My Daming New Empire

With rubber, Daming's current wheels can be fitted with tires, and the transportation capacity in the future will be greatly improved.

The constraints of wooden wheels on transportation are too great. A sturdy cart in later generations can pull two thousand catties just by people.When it is pulled by oxen and horses, it is not a problem for me to load several thousand catties.

But today's wooden wheels can hold a thousand catties is the limit.Even so, the wheel damage rate is surprisingly high.

Nowadays, almost all post stations in Ming Dynasty have become car repair shops, and those postmen have basically become car repairers.

Some people have also tried iron wheels. Iron wheels worked well at first, except that they hurt the road and require a little more effort. They can carry a lot of goods.

However, after only three days of use, the wheel began to deform after being crushed. As long as there is any deformation, the wheel will collapse at an extremely fast speed and become scrap iron.

Although the price of steel has dropped by half due to large-scale production, it is still similar to the price of copper.

One tael of silver can be exchanged for more than two catties of copper, but only four catties of iron.

And to make a wheel, it takes more than ten catties, or even tens of catties of iron. If it takes less than three days, no one can afford it.

Now ordinary people only earn more than a dozen taels of silver a year, and the two wheels are gone at once. Who can afford it?

Therefore, iron wheels are not realistic at all. Only with rubber can durable wheels be made.

In addition to these crops, the fleet also brought back a large amount of gold and silver, and this was only exchanged for the fleet with some small tribes.

The Inca Empire, the Aztec Empire, that was the big deal.

Daming is short of all metals. Although Zhu Zhanji has earned back tens of millions of taels of silver, these are still not enough for the entire Daming.

Of course, gold and silver from all over the world are transported to Daming, and it is impossible to circulate them, because the amount of gold is limited.

But at the very least, with these gold and silver, the imperial court can vigorously develop infrastructure construction and benefit the common people.

And the grain brought back from Nanyang is enough for Zhu Zhanji not to worry too much about agriculture now.

The problem of agriculture is a long-standing problem. This is not an industry. If you know the way of thinking, you can develop.

Soil improvement and seed improvement need several generations or even hundreds of years to improve.

Without hybrid rice, food production cannot be increased, and the need can only be met first on a scale.

As for the fact that the price of grain is too low, which harms the actual interests of the farmers, they can use labor to increase their income.

Because roads are being built everywhere, cars are being built and repaired everywhere, industries and commerce are being developed, and in fact, the lives of ordinary people are much better now than they were a few years ago.

Because they are all planted extensively now, farmers only need to be busy for half a year. In the rest of the time, they used to have nothing to do except serve one to two months of hard labor every year.

Now, after one month of service, for the remaining five months, at least two taels of silver per month, or tax relief, in fact, the income of ordinary people has increased a lot.

Because the price of food is increased by [-] to [-] percent, in addition to what you eat and pay tax, the remaining food you sell will earn you two or three taels of silver every year.

However, the imperial court arranges work, and after five months of work, there will be an income of ten taels of silver.

This is still the imperial cement factory, the wages for road repairs, if those skilled workers, like those who go to work in the factory, there are many workers who pay three taels of silver a month.

Some silk reeling workers in Suzhou and Hangzhou can even get six or seven taels of wages a month, and their income alone is higher than that of the magistrate.

Of course, in terms of hidden benefits and social status, there is no comparison between the two.

As for inflation, there is no need to worry about it now, because the currency is far from keeping up with the needs of the people.

Now is not the time to print paper money. There is no need to worry about inflation, currency devaluation, and soaring prices.

Although Yang Shiqi was curious about exploring Dongzhou, he wanted to know more about Yang Dao.

It has been a whole year since Yang Dao went to sea. In early February, Xie Zhenfang gave birth to him a son. He was afraid that he would not know that he was already a father!

Zhu Zhanji finally mentioned Yang Dao. "Yang Dao and the others drove the steam sailboat and left the base camp to explore Dongzhou along the east coast of Dongzhou. At this time, they should have returned to Aztec and joined Yixin."

Yang Shiqi didn't know where Yixin was, nor where Aztec was. For Dongzhou, he only glanced at the map briefly, but he didn't know the specific territory.

He bowed his head and asked, "Your Highness, when will the second batch of fleets head for Dongzhou depart?"

"Let's wait for about a month. This time the fleet is going to set off with more goods. There are quite a lot of people over there. It's a big market for dumping."

Yang Shiqi and the others have long been used to some new terms in Zhu Zhanji's mouth. Many words feel vulgar when they don't understand their meanings, but they feel very appropriate after understanding their meanings.

From this point alone, one can see that His Highness is a great talent.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji didn't know what he was thinking. If he knew, he would have laughed out loud.

At this time, the avant-garde guard of the government army on duty outside the door, Mr. Qian and two servants, stood at the door and reported loudly, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess has arrived."

A long convoy entered the other courtyard. Except for Mrs. Zhang, several other concubines, including Zhu Zhanji's dozen younger brothers and sisters, all came.

Zhu Zhanji rushed to the horse when he got the news, and they got the news and wanted to pack their things, so they came in a carriage again, so naturally they came slower.

The seventh younger brother Zhu Zhanqi, who is only 12 years old this year, has a good-natured personality, even a little cowardly, and started crying as soon as he got off the carriage.

Zhu Zhanji met Zhang, turned his head and said, "Why are you crying, put away the golden beans for me."

His mother Li quickly stepped forward and wiped away his tears. "Your father is fine, don't cry." While talking about him, he smiled flatteringly at Zhu Zhanji.

Although she is an elder, Zhu Zhanji is now the grandson of Jian Guo, and his status is higher than that of his own father.

In front of him, Mrs. Li naturally did not dare to put on airs of an elder.

Zhu Zhanji is always gentler with his younger sisters. These younger brothers are usually afraid of him. When he said this, even the younger sisters quickly wiped away their tears.

Mrs. Zhang took Jiaxing's hand and asked, "Is your father okay?"

Her tone was calm, obviously no matter what the result was, she could accept it.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "It's not very good...Mufei took them in to have a look, and they came out after a glance, don't disturb him."

When Mrs. Zhang entered the apse with a dozen children, Zhu Zhanji nodded to Li Bin, not wanting to enter the hall again under the warm sunshine.

Li Bin hurried forward a few steps, clasped his fists and said, "What orders does Your Highness have?"

Zhu Zhanji raised his right hand and swayed left and right a few times. The servants who followed him, as well as Yang Shiqi and the others, all retreated. The nearest Liu Wan was ten meters away from him.

Then Zhu Zhanji said: "Father is seriously ill, and there is no one in charge in this yard. You need to strengthen the guards here. Don't make trouble because of Father's serious illness."

Li Bin hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, there is a difference between the inside and the outside, and I can't interfere with the affairs in the yard!"

"Just strengthen your protection around the perimeter. Starting today, people entering and exiting this yard will be checked carefully. No entry or exit is allowed without a token. Anyone who leaves this yard will have to check their belongings three times separately. "

"According to the order!"

His son Li Xian is now serving as the commander of Zhu Zhanji's young army, so Zhu Zhanji is not afraid of Li Bin's ambiguity at all.