Section 152: The High Income Trap

The prosperity of shipbuilding is a direct reflection of the prosperity of a country, and of course landlocked countries without the sea do not count. After China www.biquge.info defeated South Korea in the 21st century and won the title of the world's largest shipbuilding volume, it also indicates that the economy has developed to the level of one of the best in the world, but it is slightly lacking in high-precision technology, but no one will doubt China's strength. Because the size of shipbuilding not only reflects economic prosperity, but also determines the size of the navy of a large country in a state of war. The simplest example is that after the economic crisis, although the contraction of the global shipping industry has affected shipbuilding orders, but the expansion speed of China's navy and coast guard fleet is eye-popping, only the number of law enforcement ships and tonnage we have surpassed Japan in two years to become the first in Asia, 054, 056 and other frigates delivery speed is more dizzying, which of course there is a real demand for large construction speed, but it is also necessary to see that the scale and quality of China's shipbuilding is a prerequisite for ensuring the expansion of the army. Although many people in later generations regretted the abandonment of the Nanjing Shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, the world's first shipbuilding technology was lost. However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of private shipbuilding workshops were quite prosperous in the context of the Age of Discovery, not to mention that the overall level of those small workshops has lagged behind Europe, but the degree of advanced is also the first in Asia, only because of the change of dynasties and policy changes, so that China's shipbuilding industry has completely declined. So when Jiang Tian cleaned up the shipbuilding materials of the Chinese Dynasty, he was still surprised by the thickness of his family.

"European sea ships in our country, the desirable point is nothing more than speed, artillery two, now the advantage of artillery in the world has no rival, only the speed of a is still insufficient, this is only a comparison between warships, if the advantages of merchant ships even if there is no research institute to intervene, we may not be inferior to people. The only thing that is lacking is the courage and courage to go to the sea, and the training of sailors is not easy, and the risk of going to sea is difficult to estimate, and the inland residents are reluctant to engage in this industry. However, the matter of abolishing the water and changing the sea has been completed, and only this year's southern grain into Beijing will shake the world, and then the profit-seeking generation will inevitably follow, and the income of the shipyard will be immeasurable! ”

This is Jiang Tian's statement to King Ji, he knows what kind of calculations this meritorious prince has, of course he will not let him touch the cake of the warship, at most it is to sell him some drawings of auxiliary ships, and the real core technology must not be handed over to a prince who was born as a military general. Zhang Qian is also a smart person, and he knows that he can't touch a certain bottom line for the time being, as long as Jiang Tian can let his shipyard have more advanced technology that others don't have, and then use his position to get some orders from the imperial court, he can eat a lot of brains, which is definitely more than the money earned by the local owner by collecting land rent, so he who seems to have suffered a loss and been deprived of his fief is actually picking up a big bargain. So a state-owned enterprise restructuring script with Chinese characteristics was staged without suspense, a small shipyard in Bohai Bay was swallowed by King Ji whole, and began a vigorous expansion project, Jiang Tian also let the research institute out some less sensitive technical guidance, so that King Ji's shipyard is different, for example, in this era of Europe is also a high-tech ribbed wooden ship, now the whole of Asia except for the research institute has a full set of manufacturing technology, no one knows this kind of thing.

Others don't know but Liu Baokai knows, so after receiving his father's order, the lust @ wolf continued to be cheeky to beg Jiang Tian, but he was refuted: "To put it bluntly, it's just to put a metal reinforcement on the wood ribs, but even if it's such a simple patch, not everyone can do it, so don't think about robbing business with King Ji." ”

It's very straightforward, and it's easy to understand. At least for more than ten years, this is the patented technology that Jiwang exclusively bought out, although people have not paid a penny of patent fees. So the Liu family, who also wants to open a shipyard, doesn't have to use their brains.

