Chapter 361 Southern Liaoning Reform of the country of steel is an ancient strategic resource, with the development of science and technology, it is difficult for people to appreciate the preciousness of steel, it is estimated that no one will know, a three-pound steel knife, is an out-and-out luxury, but also a symbol of family wealth.The excited people were not only Niu Huanxi, but also not only the soldiers of the Fair Army, including the people under the command of the Fair Army, who looked at the steel produced and listened to the pleasant sound of gold in their ears, and those people cheered to Luo Shiming, the king of fairness."
Long live fairness!"
In the eyes of the people, having so much steel represents the strength of the king of fairness, and the lack of steel in normal times only affects production efficiency, such as the efficiency of farming, in the current troubled times, steel represents absolute strength.It is no exaggeration to say that a hundred armor soldiers can defeat a thousand unarmored rebels unscathed, and a thousand armor soldiers, even if it is the same number of Mongolian cavalry, will not take advantage of anything at all.Although the common people did not have a university education, they could actually do simple arithmetic, and this furnace of molten steel in the hands of a craftsman could make at least 500 armor or 2,000 steel knives.After a winter of harmonious coexistence, these people have realized the true fairness of the fair king Luo Shiming, the management of Huaiyuan Town is very primitive, but also very simple, just like when Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, entered the customs, the three chapters of the law: "The murderer dies, the wounded are punished, and the theft is punished." ”There are also civil law cases in Huaiyuan Town, which are usually tried in public, and even if there is no participation of the whole people, at least most of the people have witnessed the public execution of criminals.At the same time, the King of Justice does not take servitude.In ancient times, the people needed to bring their own dry food and work for free, but in Huaiyuan Town, like Quanjiazhuang Town, it was paid labor, and the work was given money or food.Following an organization can ensure its own safety and its own vital interests, so that the organization has a centripetal force.Qi Qige naturally doesn't understand that he doesn't know how to make iron, but there are people around him who understand, an old man who has been dealing with iron all his life wants to knock the iron ingots one by one with a hammer, listen to the sound, and observe the color, only after a while did he raise his head, and his voice was so excited that his voice floated: "Princess, good iron, all rare good iron!"
The old man has been dealing with iron all his life, and he has never seen so many good iron in a furnace!
”"So much iron, it's worth a lot of money!"
Kikige's eyes straightened as she looked at the money.Qiqige walked up to Niu Huanxi's side, stretched out his hand and patted Niu Huanxi's shoulder: "Da Niu, do you sell these irons?"
Make a bid, right?
”Although it is said that in the process of cooperating with the Fair Army, Lin Dan Khan obtained a large amount of equipment, and also changed the equipment of his tribal warriors.However, the problem is that these steel equipment can be damaged in battle, and they can also rust if they are not properly kept, especially arrowheads, and the losses are staggering, whether it is fighting, or hunting, it will be lost.Their demand for steel is endless, especially when the ice and snow cover the mountain, the activities of robbing the Huayang Society caravan have basically stopped, and there is no new source of equipment, so Qiqige is naturally a little anxious."
Oops!"
Chen Ying looked at Qiqige and said with a smile: "You are looking for the wrong person, these iron are made by big bulls, yes, whether to sell it or not, what price to sell, he said it doesn't count!""
If he says it, who has the final say?"
Chen Ying pointed at himself: "Of course it is, King of Fairness!"
”"Uncle Wang!"
Kikige turned to Luo Shiming.Chen Ying stepped forward and patted Niu Huanxi: "Boy, yes, yes, I saw Lao Niu when I turned around and told him, you, as a son, are no worse than him!"
”The cow was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth."
One furnace is more than 10,000 catties, which is more than 1,000 taels of silver!"
Chen Ying sighed: "Our Huaiyuan Town can finally make money!"
”"More than 10,000 catties!"
Niu Huanxi said: "This furnace is just used for hand training, and there is not much iron sand, if it is full, there will be at least forty or fifty thousand catties!"
”"That's even more amazing, four or five thousand taels of silver for a furnace!"
Chen Ying narrowed his eyes: "However, it is still not enough, two more blast furnaces should be built!"
”Niu Huanxi smiled bitterly: "To put it lightly, how can the workers solve it?"
The construction of this blast furnace is all the master we brought over in Quanjiazhuang Town, and now ......
""The most important thing we don't lack in Daming is people!"
”Chen Ying smiled and said: "Your problem, you don't have to worry, anyway, you can't build a blast furnace for a while, and when you build the blast furnace, it will be time for the green and yellow to be overwhelmed, is it still a matter to recruit people?"
”"That's just as well!"
