I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

It is not only the northerners who yearn for Nanjing, but also the people from Hangzhou, Fuzhou and other places.

Even the locals in Nanjing are very satisfied with the changes in Nanjing and like the city more and more.

Most of the businessmen in Nanjing have made money, and there are many ways for ordinary people to make money. Those factories provide a lot of jobs.

Most people's lives are getting better, and their satisfaction with Nanjing is naturally higher.

And all this is due to the development of Nanjing industry.

In the west of the city, the industrial zone, Wu Changqing and numerous officials are inspecting.

The industrial zone concentrates those large factories in Nanjing, including Sun's Rice Mill, Jiangnan Iron and Steel Factory, Jinling Textile Factory, Convenient Match Factory, Jiangnan Printing Factory...

This is probably the first industrial zone in the world, and inside it are the first real factories.

In the rice mill, hundreds of workers are working.

A large number of workers kept transporting the sun-dried rice to the dozen rice mills, and a large number of workers were grading, weighing and bagging the milled rice.

While milling rice was the most troublesome and labor-intensive part, there were not many workers at this time.

On average, five people are enough for a rice mill, two people add coal to boil water, and three people operate the machine.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really an important weapon of a great country, a weapon of the country. Manpower is really not worth mentioning in front of machinery."

Ruan Dacheng said with emotion.

That kind of rice milling machine only needs to pour the rice from the mouth of the machine, and in a blink of an eye, the rice that comes out of the outlet becomes rice. This kind of rice milling speed is too fast.

Wu Changqing grabbed a handful of rice and looked at it, and found that the milled rice was much better than the original water mill, and there was not too much broken powder and bad bran.

The biggest problem with hydraulic power is that it is not stable enough, and the speed is sometimes too fast and sometimes too slow due to the influence of the water flow. The steam engine is much more stable, and its power can be set.

"It looks good, but you can't rest on your laurels. You should spend part of the profits every year to develop and improve the quality of this steam engine, or find ways to improve production efficiency. For example, get an automatic grading device, an automatic bagging device, etc."

Wu Changqing mentioned that the current rice milling machine is still relatively primitive, and there are many areas that can be improved. Of course, this kind of thing can't be rushed. Wu Changqing just mentioned it, hoping that the following people can maintain their investment in scientific research.

"The governor's instructions, keep it in mind, and will definitely increase investment."

Sun Daoming said.

Later, Wu Changqing and his party came to the textile factory again.

The textile factory has five workshops, and an average of more than 300 people work at the same time in one workshop. This factory alone has created nearly 2,000 jobs in Nanjing.

The people who work here are paid a lot, almost as much as the monthly salary of a grade nine official.

Entering one of the workshops, the scene of hundreds of textile machines operating at the same time is quite shocking to people of this era.

The officials who saw this scene for the first time couldn't close their mouths in surprise.

"The weapon of the country, the weapon of the country, with this magical weapon, there will be no one who is naked in the world. These are the credits of the father of the country."

Qian Qianyi also sighed, that the speed of those machines spinning is too fast, making spindles at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After that, they visited the printing factory, the match factory and other factories, and finally came to the Jiangnan Iron and Steel Factory.

The factory that Wu Changqing attaches to the most is of great significance to him.

"The scale of this steel plant is still too small, and the speed of expansion must be accelerated. In my next plan, there are too many places where steel is needed, and the amount needed is huge."

Wu Changqing said.

Nowadays, the power of steam engines is getting bigger and bigger, and it is not far from being able to pull trains.

At the current rate, a functional locomotive can be built in about another year.

It would be funny if there was a locomotive but no railroad tracks.

It takes a lot of steel to lay the rails, and it takes a lot of steel to make the trains.

"Reporting to the Governor, it's not that I don't want to expand, but I really can't get so much money. I suggest that a part of the steel can be used for sale, and the funds can be collected for expansion."

The speaker was Zhang He, the general manager of Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant.

When facing the famous Wu Changqing, he was actually a little afraid. However, he had to raise this question again. Without money, no matter how hard he worked, he would not be able to complete the task.

Today, the steel produced is used to make agricultural tools for the benefit of the people. Their steel factory has no income, which is very unfavorable for the steel factory.

Those businessmen who invested in the steel plant were already complaining at this time. It's just that due to Wu Changqing's power, he didn't dare to raise objections.

"Master Zhang, the country is based on the people, and the Governor's move is also for the people of the world. As the governor of the steel plant, you should try your best to share the governor's worries. How can you just complain."

Ma Shiying said that he is now in charge of household affairs, and naturally supports Wu Changqing's policy.

The more farm implements are provided to the common people, the more land will be reclaimed by the common people, and these achievements will be counted on the head of the household department.

"It is a matter of priority. It is the best solution to first raise money for expansion, increase production and then support the people. Moreover, compared with other places, the number of farm implements in our southern Zhili people is already far. higher than anywhere else.”

It was Qian Taoli who spoke

, the Ministry of Industry he is in charge of.

The expansion of the factory scale is his achievement. Therefore, he prefers to develop industry first and temporarily stop blood transfusion to agriculture.

There is some truth to his point of view.

"Others, do you have any other better ideas?"

Wu Changqing asked, whether it is industry or agriculture, he wants to accelerate the development.

"I think there should be an appropriate increase in tax revenue. At present, the tax revenue under our governance is relatively low, and there will be no complaints from the people if we add a little more."

"No, no, low taxes are the best proof that we're better than other places, and it can't be changed easily."

"Perhaps, we can borrow money from the common people and merchants, and first borrow money to expand production. The expanded production capacity will be used to manufacture ironware for sale, and the profits will be used to repay debts."

Minister of Commerce Hong Chengchou stood up and put forward a very bold suggestion.

Before this, there were very few examples of the court borrowing money from the common people. In the eyes of those scholars and officials, borrowing money from the people by the imperial court is a disgraceful thing, and it is not as simple as raising taxes directly.

However, Wu Changqing is very optimistic about this proposal.

Mainly because he came from later generations, in which it was quite normal for the state to borrow money from the people.

Issuing a limited amount of national debt is very beneficial to building a country.

Issuing treasury bonds can make use of the spare money in the hands of the people and enable the country to engage in various profitable constructions. While it is convenient for the country, it can also bring certain benefits to the people.

As long as the project that the state invests in can make money, it is a good idea to issue a national debt.