Aspirations for Nation and Beauty Chapter 3: Immediately across the first


Yang Zhengbin's remarks also aroused the great interest of many other ministers. The New World is not only extremely important to the imperial government, but also very interested in the business circles who are increasingly having a say in the empire. , but now the main interest of the imperial business community is still focused on the business activities of providing supplies and transportation for the empire's garrison in the New World. They are still full of doubts and fears about the New World, which is still thousands of kilometers away from the most southwesterly port of Sikkim in the empire. Affected the feelings of their spokesmen in the center of the empire.

"Master Yang, do you mean that a large amount of minerals have been discovered in the New World, including gold, silver, copper and iron mines?" Swallowing his saliva, Minister of Commerce Zeng Guohong couldn't help asking.

As the Minister of Commerce, he reasoned that he should have some understanding of these situations, but the surveying team and prospecting organization mainly come from the intelligence department and the economic development department in addition to the military, while the Ministry of Commerce focuses more on development Relatively mature economic regions, such as commercial relations with the Triple Alliance and the Nanyang Alliance, and the development of commercial exchanges with the Baltic Sea and Aegean Sea coastal regions, etc., are not the focus of the Ministry of Commerce for regions with immature commodity markets such as the New World.

But Zeng Guohong's other identity is that Jiangnan merchants are an important representative in the central empire. Jiangnan merchants have played an increasingly important role in the empire's economic status, and their influence in the imperial political class is also increasing. Jiangnan has begun to set off a new wave of technological revolution, and investment in technological transformation of traditional industries has increased sharply. However, this does not mean that Jiangnan businessmen are afraid to limit their attention to traditional industries in Jiangnan. They also know that such resource-utilizing industries are far more lucrative than traditional industries. However, during the Tanghe Empire era, these industries have been monopolized by the central nobles, mainly the imperial capital and Heshuo nobles. It is very difficult for the Jiangnan business community to get involved in these industries.

But the situation is different now. The establishment of the Tang Empire announced the decline of the nobles of the Tanghe Central Clan, although Situ Yutang, Zhu Zimei, and the Huey family were inextricably linked with the original Tanghe Central Clan nobles. The upstarts of the new era struggled to regain a foothold in the empire. But this is a brand-new empire after all, and it is inevitable that a large number of rich and famous families who were favored in the Tanghe Empire will withdraw from the stage of history. For example, the Miao family, the Qin family, and the Boris family, the five Tanghe families in the past have almost disappeared, and they can occasionally be mentioned in the history of memories. They are replaced by the Northwest, Jiangnan, Guanxi, New Central, Factions such as the Luzon Faction dominate the business community. Although they all rely on business to make their fortunes, they gradually differentiate into several groups with considerable influence due to their different bases and different industries. They all have considerable backgrounds in the central government of the empire, and some important ministers have gradually evolved into spokespersons for their economic interests.

After the decline of the several major families that had monopolized the mining and metallurgical industries of the empire, they were replaced by the Northwest and New Central businessmen, who competed with the Jiangnan businessmen for the dominance of these two industries. And the struggle is also quite fierce, and its competition has spread throughout the Indian region and the Northern Luzon region. And now a new resource area has appeared. As the spokesperson of Jiangnan merchants, why doesn't Zeng Guohong pay attention to it?

"Well. In the territory of the New World controlled by the empire, gold, silver, copper, iron, and coal mines have been discovered. The reserves of gold and silver mines are very large, especially the reserves of copper mines are said to be many times greater than those found in the empire itself , but most of these mines are located in inland areas. The transportation conditions in these areas are quite backward. If you want to mine them, you need to solve the transportation problem first. However, the water resources in that area are quite rich. If you can plan well , dig some small canals, I believe this problem can be solved well.”

Of course Yang Zhengbin knows that Zeng Guohong is not the only one listening to his introduction, Tian Yi, Lao Min, Qiu Yunhan and others are all thinking about the content of their words, and they all represent quite a large group behind them The artificial business forces, the reason why I want to throw out such a bait is to attract the business class behind these guys to focus on the New World. The basic conditions of the New World are really poor. It is really difficult to rely entirely on the imperial center for investment. If these wealthy businessmen can be successfully introduced, the development progress of the New World will be greatly improved. This is why His Majesty the Emperor intends to disclose this information at this meeting. The main reason for coming out.

