Taichang has indeed presided over the construction of several super cities, but he always presided over the overall situation.

The so-called presidency of the overall situation means demarcating the size and scope of the city, roughly planning what functions to implement, and then investing in how much manpower and material resources, etc.

These are actually general directions, and he has never taken care of the specific details. Basically, the officials of the Ministry of Works are in charge of the details.

This time he had no choice but to participate in the whole process, and he was in charge of the big and small direction. In terms of the general direction, he was in charge of the details.

As a result, there were many problems with the details, which made him a little worried.

There was no way. At the beginning, there were no officials from the Ministry of Works around him, so he had to go into battle himself.

Fortunately, Peng Bin came with more than ten chiefs of the Ministry of Works, and he could finally leave the details to these professionals to take care of.

He led a group of officials from the Ministry of Works to roughly walk around the construction site, then took Peng Bin back to the Emperor, took out the planning map of the entire Xinma City, and introduced it in detail.

This was the case before. He decided on the general plan and implemented the specific implementation by the officials of the Ministry of Works.

This feeling is so familiar.

Taichang was talking more and more excitedly, but Peng Bin's face became more and more serious.

Because Taichang’s plan is too grand, it is too difficult to implement it.

Your Majesty, do you think this is the homeland of the Ming Dynasty!

Of course, Peng Bin dared not say that.

After listening carefully to Taichang's introduction, he asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what do you mean is that this area that is nearly one hundred miles long and more than fifty miles wide is included to build a super city, right?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, this is the center of the South American continent in the future. All herbs, spices, wood, even fruits, dried fruits, fries, etc. produced by the Indian tribal alliance here will be transported here for processing and transportation. The civilian ships used in the entire Amazon River Basin and even the entire America will also be produced and built here."

Well, there is also an Indian Tribe Alliance here?

Peng Bin asked carefully again: "Master, do you think there will be about how many Indian tribal alliances will be formed here and how many cities will be built?"

I naturally considered this.

Taichang said without hesitation: "There are many Indian tribes here and the population is larger than that in North America. I estimate that at least thirty Indian tribe alliances will be formed. As for cities, at least hundreds of them will be built."

My God, hundreds of cities?

How much steel cement wood is needed!

Peng Bin was stunned and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, do you say you want to build a large shipyard here. How big is it? How many civil ships are there in a year?"

I naturally considered this.

Taichang said without hesitation: "There is no shortage of wood here, so I plan to build a super large shipyard here. There must be at least 100 dock waterways, and at least 2,000 large and small ships per year."

ah?

When Peng Bin heard this, he almost shocked his chin.

Master, it’s not that simple to build a ship. It’s not just digging a waterway to build a dock, but it also needs a lot of mechanical equipment.

There are also manual labor, which builds two thousand large and small ships a year, so how many skilled craftsmen should be equipped with!

He couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, I'm so brave to ask, why are you building so many civilian ships?"

Taichang calculated with his fingers: "Think about it, how many ships are needed for more than 30 tribal alliances in South America, and how many ships are needed for the twenty tribal alliances in North America?

Especially this tribal alliance in the Amazon River Basin, many places cannot build bridges here, and it is even more difficult to build railways. They can only connect with water.

A tribal alliance requires at least 300,000 to 400,000 ships of all sizes, right?

This is still the case when they develop, and when they develop, the population will begin to grow rapidly. By then, one thousand ships in each tribal alliance will probably not be enough.

There are fewer calculations in the twenty tribal alliances in North America. Each tribal alliance always needs two or three hundred ships, right?

In this way, nearly 20,000 ships were needed during the development period of more than 50 tribal alliances here.

How long does it take for them to develop?

As long as we have strong support, ten years will be enough?

By this calculation, the production of 2,000 ships a year is not much, right?

What's more, the Ming Dynasty's mainland, including Dongyang Cheng's announcement of the Political Envoy Department, Nanyang Cheng's announcement of the Political Envoy Department, and Nanfang Cheng's announcement of the Political Envoy Department, all require a large number of civilian ships, while the Ming Dynasty's mainland only has a Jinling Shipyard building civilian ships, which cannot keep up with the demand at all.

