The business was reached, and the specific price was thrown to the people of the Ministry of Finance to grind.

In short, having mastered the ability of subsequent changes in technology, the asking price is very confident, as long as you are not a fool, the final price fluctuation will not be too large.

In this way, you can make a lot of money very quickly.

Perhaps in order to show favor to Zhang Xun, Duran made his own decision and agreed to let Yingyang make a Jenny machine and purchase it in the east.

This is of course a gesture of goodwill, and there are a large number of Jenny machine orders for Eagle Yang is another source of income.

And let Zhang Xun re-evaluate the energy of this envoy in the eastern royal family, he dared to make his own decisions so decisively, thinking that he had a close relationship with the royal family.

Zhang Xun didn't want to hand over this Jenny machine manufacturing order to the Ministry of Industry and the profits to the treasury, he had other plans.

"Is there a suitable vacant land on the outskirts of the royal capital?"

Zhang Xun walked in the imperial garden, followed by an official of the Ministry of Works.

Yingyang does not have a formal Ministry of Industry, only a department with similar functions, and Zhang Xun can only make do with it.

"Your Majesty, there is a flat land in the western suburbs, which is a ruined mine, and it can be used with a little leveling. The officer bowed his head and said.

"Okay, then, you can level that piece of land, and then build a fence and make a big factory out. ”

"Factory?"

"What exactly is it like, I will tell you later, you can find someone to level the land first. ”

"Yes. ”

After sending this official, Zhang Xun also went to the study, and saw that Ruhr was already waiting in it.

Zhang Xun chatted with Duran for a while before, and ordered him to come here in advance to wait.

"Your Majesty. ”

Master Lu greeted him, and now as a celebrity in front of His Majesty the King, Lu Er has long since lost his original apprehension, and his gait in the palace has been calm, at this time he is wearing a good robe, his hands are tied, his hair is combed, and only the boots under his feet are a little dirty.

"Okay, don't be polite, Director Ruhr, I read the research progress report you submitted, and I'm very satisfied, but it's better to meet and talk about the words on paper, come, you and I have a careful talk, what can the alchemy level of the institute reach now?"

Zhang Xun pulled Ruer to sit down and asked seriously.

Another hour passed by this question.

And Ruhl's answer made Zhang Xun overjoyed.

The piece submitted by Ruhr mentioned something that Zhang Xun was very interested in, that is, the institute successfully combined redstone technology with Bluestar metallurgical technology, and raised the fine metal processing to a large level.

This greatly surprised Zhang Xun.

In his opinion, it is with Lin Rong's metallurgical plan, but it will take a long time to make Yingyang Metallurgy reach the lowest level he expected, although science and technology can explode in a short time, but it can't be too short-lived, but the research institute gave him a surprise.

It has been mentioned before that some natural magical ores from the Otherworld can exert some magical effects, such as the most widespread redstone, which can provide constant temperature, this is just one of them, and the alchemists of the original Eagle Yang have long learned to use these natural magic ores to enhance metals, and formed a set of rules of thumb.

Now, after the establishment of the research institute, most of the semi-elite alchemists of Quan Yingyang ate and lived together, studying the metallurgical process of Blue Star, and suddenly collided with countless sparks of inspiration.

Combining magic ore with metallurgy is one of them.

And it unexpectedly produced great results.

"In other words, the institute is now able to process parts close to the millimeter?"

Zhang Xun asked in surprise.

Ruhl nodded excitedly.

Millimeter-level machining, which is of course still rough in the eyes of modern technology, but it is already an extreme surprise for Zhang Xun, this level of precision has been able to manufacture quite a lot of parts and machinery.

In other words, the industrial revolution he envisioned would have to wait a while to unfold is a step closer.

It was a lot quicker than he expected.

"Okay! The comrades of the institute have worked hard!" Zhang Xun stood up with emotion, and suddenly became full of pride.

"Give a big credit to the personnel involved in R&D! Get a reward! Get a raise!"

"Ruhl, continue to work hard, I very much hope to see the day when the institute is upgraded to a research institute, then you will not be the director, but the dean, but the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard, do not their tails, you must know that modesty makes people progress, pride makes people backward, the road of alchemy is like a boat sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat." ”

After trying his best to get excited, Zhang Xun exhaled a breath of pride and felt full of energy.

The improvement in machining technology allowed him to immediately embark on an important project.

On the whole, Zhang Xun is not sure about the context of Yingyang's industrial reform, and he plans to have time to consult with well-known historians or economists at home and abroad.

But one thing he was sure of was that when it came to the Industrial Revolution, the ultimate weapon, the steam engine, should always be made.

It can be said that the early days of industry were the era when steam covered the sky.

It is of great significance, and it has derived a steampunk style in literature.

Zhang Xun felt that he was sorry for the world if he didn't make a steam engine.

But he needed to avoid some mistakes when it came to the production of the steam engine, and he needed to skip the process of trial and error and go straight to the usable machine in one step.

And manufacturing is like building a building, which needs to lay a solid foundation.

If you want to make a qualified machine, finishing is the foundation.

Therefore, the first artifact that Zhang Xun was going to sacrifice was not a steam engine, but a ......

"Machine tools. ”

These two sacred words popped up in Zhang Xun's heart.

In martial arts, a chivalrous man must have a sophisticated weapon if he wants to kill people, so Zhang Xun also needs a divine weapon to assist him if he wants the industrial revolution.

"Let's make the machine first. ”

He made up his mind almost instantly.

With machine tools, there is an imaginative future.

Sending away Ruhr, who fantasized about being promoted and raising his salary to become the first dean in the history of New Eagle Yang, Zhang Xun looked at the folds on the table again, and the most important one on the top was written about last year's grain harvest and this year's grain import budget.

For the whole of last year, Yingyang's local grain output was still a very pitiful figure, which was completely unable to cope with Yingyang's population, which seemed to be a drop in the bucket.

Although this year has the bridgehead as a grain producing area, after all, it is spring, and it is still early before the harvest, and it is unstable, so this year's grain procurement is still in accordance with the standards of previous years.

Another horrific expense.

Zhang Xun had a headache, and the food problem was always the biggest problem that plagued Yingyang.

However, he did not have an effective and immediate method, so he could only find a way to make money as soon as possible to feed the people of Yingyang.

After stamping the king's seal, he finally realized that he had exceeded the limit he had set.

No way, there are a lot of things today, Zhang Xun sighed, let go of these things, and felt tired.

He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and said back, and the soul crossed the plane and returned to the Blue Star, while Luke, who had withdrawn his soul, was taken over by the intelligence of the system.

[Detect physical exhaustion and start simulated sleep behavior]

With the intelligence in Luke's mind, he didn't even get up, and sat down in a deep sleep.

After a while, a slender figure walked into the room, Lancôme immediately walked over, a little at a loss, she didn't want Luke to sit and sleep like this, but first, she couldn't hold Luke with her strength, and secondly, she was afraid of disturbing his sleep.

After hesitating for a while, he reluctantly put his clothes on Luke, then took out the comb from his arms and slowly and seriously combed Luke's hair.

There was not the slightest impurity in Lancôme's watery eyes, only the king's obedient hair pressed by the crown.

She combed carefully and gently.

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