The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 105
To carry out the industrial revolution in Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaochi knew very well that he could not do without Zhu Di's support, which was the core key.

For many things, he has to work hard and explain the truth to Zhu Di thoroughly.

Otherwise, Zhu Di couldn't even understand, how could he support himself.

"On the railway, the horse-drawn wagon for trial operation, a wagon pulled by two horses, has a capacity of [-] jin."

Zhu Gaochi listed things that were well known some time ago.

Zhu Di was silent.

"Peking produces more than [-] million catties of iron every year, and the annual output can be transported there in less than [-] trains based on the transportation volume of the railway."

"Last month, two new mines were added in Fangshan, Xishan. Since the advent of the steam engine, a total of nine new mines have been added, and coal is still in short supply."

"Not counting the needs of workshops and factories, only the market demand of 19 catties of firewood per year among the people, converted into coal, is 13 catties a year."

Is 13 catties a lot?

Not really much.

It's just 65 tons of coal.

Sixty years before the birth of the first industrial revolution, the United Kingdom had a population of more than 60 million and an annual coal output of 300 million tons.

Because Britain has abundant coal resources, it not only consumes itself, but also partially supplies France and Italy.

Peking has a population of one million.

With the Newcomen steam engine, there are also abundant coal resources.Nearby Shandong has a population of nearly 600 million, and Shanxi has a population of nearly 500 million.

Zhu Gaochi not only wants the coal industry in Beiping to exceed 65 tons as soon as possible, but also to break through 200 million, 300 million, 400 million...

Lay a firm foundation for the Industrial Revolution.

But in terms of environment, Peiping is not as good as Britain.

Britain's rich river transportation can support the transportation of coal, while Beiping's river transportation is not as good as that of the United Kingdom. It can supply domestic water through rivers and foreign countries through straits.

That's why Zhu Gaochi was in a hurry to build the railway.

Coal has always been his top priority, and any plan revolves around coal.

Because the industrial revolution can happen in the UK, it is precisely because the UK has an extremely rich environment of coal resources.

Holland, where capitalism is more developed than Britain, France, where science and technology is more developed than Britain, and Italy, which is renaissance.

At that time, the population of Italy exceeded 2000 million, and the population of France exceeded [-] million.

No matter how you compare.

It stands to reason that the Industrial Revolution should have occurred in the following countries.

However, the industrial revolution happened in the UK, and the rest of the countries had to learn from the British production methods.

Because of the rich coal resources in the UK, the Industrial Revolution was born in the UK.

The rise of emerging fuels has enabled British landlords to gain profits in this industry. All walks of life have cheap and large-volume fuels, which solves the bottleneck of production.

According to this experience, the United States of later generations also wants to monopolize the oil energy in the oil and gas era, and has launched countless wars for this.

Whoever shakes oil is shaking the hegemony of the United States, and any means are bound to be ushered in, including turning laundry detergent into a horse.

"What does this have to do with what you said about not advocating frugality?" Zhu Di asked curiously.

Zhu Gaochi explained: "High-yield coal and efficient transportation will bring the cheapest fuel."

"With cheap fuel for dyeing workshops, the price of cloth will drop; with cheap fuel for winemaking workshops, the price of wine will drop; with cheap fuel for brick and tile factories, the price of bricks and tiles will drop..."

"Father should know how rare firewood is, and how difficult it is to regenerate."

"Only the use of firewood by the people can seize the fuel of all industries, and they are all trapped in this."

"The rise of coal is an industry that makes 360 five elements and all industries undergo invisible changes."

"And the railway can speed up this situation. My son can guarantee that in a few months, there will be more and more commodities on the market and cheaper and cheaper."

"If frugality continues to be advocated, who will buy these goods?"

Zhu Di lowered his head.

He couldn't understand it, it was too contrary to his three views all the year round.

Zhu Gaochi has confidence in Zhu Di.

Extraordinary people naturally have a very big picture.

After a long time of contact, he knew that Zhu Di was not a stubborn person.

The same is true in history.

If you don't know how to adapt, you won't have his achievements.

Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang's growth environment, Zhu Di's growth environment and educational environment are more superior.

"When commodities are not abundant in society, prices are high, people lose interest in commodities, and there is surplus food at home, so all energy is put on marriage and childbirth."

"When the goods are abundant and the prices are low, and the common people can afford a variety of goods, they will start to focus on how to buy all these goods."

"More and more people have Lin Lan's products in their homes, and people who don't have them will think about how to earn money to buy these products."

"The atmosphere and needs of society will change immediately."

Zhu Di shook his hand.

"Speak slowly, let's think about it."

Zhu Di couldn't turn the corner.

