bullyxtreme Chapter 414 This damn sense of morality...
Chapter 414 This damn sense of morality...
Reminded by Zhu Biao, Yang Shaofeng felt a little embarrassed.
There's no way around it; I read too many books and watched too many short videos before I transmigrated, which made my thinking too unpredictable, and I would always unconsciously stray into some random and chaotic places.
The key is that I really couldn't resist.
After all, the man in front of him was known as the most stable crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and was hailed as a cultured version of Zhu Yuanzhang.
If we don't take advantage of his youth and gullibility and dig as many traps as possible, where will we find such a good opportunity later?
With an awkward laugh, Yang Shaofeng simply said to Zhu Biao and Wang Guangyang, "How about this, let's go check out the cement workshop first?"
While ostensibly visiting a cement workshop, Yang Shaofeng actually planned to take Zhu Biao and Wang Guangyang to see a scaled-down version of the "Five Small Industries" in Penglai County.
The true five small industries refer to small steel mills, small coal mines, small machinery factories, small cement plants, and small fertilizer plants.
However, given the current state of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to build a small steel mill; only small iron smelting workshops are feasible.
Small coal mines are possible, but the problem is that only those with open-pit mining capabilities can operate them. Small coal mines without open-pit mining capabilities have a very high risk factor and cannot be easily established.
Needless to say, small machinery factories were a joke, especially since small steel mills and small coal mines couldn't even get started.
Compared to running a small machinery factory, running a small fertilizer factory is a complete joke.
Therefore, the five small industries in Penglai County are less a downgraded version and more a completely budgeted version.
A small iron smelting workshop is equivalent to a small steel mill, a cement workshop is equivalent to a small cement plant, a quarry replaces a small coal mine, a harvester assembly workshop replaces a small machinery plant, and a manure yard replaces a small fertilizer plant.
Even so, Yang Shaofeng still proudly introduced Penglai County's "beggar's version of five small industries" to Zhu Biao and Wang Guangyang.
"The iron smelting workshop in our Penglai County is basically a copy of the iron smelting workshop in Ningyang County."
"The steel produced may not be of the highest quality, but it can meet the needs of the people of Penglai County for iron tools and agricultural implements such as hoes, sickles, kitchen knives, rakes, shovels, and saws."
"As for the yield, it's not too high, but it's not too low either. It's about five or six hundred catties a day."
"In the early stages, it was barely enough. Once people have enough tools and implements, they will be able to save some production."
Zhu Biao was immediately captivated.
What did my brother-in-law say?
There is such a small iron smelting workshop in every county.
A county might produce five or six hundred catties of steel a day. And there are over a thousand prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty, right?
If a county can produce 100 jin of grains a day, then with more than a thousand counties and prefectures, that would amount to 100,000 jin a day.
More than 30 million jin in a year?
"This cement workshop is still a bit small in scale. Fortunately, other counties have a cement workshop like this, which can barely supply the cement needs of various construction sites."
Okay, I understand. There will be a huge shortage of cement in the future, and each of the other thousand or so prefectures and counties will need a cement workshop like this.
Otherwise, we could send people from other prefectures and counties to Ningyang County to learn from Wang Laowai how to build a cement kiln and how to burn cement.
"This quarry mainly supplies crushed stone to various construction sites, and there is one in every county."
"There's nothing we can do. Our Penglai County is rather poor in mineral resources. If we had a coal mine, we should definitely add one."
I understand. The shortage of crushed stone is also quite large. Quarries are essential in every state and county. In fact, those without the necessary facilities can only rely on nearby states and counties for supplies.
"There's not much to say about the harvester assembly workshop; right now, we're mainly waiting for parts to be shipped in from other places."
"But this dung heap we're looking at now is the real, most important thing."
Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "With this composting manure field, the land in Dengzhou Prefecture that was originally flooded by seawater due to the tsunami in the second year of Hongwu can have its soil fertility improved."
"I dare not say that it is comparable to those fertile and superior fields, but it is much better than the land in Dengzhou Prefecture before the third year of Hongwu."
"With the addition of afforestation to stabilize the soil and water, the land in our Dengzhou Prefecture will become fertile sooner or later."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Zhu Biao and Wang Guangyang both fell silent.
Especially Wang Guangyang, who had complained that Jinan Prefecture was not as rich as Dengzhou Prefecture when he first arrived in Dengzhou Prefecture and that there were no laborers to be ordered around, was now speechless.
Were the things Yang Shaofeng asked Dengzhou Prefecture to do difficult?
It doesn't seem too difficult.
Why didn't Jinan Prefecture do that?
Am I just too stupid?
Or is it because I'm too lazy?
Just as Wang Guangyang was pondering this, Yang Shaofeng continued, "Your Highness, Governor Wang, each prefecture and county has several such workshops. Besides being beneficial for road construction and farming, more importantly, they provide the people with another way to make money."
Zhu Biao nodded unconsciously, but then couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Is the "five small industries" that my brother-in-law mentioned a good idea?
it is good.
However, it is undeniable that the Ming Dynasty lacks manpower.
Sometimes Zhu Biao even wanted to dig up the corpses of officials like Xu Zheng and Qu Mingjie and whip them.
It is because of the plow case they created that the people are short of plows.
The consequence of lacking plows is that it is necessary to rely on a large amount of manpower and spend a lot of time to complete the cultivation.
In other words, the Ming Dynasty did not have enough workers to develop these five small industries in the short term.
Just as Zhu Biao was seething with hatred, Wang Guangyang, who had also been silent for a while, bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Your Highness, I have a favor to ask."
After glancing in the direction of Jinan Prefecture, Wang Guangyang continued, "I will have the officials in charge of the counties and prefectures of Laizhou Prefecture come here to see and learn from Dengzhou Prefecture. Then I will have them set up these five small industries in their respective counties."
"I wonder if Your Highness would agree?"
Upon hearing what Wang Guangyang said, Yang Shaofeng immediately felt as if he had shot himself in the foot.
Am I showing you these things so you can send people to learn from them?
I want you to agree to bring in some laborers from the Koreans to repair the roads, you bastard!
But this damn sense of morality...
Yang Shaofeng sighed helplessly and said, "If Governor Wang is willing to send people to learn, I will naturally agree."
The topic veered off course once again, shifting from planting trees and building roads to how to get all the prefectures and counties in Shandong to develop a rudimentary version of small-scale industries.
It wasn't until they returned to the Dengzhou government office that Yang Shaofeng managed to steer the conversation back on track.
"That's about it."
"Relying on the small-scale industries in various prefectures and counties, the difficulty of road construction and tree planting is actually much lower than imagined."
"The most important thing right now is to find a way to solve the labor problem."
"stick……"
Because Wang Guangyang was present, Yang Shaofeng changed the word "Korean" to "Goryeo": "At most, Korea can only send 100,000 laborers."
"If there are any more, there is a possibility of unrest in their country."
"A turbulent Goryeo is not in the interest of our Great Ming Dynasty at present."