If the Dongcheng District of the capital is the hustle and bustle between the city, then the Baichuan Port clearly gives people a deformed hustle and bustle.
Because it is outside the capital, it is a place where caravans and tourists gather in various places, and the staff is so complex that looking at the world, there are probably few places that can compare to Baichuan Port.
Not to mention, there is also this large area of ​​historical shanty town. Even if it is under the jurisdiction of officials, the effectiveness of the jurisdiction in this complicated place is obviously questionable.
Of course, the emperor did not doubt whether the order existed, but... was there anything else involved in this order?
Just walking from the city gate to the port, the emperor keenly noticed a familiar aura along the way.
He had served as a 100 household in the Jinyiwei for more than half a year, and the jurisdiction he managed was still a famous chaotic place in the capital. Naturally, he knew very well what kind of darkness there was under order.
Not to mention, it is a place where people are mixed and the staff are extremely complicated.
The aura of the local snake is very clear.
Clustering gangs is not only popular in the officialdom, but also among the people.
The emperor frowned, but soon, it sootheed. He knew that behind this, there must be a complex context of interests. It would be a joke to be able to gain a foothold at the emperor's feet without any background.
When he joined the Jinyiwei, the bandits who could be famous near the capital were considered white gloves of the powerful.
The port is very noisy, with river boats docking at the wharf, and groups of men carrying cargo can be seen everywhere on the wharf.
It can also be seen that the frames are parked at the dock. After the goods are loaded, they set off with shouts and head towards the direction of the capital city gate.
It can also be seen that materials from the north, such as wheat, beans, corn, and coal, board the ship at the port, and finally leave the Baichuan Lake, along the Grand Canal, or shipping toward the south of the Yangtze River.
But it is obvious that due to the production technology of this era, most of the ports remain in the stage of manpower.
Whether it is a horse or a cow, even if it is just a mule, it is extremely valuable in this era.
Manpower is extremely cheap compared to this livestock.
It is obvious that carrying shoulders and hands is the main theme of this era.
Thinking of this, the emperor seemed to have thought of something, but his eyes couldn't help but flash.
The change in productivity has always demand exceeds output, so productivity innovation will occur.
The industrial revolution in history was due to the huge market brought by huge colonies, and the output of colonial sovereign states was difficult to supply the demand for colonies, and it also fundamentally affected the plunder of wealth of colonial sovereign states on colonial sovereign states.
Therefore, innovation in productivity has been created.
This is the most fundamental reason.
Otherwise, it would be like Baichuan Port, or in Daheng World, the manpower is extremely cheap.
Many times, merchants are reluctant to use livestock.
After all, livestock is expensive and expensive, and the manpower is cheap, but it is extremely cheap.
Cheap manpower, coupled with the Confucian environment of the times...
It can be said that most of the innovation of productivity may be extinguished.
The seemingly prosperous new learning now actually depends on the policy support of his emperor. Apart from him, few people can truly understand the true meaning of the new learning being promoted today.
Just like the steam engine of the Academy of Engineering, after more than ten years of research, although it has not reached the level of the steam train the emperor wants, it can definitely be used in production.
Such as mining, water pumping, etc.
But the high cost is destined to be just a product under the policy.
Just like the inner court, the business under the supervision of the Ministry of Revenue, any business that can make the current stupid and heavy steam engine have any use, is under the will of the emperor, spending huge amounts of silver to purchase steam engines from the Academy of Engineering and doing work that can be replaced by manpower.
Compared with the high cost and manpower of the steam engine at this stage, it is simply too affordable.
Even, it’s just a loss of money and gaining publicity.
The reason why Britain in history was able to invent steam engines was that it could use them quickly without any obstacles, and its research and development and replacement directly led to the industrial revolution.
The fundamental reason is also because of mining, to be precise, because of coal mines.
Most of the coal mines in the UK are shallow mines, which means that mining is extremely easy.
It is easy to mine, and with abundant groundwater resources, it is necessary to continuously extract water from the mine pit when mining coal mines. At the same time, because mining is easy, coal accumulates, and water is also needed to water coal to prevent fires.
In this way, it is naturally difficult to handle the manpower, which creates a demand for productivity innovation.
Moreover, easy mining means that mining costs are low and profitable. In this way, it means that the innovation of productivity is rich and powerful. Even if the effectiveness of the productive forces is worrying, it still has a strong demand.
Of course, this is also closely related to the overall social environment.
In Daheng and even other parts of the world, most of them are deep mines, and the difficulty of mining has increased by dozens or hundreds of times.
The difficulty of mining means low profits. In the past Ming Dynasty, coal prices remained high in private mining transactions, so the profits were probably still considerable.
In Daheng, coal mines, like grain, salt and cloth, are designated as people's livelihood needs and strictly control prices.
Although the profits of mining industries that should have been monopolized and profit-making still exist, they are obviously not much higher.
The production process of deep coal mines is also difficult to innovate, difficult to mine, small output, and a huge population base as support to innovate the overall environment of productivity. Even with the strong support of his emperor, it has not yet been formed.
In other words, the thinking of the environment has not changed yet, and the world has not yet had the urgent need to promote productivity innovation.
And these two points are what the emperor has been committed to solving.
The transformation of ideas and the demand for productivity improvement under policies.
This is also the fundamental reason why the emperor was quite disliked by the traditional civil servants and gentry in the court.
To rule the world, civil servants are an indispensable existence.
However, the traditional civil servants and gentry who have been influenced by environmental education since childhood still have their thoughts on traditional ideas.
The deep-rooted concept of strange and lustful skills and not doing their jobs is difficult to eliminate before the thoughts are changed.
As my thoughts circulated, accompanied by two important officials of the ministry, the emperor wandered around here in Baichuan Port.
In the private visit, everything was revealed incredibly clearly without any hiding.
For example, the tax department's food and card requirements, the gangs are rampant, and even the navy troops stationed in Baichuanhu and the imperial guards of the Beijing Army are obviously mixed with tentacles.
Everything was seen, but the emperor did not change much of his expression.
It was not until the sky got dark that the emperor stopped. The two ministers who followed the emperor for a day were obviously exhausted, especially Liu Qiyuan, who was already old and weak, could not hold on for a high-intensity day.
"The focus of the court must be shifted to internal affairs."
But the emperor's next words immediately wiped out all the fatigue of Liu Qiyuan.
Transfer of center of gravity?
What the implication is that it is to end this storm that evolved to embarrass them?
The emperor had no idea of ​​explanation, so he stepped onto the carriage, leaving Hong Chengchou and Liu Qiyuan to look at each other.
But they all seemed relieved, all civil servants. Even though their positions were different, no one wanted to be caught and beaten. It is naturally the best to end it...
Chapter completed!