Two million guan a year is already a lot, you know, Zhao Xu's inner treasury can only get one percent from the national tax every year. The national tax revenue is more than 200 million yuan, and the inner treasury has divided 20 million yuan. Most of the rewards were given to the officials and soldiers, and the rest had to feed the royal family, and it was already the limit to be able to squeeze out two million.

Zhao Ji also heard it and knew that Tong Wenjiang was not disgusted with the lack of money, but was complaining about the arrangement of the position. Originally, the Mohists were engaged in the study of production equipment. Thinking of this, Zhao Ji said: "The giant wants to go to the Tiangong Academy? ”

"The four universities, in terms of research, although they have their own classifications, are not so specific. If you want gunpowder and assault guns, it should be studied by the Patriotic Academy. The improvement of the assault rifle should be subdivided into various schools. Tong Wenjiang explained.

"Oh, how do you break it down?" Zhao Ji knew that since Tong Wenjiang had mentioned it, it must be something to think about.

"The improvement of the assault should be carried out by the establishment of research institutes of the Patriotic Academy. Increasing the production of copper and iron ore should be the study of Jishi University. The improvement of gunpowder should be the study of the Tiangong Academy. The study of civilization is the question of the production process of assault guns. If you don't study it separately, it's hard to produce results. And here in Weichen, there is a shortage of manpower at all. Tong Wenjiang explained.

"Did you ask the book city order and the governors of the universities to ask this question?" Zhao Ji thinks this plan is good.

"Sima Xianggong presided over the book city, and the chiefs of various schools paid attention to projects that made more money and produced quick results. It turned out that the Shao Dong family had also been improving the thunderbolt bomb and wanted to create a more powerful sky-shaking thunder, but it had no results for a long time and it was not carried out again. I made a lot of money by getting some glasses, soap, toothpaste, pens, ink, and other strange things. Now that he has become the head of the Tiangong Academy, he is still a domineering heir? All changed. Tong Wenjiang said angrily.

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "You have manufactured a mining machine and a smelting furnace, and you have already registered the results, but the investment is too high, and no mine is willing to buy this technology, right?" Seeing Tong Wenjiang nodding silently, Zhao Ji continued: "I will let the political hall find a way to solve this problem, and it is not a good thing to be too eager for quick success." ”

Subsequently, under the guidance of Tong Wenjiang, Zhao Wei inspected the entire research institute, and there were less than 100 people in the huge research institute. And among these 100 people, there are 50 soldiers of the Joint Defense Force who specialize in protecting the research institute, which shows the tragic situation of the Mo family.

Zhao Ji attached great importance to the development of the Mo family, and during the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucianism and Mo also said that now Confucianism almost dominates the world, and the Mo family is only confined to a workshop. If this huge gap is to be narrowed, it is impossible for Tong Wenjiang to do it, because he is only a craftsman, and if the Mohists want to revive, they still rely on thinkers.

Although Zhao Ji believed that the Mohist Shangjie helped to correct the huge consumption of social wealth under the red tape of Confucian society, such as weddings and funeral sacrifices, Confucianism was too extravagant. However, Zhao Ji did not want to support the Mo family too much, because a relaxed social environment was enough.

Craftsmen under fifty, divided into several groups, are hand-polishing something. Zhao Ji's arrival did not affect their concentration.

Since the Qin Dynasty, handicraft workshops have adopted a standardized production model, such as the Qin Dynasty's crossbow machine, where the various parts of the crossbow machine were first semicolonized and then assembled together. Standardized production is not standardized production, except that the speed is not as good as that of later generations, there are many others, including assembly line operations, and even machine tools.

Don't think that in the Song Dynasty, there were no machine tools, that is a misunderstanding. Although the machine tools of the Song Dynasty were not as advanced as those of later generations, the machine tools were still a little. The reason why machine tool technology has not been able to develop is that there are many Chinese, and in terms of production costs, it is better to use machine tools than to use a large number of craftsmen.

This is the same problem that arose in ancient Rome, in ancient Rome, to erect a large column in the square, if you used more advanced tools, it would undoubtedly save a lot of things, but the ancient Romans did not use it, because the use of slaves in large quantities was enough.

It is probably these trouble-saving things that hinder technological progress. Because of the big bang, no one had the courage to come to Tong Wenjiang's research institute, and Tong Wenjiang had to use a lot of machine tools.

As for the question of precision, there is no need to consider at all, the things made by handicraft can be more elaborate than those made by mechanization. Skilled craftsmen make things better than machines. The industrialization of machines has not brought about more refined goods, but a rapid increase in output. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, handicrafts participated in international industrial exhibitions and won the championship in one fell swoop.

"What is this doing?" Zhao Ji couldn't help asking.

"Mining machines and smelting furnaces. There are only drawings, no samples, and the workshops do not trust. Li Dongjia asked me to make it first, and he would support it. Tong Wenjiang replied.

"On the first floor of the world, the water drain, I look very good. However, it is better to drive it with animal power than to drive it with water power. Zhao Ji said casually.

"Holy Lord, that water drain is indeed driven by water power, and animal power is only supplemented. After all, the hydraulic power is too small. If you want to increase the amount of water, you have to build dams to raise the water level, which will affect the irrigation of the surrounding farmland. Tong Wenjiang didn't understand why Zhao Ji wanted to change the subject.

Water drainage technology was already relatively developed in the Song Dynasty, but in the Yuan Dynasty, this technology was lost. Zhao Ji has never seen that kind of water drain, but in the absence of a steam engine, water power is undoubtedly the best choice.

