Sometimes in the big people talking and laughing, it determines the fate of tens of millions of people, and this ordinary dinner also lays the foundation for the future direction of China's industry and trade, and will never be recorded in the history books. Jiang Tian, who walked out of the palace gate, refused the coachman, and he planned to walk back alone in order to calm down in this cold wind.

"I still haven't eaten enough this time......" looked up at the starry sky with some self-deprecation, even if it was a brilliant night tonight, he could still see the constellation Orion hanging in the sky, obviously no one in Beijing would know it, but Jiang Tian had an illusion that he seemed to have returned to modern times.

In fact, the meal just now had been eaten carefully, and he tried hard to make himself a participant, so that the two of them thought that he was familiar with his role, and that he Jiang Tian was also a decision-maker, and he was no longer a small person running for a living. To this end, he can contribute his knowledge and insight just to gain the appreciation of those in charge. But he knows very well in his heart that this is just acting, from the bottom of his heart he is still the little citizen who barely lives in the 21st century, and he is still the ** silk who can only dream and can't change his life, and now this qiē is like a dream, although he has a lot of fans, but he just wants to live, and just to live, he almost squeezes out all his wisdom, and even does not hesitate to be an actor. It was clear that the emperor and the king of Ji were satisfied, and Jiang Tian sketched a lofty and beautiful vision of industry, a powerful manufacturing capacity that crushed the handicraft industry. But this qiē has to be built on the huge investment in the early stage, except for Zhang Tao, there is no second person in this world who has the ability and insight to invest in industrialization reform, and he himself has this desire, so Jiang Tian can only do what he likes and desperately show his value, just to make this emperor who can control a qiē feel that he still has some value, not the kind of trouble that needs to be dealt with immediately......

Jiang Tian knows what kind of impact it will have on this completely unprepared country once he starts to accelerate the industrial revolution, this is not the kind of steampunk that some otaku dreams about at home, you must know that the fuel of the steam engine is not wood and coal, but all the ...... that cannot adapt to this era Lots of bones! There are foreigners here, and more will be Chinese. Maybe in a few decades, the suburbs of Beijing will no longer be idyllic, but rows of gray factories and dust-spitting chimneys, if he can choose, Jiang Tian would rather appear after his death, but he also knows very well that the Middle Ages in Europe has ended, that chaotic continent will go to glory in chaos, there is not much time left for the Chinese, and he is not qualified to be sentimental, as Zhang Tao once said to him in private, since God has chosen us, it is our responsibility.

Standing in front of the door of his house, Jiang Tian knocked on his legs that were a little sore, and then sat on the stone at the door, looking up at the starry sky, he didn't want to forget the world he once lived in, but at the same time he had to face this time and space, and all kinds of people in the huge mansion behind him. Thinking of all kinds of things in the past, it makes people feel funny, but I don't even have a girlfriend of pure ** silk, the meager salary can't even satisfy my hobbies, cursed in my heart, the boss, the society, and a rich person, and there is only a broken computer that has expired service to accompany me when I have nothing to do, even so I think about it now It's still so nostalgic, so much so that he has an urge to cry, why? Why do I have such an ordinary person who can't be ordinary anymore to bear this? Reviving China? Liberate all of humanity? What does this have to do with me!

After crying, Jiang Tian had no choice but to pack up his mood and continue to face the world. The Japanese have a very sensitive nose, or because they have a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, they are very dutiful, and the Japanese businessman Heizo came to visit just after the New Year.

