The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 150 The Foundry
Ordinary day.

In front of the gate of King Yan's Mansion, a veteran dressed in a neatly trimmed military robe looks to be nearly sixty years old, but he is full of energy.

When several guards saw this person, they didn't know him, so they stepped forward to inquire.

"Old man Sun Yan."

The veteran said generously, while the guards were still checking their badges, a gate official came out of the gatehouse.

"You don't even know him, you don't have eyes." Rebuking several guards, the gate official greeted him with a smile.

"Old Sun Qianhu, please hurry up, the prince has specially ordered it."

"I haven't seen the prince for some days."

The veteran sighed.

A new generation replaces the old one, who didn't know him before.

"The iron-clad soldiers in the palace have been like this for more than [-] years, but the prince always remembers you."

The two entered the palace through the side door, leaving a few young guards looking at each other.

What's so great about Chito.

The commander had to bow his head in front of the palace.

Zhu Gaochi has already thought of Sun Yan, who was also a hero in the battle of Jingnan, but there are some differences.

He is the only military officer who has become an official. He has been out of the vortex for a long time, and he could have taken care of his life. After learning that King Yan rebelled, he took the initiative to come out of the mountain again to fight for Zhu Di.

And he won a lot of victories for Zhu Di, and made a lot of contributions.

It can be said to be loyal.

Zhu Gaochi was relieved to entrust the Liaodong affairs to him. This person is indeed the most suitable candidate.

"My lord!"

Sun Yan's voice was like thunder, and he was about to kowtow when he stepped forward, but was stopped by Zhu Di.

"Master Sun, I miss you alone."

Zhu Di regards himself as a junior.

At the beginning of Zhu Di's reign in Beiping, he was at a loss when he was young, and Sun Yan escorted him back and forth.

"Chi'er, come forward and pay respects to Master Sun."

Zhu Gaochi bowed his hands respectfully.

"You can't make it." Sun Yan stepped aside, not daring to accept Zhu Gaochi's gift.

"The eldest son's reputation has risen, and the benevolence of the son is exaggerated inside and outside Beiping. I often hear it when I live in the countryside."

Sun Yan praised Zhu Di.

Zhu Di laughed from ear to ear.

After several people were seated, Zhu Gaochi did not expect that Zhu Di directly told Sun Yan his purpose and asked him to come out of the mountain again and go to Jinzhou.

"Father made an order to let Gu supervise and exile criminals."

"As for the barren land of Jinzhou, Master Sun shouldn't be laboring, but after thinking about it, only by entrusting this place to Master Sun can I feel at peace."

Sun Yan knew that this matter was not so simple, it would not be as easy as what King Yan said, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"Since the prince has called, the old man will definitely follow."

"Hahaha."

Zhu Di laughed.

There is no redundant explanation, too much explanation is to neglect Sun Yan.

"It's not difficult to farm in Jinzhou, but how to prevent Japanese pirates is rare." Zhu Gaochi took the opportunity to say.

"What do you think?"

Hearing Zhu Di's inquiry, Sun Yan's opinion of the eldest son has improved a lot.

Yanshan Guards are spreading rumors that the prince trusts the eldest son and entrusts the eldest son to handle everything. It seems that the rumors are true.

"The emperor's grandfather bans going to the sea, and the ban is ocean-going vessels. Regulations have been made on ocean-going vessels, restricting businessmen who want to profit from maritime trade and flow out of our country's food, gold and silver."

"Actually, what was really hit was the local fishery and domestic coastal trade," Zhu Gaochi pointed out.

Zhu Di vetoed.

"You don't understand the sea. The sea is extremely dangerous. Fishermen need three days to fish and two days to dry their nets. Fresh fish are not easy to preserve and are very perishable. Even if there is no sea ban, there are not many people going to sea to fish, mainly inland. Rivers live on water."

"But technology will improve. Since the establishment of China Heavy Industry, there have been many new technologies in the past few years."

"The sea is rich in resources, and the current technology really can't bring great benefits. But after the technology advances, how much food can be provided by the untechnical fish in the sea." Zhu Gaochi explained.

Sun Yan looked at Prince Yan and his son quietly.

The Eldest Young Master is indeed different, other people will not argue with King Yan, at most they are persuading him.

Zhu Di felt that Zhu Gaochi was a little whimsical.

Regarding the sea, Zhu Di didn't think the eldest son knew better than him, so he said it carefully.

"The fishery is not abundant, but the Japanese pirates have been rampant since the previous dynasty, and they have been banned repeatedly, because the Japanese pirates are beneficial, but China is not profitable."

"That's why your grandpa banned going to sea to prevent the Japanese pirates from gaining profits, coupled with military strikes, two-pronged approach, my dynasty gradually eliminated the Japanese pirates."

"The Japanese pirates have already subsided, but I don't know why they started again this year."

"If the sea is not banned, there will be no defense at sea. The Japanese pirates have repeatedly profited from the coast and tasted the sweetness. Even if the Japanese pirates are defeated militarily, they will not be banned, and it will bring great trouble."

"As for maritime trade, you don't even understand." Zhu Di said confidently.

"From the trade in the Western Regions in the old Han Dynasty to the trade with Persia and other countries in the Song Dynasty, the benefits of this ocean have long been followed by the war with the Mongols. The Mongols conquered Khwarazm and interrupted the trade."

"And our dynasty does not prohibit coastal trade, and trade with the southern barbarian countries is still going on, but we must prevent merchants from smuggling Timur, so private trade is prohibited."

Zhu Gaochi understood.

