Chapter 514: Big Leap

In the second year of Chongzhen.

February 17th.

Wenhua Palace.

Several ministers were discussing affairs in Wenhua Palace with some frown.

Yang Jing has had a lot of trouble and a bad mood these days. Fortunately, his son was born and became a father. He could play with his son and relieve his boredom. Now facing an increasingly huge situation, he is increasingly struggling to deduce. Yang Jing is very worried. Although he has won the salt merchant, what should he do next? Yang Jing is confused, a sense of loss and confusion after conquering the mountain, which deeply troubles Yang Jing.

"In other words, all regions have reported that it will be early this spring?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"Reply to Your Majesty, yes, now it is reported that it is early spring this year, and the weather is too warm now. I am afraid that this year will be another year of drought..." Shi Fenglai quickly took over the conversation and said.

"Oh, does it mean that early spring is drought?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"Go back to Your Majesty, yes, according to the trend of this spring, and according to previous experience, it would be a severe drought, Your Majesty!" Shi Fenglai said with a frown.

"Oh, that's it! It seems that this year's drought is a foregone conclusion again." Yang Jing sighed. Although he predicted the drought for more than ten years and made a lot of preparations, when the years really come, he is still full of oppression. The heavy pressure of natural disasters is not good.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it will be a foregone conclusion... However, fortunately, your Majesty had expected it and had a countermeasure. Nowadays, the large immigrants are still continuing. All regions are stepping up spring plowing and preparing for wasteland and drought. The cabinet is also preparing to strictly supervise all regions to implement the planting of sweet potatoes. There are many measures. This disaster year should not be too bad..." Shi Fenglai answered quickly.

"Oh..." Yang Jie sighed.

The ministers also fell silent. This is not a good thing. They have proved the authenticity of the emperor's prophecy from one aspect. This spring bloomed so early this year. It was only February. The weather was extremely warm. This year is definitely a drought year. Now the information gathered from all over the country shows that the arid areas are quite wide, and the situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi is particularly abnormal. It is estimated that there will be a large-scale drought. Shandong, Shuntian Prefecture, and Henan are also somewhat abnormal. Even if there is no drought, a small drought cannot be escaped. The situation is probably even more serious than last year. How many victims will be caused? Although the preparations can be said to be quite powerful now, this news will still be blocked. Although millions of immigrants are unprecedented disaster relief efforts, are there only one million victims now? Some people are sweating coldly. If these measures are not prepared by the emperor, I really don't know what this year will be like.

The king and his ministers were silent.

"It's not all bad things to start spring. I just got the news that the Changlu Salt Field has released its first salt scene and harvested the first 10,000 stones of salt. This is a good start, hahaha..." Yang Jing picked up good news to break the dull atmosphere. Until now, the salt merchant's affairs are over, and only he can produce salt themselves. The salt industry is completely in his own hands. This "salt merchant" has finally become history. Although the 10,000 stones of salt continues to increase, the symbolic significance is not small.

Seeing the emperor talking about the festive events of the salt field, the ministers squeezed out some smiles. They all congratulated the emperor on his successful acceptance of the salt field.

Although Yang Jing tried his best to make the atmosphere more optimistic, the news really couldn't be happy. The atmosphere soon became quiet again. Several northern provinces will have a severe drought. In any case, it is also a news that cannot be happy, although it is still a sign.

You can describe today's discussion as dull. Yang Jingwei is also boring. This is also impossible. The troubles are added to it, and Yang Jingwei feels even more boring.

After the discussion was dispersed and Wenhua Palace was released, Yang Jingwei was in a better mood.

"Big partner, is there any news about Master Xu? Why hasn't Shi Kefa sent Shanghai's construction plan yet?" Yang Jing began to complain. This year is another year of drought, and more preparations must be made. Last year, it was just Shaanxi, and the pressure on disaster relief was so great. This year, several provinces will have drought. This situation is much more serious than last year. I have to think of more ways to deal with it!

"If you want to go back to Your Majesty, there is no news from Master Xu yet. I guess I will have to wait until Lord Shi goes to Shanghai before there will be news." Wang Chengen replied.

