The winter of the first year of Tianqi has arrived, and the towns in Beijing and northern Zhili have undergone considerable changes in a short period of time. In terms of urban infrastructure, public toilets, public bathhouses, and urban drainage systems have been built, and affordable housing projects, nursing homes, and orphanage construction projects have been launched.≧Small,...o&1t;/p>

At the same time, the establishment of the Environmental Sanitation Bureau also caused a group of sanitation workers wearing the word "Sanitation" to appear in various towns in northern Zhili to clean the streets and alleys.&1t;/p>

The city has become much cleaner and tidy, and public toilets have made it convenient for the people. Public bathhouses have also made it much more convenient for the people to take a bath, especially the bath tickets are very cheap, and you can often get a free bath ticket for a day of work on the construction site.&1t;/p>

People who get the bath ticket can go to the bathhouse to take a bath. Of course, the bathhouse is divided into men and women, because the crowds are concentrated, the cost is naturally very low.&1t;/p>

The cost of a bathhouse is nothing more than water and coal. The main reason is that the cost of coal is not high. The most important thing is that ordinary people may not be convenient for bathing at home. It is colder in winter and they have to go to work. It is more convenient to go to the bathhouse, just wash it directly.&1t;/p>

The price of a bath ticket is two yuan per cent. The price is very cheap for children. It can still make a little profit after operation, but it is not profitable. After all, it is a public facility.&1t;/p>

The renovation, construction, and renovation of urban drainage systems have also ensured the drainage of all towns in northern Zhili, and under normal circumstances, the water will not flood Jinshan. If there is any heavy rainstorm, it can only be said to be a special situation.&1t;/p>

Although winter has begun, the people of Northern Zhili are warm in their hearts.&1t;/p>

Because not long ago, the emperor issued an order to introduce a minimum living allowance policy to provide minimum living allowance subsidies for families who lack the ability to work.&1t;/p>

At the same time, the emperor also introduced "affordable grain" for the people. People can go to Jimin Grain Store to buy affordable grain. The price per stone is only 1 tael of silver, equivalent to 1.2 silver dollars. The standard for purchasing affordable grain is also very simple, that is, people who wear simple clothes can only buy it, and each time they purchase 5 kilograms.&1t;/p>

The price of grain at 1.5 taels per stone is indeed inflated. Such a high price is mainly due to the fact that the grain retail market was monopolized by private capital before, forming a price alliance and at the same time reducing grain production.&1t;/p>

For those grain stores, there is never a worry about selling grain. If you can’t sell it, you can save it. If it really doesn’t work, you can just use it to make wine, right? If you encounter a disaster, you will be rich directly.&1t;/p>

The formation of a cartel monopoly model by private capital is indeed the culprit of raising grain prices.&1t;/p>

The price of grain has dropped to 1 tael per stone. Although this price is not profitable, it has accumulated a good reputation for Zhu Youxiao and also ensured that the poor people can spend the winter better.&1t;/p>

These infrastructure activities and guarantee measures have quickly spread to the entire Northern Zhili this winter. However, Zhu Youxiao also spent money like flowing water. Large amounts of silver dollars are sprinkling out.&1t;/p>

After spending tens of millions of yuan in the treasury, it soon received more than 10,000 yuan. This is income from taxation, salt administration, coin minting, etc. However, because the scale of infrastructure is "a relatively large", it is like spending money like flowing water. In other words, it is still too little.&1t;/p>

The Mint is currently the most profitable. The silver shipped from Shanxi bills from all over the country is endless. They are transported to the capital by truck by truck, and then replaced by truck, silver dollars, and then shipped out of the capital.&1t;/p>

120 million silver dollars were successfully minted before the end of the year, achieving a profit of 100,000 yuan. At the same time, the minting of copper coins and copper coins also made a profit of about 300,000 yuan.&1t;/p>

"There should be more than 800 million taels of silver throughout the Ming Dynasty. The minting of silver dollars can still generate huge profits next year." Yang Guorui predicted.&1t;/p>

The Ming Dynasty did have a lot of silver, and it is estimated that the inflow of silver from the Americas exceeded 500 million taels. Rather than saying that the Ming Dynasty indirectly plundered the American people, it is better to say that the Spaniards plundered the Ming Dynasty's wealth. The Spanish exchanged a large amount of goods from the Ming Dynasty for uneasy silver, causing the Ming Dynasty to have a serious gap between the rich and the poor.&1t;/p>

Silver dollar minting can make about one-tenth of profit, which is definitely a big source of wealth. After minting all the silver into silver dollars and making a lot of money, you can make banknotes next!&1t;/p>

Even if there is a financial hole in the Ming Bank now, it doesn’t matter. As long as you create paper money, you can grab a large amount of precious metals.&1t;/p>

"Where is copper coins? Will the production be expanded next year?" Zhu Youxiao asked. Copper coins are also a very good source of wealth! Yang Guorui said: "The mining company is already expanding the mining scale as fast as possible. It is expected to produce more than 120,000 kilograms of copper next year and can cast 200 million yuan of copper coins. In addition, it is not a problem to cast 500 million yuan of copper coins from private mines." Yang Guorui reported.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao immediately said: "You don't need to buy copper from private mines, you should mine it yourself! It can increase employment."&1t;/p>

Mining can indeed increase a lot of employment, and there is food in advance. I think mining is relatively grain-consuming, and the population of mine does not participate in grain production, and at the same time, the grain is consumed during the transportation of grain into the mining area.&1t;/p>

