Chapter 156: The European Situation
Along the way, Shen Xing also went to the Jiangnan Arsenal to visit Bi Maokang, but he didn't expect this guy to really improve the historical ordnance diagram while studying this masterpiece of weapons destroyed by Qianlong, he explained to Shen Xing that he hoped that this book could be widely printed, Shen Xing of course agreed without saying a word, but a few words in his ear Bi Maokang also immediately promised to go back and delete some important military secrets.
The old man was talking about his intensive artillery concept at the wine table, and Shen Xing was shocked when he looked at the drawings he held, isn't this the equipment routine of the Rocket Army in later generations? More than 20 cannon barrels are formed into one, and the old man is really in his sixties. So Shen Xing, who was not bad for money, once again arbitrarily allocated one million taels to him, and said that it had nothing to do with whether he succeeded or not, what he wanted was to encourage this kind of positive and enterprising scientific research style.
The hundreds of Arsenal personnel who sat with them were enthusiastic, and the changes in the process construction workshop of the Arsenal in just three years really had a sense of earth-turning, and it was no longer the pure manual mode of hand-knocking stones and smashing that Shen Xing knew before. Some large, improvised machines were born. In terms of machine tools, although Shen Xing knew that ancient China originally had it.
But the huge scale seen in front of you is really hard to believe that it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty in 1642, when there was no steam engine and electricity, the hydraulic hammering was brought to the extreme, and the proficiency of the operators was also amazing. This is probably the result of the operation of the country's military machine, which is forced by the constant demand on a daily basis to evolve their powerful manufacturing power.
Although primary and secondary schools do not cover remote mountain villages, the nine-year compulsory education is still very good because of the popularization of public transport and horse-drawn carriages and the strong propaganda and compulsory education of the government. Shen Xing walked into several primary and secondary schools as if he had returned to the future, clean and bright classrooms, round playgrounds, and the students' neat school uniforms, although a bit ancient, but listening to the multiplication formula table they recited, a sense of homesickness rose spontaneously.
"Husband, are you okay, let's see that the children are going to do martial arts between classes!" Shen Xingqiang cheered himself up and returned to his normal state, and after a while, hundreds of immature students came to the playground in an orderly manner. He was followed by several veterans in military uniforms.
After a few commands, the children skillfully punched, and Shen Xing called the Nanjing Education Chief, who was accompanying him, to his side in surprise. "Why did this recess exercise change to martial arts? Is this the case all over the country? The old man was stunned for a moment, and then replied respectfully, "Shen **, isn't this what you requested?" The whole people are strong and healthy, and the weak and weak recess exercises really can't achieve the purpose of strengthening the body, so Qian Daren and his colleagues in the education circle agreed that it is more appropriate to change to the practice of martial arts used in actual combat. ”
"What about physical education? I can't basketball, Keju, it's all canceled! "That's not it, but it's also added to martial arts." Shen Xing was stunned at this time, thinking that in the past few decades, everyone in China will really know martial arts, it seems that ideological education and traditional culture still have to be grasped, otherwise in the future, if you don't agree with a word on the street, you will engage in all martial arts, it will be troublesome, and it is better for people to abide by the etiquette of benevolence and filial piety.
Along the way, many industries and regulations are very different from what he expected, especially the development of the bank has truly pursued the consistent idea of the future, which makes Shen Xing particularly satisfied.
Nanjing, as the economic center of the south of the Yangtze River, has of course become the best choice for the bank pilot, and at the beginning of his birth, it was also a wave of three people, and the first to come out and block it was those money shops that lent money for a living in the past, and they were rare in the industry with a united heart and a desire to crush the Bank of China and die halfway. Then there is the strong skepticism of the new bank among the general public.
In the face of such a predicament, Liu Qingyuan, the governor of the bank, who was appointed at the brink of crisis, showed his more than 20 years of sophisticated methods, first in the name of the government, to show the major money banks that it was the will of the state that drove the development of the banking industry, and that they would not only fail to win by such obstruction, but also that in the end the family might be ruined, and secondly, in the newspapers and major propaganda channels, the benefits of the bank were not at the expense of the price, especially in the area of interest deposits. What's more, he sent more than 2,000 employees to the streets and alleys of Nanjing, explaining the benefits of the bank to each household.
The most hated trick is the monthly profits of military government officials, as well as large state-owned textile factories, silk factories, tea, coal, iron and salt industries, all of which the government has come forward to force them to open personal bank accounts in order to receive wages.
This unilateral will naturally begins to be dissatisfied with the hearts of most people, but when they receive their salaries, they find that the bank has really paid a few cents more interest. That state of doubt and anxiety slowly faded away with the wash of time.
The Bank of China has opened 10 branches in Nanjing, each of which is scattered in the downtown area, the building is not only high-end and majestic, but also majestic, and the stone lion four or five meters tall at the entrance alone makes people marvel.
