Taichang was preparing to distribute a wave of benefits to the people of the Ming Dynasty, but this benefit was not directly paid.

Because he can't afford to pay this money, it will not be of much benefit to the people directly.

Even if he gives everyone two or three taels of silver, he can only save money for one year at most. If it were such a prodigal thing, it might be spent in less than a day.

Therefore, it doesn't make much sense to pay directly.

It is better to try to create opportunities for the people to make money so that they can make more money.

Of course, this is just simple to say, but not easy to do.

At this moment, most of the people in the Ming Dynasty still rely on farming to make money to support their families. If they want to make more money, they have to have more land.

Just so happened that almost all the Tunwei in the Ming Dynasty migrated to the newly opened territory, and the Tunwei's Tunwei's Tunwei could be sold and given half to them through low-interest loans.

However, the common people are not just about having land.

When ordinary people have land, they have to be able to cultivate things, and these things must be sold and turned into money.

This depends on the Atlantic business in the Ming Dynasty.

Taichang then said to Cheng Jiashuo: "Yaoguang, go and discuss with the Ministry of Industry to customize a batch of plowing and plowing machines, and hang it under the name of the Atlantic Business in the Ming Dynasty. Please ask retired veterans to drive it and order as much as possible."

Well, this thing seems to be able to only cultivate dry land, right?

Also, how do you calculate this price?

How much does it cost to order a little more?

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiashuo asked carefully: "Your Majesty, I'm daring to make the price, how many units should I order? Also, I heard from Lord Song that this seems to be only used to cultivate dry land, what should I do if I do with paddy fields?"

OK, there are quite a lot of problems.

Taichang thought about it carefully before slowly saying: "About the price, your Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry will discuss it.

Anyway, it is not free for you to give others arable land. You can calculate how much you charge for others arable land, how much acres of land you can cultivate in a day, how much labor and coal consume, and how much profit is, you can calculate carefully this.

As for the number, the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty should try their best to achieve more than ten units in each county, and other places can be discussed later.

There is also the problem of paddy fields. You can also discuss with Chang Geng to develop a smaller one and find a way to change the wheels. The problem should not be big."

There are at least thousands of counties in the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty. This means that at least ten thousand ploughing and plowing machines must be ordered. In addition, veterans have to be invited to drive, price, and even find a way to modify the machine for paddy fields and cultivated land!

OK, it seems that there are still many things to do.

Cheng Jiashuo quickly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said to him: "Also, you have to make more spinning machines and weaving machines, and set a price for these two machines. At that time, the weaving households in various provinces will sell them directly if they want to buy them."

Is this to let go of your hands and feet and not keep it confidential?

Cheng Jiashuo asked carefully again: "Master, are we not keeping it confidential?"

Taichang has considered this issue. Instead of being stubborn, it is better to develop vigorously. This thing cannot be completely confidential.

Jiannu can get steam engines from the disaster area in the northwest, and I believe that the European barbarians will get it sooner or later.

This defense cannot be prevented, and even if it is prevented, the European barbarians will develop it themselves.

After all, this thing was first developed by Continental in history.

Therefore, it is better to let go and develop vigorously. As long as you can always maintain your advantages, it is no big deal.

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Let's go and do it. After all, civilian things are different from military things. Just like Jiannu, they stole the steam engine used by the water truck for so long, but they haven't seen them make the Thunder Cannon. As for the steamship, they probably have to think about it for at least several years. Therefore, civilian things should not be restricted, and let go of it. We will not have much problem maintaining the advantages of weapons and equipment."

OK, let go of your hands and feet.

Cheng Jiashuo quickly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang then mentioned: "By the way, you can think of ways to grind flour and remove rice husks. After all, the efficiency of grinding by stone milling alone is too low, and the finished product is not very good. You can think of ways to replace it with a steam engine-driven machine, so that the rice and flour we produce will be of higher quality and cheaper quality."

Cheng Jiashuo is still quite interested in developing these things.

He bowed without hesitation: "I understand, I will develop these two machines as soon as possible."

After making this thing, the next thing is how it turns into money.

Taichang said to Zhu Chunchen again: "Chunchen, you must seize the market as soon as possible. Leave this matter to Feihong. You can discuss it with him and try to start after the merchant ship comes back."

Zhu Chunchen was quite embarrassed when he heard this: "Your Majesty, Feihong is responsible for the transfer of prisoners this time. He doesn't know when he will come back!"

Uh, this one.

The pirate leader Zheng Zhilong must be the best at playing a pirate. Others must be less powerful than this guy.

Taichang thought for a while, then said decisively: "Send someone to follow the next batch of ships transporting the captives to Xinjingzhou Prefecture and exchange Feihong for the return."

Zhu Chunchen hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then reminded him: "In addition, you go and discuss with the Ministry of Agriculture, try to cultivate high-yield varieties for farmers, such as rice, wheat, potatoes, and cotton. Moreover, after the things are produced, the semicolons of your Daming merchants in various places must be purchased at the cost price, and then transported to the corresponding places to process into finished products, and then transported to Mughals, Persia, and Dashi to sell."

Oh my god, this is too scary, right?

The thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and thirteen provinces were hundreds of millions of arable land. How much rice, wheat, potatoes and cotton can these hundreds of millions of arable land be grown?

Zhu Chunchen couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Your Majesty, do you accept it all?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, as long as the people are willing to sell, you will receive them all. Even if you can't sell them all, you can reserve them."

This is simply a life-threatening person!

Zhu Chunchen thought about it and said carefully: "Master, the profits of these things are not high, and they are almost scattered throughout the Ming Dynasty. If we acquire them all, then transport them to Mughals, Persia, and Dashi to sell them. The freight costs alone are astonishingly high!"

Shipping cost?

Taichang said in confusion: "Can a merchant ship carry more than one million kilograms of goods? The freight cost is not high, right?"

Zhu Chunchen quickly explained: "Your Majesty, what I am talking about is not on the sea, but on land. There are not many places for trains connecting the Ming Dynasty, and our merchant ships can only be parked on the main roads of several rivers. Other places basically rely on manpower and animal power to transport them. The cost of transport is too high."

Oh, so that's it.

Taichang said without hesitation: "You can rest assured about this. Next, I will organize the officials of the Ministry of Works to plan the construction of railways. Any places that cannot be reached by ship transport will be built and passed as soon as possible. As for waterways, I will order the Ministry of Works to organize the construction of a wolf-fanged warship without artillery at the Nanzhili Shipyard, which is the previous large canal transport ship. This kind of ship should be able to pass through most waterways, right?"

He naturally understood the principle that if you want to be rich, you should first build roads. It was just that the Ministry of Works was responsible for this, so they did not mention it to Zhu Chunchen.

When Zhu Chunchen heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The cost of transporting supplies by manpower and animal power is really amazing, but if it were replaced by trains and ships, there would be no problem.
Chapter completed!