New Shun 1730

The emperor was very satisfied with this answer.

He did not doubt Liu Yu, mainly because Liu Yu had always avoided involving the inland provinces in his reform process in Songsu.

Of course, the two sides had different ideas, but the emperor did not understand the difference in ideology.

Just like the disagreement between Liu Yu and the Yanli School on the land issue, both sides seemed to be equal-field or state-owned land factions, but in fact, the ideas of the two sides were completely contradictory.

After this unintentional test, the emperor was basically not dissatisfied with the Indian issue raised by Niu Er.

Since Liu Yu guaranteed that the British could not increase their troops in a short period of time, because of institutional problems, the British side could not make such a decision.

Then, it would not be a big problem to delay for a while.

As for what to do after conquering India, the emperor generally recognized Niu Er's ideas.

Mainly, Niu Er used the perspective that was easy for Dashun to understand to roughly introduce some issues such as India's tax system and land ownership.

And the emperor also understood what Liu Yu said, the contradiction between Dashun and India, the contradiction between Dashun and Britain, and the difference between the two.

Therefore, the Indian issue is no longer a simple tax collection issue.

How to prevent the governors of India from becoming independent in the future?

How to pull India into the Dashun system?

This goes back to the theory of weight in the hegemony strategy.

It is necessary to carry out a comprehensive and thorough economic transformation of India, so that India can be bound to the Dashun world system.

Otherwise, without a comprehensive transformation, India would prefer to mix with Europeans, because what they produce is exactly what Europeans need; if they follow Dashun, those weavers, silk weavers, and merchants who originally collect cloth and goods will have to eat shit, and they will naturally be unwilling to follow Dashun.

Therefore, considering stability, it is natural to make India into a model of "India spins yarn, Dashun weaves cloth; India reels silk, Dashun weaves silk; Indian jute, Dashun sacks; India grows rice, Dashun eats rice; India lacks cloth, Dashun sells cloth".

The deeper this model is, the more stable India will be in the Dashun world system.

According to Liu Yu, even if Europeans grow cotton, wouldn't it be nice to grow cotton in North America? It's closer and there's more land. At that time, it's impossible to leave the closer North American cotton and go to India to buy cotton, right?

On the other hand, India's industry is fully connected with Dashun's industrial handicrafts. If Dashun doesn't want these things, who will they sell them to?

The old cloth merchants and textile craftsmen either starved to death or were shot.

The new silk reeling workshop owners and cotton yarn merchants are compradors who are loyal to Dashun.

This is a fundamental solution.

The symptomatic solution is to use Dashun's soldiers instead of Indian soldiers, and maintain a stable system of retiring and granting land. No matter who is the governor in India, there is no capital for independence.

The emperor's head is generally clear as long as he leaves the range that can threaten the dragon throne.

As long as there is no problem in the core area of ​​the world, the emperor will be fine. In the rest of the world, there is still no force that can be the emperor.

Such a remote place, as an important part of the internal and external division envisioned by the emperor, does not need so many concerns.

Then he said: "That Siraj is young and frivolous, and he does not know the height of the world. Now he is desperate. Since he has come to pay tribute, I will enlighten him."

"However, for the time being, we should try to keep a low profile. Now that he is in Tianjin, let him come to the capital and stay for a while."

"The Privy Council still needs to study more about India. We need to ask more questions and think more about how to deal with it. As for the overall taxation countermeasures, since it is a foreign affair, it does not need to be discussed in the court. However, your report makes a lot of sense. Whether it is feasible or not, you should go to the Privy Council to discuss it more these days."

"You don't need to worry about Siraj's affairs. Since he has come to the Celestial Empire, he must follow the etiquette and laws of the Celestial Empire. The etiquette government will make arrangements. If it is not in his position, he will not interfere in politics."

Since that was said, Niu Er thought that since the person was brought back anyway, the staff of the Privy Council must have decided on the attack plan long ago. Since the emperor said that his idea made a lot of sense, it was hard to say whether he would use him in the future, but at least he had contributed his efforts to the future.

After that, the emperor asked some miscellaneous questions, but did not continue to ask whether it was about building railways or immigration, and let the two leave.

After leaving the palace, Niu Er did not ask about India again.

The Privy Council has its own rules. Because of his level and the reason for going to India this time, he barely knew about the Indian plan.

As for the war, Niu Er felt that he did not need to make any suggestions.

In Java, everything went according to plan and it was very smooth.

He felt that the overall situation had been decided, and the emperor did not seem to object to his ideas. He was in a good mood, so he thought about going to see the railway, which was a big thing in his heart.

"Duke, I'm just going to check out the railway from Mentougou to the capital. I think this kind of thing must be a round trip. It must be loaded with coal when it comes, and it's mostly empty when it goes back. I wonder if I can take it?"

"When I read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, every time I read [Going up the mountain and down the mountain, each doing his own thing; men don't work, and cows and horses don't eat], I thought, if Zhuge Wuhou's method of wooden oxen and flowing horses was passed down to this day, how great it would be?"

"Although I can't see wooden cows or stray horses now, I can actually see it in my lifetime after hearing what the Duke said about the steam car. I really feel... mixed emotions in my heart."

