The development site of the first train was located in a coal mine outside the outskirts of the capital. The railway tracks had been laid in the mine cave, and the railway tracks were directly laid to a small steel plant more than ten kilometers away.&1t;/p>

For state-owned steel plants at this time, the biggest problem is that if the distance between iron ore and coal mines is too large, the transportation cost will increase the production cost, and sometimes even increase the production cost very high.&1t;/p>

In addition, the quality of local iron ore is not that high. Despite its leading technology, profits have begun to decline and no longer have the huge profits as high as they were at the beginning.&1t;/p>

After three years of development and continuous improvement, the first train with technology has been formed started on the tracks. After Zhu Youxiao received the report, he went to inspect the next day and personally witnessed the operation of the train. The highest level of this train was only 20 kilometers. In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, this thing was a little turtle.&1t;/p>

But the appearance of this train has extremely great significance.&1t;/p>

Even when it is only twenty kilometers, the train can drive multiple chariots, and it is tireless and can keep moving forward. There is only a need to replenish coal and water in the middle for simple maintenance. However, the carriage cannot run continuously for a day, and the load capacity is limited.&1t;/p>

In terms of economic benefits, this train, which was only 20 kilometers, already has commercial potential. Administratively, the train improves traffic, which greatly enhances the central government's control over the local area. In the past, officials took office and took several months from the station to the south, and the journey was difficult. With trains, it was different, and personnel exchanges became more convenient. At the same time, the court could more efficiently draw materials and manpower from the local area, and more efficiently transfer central resources to local disaster relief, etc.&1t;/p>

From a national defense perspective, once the railway network is built, military mobilization will become very fast.&1t;/p>

"The Ming Dynasty is finally about to take off." Zhu Youxiao was very excited. With the train, the Ming Dynasty could turn into a neat road roller and crush the west.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao immediately awarded merits and rewards to the development of the train. Lin Yuanlong, the leader of the research group, was awarded the third-rank literary honor. Other members of the group were awarded the fourth-rank literary honor. The reward ranged from tens of thousands to thousands of yuan, which was extremely rich, and they directly became the middle and high-level proletariat.&1t;/p>

Fang Yizhi is the youngest in the train research group. When he was studying at the Royal Academy of Sciences, he successfully joined the train research group because of his excellent grades. In recent years, he often saw the emperor. Zhu Youxiao often came to inspect the research progress. The train research direction was basically proposed by the emperor.&1t;/p>

The design ideas of railway tracks and trains. With the participation of Zhu Youxiao, it was determined from the beginning, so that the research team did not take any detours. In three years, it developed the first train with stable performance and can be put into promotion.&1t;/p>

Fang Yizhi has been awarded the fourth-rank Wenxun because he participated in the train research. The researchers of the Royal Academy of Sciences have been awarded Wenxun. After all, they are official institutions and the graduation college is within the system, so they are awarded Wenxun. If it is a Ming family outside the system, it is a Minxun.&1t;/p>

However, Wenxun and Minxun are not very different.&1t;/p>

At the same time, Fang Yizhi also received a reward of 5,000 yuan. It can be said that he got rich overnight.&1t;/p>

Fang Yizhi, who got the money, immediately took out all the money to build his own laboratory to engage in the scientific research work he liked.&1t;/p>

When applying for the construction of the laboratory, the central bank proposed to Fang Yizhi that it was willing to inject 10,000 yuan, as long as the laboratory 49 shares.&1t;/p>

Nowadays, there are many students who graduated from the Royal Academy of Sciences, and each student has signed a "Technology Confidentiality Agreement", promising not to leak technology to the outside world, and at the same time not to leave the country privately. Some of the graduates have begun to work alone, hoping to develop new patents to make huge profits.&1t;/p>

The court did not force these graduates who worked alone. As long as a confidentiality agreement is signed, there is no problem in doing it alone. If the funds are insufficient, the bank can also inject funds to support them in establishing a laboratory.&1t;/p>

There are also many scientific research projects directly established by the court and various state-owned enterprises. Not all graduates are willing to work alone. After all, there are certain risks. Moreover, the court's state-owned enterprises give high treatment, and its income is no lower than that of the second and third rank officials, and some even have higher incomes than those first-rank officials of the court.&1t;/p>

After the court reform, it changed its previous contempt and exploitation of craftsmen and created a good scientific research environment. At this time, state-owned capital rose and sufficient funds were invested in scientific research, especially state-owned capital had fully tasted the sweetness of technological progress.&1t;/p>