"Okay, Zhengbin, don't drag the topic too far. We all know that the New World is rich and prosperous. Of course, mines are one aspect; It is quite fertile. Didn’t the intelligence agencies and the surveying and mapping team say that they discovered a large lake? They said that the surrounding area of ​​the large lake is full of fertile land, which can not only grow rice, but also be used for planting sugar cane, coffee, tea trees, tobacco, and cocoa. ? These areas can be developed as soon as possible by mobilizing immigrants. I believe that area will soon become an important raw material base for our empire. The empire has not yet had a complete development plan before this. The Ministry of Economic Development should think about the plan. If no one cultivates the main land, it should be nationalized." Although Wufeng said that he wanted Yang Zhengbin to get down to business, he added fuel to the fire, intending to let all those people understand that the time is fleeting, and if they want to take action It's only early.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Zhengbin quickly responded: "What I mean is that if we want to consolidate the empire's rule in these areas, we should intensify our efforts to develop the economies of those areas where our Tang people do not have an advantage. The business circles of the Tang clan entered these areas, allowing them to dominate the economy of these areas as much as possible. Only in this way can the imperial rule be more effectively consolidated. At the same time, the Tang clan should also strive for the initiative in the New World. After all, the resources and land in these areas are scarce. It is quite cheap, and now those Indian nobles have a very keen sense of smell, and have already noticed this opportunity, if I

If the merchants of the Tang clan in our empire do not catch up, there will be no such good opportunities in the New World in the future. "

Seeing that Yang Zhengbin's words were still a little bit off topic, Xiao Tang didn't know that this was intentional under Wufeng's instruction. With the rapid development of technology, our empire must not be left behind. In addition to the central government’s continued investment in this area, we should also introduce policies to encourage and support enterprises and the private sector to establish scientific research institutions. The empire’s finances can allocate a special fund for support and reward institutions and personnel who have made achievements in scientific research, or the imperial finance can also fund the establishment of cooperative research institutions jointly with enterprises and civil society organizations. Only by establishing a set of institutions that value and encourage the development of scientific research can it become an effective In addition, the empire should also attach importance to the popularization, promotion and application of new technologies developed by the empire, only in this way can the empire's economy benefit from it to the greatest extent."

"Xiao Xiangzhi's words are very reasonable. Technological leadership has increasingly become an important criterion for measuring a country's development level and comprehensive economic strength. All countries in the Western Continent have realized this. They are now ahead of the We, so I feel that we can make some adjustments in the collection direction of intelligence agencies. In addition to collecting political, economic and military intelligence of these countries, we should properly focus on the collection of their technological development. In this regard, intelligence The General Administration should play a special role. I think that in the General Intelligence Administration, it is advisable to set up a special intelligence collection department for advanced industrial and agricultural technologies in various countries, to collect and spy on the advanced industrial and agricultural technologies of each country~IndoMTL.com~ as much as possible Send these technical intelligence back to the empire, let this information play a role in the economic development of the empire.”

Su Qin considers this issue from another angle. Like the steelmaking, machinery manufacturing, shipbuilding and military production technology of the Kingdom of Leeds, the machinery manufacturing and military production technology of the Famini Empire are ahead of the empire in many aspects. If Being able to obtain these technologies can save a lot of energy and time for the empire's scientific and technological development departments, so that these industrial departments in the empire can master and apply them in practice as soon as possible, greatly improving the upgrading of industries and improving production efficiency.

Su Qin's words made Wufeng deeply think that he has never been a rigid person, as long as he can strive for greater benefits for the empire, he will never shy away from means. The empire has encountered spies from other forces in the research of glue making, mortar and gunpowder. Fortunately, the empire's research on these military aspects has been strictly guarded so that the foreign forces failed to succeed. But for the powers of the Western Continent, They may not realize the importance of this aspect. The information sent back from the General Intelligence Agency shows that their advanced technologies are more in private enterprises than in the hands of the government. There are loopholes to exploit, and the empire The intelligence department can definitely play a greater role in this aspect and contribute to the economic development of the empire. Of course, the empire's security department should also strengthen the secrecy of the advanced technology of the empire's various industries to prevent opponents from using the same means to deal with the empire. But it's really not worth the candle. Jiangshan Meirenzhi Chapter 3 Sweeping Liuhe


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