"I didn't expect the steam-powered ship to be built so quickly. The project was just launched at the beginning of this year, and it was completed by the end of the year."
Zhao Jun was still very happy when he heard the news about the steamship. His smile was obviously more excited than when he heard that the railway construction was half completed, which made many prime ministers present very puzzled.
Is the appearance of this steamship so joyful?
Yan Shu asked curiously, "Hanlong, our railway construction is about to open. Could it be that steamships are more important than trains?"
"Well, it is indeed more important."
"Why?"
“It’s very simple.”
Firstly, the size of the Song Dynasty allows it to absorb a large amount of industrial production capacity internally, and then export it in large quantities when there is excess capacity.
Therefore, in recent years, the Song Dynasty court has had a lot of fiscal revenue, but its fiscal expenditure has been even greater, so much so that this year there has been a fiscal deficit of about 8 million strings of cash.
Speaking of this, Yan Shu put down his pen and sighed, "Mr. Tanfu's time is drawing to a close. He has already spent far more time in bed than out of bed. His only wish now is to see Yan Yun return before he dies."
But think about it carefully.
"Yeah, that's what I think too. I hope Lao Fan and the others won't let me down."
Zhao Jun nodded, then said, "Remember when I told you about the theory of sea power?"
"Also, the costs are different. Trains require track construction and operating and maintenance costs, but ships don't need tracks. The ocean is their natural transportation route."
Then everyone continued to handle official business while reporting the situation to Zhao Jun.
Everyone was stunned.
The clerk handed the official document to Zhao Jun's desk with both hands.
Therefore, the essence of the Industrial Revolution lies not only in industrial production capacity, but also in whether we can have stronger transportation capacity, material circulation capacity and powerful military armament.
What’s the difference between that and the squids of later generations?
Hate the mustache, question the mustache, understand the mustache, become the mustache, transcend the mustache?
certainly.
Everyone wrote down Zhao Jun's words and put them in the memo.
"oh?"
"Of course, it's too early to talk about the era of sea power. The current priority is domestic development and maritime trade. This means increasing contact with other countries and finding more shipping lanes and islands."
These are the future development directions of the Song Dynasty, so we must keep them in mind at all times.
The prerequisite for all this is to deal with the two humanoid races, the Non-Angsa and the Wa Nu.
Although most landlords are still in the stage between toughness and transformation, they have not yet completed a thorough and radical change.
It hasn't snowed in Bianliang yet, but it seems like it will soon.
Zhao Jun said.
By then, as long as the Song Dynasty enters a stage of rapid development, agriculture and commerce will nourish industry internally, and industrial products will be exported to other countries to feed back commerce and agriculture. Only in this way can a virtuous cycle be achieved, and there will be no crazy internal circulation and exploitation of domestic farmers and businessmen.
Zhao Jun was quite open-minded about this.
In order to achieve this effect, the shipbuilding industry is the top priority.
In addition to strong measures, this situation will inevitably require strong financial support.
Even though there seems to be an emperor above him, what is the difference between him and the emperor?
But after living like this for too long, I became a little numb.
Once the city gate of Xijin Prefecture was blown up, Yelu Zongzhen would be killed by cannons even if he had three heads and six arms.
Although the Song Dynasty could do so, the act itself does not conform to the basic moral standards of being a human being. What Angsa did during that period was no different from the anti-human act of genocide.
"Give it to me."
Only when you raise your butcher knife and kill a group of them will they understand that you are serious and become obedient.
After resting for a while, Zhao Jun devoted himself to his work again.
"Zhiyuan."
Zhao Jun shook his head.
There's really no way to refute it.
It’s a short message, but it contains a lot of information.
Given the size of the Song Dynasty, there is no need for it to be as immoral as Dai Ying and establish colonies all over the world, plundering their wealth in a bloody way while dumping excess production capacity into the colonies, further depleting the colonies sustainably.
"Can you tell me more about that?"
He put down the documents in his hand, suddenly felt a little tired, and looked outside unconsciously.
For example, despite the heavy snow, the Song army was still very strong and had occupied almost all the territory south of Xijin.
It was not a direct gift, but a lease. The rent was much lower than that of the landlord, and there were regulations on how many years of cultivation the land would take before the people would own the land.
As for whether there will be troublemakers in the future, it is also simple. Steamships are not only cargo ships, but also ironclad ships. With guns and cannons, at least for now, there is probably no country in the world that can compete with them.
Instead, I feel extremely tired.
Seeing that Yan Shu, Cai Qi, and Song Shou seemed to have some impression of the theory, while the others all had puzzled expressions, Zhao Jun briefly summarized it and said, "It is undeniable that neither the world-island theory nor the rim zone theory has the same influence on the international situation in later generations as the sea power theory."
This is also why, in the steam engine era, after the emergence of factories, steam trains and steam ships soon appeared.
The snow in Youyan has not melted yet. Fan Zhongyan has only surrounded Yuhe and Wanping so far, and captured Huangyin a few days ago.
In the later period of the Soviet Union, billions of subsidies were provided to member states, and a large amount of cheap industrial products were used to subsidize member states, greatly improving the economic capabilities of the member states themselves.
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