"You're in a hurry enough, it's just to buy some swords, why bother?" The excellent actor Jiang Tian looked at each other in a pretentious manner: "Since His Majesty said that he could sell you, why did he come to me to do it?" ”

Ping San is not afraid of Jiang Tian's coldness, in fact, he knows that the other party's willingness to meet him proves that the matter has succeeded, although he doesn't know whether the opposite is based on the weight of the gift list, or if he wants to get greater benefits, in short, if he wants to complete the task and earn some hard-earned money by the way, then the official in front of him must not be lost: "My lord said that I laughed, who doesn't know that you are deeply favored in front of the emperor, and today's affairs depend on you, my lord." ”

Pampered? Jiang Tian couldn't bear to kick this inappropriately worded guy out, and then continued to pretend to be casual and said, "Don't you just want to buy some muskets?" It's not a big deal, why don't you just go to His Royal Highness King Ji? ”

Ping San still said with an obscene smile: "Please don't shirk, this is beneficial to both countries, and how can His Royal Highness King Ji meet a little person like me." ”

That's right, unless Japan sends an official, the dignified prince will never meet a businessman, but Jiang Tian still feels that this matter is a bit strange: "I remember that swords and swords are available among the people, and if you want to buy them, you can fill a boat for a little money, why bother asking me to come here?" ”

Heisan said very sincerely this time: "Don't hide it, if it is an ordinary sword, I don't look down on Japan yet, but the knife used in your army, although the workmanship is average, but the steel mouth is excellent, and what is even more rare is that the whole body is made of stainless steel, and the samurai of our country are the heaviest swords, how can such treasures not be loved." As for the musket, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor plans to imitate the forbidden army of the Celestial Empire and form a guard of His Majesty, since it is to imitate the Celestial Empire, then this musket is also a must-have. ”

Jiang Tian could conclude in an instant that the other party was not telling the truth, to be honest, the Japanese really didn't look down on the swords of the Ming Dynasty, but limited by their poor metallurgical ability, in addition to repeated forging, good Japanese swords were just a little more steel than ordinary swords, and the rest was iron. In the past, the steel knives of the Ming Dynasty were more steel-saving than them, but later when they resisted the Japanese, they found that they suffered a little, and Qi Jiguang re-used the steel-clad technology to build the Qi family knife, which gradually evolved into the Ming army's standard waist knife. And Zhang Tao used to make steel, and the knives in the army were all pure steel, so Jiang Tian estimated that this guy wanted to buy a standard sword and go back to the furnace, and an officer's command knife might be able to make three Japanese swords. And the so-called emperor forming a guard is even more ridiculous, even if other daimyo in Japan fights bloodied, he will not touch a single hair of his emperor, and besides, you still want to raise an army with your tens of thousands of koku a year? It's nice that you can support yourself on your own. It is very likely that the emperor intended to be a middleman, and bought firearms from the Central Plains on the front foot, and sold them to feudal lords around the country on the back foot, anyway, there are many people who hate the Tokugawa family, and this kind of underground trade must not be eliminated.

"Since it is your Emperor Xià who wants to use it, then we must at least give some face, but the firearms of the official army are not cheap."

As soon as he heard that there was a door to the matter, Ping San suddenly showed joy: "I don't know how much silver a brand-new officer army musket will sell?" ”

Jiang Tian, who had done his homework in advance, smiled slightly: "There are two kinds of muskets used by the officers and soldiers now, one is the flintlock rifle used by heavy pikemen, and the other is the light arquebus used by cavalry and light infantry, which one do you want to buy?" ”

Ping San didn't know that there was so much attention here, and a little sweat suddenly broke out on his head: "I don't know how much difference there is between the two guns?" ”

"Guns, they all use gunpowder to shoot lead to kill, that kind of large flintlock pistol is about five feet long, and the ammunition fired is about one or two weights, and it can still penetrate the iron armor at a distance of two hundred paces. This thing is a bit more expensive, and a gun costs fifty taels of silver, to say the least. As for those arquebuses, they are all improved from the firearms of the former Ming Dynasty, in addition to being safer than the previous guns, in addition, they are guaranteed to wear iron armor at most one hundred and fifty steps away, which is much cheaper, and the new thirty taels of silver are a handful, and those used can be reduced depending on the wear and tear! ”

This time Heisan is not just sweating, he has heard of that kind of heavy arquebus, it is said that it was imitated from the Francophone man, I think that when he was in the melee in Nanjing, it was this kind of gun that killed a Baylor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop, and it can be said that it is the best musket nowadays, but the price of fifty taels of silver really embarrassed him, even the old arquebus is not cheap, although it is certainly much better than the iron cannon of Tanegashima, but such an expensive price allows him to get benefits from it can be greatly discounted.

