Number of People

  Chapter 435 C-character roll sweet pastry (four more!)

  Feng Ziying may indeed make a trip south in the near future.

There is a lot of controversy about the first batch of locations for opening the sea. Except for Guangzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou are all in dispute. No matter where the sea is opened, it will involve the interests of a considerable group, especially Ningbo. The dispute between Quanzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou involves the huge interests of Fujian and Zhejiang maritime merchants.

But now the imperial court does not dare to fully release it, and Feng Ziying does not agree with the full release of Kaihai. After all, this is a new thing. Once it is opened, many new problems will definitely arise. It is undoubtedly the safest move to set up a pilot project .

Therefore, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the cabinet are discussing intensively. Feng Ziying's discussion on the development of the industrial system brought about by the opening of the sea was also relayed to Ye Xianggao in detail by Xu Xie, which aroused Ye Xianggao's great interest. Soon Feng Ziying published a more detailed exposition in the form of a supplement to "Internal Reference" and sent it to the courtiers and workers, which immediately caused a greater shock.

This is the first time Feng Ziying expounded from the perspective of combining industry and people's livelihood, talking about the shipbuilding industry (logging industry, wood processing industry, rubber and lacquer industry, and sailing manufacturing industry) directly brought about by the opening of the sea. , wharf service industry (porting and unloading of wharf, business and trade) and possible expansion of industrial scale (tea, porcelain, medicinal materials, paper, silk, cloth and other export industries) may have an impact on the livelihood of the people.

Feng Ziying took the shipbuilding industry as an example and gave a vivid introduction with a template of a modern industrial chain. Starting from the demand for ship wood, he described each link one by one, and talked about how many people a shipbuilding workshop may need to provide for it. Support, from wood to glue paint, then to rigging, to iron parts, and then continue to extend from these specific industries, can be described as meticulous and vivid.

Even those who don't understand this industry the least can understand how many industries such a shipbuilding workshop will drive, how many urban poor and landless refugees who are struggling to make ends meet, and each of them may become a member of the workshop workers , It means that several members of a family can make a living on this and get a stable life.

It can be said that this supplement is like a window, which not only makes the princes in the court aware of some differences, but also allows the merchants to see some of the gauze paper that they used to be hazy but never pierced. , It turns out that they are also paying for the court.

   This has also brought fierce competition for the first place to open the sea in the future.

  The competition among Ningbo, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou also made it difficult for the imperial court. All parties have considerable supporters, and how to balance has become a big problem.

   Fortunately, Feng Ziying's rhetoric has also become the reliance of the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry. How to quickly form the strategy of opening the sea and maximize benefits has also become a criterion for choosing one of the three.

  Because of this, the imperial court is going to conduct an investigation on the situation in the three places to see where the conditions are more suitable for the pilot project of opening the sea.

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  Office of the Ministry of Industry.

  Li Sancai read the supplement of "Internal Reference" with great interest, sometimes touching his hands and sighing, sometimes nodding with emotion.

He has just been appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he is not yet fully familiar with the situation of the entire Ministry of Industry. However, he has worked in water transportation for a long time and has dealt with various departments of the Ministry of Industry, so he is no stranger to it. Get familiar with the process.

  When he was in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had already started reading "Internal Reference" and never missed a single issue.

  In his opinion, the publications run by the Hanlin Academy are still very interesting, especially the content of the two sections of "Extraterrestrial Tales" and "Industrial Livelihood".

"Strange Tales from Outside the Territory" can broaden horizons and increase knowledge. Li Sancai is not the kind of rigid person, let alone a narrow-minded person, so he enjoys watching this kind of thing that many officials regard as grandstanding, and he doesn't think these things The situation has no basis.

  When he was the governor of water transport, he once considered the huge cost of water transport. Whether it can be transported by sea, the consumption of sea transport is much lower than that of water transport.

When considering shipping issues, he had contacted many sea merchants and learned about shipping costs and the situation of sea trade. Although these sea merchants must have reservations when it comes to sea trade, after all, they can also know a lot of things.

The overseas situation introduced in "Strange Tales from Outside the Territory" is very detailed, and some of the situations he knows are also different, but in general, the content of these introductions is still reliable, especially when it involves Japan, North Korea and Sulu Luzon, and Li Sancai's own knowledge of the situation is roughly the same. He feels that the content of this column can let the ministers of the DPRK and China know more about the situation outside the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it will even promote the opening of the sea.

  "Industrial Livelihood" is a new column, which was only launched in late August, but it has attracted Li Sancai's attention from the very beginning.

This is obviously a column aimed at the opening of the sea, but it is very informative, at least arousing the great interest of those who are about to become Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the introduction of the shipbuilding industry in the first issue makes Li Sancai very excited, especially As for the supporting industries required by the shipbuilding industry, it is also very detailed and meaningful.

