Chapter 722: Scientific and Technological Progress
Zu Kuan, Cao Wenzhao, Li Dingguo and other fierce men all went ashore to kill the Quartet, and all the "God of War" soldiers got the pleasure of being punished even if they were far away.
In the end, the English government calculated that their direct losses in the war were as high as 30 million pounds, and the potential losses were innumerable, at which time one pound should be equivalent to three to five taels of silver.
England lost hundreds of thousands of people, its three largest shipyards were in ruins, its navy was decimated, and more than ten regiments of the army were killed.
However, Huang Mingdao's statistics on the seizures were not so many, and after removing the captured warships, merchant ships, transport ships and a large number of supplies, the value of the precious metals obtained would definitely not exceed 20 million taels of silver.
After the "Huaxia Navy" finished fighting, of course, he patted his ass and left, because the head of the family had no idea of taking this island to colonize.
Although the Spaniards coveted the territory of England, they did not dare to leave their men and horses to occupy this place for a long time without the cooperation of the "Chinese Navy", so they had to reluctantly withdraw their troops.
The Spaniards saw with their own eyes that the English Navy, which had defeated their Invincible Armada, was almost powerless to fight back by the "Chinese Navy", and everyone realized that a new hegemon at sea had appeared, and they would not suffer a loss by holding the boss's legs, and the Spaniards knew what to do in the future.
England was greatly weakened, and the country that relied on power to maintain unity was in great trouble.
The Scots and Irish once again revolted in a large-scale rebellion against the rule of the English, and the Puritan movement intensified, and finally the first shot was fired at the Royalists, and the Great Revolution broke out.
Huang Mingdao ignored too much, and the "Huaxia Development" would come to the arms trade from time to time.
The Scots and Irish would buy muskets and smoothbore cannons, and the Puritans and royalists would be able to buy weapons from the "Nanming".
"Huaxia Development" is a commercial company of a national nature, and of course it has to hold two companies in one hand, not only focusing on the interests of shareholders, but also giving full consideration to national security and national interests.
As long as it is not the raw materials and weapons that cannot be exported as stipulated in the "Nanming Trade Embargo Regulations", other things can be profitable through trade as long as there is a profit.
Huang Sheng only sold weapons to make the British Isles more lively, because the "Southern Ming" could grow opium poppies, produce opium and sell them to the British, and wage opium wars against them.
In order to avoid the premature emergence of drugs in the world of poisoning, Huang Sheng did not do this evil deed that made the fastest money.
The news of the disappearance of the invincible British navy spread to European countries, and the taxes on the trade of merchant ships of the "Chinese development" fell by more than 30 percent, and finally developed to the point that no navy of any country dared to covet the fleet with the dragon flag.
The expedition of the "Chinese Navy" to England is equivalent to a nest dispatch, of course, to maximize efficiency.
How could Huang Mingdao be idle during his stay in Europe, he organized a navy and scattered a hundred warships and merchant ships to exterminate pirates and attack pirates' nests.
During this period, too many precious metals accumulated by the old bandits were obtained, and the precious metals obtained from the elimination of pirates were almost the same as those obtained in silver compared to the attack on England.
By the time the expedition returned, there were more than 800 large merchant ships and warships, of course, captured by the English and many pirates.
The Battle of the English Channel is recorded in the annals of history, and the "Chinese Navy" won a complete victory in this unprecedented naval battle, successfully weakening the enemy and strengthening itself, which is called the prelude to the Han people's domination of the four seas.
The dragon flag fluttered in the sea of thousands of miles, and all the Xiyi knew that the dragon flag represented the supreme sea power, and they were all afraid of it.
"Nanming" finally enjoyed the fruits of the rapid economic development of the Age of Discovery, and a steady stream of high value-added products were shipped to Europe and the Americas for sale.
A large number of cheap and high-quality raw materials poured into the "Nanming", and it was not a lie that the "Nanming" government was flowing gold and silver.
With manpower, material resources and sufficient capital investment, and countless craftsmen and scientists working hard, the industrial revolution of the "Nanming" system has been going on, and scientific and technological progress is changing with each passing day.
The steam engine has completed experiments, and now it has formed a series of military and civilian products that are widely used in many fields.
The steam engines produced by Nanming had a boiler that boiled water to produce high-pressure steam, burning coal, firewood, straw, and so on.
The steam engine is a reciprocating power machine that pushes the piston to do work by steam expansion and converts the energy of steam into mechanical work, and it is the most important prime mover.
The steam engine is now widely used in the "Nanming" mining industry, and has also been rapidly promoted in smelting, textile, machinery manufacturing and other industries.
Experiments with installing a steam engine as a prime mover to drive propellers on a warship have been successful, and three ironclad coal-fired battleships with a displacement of two or three thousand tons are now under construction.
The ironclad ships built by the "Nanming" have become larger and larger, thanks to the fact that the production and quality of steel have increased significantly.
The emergence of the steam engine has made the metallurgical industry develop rapidly, the hot-drawn and cold-drawn seamless steel pipe products have been successfully introduced, the galvanized and tinned anti-rust technology has become more and more mature, the thickness and width of the hot-rolled steel plate are improving, and the quality of course tends to be stable.
The largest forging hammer driven by the thermal power of the steel plant has reached 20,000 catties, and the forging keel is no longer hundreds of people sweating like rain, the efficiency has been improved, and the quality is more controllable.
Nanming's bicycle production is doubling every year, and most of the families who have followed Huang Sheng for more than four years already own three-wheeled transporters.
Because as long as the people who come to "Nanming" to make a living work diligently, everyone can save money under the condition of being fed and clothed, and the family has surplus funds to improve the quality of life and increase production efficiency.
To get rich first to build the road is the last word, Huang Sheng every time to take in immigrants in the transition, the study period is to organize everyone to build the road, ten years of development and ten years of accumulation, high-quality concrete roads have been extended in all directions.
With smooth roads, all people benefit from the efficiency and convenience brought by bicycles, tricycles, and four-wheeled carriages.
Ordinary people found that the cost of using bicycles and tricycles as a means of transportation was much less than that of serving mules and horses, and their enthusiasm for buying them was unprecedented.
Since production could not keep up, the purchase of bicycles and tricycles required lottery ticket supply. With such a hot sale, the performance of "Huaxia Vehicle" can be imagined, and the price of the stock has broken through the 30 silver coin mark.
Most of the people who came to "Nanming" five years ago enthusiastically bought "Huaxia Vehicle" stocks under the call of the head of the family, and after holding shares for a few years, the dividends alone made people greedy.
Through real examples, the common people really saw that the head of the family was dedicated to the people, and his loyalty, sense of belonging, and sense of honor were doubled, and they warmly supported every call of the head of the family.
Huang Sheng has become a god in the hearts of the people, and too many people have his immortal tablet ...... in their homes.