Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 84 Start the era of big industry with your own hands! 【Seek follow-up】

Fifty thousand new troops have to spend so much money.

The Manchu and Han officials present were silent.

Now the Qing Dynasty has lost the money bag of Guangdong.

The fiscal revenue has been reduced at once.

Now we have to invest money to build a new army.

How to get this money?
Emperor Qianlong looked at Dong Gao, Minister of the Household Department, with a headache.

"Dong Gao, tell me, how do you get the money out?"

400 taels of silver.

Not a small fortune.

Dong Gao was the Minister of the Han Dynasty.

The six ministers of the Qing Dynasty were divided into Manchu and Han.

Man Shangshu of the household department is Fu Kang'an's younger brother Fu Chang'an. Although the Manchu Shangshu has a higher status than the Han Shangshu, Fu Chang'an is just a title and basically doesn't care much.

So Dong Gao is now the de facto Minister of Finance of the Qing Dynasty.

During this period of time, in order to raise money for Agui to go south to establish the Ganzhou camp, the military expenses for rectifying the southern green camp have been exhausted.

There were originally two cows in the Qing Dynasty.

The big cow is Jiangnan.

The little cows are from Guangdong and Guangxi—mainly Guangdong.

Now the little cows are gone and can't be milked.

I can only squeeze the big cow again.

In fact, there is nothing new.

It's a showdown plus donations.

The former is to put the burden on the small people.

The latter is to force the businessman to bleed.

The big merchants in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were generally Hongshang merchants in Guangdong, salt merchants in Yangzhou, Huizhou merchants in southern Anhui, and Lake merchants in Jiangnan.

The richest is the Guangdong Thirteen Bank, which is engaged in import and export trade.

If the thirteen lines are not attached to the rebellion, it can be apportioned on their heads.

Thirteen Banks can still get a few million silver.

But now the thirteen lines have turned against them collectively, and they are so bold as to swallow up all the dark stocks of the relatives of the Eight Banners.

Now the Qing Dynasty's finances, which were originally in balance, suddenly had a big hole.

The big hole hasn't been filled yet.

Now they have to spend money to practice coating the new army.

Dong Gao can't come up with any good solution right now.

But now being watched by the emperor.

Dong Gao also had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, now that Guangdong is lost, the annual customs tax, land tax, and commercial tax will be reduced by nearly 400 million yuan, plus the 400 million annual donations from the Thirteen Banks, all of a sudden, every year The tax income is 800 million less. The southern provinces bordering Guangdong may have some wars this year. If there is chaos in the local area, it may be much less. It is not bad to have a total income of 3000 million next year. This 3000 million The income may not even be able to cover next year’s expenses. If we want to train new soldiers, we can only increase the land tax, collect and suppress rebellious donations throughout the country, and also develop mining bans in various places. If there is no other way, it may be possible to develop Manchuria.”

"Mining ban? Manchuria?"

Qianlong even had a headache when he heard the words.

Of course he knew.

Mining can make money.

If the vast wasteland of Manchuria is developed, it can also make up for a lot of national use.

But mining will gather miners, which is easy to breed troubles.

And develop Manchuria.
That is absolutely impossible.

Where is Manchuria?
It is the retreat of the Eight Banners.

In case you really can't get along in the pass.

You can also leave the customs with your belongings rolled up.

Now that Manchuria is being developed, the Han people must be allowed to leave the customs.

At that time, Manchuria will be full of Han Chinese.

In case things get to the point of no return.

Isn't there no way out for the Eight Banners disciples?

"Helancha, tell me."

Qianlong looked at a Manchurian veteran.

Hai Lancha was a titan of the Qianlong Dynasty.

Starting from the vest of the Sauron cavalry, he rose all the way to the current first-class super brave duke by virtue of his military exploits.

But now that he is old, he is not suitable to be sent out to lead troops in battle.

This time to train recruits, Qianlong simply called this first-class super brave man to discuss matters.

"It is absolutely impossible to develop Manchuria."

Hai Lancha, whose hometown is in Manchuria, said without thinking.

Manchuria was developed.

So is this Manchuria the territory of the Han people or the territory of the Manchurians?

"However, mining is feasible, but private mining cannot be allowed!"

He Shen's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Yes, yes, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can set up a mining office to supervise."

Mining is a fat job.

"Well, at this time, I will hand it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Emperor Qianlong nodded.

"Is it feasible to levy and suppress donations?"

"It's feasible." He Shen thought for a while and said.

"Dong Gao, how much donation do we need to collect?" Qianlong asked again.

Dong Gao who was kneeling on the ground sighed in his heart.

Guangdong is lost.

The burden of 800 million yuan has to be put on other provinces.

Now we need to send more donations.

How much leeway is there?

Ordinary farmers have long been starving.

Further suppression is likely to provoke a popular uprising.

At that time, the people's revolution and the Ming Dynasty will come together.

It's hard to say whether the Qing Dynasty can withstand it.

So this burden.

It can only be pressed on the heads of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River-the south of the Yangtze River is rich and rich, and more points will be collected, and it will not cause too much turmoil.

"Your Majesty, we need to make up for the holes in Guangdong, plus the cost of training the new army to make a surplus. If we send an additional 1000 million yuan every year, it will be the end. If we want to build a new army, I feel that we can only abolish some of them." Green camp."

