On the occasion of Zhu Cixiang's 90th birthday, Beidu has developed into the world's first megacity with a population of 10 million.
Although this includes the population of surrounding satellite cities such as Wanping, Daxing, and Tongzhou, the actual population size of Beidu itself is only about 8 million, but it is still very shocking.
This is despite the continuous improvement of the standards for relocating people, and the threshold is gradually raised. Otherwise, with the superior conditions of Beidu in all aspects, the current population may exceed 15 million.
The best medical conditions in the world alone can attract more than half of the rich people in the Ming Dynasty to settle here.
There are five top tertiary hospitals in Daming City in Nandu, and there are three to four in Panyu, Qiantang, Changzhou and other places.
However, there are an astonishing ten hospitals in Beidu, and more than half of the famous doctors in the entire Ming Empire have gathered together!
The earliest hospitals such as Army Hospital, Naval Hospital, Imperial Hospital, and Friendship Hospital were basically the first choice treatment institutions for patients who were not short of money.
This is inseparable from Zhu Cixi's strong support. Medical treatment is the most convenient way to control some people who are not so obedient.
Even if they speak harsh words, if their relatives and friends suffer from incurable diseases, it will become the weakness of these people. They cannot just watch the other person die without seeking treatment.
Most of the time, these high-end hospitals serve the general public. As long as they are not terminally ill, they have a chance of recovery.
By treating imperial officials and foreign friends, many hospitals in Beidu have also accumulated a good reputation, and patients from all over the country come here for treatment in an endless stream.
Patients from out of town are basically accompanied by their family members. Patients who do not have free beds in the hospital or do not need to be hospitalized usually stay in inns near the hospital.
Patients who are not short of money will seek refuge with relatives and friends, or simply rent a house or a room in a building, and wait until the doctor confirms that they are healthy before returning to their hometown.
This has stimulated the development of real estate around the hospital, allowing real estate developers including the chiefs of the grassland to make another huge profit.
In addition to the unlucky ones who have no mines on their own territory, they can only take their clansmen and follow Master Wang outside for the tooth ceremony.
All the chiefs who can reap the dividends of mining have already transformed into investments, covering catering, real estate, transportation and other fields.
Especially in catering, in the shabu-shabu restaurants in the main urban area of Beidu, no matter where the boss is from, most of the meat suppliers are from the grasslands.
There are few Mumin in the Jifu area. Many farmers choose to rent out their land and then go to the city to work.
Not only can you make a lot of money in the city, you don't have to rely on the weather for a living, and you can make income every month. This is much better than farming at home.
There is no need to know any skills. Even if you work as a laborer for developers at a construction site, you can earn more than fifteen silver coins per month.
Taking into account the actual situation of migrant workers in the city, Zhu Cixiang requested that the construction site not only provide accommodation but also provide daily wages.
Anyone who is in arrears with wages will be reported to the Ministry of Industry and will be warned three times, fined five times, and the business license will be revoked if it reaches ten times. The person in charge will be punished according to the degree of violation.
The reason for such strict requirements on developers is simple. Even if the world is peaceful, the educational level of agricultural workers is extremely limited, and many of them are illiterate.
These people still earn their hard-earned money. If you make them work hard without paying them, it will eventually turn into a murder!
The developer owed him wages for several days. After seeing the developer's son holding a chicken drumstick and chewing on it, do you think the salary collector can let the other party's son go?
No matter how old you are, stop talking nonsense, either give me money or kill them!
Even if you make someone desperate for a silver coin, Shen Zi can do anything!
Zhu Cixiang did this for the developer's benefit, so as not to reach a point where both sides had no choice but to retreat.
Of course, some developers are not deliberately delaying wages; they do have practical difficulties.
Therefore, Zhu Cixi also allowed the existence of the lending industry, but the monthly interest rate could not exceed 2%, and the annual interest rate could not exceed 24%.
The excess is not protected by the Ming Law. Whether it is the debt collector who owes money or vice versa, Zhu Cixiang is too lazy to take care of it.
Even if they borrow a loan with an annual interest rate of 24%, most people can replace it on time, because the interest rate is not high, except for interest compounding that exceeds the time limit.
People who feel that loan interest rates are too low and cannot make much money can definitely invest. If you can't do it yourself, just find some people to form a team.
Regardless of any walk of life, as long as it does not violate the law, you can even work as a mercenary overseas!
If you are still not satisfied, then buy a lottery ticket!