Jiang Tian also saw that he was in a dilemma, this pricing is not up to him, nor is it something that Jiang Tian can decide, and the pricing power will always be in the hands of the seller in the case of technical advantages, which cannot be changed in any era. So Jiang Tian was not in a hurry to urge him: "You can go back and ask, if you want to buy it, it will be this price." Also, the officer's saber will also be sold for twenty taels of silver, so you can discuss it yourself! ”

Hearing the meaning of evicting customers in the words, Ping San decided to try again: "The little one knows, but the villain dares to ask, I don't know if you are still satisfied with the two women last time?" ”

Why do you mention this again? Jiang Tian thought to himself that you were addicted to sending a woman, right: "It's quite satisfying." Why do you ask this? ”

Ping San put on an obscene smile again: "Actually, after I went back last time, I was criticized by the adults, saying that the identity of Lord Jiang could not look at that kind of mediocre goods, this time the villain just wanted to ask, if you like my country's singing and dancing, the adults are willing to give you some better ones." ”

Jiang Tian listened patiently and then smiled slightly: "Singing and dancing? It's all men dressed as women! Do you think I'm good at Longyang? ”

Heizo was stunned, he didn't expect Jiang Tian to be so familiar with the situation in Japan, the shogunate did prohibit women from doing kabuki, otherwise it would not be so cheap for him to buy these women, he thought that he could have low input and high output, but looking at the current meaning, it is a bit self-defeating.

Jiang Tian didn't wait for him to come back to his senses and continued: "Don't use your mind in this kind of place, let's go back and discuss with your master, Your Majesty doesn't have such good patience, if you don't buy it this time, you may not sell it next time." ”

After sending away the little devil, Jiang Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he didn't know that Japanese geisha were replaced by men, and then Xinyue heard it from them when he was teaching two Japanese to learn Chinese, and it was because of this that he knew that in Japan, useless women like them are not sold at a high price, and if they can't be bought by rich people, they can only become prostitutes.

How to sell weapons was discussed in advance, if it weren't for the fact that the Satsuma clan occupied the Ryukyus, in fact, these people were the best smugglers, and at the moment the imperial court was not able to take back the subject country, so they could only pretend not to know for the time being, anyway, the king of the Ryukyus would send people to pay tribute every year, and after the fleet was ready, it was time to practice with small Japan. At that time, Zheng Sen, who was hiding in Taiwan, had only two choices, either surrender or come out to support the Satsuma Domain, anyway, no matter which choice he chose, the outcome would be similar. Without Japan's trade profits, it would not be enough to feed so many troops by relying entirely on the trade of Taiwan and the South Seas.

Seeing that the weather was gradually getting warmer, Jiang Tian came to the workshop again, this time as long as he stared at them to perfect the hot rolling mill, and then handed over an order to Song Yi, His Majesty the Emperor had already made a decision to build a modern flat glass factory on the Yongding River, and to build a mirror manufacturing workshop with a high degree of secrecy next to it, the whole set of equipment could only be purchased from the Academy of Sciences, and even some things could only be manufactured with Jiang Tian's participation, so for the Academy of Sciences, This is not only a profitable order, but also another large-scale R&D that mobilizes all scientific forces. Song Yingxing, who was already a little overstretched, finally couldn't help it, he ignored his old age, and personally ran to the imperial study to complain, it is said that the new artillery and musket that should have started to be tested have not even seen a shadow until now, and then use the strength elsewhere, then the military research and development will lag behind.

