Chapter 519: GDP is created

Yang Jingwei is thinking deeply and adjusting his plan.

Wang Chengen was looking at the sky. There were a lot of people outside who wanted to meet, and I don’t know when they would be finished. If they saw each other, they would be afraid that they would not be able to see each other when it was dark. After thinking about it, they turned around and entered the Ganqing Palace and reported to the report: "Your Majesty, Fu Mingde, Liu Mao, and the craftsmen who made carriages have arrived. Will Your Majesty want to meet?" Since they saw each other slowly, let’s just meet together. In short, you can’t get tired of the emperor.

"Well, see you." Yang Jing nodded directly.

Fu Mingde walked in the front, Liu Mao followed behind, and some craftsmen followed tremblingly. Fu Mingde saluted, and these craftsmen immediately fell to the ground and stood tall tens of thousands of years old.

"Get up." Yang Jingwei said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone then got up.

Yang Jie looked at these people. Fu Mingde was the most cheerful. He stood in front of him, and Liu Mao followed closely, while the craftsmen stood far away.

"Fu Mingde, I haven't seen you some days." Yang Jie took the lead in joking with Fu Mingde.

"I am worried about His Majesty. I have always been looking forward to seeing His Majesty." Fu Mingde said quickly.

"Are these craftsmen from you? They are all responsible for building carriages?" Yang Jingwei asked again.

"Report to Your Majesty, it's right." Fu Mingde replied.

"Not bad..." Yang Jing nodded. "...you all come up, I have something to ask..." Yang Jing said to the craftsmen again.

There were five craftsmen, standing tremblingly behind Fu Mingde and Liu Mao, far apart. When they heard the emperor talking, they moved their steps forward tremblingly.

"I have seen the carriages you made, they are very good, and I have also sat there, and they feel good..." Yang Jing tried his best to talk to these frightened craftsmen in harmony.

"The grass-roots people thank His Majesty for praise..." An old man in the lead said tremblingly. It was really surprising that he could come here. They often heard others "blaming" saying that they had seen the emperor and talked to the emperor. At that time, they were salivating. Unexpectedly, they also met the emperor. The emperor loved to summon craftsmen. It was true.

"...I'll call you today. In addition to the good carriages you made, I would like to ask, can you build carriages for carriages?" Yang Jing asked.

"Your Majesty, four-wheeled carriages are originally loaded more than two-wheeled carriages. There is no problem with carrying cargo. You can easily carry more than one thousand kilograms, and there is no problem with 1,500 kilograms. If Your Majesty wants to build a truck with a load, just make the skeleton shoulder pole stronger." The craftsman in the lead answered immediately.

"Oh, is it? In other words, if I want to build a large carriage that can accommodate more than a dozen people, there will be no problem?" Yang Jing asked again, talking directly with these craftsmen, the speed of solving the problem was indeed the fastest.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem with this. It's just that the skeleton is thicker, the shoulder pole is thicker, and there is no problem with more than ten people..." The old craftsman in the head immediately said that he was not so nervous when he discussed matters within his professional scope with the emperor. He calmed down very quickly and could immediately talk.

"Yes, I am now just trying to build some four-wheeled carriages that can carry loads, and I am also planning to build some large carriages that can hold many people. I will call you here today for this matter..." Yang Jing breathed a sigh of relief. There was no obstacle in this technology, so I can rest assured.

"..." Several craftsmen secretly looked at each other again, wondering if the emperor asked them what they were doing.

"By the way, I want to know, what is the cost of a carriage today?" Yang Jingwei asked again.

Fu Mingde's heart flashed. The craftsmen looked at each other again, and some secretly glanced at Fu Mingde. The old man in charge said, "...Report to Your Majesty, if you count the horses together, the capital will range from fifty taels to twenty or three hundred taels..."

"...so expensive?" Yang Jingwei was surprised when he heard about this price.

Several craftsmen were even more surprised and wondered, are fifty taels and hundreds of taels of silver expensive?

"Report to Your Majesty, this is actually not expensive. This horse occupies one end. This new carriage has four wheels, which is two more wheels than a two-wheeled carriage. Besides, there are quite a few places where this new carriage uses steel, especially the shoulder pole, which is not something that ordinary people can't make, so they have to go to the cannon factory to customize. Therefore, this price is indeed not expensive..." Fu Mingde quickly explained to the emperor.

"Oh, that's right!" Yang Jing fell into deep thought. Only those rich can afford this price! Even if you subsidize it, it is unlikely that this effect will be as effective as you want. He also plans to build a carriage of 100,000 taels every year. Now it seems that if there is 10%, you will be afraid that you will laugh secretly, which is a conflict with your plan.

