Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 583 The Great Ming Newspaper promotes momentum, Xia Wanchun sets out to make iron
Because the camera given to the newspaper by Auntie Zhu will definitely be handed over to a specially trained photographer for use, and will be kept by the newspaper's professional staff.

But Liu Rushi was very curious about the camera, and felt that as a newspaper, she had to know enough about it to recommend it.It's like a general commanding a battle. If the general himself has never set foot on the frontline battlefield, how can he command the soldiers below?

That's why Liu Rushi took advantage of the fact that the cameras hadn't been allocated yet, and learned to take pictures first, and brought a camera home to practice.

Unexpectedly, not only the family members (generally referred to as servants in ancient Chinese, but relatives refer to relatives) mistakenly thought that this thing could capture souls, even Qian Qianyi was so frightened that he passed out when he first saw the digital photo.

In this way, Liu Rushi naturally couldn't practice taking pictures anymore, so he could only ask someone to call a doctor to see Qian Qianyi...

Three days later.

Not only did the imperial court's "Great Iron and Steel Making Order" and the will to build four railways at the same time spread to the provinces of the Ming Dynasty and the state capitals below, but also reports related to it in the "Daming Daily".

Of course, there are no photos of railways or trains in this report. After all, it takes half a month at the fastest to go from the capital (Nanjing) to the capital (Beijing).

However, Aunt Zhu requested that "Da Ming Pao" need to report on the "Great Iron and Steel Making Order" and the great railway construction policy in multiple issues.

The newspaper office planned to follow the decree to publish a few issues of newspapers and periodicals without photos.

Although there are endless folk newspapers nowadays, in terms of influence and circulation, even the largest newspaper "Beijing News" is far behind the "Da Ming Pao".

Therefore, as soon as this issue of "Da Ming Pao" came out, the "Great Steel Making Order" of the Ming court and the decision to build four railways at the same time were hotly discussed by gentry, scholars and ordinary people.

Due to the existence of the "Prostitution Prohibition Order", almost all brothels in and out of Nanjing have closed their doors. At present, only a few have tried, and some Korean and Japanese women have been brought in from somewhere to reopen their doors.

But these foreign women are all relatively low-level goods, almost all of them are good-looking, and most of them can't speak Chinese.

Scholars, gentry, and even rich people in Ming Dynasty naturally looked down on this kind of stuff——how could they be interested in these low-level stuff after seeing the talents and style of girls in brothels?Isn't the concubine in the family better than these foreign women?
Therefore, restaurants and teahouses are the favorite places for scholars and scholars nowadays, where they sit and discuss the Tao, talk about the world, and talk about the past and the present with friends.

Moxianglou is a teahouse in Nanjing that mainly entertains scholars.

Today, as soon as this issue of Ming Pao came out, the Moxiang Building became noisy—but many scholars were discussing these two decrees.

"Facing up to the difficulties, making steel! Your Majesty's words are so good!" A young scholar read the newspaper, couldn't help feeling excited, and clapped his hands in praise, "I wish I could give up my books and go to work, and now go to the Nanjing Iron and Steel Plant to participate in the big smelting!" Steel!"

Someone in the teahouse happened to know this young man, and upon seeing this, he smiled and said, "Brother Cun Gu, with your talent, if you really want to work as a worker in a steel factory, I'm afraid neither your father nor Mr. Haishi (Chen Zilong) will agree."

It turned out that this boy was none other than Xia Wanchun, the son of Xia Yunyi.

He is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, and he was originally studying in his hometown in Songjiang Mansion.Because Xia Yunyi, as the Prime Minister of Yingtianfu (he was promoted again), did not want his son to become a "yamen" in Nanjing.

However, Xia Wanchun has already passed the scholar examination, and he is going to take the August rural examination, and Xia Wanchun has transferred to science, so it is definitely not enough to work at home behind closed doors.

Considering his son's future, Xia Yunyi allowed him to go to Nanjing three months in advance to gain knowledge and exchange learning experiences with other science students.

Now Xia Yunyi has been in Nanjing for more than a month, and Moxianglou has a good atmosphere, and it has become a great place for him to make friends for leisure.

At this time, when he heard the sound, he looked at the person who was speaking, and immediately showed joy, and cupped his hands and said: "So it's Brother Jiu Gao, I didn't expect you to come to the capital so early."

