Chapter 408 The Importance of Development
With the establishment of the Northern Construction Bank and Zhu Zaijing's loosening of some technology patents, whether they are large households in the north or wealthy gentry from southern families, they have all exhibited their A gentle style of charity and virtue.
The excess grain stored in their respective granaries was sold to the imperial court at a low price. Then, under the supervision of imperial envoys such as Hai Rui, these life-saving grains were distributed to those at lower prices or in other ways. The people in the north who were affected by the disaster.
Let them have a chance to breathe and get through the difficult times smoothly after the disaster year.
Of course, Zhu Zaijing’s decision to release these patents was not just a compromise.
Take cement patents as an example.
Although the cement output of Xishan Lime Field is reasonable, it is only enough for the projects in the Jingshi Special Zone.
If he wants more cement, Zhu Zaijing will have to let Xishan Lime Field continue to expand its production scale.
But this thing cannot be expanded blindly, because once it gets too big, when the demand in the Capital Special Administrative Region is so strong, won't it be the Ming Dynasty version of industrial surplus?
Although it is possible to sell the excess cement to other places, with the transportation capacity and transportation costs during the Ming Dynasty, people would never use millet porridge mixed with lime powder to make building materials with the same effect. Cement obtained at such a high price.
Therefore, for the healthy development of the industry and the increasingly strong demand for cement in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaijing felt that he would take this opportunity to release the cement patents and let these big players happily carry out market-oriented production and competition. , maybe it can also promote the upgrading of related industries.
Moreover, the reconstruction of the north will also require a lot of building materials. If they can seize the opportunity to start production in the northern region, they will be fully prepared for cement and lime.
Then construction in the north will naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Moreover, this can save a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as damage to the ecological environment of Ming Dynasty.
It is very impressive to know the grain output in ancient times. The yield per mu is generally around 100 kilograms. Only excellent fertile land can achieve a high yield of more than 300 kilograms.
Therefore, in order to satisfy their hunger, many people invented many local snacks that later generations would find extremely novel.
But in fact, the birth of these snacks is a history of blood and tears full of suffering and struggle.
It’s just that later generations didn’t know the hardships and thought that the ancients were very smart to discover so many strange and weird delicacies.
But anyone who has watched Dream of Red Mansions will know that food is also divided into classes.
The noble ladies of Rongguo Mansion can leisurely melt the snowflakes of a certain month of a certain year into water to brew the petal-flavored tea picked at a certain time and after countless tedious processes. .
Their lives are so leisurely, comfortable and natural, as if they are living in a carefree paradise.
But what about those who don’t have enough to eat?
The delicacies they can invent are either flour or noodles made from the unpalatable roots and bark of certain plants through layers of inexplicable hardships. Or use some kind of soil and bird droppings to make food that can satisfy your hunger.
Comparing these two, it is clear at a glance who is bored and who is for survival.
So, under such circumstances, the ancient natural environment, except for some inaccessible deep mountains and old forests, most of the places where people gathered were bare.
If Zhu Zaijing can help them achieve a certain level of food and clothing, and help them build houses using materials that are stronger and more tolerable than trees, then the natural environment in the north should be somewhat restored. Maybe, this can also be the beginning of Zhu Zaijing's thorough management of the Yellow River!
Otherwise, the environment in the north will continue to deteriorate, and the sediment in the Yellow River will never be effectively stopped.
Then the people in the Yellow River Flood Area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River will never have peace, and will have to bear the risk of the Yellow River bursting its banks every once in a while!
Therefore, letting go of some patents is both business and governance for Zhu Zaijing.
Moreover, the production requirements for cement are also high. As long as these large households who have sold grain in excitement want to engage in the production of cement, lime and other building materials, they will have to spend huge sums of money to buy various types of steam produced by Xishan Machinery Factory. equipment.
The technology of this thing is not afraid of being leaked, let alone imitated. Zhu Zaijing is worried that they are unwilling to invest energy in this type of industrial upgrading.
If any of them can come up with a more productive invention based on the current steam equipment, it will be a profit for Zhu Zaijing.
Because as Zhu Zaijing is concerned, he wants to earn not just money, but the future of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing also hopes that these smart and powerful people, after experiencing the beauty of mechanical power, can exert some subjective initiative and come up with some new inventions that even surprise Zhu Zaijing.
Maybe their efforts could indirectly create a Ming Dynasty version of Watt, pushing Zhu Zaijing's half-baked steam engine technology one step further.
When the time comes, with new technology, won’t the existing productivity be able to have a new improvement?
It can be said that this is like a positive development cycle. As long as they point out the direction and draw the trend, time will do the rest.
So after making these plans, Zhu Zaijing set his sights on a direction that he had always been concerned about.
That is - Southeast!
In recent years, the Japanese pirates in the southeast have become more and more serious. The imperial court only knows that these Japanese pirates either come from the sea, or they are caused by some bold maritime merchants who turned into bandits at sea and caused trouble.
But in fact, the root cause of the Japanese rebellion is that the Japanese country is currently experiencing cruel wars in the Warring States Period. The defeated Japanese warriors and rogues cannot gain a foothold in the Japanese country, so they can only take small boats to the Ming Dynasty. The autumn wind blows on the coastline, and I have learned the trick of the steppe Tatars, grabbing and running away.
So coupled with the fact that the Ming Dynasty itself did not pay attention to the interests of the navy and the sea, these Japanese pirates traveled on the sea, as if they were in uninhabited territory, making the coastal defense problem in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty very troublesome.
Although in order to eliminate these Japanese pirates, the imperial court also appointed many capable officials and officials, and also relaxed some restrictions on the military system, allowing some capable military officers to recruit some young men as soldiers.
But this is all about treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. There is no way to put an end to the Japanese pirate rebellion from the root.
Therefore, the current Japanese pirates in the southeast not only make people suffer from toothache and anger, but also make people feel powerless and unable to cause substantial blows and trauma to these Japanese pirates.
So at this time, Zhu Zaijing decided to play his role in supervising the country, and planned to recommend some capable people to stabilize the situation first, and then plan for other governance.
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