"Then how much steel do you have to use to build a carriage now?" Yang Jingwei asked again.

"Your Majesty, the fewer ones are about two or three hundred kilograms, and the more ones are worth thousands of kilograms." The old craftsman replied again. [The numbers are estimated, don't take them seriously.]

"Two or three hundred kilograms? Thousand kilograms?" Yang Jie calculated again. The average 500 kilograms of iron, 10,000 carriages, only 2,500 tons of steel. This is obviously not enough. No, what about 100,000 taels? Twenty thousand tons? But is this a little too much for these 100,000 taels? Thirty or fifty thousand taels is probably the limit. If you include cannons, muskets, etc., it is probably okay to get more than 10,000 tons of steel every year. When you think of this, Yang Jie was quite discouraged. Compared with the kind of steel that only 10,000 tons of steel, it is simply not worth mentioning when compared with the kind of people who often cost hundreds of millions of tons in later generations!

"...You said just now that this horse still occupies one horse. How much does it cost?" Yang Jing asked irritably without any idea.

"Go back to Your Majesty, just pull the cart, just hit the horse and dismount it. Seven or eight taels of silver for horses and four taels of silver for horses. If you put this aside, the cart will be cheaper..." the old man replied again.

Yang Jing felt a little annoyed. His idea was a big difference from what he expected. The carriage was as high as fifty taels per car, and each car used only 500 kilograms of iron. If this calculation is made, he would probably not be able to expand production and give birth to the dream of the steel industry.

Frustrated! Yang Jing felt that this carriage should not be so expensive, and this horse still has room to move around. Otherwise, he would have given birth to the machinery manufacturing industry and the steel industry and the metallurgy industry.

"That carriage, aside from horses, it means the cheapest one. How much does it cost?" Yang Jing asked seriously. The price of this carriage was too high, which was inconsistent with his idea of ​​promoting a carriage, so it must be suppressed.

"...Reply to Your Majesty, if you pick up cheap things,... I wonder what Your Majesty is for?..." The old man was obviously a master. Although he was forced to ask about it by the emperor, he was still calm. After all, this was his profession.

"The cheapest and cheapest carts used by ordinary people in the fields, but they must be strong and durable, and must be four-wheeled..." Yang Jingwei added that the cost of this cart was far beyond his expectations, and he was really disappointed.

"When you are the simplest four-wheeled carriage, each carriage uses only two stones of iron, only more than two hundred kilograms, only three taels of silver. If you include other boards, materials, ropes, nails, wages, etc., it is not considered a horse. About six or seven taels of silver is enough, and about five or six taels of silver is about the same..." The old craftsman calculated carefully.

"Six taels of silver are enough?" Yang Jing asked in surprise. This is really a world of difference from the previous price of fifty taels.

"Your Majesty, it's almost done. Since Your Majesty is a carriage in the countryside, he cannot absorb shocks like a shoulder pole. Therefore, he saved two taels of silver. Otherwise, he would have to add two taels more. If you count the flattery, a carriage would have at least twelve or three taels of silver." The old craftsman answered seriously. [The cost of the carriage cannot be found.]

"The price of horses accounts for so much..." Yang Jing was delighted. Who said there was no hope? A carriage worth more than ten taels of silver should be acceptable to ordinary people. If the price of a horse is lowered, the price can be reduced to ten taels. If the shoulder pole is also reduced, a farm carriage will be about 200% or 30% of the price, the price of this one tael will reach 500 taels. This price should be able to touch the hearts of many people. People with a little wealth in the countryside will come. In this way, a carriage with 200 kilograms and 10000 tons is 2,000 tons, which is quite good. If you get a 50,000 tael carriage, you can also make the steel consumption more than 10,000 tons a year. With other steel consumption, it will be very good.

"Well, it's not bad. Can these five or six taels be cheaper?" Yang Jingwei was a little happy again and said.

Several old men looked at the emperor in surprise and wondering. Legend has it that the emperor is quite generous? Why do you ask if it’s cheap or not?

"......Reply to Your Majesty, this is already the cheapest, and it is still the roughest and simplest carriage. It has no shock absorption. It is just used when pulling some heavy goods in the countryside. If it is a little better, it cannot be made..." The old craftsman answered seriously.

"Oh, that's it! Then why did you say that the carriage was at least fifty taels?" Yang Jing asked again, but he was shocked just now. When did the prices in the Ming Dynasty become so high? When did the silver depreciate like this?

"Back to Your Majesty, this..." The old craftsman wanted to speak but stopped. Looking at Fu Mingde, it was not his business.

Fu Mingde was a little panicked and quickly replied: "Report to your Majesty, this price was set by me. Now the carriage is made of luxury, so naturally it cannot be reduced to the name of a new carriage. Therefore, I set this price above fifty taels..."

