Take the mall to Datang

"With your words, we can rest assured." Zheng satisfied.

Then Zheng Yiman and Yuan Shan talked about the relevant matters. They also understand the situation in Luoyang now, but the problem still lies in the transportation problem.

"Yuan Pushe, since the fleet capacity is insufficient, let's expand the fleet." Zhang Yi said.

Yuan Shanxin said that it's not that simple, the Ministry of Economic Development is used to make money, not to print money, and even in Fuyu, the Ministry of Economic Development is still a bit powerless for this matter.

But think about it, the lack of Datang's capacity will affect the development of many industries, and now that the shipyard has been built, the next step is to accumulate costs, which also include shipbuilding materials.

"That's right, building material merchants are not limited to the cement industry." Yuan Shan said heartily.

Suddenly thought of this matter and said: "The shipyard has been built, but a lot of materials are still needed to build a large ship. Doesn't your Building Materials Chamber of Commerce plan to do such a business?"

"If you can be responsible for the procurement of materials in the shipyard, then it is not a bad idea to purchase materials such as wood from you." Yuan Shan said directly.

As for the lumber merchants in the south and so on, if they want to sell their lumber, they need to invite bids. The price of the shipyard will not be too high. If the building materials merchant association can complete such an order, it means that the shipyard has a The chamber of commerce responsible for procurement will help, which will save a lot of manpower and material resources in terms of management costs.

As soon as Yuan Shan said about the professional purchaser, the people in the building materials merchants began to think about it. They knew very well that this part of the money for purchasing materials would become the foundation for them to develop other projects of the building materials chamber of commerce.

Then Yuanshan said that the procurement method should be extended, that is, bidding, but if the building materials chamber of commerce becomes a specialized procurement cooperation, although the building materials chamber of commerce does not earn much money, such a large business is enough to support them to start new industry projects.

It is a good thing to encounter such a thing. The Building Materials Chamber of Commerce itself can get such an opportunity as an investor, and the funds assembled by the shipyard are still several million yuan, which is enough for them to unite with more timber merchants. .

Zhang Manyi laughed after thinking about it for a while. This was a free project. Although he didn't earn much, it allowed the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce to develop the timber business smoothly. How could he not seize this opportunity.

Chapter 578

It is an opportunity to use the project to promote the development of the building materials chamber of commerce, but in Yuan Shan's view, these things are just to let it develop smoothly. As for how far it can develop, Yuan Shan cannot guarantee.

The wealthy businessmen in Chang'an have already invested enough, and it is very difficult to get them to use the investment development method, because they can't come up with more money.

Because of this, Yuan Shan suddenly thought of using orders to feed the employees of building materials merchants. When these ordinary people make money, they will be the ones who are crazy.

The members of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce are all people with strong action. Since they support the construction of the shipyard, Yuan Shan naturally looks at such investment-minded people differently, so the Luoyang project has benefited the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce enough.

A week later, the kelp project in Cangzhou changed hands, and it was taken over by a local businessman named Sun Dacheng in Cangzhou. It is understood that this person is very honest in doing business in Cangzhou, and Yuanshan is very relieved to transfer it to him.

All the grilled fish shops around the shipyard were ordered to be demolished, and the short-lived commercial streets were all scattered like this.

Yuanshan didn't feel guilty about this, and he had earned a lot in such a long time. Besides, the land of the shipyard was owned by the public, and because of the dense population, he had to develop some catering industries to make up for it.

However, Yuanshan did not give up the commercial projects around the shipyard. He just turned the temporary stalls and shops around into a new commercial area around the staff dormitory, which would be more standardized.

After leaving some people behind, the construction team in Cangzhou began to be transferred back to Chang'an in batches. After they returned, they went to Luoyang to start work.

After the completion of the shipyard, production began. According to the plan, Li Dejian and Li Dejian have been building ship-borne steam engines very quickly and have achieved great results.

However, Yuanshan can give them more time. Such a large shipyard has a huge investment, and it would be a waste if it is discarded. Therefore, Yuanshan purchased some books about ancient ships in the system, and finally used the ships of the Song Dynasty as Cangzhou. The main types of ships built by the shipyard.

Half a month later, Li Dejian received the information about the "big treasure ship" provided by Yuanshan. After reading it, Li Dejian and Li Dejian were very surprised, because the ship was really too big, with a total length of 140 meters. It is definitely a miracle that this ship can be built.

At present, there is no such big ship in the entire Tang Dynasty, which is much larger than the building ships of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the "big?

Among them, the "Mulan Ship" that caught Yuan Shan's attention the most was the "Mulan Ship", because this ship was about 35 meters long and was a cargo ship capable of oceangoing. food.

