The steel industry is the foundation of industry and the backbone of all industries. Without steel, you would not have railroad tracks, steam engines, textile machines, lathes, cannons, rifles... everything is empty talk!
Coal is easy to say. The Qing Dynasty produces a lot of it and you can buy it as long as you are willing to spend money. But you can't always rely on imports of steel!
Coal and steel are the entry steps to the steam engine era, and only then can you step into the industrial age!
Even Xiao Letian's ethnic Chinese started building Chinese industrial high-rise buildings bit by bit like putting together building blocks from the iron factory in Tanggu Special Economic Zone!
Let’s start by laying the foundation. Since Europe has now reached the era of advancing to the second industrial revolution, Europeans no longer have the desire to block the technologies of the first industrial revolution.
To be honest, it is impossible to block it, because many basic technologies have been popularized in so many European countries!
Even Italy, Spain, Portugal and other countries can produce steam engines and steel plants. It is impossible to block technology and there is no interest in it!
So Zai Chun doesn't have to worry too much about technical issues. As long as you pay for someone's standards, those European businessmen guarantee that they will package the technology for you for free!
There is no need to worry about technology, and there is no need to worry about money. Let alone using military aid funds, the Qing Dynasty can still support itself with millions of taels of silver!
Then all that’s left is to advance item by item!
Do you have to choose an address first? It must have abundant water resources, convenient transportation, and be close to big cities to have the advantages of population and market!
After picking the address, you have to expropriate the land. The land is owned by an owner. You can't just enclose the land and grab it like Jianguo!
After spending money to acquire land, you have to resettle those people, and then there’s infrastructure construction!
Although this infrastructure is not as complex as in the 21st century, sewer systems and roads are necessary, and factories and residential areas also need to be built!
There are so many things to worry about and everything must be arranged in advance!
Cheng Huai is the subordinate of Third Master Qing. Four months ago, Fu Qing received the emperor's secret order. This task was handed over to Cheng Huai, Shi Shan Shi Shui and others to carry out secretly!
Otherwise, it can be said that Qing Sanye’s system is unique in the Qing Dynasty! The people under him are also relatively out of touch with the various factions in the court, so they have always done a good job keeping secrets!
Of course, Prince Gong and the others knew that Fu Qing's men had been out of the city to measure land, write and draw in the past few months, and they also frequently visited Dongjiaomin Lane.
A lot of information from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Works and even the clan government has also been transferred!
Naturally, some people reported these things to Prince Gong, but everyone thought that these people were working in the telegraph office. Don't those who build telegraph lines have to deal with land figures every day?
I never expected that Zai Chun was actually planning this, a large steel plant!
According to Zai Chun's plan, these preliminary work will take at least a year at the earliest, and this year will be used by himself to get married and hold the pro-incorporation ceremony!
1872 will pass soon. When I take charge next year in 1873, I will start installing equipment and training personnel for the steel plant!
In one year's time, the Qing Jingshi Iron Works will be able to flow molten steel and produce finished steel!
Build the capital into an industrial base of the Qing Dynasty under his own control. With steel in hand, he will have power and money. With the strong blessing of industrial power, it will be much more convenient for Zai Chun to promote reforms!
Reform is something that must be pushed forward by force!
Opening Cheng Huai's memorial, Zai Chun glanced at it at a glance. He couldn't read too carefully, but judging from the general regulations, there shouldn't be any big mistakes!
"Ai Qing, you have put your heart into it... please send this memorial to all the adults to see. Let's all take a look!"
These big shots who can serve as officials in the court have very good basic writing skills, especially the ancient Chinese private school education model, which pays great attention to basic writing skills!
Not only must the writing be beautiful, but the reading of articles must also be extremely efficient. Otherwise, how long would it take to finish reading so many memorials in six volumes?
One eye and ten lines, but you still have to understand the general meaning incorrectly. This is the basic skill of being an official!
The memorial was first passed down one by one from Yi Xin. Everyone who read it was shocked. No one thought that the emperor at such a young age could actually do such meticulous work.
After reading it, Yi Xin handed it to Yi Pei, and after reading it, Yi Pei gave it to Yixuan, and Yi Xuan glanced at it twice and gave it to Yi Kuan... while the memorials were being passed down one by one.
Prince Qing seemed to be possessed by a demon and said to himself, "Is this coming? Will he still be unable to escape this fate sooner or later? Is this Western evil demon trying to get into my Qing Dynasty?"
After saying this for several times, Yikuang suddenly looked at Emperor Tongzhi with red eyes as if he was about to cry. This unstinting and unscrupulous prince actually knelt down to Zai Chun as soon as he bent his knees!
"Your Majesty! Why do you believe these nonsense? You really opened up the country and brought in Western evil spirits... Do you still want it in this world?"
Yi Kuang burst into tears with a cry of sorrow, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
"Then what kind of industrial revolution did Europa engage in? In the final analysis, it was to activate the fire demon to refine all things and destroy the world!"
"Woo woo woo... I have been to the steel factory in Tanggu. I have really been there..."
When he said this, even Yi Pei was cold: "Hey, when did you go to Xiao Letian's territory? Have you reported it to the clan mansion? Does the Queen Mother know?"
Yi Kuang shook his head, "No, I went there secretly. I have no other ideas. I just don't feel at ease... I want to know what the industrial power that Xiao Letian has been advocating is..."
"So I went secretly. I disguised myself as a merchant who purchased goods, and followed the caravan into the special zone..."
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty...that is no place for humans, that is hell! Hell!"
Yikuang still can't forget the shock at that time, as if he was back to the scene at that time!
"The sky is dark, the ground is dark, even the air is dark!"
"The roads are covered with black and gray mud, and the workers all over the street are covered in black, with two white eyeballs exposed, and when they smile, they have two rows of white teeth that look like ghosts..."
"The air smells sour, and the polluted rivers have a pungent smell... I personally saw a stray cat accidentally falling into the river and being burned to death very quickly!"
"Burn alive! It's not drowning, it's the kind of death where the skin is charred and the flesh is rotten..."
"The chimney is as high as a flagpole, reaching into the sky. The black smoke may have even blackened the Tushita Palace of Taishang Laojun!"
"The train is very powerful. It's like a monster crawling on the rails. When it starts, it makes a loud noise, like a bison roaring..."
"As for that workshop...I don't even dare to look at it! It doesn't look like a blacksmith shop like ours in the Qing Dynasty. It's all the blast furnaces of Lao Gao Lao Gao!"
"When I open the door at the bottom, all the red water flowing out is molten iron... Isn't this hell? Only in hell can there be a river of fire flowing with molten iron!"
"Your Majesty! This is hell, this is not the human world! Why do you even think of doing this in the capital? No, absolutely not!"
