There is nothing more commendable than destroying two empires on which the sun never sets at once.
A certain new emperor thought that on the day of success, he could have a banquet for all his officials and celebrate in the city.
As long as the Spanish mainland was bulldozed, it meant that the connection with the American possessions was completely severed.
The two major viceroyalties in America either surrendered or ended up like Spain itself.
A certain new emperor is also willing to see some white-skinned miners engaged in mining work. Just looking at the black uncle is too eye-catching...
After Zheng Chenggong captured the prisoners, he did not need to transport them to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, but just transported them directly to the Grasberg gold mine on the island of New Guinea.
One of the reasons for mining that giant gold mine was to facilitate sea transportation. This was a considerable convenience and must be used properly.
In addition, a certain new emperor also asked the Ministry of Industry to build a railway from the mining area to the seaside, specially used to transport ore, miners and various materials.
According to the latest news, this gold mine has begun to produce copper. Even if it does not produce gold and silver in a short period of time, the 39 million tons of copper contained in it alone will be enough to offset part of the initial investment cost.
Almost all the precious metals Spain looted from the Americas have been squandered by successive kings and nobles, and now the empire is heavily in debt.
After a few years, there will be no such worries. A certain new emperor will let his disciples turn this country into something inferior to neighboring Portugal...
Daming is different from before. You can’t bully anyone you want!
For example, the Dutch knew that there was a huge gold mine on the island of New Guinea, and it was impossible to seize it.
Because Zheng Zhilong's armored fleet has taken shape, as one of the major shareholders of this gold mine, Daming Zhenhai Gong cannot tolerate other countries getting involved in the gold mines on the island.
Whether it is the East India Company or the Dutch Navy, it is not easy to defeat more than fifty ironclad ships and more than a thousand wooden warships.
Not to mention that Zheng Zhilong also has the world's only weapon in naval warfare - the "Whale Haron" anti-ship missile!
This is technology introduced by the Netherlands and France, but it is certain that the version of the "harpoon" exported by Ming Dynasty technology will be very low.
Correspondingly, the seller can steadily pocket 20 million silver coins every year, which greatly alleviates the financial pressure caused by the Northern Expedition.
Although the time limit for repaying the capital is only nine years, it is already quite generous in terms of time, enough for Beiting to survive the recent period.
Beiting can now harvest about 25 million taels of silver every year from commercial tax, sea tax, mining tax, industrial tax, patent tax and many other channels.
Because of the care for farmers, agricultural taxes are not deducted from silver, and the income collected is grain. In the past five years, the annual income has been no less than 12 million dan, which can completely guarantee the consumption of the Jifu area and the needs of the Northern Expedition.
But on the contrary to the past, when there is too much grain, prices will fall easily, causing low prices and hurting farmers.
A certain new emperor also ordered that the retail price of brown rice should not be less than one or two taels of silver, and that of polished rice should not be less than one or two taels of silver.
This is the price in the northern capital, and governors in various places can make corresponding adjustments based on the actual local conditions.
A certain new emperor was also very concerned about the agricultural development in the Jifu area.
The enlightened wealthy gentry in the surrounding areas of Beidu have begun to use steam tractors manufactured by the Academy of Sciences for spring plowing.
In addition to the relatively high price of a single machine, steam tractors only draw water and coal, and maintenance is not too complicated.
As long as you purchase one, the manufacturer will be responsible for training drivers and mechanics for free.
Since the Academy of Sciences uses mature technology when developing locomotives, the chance of the steam tractor becoming angry is relatively small.
Farming is not like a locomotive that has to pull the carriage hard, and there is no need to worry about running at full capacity or even overloading.
Some guys with connections and quick minds made some calculations and purchased one first.
A steam tractor costs three hundred taels of silver, but it includes personnel training, supporting parts and various tools.
The structure may seem complicated, but in fact, compared to farm cattle, daily maintenance does not cost much at all.
During spring plowing, a tractor can plow the entire farm within a week.
Except for the fact that they are relatively noisy and cannot be slaughtered and eaten when they are old, they are far superior to farm cattle in other aspects.
After mechanized farming, the number of farm laborers, tenants, cattle, horses, etc. can be reduced.
The Academy of Sciences conducted comparisons in its own test fields before the tractors were sold.
The results show that after using tractors, the cost of cultivated land is reduced by more than 20%.
After implementing scientific and reasonable farming methods, the harvest will increase by more than 10%.
The inner and outer ratio is 30%, which is equivalent to a rich man with an annual income of one thousand taels saving three hundred taels of silver every year.
Calculated according to this standard, it is equivalent to eating a duck or chicken every day.
