Five hundred and fiftieth IX major infrastructure construction
"Master Zhong, if you hadn't warned me, I would have made a big mistake." Emperor Chongzhen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said happily.
Yang He, the Minister of War, also secretly lamented the danger. Fortunately, he did not make any firm conclusions, otherwise he would have left a bad impression in front of the emperor as soon as he took office.
After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's praise, Zhong Jinwei just smiled and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious. Even if I didn't say it, Your Majesty and all your lords would have thought of it."
Wen Tiren shook his head after hearing this. This Zhongxing Hou was really becoming more and more like a member of the officialdom. He sighed secretly, then thought of something again, and asked: "Zhongxing Hou, will transporting artillery from the capital delay the front line?"
What about the war?"
Zhong Jinwei thought for a moment and immediately said with a smile: "You can think of it this way, just agree to the establishment of the Ordnance Supervision in Jinzhou, and use clay molds to cast cannons. As long as everything goes well, it will take one and a half to two months to build a cannon.
Around. Now using the new cannon casting method in the capital, it only takes a few days to have one, and it will probably take a month or two to transport it to Jinzhou."
Wen Tiren nodded after listening. It seemed that what Zhong Jinwei said made sense. If we consider the old and new casting methods, in terms of time, they are actually about the same.
"But if it is transported from the capital, one thing that must be considered is that on the way from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, we must be prepared to run into Jianlu, but this can be avoided by sending Ye Bushou." Zhong Jinwei then added.
Yang He just heard what Zhong Jinwei said and had an idea in his mind. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he felt that it was indeed a problem, so he said, "Marquis Zhongxing, if it rains, the roads will be muddy. This still needs to be considered."
Zhong Jinwei turned his head to look at Yang He and said with a smile: "Master Yang is right, this point must also be considered."
He then turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Therefore, I suggest that we use the old method to build the road from the capital to Shanhaiguan with cement."
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked with some confusion: "Does Master Zhong mean to use private power to cultivate?"
After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei smiled and joked: "Yes, does your Majesty want to spend money to repair it yourself?"
Emperor Chongzhen was not angry at all after hearing this. He also smiled and explained to Zhong Jinwei: "That's not what I meant. I just think that the value of this road is not high, and not many people may pay for it."
"No, I think the level of enthusiasm among the people will not be low." Zhong Jinwei shook his head and judged.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't understand: "Why is this?"
Yang He had long heard that Marquis Zhongxing had a strong economic acumen, and that many of the court's money-making measures came from his brain. Now that he was there, he couldn't help but listen carefully.
I saw Zhong Jinwei confidently saying to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, because of the demonstration effect of the previous road construction. The most important thing is that many people did not benefit from the road construction project before. I later recommended the issuance of the road construction project
The funds are small, and many people are complaining because they did not buy anything. Now the same method is being used to build roads. Although the people's economic expectations for this road are relatively low, because the court has stipulated its profits, it is a sure profit but no loss.
It’s just the length of time it takes to recover capital and profit.”
"It doesn't matter if those big businessmen are unwilling to pay. Weimin Bank can issue corresponding funds for this road to Shanhaiguan, and the shortcomings will be made up by state-owned enterprises. In addition, some people know that this road will inevitably prosper.
Yes, they will definitely pay for it.”
Zhong Jinwei's last words made Emperor Chongzhen very curious, and he quickly asked: "Who? How did this road become prosperous?"
Wen Tiren had already understood, but Emperor Chongzhen was asking, so he didn't say anything and let Zhong Jinwei answer, otherwise it would appear that the emperor was a little off.
"For the feudal feudal clan's overseas affairs, a land route had been planned before. Therefore, after the Jianlu were eliminated, this road to Shanhaiguan was the only way to go. Now we are starting to build roads with cement, and one can be used for
For the imperial court, transporting supplies to Shanhaiguan and preparing for the future would kill two birds with one stone. Those princes who knew the situation would definitely spend the money and invest it now. By the time they head to North America in large numbers, it would be almost the same.
When the money comes, it’s just in time to use it.”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard what Zhong Jinwei said, he already remembered it. As soon as Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he turned to Wen Tiren and said, "What do Wen Qing think?"
"I think it's okay. Anyway, the imperial court exercises the power of supervision, and there is no pressure on money and food. Building more roads will only benefit the imperial court and not harm it." Wen Tiren replied with a smile.
Having said this, he took out several memorials from his sleeves and said: "In addition, the cabinet has just received several local memorials, requesting the imperial court to allow cement road construction in the local area to follow the example of the capital."
The chamberlain on the side saw this and quickly stepped forward to take the memorial from Wen Tiren and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen immediately read through several memorials and learned that these memorials were basically from the Jiangnan area. There was a lot of rain there and the suffering from muddy roads was more serious. Therefore, after learning about the situation of the cement roads in the capital,
Then I came up with this idea and wrote a memorial.
At this time, Wen Tiren saw that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have finished reading, and reminded him again: "I estimate that similar memorials will arrive in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places in the future."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded, turned to Zhong Jinwei and asked, "What do you think, Master Zhong?"
Zhong Jinwei thought for a moment before replying: "Your Majesty, infrastructure construction will be of great benefit to stimulate domestic demand in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, once the roads are repaired and logistics developed, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty will be better. There is just one thing that needs to be noted.
, this kind of infrastructure project is most likely to cause ** problems, and the court must supervise it well. "
Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly when he heard this. The murder case that started at the end of last year shocked him deep in the palace. If the situation did not allow it, he would have wanted to learn from Emperor Taizu and skin them all.
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After a brief thought, he said to Wen Tiren: "The road construction requested by the local government can be implemented with reference to the Zhangjiakou Road. However, supervision must be done well. If anyone dares to lend a hand, they will be sent overseas to build large-scale supply depots."
"Your Majesty is wise." Wen Tiren naturally knew how to behave, so he immediately flattered him.
"Okay, I will also ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei and Dongchang to keep an eye on these road construction projects." Emperor Chongzhen said again. He thought that with the verification of various ministries led by the cabinet, coupled with the supervision of several supervisory agencies, there would be a clear outcome
If there is darkness, I believe it will be effective.
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he probably had been sitting for a long time. He stretched out in front of a few trusted ministers, and then said: "The land road has been repaired, and the ship to check the supply point has also set off. Everything is being prepared in an orderly manner.
I hope everything goes smoothly..."
Zhong Jinwei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, you just said that the ship heading to the North American route to inspect large supply points has set off?"
Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this and said, "Yes, yesterday the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry sent out people and six pirates to lead the voyage and set off."
"Is it the three-prow sea ship that Yongchen used to go back and forth to Denglai?" Zhong Jinwei asked again.
Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhong Jinwei seemed nervous, so he couldn't help but become a little nervous. He quickly asked: "What, is there something wrong?"