Section 167: War Mobilization
Don't miss it when you pass by, the Academy of Sciences has a New Year sale, and a variety of machines are discounted and auctioned......
This is not a street vendor shouting, but an advertisement that is indeed published in the newspaper of the imperial palace, when Zhang Tao saw these messy things, he was so angry that he almost didn't scold Jiang Tian, but after thinking about it, it is estimated that his task is heavier, so he came up with this decision. As he thought, it is not that Jiang Tian is idle and wants to generate income for the Academy of Sciences, the key is that Jiang Tian, who has presided over the start of new factories more than once, is very aware of the industrial capacity of this era, and expects a group of people who do not understand industrialization at all to build a factory in the real sense, which is simply more difficult than driving a pig up a tree. If it is necessary to complete the refitting of 200,000 troops within three years and at the same time assemble enough combat materials, it is impossible to complete the task with the existing production capacity alone, so he thought of a way to retreat, that is, to outsource a lot of low-tech work, and it just so happens that the imperial court is also guiding the transfer of private capital to industry, so taking this opportunity to set up some signboard enterprises that started with government orders in some industries with low thresholds is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. Specific to the operation process, the Academy of Sciences is still in line with the principle that the north is responsible for heavy industry, and the south is responsible for light industry, and it has announced that it will recently upgrade and transform hundreds of thousands of troops near the left side of the capital, so heavy industry, especially steel and machining enterprises, are established near Beizhili, and because there are already weaving centers such as Songjiang and Suzhou in the south, they are reluctant to support textile factories in the north, but garment weaving, especially the combat equipment designed by Jiang Tian, should still be placed in the north.
In short, after the advertisement was distributed, many people with money in their hands but nowhere to invest flocked to it like cats that smelled fish. Within a few days, the Academy of Sciences in the north and south of Beijing hung up a notice, to the effect that as long as the Chinese came to buy the machine, there was no restriction, but the sale of patents and finished machinery did not include the Jin merchants for the time being, the reason was that the merchants here had the behavior of the enemy at the end of the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty had perished, but now His Majesty still does not trust the merchants here, not only refusing to accept the machine and technology, if it is found that someone is resold to the Jin merchants, all the family property will be confiscated and the nine clans will be distributed to Shenyang!
As soon as this notice came out, it naturally made everyone in the world gasp, and there were countless businessmen and officials who collaborated with the enemy in the late Ming Dynasty, but after all, organized collective crimes like the Jin merchants were very rare, especially today, His Majesty was only able to snatch back the country from the hands of the Tartars, and it was naturally conceivable to hate these traitors, but I didn't expect that this hatred had not been eliminated for so long, and it seemed that there were signs of blocking the Jin merchants, which made some people who had a lot to do with Lao Xi'er hesitate, Although it is very happy to make money, it really makes the ubiquitous royal agents seize the handle, and these nine clans have to go to the bitter cold place outside the pass, which is more deterrent than killing the head or something. For the Jin merchants in the center of the whirlpool, this notice was like a death sentence for them. You must know that in the era when there was no economic court, the reputation of a businessman determines whether they can walk the foundation of the world, although Lao Xi'er loves money, although he cares about business, but he also has a good reputation in this business, or he will not become one of the representatives of Chinese merchants, although now it is only said that they are restricted from entering the industrial field, and it is not said that they will not be allowed to do business again, but not only the whole of North China, even if the traitors in the Jiangnan area who mention the enemy are not so hateful that they grit their teeth, This reputation is deadly.
The reason why Zhang Tao had to hold on to the pigtails of the Jin merchants was actually just to knock some local forces before the Northern Expedition not to try to take advantage of the fire, and to create a public opinion atmosphere for the whole people to fight traitors, so that he could already know the marching route and troop deployment before his army moved to the north, this kind of thing was encountered many times during the Northern Expedition, if it weren't for Zhang Tao's careful attention later, pay close attention to the secrecy measures of the troops, and borrow many practices from the previous life, this did not let the battle plan of King Ji outflank Beijing from the sea was revealed. And since this is a ground operation, of course, we must be fully prepared. In particular, it also contains the basic open-hearth steelmaking, the preparation of red phosphorus, the processing of simple forgings, and the recipe of brass, which in itself requires a high degree of credibility to buy, and cannot be touched by the inglorious record of the Jin merchants.
