The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 322 The Miracle of the East

The masters of industry are in China, not England.

The occurrence of China's industrial miracle has a history of more than 1500 years, and reached its peak during the period of great change in the Song Dynasty.

This was about 600 years before Britain entered the industrialization stage.

It is precisely because of the dissemination of many major achievements in technology and thought in Song China that it greatly contributed to the rise of the West.

——The Eastern Origins of Western Civilization by Joseph Hobson, a British political thinker, economist, and historian.

When Zhu Gaochi organized the military reform, Cai Wen, the economic manager of China Heavy Industry, came to the door.

His expression was serious.

"Children in Peiping go to school for free. Although many schools have been established, they are far from enough. Many children cannot go to school."

"Now there are many applications for the establishment of new schools, which has already constituted an economic burden on China Heavy Industry."

Zhu Gaochi never expected it.

With his drastic measures, food stamps were overissued, and infrastructure construction was at the bottom, the education industry was the first to experience an economic crisis.

Other industries are still very stable.

Zhu Gaochi is not afraid of the economic crisis.

Because the Chinese model is different from the Western liberal economic model.

The Chinese model can go forward, reverse, or even reverse.

A country that has been peaceful for decades is actually said to be the number one threat in the world, which proves the power of the Chinese model.

"What's going on?" Zhu Gaochi asked with a frown: "When the school was first built, the research department conducted a full investigation, and the plan formulated according to the industrial population did not have this unplanned phenomenon."

Cai Wen couldn't answer.

With the development of China Heavy Industry, his understanding of the way of economy has reached a new height, but outside of his major, Cai Wen is not all-rounder.

Zhu Gaochi did not embarrass Cai Wen when he saw this. The scale of China Heavy Industry was getting bigger and bigger. If it wasn't for the shortage of talents, it would have been split into several large industry departments.

Like a coke refinery.

If it can be established independently, it will be more beneficial to the development of the coke industry.

The same is true of the iron smelting industry and so on.

However, talents cannot keep up with the speed of economic development, and are far from reaching the level of subdivision of talent industries in later generations.

The research department did not dare to neglect after learning about it.

The school establishment plan is based on the research results of the research department, and now there is a loophole, it must be that the research department's research is not good.

The original head of the research department was Li Bosheng, who is now the head of China Heavy Industry Shaanxi.

The establishment plan of the school was also researched by Li Bosheng himself.

Although he had already left the research department, his latecomers did not dare to put the blame on Li Bosheng, so he could only personally lead the team to investigate.

"Crackling."

In the second-floor building, firecrackers were set off, and amidst the smoke, a couple of newlyweds worshiped heaven and earth.

Relatives, friends, folks.

The field was full of heads.

In the open air, square tables are full of dishes, and there are large wine barrels bought.

The seven aunts and six aunts who helped each other filled the wine barrels with wine bottles and put them on each table.

"Worship heaven and earth."

……

In the voice of the master of ceremonies, the people around were full of smiles, and the children ran to and fro between the crowd, laughing and chasing the big geese running all over the field.

Some adults yelled at them from time to time, telling the children to restrain themselves for a moment.

But not for long.

The children started chasing again, as if they didn't know how tired they were.

Sudden.

Some adults complained that their children were missing.

People hurried to find it.

Some even ran to the ditches.

In summer, children always like to run to places with water.

Simply people false alarm.

The missing child was sleeping soundly in the haystack, his body was dirty, and the heat could not wake him up.

He was too tired from playing, and his body was at its limit, but the child didn't know it, when he closed his eyes at the end, he was still alive and kicking one moment, and fell asleep very sweetly the next moment.

Because the newlyweds get married.

The wheat grains that were piled up on the first floor were moved into the neighbor's house for temporary storage.

"I really didn't expect it."

At the wine table, several old men were drinking and chatting.

The first seat is over.

The second seat begins.

But no one bothered this table, and the host family specially asked the folks who helped cook to cook two dishes and deliver them to this table.

This is the virtue and filial piety of the countryside.

The old man has a high status.

"Guawazi's children go to work in the mine, and he and his wife farm at home, and now they have a daughter-in-law."

"People are really happy now."

A young man was ordered by his elders to bring a new jug of wine to the old people at the table.

The younger generation respectfully put the wine on the table and was about to leave when the old people stopped him.

"Goofy, you are studying in high... high school, and you know a lot of truths, let me tell you about it." The old man didn't know about senior grades.

A few old people feel confused about the world when you talk and look at me.

After listening patiently, Housheng said with a smile: "Agriculture can fill people's stomachs, but it can't make people rich, because the per capita acre of land is limited."

"With the new production tools breaking this limitation and the land per capita increasing substantially, we can only feed our stomachs by relying on acres of land."

"Only by developing industry and greatly increasing social resources can people become rich."

"As the so-called books say, without agriculture, there is no stability, without work, there is no wealth, and without business, there is no life."

The baby who reads books.

Since ancient times, in the countryside, they have been superior to others and have equal status with the elderly.

Several old people sat down the young man and poured him a glass of wine. The young man didn't dare to say goodbye, so he took a sip with him.

"What does this sentence mean?"

At the main table, some people were attracted.

There are also adults who specially dragged their children over and urged them: "Learn from your brother, you will know how to play all day long."

In this respected environment.

How can a young man not have a sense of responsibility? He has the consciousness of becoming an adult and a sense of mission to supervise himself.

"Without agriculture, the people's life would not be guaranteed, and society would be turbulent and unstable."

