I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Because of the constant emergence of new things in Nanjing, people from other places are very concerned about Nanjing, and they are curious about everything in Nanjing.

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand Nanjing, but some scholars, businessmen and officials have their way.

For example, if you buy the People's Daily, Dibao, and books in Nanjing area, just one People's Daily can let others know Nanjing in detail.

After all, no matter what happens in Nanjing, it will be published in the People's Daily. Even a certain high official takes a certain concubine, and the people's newspaper will publish it.

As for the new invention, it will be published on the front page of the People's Daily.

In Xuzhou, a group of scholars are getting together to read newspapers and discuss together.

"Nanjing Ministry of Housing announced that because of the substantial increase in steel production, they will provide free hoes, iron plows and other agricultural tools to the people in the surrounding areas of Nanjing. I don't know if this news is true, if it is true, then this Wu Changqing is really a good official who loves his people like his son."

A scholar said with emotion that the latest issue of the People's Daily published the news that the Nanjing Ministry of Household would provide free agricultural tools to the common people.

Ironware, which was very common and cheap in later generations, is actually a very expensive thing in this era.

People's homes may not have an iron pot or a hoe.

Some people can only use pottery to cook rice and vegetables, and they need to rent hoes or use wooden tools for farming, which is extremely inefficient.

The status of iron farm tools in this era is a bit like the threshing machines in rural areas in the 1970s and 1980s, and not every household has them.

If you have a little property at home, you can buy a threshing machine.

Farmers who cannot afford a threshing machine usually go to court the family who has a threshing machine, and they must help the other party to work before borrowing a threshing machine.

In this era, many farmers did not have, or only had a small number of simple iron agricultural tools. Farming was very hard and the efficiency was very low.

There is no way to do this. The country's iron-smelting capacity is so great, and the iron tools produced must be given priority to supply the army. Now that the world is constantly at war, the army needs more iron tools.

At present, the output of steel in the land of China is only about 10,000 tons a year.

According to a hoe weighing 5 pounds, this is only enough to make 4 million. If it's making iron plows, it's even less.

In the land of China, the number of farmers is more than four million.

What's more, most of the 10,000 tons of steel are supplied to the army. There are only a few that can really be used to build agricultural tools.

After Wu Changqing established the Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant with several big businessmen, the output of steel has skyrocketed. Today, the Guang Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant can produce 1,000 tons of steel per month and more than 10,000 tons a year. .

The output of a factory exceeds that of the whole country. This is the power of science and technology.

This is only the initial stage, and the Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant will continue to expand. With the development and progress of society, there is no upper limit to the demand for steel.

Even if the Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant is expanded by 10,000 times, the steel it produces cannot meet the demand.

At the time when Wu Changqing passed through, the annual global steel production was 1.8 billion tons, 100,000 times that of the current era.

For the steel smelted by the Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant, Wu Changqing asked to give priority to making farm implements such as hoes, plows, rakes, and threshing machines.

Anyway, his current army is invincible, and the demand for cold weapons is not high.

These agricultural tools can greatly improve the efficiency of people's farming, save time, reclaim more wasteland, and increase food production, with many benefits.

The most important thing is to release the labor force, increase the urban population, and increase the number of workers.

In the past, in order to support the family, the people needed a family to plant many acres of land to maintain a family's life. Now, with these farm tools, two people can do the work that four people used to do.

The extra two people can go to the city, enter the factory to work, and produce more steel, thus forming a good cycle.

If the labor force in the countryside is not liberated, even if Wu Changqing has technology, he will not be able to recruit so many workers to set up factories.

Many people do not understand why Wu Changqing provides free farming tools to the people. After all, it is not easy to see the logic in it.

However, Wu Changqing still unswervingly formulates such a policy. As a traveler, he knows that this is the most correct development path.

"This is of course true. The People's Daily is open to everyone. If the things reported on it are false, they would have been exposed long ago. The People's Daily has been established and published for more than half a year, but I have never heard anyone say that the report is not true."

Another scholar surnamed Wang said.

"Then this Wu Changqing is really a good official, and the people of Jiangnan are blessed."

The speaker is Wei Chengen. When he was studying, he dreamed of being a good and honest official in the future. Now, seeing Wu Changqing being able to think about the people, he naturally admires it very much.

"Not only are the people blessed, but the businessmen in Nanjing are also very lucky. They can make a lot of money by relying on Wu Changqing. According to a friend of mine, Wu Changqing has an excellent reputation in Nanjing, not only the people like it, but also the businessmen."

"Look at this article again, there are 820 BMWs per car, 52 per bottle of perfume, 3 coins and 1 stone for grain, 70 coins per pound for coarse salt..."

"Are prices in Nanjing so cheap? BMWs and perfumes are understandable. After all, they are their unique goods, but why are food, coarse salt, cloth, and other civilian materials so cheap?"

Everyone was talking, they couldn't figure out why the prices in Nanjing could be so low. How can a businessman make money at such a low price? If businessmen can't make money, how can they like Wu Changqing's rule.

An article describing prices in Nanjing made them more confused and emotional.

Whether the life of a place is good or not depends on the price. Where prices are low, the cost of living is low, and people's lives are better.

"I really want to go to Nanjing to have a look, or to settle in Nanjing."

Wei Chengen said.

People's Daily almost described Nanjing as a fairyland on earth. There is no soil on the ground, and the so-called cement road is paved. How can people not yearn for it.

These people are not living very well in the Manchu-controlled territory.

Recently, in order to increase the speed of weapons manufacturing, Dorgon has ordered tax increases in the north. And these taxes will ultimately fall on the Han Chinese.

"If it wasn't for Brother Wei and we went together, I wouldn't want to stay in this place ruled by the Manchus. With our talent and learning, if we can find a chance to serve the court in Nanjing, then it would not be a waste for us to come to this world. once."

Not only Wei Chengen was moved, but Wang Gongzi and others also wanted to go to Nanjing to have a look. If Nanjing is really as good as the people's newspaper said, they plan to settle in Nanjing.