Chapter 524: The Inside Story of the Steel Industry

Yang Jingjing began to correct his subconscious misunderstandings.

Not only do you have to build a lot of cannons, but these cannons are likely to be built within one or two years, and the number is likely to be tens of thousands, because there are so many ships in your plan. In other words, as long as you have concentrated power and cannons, it is never a problem, and it is not a small matter in historical records that you can only build dozens of cannons every year. If you refer to history, this is a very big misunderstanding.

After correcting the misunderstanding in his subconscious, Yang Jing began to laugh. The power of the whole country was indeed interesting. He just pushed it lightly, and the effect was so terrifying. It was really impossible to say about the effect. Of course, the premise is that the emperor needs to know what he does, where his path is, and he must have real power, money, and prestige. Once these elements are gathered together, promoting something with this national state is not comparable to that of capitalism that many people advocate. The Zheng He fleet back then also regarded it as a masterpiece in this state. Of course, Zhu Di's path is different from his own path, and the result is definitely different. No, not sure, but must be different.

Centralized industrialization?

Yang Jing began to smile knowingly. He just used some force, and the effect was so obvious. It was not as difficult as I imagined when I stepped through the door of industrialization.

"I understand..." Yang Jingei thought it clearly. Many of his inertial thinking before led to many misunderstandings. Now, he has figured it out.

Sun Chengzong and Sun Yuanhua looked at the emperor with incomprehension and smiled.

"Well, Sun Qing's family, I'm summoning you today. I want to ask, how much steel can you make every year? How much steel should you use to cast cannons? What about the others? Is there a number?" Yang Jing asked.

Sun Chengzong stood still and said nothing. After hearing the emperor's question, Sun Yuanhua looked at Sun Chengzong. Seeing that Sun Chengzong had no intention of speaking, he saw that the emperor looked at him and knew that it was time to speak.

"Report to Your Majesty, now, I use at least 800,000 kilograms of steel to cast cannons at a rate of 1,000 kilograms of steel, including red barbarian cannons. In fact, I have used more than one million kilograms of steel to cast these cannons. If I include other uses of steel, I am afraid there are two million kilograms..." Sun Yuanhua said after calculating for a long time.

"Two million kilograms?" Yang Jing asked back, and at the same time he also calculated on paper that according to the fact that the kilogram was about 600 grams, it was almost 1,200 tons, which was not small.

"Yes, not too little, so where have these steels been sold?" Yang Jing continued to ask. Only half were used for casting cannons, and the other half were actually used for others, which was somewhat beyond Yang Jing's expectations.

"Report to Your Majesty, now that shipbuilding in the south is booming, the number of ship nails and iron tools is increasing sharply. I think this is a bit profitable and can subsidize the cost of casting cannons, so I have taken over a lot. Among them, the orders from Nanjing Shipyard are the most. The others are the iron tools used for building guns and guns, and the carriage yards also use some steel. Although it is not much, it is a big investment..." Sun Yuanhua reported.

"Oh, that is to say, what steel needs today is actually a big deal, is it?" Yang Jingwei has only officially begun to understand the "heavy industry" of the Ming Dynasty in depth, and found that the truth is quite different from what he imagined.

"Reply to Your Majesty, yes, iron tools, farm tools, ship nails and other iron tools are the most popular today, followed by weapons, guns and cannons..." Sun Yuanhua added.

"Well, that's right! Then do I have a specific steel output?" Yang Jing asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, I don't know this minister." Sun Yuanhua replied.

"..." Yang Jingwei glanced at Sun Yuanhua. After thinking for a while, he said, "Good companion, go and find Bi Ziyan..." Yang Jingwei said, the Ministry of Revenue should have this number.

Yang Jing originally wanted to build a heavy industrial base to promote industrial development, but once he went deep into the industry, he realized that what he knew was actually very limited. It seems that he still had to make up for the "industry" situation in the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to be an emperor! How great would it be if he gave a few orders to do things!

"Sister to obey the order." Wang Chengen agreed.

...

In the warm cabinet, because the emperor was distracted, he fell into silence. Yang Jie was planning to think that the output of the Ming Dynasty's steel may be far beyond his estimate. He originally thought that the demand for steel to cast guns would account for the majority, but in fact, even in his own factory for cast guns, the amount of steel used for cast guns would only account for half. If it were private, the number of civilian steel would probably be even more terrifying. The foundation of the smelting industry in the Ming Dynasty might be very good, and it was definitely not a waste.

After a while, Bi Ziyan arrived and gave the ceremony.

