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Chapter 804 The Monarchs of the North and the South (3)

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    Civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty, as long as you are of high rank, you have received a decree from the emperor's father and the regent. It probably means that you should write down everything you know about the southern barbarian Li Shouhan to me!  Don¡¯t stick to the form, just have content!  As for those with insufficient grades, they also heard the spirit of superiors from their superiors, and couldn't help but make up their minds. Who let the regent have such words in his will, but if they are useful, I will not hesitate to reward them!  So, a large number of information, some not seen, heard from friends and classmates, passed from next door to the toilet in the village, and hearsay, rushed towards the city of Beijing and towards the cabinet like a sandstorm.  The deacons in the cabinet were hurriedly collecting and sorting out this information, and they couldn't help but curse Feng who was proudly enjoying tea in the Nuan Pavilion at this time.  "If it weren't for you, a treacherous little rabbit, why would we be so busy?!" Yes, it was caused by Feng Quan's words.  "Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to order someone to fetch a map of the imperial carriage, and allow me to explain it to your majesty." In the Hall of Yangxin, the eunuchs cleared away the furnishings and spread out the huge map of the royal carriage on the ground for everyone to see.  Ergon had an intuitive understanding.  "I learned from the strength of Li Shouhan who reported to the court in the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, he had controlled the entire territory of Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian and Yunnan, and expanded his power to the interior. As for the three declarations and six comforts of the old land  He had already captured the Jiugang Xuanwei Envoy Department before this." As he said this, his hands were busy and he sprinkled golden millet on the map, filling it with color.  "This side is Nanzhong, the so-called Sanxuan Liuwei, Siam, Annan and other places in the Yongle and Xuande years of the Ming Dynasty. Now they have become the territory of the Li family. Your Majesty, this place is fertile and wild, and the climate is hot, humid and warm.  , is most suitable for growing rice. Since Li Shouhan was born to lead the army, he has paid close attention to the four tasks of military affairs, farming, factories, and commerce. Whenever his troops conquered an area, they would immediately put him in his hometown of Hejing.  The farmland and water conservancy regulations were promoted here, and within a few years, the thorny land became a place where rice was fragrant. With farmland, there were immigrants, and immigrants needed food and clothing for farming. These were his needs.  The financial resources of the factory. There are more factories, and the products produced cannot be tolerated, so Nanzhong's caravans travel all over the world. "Mr. Feng said this very well when he was in Liaodong.  There are so many varieties and the prices are so low. It's a pity that Li Shouhan refused to sell grain to me. Otherwise, the battle of Jinzhou and Guangning would not have been so difficult." Dorgon did not speak, listening to his brother.  Duduo nodded slightly in agreement.  In fact, in the eyes of their brothers, Huang Taiji's battle back then would have been much more difficult!  If Li Peilin hadn't indirectly sent a large amount of food to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji would have been severely damaged even if he captured Guangning.  "Since Prince Yu talked about food, let's talk about the food in Nanzhong. I have a classmate who was an official in Guangdong and Guangxi and traveled to Nanzhong. Of course, it was also the first time Li Shouhan took charge of the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi. In order to frighten the officials and win the hearts of the people  , a move to show off one's strength. I studied farming in the same year and was quite familiar with mulberry farming. When he arrived in the hinterland of Nanzhong, he was not very impressed by the prosperous and gorgeous places, but he paid great attention to the rice cultivation everywhere.  According to what he told his ministers in his letters, when planting rice in Nanzhong, the method of cultivating rice seedlings was not sown into the fields as before. Instead, the rice was kneaded into a thin paste and poured into the fields.  Then scatter rice seeds in the seedling tray inside, sweep carefully with a broom to ensure that every seed is buried in the mud, then insert bamboo strips and cover both ends of the bamboo strips.  Inserted into the field, it is arched and used for heat preservation. This straw curtain is not in direct contact with the seedling tray, creating an arched space for the seedlings to grow in. This is a bit like the heating provided by Fengtai vegetable farmers and flower growers.  