1681: New Weapons and Social Issues
The workers in the experimental factory have been driven away. The emperor, the chief minister, the two ministers, and an adult from the Tiangong Department sat on the ground without any image.
"So, he will not be able to put it into use in a short period of time?" The expression in the cat's eyes dimmed a little. "Your Majesty, according to your estimate, once he can really use it on the rail car, how efficient is compared to the previous horse-drawn rail car?"
"How can this be compared?" Qin Fengtou shook his head like a rattle, "the efficiency is at least ten times more."
The kitten's eyes lit up again, and the scorching light made the people present unable to stand it. "Doesn't this mean that if we transport soldiers and supplies from Yuejing City to Taoyuan County, we can arrive in at most two days?"
"It's the theory." Qin Feng nodded vigorously.
The kitten immediately turned to look at Xu Lai: "Mr. Xu, Brother Xu, I won't say anything else, just say what are you missing? The Ministry of War has got you there, and the money is missing? The Ministry of War has a special fund every year, and I can make the decision alone. If you want, you will be happy, I only ask. The sooner this thing is invested, the better."
"It takes time!" Xu Lai said calmly.
Geng Jingming's eyes kept scanning the prototype car like a shuttle, "Your Majesty, you just said that this machine can not only be used as a motorcycle, but also in countless industries such as smelting and textiles?"
"Of course." Qin Feng said: "Above him, it is a machine that can generate huge energy. It is OK to use it on a motorcycle, a warship, or to drive something else."
Geng Jingming took a deep breath: "If we could develop a spinning machine, wire reeling machine, etc. that is suitable for this machine in the textile industry in Jiangnan, we could use it as the source power, right?"
"good."
After receiving a positive answer, Geng Jingming showed a happy smile on his face: "How effective?"
"One to one should be a hundred."
"Hahaha!" Geng Jingming danced happily, "In this way, the cost of our textile industry will drop sharply, to a point that we can't believe now. Your Majesty, our silk will be shipped overseas and will make more profits. Moreover, I suddenly have another way to deal with the people of Qi."
"Dumping at a low price." Qin Feng said with a smile.
The smile on Geng Jingming's face immediately froze, and after a while, he said, "Your Majesty is so talented, I really don't know what to say?"
The kitten said coldly: "Are you praising yourself? Dumping at a low price is what kind of thing? Can it benefit my military armor?"
"Martial Master's opinion!" Geng Jingming sneered: "Little cat, didn't I underestimate you. The biggest contributor to attack Chu State is your Ministry of War? No? You are just the last person to pick peaches. Before that, Chu State had already been in chaos by us."
The kitten was furious: "Thousands of warriors died bloodied and died, but you said it was worthless? Geng Jingming, do you want to ask for a fight?"
"Facts are better than words. Could it be that you will take action if you can't say it?" Geng Jingming was also angry.
"Okay, OK, I'll come to you to make you have a clear idea in your heart. How to connect and arrange the next work, not to let you quarrel, but to perform their own duties. No one is more important than anyone else." Qin Feng knocked on the ground and stopped the quarrel between the two ministers.
Geng Jingming glanced at the kitten fiercely and said, "Your Majesty, our confrontation with Qi and war are just the last means. Before this, we need to work harder. In fact, the same principle is the same as dealing with Chu, that is, to destroy the other party's economy. Financial means played a miraculous effect when dealing with Chu, but it also aroused the alertness of Qi. The negotiations with Qi on this side made no progress. In the end, the Qi people agreed to use our Ming currency in the two border areas of Changning County and Luzhou. If we leave these two counties, our Ming banknotes will not be used, let alone in the Qi border.
Banks are opened. But now, we have a new method, which is to dump at low prices. For example, the textile industry. Now, our Ming and Qi are in strict terms, both are handicraft-style production, and the prices are not much different. Ours are slightly lower, but if this kind of machine can be used in production, as Your Majesty said, one to make a hundred, then the price of our textile products will be so low that it will shock the people of Qi, and will have absolute dominance in the market. When our products pour into Qi, what will be the result? That is the great collapse of the entire textile industry of Qi."
Geng Jingming became more and more excited. "By the way, every industry that this machine can use will bring about earth-shaking changes in work efficiency, the living room of materials will be greatly enriched, and the large enrichment will bring about price declines. The low cost will give us the possibility of using it to destroy the corresponding industries in Qi State."