Jiang Tian's arrangement of the transfer of these technologies itself has the meaning of improving the overall industrial level, and when the low-end output is enough to cope with large-scale production, only some large-scale assembly plants need to be built to complete the preparation work. There is no need to worry about major cutting-edge technologies being leaked. According to Jiang Tian's calculations, this leap in productivity is a geometric progression, perhaps there is no achievement in the first year, and the second year is only barely reaching the standard of qualified production, but in the third year, the output will explode, and even more than 200,000 figures, and it will only take five years to meet the overall upgrading of the national army. As for the upgrading of equipment, the question of whether the soldiers can adapt to the new equipment is not something he needs to consider, it is the work of officers at all levels in the army, and he has no intention of interfering. As for his main task now instead of presiding over industrialization, because the Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end, he is about to prepare for the new course that only the real inner circle can hear, for which he has consulted Zhang Tao to say that it is okay to say something too advanced, and the emperor's reply to him is: "Pass on what you know as much as possible!" β
So when the other students were still on winter vacation, the prince Zhang Huan, Song Yi, Liu Baokai, and Wu Yuan came to visit again in the name of asking questions, no one knew that this was the first day of the real East Palace Workshop, and the other people you fought for the position of the prince's attendant were just released to cover people's eyes, at most, the prince was studying with him when he was studying the Four Books and Five Classics in the East Palace, and those people could not be qualified to come to Jiang Mansion to listen to this course that required the emperor's imperial approval to audit. So much so that when Jiang Tian walked into this specially prepared small classroom, his expression was not as relaxed as before, but stared at the five acquaintances in front of him with a sinking face.
"Except for Miss Feng, who was approved by the Holy Lord to observe, the rest of the people are also expected, I first affirm that Your Majesty asked me to open this course, and asked you to keep it strictly confidential, not because I deliberately hide my secret and not teach others my true skills, but what you hear from now on, whether you understand it or not, is my highest secret in China, even if you are the crown prince, you can't confide half a word when you encounter a threat, otherwise you ......" Jiang Tian stared at Zhang Huan and didn't speak, but the meaning was very clear, From now on, what they hear is even more important than the crown prince!
At this time, everyone was already a little afraid, and they did not dare to look at this particular teaching with their previous experience. Xinyue even regretted applying to join this class, although the main reason why she was approved to audit was because of the scientific talent she had shown in her previous studies, but as a female streamer, what would happen to her after knowing such state secrets, I am afraid that anyone would have thought that her life would change from now on.
didn't give these people a chance to regret it, Jiang Tian knew that his knowledge must be carried forward by a disciple who passed it on, so even if these people retreated, they couldn't do it: "Don't talk nonsense, let's let you have an intuitive understanding of future study today, as for which of you can hold out until the end and empty my inventory, it's up to your own ability." β
Saying that, Jiang Tian unfolded a few wall charts that had been made a long time ago, and hung them on the wall one by one: "You are not unfamiliar with these things, but they are a little different from what you usually see, now I will explain them one by one." β
The moment these drawings were hung out, the studious Zhang Huan, Song Yi, Xinyue and others had already seen the abnormality. The first picture has a table drawn, and the picture says "periodic table of chemical elements", most of the elements in these tables have not been seen, in addition to the more than 20 elements they have learned before, they found that there are so many things that they don't know, and then look at the second picture is even more strange, it is obviously a world map, but the shape of the various continents in it is not the same as the general version on the market, in addition to some land that has never been marked, For example, in the South Pole of the earth, there is a very large continent! There are many similar things, it can be said that Jiang Tian has shown his real ability this time, the main meaning of this prince's special class is to help Zhang Tao cultivate a successor, and those who can enter here to study no matter what your own wishes are, from now on they will inevitably be tied to this supreme secret.
The first lesson was just to help them sort out their knowledge so far, but when the lesson was over, Jiang Tian put away all the lesson plans and locked them in a metal box, showing the importance that Cheng DΓΉ attached to these things. The five students looked at each other a few times, and the shock of each of them was unimaginable. No matter which branch of science you like, just two hours of lessons overturned their understanding of the world, this is Jiang Tian's real ability, this is the reason why the emperor attaches so much importance to him, this is also the reason why Jiang Tian would rather flee than entrust this knowledge to non-people, and whether these can be confirmed or not, assuming that these knowledge have been verified to be correct, then it is conceivable how much impact it will have on the existing scientific community, not only that, but it will also be bloodshed around the competition for this knowledge!
In fact, Jiang Tian didn't say anything profound, it was nothing more than telling them that this world is made up of atoms, and atoms can be split into atomic nuclei and electrons, and the difference between matter is the difference between atoms, so if you want to know what elements are in this world, just memorize this periodic table. As for the earth, it is not static, and on a map that he himself drew by hand, which is not too accurate, he marked the movement of the major plates and explained why the earth moved. As for other things such as the rough structure of the atmosphere, Newton's laws of residuals, which were not taught to other students, and such as the principles of electromagnetism, and the introductory knowledge of sound, light, electricity, heat, etc., were not disclosed. As for the more advanced theory of relativity and quantum physics, because Jiang Tian himself is also half-understood, so he will not mention it for the time being, and Jiang Tian told them very tactfully at the end of class, from today onwards, you have to abandon a lot of things I talked about before, because the world cannot be explained by a few simple formulas.
