Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 180

In any case, Lin Wenyuan was right about the idea of ​​opening iron mines.

It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish.

Buying iron is not the right way anyway.

Now I am desperately negotiating with several commercial firms, but it is easy to buy iron in small quantities, and it is easy to get it for hundreds of catties.But if it exceeds [-] catties, or even [-] catties, where can people buy it? [

A furnace leader has hundreds of people, and the annual production is only tens of thousands of catties to hundreds of thousands of catties, and the mines are scattered all over the place.In the entire Ming Dynasty, there is no mine that can produce more than one million catties per year like the official mine back then.

The total output of more than 2 million catties of iron ore in Yongnianle can only be a dream come true now.

In the early Ming Dynasty, after severe wars, the total population was around 6000 to [-] million.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there is no clear census. The total population is a mystery, and no one can have an exact figure.However, according to the unanimous judgment of many experts and scholars in later generations, the total population at the end of the Ming Dynasty must have been more than [-] million. This number is unquestionable and [-]% certain.

More than 5000 million, [-] million or [-] million, or up to [-] million, this number is a matter of opinion.

Zhang Shouren has traveled so far, and this issue is not clear, but judging from the population of the prefectural capitals of Shandong, the living environment at that time was already very dense. Several large prefectures in Shandong, such as Jinan, have a population of nearly one million, at least around 80, and Linqing. , Dezhou, and Jining all have populations of more than hundreds of thousands.

If Dengzhou hadn't been plagued by rebellious soldiers for two years, its population would be hundreds of thousands.

This is the case in Shandong as a whole, but what about the more affluent Nanzhili and Huguang?

The specific figures are still uncertain, but the total population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was indeed very high, and the population density was not small.

Population increased, but food production declined, and the production of pig iron and copper also dropped sharply.

In the last days of the dynasty, there is really only one sigh.

"The official mines can't be done well, the private mines are too small and scattered, and now most of the iron production is in Wuhu. We have little contact with people in the south, transportation is not convenient, and the face of the business is not worth it. Their iron is now The supply is in short supply, how could it be possible to sell all of them to one family at once?"

Zhang Shouren used to be a pure soldier, but now he is a vassal. Many times, when considering issues, he couldn't just start from the perspective of a pure soldier.

Just kidding, there must be tens of thousands of mouths waiting for him to eat, and everyone waiting to make contributions with him. A pure martial artist, in this era, can only be swallowed by the tide.

Therefore, his analysis was very precise, and Lin Wenyuan nodded in agreement.

"Laiwu Iron Mine...Laiwu Iron Mine..."

Zhang Shouren was also thinking in his heart, with his hands behind his back, and his entire eyebrows were wrinkled into the word "Chuan".

This matter can be regarded as his tentacles are going to extend beyond Jiaodong.The Laiwu Iron Mine is now within the territory of Laiwu County, under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture. The place is an important traffic road, where the current canal and waterway pass, and it will also be a major traffic hub in later generations. There are rivers and official roads. If it is north-south transportation, it should is convenient.

But for transportation to Jiaozhou in the east, I am afraid that a large fleet and fleet will be required. [

After all, there is still a Qingzhou mansion, across the entire Qingzhou, from Gaomi to Jiaozhou, some places can be transported by water, and some areas can only be pulled by cars.