In this way, with the addition of the number of people involved in mining and smelting, the number of people involved in the minting and copper smelting industry is more than one million, more than shipbuilding, and the number of people involved in the entire shipbuilding industry plus logging and various ancillary industries is only one million.

What did the Liao State think that Zhang San didn't care, anyway, Zhang San exchanged the excess copper production for a large number of materials, which made the cities under the governance of the Ryukyus develop rapidly, and all industries are expanding rapidly.

There were more than 10,000 workshops and factories employing more than 10 people in the entire Ryukyus, which is a remarkable number, and Zhang San believes that as long as it is flourishing for ten years, the industrial age will automatically come.

At the end of the year, there are many summary and commendation meetings, and many activities have to be attended by Zhang San, Zhang San wakes up every day to see that the itinerary organized by the secretariat has to be big, for example, this morning to participate in the commendation meeting of the Technician Association, for this year's newly promoted master craftsmen to present awards.

After 10 o'clock, he had to attend the launching ceremony of the New Ryukyus, and after Zhang San's ship was sent to participate in the war, the shipyard began to speed up the construction of the New Ryukyu in three shifts, and today is the day when the Ryukyu was launched.

After the launching ceremony, we will have lunch at the shipyard with the heads of the navy and shipyard at noon, and in the afternoon we will attend a discussion on new ships to make a design plan for the next generation of ships, and then return to the palace in the evening to have time to review the medals.

Zhang San tidied up his appearance, accompanied the women in the harem to have breakfast, and hurriedly boarded the carriage, the Technician Association is an organization established by Zhang San when he was in Tokyo, the initial purpose was to give his skilled workers a good grade to facilitate the payment of wages and improve the enthusiasm of workers to learn technology.

The current Technician Association has become the official certification body of the Ryukyus, and the accusation has also changed to rating the technician examination and formulating various technical standards.

Zhang San looked at the five people who were rated as master craftsmen this year, they were Sun Yunjin who invented the Ryukyu hydraulic spinning machine, Zhao Zhicheng who successfully invented the second generation of flintlock pistols, Du Xuehang who successfully designed gunboats, Zhang Daming who successfully manufactured a new generation of hydraulic presses and lathes, and Bi Chunlai, who successfully verified the steam engine.

The Ryukyu hydraulic loom is a project that was handed over to the weaving school for experimentation after Zhang San put forward the idea, and through the efforts of the past few years, Sun Yunjin relied on his familiarity with textile machines and bold ideas, and finally invented a spinning machine that can spin 60 cotton threads at a time.

This makes the efficiency of spinning increased dozens of times, coupled with the cotton deseeding machine invented last year, now the entire textile industry is short of a loom to complete the revolution of the entire industry, and the new loom has reached a critical moment I believe that it can be built in less than half a year.

The invention of the second-generation flintlock pistol did not start this year, this gun had been finalized at this time last year, but this is a new weapon after all, and how good the effect remains to be confirmed, until several wars this year, the Ryukyu Army relied on the flintlock pistol to achieve absolute superiority, and the designer Zhao Zhicheng relied on this opportunity to become a master craftsman.

The same is true of Du Xuehang, who designed the gunboat, as the chief designer of the new gunboat, their honor can only be recognized if the weapon has been tested in actual combat and proved to be successful.

Machine tool as a representative of modern industry, the study of industrial machine has always been a field that Zhang San attaches more importance to, there is no standard parts without industrialization, just like the steam engine, this kind of machine is not that you can make it with a hammer.

Fortunately, with the improvement of education level, the machine tool industry in Ryukyu has also begun to develop rapidly, and the hydraulic press has also been upgraded from the previous few tons to the current 20 tons, and the new hydraulic press is designed and successfully manufactured by Zhang Daming.

This also laid the foundation for a new generation of currency stamping in the Ryukyus, and thanks to the improvement of lathe fixtures and accuracy, he also succeeded in becoming a new master craftsman, but unfortunately, because the power problem was not solved, the current coin production can only be minted.

As for Zhao Zhicheng, who verified the steam engine, he was a student of Zhang San, because he had been worried about this steam engine after listening to Zhang San's class, although Zhang San said that the technology and materials were not mature, but he still succeeded in manufacturing the first steam engine verification machine through his own efforts.

This verification machine is to verify the feasibility of the steam engine, although there are many problems such as air leakage, low energy conversion rate, serious wear and tear, but this is also an innovation that we cannot ignore.

With this verification machine, the research on the steam engine has also moved from theory to practice, and everyone began to solve these problems from all aspects, hoping to make a practical steam engine as soon as possible.

Zhang San flipped through the resumes of several people, and the car was parked at the Technician Association, everyone had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Zhang San coming, they all saluted and welcomed, Zhang San stood on the podium and delivered a speech.

The general content is how important technological innovation is, the reason why human progress is based on curiosity, one is based on technological progress, and so on, Zhang San even directly shouted the slogan that science and technology are the primary productive forces, which caused the audience to applaud for a long time.

After the speech, Zhang Sanyi shook hands with those who had won the title of master craftsman and master craftsman, and personally presented the master craftsman with a certificate of skill and a Ryukyu Bank draft of 10,000 taels of gold.

These people are the national treasures of the Ryukyus, and 10,000 taels of gold is only 100,000 taels of silver, and the amount of money they have made can only be said to be in case, but for these workers, there are honors and practical benefits, which can stimulate people's enthusiasm more.

Zhang San hopes that through his own efforts, more people will devote themselves to the cause of science and technology, so that the Han people will always be at the forefront of the world in the field of science and technology.

After attending the award ceremony, Zhang San rushed to the direction of the port in a horse-drawn carriage, where there was still a new Ryukyu waiting for him to cut, and the new Ryukyu was improved after more than a year of gunboat sea trials and the summing up of the combat experience.

The displacement also reached 2,500 tons, or 50,000 stones, and the original design plan soared directly to 80,000 stones, or 4,000 tons, but in the process of design, it was found that both design and manufacturing seemed to have encountered a bottleneck.

Even in terms of operation, the increase in tonnage at this time is very limited, and the increase in construction cost is geometric multiples, Zhang San decided to reduce the tonnage to 2,500 tons after referring to the development law of Western ships.

The speed of innovation in the manufacturing industry was reduced, and the wooden warships of two or three thousand tons were also the most glorious period of the development of wooden warships in Europe, although there were more and larger ships in the future, but they were soon replaced by armored ships and ironclad ships.

Therefore, Zhang San felt that the gunboat should not pursue greater at this time, but pursue stronger firepower, more flexible operation, etc., although the new Ryukyu is only a little larger than the previous one, but there is no problem with combat effectiveness.

Because the gun layout of the new Ryukyu is more reasonable, the anti-sinking performance is more excellent, and the speed and operability have been improved, of course, these are all design data, the real combat effectiveness, until the completion of the sea trials to know, this launch will immediately enter the outfitting stage, it is expected to be completed in March next year, and Zhang San will be able to use the new Ryukyu as a ship in June and July.