The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 120 Ying Tianfu wants to imitate
"A guard, and he only came to the house last year, shouldn't he be a military household in Yanshan Guards? Can he be a high-ranking officer?" Zhu Gaochi asked curiously.

"How do you know he doesn't belong to Yanshanwei?" Ge Cheng asked back.

"It doesn't feel like it."

The Three Guards of Yanshan are the guards of the King of Yan. It has been established for more than [-] years. The younger generation has been influenced by the Palace of Yan since childhood.

No matter which of the three guards the military household comes from, there will always be some enthusiasm, and the attitude of loyalty can be seen at a glance.

"You guessed right, he is a military household of Tongzhouwei."

Tongzhou is in the east of Beiping.

Tongzhou Guard is under the management of Beiping Capital.

The personal guards of King Yan's Mansion come from the Three Guards of Yanshan.

"This person is really lucky to be able to come to Yanwang's mansion as a guard, but don't underestimate him. This person was born in a prosperous family, and his family was in decline in his early years.

"However, according to Yao Guangxiao, this person has read history books since he was a child, and he is familiar with the art of war. He is self-taught."

"Yao Guangxiao?"

Hearing this name, Zhu Gaochi was even more surprised.

"I don't know when Yao Guangxiao got to know this person, and he highly praised him in front of the prince, so he turned it into a document."

"The previous trip to Shaanxi and Shanxi was also recommended by Yao Guangxiao, and he was approved by the prince. Now that he has returned smoothly, I guess the prince will use it."

Zhu Gaochi understood.

After working as a clerk for a year, he tested his ability, and now he has experienced secret affairs, so he can naturally focus on training.

It seems that this person will have more contacts in the future.

Because the other party wants to make a fortune, after being promoted, he will be responsible for more things, the more power he has, the more friendship he will naturally have.

It's also convenient for me to win over.

Ge Cheng knows little about his works.

Knowing that the eldest son saw Jin Zhong, those curiosity would arise in his heart, so he took the initiative to solve the doubts, and then glanced at the study of the eldest son who had been famous for many days but had never seen it before.

As expected, it was as rumored.

I looked at the map on the wall again, the circles drawn on it, and some labels, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, what a pity.

"The Eldest Young Master was planning to do business in Shandong, but because of the suspension of the Shanxi incident, now that Jin Zhong has returned, things are not going well there. I wonder what the Eldest Young Master has in mind?"

The study is Zhu Gaochi's important place.

Ordinary people are not allowed to come in, because they learned that it was Ge Cheng who came here. This person is Chang Shi, No.1 in the palace, and Zhu Di's confidant, so he was introduced here.

There are no secrets in the study either.

The real secret, Zhu Gaochi recorded it in the book, in the cabinet, and used pinyin letters.

Even if someone sees it, it's like reading a book from heaven, and you can't understand a single word.

Pinyin was invented later.

So seeing Ge Cheng looking at his study, Zhu Gaochi had no extra thoughts and let him satisfy his curiosity.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

"The matter is not yet clear, and the attitude of the second uncle and the third uncle is also uncertain. We plan to ask the father what he thinks in his heart."

"Maybe they really don't like it, but they generously give it to us." Zhu Gaochi couldn't help smiling.

Ge Cheng disagreed.

Even if you don't like it, you will naturally like it when the steam engine sells well there.

Regarding the industrial development of the eldest son, Ge Cheng has been watching from the beginning to the end.

The steam engine is not only the core, but also brings huge profits to the eldest son, allowing the eldest son to spread out several unprofitable stalls.

It can be said that it is the foundation of the industry in the hands of the eldest son.

With such a sharp weapon placed under the noses of others, no one will resist it.

"I heard that the eldest son called the stewards of the outer cabinet back from Shandong, and many people are not happy. Is it too indulgent?"

"Unhappiness is human nature, there is no need to blame."

Zhu Gaochi laughed.

"They have been busy for several months about the Shandong matter, and they finally got an idea. The market was about to open, but it was suddenly stopped. Anyone else would be dissatisfied."

"On the contrary, they can quickly adjust their mentality. Not only can we not blame them, but we should praise them."

Ge Cheng nodded, and then asked tentatively.

"But I heard that some people are worried that Yingtianfu's merchants are powerful and Jianghuai is rich, and they will seize the market of the eldest son."

"Then if someone in Yingtian Mansion understands the Eldest Young Master's layout and wants to try it in Ying Tian Mansion, will it cause trouble for the Eldest Young Master? Or will it succeed?"

Zhu Gaochi was immediately stopped by the question.

He really didn't think about this issue, because he felt that no one could see his industrial layout.

First of all, even if someone understands the steam engine, they still have to worry about Yan Wangfu.

Ordinary businessmen dare not imitate it, and nobles are even more worried about King Yan. Not everyone can be like Sapphire, who regards the king as dung.

As for worrying about Sapphire imitating steam engines, Zhu Gaochi is not afraid.

Because this person doesn't have much left to live.

Even if Sapphire imitates now, will he have time?Even if there is time, there is no briquette, and it took 20 years for the steam engine to be popularized in the UK.

Because the expansion of the market takes time.