After finishing speaking, come directly to share a table with this person.

Du Dengchun, courtesy name Jiugao, is also from Songjiang Mansion, only two years older than Xia Wanchun.

His father, Du Linzheng, together with Xia Yunyi, Zhou Lixun, Peng Bin, Xu Fuyuan, and Chen Zilong, were called the six sons of the society. Xia Wanchun, Du Dengchun and other young scholars from Songjiang Prefecture imitated their predecessors three years ago and set up a "qiu society".

Therefore, Xia Wanchun and Du Dengchun are not only villagers, but also family friends and social friends.

"There are only two months left before the provincial examination, so it's not too early to come to Beijing." Du Dengchun smiled and poured Xia Wanchun a cup of tea.

Xia Wanchun took a sip of tea and said, "The capital city is indeed rich in humanities, especially those who aspire to take the science exam. There are countless people. Coming here, I have greatly improved my knowledge and opened my eyes.

By the way, a few days ago I also joined the 'Qiuzhi Society'. Although there is only one letter difference from our Qiushe Society, the purpose of the society is to explore the principles of natural science. Brother Jiu Gao, do you want to join? "

Du Dengchun said with a smile: "I'm not going to transfer to the science department. What do I add it in? I know all about natural science, but I don't know anything about it."

"That's a pity." Xia Wanchun sighed, then looked at the "Da Ming Pao" on the table, recalled the previous topic, and said, "What do you think of Brother Jiu Gao's opinion on the Great Iron and Steel Making Order and the Great Railway Construction Order?"

Du Dengchun was puzzled, "Didn't the newspaper only mention the big iron and steel smelting order? When will there be a big railway construction order?"

"It's a common name I heard from your other scholars in the teahouse just now." Xia Wanchun said with a smile, "The imperial court will start to build four railways at the same time, and will build more in the future. Can't it be called 'Dajian Railway'?"

"It's hard for me to understand that the imperial court is so eager to build railways." Du Dengchun said, "Before there were no railways, people in the world lived well? Even if the railways have many benefits, they can be built one by one.

If it weren't for the construction of four at the same time, the Nanjing Iron and Steel Plant outside the city is as large as a forest of chimneys. Why would our Ming Dynasty lack steel? "

Xia Wanchun shook his head, "I don't agree with Brother Jiugao's thoughts—the newspapers have said that not only the construction of railways requires steel, but the demand for steel in many industries such as shipbuilding and military exploits will increase dramatically in the future.

That is to say, our Daming Iron and Steel production must be increased, and the national strength will be further improved.

If we don't face up to the difficulties, make big steel, build railways, and develop as soon as possible, wouldn't it be just a dawdling day?
Everyone is mixing it up, I'm afraid I, Daming, will become what I was a few years ago, right?Brother Jiu Gao, be prepared for danger in peace. "

Although Du Dengchun was familiar with Xia Wanchun, Xia Wanchun, who was two years younger than him, was not able to have such a high level of knowledge, and his face was flushed when he was said - after all, he was only 20 years old, and his skin was still very thin.

In order to change the subject, he couldn't help but said, "Even if what you said is right, you wouldn't say anything about going to a steel factory to participate in the big steel smelting?"

In turn, he wanted to find fault with Xia Wanchun's words, so as to save face.

But I didn't want Xia Wanchun to laugh when he heard it, and he readily admitted: "My words were indeed spur of the moment, and I couldn't really do it. However, although it is impossible for me to become a steel worker, after this rural examination, I am going to find a job. A suitable place to set up an ironworks.

Didn’t the newspaper say that the private sector is encouraged to smelt iron, and the imperial court buys as much as it smelt at the market price.

Not to mention the many uses of iron itself, it is more convenient for the imperial court to obtain iron and make steel with iron, which is equivalent to using private iron factories to increase the output of Daming Steel.

Therefore, if I open an iron factory, it will benefit both the country and the people around the iron factory, and I can also earn some money for myself. "

Du Dengchun was dumbfounded when he heard these words, and after a few seconds he couldn't help saying: "Cun Gu, are you doing all the work of craftsmen and merchants?

You are a scholar, a heir to poetry and books, it is not impossible to pass the liberal arts exam this autumn, how can it be a business matter?Apart from other things, I am afraid that your father and the teacher will not agree, right? "

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