Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 187 Dengzhou
Apocalypse three years, early February.

Zhang Zongxian set off for Dengzhou with his personal disciples Liu Jiansheng and Wang Guofu.

Accompanied by [-] pro-governor troops, half of the pro-military troops were recruited from inner and outer disciples of the school, and they were in charge of building a factory in Dengzhou to produce various steam engines.

The rest are officers selected from the Legislative Army who are not seasick, and they will form the future navy.

The reason why Zhang Zongxian did not go to Liaodong, but went to Dengzhou first was to build a navy here and prepare for the development of North America.

When there was a severe drought year after year, Zhang Zongxian would be able to send the victims to North America through the route that had been explored. There were tens of millions of bison running on the vast plains there, and the victims would not be short of food when they went there.

To avoid disturbing the place, Zhang Zongxian was in a state of marching all the way until he arrived at Jinan Mansion.

At this time, Xu Hongru's rebellion had just been quelled, because the thousand-year-old family was slaughtered, the entire Shandong officialdom was also implicated, and the governor of Shandong had been imprisoned. Now is the time when people are panicking.

Zhang Zongxian came to Jinan to beat the local officials, not to embarrass the people of the Railway Association in the matter of railway construction, but also to sell them the stocks of the railway to encourage them to invest in shipyards and so on.

The other is to gather the people displaced by the war and organize them to build the railway.

After entering Jinan City, the preparations for the Taiping Branch, which came to Daqian Station, have been completed and will open soon.

Zhang Zongxian wanted to use the excuse of the opening of the Taiping Bank to let Zhao's staff gather with these bureaucratic gentry in private to spread the word.

On the opening day of Taiping Bank, an exhibition hall was specially set up for the Railway Association to introduce steam trains to visitors.In addition to the operation of several railways that have been built, as well as the profitability.

A model was specially built for display in the hall. The one-meter-long model, after adding clean coal, ran on a circular track continuously, and the guests who came to watch almost burst the exhibition hall.

Staff Zhao warmly received every visitor. After all, he got a commission on the railway shares he sold today.

After the opening ceremony was completed, Zhao's staff hosted a banquet for gentry and bureaucrats worth more than ten thousand taels of silver.

At the banquet, Zhao's staff served wine one by one.The gentry in Jinan also asked Zhao's staff about the railway. They had heard that there was such a thing in Shaanxi, but they didn't know what it was.

Looking at the train that can run with coal, the gentry knew in their hearts how much profit this thing could bring.

The gentry in the Ming Dynasty were not Manchus, and they were very receptive to new things. For them, being able to make money was a good thing.

Zhao's staff kept explaining the power of the train to every gentry who asked.Some gentry raised concerns and asked Zhao's staff:

"I heard that this thing eats coal and uses a lot of iron to make it. Now the coal is okay, but the iron is not cheap!"

Yongping has coal, and Jizhou has iron. The construction starts from Dengzhou, which is close to the sea, and goes all the way to Jinan. When Jinan is built, the next step is naturally to go to the capital.

Besides, everyone who digs coal and trains iron can also participate in it!Is this money-making business afraid that no one will do it?
Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Jiaozhou are the governors who control the military and government. The governors have planned to encourage mining, iron making, and shipbuilding in the three states.You must have heard that the governor has always liked to support private workshops to produce ordnance.

When the governor arrives in Dengzhou, a bidding meeting will be held, and all the newly built naval warships will be tendered from private shipyards.

After saying this, everyone present was thinking about how they should get involved. Although Zhang Zongxian is easy to kill, he is very trustworthy when it comes to business. As long as the requirements are met, he will never procrastinate when paying the bill.
Those with a little money want to buy some railway stocks to make a safe money, those with a little strength think about whether to open an iron smelting workshop, and those with good eyesight are interested in the business of building warships, and send people to gather them when they want to go back. Shipwright.

After staying in Jinan for a few days, Zhang Zongxian came to Dengzhou, which he was thinking of.

After arriving in Dengzhou, Zhang Zongxian directly sent his disciples to take over the Yamen in Sanzhou.The original navy was fully taken over, and then it was announced that it would rebuild the navy and purchase large ships.

Zhang Zongxian, the original warship of the Dengzhou Navy, didn't like it at all. After the inventory was completed, only the ships in good condition were left as transport ships.

All the others were discarded directly, and some merchant ships were bought with money, and [-] big blessing boats were collected for the navy for the training of the navy.

After laying off the old and weak sailors of the original navy, another [-] sailors were recruited as the foundation of the future navy. In addition, a branch of the school was established in the local area. The first batch recruited [-] sailors. children as disciples.

As a fan of giant cannons, even with rockets as a big killer, I still want to build a battleship with sails.

In the future, the entire navy will only need three types of ships. One is a large-scale naval battleship that pursues firepower. It is required to be able to carry a [-]-jin cannon. In the future, it will be equipped with Dahlgren artillery.

One is a cruiser that pursues speed, only equipped with rocket launchers, and serves as a battleship for daily patrols.Using the design concept of the flying shear ship, in fact, to deal with the current Galen ship, the flying shear ship is enough to carry rockets. Thirty catties of black powder, which is not enough for the rocket, can be added.

The last is a large transport ship, which requires a large carrying capacity and is cheaper to build. In the future, it will be used as an immigration ship.

The main purpose of Zhang Zongxian's coming to Dengzhou is to build a large-scale shipbuilding base here. Maritime trade is only incidental. The most important thing Zhang Zongxian lacks now is money. The Taiping has already begun to collect seigniorage from the entire Northern Daming.

The ordinary people at the bottom of the north all recognize the bills of Taipinghao. When exchanging bills, Taipinghao always allows the common people to take advantage of it.Small bills also have a good circulation in the south, after all, no one wants to go out with scissors all day long.

After the completion of the reorganization of the Dengzhou Navy, the number of ship tenders was officially issued.

Two hundred fuchuan were purchased through direct bidding, requiring local construction. The purpose of this is to stimulate the enthusiasm of the shipbuilding industry, let them build the shipyard first, and drive related industries.

Zhang Zongxian is selecting excellent shipbuilders from among them, focusing on supporting them, giving them funds and technology.

Then Zhang Zongxian launched a special attack on Yuba, building a special wharf for fishermen, setting up a fish market at the wharf, sending tax teams to collect taxes, and protecting fishermen from being exploited by gangs.

A cannery was also established to produce canned seafood, and to purchase fish at high prices from fishermen, increasing the income of fishermen, and giving fishermen the confidence to borrow money from the Taiping and buy larger boats to go fishing.

(End of this chapter)