"Your Highness. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is an excerpt from the manufacturing office. Liu Wu shrank his head a little and leaned to Chen Ming's side.

The spring breeze in February melted away the freezing of the earth, but after looking at the folds handed by the manufacturing office, Chen Ming's face was still the bitter cold of the cold winter wax moon. Throw the fold to the ground, "Cylinder, cylinder again!" ”

Chen Han's imitation of the steam engine has been carried out so far, and more than a time has passed. With drawings and a physical steam engine in hand, Chen Han collected all the blacksmith masters from all sides, and easily made all the parts. When assembled, the effect is no worse than that of imported goods shipped from Europe. But it was difficult to further improve the steam engine! A cylinder, the manufacturing office in this processing problem deeply hit the iron wall.

They are completely hand-skilled, and they can't make any better changes in the smoothness of the inner wall of the cylinder, and they face a very serious test - the precision of the cylinder.

And how much does Chen Ming know about steam engines?

Or ask: How deep does a third-rate liberal arts college student know about the steam engine?

Chen Ming can tell them that it is 'o'!

For the steam engine manufactured by Watt, Chen Ming's only imprint is the clamor of a certain post during the debate: What problem did Watt solve for the steam engine?

A: 1, Separate condenser; 2. Cylinder precision machining; 3. Crankshaft transmission. This is used to refute that the steam engine was a product of the John Bull industrial system. This point of view is correct or incorrect, and I don't want to say it, just talk about Chen Ming's real understanding of the steam engine, that's all.

Now that the separation condenser is available, Watt has figured it out, that is, the precision machining of the second step cylinder.

As a cylindrical metal part that guides the piston to reciprocate in a straight line in the cylinder, and a casing that increases the pressure by expanding and compressing the air, the importance of the cylinder for steam engines is self-evident. But Chen Ming was helpless about it.

"Double the bounty." Chen Ming's tone was a little gloomy. Cylinder precision machining involves the current gun chamber processing capacity in the West. In addition to the clay mold casting cannon, the Europeans also have the overall casting method - the cannon iron or bronze is first cast into a round metal piece, and then boring into a barrel with a boring machine, which not only saves man-time, but also ensures the smooth and round of the gun breech, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed. But the boring machine is not mature at all, and the toughness and solidity of the rotary knife brought by the West are also quite average. You must know that Chen Ming recognized this problem as early as when he was in Xiaonangou. At that time, it was to drill the barrel!

In the past four years, the bounty has been increased again and again, and no one in the Gun Bureau and the Iron Works of the Fu Han Army has really picked this golden flower. At most, it's a small improvement, and a small reward.

If the cannon is machined with a boring machine, it will be more expensive. So now the West is also making a lot of mud molds.

What Chen Ming can't guarantee now is that the boring machine and accessories brought to him by Britain and France are the best industrial achievements of this era, or was he fooled by Robert and Perrier? This question will have to wait until the arrival of the Swedes in the summer.

"Watt succeeded in improving the steam engine, so of course he solved this problem. And how did he solve it? After Liu Wu retreated carefully, Chen Ming couldn't sit still and stood up, walked to the windowsill, looked at the bamboo on the bonsai shelf by the windowsill, and thought in his mind, "Isn't the boring machine also maturing [relatively] in the past few years?" "In that case, God is helping them.

With the development of Western civilization to this day, the emergence of industrial boring machines will also make a huge leap forward in the military strength of Western countries.

"Hemp egg!" Chen Ming brought the most outstanding scientific and technological achievements in the whole of Europe in the current era from Europe, and then decisively found a big problem for himself.

"It seems that it is imperative to send people to Europe for a walk." This year is 1772 in the Western calendar, and in three more years, Lao Mei should be reversed. Chen Ming doesn't think that his tossing in China can affect North America, thousands of miles away. So the time of peace in Europe is not a few years away.

The focus of the American War of Independence was no longer on the thirteen colonial states of North America, but on the fight against John Bull by the anti-British bloc led by France around the world.

Time has turned another year, and the era of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong. The Fu Han army is still in the Chongzhen era, Chongzhen one hundred and forty-four years, with the arrival of spring, the construction and reinforcement of the embankments of Huguang and Liangjiang have also been put on the agenda, before it was a simple repair, as for the repair and reinforcement of the embankments along the rivers in Lingnan, it has been done in winter.

There is no need for Chen Ming to do this matter, everything should be handled by his second uncle Chen Cong. But what about the money and food?

This money and grain directly hit the military spending, a full 1 million silver dollars and 200,000 quintals of grain.

For the current Fu Han Army, this amount of money and food is not enough for a month's consumption of the soldiers of the entire army on land and water, but the significance of this incident is extraordinary, because this is the first time in several years that military spending has been moved because of 'government affairs'. This incident is an obvious metaphor that Chen Hansong's broad financial period has finally reached its momentum.

