daohua could not help but smile when he heard this.

This is not bad.

The Northeast is a treasure land.

Daqing Oilfield, Anshan Iron Mine, Fushun Coal Mine, and forest resources everywhere.

Relying on these resources, scraping 2000 million Ming Yuan from the Northeast is just a sprinkling of water.

Of course.

The Northeast is a treasure land.

But how to transport the treasures from the Northeast is another matter.

To get rich, build roads first.

Pre-investment such as railways and ports must be required, and this kind of infrastructure investment requires a large amount of capital, and the profit return period is too long, so ordinary private capital is really afraid to invest.

"It's true. The development of the Northeast is indeed a big business. It will be a lot of money in the future. Father-in-law, is your Luo's consortium interested in investing some money?"

Luo Fangbo was originally a mining business in Nanyang, and the Luo family in Jiaying Prefecture has a large population. Relying on Luo Fangbo, the Duke of Lan, they have formed a large consortium whose main business is shipping and Lanfang rice trafficking.

Luo Fangbo was taken aback when he heard this.

Although it is said that his big consortium is also very profitable, the annual profit of one million Ming Yuan is also ranked among the top among Guangdong's business groups.

But compared with the Daming Royal Consortium, it really pales in comparison.

Relying on his connections and power in Lanfang and him as Duke of Lan, he was able to arrange for the following disciples of the Luo family in Jiaying Prefecture.

But if you want to invest in the Northeast
I really didn't think about it.

But since it was proposed by the emperor, Luo Fangbo also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I don't have enough money at hand, so let's invest one hundred thousand quickly."

"It doesn't matter how much you invest."

Emperor Zhu laughed.

"For the development of the Northeast, the cabinet only needs to take care of the establishment of prefectures and counties at the local level, and there is no need for so many officials in the early stage, which is prone to bad things."

Hearing this, Luo Fangbo couldn't help frowning.

You said that you are such a big emperor, how can you say that officials are easy to do bad things?
"For the immigration and development of the Northeast, I plan to set up a Northeast Development Corporation. The expenses for emigrating to the Northeast will be paid by this company, and the imperial court will grant it the exclusive right to build railways, ports, and develop mineral and forestry resources in the Northeast. Let's exchange."

Building a railway in Northeast China, opening a port, mining and logging?
Can this make money?
Luo Fangbo thought about it in his heart, if the Ming court didn't need to pay much, then this matter is indeed something to discuss.

"Your Majesty, how much is the Northeast Development Corporation's principal going to invest?"

"I personally invest 1000 million, the imperial court invests 500 million, and then openly recruits 500 million shares to make up a principal of 3000 million. The Ming court has the exclusive right to convert the share capital, and can occupy a large share, accounting for [-]%. Individuals also account for [-]%, and the remaining [-]% ​​is allocated to private capital, so that businessmen from Guangdong and Liangjiang can also participate."

A principal of 3000 million is enough to leverage an investment of [-] million.

7000 million investment in railways, ports, mines, forest farms.

If 3000 million people are resettled, 100 million households can be resettled. Based on an average of five people per household, this is 500 million people.

In addition, the original military households and residents, as well as some people who went out to make a living by themselves.

within five years.

The Northeast can have a total population of 800 million.

This population is several times larger than the total population of the Western Lia region of Tsarist Russia!
At that time, what Tsarist Russia has to consider is not coveting Vladivostok, but the Ming Empire, supported by a population of 800 million, will use the Northeast as a springboard to gradually eat away Tsarist Russia's Far East territory.
Of course.

This northeast population increases.

Not just politically and militarily significant.

The same is true economically.

With enough people, the Northeast can be well developed.

And with good infrastructure such as railways and ports.

The willingness of the people to emigrate to the Northeast by themselves will also be strengthened, and the cost of emigration will be greatly reduced.

Thus.

Without much investment from the imperial court, the economic development of the Northeast can accelerate itself.

"Leveraging private funds." Hearing this, Luo Fangbo was also weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

"Then who owns the land in the Northeast? It can't be given to the Northeast Development Corporation, right?"

"The land is owned by the state and can be leased to farmers on a long-term basis," Zhu Daohua said.

"How to calculate the rent?" What Luo Fangbo valued was the direct income from the land.

In his opinion.

Farming and paying rent is a matter of course.

"My father-in-law, why are you always thinking about those few buckets of rent!" Zhu Daohua shook his head repeatedly, "The northeast is bitterly cold. To attract people from the mainland to immigrate, there must be preferential policies."

"What offer?"

"50 years rent-free!"

Zhu Daohua stretched out five fingers.

In fact, what he thinks is permanent rent-free, but the land in the Northeast will definitely be "capitalized" in the future and put on the market for circulation.

After all, this is the largest heavy capital of the Ming court.

Rent-free for 50 years is basically equivalent to no need to pay rent for a generation of farmers.

"Fifty years!" Luo Fangbo stared.

"Didn't the court lose money?"

"Losing money? How could you lose money!" Zhu Daohua was dumbfounded by Luo Fangbo's thinking.

Luo Fangbo is still a scholar-bureaucrat who has traveled in Nanyang.

If the people from Hunan come, with the brute force of the people from Hunan, it is estimated that they will stand up to Emperor Zhu on the spot
This economic model of rent collection is too deep-rooted.

(End of this chapter)