Zhu Cixiang invented Qifacai, that is, you can choose seven numbers from thirty. As long as they match all the last numbers, you will win the first prize. By analogy, the lowest four numbers will win the last prize.
There are a total of 2.04 million combinations. This is the judgment of the King of Luck...
The Ministry of Household Affairs will use 20% of the lottery income of each period as taxes and fees, and the remaining 80% will be distributed as bonuses.
In order to attract people to buy lottery tickets, the total prize of the first prize is set to 50% of the prize pool, and the ratio of the remaining three prizes is three to one to one.
Since the probability of winning the jackpot is very small, the bonus is particularly high.
The previous draw with the highest bonus had no top prize in the previous dozens of draws, so the first prize was as high as over 80 million silver coins.
Zhu Cihong would not let the Ministry of Revenue deceive the people. The entire lottery process was conducted on the city wall in front of the square.
The whole process is supervised by people from the Three Law Departments, and the lottery results will appear in the newspapers the next day.
As long as someone comes to claim the jackpot ticket with a winning lottery ticket, they will definitely get the established bonus.
In addition to the common people, officials, chamberlains, foreigners, and even nobles in the imperial palace also like to buy lottery tickets.
Everyone hopes to win the jackpot, but they also know that it is extremely difficult, but what everyone buys is an expectation.
Two medium copper coins (ten copper coins) can buy one bet, and one large copper coin (sixty copper coins) can buy three bets.
Because the price is very low and everyone can afford it, Qifa Cai is extremely popular.
After the lottery results were published in the newspaper, it also promoted the sales of newspapers...
The result of this lottery draw on the occasion of Zhu Cihong's 90th birthday was that the first prize was 155.
The total jackpot prize is 37.65 million silver coins, and the single bet prize exceeds 240,000 silver coins.
This is definitely a small goal that 99.99% of the people will strive for throughout their lives!
There is no need to wait for the winner to come to claim the prize to know the actual situation. The receipt for each lottery ticket is a four-part ticket.
The lottery buyer holds the main ticket, and the other three auxiliary tickets are kept by the lottery shop, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The entire lottery is actually an answer card, and all the numbers selected by the lottery purchaser are stamped.
Double betting is allowed for a single lottery ticket, but duplicate tickets are not allowed because it is difficult to manually retrieve duplicate tickets after the lottery is drawn.
The people in the household department who are responsible for searching are all female workers. After the lottery is drawn, they will adjust their search cards to the corresponding numbers.
All other numbers are covered. As long as the female worker sees the mark on the hollow, she can determine the winning level by checking how many marks there are.
Generally, ten pictures can be retrieved in one minute, and 600 pictures can be retrieved in one hour. Calculated based on ten hours, at least, each person can retrieve 3,000 pictures.
The lottery will be drawn at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the newspaper will be printed at four o'clock the next day. The Ministry of Finance has eleven hours of search time.
Under normal circumstances, there will be no mistakes, because the retrieved copy of the winning lottery ticket will be searched twice to ensure that there are no mistakes.
If a mistake does occur, the Account Department will first make up for the bonus gap, and then hold certain personnel accountable.
If a large number of lottery tickets are sold in a certain issue, resulting in a long search time, the newspaper will only publish the winning numbers, and the relevant bonus information will be published at a later time.
In the early days of the lottery, sales were small, and newspapers could publish winning prizes the next day.
Later, when people's enthusiasm for lottery buying becomes increasingly high, they will have to wait three to five days, or even a week before the announcement is made.
For the lottery winner, if he is not in a hurry to use the money, he will not immediately redeem the prize.
If you are really worried that you will not be able to keep your winning lottery ticket, you can first deposit the lottery ticket in Northern Bank for safekeeping.
The bank issues a voucher, and then when the time comes to announce the prize, the winner can claim the prize directly from the bank.
Are there any bank staff who have been stealing and pretending to be others over the years?
Of course!
It would be evil if not!
The human heart often cannot resist temptation!
The Metropolitan Procuratorate verified that it was correct, the principal culprit was revealed, the accomplice was the leader, and the family members were assigned to go mining!
Privately printing lottery tickets and counterfeiting winning lottery tickets are treated in the same way as impostors!
As for those who pretend to be others, then take the money and run away...
As long as he doesn't escape from the earth, Zhu Cixiang can send factory guards to arrest him!
Unless you run into the deep mountains and old forests and don't come out, you will always be reported by the people around you.
If this is the case, the bonus earned at the cost of death is of little use because it cannot be spent at all.
