Jiang Tian felt as if he had guessed something unusual for a moment, and his clothes were soaked with a cold sweat, this political struggle has always been bloody and violent, and there is no need to fight on the battlefield at all, so this guess is very likely to come true. The only thing that surprised him was that the Praetorian Guards in Jingzhong and the border army in Shanhaiguan belonged to the Jiwang system, so why did they have to transfer an infantry from the border? Wait, is it not that he doesn't trust the Jingying, but wants to purge it with the army? If you say this, it will make sense, after all, the current military power in China is still very complicated, and it is imperative to have a major blood change for the generals who command the army, so depending on the emperor's meaning, is it necessary to reorganize the miscellaneous army before going to Mobei again?

Jiang Tian was self-righteous and speculated there, but Zhang Tao still thought that he was thinking about the shape of the picture, so he was still explaining to him: "You see that this Outer Mongolian tribe has not had much contact with my Central Plains since ancient times, but it is the hotbed of the rise of new forces on the grassland every time. ”

Pulled back to his thoughts by this exclamation, Jiang Tian pondered carefully: "Actually, it may not be as difficult as you say?" ”

"Oh?" Zhang Tao looked at this fellow curiously, and his emotion was that he could deceive people of this era, and of course he would scoff at it if he was a traveler in later generations: "What do you think?" ”

Jiang Tian pointed to the area north of Lake Baikal, where there is only a blank space now, there is no actual place name and topography, and even the shape of the world's largest freshwater lake is incomplete: "In another hundred years, Lao Maozi will completely control Siberia, and then gradually get involved in Mongolia and the three eastern provinces, although this process took more than 200 years, until the end of World War II, it only divided Outer Mongolia, but for us, we can't let it occupy such a large area of land so happily. Whether it is for future generations or to maintain the current security of Gyeonggi, we need to push the border line and the actual control line out of the Great Wall, you have personally experienced those years, you know that when the Soviet army heavy army group Chen Bing Mongolia, the threat to the central government and the ability to study and judge have had a great impact, Zhu Di's Son of Heaven guarding the country is only suitable for the eloquent and strategic Shengshi Mingjun, who can guarantee that your descendants will not produce a few soft bones? ”

For an official of the Qing Dynasty to say this kind of thing, it is enough to steal the family and kill the head of the nine clans, but Jiang Tian not only has a special identity, but also has a glorious tradition of scholars and doctors scolding the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, so even if he is an ordinary official who says this kind of thing, Zhang Tao not only can't be angry, but also makes a polite corporal to show that he has changed his past wrongs...... Fortunately, Jiang Tian is not scolded for the sake of being famous, but completely out of his sense of history.

"What you said is simple, even if the army goes out to sweep through Mobei, when has the Central Plains lacked the ambition of military unification for thousands of years, it's just that the vast grassland......"

Zhang Tao was still sighing, but Jiang Tian shook his head: "Not to mention the future generations, there have been people who have done it before this, such as the Han Dynasty, which was invincible until its destruction, and the Tang Dynasty, which was admired by all nations, even in the early Ming Dynasty, it also had the confidence to unify the grassland, but it was later ruined by a group of short-sighted guys." ”

"Do you really not understand or are you pretending to be stupid?" Zhang Tao really couldn't listen to it anymore: "If you kid can build a machine gun, let alone sweeping the north, it won't be a problem to hit Moscow!" ”

Speaking of which, it still talked about the problem of productivity, in fact, Jiang Tian was pretending to be stupid just now, from the moment Zhang Tao lamented that he couldn't make peace with a pencil but couldn't make the world peaceful, he knew that this senior was playing his own idea. But again, the evolution of industry is by no means something that leapfrog development can bring, and for this reason New China has suffered a lot of losses. In addition, Chinese is rich in human resources, the production capacity of various industries is still sufficient, and private small capital has no motivation for industrial upgrading. Even in later generations, the production cost of the production line of the whole machine machine may not be cheaper than that of China's migrant workers, which is not uncommon in machinery manufacturing and automobile industries. Unless there is a fundamental change in the productive forces, it is no easier to talk about the self-evolution of industry in China than it is to get the nomads to give up robbery.

