In the three warehouses in the depths of Shangyuan Wharf close to the mountain, a large number of materials were once again piled up silently, and under the misty night, everything was silent, except for the faint sound of Jiang Tao lapping on the shore, no one could have imagined that in the courtyard with three high walls backed by the mountain, there were tens of millions of taels of silver worth of scarce materials.

Zhu Daolin took turns inspecting each pile of goods in the three warehouses, and decided to postpone the transfer of 1,040 tons of copper materials, and store these important materials in the two rows of spacious west wings in his front yard as support materials for the minting of silver dollars and the construction of warships next year.

As for the remaining 660 tons of copper in the warehouse of the printing workshop, Zhu Daolin decided to divide it into two, of which 50 tons of H90 brass and 100 tons of copper were handed over to Zhao Xunting, the chief manager, to be transported to the warehouse of the shipbuilding workshop for storage, saving him from having to find himself for approval and use twice in three days, and the remaining 510 tons of copper were all transported to the Bofu General Account to offset the huge amount of money he had borrowed for large-scale construction.

As long as the 510 tons of copper are cast into copper dollars and put on the market, it will greatly alleviate the dilemma of the circulation crunch in the entire Jiangnan region and stimulate the rapid development of industry and commerce in the north and south of the Yangtze River.

The night rain gradually became heavier, and there were still more than four hours before dawn, Zhu Daolin, who was very worried, simply opened the packaging box of a large vase on the floor, took out the large vase with a five-color pastel pattern and put it on the wall, picked up the wide and regular foam board and spread it on the ground, took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the foam board to think quietly.

The major workshops of Hushan Manor, the textile workshops and shoe-making workshops of Zizhuyuan in the city have now become the industrial foundation of Zhu Daolin, after months of continuous adjustment, continuous improvement and perfection, coupled with the capital investment at any cost, the major workshops have sorted out the context. Gradually on the right track, began to enter a period of rapid development.

What Zhu Daolin is most proud of is not that the major workshops are gradually losing less and making profits, but that after several twists and turns, the "Industrial Research Institute" was finally formally established 45 days ago, which is an unprecedented industrial research institution in the history of the Ming Dynasty, with more than 220 technical talents in the fields of smelting, casting, machinery, shipbuilding, textile, chemical industry, etc., more than half of which are senior practitioners who can write and calculate. The other half are well-known craftsmen recognized in various industries.

Moved by Zhu Daolin's sincerity and respect, the whole family lived in a two-story building with a garden, and received a monthly salary equivalent to 10 times the average monthly salary of ordinary craftsmen. A list of 35 technical research projects that need to be solved urgently, and research, design, experimentation and imitation are carried out day and night.

The four special inks used in the printing workshop today for movable type printing on metal, the complete technical record in smelting and forging and the repeatable and controllable quenching and annealing process. The Jenny loom, which eliminated the old spinning machine, and the new wide loom, were the first four achievements of the Industrial Research Institute, and have now become the pillars of profitability in the industrial manufacturing field of Hushan Manor.

It's just that the name Jenny Spinning Machine was replaced by someone's named "Ziyang Spinning Machine" in the first place, and no one knows what Jenny is.

The woodworking branch under the ironwork workshop became famous for the production of new textile machines, and the 14 members of the "textile research group" of the research institute were even more fame and fortune, not only with the successful development of four kinds of inks of the "chemical research group" and the promotion of new forging technology of the "metallurgical research group" colleagues, they also obtained the promotion qualification of technical level, and each person also received a bonus of 50 taels of silver issued by Zhu Daolin personally.

Judging by the current good momentum of development. The "Shipbuilding Research Group" is likely to become the next outstanding group to make achievements, once the two 300-ton improved warships and the first use of the cross-truss type fast lifting sails successfully complete the one-month sea trial. The 37 members of the "Shipbuilding Research Group" will not only be qualified for technical promotion as the previous winning groups, but will also share the "Innovation Award" bonus of up to 5,000 taels of silver, which will become the object of praise and envy of everyone in the entire Hushan Manor.

Zhu Daolin's series of new policies have brought a new atmosphere to the entire Hushan Manor, and have won the heartfelt support of all craftsmen, apprentices and their families. All of them have become the buzzwords of Hushan Manor and quickly spread outward, the various groups of the research institute are rushing to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the glass manufacturing process and match production process of the "Chemical Research Group", and the success is in sight, and the hydraulic rice milling machine and grinder imitated by the "Machinery Research Group" have been tested and improved for half a month. It is likely that it will be successfully finalized and put into mass production in the near future.

Although it is still far from the establishment of the entire basic industrial system, it has taken the most difficult first step and has the largest capital that exceeds that of any force.

In contrast, Zhu Daolin's army building, in which he was originally the most confident, turned out to be the most troublesome problem for him, not because he did not have a series of reasonable development plans and material guarantees, nor because he did not have enough qualified soldiers, but because there was a serious shortage of middle- and low-ranking officers with relatively high quality and mastery of military training methods.

In the final analysis, the military foundation of the Ming Empire was too weak, and the reason for this serious consequence was undoubtedly the result of the national policy of emphasizing literature over military force for more than 200 years.

In Zhu Daolin's view, industry and the army are like two legs of people, no one can be missing, no matter which leg has a problem, it will drag down the other leg, and now the leg of industry that worries him the most is slowly growing, and the army he is most confident in is lagging behind, how can he not be anxious?

Therefore, what Zhu Daolin thinks about the most at this moment is how to solve the many difficulties faced in the process of army building, and how to solve the problems through reasonable resource allocation on the existing basis. (To be continued......)