Chapter 384 The First Industrial Revolution
At the same time that the New Deal was implemented across the country, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, was like a huge construction site. In addition to the high-rise concrete buildings rising from the ground, the throughput of the two ports in Pudong and Puxi was also huge. The original Governor's Yamen had long been Things have changed. A seven-story reinforced concrete building has been built on the spot. It is now being painted with new paint, which is extremely bright.
This building has a huge signboard with six gold characters saying 'Da Ming Foreign Trade Group'. General Manager Shen Zhuangling is the Minister of Commerce in Nanjing, and here, Deputy General Manager Shen Wanfang is in charge.
"In the order just sent by the minister, His Majesty mentioned that an industrial competition will be launched in Songjiang, and it will be called the 'Industrial Revolution'. If it is done well, our foreign trade group's future achievements will not be limited to this..."
"Vice President, I heard that many new state-owned enterprises have chosen locations in Pudong. Where will our future be?"
Shen Wanfang smiled: "In addition to being the general manager, the minister is also His Majesty's concubine. All the future profits of the foreign trade group will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. We are the retainers of the Tian family..."
There are dozens more port factories in Puxi than before. Under the call of the central government, businessmen from various provinces came to invest in building factories and learn various advanced technologies. The majority were students who graduated from Imperial University, and With the participation of people from the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, military artillery, engines, hydraulic turbines, etc., as long as they are conducive to development projects, are within the purchase scope of the foreign trade group.
Stimulated by huge domestic demand, not only Shanghai, but also the entire Songjiang are developing at full speed.
"Get ready to light the fire..."
Zhang Lin shouted, and a worker poured the prepared diesel into the fuel tank, and then he personally pulled the pull rope in his hand.
Amidst the friction of flints, the huge engine roared instantly, and a plume of black smoke rose into the sky.
"good..."
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Chen Cao had just gotten up. He had done several errands with Li Xiang, who had become the queen, last night. He was very tired. Li Xiang was falling asleep at the moment, and he got up for a morning jog.
He didn't think it mattered that he didn't need eunuchs at first. At least there were many palace maids present and there were people to help him. Not only that, the system of sleeping attendants was abolished, which was the kind of thing where the concubine would be called away by the eunuch as soon as the business was done. .
"Your Majesty..." Zhao Xin shouted, but he didn't have many rules. After running closer, he started running together with Chen Cao who was running in circles: "Your Majesty, Songjiang has started to move..."
"Huh huh huh... Yes, this industrial revolution is to use steam power to completely change the manual work. It is to increase the production line, expand the productivity, save manpower and make the people of the country slowly become rich."
Zhao Xin started to breathe heavily after running two laps. At this moment, Chen Cao had run around the imperial garden three times and had reached five miles, so he stopped and said, "Your body is not good... "
"Huh...huh..." Zhao Xin gasped like an ox: "The emperor is laughing at me, this body, hehe..."
Chen Cao took the hot towel from the palace maid and wiped his sweat: "I heard that your daughter is eight years old?"
"Back to my lord, I just turned eight last month..."
"Your wife also gave birth to a big fat boy for you, right..."
"The man thought that I would definitely be successful in the future, so he asked me to work hard, hahaha..."
Chen Cao also laughed and handed the towel to the palace maid: "The prince is now ten years old and studying in the Imperial College. How about you go back and tell your tigress to send your daughter to the Imperial College?"
Zhao Xin was so happy that he smiled so much that he couldn't see his eyes. Then he said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if my wife dares to say no, I will divorce her..."
Chen Cao glanced sideways at Xin Zhao: "Oh, really?"
"I speak out righteously..."
Chen Cao said as he walked: "After the establishment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the monogamy system will be implemented in the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the human trafficking system will also be gradually abolished. If you divorce your old wife, wouldn't you be missing someone to enjoy? people?"
Xin Zhao chuckled, and then became serious: "Your Majesty's starting point is very good, but in the future there will be more places like brothels, and the number of women working as prostitutes may increase several times..."
"Nothing can be done overnight. Since brothels and Chu Guan cannot be banned, it can be legalized. The country must crack down on private prostitution. In addition to avoiding the spread of infectious diseases, it also has the benefit of standardizing the system. But are there other things?"
"Yes, many Tiqi people have reported that many people have complaints about the monogamy system, especially officials."
Chen Cao sneered: "Of course, they have privileges. They can have as many women as they want, so they must control it. The prosperity of the country is also an important point. So I set an example. Except for the empress of the palace and the imperial concubine, the emperor's concubines are not allowed to exceed Thirty-six people, including one principal concubine of the prince, four concubines, one principal concubine of the county prince, and two concubines. The remaining ones, unless they have made great contributions to the country, are not allowed to marry more. Each person can only have one wife, and the emperor's permission is also allowed. .”
