BSI Chapter 256 Debate over the Construction of Pingjiang New Town
Chapter 256 Debate over the Construction of Pingjiang New Town
Chapter 256 Debate over the Construction of Pingjiang New Town
With the continuous efforts of the craftsmen, the loom was gradually improved, and there were fewer and fewer problems in operation.
Xiao Qi knew that with the passage of time, mechanical systems such as steam power systems and looms would become more and more perfect, and the current looms were already the best they could do so far.
So Xiao Qi drew the latest drawing of the loom and named it Dasong Xingsheng No. [-].
At the same time, he ordered the Da Song Foundry Bureau to separate most of the senior blacksmiths to establish a new department, named Da Song Machinery Manufacturing Factory.
So far, Xiao Qi's blueprint for realizing the industrial age has officially begun.
Zhao Shen unconditionally supported everything Xiao Qi did in the Foundry Bureau. Soon the imperial decree agreeing to establish the Da Song Machinery Manufacturing Factory arrived at the Da Song Foundry Bureau, and Xiao Qi was given full authority to do it.
After receiving the imperial decree, Xiao Qi immediately began to select a site for the factory.
He understands very well that this Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory will be an existence that integrates the highest industrial level in Dasong.
This machinery manufacturing plant will be the concentration place of the best steelmaking, mechanical design, and best mechanical workers in the entire Song Dynasty, and will become the spire of the pyramid of technological level in the world today.
Out of the requirement of convenient transportation and water fetching, Xiao Qi built the Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory in Pingjiang Prefecture (now Suzhou) where water and land transportation is very convenient.
This not only facilitates the transportation of raw materials, but also facilitates the transportation of those heavy mechanical equipment produced by the machinery factory.
Of course, today's transportation and loading and unloading capabilities are still very primitive. Those mechanical products still need to be transported in the form of parts and components, and then assembled by technicians when they arrive at the place.
For these Xiao Qi also knew that there was no rush, he needed to take it step by step, if he wanted to eat it in one bite and become a fat person, he would choke to death.
Since this Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory has the most cutting-edge technology in the world today, safety issues are very important.
For this reason, Xiao Qi formulated strict secrecy regulations for this machinery factory, and dispatched a [-]-strong Changsheng Battalion to take over the work of the local security forces in Pingjiang Prefecture.
And the military camp was placed outside the Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory, and patrolled around the factory area 24 hours a day.
This posture directly terrified Pingjiang Inspector. Anyone who suddenly had his soldiers transferred away and another army with a strong force but a large number came, any local governor would be frightened.
The governor of Suzhou knew very well that it was impossible for Chang Shengying to listen to him, so he wrote a letter to Zhao Shen, saying that Pingjiang Mansion had become a very important place for the court.
In order to enable local officials to communicate well with the Changsheng Camp, it is hoped that the court will transfer him to another place and appoint an official who is familiar with the soldiers of the Changsheng Camp to be the governor of Pingjiang Mansion.
Zhao Shen got the report from this person, and after asking about it, he found out that Xiao Qi had made such a big fuss in Pingjiang Prefecture, where he chose to build the Song Dynasty Machinery Manufacturing Factory.
But Zhao Shen also understood what the original governor of Pingjiang was worried about. Chang Shengying had always had a bad reputation.
Apart from being strictly ordered by the military order not to provoke the common people, Zhenbei King Xiao Qi has never restrained them in conflicts with officials, let alone severely punished them.
This is also a spectacle of the Song Dynasty today, that is, those civil servants can show off their power in front of any other Song army, but they are faster than each other when they encounter the Changsheng camp.
Emperor Zhao Shen immediately transferred the original governor of Pingjiang to another place. As for the new governor of Pingjiang, just hand it over to Xiao Qi to appoint someone he thinks is suitable.
At this moment, Xiao Qi didn't have time to pay attention to the discussions of the ministers in the court, and he focused on personally supervising the construction of the Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory in Pingjiang Mansion.
None of the ministers in the court knew what was going on with the Great Song Machinery Manufacturing Factory. After learning that Xiao Qi made it again, these ministers all discussed in private, what kind of moth the King of Zhenbei is going to do.
These ministers had no idea what the machinery manufacturing factory was doing. Although these people were confused, no one jumped out to object.
Zhao Shen also pretended not to know about the fact that Zhao Shen directly handed over the construction of the Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory to King Zhenbei without discussing it with them.
One by one they knew better than the other that the things Xiao Qi had made in the Great Song Foundry Bureau over the years were more terrifying than the other, not to mention that they had never seen it before, and no one thought of it.