"This ......" Jiang Tian brainteased and organized his answer: "Didn't Taizu say it back then...... Man is the first factor that determines war, and whatever weapons are fought......"

Zhang Tao sneered: "Don't come to this set, I know the chairman's quotations better than you, our total population is only 100 million now, not 1.16 billion in 1990, I just want to mobilize the masses and there are not so many people, you still want to get through the current difficulties first." ”

"What's the problem right now?"

Zhang Tao glanced at him and said: "Even if we want to use both prongs, on the one hand, to divide and disintegrate with rich materials, and on the other hand, to use strong force to deter the two hearts, but the productivity of the north has not yet recovered, and a large area of arable land is also uncultivated. In addition, although the Mongolian tribes are loose and the demand for industrial products is not as strong as that of Gyeonggi, once the trade channel is opened, the price of manufactured products in the north will inevitably rise sharply, which will not only lead to the blockage of exports, but also cause the recovery of the north to slow down, so how to use industry to complete the leap in productivity is a top priority, didn't the chief designer say: science and technology are the primary productive forces! ”

Jiang Tian didn't expect this predecessor to become the emperor, and he didn't forget to quarrel with himself in this kind of thing, Jiang Tian designed those machines are indeed beyond this era, if it can be popularized on a large scale will make the industrial revolution an unstoppable inevitable trend, but China is different from Britain at that time, the people do not have an urgent need for revolution, and it is difficult to break the production pattern of small peasant economy for a long time, even if it is those big weavers in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not as advanced as boasted in the history books of later generations. In fact, it is precisely because of the strict land annexation at the end of the Ming Dynasty that it is very common for peasants who have lost their land to become hired laborers, which leads to extremely low labor costs, unless they are senior weavers, the use of extremely cheap workers and old machinery can also make the output increase explosively, and at this time, because of the limitation of agricultural level, the total amount of raw materials is limited, even if you want to burst production capacity, you can't do it! Under this contradiction between supply and demand, who can trigger the capitalist revolution?

Jiang Tian took a deep breath, and then wiped the sweat on his forehead with the sleeve of his official uniform: "This unfortunate weather, it's autumn and it's still so hot...... The emperor, the minister has an ice cellar outside the city, and Rong Chen ordered someone to take a few pieces of ice to relieve the heat. ”

Seeing that he turned around and wanted to run, Zhang Tao said leisurely: "Don't bother, I have already requisitioned those ice cubes of yours!" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Tian was startled, but immediately came back to his senses: "That's good, that's good, why don't you let someone make a bowl of shaved ice, let's talk while eating?" ”

Zhang Tao still shook his head: "You think I use your ice cubes to enjoy it?" To tell you the truth, the production of white phosphorus and red phosphorus is expanding, and in order to ensure safety in summer, I ordered people to use ice cubes to cool down, but it is not enough to use it, and now it is discontinued! ”

"It's good to stop production, it's good to stop production, boiling urine every day in the summer, it's really unfair for those exploited prisoners......" The heartless prince Taibao is actually feeling sorry for his ice cubes, and he knew that he wouldn't need to freeze the ice with well water.

Zhang Tao looked at his fellow countryman and felt a deep sense of powerlessness, to say that he was also sweeping the world and unifying the Central Plains, ordinary people couldn't even say anything when they saw him. But this fellow is not only not afraid, but always so big and small, but he gives himself an indescribable sense of intimacy.

"Don't talk about the cool words, not only the phosphorus production has been stopped, but the gunpowder compression plant has also been suspended, and now it can only produce some brown powder for artillery firing, how can this production capacity ensure that the army goes on the expedition?"