"Oh, no wonder..." Yang Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

"...I'll ask you a question. If the price of this carriage is reduced to five taels of silver per carriage, what will happen? How can the carriage be sold more?" Yang Jingxie asked.

"...Reply to Your Majesty, how dare you ask if your Majesty is talking about a new carriage?..." Fu Mingde finally started to sweat on his forehead. The emperor's problem was too tricky. He didn't make any money. He kept saying that there was a carriage of a few taels of silver. What's the point of making a profit?

"Yeah, yes." Yang Jingying affirmed.

"Reply to Your Majesty, I think that if it is really cheap, there will be many people who buy it... Especially those rich people in the village, they will probably buy it. Now this new four-wheeled carriage is much stronger than the two-wheeled carriage before, and it carries more things. It can be casually packed with thousands of pounds of things. If you don't use a shoulder pole, you will feel that it's okay to hold a two thousand pounds of slaves. If you look at it like this, there are many people who buy it..." Fu Mingde tried his best to pick up the good ones.

"Oh, that's right! Then Liu Qing's family, what do you think?" Yang Jingyou turned around and asked Liu Mao who had been standing aside. This guy had been standing there for no reason, obviously he was not sure what he wanted to do today.

"...Return, your majesty, I think, maybe there are a lot..." Liu Mao replied in surprise. The emperor suddenly asked him, which scared him. He didn't know how much this carriage could hold, let alone a new carriage. He was also asking about the people in the village. He was really inexplicable.

"Oh!... By the way, what about you guys? What do you think?" Yang Jing asked the old craftsmen again.

"...Reply to Your Majesty, Caomin felt that this new carriage can be loaded, and the carriage is spacious and does not suppress horses, so it should be sold well. Caomin felt that, except for the fields, perhaps those who pick up goods at the wharfs, their cars are the most important thing is that they are large, loaded with a lot of goods, and are strong and durable..." Another craftsman finally found an opportunity and said a few words to the emperor. Before, the old man in front was talking.

"Well, it makes sense..." Yang Jing glanced at another old craftsman again.

"...Reply to Your Majesty, Caomin felt that maybe the ones who pulled coal were worth it, and they were just trying to be strong and durable..." The old craftsman came up with another idea.

"...Reply to Your Majesty, Caomin felt that maybe those wineries could be used. Caomin saw that they used wine jars to transport wine. A carriage could not be loaded with a few, and they did not dare to pile them up for fear of breaking it. Caomin felt that if they could use large wooden barrels to fill wine, and use our carriage, each carriage would block at least ten of them..." Another craftsman used his brain to find a way.

The winery? Carrying with a horse cart? Yang Jing recalled in surprise that the idea of ​​this old craftsman is not bad. He was about to make wine and do wine business? It is really suitable to use this new cart to transport wine.

"Well, this idea is good. Da Pang, remember, when they go back later, there will be rewards, no one will give you fifty silver coins. This person who says he can give you an additional 100 silver coins..." Yang Jing's interest came, and he reminded the old craftsman that this benefited from several aspects.

Ah! Everyone exclaimed, and after only a few words, they reached the emperor's heart? Then they rewarded the silver?

"Let's talk, then say..." Yang Jing became interested and began to encourage these people to find a way. If you can use a new four-wheeled carriage and wooden barrels to transport wine, you cannot use a new carriage and wooden barrels to transport petroleum products? Perhaps, this is a treasure that opens the sales of petroleum products.

"Your Majesty, I think that this new carriage can replace the chariots of today. The new four-wheeled carriage is not only equipped with a large carriage, but also has a stable carriage. If Your Majesty replaces these with a new carriage, it will be much easier for us to fight the Donglu in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Your Majesty has a large carriage and will have more food! This army will be even less likely to lack food..." Seeing that the emperor was very interested, Fu Mingde immediately offered his own ideas, that is, the military needs, the chariot camp, and the chariot camp. Now his military battle situation is supplying the new army, the Beijing camp, and the border army's firearms, so he naturally has to put his ideas on this. As for whether it is sold or not, this is not his problem. His military battle situation is so complicated that it is his contribution. As for the emperor to pay for it, it is not his business.