"Biqing family, I want to ask, what is the steel output of our dynasty in one year?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"...This..." Bi Ziyan was very surprised. The young master of the Ming Dynasty's iron class was almost the same as that. The emperor asked what he did?

"...Report to Your Majesty, our dynasty has not counted the iron production for many years, because there are not many iron classes..." Bi Ziyan replied, "Are you going to get iron classes after the emperor took action against salt classes?

"Was there no statistics yet?" Yang Jingwei was depressed. He wanted to learn about the "industry" of the Ming Dynasty, but was told that there were no statistics.

"Report to Your Majesty, there is no one now, but before, I don't remember that when I was Taizu of our reign, we saved about 7 million kilograms of iron every year, and then the number increased. Later, the official camp was opened and the people were allowed to practice on their own. This..." Bi Ziyan couldn't continue to talk about it at the end. The relationship between iron classes and iron production is very different now. The more you talk about the problems, the more you have, Bi Ziyan simply shut up.

"Oh, Taizu had more than 7 million kilograms? He lost iron? That is to say, these were paid directly..." Yang Jing thought about it. There was obviously a problem with this number. Seven million was paid, so what do the people don't have to pay? How should we calculate it? If this is used as steel output, it is obviously not possible.

"What about the more recent statistics? Is there no?" Yang Jingwei asked again.

"...Report to Your Majesty, maybe there is, I can't remember this, maybe I will find out after checking it, but in recent years, my dynasty has not had a detailed record..." Bi Ziyan started to have a headache. He couldn't answer even if the emperor asked about this rare thing!

"Oh, the Qing family guessed that now, how much steel is produced in our dynasty every year?" Yang Jingwei asked again.

"...Report to Your Majesty, according to my estimate,...This..." Bi Ziyan hesitated and thought for a long time, but this number is difficult to estimate. After a while, he finally said: "...Report to Your Majesty, although I don't know how much it is, if we look at the annual 5,800 taels of iron and silver in the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the Governor's annual iron and silver, it is at least about 20 million kilograms. Therefore, the iron production in our court is now at least more than 100 million kilograms..." Bi Ziyan had a headache for a long time and finally gave a bold number. This number is indeed bold enough.

It’s not that you are too bold, but that you try to estimate less, that you must be accurate, and that the amount of the iron course is not too big, which is difficult. [After a long time, there seems to be differences in steel output in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and there is no detailed record. I can only speculate that the conservative value is taken here, that is, to say as little as possible. If you calculate it at a high level, it may be as high as tens of thousands of tons per year. The numbers in the book are also estimated and cannot be accurate. The above 5,800 taels of silver were iron courses in Guangdong during the Jiajing period.]

"100 million jin?" Yang Jing asked in confusion. 100 million jin, which is today's output, is 60,000 tons of steel. Yang Jing was ashamed. It would be hard to understand. Once he understood, things often differed greatly from what he expected. If he calculated this way, his output of 1,200 tons of steel would be nothing, and it would be only a fraction! The foundation of the metallurgy industry in the Ming Dynasty was really not weak.

"Report to Your Majesty, this is only something I guessed." Bi Ziyan replied.

"That's so many!" Yang Jing said in a muffled voice. This number really exceeded Yang Jing's expectations. He was a fraction of this output. If we use the steel companies he controlled to shake the entire Ming Dynasty's steel industry, it would be a bit overestimated.

Bi Ziyan was a little nervous. Now that the iron class cannot be collected, there are powerful people standing behind the iron ore. Does Your Majesty want to fight against those powerful people? Now, after just fighting the salt merchants, they have to fight against those powerful people. This... Bi Ziyan was anxious and looked at Sun Chengzong again. Sun Chengzong looked calm, as if this matter was not his business, Bi Ziyan was even more anxious.

"Your Majesty, I just moved the salt merchant at this time. People's hearts are settled. It's not a good time to move the iron class!" Bi Ziyan hurriedly reminded that the affairs of the God Ancestor were still vivid in my mind. The emperor was too anxious. Moreover, the tax on this iron class was very small, and even if it was moved, it would be a little rewarding, and it would only make people feel uncomfortable.

"Travel iron class?" Yang Jing's mind was not about moving taxes, but was considering that the proportion of steel he had in the Ming Dynasty's steel production was too small.

"Yes! Your Majesty, now is really not a good time to play iron classes. Moreover, the tax revenue of iron classes is very small, but only 15 taxes. Even if your Majesty collects iron classes in the world, he will have little gains! Even..." Bi Ziyan continued, and there was another sentence afterwards, which made him even more slutty. Bi Ziyan said this sentence to the end of his mouth and swallowed it back.