"Oh." Zhao Ji nodded. Immediately, he walked to a stone table three meters square. Tong Wenjiang pieced together the drawings one by one, which was to introduce his two sets of machines.

"What is this?" Zhao Ji was surprised.

Because the so-called mining machine that Zhao Ji saw was actually a simplified version of the steam engine. No wonder no workshop was willing to buy this technology, you must know that later Britain took 20 years to make 400 steam engines, because there were no rubber and other materials at that time, whether it was the beginning of the Newcomen steam engine, or the universal steam engine invented by Watt, it was not only expensive, but also very fuel-intensive.

"This is a mining machine. Weichen has been pondering this thing, and other things may be as long as other schools spend money to gather craftsmen, it won't take long to make a breakthrough, but this indispensable thing, they can't get it. Tong Wenjiang saw Zhao Ji's surprised appearance and replied happily.

"When did you come up with the idea to design this thing?" Zhao Ji asked in disbelief.

"When I was still in Lijiama Field, when I saw the rushing waterfall all day long, I kept thinking about how to make the water drain all the time without using the terrain? Later, when I was cooking rice, I found that the water kept turning in the pot, wasn't that like a rushing waterfall? As long as the water moves, then there is a way. That's when I designed this. However, at that time, I had to dig gold for the owner every day, and I didn't have time to get it. Tong Wenjiang explained.

This explanation surprised Zhao Ji, and he thought that it must be the story of seeing the kettle boiling water and driving the lid of the kettle like later generations. But I didn't expect it to be a waterfall story.

"If you get this, won't you get the assault rifle? No. It is still necessary to focus on the assault rifle. I can draw talents from other universities, whether it is human or material resources, I will satisfy you. Classified research can be done by itself, and it is completely possible to classify it by itself in this research institute, without having to put it in the four universities. Do you know Red Iron City? There is iron and coal, and there are uninhabited mountains. If this research institute were to be moved there, even if there was a major accident, it would not cause criticism. Zhao Ji was silent for a while and arranged.

"The Holy Lord's intention is to set up a secret research institute?" Tong Wenjiang asked in surprise.

Although Tong Wenjiang knew that Zhao Ji had always supported the Mo family, he did not expect to attach importance to it to such an extent. Originally, I thought that Zhao Ji just valued the craftsmanship of the Mo family, but gradually Tong Wenjiang found that Zhao Ji himself was more like an ink artist than a Confucian.

"Yes, I will let Wan Bing serve as the governor of Taizhou and cooperate with you." Zhao Ji responded.

"Holy Lord, what the Mo family needs now is not to hide." Tong Wenjiang didn't know what Zhao Ji wanted.

"Huh?" Zhao Ji heard what Tong Wenjiang meant.

The silence was broken by a series of crashing sounds.

Zhao Ji looked up and was shocked: "Isn't that a bell?" My God. Why is it that everywhere you go today is as if you have arrived in the Hereafter? ”

"Holy Lord, that is Su Song's invention. Originally, it was for the purpose of observing celestial phenomena, demonstrating, and telling the time, and it was called the water transport instrument elephant platform. The water transport instrument elephant platform, four zhang high, two zhang wide, built in Jishi Academy, is an observatory that operates independently. In the third year of Xining, Wang Zhizhi ordered Su Song to preside over the construction, in order to facilitate the study and cultivation of grain varieties. Later, the workshop valued his time function and asked for simplification, but Su Song had already served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the simplified thing could only be presided over by Han Gonglian. Han Gonglian used the Tianguan component of the second layer to make this time signal. Whether it is ordinary people or various workshops, such a time signal is very needed. Tong Wenjiang explained.

Zhao Ji nodded, looking at the bell. But after watching it for a long time, I don't know what time it is. I could only shake my head and ask, "What time is it?" ”

"It's unitary time." Tong Wenjiang replied, seeing that Zhao Ji didn't seem to understand, he went on to explain: "There are twelve hours in a day, one hour is divided into eight quarters, and one quarter is divided into fifteen moments. ”

"Maybe this timekeeper could be improved. Li Xiang'an, remember to give me this meaning to that Han Gonglian. Zhao Ji still didn't understand in the end, and then ordered.

"Yes." Li Xiang'an replied briefly.

"Holy Lord, this is a smelting furnace, if you use this smelting furnace, the output of copper and iron can be increased tenfold." Tong Wenjiang pulled back the topic.

"What is this?" Zhao Ji looked at the two smelting furnaces connected together, pointed to the connected passage in the middle and said.

"This is ;;;;;;;;. In this way, these 12 smelting furnaces can not only increase the iron output tenfold, but also the steel output by five to seven times. It can produce 12 different uses of copper, iron and steel, such as white cast iron, gray cast iron, black core ductile cast iron, white heart ductile cast iron, solid decarburized steel, etc. Tong Wenjiang said a lot in one breath, and it seemed that in his eyes, this smelting furnace was more valuable than that mining machine.

"Why is there so much cast iron?" Zhao Ji asked.

"The south is mountainous, and the land in the north is becoming more and more barren, and it takes deep ploughing and fertilization to keep the land laborious. The mass production of cast iron was also for the purpose of making more agricultural tools. There are also assault rifles, all of which are made of cast iron, except for spring steel. Although the cotton gunpowder developed by Weichen is also black powder, it is very powerful, and the range of the assault rifle can be increased to 150 to 300 steps. Tong Wenjiang explained.

"How long will it take for the cotton gunpowder you are talking about to be made?" Many things have gone beyond Zhao's understanding of the Song Dynasty.

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