  The second issue chose the tea industry as an introduction, focusing on the fermentation of tea and the introduction of Xiyi people's demand for tea taste, and also briefly introduced a new type of tea-black tea production process.

The two supplementary issues focus on the possible impact of the opening of the sea on the Dazhou maritime trade industry, from the balance of the export industry and import demand, especially when it comes to tea, silk, porcelain, paper, and medicinal materials. The focus and advantages of these five traditional sea trade export products in various overseas regions.

It is said that these two supplements were said to be resold by court officials for fifty taels of silver, and then sold for three taels of silver after being transcribed. Several issues of "Internal Reference" were purchased privately, causing such a shock that the Metropolitan Procuratorate intervened to investigate who was the first to leak this "Internal Reference" supplement. Of course, there was no result in the end. .

"Brother Daofu, are you still watching this?" When Wang Yongguang walked into the public hall, he saw that Li Sancai was still thinking about it, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid I've seen Brother Daofu in the past few days. No less than four or five times?"

"Well, Youfu, there is something to be said, and it is worth reading deeply." Li Sancai sighed slightly: "Chengfeng and Rujun really have some visions, but it's a pity that I didn't meet them at the time, um, Youfu, this son It is said that I also had entanglements with you in Chongzheng Academy, and Yang Wenruo and Hou Xun also confronted this son?"

"Hehe, it's a little acquaintance. Young people, they must be dissatisfied with each other. They have exchanged ideas on classics and poetry and current policy theory, but Feng Ziying is far behind Yang Wenruo and Hou Xun in classics and poetry. Policy theory is about to win again. At the time, I also thought that each should have their own strengths, but when this "Internal Journal" was published, I had to admit that this son's kung fu is not as good as poetry, and the weak and simple Magnolia are not as good as them. "

  Wang Yongguang originally admired his two proud disciples very much. Even if he practiced state affairs and Huang Zunsu, Wang Yongguang didn't think he could beat Yang Sichang and Hou Xun, but Feng Ziying's performance made people have to bow down.

   "I heard that this son is also dismissive of poetry?" Li Sancai asked curiously.

"Well, this kid has always believed that poetry is a small way, and this view has caused a lot of trouble. Later, this kid simply said that he can't compose poetry and songs, and never participates in these poetry activities." Wang Yongguang also shook his head with a smile: "This His reputation among scholars in the capital will be unpopular."

  Li Sancai pondered for a while before he said: "Poems, songs, prose and classics are the foundation of our scholars, but if we rely too much on them and ignore others, that's not appropriate. When the court governs politics, current policy theory is the only way to implement appropriate measures..."

  Li Sancai said it very euphemistically, but Wang Yongguang naturally understood the meaning.

"Well, this son is indeed a genius, but if he is arrogant and arrogant, he will let down his talent." Wang Yongguang nodded, "Fortunately, Brother Chengfeng and Brother Rujun should also mention something at any time, I don't think so. As for."

"Well, Youfu, I thought it was a well-planned move by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War this time, but I never thought that it would involve our Ministry of Industry, and in my opinion, it will even involve the Ministry of Industry in the future. Many, especially when it comes to the construction of Kaihai port and related commercial roads and post roads. I see that the cabinet elders have a lot of ideas. Have you noticed that our work is also mentioned in this "Internal Reference" supplement? Some responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry, and put forward some suggestions, thinking that the responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry should not be limited to the practice of mountains, forests and rivers and the construction of ordinary roads and cities, but should include many industries in the livelihood of the people,..."

Wang Yongguang also laughed, "I thought I was the only one who noticed this, but Brother Daofu also noticed it, but I think this kid has reservations, so I'm also thinking about when to call this kid to us Come on, let’s have a good talk. This guy is running around in Wenyuan Pavilion and the Ministry of War all day long. He just doesn’t come to our Ministry of Industry, but he lures us like this in the "Internal Reference". Could it be that he is waiting for us to summon him? he?"

Li Sancai laughed loudly, "Youfu, if you say this, it's really a bit similar. Not only the Ministry of War, Bo Xiao also called him to talk twice, but it is said that Bo Xiao cares about face, and he is not in public. I summoned him in the village, but met him at home."

   "What about us?" Wang Yongguang shook his head, "I don't think it's necessary, I'm familiar with this kid, just call."

"Well, Youfu, you have to think about it too. I'm afraid Mr. Shoufu wants our Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to have a comprehensive consideration of the opening of the sea from Fujian and Zhejiang." Li Sancai said in a deep voice: "It's important. There are many benefits."

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  (end of this chapter)