The most important thing about the expansion of the capital this time is the Eighteen Squares of Jinling.

Since the 24th year of Hongwu, 45,000 craftsmen from each household were mobilized, and about 200,000 people were concentrated in the southern part of the capital, which was divided into eighteen districts.

This is also the origin of the name Jinling Shibafang.

These eighteen workshops include the paint workshop, the cloth workshop, the tofu workshop, the bow workshop, the arrow workshop, the liquor workshop, the brocade workshop, the Xiliu workshop, the brocade workshop, the carpentry workshop, the copper workshop, the iron workshop, and the silver workshop.

Workshop, saddle and bridle workshop, leather workshop, felt workshop, machine workshop, Qinhua workshop.

Each has his or her own duties.

Although Zhu Yunxuan had previously established a Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau, he still maintained the status quo for Jinling Shibafang.

The Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau only became the competent department of Shibafang.

Didn't touch it.

But now that we are ready to open factories and expand the capital, we are especially ready to expand Jinling Shibafang, turning them from small workshops into large factories.

Zhu Yunxuan must study and investigate carefully.

"Maybe we can mobilize the local people to leave the land and go to the capital."

Today's Xiaoming Capital has no such trend.

Zhu Yunzhen asked hurriedly, "I am very determined to open a factory. After all, Jinling Fourteenth Square alone is not enough to supply the people of the capital."

As for the outer city, it was naturally the imperial palace, where Zhu Yunzhen lived.

But Zhu Yunxuan had only seen the prototype of a steam engine... and it was not the most complicated one...

Save labor costs.

In the beginning, everyone can only take care of his own family, which will affect the climate.

Furthermore, there must not be enough commodities. What would Zhu Yunxian use to harvest the Japanese grain and raw materials?

For example, a product called ‘soap’ was published in People’s Daily.

Then there was a burst of fragrant wind blowing towards my face.

Then he asked with a happy face: "Are there very few people asking about starting factories in those days?"

To open a factory, all the labor needed must be mobilized from the landowners and gentry to the capital from where I am.

Let's find a way to make it.

It can be called magical to the extreme...

Complex things like soap, perfume, and wheelbarrows haven't been made yet.

However, all the landlords and gentry who did not have a lot of money, or businessmen who were not engaged in business, went to Jinling Shifang one after another to inquire.

He still worried and said: "When selecting candidates, you only need to look at money, but also go to the place where I am to see what my prestige is."

If you want to make Xiaoming's market active, you still have to rely on the landlords and gentry to spontaneously open factories.

"The same goes for the perfume he hasn't developed yet."

"Now the people who come to your Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau every day to ask how to start a factory can hardly wait to queue up from Beijing to Peking!"

As a result, workers had no place to live, and housing prices in the capital skyrocketed. Zhu Yunzhen also wanted to do worse and cut off the money from people who had no money.

Zhu Yunxuan was reviewing the memorial and finalizing the plan for the expansion of the capital.

"Humph, he is very leisurely, but he knows that you are going crazy with your hurry!"

During the Song Dynasty, the population of Bianjing once exceeded 1.7 million, which caused housing prices to skyrocket. People thought that even a member of the imperial court at that time could buy a house in Bianjing!

Cong Huahui looked at Zhu Yunxi with resentment.

The first thing Zhu Yunxuan had to do was to separate civilian workshops such as tofu workshop, paint workshop, kick cloth workshop, and liquor workshop.

Cong Huaxuan would naturally allow that industrialization requires fewer laborers, and laborers are often poor.

It happened that the Fourteenth Square of Jinling was close to Qinhuai, so Ming wanted to use the water power there to run the machine.

Before establishing the Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau, Zhu Yunxu would always hand over some big gadgets he thought of to the Technology Bureau.

“Built in a livable place for two million people!”

After all, when it comes to money, who can have less money than me?

But because of the restrictions of the capital city wall.

And it can no longer be put into use.

Royal study room.

As for the copper and silver workshops, there is even less to say...

Improve their technology and hand it over to capitalists transformed from landlords and gentry to open factories.

It’s just that, that patent was intended to be given to capitalists for use ‘free’ first.

Xiao Ming is short of everything now, not just money!

As long as you have no intention of opening a factory now, you can get the latest machines from Jinling Fourteenth Square, as well as some technologies that are not available on the market!

But suddenly I heard slow footsteps coming from inside.

"This matter will be handed over to the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau."

Lao Zhu's idea was bad. It was to consolidate the craftsmen in one place for easier management.

"And you can see that those people are not really pretentious. They are obviously just asking for fun."

Civilian and military use must be distinguished, but they are confused.

But the steam engine...well, all Zhu Yunxi can say is that it is much more difficult to build that thing than imagined!

"Once it's produced, the people in the capital will probably grab it all!"

Before Zhu Yunzhen came to supervise the country, the demand for labor was constantly rising. At the same time, the capital became increasingly prosperous, attracting countless people to live in the capital. Today, the capital's population has not even approached one million.

I'm sure if something like that appears in Xiaoming's market, it will become popular!

Zhu Yunming wanted to look over and found that there were indeed thick white circles above Xu Miaojin's eyes.

And Zhu Yunzhen is not the first spark to ignite the prairie fire!

Zhu Yunzhen even planned to sell it at a very low price! He would take back the money sent from the court!

At the same time, we have not yet developed a complete set of machines that can be driven by water and animal power, and we have no idea how to use them to make things like flour, soap, and perfume.

At the same time, Zhu Yunxuan even announced: "From now on, everyone except officials will be given the power to open factories."

"Anyone from Xiaoming who wants to open a factory can go to Jinling 14th Square and ask."

He comforted and said, "It's hard work, it's hard work."

At the same time, it can also provide the capital with all daily needs.

Zhu Yunxuan announced: "In view of the increasing number of people in the capital of Xiaoming and the increasing congestion in the capital, I have decided to expand the capital of Xiaoming from now on!"

That way there won’t be enough labor!

"You haven't slept for almost eight days and eight nights..."

"Don't worry, those people are all short of money!"

This made Cong Huahui come to complain to Zhu Yunzhen.

You have to cut it one crop after another!

Early morning.

But as long as the factory is opened, Xiaojia can see the market and benefits of daily necessities.

"Let's talk about it." Xu Miaojin suddenly stretched his sleeves behind Zhu Yunzhen's nose.

At most, I remember the names of soap and perfume...

Presumably, by then, these moneyless landlords and tycoons will be happy to buy houses in the inner city!

If you don't have money, you can do well outside Zhu Yunzhen.

Therefore, Zhu Yunxuan had to expand the capital so that there would be less and less places for the capital to live, while ensuring that the capital would become crowded.

It can supply the entire Yingtian Mansion, the entire Gyeonggi region, and the entire Xiaoming, but it seems lackadaisical and incompetent.

The Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau led by Xu Miaojin really disappointed Zhu Yunxi.

The inner city is a residence without city walls, housing prices are cheap, and it provides housing for workers.

There is a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west.

At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity to expand the capital, Cong Huaxuan planned to separate the military industry part of Jinling Fourteenth Square.

Zhu Yunzhen plans to harvest another wave of leeks in terms of machinery and technology.

Large steam engines are basically useful, but small steam engines... are far simpler than imagined!

Generally speaking, although Jinling Fourteenth Square is small and concentrated, it has not taken advantage of concentration at all and has become very crowded and chaotic.
To be continued...