Liu Baokai, who had not completed the task, had no choice but to continue to grind and soak: "I understand what Mr. said, but my father also wants to respond to the emperor's order to rejuvenate the country through industry, so my family naturally does not dare to compare with King Ji, just ask Mr. to reveal something else." ”

Jiang Tian also knew that this kid would not be sent away easily, so he lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "That's it, I will have a holiday until September this summer, if you don't have any other itinerary, you can go to Tianjin Wei with me again." ”

As soon as he heard that there was a door to this, the lust @ wolf immediately agreed, and then hurried home to report the news. Xinyue, who was standing aside as a maid ring, seemed to be expressionless, but in fact he was very disappointed, and his own master was going to leave Beijing for two months, could the women in the back house not be able to keep his heart?

"Miss Feng...... Miss Feng? Jiang Tian screamed twice in a row before waking up Xinyue.

Hurriedly collected the heart of the heart and said, "What do you command, sir?" ”

"This time, I have been out for a long time, and Dexin has to supervise the work of the Academy of Sciences for me, so do you think there is a candidate among the students who can replace Dexin and go with me?"

Jiang Tian's work has transitioned from popular science education at the beginning to climbing the science and technology tree, and the work is becoming more and more professional and complex, if it is still completed by him alone, it is already an impossible task, so he asked Xinyue, a female disciple, if there is a suitable person to engage in scientific research with him, but this question made Xinyue's heart move.

"Mr. has a lot of opportunities, and he really needs someone to assist him in one or two, not only to copy and write important people, but also to live in a life that cannot be ambiguous, so ...... Therefore, the concubine feels that Mr. has been out for a long time this time, and the candidates around him are naturally the best of the best, but among the students, there are very few people who can have the seniors of Senior Song, among which they can not only assist Mr. in his work but also take care of the living people...... "Xinyuexiao's heart thumped and stopped talking, but the meaning is obvious, whether it is in terms of knowledge or ability, even in terms of the level of taking care of people, is there anyone in this school who surpasses me Feng Wanxiang?"

Of course, Jiang Tian heard her words, and he was a little restless in his heart, to say that he had just passed through that time, there was still a little shackle of thought in his previous life, but when he integrated into this era, he also gladly accepted the system of satisfying men's desires such as three wives and four concubines, which he did not have Zhang Tao's consciousness. Especially every day, there is such a group of girls around him, whether it is Xinyue, who has intellectual beauty and everyone's beautiful temperament, or the exquisiteness of the iceberg beauty, it makes him want to enter Feifei a little, but the desire @ hope to return to the desire @ hope, as a modern person, the moral bottom line still exists, except for the quiet sisters who were wrong at the beginning, he can't do anything to push it strongly, which makes Xinyue and Linglong, who have always been reserved, helpless, so this time Miss Feng Wanxiang finally made up her mind to take a step forward.

Just when the little bit of caution in Jiang Tian's heart began to come alive, an inappropriate voice came from outside the door: "Brother, where are you going?" Can you bring my sister with me? ”

Jiang Tian and Xinyue's faces darkened at the same time, but they immediately returned to normal, because Meng Daya's uninvited intervention made the two of them unable to get angry: "I'm going to the beach for two months, not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, I'm afraid I won't take care of it, so ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Daya: "What did my brother say, my sister's clumsy mother doesn't need others to serve her, and besides, if you go out, how can it be good if no one takes care of you, and my sister can go with me to relax." ”

Seeing that this matter was settled, although Xinyue was anxious, there was no good way, but fortunately, because she had a solid scientific foundation and a drawing foundation, she could be regarded as squeezed into the team on this business trip. It's much better than those girls who have the heart to go out to play, but are squeezed out by Meng Daya. As for the other students, there are also many people who are worried about the remaining places, at least from the current trend of the imperial court, all the families that have established revolutionary friendship with Jiang Tian early have more or less cheapened, even if it is a traditional Confucian like Tian Xuhai, two days ago he also bought a patent for a loom for the Tian family, it is said that Tian Yu is ready to hand over part of the land in the book, and is preparing to open a factory in his hometown. How can this make those families who send their children here to study not be blushing.