"Actually, I think it'......" Jiang Tian scratched his head: "When the domestic reform has not yet succeeded, the rash northern expedition is at most to drive them farther, which is not much different from what Zhu Di did." The key is that as soon as the border market opens, the surrounding tribes can legally get cheap goods, which makes them not provoke the central government, and we can also buy horses and furs at the same time, the original lesson of the early Ming Dynasty is that this qiē is under the control of the government, and now we just need to keep an eye on the firearms and books and not flow out, and the rest are all delegated to the private merchants to complete. Then there is the Mongolian tribe a little farther away and the erratic Jurchen remnants look red, then we will support a few agents to deal with them, and after they fight for both sides, both the education system and the industrial system on our side have begun to take shape, at that time you just don't want to go to war, there will be a group of capitalists every day to encourage the imperial court to expand the territory. ”

"You're too idealistic, even if it's as you expected, after all these necessary conditions are gathered, at least we won't be in this world anymore, how can you guarantee that future generations will act according to our script?" Zhang Tao thought to himself: Since you kid has to play tricks with me, then don't blame me for not being emotional: "Now the speed of scientific research has to be accelerated, Lao Song Tou told me that they really don't know how to improve firearms, and strongly asked you to preside over research and development, now you don't say that I don't give you a chance, either go to work, or increase production capacity at the existing level, you choose one yourself!" ”

Jiang Tian looked at Zhang Tao with a wicked smile on his face and was quite speechless, he had long known that you were not well-intentioned, and sure enough, when he saw that I was not fooled, he directly tore his face. In fact, people are emperors, even if you are forced to work, it is also right, just now Jiang Tian completely inadvertently used the procrastination trick of dealing with the supervisor and leader in later generations, and in this world, only when facing Zhang Tao will he have the feeling of forgetting where he is in the depths.

"That'...... I choose to increase production capacity, isn't it just that the weather is hot and I can't produce? I'll tell you a simple way to make ice, and you can use as much as you want in the future. ”

Then Jiang Tian explained in detail the saltpeter ice-making method, Zhang Tao listened to it with relish at first, but immediately realized that he had been fooled, this kid picked a very simple job and wanted to deal with himself? But I did say that I would let him pick a job, did I just let him go?

The so-called saltpeter ice making is just a very simple matter, saltpeter needs to absorb heat when it is dissolved in water, and then the surrounding heat will be reduced to the freezing point and that's it, and the dissolved saltpeter can also be recycled again through the guò crystallization method. Jiang Tian admires himself more and more, isn't it just to increase production capacity? This method alone can solve the problem of safe production, the new type of fire pipe has also been successfully trial-produced, and the compressed gunpowder is enough for 100 years without changing the formula. As for improving firearms, let's wait for various precision machine tools to begin to take shape.

Zhang Tao listened to him patiently, and then said with a smile: "Very good, it is worthy of being lazy to get home, since you are so capable, then the profits of the flat glass factory will support the country first, anyway, your private school will not need much money!" ”

Hehe, this small-bellied chicken intestine has even deducted dividends, Jiang Tian thought to himself, just like you, who will open a factory with you next time! However, he was even more surprised that the production of flat glass had already begun, and you must know that when he left Beijing two months ago, the factory was still in a state of semi-closure due to insufficient additional investment, could it be that it was because the weather was too hot for the military factory to start, so the investment was transferred to the glass factory, and it was officially put into operation?

"Don't guess, ten days ago, the factory just produced the first batch of qualified glass plates, using the flat grinding method you designed, so that the two blanks rubbed against each other on the steel platform, and finally got two smooth glass, now limited by the volume of the kiln, and the size of the platform, for the time being, can only get two meters long and one meter wide and one square meter of two specifications, the first batch of glass has been sold out, even I have not used it here."

