I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In the Governor's Mansion, after Wu Changqing received the battle report from Jiujiang, he read it once and threw it aside.

The fundamental reason that determines the outcome of a war is the comprehensive national strength behind it, so for him, as long as he develops his national strength with peace of mind, victory will come naturally.

It's just a small thing for him, there's a lot more developmental issues that he needs to deal with.

For example, the resettlement of migrants.

In a short period of time, the population of Nanjing has skyrocketed, resulting in a very shortage of housing.

A large number of poor people build thatched cottages at will at this time, which is very unsafe and comfortable. With the coming of summer, the rainfall in Nanjing will also increase greatly.

At that time, it will be difficult for those thatched cottages to shelter from the wind and rain.

Although, with the endurance of the people in this era, a little heavy rain will not make them despair. However, as the highest official in this area, Wu Changqing still hopes that there will be less tragedy in the area.

In order to let these people have a home, Wu Changqing has been preparing for the construction of the red brick factory.

The bricks of this era are all blue bricks, which are better than red bricks in terms of corrosion resistance and weathering resistance. However, blue bricks have a fatal weakness, that is, the manufacturing technology is difficult, the process is complicated, and the cost is very high.

Although the performance of green bricks is far better than that of red bricks, it cannot be said that the products of green bricks are better than red bricks. In everything, money has to be considered.

It is out of this consideration that Wu Changqing decided to vigorously promote red bricks, while blue bricks can only be used as a luxury for the rich.

When Wu Changqing wanted to decide what to do, then the speed of doing it would be very fast.

After all, Wu Changqing now has all the power in the Jiangnan region, and he has nothing to do with it. If you want to get promoted and get rich, you have to win the favor of Wu Changqing, and no one dares to take care of Wu Changqing.

At present, there are fifteen large red brick factories on the outskirts of the city, employing a total of 3,000 workers to work at the same time.

In the preliminary plan, these red brick factories should produce 200,000 red bricks per day.

In fact, 200,000 yuan is very small, probably only enough for ten two-story houses. In other words, the red bricks they produce in one month are only enough to build more than 300 houses.

If a house can accommodate ten people, only more than 3,000 people can be accommodated in a month. For the nearly 300,000 poor who need houses, it is a drop in the bucket.

However, this is the limit of their abilities.

Mobilizing 3,000 people to work is no easy task. The food, wages, and organization and scheduling required here all test the ability of the administrative team.

Except for Nanjing and the Qing court, no other place currently has such a strong mobilization ability.

Even if they have such a strong mobilization ability, they do not have such high production efficiency.

If the Qing court mobilized 3,000 workers to burn red bricks, it would be good to be able to burn 20,000 bricks a day.

In these red brick factories in Nanjing, machinery can be seen everywhere, saving a lot of manpower.

The firing of red bricks has almost no technical content, but it has not been popularized because of the lack of machinery to improve the firing efficiency, and the cost cannot be reduced.

Therefore, the common people are willing to build wooden houses, or not to build red brick houses for backward houses such as adobe houses, which are really unaffordable.

If the common people cannot afford it, naturally there will be no businessmen to manufacture it, and the industry will not develop.

A large number of red bricks were fired, cooled, and then transported to resettlement sites for disaster victims.

A lot of foundations have been dug here, and load-bearing columns have been poured with steel bars and cement. Next, just lay the red bricks up, and then cover the tiles.

In order to reduce the difficulty and cost, the first floor of the building is not a concrete floor, but some wooden beams are built, and some planks will be laid in the future.

This kind of simple-looking house is actually quite advanced in this era, and it is better than most of the people's houses.

Hundreds of houses are arranged neatly according to the plan, and the visual effect is very shocking.

"Are these houses built for us?"

An old man asked in disbelief.

"Bullshit, it's not built for you to live for? If you don't kneel down to the governor to the east and thank the prince, the prince is going to build a house for you to live for free because of your housing problem."

Yuan Ji, the official responsible for supervising the work, scolded that a traditional official like him could not understand some of Wu Changqing's policies.

For example, in the current housing decree, in his opinion, it would be good for these untouchables to live in thatched houses, but Wu Changqing insisted on building red brick houses for these commoners.

You must know that even a large part of the houses in Nanjing are made of wood, and those who can afford bricks and stones are rich businessmen and officials.

When did even the untouchables qualify to live in such a good house?

This two-story red brick house is not cheap. Not only does it require a lot of wages, but its materials are even more expensive. Neither cement nor steel is cheap.

According to the calculation of the Ministry of Industry, the cost of such a house would be at least twenty taels. Moreover, this is all because steel and cement are cheaply supplied.

According to the price of steel and cement on the black market, such a house would cost at least one hundred taels.

You know, the North is very jealous of cement and desperately wants to buy it secretly.

The Qing army has always wanted to buy some cement to build the city wall. The city wall built with cement is several times stronger than rammed earth and can withstand the bombardment of artillery.

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Wu Changqing did not stop Yu Qingjun's behavior, but instead signaled that Tong Youwei could sell some cement to them in an appropriate amount to make some money to expand.

Anyway, for Wu Changqing, it doesn't make much sense for the Qing army's city walls to be stronger. At this stage, Wu Changqing's most important thing is to recklessly search for money, expand the scale of various factories, develop people's livelihood, and enhance national strength.

Yuanji's words were ugly, but the old man who was reprimanded didn't have any anger.

When he heard that he could stay for free, he really listened to Yuan Ji's words, knelt down in the direction of the Governor's Mansion, and thanked Master Qingtian.

In the face of survival, dignity is very cheap.

In other words, in this era of strict hierarchies and the prevalence of kneeling, it is not particularly undignified for ordinary people to kneel.

"The house is so beautiful, so strong, is it really for us?"

Even though Yuanji has explained it, the voice of doubt has never stopped.

The people in those slums didn't believe that there was such a good thing in the world. If Wu Changqing built a hut for them, they might be able to understand and accept it.

However, for them to live in such a beautiful and majestic-looking house, this benefit is too great, to the point that they dare not accept it.

"The housing is definitely for us, but it should not be possible for free, and at least some rent must be charged. Otherwise, everyone is not rushing for it, and these hundreds of buildings are not enough."

Another old man speculated.

"You know a ball. My eldest son works in a brick factory. I heard that the grandfather of the country will build at least 10,000 such houses."

"10,000 buildings, how much money would that cost?"

"No need to say, the grandfather of the country is really the master of the sky."

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