The Age of Discovery in the Old World was far from being as romantic and passionate as those who came after it imagined, and pirate movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean are, at best, artistic photographs of the PS. If the picture of this era is presented in front of the audience in the form of news pictures, it is estimated that 9 out of 10 people will think that it is hell on earth, or how to say that distance produces beauty!

Driven by a thirst for gold and spices, sailors set sail to faraway lands in pursuit of wealth and dreams. However, the frequent shipwrecks and the profit margin brought by the ocean trade are also terrifyingly high, according to the incomplete statistics of later researchers, among the merchant ships involved in the ocean trade, on average, one out of every five ships will be lost due to bad weather or pirate attacks, but the remaining four ships can create a profit of ten times the principal, the problem is that for those retail shipowners, the loss of a ship means bankruptcy.

In order to resolve this fundamental contradiction, the insurance company came into being, and its advent was of epoch-making significance, breaking down the risk factors to a limited range that each participant can bear.

It is impossible to overstate the importance of the insurance system's contribution to the promotion and contribution of commerce and trade in the Old World Age of Discovery, which allowed shipowners to save themselves from bankruptcy at the time of destruction by paying a small fee upfront.

Throwing out the two sharp weapons from the old world, the joint-stock company and insurance, Luo Zhengdao is not to show how high-end and tasteful he is, the Second Goblin Empire is so hard to toss Wake Reef, he really feels unbearable. Although in the short term, only the blockade of the elf navy will not cause too much danger, if it drags on for a long time, it is difficult to say, it is not a good thing to have many dreams at night, try to nip the potential disaster in the bud, this is the safest and most secure means of response, and this is also Luo Zhengdao's countermeasure in the face of the blockade of the goblin navy.

"The Prospectus of the Privateer Company of the Sea of Stars, and the Insurance Instructions of the Wick Reef Insurance Company?"

The confused subordinates were tossed by these new terms, this kind of brainstorming is not what everyone likes to play, Luo Zhengdao doesn't care if they really understand it, anyway, as long as they carry it out honestly, he said:

"That's right, go find a few bards, remember to find the ones with the most broken mouths, and it's best to talk to you endlessly if there's nothing to do. Within two months, let all the pirates, nay, all the sailors who were active in the Sea of Stars, know about it, and let them say that they didn't want to hear it, and that they didn't say they hadn't heard it. ”

His subordinates are already about to be confused by Luo Zhengdao's weird new thinking, and his tone is more like the idiot mentors who advocate success in the old world, leading a bunch of second-class goods all day long and shouting that I must succeed.

An attendant knocked on the door of the conference room, and he peeked in and said:

"Your Highness, the ship we sent to pick up the gray iron dwarven craftsmen has arrived at port."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao, who was beaming, grabbed the robe used to shade the sun and said to the boatswain:

"Hey, Zola, come with me to have a look!"

Zola Hegel didn't care about a run, shrugged his shoulders and said:

"No problem."

There is no doubt that industrialization is an extremely complex issue, and the conditions of life in the pre-industrial revolution era are basically unimaginable and alien to later generations.

In a backward productive environment where heavy industry nails horseshoe and light industry mends clothes, even a few iron nails are valuable property, and people will try to get rid of the nails as much as possible when they abandon their houses, which is inconceivable in the industrial era when metal materials are proliferated.

A significant feature of industrialization is assembly line production, which is not as the average layman imagines, each worker is responsible for making a part or a process on the OK, the division of labor and cooperation is a practical method that has been there for a long time, the assembly line production mode relies on the power conveyor belt, so as to improve the work efficiency per unit time. The efficiency of the assembly line has been greatly improved, not because each worker is familiar with his or her own work, but because it saves workers time to find and match parts.

According to Luo Zhengdao's vague memory, there was information in the old world that before using the conveyor belt, workers spent an average of 20%-60% of their time on this basically meaningless switchback walk, and the actual difference is even more obvious when considering the reduced work efficiency caused by distraction.

The biggest difference between traditional handicraft workshops and modern factories is also in the assembly line operation, such as the sweatshop Fuxkang, where each worker is fixed on the post to complete the fixed process like a machine. Of course, this kind of overly mechanical monotonous labor completely obliterates the creative nature of the producer, and at the same time ensures the yield rate, it will also make people feel extremely empty.

Thanks to the military aid of the Yaling Empire and Luo Zhengdao's ambition to climb the science and technology tree, the number of workshops on Wake Reef with a limited population is terrifying, and the workshops that supply military production alone include dozens of workshops such as smelting, wrought iron, tanning, and textiles. This relatively inefficient production method could not meet the urgent need to supply privateer fleets and even export foreign exchange, and Luo Zhengdao's goal in the near future was to build a real large arsenal, which required more skilled craftsmen, so there was that thrilling trip to the gray iron dwarf tribe.