"Oh, how do I calculate the lessons in Chaokeng?" Yang Jie asked again, and the steel industry in Ming Dynasty was beyond his expectations.

"When you go back to your Majesty, there are many changes in our iron courses. Taizu set a tax of 15. Because there is too much iron, the local government later changed to levy silver, ranging from 10,000 kilograms of iron to 2 taels of silver. Therefore, there is no tax collected," Bi Ziyan quickly explained.

"Fifteen taxes per one?...a tax of one thousand pounds to get one or two taels of silver?" Yang Jingfeng frowned again. One fifteenth of the output of 100 million pounds of steel should be six or seven million pounds... This number seems to be higher than the steel output he has now...

"...In other words, I can actually receive six or seven million kilograms of iron, right?" Yang Jing had to calculate this way. If we counted as 10,000 kilograms of iron to one or two taels of silver, wouldn't 100 million kilograms of iron to only have 20,000 kilograms of iron to be at most 20,000 kilograms of iron?

"Your Majesty, yes, the iron price is now cheap, only a few to more than ten pounds per catty. Therefore, even if it is seven million pounds of iron, Your Majesty can sell at most 70,000 taels of silver. What's more, what is being collected now is silver. Therefore, I think this iron class is really not worth taking action. Even if you do it, you won't receive much silver, and you will only spend your energy..." Bi Ziyan quickly explained the secret to the emperor, for fear that the emperor would attack this aspect indiscriminately.

"Seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver? Twenty thousand taels of silver? That's so small?" Yang Jing wondered. If it were millions of kilograms of iron, it would be even smaller. The tax in the Ming Dynasty was collected more and more.

"When you think about the iron class, there is really only this amount of silver. However, there is a difference between iron and iron tools. The price of iron tools can be much higher than the price of iron. There is still a considerable gap here. Therefore, your Majesty, the iron class is really not suitable to move!" Bi Ziyan quickly explained why there is only this little silver. The loopholes in it are quite large. Pay the tax according to iron. In fact, iron tools are sold. The price after processing is much higher than that of iron. This processing fee has never been reflected in taxes.

"Oh, I understand a little bit, that is to say, even if I ask them to pay taxes and they pay, they actually pay taxes at iron prices. In fact, they sell iron tools, and there is a problem here, right? I didn't understand it wrong?..." Yang Jing understood a little, why the Ming Dynasty's tax was so low, and the Ming Dynasty's tax policy was simply a big sieve with loopholes. It's no different, and you're embarrassed to let others not take advantage of loopholes.

"Your Majesty, yes, I am very low in iron classes, only 15 taxes, and the actual charge is even lower. If we count this, there will be almost no iron classes, but only tens of thousands of taels. Therefore, I think it is not worth it for Your Majesty to move the iron classes..." Bi Zi strongly advised the emperor not to move the iron classes, not for anyone, but for this iron classes, there is not much. Even if he mobilizes the troops to get all the iron classes in the world, it is not much. Compared with the current emperor's daily tens of millions of dollars, it is really a waste of money.

"..." Yang Jing was convinced. The Ming Dynasty had such a strange tax policy. No wonder Chongzhen could not make up the money when he was trousers. It was a miracle that the Ming Dynasty could last for two hundred years. It seemed that it should be given a medal to the emperors of the Ming Dynasty for their efforts to maintain the social stability of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I don't know whether I should say it or not!" Sun Yuanhua, who was standing aside, saw that the emperor was talking about the iron class and was talking about the issue between iron and iron tools. After hesitating for a few times, he couldn't help but interrupt.

"Just say it." Yang Jie said. At this time, Yang Jie found some tricks. The iron courses of the Ming Dynasty, the steel industry, and the derived coal mining industry, were extremely deep. If you want to get a kick, you still have to be prepared.

"Report to Your Majesty, when I was casting cannons in Tianjin, I had a lot of iron tools to deal with. So, we count the sword of our dynasty. If it was calculated based on iron, it would cost only a few dozen cents. However, if it was made, it would be worth at least three or four hundred cents at the price of the knife. A little better would be more expensive, and it would cost seven or eight hundred cents,..." Sun Yuanhua also said to Bi Ziyan that he was more sensitive to iron and had a good news. He didn't care much at first, but now when he heard the emperor talk about this, he said it and prepared to serve as a reference for the emperor.

"Oh..." Yang Jing nodded, which was to clarify the inside story of the steel industry in the Ming Dynasty. That was, the Ming Dynasty almost did not collect taxes on the steel industry. At least the central government did not receive much tax. The steel industry in the Ming Dynasty was developing quite vigorously. The annual steel production of tens of thousands of tons was stress-free. If it exceeded 100,000 tons, it was possible.

