The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 63 The Greatest Cause

There were too many people in the public room, and it was not a good place to talk, so Zhu Gaochi talked with Xu Ning outside.

"How is the progress of the engineering team everywhere?"

"The three places where the engineering team started work are the Zhoujia Mine, the Chenjia Mine, and the Fangshan Zhoujia Mine. The Fangshan Zhoujia Mine started construction the earliest and could be completed in about a month. The Zhoujia Mine started last and was only half completed. The project will take about three months."

The engineering team has recruited nearly 300 people working on the construction site alone.

The Fangshan Zhoujia Mine has the smallest project and the most convenient location, so the labor cost is low and the construction period is short. The quotation is more than [-] taels of silver.

Seven NO.80 workers leveled the land there and built simple gravel roads leading to the outside of the mountain.Then there are the Chen family mine and the Zhou family mine, each employing a hundred people, the construction period is long, and the quotation is 600 taels of silver.

300 people, the total construction period is seven or eight months.

Because of the need for materials, and minus labor, food, lodging, work clothes and other expenses, Zhu Gaochi's final profit was less than 2000 taels of silver.

Compared with the steam engine, this business cannot be called a business. To describe it accurately, I am just a bigger contractor.

It is also a characteristic of the times.

Many mine bosses are foremen hired by themselves outside, and they pay for the materials themselves, paying the minimum cost.

Like the people in the village, the biggest expense in building a house is not only the cost of materials, but also the cost of hiring craftsmen. As for labor, there is no money.

When someone builds a house, the neighbors will come to help, the host will provide food, and when the work is finished, they will have a feast.

Xu Ning knew the basics, he was an apprentice, and although he didn't go to the steam engine factory next door, he was close to the water, and he had a good idea of ​​the profits of the steam engine.

I don't know if the nobleman will be satisfied with the engineering team. The business is not going well, so Xu Ning quietly observes Zhu Gaochi's expression.

"The engineering team is different from the steam engine factory." Zhu Gaochi went to work in his previous life, and his department was not profitable enough. He judged others by himself, and knew what Xu Ning would worry about, so he took the initiative to comfort him.

Moreover, Xu Ning has a strong ability to handle affairs, and more and more tasks from the engineering team are entrusted to him, so he needs to be given confidence.

"The purpose of the engineering team is ultimately to build the railway, which can play a vital role in the industrial development of Daming and cannot be measured by profit."

Zhu Gaochi smiled and looked at Xu Ning. He had already noticed the worry in Xu Ning's eyes just now, and encouraged him: "You take care of the engineering team well, and the effect is no less than that of a steam engine."

Xu Ning's heart fell to the ground, as a nobleman, he is qualified to discuss state affairs, and doing things for the nobleman himself is also for a better future.

As long as the nobleman can approve, Xu Ning has the confidence to do a good job in the engineering team, including the railway that the nobleman has always cared about.

"About the railway, Xiaomin took Master Xiaojiu to investigate the site last time. He asked many foremen for their opinions, and even asked the owner of the coal mine."

"How to say?" Zhu Gaochi became interested.

"According to local conditions." Xu Ning explained: "If the owner of the mine has a lot of iron materials and cannot sell them, he can use iron sleepers. If he cannot provide iron materials, he can use wooden sleepers."

This method is good, and it coincides with Zhu Gaochi's history of the birth of British railways.

"Okay, just follow this line of thinking." Zhu Gaochi made a decision.

"You and Xiaojiu have discussed the regulations. According to the current market situation, we estimate that within a few months, we will have the opportunity to promote railways among coal bosses."

The population of Beiping City who uses coal is increasing, and the demand for coal mines is also increasing.With the increase of mines in the surrounding mining areas, the coal output is also increasing.

Traffic is skyrocketing, and roads everywhere will soon be overwhelmed and full of potholes.

Not only is it not conducive to the transportation of coal, but it will also dissatisfy the local government and the people.Whether it is market demand or official pressure, coal bosses are forced to come up with a solution.

Whether it is the birth of the steam engine or the birth of the railway, only by adapting to the needs of the market can we promote the development of generations.

Now that the steam engine has increased the output of coal mines, even if Zhu Gaochi did not have the means to produce briquettes, 20 or 30 years later, cheap coal will gradually replace charcoal.

And Zhu Gaochi didn't want to wait that long, so he had briquettes.

In Beiping Prefecture, briquettes played a role in accelerating the promotion of steam engines for at least 20 years.

The 20 years of saving have directly led to the prosperity of the coal mining industry, but when the coal mining industry flourishes, the big problem that will inevitably be encountered is transportation.

The first industrial revolution was as simple as that.

As long as you start, everything that follows will complement each other.

Zhu Gaochi was not worried at all that the coal bosses would reject the railway, but would be warmly welcomed like a steam engine.

What really makes Zhu Gaochi difficult is that he wants to speed up the process.

Life is too short.

The stages of the industrial revolution spanned every 30 years, and Zhu Gaochi couldn't delay it for so long.

He still wants to lead the age of great voyages.

And I also worry that my time travel will affect history, and I have to work hard to strengthen Zhu Di's strength, but also for my own life.

After talking about the business, Zhu Gaochi mentioned the dormitory.

"The steam engine factory said to let the engineering team vacate some dormitories, what do you think?" Zhu Gaochi asked tentatively.

Xu Ning shook his head like a rattle.

"Just as I was about to talk to the young prince about the couple's room, many of the engineering team got married, and there are 35 couples according to statistics."

Ok.

Hearing the news, Zhu Gaochi was both happy and embarrassed.

Whether it is an engineering team or a factory, these new couples generally have the same background.

Most of the men are older bachelors, a small number of women died of illness, and most of the women were widows with children. If we follow the normal history.

They couldn't survive on their own, and in the end they generally left the scene sadly. There would be no chance to form a new family.

Although I came to Daming not long ago, I have already changed countless people and history.

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Next year or the year after, dozens of newborns who should not have appeared will come to this era, and there will be more and more in the future.

What career can be greater than the expansion of one's own ethnic group.

In Zhu Gaochi's view.

This is the most magnificent career in the world.

"We can only recruit more people." Zhu Gaochi said cheerfully.

He didn't expect to be able to earn money from the engineering team. The 2000 taels of silver were not in his eyes, and he would not stay in the warehouse to eat ashes. It would be useful to spend it.

Unlike ordinary shopkeepers, Xu Ning only thinks about money for noble people. He sees farther, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong.

The more people you recruit, all of them are strong men, the stronger the little prince will be.

Who recognized the little prince last year?

This year, more and more people got to know the little prince, and many people got involved with the little prince, and even ran for him. This is a huge change.

(End of this chapter)