Some rich people whose land was adjacent to the experimental fields of the Academy of Sciences ran to watch the excitement. After seeing other people's harvests, they felt very unbalanced.
So the next day, I followed the Academy of Sciences to learn farming with the mentality of giving it a try. As a result, in the autumn, the harvest in my own field was indeed improved compared to the previous year.
This is equivalent to a net profit of one or even several tractors, which makes those wealthy people who are eating crabs very happy, and they all say that Emperor Haojing is really a contemporary Shennong!
Those who had expressed disdain for tractors regretted it and began to buy such machines the following year and let the brightest children in the family learn to drive tractors.
The second-generation natives naturally despised such a lowly thing as farming, but they were quite interested in driving a tractor, and they soon fell in love with this extremely exciting job.
As long as it's not windy or rainy, you can see the figures of the second generation working in the fields, driving the tractor and hugging their concubines...
In addition to plowing the land, a tractor can be used to pull goods by attaching a rear carriage. You can use this tractor to pull bricks and tiles to build a house, purchase furniture, and buy some coal.
With the vigorous promotion of these first-generation users, mainly word-of-mouth marketing, a rush to buy tractors soon started in the Jifu area and even the entire Beizhili...
With only three hundred taels of silver, you can buy a gadget that can plow the land and is as good as a horse-drawn carriage.
Most wealthy people are willing to buy one, and some bold rich peasants will also pool money together to buy one and use it together.
Since there was no longer the possibility of large-scale kowtows, at the suggestion of a certain new emperor, the imperial court conducted a new land survey in the Jifu area.
Including Shuntian Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, Baoan Prefecture, Yanqing Prefecture, and Xuanfu Town, the cultivated land area reaches approximately 11.82 million acres, and the wasteland is 510,000 acres.
A lot of wasteland is produced mainly due to subjective and objective reasons such as soil erosion, wars and epidemics, people dying from wars and diseases, turning into mass graves, and nearby villages being abandoned. This is also a period when there is no solution.
In the 26th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1393), the cultivated land area in Beizhili was 58 million acres. Calculated based on the approximate scale, the current measurement results are basically consistent with the original data.
How to increase the harvest when the area of cultivated land is only slightly less than that in the early days of the dynasty?
This must be achieved through scientific and reasonable farming methods and advanced machinery and equipment.
Before this happens, some wealthy gentry and rich peasants who control relatively large areas of cultivated land must be transformed into farms and demutualized into shares.
Naturally, they will not take the initiative to put their heads in the urn. If they want to invite you into the urn, they must first set an example.
People are easy to find. As long as the target's capital is guaranteed and he makes a steady profit, there will be many people who are willing to cooperate.
After the cooperation, the Academy of Sciences will send people to provide auxiliary management of the farm.
Help the local tycoon establish a set of scientific and reasonable management methods, especially indicate the various costs and expenses, so that every item is clear and transparent.
Regarding the design of shares and rights, a meeting must be held in advance to explain the relevant situation. After the relevant personnel sign, they must be resolutely implemented, and there must be no shirk, accusation, or back door.
Those who regret it can withdraw their shares, but they are not allowed to re-invest within three years, so as not to cause trouble in the future.
After standardized management, the farm's annual income can reach the standard of increasing income by more than 30%.
A certain new emperor will also give certain commendations to local tycoons who cooperate with the work of the Academy of Sciences.
The first is to receive encouragement, the second is to publish reports and praise, and the third is to underwrite the sales of their agricultural products.
After increasing income, you can also get these three unexpected blessings, which no wealthy person will refuse.
After being guided by a certain new emperor, the wealthy people who serve as the first generation models will receive another gift, which is a farmhouse!
After hearing the news, the surrounding wealthy people will visit and learn from the model wealthy people. Farmhouse is the best reception project.
Of course, there are also high-end ones, which are B&Bs.
However, starting a homestay that can be called a "country hotel" requires additional investment, and it is not as fast as a down-to-earth farmhouse to make money.
All B&Bs have clearly marked prices and a license issued by the Academy of Sciences.
If it turns into a black shop, factory guards will come to your door...
At the beginning, each prefecture, town, and state will set up a model. Later, when it develops, one can be set up in every third-level city.
After that, there will be one farmhouse in each place. As long as it passes the inspection and acceptance by the Academy of Sciences, it can open a farmhouse.
In the same way, if a wealthy gentleman on the beach has spare money, he can also open a fisherman's house.
This is not about competing for jobs with fishermen, but just helping them.
People who can afford a restaurant will not go to a fisherman's hut to eat. Yujiale is the best place to stay.
