The officials were confused by Su Yonglin's sudden idea.
However, they are not stupid, and they soon realized the huge interests behind this.
Once the scene described by Su Yonglin comes true, to what extent will the demand for grasslands in the Central Plains surge?
Maybe it's not something they can imagine.
Kong Maojie was very excited.
"If this is the case, the grassland may no longer be a burden, but a golden mountain."
"Yes, if this is true, there will be more than just a mountain of gold. Wherever there are sheep, there is gold everywhere. We don't need to look for it. The gold will automatically jump in front of us..."
Kong Zheng, who always boasted that money was like dirt, couldn't help but start dreaming.
Otherwise, what Su Yonglin described was too tempting.
No matter how you look at a big business worth tens of millions of people, it can make people imagine.
And just when they were about to fly, Shi Zheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, sighed helplessly and gave them a heavy blow at the right time, knocking them down from the peak of fantasy to the deep valley.
"Before you dream, you must first pay attention to what His Majesty said before. This woolen sweater took twelve female weavers a month to complete. It is worth a lot of money and cannot be purchased by ordinary people."
Shi Zheng's words pulled people from the clouds into the mortal world, and they immediately received a lot of blank stares.
Su Yonglin laughed.
"That's right, Tokibutou is right. My idea is certainly good, but before that, we have to find a way to make wool products affordable to the common people. We have to make the old king Xie Tangqianyan flies into the homes of ordinary people. Only when people can afford it can my idea be truly implemented."
The Minister of Law touched his chin Shenge.
"So, Your Majesty, is it difficult to weave wool at present?"
"Yes, it's difficult."
Su Yonglin looked at Shi Zheng, and Shi Zheng turned to look at Qiao Yunliang, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Qiao Yunliang stood up.
"Yes, what Tokibutou said is true. Wool spinning requires starting from taking wool from sheep, selecting, cleaning, drying, selecting again, and finally weaving it manually. It is very difficult. Only those who master the relevant skills It takes a long time to weave it, and ordinary weaver girls simply can’t do it.”
“Can’t it be done with existing textile machinery?”
"It can't be done. Weaving cloth and spinning wool are not the same thing."
Qiao Yunliang continued to shake his head.
Lin Jingchun was a little anxious.
"So, when will the equipment that can spin wool be produced? Your Ministry of Industry can allocate so much budget every quarter, so the money is spent and there is no result at all, right?"
The God of Wealth has spoken, and Shi Zheng cannot pretend that he has not seen anything.
"In fact, there are equipment for spinning wool, passed down from ancient times, but it is difficult to operate and the efficiency is very low. The current problem is how to simplify each process. The Ministry of Industry has prepared to arrange dedicated personnel to study and improve it. I believe it will be improved soon. There will be results.”
"How soon is soon? Apart from the military and civil affairs, your Ministry of Industry has the largest budget. I have given you the money, how can you not fail to produce results? Give me a time limit, and I will see results within the time limit. Otherwise I have to consider whether you are worthy of the budget."
Lin Jingchun didn't have any good feelings towards Shi Zheng just because he was his comrade.
Shi Zheng was stunned and immediately frowned.
"Lin Butang! The research and improvement of any equipment takes time. They are full of the hard work of craftsmen. They cannot be solved by just saying a word and moving your fingers. If it were that easy, our ancestors would have solved the grassland long ago. , why wait until now?"
"That's your business and has nothing to do with me. I only care about the results."
At this moment, Lin Jingchun seemed a little unkind.
Shi Zheng was mute and couldn't express the pain of eating coptis. He felt that he had nothing to say to this layman who didn't understand the technical problems at all, so he could only turn to Su Yonglin for help.
"Your Majesty, under your Majesty's orders, the Ministry of Industry is conducting research and improvement on a variety of instruments at the same time, including gunpowder, iron smelting, water conservancy, agricultural tools, and now looms. In each case, the officials of the Ministry of Industry are doing their best and are never lazy. , I hope your Majesty will learn from this perfunctory thing."
Su Yonglin saw that Shi Zheng asked him for help, and he really planned to say a few good words for him.
He saw the difficulties of Shi Zheng with his eyes. As an emperor, his vision was not comparable to those of them. He had even seen rockets rising into space. If there was a system, he even wanted to rub rockets with his hands and lead the Ming Dynasty. Towards a new era of running.
Too bad he didn't.
Therefore, he had no vision and no relevant knowledge. He knew what was happening but did not know why. Therefore, he left many problems for the officials of the Ministry of Industry to solve and implement. He did not understand the hardships and hardships in the process.
Despite this, he still knows how much energy and material investment it takes to make an important invention and put it into mass production, so he has enough patience with the R&D staff.
However, Lin Jingchun, who is mainly responsible for spending money, does not seem to have such patience.
"Jingchun, I know you have difficulties, but let me tell you, every copper coin I ask you to spend is valuable, especially the Ministry of Industry. Think about it, if there is no money, no people and no things, Xin How could a loom be made?
Without new looms, how can we weave woolen products? Without wool products, how can we control the lifeblood of the grassland? A small loom was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's dominance over the grassland. It was of far-reaching significance and could not be measured by money. "
The emperor personally took action, and Lin Jingchun had nothing to say. He gave Shi Zheng a dissatisfied look and could only give in.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true, but I am wrong."
"You're right. You should save money at all times, and refute money that shouldn't be spent. Save whatever you can. You must also learn from Lin Butang's frugal style of living. The court is in a difficult situation. This is the time when we need all of you to work together.”
"I obey the decree."
All the ministers said in unison.
The meeting was generally over at this point. The ministers all bid farewell to Su Yonglin. Su Yonglin nodded and allowed them to leave the meeting hall.
Looking at their leaving figures, Su Yonglin fell into deep thought.
Solving the grassland problem is not that simple.
In addition to the technical difficulties in production, there is another important point.
Transportation.
Problems in production technology are easy to solve, but transportation involves too many aspects and is difficult to solve.
Targeted solutions to the problems of wool product production in all aspects, including problems with looms, can be put on the agenda. The predecessors gave traditional methods, and what they wanted to do was improve.
But transportation issues, such as trains, can be regarded as creations from scratch.
After the technical problems are solved, Su Yonglin can develop the wool textile industry nearby the grassland and recruit herdsmen on the spot to produce wool products. This will not only reduce production costs, but also lead them from the state of rogue bandits to the state of settlement.
But how to transport an extremely large number of wool products from the place of production to the place of sale, as well as the transportation costs incurred during this period, are also no small problems.
It is true that wool products are not afraid of expiration. Once packaged, there is not much storage cost. However, the only way to move from the grassland to the Central Plains is by land transportation. Transport by manpower and animal power must at least be transferred from the grassland to the Central Plains. metropolitan area, only then can water and sea transportation be possible.
Su Yonglin sat on the chair and remembered that the train first appeared to facilitate the transportation of coal to factories. It was usually set up between coal mines and factories, and it had a very profound promotion of domestic demand.
And if the Ming Dynasty also had a huge demand for transportation revolution due to the demand for wool, could this also promote the emergence of transportation revolution?
After proclaiming himself emperor, Su Yonglin submitted a large number of research requests to Shi Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and asked him to lead the recruitment of the best craftsmen in the country to start technical research.
Among them was the study of steam engines.
Su Yonglin gave a rough idea in it, talked about the basic operating principles of steam engines, and asked them to work hard in the general direction to realize it. When they can tinker with a usable steam engine, they will be rewarded greatly.
He can't help with other things and can only use material rewards to motivate people.
I hope that the craftsmen can give full play to their intelligence and subjective initiative and strive to push the historical process forward...
