With the great success of several industrial zones in the Tang Dynasty, especially the Guangzhou Industrial Zone and the Shanghai Industrial Zone, the popularity has attracted the attention of countless people. Many officials who want to achieve political achievements want to be in their own
Build an industrial zone in the jurisdiction.
However, except for a few special cities, it is very difficult to open industrial zones in other places. The financial resources of the superiors are limited. They will definitely give priority to supporting the establishment of industrial zones in places that have potential and are easy to produce results. Instead, they can only rely on the local governments themselves.
It's quite difficult to do it.
If it were so easy to set up an industrial zone, other places would have done it long ago. Just get some land and put up a sign saying it is an industrial zone. You can do it anywhere. But once an industrial zone is set up and companies move in, it will be a different story.
It's over.
If you don’t have resources, transportation and other advantages, and you don’t have all kinds of conveniences, can businessmen come to you to invest and build factories? They have a lot of money and nowhere to spend it!
After spending precious financial funds on the ground, but in the end no companies settled in, then this is not a political achievement, but a scandal.
Feng Kailong thought about it for a long time. He was very clear about the pros and cons of establishing an industrial zone, but he also knew that if he wanted to make a turnaround, he had to do something big!
He doesn't want to spend his whole life working as a low-level official. The tax revenue provided by the Erjiu Fishing Company is an opportunity for him to be promoted. He must take advantage of this opportunity to climb up!
So he gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't have enough money, save some and make it smaller. If outside businessmen don't invest, we will mobilize the local gentry to invest. We will build this industrial zone in Lingao!"
"We should not make the stall too big in the early stage. We should do it on a small scale first and do it in a targeted manner. Don't we have a Erjiu Fishery Company? We can completely focus on the Erjiu Fishery Company first. We will only do fishery peripheral industries for the time being.
Let’s make our fishery bigger and stronger first!”
"The Holy Emperor said that all localities should make full use of their own advantages and expand their ideas to improve people's livelihood and let the people live and work in peace and contentment!"
Feng Kailong thought clearly that although there were considerable risks, and it could easily lead to wasted capital investment and become a joke among his colleagues, he knew that this was his opportunity!
However, although he planned to build an industrial zone, he did not say that he would do it in a big way like other places, and he would directly pursue the current hot industries, such as textiles, raw silk, machinery, steel, etc.
Lingao is a small place with no special resources of its own, and it is not a major transportation thoroughfare, nor does it have much financial support from superiors. Why should Lingao compete with industrial zones in big cities for investment?
So he didn’t even think about these popular industries!
Does Lingao have any advantages? Others do not, but they have Erjiu Fishery Company. This is their biggest and only advantage. Using Erjiu Fishery Company, they can become bigger and stronger in fishery.
They are just a small county. As long as they become bigger and stronger in fishery, that will be enough.
Feng Kailong made a decision, and the industrial zone in Lingao County was quickly determined. Within a few days, the Lingao Industrial Zone was officially established. It is located in the coastal area not far from the seaside pier. Well, also
It can be said that it happens to be right next door to Erjiu Fishery Company.
Although the report requesting financial support from superiors has been submitted, Feng Kailong knows very well that at most he can get a small amount of financial support from Qiongzhou Prefecture, but don't expect support from the provincial and central levels. The big head still has to rely on Lingao
The county itself.
The scale of the industrial zone is not large, and the investors it intends to attract are not outsiders, but local gentry from Lingao County or gentry from Qiongzhou Island.
To outsiders, Erjiu Fishery Company may not be a big deal, but in Lingao and Qiongzhou Prefecture, Erjiu Fishery Company is very famous. Lingao Industrial Zone provides supporting services to Erjiu Fishery Company.
Developing fishery signs to attract businessmen to invest will have some effect.
For local people, Erjiu Fishery Company is a typical representative of making money. Now that they have the opportunity to get involved or even cooperate with Erjiu Fishery Company, they also feel that there is a future. Many local businessmen have already agreed to wait until the industrial zone is completed.
From now on, we will open factories in industrial zones. The scale will not be large, with dozens or hundreds of people, but for Lingao Industrial Zone, this is not small.
Therefore, despite great difficulties, Lingao Industrial Zone has entered the formal preparation stage.
The emergence and development of the Lingao Industrial Zone can be regarded as a relatively typical example of the current Tang Dynasty. The southern provinces of the Tang Dynasty are far away from war, and their focus is basically on stability and enlightenment.
, the three major aspects of people's livelihood are here, among which the development of local economy is an issue that the top leaders of every local government need to consider.
It’s just that the path taken by each place may be different. If the land is fertile, engage in land reclamation and agriculture; where there are mineral resources, engage in mining; where there are transportation resources, engage in trade; where all conditions are better, engage in industry directly!