If we can build more here, we can also support the Ming Dynasty in turn, Dongyang Cheng announced the Political Envoy Department, Nanyang Cheng announced the Political Envoy Department and Nanfang Cheng announced the Political Envoy Department.

Well, with such a large demand, it is indeed not many to build two thousand ships a year.

Peng Bin thought for a while and then asked again: "Prince, are there many minerals here? Do we need to manufacture mining machinery to mine?"

There are many minerals here.

Taichang said without hesitation: "There are the world's largest iron ore and the world's largest copper ore. In the early stage, we may just need to develop the iron ore. In the later stage, copper ore will probably also require a lot of mining machinery.

This can be built in the New Liaoyang City, and after it is built, it will be pulled over with a ship.

By the way, I also want to build a batch of ships that specialize in the types of large and heavy machinery.

This can also be built in the shipyard here. When the shipyard people come over, you can discuss it with them."

Oh my god, there is also the world's largest iron ore and the world's largest copper ore!

Peng Bin thought about it carefully again, then asked: "Master, are the daily necessities of the Indian Tribe Alliance transported from the Ming Dynasty, or are they directly produced and manufactured in Xinma City?"

Well, I haven't considered this yet.

When Taichang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he estimated: "This depends on what it is, such as porcelain, cloth and tea, etc. The local production capacity of the Ming Dynasty is still very strong, and these things do not occupy much space. It is okay to transport them from the local Ming Dynasty.

If other things take up too much space or are inconvenient to transport, we still have to find a way to produce some here."

Well, that requires a lot of steam machines again.

Peng Bin thought about it carefully before asking carefully: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for asking again, have you ever calculated how many steam engines are needed to build so many ships and mining machines?

Also, how much cement, steel and wood is needed to build so many cities?

How much steam locomotive processing is needed for so much cement, steel and wood?

Also, it also requires a lot of steam machine tools to produce daily necessities. How many steam machines do these steam machine tools require?”

Taichang was stunned when he heard this.

He really didn't think about this.

However, this is not difficult to calculate. He can calculate it with a little calculation.

The steam engine needed by ships is not ordinary. A wolf-tooth warship or civilian canal transport ship requires at least four steam engines.

This is not just a large canal transport ship, but merchant ships must also build some.

In other words, shipyards alone require at least tens of thousands of steam engines a year.

If everything else is included, I am afraid that the steam opportunities here will be needed in a year will reach about 20,000 units.

With such a large demand suddenly emerged, the steam engine factory would definitely not be able to supply if it did not increase production significantly.

Taichang couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "I have indeed forgotten this. I have suddenly increased so much demand in a year. My quick order will definitely increase production in the steam engine factory."

Unexpectedly, Peng Bin said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that I don't know whether to say it."

Taichang said without hesitation: "We monarch and ministers cannot say anything, just say whatever we have."

When Peng Bin heard this, he explained in detail: "Your Majesty, I encountered something in the New Liaoyang City.

This matter also has something to do with this, it is the issue of transforming the machine that specializes in cutting trees and cutting wood.

Because you want to add new functions, install two saw disks next to it, and there are twenty mining machines that must be stopped there, and it will take at least half a year.

If you need one hundred trees and wood cutting machines you need, then another one hundred and twenty mining machines will have to be stopped, and you will wait at least half a year.

This has a bit of a big impact on mining there.”

ah!

Is there such a thing?

Taichang couldn't help asking: "Why should we stop production and wait for at least half a year?"

Peng Bin continued to explain: "Because there is no place to produce steam engines in the New Liaoyang City, including the entire America, only the Ming Dynasty has it.

Moreover, the demand for steam engines in the Ming Dynasty is quite high at this time.

How many steam engines do you need to use in New Liaoyang City? The official documents must be sent back half a year in advance, so that the Ming Dynasty will be delivered to the local area.

Because the steam engine was stolen last time, the number of steam engines was controlled quite strictly, and there were more than one in Xin Liaoyang City.

So, you need to use 120 steam engines, and there are 120 mining machines over there that have to be shut down for more than half a year."

Well, there is not even a redundant steam engine here?

If you want to replenish the steam engine, you have to wait half a year?
Chapter completed!