People who normally go abroad or leave customs must hold a visa, and the customs will record the information of the person leaving customs.
The factory guard can find the suspect by following the clues.
If some mentally retarded bumpkin king dares to take in a suspect, Master Ming will teach him how to behave!
Even the arrogant Louis XIV strictly prohibited France and its overseas territories from housing any suspects from the Ming Empire.
Once verified, people will be sent back immediately to avoid unnecessary diplomatic misunderstandings.
As long as the head of state has a normal mind, he will not make such a stupid mistake...
Aren't you tired of offending the Ming Empire for a suspect?
Maybe the other party can hold back once or twice, but if it goes on for a long time, one day the Ming army will directly bombard their own land in the name of chasing pirates or bandits.
This loss is huge and cannot be compensated by some suspects paying money...
Among the people who won the first prize in this issue, there was actually a low-level chamberlain.
Even Zhu Cixi thought that this kid was really lucky after hearing the news, but money couldn't buy the missing parts...
After having 240,000 silver coins, he no longer has to wait on others in his life, and can go out and become a master!
Except for this guy, no one in Houdi won the first prize, not even the second prize, which really surprised Zhu Cixiang.
You must know that these people who have nothing to do and have no shortage of money in their pockets will buy a lot of lottery tickets every issue.
Now, it’s all good, it’s all about showing love!
Since the advent of the Seven-Fat Lottery, only three people in Houdi have won the first prize.
A palace maid, a royal chef, and now this chamberlain.
The palace maid resigned immediately after winning the lottery, and the imperial chef not only resigned, but also opened a restaurant, and the business was very good.
Zhu Cixiang also knew the general thoughts of this chamberlain, so he would not embarrass him and would send someone to protect him.
It is necessary to protect the lottery winners. Otherwise, everyone who wins the lottery will be ripped off. Who will dare to buy lottery tickets in the future?
Searching for lottery tickets will recruit many female workers. Although the salary is not high, they can make a living after all, and the job requirements are very simple. All they need is good eyes and brains, and the work intensity is not high.
Like the female telephone company operators, this is a sign of promoting women's employment.
In a two-parent family, the man can support the family, but if it is a widow taking care of the children, the mother must go out to work.
The Ministry of Household Affairs and the telephone company are not the places that recruit the most female workers. A certain company founded by Zhu Cihong is the overlord in this area.
Most people don't know what a diode is!
Not to mention light-emitting diodes!
But the flashlight…
Almost no one knows it!
In fact, the flashlight is a light-emitting diode casing covered with an aluminum alloy skin, and then two batteries are inserted!
As early as seventy years ago, Ming Dynasty's first electronic computer came out.
Twenty thousand diodes are used and the power consumption is up to 200 kilowatts.
You can imagine how many female workers are needed to make diodes...
Zhu Cixiang ordered the mass production of flashlights, which was actually making up for the huge investment in computer research and development.
To this day, driven by Zhu Cixiang's efforts, Ming's technological level cannot meet the standards of Moore's Law.
That is, the number of components integrated on a semiconductor chip doubles every eighteen months.
The higher the level of technology, the steeper the slope equivalent to climbing.
It took nearly a hundred years for the computer level of the Ming Empire to be equivalent to the Alto personal computer manufactured by the Palo Alto Research Center.
If we continue to work hard, we can reach the level of Apple's Macintosh, but it is estimated that it will take about ten or even twenty years.
According to Zhu Cixiang's estimate, the Moore's Law time for Ming Dynasty is about ten years or more.
It wasn't until around 1800 that Zhu Cihong could use Bill Window XP!
If you persevere and keep climbing to the top, you will indeed be very successful!
Zhu Cixiang's annual investment in computers is as high as one million silver coins. Not counting the tens of thousands of female workers on the production line, the number of relevant scientific and technical personnel has reached more than 600.
In the past, the Academy of Sciences was responsible for this project. Later, considering that it was too expensive, Zhu Cixiang pulled the project out to establish Hengxing Company and bear the relevant expenses himself.
The future of mankind is technology, and it is definitely not mining with a shovel. That is an atavistic act!
It cannot be said that computers are useless only because they cost money.
This thing is still very useful for the Ming Empire's nuclear program.
So far, after years of investment, the entire project has cost more than 200 million silver coins.
Since it was fully funded by Zhu Cixiang and kept strictly confidential, the imperial court and the Ministry of Household Affairs were not aware of the plan.
Without the help of computers, the relevant engineers would have to make calculations...
