The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 456 Zhu Gaochi's Bloody Mouth

Scholars gathered in Peiping.

There happened to be a doctor from Jinzhou, and Zhu Gaochi tried his best to defy all opinions, and invited two doctors from Jinzhou to help Guo Cailian.

Two medical experts congratulated Zhu Gaochi that everything was normal during the pregnancy.

Guo Cailian also complained that Zhu Gaochi was troublesome.

"Some things require more than less, and some would rather do more." Zhu Gaochi said to Guo Cailian with a smile.

Guo Cailian complained, but her heart was still full of happiness, and she felt her husband's heart.

Guo Cailian's delivery date is approaching, so she stays in Shizi Mansion.

Zhu Gaochi went to ask Concubine An.

The third brother Zhu Gaosui went with him.

"Brother, you really don't care about the small actions of many people below?" Zhu Gaosui asked worriedly.

The current public sentiment in Beiping City is surging. In addition to the efforts of merchants, there are also many actions of yamen and departments.

It has been several months since Zhu Gaosui went to Shandong, and only two brothers stayed in Peiping.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

"There are some things that you would rather manage more than others, and some things that you would rather not manage."

Hearing what the elder brother said, Zhu Gaosui didn't quite understand, and asked curiously: "Isn't the elder brother always controlling all aspects of affairs?"

Zhu Gaochi smiled.

In fact, he really has no control over anything.

What we really control so far is energy prices on the one hand and workers’ wages on the other.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

Many people have read some eye-catching self-media remarks, and even shouted that there must be a Renaissance before there was an Industrial Revolution.

All kinds of sanctification of the West.

These people have not read many books.

Not to mention the books on industrial revolution theory by domestic scholars, just take the books written by the British Robert Allen.

The Industrial Revolution happened in England.

It is because the UK has a profitable environment for the three revolutionary technologies of the steam engine, the spinning jenny, and coke and iron smelting.

These new mechanical equipment and new technologies have been applied on a large scale in the UK, because the UK happens to be a country with relatively low coal prices and high labor costs.

The situation in other countries outside the UK is just the opposite - labor costs are cheap and coal is expensive. As a result, the above-mentioned new inventions cannot be promoted there.

In countries other than the UK, the reality that manpower has a cost advantage over coal governs the direction of new inventions - spending a lot of effort to invent a new set of machinery that cannot be promoted because of the high price of fuel will definitely end up being more than worth the gain.

Therefore, the steam engine for pumping water can be vigorously promoted in the UK, because the coal mines in the UK are rich in resources and the labor wages are high.

And Daming.

The original environment in the Jianghuai area and the United Kingdom is the same.

Thanks to the prosperity of the textile industry, the per capita income in areas where cottage industry is also developed is much higher than in other areas.

However, the price of coal resources in the Jianghuai region is high, and the steam engines used for water pumping cannot be profitable.

Although Beiping has abundant coal resources, the labor price is low, and too many cheap manpower offset the role of machines.

In the course of the great development of British productivity, those first-generation steam engines that were operating in large numbers have received new developments.

The efficiency of the steam engine has been greatly improved, and the use of coal mines has been reduced, so that the steam engine has been promoted outside the UK.

When the geographical environment did not have an advantage in the face of new technologies, the first industrial revolution took place in Britain, but the second industrial revolution saw the overall decline of Britain.

It is also the reason why Zhu Gaochi suppressed energy prices and raised per capita wages.Only when these two things are satisfied, can there be the vigorous promotion of steam engines for pumping water at the beginning.

Inventions cannot be separated from the market.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi founded China Heavy Industries, controlling all aspects of energy and organization, and has only done two things so far.

Lower energy prices and increase per capita income.

But to outsiders, it seems that Zhu Gaochi is controlling everything.

Seeing the elder brother's expression, Zhu Gaosui asked in bewilderment: "Then the following spontaneous actions, elder brother really don't care?"

"As long as we are within the framework of the unified purpose, we must allow the people below to have their own ideas, so that we can form vitality, let alone do extremely stupid things."

Zhu Gaochi said.

Things should be managed, but the specific business process should not be controlled too much.

Otherwise, not only will it become an obstacle, but even some unreasonable things will happen, which will make the common people feel extremely stupid and completely incomprehensible.

It is possible to make a ridiculous law that does not achieve the goal of harming others, but first injures one's own people.

The military-industrial joint office wants to fight, and the military-industrial enterprises also want to fight. Now even the cotton merchants have changed their attitude.

Regardless of the hearts of the people or the army, they all want to fight.

It is already a profitable thing, why should Zhu Gaochi oppose it.

Just because he has bigger goals.

How to turn unfavorable things into favorable things, Zhu Gaochi found Chen Cheng.

"The population of Daming is too large."

Zhu Gaochi expressed his true thoughts for the first time.

