Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 46 Xitian Mansion
Bai Mingxiu discovered a lot of interesting phenomena during his inspection of Xitian Mansion. In addition to the fact that there are tens of thousands of aborigines who speak Chinese and have been assimilated, Bai Mingxiu is also particularly interested in Xitian Mansion's industrial manufacturing capabilities.

Xitianfu is a city that is basically self-sufficient. It has unique conditions for agriculture and animal husbandry, and its main production is the "Royal Manor".These so-called royal estates are nominally the property of the Nanming royal family, but in a sense they are actually state-owned enterprises.Unlike Huangzhuang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in the royal pastures and farms in Xitianfu, the personal dependence of the farmers and workers here is reflected in the better treatment of the farmers and workers.They can terminate the employment relationship with the Royal Manor, but they will not enjoy high salaries and other benefits.

After roughly visiting one or two royal farms and ranches, Bai Mingxiu quickly came to a conclusion: "Although it is a modern town, the actual production relationship is already very capitalist. Farms provide places for farmers and workers to live, Provide relatively high salaries, and at the same time, if the efficiency of the field or pasture that the agricultural workers are responsible for improves, they will get a higher share. Farms and pastures have agricultural technology supervision and development strategies, so they will actually operate better than private farmers better."

Bai Mingxiu also realized a problem, that is, the royal manor of Xitian Mansion basically relies on manpower and animal power, the production efficiency is relatively limited, and it is impossible to realize large-scale mechanization, so the local grain and meat production can meet The consumption of 10 people, but it is difficult to expand to a higher level.

The next day, Bai Mingxiu inspected some factories in Xitian Mansion, and Bai Mingxiu was very interested in visiting the industries.As a city with a population of 10, Xitianfu's industrial types are not many, they are relatively limited, and the scale is actually not large.

"The two pillar industries of Xitianfu Industry are steel and textiles." Tang Beilu, who accompanied Bai Mingxiu during his inspection, told Bai Mingxiu.

"Australia has high-quality iron ore and coal mines, which are convenient conditions for the development of the steel industry. We have two large-scale steel factories in Xitianfu, and our total steel output is 15 tons. But Your Highness, Xitianfu is now facing a serious problem That is, the steel we produce can be made into trains, farm implements and other tools, machines, and weapons, but our own ability to digest industrial products is limited.”

Tang Beilu said worriedly: "In fact, the same situation exists in the textile industry. We have a large number of cotton fields around us, and we are also a wool producing area, so our cotton and wool textiles are quite developed. Our textile industry has absorbed Xi's influence. More than [-]% of the labor force in Tianfu is female. However, we have produced a large amount of cloth and wool ingots and they are now piled in the warehouse. We still have to ask enterprises to continue production and use government funds to support it. If enterprises stop production on a large scale, , then it will bring unemployment and lead to large-scale social unrest."

Bai Mingxiu scratched his head when he heard this. No city can exist independently of its surrounding environment.Although there is such a thing as self-sufficiency in theory, in fact Xitian Mansion's production capacity far exceeds the level of self-sufficiency.

Bai Mingxiu sighed and said, "So, our main task now is to find a market for Xitian Mansion's industrial products."

Tang Beilu smiled and said: "Yes, Your Highness. I have a suggestion. Your Highness intends to recover the land of the Ming Dynasty and eliminate the Manchu Tartars. The war will generate a huge demand for production. The molten iron produced from the steel factory can be transformed into All kinds of machines, weapons, and textiles can be turned into the military uniforms and bags of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, and can be turned into sails. In fact, Xitian Mansion is not big, and His Highness will occupy several provinces later. If you bring out millions of Ming troops, Xitian Mansion will The production capacity is not enough.”

Bai Mingxiu thought about it, and thought that this matter was the most reliable. He said, "Okay, but I have no idea what exactly to produce and how much to produce. After all, the Daming Restoration Army is just setting up a shelf. There is also a lack of a real Ministry of Defense and Staff.”

This also reminded Bai Mingxiu that although he got Xitian Mansion, a town with a population of [-], in fact he still lacked management talents.Xitian Mansion's municipal management team is very capable, and there are not many people at all. The city is more automatically run by a reasonable system.And after all, this city has just emerged, and it is inherently unbalanced, and there may be some problems if it continues to operate for a period of time.

This also reminded Bai Mingxiu that it was urgent to establish a new political system.Now that Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang has changed Sydney to Xitianfu, there should also be a formal imperial court here. As the prince, Bai Mingxiu supervises the country, and it is his duty to form an administrative system.

In the past, he mostly gave military and political instructions, but now he not only has to engage in military struggles, but also has to govern one side.

"Tsk, tsk, I thought I already had enough golden finger coins, but now it seems that I still have to recruit a group of officials quickly." Bai Mingxiu still focused on the system, but now his exchange list has been upgraded. It has expanded a bit, and there are more talents. He plans to recruit all the talents of the official class to work for him.

The Nanming Exile Group does have some officials who can be used, but after the disaster of Curse Water, there are not many officials left around Yongli.Bai Mingxiu lavishly planned dozens of pages about the establishment of the new imperial court, using a lot of thinking and routines of later generations, but when he really wanted to put people into these new institutions, he found that there were no people in many places. , Some institutions that seem to be particularly bullish actually only have three or two kittens.

However, his message was sent out.

"...a cabinet is hereby established, and Tang Beilu is appointed as the prime minister of the cabinet, and four scholars of the Diange University are set up as secondary assistants. The cabinet is in charge of the Political Yuan. The Ministry of Culture and Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, the Three Law Departments (Dali Yuan, Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Justice), the Central Bank...the ministers are appointed as ministers, and the deputy ministers are appointed as ministers; The central bank has a governor..."

Bai Mingxiu recruited a total of twenty officials with their own specialties from the system. One of them also had the talent of a "logistics master" named Zhang Xianyu. Bai Mingxiu simply appointed this person as the head of the new logistics headquarters of the Ministry of War.The logistics minister also quickly came up with a list and requested purchases.

After Bai Mingxiu got the list, he couldn't help but gasp.

(End of this chapter)