Moreover, King Zhenbei only does what he wants to do and does not fight for power or gain. But if anyone dares to interfere with what he is doing, Xiao Qi will definitely slap him to death.
Xiao Qi has no time to care about the reactions of the ministers in the DPRK and China. He is currently busy planning the Pingjiang New City.
After the Da Song Machinery Manufacturing Factory is built, a large number of craftsmen and apprentices will come to work within two or three years, and a large number of other industries will follow.
Think about those industrial cities in previous lives. Which one did not develop rapidly in a short period of time, forming a complete local ecosystem around leading enterprises.
What's more, this is the first industrialized city in the Song Dynasty, and it will definitely become the favorite place of the entire Song Dynasty.
For the Pingjiang City in front of him, Xiao Qi felt that it was still too small.
So Xiao Qi replanned the newly built Dasong Machinery Manufacturing Factory and the previous Pingjiang City, and redesigned a blueprint of a new Pingjiang City ten times larger than the original one.
Not only that, but all the newly built buildings in the new city are two or three-story cement buildings.
Xiao Qi also specially designed the most developed underground drainage system in this era. He didn't want the first industrial city he planned to be destroyed by a heavy rain.
Because considering that after the completion of this machinery processing factory, he will also build an industrial base for cloth and silk production here.
Pingjiang has always been a land of fish and rice and a home of silk. It has a good foundation for the establishment of textile factories. The people here have the skills of weaving and embroidery.
This is the most suitable place for me to carry out large-scale textile production in the future.
After Xiao Qi submitted the copied blueprint of Xinpingjiang City to the imperial court, Zhao Shen and all the ministers were taken aback.
This Xinpingjiang City is actually ten times bigger than before!
And along with the planning map of the new city, a map of the underground sewage discharge pipe network was also sent.
The entire court was completely fried, and the cost was too high. Not to mention that you built Pingjiang City much larger than the capital Lin'an, even the cost of the underground drainage system can build a large new city!
This time the ministers couldn't bear it anymore, they all angrily accused Xiao Qi of wasting money and people, and all asked Zhao Shen to reject Xiao Qi's plan to build a new city.
Zhao Shen had no choice but to order Xiao Qi to return to the capital to explain what happened in Pingjiang New Town.
When Xiao Qi sent out the planning map, he knew that this matter would definitely cause a lot of waves in the court, so he was well prepared.
On the day he received the imperial edict, Xiao Qi rushed back to the capital with his own soldiers.
In the court hall the next day, Emperor Zhao Shen asked Xiao Qi why he wanted to build Pingjiang City so big, and together with the underground drainage pipe network, it would cost so much that several Lin'an cities could be built.
Xiao Qi explained to Zhao Shen that the reason for the high cost was that all the buildings in the new city would be constructed of cement, including the underground drainage network.
Although the city built in this way will cost a lot at the beginning, this big city will still be one of the best cities in the Song Dynasty within a few hundred years, and it will be very cost-effective in the long run.
At this time, the ministers also ignored Xiao Qi's reputation, and all stood up to oppose it. Even Yu Yunwen, who had always been more supportive of Xiao Qi, expressed dissatisfaction with Xiao Qi's plan to build a new city that cost so much.
Xiao Qi saw it, I'll go, this is unanimous opposition, now troublesome, these ministers are all opposed, you can't put a knife on someone's neck to make people agree.
He calculated in his mind how much money was needed for the construction of this new city, and this calculation surprised him too. The money that was indeed spent was an astronomical figure.
Xiao Qixin finished speaking, this cost shocked himself, these ministers would never agree to this cost.
Soon a new idea flashed in Xiao Qi's mind, and this idea immediately made Xiao Qi feel that the construction of Pingjiang New City would not be a problem no matter how expensive it was.
But when he said that there was a way that could be implemented in the city construction plan, those ministers didn't give him a chance to continue talking, and they all yelled and expressed their opposition.
And these guys came up with a unique trick, bluntly saying that they would not agree to use the money from the treasury to build this Xinping River City.
This made Xiao Qi angry too, what the hell!
You have to let me express my thoughts, and we can talk about it after discussing it, right?
Just say no without letting me say anything. What do you mean?
This group of ministers managed to occupy the commanding heights of their family, country and morality. With such a good opportunity, Xiao Qi would be scolded once and for all. I have been looking for such an opportunity before but couldn't find it!