Jiang Tian knew that officials were actually full of disadvantages when they set up factories, but at present, in order to promote industrialization, they had to allow these big landlords to transform reasonably, and his and Zhang Tao's plan was to wait until the secondary industry reached a certain scale, and then ** the regulations that officials and their families were not allowed to do business. As for whether this ban will be effective, in fact, neither of them has any hope, but at least they have to leave legal provisions for their own operation. Therefore, for the sake of a possible civil war in the future, Jiang Tian deliberately treated the patents according to geographical distinctions, and the heavy industry and metallurgical industry were temporarily controlled by the state. That is, the exclusive operation of the royal family, machinery manufacturing and hardware processing are all in the north of the Yangtze River, only the upgrading of traditional industries such as textiles, ceramics, food processing and so on is placed in the south of the Yangtze River, which is also labor-intensive, the type of faster return on investment, which helps to promote the development of local industrialization. So don't look at the fact that there are many people who covet patented technology, but these things are not everything you want to buy.

"If it is convenient for the sir, the student is willing to serve the left!" The person who spoke was Zhang Huan, who loved science, and his cousin Wu Yuan had the urge to hit the wall.

If the prince fails to accompany him, these people will not dare to go even if they are selected, and they can't talk to the teacher is small, nothing more than to make less money. Offending the future emperor is really fatal.

"What are you......" Jiang Tian hesitated and didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Wu Yuan, thinking that your younger brother is whimsical again, his academic level is still okay, but can such a young and weak body follow him down to the grassroots level? Besides, he already has the light bulb of Meng Daya, if this kid follows and coaxes him, his heart that has just been a little more active will be blocked again.

Zhang Huan also knew that he was a bit Meng Lang, the prince's departure from Beijing was a big deal, and his father was very open-minded and supportive of his study of science, but it was difficult for the queen mother to agree to this matter, so he also set his eyes on Wu Yuan, thinking cousin, you want to help me this time. Wu Yuan had even more headaches now, not because of Zhang Huan's temporary decision, but because he knew that this was enough to cause a contradiction between the emperor and the empress on the issue of the prince's education, not to mention that the prince was on patrol, and the security was not only the use of the master of the inner house, I am afraid that even the secret spy agency directly under the emperor would be involved, and there were not a few Jinyi Wei elites in the Ming Dynasty to follow how to do it, at least he wanted to run away now, as for whether he could make it in the end, this is not something he can worry about: "Although the little brother has the heart to serve the teacher, But you should also ask the elders in the family first. ”

Jiang Tian listened and nodded, this reason is not only high-sounding, but judging from Wu Yuan's behavior of pampering Zhang Huan, this kid is definitely the favorite of the elders at home. Although he doubted Zhang Huan's identity, he never thought that this was the crown prince. After all, the surname Zhang is too common, and if you catch a group of people on the street, you can't get rid of the five surnames of Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao, and Liu, and no one can think that a kid sitting in the classroom is the prince!

To everyone's surprise, this time the queen didn't stop her only son from messing around, so when Zhang Huan excitedly told Jiang Tian that his family had agreed to his request to leave Beijing to study, only Wu Yuan was left with a helpless wry smile. And this time the team was so determined, it was Liu Baokai who acted as the guide and guard, Xinyue, Wu Yuan and Zhang Huan were in charge of technical work, and Meng Daya was responsible for ensuring life, just this core circle plus Jiang Tian There are as many as six people, which is much stronger than the last time he went to Tianjin. And whether it is from Jiang Tian's official position and power, or the actual identity of the prince, the servants sent by Zhang Tao this time are also very different from last time. It's just that Jiang Tian, who was in it, didn't notice it himself.

The prince's departure from Beijing is not only a major event, but also a matter that needs to be kept secret, so Jiang Tian is still in the center of the entire team, and others are surrounded by him. But in the entire convoy, from the coachman to the porter, and even the cooks brought by Wu Yuan, they are all masters in the real sense, and these people are not the kind of internal guards under the command of Liu Junding, this special group of people is the old man Liu who has experienced a hundred battles, and he has only heard his voice and has not seen him, today Liu Baokai can have the honor to carry out the task with these seniors on the secret front, which makes this kid nervous half to death. However, his nervousness Jiang Tian was invisible, and Jiang Tian almost didn't let Zhang Huan die of annoyance in just over 200 miles, which made him regret bringing this burden out very much.

