"The South Korean side is willing to help in this regard, and South Korea has made new breakthroughs in railway technology. Vertex. The fastest breakthrough in the update is that he can build his own small locomotive, and his running speed is about the same as that of the Qin State, but the mileage is insufficient. It can only be transported over short and medium distances, and I think that the South Korean and Chu sides are willing to carry out such cooperation. Han Shu said to Fan Zeng.

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. We do not have technical support in this area, but we can provide sufficient guarantees for Her Majesty in terms of agricultural products, minerals, and labor. Fan Zeng said.

The reason why Han Shu said this is because his technical research department finally developed a steam engine made in South Korea and loaded it on its own locomotive, but some key parts need to be imported from Qin, for example, bearings, South Korea does not have such technical equipment, so it can only rely on imports to solve.

The steam locomotive is the same size as the standard locomotive of Qin, but the power is about 300 horsepower weaker than the other party, and if a locomotive with more horsepower is used, South Korea's technology will be completely backward, but this is already a major progress for South Korea. If the use of such locomotives can be promoted, South Korea may become a technology exporter, and although it cannot be compared with Qin in terms of technology, it can still reach a certain scale.

Subsequently, the two sides formally signed a memorandum of reconciliation, and on the issue of Zhangxiong Island, Chu made major concessions, but this concession could bring South Korea and Chu closer together.

This may be the first collaboration between South Korea and the state of Chu, but it is definitely not the last.

Xianyang, Qin State. Prime Minister's Office. Recently, the Prime Minister's Mansion has been very busy, and many people are coming in and out, and they are holding a lot of drawings or reports. These are all research reports submitted by colleges and universities in various places, and they need to sort them out and choose the most reasonable plan. Everybody has a lot of work, but it's running efficiently. For this reason, everyone was so nervous that there was a record of three people in the Prime Minister's Mansion fainting in a row. After this record was reported by the media, the public felt that it was not easy for the government to do things, and more entrepreneurs and bankers felt that Qin might have to do a big job in the next four years.

After hearing this, King Qin only felt that if this continued, he would collapse the Prime Minister's Mansion, and especially told Zhao Gao to make every effort to ensure the food safety and health of government personnel, but Shang Wen refused. Because the government spending budget has already been calculated. It can only temporarily increase a certain amount of supplements, but it is not possible to receive subsidies from the royal family.

"Zhao Guo is actively introducing related building material technology with our company, such as cement manufacturing, as well as simple iron, I heard that Wenyang Iron and Steel Group is also actively discussing related solutions, that is, some simple machining, for example, manufacturing some iron nails, or iron products, Zhao Guo has also introduced a large number of machine tools." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Hmm. Is there a report on the future, for example, the one we need the most is about how to develop the Zhao state? Shang Wen asked.

"This." Meng Yi shook his head.

"It doesn't seem to be. Because at present, steel, cement, and glass are enough for Zhao Guoren to develop. I don't think there's any need to go on like this. Meng Yi said.

"So, how will our Qin State develop?" Shang Wen asked Meng Yi such a question at this time, and Shang Wen leaned back in his chair and said.

"This." Meng Yi shook his head. He said he didn't know. Maybe it's because of the too busy relationship, so Meng Yi lacks a certain amount of thinking. Or maybe you don't have time to think about these things.

"I thought that the future of Qin is the era of electrification." Shang Wen said.

"Electricity must be widely used, although in Guanzhong, the use of electricity is very large, but in Zhao Handan, South Korea Xinzheng, Yan State, Qi State, Chu State. Wei. None of these countries have such equipment, and not only these, but also our Western Regions, the northern grasslands, so the next step is to do this. Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. I understand. But there are many disadvantages of electricity, such as transportation, we need to build a large number of power plants, and generator equipment also needs to be manufactured. These. We need to spend considerable financial resources to do this. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Moreover, there are places where such services are not available, and at present, rail transportation is very uncomfortable with the huge pressure generated by coal transportation, and the capacity is extremely tight. Although this is very good for the development of railways, it brings great constraints to the development of electrification. Moreover, in the future, these profits will become smaller and smaller, new industries will be born, old industries will be maintained, and the current situation is like this. Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. When you say this, I think of a report, and it's a technical report. It was recommended by the technical department, and I will find it for you. Meng Yi said and left immediately.