"Without industry, society will not develop, and people's living standards will not improve."

"Without commercial activities, social resources cannot be exchanged, and people's lives cannot be sustained. The deep meaning of this is that it is impossible to leave any industry in society."

Someone asked: "Before there was no industry, isn't life like this?"

The young man shook his head.

"Without industry, the cost of using tools would be high, and people could not afford to use tools or buy commodities. That's why there is a pot passed down for three generations."

"Only when industry develops, will the prices of tools and commodities become lower and lower."

"In addition to the sickle and hoe, the old uncle Hei's family also bought a columbine cart and a threshing cart, and repaired this new house, adding a lot of furniture to the house."

"It is the credit of the development of industry. Industry has enabled the exchange of production resources, increased the wealth of the people, lowered the prices of tools and commodities, and improved living standards."

"There is a saying in school that the economic base determines the superstructure. This is a very complicated subject, and it cannot be explained clearly in a few words."

"Old Uncle Hei's family is today, precisely because Uncle Hei's family has joined the industrial development, Seventh Brother has become a worker, Seventh Brother's wages have improved the living environment of the family."

"That's right, your old uncle Hei has a good harvest this year, and the amount of food in the family is enough to feed the whole family for many years."

Hearing someone's rebuttal, the younger generation did not continue to defend.

Just like the principles of life taught by Mr. School.

For those who sincerely ask for advice, we should seriously reason; for those who are sincerely critical, we should avoid them to save time.

The grain output of ten acres of land is destined to make people unable to get rich.

These ancient groups were called wealthy households.

Their living standards are actually very low in a mature industrialized society, and they are only called rich households compared to those in an agricultural society.

This is due to productivity.

It is also the reason why factories eliminate traditional craftsmen.

Productivity.

It is not that the production efficiency of "rich households" has decreased, but that the social production efficiency has increased, and the benefits brought by industrialization are far greater than those of agriculture.

Then in the process of social wealth growth, these "rich households" who are still at the original level, their economic status will decline.

Just like a certain port is still the same port, and the economic level is still the same height.

However, when the mainland economy develops, ordinary drivers in a certain port who are only engaged in transportation between the two places will never be able to return to the happy era when they lived with mistresses and third wives in a certain town and lived with the main house in Hong Kong.

Only when the development of production tools enables people to plant tens of acres or nearly a hundred acres of land can they catch up with the level of industrial development.

After research, the research department quickly wrote a detailed report.

After reading it, Zhu Gaochi, combined with his own cognition of later generations, understood the problem.

China's agricultural technology is too developed.

Advanced agricultural technology will definitely bring about more population growth.

However, Beiping's superior industrial environment, without the pressure of external competition, the development situation, from another perspective, is far more relaxed than that of later generations.

The difference is technical.

The difference between using an abacus now and using a computer in the future.

in short.

The number of newborns in Peiping these years has exceeded the historical development, and the workers need a place to go for the children who have made trouble at home.

Stimulates more older children to be sent to school by their parents.

foreseeable.

In the next few years, the demand for schools in Peiping will reach a terrifying figure.

Investment in education needs to be put on hold.

Zhu Gaochi hesitated.

The construction of the army is more important to him at this stage.

Advancement does not mean victory.

The Song Dynasty advanced, and he failed.

The west.

Britain is really just a country bumpkin.

The urban population is at 5.00%.

On the contrary, in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century, its agricultural population only accounted for one-fifth of the country's population.

The Netherlands in the sixteenth century was much more advanced than England, and it failed in the end.

If we really talk about advanced.

France is more representative of these countries than Britain.

The decline of the Netherlands in the eighteenth century was rooted in the loss of patriotism and enterprise among its people.

In the Song Dynasty, the economy in the south was prosperous, but the north was the main production area of ​​coal mines. However, those areas with coal were on the front line of military conflicts, which was not conducive to economic development.

This is one of the main reasons why the Song Dynasty civilization developed, but did not enter the industrial revolution.

The industrial centers of Britain's first industrial revolution all have one characteristic: they are all near coal mining areas.

Liverpool, Manchester, and Lancashire are full of coal bosses.

Also a key factor in the content of the book The British Industrial Revolution, written by the British, where the coal mines and the importance of these areas were also published.

And why the first industrial revolution happened in England and not in countries like France.

Zhu Gaochi wants to protect his power.

He believed.

At this stage of industrialization, Daming will definitely continue to develop.

Because looking at the history of the Han Dynasty, there has not been an example of a comprehensive technological regression.

The ancient civilization reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, and then the Han Dynasty disappeared completely. The Chinese civilization regressed for a hundred years, but then the Ming Dynasty recovered.

The recovery process is slow, but always moving forward.

Until the Qing Dynasty, social technology not only did not progress, it actually regressed greatly.

"History of Metal Smelting and Processing Engineering Technology in Ancient China" is only written in the early Qing Dynasty. The adjective Ji Dacheng in the book mostly refers to the achievements of the Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty left over from the Ming Dynasty.

"History of Chinese Science and Technology Agronomy Volume" was written about the Qing Dynasty, but it was mixed with the Ming and Qing Dynasties, directly referring to the agronomy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Qing Dynasty mainly mentioned sweet potatoes, which were imported crops in the late Ming Dynasty.

Even so, Zhu Gaochi felt that he still had to develop the army first.

I still want to continue to lead the development of Chinese civilization, and it is not bad to borrow another 500 years from the sky.

(End of this chapter)