New Ming Empire mixed in America

After yesterday's accident, all the workers are now very resistant to the work of digging the kiln.

This made Liu Youcai, who was devoted to His Majesty the Emperor, very dissatisfied:

"Long live my Lord, these foreign and unruly people are really disrespectful. They are blessed to be allowed to dig kilns, but now they are unwilling to do so. I suggest reducing their food supply."

But Li Mingqi didn't care. If you can't build a large brick kiln, then make it smaller. Anyway, the workers are just those white-skinned people (let's call him a few more times before he is harmed).

"Okay, food cannot be reduced under any circumstances. By the way, tell me, do you need to dig such a deep pit to build a kiln?"

Li Mingqi heard that the hole dug yesterday was more than four meters deep. Although he did not understand the construction of brick kilns, four meters deep was really unreliable.

"Long live the Lord...it was Wei Chen's idea to dig so deep yesterday..."

"Now that we have a place to stay, I asked you to dig deeper. I want to see if this place is suitable for building an imperial mausoleum..."

Hiss~

Li Mingqi took a breath of cold air and wondered if Old Liu had drifted away. Before the city was built, he began to consider building an imperial mausoleum.

The dark-faced Li Mingqi felt a toothache. The Caotai team was the Caotai team. There was no one in the Xinming Empire who could share his worries.

Looking at Liu Youcai who was trembling and bowing his head in silence, Li Mingqi sighed, feeling tired.

"The imperial mausoleum... will be put away first. The important thing now is to burn the bricks and build the factory and dock as soon as possible."

Watching Liu Youcai go away, Li Mingqi deeply felt the importance of talents.

The Xinming Empire was too weak and had very few available talents. If it had its own talents available, why would it need to use those foreign devils?

Lying on the rocking chair, Li Mingqi began to plan the next direction of the empire.

In fact, the main reason why he insisted on burning bricks was to build a city wall to surround the current camp of the Xinming Empire. Although artillery has become popular now, the role of the city wall is still huge.

Li Mingqi has felt very insecure since he set foot on the land of Los Angeles. Although the city of Los Angeles has a small population and is currently caught in internal struggles, he has always been wary of the Los Angeles city government.

He must take advantage of this period to build fortifications such as walls and turrets. Even if the city of Los Angeles turns against him, he will not be too passive.

This is also the reason why Li Mingqi built a weapons factory as soon as he arrived here. Weapons cannot always be purchased, especially in large quantities. Not to mention the trouble, it will easily attract the attention of the California government.

After the first batch of immigrants arrive, the size of the army will definitely need to be expanded. At least more than 2,000 soldiers will be able to protect themselves.

What's more, he also wants to train a group of technicians who can skillfully use modern machine tools.

Those lathes and generators can't always be placed in the tent. Not only is it inconvenient, the space is also very narrow.

In particular, the noise from the generator is quite loud, and several waves of workers have come to inquire about the source of the noise.

Even the old man Joyce began to become suspicious, always trying to find out the origin of the noise. Although he was fooled by Li Mingqi, this was not a long-term solution.

It will be much simpler after the city wall is built. Soldiers will be asked to stand guard on it, and workers will not be allowed to enter without permission.

Plan carefully inside the city wall and build a small modern factory building for Blacksmith Zhang and others to practice their skills.

The soldiers' barracks and Li Mingqi's 'palace' will be rebuilt in due course, and they cannot always be dealt with with tents.

It's easy to say now, but when the weather gets cooler, heating will be a big problem. A tent will definitely not be as warm as a brick house.

What's more, Li Mingqi will come up with many items in the future that can be classified as black technology in this world.

He doesn't want these things to fall into the hands of Americans. What if one of them has a brighter mind and is inspired to promote great progress in Western science and technology?

Therefore, it is necessary to build high walls and store grain widely.

Just when Li Mingqi was lying on the rocking chair and fell asleep, Jin Yiwei came to report that Joyce insisted on seeing him.

"Generous Li, I have completed the location selection of the factory. Look, this is the plan I drew."

As soon as he entered the tent, Joyce couldn't wait to shout.

Although this old man is a little superstitious and nagging a little, he still does his job very well.

Soon, a stack of drawings was handed to Li Mingqi. When he took it and looked at it, Li Mingqi felt that his head was big.

Seeing Li Mingqi's troubled look, Joyce had a smile on his face. He stepped forward and pulled out the factory appearance and layout diagram that was at the bottom and put it on top.

This was intentional on his part, because even a different designer might not be able to recognize the unique symbols and marks on the plan, let alone a layman.

In order to let his employer know that he was professional and indispensable, he put the drawings full of symbols and simple lines on top.

After pretending to look at the factory layout diagram for a long time, Li Mingqi nodded and said:

"There are now two sets of steam engine gunpowder mixing equipment and two sets of steam engine machine tool equipment here. The rest of the equipment has been disassembled and shipped and will be shipped in a few days."

"Equipment problems are easy to solve, but the corresponding professional talents such as mechanics, copper torch craftsmen, and chemists are scarce. I wonder if you have any suitable candidates to recommend to me?"

Joyce directly agreed to Li Mingqi's request.

Because of the low tariffs in the United States, Britain began dumping in the New World. As a result, many American factories were squeezed to the point of bankruptcy.

Vagabonds and unemployed people fill the streets and alleys of major cities. In other words, even landlords have no food left, so it is easy to find a few mechanics.

However, rare species like chemists are more in trouble. But Joyce also has a way, that is, taking advantage of the current economic crisis, go to the university and recruit a few poor teachers or students to make up the money.

The equipment purchased by Li Mingqi was second-hand from a weapons factory in San Francisco.

These equipment were purchased by the owner of the weapons factory two years ago. Due to lack of follow-up funds and other reasons, they were basically not put into use. Now these equipment look no worse than new equipment.

The owner of the weapons factory was a former farmer who was almost bankrupted by the abolitionist movement.

Because the most important wealth of the farmer during this period was not the land, but the slaves he purchased.

When the northern factory owners resorted to the abolition of slavery because they couldn't stand the high cost of slaves, this unlucky old white man went from being very rich and not very handsome to an old otaku that was not very rich and not very handsome overnight.

The funds for the purchase of these equipment came from the Bank of San Francisco. But after he exchanged all the funds for various machines and raw materials, he found that there were no workers.

This is no joke. Because of the California Gold Rush, almost everyone ran to try their luck.

When most of the workers found that they could not find gold and gradually returned, his factory finally started operation.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. As we all know, California has been a state of civil strife since ancient times, and those who support the South and those who support the North have been fighting among themselves.

Therefore, the boss who was transformed from a farmer to a factory owner is unpopular with both parties.

Farmers will not buy weapons made by a traitor. State police and militiamen have no shortage of weapons. Others do not trust the weapons produced by him.

So not surprisingly, he... went bankrupt.