Looking at the simple decoration in the bank, mixed with modern style, Shen Xing knew that his father-in-law was completely following his own ideas, and there were beautiful female employees sitting behind the bright glass windows, wearing modern professional clothes that were also designed by themselves, and wearing small bow ties, which were pleasing to the eye, that is, the abacus in his hand was really a bit of a no-brainer, but there was no way to do it.
"Uncle Wang, your fifty yuan has been deposited into the household, you have to be careful to keep this seal and the withdrawal voucher, and you must not tell others that you know the password you wrote?"
"Girl, I know you've all said it three times! This save for a year is not really to the end of the year there is really pork to send! "Yes, the more you save, the more New Year's goods you will have!"
"Xing'er, you still have brains! This money is now coming in like flowing water, and the pressure on the national treasury has really been greatly relieved, and I really can't imagine it if it is opened in the whole country! Liu Qingyuan took a sip of tea, and Lao Huai stroked his beard comfortingly.
"Father-in-law, have you counted, how much of this banknote has been issued? But don't overprint? It's no joke to get an inflation rate! Liu Qingyuan had studied Shen Xing's inflation in detail, so he nodded approvingly. Don't worry, now the Minister of Finance, Lord Xu, is also your eldest brother-in-law, he has specially formed a group of people who are proficient in this aspect to study this aspect of things, and will not repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty! ”
Shen Xing knew that he was a complete layman in terms of economy, so he didn't say much, I believe that as long as he took care of them a few more times as a **, these professionals would be concerned, this head is just a believer, and none of them dare to joke about it!
"Father-in-law, when I came, I found a large amount of wool, cotton clothes and ordnance piled up in the ports along the way, is this purchased by the Northern Military Department?" "It's your brother-in-law Erke who wants it! He had the caravan bring a large amount of gold and silver in exchange! ”
Shen Xing patted his head violently, he forgot about Erke so much, this guy has led more than 500,000 people out for more than a year, and there was no news at all before, but he didn't expect it to come out of the cold in this Jiangnan, and Baozhu couldn't stop crying when he heard that it was his eldest brother.
In the face of Baozhu's eager inquiry, Liu Qingyuan also didn't know anything, what he knew was that a group of Chinese caravans who followed the expedition had just returned five days ago, and the details were only known to some of them, so Baozhu threw everyone away and flew away. Shen Xing stood up and hurriedly said goodbye, leaving only Jin Ling and Liu Qingyuan to go home for a small gathering.
"Here, that's it, we know what they're called, let's call the Great Khan of Poland Erk, who is attacking them and Rome!" A group of businessmen pointed to the world map in the dog's hand and said what is the chirp!
"Isn't it fighting Tsarist Russia? Why did you get there again? Shen Xing looked at the map with a confused mind, this damn is too exaggerated, he has hit Europe, his sworn brother really doesn't want to learn from his ancestors and turn the whole Europe upside down!
"Lord Shen, do you know that Tsarist Russia can't help fighting, the emperor of the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail I, was already too busy to take care of himself, the country was in turmoil, the Swedish and Polish armies invaded and occupied a large part of their cities before we arrived, and the Erke Khan contacted the old man before the Mongols just arrived! , Kazan Khanate, Lakhan Khanate, Great Nogai Khanate...... Although the state established by the Mongol Tatars was exterminated by Ivan IV, they were still very powerful in Tsarist Russia! Therefore, the Erke Great Khan's response, coupled with the prestige of the Mongolian iron cavalry hundreds of years ago, had already made them feel terrified, and Mikhail was frightened and died of a serious illness in half a month......"
"I'm grass, who are you! How do you know so much! Shen Xing looked at the old man with a beard and a weathered face, and pulled him over to ask. The villain is a serious businessman from Shanxi, but he did business in Tsarist Russia many years ago, so he knows more, he originally thought that he would not be able to return to his homeland after old age, but he didn't expect the Mongolian army to come again, and the villain moved back with the merchant family as soon as he pondered! ”
Knowing that this guy knew a lot about the local area of Tsarist Russia, Shen Xing hurriedly kept him and talked again, but at this time, the Mongolian officer Tie Yu'er, who had received the news that he was originally purchasing materials for the army, also rushed over with his soldiers, and as soon as he saw Shen Xing, he knelt down on one knee and saluted. "Despicable Tie'er, see General Shen! Your Highness the Princess! ”
"Hurry up and talk about the situation in Erke, why did your army go to Europe again!" Baozhu was also very excited to see her acquaintance, but as a woman, her mind was still a little more detailed than Shen Xing's, and she immediately found Tie Yu'er's mutilated left arm.
"Tie Hao'er, you are my brother's chief of guard, how could you be so seriously injured, your left arm...... My brother him! Seeing that Baozhu had come to support him personally, Tie Yu'er strongly concealed his emotions and stood up. Thank you, Your Royal Highness Princess, the Great Khan is very good, his small left hand was unfortunately injured by a poisoned arrow during the attack on the city of St. Petersburg, Tsarist Russia, and it can only be amputated because of the delay in treatment! ”