Dimensional Invasion of the Real Earth

1415. Industrial Revolution

For Zhu Zhanji, the passage of these days is definitely something he will never forget in his life. He has already worshiped Zhang Liang as his teacher, kowtowed to offer tea, and Zhu Di was present to testify.

He has lived a very solid life. In the entire Ming Empire today, it can be said that his prestige has surpassed that of Zhu Gaoxu, the father. Even the ministers of the court must respect him from the bottom of their hearts when they see him.

This is not only the effect brought about by his identity, but also the outcome driven by the huge interests of his carrier. It also adds the greatest weight to his identity as the emperor's grandson.

Because of this, Zhu Zhanji relaxed a lot. He could clearly see the change in his two uncles' attitudes towards him. They were cautious even when facing his father, Zhu Gaoxu.

It can be said that the identity of his successor is even greater than that of Zhu Gaoxu, the real prince. This is also the result recognized by almost all the ministers in the court.

To put it bluntly, it is a choice of interests. Even if Zhu Zhanji did not accept any direct troops at all, the weapons that the steel plant he established brought to the army have already won nearly half of the army's loyalty, and all of this should have been scrupulous by Zhu Di. But now there is not a trace of it.

Only he knows that the real journey to the world is the real journey. His grandfather will never die after more than ten years. Naturally, he will be free and easy, and Zhu Di will not have any scruples.

Winter is getting colder, but this year the people of the Ming Empire feel unusually warm.

In previous years, there were not many charcoal sellers at this time of year, but this year, this group of people knew that they were unemployed as early as two months ago. However, this group did not change because of this, and even they were established by Liu Bang and Zhang Liang. Zhuanfang absorbed it early, and now he is getting a big salary, earning more.

Compared with briquettes, the heat released by burning charcoal is not at the same level at all, and the role it can play is naturally different. Among them, the biggest problem is the cost and selling price, which is not something ordinary people can buy. Started.

The new year has quietly arrived. The entire workshop around the capital has begun to take holidays except for some necessary positions. Neither Liu Bang nor Zhang Liang can be stingy about the year-end rewards. These hundreds of thousands of people and their families have generated The purchasing power was immediately released, which forced the entire capital to achieve extreme prosperity.

To put it bluntly, those sesame seed sellers in the capital have made more money this year than they did in the past ten years combined, and they have also become rich along the way.

It was also at this point in time that Liu Bang launched his first real estate project on the outskirts of the capital. There were about 800 small two-story buildings. Each building occupied an area of ​​about one and a third of an acre. They were boxy and looked like a house from the outside. The structure of a small courtyard house comes with its own walls, making it impeccable whether it is for a family to live in or for safety.

After only one day of publicity, thousands of people came rushing to see the house the next day. The excitement even shocked Liu Bang.

You know, the real estate project Liu Bang tried this time was not within the capital city. It had to go ten miles away from the city. To put it bluntly, there was no such index as a capital household registration.

In fact, he still underestimated the capital's large size and difficult to live in. In the feudal era, it was no better than in the modern world. There were no high-rise buildings at all. Moreover, none of the mansions of the princes, ministers, and wealthy businessmen occupied an area of ​​ten or eight acres. of?

In this way, they still feel that they are in the cold, and the living space left for the people is naturally pitiful. Except for the local people who belonged to the local people when the capital was originally established, there is no possibility for outsiders to buy their own properties.

But now, this possibility has been released by Liu Bang's attempt. If he looks carefully, he will find that most of the people who came today are businessmen who came to the capital from all over the Ming Empire to do business, and then there are those in the capital. middle- and lower-level officials.

These people either have to live in major inns after entering Beijing, or they can only squeeze into the bunkhouse with their colleagues, the kind of people who are lined up in rows in a room, one next to another, even if the officials are of higher rank. , there is no palace rewarded by the emperor, and I can only come here alone. Who dares to really bring his family members?