"Uh, I know, let me tell Master Xu about it. It's just that the drought is coming, and Shanghai will start construction as soon as possible. It's mid-February. At most, by May and June, this large number of victims will probably have to escape the famine. They need to be prepared to accept it. Shanghai needs to build large and special construction, and absorb enough victims. Shanghai's planning and preparation work must be completed by the end of April..." Yang Jing frowned and ordered. Work-for-relief has been the only choice for disaster relief since ancient times. Although many victims are a problem, it also means that this labor is cheap. As long as you take care of it, it is almost endless labor. It is a good time to build a big Shanghai.

"I have written it down." Wang Chengen hurriedly approached a little, wrote down the emperor's instructions, and at the same time, he waved his hand to let the followers stand farther and not interrupt the emperor's thinking.

"How many people are there now in Zheng Huaizhong?" Yang Jie asked again.

"Back to your Majesty, there are more than 15,000 ships in Nanjing Shipyard now." Wang Chengen said.

"Oh, let him be prepared to expand production and prepare for this year's famine escape. The Shanghai shipyard will be completed as soon as possible, and at least it will absorb more than twice the craftsmen. This year, I will add more than three times the amount of shipbuilding, warships, merchant ships, cargo ships, fishing boats, and inland ships. These will all be added to more than three times, so that he can make arrangements..." Yang Jing mentioned another way to absorb disaster victims. There is no other way, so he can only stuff people to various places and as much as possible. In addition to additional warships, merchant ships, etc., there are also discounts for Jiangnan merchants to build ships. In other words, in recent years, Yang Jing has been preparing to explode ships. In addition to absorbing disaster victims, he is also preparing for large-scale immigrants.

"...I have recorded it." Wang Chengen said again.

"What's the situation with Li Yanyi in Shaanxi?" Yang Jing asked again. The oil industry is a move, but everything is being created, and the extraction and refining are still in the pioneering stage. Yang Jing can only be a dead horse and live horse. He has to find a place to get people in a mess. This has to be done.

"Reply to Your Majesty, I remember that it seems to be able to produce it, but the price is said to be not cheap. A few days ago, I sent a batch of tributes..." Wang Chengen thought for a while before digging out such a piece of content from his memory. What kind of oil is so far away for Wang Chengen.

Breaking through the clouds and seeing tomorrow! Yang Jie suddenly realized that an industrial era that was about to emerge was coming, but he still lived in such a confused manner. He was worried about the headache and the feet hurt. He shouldn't have thought about the huge potential of the industrial era, and all the nomadic peoples and natural disasters were all scumbags! Yang Jie, who had figured it out, immediately smashed his hand, and his whole face was so happy that he felt a little "crazy".

"Please come here..." Yang Jingwei was surprised to find a "world" and needed to find someone to share with him. The first one was Sun Chengzong, even if Sun Chengzong didn't care about "political affairs".

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor's ecstasy and looked like crazy, and kept smashing his hands. The situation was really strange. When he heard the emperor's order, he agreed and immediately went to pass the order.

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Yang Jing couldn't stop walking back and forth in the warm room. Suddenly, Yang Jing felt that he had lost his goals and the best treasures to deal with problems these days. He was really too devoted to the Ming Dynasty, too devoted to the battle with salt merchants and bureaucrats, and abandoned the general trend of the world, the most advantageous and what he should do. Now he suddenly saw the path he should go, and suddenly woke up.

Now that I have defeated the salt merchants, I have a lot of money in my hands, my prestige has reached its peak, and there are even huge natural disasters waiting for me. All of this provides conditions for me to promote the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

Having money is the premise of everything. Now that he has 40 million silver in his hand, he has enough start-up funds to support and stimulate the start of those industries. The capital chain is absolutely fine. If the use of paper money is promoted, these 40 million can be spent as 80 million or even 100 million taels of silver. This huge sum of money, even if those industries are bottomless pits for money, Yang Jing believes that it can fill it up, and those industries will definitely be born to the day they can grow on their own.

Not to mention, promoting industrialization will inevitably encounter many obstacles. Huge prestige is undoubtedly the best thing that can avoid these obstacles. Now who dares to stop what you want to do? A large number of imperial parties with the "Imperial Party" as the core surrounds them. Who dares to oppose them? Naturally, a large number of imperial parties will deal with it. Now, who dares to stand opposite to the emperor?