Liu Yu didn't want to worry anymore about whether it was railway construction or immigration in the palace just now. He smiled and said: "What do you mean, mixed feelings? Ordinarily, you should be in high spirits?"

Niu Er smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "What the Duke of Songsu and his subordinates did in Java, the process of it, I'm afraid I have to use a mixture of five flavors to explain it clearly."

Liu Yu laughed and said: "That's all, I have nothing to do today, so I'll go with you to Xizhimen to have a look. Anyway, there's nothing going on in the Privy Council, so I'm free every day."

After that, he found the carriage and horses in the distance and headed towards Xizhimen.

Trains are definitely not allowed to enter the city. This is related to Feng Shui, safety, and some other strange obstacles. It is good to be able to build it to Xizhimen.

On the way, Niu Er asked: "But I don't know how expensive it is to build a railway?"

"Huh... It's hard to say. The 60-mile railway cost 630,000 taels of silver. If you break it down, it's 10,000 taels of silver for one mile. It's not too much, it's not much. If you can get an extra two to three thousand a year, Ten thousand taels of silver, no matter how good the terrain is, it is not impossible to repair it based on ten thousand taels of silver per mile. "

Niu Er secretly smacked his tongue, thinking that it did seem a bit expensive. But when I thought about it again, it didn’t seem expensive.

It's not like he has never seen railways before. A lot of cast iron rails were built in some places before and were pulled by horse-drawn carriages. There is no need to consider too much load, so even before we reach the railway from Xizhimen to Mentougou, we know that it will definitely cost more.

However, for the more than sixty miles of railway, those rails alone, whether they are cast iron or wrought iron, are all solid iron.

One mile of railway track would probably not cost 30,000 to 40,000 jins, but to build a 60-mile track, the iron alone would cost more than 2 million jins.

Although it is not much, it shows that these industries such as iron smelting and coal mining have already developed, and it is easy to produce two to three million kilograms of iron at once.

Of course, this railway cannot be considered solely for economic reasons, and matters related to the capital city cannot be considered solely for economic reasons. This is true whether it is Nanyuan or Coal.

He asked roughly what the railway was transporting now, and learned that in addition to coal, it also transported lime, cement, and wood.

This railway is the first official railway in Dashun. Although the power of the locomotive is actually average, the cost is not too much after all, and it cannot be just an economic calculation.

But after the repairs are started, the economic accounts will naturally have to be settled.

It was originally intended to supply coal to the capital. The route was not long, and it was convenient to add water and coal along the way.

In addition to coal mines in the Mentougou area, there are also lime mines near Yexi, which are also very productive.

These things are all needed by the capital. After all, the capital is a consumer city. It needs to be heated, money needs to be minted, dead people need to be covered with lime, and houses need to be repaired.

Whether it is coal or lime, as long as the price comes down, more and more people will use it.

The imperial court's purpose in choosing to build this railway was not for money at the beginning, but mainly to maintain stability. The purpose is to ensure the capital's coal demand and prevent fuel from skyrocketing. The capital must not tolerate chaos.

Although the emperor was thinking of using Indian tax revenue to build some railways that were not economical at all, in the same way as station stations.

But Liu Yu's attitude towards this kind of matter has always been to seduce capital's willingness to invest.

Almost all the railroad tracks have been laid, and the lime kiln over there has also been merged with the original small lime kiln.

A simple industrial complex of coal, lime, and cement has been formed, surrounding the special consumer city of Beijing, which has attracted the attention of many people.

The sixty-mile journey only takes about four or five hours and does not require much manpower. Many people have already discovered the business opportunities.

If the load capacity is larger.

If you run this sixty-mile distance, it only takes three to four hours, or two or three hours to complete.

By then, many people will definitely be willing to build it.

Dashun has a natural advantage, that is, there is a lack of water in the north, so canals are very dense in the south, but canals in the north are scarce after all.

As for the Yellow River, there is really no chance of building a canal due to its huge sediment.

The more canals there are, the less willing it is to build railways.

In view of the emperor's attitude, Liu Yu felt that there was still a way to do this.

As long as the railway proves profitable, the emperor can choose a method of committing suicide in some places where the emperor thinks it is possible to build railways.

Find a way to deceive the emperor and ask the emperor to borrow money from the businessmen, or the businessmen can take shares but have no management rights and just get dividends in the future.

Just like what he said, "After the troops stationed in India retire, they will be awarded Tian Nan Dayang."

As long as the emperor, or the officials who want to take advantage of it, wait until dividends are distributed in the future, and think about "why should I pay back the money I borrowed based on my ability?" or "why should I give the money to others?" That can solve a lot of things.

If there is no contradiction, then create a contradiction. It seems unclear now. Who knows whether the person who comes up in the future, or if the situation changes, will do such a thing.

Even if the emperor had a weird idea about this matter, that didn't mean there was no solution. We still have to find a way to understand the emperor's thoughts, follow them, and seduce him to commit suicide step by step.

Otherwise, if all the capital goes to India, where the regulation is relaxed, to build roads, then we will be in tears. That place will wake up sooner or later, and it is impossible to assimilate. If it really happens, we will be leaving our own money to others as a legacy.