"Okay!" Yang Jing became interested and shouted, "Okay, the wisdom of the masses is indeed infinite. Once there are more people, there are many ideas. Although it is a bit unsuccessful, there are also excellent ideas. Fu Mingde's idea is quite good. If this cart camp is replaced by the four-wheeled cart today, the demand for this cart has increased a lot. Now his new army has tens of thousands of people. According to ten people and one cart, there must be thousands of carts. This chariot camp is considered to be completely mule-horse-like. Yes, Yang Jing wrote another note. Then he thought that there were two million officials in the Ming Dynasty, and each cart is equipped with a cart of 100 households, and there must be 20,000 taels of carts. Very good. This can be distributed as a welfare or something. What? Spending too much money is to bleed for himself? Bleeding is bleeding. As long as it can promote the development of the machinery manufacturing industry, it is worth it to release some blood.

Yang Jing recorded this article quickly.

This year, I will be assigned to the level of 100 households, and next year, I will be assigned to the General Banner. The General Banner is still an official. Yang Jing wrote down another note and wanted to create GDP!...

"Big companion, remember, I will reward Fu Mingde with 200 silver coins in the future..." Yang Jing shouted loudly, and this "reward quiz with prizes" is becoming more and more accurate.

When the people in this room saw that the emperor was in great interest, they all began to come up with ideas. Even Liu Mao, a bureaucrat from Jinshi, couldn't help but "proposal" the emperor, for nothing else, but for the emperor's interest was too high.

"Your Majesty, I think that you can equip all officials in the world with new carriages, and all officials in the world are grateful. In this way, the great blessing of all officials in the world..." Liu Mao gave the emperor this advice. Since the emperor had the money to pay for the official army, why can't officials be asked for? This is a waste of time. If you want it, you will become famous. All officials in the world have to receive their own affection. It's nothing to ask for it. It's not a big deal to join in the fun. As for whether the car is sold or sent out, it doesn't matter. It's his business.

"Uh!..." This time, it was Yang Jing's turn to be stunned and equip the officials with cars? What is this? Is the time and space disorder? Create GDP? In order to create GDP... Yang Jing only thought for a moment, and gritted his teeth and did it. Isn't it just bleeding? Now he is a big money, it doesn't matter if he put some blood. How many officials are there in the world? Is there five thousand? Ten thousand? Isn't it just ten thousand carriages? Isn't it just ten thousand...

Yang Jing wrote another note.

"This idea is good, big companion, remember to see the reward, two hundred taels..." Yang Jing gritted his teeth and rewarded him. For the sake of GDP, steel, and heavy industry, just do the stupid things.

Huh! Everyone was shocked again! What happened to the emperor? Are you crazy? Can you do such a thing as equipting officials all over the world with carriages?

Liu Mao was even more stupid. He just said casually, but he didn't expect the emperor to believe it and reward him with money. What does this mean? Could it be that it was really his own words that the emperor equipped all the bureaucrats all over the world? Thinking about thousands of counties, hundreds of prefectures, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the world, all the officials equipped all the carriages? It was crazy, the emperor was crazy...

Yang Jingxie recorded these ideas excitedly, but did not look at these people's surprised eyes.

"Why, don't you say it?" Yang Jie buried his head in the middle and saw that no one talked again, and only then did he notice the expressions of these people. They were all not good-looking.

Yang Jing came to his senses and was too involved.

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about some of it." Yang Jing quickly changed the topic.

"Your Majesty, I am here." Fu Mingde quickly agreed.

"I have seen that new carriage and that steering rack. How did you come up with it?" Yang Jing quickly found an excuse to change the topic. There was still something to do, otherwise, I wouldn't be so embarrassed to drive them away.

"When I go back to Your Majesty, I have asked Tang Keqing for advice, so I created the steering thing so quickly..." Seeing the emperor asking about this thing, Fu Mingde's proud look immediately appeared. This was his proud act. Thinking about the emperor's first attempt to build a four-wheeled carriage, he was extremely anxious. When he asked the craftsman, he found that there were few four-wheeled carriages, which were not convenient for steering, and the other was more bumpy than the second-wheeled ones. Fu Mingde, who was anxious to break his scalp, looked around and suddenly found that there was a four-wheeled carriage in the West, so he quickly found Tang Ruowang and asked Tang Ruowang. So, the four-wheeled carriage was quickly built, with a bogie and a shock absorber. This was why there was such a comfortable four-wheeled carriage now, otherwise, he was still catching blindly.

"Tang Keqing? Who is it?" Yang Jie didn't react for a while.

"Your Majesty, it's Joseph Tang, and Mr. Tang." Wang Chengen hurriedly reminded him.

"Uh! It's him! No wonder..." After hearing the advice of foreigner Joshua Chan, Yang Jingwei, it was not surprising that the four-wheeled carriage was built so quickly, no wonder.

"..." Fu Mingde looked even more joyful.

"You did a good job in this matter, my partner, remember to reward Fu Mingde with another 500 silver coins, and then give Tang Ruowang with another 500 silver coins..." Yang Jing said without hesitation.
To be continued...