Zhu Gaochi looked confident.

These are all things that have happened in later generations, and things have developed in this way.

"But the common people's house is clean in the end, isn't it full of complaints?"

"That's better than having more than seventy or eighty children, and the two generations can't even eat enough." Zhu Gaochi laughed.

And things are definitely not like this, Zhu Di only sees shortcomings.

"Father, do you still remember what your son said about the annexation of land?"

Zhu Di nodded.

He has always remembered what the boss said before, and he will think about it every night, and the more he thinks about it, the more reasonable he feels.

"When commodities are abundant, the common people will enjoy material wealth and spiritual wealth from the abundance of commodities."

"The same rich commodities will make young people more happy." Zhu Gaochi was afraid that Zhu Di would not understand, so he talked about the daytime events. "At the end of today's outing, everyone is still unsatisfied and looking forward to the next time."

"People will shift their interest to buying goods and enjoying material pleasures."

"When people pursue material things more, the higher the cost, the more commodities the society will have. This will not only reduce the interest of the common people in procreating, but also stimulate the landlords to spend their money on business instead of just buying land."

"Compared to commercial profits, the benefits brought by land are less than one percent. This method of guiding people with profit is stronger than all other methods."

"Man dies for money and birds die for food. This has been the case since ancient times."

"Using this method, land mergers can be delayed, and it can also delay the common people from having more children. It can also promote the wealth of the society and allow the government to obtain more taxes."

Zhu Di really can't accept that the common people have fewer children.

"Your grandpa has been working hard to increase the population all his life, but it turns out that you are going against the grain when you say that."

This is a problem of cognition.

The larger the population in an agricultural society, the more problems it will bring. When the load of the land is exceeded, not only is it not an increase in national power, but it is a consumption of national power.

But this old concept has always been true in ancient and modern times.

For example, investing more people in the land, hoping to get more land returns, the result ushered in a big lesson.

"Father, do you think a country with poor clothing and food is more powerful, or a country where people live and work in peace and contentment and rich in products is stronger?"

If the person in front of him was Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Gaochi didn't think he could convince him.

One is the lack of understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other is that Zhu Yuanzhang came from the bottom and forged a hard thinking.

He has been so successful that he doesn't think he's wrong.

According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang likes to preach the most, whether it is to the grain chief, officials, eunuchs, generals, nobles, and vassal kings.

He likes to preach so much, which shows that he has a very high self-confidence in his own opinion, so he thinks that people should accept his experience.

But Zhu Di is different.

Zhu Di himself did not have Zhu Yuanzhang's preaching behavior, and later generations were also monarchs who proposed to make the people well-off.

So Zhu Gaochi started from here.

really.

Zhu Di answered without hesitation, and said very briefly: "The country is strong and the people are rich."

Zhu Gaochi immediately answered.

"It's actually very simple to realize the ideal of my father, that is, if I want to be rich, I have fewer children and more roads."

……

Zhu Di was speechless.

This statement sounds easy to say, but it is very absurd.

How come it has something to do with having a baby again.

According to people's secular thinking, it is best to have more labor in the family, and more children are more blessed, but there are not many sons in the family, so what is the matter.

"Boss, you don't understand the common people. There are many men in the countryside, so you can do the farm work."

"Farm work is very hard, and glutinous rice is one of them." Zhu Gaochi gave an example to prove that he did not understand farm work.

"One of the most painful things for peasant women is to grind rice, and they suffer a lot because the farm tools they use are not good. Most of them use stone mortars, and the better ones are pestles."

"It's not that there are better farm tools, but ordinary people can't afford them."

"In the future, iron plowshares, iron-toothed harrows, iron shovels and other agricultural tools will be affordable for the common people." Zhu Gaochi said cautiously.

"As long as we are given a few years, we will make all the farmers in Beiping Prefecture have eighteen pieces of farm tools."

Zhu Di's breathing became a little heavier.

The eldest son's grand plans and ambitions are quite broad.

He spoke in a different way, but he was so exciting that even he was moved by it, but Zhu Di still held back and didn't show too much.

"Those who turn the soil, those who dig, those who weed, those who mill rice, those who plow, those who sow, those who reap, and those who dry."

"With a complete set of tools, the people can cultivate intensively, which not only relieves [-]-[-]% of the hard work of farming, but also increases the yield of the land."

"Better farm tools can solve many problems. In the future, every family will use iron, which will create more surplus labor."

At least the idea is good.

And there is some truth to it, and it seems that there is such a possibility, but it is unimaginable, different from the worldly concept, and it is difficult to accept.

Zhu Di thought over and over again, but he still couldn't find a flaw.

Is it really possible?
(End of this chapter)