"It's OK, but the casting volume is less." Yang Guorui said. Zhu Youxiao didn't care much. There is no need to rush to make too many copper coins in one breath. Go slowly and slowly, the long flow of water is the king. 12oo 10,000 kilograms of copper is equivalent to 72oo tons of copper. Such output is indeed a bit unsatisfactory, so the scale of copper mining can continue to expand.&1t;/p>

The grain was obviously not a problem. The first batch of grain transported by the shipping company had been transported to Dagukou. This time, nearly 30 large ships of more than 3,000 materials were organized to transport 150,000 stones of grain. During the transportation process, the Denglai Navy carried out escort. However, there were no pirates on the way.&1t;/p>

The first batch of grain transported belongs to the grain of the people, not the grain transported by the canal. The 20,000 shi of the canal transport will be transported later, mainly because ships are still being built. Among the more than 30 ships organized this time, most of them are hired civilian ships. Because of the large tonnage, they dare to go to sea in winter.&1t;/p>

The sailing is also relatively fast. This time, it took only ten days to sail from the Yangtze River Estuary to Dagukou. It was because of sailing against the wind that the ship was in the shape of the 'zhi'.&1t;/p>

If the wind direction is right, you can reach it in about three or four days.&1t;/p>

This is the advantage of large ships. Previously, the Ming Dynasty used small boats to transport grain. When walking on the sea, you had to walk along the coast. As a result, you took a lot of roads and the distance seemed far away. After all, if you took a circumference on the Shandong Peninsula, the distance would become two or three thousand highways. If you don’t need to take a detour, the closest route from Songjiang to Dagukou is only about 1,200 kilometers. The specific day you arrive depends on the wind direction.&1t;/p>

The only problem now is the lack of ships, nothing else is missing.&1t;/p>

The manufacturing cycle of large ships is relatively long, so Yuan Keli plans to use small boats to carry out canal transportation for the time being. After all, small boats are easy to build and have low cost.&1t;/p>

It won’t take long to get more and more food from the south. Zhu Youxiao doesn’t have to worry about food shortage at all.&1t;/p>

By the end of the year, Zhu Youxiao made a brief financial budget.&1t;/p>

The military expenditure next year will cost at least 30 million yuan. First, the navy will start to be established, second, the border army will be reorganized, and third, the artillery will be cast in large quantities.&1t;/p>

Without 30 million military spending, I won’t be able to play next year.&1t;/p>

In terms of coin minting, it is not a big problem. The rest is the Salt Administration. Taxation is a relatively large fiscal revenue. Next year, the Salt Administration will completely understand the tax revenue of Beizhili. It is not a big problem. It is not a big problem to make tens of millions of yuan a year.&1t;/p>

In this way, the military expenditure will be almost there.&1t;/p>

Other companies still owed banks a lot of debts to pay. In summary, there was still a surplus, but they had to invest in expanding production, so there was not much money to call. Especially since a large amount of funds were allocated this year, and so much money was transferred next year, Royal Capital would not need to expand.&1t;/p>

Repairing water conservancy, disaster relief and other things require money! The court's fiscal revenue of 400,000 taels is obviously not enough for Zhu Youxiao to do anything.&1t;/p>

"I'm still short of money! The gap is still relatively large." Zhu Youxiao feels that it's really a long way to go! In order to fill in the fiscal gap for next year, Zhu Youxiao quickly turned his attention to the remaining Donglin Party bosses.&1t;/p>

Ye Xianggao, Liu Yiren, Han Du, are all rich guys! They all have more than one million yuan in their family. If these guys are confiscated, their finances will be stable next year.&1t;/p>

If you take these Donglin Party bosses at once, it will be a bit of a big deal. If there is no particularly good reason, it will obviously be difficult to start!&1t;/p>

"Wei Zhongxian, what is my image in the minds of the people in the capital now?" Zhu Youxiao called Wei Zhongxian over at this time and asked Wei Zhongxian.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, after some publicity, the people have already loved you very much." Wei Zhongxian replied. Zhu Youxiao asked again: "What about the Donglin Party?"&1t;/p>

"The reputation of the Donglin Party is now unheard of. Even the children in the capital know that the Donglin Party is a scum that sucks the people's bones and marrow." Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but be very proud when talking about this. After joint publicity by the factory guards, the Donglin Party was indeed famous at this time.&1t;/p>

However, the great effect of publicity is related to Zhu Youxiao's spending tens of millions of yuan. This money is not a waste of money. This is the best evidence for the emperor's wiseness! Since the emperor is wise, the person who sings the opposite tune with the emperor must be a treacherous minister.&1t;/p>

"Okay, the people's hearts are available! Since that's the case, I will go to court to discuss the tax collection tomorrow. If the Donglin Party does not agree, it will be reported immediately. At the same time, the factory guard immediately organized the people to write to the court to severely punish the Donglin Party's treacherous and slander." Zhu Youxiao came up with a lot of bad things.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty is wise." Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but exclaimed. No one could think of this idea. As the saying goes, the world is great, and the people's hearts are the greatest.&1t;/p>

If a large group of people in the capital demand severe punishment of the Donglin Party, or even act like they are going to cause civil unrest, the blame will be held on to the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party will bear it? At that time, in order to quell the public's anger, it will be legitimate to arrest and question the crime.&1t;/p>

"The premise is that the momentum must be large enough." Zhu Youchao said to Wei Zhongxian.&1t;/p>

"Don't worry, my elders, I will definitely make the noise bigger by then." Wei Zhongxian patted his chest and promised. (To be continued...)&1t;/p>

ps: The second update is here. The author will adjust his status first! The status is not very good these days... I can only guarantee normal updates, and I should be able to update tomorrow&1t;/>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!