Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming was reviewing the year-end summaries sent by various departments of the imperial court, and since the promulgation of the five-year plan, the most important task at the end of the year was to verify the implementation of the five-year plan.

"Your Majesty, since the promulgation of the Five-Year Plan, 26 Shangzhou thermal power plants in Dengzhou, Youzhou, Jinzhou, Xuzhou, Jinling, Songjiang, Suzhou, Lin'an, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou have been completed, and the total number of Shangzhou in the country is 127, and it is not a problem to complete the construction of all Shangzhou thermal power plants within five years."

In the bright light, Su Liangcai, on behalf of the Electric Power Department, reported on the construction of the thermal power plant.

After a pause, he took the year-end report and continued to read: "In addition, the electric power department has also made some progress in hydropower generation this year, the hydropower part of the Tuohe dam is being built, in terms of the popularization of electricity, now 80% of the people in Qingzhou have received electricity into the household, and the remaining 20% can only wait for the completion of the main line laying because of the remoteness of the residence, as for the factory, the factories in the industrial zone have all used electric machinery, the only regret is that the current electric power department is still in a state of loss, only Qingzhou can break even. “

Xiao Ming also had a year-end summary submitted by Su Liangcai in his hand, and he nodded appreciatively, "The plan for the first year has been completed, which is very commendable, but electricity is just in its infancy, and the burden in the future is still very heavy, as for profit, you don't need to think about it for the time being, at present, power facilities are in the stage of intensive construction, and it is impossible to make a profit, and this loss will be borne by the imperial court." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief, he has passed this level, and he can have a good year this year.

Now the most feared thing for imperial officials is the year-end summary, if there is a problem in their own department, they will not be in a good mood for the New Year.

Su Liangcai retreated to his team, and Princess Pingyang walked out at this time in order.

Compared with the charm of the past, the current princess of Pingyang is more capable, and she has been in charge of the railway department all these years, and the complicated affairs have given her a lot of tempering.

"Your Majesty, by the end of this year, the length of the railway operated by the empire has reached 5,000 kilometers, the main routes to Yaksa in the north, Jinling in the south, Dengzhou in the east, and Chang'an in the west have all been completed. Princess Pingyang said.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, because he started in Qingzhou and was the first to unify the north, so industrial construction was concentrated in the north, and the south was relatively backward.

But with the unification of the empire and the establishment of maritime supremacy, what the empire needs now is the coastal trading ports, especially those in the south.

In this way, opening up the logistics of the north and the south is a problem facing the current empire.

However, although he missed the contemporary Yangtze River Bridge countless times, he knew that with the current level of construction technology of the empire, such a grand project could not be built.

So, after being measured, he decided to settle for the next best.

Thinking of this, he called Zhang Liang's name, and then Zhang Liang bowed and said, "Your Majesty." “

Xiao Ming asked, "What happened to the railway ferry that I asked your shipyard to study?" At present, this is the only way to get a steam locomotive to cross the Yangtze River. ”

When trains appeared and there was no bridge over the Yangtze River, the north-south railway relied on this kind of railway ferry.

In modern times, as early as 1850, the United Kingdom used train ferries in Ford's Bay, Scotland, and even now more than 20 countries around the world still use rail ferries.

In countries with many islands and no bridges across the sea, this kind of rail ferry is a must.

To put it simply, this railway ferry is actually built on a large ferry, and the track on the ferry can be connected to the railway track, and the train only needs to drive the train into the track on the ferry if it wants to cross the river.

The train boarded the ferry, which could carry the train across the sea and across the bridge, but the prerequisite for the construction of the train ferry was the mastery of steamship technology.

In the past, Xiao Ming didn't mention it because there was no such technology, but now that the ironclad ship technology is mature, there is no longer a technical obstacle to building a large train ferry.

"Back to the emperor, the construction of the train ferry is no less difficult than the King's ironclad ship, although the ministers have mastered the construction technology of the train ferry, but it will take a year to build the first batch of train ferries, and it is estimated that there will be no problem this time next year." Zhang Liang bowed and said.

Princess Pingyang was pleasantly surprised: "Railway ferry, I didn't expect there to be such a magical thing, if so, the construction of the railway in the south can be accelerated." “

"So, now you don't have to worry." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Princess Pingyang answered yes and turned back into the queue.

Xiao Ming didn't let Zhang Liang go back, but continued to ask, "How is the construction of the Imperial Shipyard now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, at present, the large shipyards in Beisha City, Dengzhou, Jinling, Songjiangkou, Lin'an, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou have been completed sixty percent, and a total of forty-two can be put into production, and these shipyards all have the ability to build ironclad ships, in addition, according to the requirements, there are also sixty-five small and medium-sized shipyards that can be put into operation by the end of this year, with the ability to build small and medium-sized commercial steam ships." Zhang Liang reported.

Xiao Ming was satisfied with this data, now the empire basically has no enemies on land, and the most important task at present is to control the global trade routes, because the power of the sea is extremely important.

It is for this reason that he allocated a large amount of money to build a bed factory, and at the same time trained shipbuilders.

"In this case, from next year, the shipyard will be able to build commercial steamships and sell them to the merchants of the empire, and the empire has invested a lot of money in the shipyard over the years, and now it should be recovered." Xiao Ming said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Liang replied yes.

Listening to the reports of the three people in succession, Xiao Ming looked at Yang Chengye, he was in charge of the current empire's industry and commerce, factories, banks and other questions to ask him, and there was no need to ask all kinds of people in charge separately.

Noticing Xiao Ming's gaze, Yang Chengye walked out, holding a thick report in his hand at this time.

Glancing apologetically at the other ministers, he said, "My report may be a little longer, so I'll try to be as quick as I can." ”

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, and from now on, all banks in the empire will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Imperial Central Bank. ”

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