Steel Dynasty - Chapter 844

[Chapter 842 Military Can]

The sky outside the Royal Study Room was clear, and Weilai was like a gem.

The haze in Xiao Ming’s heart gradually disappeared. He had to say that the attitudes of the Kong family were very to his liking, but the beautiful words were one thing, and the most important thing was how to fulfill their promises.

Standing

up and walking in front of the two of them, he said: “Since it was Ge Yiren who invited you here, you must know what I want. As long as you do it, I will keep an eye on how you do it.”

When they arrived, Xiao Ming looked directly at Kong Huairen and his son.

“Yes, Your Majesty, Kong will definitely study the Emperor’s New Confucianism with great concentration when he returns home, so as to relieve the Emperor’s worries.” Kong Huairen bowed and said.

Xiao Ming nodded and looked at Kong Shengze, “I am very happy that you can go to Qingzhou University. When you return from your studies, I will leave you a good position. Of course, I will also accept Confucian students again, but this Confucian student is not that other student. Confucian students, you should understand what I mean.”

Kong Shengze nodded lightly. There is no doubt that these Confucian students are new Confucian students.

The grudge was solved in one day, and the Kong family and his son felt relieved. Kong Huairen became more courageous. He said: “The emperor has made countless achievements, including the northern expedition against the barbarians, the eastward expedition to Korea, and the suppression of civil strife in Da-Chongqing. These achievements are worthy of being granted the title of Zen on Mount Tai.” Kong thought that he should choose a good and auspicious day to hold a ceremony for the emperor’s Zen.”

Xiao Ming laughed, and he said: “The ceremony for the Zen is a little early, and it won’t be too late when I bring peace to the world, and New Confucianism has not been popularized yet. It would be a joke for me to climb Mount Tai.”

The pressure in Kong Huairen’s heart increased. He had to hurry up and agree to this matter. After thinking about it, he said: “Your Majesty, Kong has always been interested in this newspaper. I am very interested, and I hope the emperor can allow Kong to promote New Confucianism through newspapers. This will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.”

Xiao Ming was naturally happy, “This is no problem. I also want to publish today’s meeting with Shenggong. In the newspaper, I will show that I have no quarrel with the Kong family.”

A smile appeared on Kong Huairen’s dark face. Now he was completely relieved. In his opinion, as long as he complied with the emperor’s wishes, the Kong family would always have it. lofty status.

“So good.” Kong Huairen said happily.

After discussing the matter of New Confucianism openly and honestly, Xiao Ming explained some details to the two of them before letting them leave.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty, now we have another help.” Pang Yukun said with emotion.

Xiao Ming smiled and said: “Don’t you blame me for being biased against Legalism?”

Pang Yukun has always been known for respecting the law. He said: “Both Confucianism and Legalism are responsible for safeguarding the royal family. In the past, I was worried that the emperor would not be able to deal with it. Now it seems that I am overly worried, so I have no thoughts of grievance.”

“This will make me feel at ease. From now on, you can prepare for the conquest of Chu. The Chongqing Kingdom has been divided for a long time, and it is time to reunite. For one.”

The cabinet ministers all knew Xiao Ming’s next plan, and the victory of the Northern Expedition also encouraged the court’s martial spirit, so they always had a positive attitude towards the war.

In response, Pang Yukun said goodbye and left.

The imperial study became quiet, and Xiao Ming turned to look at the map hanging on the wall. Now a large area of territory in the north of the Great Yu Kingdom belongs to him, but his rule south of the Yangtze River is still very weak, which he cannot tolerate.

However, before provoking a war, he needs to continue to strengthen the industrial level of Great Yu and produce more diverse industrial products, some of which are crucial to the war. This is military food.

The biggest consumption in the Northern Expedition was still logistical supplies. Even some food had rotted before arriving on the battlefield, causing a huge waste. In his opinion, the feudal army’s backward grain and grass transportation seriously hampered the progress of the war.

Therefore, he came up with the idea of producing military food very early, such as military canned food, because currently only this kind of canned food is relatively easy to achieve.

In contemporary Europe, canning was invented in 1804, when a Frenchman who dealt in preserved foods discovered that food sealed in glass containers would not deteriorate easily if properly heated, and he was greatly inspired by this.

In this way, food can be preserved for a longer period of time without deterioration.

It is precisely with canned food that the European army’s long-term long-distance operations became a reality. It can be said that whether canned food can be mass-produced and popularized is an important indicator to measure whether a country’s military power has entered modernization.

Now that Xiao Ming’s army is transforming into a modern army in all aspects, the food will naturally change as well.

Thinking of this, he sat down and drafted an imperial edict, requiring the Shaofu Superintendent to establish a canning production workshop in Dayu, and he also made strict requirements on the types of cans.

Based on the current situation in Chongqing, it is naturally impossible to produce canned beef. It is too wasteful. However, it is still possible to rely on Dengzhou fishery to produce canned trout and rely on Qingzhou Prefecture’s agriculture to produce canned potatoes, canned dry rice, canned dried vegetables, etc. OK.

In addition, the manufacture of biscuits and bread must be put on the agenda to be used as military rations. After all, both items can be stored for a year or even longer.

In addition to cans, he also ordered the Shaofu Supervisor to produce individual soldier backpacks so that soldiers could carry more food, greatly reducing logistical pressure and making the army more suitable for expeditions.

When the imperial edict arrived at the Shaofu Prison, Qin Rui, as the chief officer of the Shaofu Prison, immediately ordered the craftsmen to establish a canning workshop.

After three years of further study at the former Bowen College, he successfully succeeded his father Qin Chengming’s position and became an official in charge of industry in Dayu.

“You go to the glass workshop immediately and ask the glass workshop to build a branch in Dengzhou to produce glass bottles. You are responsible for organizing the production of backpacks. You also go to the Agriculture Department to ask them to cooperate in providing ingredients. Three months later The emperor wants to see the first batch of canned food, go quickly, go quickly!” Qin Rui looked anxious.

The officials of the Shaofujian have long been accustomed to Qin Rui’s style, but there is nothing they can do about it. Now the people under the greatest pressure in the Chongqing Kingdom are the Shaofujian. Every now and then, there will be an imperial edict from the emperor asking them to mobilize resources to form a working group. Square.

As soon as there was a delay, Qin Rui was called to the palace to talk, and the result was that he was scolded bloody by Xiao Ming.

After arranging all the things, Qin Rui sighed. He felt pain and happiness at the same time. Although he was a little busy, the Shaofu Superintendent had changed from the idle demolition to a hot official office. After all, in order to speed up the construction of industry, the Shaofu Superintendent was Granted many special rights.

This power allowed him to mobilize all resources to build missing industries.

According to his statistics, there are now more than fifty industrial products in the industrial system of Dayu, and this number is still increasing. However, this is not enough, because the list of the entire industrial system given to him by the emperor is very complicated.

(End of chapter)