Unlike Jiang Tian and the dialectic of leisurely analytical materialism, the Japanese were impressed by the dozen or so ships of steel, and when these cargo ships, which in the eyes of the Chinese were small sampans, docked in Edo, the porters who unloaded the cargo were all shocked. The Tokugawa family was clever enough to stipulate that other people's cargo ships could enter and leave Sakai Port, but of course his own ships had to return to the base camp. Because these ships contain the most valuable steel for waging war, whether they are used to make swords or muskets, they will become powerful weapons to crush other foreign daimyos. Especially those royal swordsmen, after seeing such a high-quality steel ingot, their eyes lit up, no wonder I heard that the Central Plains switched to all-steel swords, it turned out that in the eyes of others, this steel ingot is a worthless thing.

In fact, although the steel production of the Ming Dynasty was very high, compared with the huge land and military and civilian needs, steel was still a strategic metal with a high price. As for the Mongolian tribes that were controlled by the Ming Dynasty for a long time, iron tools were important treasures to be passed down from generation to generation, until the Southern Ming Dynasty, under the leadership of Zhang Tao, mobilized the refugees from the north to form a professional team for mining and smelting, and used coke to make iron on a large scale, so that the Southern Ming not only made up for the production capacity deficit caused by the fall of the north in a short period of time, but also raised China's metallurgical level to the limit before the industrial revolution. Jiang Tian once asked Zhang Tao, how could he, a soldier from the army, know so many methods of iron smelting and coal coking? As a result, the answer made him dumbfounded, and the short four words were intriguing: Great steelmaking!

That era has been defined by history as a foolish mistake in a vain attempt to defeat science with manpower, which not only caused a lot of waste but also caused too many detours in the development of the country. Although we later became the world's largest country in terms of steel output, and the annual output of crude steel was more than that of Japan and the United States combined, there were still many people who were sad when it came to that era, thinking that without this detour, we don't know how many years in advance we would have to achieve the goal. But Zhang Tao wants to ask rhetorically, if there is no such lesson, how do you know that this method is not advisable? How can it strengthen the country's determination to develop large-scale large-scale steel enterprises? In addition, these local steelmaking technologies are already at the highest level in the early stage of industrialization, although they cannot be compared with the increasingly perverted United Steel Mills after World War II, but at least they are not inferior to the overall level of the late Qing Dynasty. Many of the experiences summed up in that era were placed in the late Ming Dynasty, which was simply a rebellion against the sky, otherwise how could he Zhang Tao have so much confidence to resist the army of millions of Tartars along the river? The horrific steel production here is a big contribution.

Later, when the whole country was reunified, the military's demand for steel dropped sharply, but the earthen blast furnaces that had been stored were still standing, and iron tools were needed for large-scale construction. However, the actual output is still more than demand. Later, whether it was the Spaniards or the Portuguese, as well as the more shrewd Dutch, they all found that the price of iron in the Ming Dynasty fell sharply, so that iron ingots have become a profitable commodity, in addition to being surprised by the amazing production capacity of the Nanming outbreak, they also deeply realized how much strength this huge country contains, the Portuguese are secretly happy that they can keep Macau, and the Spaniards are also glad that the bullshit invasion plan of the Ming Dynasty has not been implemented after all, but they are afraid that they have become addicted to killing Chinese people before, Will it be counter-attacked one day? The Dutch were worried about whether the awakened China would challenge his position in Southeast Asia, but fortunately, at this time, the Dutch in order to confront Spain, so they have been enveloping the overseas Chinese class, which is completely opposite to those fools who slaughtered the Chinese.

The Europeans with their own ghosts aside, the key is that the spies hidden in Edo, when they saw the shining silver ingots, they all knew that the strength of the Tokugawa family would inevitably increase greatly because of this, and when he was full-fledged, would he launch another battle of Sekigahara and completely empty all the foreign daimyos? Not to mention that the Tokugawa family will do this, even if they themselves will do it, this is not only that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, but also that those foreign daimyo are still secretly accumulating strength, if they don't prepare in advance, how can they prevent the emergence of the war to destroy the country? For now, the only way left is to import more weapons and steel.

Otherwise, how can we say that this arms trade is the fat meat that the superpower cannot give up, and in such war-torn areas, there are arms exporters of the superpowers, and as the only designated supplier, China's advantage in East Asia is self-evident. Later, there was even a case of Japan reselling Chinese arms to the Dutch, and of course after the matter was revealed, China exported directly to Europe. Since then, we have established our status as a major weapon development country, and we have maintained it for 300 years.

Jiang Tian, who was playing with a few coins in his hand, looked at the patterns on it with a little playfulness, the workmanship of the coins was not exquisite, but even after the baptism of the ocean, these coins were still as bright as new, at least a little wiped as if they had just come out of the factory.

"This is platinum?" Zhang Tao also took a coin and looked over and over again, except that he could see the difference between this thing and silver, it was hard to believe that it would be something more valuable than gold in later generations.

