"Prince, please see, this interior uses the method of five elements to operate, integrates firepower into water power, and then drives the yin and yang furnace and drives the wheels to run. This railroad is laid hundreds of miles away, and the yin and yang furnace can be opened in just an hour. A hundred miles away!"

It is still a car made of Yin-Yang stove, but this time, it can be clearly felt that the internal Yin-Yang stove occupies a much smaller space, but the strength is not small, but the steam generated by this makes the whole car smoky.

After driving all the way to a hundred miles away, it really only took an hour. Lu Bu jumped out of the car, shook his wet hair, looked at the already wet blueprint, frowned at the other party, and said, "This drawing will be revisited when we go back. Draw a copy, and think of another way to direct the steam outside."

"Don't worry, Prince!" The master nodded quickly, the yin and yang furnace car was finally a success this time.

"How do I go back?" Lu Bu didn't want to sit here again. Although the speed was really fast, the whole person seemed to be steamed again, which would easily catch the wind and cold.

Mining, yin and yang furnace cars, five-element boats, water spinning machines, gunpowder, and Vulcan cannons. Lu Bu felt that bringing these things back, in Dahan, as long as he gave himself ten years, he could at least change his appearance in Guanzhong, because unlike the Now it takes ten years just to think about how to improve and use it. When it comes to Dahan, you can directly do it, so there should be great improvements in ten years.

Of course, it would be better if there were more.

At this point, the Yin-Yang furnace has entered a new stage. At the same time, after more than ten years of accumulation, Dawei has achieved a stable national strength, clear and bright officials, and the people are well-fed and well-fed.

However, just as Lü Bu was about to lead the Ministry of Industry to start laying the railroad track in the northwest, news came from the west that Songtsan Gampo of Tubo sent someone to Dawei to ask for marriage.

However, the three generations of the Lu family were all male, and there were no women. Although Lu Zhong had married and had children, he did have a daughter, Lu Bu's granddaughter, who was only three years old this year. past.

"I think, how should I get along with this Tubo?" Lu Gu looked at Lu Bu and said.

"The newly launched Yin-Yang furnace car can be opened to traffic in the Western Regions. When it is completed, it may only take two days to reach the Western Regions from Chang'an. Tubo is a big country in the Western Regions and guards the main roads of the Western Regions. , if you don't want to, at most ten years, my Wei Dawei will fight Tubo, it will be no more difficult than suppressing bandits." Lu Bu laughed.

With the appearance of the Yin-Yang furnace car, the biggest change is to make the world smaller. As long as enough rails can be laid, at the speed of the Yin-Yang furnace car, it will not take ten days to go anywhere.

At the same time, it also means that the consumption of grain and manpower for transporting grain and grass is reduced. In this way, the Great Wei will have stronger control over the Western Regions and the grasslands. Of course, it is not a trivial matter to lay this railroad track. The amount is not much less than when Yangguang dug the canal, and the iron ore mined by Dawei in recent years also needs to be invested in the construction of this northwest railroad.

"Not a battle?" Lu Gu laughed.

"Convincing people by force won't last long." Lu Bu shook his head and said, "It will not be difficult to take Tubo in ten years, but as far as our court is concerned, the best choice is to cooperate with it and take Tibet as our court. If there is an enemy attacking the vassal state and front station in the Western Regions, it can be blocked by our court, and if there are mineral veins in the Western Regions, it can also be used by our court.”

Nowadays, with the emergence of yin and yang furnace cars and five-element ships, the requirements for carbon and iron are gradually rising. Most of the hulls of five-element ships are made of iron. Although Dawei has a vast land and abundant resources, it requires a lot of manpower to mine these things. In the form of transactions, the manpower for mining these things is moved down to the vassal countries, and at the same time, silk, tea and other things that are becoming cheaper and cheaper today can be exchanged for the other party's mines.

Today, the high-quality silk in the past can be mass-produced. In the past, one piece a day, now ten or more a day, but when it is placed in the Western Regions, the price is the same as before. Lu Bu is keenly aware of the huge profit in it. Profit from the country!

Lu Gu nodded. He also felt that Lu Bu's move was feasible. Now, according to Lu Bu's words, he began to lay railroad tracks in the northwest to transport carbon stone and iron ore from the north.

Things were just as Lu Bu thought, countries in the Western Regions began to mine their own mines to trade with Da Wei, which made Da Wei gain a lot of wealth in a very short period of time.

Not only did the court obtain a lot of wealth, but also many merchants with large assets appeared among the people because of their travels to and from the Western Regions.

These vendors began to gather labor in large numbers, set up workshops in various places, recruited or simply trained artisans themselves.

At the same time, with the advent of the Five Elements Ships that Lu Bu had not opened for several years, the merchants in the south who could not take advantage of the Silk Road began to actively explore the routes after learning that they could also connect to the Western Regions by sea. Some went bankrupt, but some really explored out of the route.

