Chapter 1081: Empire State

Qingzhou.
　　
　　 Xiao Ming is reviewing the year-end summary sent by various departments of the imperial court. Since the five-year plan was promulgated, the most important task at the end of the year is to verify the implementation of the five-year plan.
　　
"The emperor, since the five-year plan was promulgated, 26 Shangzhou thermal power plants have been completed in Dengzhou, Youzhou, Jinzhou, Xuzhou, Jinling, Songjiang, Suzhou, Lin'an, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou. There are a total of 127, and it is not a problem to complete the construction of all Shangzhou thermal power plants within five years."
　　
　　 In the fair, Su Liangcai reported on the construction of the thermal power plant on behalf of the Electric Power Department.
　　
After a pause, he took the year-end report and continued reading: "In addition, the Electric Power Department has also made certain progress in hydropower generation this year. The hydropower generation part is designed in the Tuohe Dam under construction, which is in the popularization of electricity. On the one hand, 80% of the people in Qingzhou now have access to electricity. The remaining 20% ​​can only wait for the main line to be laid because of the remoteness of their lives. As for the factories, the factories in the industrial zone have all been used. In addition to electrical machinery, the only regret is that the current Electric Power Department is still in a state of loss, only Qingzhou can make a balance.
　　
Xiao Ming also had a year-end summary submitted by Su Liangcai. He nodded appreciatively, "The plans for the first year have been completed. This is very commendable, but the electricity is just in its infancy, and the future burden is still very heavy. As for profitability You don’t need to consider things for the time being. The power facilities are currently in a stage of intensive construction, and profits are impossible. The imperial court will bear this loss."
　　
　　 "Yes, the emperor." Su Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief. He has passed the test and will be able to have a good year this year.
　　
　　 What the imperial officials are most afraid of is the year-end summary. If there is a problem with their own department, they will not be in a good mood during the New Year.
　　
　　Su Liangcai returned to his team, and Princess Pingyang walked out in order.
　　
　　 Compared with the charming past, the princess Pingyang is now a little more capable. She has been in charge of the Railway Department for these years, and the complicated affairs have given her a lot of temper.
　　
"The emperor, by the end of this year, the railways operated by the empire have reached 5,000 kilometers. The main routes from Yaksa in the north, Jinling in the south, Dengzhou in the east, and Chang'an in the west have been completed. The railway department is now building the main line. The branch railway between the two railways has completed the construction of the railway network. The only regret now is that the North-South railway cannot be connected due to the blocking of the Yangtze River.
said Princess Pingyang.
　　
　　Xiao Ming nodded slightly, because he started in Qingzhou and was the first to dominate the north, so industrial construction was concentrated in the north, while the south was relatively backward.
　　
　　 But with the unification of the empire and the establishment of maritime hegemony, what the empire now needs are commercial ports along the coast, especially ports in the south.
　　
　　 In this way, opening up north-south logistics is a difficult problem facing the current empire.
　　
　　 Although he missed the contemporary Yangtze River Bridge countless times, he knew that this magnificent project could not be built with the current construction technology of the empire.
　　
　　 Therefore, under measurement, he decided to take the second place.
　　
　　 Thinking of this, he called Zhang Liang's name, then Zhang Liang went out and bowed and said, "The emperor."
　　
　　Xiao Ming asked, "How about the railway ferry that I asked your shipyard to study? At present, this is the only way to get a steam locomotive across the Yangtze River."
　　
　　 When the train appeared and there was no bridge on the Yangtze River, the North-South Railway relied on this type of railway ferry.
　　
　　 In modern times, as early as 1850, Britain used train ferry in the Gulf of Forn in Scotland. Even now, there are still more than 20 countries using rail ferry in the world.
　　
　　 In countries where there are many islands and no cross-sea bridge is built, this kind of railway ferry is a must.
　　
To put it simply, this railway ferry is actually a railway track built on a large ferry. The track on the ferry can be connected to the railway track. The train wants to cross the river just to drive the train onto the track on the ferry. can.
　　
　　 When the train is on the ferry, the ferry can carry the train across the sea and across the bridge. However, the prerequisite for building a train ferry is to master the technology of steamships.
　　
　　 Xiao Ming didn't mention it before because there was no such technology. Now that the ironclad technology is mature, there are no more technical obstacles to building large train ferries.
　　
"Back to the emperor, the construction of the train ferry is no less difficult than the King's ironclad ship. Although the ministers and others have mastered the construction technology of the train ferry, it will take a year to build the first train ferry. It is estimated that there will be no problem at this time next year. "Zhang Liang bowed and said.
　　
　　Pingyang Princess said in surprise:
The railway ferry, I didn’t expect there to be such a magical thing. If so, the railway construction in the south can be accelerated.

　　
　　 "So, now you don't need to worry." Xiao Ming said with a smile.
　　
　　Princess Pingyang responded and turned back to the queue.
　　
　　 Xiao Ming did not ask Zhang Liang to go back, but continued to ask: "How is the construction of the imperial shipyard now?"
　　
"Back to the emperor, the large shipyards in Beisha City, Dengzhou, Jinling, Songjiangkou, Lin'an, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou have completed 60% ~ EbookFREE.me~ a total of forty-two shipyards can be put into production. It has the ability to build ironclad ships. In addition, according to the requirements, 65 small and medium shipyards can be put into operation by the end of this year, and have the ability to build small and medium commercial steam ships." Zhang Lianghui reported.
　　
　　Xiao Ming is satisfied with this data. Today the empire has basically no enemies on land. The most important task at present is to control the global trade routes, because ocean power is extremely important.
　　
　　 For this reason, he allocated a large sum of money to build a bed-building factory and cultivate shipbuilding talents.
　　
　　 "In this case, the shipyard will be able to build commercial steamships and sell them to the empire's merchants from next year. The empire has invested a lot of money in the shipyard in these years, and it should be recovered now." Xiao Ming said.
　　
　　 "Yes, the emperor." Zhang Liang answered yes.
　　
　　 Listening to the reports of three people one after another, Xiao Ming looked at Yang Chengye, and his chief officials asked him about the empire’s industry and commerce, factories, and banks. There was no need to ask various responsible persons separately.
　　
　　 Noting Xiao Ming's gaze, Yang Chengye walked out, at this moment he was holding a thick report.
　　
　　 glanced at the other ministers slightly apologetically, and said, "My report may be a little longer, so I will try to be as fast as possible."
　　
Clearing his throat, he said: "At present, Qingzhou Bank has officially changed its name to the Imperial Central Bank, and the functions of the Imperial Central Bank have also been clarified. From now on, all banks in the empire will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Imperial Central Bank.")! !