In the past, natural disasters were definitely a big problem, and they might even be a big problem that killed this dynasty. However, it was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the launch and promotion of industrialization. Without a large number of unemployed farmers, there were a large number of laborers? How to promote industrialization? Without natural disasters, how can we find enough excuses to promote industrialization?

"Hahaha...hahaha..." Yang Jie felt relieved all over, and now looking at many problems before him, it is actually not a problem at all. The industrialization era will crush all this into pieces. As long as he makes every effort to promote industrialization and firmly grasp the results of industrialization in his own hands, he will be invincible.

Sun Chengzong hurriedly rushed to the Qianqing Palace, thinking that the emperor would have something big to do when he summoned him in such a hurry. He was about to arrive at the Qianqing Palace, but he heard the emperor laughing unusually and was so shocked that he stopped. Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was on the verge of "crazy", and kept urging Sun Chengzong that if he went later, God knew how the emperor would be "crazy".

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"I bow to Your Majesty..." As soon as Sun Chengzong entered the door, he immediately gave the emperor a luggage with righteousness, "shocking" the evil emperor.

"Hahaha... Master Sun comes in quickly. I have great good news to tell Master Sun..." Yang Jingwei was really impatient. How could such great news be stuffed in his stomach?

"Your Majesty, I wonder what good news is?" Sun Chengzong entered the warm pavilion and saw that the emperor had a very red face, everything else was fine, especially his eyes, full of spirit. Sun Chengzong was relieved. The emperor was fine, so there must be great news.

"I am planning to provide subsidies to carriages, just like building a ship. I want to stimulate and stimulate the great development of carriage manufacturing..." Yang Jingai couldn't wait to share his experience with Sun Chengzong.

"Subsidize the carriage manufacturing industry?" Sun Chengzong had a big question mark in his mind.

"Yes, I want to vigorously give birth to this industry. I want to let the carriage run all over the corner of our Ming Dynasty..." Yang Jing shouted excitedly, his whole body full of pride and power. This power is the power brought by industrialization.

"Your Majesty, why is this?" Sun Chengzong asked in confusion. Subsidies for shipbuilding in the south were the emperor's means to win over the southern forces, and transferring disaster victims was just a cover, but now the subsidy carriage is where the subsidy carriage is sung? Sun Chengzong couldn't think of it. If there is still a force that needs to be won over by the emperor today, it is all about the emperor now!

"Haha, Master Sun, this ship is a means of transportation, and this carriage is also a means of transportation. If the ship is subsidized, why don't it subsidize the carriage?" Yang Jie said excitedly with red face.

"But, Your Majesty, this..." Sun Chengzong couldn't convince this explanation.

"Hahaha..." Yang Jie looked serious with a serious expression on his face, and burst into laughter. Sure enough, even Sun Chengzong could not see the chain reaction brought about by the carriage manufacturing industry.

Sun Chengzong looked at the emperor in confusion. The emperor was really crazy!

"...Master Sun had thought about what the consequences would be once this carriage manufacturing industry was born?" Yang Jing was inspired with extreme excitement.

"This... Once this is born, if His Majesty's large subsidies continue, people who buy carriages in the world will flock to it, and the output of carriages will definitely increase greatly..." Sun Chengzong replied immediately.

"What then? What raw materials are needed to build a carriage?" Yang Jingwei inspired again.

"Raw materials? Wood, steel?" Sun Chengzong asked carefully.

"Yes, steel, a large amount of steel gave birth to the carriage manufacturing industry, that is, the steel industry. Master Sun knows what is needed to make steel?" Yang Jie asked with a red face.

"Steel..., iron ore, coal... charcoal..." Sun Chengzong frowned and replied. The emperor's wave of questions was indeed impulsive to Sun Chengzong's thinking.

"Yes, it is the coal industry and mining industry. Master Sun can tell how many victims can be accommodated in this generation? How many victims can be solved in the food problem of how many victims can be solved?" Yang Jingwei said enthusiastically.

"This... I understand. Your Majesty meant that subsidizing the carriage was to accommodate more victims?" Sun Chengzong understood a little bit when he heard this. If it was for the victims, this was indeed a feasible solution. When discussing affairs in Wenhua Palace this morning, the situation was very dull. I guess the emperor came up with this idea to solve the problem of victims.
Chapter completed!