Iron Dynasty

Suddenly, fine snowflakes fell from the sky.

Standing in front of the window and watching this scene, Xiao Ming sighed in his heart that another year has passed, and in the past time, he has finally completed the preliminary reunification of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Li Kaiyuan noticed Xiao Ming's expression. In his opinion, Xiao Ming seemed to have a soft spot for winter, and he didn't know why.

I won't disturb the emperor to enjoy the snow, I will go back and prepare the Business Law. Li Kaiyuan said, he was still a little stressed in front of Xiao Ming, after all, being with the king is like a tiger.

Nodding his head, he said to Li Kaiyuan: I plan to designate the Chamber of Commerce as the Department of Commerce, and from then on you will officially become officials of the imperial court. I have told you many times about the functions of the Department of Commerce. You follow these functional scopes. From now on, I will be in charge of the jurisdiction of the commerce of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Yes, Your Majesty. Li Kaiyuan responded, tightening his padded jacket and walking into the snow. This winter is getting colder every year.

Watching Li Kaiyuan leave, Xiao Ming looked to the north, this year's winter is colder than previous years, and this time it is estimated that the barbarians can bear it.

He can predict that this year the northern grasslands will again freeze to death, which will make life more difficult for the barbarians.

The barbarians who lack food and clothing can only do one thing, that is, robbing. From this, it can be predicted that the war between the barbarians and the Great Yu Kingdom is imminent. After all, there is so much food output on this land. The barbarians had to starve to death.

In fact, the history of mankind is nothing but a history of people eating people. The difference lies in whether they eat other people or eat their own people.

In the era of great voyages, the West chose to eat people from other continents, so it has the prosperity and power of the West today. On the land of the Great Yu Kingdom, its own people have always eaten their own people.

After stopping to watch the snow for a while, Xiao Ming immersed himself in the industrial planning of the six states.

There were only 100 steam engines in this auction, but in fact, the steam engine workshop produced a total of 300 steam engines during this time.

After getting this number, he ordered only 100 units to be given to businessmen. After all, compared to private workshops, the most important thing is government-run workshops.

After all, this private workshop is to provide various commodities for the people, and it is the official workshop that can really guide the development of the country.

In his plan, he plans to build two more large-scale steel workshops. The steel workshops are not in Qingzhou, but in Kaiping Prefecture near Laiwu and Youzhou.

Needless to say, Laiwu is the largest coal and iron producing area in Shandong. The construction of Laiwu Iron and Steel Workshop will greatly reduce the transportation cost of ore.

And this Kaiping prefecture is Kaiping Town in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also famous. In fact, it is the contemporary Tangshan. This place is very rich in coal and iron. He plans to build Kaiping Iron and Steel Workshop here.

Coal mines and iron mines are naturally attached to these iron and steel mills, but in addition to these two minerals, Xiao Ming also plans to develop Laizhou's gold and silver mines at the same time.

Coal and iron are for industry, and gold and silver are for finance. Taking advantage of this rare peace period, he wants to start industry as soon as possible.

Japan during the Meiji Restoration only took 40 years to become a great power, and this was Japan's direct transition from a feudal society to the West during the Second Revolution.

So for Xiao Ming, he doesn't need 40 years at all, as long as he is given 10 or 8 years, he will be enough to make the industry of the Great Yu country catch up with the West, and then it will completely blow up the West.

However, in order to be able to concentrate on major tasks, he still has to solve a problem, which is the problem of population flow in the Great Yu Kingdom.

In the feudal dynasties, the population was almost immobile, mainly to avoid the unstable factor of refugees.

And now Xiao Ming wants to engage in industry and capital, which will inevitably require a large population.

The population of the six states is limited, and most of them have their own land. These people are not at all active in entering the workshop. Therefore, now both he and the merchants in Qingzhou need a large population to develop industry.

So at this time, he naturally turned his attention to the refugees generated by the northern war. The chaotic war for more than a year not only caused the North to lose a lot of people, but also gave birth to a large number of refugees.

According to the previous practice, these refugees have to return to their hometowns to farm, but now there are two ways, which is to enter the workshop.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming took the pen. He wrote down the question and prepared to talk about it in the morning tomorrow.

In addition to this, he also prepared some other matters, and also had a well-known name called the three-year plan.

The next day, Qingzhou City was covered in silver white by the snow that fell all night.

In the dormitory, he played with Fei Yue'er and his son for a while. He took his three-year plan and went to the Hall of Councillors.

After a heavy snowfall, the clothes worn by the ministers were obviously thicker. Xiao Ming smiled and said, Are all of you Aiqing wearing cotton jackets sewn in textile workshops?

Pang Yukun took the lead and said: Your Majesty, this padded jacket is thick and resistant to cold. This year, not only officials, but most of the common people also wear this padded jacket.

The old minister has lived in Chang'an for decades. I thought that Chang'an was the richest place in the world. I never thought that it was only five or six years. The people of Qingzhou lived more comfortably than the people of Chang'an. The people of Chang'an used to be in winter. Not everyone wears a padded jacket. Fiji said with a smile.

When the officials heard the words, Chao Jun said: This shows that the emperor has a high vision, and the people of Qingzhou live so comfortably because of the abundance of products, and the abundance of products is inseparable from commerce and industry.

Chao Shangshu said that the products of Qingzhou are indeed richer than those of Chang'an.

It seems that business and industry are also good for this.

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Facts speak louder than words, and officials echoed one by one.

Slightly satisfied with the performance of the officials in the hall, Xiao Ming threw out the most important national plan this year, and he said: All Aiqings are sensible people, and they have lived in Qingzhou for a long time. You can also see the right and wrong. The next morning was not for other things, but for the development of this industry and commerce, for which I formulated a three-year plan.

Having said that, Xiao Ming asked Qian Dafu to distribute the printed booklets one by one.

After Fiji and Pang Yukun got it, they looked at it immediately, and they were shocked.

This pamphlet clearly records the major events that the court will do in the next three years, from farming to commerce, from government to military affairs.

This time, everything I want to say is in it. In the next three years, the six state government offices must strictly follow the above plan. If it can't be completed after three years, I will ask him who is holding back, so I take advantage of it. Now, just ask whatever you want.”

The officials looked up at this time, the first time they had seen this way of government affairs.