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Chapter 376 Establishing an Industrial Zone
Li Zhen used this trick to organize caravans when he was in Youzhou. At that time, it was the trick that made the economy of the Northeast region prosperous in a short period of time. It is equally useful now.
These government-run caravans can bring huge profits to Yingzhou in a short period of time.
However, Li Zhen knew that it would be difficult to increase Yingzhou's strength for a long time just by running caravans.
If you want to continuously increase your strength, you must rely on manufacturing.
In this era, the so-called manufacturing industry naturally does not have any factories, at most it is some handicraft workshops.
Don¡¯t underestimate these workshops. It is precisely because of their existence that various production and daily necessities can be produced.
Therefore, the economic zone established by Li Zhen will recruit these workshops.
Li Zhen has a plan to build an industrial zone in Datang, and the first thing that will be developed in this industrial zone is the steel industry.
With steel, you can make weapons, farm tools, and various utensils. If you export it to grassland areas that lack steel, you can also exchange it for a large amount of materials and war horses.
Therefore, Li Zhen was determined to establish an industry with steel smelting as its core.
The smelting of steel has been around since the late Spring and Autumn Period. After so many years of development, the technology of frying steel, pouring steel, and making steel have long been invented. It is more than 1,600 years earlier than the Europeans, and is ahead of the world, so technically it is not a big deal. problem.
Yingzhou is not short of iron, and even the entire Liaodong Peninsula controlled by Li Zhen is rich in iron ore resources.
At first, Goguryeo used these iron ore resources to develop the iron smelting industry, so it established a powerful heavy cavalry.
Since the fall of Goguryeo, most of these iron smelting workshops have been closed as most of the population has moved inland. What Li Zhen is doing now is to reopen these iron smelting workshops and increase mining at the same time.
The thing that Li Zhen lacks the most now is blacksmiths. Since most of the population in the northeastern area previously moved to the inland, most of the blacksmiths also went to the inland.
Even for the blacksmiths who stay in the local area, many have changed careers due to the decline of the iron smelting industry. It is not easy to find a blacksmith.
Li Zhen realized that if you want to develop, what you need most is talents. Where can you find so many blacksmiths?
After pondering for a long time, Li Zhen finally thought of a way. First, set up an economic zone focusing on iron smelting in Liaocheng Prefecture, the former Goguryeo state. This area is close to the sea, which is conducive to the sale of salt, and there are iron ore, which can be nearby. For smelting, at the same time, the coal required for smelting is also produced in large quantities nearby, and the resources are abundant.
In addition, because it is close to the seaside, maritime trade and economy can be developed in the future. Because of this, the Goguryeo people also placed their iron smelting industry in this area. Their original iron smelting equipment could be used as long as they were repaired, which could save a lot of money.
Subsequently, Li Zhen issued a notice to the areas under his jurisdiction that at least one hundred iron smelting workshops had just been established in Liaocheng Prefecture. This iron smelting workshop was funded by the government. The government has ownership and management rights and hires blacksmiths at high prices. Hire a blacksmith who can only make farm tools or a high-end blacksmith who can make weapons. At least one person will pay the same amount per month.
If you have good skills, your salary will be doubled, and the blacksmith shop will provide free food and accommodation.
In this day and age, an ordinary family only needs four dollars a year. A thousand dollars a month is definitely a high price.
As soon as this news was sent out, it immediately attracted many former Goguryeo blacksmiths scattered in Yingzhou and the peninsula. After all, in this time of war and chaos, it was rare to have enough to eat and a good income.
Among the people who fled to Yingzhou, there were also some blacksmiths. When these people heard that the government was recruiting blacksmiths, in order to live a better life, they all applied one after another. In less than a month, five or six hundred blacksmiths were recruited.
The smart people among the common people saw that the blacksmiths who applied for the job not only had food to eat, but also made money, so they all accepted the call to work in the blacksmith shop, learning skills and making a living at the same time.
The smarter ones think, you blacksmiths have money in your hands, so you have to spend it. There is nothing to spend money near the industrial zone, and you will definitely make money by doing business there.
So around the industrial zone in Liaocheng Prefecture, many taverns and grocery stores were built, and even two brothels were built to meet the physiological needs of these blacksmiths.
With supporting facilities complete, many refugees came to settle near the industrial zone. At the same time, they also relied on selling materials to the blacksmith shop and doing odd jobs to support their families.
There are only two or threeWithin a few months, Li Zhen had established an industrial zone focusing on the iron smelting industry in Liaocheng Prefecture, and surrounding the industrial zone, it gradually took on the appearance of a town.
Since the actual tax in the industrial zone is one per hundred, some handicraft workshops have taken root here one after another, thus attracting more refugees to settle here, forming a virtuous cycle.
Seeing the initial results of the industrial zone, Li Zhen was in a good mood.
The iron smelting industry is the leader of economic development, but it only has a head but no tail, and the economy will not develop too fast. Therefore, Li Zhen is brewing another plan
Under Li Zhen's governance, the population of the area under his jurisdiction continued to increase. Recently, Li Zhen recruited 10,000 soldiers and gave them to Xue Rengui for training.
As a result, Cheng Chuli was a little unhappy. Cheng Chuli looked for Li Zhen several times and wanted to talk to Li Zhen, but Li Zhen was busy, so Cheng Chuli was rejected.
Cheng Chuli was puzzled, what is His Highness the Prince busy with?
Seeing that the military generals were training soldiers one by one, while the civil servants were busy governing the place, developing agriculture, commerce, and industry, and he was the only one idle, Cheng Chuli couldn't bear it anymore, and asked to see Li Zhen for the fifth day in a row. .
Cheng Chuli did not see Li Zhen the first four times, but this time, he heard the guard guarding the gate say: "General Cheng, the prince wants you to come in."
"My mother, His Royal Highness is finally willing to see me."
Cheng Chuli was so happy that he rushed to see Li Zhen. He saw Li Zhen sitting on a chair, drinking tea leisurely.
"Coming?" Li Zhen seemed to be in a good mood and took the initiative to say hello to Cheng Chuli.
"Your Highness, you are finally willing to see me. You have been holding me back for a while. Your Highness, Lao Cheng, did I do something wrong?"
"No." Li Zhen shook her head.
"But Your Highness left me alone, and I felt anxious."
"Hey, don't worry, you will be useful soon." Li Zhen said cheerfully.
"Ah? Your Highness, are you going to beat up the ridicule? Or the Mohe person? I've been so idle these days that my balls hurt, and it's time to do some exercise."
¡°It¡¯s time to do some exercise, but it¡¯s not a fight.¡± When Li Zhen said this, she had a smile on her face (Remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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