As expected of the master who issued an imperial edict to sail seven times to Nanyang, he indeed has a certain understanding of maritime trade, and his views are not wrong.

With the rise of maritime trade, the silk trade on land in the Han Dynasty gradually weakened.

The maritime trade of the Tang and Song Dynasties was mainly targeted at the Arabs.

The Arabs are the transit point between China and the West.

The goods from the East are not only sold locally, but also shipped to the West for sale. Chinese merchants are mainly in Southeast Asia and later India.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols conquered Arabia. Because of the war, trade with the West was naturally terminated.

The Ming Dynasty was established.

Although the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown, the power of the Mongols in Arabia and India has not faded, so ocean-going trade by sea is not feasible.

It was not until the [-]th and [-]th centuries, when Mongolia declined on the world stage, that Western talents broke through this shackle and came to the East.

However, the grasslands in the north of the east are the birthplace of the Mongols, but they do not have the convenience of the West, and have been entangled for two or three hundred years.

Therefore, before the arrival of the Westerners, Ming's maritime power mainly stayed in Southeast Asia.

In short.

In the world situation in the early Ming Dynasty, don't think about ocean trade.

Because the world is plunged into darkness.

Not to mention Arabia and other regions, the West is still in the ignorant Middle Ages, conquering each other, unable to support themselves, no commodities, no gold and silver.

The only thing that can be touched is the trade of very few special products in Nanyang, such as spices, which are needed by Ming Dynasty.

Japan is still in the Warring States Period, and North Korea has just ended its civil strife.

But what Zhu Gaochi values ​​​​is the fishing industry.

"Bohai is different."

"The Bohai Sea is calm and the sea is rich, which is very suitable for the development of fishery." Zhu Gaochi emphasized to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di shook his head.

"How do you solve the Japanese pirates? If you don't solve the Japanese pirates and develop coastal fishing, wouldn't it provide benefits for the Japanese pirates?"

hit Japan.

Zhu Gaochi suppressed this sentence in his heart. This idea is out of date, and with the current productivity, it is too immature.

Instead of solving the root cause of Japanese pirates, it seems that there is indeed only a strategy of banning the sea.

"Then lure them, and then destroy them fiercely."

Sun Yan said suddenly.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi looked over at the same time.

"Lure them to the land, and annihilate them in one fell swoop, so that the Japanese pirates will not dare to invade." Sun Yan said in a deep voice.

This is a stupid way.

Even so, it can only be so.

Because during the Yongle period, Jinzhou used this method to lure the Japanese pirates to land with an empty city plan, wiped out thousands of Japanese pirates, and ensured hundreds of years of sea peace in Liaodong.

Another way is to build a navy.

Use a large number of warships to hide and seek for Japanese pirates in the endless sea, gradually compress Japanese pirates through time, and eliminate Japanese pirates one by one.

This method is also a stupid method.

Zhu Di became interested, and talked with Sun Yan about how to lure Japanese pirates to sea and military strategy, but Zhu Gaochi kept silent and listened.

He hopes to wipe out the Japanese pirates as soon as possible, otherwise his plan to build a forest farm, mine, and shipyard in Jinzhou cannot be carried out.

From the current point of view, we can only count on Zhu Di and Sun Yan.

Shortly after.

Veteran Sun Yan went to Jinzhou Zhongzuo Office to serve as Qianhu, waiting for the first batch of criminals exiled to Liaodong by the imperial court.

After Zhu Di settled Sun Yan's affairs, he was about to call his eldest son to have a heart-to-heart talk with him and let him restrain himself, but he learned that his eldest son had left Peiping.

"Busier than us." Zhu Di couldn't help being speechless.

A bit of a patriarch's shadow.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di felt complacent, so he temporarily let go of this matter.

From Miyun to Beiping, passing through Huairou and Shunyi counties, the railway with a length of more than 160 miles and a branch line of more than [-] miles was opened to traffic first.

Zhu Gaochi also counted on Zhu Di whether he could wipe out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop. He left Beiping and went north to Miyun, becoming the first guest on this section of the railway.

"Crack clap."

Every coachman is a talent.

He is tall and strong, and he is skilled in controlling horses, which is beyond the abilities of ordinary people.

Two railway carriages were running smoothly and quickly on the railway, and Zhu Gaochi and more than [-] heads of China Heavy Industries were on board.

China Heavy Industry is no longer an ordinary factory, but a monopoly group consisting of military and civilian households, a combination of military and business.

"With the transportation channel opened, Miyun Iron Mine and Miyun Iron Works are about to usher in a market explosion. The next step is to fully tap the potential."

Zhou Shifeng and others sat at Zhu Gaochi's desk.

At the next table, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other military officers were sitting, all waiting to report on their work.

Zhou Shifeng flipped through the thick proposal.

The iron smelter is mainly to smelt iron ore into iron materials, and the foundry is to cast iron or steel into desired iron or other shapes.

The latter can be regarded as a folk blacksmith shop.

For example, in the ordinary world, Sun Shaoan went to the city and spent the night in the blacksmith's shop in the city. The blacksmith heated the iron material and forged it continuously.

For example, the imperial court issued an edict the year before last to transport [-] catties to Shaanxi to give to the guards, and quickly build weapons for the Northern Expedition last year.

"Does the little prince want us to build our own foundry?" Zhou Shifeng asked as he closed the plan.

"Still hesitating."

Zhu Gaochi laughed.

Running your own foundry and promoting private foundries have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to make a decision at the moment.

(End of this chapter)