So Sapphire still needs to understand briquettes.

Knowing both steam engine and honeycomb briquette, the reason why the two appear, it is equivalent to watching from beginning to end.

Beiping is the world of King Yan.

With Daming's population circulation speed, it won't be so fast.

Even if it spreads in a few years, Zhu Gaochi is not worried, because at that time Zhu Di had already started to rebel.

So Zhu Gaochi never worried that someone could imitate himself.

But since Ge Cheng asked, Zhu Gaochi did not answer the real reason, but analyzed the market factors for him.

"In terms of wealth, market, technology, and background, Ying Tianfu is the best in the world, and there is no place comparable to it."

"But the steam engine is useless in Yingtian Mansion."

"Ying Tian Mansion has no coal."

In the Ming Dynasty, Yingtian Mansion did not have coal.

However, the circle drawn by Zhu Gaochi includes the upper left corner of Xuzhou and Yingtianfu.

Xuzhou did not start mining coal until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Or detect the coal mines in Xuzhou in advance.

But detection is not easy.

With the current technical conditions, it is pure luck.

It may not be detected for more than ten years.

"You can buy it from other places." Ge Cheng said with a smile.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help laughing.

Regarding the industrial issues of Yingtianfu, Zhu Gaochi really thought about how to develop Yingtianfu after he entered Yingtianfu with Zhu Di in the future.

So after a lot of conception and comparison.

"If someone in Yingtianfu learns from Beiping's industrial development, not only will it not promote the local economy, but it will lead to decline, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"This... doesn't make sense."

Ge Cheng couldn't understand.

Say nothing else.

Just sell that steam engine to other places, isn't it also making money?There is also briquette, which can be transported through canals.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a moment.

In the early Ming Dynasty.

Ying Tianfu's technology, ideology, economy, culture, humanities and other aspects must surpass Beiping.

Then Yingtianfu can be regarded as Italy or France.

Peking can be regarded as Britain.

Looking at it this way, from the environment of resource distribution, it is doomed that Ying Tianfu will not have an industrial revolution.

The Industrial Revolution was born in the UK because of its backwardness and poor economy, but it has a geographical environment that meets the needs of the Industrial Revolution, such as rich coal resources.

The same is true of Beiping in the early Ming Dynasty.

Ying Tianfu.

The economy is large, the population is large, the land is small, and other resources are also few. No amount of culture can make up for the geographical gap.

Human resources in the UK are relatively scarce, and the per capita income is poor, but other types of resources are abundant, such as minerals, land area per capita, and so on.

What does this represent?
Represents the cost advantage of the commodity.

The same is true of Peking.

Coal is an emerging fuel that drives the economy and promotes all kinds of commodities, and labor in Beiping is cheaper than in Yingtianfu.

No matter how Beiping develops, because of the rich coal industry, even if the labor price starts to rise as the economy improves, the fuel must be extremely cheap.

The development of industry is inseparable from fuel, that is, coal.

The more the industry develops, the more coal is needed. In the end, Beiping has cheap coal and expensive labor, so the demand for various machines is higher.

More efficient machines reduce labor and increase productivity, cheap fuel allows industry to run at full capacity, and finally dumps goods.

However, Yingtianfu's industrial development is faced with cheap labor and high coal prices.

The more we forcibly launch industries that have a large demand for coal, the more untimely it will be in all aspects.

Just like France, the German states, Belgium, Italy, etc., the industrial revolution that initially imitated the United Kingdom failed.

It has nothing to do with culture, system, war, tradition and other factors.

It is because those steam engines and coke technologies that originated in the UK were not as ideal as imagined when they were first introduced to continental European countries.

In many cases it is indeed unprofitable, and the secret is that these new technologies have moved away from their most appropriate place of application - the UK.

"Uncle Cheng, you have seen a steam engine, but do you know the cost of using a steam engine?"

"I don't know the details."

Ge Cheng admitted.

"The pumping power of the largest pumping steam engine at present is 70 meters." Zhu Gaochi calculated that it is about [-] horsepower, and each horsepower needs [-] catties of coal.

"Each hour needs to burn 360 catties of coal, 13 hours is more than [-] catties, and one month is [-] catties, which can only be used near coal mines."

"Ying Tian Mansion can't afford it."

This problem has been until the breakthrough of technology.

Such as the Watt steam engine.

Not to mention improving the efficiency of the original steam engine, it also reduced the energy consumption by a full half. From then on, the steam engine can be popularized and used anywhere in the world, and it is profitable.

Even those areas where coal is expensive can afford such energy consumption standards.

Therefore, countries such as France followed up with the successful imitation of the British Industrial Revolution.

"Yingtianfu is suitable for the weaving industry, absorbing a large amount of low-cost labor, and it just promotes highly intensive light industry."

Zhu Gaochi laughed, but he didn't say anything later.

Steam engines, briquettes, coke refineries, railways, etc. are just the beginning, and the area where Beiping will gradually transform into a new mode of production is the industrial revolution.

What Ying Tianfu has to do is to imitate the new production method.

However, Yingtianfu, which wants to imitate the industrial revolution and is in a coal-deficient area, has to make a Watt steam engine first.

(End of this chapter)