This is the normal situation for officials in the Ming Empire. Their salary is really not flattering. It was better during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. The subsequent emperor levels can only force them to make money.

But things are much better now. Zhu Di seems to have discovered this, and has included officials' salary increases in his agenda. To put it bluntly, they are rich. It is not an exaggeration to say that these clusters of workshops are making money every day.

During this period of time, it was not that Zhu Di had not made any moves, or that many of his moves were relatively hidden. For example, he had quietly raised his Jin Yiwei to a huge level, but outsiders It's just difficult to detect.

For another example, he has reorganized the army in the capital and introduced modern infantry drills. He has also taken squads, platoons, companies, and battalions as the leaders, and regiments and divisions as the commanders. Privately, he has even begun to think about introducing military ranks.

I have to say that Zhu Di played a very thorough role in this aspect, and it seemed to work very well.

All the military power of these newly formed armies is under Zhu Di's personal control. After completing the infantry drill training, they also began to gradually introduce martial arts skills. Perhaps in a few months, they will reach a huge level. By then , his army of 30,000 has no problem surpassing the previous 300,000.

Liu Hao can also understand Zhu Di's approach. In a world in the feudal era, information is very slow. If martial arts is seriously promoted, it is likely to cause not an increase in national power, but social unrest. It would be better to ease it a little. No big deal, no shortage of time.

Liu Hao almost didn't need to guess to know how Zhu Di would reorganize the army next. It would be nothing more than selecting coaches from the 30,000-strong army in the capital, or directly promoting them and spreading them to the nine-border frontier army. Directly replace the original army from the root.

In this process, Zhu Di's Jin Yiwei will also be the biggest supervisor, followed by Dongchang. Zhu Di, who was originally a military general, can completely upgrade the entire Ming Empire's largest foundation to a higher level in just one year.

With the military foundation firmly established, the next step is for Zhu Di to promote martial arts.

It has to be said that Zhu Di was also lucky. If Liu Bang and Zhang Liang had not met Zhu Zhanji and had this opportunity to verify their knowledge, Zhu Di would not have had so much money to speed up. This process may need to be eased a few times. It only takes a few years.

But who can predict what it will look like in a few years? Even if it succeeds, it will not be as comprehensive as it is now. This is almost beyond doubt.

To put it bluntly, when the people's food and clothing cannot be completely stabilized, all the opportunities are just opportunities on paper. They can be seen but not eaten at all. In the end, they may become a means for many ambitious people to win over the people, which will in turn promote the Ming Dynasty. There are many hidden dangers buried in this change of the empire.

At that time, Zhu Di may have to place more hopes on the help of his father, Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Di, who was originally afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, would never even think of raising his head in front of Zhu Yuanzhang in the future.

This may be a coincidence, but is it not due to Zhu Di's own luck?

In the suburbs, all the 800 courtyard houses built by Liu Bang were sold out in one day. The return of a large amount of money also gave him greater confidence. But this time, he had no intention of further development and instead returned to the capital to win over more partners.

Zhu Zhanji is naturally indispensable here, and more of them are the princes and nobles. Who allowed them to capture most of the surrounding land early?

Only this time, Liu Bangke completely made the project bigger, almost aiming to build satellite cities around the capital.

When the news reached Zhu Di's ears, it was no wonder that he came to his door in a hurry. Facing Liu Bang, Zhu Di could not put on any imperial airs. It is said that the two of them quarreled behind closed doors for most of the day before finalizing the project. , when leaving, Zhu Di's face was green.

Only Zhu Di knew that these expressions were for outsiders to see. He and Liu Bang had already reached an agreement within the first few minutes of their meeting, and this could not be the only satellite city established in the future.

To the east, where the train station is located, the new satellite city is also included. To the south, where Tongzhou is, it has been greatly expanded. As one of the sources of the Grand Canal in the capital, it is naturally not to be missed. It can be said to be a real capital city. The economic circle already knew this before the two met.

