But it is simple to say, but it is difficult to imagine when doing it. From south to north, grain prices are rising rapidly. Although Zhou Xian controlled Shandong's grain, keeping the price of 8 taels of silver per stone of rice. However, Shandong's people are poor, and even with such a price, many people still cannot afford it. Zhou Xian could not always use the silver to subsidize them, and seeking a sustainable and stable development model is the long-term way.

The newly issued gold and silver coins have begun to gradually circulate in Shandong, with good results, and the people's acceptance of it exceeded Zhou Xian's expectations. Although the bottom layer is still mainly trading copper coins, it has at least created conditions for larger-scale trade.

Later, Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi jointly proposed an economic model that was almost modern, which completely solved the dilemma faced by Zhou Xian.

This model focuses on Huaxia Money House, Laizhou Cannon Factory, Furong Island Shipyard, and Jiaozhou Salt Field several major factories, gathering all human resources, resources and financial resources in Shandong, striving to establish a better controlled operation model.

In Shandong, including the First Army, Yong's name Ying, Ren's name Ying's second army, Keji's name Ying, the Cavalry's camp and the Shenhuo camp, if the final recruitment is completed, the total force will reach nearly 50,000, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these soldiers are very important business. This is not included in the Ming army in southern Liaoning, Zhoushan, Korea and Ryukyu.

With the help of the circulation function of the Huaxia Money House, Zhou Xian absorbed scattered gold and silver from the people and gave them the right to withdraw at any time in the form of bills, which is equivalent to the money saving function in later generations. Although the people of the Ming Dynasty were not used to this model, when they promised to give a certain interest and really saw that they could withdraw at any time, the matter became much simpler. In a very short time, nearly one million taels of silver were gathered.

The gathered gold and silver were used by Zhou Xian to expand the scale of artillery factories, shipyards, and weapons factories. On the one hand, this can meet the daily needs of the Ming army, and on the other hand, it can also solve the food problems of the majority of the people by recruiting a large number of workers.

At the same time, the wealthy gentry and wealthy gentry in Shandong were allowed to invest gold and silver through cooperation and profit sharing. Zhou Xian completely divided the general military supplies such as military uniforms, military boots, sheepskin bags, quilts, and tents. The wealthy gentry and wealthy gentry built factories, recruited workers, and produced them. Finally, the Ming army was responsible for paying out the silver to purchase them. These silver were naturally withdrawn through the bills of the Huaxia Money House.

In addition, the government directly participated in the operation of certain factories through investment in silver. For example, Zibo's porcelain factories and Jiaozhou's private shipyards, etc., allowing them to expand their scale and share profits through public-private joint ventures. The sea ships produced were directly invested in sea trade, and the porcelain produced in Zibo directly acted as goods shipped to the West and South China Sea. These were all transactions that were stable and profitable, enriching a group of people who participated first.

These people continued to expand the scale of the factory and recruit more people to earn more money. And they earn a lot of money, which encourages more people to invest money in new factories. By reliance on their distribution of money to workers, a large number of people can barely survive.

Shandong has abundant mineral resources, so Zhou Xian sent these ores to local gentry and wealthy merchants in the form of subcontracting. For example, for example, ten or twenty years of mining authority, the government will take it back and let them invest gold and silver for early mining. The government will purchase the ore they mine and forge weapons and artillery.

Most importantly, Zhou Xian also implemented some major projects in Shandong, such as Tongji Canal, the road from Laizhou to Zibo, and the road from Linqu to Linyi.

Through this series of measures, Zhou Xian can solve the problem of eating in a large number of people in Shandong. With money, they can promote the prosperity of shops, restaurants and other unique industries. Whether it is those who have become rich or these stores, Zhou Xian levies taxes them to enrich the treasury.

On the other hand, using Shandong's geographical environment facing the sea three times has rich fishery resources. Zhou Xian encouraged fishermen to go to sea to catch fish, and at the same time purchased these fishery products in the official name. In addition to supplying some soldiers in the army, they also specialize in selling them among the people. In this era, relying solely on six livestock cannot provide enough meat, and asking for the ocean is undoubtedly a good choice.

This is a virtuous cycle. According to what Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi said, it only takes them several months to give them the situation in Shandong, and perhaps the situation in Shandong will completely change.

Zhou Xian also completely let them do it and continues to provide them with various support. Huang Zongxi believes that this is his opportunity to achieve great things, his performance in all aspects is extremely active, and he also put forward many positive suggestions. The ability he showed in this process also opened Zhou Xian's eyes.

What made Zhou Xian most happy was the arrival of Song Yingxing, who was the real omnipotent. For example, the agricultural books he wrote detailed records of various processes such as breeding, seedlings, and harvesting, and had an in-depth understanding of the cultivation environment and yield of various crops. His handicraft works were detailed and practical in terms of machinery, bricks, ceramics, textiles, etc. He even had an understanding of weapons, gunpowder, sulfur, dyeing, salt making, coal mining, oil pressing, etc. In this era, he was simply a walking Baidu. But such a person was just a manager of the ninth rank in the Ming Dynasty, which was really unimaginable.

Zhou Xian asked Song Yingxing to take up a position as a Tongzhi of Laizhou and asked him to take charge of the Six Arts Academy in Laizhou. He was in Laizhou and helped Zhao Yu improve the formula of gunpowder to make it more powerful. He proposed to use a cone bullet instead of the dispersed steel ball to increase the range of the flintlock rifle. He also proposed the most advanced metal classification at that time, clarifying the differences between copper, iron and other metals. When forging weapons, he used alloys to enhance the hardness. He even proposed a set of coal mining plans to make coal mining more effective and safe.

In the past, Song Yingxing's knowledge was only reflected in his writings, but here he had enough room to display it. Zhou Xian followed all his proposals, and the salary he gave him was even higher than that of the governor of the country.
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