Zhu Youxiao still felt a little shocked.

This time, Zhang Haogu’s investment was extremely huge.

Involved in all aspects.

Build roads and build granaries. In addition, there are glass factories and some food processing factories.

For example, there are some sesame oils, animal oils, and vegetable oils.

And there's salt.

Now Zhang Haogu is promoting the sun salt method in Shandong.

In addition, Chen Jinglun still got chili peppers, and now he has begun to promote and plant them on a large scale in the capital area. The produced chili peppers are then made into chili sauce. In addition, some people also boil pork to make lard and make the meat

The dried chili paste is mixed together and sold to the public.

Some time ago, someone asked Zhang Haogu to give him a name.

Zhang Haogu was not ambiguous at all and directly named her Lao Ganma.

The sales volume of Lao Gan Ma in Beijing is actually quite good, because peppers have not yet begun to be popularized on a large scale, and because the scale of the breeding industry is still not large enough, and the production of glass bottles is far from enough. Although the price is slightly expensive

Just a little bit.

However, the effect of taking out food in Beijing is actually quite good. Sometimes, even when the weather is cold, it tastes great to have a bite like this.

Now Lao Ganma is about to start large-scale sales to external parties.

If this road cannot be repaired, it will definitely not work.

In addition, a new industry has emerged in Yongding County.

logistics

There are also specially designed carriages in Yongding County, with springs as a shock absorber. These products are sold from the farms around Yongding County to the capital, and the profit is about 30%.

In short, Zhang Haogu's strategy is definitely not just to keep people confined to the land, but to liberate farmers from the land.

Under normal circumstances, this is not an easy task. From beginning to end, this food will always confine people to the land.

But now it's different.

With high-yielding crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes, at least it can free people from the bondage of the land.

Now, Zhang Haogu has three strategies for dealing with grain.

The first is breeding, the second is research on chemical fertilizers, and the third is importing from overseas.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, so you have to take your time!

The most Zhang Haogu can do is point out one direction. The rest is to let a group of people study slowly. They also need to learn to summarize and analyze, and train them slowly in this direction. The rest is to study slowly.

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Fortunately, the current population of the Ming Dynasty, even if the hidden population is put together, is a little over 100 million. If it really had a population of more than one billion, Zhang Haogu really didn't dare to say that he would definitely be able to complete industrialization for you.

Even so, a considerable number of people are still bound to the land.

Large-scale chemical fertilizers are still needed, and the issue of land annexation must be strictly dealt with. Once land is annexed, big problems will arise if the country is unable to supply food.

It is not impossible to climb the technology tree, but the food problem still needs to be solved.

High-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn have not been promoted on a large scale, and Zhang Haogu really doesn't dare to do this.

The scale of infrastructure construction this time is very large. First of all, it is to completely speed up the road maintenance in the capital area. At the same time, there are also other mansions in Beizhili, such as Zhending Mansion, Shuntian Mansion, and Hejian Mansion. These were also built by Zhang Haogu.

To those included.

In addition to road construction, there are also many workshops, as well as the estimating and expansion of the breeding industry. If the production of steel is not enough, he will directly build reinforced concrete roads for you.

The prerequisite for being able to do this is the farm.

The national policy of apportioning one man into another and making the gentry work as errands and pay the grain has been implemented for two years. The price of land in the capital plummeted, and a group of landlords and gentry were forced to sell their land at a low price.

Even this group of landowners and gentry have no chance to sell at a low price. This group of unscrupulous people do not want to buy. They just want to wait for you to make a mistake. They want you to evade taxes, then report you, and then divide your land.

Naturally, during this period, the most common situation in the capital area and Shandong area was riots.

Some gentry were dissatisfied and wanted to make some noise.

Then, they were jointly suppressed by the Jinyiwei Yamen and the Taxation Department Yamen.

Even if you want to incite a riot, no one will mess with you. If you incite a riot, your mansion will be demolished and you will be sent to the Jinyiwei Yamen.

After that, there was a raid on the house and the land was divided happily.

So in the end, even if you did not resist tax evasion, they would say that you wanted to rebel, just to find an excuse to demolish your home and divide your family's land.

Local officials reported it to the court, and some people worried whether it was too much and whether it would be overkill.

Then, Zhang Haogu replied with six words.

Overcorrection must be overcorrected!