"Sir, how does the sea boat compare to the river boat...... Sir, why do slender boats run fast...... Sir, the mast really doesn't need to be built with a whole giant log...... "The destination hasn't arrived yet, but I just heard about the various topics of the research institute, which makes this kid excited for a moment.

Liu Se @ Wolf, who was walking in front of the team, listened to the barrage of questions in the carriage, shook his head a little helplessly, and then tightened the reins and slowly stood side by side with Wu Yuan, who was also riding a horse, looked around and asked in a low voice: "How can you let Brother Ling out of Beijing?" ”

Wu Yuan glanced at his classmate angrily: "It's not that the industrial real country is making trouble, not only the King of Ji, but also your Liu family is staring at shipbuilding, and the Tian family has also gone back to open a factory to weave cloth, and there are more people who have moved this mind, as a ...... This...... How can aspiring young people not understand what an industry is? However, the factories of the many academies of science in the suburbs of Beijing are mostly dangerous places, only this shipbuilding sounds safer, and if you look at these people around, ordinary thieves can no longer shake a minute, even if someone has bad intentions, this is still around the capital, and the armies from all walks of life can listen to the tune at any time, and the elders can rest assured that they are not sure of it? ”

Lust @ wolf thought about it for a while, and also felt that what Wu Yuan said was reasonable, first of all, it was safe and secure, and secondly, as the future emperor, of course, he had to understand what the industry related to the fate of the country was, and because he stayed by Jiang Tian's side for a long time, and he was also a descendant of Hu Shang, so of course he knew that this shipping industry was related to whether China could quickly recover its economy, since even he knew that the level of shipbuilding determined the dominance of ocean trade in the future, Then His Majesty the Emperor in the Forbidden City has no reason not to let the successor have an intuitive impression of this, so even if the Empress feels sorry for her son and opposes going away, it is impossible for His Majesty to give in.

Liu Baokai turned his head to look at Wu Yuan again, and then asked curiously: "Your Wu family is also close to the water, so you never thought of choosing a golden idea as a cash cow?" ”

Wu Yuan squinted his eyes and skimmed the color @wolf, if he didn't know that this guy lacked heart and eyes in politics, he really thought that this kid was here to talk: "Do you think that if you open a store and set up a factory, you will definitely win the favor of Your Majesty?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Looking at this unenlightened guy, Wu Yuan could only shake his head: "Don't forget, Your Majesty encourages officials to open factories because officials have embezzled too much land, but if one day officials monopolize industry again, what do you say Your Majesty should do?" If you don't get it at that time, there will only be two choices, either be an official and not in business, or not be an official in business, and a family with a title like ours will only have one choice, and all business families will no longer be allowed to go to the court to discuss politics! ”

After listening to this explanation, Liu Baokai was stunned for a long time, he really didn't think about it so much, now it seems that the Academy of Sciences has a lot of patented technology for everyone to choose from, and His Majesty encourages business and factories, so at this time to respond to the call of the country, it seems to be a good choice to be an industrialist, but even if you are stupid to be a person who has been exposed to the baptism of basic science, you know that industry is far from being as simple as it seems to outsiders, even if you can buy some patents from the Academy of Sciences, when it comes to the speed of technological progress, Maybe the advanced technology bought today will be refreshed by Jiang Tian tomorrow, can it be said that as long as you devote yourself to industry, you will never be able to get rid of your dependence on the Academy of Sciences? Or you can also hire some high-level people to upgrade themselves, but at present, the best scientists in China are all trained by Jiang Tian, and they are all accepted by the Academy of Sciences, and it seems that there is no way to break this status quo in a short period of time. Therefore, the Wu family chose to continue to engage in politics very rationally, rather than vigorously going to the sea to do business, perhaps inferior to others in terms of economic benefits, but they are superior in political capital, and the advantages and disadvantages can only be confirmed by time.