Iron Dynasty

Three large government-run steel workshops including Qingzhou Steel Workshop, Laiwu Steel Workshop, and Kaiping Steel Workshop will be established within three years, with an annual output of 300,000 tons of steel.

Pang Yukun read out the content. The weight unit of ton was also learned at Bowen College, but he still had no idea about the 300,000 tons, so he muttered: What is the annual output of Qingzhou Iron and Steel Workshop now? ?

Less than 20,000 tons. Xiao Ming directly answered Pang Yukun's question.

So little. Fiji frowned, Your Majesty, this Qingzhou Iron and Steel Workshop has an annual output of less than 20,000 tons. How can it reach 300,000 tons in three years?

Xiao Ming smiled. Naturally, these 300,000 tons were not made up by Xiao Ming. In fact, the annual production of steel in the UK is about 300,000 tons.

With converter steelmaking, he believes that reaching this value within three years will not be a problem.

Elder Feige, don't worry, you only need to build the remaining two steel mills, and the output will naturally arrive.

Fiji doesn't know much about the industry either, so I won't say more.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming felt that it was still necessary to explain the three-year plan, otherwise these officials would still be confused.

So he said: This three-year plan is mainly aimed at culture and education, industry, commerce, government affairs, and the military. Among them, the most important reform of culture and education is to popularize martial arts and military training in schools, and all students who enter the school must receive education from an early age. military training, such as bayonet combat training.”

Chao Zhengwen nodded and wrote down Xiao Ming's words, he said: The reason why the soldiers of the barbarians are so brave and good in battle is because they have been bowing and shooting on horseback since they were young, but the Great Yu Kingdom can't compare to this. .

Xiao Ming showed admiration to Chao Zhengzheng. The chief cultural officer was chosen correctly. At least in terms of thought, Chao Zhengwen was walking on the same line.

The reason why he made this plan is to form a military atmosphere in the whole country of the Great Yu Kingdom.

In the era of great voyages, the essence of the world is a stage for robbers, no matter how ruthless can compete with the Western army.

After all, everyone in the West is tall and big. In terms of strength, this is the disadvantage of the Da Yu people. If you don't sharpen the bayonet in terms of skills to fight hand-to-hand, it will be very tragic if you really fight the bayonet.

After a pause, he talked about business again. This is the official establishment of the Commerce Department. His order to Li Kaiyuan is to popularize the commercial law in six states within three years, and at the same time establish a set of government agencies to supervise businessmen and collect taxes. .

In terms of industry, in addition to steel, textiles, etc., there is also the expansion of military workshops. At present, the output of military workshops can only cope with domestic rebellion, but it is still a long way from entering the international stage. Therefore, in the past three years, military workshops will There will be another expansion, and Lu Tong's gunpowder workshop will also be merged into the military workshop.

As for government affairs, he made further refinements. In addition to establishing the Department of Commerce, he also strengthened the supervisor of the Shaofu, and handed over the industries of the six states to the supervisor of the Shaofu.

In addition, Xiao Ming also abolished the traditional prefecture-based arresting fast. From now on, there are only guard stations in the six states, and the guards will be responsible for the security of each state, county and village.

The most profound change this time was in the army. After finishing the business and government affairs, Xiao Ming looked at Niu Ben and other generals.

First of all, he asked Qian Dafu to read the award for the generals, and then he said: The army is the most important weapon of the country, and I have to pay attention to it. From today on, I have decided to set up the Military Machinery Department, and from now on the military machinery department will be responsible for all matters of military use. to decide.

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben had mentioned this a long time ago, so Niu Ben was not surprised. The Military Aircraft Department was the highest official of the military that formulated war plans and issued war orders.

The officials of the Military Aircraft Department are directly responsible to Xiao Ming, while the generals under the jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department are directly responsible to the Military Aircraft Department. The purpose of such layer-by-level management is also very simple, to prevent the generals from privatizing the army.

Because the Military Aircraft Department is responsible for all military affairs, the rations must also be reviewed by the Military Aircraft Department, so that the soldiers are clearly told that they are eating imperial food and taking royal silver, which weakens the generals' private control over the army.

After an hour of dry-mouthed explanation, Xiao Ming basically explained the matter clearly, and in order to allow these officials to understand and remember, he also used technology spar.

Your Majesty, I understand.

Pang Yukun now has a clear idea, the three-year plan is to his appetite, he said happily.

The ministers also understand. The ministers followed suit.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, That's very good. After this court meeting, all of you Ai Qing will follow the booklet I gave you. After three years, I don't want to be disappointed.

Yes, Your Majesty. The ministers' voices were loud.

After launching the three-year plan, Xiao Ming felt relieved. Today, he said everything about the next three years, and then he can immerse himself in the matter of improving technology. After all, the following things are enough to follow step by step.

All that has to be said, at this time Xiao Ming motioned to Qian Dafu and asked Qian Dafu to announce his withdrawal from the dynasty.

The ministers shouted long live to retire, and Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu left the council hall.

However, the two did not immediately return to the carriage, but went to the palace under construction. In such a cold day, the craftsmen were still working, and more than 20,000 people were busy.

Thanks to the hard work of so many people, the current palace has basically taken shape, and it is estimated that it will be able to move in next year. After all, his palace does not pay attention to the luxury of ancient emperors, and only pursues simplicity and generosity, which is enough.

After visiting the palace, the two returned to Xingyuan. After today's court meeting, he completely relaxed. He planned to spend more time on culture, education and technology during this time, and by the way, took time to enjoy the fun of this ancient life.

It has been more than five years since he came to this world, and he has been living in fear, walking on thin ice, and has not lived a comfortable day.

Now that the dust has settled, and his wings are gradually full, he is also qualified to combine work and rest.

However, when he was idle, officials from Fiji and Pang Yukun started a nightmare for three years.

First, they selected a group of outstanding craftsmen from the current mature workshops, and then Pang Yukun and Fiji jointly signed an order to recruit refugees.

These recruited refugees will go to the mines with the craftsmen, build coal mines, iron mines, and steel mills near the mines, and eventually form a city with the mine as the core.

In addition to the mines, some refugees will be brought under the command of the Railway Department, and they will build a railway network centered on Qingzhou under the command of the Railway Department.

The court was very busy, and the people were also hot at this time. After the brutal war, a great development across the six states was about to come.