When Qianlong heard the words, he was already thinking about it.

Increase donations, abolish the green battalion, and expand the Eight Banners to train new troops.

Each of these can have considerable hidden dangers.

Basically, it is almost the same as drinking poison to quench thirst.

On the other side of the Qing Dynasty, it is necessary to collect coats widely, expand the army and prepare for war.

Daming is not idle here, and is also accumulating strength.

The first steel-making furnace has been built on Lantau Island.

It is different from ordinary blast furnaces.

The height of this furnace is not high, the shape is low and flat, but the molten pool is quite large.

This kind of furnace is the so-called open hearth furnace.

Industry specializing in surgery.

Zhu Daohua still has some skills in medicine.

But the knowledge of steelmaking is not much.

He had heard of open-hearth steelmaking.

It is to use water gas instead of coke as fuel, and pig iron and iron ore can be smelted into high-quality steel.

This method does not require the construction of a too high blast furnace, and is relatively safe and simple in engineering.

And the output is huge.

Each furnace can produce hundreds of tons of steel.

Also.

The raw materials used are not only pig iron, molten iron, but also scrap steel, iron filings, wrought iron and ore, which is convenient for the recycling of scrap iron and steel. In addition, the steel produced is uniform and stable in quality, and high-quality steel can be produced.

So after the open hearth steelmaking method appeared.

It quickly developed everywhere.

Martin, chief engineer of Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation, is orderly directing workers to work.

The Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation, which was relocated to the island of Lantau Island, has no restrictions.

In terms of raw materials.

The shipping company invested by several merchants from the Thirteenth Bank successfully transported Annan's coal and iron ore to Lantau Island.

The route from the estuary of the Red River to the estuary of the Pearl River will become a major transportation channel for transporting Annan's coal, iron, and rice resources.

"Your Majesty, according to the information you provided, we conducted hundreds of experiments when we were in Batam Island. This kind of furnace is extremely efficient in producing steel, and because of the use of water gas, the waste slag produced is very small, which ensures the quality of the steel. Consistent quality."

Martin, an iron smelting engineer from France, had sunken eye sockets and red eyes, but his face was somewhat excited.

If this steelmaking method is successfully mass-produced.

It will overturn the entire steel industry.

The output of Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation will overwhelm all European countries and become the number one in the world, leaving No.2 far behind.

Of course Zhu Daohua understands the significance of steel to industry.

Steel production is the most important indicator of a country's industrial capacity.

If the Nanyang Iron and Steel Corporation invested by Zhu Daohua can develop the open-hearth steelmaking method 100 years in advance.

Relying on the abundant coal and iron resources in the Annan Red River Delta.

Guangdong under his own rule.

It will become the steel center of the world by leaps and bounds!
"However, before this, it was a small furnace for experimentation. This is the first time to build a large furnace for mass production. If the data is not wrong, such a furnace can tap 20 jin of steel at a time, and the monthly steel production is at least 200 million catties."

200 million jin of steel.

Almost a thousand tons.

One furnace produces one thousand tons of steel a month.

The annual output is [-] tons.

There were ten such stoves.

The annual steel output is [-] tons.

And if I remember correctly.

By 1850, Britain's steel production was on the order of hundreds of thousands of tons.

If the open-hearth steel-smelting method goes into mass production smoothly. ,
Continue to expand production.

It is easy for the steel plant on Lantau Island to reach an annual production capacity of one million tons of steel.

There is an abundance of cheap steel.

Combine with steam engine.

Then the following epoch-making inventions such as armored battleships and railways will be meaningful.

"Molten steel is out!"

With the shouts of the workers.

Molten steel can already be seen at the outlet of the melting pool at the bottom of the open hearth furnace.

"Success!"

Martin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Martin, you are now a famous name in history."

Zhu Daohua smiled.

Martin hurriedly bowed and saluted: "This is all the inspiration provided by His Majesty, you are the real genius."

Zhu Daohua patted Martin on the shoulder.

"Thank you for your hard work. With this credit, you are enough to get a title with enough weight."

Martin's heart was burning.

Knighthood.

Nobility!
A French commoner myself.

How come to China.

What about becoming a Chinese nobleman?
"Come on, go to Watt's place to have a look."

Zhu Daohua saw that the No. [-] open hearth furnace had successfully tapped steel.

I went to another important factory that is also located on Lantau Island.

Watt Machine Works.

When Zhu Daohua arrived at the Watt Machinery Factory with his entourage.

I have already seen a steam engine that is rumbling.

See Zhu Daohua coming.

Watt hurried up to meet him.

Zhu Daohua waved his hand, and took two steps in three steps to come to the running machine.

This steam engine is already close to the competitive locomotive in his image.

"This machine has no manpower, so why does it turn on its own?"

"Steam engine, steam engine, is it powered by steam?"

Along with Zhu Daohua were Wu Dunyuan, Lu Jiguang and several thirteen merchants.

They are also staring at the rumbling machine now, amazed.

"You two, do you still think that an iron vehicle powered by this steam engine is unrealistic?"

Zhu Daohua pointed at the steam engine and laughed.

train.

ship.

There are also machine tools powered by steam engines.

With a stable source of power.

And cheap steel.

The era of big industry.

has been turned on.

(End of this chapter)