Gao pragmatically engages in infrastructure construction to make money, but it is not entirely for the purpose of making money, because there are many projects that need to be built in his plan, which are far inferior to leaving it to others to do by himself.
The construction technology of the Ming Dynasty is typical of "civil engineering", but Gao Pragmatic knows that it is best to use less wood in future infrastructure projects. For example, the palace of the Ming Dynasty was struck by lightning or accidentally caught fire from time to time, and every time it was repaired, it was just scraping together wood.
Transporting wood wastes a lot of money, food, transportation capacity and even time. If it can be replaced with steel and concrete, the possibility of not starting a fire will be greatly reduced. In terms of time and money, you can save an unknown amount.
It should be said that the more projects require oversized timber, the more cost-effective it is to replace them with reinforced concrete, and the more durable they are. Even though he uses fake steel bars (long wrought iron rods), they are still more reliable than timber.
What a spectrum!
It's just that he is not professional after all, so there is nothing he can do about large-scale steel columns and steel beams. At the same time, he cannot come up with such a magical technology as welding. Basically, he mainly relies on assembly, and the strength is still far inferior to that of later generations.
Far, it can only be said that it is definitely better than the current Ming Dynasty's technology.
As for the cost, a lot of large-scale timber is transported from the deep mountains and old forests of Yunnan and Guizhou. In this era without trains and giant ships, the price can be as much as that of the three major factories in Kaiping.
Wrought iron rods are provided at low cost.
As for cement... the so-called high cost is completely pragmatic and self-talk. Although it has not yet been able to produce in large quantities and cannot maximize benefits, the raw materials required for the production of cement are there, no matter how expensive they are.
How expensive is it? It can be supplied in large quantities around the capital, especially since he placed the cement factory near the three major factories in Kaiping. In this way, materials such as coal ash, slag, and iron ore powder can be recycled at no cost.
It seems that the only real cost is limestone and sandstone, and these two things are not worth much even in the capital!
Therefore, the statement that cement is expensive is just a rhetoric under the monopoly of high pragmatic technology.
The reason why he wanted to help Long Qing repair the mausoleum for free was actually the same as when he promoted soap before. He just used the most effective publicity channel these days-the royal family. Think about it, the imperial mausoleums are all made of cement, so can this cement be a good thing?
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With this super advertisement, when the highly pragmatic Jinghua Infrastructure goes to take over business, it will virtually have the highest level of strength. It will not worry about no business or no profits.
It's just that he doesn't have much energy to take on external projects now, because he has a lot of projects to do himself.
The first major project is Tianjin Port. The preliminary construction of Tianjin Port has almost been completed. Now what needs to be done are breakwaters, permanent docks, wind shelters, etc., and of course the planned storage areas. These are all
It requires a large amount of cement, so in recent times, Jinghua Infrastructure's cement plants have only had problems with insufficient output and have not been slow to sell.
What's more, due to the opening up of trade routes in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia, the trading profits of the Jinghua Caravan have increased again, allowing Gao Pragmatic's income to grow steadily even though he has made several undisclosed large expenditures recently, so he has already
We began to send people to Liaodong to prepare to open another port in Liaodong.
The location currently being scouted is called Liangfangkou, and Gao Jingshi has just learned this name, because the task he assigned is to "find an area suitable for opening a port near the mouth of the Liaohe River" - the place now called Liangfangkou is actually from later generations.
Yingkou.
The meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step. Gao Qingqing still has limited allies in Nanjing, and his influence will not be able to penetrate that far for a while, let alone Fujian and Guangdong.
Therefore, he planned to open up the sea route in the north first, simplify the main routes first, connect the Bohai Bay, and at the same time expand his influence to Shandong - Shandong Denglai area has a certain shipbuilding foundation, although it seems that it cannot be built to run the Nanyang route
That type of ocean-going ship, but flat-bottomed sand boats suitable for cruising in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea can still be built. Gao pragmatically regarded this as his first step to "go to the ocean".
First build a seaport, then build sea-going ships, then build a fleet, and finally consider equipping with maritime weapons. These are the main steps he has planned.
Although it seemed to take a long time, he said he was not in a hurry - I'm young! What's the rush?
If you want to do it, build a one-stop giant. Otherwise, how can you strangle other people's lives in the future and let them follow your baton? Only when you have the entire chain in your own hands, will others have to listen to him.
, and by listening to his words, he was able to tightly tie the people who boarded his pirate ship, and together they turned from landlords to maritime merchants.
Otherwise, if the really rich and powerful "tycoons" in the Ming Dynasty only knew how to annex land, how could they grow it? How could they grow a golden flower?
Gao Wuzhi has now completed his first big plan since time travel: to help Gao Gong secure his position as chief minister and continue the great reforms of the Longqing era (actually started during the Jiajing period). After the completion of this plan, he plans to enter the officialdom
During the "latency period" which lasts from several years to ten years, the main focus is on two things.
The first is studying. There is no easy explanation for this. Now that all the conditions have been met, the only thing left is to pass the Jinshi examination. What can I do if I don’t study hard? But studying is studying. As long as Gao Gong does not become an official, he will not take the Jinshi examination.
, lest it end up with the kind of reputation that Zhang Juzheng's family had in history, which is not what Gao Pragmatic wants.
So he has to wait until Gao Gong retires before taking the exam. He will take the exam to become a Jinshi who is worthy of the name and unquestioned. This will be of great significance to the "deepening reforms" he will carry out in the future - at least there will be less people to criticize him.
reasons.
The second is to continue to expand its business territory, especially military industry and shipbuilding, as well as industries related to these two categories. These are businesses that Gao Pragmatic intends to vigorously expand, such as coal, iron, infrastructure, etc., all of which are laying the foundation for these two items.
industry. As for what goods will be sold after the fleet is actually built in the future, that is not a matter of high pragmatism and urgency.
Just like the Ming Dynasty's flagship products such as silk, porcelain and even tea, Gao pragmatism is invincible even if Gao pragmatism is not involved in the slightest. So what's the rush? Gao pragmatism has to get involved? And for the promotion of these three products, he
It can't be of much help either.
He knows how to improve textile efficiency, but he still doesn’t know whether the Jenny Spinning Machine can be used to improve silk productivity. Only cotton cloth can definitely be used, and his hand cannot reach the Nanzhili area of the Ming Dynasty Cotton Spinning Center, so he is anxious.
Useless.
In terms of porcelain, he did have a unique skill, which was the product that later Europe finally broke the monopoly of Chinese porcelain, and it was also the only type of porcelain invented in Europe - bone china.
However, that actually means nothing, because even in the era when bone china was most touted in later generations, its value is far less than some famous porcelain in China, such as thin-bodied porcelain from Jingdezhen and other places. The achievements in craftsmanship and art are
Not to mention. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic felt that there was no point in making porcelain by himself, at least it would not have much promoting effect.
As for tea... Gao Pragmatic has no interest in buying hundreds of thousands of acres of tea mountains. Just kidding, even if he wants to be a landowner, he will only choose to work as a tenant in the port area, business district and the like to collect rent and engage in planting.
It would be great to promote high-yielding crops in the Americas in the future, but that is just promotion, not planting them ourselves.
His eyes were still on those industries that could promote Ming's national strength.
