Take the mall to Datang

However, Yan Lide saw that His Highness the Crown Prince didn't care. Anyway, the increase in production was used for Datang's projects, so there was nothing wrong with it.

"Just do as you say." The prince agreed without hesitation.

"His Royal Highness, this matter is very important, it is better to invite His Majesty first." Yuan Shan said.

"The crown prince will tell his father about this matter." Li Chengqian agreed.

With the final conclusion, the ten sets of steam crawler transportation equipment were negotiated and transported to the Ministry of Industry first. After some discussions on the mines to be mined, several large ones were selected.

In the afternoon, Yuanshan summoned the merchants in Chang'an, and told the whole story of the matter. The rich contributed money, and the powerful contributed effort. In short, as long as mining was carried out according to the rules, the daily wages would be very high.

Merchants are naturally envious of such a good thing, so each businessman turned into a contractor, and began to gather people to prepare to start work, digging more and earning more money is very similar to contracting a hill.

The commission of the coal mines excavated according to the quantity is their performance.

After doing this, the mining franchise fee is divided according to the size of the area, and the deposit starts from [-] guan. Basically, half of the wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City have joined this business, and some officials even intervene.

It doesn't matter, they are not really contracted mining, they are just contractors, and their income is completely wages and commissions. The more they dig, the more they earn is based on the output, not the value of the mineral itself.

The matter was soon known by the businessmen in Luoyang and they all wanted to join in. Li Chengqian did not refuse anyone, as long as he had a deposit and qualifications to participate.

Even businessmen from several neighboring state capitals in Chang'an came to join.

As a result, the Ministry of Industry made the mining operation a national one. Some common people heard that the monthly wages of hired workers were very high, so they applied for it one after another.

Soon small interest groups appeared one after another, and the Ministry of Economic Development intervened to regulate the mining operations, which was regarded as some precautions.

The crazy mining operation lasted for three months, and the output increased rapidly. Iron ore was quickly added to the Cangzhou shipyard and railway project.

Mazhou's ironworks are open 24 hours a day, and the military inspector is speeding up the manufacture of supplementary equipment.

One mineral makes these industrial chains rotate.

During this period, the uniform of the contractor was adjusted twice, and the current system has stabilized.

The Ministry of Economic Development's money is like running water. Fortunately, Zheng Qi's bicycle workshop has a large demand for output, which solves part of the iron consumption.

Then there is the demand for iron ore from the Military Weapons Supervision, all of which are paid by the imperial court.

A large part was digested by Cangzhou Shipyard, and millions of dollars were paid for it.

But it's not in vain. The iron is used to make equipment, and the Military Weapons Supervisor has received many orders.

However, due to the lack of personnel, Xin Liangchou applied to the emperor again to expand the scale of the Military Weapons Supervision, and when the permission was granted, the Military Weapons Supervision summoned many skilled craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty, this time directly from craftsmen from various places.

The scale of the Military Weapons Supervision has grown to a new height due to this demand, and the number of senior craftsmen in the entire Supervision has reached 2000.

High-tech salary, unknowingly, this profession has become a favorite.

Yuan Shan came to the teahouse, and Yuan Shan was training the new employees after the transfer, when someone reported that Xin Liangchou, the military supervisor, had come.

The training can only be handed over to Yu Jingming to continue.

"Why is Xin Zhengjian free today? Is there anything for the Military Weapons Supervisor to come here at the time of great development?" Yuan Shan asked.

"Yuan Pu She, it is precisely because of this that a large number of craftsmen will be needed after the scale is expanded, but now even sending craftsmen from various state capitals is not enough." Xin Liangchou said.

"How can there be a shortage of craftsmen due to the large population of the Tang Dynasty?" Yuan Shan said.

"Although the population is large, the number of craftsmen is not too many. If you want to deploy more craftsmen from the state capitals, it will affect the demand for blacksmiths in the state capitals. Therefore, I am in trouble for this matter." Xin Liangchou said frankly.

Yuan Shan doesn't want to say anything about this, because in Yuanji Workshop, there are actually only a few real craftsmen, and the rest are all helpers. They started as helpers and then gradually developed skills, but they are indeed not craftsmen. The wages are very high, but they are all suspected of working illegally.

"Craftsmen need to be cultivated slowly. Maybe the craftsmen can take two or three more people as apprentices. At least let's gather enough manpower first. As for other things, I can't do anything about it," Yuan Shan said.