Soon the court turned into a denunciation meeting for Xiao Qi. A group of ministers all accused Xiao Qi, saying that he did not know how expensive firewood and rice were because he was not a member of the family. Such expenditure would simply empty out the treasury of the Song Dynasty.
Make Xiao Qi angry.
How many places have I conquered over the years, just conquering the gold and silver that was brought back to the Song Dynasty treasury is enough to build two or three Pingjiang new cities?
What's more, those places will transport a lot of money and minerals back to Song Dynasty every year. What the hell are you crying poor with me now?
Not to mention the money I sent to the Song Dynasty treasury, even the money I gave to my father-in-law is enough to build half of Xinpingjiang City!
Thinking of this, Xiao Qi suddenly had an idea, right!
Why are you arguing with these ministers here, let your father-in-law get the big head, and yourself get the small head, isn't this matter solved!
What's more, with the methods of accumulating money in the previous life that I remembered before, the money will definitely come back doubled. It is simply a question of how many times you earn, and there is no possibility of losing money!
So Xiao Qi immediately bowed to Zhao Shen: "Father, my son has a proposal."
Zhao Shen was stunned when he heard this, and thought: What's wrong with my son-in-law?I was worried just now that he was forced to violently hurt others by the ministers, but now he looks so pleasant!
All the ministers in the main hall also stopped in doubt, and stopped arguing that Xiao Qi doesn't understand the suffering of the people, and that building a new city is a waste of money for the people, and they will be scolded to death by the people.
These ministers saw that Xiao Qi didn't mean to be angry at all, but instead looked confident, they were all puzzled, not knowing what kind of trick Xiao Qi was going to play.
All of them remained silent for a while, waiting for Xiao Qi to say what his proposal was.
Seeing that the group of ministers stopped arguing, Xiao Qi saluted Zhao Shen again:
"Father, all the ministers are opposed to the construction of Xinpingjiang City, saying that it will cost a lot, waste people's money and don't want to use the silver from the treasury.
Erchen came up with an idea, that Xinpingjiang City could be built without using the treasury's silver.
It also benefits everyone. "
Zhao Shen said: "King Zhenbei, tell me what kind of good strategy it is."
Xiao Qi knew that he had to bring all the ministers with him this time. Although he knew that they would definitely not want to work with him, but put them in first, and they insisted on jumping out. up.
"Father, all the ministers feel that it is inappropriate to use the money from the treasury, and I want to join my father and all the adults to invest in the construction of the city."
Hearing Xiao Qi's words, not only Zhao Shen was dumbfounded, but even the ministers were dumbfounded!
The money spent on the national treasury, everyone thinks it’s wrong to spend it on city construction, but you still want us to pay for it and throw it into the water?
Zhao Shen was also very speechless, saying that he had been given endless gold and silver by this good son-in-law over the years, but your city-building plan was too expensive, and I couldn't build it even if I spent all my money!
Xiao Qi struck while the iron was hot:
"Father, my son wants to do this. My father will contribute half of the silver, my son will contribute [-]%, and all the adults will contribute the remaining two percent.
After the new city is built, all kinds of income in the new city will be returned to everyone in proportion to their investment every year.
In addition to the agricultural tax, the new city leaves three tiers to pay the national treasury, and the rest is regarded as the dividends of everyone's joint efforts. "
Zhao Shen was taken aback when he heard this, not to mention the astronomical amount of money that needs to be taken, but now the Song Dynasty's taxes are still mainly based on agricultural taxes.
In addition to the agricultural tax, the other taxes are the commercial tax, which is good, but you are a new city, where does the commercial tax come from?
But say no, seeing that my son-in-law is about to be driven crazy by these ministers.
He gritted his teeth for the last time, anyway, the good son-in-law got the internal money, this time it sounded like it was thrown into the water, and besides, the internal money sent from all over the world every year could not be used up.
"Okay! Since the king of Zhenbei dares to use all his wealth to give out the [-]%, I will give the [-]%! Dear friends, the remaining [-]% will be raised by you!"
As soon as Zhao Shen's words fell, the group of ministers all jumped out to object.
This means that the family has no money at all, and originally thought about going to someone's house to borrow some food in the morning.
The one said that he was better than him, but he had just bought food and had lost his money and still had a few copper coins left.
Xiao Qi saw it just right, none of you would like it, the soldiers of Lao Tzu's Changsheng Battalion are all very rich, so it's no problem to give them the [-]%.
At this time Yu Yunwen suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I have been diligent and thrifty all my life, but I have saved some money, about ten thousand taels of silver.
The minister is willing to participate in it to share the country's worries! "
(End of this chapter)