The real purpose of Quanxu's layout is to attract border troops or displaced people who have no way out, so as to dilute the combat effectiveness of Li Zicheng's troops, and of course, to preserve enough population as much as possible to complete industrialization.Since the advent of the blast furnace, the industry of Huaiyuan Town began to show the development of the embryonic state, and several open-hearth furnaces were built to make steel with the open-hearth, which is what the craftsmen of Quanjiazhuang Town are best at.The cooled ingots are remelted and some other fines are added to make the ideal steel.Adding manganese ore can make his favorite manganese steel, and the horizontal knife and giant axe made of manganese steel are indestructible; If you add toner, according to the different proportions of toner, you can make low-carbon steel, medium-carbon steel and high-carbon steel, low-carbon steel is softer, easy to process, can be used to make bolts, medium-carbon steel can be used to make various machine parts, and high-carbon steel can be used to cast weapons.Adding a certain percentage of tin to the molten iron becomes tinplate, which can be used to make canning boxes.On the plug where the cold wind is howling, the construction is already in full swing and the construction of his own home is begun.…… Construction is beginning on a huge factory in southern Liaoning, which is identical to that of a steel structure factory in later generations.There are looms in the factory, where thousands of women work hard to weave wool into wool threads.This process is actually very cumbersome, first the wool is washed, then physically degreased, de-charred, and then the wool is dried.At this time, the wool is very loose and very clean, the net wool is combed into strip-like wool strips, the carding machine combs the weeds in the wool and combs down some more, the washed wool is combed into a net to stretch and stretch the wool, and at the same time twist (twist the thread), through such a process, the thread starts to become thinner and thinner, and becomes stronger and stronger through twisting.Finally, it is spun into wool thread and woven with wool thread.Quan Xu took a piece of woolen cloth that had just been spun from a female worker and held it in his hand, this woolen cloth was very thick."
Not bad!"
Sanniang said a little proudly: "Of course, my little sisters are working very hard, many of them have lost a lot of weight, but the cost of this woolen cloth is not cheap, it is more expensive than linen, I am afraid that the people can't afford it!"
”Although wool is not valuable, the processing of wool is very complicated, and now it is not like later generations, and it can completely rely on machines to replace manual labor.Quan Xu shook his head: "It's cheaper than cotton cloth, such cloth is made of clothes, it has good warmth, it can keep out the cold, and it is lightweight, although it is more expensive than linen, our soldiers and civilians in southern Liaoning should be able to afford it!"
”Shen Mingze said: "What the Lord said is extremely true, more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians in southern Liaoning, let alone wearing this kind of clothes, even if everyone wears cotton clothes, there is no pressure!"
”"The pressure is still there!"
Quan Xu smiled bitterly: "The cost price of such a piece of clothing requires at least two taels of silver, do you think it is appropriate for the people to spend two months earning a piece of clothing?"
”Not a luxury brand, ordinary clothing, the working class of later generations, a month's salary, how can you buy a few or even a dozen pieces of clothing.At present, the income of the people in southern Liaoning is not reasonable enough.As for the rest of the Ming Dynasty, it is not a question of reasonableness or unreasonableness, it is simply inhumane.Niumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, which will be staged every day.The strategy of sheep eating people was slowly implemented by Quan Xu.However, the problem is still very serious.Quan Xu thought for a while and said: "Let's hold a meeting, all the military, civilian and industrial and commercial meetings, and representatives at all levels will meet in the Jinshishan meeting hall in half a month!"
”The fourth year of Chongzhen has come, if the course of history is followed, Huang Taiji will launch the Battle of Da Ling River, and then the Ming Dynasty will lose the battle again.Quan Xu was not sure whether Huang Taiji would launch the Battle of the Great Ling River like in history, but he had to prepare in advance.On February 26, the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Jinshishan Conference was officially convened, and the meeting was attended by representatives of the whole family army, that is, officers above the rank of major, and at the same time, there were also mayors, deputy mayors, factory directors of various towns in southern Liaoning, and representatives of merchants.After Quanxu was stationed in southern Liaoning, he successfully recovered the four southern states.The imperial court officials also sent four governors to southern Liaoning, as well as fifteen county commanders.These imperial court officials, in charge of counties and prefectures, Quan Xu thinks that according to the current terrifyingly rigid system to deal with the affairs of southern Liaonan, there is no point in him participating at all, it is better to play by himself behind closed doors.Straight to the point, Quan Xu looked at everyone: "Last year, when Ben Shuai came to Liaodong, he promised the generals that each person would be given 100 acres of land, but until today, this matter has not been implemented.Today is the time for Ben Shuai to fulfill his promise, 100 acres of land, not a single acre is allowed to be less, the whole army currently has a total of 43,500 registered soldiers, 5 million acres of military land is reserved, and each county will build the land deeds in their jurisdictions, and this matter will be completed by the end of March within a time limit!
”The officials looked at each other.They are officials of the imperial court, and Quan Xu is only the chief soldier of Liaodong, not the governor of Liaodong.Zhu Xun, the prefect of Gaizhou, looked at Quan Xu and said, "Quan Shuai, this is not in accordance with the rules, right?"......
Before Zhu Xun finished speaking, Quan Xu interrupted rudely: "This is not a discussion, it is just an order, you are willing to execute it, you must implement it, if you are not willing to execute it, you must also execute it!"
”Zhu Xun wanted to say something, but Guo Luofu, the prefect of Haizhou, hurriedly gave him a look.Quan Xu continued: "Ben Shuai plans to build a parliament building in Jinzhou City, and regularly convene officials and representatives from various prefectures and counties to hold meetings every year, and discuss the affairs of the four prefectures and fifteen counties in southern Liaoning to discuss and handle them, and allocate resources in a unified manner according to the actual situation. ”