Dongzi." "His!" The people present gasped as if they had a collective toothache.  From Dorgon down to Chen Banda, everyone has eaten vegetables cultivated by farmers in Fengtai using Nuandongzi, such as cucumbers that are three to nine days old, and flowers in the twelfth lunar month. Whether they are vegetables or flowers, they are all delicious.  A valuable thing.  No way, maintaining the temperature is a costly process.  But if rice seedlings are cultivated in this way, then the money and food spent will not be a penny.  "Everyone in the country said that Liang Guogong was rich, but they didn't expect him to be so rich. This is more luxurious than Shi Chong cooking with candles. Even if he pays attention to farming and mulberry trees, it won't be like this, right?!" Hong Chengchou murmured to himself.  "The investment of manpower and material resources is certainly huge." Feng Quan actually doesn't know how much manpower and material resources are invested in rice seedling cultivation. However, at this time, we must follow everyone's thinking. This is an official practice.  &nbsp"However, the income is even more astonishing. In the same year, I asked the accompanying Nanzhong officials how much this approach could increase production. The Nanzhong officials replied that under the Lord's rule, each mu of paddy field would probably be reduced in one year, including  Including various fertilizers, improved seeds, pesticides, tools, farmland water conservancy, agricultural technology and many other factors, the annual output can be around ten tons of rice. Your Majesty, this is the average. High-yielding fields are not included in this list.  The amount of land per acre can be increased by 10%, which is at least one stone! This does not include the rapeseed oil and other products produced by the rice field rotation and intercropping during this period. "One stone of rice?"  !  It doesn't sound like a large amount, but everyone present is well aware of the amount of cultivated land in Nanzhong.  According to the information from Shanxi merchants, in Nanzhong, there are grain fields stretching as far as the eye can see. Villages, towns, counties, prefectures and capitals are dotted among the grain fields.  "Are there hundreds of millions of acres of grain fields?" "If these fields can increase the yield by one stone per acre, then there are at least tens of millions of grains. Needless to say, all of these tens of millions of grains will be transported to the Central Plains.  When 20% of the rations arrived, Liang Guogong could not finish them even if he lay down to eat them. "For many years, every time they fought against the main force of the Ming army, the upper echelons of the Qing army would worry about the supply of rations. Therefore, there were many concerns about food issues.  Ergon is extremely sensitive.  "Your Majesty, you are familiar with the affairs of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. You must know that Prime Minister Zhuge was victorious in every battle back then, but why could he never open the way to the north when facing Sima Yi?" "This is not simple! The Han Dynasty will be destroyed!" Duduo said again  A shot was fired.  Dorgon glanced at him and said nothing, just motioning for Feng Quan to continue.  "Your Majesty, there are nine states in the world. Cao Wei has already occupied six states, and the rest are divided between the Sun and Liu families. The Hanzhong and Bashu occupied by the Shu Han have far less grain and population than Cao Wei. There are also Jiange and Shu Road natural barriers, and grain transshipment  Difficult, so Sima Yi couldn't hold on, and every time he used food, the Shu Han soldiers and horses were exhausted. "This scene immediately exposed the hidden worry in Dorgon's heart!  He suddenly seemed to clear away the clouds, "No wonder I can't be happy every time I hear good news from the front line! That's why!" No wonder Feng Quan just said that the current situation is the same as when Zhuge Liang left Qishan on the sixth day. Li Shouhan was completely  You can use food and supplies to consume it, but it will run out of oil and light, and you will have to carry out strategic contraction.  "Mr. Feng, Liang Guogong certainly has no shortage of food, wages and other supplies. However, there are many types of materials required for military and horse battle formations. How can they be summed up in just food and grass?" Hong Chengchou focused on military supplies, especially combat supplies.  "Yes, yes! What about gunpowder, armor, steel, etc" After the words were spoken, Duduo suddenly realized that he had said something wrong. Nanzhong's large steel production, high quality, and low price had already made the smelting industry in the north so fierce.  The iron field has suffered enough.  Even he himself tried his best to collect armor and equipment from Nanzhong for his Baya La soldiers and domestic slaves.  Feng Quan didn't say much and turned his attention to Chen Banda, "Sir Chen, most of the armored weapons of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty came from you. I would like to ask, what is the process of making gunpowder in the Qing Dynasty and how much does it cost?  "This?" It's a matter of military secrets, so Chen Ban wouldn't say it casually.  He hesitated for a while, trying to figure out how to respond to Feng Quan's question, but Feng Quan had already asked and answered his own question.  "Everyone knows that gunpowder is expensive to make. The so-called mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal, and nitrate, no matter what kind of gunpowder it is, will account for the majority. According to the Qianming "Artifact Manual", "Military Bei Zhi", and "Tiangong  In many places, the nitrate extraction method in the books of "Kaiwu" involves digging out the nitrate soil from the field for purification. It requires adding a large amount of gray water, gelatin, egg white, radish and other substances to absorb and remove the impurities in it.  Mr. Chen, I wonder if the Qing Dynasty also operates in this way?" "That's right." "But Nanzhong has a different approach, which is specially used to produce saltpeter, but the saltpeter produced is very pure.  Sharp weapons are not allowed to be seen by outsiders. In addition, I heard that there are some islands overseas that naturally produce saltpeter, sulfur and other products, which are very pure. Liang Guogong has these two sources, and the cost of sulfur is extremely low.  In Japan, the Japanese often used sulfur from the mountains as ballast to trade with Nanzhong. One stone of sulfur was exchanged for one stone of white rice. In their opinion, it was everywhere in the mountains.  How can you not be happy if you can get good rice with just a hoe? " "Then there is charcoal. Most of the gunpowder in the mainland is made of willow charcoal. This is the case now.  At the time of the war, the consumption of gunpowder is huge, which often raises the price of willow charcoal. " "Mr. Feng, you don't need to talk about our Qing Dynasty, just talk about how Liang Guogong handled it." Duduo was a little impatient.  .  He just wants to know why the gunpowder on the opposite sideFeng Quan had already explained two-thirds of the secret behind firing at will as if there was no money. This last point made him feel itchy.  "Your Majesty, we use willow charcoal, and others use corn straw. This is the difference!" Feng Quan naturally did not dare to sell off at this time, and immediately went straight to the topic.  "Corn straw?" Hong Chengchou frowned, "When I was in my hometown, I saw farmers planting this straw to supplement the wasteland on the hillside, but I didn't expect it to have such a use." "Master Hong,  What you don¡¯t know is that in addition to rice, corn is also very popular in the south and is often grown by people in the mountains. Liang Guogong ordered people to buy the straw at a price and use it to process it into charcoal and prepare gunpowder.  Even though there are mountains and fields, the cost of this straw is not comparable to that of willow trees. Therefore, the three main ingredients, saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, are naturally cheap, so the Confederate army can squander it as much as they want." "Damn it!  ! When we sold a barrel of gunpowder for two silver dollars, we thought it was very cheap. Now it seems that these Nanman people have no idea how much they made from it! " As for the output of pig iron, steel, and weapons in Nanzhong,  Of course, there is no need for Feng Quan to say it.  The people present, including the Dorgon brothers, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wen, Cheng Ning Wan, Chen Banda and others, either grew up in the army and went in and out of battles, or have been in the military for a long time, or they themselves are engaged in steel smelting and weapon manufacturing.  , is quite familiar with Nanzhong¡¯s achievements in this field.  "If I had half of Liang Guogong's iron and steel grains in my hands, the world would have belonged to the Qing Dynasty long ago!" Dorgon roared in his heart.  "But if coal mines are mined to excavate iron ore on a large scale in the Qing Dynasty, will it disturb the people? Is there any hidden danger of gangsters gathering to do evil?" Ning Wanwo spoke up, he was not willing to engage in large-scale mining and smelting.  Endorsing the book, he is the spokesperson of the Red and Blue Flower Party among the Eight Banners Manchurian high-level officials. He advocates that if you can buy it, you should find a way to buy it. If the military situation is urgent, you can use it immediately after buying it.  In order to raise the cost of purchasing supplies, it is natural to sell everything that can be sold as soon as possible. As long as the battle is won, there will naturally be plenty of wealth.  Ning finished my words and got Duduo's approval, "That's right! If we allow mining, by then, the Han people in various places can legitimately gather thousands of people in one place and organize them according to the art of war. Don't say  How much manpower and material resources do we have to invest before we can develop the mines and smelt the steel? With these people and money and food, I might as well go to pacify the rebels in the south. Why should we open a mine and set up a smelting site to smelt steel?  "The gains outweigh the losses." Duduo's words also represent the attitude of a large number of senior Qing military officials. Opening mines and blast furnaces to smelt steel requires a lot of labor and a lot of investment.  If someone really wants to use this opportunity to cause something to happen in the hinterland of the Qing army, it will be really difficult for them to deal with it.  You must know that the fortune of Lao Zhu¡¯s family came from the river control project of Shiren Yiyan.  If these madmen rebelled, how many troops and how much food would the Qing army have to put in to quell it?  If they cooperate with Liang Guo's kilometer Yingwai, then our Eight Banners will be in big trouble!  "I second my opinion! We still have to consider the long term before opening mines and setting up factories. At least we have to wait until the war has calmed down a bit before we start the business." Faced with the opinions of several close ministers in front of him, Dorgon turned his attention to the two people who were silent.  On his body was Feng Quan, and he was ready to continue analyzing the situation between the northern and southern families.  The other one is Dorgon's trusted confidant, Chen Banda.  Needless to say, Dorgon already knew in his heart that this guy must advocate opening more mines and setting up more factories.  "Mr. Feng, you might as well tell me your opinion. Fifteenth brother, all ministers and ministers, please take a short break and listen to Mr. Feng." In a short while, Feng Quan's status in Dorgon's mind has reached the level of  Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others are on par with each other.  Dorgon signaled the guards waiting on the side to pass on the message, and exchanged hot tea for all the adults and gentlemen, so that everyone could take a rest.  Taking advantage of this opportunity, Feng Quan also walked up to the guard who was about to go out to deliver the order, and spoke with a smile.  "My lord, I would like to ask you a favor." The guards on duty are all confidants who have been with Dorgon for many years. The most clear-cut and intelligent ones know that Mr. Feng in front of him is his master from now on.  The popular person in your eyes, such a person must be easy to serve.  "Mr. Feng, if you talk like this, you will be the fodder of the slaves. If you have anything to do, just give me instructions. But what snacks do you want to use, or what other tasks do you want? I will definitely take care of it for you."  "How dare we make mistakes and be arrogant in front of the Regent? In this case, you go outside to find my long-term attendant and bring in the lower official's leather book. There are some things in there that you want to show to the Regent."  It's for the masterAs you can see, the guards did not dare to neglect.  Jogging along, he took Feng Quan's leather protective book and handed it to him.  "Your Majesty, please take a look." Feng Quan picked up several pieces of colorfully printed paper in his hands and raised them above his head.  "What is this? Could it be that Mr. Feng spied on some important secret from Liang Guogong?" Dorgon made a joke, which immediately caused a burst of laughter in the hall.  "I dare not speak nonsense in front of His Majesty. Although it is not confidential military information, you can still take a peek and get the full picture." Feng Quan was serious.  Feng Quan¡¯s words aroused the curiosity of everyone present.  After Dorgon finished reading the pages, he raised his head with a confused look on his face, "Mr. Feng, show me this, what do you mean?" He said, raised his hand, and handed the papers to me.  He even forgot that Duduo was illiterate.  However, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and others watched from the sidelines. It seemed that coal and iron mines had been discovered somewhere in Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and they had registered and obtained licenses at the General's Office.  Preparations are currently underway. The General has given permission. This mine and the soon-to-be-opened iron yard will refer to the Ha Tinh Mine and other coal and iron complexes in Ha Tinh. Merchants are recruiting shares in Shanghai at a price of one hundred silver dollars per share. They are currently preparing to put them on the market.  Recruiting 10,000 shares.  "This is what my friend sent me in a letter from the Shanghai Business District half a year ago." Feng Quan said calmly, as if he had not bought the stock at all.  "At first, the name on the prospectus was Yuanzhou Mining Administration Company. Later, it is said that Liang Guogong heard about it and changed it to Anyuan Mining Administration Company. It doesn't matter that he changed his name. Anyuan Mining Administration on the exchange  The stock price immediately rose by 10%.¡±
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