In terms of data, this kind of Mulan ship has a displacement of at least [-] tons and a load of more than [-] tons, and it is not the largest cargo ship.

In fact, even if Yuanshan did not provide relevant information on these ships, the shipbuilding technology of the Tang Dynasty was already ahead of the world. The Tang Dynasty was able to manufacture large ships using dowel joints and putty caulking techniques.

"Teacher Yuan handed over these shipbuilding materials to us, and we must work hard to build an excellent ship." Li Dejian said.

"Brother, with the information on these ships, what should we do with our steamships?" Li Dezheng asked.

"We have to build it. The latest steam equipment we built can be tested on a big ship. I have a new idea." Li Dejian said.

"What is it, tell me quickly." Li De praised.

"The idea is to install water wheels on both sides of the ship, and then use steam engines to drive the water wheels on both sides to move." Li Dejian said.

"The idea is very unique." Li Deju said.

Li Dejian shook his head and said: "It's a pity that after the model is made, it will turn around after trying it in the water. There is no solution yet." Li Dejian said.

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Yuan left it to us to calculate, and I will definitely be able to do this." Li De praised.

Li Dejian knew that Li Dejian was even more excellent in Gephysics, and thought that perhaps his younger brother could really help solve the problem.

The two brothers in the shipyard regard this place as their home. Through this shipyard, the requirements for building large ships can be met. For making simple small boats, this is definitely an overkill. The two brothers studied here when there were no outstanding workers in the shipyard. , it can be said that the construction of the shipyard is carried out around their workshop space.

These two are definitely technical madmen, and there is no problem after falling into thinking. Yuan Shan has already arranged for someone to be in charge of their daily life, so there is no need to worry too much about their life.

Yuan Shan didn't know that after he sent these materials, the two brothers had already made up their minds to build a large ship about [-] meters long.

Yuanlai Tea House, the Ministry of Economic Development has been working on iron mines during this period, and basically [-]% of the authorized mines have been shipped to Cangzhou. When Yuanshan was still worried about the insufficient production of iron mines, The Datang caravans that went to various states came back.

The road was full of wind and dust, and after getting the news, Yuan Shan went out of the city to meet him personally. Most of the people from the Ministry of Economics and Development went there.

For this reason, Li Shimin in the imperial city was alarmed, but not all caravans were smooth sailing. Except for the caravans that went to Turks, the gains of other caravans were very average, but the topographical map drawn along the way That's the key.

"Everyone has worked hard, and I will celebrate you tomorrow." Yuan Shan said.

As Ma Zhou was the main person in charge, Yuan Shan was even more worried about his physical condition, and soon someone handed over to them.

"Yuan Pushe, this time we bought a total of [-] horses, more than [-] cattle and sheep, and beef jerky in the package." Ma Zhou said the information after the statistics.

In Datang, cattle are not allowed to be slaughtered, but there are many ways to eat beef. This method of making beef jerky is one of them, but the disadvantage is that it is not easy to store for a long time, so this kind of thing can only be eaten by everyone. Let's share together, after all, killing a cow can make a lot of beef jerky, which is also a kind of welfare of the Ministry of Economic Development.

In the next few days, the horses were shoed. After the Ministry of Economic Development's convoy has these horses, the total number of the convoy is expected to reach [-] carriages in two months.

This is very important to alleviate the transportation capacity of Chang'an, and the number of horse-drawn carriages in some wealthy households has also increased a lot. This is also because the business of renting horse-drawn carriages is very hot.

Like the convoy run by Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde, there are now more than 500 large vehicles, and they earn a lot of money every month.

Chapter 579 The Train Project

The news of the start of construction of the Cangzhou Shipyard has been sent back to Chang'an, and the next step is to mobilize funds to prepare the materials needed for the shipyard.

The joining of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce saved Yuan Shan a lot of work. All the projects he operates are developing well. The iron ore has been mined in many places and now it is enough to meet the needs of the imperial court.

What Yuan Shan didn't expect was that the Military Weapons Supervision was developing very fast. When Xin Liangchou found him, he was preparing to hand over customized products.

The delivery of various boilers surprised Yuan Shan.

"Xin Liangchou's military weapons inspector's speed is unbelievable." Yuan Shan still couldn't believe that the production speed had been shortened by nearly one-third, which should not be possible based on the productivity of the military weapons inspector he knew.

"Yuan Pushe, you don't know that the Military Weapons Supervision has expanded its personnel and equipment again not long ago." Xin Liangchou said.

"So that's the case. It seems that His Majesty attaches great importance to the Military Weapons Supervision." Yuan Shan said, but this is not a good thing, at least for the Ministry of Economics and Development, this time there must be another hemorrhage.