The emperor was taken aback when he heard this, and he couldn't delay military research and development by delaying anything! In recent years, both the military and the people of the whole country have been well aware of the importance of firearms, and no matter how powerful your Manchu white armor soldiers are, they can't withstand a spear flying two hundred steps away, even if you pass the thick armor, the distance can't kill you. However, on the battlefield, the stunned white-armored soldiers were captured, and after the examination of the wounds, it was found that the lead bullet had penetrated two layers of armor, although it stopped on the third layer. But the impact on the other party was equivalent to a blow in the chest, so this guy didn't wake up until he was captured. So I don't know how to be good, Zhang Tao asked someone to find Jiang Tian.

"This is the blueprint for your new artillery and muskets?" In the imperial study, Jiang Tian saw these confidential texts for the first time.

Old man Song sat on the chair and nodded: "Exactly, we have thickened the chamber of the gun, which can be loaded with more gunpowder and obtain a longer range!" ”

To put it bluntly, it is a strengthened version of the flintlock pistol and the front-loading smoothbore gun, which is really not worth mentioning in Jiang Tian's eyes: "Even if the amount of gunpowder is too much and the firing range has become longer, the weight of this thing has also gone up, and it is really worth the loss." ”

Zhang Tao nodded, not to mention that he is also very good at studying firearms, but now that his strength is here, he just wants all the soldiers to have a five-six semi-automatic, but he can't make it: "Brother Xian, do you have a better idea?" ”

Jiang Tian nodded, and then shook his head again: "Yes, there is, but it can't be made according to our existing conditions." ”

Zhang Tao thought to himself, isn't this nonsense, I'm more familiar with the principle of firearms than you, I think I could disassemble and reassemble a rifle with my eyes closed, and now it's not just the current dilemma: "Then you have a good plan?" ”

Jiang Tian shook his head: "The processing technology is not up to par, everything is in vain, but I think the existing musket can cope with it for a while, and this kind of tinkering thing is not suitable for further research, it is better to put the power into the research and development of the machine, and the material is not up to par, and the metallurgical test should also be tilted towards this, if it is according to my estimate, at least five years will not make new muskets, at most it is to carry out some preliminary research." ”

Old man Song didn't expect that he was just here to complain and ask for research funds, but in the end, it turned out to be a stop to the research and development of firearms, and this kind of dramatic scene really made him unable to keep up with the rhythm. Zhang Tao pretended to be very embarrassed and thought for a while, in fact, he knew that Jiang Tian was right, this kind of non-innovative thing was a waste of money, but the reason why he agreed to this kind of research before was actually to train the research and development team so that it could come in handy in the future.

"In that case...... Then it will be done by the Qing family, the Academy of Sciences will suspend the development of firearms, but you must also hurry up on your side, and you must take over the development of weapons once you have time! ”

Old man Song didn't have a problem when he heard it, and if he didn't complain, he let the family win. However, the old man was also relieved in his heart, he was not good at researching this kind of thing, so when His Majesty asked for the pre-research of the next generation of weapons, the old man really didn't know what to do, so he could only bite the bullet and complete the emperor's task. Now that I can finally end up relaxed, anyway, whether it is successful or not is your Jiang Tian's business.

As soon as he talked about weapons, Zhang Tao first remembered an important thing: "Jiang Aiqing, can you make explosives?" ”

Jiang Tian rolled his eyes when he heard this, you really think I am omnipotent? Don't say I don't know, even if I know, I can't do it: "Back to His Majesty, in the absence of three acids and two alkalis, one qiē is delusional." ”

Zhang Tao asked again without giving up: "Can't you make that smokeless gunpowder?" ”

Jiang Tian nodded affirmatively: "There is no acid, what do I use to make nitrocellulose?" ”

Just when Zhang Tao felt very regretful, he also knew that in the era when there was no revolutionary innovation in propellants, the range of muskets would never make a qualitative leap.

Jiang Tian knew what the other party was going to do as soon as he heard that he wanted smokeless gunpowder, but he suddenly remembered another alternative: "Actually...... We may be able to find a way that is not the way to go. ”

"What's the solution?" Zhang Tao suddenly became excited, and any revolution in explosives could arouse his interest.

"I learned this method from some black-hearted firecracker vendors! If it succeeds, it doesn't matter if you sell all the existing muskets. ”

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