Last year, the Fu Han Army held back for a year in internal affairs, laid a solid foundation, dredged key rivers, repaired bridges and roads on a large scale, and even opened small loans, scattered silver throughout the country, and greatly pinched a handful of usury money.

This year's budget is very abundant, but this in itself includes this year's taxes. Moreover, when the New Year came, a military newspaper was sent from the northwest, and there was a commotion in Xinjiang again, and the conflict between the old and new sects of green and green in Gansu was getting bigger and bigger.

The General Staff quickly drew up a plan for an attack from Hanzhong to the southeast of Gansu in the spring and summer of the following year, and if all went well, it could hook up with the 'Yuandun Doctrine Army', so as to open up a horse entry line. This is the rhythm of the military reaching out for money.

As a result, the government asked to fill in a large amount of figures in the budget on the grounds of 'straightening out civil affairs in southeastern Gansu' and collecting refugees from Gansu, and the two sides quarreled for a month, and finally reached an agreement between the two sides without Chen Ming coming forward to stand with the military. If the plan to send troops to Gansu is really necessary, the government will fully support the military, and before that, the military will cut a portion of its own budget to allow the government to build official roads while it renovates the river embankments in the area north of Nanling.

Although that was only 1,000,000 silver dollars and 200,000 quintals of grain!

"Taxes on acres of land?" Wang Huizu, Xiong Bingzhang and others looked solemn. Is this long-awaited policy going to be implemented this year? Another piece of information handed to them was a simple count of the number of landlords of more than 1,000 mu in various localities. and the amount of money and grain that can be increased if the tax is collected on the acres of land based on this list.

That's nearly two million dollars.

"A drop in the bucket." Chen Ming's evaluation of this income is like this. Of course, Chen Hui also knew, so he proposed another new tax - stamp duty.

You don't have to think about Chen Ming to know who gave Chen Hui this idea, and it is none other than Rotony. And Chen Ming's personal income tax proposed to Chen Hui earlier was buried by him without revealing the slightest rumor.

"Your Highness, the tax collection of acres and acres will not actually fall too much money and grain, but will cause local slander." This tax directly harmed the interests of the local large and medium-sized landlords, and the income was only 2 million silver dollars, which was too cost-effective. "It's the stamp duty." There are foreign examples as a basis, and the benefits are very good.

"The ratio of one thousandth is too small, what does it matter if two thousandths, three thousandths, and five thousandths?" Xiong Bingzhang, who does not have a thorough understanding of stamp duty, first said, "It is better to increase stamp duty, and put the tax collection on acres and acres on hold for the time being." ”

Stamp duty is known as a good tax in the West, and it is a good tax that plucks the most goose feathers and listens to the least goose calls. Wang Huizu thought for a while and said: "Two thousandths is okay, but five thousandths is too high." ”

"It's just that China's national conditions are different from those of Westerners, and even if stamp duty is added, it is difficult to estimate the amount." Wang Huizu always felt that the military salary of the Fu Han Army was high, and according to his idea, since the Fu Han Army had already given the military merit field, the soldiers' military pay should not be paid. In these days, he has learned in detail about the military salaries of Western countries, which are quite low.

In the case of the British Army, the most basic chasseur of its infantry unit was paid only 4 pence a day, and only 120 pence a month, which is also half a pound, which is close to 2.5 silver dollars when converted into silver dollars. And the soldiers pay for their own food every day, plus some snacks like beer. A loaf of bread in the barracks costs 2pence!

The most basic regular soldiers of the Fu Han Army are paid three silver dollars a month, which is pure income, and all food, drink and clothing are supplied by the troops, and there is a wartime allowance when they really go to the battlefield, which is almost double the military salary. And the average weekly wage of a British miner is close to 70p. [Cavalrymen, drummers, and standard-bearers are paid much higher]

And the Fu Han Army still has military merits!

He had already mentioned this opinion to Chen Ming, and with the gradual increase in the number of troops, the huge military expenditure was like a mountain pressing on Chen Han's shoulders. In the past two years, if it weren't for the Fu Han army's sweep of the southern country, it seized too much floating wealth, grain, and a large number of manors and market shops that were sold cheaply, raising a huge amount of money for Chen Han, and the military expenditure alone would have dragged down the Fu Han army long ago.

Moreover, in addition to the high salaries of the military, government officials and civil servants are also all paid 'high salaries' -- on the other hand, this is too heavy and too heavy a burden for Chen Han, who has not yet completed the transformation of the economy and has not changed his taxes qualitatively. And last year, Chen Han squandered so much silver.

"Your Highness is not worried about this year, but next year. Next year's war will be heavier and more frequent than this year's, military spending will be greater, and the increase in the control area will also increase the number of government officials and public servants, and the fiscal expenditure will increase significantly...... "In Wang Huizu's view, next year is the most critical time.

However, he knew that the military budget for this year was very relaxed, and the main force would not be greatly increased, but the local garrison divisions would be formed and reorganized -- two garrison divisions in one province, that is, four garrison brigades.

