NovelBonte Chapter 259 The first steam ship is built
Chapter 259 The first steam ship is built
Chapter 259 The first steam ship was built
The habits of the Han people are very strange. When they see others scrambling for something, they will unconsciously join the scrambling team.
Those people who had spare money in their hands began to snap up real estate one after another, and soon one-third of those houses were sold.
When Xiao Qi distributed dividends to everyone for the second time, Yu Yunwen and the generals of the Changsheng Battalion were stunned.
This shit came in too fast, the money invested doubled in less than a year, and what's more, the profit was more than doubled and nearly one and a half times!
The generals from the Changsheng Battalion gathered together to discuss this. It was almost the same as grabbing money from a war, but there was no need to risk losing their heads.
So a representative was sent to Zhenbei Prince's Mansion with money, and asked Xiao Qi: This time, we will hand over the dividends to the son-in-law to help us invest in the new city. We don't understand anything, so please help us make a decision!
Xiao Qi pointed at the general who was chosen as the representative and cursed:
"Have you been fighting with me for so long, have your brains become muddled? At this time, fools know how to spend the money!
Go and buy all these shops to collect rent, and do small business for your family. If you really can’t, you can make money if you buy it later! "
As soon as this guy heard this, he quickly saluted and said goodbye. He led the soldiers and the convoy carrying silver, and went straight to Pingjiang New City to buy a shop.
Yu Yunwen didn't have the nerve to come to Xiao Qi by himself, but he sent his son to run to Xiao Qi's house with the money, and reasoned that he was a weak scholar, and he was afraid that it would be unsafe to go so far with the money to buy a house.
Ask the King of Zhenbei to help him exchange the money for a first-class villa, and buy the rest into a shop.
Xiao Qi asked, it turned out that this time Yu Yunwen brought all the nearly 5000 taels of silver that he had received twice.
The family asked his son to run home to ask for help. What could he do? He could only mutter about the old fox while ordering people to put the money into the warehouse that stores the money for selling real estate.
Someone sent Yu Yunwen the land deeds of a set of first-class villas and two shops, one large and one small.
Originally, the price of real estate there has risen, and the 5000 taels of silver are only enough to buy a first-class villa and a large shop.
But old man Yu turned down his face and begged himself for help, so he had to show face to others no matter what.
Yu Yunwen held three land deeds and house deeds at home and said to his son with a smile:
"See? It's said that King Zhenbei doesn't show affection. It's because they don't understand him, as long as you don't try to trick him.
The king of Zhenbei is still very good, here, your father has gained another five thousand taels of cheapness!Hahaha! "
Xiao Qi didn't know that Yu Yunwen was so happy because of the cheapness of thousands of taels of silver.
If he knew, he would definitely give the old man another set of shops to see if his idol would be happy.
Of course, now Xiao Qi doesn't have time to think about other things at all.
Now he is thinking about how to increase the population of the Song Dynasty rapidly. In the future, he will lead more soldiers of the Song Dynasty to fight the world, but the people of the Song Dynasty are still relatively small.
It is necessary to let the people of the Song Dynasty have more children, so that they can win more overseas land in the future, so that there will be enough manpower to go there and have more labor to develop those new lands.
Xiao Qi was not thinking about those guys in the west who were still wearing rags and had just come down from the trees.
What he was thinking of was the huge uninhabited island in the southern hemisphere, and the vast land of the North American continent.
For this reason, Xiao Qi specially went to the palace to discuss with his father-in-law about letting the people have more children.
If you want the common people to have more children, of course it is necessary to minimize the burden on the common people.
After Xiao Qi came to the palace and saw his father-in-law Zhao Shen, he didn't talk nonsense, and told his father-in-law directly that he would go to sea to lay down a large piece of land for the Song Dynasty.
But now the population of the Song Dynasty is still too small, and the emperor needs to introduce good policies to make the people willing to have more children.
And now that the Song Dynasty is strong and the people are rich, there is so much money in the imperial treasury that it cannot be used up, so it is time to reduce the taxes of the people.
The people's burden is less, and they have spare money in their hands. Of course, they no longer worry about the problem of having too many children and being unable to support them.
Zhao Shen is also an emperor who wholeheartedly wants to make the people of the Song Dynasty live a better life. In addition, his son-in-law has already brought him endless money, let alone the money in his hands has been overwhelmed during this period of time. more than doubled.