"If history hasn't changed much, that's true. It is characterized by high ductility and corrosion resistance, and has a high value in the industry, but it is a pity that the output is too small, and most of it is used in jewelry in later generations. ”

In front of these two men were dozens of boxes of platinum coins, which were an agreement between the customs and the Spaniards, not to mix them in the silver coins themselves, but to buy them at a price slightly lower than that of silver. However, the customs can be regarded as treating them in the same way as others, and the exchange is the same amount of silver coins that the mint has recently produced, and looking at these new Chinese coins with a purer content than their own silver coins, those Spaniards are of course very willing, and promise to ship more counterfeit money next time. As for whether anyone has ever doubted China's motives? The Spaniards also thought of this, and organized people of insight in Southeast Asia to conduct an appraisal, and came to the conclusion that this kind of thing is indeed useless, although it is also a metal, but they cannot think of any special significance for it. This reassured the governor of Luzon and began digging for the counterfeit money from passing treasure ships.

"What are you going to do with all this platinum?" Zhang Tao didn't care about the more than a dozen boxes of platinum, anyway, no one knew the meaning of platinum except the two of them these days, so even if the daring snitches of the artists slipped into the palace, they would definitely not steal these things.

"In addition to making some crucibles and real utensils, I think the most important thing now is to make standard weights and measures, which is what our hometown of France did in the past, and you can also add a small amount of trial optical glass, and the rest is only made into jewelry." Jiang Tianken definitely found a home for platinum.

Many people believe that Jiang Tian discovered that the metal of the counterfeit Spanish currency is very special, so there was a large-scale use of platinum in the chemical field, so that before the popularization of cheap and corrosion-resistant materials, China was able to prepare dangerous goods on a large scale in the real yàn room. Although the prototype of the scale in the museum's collection later became inexplicably lighter, white gold still shows its extremely stable chemical properties. As for China's royal jewelry, it is also the most platinum among other royal families in the world, and some people estimate that these white gold jewelry alone has secured the title of the richest royal family. History has recorded that more than a dozen tons of platinum have flowed into China in this way, but neither the royal jewelry nor the various utensils in Jiang Tianshi's room can match these imports, so this has also become a mystery in history, as much as ten tons of platinum in the history books have become blank, so that some people speculate whether they realized the importance of platinum and buried them in case of accidents?

History always likes to joke with people, Jiang Tian and Zhang Tao are indeed hiding a large amount of platinum, but unlike the world's speculation, they know that if a country needs to rely on buried reserves to survive the difficulties, it is definitely not too far from the country, in fact, three hundred years later, most people have noticed the phenomenon of China's currency over-issuance, but the currency value is still strong, and people who think they are smart interpret the world's common currency from different angles to interpret the various means of accumulating wealth, just like how to explain the dollar in another time and space. But only a handful of elites at the highest levels know that hidden behind all sorts of financial leverage are reserves of up to two hundred tons of platinum, far from a dozen tons as described in Europe's unreliable historical record. It is precisely by virtue of these that China is not afraid of any form of financial crisis, unless the earth is ruined.

As the weather gradually warms up, the impact of the Xiaoice River has weakened to the point of imperceptibility, and agricultural production north of the Yangtze River has gradually resumed, and with the stimulation of high-yield crops, at least those areas that have been prone to disasters can ensure food self-sufficiency. Many people jumped out and shouted that destiny had returned, which was a sign that God recognized the new regime. In fact, smart people understand that Confucianism is not a strange thing, and Confucianism should exclude other religions, but in order to cater to the interests of the ruling class, these guys who are full of poetry and clouds also preach feudal superstition. The key is that the common people believe in this set, and the continuous natural and man-made disasters in the late Ming Dynasty are obviously a sign of the end of the world. Now the wind and rain are smooth, which is not the best explanation for the new dynasty. It is said that it is a literati who are loyal to the former Ming Dynasty, and even those widows and widows surnamed Zhu have also accepted this ending, no way, the Central Plains has been like this for thousands of years, and the emperor has never been a family with one surname.

Jiang Tian also really used the platinum crucible and some reactors at this time, this kind of thing can envy all scientists in later generations, although the role of platinum in the chemical field is far less well-known than in the field of jewelry, but at least for now, those simple reagents with weak acids and weak alkalis can not cause any harm to it. And the reason why Jiang Tian didn't choose glass instead was mainly because he was afraid that these clumsy students would accidentally break a test tube...... God knows what the consequences will be!

Recently, although there has been a pot of porridge in the court, Jiang Tian is surprisingly calm, and he has not participated in the various battles between the reformers and the conservatives, and the two parties who are a little anxious have no chance to care about what Jiang Tian is doing, it seems that in order to avoid the fight, he really began to concentrate on studying political affairs. But the whole of the Academy of Sciences knows that it is not that he does not care about politics, but that he has no time to care at all. With the strong support of the emperor and the efforts of all the Academy of Sciences, the first hydraulic stamping machine finally began to be installed and commissioned. After three months of hard work, this outrageous stamping machine is the world's largest impulse machine, not only Jiang Tian was present on the day of the test, but even Zhang Tao took time out of his busy schedule to observe the scene.

