Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 376
When Bai Mingxiu returned to Shuntian Mansion, he took out 12 Goldfinger coins and exchanged them for [-] big men, forming three or four hundred caravans. These caravans basically have a leader, a role similar to a think tank or a spiritual leader , a role of managing money, a role of double bonus red sticks, and several different escorts. Generally, in a caravan of dozens of people, there will also be a few women. They mainly do some medical care, washing, cooking and even cleaning. work.It can be said that this kind of caravan can deal with many situations in terms of configuration.

It is not enough for Bai Mingxiu to disperse the caravans, there must be some fixed towns to support these caravans living in the wild.Bai Mingxiu handed over this work to the Garrison Corps. The Garrison Corps will set up towns in Dahe and some places with favorable conditions, and carry out farming and animal husbandry activities there.Whether it is hunting, grazing, robbery or other economic activities, caravans need to come to these towns to exchange flour, weapons, medicines and other materials, forming a relatively benign social ecology.

In contrast, Bai Mingxiu had to ask the garrison army to bring a large amount of materials to build the town. This took time, but Bai Mingxiu thought it was worth it.

Bai Mingxiu planned to build more than ten towns, including Harbin, Aihui, Khabarovsk, Shuangchengzi, Vladivostok, Hulunbeier, Nerchinsk, Suwu (Ulan-Ude) and Hanhai (Irkutsk).After the railway is completed in the future, these places will form an organic whole with the mainland.

Riding on horseback, Bai Mingxiu said to Sister Lion, "I hope to come here next time by train. Haha, at least I can live in a town, and in a hotel."

Sister Lion smiled softly and said, "Perhaps this ideal may be realized faster than you imagined."

"hope so."

Sister Lion said: "This time, Your Majesty has a group of big red men. In fact, colonization plans in many places can be launched one after another. For example, the Marine Corps has formulated a plan to colonize North America. Our original idea was about 100 people per ship. - Of the 200 or so immigrants, three-quarters are ordinary people, and the remaining quarter needs to be marines. In the early stage, at least we need to protect our colony and train the people. But from our research As a result, the people themselves are not so willing to immigrate. Knowing that military training is needed, their interest is even worse. At the same time, it is very bad to occupy the posts of our active soldiers. However, if you use the big red This group, a colony group with a caravan, can effectively protect the colony group and carry out related production and life, which is very suitable."

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said, "Okay, then if you send a colony ship, I'll send a caravan of big red men to accompany you. I'm not in a hurry. Maybe in a few decades, our cowboys will be everywhere in western North America."

Bai Mingxiu and his party quickly returned to Shuntian Mansion without attracting any attention.In fact, Bai Mingxiu's actions were not on the record. Most people thought that the emperor Bai Mingxiu stayed in the Taiping Palace, but they didn't know that he went to Beihai Lake to become a horse thief.

The periphery of Shuntian Mansion is full of construction projects. Bai Mingxiu at least saw a military base built by the military, as well as road repairers and two groups of people who repaired railways.Shuntianfu will be an important transportation hub in the north of Daming in the future, where multiple railway lines will meet.The railways currently under construction include the Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Shanghai, and Beijing-Dalian (Tong) railway lines, and the progress is very fast.

"It seems that these main railway lines will be put into use earlier than expected." Bai Mingxiu said happily.

Bai Mingxiu knew that there were still some difficulties in recruiting railway workers, but it was obvious that Ming Dynasty was such a huge country with a large population, so in the end, with the efforts of all parties, a team of railway workers was quickly formed.In terms of investment, Daming has obviously achieved good results by utilizing flexible financing channels.The Railway Corporation not only obtained loans from commercial banks such as the Daming Royal Bank, but also sold the railway bonds issued by the people. Due to people’s herd mentality, not only some well-to-do wealthy households bought the bonds, but even many ordinary people also bought them. Purchased small and medium short-term bonds.

Basically, some bond market exchanges have been established in various places. The bonds listed and traded are basically treasury bonds and state-owned enterprise bonds. Bonds of private companies are not allowed to be listed yet.

Bai Mingxiu looked at the workers wearing work clothes and with shaved heads. For a moment, he had the illusion that he was a Chinese worker in the pre-construction era.It was completely different from Bai Mingxiu's impression of the state of ancient workers. The workers working on the railway line were in good spirits, and they even talked and laughed while working.Their labor protection water bottles are also placed next to the construction site, all issued by the engineering company.Purely in terms of labor security, engineering companies are all state-owned enterprises and have standards that Bai Mingxiu has personally examined. Not only can they ensure that workers have a balanced and adequate nutritional intake, including a variety of refined grains, fish, and other For example, they have more than two sets of work clothes, as well as kettles, matches, backpacks and other things distributed.

Bai Mingxiu listened to the chatter and laughter of the workers in the distance.

"Fourth child, I heard that your family is going to give you a wife. When the time comes, bring her here and everyone can take a look and see if she looks good or not."

"What the hell, hahaha, I want to get married, what does it have to do with you, and I haven't written my horoscope yet."

"Fourth, your family has also turned a fortune. Back then, your father was beaten by a tartar and broke a leg. The whole family was so hungry that they couldn't survive. Now it's better. The brothers have divided the fields, and your family has worked hard. There is still plenty of money, let you come out and become a railway worker, you have put all your energy into use, and your income is better than digging food in the fields, won’t there be a matchmaker to match your family right away?”

"Speaking of which, I really have to thank the emperor! Our family was sent to Zhengbaiqi to be a slave before, and my father even lost a leg. Now the family has land, and the tax exemption for these three years, the new method in the company, and the output of farming It’s a lot. I’ve never liked farming since I was a child, and I earn more when I come out to work. It’s really not easy to be an upright person and support yourself and a family!”

Several workers bowed their hands in the direction of Shuntian: "Thanks to the great blessing of the emperor."

Bai Mingxiu smiled and continued on his horse.The world and life that these people can perceive may be very narrow, and they may only need some insignificant changes to make their lives better.And this is what Bai Mingxiu has been implementing these years and in the future.

(End of this chapter)