By the time of next year, a real large-scale offensive would begin, and the garrisons in various places would once again be transformed into brigades, and the two extra brigades would enter the front line to assist the main force in attacking the Qing army. The amount of military expenditure after the completion of the entire plan was completely suffocating to Wang Huizu.

"What if all the military pay is exchanged for fields?" The room was quiet, and Wang Huizu, Xiong Bingzhang and others retreated. At this time, Huang Song's voice suddenly sounded in Chen Ming's ears.

"Military salaries can be exchanged for acres of land, and they can also be used as silver dollars, which are at the mercy of the soldiers. The price of that acre can be one or two percent lower than the price on the market. The prince thought that there would be a few more soldiers who would ask for money and not fields? ”

Chen Ming looked at Huang Song in surprise, this old watch is really a blockbuster if it doesn't sound. "Why didn't I think of that?" He slapped his thigh hard. There is no need to pull out the account book at all, and Chen Ming is familiar with the number of official fields in various places under the control of Chen Han's government. "One acre of good land is at least two months' salary for a soldier, plus wartime subsidies."

The main force and garrison of the Fu Han Army now have a total of more than 300,000 people, and the military salary of the latter is even lower than that of the former, even if these more than 300,000 people are all main combat troops, all of them are on the battlefield, and only the most basic soldiers are only 2 million mu of land a year, which is still too much. And what about the officers at all levels, three million acres?

But how many acres of official land are there in Chen Han's hands?

This is tantamount to selling the field to the soldiers in another way! The latter was a rich peasant life in China at this time, right?

Even if some of these people chose to take silver dollars instead of fields, the military salary expenses that Chen Han 'saved' could easily exceed 10 million.

Chen Ming smiled, and he felt that the stone that was pressing on his heart was suddenly gone. "Okay, okay." With admiration in his mouth, he patted Huang Song's shoulder with his hand, "Your words are better than a big victory." ”

Laughing and walking out of the room, Chen Ming immediately summoned Wang Huizu, Xiong Wenbing and other descendants, and asked them to take Huang Song's words as a starting point and concoct a piece of excerpts, plus rough statistical calculations. He wants to enter the palace of the king of Han immediately and see his father.

For Wang Xiong and others, a concise piece of music with a certain far-reaching impact is easy to concoct. Because starting from Huang Song's idea, there are too many points to extend and discuss. One of the most obvious examples of this is that the military granges in various places will inevitably flourish rapidly, and then their influence will proliferate, and so on.

Xiong Bingzhang looked at the back of Chen Ming taking Huang Song out, and his expression was a little embarrassed. Did he underestimate others?

"The method of paying for Tian is simple and clear at the moment, why should I wait for nothing to think?"

Wang Huizu also felt puzzled at this time. As long as these four words are spoken, it is not an unfathomable whimsy, why didn't any of them think of this trick?

"Your Highness, don't you think this is a bit similar to Zhu Ming's guard?" Huang Song didn't suddenly open his brain, but inadvertently picked up a book of the Yongle Canon, thought of Zhu Ming, and then thought of the Wei system.

To a certain extent, the guard system of the Ming Dynasty was also paid by Tian Dai?

It's as simple as that.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you."

The time had come to four o'clock, when the sun was in the west. Chen Hui was playing billiards at this time, and this thing was also contributed by Rotony. Now this Chinese-Portuguese man is like a fish in water in the Han Palace, and he is very popular. He has been officially awarded the official title of Yilang by Chen Hui, from the fourth rank.

Chen Hui is old, and he can ride a horse, but he can't play polo. Playing football and basketball is even worse, it is unsightly and undignified. Chen Hui himself is not very fond of playing mahjong, but Gao likes to play mahjong very much.

Rotony donated billiards and immediately filled the gap in Chen Hui's life. Even though this kind of thing is made of ivory, and after Chen Ming's 'transformation', the playability of billiards has been greatly improved, which also makes Chen Hui even more fond of it.

"Entering the palace with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also the uncle of the Huang family."

Chen Hui didn't listen, simply changed his robe, came to see Chen Ming, and saw Chen Ming who couldn't hide his relaxed smile at a glance.

"What's the joy of that? Make you so happy? ”

In recent days, the entire Chen Han high-level knows that the prince is worried about the New Year's income. Now that Chen Ming is smiling so happily, Chen Hui doesn't want to do good things, such as the tax matter has been solved or something, but thinks about some unexpected joy......

"Father, it is indeed a happy event, a great happy event. Cousin, this good method solves the great crisis of our dynasty......"

ps: The author kind of wants to cry. In order to solve the problem of military salaries, I thought of a lot of ways and thought about it for a week. Countless brain holes were opened, and brains were racked. Finally came up with a way to pay Tian Dai, and as a result, I searched these four words for Du Niang......

I cried stupidly by myself /(tot)/~~ woo (to be continued.) )