"After the establishment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they have gone door-to-door to register spouses. Jinyiwei has also caught many officials and landowners who secretly married. According to the emperor's order, they are all ready to be distributed to Ryukyu."
Chen Cao nodded: "Well done, not only Jinyiwei, but also Dongchang and Xichang should take action..."
"Yes, I will also inform those two guys. I believe they will not be lazy."
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"Your Majesty, the spinning machine has been driven by the steam engine based on the flying shuttle principle. The spinning mill in Huating can produce five thousand pieces of yarn in one day, which greatly reduces the labor cost. After selling it to the foreign mission in Shanghai, the profit It is also gradually increasing.”
If Xu Guangqi had not died of illness in the middle of the year, the position of Minister of Industry would not have been passed to Wang Shunding, but now everyone knows that Wang Shunding is just a decoration, and Bi Maokang is the next Minister.
Chen Cao looked at the data briefing from Huating and nodded with satisfaction: "All departments must step up cooperation. Each factory in Nanjing must first replace the original old-fashioned water hammer, all with steam power, and increase investment in each factory." In addition, the Ministry of Commerce must keep up with the pace, and the Ministry of Industry must cooperate vigorously;
Attracting investment is the key point. Let the common people and the wealthy gentry know the benefits of investing in building factories. Let them become rich first, and then the ordinary people. Let them participate in the construction of factories and reduce poverty as much as possible. There is a gap between the rich and the rich must first bring this group of people together. Only in this way will our Ming Dynasty prosper;
Secondly, hiding wealth among the people is an outdated idea. In order for them to make money, they must also learn to spend money. They cannot just work on women's bellies. There are many ways to spend money, including investment in construction and tourism. Heavy;
I am currently discussing with various ministries and preparing to lift the road guidance system that is entangled with the people of our Ming Dynasty at the appropriate time. Only in this way will our Ming Dynasty be more prosperous. "
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"Student Li Jialiang, currently a student of the Department of Science at Imperial University, has met His Majesty..."
After the original Nanjing Military Academy was renamed Ming Imperial University, the campus has been moved back to Nanjing, and the new campus is under construction. The temporary campus is conducting teaching activities at the original campus of Jubaomen.
"Is this your masterpiece?"
Chen Cao walked around the test bench a few times, and then settled on a circle of copper wire in the middle: "Tell me the principle."
Li Jialiang approached excitedly, then pointed at something and said: "According to the teacher's explanation, the students have been experimenting for two months and it is coming to an end. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
As he said this, he greeted his colleagues. The steam engine that had been prepared a long time ago, along with the rotation of the shaft wheel, drove a gear not far from the table in circles. After more than ten turns, the copper ring on the stage slowly turned red, and then emitted a dazzling light in the darkened room. Chen Cao took a closer look, what a good guy, it turned out to be a lighting lamp.
The gear rotated at a constant speed, and the lighting range of the lamp was also very wide. The test lasted for less than a minute, and the gear slowly stopped rotating. After the curtains, doors and windows were opened, the white light from outside entered the room.
The people accompanying him were all astonished. Li Jialiang said excitedly: "Your Majesty, how is it? Did the student's experiment succeed?"
"Very good..." Chen Cao turned around again, then pointed at the copper ring and said: "However, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Copper is not resistant to high temperatures and will melt when used for a long time. You should Look, it’s starting to melt over here.”
More than a dozen people in the room hurried over, and sure enough, on one side of the outer wall of the copper ring, the copper wires there had been melted together.
Seeing this, Li Jialiang clasped his fists: "The students first used iron wire, but the iron wire melted after about ten seconds of brightness. Then I thought of using copper wire. If this is the case, I can only try using gold wire."
"Gold wire won't work either. It melts faster." Chen Cao rejected his idea bluntly: "You can try tungsten gold. Use tungsten gold to transform it into tungsten wire, and it cannot be a straight line. A small tungsten wire must be It’s curved, and as long as you can successfully test it, a three-inch long tungsten wire can last for 1,400 hours of lighting.”
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Li Jialiang saluted excitedly: "With your Majesty's guidance, the students will never forget it. They will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations and the experiment will be successful."
"Don't be happy yet..."
Chen Cao looked at him indifferently: "The refining of tungsten gold is not that easy. It requires a series of chemical reductions. You are not a student of the Academy of Sciences and do not understand this. Some people do, and you don't know about tungsten ore either. I just I heard that there are many silver mines in Jiangxi, but after some local people mined them, they discovered that the ore was not silver ore and could not be melted by fire, so the locals called it 'heavy stone';
After learning the news, I have sent mineral experts to check. If this mine is really a tungsten mine, Li Jialiang, I guarantee that you will be included in the history of the Ming Dynasty in the future. What's the harm if I just give you a title? "
"Students...students...woo woo woo...students will definitely study hard and repay His Majesty's kindness in educating..."