Chen Cheng didn't know why and looked at Zhu Gaochi inexplicably. The imperial court included population growth in the performance evaluation items.

"There are too many people, and there is no sense of crisis."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

Occupy the best area to multiply the population, in the name of great unification, while the rest of the area is full of tribal situations, with a population ten thousand times or one hundred thousand times that of the other party.

So people are too comfortable.

An Yi didn't know how to repent until he was about to die, because everything had been covered by An Yi.

in contrast.

Because of the harsh living environment and the confrontation with the cruel natural environment, people in those areas are more united.

These are things proved by history, including the Han people.

In the large-scale development of Fujian, which was called a miasma in ancient times, the people who went south were very united to fight against nature, wild animals and poisonous insects.

However, as these places in Fujian were also developed, the originally united clans also began to fight among themselves.

In short.

So comfortable.

Compared with the unity of others, it looks like a puddle of loose sand, being laughed at and ridiculed without realizing it.

Many people are strength.

But if there are many people but not united, they will not be able to exert their due strength.

"There is still the issue of living space." Zhu Gaochi explained his philosophy to Chen Cheng.

"The large-scale well system will be unswervingly implemented throughout the Ming Dynasty. In addition to keeping people in an environment in harmony with nature and knowing the existence of animal nature, there is also the need to obtain higher per capita resources and truly allow industrialization to develop greatly."

"Then we need more land. The land in the north gets poorer the farther you go north, and the same goes to the west. The rainfall is greatly reduced."

"Then you can only go south. The best place is the area Timur now occupies. There are vast plains and numb people. They are all problems that we can easily defeat."

Zhu Gaochi pointed at the map.

Chen Cheng was dumbfounded.

"The railway runs from Jiayuguan to Hami, and from Hami to Yilibali. After the railways in the two places are completed, they will continue to be built."

"Following Timur's footsteps going south, how did he go, we will build the railway along his route until the end."

industrial sea.

Zhu Gaochi's industrial sea is built along the railway and pushed forward all the way.

Whoever stands in front will be wiped out.

Industrial overlord.

As long as such expansion continues, Zhu Gaochi's large-scale infrastructure project can be maintained, bringing out an unlimited market.

The development of domestic demand is a path, but purely relying on domestic demand cannot support such earth-shaking changes in Beiping in six years.

Daming will definitely not enter this mode internally, so it can only be external.

"To put it bluntly, it is looting. Unlike the traditional ones, the looting is mainly about resources, not pure gold, silver and jewelry."

Chen Cheng stared blankly at the map.

His heart went blank, and he was completely shocked and speechless.

suddenly.

From the little prince beside him, Chen Cheng felt a chill, and actually felt fear in his heart.

This road has never been possible before.

Because of lack of productivity.

But Chen Cheng suddenly discovered that what the little prince said was possible, and the only concern was the railway.

Only by relying on the railway can other aspects keep up with the pace of such expansion.

"It's no wonder the little prince attaches so much importance to the railway built in Yiliba." Knowing Zhu Gaochi's plan, Chen Cheng had a clear understanding.

The profit of the cotton trade cannot be compared with the construction price of the railway.

But the social resource allocation model is not such a simple comparison.

In the process of building railways, it is the result of greatly producing land resources, which is also a great increase in productivity, which increases the total social production and increases the average resource possession of people.

The expansion process can be described as a fulcrum.

Although the profit aspect is not enough for expenses, it is still inseparable from this fulcrum. Only with this fulcrum can the development of the resource allocation model be maintained in a healthy manner.

"It will take a long time to build this railway, so I need to carry out reforms in the south and "drive" the redundant agricultural population off the land."

Zhu Gaochi used the word expulsion.

"Only by obtaining sufficient manpower can we 'force' them to go where we want them to go."

"Although the result is good for them, in the process, there will be a large number of people who cannot understand and even confront."

"It's going to take a lot of people."

Chen Cheng said bitterly.

It is not one or two million immigrants, not even one million, but more likely several million, tens of millions. This is an unprecedented large-scale migration that only occurred when the Northern Song Dynasty perished.

"This also creates a new market, doesn't it?" Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

Looking at the young prince's smile, Chen Cheng couldn't help but laugh.

He really didn't know how to describe the little prince's plan, let alone see whether it was good or bad.

Zhu Gaochi needs Chen Cheng to go to the Western Regions.

Only people like Xiang Chen Cheng who know how to take advantage of the situation can achieve twice the result with half the effort in their plans.

Several days passed.

Chen Cheng left Peiping with Shami Chagan and Tuotuo.

The two were on the carriage, reluctant to part with the distant city of Beiping, while Chen Cheng looked at them silently.

What is the future of the local area?

The attitude of the two is everything.

Whether to perish or completely join Daming, and become the power of Daming to expand to Timur.

The two young men didn't know how heavy the burden was on them.

(End of this chapter)