The most arrogant in history

Chapter 492: Initial Industrialization.

Ye Kun said: "If we keep going, in ten years, most young people will be able to read and write. Because our paper production has increased, it will be easier to promote culture. We will also set up a radio station to promote the Chinese Mandarin."

The big loudspeaker has been developed, so cable broadcasting is a natural progression.

At least, it can be promoted in major departments and schools of the court.

Wen Axiu sighed, "We follow the principal emperor, and there are new surprises every day. Now we have wireless telegraph and big radio. I wonder what it will be like in ten years."

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "Ten years from now, our steam engines will surely be able to operate stably. As long as we have a thousand steam engines, we can start preliminary industrialization."

“What is industrialization?”

“It means producing something quickly and efficiently with machines instead of hands; it means producing something in batches, like running water, flowing out of the factory continuously.”

"But I don't think wireless telegraphy and radio broadcasting are of much use to ordinary people."

"Radio was indeed designed for warfare and management, but if management efficiency is improved, it will also invisibly bring convenience to the people."

The three of them were chatting animatedly.

After dark, Ye Kun did not leave but stayed to continue communicating with Teacher Wen and Liu Hongyu.

The next day, nine-department meeting.

Ye Kun attended the meeting, displayed a loudspeaker, and announced the establishment of a telegraph office, a newspaper distribution office, and a radio station, all of which were led, organized, and managed by Wen Axiu.

Wu Qiong sighed and said, "Your Majesty, paper is very expensive. Is it a waste to send out more than a thousand newspapers every day?"

"Waste?" Ye Kun shook his head and said with a smile:

"My Lords, why do we want to run a newspaper and a radio station? We must think long-term. I want to strengthen propaganda and engrave the concepts of Huaxia, Yanhuang, Shenzhou, China, and Han into the hearts of every descendant of Yanhuang. Only in this way can our Han nation have a strong cohesive force and will never perish!

No dynasty can last for ten thousand years. But the culture, thought and spirit of the descendants of Yan and Huang can last for ten thousand years. As long as we are united and have cohesion, China will stand forever.

Even if there are ten thousand dynasties and one hundred thousand emperors, this piece of land will still be written in Chinese characters and spoken in Chinese language, and it will still be in the hands of the descendants of Yan and Huang!"

Everyone was moved when they heard this, and all stood up:

"We support the emperor's decision and will build the spirit of our Chinese Divine Land for eternity!"

Ye Kun nodded and asked everyone to continue discussing the matter.

Sang Buyi said, "I received a pigeon message from Liu Ai, saying that Xiahou Chang has already sent troops to attack Goguryeo. Huangfu Lin's navy has also arrived on the west side of the peninsula. Both the navy and the army have won the first battle. However, Xiahou Chang still does not have enough military rations, and he requested more food, incendiary bombs, telescopes, and gun support.

Liu Ai meant to give it to him so that he could conquer Goguryeo in one fell swoop."

Ye Kun asked everyone what they meant.

Yan Ju said: "We can give it to you, but we need Xiahou Chang to let us go and manage Liaodong. We promised him that he would give Liaodong to us after he conquered Goguryeo, and now he can give us part of the area."

Ye Kun nodded and said, "Send a letter to Liu Ai, asking Xiahou Chang to open the border so that we can send more troops. Food and weapons will be sent by sea, and another 5,000 gunners and artillery will be sent to assist Xiahou Chang in the land battle."

Yu Guinong reported: "More than 30,000 captives captured by the Xiongnu have all been sent to Shanxi. But among them, a small half are Han people..."

Ye Kun was also troubled: "The Han people were relocated to the Central Plains and resettled, and given land and houses. The Xiongnu people were to receive an education and sent to mine coal. The old, weak, sick and disabled were sent to nursing homes and orphanages."

These elderly people and children cannot work and are still a burden.

Years of war, hunger and disease have created a large group of widows and orphans.

Orphanages and nursing homes everywhere are a burden.

The Ministry of Households took some measures to reduce the burden, such as allowing half-grown children to go to nursing homes to help take care of the elderly, and allowing those who are not too old to come to orphanages to take care of young children.

When the children turned twelve, they were all sent to school to work and study part-time.

Boys over the age of fifteen basically join the army for further training and education.

Ye Kun's army recruits 20,000 to 30,000 new orphan soldiers every year.

Although it cost money, these soldiers were very loyal, fought bravely, and were very popular in various troops.

Wu Qiong reported: "Due to trade transactions, we have received a lot of gold and silver coins from the Roman Empire. Can we issue them directly?"

"No." Ye Kun flatly denied:

"All foreign coins should be stored in a warehouse and destroyed and recast in due course. If Roman coins are misused in the country, it will inevitably cause chaos in the domestic monetary system, which will be out of control."

Monetary policy is of great importance.

Until now, Ye Kun has been honest and issued gold, silver and copper coins, and dared not issue silver notes and banknotes.

If you don't have the ability, don't mess around.

If the monetary system collapses, there will be chaos across the country.

Ma Zhengyang smiled and said, "The Science and Technology City needs a lot of pure silver to make silver wire. We can just give them foreign silver coins to make silver wire. I have seen Roman silver coins, and the purity is pretty good."

Ye Kun agreed with this opinion and asked He Tiantian to contact Wu Qiong and Ma Zhengyang to receive the silver materials.

He Tiantian was also smart and said with a smile:

"I don't want impure silver coins. When they need to be refined, who will be responsible for the loss? They say that our Science and Technology City has spent too much gold and silver. We are wronged."

Ye Kun thought it made sense: "Let's leave it to the mint to refine a batch of pure silver and send it to the Science and Technology City."

Wu Qiong sighed: "Last month, I allocated 4,000 taels of pure silver to the Science and Technology City..."

"Is four thousand taels a lot? I can spend forty thousand taels." He Tiantian smiled:

"I'm going to make a wired loudspeaker soon. If I use silver wires for everything, I'll give you all the silver you have. By then, I don't know how much silver it will cost to make a speaker wire from Zhuojun to Xiangyang."

Ye Kun was shocked. "Dean He, we should find a way to solve the copper wire problem. Silver wire is too expensive and we really can't afford it. And forget about the plan to connect the loudspeaker to Xiangyang. The route is too long to be maintained and the electricity may not be enough."

The longer the route, the greater the power loss.

The last time we researched wired telegraph, we failed because the power was not enough and communication could only be achieved within thirty miles at most.

Before a stable power supply is available, loudspeakers can only be used in a small area so that experience can be gained slowly.

He Tiantian also sighed: "Copper wire is difficult to make, and the workers all have complaints. Silver wire is easy to make, it can be made very thin and not easy to break."

"It's difficult but we have to do it. We have to tackle it."

Ye Kun issued a death order: "Radio stations in the five major capitals can use silver wire. But other places, don't build radio stations until copper wire is mass-produced."

Qin Chou asked: "This radio station was built, and people are talking on it every day, how can they have so much to say?"