"...Oh, that is, if it is iron, it is not valuable. If it becomes iron, it is very valuable, right?" Yang Jing asked. After figuring out the situation, Yang Jing began to ask other questions. As for the tax system of the large sieve in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Jing was convinced and did not plan to find a solution on that.

"Go back to Your Majesty, yes." Bi Ziyan replied.

"...In other words, instead of taking iron classes, I might as well sell iron tools by myself, right?" Yang Jing understood the inside story of the steel industry in the Ming Dynasty and understood what he should do. It was also considered as not in conflict with the established route. He originally planned to sell iron tools.

Bi Ziyan and Sun Yuanhua looked at each other and agreed.

"Master Sun, it seems that I can't do it if I don't sell iron tools, hahaha..." After figuring out the current situation of the steel industry in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Jing told Sun Chengzong with a funny look.

"Your Majesty, it should be like this..." Sun Chengzong frowned. Now in this warm-up pavilion, these few words have revealed the inside story of the Ming Dynasty's mining industry. Whether it is revealed or the emperor knows, sell iron tools. As for the people's struggle for profit, Sun Chengzong doesn't want to say this now. He can't collect taxes and is not allowed to sell iron tools. Should he let the emperor dig up the silver by himself? What should the expenses of the new army do? How to resist the Donglu? Faced with these realistic things, Sun Chengzong was not willing to talk about competing for profit with the people. Instead, he hoped that the emperor's business would be better, at least the border troops could pay.

"Hahaha..." Yang Jing learned the inside story of the steel industry in the Ming Dynasty. He laughed helplessly and happily. Unfortunately, the tax system of the Ming Dynasty was too helpless, and he felt sad about the Ming Dynasty's mobilization ability. He had at least hundreds of millions of jin of steel production every year. However, in the war, at the critical moment of life and death, even one percent of steel production did not transfer to the military industry. If one percent of steel production could be transferred to the military industry, a young man could easily produce a thousand thousand jin of jin of Folang without pressure... This is the sadness of the Ming Dynasty... It is refreshing that since everyone has made this industry so prosperous, it just so happens that he can mix it with it. The larger the base of this heavy industry, the better the industrialization will be promoted.

"By the way, I'll call you here today. In addition to asking about steel, I just want to talk about my plans. You are all your own people, so I won't hide it. After you go out, don't talk nonsense. Remember to keep it confidential, do you know?" Yang Jingxiu smiled for a while and began to formally arrange the promotion of heavy industry.

"I will receive the order." Several people agreed immediately.

"Speaking of this, there are two aspects. The first is that I am preparing to vigorously promote the new carriage, that of a four-wheeled carriage; the second is that I am preparing to build a large heavy industrial base..." Yang Jing began to arrange industrialization with some helplessness and grief.

Bi Ziyan and Sun Yuanhua heard this and looked at the emperor in surprise. They didn't know which one this happened. Sun Chengzong was still standing there calmly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

"The first aspect is to promote new carriages, and it is divided into several steps. First, all new carriages are arranged for our dynasty's post delivery. In our dynasty, we formed a land transportation network to connect all the prefectures and counties in our dynasty. Of course, I mean to connect them with horse carriages. The carriages I configured for the post delivery system are carriages that can carry people, and generally carry ten people. Later, the post guards who delivered official documents to the court were also responsible for the transportation of this transportation network and were responsible for the transport of the transport network..." Yang Jing began to arrange his own ideas.

Ah! Sun Chengzong had heard of the emperor's plan. After thinking about it, he thought it was very feasible. This was the first time Bi Ziyan and Sun Yuanhua heard about this. They were so surprised that they couldn't stop talking. This plan was too huge. The emperor's work was too big.

"Haha, the Bi Qing family has something to say." Yang Jie asked with a smile as he looked at Bi Ziyan scratching his head.

"Your Majesty, this is too wasteful, how much money does this cost?" Bi Ziyan said anxiously. His first reaction was that he would need a lot of money this time. The entire post stations all over the world were equipped with carriages, and it was a new four-wheeled carriage. The emperor began to spread silver all over the sky. Although the emperor now has a lot of money, it was not like this! Bi Ziyan hurriedly dissuaded the emperor.

Sun Yuanhua also looked at the emperor in shock. The emperor's thoughts were too incredible. All the post stations in the world were equipped with four-wheeled carriages. How much money does it cost? Sun Yuanhua felt that he could not calculate it.