Walking from the wooden trestle to the pier, the one who took the lead in this group of dwarf piers saw Luo Zhengdao, and he hurriedly walked a few steps forward and said:

"Meet Your Highness, I am Saad Stone Furnace, the elder of the Grey Iron Tribe."

may have met, but Luo Zhengdao's recognition of the appearance of the alien race is really not high, and he immediately said simply:

"Welcome to Wake Reef, I hope you enjoy it."

"As long as there is ore, iron furnaces, and wine, we are just as happy everywhere."

As soon as he heard this, Luo Zhengdao was happy, patted the gray iron dwarf elder on the shoulder with his hand and said:

"Please get in the car!"

In the old world, a qualified Chinese medicine doctor can diagnose and treat almost all diseases, and he can be called an out-and-out general practitioner, and a qualified Western doctor can only treat a certain type of disease, and he is also a layman if he changes his symptoms. In other words, a good Chinese medicine practitioner can cover all the medical staff and diagnosis and treatment equipment of a large hospital with thousands of staff, and if this black to purple black technology can be popularized, it is estimated that 99% of medical practitioners will have to change careers.

From ancient times to the present, there are many quacks who claim to be traditional Chinese medicine, and there are only a few people who can really distinguish between syndromes and treat them in a targeted manner. A famous doctor who understands the profound theories of traditional Chinese medicine and achieves practical application in practice cannot produce one in an average of 100 years.

Many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are not even allowed to call the pulse, how the patient's pulse is purely blind, and the prescription is not to mention, the patient eats well that is luck, and if you don't eat well, you will be counted as a little back. Is it wronged that the quack doctor who is confused has caused Chinese medicine to become a Mongolian doctor who can only do things in people's mouths? Wronged, but not wronged.

You must know that traditional Chinese medicine is a standard black technology, and the basic feature of this thing is that it depends not so much on learning skills as on personal qualifications. If you understand, you understand, you can't pretend to understand if you don't understand, for a thing that looks at the character of the dish, it's all tears to say too much!

The first batch of gray iron dwarf craftsmen to arrive was only a hundred, compared to the dwarves who claimed to be blacksmiths in the whole clan, this number was pitiful, but Luo Zhengdao did not dislike the small number of people, so they were hairy and not bald!

Luo Zhengdao accompanied the dwarven craftsman to the workshop, and the person in charge reported to him by the way, and said endlessly:

“…… Your Highness, look here, the hydraulic transmission mechanism is ready, the water storage tower and the windmill irrigation device are also in place, just waiting for the machine to start running. ”

Scanning the interior of the workshop, where there is more wood than metal, Luo Zhengdao nodded and said:

"Well, turn it on and run it, these machines won't be just decorations, right?"

Wake Reef in the desert Gobi environment has abundant wind resources, but using wind power has to face an embarrassing reality, the wind is a very unstable source of power. In order to maintain stable production, the only way to do the work of the wind is to lift water to drive the turbine, although the loss and system complexity are increased, it is better than a gust of wind blowing over, and all the workshops have to stop and wait for the next gust of wind!

"Whoa! Crash! Whoa......"

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The sound of running water and the friction of mechanical parts is mixed together, and the sound gradually decreases as workers carefully pour lubricating oil on the stressed parts such as bearings. People held their breath and waited for a while, but there were no failures such as broken mechanical devices, and the scene suddenly burst into cheers.

"Hahahaha, it worked!"

As happy as everyone else, Luo Zhengdao did not forget to remind them and said:

"Start trial production, don't worry, keep the lowest speed of the first gear."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After a few laps around the water-powered machinery in the factory as if looking at the Western scenery, Saad Shilu said to Luo Zhengdao:

"Your Highness, we won't use these machines."

The gray iron dwarves are familiar with forging, but they don't understand the wind-hydraulic composite drive machinery at all, although it is a cold forging workshop, the future of making armor or something will be concentrated here, this workshop no longer uses manual forging, the main equipment is hydraulic stamping machine tools and forging hammers. Stamping technology is rare in the new world, and the general application is to process small gadgets such as coins and medals, and specialized large-scale stamping equipment has not yet been born. Although it is not difficult to achieve at the technical level, if there is no urgent need in life, even if a genius accidentally invents high-end technology that is ahead of its time, it will soon disappear in the long river of time, which is the so-called, a person cannot surpass the original meaning of the phrase of his own time.

As the initiator, Luo Zhengdao naturally understood the troubles of the gray iron dwarves, and suddenly jumped from manual operation to mechanical production, which is not a small technical span, he said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I'll send other craftsmen to take care of the equipment, and you just need to take care of your own part of the process."

"Yes, Your Highness, can we get to work now?"

"Well, go ahead and try!"