These students who graduated from the School of Science and Technology are equivalent to riding on the ride-hailing ride. They also have the opportunity to enter the government. Although it is technical, their treatment is higher than that of officials of the same level.&1t;/p>

After the reform, the private craftsmen obtained a very relaxed social environment. They were given equal treatment in their household registration and had a high level of freedom of life. In terms of taxation, they were personal income tax. Those with high income paid more taxes, and those without income did not have to pay taxes. The craftsmen could apply for patents, and their rights were strongly protected by the court.&1t;/p>

In the new provinces, the enforcement of patent law is becoming increasingly strong.&1t;/p>

The best way for those students who graduated from the School of Science and Technology, as well as the folk craftsmen, and even workers to get rich overnight is to find out what patents are. Although not every patent can make money, many patents actually have no commercial potential and no one cares about them after applying. However, the myth of getting rich overnight is constantly being born, and not only can you obtain money, but also social status.&1t;/p>

Fang Yizhi learned that his laboratory could receive capital injection from the central bank, and immediately agreed happily. The central bank belongs to the court and is the core institution of state-owned capital. With capital injection from the central bank, this means that some promising projects can apply for scientific research funds from the imperial court.&1t;/p>

At the same time, scientific research results can be popularized quickly, and the patent fee is also a lot.&1t;/p>

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After Zhu Youxiao visited the results of the train, he immediately held an imperial meeting. The Ministry of Works gave the train information to everyone. After a group of ministers entered the Qianqing Palace, they immediately discussed the next new strategy of the Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

The changes brought about by the technological innovation have been fully appreciated in recent years.&1t;/p>

"Train and telegraph are magical tools. Now telegraphs have been laid in most areas of northern provinces, forming an information transmission network. If the railway network can be laid in various provinces, the imperial court's control over the local area will be greatly enhanced and there will be huge commercial benefits." Zhu Youchao said to the ministers, "However, how to quickly lay the railway network into various provinces needs to be well planned."&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty, the railways required by trains require a large number of rails. At the same time, steam locomotives are also needed. At present, neither rails nor steam locomotives have yet to form industrial production capacity. The production capacity of rails and steam locomotives should be formed first, and then large-scale construction should be carried out." Wang Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Works, said.&1t;/p>

"What I'm saying is very good." Zhu Youxiao nodded, "All steel plants can produce railway tracks, and it is not difficult to form production capacity. The train manufacturing technology has matured, so it is enough to set up a company to produce."&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty, railways are of great importance. A new state-owned enterprise should be established to operate with full power." Yang Guorui suggested, and Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Accurate."&1t;/p>

Strategic assets such as railways naturally cannot allow private capital to intervene. You must know that once the railway system is formed, if controlled by private capital, freight rates will be manipulated. On the contrary, if state-owned enterprises master the railway system, the freight costs of large quantities of commodities in state-owned enterprises can be controlled within a cost price, and the prices of commodities and raw materials will not be inflated due to freight costs, and further ensure the market dominance of state-owned capital.&1t;/p>

The tone of state-owned monopoly was determined, and then the 'Daming Railway Administration' was established, which was responsible for railway construction and system operation.&1t;/p>

The production of railway tracks is handed over to each steel factory, and the manufacturing of trains is separated from the machinery manufacturing plant. It is responsible for the research on trains and technology. The reason for setting up two is to allow these two state-owned enterprises to compete in the market well, avoid being unintentional and making technological development stagnant.&1t;/p>

Of course, the technical achievements of the two companies can be shared, but they have to purchase patents from each other. Then conduct performance evaluation based on the results of the business.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao’s meaning is very simple, that is, to build a large-scale railway system in the new provinces, and then continue to drive the economy.&1t;/p>

"If the railway system is built in northern provinces next, it requires large investment, and the expansion of state-owned capital to the south will slow down. The reform in the south may need to be postponed." Yang Guorui told Zhu Youxiao, who considered it for a while. He decided: "The reform in the south should be postponed for a few years first! Don't take too much steps. When the new policy provinces completely accept the new policy, the reform in the south will naturally come naturally."&1t;/p>

Reform is actually synchronized with the expansion of state-owned capital. How to reform without entering the market?&1t;/p>

