Steel Dynasty - Chapter 733

[Chapter 732 Stimulating Domestic Demand]

The golden sunshine poured into the imperial study, bringing a touch of warmth.

Pang Yukun pondered for a while and said: “In this case, this steam engine cannot be given to the Dutch, but this is a pity. Five hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount.”

“Don’t worry, we can’t sell it now, maybe in a few years It can be sold, Lin Wentao has been improving the steam engine, and it will not be too late to sell this to them after the steam engine in Dayu is updated.” Xiao Ming said with a faint smile.

Brandon’s eagerness to buy a steam engine gave him a preliminary assessment of the level of Western steam engines. At least this shows that the steam engines in the Great Chongqing Kingdom are now more advanced than those in the British.

“The emperor is absolutely right. If this is the case, I will go back and send him away immediately. Otherwise, I don’t know how long Brandon will stay in Qingzhou.” Pang Yukun frowned.

According to Brandon’s plan , he should have left Qingzhou and returned to Relanzha City long ago, but now he obviously regards Qingzhou as a treasure place and is hunting for treasures in Qingzhou with great interest.

When Xiao Ming mentioned the steam engine, he remembered the last auction and said; “By the way, didn’t the last auction add a lot of money to the treasury? “

“Eighteen million taels of silver. “Hearing this, Pang Yukun showed the look of a miser when he saw the treasure.

Xiao Ming nodded. It’s no wonder that Pang Yukun was a little shaken by Brandon’s suggestion. This steam engine is a money tree.

“In this case, the government will now have money to lay the pavement .

Cement roads, improved farmland, right? “Xiao Ming said that the country of Chongqing is now in dire straits and needs a lot of money to resume production. Coupled with the construction of the royal workshop, there are places where money can be used everywhere.

But he also asked Pang Yukun to spend a lot of money for this reason .

Stimulating domestic demand and promoting the circulation of money in Dayu can revitalize the business in Dayu.

After all, people need money to buy things, and their money can only be obtained by selling food and coolies.

This infrastructure is booming, and the people are prospering. You can make money by working hard, and you can buy industrial products with money. The sales of industrial products can promote the development of industry, and the development of industry and commerce can provide more tax revenue for the country of Chongqing. This is a virtuous circle

. Because of this consideration, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to spend the money from the treasury.

“Your Majesty, Xiaguan and Mr. Fei Ge have already determined the amount of money needed for each state. This money will be used to build roads, schools, and government-run workshops in each state. will be established. “Pang Yukun bowed and said. He had read a lot of government affairs books at Bowen College. Now Pang Yukun can understand the cause and effect relationship.

“That’s good. Now the barbarians are ready to move. We don’t have much time left. Once the barbarians wake up and abandon Goryeo, A direct and all-out attack on Dayu will be a fierce battle. “

After a pause, he continued: “In addition, you leave another one million taels of silver to Lin Wentao and Lu Tong, so that they can have enough money to study crafts. “

“Yes, Your Majesty. ” Pang Yukun answered simply. He didn’t understand the function of these crafts before. Now these crafts have brought such big changes to Dayu Country. He has no reason to object.

In fact, it is not only him, but now more and more people Officials began to pay attention to the development of industry and commerce.

Of course, the officials’ thinking this way had a lot to do with Xiao Ming. As the saying goes, once the emperor is the same as the minister, Xiao Ming attaches so much importance to these things, and the ministers naturally fall in love with

these two things .

Pang Yukun was out of town, but Brandon was still staying at his office and refused to leave.

When he returned to the government office, Brandon immediately approached him eagerly and said, “Dear Chief Minister Pang, what did His Majesty say? Can we take a steam engine back with us? “

Brandon said, and Rhodes translated the words.

Shaking his head, Pang Yukun said, “The emperor ordered me not to sell the steam engine to you, because this is the highest secret of our country, Ambassador Brandon, you guys Better go back.

Brandon showed a hint of unwillingness and said, “Pang Shoufu, now you are selling this steam engine to a businessman from Great Chongqing. How can this be a secret?

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Since we can’t buy steam engines from the government, can we buy them from other merchants? “

“This is not possible. Every steam engine sold in Dayu is registered. No merchant can take the steam engine out of Dayu. Otherwise, the government will severely punish both parties who sell the steam engine. I hope Ambassador Brandon will not disobey. His Majesty the Emperor’s order, otherwise I will have to drive you out of Dayu. Pang Yukun said seriously.

Brandon still refused to give up. He spread his hands and said, “Pang Shoufu, the Great Chongqing and the Dutch are not enemies. I think there are many places where we can cooperate.” “

Faced with Brandon’s beating, Pang Yukun shook his head and simply found an excuse to go out.

“Lord Earl, what should we do now? “

Pang Yukun disappeared, and Brandon and the others could only stare.

Looking at Rhodes, Brandon no longer had the arrogance he had when he first came to Qingzhou. He said angrily, “What else can we do now? It is obvious that the people of Dayu have never believed in us, just as we have believed in them. Rhodes

said: “Your Majesty, what I mean is that the steam engine of Dayu is not important. It is who gave them the technology of the steam engine that is important. In short, I don’t believe that a backward indigenous country can possess such power in such a short period of time.” Superb technology. “

“You don’t believe it, and I certainly don’t believe it either, but the facts are right in front of us now. This emperor of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is really not a simple character. “Brandon said.

“Yes, according to the information we know, the emperor once explained the origin of these technologies when he was King Qi. He said they came from a missionary, but it is impossible for a missionary to know what we don’t have in Europe. Craftsmanship, so I have always suspected that all these technologies came from this emperor, but this emperor was so aloof that no one dared to ask him about this. Rhodes said.

Brandon nodded slowly, “Yes, but unfortunately he is the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom. If he doesn’t want to say it, no one can force him to say it.” “

With a sigh, he added; “But this way we have to maintain the current good relationship with the Great Chongqing. When I return to the Netherlands, I will tell the Congress in detail about this matter, and let the Congress finally decide how to deal with the Great Chongqing in the future. In addition, While you are stationed in Qingzhou, you must learn as much as possible about all kinds of technologies in Qingzhou. Even if you only get one, we can make a fortune in Europe. “

Brandon’s enthusiasm made others excited, and they traveled thousands of miles to come here. Isn’t it just to get rich overnight?

At this time, they suddenly realized that in addition to products such as porcelain, they had another way to make money.

(End of chapter)