"Not many, only four or five thousand vehicles..." Yang Jingai explained with a smile.

Four or five thousand vehicles! Bi Ziyan and Sun Yuanhua widened their eyes again. This is not too much? The Emperor of Love is rich now, and this amount of money is really not worthy of. Based on a battle of sixty taels per battle, it is less than 300,000 taels. This amount of money may not be anything to the current emperor.

The two of them were shocked from the beginning and gradually calmed down. When they suddenly heard that the emperor's plan was really scary, the whole world! Anything that has something to do with him is just an astronomical number, but really, if you think about it carefully, the emperor's money now is not much. The emperor's fingers are deducting a little from his fingers, which is more than this. The question now is, why did the emperor do this? Is it just that he has to burn it with too much money?

"I am stupid and don't know what Your Majesty is. I think your Majesty is not as simple as equiping the postmen with carriages. There must be deep meaning in it!" Bi Ziyan also figured out some questions since he was shocked at the beginning and began to ask the emperor's detailed questions.

Bi Ziyan said that Sun Yuanhua, who was still a little confused, suddenly realized that the emperor had nothing to do and was full and spent the unjust money? It must have a purpose.

"It's nothing, it's just taking advantage of the postal system. Speaking of which, it's also the troubles of these days." Yang Jingxiang explained.

"I beg your Majesty to give me some advice." Bi Ziyan continued to ask, what else is the emperor worried about? Didn't he just collected tens of millions of dollars? It's not going well?

"Isn't this year early? The weather is reported by various places. I think this year is another drought year. Judging from the current situation, the disaster area in the north is quite large and almost all affected. However, depending on the situation, I am afraid that it is not the situation where the harvest was completely lost in Shaanxi last year. I guess it is the disaster that will be affected, but that is, the production cut will not lead to large-scale harvests. Have you ever thought about how to solve this situation?" Yang Jing reminded.

"..." Several people were reminded by the emperor and immediately started thinking about the problem. This year's natural disaster problem has indeed been put on the agenda. Several morning courts have been talking about this matter. Because the emperor had "forecast" that the drought would continue last year, so that when there was an abnormal weather this year, all regions would report it immediately so that the court would prepare for disaster relief. Now the emperor has money. If he is affected by the disaster, he can not only get a tax exemption, but he may also get a relief payment. No matter how bad he is, he will not lose his black hat because of the delay in reporting the disaster. Didn't the governor of Shaanxi last year borrow the disaster by the emperor? The reason was to conceal the disaster. Although it was not borrowed, it was scary enough. Therefore, when there was any movement this year, officials from all over the country immediately raised the disaster information.

"I know, Your Majesty means that these equipped carriages are used to transport those victims? Your Majesty, is this used for disaster relief?" Bi Ziyan took the lead in thinking about the emperor's intentions and said happily. After all, he deals with disasters in various places every day, and he knows the situation of reporting disasters in various places. The situation where half of the Ming Dynasty was reporting disasters was caused by Bi Ziyan's mind, and was worried about how to provide disaster relief. He really couldn't think of any good idea. It was just to do what the emperor did, and go along the way

Next, use rivers to provide disaster relief or ship people by sea. But the problem is that the area is too wide. Most of the Ming Dynasty had such immigration officials. How many immigration officials do this? How much money does this cost? Another is to use traditional methods to provide some relief funds, but this is also a considerable amount of money. Bi Ziyan, who is good at calculating, is reluctant to spend so much money. Besides, this is a disaster relief this year, what about next year? Doing this year? In a few years, it will cost more than the emperor's immigrant.

"Yes, this is here to provide disaster relief!" Yang Jing nodded and smiled.

"Your Majesty is indeed a wise and wise method. It is indeed a wonderful method. It is really a good idea to transport most of the victims of the Ming Dynasty through posts all over the world. In this way, it is impossible to completely solve this problem without spending much money, and it can also speed up the delivery of official documents in our court. In this way, it is really a killing of multiple goals..." Bi Ziyan first figured out the key and if he combined the current disaster situation with posts and sentries to consider it, the problem would be solved easily.

Sun Yuanhua spent all day in the steel world. He was still slow in this area and did not have so many detailed information for reference. He didn't react for a while. What Bi Ziyan said was in a fog.

After hearing Bi Ziyan's words, Sun Chengzong nodded constantly.

"I will talk about this disaster relief matter in the future. I will talk about how to do it first..." Yang Jiejian convinced Bi Ziyan, but he didn't want to say anything more, so he prepared to arrange it directly.
To be continued...