Zhang Haogu is really not worried at all about what kind of splash this group of landlords and gentry can make. The landlords and the bourgeoisie still have some similarities. To put it bluntly, they are all decent people who have no worries about food and clothing. They want wealth and honor.

They want to gain power, but none of them have the courage to make the sun and moon change the sky.

Therefore, in all the changes of dynasties, the powerful landlords were a very important force. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these powerful landlords were just like that. They would never become the trendsetters of history. However, hundreds of years later, when

When a more cruel test occurs, a group of people finally stand up and betray their own class.

Now...if these powerful landlords could really betray their own class, Zhang Haogu would give him a thumbs up.

Now in the Jingshi area, the work of dividing the fields has basically been completed, and farms have been built one after another in the Jingshi area, which requires roads to connect these farms in series.

Now it is a company that builds farms, which can later produce some small-scale industrial products. After the roads are built, this will also be an important tool for the imperial court's will to be implemented at the grassroots level.

In addition to the cement itself, this also requires large-scale production and the establishment of a large enough factory, which requires all the labor force to be absorbed.

Let the goods flow.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but swallowed hard when he heard Zhang Haogu's thoughts. Now he felt that what Zhang Haogu was doing was really crazy.

Spend 20 million taels of silver and 20 billion Ming Dynasty treasure notes to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction.

This idea makes you feel a little crazy just thinking about it.

In the past, everyone who had money wanted to save it, but Zhang Haogu didn't. If you had money, you had to spend it as soon as possible to build infrastructure and promote people's consumption.

"It's just that you have to spend 20 million taels of silver. Isn't it too much?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at the map drawn by Zhang Haogu and the roads to be built. He couldn't help but swallowed hard. He instinctively didn't want to pay for it.

"Your Majesty, this is not 20 million taels of silver, but 20 billion Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes!"

Zhang Haogu added: "It is impossible for us to directly invest 20 million taels of silver in one go. This always has to be invested in installments. First of all, we cannot invest all in one go. Without so much labor, this is

It’s very unrealistic, so it still needs to be done in stages!”

"oh?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being slightly startled: "In stages?"

"Yes!" Zhang Haogu nodded quickly and said, "For example, the first phase of the project, the second phase of the project, and the third phase of the project!"

"Your Majesty, you see, this is a plan I have drawn up in detail. I have already marked out every step that needs to be done!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile.

"Large-scale infrastructure construction has two benefits. The first is to make roads flow and make people rich!"

Zhang Haogu raised two fingers and said with a smile: "The second is to promote banknotes. Let me ask you, the court came up with 20 million silver for infrastructure construction. Naturally, no one doubts whether the court has money. Let me ask,

After these two tens of billions of banknotes are printed, it is impossible for people to really convert them all into silver. There will always be people who use them to consume and buy food. As long as they can use the banknotes to buy what they want,

Why bother to replace silver?”

Zhu Youxiao felt that his brain was a little confused. All of this was too complicated for him. It was so complicated that he felt that his brain was overloaded.

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Youxiao slowly said: "Then give it a try and see how this first phase of the project goes!"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be so anxious. I think we will see the results soon!"

"Why?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.

"Isn't this road under maintenance? Previously, a road was built from Yongding County to the capital. Now Yongding County is also building a road ahead of several others. The closest one is Zhengxing County. Now the road in Zhengxing County is also

The traffic has already begun, and I believe the effects of the road construction will be apparent soon!"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly became interested: "Zhengxing County? I do know that last year, this Zhengxing County also divided the land and built a farm. Why, can this Zhengxing County make money?"

Zhang Haogu thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Your Majesty, how long has it been since you last visited incognito?"

Zhu Youxiao was slightly startled: "Don't I always pay private visits incognito?"

Zhang Haogu coughed: "I'm not talking about coming to Yongding County. Now Yongding County is in the hands of the emperor, almost the same as the capital. All the emperor can see is the prosperity of Yongding County, but what about Zhengxing County?"

, The Emperor is afraid that he can only see it from the memorial!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded in agreement, and then said: "What does the master mean?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you go to Zhengxing County and have a look!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "How about the two of us go there as administrative officers of the Statistics Department!"

"Okay, I just want to go out and have a look during this time!" Zhu Youxiao suddenly became interested: "What is Zhengxing County like now? I also want to know!"
To be continued...