At this time, Li Sheng would recall what Cixi or Qianlong, or in short, what a certain star once said.
China has a vast land and abundant resources!
If nothing else, China’s military alone is different from other countries.
There was once a question on the Internet about why China’s Forbidden Army soldiers seemed to be not as strong as those from other countries.
This question is very simple, because China has a large number of plateau areas, and these places...
Unless you were born in that place, the bigger your muscles are, the more likely you are to suffer on the plateau!
The Imperial Guards of China must be able to fight in any environment. Any slight incompatibility is a crime, and every inch of territory must be defended.
But...there has never been a truly vast land and abundant resources in this world.
Li Shengke knows how much investment the industrial revolution requires, better than anyone else in the world.
The possessions of those well-dressed big men who hold land are nothing more than wealth on paper. What is really difficult to deal with is always resources - coal, iron ore, and oil!
The three-piece set of the Industrial Revolution cannot be complete without one item.
And another important point is that industry will produce pollution, and ordinary water bodies do not have such strong self-purification capabilities, so there must be a place that can discharge pollutants into the sea.
Of course, high-end manufacturing can be done anywhere. First of all, the scale is not large, and the industrial chain is very long - it can be distributed elsewhere.
However, there is no high-end industrial chain now. It is the early stage of the industrial revolution.
Therefore, Li Sheng must find enough nourishment for China's industrial revolution and technological progress.
Only with sufficient nutrients can there be real possibility of progress...
Li Sheng is busy with this matter now. Of course, he has been busy with this matter, but...
Before that, we had laid the groundwork all the way, from where we stationed troops and established military towns on the left, to when we opened up the South China Sea.
And recently, while Xiao's cotton spinning factory has completed the task of exploding production capacity as expected by Li Sheng, Li Sheng...
Finally, I received the latest news from Chai Shao.
The imperial warships of the Tang Dynasty finally arrived at the legendary "Southeast Point"!
This place has countless resources, and its level of civilization is almost zero compared to China. But compared to the level of civilization, this place...
The resources are really abundant.
First of all, there are countless varieties of wild rice, which the people of China and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army are most concerned about. They are all shiny and good things, and they will not be replaced by gold, silver and jewelry.
In addition to these, there are also a wide variety of other cash crops. The most important thing is that the climate here is very warm, and people can live a good life without even farming.
In addition to living natural resources, there are also countless buried treasures.
Iron mines, coal mines... there are several very large ones.
But to get these nutrients, one thing is indispensable. First, you have to set foot on that place.
Without anyone going up there, resources can’t grow wings and fly to China on their own, right?
And this is also the ultimate goal of building a huge shipbuilding industrial zone in Hangzhou.
Build a sea-going ship with a longer range and go to sea!
Recently, Chai Shao's ship finally arrived at the local area, and has set up a simple temporary camp while passing the news back!
You can imagine how excited Li Sheng was when he received this kind of news. He was even more excited than Xiao Yu when he found out that the strange factory at home could increase the production of cloth a hundred times.
After all, Southeast Asia is not as good as America, but at least it is a start.
The infinite treasures of America are still a bit far away for Datang's current fleet, but Southeast Island has finally arrived.
This also made Li Sheng full of emotions. It is not easy to get some resources...
But now that we have arrived, the next step is naturally easier, just start development.
Although the local native tribes are also making trouble, the benefits of the vast resources of the Central Plains are reflected at this time... Even with some benefits, it is not difficult to calm them down.
This did not surprise Li Sheng, and Chai Shao's junior high schools took care of the matter directly.
After all, Southeast Diao is not a bitter and cold place like Mobei, and it cannot be said to be rich in martial arts. And even in Mobei, there are ruthless bosses like Ban Chao Geng Gong to solve it, let alone Southeast Diao.
The real difficulty lies in exploration.
There are indeed several extremely large coal and iron deposits in the southeast area, but the location of these deposits...
At this stage, it is impossible to develop.
Either there are relatively large barbarian city-states or small countries in the area, or the location is rather strange and the technical conditions are insufficient.
But that place is indeed rich in resources, so Li Sheng’s recent focus is naturally...
The top priority is to get an exploration manual for these forbidden soldiers.
Although Li Sheng is a science student, geography is still too professional. Li Sheng did not take this as a second degree elective at the time, so naturally he could not provide such excellent geological exploration textbooks.
But it doesn’t matter, Li Sheng still took one such course - what’s funny is that Li Sheng only took a geology-related course because he was obsessed with wilderness survival programs...
But even if it's just this, it's still enough.
For a world where coal and iron minerals have never been truly developed, a crude geological exploration manual is equally useful!
Li Sheng worked overtime almost continuously day and night to write this booklet. For nearly half a month, he looked like a bird possessed by a ghost.
However, Li Sheng did not relax a little because of this. He also knew that he had to let go because...
Since I demonstrated the blast furnace steelmaking technology to Lao Li and the others, these human-bird people dedicated these technologies to Li Er...
After initially building ten blast furnaces in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, an astonishing number of new blast furnaces were built in the past two years.
Most of these blast furnaces were built under the orders of Li Er, and many of them were built by wealthy private businessmen with vision. In fact, if Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others were willing to change their thinking, they would find that Li Er was not interested in such things.
is fully supported.
But in this prosperity, while the production capacity of standard steel products has increased significantly, another troublesome thing is gradually emerging, that is, the price of coal is quietly rising...
Let’s not talk about iron ore. This thing has been a common weapon of the country since the Han Dynasty. Like the Forbidden Army, it is not privately owned by anyone. Folk blacksmiths can only obtain iron ore from official channels.
But even if Li Er owns all the iron ore in the country...
After more and more blast furnaces appeared, there was still a gradual shortage of iron ore.
In addition to iron ore, what makes people feel vaguely wrong is the price of coal.
Starting from the ten blast furnaces in Chang'an, the price of coal in Datang has tripled in more than two years.
And this is important material for many well-known celebrities and people in the field to "admonish" Li Er.
So Li Sheng knew that when it came to resources, he had to do it as soon as possible!