Borrow the day to change the day

The Road Yamen was established, and a crucial step has been taken.The infrastructure project of building cement roads does have a lot of benefits. No wonder officials of later generations like it.

While thinking about it, Zhong Jinwei summed up in detail the benefits that the repair of the cement road brought to Daming.

First, the supply of cement is in short supply, and a lot of cement labor can be accommodated, mainly the labor in the cement factory recruited from the refugee camps.

Second, the loss of businessmen on the way to Zhangjiakou for trade, including time and material money, will be greatly reduced, which is beneficial to Zhangjiakou's trade.

Third, after the cement road is completed, the tolls of vehicles will be continuously paid every day because of the popular road sections, which is equivalent to obtaining a part of commercial tax in disguise.

Fourth, the expanding shops in Zhangjiakou will attract a large number of merchants to rent the shops due to the expansion of the mutual market scale and convenient transportation, and another source of rent will be obtained.

Fifth, in the Ming Dynasty, the country was poor and the people were rich. The construction of cement roads stirred up the wealth of the people, circulated it in the market, and promoted the development of commerce and trade.

Sixth, the concrete road solves the problem of food for the people along the way, and even earns a little money, which reduces the number of refugees in the places poisoned by Jianlu, which is conducive to the stability of Daming.

Seventh, the establishment of official schools in the place where the cement road is located, free education for young children, has played a foundational role in increasing the quality of Daming personnel.

Eighth, to arrange a way out for the troops of the Daming Guard, especially those old and weak soldiers.Just like this time, the soldiers eliminated from the original Beijing camp were reorganized into the Construction Corps to participate in infrastructure construction.

Ninth, with cement roads as the backbone, the central government of the Ming Dynasty will greatly strengthen its control over the localities in the future.The mobilization of troops will also be faster, especially the artillery unit, because the roads are smooth and smooth, and it will be faster, and there will be more time to deal with emergencies.

Ten, the indirect benefits caused by the above nine points, such as the promotion of banknotes, the establishment of funds, the prosperity of banks, the cohesion of the people to the Ming court, Mongolia's obedience to Ming, etc.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the ten benefits summarized by Zhong Jinwei, he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and ordered Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, who also squinted his eyes with a smile, to do these things well with his heart.

Like Emperor Chongzhen, Jianlu also gained something during this period.

Huang Taiji was like a hungry man who had just had a full meal and burped in satisfaction, only regretting that there was no meat in the full meal.

He strikes while the iron is hot, and has just eaten up the Mongolian tribes that were originally allied with Dajin, including the Horqin tribe, and compiled the Mongolian Eight Banners a few years earlier than the original history.There are so many troops that they can directly catch up with the Dajin Eight Banners.

To Huang Taiji's regret, the food looted from North Korea was ruined by Deng Laiming's army on the way.

He has been busy incorporating the Mongolian tribes, until now he has time to hold a high-level meeting to discuss the last war.

It was still in the Chongzheng Hall, and the people were basically the same, except Amin and Mang Gurtai were missing.

However, the atmosphere in the hall is completely different now.Huang Taiji's power is growing day by day, and the other Baylors are also increasingly admiring and awed by Huang Taiji.

When Huang Taiji was speaking, other people no longer whispered in the past, nor would they interrupt Huang Taiji's words casually.

"The Battle of Jinzhou once again exposed my inadequacy of Da Jin not being good at attacking the city." Huang Taiji started first, looked at the next group of relatives and those Han officials, and then continued, "To tell you the truth, I deeply feel The importance of firearms, especially cannons."

Seeing that Huang Taiji was silent, Duoduo couldn't help but said: "Khan, didn't our Dajin also seize a lot of firearms from the Han Dog, including cannons."

Huang Taiji shook his head slightly, and sighed: "The quality of the firearms of the Ming army is worrying, they cannot be used!"

For this, everyone present actually knows.Because of this, even though the Ming army was equipped with firearms on a large scale, they were still beaten to pieces by Da Jin.

"Some time ago, I ordered all the ministries to search for those who can cast and escape among the Han slaves. Is there any gain?"

After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Dabeile Daishan.

Daishan has been busy with Mongolia affairs, so he forgot about it.Seeing Huang Taiji looking at him now, he had no choice but to reply: "Nothing has been found yet, and the servants are now stepping up their search."

Huang Taiji nodded, and then looked at the next one.To his disappointment, nothing was found, but some were found by the blacksmith.

Huang Taiji sighed softly and said: "If you want to be able to attack the city, you must cast cannons of the same level as Hongyi cannons. The captured ones are useless, and what is equal to nothing. If we Dajin can make it ourselves, it will be fine. Yes. I must be strict, and there will be no defective products like the Ming army. In this way, the Jin army will be invincible in field battles, and the siege will definitely conquer, and it will not be able to go anywhere in the world!"

Talking about the bright future, not only Huang Taiji, but also other people in the hall showed yearning.

But the wish is beautiful, but the reality is skinny, but there is no one who can cast a cannon.

In history, the quality of firearms made by Jianlu was indeed better than that of the Ming army, which was derived from the strict requirements of Huang Taiji.

A by-product of Huang Taiji's increasing power was that he was the only one speaking during meetings.The youngest Duduo interrupted just now after he had finished speaking.

Seeing that no one else spoke, he had no choice but to order the various ministries to continue to investigate to see if they could find someone who could cast cannons.In addition, he also ordered Han Chen in the hall to help him find it together.

After arranging this matter, he changed the subject again: "Compared with the food being burned before, I am more worried about the Ming army in Denglai. I regret it now. After Mao Wenlong died, I didn't completely solve the thorn behind it." .”

He didn't know that in the original history, his strategy was correct, and it didn't take him much thought to make Denglai's Ming army fall apart with just a few simple moves.

It's just that no one knows that there will be a descendant of the Han people who travels back and changes everything.

At this time, Huang Taiji said regretful words, which did not damage his power at all. He continued: "According to the report from the scouts I sent, although Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai of the Ming Army, is a civil servant, he is more like a general. He is brave and charges forward. With this shortcoming, I have countermeasures."

When Huang Taiji said that Lu Xiang was promoted to martial arts, his confidant guard Ao Bai twitched his lips, and if there was a chance, he would twist off the head of the Han dog and show Huang Taiji how brave he really is.

"Khan, what is the countermeasure?" Dai Shan asked respectfully after hearing this.

"The seven inches of Deng Lai Ming's army will be sent out to be beaten, how can I waste it in vain." Huang Taiji smiled and gave Dai Shan a metaphor.

"Great Khan, why send troops? I'll cut off his head and sacrifice it to the Great Khan!" Dodo also said.

Huang Taiji looked at Duduo, his hairless younger brother, shook his head and said, "It's not yet decided, the people I sent have already entered Dongjiang. Wait for him to send the news before making arrangements."

After the meeting, Huang Taiji sent a messenger to inform Mang Gurtai in North Korea, ordering him to bring the food back as soon as possible, so as not to make any mistakes on the way.

He also specially asked the messenger to reveal that Mangurtai has not had any food so far when he sent the letter to Mangurtai, so the Mongolian Eight Banners should not think about it.In other words, the previous food loss was also counted on Mangurtai's head.

Huang Taiji looked in the direction of North Korea, thinking that as long as Mangurtai was dealt with again, the Eight Banners would be able to make their own decisions.