Delaying the reform in the south was supported by a group of ministers, after all, this is the safest thing. Although the state-owned capital has made great progress, it has just been expanded in various northern provinces, and many investments have not been recovered, and the capital chain has been stretched a little long.&1t;/p>

At this time, if we reform the south, encircle and suppress the southern capital chaebols, and invest in the northern railway network, the capital chain is likely to be broken. At that time, only paper money will be allowed, which will cause great people's livelihood problems.&1t;/p>

But if the railway network is built first, the new regime will be completely solid. After all, with a large-scale railway system, the military resources that the court can mobilize will become extremely large, and commercial capital will also grow rapidly with the emergence of railways.&1t;/p>

Then reforming the southern provinces will not only have absolute confidence in military affairs, but also create an absolute capital crush on the large capital chaebols in the south.&1t;/p>

"If you want to lay a railway system, then the strategic railways you need to build first are nothing more than three. One is the railway to the northeast, so as to transport the commercial grain, timber and steel from the northeast back to the pass. The other is the railway to the Western Regions, which can transport cotton and oil from the Western Regions back to the pass. The third is the railway line connecting the four provinces of Zhili, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong. Thus, the coal mines from Shanxi are transported out to various provinces, and industrial products from Zhili and Shandong are transported to various provinces. The commercial grain and commercial cotton from Henan can also be transported out." Zhu Youxiao drew several lines on the map.&1t;/p>

"More local, that is, to build the railway directly into industrial areas and ports in various provinces, so that raw materials can be transported directly into industrial areas, and commodities can be transported directly to local markets and coastal ports. At the same time, the railway will be directly built into the mining area, and the minerals and coal will be transported directly to the smelter. The railway will be divided into two parts, one is a cross-regional railway line, which is responsible for investment and construction by the State Railway Administration, and the other is a local freight railway that can be applied for and operated by the enterprise itself."&1t;/p>

In the era without cars, railways were indeed built directly to the factory entrance. So in Europe and the United States before World War II, the railway scale was very large, and a small Germany had more than 100,000 kilometers of railways. Of course, that was the result of the German Juncker Consortium's expansion being blocked, and the capital had no more investment projects, so it could only continue to invest in Germany.&1t;/p>

If it is a country like the Ming Dynasty, if cars appear relatively late in the future, then the scale of the railway exceeds 400,000 kilometers will not be a problem.&1t;/p>

Now for state-owned capital consortiums, the problem is that there is no place to invest, but that there are too many places to invest. The new local policy provinces need a lot of investment, not to mention that after the emergence of train technology, a large number of railways need to be laid. At the same time, overseas colonial areas also need to be opened, and railways must also be built.&1t;/p>

"After these railways are completed, branch railways can be built to each town to form a railway network."&1t;/p>

"I think it is possible to build a railway to Huguang and another railway to Nanzhili, so as to facilitate the exchange of people from north to south. Once these two railways are built, the court's control over Huguang and Jiangnan can be greatly enhanced. And after the exchanges are convenient, the people of various provinces can more deeply understand the benefits of reform and thus support the reform of the court." Shen Yan looked at the map for a while and suggested to Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>

"My dear proposal is very good." Zhu Youxiao was immediately inspired. Even if the southern provinces have not yet reformed, railways can be built.&1t;/p>

If the railway is built to the south, the reform will basically be stable.&1t;/p>

"If the railway can be built into Sichuan, the court can completely incorporate Sichuan into the reform system first. It's just that the road to Shu is difficult to move forward, and I don't know if it can be built." Chen Yan continued, he didn't know much about railway construction.&1t;/p>

"There is no problem in building a railway into Sichuan. If it really doesn't work, just build a tunnel. Now that there is a new type of explosives, it should not be difficult to build a tunnel." Zhu Youxiao said.&1t;/p>

Incorporating Sichuan into reform is a very exciting proposal. Because the roads in Sichuan are not so smooth, commodities, transportation and output are not so easy, so Sichuan has not considered the next reform list before. However, the emergence of railways can completely improve transportation, so Sichuan will be included in the reform first.&1t;/p>

Once Sichuan is included in the reform, the benefits are obviously great. Sichuan has a large population and agricultural industry has great potential for development. It can radiate to the southwest and central regions with Sichuan as the center. Moreover, the resistance to reform Sichuan will not be that great. Although there are many landlord classes in Sichuan, the landlord class cannot make any big waves in the face of today's state-owned capital.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!