Lu Bu found that the craftsmen no longer focused on researching technology, but began to frantically collect money. The reins of the imperial court's control of the world suddenly felt like they were about to lose the reins.

This feeling is not only felt by Lu Bu, but also by many people in the court. After many people have a lot of wealth, they begin to be contemptuous of the court.

The ministers could not do anything about it.

"Fengxian, is there a solution?" Lu Gu frowned and looked at Lu Bu. In the current situation, with the appearance of these wealthy people, the imperial court began to lose control of the world.

"Yes." Lu Bu groped his chin, and suddenly noticed that his father's hair had turned a lot whiter. Thinking of this, he seems to be not too young. Is this how his life has passed?

"Prince Prince, if you have any plan, you might as well speak up." Fang Xuanling looked at Lu Bu and asked.

"Where is the confidence for them to ignore the imperial court?" Lu Bu asked instead without answering.

"Having a lot of financial resources and employing a lot of people, the people have to rely on them for food." Du Ruhui sighed.

"So, as long as the court is on the side of these people, what can they do?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

When the ministers heard the words, their eyes lit up, as if they had caught something.

"As far as I know, taking textile mills as an example, with the continuous innovation of technology, a spinner can make a day from the earliest one to ten, twenty, thirty, but the remuneration they get is different. It has never changed, and even in order to gain more benefits, the spinners have to work longer hours a day. From the first three hours to the current five hours or even longer, the imperial court has never protected these wealthy merchants, but the These spinners." Lu Bu laughed.

In fact, although the relationship has changed, the conflict of interests has never changed, but from the former landlords and tenant farmers to today's rich merchants and small workers.

"The imperial court issued a decree to protect these craftsmen, including how the corresponding salaries should be distributed, and how long the craftsmen should work at most." Lu Bu said here, looking at the crowd and smiling: "It's the same sentence, the imperial court encourages the people to explore the sea, and it does not matter. I don’t care if they rely on their courage to obtain wealth, but a gentleman loves wealth in a proper way, and I, a businessman in China, should not only know how to make money without caring about the life and death of others.”

"If no one came to sue, wouldn't this law be in vain?" One person frowned.

"Then wait until someone comes to sue!" Lu Bu said coldly, the rules can't be broken. Dawei is indeed using these wealthy merchants to rapidly improve his national strength from all over the world. At this time, if he intervenes forcefully, it will dispel the enthusiasm of these people. You must remain neutral in this matter.

But if someone violates court laws, that's another story.

The court quickly drafted the corresponding decree, and sent people to read it in various urban and rural areas. However, most of the people were used to the oppression of the rich merchants, and no one dared to really come to complain, for fear of losing their jobs. There are further actions, more reckless.

This went on for three years, and finally someone was exhausted and exhausted. His wife came to the government to file a complaint. The court immediately sent troops to investigate. The local officials wanted to stop it. Army escort.

The officials who were prevented from being directly imprisoned, and the wealthy merchants who squeezed dead laborers were imprisoned.

The imperial court ordered that the money owed to the laborers for the past three years should be paid back together, and the extra time under the imperial court's four-hour working-hour system should be paid twice as much. It was just like this, plus the fines imposed on the imperial court. The family went bankrupt, but nearly half of the family wealth was scattered.

With the help of the imperial court, the news spread quickly, and more and more workers came to file complaints. The talents accumulated by the imperial court over the past few years were quickly appointed, and batches of officials were taken down and their family properties were searched. The beheading beheaded, and the house that should be raided.

After this incident, 90% of the court officials were emptied. Although the loss was not small, the most important thing is that this rule must be established. The wealthy merchants cannot override the court laws. Da Wei is not qualified.

This stick has also calmed down many people who have been inflated by the rapid expansion of wealth~lightnovelpub.net~ Some people have gone overseas and want to establish a family business overseas.

But the cruel reality told him that only Dawei can find the most complete raw materials. Similarly, the production of rails and five-element ships can only be produced by Dawei. Without Dawei, their ability to think is nothing, even A simple hydro-spinning wheel cannot be built, which is already ten years ago.

People who recognize the reality want to come back, but find that their household registration has been cancelled. If they want to continue to do business in Dawei and set up factories, they not only have to pay taxes in full, but there are no policy reductions or exemptions. More importantly, they need to purchase all kinds of things. There are restrictions everywhere, and he can only buy it after others have bought it.

In short, foreign businessmen want to do business in Dawei. It is not impossible, nor is it impossible to make money, but it is definitely the least group.

This battle of power and wealth is simple to say, but it took ten years for everyone to feel a sense of reverence for Da Wei. After this war without gunpowder smoke, Lu Bu was already 61 years old, and Lu Gu even more It's eighty-one years old...

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