The expanded Armament Supervision is just like a big factory. To put it bluntly, the subcontracted business has now become its own operation, and the output of unified management has increased. This is a good thing, and many major problems are not economic development. Bu and Yuan Shan can solve it.

However, it is a good idea to let craftsmen lead apprentices, and those people can not be registered as craftsmen, and the assessment time is not set by the military inspector, so it is good to absorb some people in disguise from this aspect. The way, is a little unruly.

"Thank you Yuan Pushe for your guidance." Xin Liangchou understood and said.

"What does it have to do with me?" Yuan Shan said casually.

A few days after Xin Liangchou left, each of the craftsmen of the Military Weapons Supervision had to bring at least three apprentice workers, who were arranged by Xin Liangchou, and basically they were all helpers. Some necessary skills still need to be taught.

As a result, in addition to the secret core area of ​​the Arms Supervision, the newly expanded blacksmith workshop can almost serve as a blacksmith training base.

However, if an ordinary blacksmith shop wants to hire people, it will hire people according to the relationship of helpers, but in fact there is a master-student relationship, but the place of origin has not been activated, but these helpers are all temporary workers in name.

But in terms of love, it still follows the blacksmith's practice, so many ordinary people began to have some skills, and the momentum was not small.

But things didn't go so smoothly. For example, in this era of Confucianism, Kong Yingda reacted to the court after learning about this.

But from the perspective of the government order, the "status" of "temporary worker" is completely reasonable and legal.

Chapter 617 Qizhou Railway

When the railway construction was in full swing, the influence of the Ministry of Economic Development began to spread to Luoyang and Zhengzhou.

Sichuan is too far away from Chang'an in Jiannan Road, but Zhengzhou is a good place for development. Under the planning of the Ministry of Economic Development, Zhengzhou will serve as a grain base for supplying more than a dozen surrounding state capitals.

After the train project, the Ministry of Economic Development began to manage it. As for more investment, this part will be continued by the imperial court. For example, two railways are being built at the same time. One is the Jiannan Road Railway invested by the Ministry of Economic Development. The other is from Chang'an, which was funded by the treasury, to Luoyang, passing through Jingzhao Mansion and Henan Mansion.

The latest treasure ship built by the Cangzhou Shipyard has been launched for sea trials after being reduced in size, and its speed is superior to that of the current wooden ships.

The use of trains has enabled the timely supply of materials in Lantian County every day, solving the problem of insufficient transportation capacity. Vegetables, grain and other materials in Lantian County can be met with a small amount of horse-drawn carriages and tricycles.

Zhang Baojun, magistrate of Xinfeng County, was very envious of this, but he could only be envious. After all, the railway can't be built just because it is built.

After the Lantian County Station, the construction direction of the railway continued to Fengzhou. At present, the overall line has been planned to Lizhou under Xingzhou, and there are Langzhou and Zizhou along the following, and then it goes straight to Chengdu.

Tens of thousands of people work overtime, and the construction speed is very fast. The planning around this railway along the way has also promoted the development of local commerce, especially in Fengzhou, because the next stop of Lantian Station is Fengzhou. Well, the eyes of businessmen are sharp, how could they miss such a good opportunity.

Moreover, the planned railway construction is a certainty. The railway stations in all states are already under construction, which is much faster than building houses on the railway.

In three months, the prototype of the second train has been manufactured. This is the result of the labor of [-] blacksmiths and a group of helpers. People from Yuanjia Workshop did not participate in this new locomotive. The contract between the two parties was completed when the train was manufactured.

The blacksmiths of the Yuan family went back to the workshop and began to design new production equipment, such as iron pressing equipment driven by greater steam power. Yuanshan paid a lot of money for this investment, and most of the money was used to buy It's iron, and Yuanshan naturally provides the technology.

A month later, the weather became hotter, and the working environment of the blacksmiths began to deteriorate, but there was no way to let this era have no air conditioners, or the same ice cubes and steam-powered fans as before. The combination of the two is very beneficial. Good results.

Yuan Shan walked and sat on a tricycle, which was prepared for the ministers in the imperial city, and the purpose was to save time on the road.

Yuan Shan was also required to participate in the Grand Court Meeting of the Tai Chi Hall.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all ranked outside the main hall.

People at Yuanshan's level walked all the way and saluted respectfully. Although this is not the first time, passing by like this is also very stressful.