"Jingle bells. Jingle bells. Just after Meng Yi left, the phone rang.

"Prime Minister, there is a doctor in electric transportation who needs to see you, do you have time?" The assistant called and asked.

"Hmm. I have time, I can. Shang Wen said.

Then the doctor in the store's transportation department met Shangwen.

The other party was a middle-aged man who looked to be forty or fifty years old, but his actual age was only thirty-five. This is what Shang Wen later knew, and his long-term work outside the home made him look much older than the average person.

"Don't you know what kind of thing Bai En has?" Shangwen asked. Bai En is a craftsman in the early weapons workshop of the Qin State, with rich experience, and later the Qin State vigorously promoted the college, he went to the technical college as a professor, after contacting electricity, he was fascinated by electricity, and he did a lot of various power experiments, and was very fascinated, so he became the leader of the Qin State in terms of electricity.

"Yes, Prime Minister, I have found a way to transport electricity over long distances, and this way, which you used to call high-voltage electricity, I think is very close to reality. I personally think so. Bai En said.

"High voltage. How? Shang Wen immediately asked.

"I found that the cost of using copper wire is higher, because there is a lot of copper wire required in firearms today, and copper wire, copper wire is not able to withstand high voltage currents, and it can generate a certain amount of heat, which is extremely bad for transformers. Later, I experimented with aluminum, but the price of aluminium was really staggering. However, this did not suit the current situation, so I experimented with another material. Bai En said.

"What material?" Shangwen asked. There are many restrictions on the materials used to transport high-voltage wires, such as copper. The Qin State needed to make a large number of guns and bullets, and the demand for copper was staggering, in addition to cables, telephones, and telegraphs, which all needed such materials, and the demand was very large, and as Bai En said. There will simply be no resources for Baien. Therefore, Bai En needed another resource instead, and he thought of using aluminum, because aluminum could be used to synthesize more alloys. Because aluminium was more active, but the situation was that aluminium was expensive, sometimes of the same value as gold, which had to make Bai En give up, and he needed a cheaper metal that could have a larger alternative.

Shangwen had already provided a periodic table of chemical elements, although there were still a large number of metals to be found, such as uranium, an important material for the manufacture of atomic weapons. Qin chemists had a more systematic understanding of radioactivity. But this could not prevent the Qin chemists from using him. It was here that Bai En found a metal that had been neglected.

"Silver. Silver. This kind of thing, it's not too expensive now. I think it's fair. So I think we can use him to build high-voltage lines. In this way, we can solve the power problem, for example, we can build a large number of power plants in Hexi, Taiyuan, Shangdang area, and then through the power plants, we can produce electricity. By solving the process of electricity consumption through high-voltage transportation, and a lot of wagons can be saved, there is a large amount of coal in the above-mentioned areas, which can be converted. Bai En said what he thought.

"Hmm." Shang Wen nodded.

"Thank you very much." Shang Wen said at this time.

"I found it. I found it. That's it, the high-voltage scheme. At this time, Meng Yi hurriedly came in and said to Shang Wen.

"What is this?" Meng Yi looked at Bai En curiously.

"High-voltage solutions." Shang Wen said with a smile.

"It turned out, it turned out." Meng Yi smiled. Then Shang Wen introduced some of Bai En's technical solutions. Meng Yi thought it was very feasible, but there was still a lack of funds, but Shangwen decided to give some financial support.

However, for silver, the Qin State began to have a new demand, and during World War II, the United States used to use silver because of the large amount of electricity supply. caused a large loss, but silver itself did not have much value in the Qin State, and this kind of thing only had a certain value among the people. There is an investment demand for gold, and for silver, it is just a metal, and at the moment people can't find him with a better value, and now, he has it. It is the high-voltage transportation wire of the Qin State. He has very good electrical conductivity. This characteristic will help Qin quickly enter the electric age, which is of great significance to Qin. The state of Qin needed such a big change.

The value of silver is thus manifested, but it does not appear in the situation of money, but in the situation of industrial demand. This can be regarded as putting silver on the stage of history. Gold remains firmly in the top currency trading position. Banknotes followed. Silver, however, is no longer a currency as an industrial commodity. However, this demand will greatly stimulate the production of silver. Because there is such an industrial demand.