The so-called quarrel is nothing more than the division of interests and the difference between who takes the majority.

Zhu Di wanted to earn more, but Liu Bang chose to earn less, constraining future housing prices to a level, which was the only difference between the two.

Fortunately, Zhu Di did not insist too much on this disagreement. Liu Bang had many other ideas to block the opponent's mind, and the shipyard was the biggest one among them.

When Zhu Di left, his blue face was more worried about how to promote the opening of the sea and how to suppress the group of vested interests in the DPRK.

Zhu Di was also depressed. Who let him be laughed at by Liu Bang because of this problem?

If it were Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, today, Zhu Di would also admit that Liu Bang, an old blind man, was not his cup of tea. Selling face was fine, but if he said he was not depressed when he was laughed at, that would be a lie.

In fact, Zhu Di had received many memorials for the establishment of Tianjin Wei's large port. He didn't need to check them one by one to know that they must be "ancestral system". Who told Zhu Yuanzhang to know nothing about it before? Was this the ancestral precept established?

Now it has become Zhu Di's biggest threshold, and it is not something that can be easily crossed if he wants to.

If Zhu Di didn't know the wealth in the sea or the land beyond the sea, it would be fine. But he already knew the map of the world, and even knew that the passage to all heavens and worlds is in South America. He, Zhu Di, was able to withstand the pressure of all the civil servants in the world. so what?

How did he know these things? Liu Hao had already done it for him.

As long as Zheng He returns and presents the mine map given by Liu Hao, driven by such huge interests, it will not work even if Zhu Di is not happy by then.

The so-called country without conquests can only be a joke by then. The 'Stone View Silver Mountain' is placed there. It is only a small distance away. All you need to do is send some personnel to verify it. After it is confirmed, the North Korea will Both civil servants and military generals above the hall will release unprecedented opinions. What are the ancestral precepts? At that time, absolutely no one will mention it.

To put it bluntly, it is still profit. After seeing the greater benefit, the small benefits in the past are nothing.

Now, Zheng He, who is far away in Africa, has started to return. Liu Hao still doesn't know that the 'Hundred Beasts Map' he refined for Zheng He is nothing more than a spiritual weapon, but its effect is still significant;

That is, you can use this to collect the animals on the map. Although you can only collect a pair, but to Zheng He, there is no difference at all from the fairy magic weapon. The reason why they wasted more than two months, Almost all the time is spent here.

After Zheng He returns, a real world zoo will probably be established in the Ming Empire.

With the passage of time, the national power of the Ming Empire expanded like a balloon. The workshops that were originally only located near the capital began to gradually spread throughout the Ming Empire. They were different in size, but they were also Gather many labor forces into it.

The reason why this was possible was thanks to Zhang Liang's invention of the steam plowing machine, which greatly promoted agricultural production and also liberated more people from the land. In a true sense, it will The industrial revolution ignited.

The Central Plains is no better than John Bull. Her foundation is farmers. Even if steam spinning machines appear, there will not be so much wool to provide, and it is impossible to truly free farmers from their farmland. This is the reality.

Zhang Liang knew this very well, and for this reason, the first thing he promoted in a real sense was the steam plowing machine, and then the wool spinning machine.

There is no doubt that this wool spinning machine is also aimed at the nomads in the grassland. When he saw this machine, Zhu Di didn't know what to do with it?

Even if he doesn't understand economic warfare, after Zhang Liang explains it a little, he can understand that most of the border troops are now communicating with the nomads in the grassland and starting to purchase each other's wool on a large scale.

The incident of sheep cannibalism will probably occur on a large scale in the grasslands within a few years. By then, Zhu Di may not need to mobilize any troops at all, and the entire grassland will have no choice but to completely rely on the Ming Empire. This kind of complete solution to nomadic herdsmen Regarding the hidden danger to the nation, just thinking about Zhu Di makes him feel that he is more powerful than the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.