Originally, he wanted to let the common people live a good life, and he was numb with the amount of money in his hands, so he immediately agreed to Xiao Qi's suggestion.
Weng and his son-in-law murmured for several hours, and finally decided on a new tax policy.
The next day, Zhao Shen announced in the early court: In view of the hard work of the people of the Song Dynasty and the overflow of the treasury, the court decided to reduce the taxes of all the people of the Song Dynasty by [-]% from now on.
If there is a young man in the family who served as a soldier in the Song Dynasty, the tax will be reduced by another [-]% on the basis of deducting [-]% of the tax.
This one was also decided by Xiao Qi after careful consideration and discussion with his father-in-law, in order to make the people of Song Dynasty willing to let their children join the army.
Although many young people are now willing to join the Changsheng Camp, once they go overseas in the future, a large number of troops will be needed. Of course, the more young people who join the army, the better.
Those ministers were all stunned when they heard Zhao Shen's order, and they all scolded Zhao Shen for not practicing martial arts in their hearts.
This kind of thing should be played by me with all my might, but you disagreed again and again, and then we forced each other to die, and you agree again, so that we can leave a good name forever.
Now you bastard made this good guy yourself, but we officials didn't even catch a hair!
But none of these guys dare to say that you wait first, let us think about it, and if it is ok, we will write to you for your agreement.
If anyone dares to say this, and someone spreads it, saying that he stopped the emperor from reducing taxes, he will definitely be infamous forever!
This group of guys all pretended to be ecstatic, and they all knelt down and shouted my emperor's statement, "Great Lord Gai Shi Ming Yunyun."
Some drama masters were still in tears, and they sang praises all the time, making it seem that he was rational and affectionate to the emperor, which made the emperor issue the imperial decree to reduce the tax.
There was even a flatterer who knelt down and patted him wildly, then ran out of the hall and shouted loudly to the ministers outside, saying that the current emperor was the Mingjun of the Song Dynasty, and he had just issued a decree to reduce taxes for the people of the entire Song Dynasty.
Immediately, all the officials outside the hall also knelt down, and the flattery was earth-shattering.
The new imperial decree was issued quickly, and not only were all the prefectures and counties posted on the four city gates, but also people were sent to convey it to the towns and villages, so that all the people in Song Dynasty would know.
As the news spread throughout the Song Dynasty, the whole country immediately rejoiced, and those whose families were soldiers were even more ecstatic. After two consecutive tax cuts, their taxes were cut in half.
How can this make them unhappy? At this time, the industry is only sprouting, and the entire Song Dynasty still belongs to the farming society.
Not to mention the families of sergeants whose taxes have been reduced by half, even those whose families have no one to serve as soldiers, the tax has been reduced by [-]%, and the money and food saved can at least feed one or two people.
If people suddenly have extra money in their hands, the first thing to do is to arrange the marriages of their children who have reached marriageable age.
In just over a month, the number of engaged marriages in the entire Song Dynasty has doubled compared to before, which perfectly reflects the scene of a strong country and a prosperous people.
The basic construction of Pingjiang New City is almost complete, and the rest is to let the brick kilns in various places start firing large pieces of green bricks to build the city walls of the new city.
For the construction of the city wall, Xiao Qi did not use cement, and still asked everyone to build it according to the ancient method.
Because he knew that when the city wall was built using the ancient method, glutinous rice slurry would be poured between the bricks. This stuff was like an adhesive, allowing the city wall to remain problem-free for hundreds of years as long as it did not go through war.
Such adhesives can last longer than cement.
Of course, after the city wall is built, it is still necessary to use cement pointing joints for those brick joints to prevent rainwater from scouring.
All places on the city wall that need to be protected from rainwater erosion are all plastered with cement. Even if the cement ages and falls off after decades, just reapply the joints as soon as possible.
Such a city wall would definitely be the best and most corrosion-resistant city wall in the world, not one of them.
After explaining these things, Xiao Qi's attention changed again.
As for where he changed to, of course, his Longli signed in to task five and built the world's first railway.
Now the transmission system of the steam engine already exists, the locomotive is already under rapid construction, and the train wheels, shock absorbers and carriages have also been built long ago.
Now it is only necessary to check where there are defects in these components during actual operation, and it is time to improve these defects.