The more fishermen there are on the shore, the greater the profits the fishermen will get as long as they have a harvest. They don't have to worry about the seafood rotting because they cannot be sold in the market.
The most typical example is Tianjin, especially the densely populated small restaurants outside the shipyard park.
On the one hand, it can facilitate the workers in the park, and on the other hand, it can feed thousands of fishermen.
The unmarried shipbuilders had money in their pockets but could not or were simply too lazy to cook.
In addition to eating in the canteen, I will go to small restaurants and order some delicious meals.
A certain new emperor encouraged fishing at sea and at the same time promoted farming inland.
Attract all the squeezed out labor force to big cities, allowing the first generation of industrialization to reap the demographic dividend.
Only in this way can the industry develop rapidly, thereby widening the gap with second-tier teams such as France and the Netherlands.
When few people in the West knew the benefits of industrialization, the Ming Dynasty started the process of industrialization, which was tantamount to being invincible.
Including media, petrochemical, electric power, communications, machinery, shipbuilding, optics, pharmaceuticals, mining, construction and other industries, as well as various light industries, supplemented by financial support.
This enabled the economy of the eight corners under Beiting's jurisdiction, especially the economic development of the North Zhili region, to reach an unprecedented speed.
After Shaanxi and other places achieved self-sufficiency and no longer held back the imperial court.
Even excluding the income from ironclad ships, the annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs has not increased significantly compared with previous years.
But everywhere no longer needs subsidies from the court, and the annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs is real and can be used as needed.
It seems relatively small, but including a certain new emperor's own share, the annual income is more than 35 million taels.
Once the mining of Nanyang gold mines can get on the right track, it can increase the income of the imperial court by no less than three to four million taels of silver every year.
While creating a large number of jobs, the people will be fed and clothed, and the court will have spare money and surplus grain, and a new emperor's long-cherished wish for peace in the world will be realized.
As long as the homeland is pacified and Zhou Yuji leads his army in the Northern Expedition without making any major mistakes, other than that, any result is acceptable.
The ninth Northern Expedition was launched at the beginning of this year, comparable to Jiang Wei...
It’s still unclear what the result will be. Judging from the reports received, it seems that the Northeastern region hasn’t received as much rain as last year...
But even so, braids are not easy to make.
Due to changes in the strength of both sides, large-scale formation battles have turned into ambush warfare, guerrilla warfare, and assault warfare.
Except for the Songnen Plain, the Xing'anling area is just a bunch of large and small mounds.
The pigtails used their special skills, and if they got into the forest again, they would cause the Ming Dynasty King Master less trouble than before.
After surviving the long process of being beaten, starting in recent years, the Ming Dynasty King's Division has gradually adapted to the long process of invasion and suppression.
The time limit may be ten years, twenty years, or even thirty or forty years. There is no good way to counter guerrillas other than maintaining troops, firepower, and technology.
The easiest way is to instigate opponents and bribe those Menggu or Han generals who are willing to endure hardships to achieve large-scale betrayal and achieve the original intention of consuming Braid's strength.
The cost of instigating rebellion is actually not high. Even if you spend one million taels of silver to instigate 10,000 people to rebel, it is half cheaper than directly killing 10,000 braids!
The surrendered Eight Banners soldiers will all be sent to Shuotuo. Going to Nanyang will at least not be more difficult than staying in the mainland.
The Han troops were all sent to Duoguo Dad, the war in Burma was in full swing, and the Southern Court was constantly increasing its troops.
Menggu Cavalry is even better to say. Following Lao Suntou to fight in the Western Regions has great benefits...
In the beginning of the spring, Chuan Guo Dad dispatched troops to conquer Burma by sea. Zheng Zhilong also undertook the task of escorting and transporting troops.
Because Huang Degong was getting old, his father asked him to stay in Nandu, just in case.
Song Ji was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the South Route, and Zheng Chenggong was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the South Route. They attacked southern Myanmar by sea.
He appointed Mu Tianbo as the coach of the North Road and Ma Shiying as the deputy coach of the North Road, and attacked northern Myanmar from the land route.
Ma Shiying was able to obtain the title of deputy commander because of his contribution to recruiting five thousand chieftain soldiers with strong combat effectiveness in Guizhou.
Since Chongzhen aimed to destroy Myanmar and put this land under the control of the Ming Dynasty again, the requirements for spoils of war were not strict.
This made the chieftain soldiers from all over the country have a high fighting spirit, because whatever they grabbed was basically theirs.
Zheng Zhilong asked Zheng Chenggong to practice on the battlefield in Burma first, with the purpose of leading his own troops to Europe in a few years!