Qin Feng smiled and applauded. Geng Jingming is worthy of being one of the smartest businessmen in the world. In the short time since he saw this machine, he has thought that the emergence of this machine may bring the greatest effect to the country.
"Your Majesty." Quan Yun, the chief minister who had not made any noise, looked at Qin Feng and said slowly: "The emergence of this machine will indeed allow our Ming Dynasty to embark on the road of rapid development, but there will be many problems accordingly. Take the textile industry that Geng’s Ministry of Revenue just mentioned. I am afraid that after this machine is really applied to the textile industry, what we will get first is not huge profits, but countless social problems."
"What's the problem?" Geng Jingming asked back.
Quan Yun gave the other party a blank look. Geng Jingming was essentially a big businessman's mind. He only thought about making money, but did not see the problem of making money.
"Geng's Ministry of Housing, do you know that the Jiangnan area is the main concentration of our textile industry. In fact, in other regions, although the textile industry is not as concentrated as that of Jiangnan, there are also some. Do you know how many people make a living in this industry? How many families are involved? When we dealt with Chu, we just cut off the sales of their textiles, which made Jiangnan hungry and turmoil everywhere. Wouldn't you forget?"
"Uh?" Geng Jingming beat him up, as if he had remembered something.
"Now we are the rulers of Jiangnan. Once this machine is used, it is as His Majesty said. Do you know how many people will immediately lose the skills they rely on for survival? Not only those who work in workshops, but also those families who farm and women weave will immediately cut off a path to make a living. Will this put many families in trouble? Your Majesty, you have to work harder. Chu has just returned, and people's hearts are not stable. When you suddenly come to this, I am afraid that Jiangnan and other places will immediately fall into chaos. It will even affect other places. You must know that this time we are not only attacking Jiangnan, but the entire industry. Our Ming Dynasty also has a textile industry."
"How can you stop eating because of choking!" Geng Mingming said.
"It involves millions of families and countless people. Don't forget the Genghuman Ministry. The foundation of the country is the source of the people. If the people are in chaos, how can we govern it?" Quan Yun retorted.
"What the Prime Minister said is indeed reasonable." Qin Feng nodded and said, "Businessmen are pursuing profits. Once such machines appear, they will inevitably abandon the original workers, which will definitely cause a large number of unemployed people. The sharp drop in prices will inevitably hurt our Ming Dynasty's current self-sufficiency natural economy. This is inevitable, but we cannot stop moving forward because of this, and abandon advanced technology for fear of problems. This is a tyranny. Fortunately, we now know that problems will occur and know where the problems will occur, which is relatively easier to deal with. We can make corresponding response plans in advance to solve the problem of these people's future. Then the things that the Prime Minister is worried about will not happen or the destructive effect will be minimal after it happens."
"Your Majesty said very well." Geng Jingming nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Jiangnan has fewer land and many people. Once these machines are put into use in the future, fewer people will be needed. However, our Ming Dynasty has local subsidies. Take Taoyuan Wuling and others for example. The county magistrates even issued a local order that a woman would be forced to marry by the government if she was 16 years old and was not married. Why, isn't she just trying to increase the number of people? If these people have no way to live in Jiangnan, why don't they go to these places? If they go here, give houses, land and livestock, what's wrong with it?"
"It's hard to leave my hometown. If a person hadn't really been able to survive, who would have left his hometown to seek a way out?" Quan Yun sighed.
"In the more than ten years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the migration of people has become the norm. These people are now living much better than those who have not left." Geng Mingming said: "The Ming Dynasty is not the Dayue in the past. It has developed transportation. Even if it is a thousand miles away, it can only be reached in a few days. What is the saying that the hometown is hard to leave? As long as the court makes a good response, it can do this. The wheel of history rolls forward, and anyone who wants to block the wheel of history will inevitably be crushed to the slag."
Quan Yun was silent for a while and looked at Xu Lai: "Master Xu, how long will it take for this thing to be put into use now until it is put into use?"
Xu Lai thought for a while and said, "With a clear development direction, the speed will be faster. It will take one to two years. Of course, this also requires the corresponding industry to send their most important craftsmen to study the issue of how to connect with us."
"Your Majesty, let's take two years to study carefully how to deal with the arrival of this great storm." Quan Yun bowed.
Chapter completed!