This incident also caused a sensation at the beginning, the first batch of qualified plate glass was ordered by Zhang Tao to be pulled out to parade in red and colored, not to mention that the people of the capital have never seen such a smooth large glass plate, that is, some of the Fanbang envoys and business travelers wandering in the capital were surprised. Big families with heads and faces are asking how much does this new gadget cost? After all, the emperor used to mention the large piece of glass used to install windows, but no one has ever seen it, and now the finished product is in front of him, some of the people who want to be active and want to pat on the back of course have to ask the price, but they don't know if they don't ask, they are really scared when they ask, and the largest piece of two-square-meter glass is currently tentatively priced at 1,000 yuan in official silver!

Who has ever seen such a big piece of glass and yet so cheap? This price is not to say that it makes the hearts of the wealthy people, even some European businessmen who come here to buy goods are going crazy, you must know that at this time the glass manufacturing industry in France has not yet risen, except Venice no one can produce flat glass, but the glass made by the blowing method is at most one square meter in size, it is likely that the texture is uneven, and the price is even more expensive. Many people are secretly thinking that if this whole piece of glass can be shipped to Europe, it can be sold for at least 10,000 or 20,000 Spanish silver coins, and if it is processed into mirrors by the workshops in Venice, it will be an unimaginable sky-high price! The maximum forty-fold spread makes many people dizzy. Just when these people were still looking forward to buying it back for processing, the Academy of Sciences took the lead in using precious mahogany and sandalwood to frame a full-size coat and hat mirror, and after beating gongs and drums and slipping around Sijiu City, it was sent to the palace to honor the queen.

What a stroke and what a spirit! The legendary things worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be used in the palace! Except for the queen, what woman would dare to buy such a thing? Of course, Zhang Tao and Song Yi know very well how much this thing is worth, if you don't count the expensive wood and master-level carving skills, the cost of the whole mirror is less than two thousand taels, this is because the process is too complicated, the workers are not skilled to be so expensive, and after a few years of production, the original research and development expenses are diluted, the cost will be further reduced. So in this hot season, the Hu merchants in the capital were ignited by the glass, Zhang Tao originally wanted to imitate the original auction to earn back the factory construction fee in one go, but in the end he still held back, after all, this thing will be streamlined in the future, rather than waiting for the price and selling it is better to make small profits and quick turnover, so in the end he was very heartbroken for the two-meter-long naked mirror without a frame to price 100,000 taels of silver, and never accept credit!

"Alas......" Jiang Tian sighed helplessly after listening: "If I don't pay attention, I am also a 10,000 yuan household!" If you say that if you give a mirror to the Mongol tribe as a gift, how many horses, cattle and sheep will they have to exchange? ”

Zhang Tao didn't calculate this account, but he was also in a relaxed mood, at the beginning of the country's establishment, there was a lot of waste to be revived, and there was such an industry that could make money, so it was natural to vigorously support: "I have ordered to use the first batch of money to expand the glass factory, and strive to produce ten two-meter glass plates per day by this time next year!" ”

Hearing these bold words, Jiang Tian almost didn't make a sound, this output is not enough even for the township enterprises in later generations, not to mention those large factories that produce automated assembly lines, but this is the generation difference in productivity, and this is also the largest glass plate production line in this time and space, unless France here also steals from Venice like its own time and space, and eventually becomes the manufacturing base of European glass. But by then, the entire Asian and Middle Eastern markets may have been monopolized by their own products.

Jiang Tian was in a good mood when he came out of the palace, not only because the glass factory began to make huge profits, but also because the reform was being carried out in an orderly manner, as for the purpose of Zhang Tao's mobilization of the army, he didn't want to delve into it, and he didn't even want to think about it anymore, anyway, those were not used to deal with himself. As for the so-called Mongolian problem, Jiang Tian and Zhang Tao are very clear in their hearts that the combat effectiveness of the new army comes from the evolution of firearms, and before the base camp has no ability to carry out uninterrupted ammunition supply to the front line, any large-scale outbound combat will become a logistical disaster, so for a long time, the Chinese will build a road network on the grassland on the grounds of promoting trade, and it is best to have a few more heartless tribes to rob a few caravans, so that the border army can logically build cities and forts at key nodes near the road. At that time, the highway will be the chain and the turret will be the lock......