Hiss... Xiao Letian took a breath of air. This news was so sudden, beyond his imagination!
"Killing? Killing people in the suburbs of Beijing? Why?"
"Hey...don't you know why? Isn't it the iron factory? Isn't it just for land acquisition? It's all a mess!"
In Qing Sanye’s words, the entire incident was restored!
It turns out that after the airship incident, the conservative forces represented by Prince Gong died down in the court and were beaten so hard by Zai Chun that they could not hold their heads up. Guizi Liudu claimed to be ill and resigned. Who among the other palace nobles and civil and military officials would dare to stab him?
Zai Chun, who has tasted the sweet taste of dictatorship, finally knows what true pro-government is. The huge state machinery of six departments and nine ministers finally begins to listen to his orders!
People, property and property began to be mobilized according to his imperial edicts, and there would no longer be so many annoying Qingliu or criticizing ministers jumping out to say that they were violating the ancestral rules at every court meeting!
Even the number of times that the queen mothers of the two palaces listened to politics behind the curtain was reduced. Emperor Tongzhi was often asked to receive ministers by himself. Cixi and Ci'an seemed to have reached an agreement. At this moment, as long as Zaichun did not declare war or disrupt the military system, everything would be up to him. Go for it!
Zai Chun could finally show off his talents. He knew that if he wanted to start industrialization from scratch, he must first start from the foundation of the two major industries of coal and iron!
The coal mining industry is not complicated. After all, China has a history of collecting coal for thousands of years. Those scholars have long been accustomed to it and will not stumble on this matter!
Around the capital, not only Shanxi has coal, but deep in the Xishan Mountains there are coal mines that have been excavated since the Ming Dynasty. There are also coal storages deeper in the Yanshan Mountains!
As long as you are willing to invest money and manpower, it is not difficult to increase the production capacity of coal mines. The most difficult thing now is to build a modern iron plant!
At present, in the whole of Asia, except for the Chinese Northern Special Economic Zone, there are real steel plants. The rest of the so-called iron plants are actually just a cover!
The Manchus and Qing Dynasties also established so-called special zones in Shanghai and Guangzhou. In the end, these special zones were all turned into a land enclosure movement. The Manchus used the imperial decree to encroach on civilian land, and there was no land on the enclosed land. Modern industry!
It is still the old silk reeling factory, tea frying house, manual weaving, porcelain... and of course, there are clusters of blacksmith shops!
The remaining land is either deserted or simply rented out to grow crops!
It's a completely new project without changing the medicine. It bears the sign of an industrial zone. In fact, there is no new technology at all. Two old steam pumps were imported from the United Kingdom. These local officials can write a huge credit, in the booklet Report to the court!
Zai Chun saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. He must change all this. He must build his own steel plant as quickly as possible, a large iron plant that can truly cast molten steel!
Now that everything is ready and funds are in place, there are as many European technicians as there are needed. Even Xiao Letian, his mentor, nodded and lent the court a group of mature technicians to help Zaichun train his own skilled workers. !
We have all the people and property, but what is missing is land! It’s funny to say that in this land, Zaichun actually hit the south wall!
He was obviously the largest landowner in the entire Qing Dynasty, and he was obviously a minister of the royal family. He was obviously a minister of the royal family, and he was the emperor of the royal family. However, he wanted to acquire 500 hectares of land in the northern suburbs of the capital, but he ran into trouble!
In the land of the capital, Shunyi is to the north and east of the Forty-Nine City, and there is a river between the capital and Shunyi called Qinghe. According to Zaichun's plan, 500 hectares of land were allocated from both sides of the Qinghe River, which is his steel factory. The construction land for the first phase is now available!
As long as the existing Qinghe River is slightly dredged and widened, it will become a very good canal. Along this river, you can go south to Tongzhou, and you can connect it with the Grand Canal!
Zaichun's plan is to turn the Qinghe River into the northern extension of the Grand Canal. Now people say that the northern terminus of the Grand Canal is Tongzhou, so once the Jingshi Iron Works is completed, this will be the northern terminus of the Grand Canal!
With the canal, goods can be transported in easily. Coal, sand and gravel, timber, iron ore and later steel products can all be shared and transported through the canal!
This is very important, because there are currently no railways in the Qing Dynasty, and the initial construction has to rely on river transportation. It is too expensive to rely entirely on land transportation!
Use canals for the early transition, and then slowly build up the railway network bit by bit. As long as the steel plant is connected to the outside world by railway, this game of chess will come alive!
With railways and canals, and two legs running, the Capital Iron Works will be fully operational!
Zai Chun planned well. He calculated in his mind that the foundation laying ceremony would be held in Qinghe the day after his wedding. As long as the money was in place, the iron plant would be able to produce molten steel in two or three years!
Previously, they were afraid that Prince Gong and the others would incite the people to cause trouble. Now all the six Japs have fled to Xiangshan Temple to recuperate. The command of the Xishan Camp has been transferred to Yi Pei and Gordon. Without any restraints, how can these lower-level people do anything? It’s impossible to cause trouble!
But Zai Chun had a good idea, but he underestimated the resistance of the people. There are probably more than 30,000 people spread over 500 hectares of land, and more than 9,000 households!
More than a dozen villages, large and small!
So many people are Han Chinese, and there are a large number of down-and-out bannermen among them, including servants of noble families in the palace!
Zai Chun was really impatient. He actually issued an order directly, asking the Ministry of Industry to measure the land and verify the property rights!
All the property owned by Wang Jue will be confiscated. What Zai Chun said is so beautiful: "All the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty belong to the Qing Dynasty. I built this big iron factory for the sake of the Qing Dynasty!"
"All nobles of the Eight Banners have the obligation to be loyal. All Wang Jue's land will be your voluntary donation!"
"Below the king's title, I will give you a certain amount of compensation based on your title. This is to take care of you because your life is difficult. Compensation will be based on thirty taels, fifty taels, or seventy taels per acre of land!"
"The one with a high title will pay you thirty taels, and the one with a low title and whose family is poor will pay you seventy taels!"
"If it's too little, we can also use the land swap method to allocate the same area of land from the Imperial Manor and pay a one-to-one compensation!"
"Manchus and Han people who do not have a title will be given a land compensation of 1:15. No money will be paid, but each household will be given 200 taels of moving expenses!"
Zai Chun's design is actually very reasonable and fair when I think about it, and it kind of takes care of the weak!
There is no shortage of land in the aristocratic families, especially the princes. A greedy prince like Yi Kuang has tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, from the white and black waters outside the pass to the Chengde Summer Resort, to the surrounding areas of the capital and even the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River!
This kind of people don't have to pay a penny. They are so fat. They make so much every year just from business!
This kind of person should contribute more to the empire, and he still wants money? Go ahead and dream, it would be kind enough if I don’t ask you to raise money!
As for the other nobles, they are divided into three, six or nine grades. Those dukes and marquises are also very rich, and they will pay you thirty taels for an acre of land!
The most pitiable ones are those viscounts and barons... They are all small families. They can just hang out in the capital with no worries about food and drink. They don't have much money. If you give them more compensation, they will be orphaned and widowed. Too bad it's not!
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