In fact, not only can the launch of silver coins bring benefits to the People's Army, but also can bring benefits to the People's Army. There are four copper coins. After replacing copper coins, the People's Army can recover a large amount of copper. You must know that copper is much more useful than silver.

However, it is not that easy to launch equal coins. The People's Army needs to establish money houses and issue equal coins under its rule, and then order the people to use equal coins.

Many ordinary people, especially wealthy families, will not exchange all the money they have in their hands for equal coins as soon as possible. If the equal coins are to be circulated quickly, the main thing is that the People's Army itself uses it first.

When ordinary people see the benefits of equal coins, they can take the initiative to exchange equal coins at the money shop opened by the People's Army.

It can be said that opening a money shop next is a very important task of the People's Army, and this matter is mainly left to the Ministry of Revenue and the People's Chamber of Commerce.

After Fang Nan and his group inspected the Mint, they walked around the Xincheng. The construction speed of Xincheng was very slow. Currently, they mainly include factories such as mints, glass factories, cement factories, dormitories affiliated to factories, and cement roads.

The new city construction plan is the key development direction of Guangzhou City in the future, but Fang Nan is not anxious about this plan, mainly due to the speed of industrial development and population factors.

Mints, glass factories, and cement factories are all part of industrial development. The old city area is limited, and it can be built, but it is quite troublesome. Therefore, these factories are built outside Guangzhou City, or in the new urban area.

Building more factories in the new urban area requires a large number of workers, so the new urban area will develop.

Population is the most important part of urban development. From the People's Army raising the flag to the Ming army killed when occupying Guangdong, bandits and other evildoers, to the troops they lost when fighting with the Ming army, the total population in Guangdong may have decreased by more than 100,000.

Although the population has been reduced, the common people now have their own fields, and more couples are willing to have children. The family line has been engraved in the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang, and they are not allowed to be forgotten.

The number of births under the rule of the People's Army will definitely increase, but the growth of newborns will take time to allow rural populations to gather in cities. The most important thing is the intensive labor factory.

Mints, glass factories, and cement factories obviously need to use a large population. Some workers can be hired from Guangzhou city, and some people have to be hired from rural areas. These rural workers gather in the city.

The population of Guangzhou New City is growing, and shops, taverns, etc. are gradually opened in the new city. At that time, the new city has truly developed. In the past year, it is expected that the Guangzhou New City will not have much change, and it will still be dominated by the old city. However, if the new city is given five years or even more time, the center of Guangzhou will slowly move from the old city to the new city.

Walking on the cement road, Fang Nan is not very interested in such backward cement roads. Zhou Lei, Wang Mu and others are also used to cement roads, but people in Guangzhou are still very curious about cement roads. From time to time, they can see residents of Guangzhou City stepping on the cement roads.

Since the emergence of cement roads, residents in Guangzhou have not stopped talking about cement roads. The reason is that compared with dirt roads and gravel roads, cement roads are too strong. The carriages are very flat and not bumpy when driving on cement roads. It is not muddy when walking on cement roads on rainy days or after rain. To a certain extent, cement roads are even flatter than masonry roads.

Fresh things always arouse people's curiosity, so many people take advantage of their free time to walk on the cement road and experience the cement road.

Cement roads are just a road after all, and their popularity will soon decline. However, some wealthy families in Guangzhou are interested in cement roads. Many people think about building a cement road in their own mansions. Some people are even very interested in the method of building cement roads, believing that this is a business opportunity and can make a fortune.

Cement is indeed a business opportunity. Although the number of wealthy families under the rule of the People's Army has greatly decreased, and some of them want to buy cement to build cement roads, the People's Army is the most wealthy family. The wealth of all wealthy families under the rule is far less than that of the People's Army, and the People's Army's demand for cement is not average.

The construction of cement roads, houses, water conservancy facilities, etc. requires a lot of cement. According to the plan formulated by Fangnan, the People's Army will build cement factories in various places and provide cement on the spot. After a few months, this plan is progressing slowly. The biggest reason is that the People's Army does not have enough manpower.

At present, this cement plant in Guangzhou New City is cultivating a large number of technical personnel. At the latest, the People's Military Government will convene some merchants who have ideas about cement to hold a meeting. The People's Army will delegate cement technology to provide technical personnel and technology to allow merchants to establish cement plants in various places.

Since technicians and technology are provided by the People's Army, the People's Army can use a relatively cheap handover to purchase cement from cement plants established by these merchants.

The cost of purchasing cement from cement plants established by merchants is definitely higher than the cost of purchasing cement from the People's Army to establish a cement plant own. However, the People's Army does not have enough manpower, which affects the development of various plans. Spending a little more money to allow the plan to be launched quickly is a very good choice for the People's Army.

Merchants have money and some people in their hands. Letting merchants move is also of great help to the People's Army in developing industry. Of course, the main things that can be helped are in places with low technology such as cement and textiles. For heavy industries such as steel mills, the People's Army can only come in person.

As the length of cement road construction continues to increase, cement roads will become ordinary roads under the rule of the People's Army, supplying ox carts, horse carriages and people to pass through. If possible, it is best to build cement roads into the village, but this step may take decades to achieve.

Fang Nan attaches great importance to cement roads and railway tracks. At present, the first railway track road under the rule of the People's Army has been laid. The laying location of this railway track road is in Yuecheng Steel Plant in Zhaoqing Prefecture.

A rail is 12.5 meters long and weighs 30 kilograms per meter, and a rail is 375 kilograms. It is very troublesome to transport, so the railway road is built directly from this steel plant.

More than 100 meters in length have just been built, and the special carriage is also ready. The carriage is driving on the railway track and transporting heavy railway tracks, which greatly facilitates the construction of railway track roads. Now the biggest factor affecting the speed of railway track construction has become steel output.

However, there is another problem that needs to be noted. This is a special carriage that can be used on the rail road. If you drive a heavy train in the future, problems may arise, mainly because of the material of the rails. In Fang Nan's eyes, this rail is not a qualified rail.
Chapter completed!