In this era, if a country could not establish a strong industry, it would not be considered a strong country at all. And weak countries often ended up very miserable.
In the past few decades, the Ming Empire had been continuously invaded by the western powers. This had already proved this point.
Therefore, the Emperor of Guang Chen was determined to vigorously develop the industry of the Ming Empire from now on, so that the Ming Empire would quickly become an industrial powerhouse and no longer be bullied by the big powers.
The ministers seemed to sense the emperor's determination and expressed their support.
"Next, the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry have to make plans in this area. I hope that starting from this year, in the next thirty years, Ming will become a world-class industrial power!”The emperor continued.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The ministers all replied.
"These 30 years are divided into six stages with five years as each stage. In the first stage, the Empire would need to build a foundation for the heavy industry. In the second stage, the Empire had to establish a complete industrial infrastructure. In the third stage, the Empire would become one of the world's industrial powers. The last three stages were for the Ming Empire to develop into one of the strongest industrial countries in the world!
This time, through the investigation of the properties of those traitors, the internal treasury obtained a large amount of silver. I will invest all this money into industrial development and other aspects!”
The emperor told his ministers about his goal.
The expressions of the ministers were a little serious. It was not easy to make the Ming Empire develop from a backward agricultural country to an industrial power in thirty years!
Of course, the Emperor was willing to invest a large amount of money into industrial development, which showed his determination.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We will definitely sacrifice our lives and brains to achieve Your Majesty's goal!”Li Shaoquan said.
"With His Majesty's strong support, Great Ming will definitely be able to develop and become powerful!”Zhang Zhidong was also excited.
There was no doubt that Emperor Guang 'er was unprecedentedly generous in developing industries!
This made the officials of the Westernization Faction very excited.
Since the Emperor of Guang Dong was so supportive, they naturally had to do their best to develop the industry.
"Other than the industrial sector, we have to keep up in other areas as well. In terms of transportation, the construction of the railway between Yanjing and Jinwei had already begun. However, it was obviously impossible for such a huge Ming Empire to only have such a short railway. Next, Da Ming had to vigorously build the railway. With the railway open, not only could it speed up the flow of people, but it could also speed up the flow of goods and stimulate economic development. It would also greatly promote the rapid development of industry and commerce.
In the first stage of development, Ming would build several key railroads. The first was the railway from Yanjing to Wuchang, extending all the way to Yangcheng. The second was a railway from Jinwei to Jinling, and then all the way south through Jiangxi Province, extending to Yangcheng. The third railway was the Yangtze River railway. It extended from Songjiang Prefecture to Wuchang. The fourth line was the Longhai Line, which extended from Haizhou to the west of Ganzhou Province. The fifth railway was from Jinwei to Fengtian City.
In the second phase, the Longhai line would continue to extend westward, all the way to Dihua in the border province, and all the way westward to Ili. The Tianjin-Fengshan line would also continue to extend north, all the way to Ji Province and Hei Province. Also, they started building a railway from Yanjing to the northern grasslands, all the way to Kulun. At the same time, he began to plan the railway in the southwest.
In the third phase, the important railroads that the Empire had started would be completed. Moreover, they began to build branch lines to ensure that all the important state capitals could be connected to the railway.
In the six stages, the Empire had to build a dense railway network.
Of course, other than the railway, the road could not be left behind. This time, the road that the empire was going to build was no longer a dirt road, but a cement road. They would strive to have all the counties connected to the highway within the six stages. In the future, he would extend these high-grade roads to the countryside!”
The Emperor of Guang Dong drew out a map of the Ming Empire's future transportation network.
This made the ministers in the cabinet dumbfounded.
"Your Majesty, we need a large amount of money to build a railway and a highway!”Minister of Transportation Liu Kun reminded.
In this era, the cost of a kilometer of railway was twenty-five thousand taels of silver. However, just the construction of the first phase of the railway would cost as much as 300 million taels of silver! If the road construction was added, in the first five years of the first phase, the Ming Empire's expenditure on transportation would probably reach 500 million taels of silver.
This was equivalent to investing all the financial income of the Ming Empire in the next five years, but it was still not enough!
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