Jiang Tian walked out of the classroom to rest, but none of the five people moved, and after he disappeared at the end of the corridor, the color @wolf classmate consciously stood by the door and sentry, while the others were stunned and didn't know what to say. After a long time, Zhang Huan spoke first: "I thought that Mr. Bo's talent was that Bo Gutong could touch the class and know some scientific knowledge that others didn't know. Now it seems that as my father said, if you can master one of his studies in this life, you can be called the world leader, and I am afraid that even if you gather the strength of the whole country in your lifetime, you may not be able to confirm these things one by one. β
Song Yi nodded affectionately: "I don't think I'm a fool, but when I came today, my grandfather just patted me lightly on the shoulder, and then turned around lonely. No wonder the secrecy is so strict, if these things are leaked out, those seafaring powers of Taixi will inevitably flock to it, and they will take one or two away from it, which is the key to dominating the world! β
Wu Yuan didn't speak, just turned his head to look at Xinyue, who was also silent, smart people only need one eye to communicate, and both of them know in their hearts that since they have stepped into this classroom today, no matter what your identity is, at this moment, without exception, they are classified as a party, a party that only works for the highest goal, the leader of the party is the prince and the future emperor, and all the participants will definitely become pawns to maintain the prosperity of the country. If anyone here wants to betray, it is not only a matter of leaving a stench for thousands of years, but I am afraid that they will face the end of not being able to survive and die. So since you are on the thief ship, you can only go one way to the dark. As for Liu Baokai, who was on guard, he had an inexplicable impulse in his heart, he thought that the land that could be discovered in this world had been discovered, and if he wanted to go overseas to expand his territory in the future, he could only start a war with those Western Christians, who would have thought that there was still such a vast land that had not been occupied, although he was very proud of his family, but his father was already a duke, and there was no way to rise. So he also hates his identity, he hates those who respect him only because of his father, and going out to make meritorious achievements and achieve feats that are not inferior to his ancestors is the greatest wish in the heart of the pervert @ wolf.
So the second class began in a state of concern, this time Jiang Tian brought in a cloth bag from outside, and when it was placed on the table, there was a dull crashing sound, showing that the weight of this thing was not light, and then Jiang Tian pointed to this pocket and said: "You all know that Your Majesty asked me to prepare for the Northern Expedition, which is not only the manufacture of ordnance, but also an important job is to prepare military rations. β
After Jiang Tian finished speaking, he grabbed his pocket and took out the contents inside, at this time Xinyue was already sure that she had become a member of a very small but powerful political group, and she had never had the luxury of hoping that she would one day participate in politics and influence national decision-making, but just because she loved science, she obtained today's status, she really didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Before she could be saddened, her attention was attracted by what Jiang Tian took out.
Seeing that everyone focused their eyes on the iron jar in their hands, Jiang Tian smiled slightly: "Everyone knows that the stable supply of military food determines the combat effectiveness of the army, and if the grain is unstable, the army's morale will inevitably be weakened, but it can only make people full but not eat well, and it is impossible to give full play to the combat effectiveness that soldiers should have, especially our troops are increasingly in need of technical sergeants and generals. That's why I secretly developed this side food. β
This kind of thing is actually very common in later generations, that is, all kinds of tin cans that everyone can often see, Jiang Tian took out a canning knife from his pocket and opened a can with three strokes and five divisions, and then a rich aroma of meat wafted out: "This is canned minced meat made of pork, in fact, there is not much meat in it, but the cook's craftsmanship is good, and it is mixed with a lot of fat and starch, which is suitable for quickly replenishing the body between battles." There is also a can of canned potatoes and beef, which is used for soldiers with special dietary requirements like the Liu family, of course, there are more potatoes and less beef. In addition, there is a mixed fruit for vitamin supplementation and a dry fried salted fish......"
Seeing that Jiang Tian took out four or five kinds of canned food, opened them one by one and put them in front of everyone to taste, these five people usually eat a lot of delicacies, but these very ordinary canned foods are shocking enough in their eyes, which army can eat such extravagant food in the past? When there are frequent battles, let alone soldiers, even the generals who lead the army may not be able to open meat.
"These ......" Liu Baokai, who had really seen the battlefield, was the first to react: "If the soldiers on the front line eat this kind of thing, how much does it cost!" β
Several people exchanged and tasted it, and they all nodded thoughtfully, and Zhang Huan said worriedly: "Mr. said before that war is fought with soldiers, horses, money and food, logistics is fought, and the country's comprehensive strength is consumed. These are indeed too ......."
Hearing that they would immediately shift their attention from the food to the logistical pressure, Jiang Tian smiled with some relief, these people finally began to adapt to their identity as decision-makers: "Of course, these are not distributed casually, they are only enjoyed by front-line combat units in high-intensity battles, but the problem of excessive consumption you are talking about is exactly what I want to talk about in this lesson, although I also know a little about it, maybe I can find a logistics officer in the army who is more competent than me, But we have to prepare everything we need for war in the next three years with this half-understanding, and the name of this course is - Mobilization Studies! β