Even Yangzhou, a city that prospered because of salt merchants but quickly declined because of the disappearance of salt merchants, is still looking for its own path to economic transformation, engaging in trade, inland water transportation, etc.
After the time entered the autumn of the sixth year of Xuanping, with the success of the Northern Expedition, although the three major regions of Southwest, Liaodong, and Northwest had not yet been captured, there were still a total of 200,000 to 300,000 Ming troops fighting against Tang troops in various places, but on the whole
Generally speaking, war is no longer the main theme in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, development is the main theme.
The changes in Li Xuan's own work status can profoundly reflect this. During this period, he was busy with various internal affairs, while military matters were relatively less.
However, although military affairs are less busy, it does not mean that they are gone!
In late September, Li Xuan formally held the Imperial Navy Strategic Development Meeting. The topic of this meeting was very clear, which was to discuss and determine the development plan of the Tang Dynasty Navy in the next three or even five years.
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty has ruled most of the coastal areas. Only the Liaodong Peninsula has not yet been brought under control. However, the strength of the Ming Navy in that area is basically zero. With the current strength of the navy, it is absolutely able to come and go.
free.
Therefore, the future development of the Tang Dynasty's navy was no longer driven by the need to consider unification wars, but by the need to subsequently maintain the empire's maritime borders and protect overseas interests.
Therefore, at the meeting, Li Xuan put forward clear demands for the Tang Navy: "In the next three years, the main mission of the navy is to build a powerful ocean-going navy that is capable of safeguarding the empire's maritime borders and safeguarding overseas interests. At the same time, it will also build a
Multiple large-scale naval ports will be built to supplement logistics ships and strengthen the navy’s sustained combat capabilities!”
At the same time, Li Xuan also emphasized that in the development process of the navy, it should not only pursue a certain quantity, but also pursue quality and performance.
It is necessary to develop and apply various new technologies, especially the role of steam engines. Li Xuan talked about the future application direction of steam engines at the meeting. He asked the navy to attach great importance to the development of steam engine technology and increase support for steam engine technology.
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At the same time, he also pointed out that the navy's naval gun technology is still following the old path and needs innovation and the application of new technologies!
Who says naval guns have to be front-mounted? Rear-mounting is also possible.
Who said that naval guns must fire within a distance of two to three hundred meters? They can fire at a distance of five hundred meters or even further. What, long-distance accuracy is not enough? Then solve the accuracy problem and design a new one.
Aiming methods, building a fire control system, think about it, there are always ways.
Even if it may not be realized for a while, but with a direction, we can only increase investment. I believe that technical personnel will give the Navy a satisfactory return.
Throughout the imperial meeting, Li Xuan rarely remained silent, but spoke at length. From strategy to technology, Li Xuan wished he could teach them step by step how to conduct the navy.
Moreover, he even taught and scolded them, telling them not to always focus on the domestic coast. Even the waters of East Asia were definitely not the limitations of the Tang Navy. They were told to look farther and farther away.
What is there to see in the South Ocean? Look west, there is the Indian Ocean, across the Indian Ocean, across Africa, that is the Atlantic Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope to the north, that is Europe, and continuing west, that is South America.
Then heading east from the mainland, the endless Pacific Ocean has long been proven by the Spaniards to be traversable. Let’s not mention the richness of North America. The Pacific Ocean is as big as it is, and there must be many islands in it. You can’t say for sure.
You can find a natural treasure.
After the navy goes out, the domestic merchant fleet can follow suit. Is the profit from sea trade big? Even a fool knows it is!
But how can we develop maritime trade without naval protection and control of the transportation arteries in various sea areas?
Now even a trip to Europe or the Indian Ocean has to be done secretly. In this case, what should the navy do?
At this time, a group of navy bosses somewhat guessed how to answer, but they still shook their heads like primary school students and looked at Li Xuan with admiration on their faces!
Li Xuan pointed directly to Malacca on the map: "Here, if the empire wants to go out and go further, the empire must control Malacca!"
When he said this, Li Xuan had actually formulated the next strategic direction for the navy!
That was to capture Malacca and lay the foundation for the Tang Dynasty to go out of Southeast Asia and march towards the Indian Ocean!
And use this to launch larger-scale overseas expansion and trade!
At the end of the meeting, Li Xuan stood up directly, then walked to the huge world map on the wall, pointing at Southeast Asia, India, Africa, North America and South America and said: "Here, here, here and here.
This place has been the territory of the empire since ancient times, and I want to take them back!"
As he spoke, Li Xuan paused for a moment, then looked around at everyone present and said word by word: I want the empire to never set!"