I saw the worker pull the clutch, the waterwheel that has been rotating with the water flow on the river surface shook suddenly, the bearing squeaked, and a group of gears began to do work, and then the worker held this silver plate, carefully stuffed it under the punch, stepped on a pedal at the foot of the foot, only heard a bang, the onlookers couldn't help but tremble, but saw that the seemingly hard silver plate was pressed out of a hole, and a silver coin slid down the track into the wooden box on the side, and a silver plate divided by two became a honeycomb. The silver coins slipped one by one, and the crisp sound of impact irritated everyone's ears.

Several workers hurriedly brought over the first batch of industrialized batch production of silver coins, and Zhang Tao picked one up and put it in his hand, not only the edge was neatly piping, but the relief pattern on it was clearly recognizable. From the point of view of workmanship, it has been on par with the coins of later generations, and the smooth surface is even more silver, and the ingots circulating in the world are much more beautiful. At this rate, it would not take more than a few years to turn all the silver in the treasury into coins. Taking into account the loss and outflow of the portion, just a few such mints would be sufficient, and the fire consumption would be even lower to almost none.

Jiang Tian was also watching the sample, in fact, he already knew the result, after all, he was the main designer, but at this time, he had to pretend to watch it very carefully, and use it as a foil to inspect the emperor, this was still the old man Song secretly told him, after all, for the doorway of officialdom, he was not as experienced as the old guy.

"Good! In this way, the tax reform can finally be carried out! Zhang Tao threw down the coin, and then turned to Song Yingxing, who looked respectful: "Lord Song really deserves to be the pillar of the country, and the matter of choosing the site to establish a mint will be handled by Lord Song." ”

Many people can't help but think in their hearts, obviously the greatest credit is Jiang Tian's, why did the emperor praise Lord Song instead? Although he is the president of the Academy of Sciences, this time the work is just to coordinate, and he really can't be called a pillar. looked at Jiang Tian again with a quick turn, but found that the other party had no angry or lost expression at all, as if the great work was indeed Song Yingxing's, so many people automatically outlined a truth in their minds, that is, Old Man Song was retiring, so the emperor and Jiang Tian wanted to give him a credit, as for who could take over the position of dean after he left, the fool could see that as long as Jiang Tian was not allowed to take the position, the researchers in this academy would be the first to disagree!

In fact, they are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, don't say that Jiang Tian doesn't have this idea, and even if he does, he won't use such a tactful approach. Moreover, he not only wears many hats, but also leads many research teams, how can he have the time to engage in administrative management. Therefore, Old Man Song will not only not be able to leave for a while, but even if he leaves, he will send an outsider to manage the Academy of Sciences. It's not that Jiang Tian doesn't worry about laymen leading insiders, but in scientific research, if he Jiang Tian calls himself an insider, who would dare to call him an insider? When it comes to special research, it will always be his final say. And the reason for deliberately praising Song Yingxing is also very simple, at present, the outside world has been rumored that the old man Song wants to return to his hometown, he Jiang Tian is the most popular next president of the Academy of Sciences, and the dark tide around this aspect has been surging, as long as Jiang Tian comes to power, it is estimated that it will be followed by all kinds of small actions, they know very well that the emperor's will to reform is very firm, so in order to make the last effort, assuming that Jiang Tian, who has always been out of the matter, can be kidnapped to the reform matter, it will form some kind of constraint, At least to make the court compromise one or two.

Regardless of whether these people are in a daze or not, if they know that Jiang Tian has always supported reform, and in order to crush the old forces, he is doing his best to improve China's scientific and technological strength, I don't know how to feel. Besides, is he Zhang Tao such an easy person to compromise? If he did compromise, it would prove that he was planning a more powerful attack, as all who had dealt with him would understand, but the gentry and bureaucrats who had been thinking in the old days did not know. Now let out the wind to show that his Song family is still appreciated by the emperor, and the old man's retirement plan is also far away, which fundamentally makes the people holding Jiang Tian have nowhere to speak. This frees up your hands to do more useful things.

"I have always been afraid that excessive turmoil will affect the country's recovery, so I didn't use thunder methods, but these grandsons are easy to bully!" On the way back, Zhang Tao scolded with murderous resentment.

Jiang Tianzhi, who was sitting in the car with him, was not so angry: "After all, you have to dig their ancestral graves, and everyone will have to resist." In the future, the gentry will not have any class privileges except for the difference in their names from others, which is even more incompatible than the hatred of killing their father. ”

Zhang Tao, who calmed down a little, turned to sigh: "I only now understand what the capitalist roaders are, he is an old man......"

This is a bit incomprehensible, except for Jiang Tian, no one in the world knows what a capitalist faction is. As for the person who even Zhang Tao had to call an old man, only Jiang Tian nodded sympathetically.

After sighing, Zhang Tao turned his head to Jiang Tian and said: "That's it, anyway, I'm going to do it recently, and you are going to have a summer vacation there, and after the final exam, I will go to Tianjin Shipyard to supervise the construction of a new type of sailboat, those guys are also wasteful, and they haven't been able to get a new ship type yet." ”

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