This requires the construction of an experimental railway, and the distance of this railway should not be too short. It must be at least several hundred kilometers long to enable more effective testing.
Xiao Qi was worried about how to build this railway. Most of the Song Dynasty is now in the south of the Yangtze River, with many rivers.
And the train is very huge and heavy. When encountering a river, a bridge that can bear the weight of the train must be built.
Although there is already reinforced concrete, even if it is piled up, a bridge that can bear the weight of the train can be built.
However, building bridge piers in the river made it difficult for Xiao Qi. Just how to build a qualified foundation for the bridge piers at the bottom of the river so that the bridge piers would not sink after they were built made Xiao Qi almost lose all of his worrying hair.
This thing is a knot. No matter how strong the piers you build, they won't be able to support the sinking of the piers and turn the bridge into a waste.
In the end, Xiao Qi had no choice but to choose to avoid the river first, and first build a railway on land that does not pass through the river, and conduct train operation experiments.
At the same time, send the best construction craftsmen to find a smaller river. After the rain decreases after autumn, try to build bridge piers in the small river. First, build a bridge connecting the two sides of the river for four-wheeled carriages.
Even if the pier of such a bridge sinks, as long as it is not too serious, it can still pass.
At the same time, let these craftsmen, while accumulating experience in building bridge piers in the river, find a solution to prevent the bridge piers from sinking.
Although Xiao Qi was forced to use this method by the construction of railway bridges, it also allowed Da Song to build bridges and accumulate a lot of experience after several years.
What's more, all parts of the Song Dynasty, where the traffic was originally inconvenient, are connected by various bridges.
Of course, this is all something to say later, Xiao Qi can't afford to worry about how to build a bridge that can pass through.
But there is still good news, that is, the locomotive has been built, and a thousand-meter-long rail track has been laid in the Dasong Foundry Bureau, and a carriage has been hung for final inspection.
The most difficult stage of train development has passed, and even if there are still some minor problems, they will be solved soon.
This makes the matter of laying the train track the most important task at present.
Xiao Qi studied in the study for two days, and finally decided to lay the world's first railway between Shanghai and Pingjiang City, connecting the two places.
Because Shanghai Port is a good maritime port, and Pingjiang City has been built into the world's first industrial city.
It is the best choice to lay a train track connecting the two places.
In this way, all the industrial raw materials shipped back to Song Dynasty from overseas can be transported to Shanghai Port by sea ship, and then transported to Pingjiang City by train.
And all the products produced in Pingjiang City can also be transported to Shanghai Port by train, and then transported to other seaports or even overseas in Dasong by sea, so that Dasong can quickly establish a circular chain of production, supply and marketing.
After making a decision, Xiao Qi immediately sent people to investigate the best route for laying the railway between Pingjiang City and Shanghai Port.
Then he wrote a memorial and went to the palace to discuss with his father-in-law.
Zhao Shen has always been fully supportive of these new gadgets that Xiao Qi was tinkering with, and after just looking at them, he made an order to hand over the matter to Xiao Qi.
After returning home from the palace, Xiao Qi sat in the study and breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly a system notification sounded in his mind.
"Ding! This specific check-in task: building the world's first steam-powered ship has been completed."
"Ding! The reward after completing this specific task: the blueprint of the early industrial machine tool has been issued."
"This task is a specific task. After completion, there are only rewards, and there is no sign-in and upgrade experience."
"Ding! This specific mission has been completed, and the next specific mission needs to be triggered by the host."
Hearing the system reminding him that the task of building a steam-powered ship has been completed, Xiao Qi's hands trembled with excitement!
It's not that he didn't expect the task to be completed so quickly. After he got the blueprint of the steam engine's power transmission system, he knew that the locomotive and the steam-powered ship would be built soon.
The reason why I am so excited is because this time the reward is an early industrial machine tool drawing!
This thing is something that Xiao Qi has always dreamed of. With industrial machine tools, even the most rudimentary industrial machine tools, he can manufacture very precise machines in the future.
After a period of development and improvement, it will become a reality to use this machine tool to create double-tracked artillery and firearms, and with such a machine, it will become a matter of course to shoot real shells and copper-cased bullets.
If the technology of industrial machine tools were more mature, and these industrial machine tools could create milling machines, planers, punches and other machines specially used to produce precision workpieces, how powerful would the Song Dynasty be in tens or even hundreds of years?
(End of this chapter)