The period from July 28 to August 3, 1029. One by one, carrier pigeons shuttle around the country with the imperial capital as the center.

As Suget, the instructor of the Celestial Tower Mechanics Academy, sent invitations to the apprentices all over the country to hold a banquet in Binghe, the mechanic families from all over the country from all over the country rushed to the imperial capital in exquisite costumes, carrying boxes, and selecting gifts.

On the imperial capital, Binghe wanted to hold a banquet according to the traditional aristocratic rules, and when he asked the royal etiquette master for the traditional banquet form, he finally learned the doorway.

Since the beginning of the Heman Empire, all the rituals of the aristocracy have been fixed. The banquet of the aristocracy also has a etiquette system, and there are rules for how many main tables and how many tables there are when the banquet is held by different levels of nobles.

The higher the rank, the more times the main table can be feasted. Historically, if the minor nobles overstepped the system, the big nobles would use this as an excuse to punish the lesser nobles.

After the Imperial Royal Etiquette Master respectfully explained this rule to Binghe. And to Binghe gave a detailed introduction to the banquet regulated by the duke.

At first glance, it feels funny, and this seems to be an excuse for punishment. It was decided not to follow this pattern.

However, these ceremonies immediately and urgently corrected the idea of the binghe, and turned up a large number of examples of overstepping in history to warn about the seriousness of the overpass.

However, after seeing these examples, Binghe thought for a while, smiled dumbly, and finally understood the reason why the upper echelons of the mainland maintained the banquet standard system.

The power of human society lies in the organization. When a banquet is determined to be a formal social occasion, being able to hold a banquet is equivalent to holding the power to formally organize other members of society.

When the minor nobles can only invite a limited number of nobles, then the power of the minor nobles to organize others is limited. In order to limit the power of the small nobles, in order to prevent their subordinates from emptying themselves, the big nobles must of course restrict the small nobles in the system.

If the number of people invited exceeds the number of people and you want to avoid exceeding the limit, then the band of the banquet is not allowed to play some music, some utensils are not allowed, and the style of dishes must also be restricted, making the banquet informal. Example: The Gyoen family's hunting party.

However, from the perspective of the cultural atmosphere of this world, informal gatherings are not solemn and have no sense of ceremony, and cannot replace the role of formal banquets. Nobles of similar status could shirk such informal invitations on ordinary grounds such as busyness. - This is similar to the 21st century, buying spicy potato chips and cola, you can invite your classmates who have a good personal relationship, you can invite your subordinates to cheer, but you want to invite the leader to rub it, then the leader will roll his eyes and reprimand directly: "I'm busy!"

And the ceremonial master cited so many cases of overstepping the system in history, which also shows that this system is not absolutely so reliable, for example, when West was on the verge of extinction before, the nobles of West couldn't care about overstepping the system, and began to connect with each other.

In the past few years, the Gangluan family has regained its authority, and a few years later, after stabilizing the domestic situation, ninety percent of them have settled accounts with these families. After Binghe returned to St. Sauce, the Fengyuan family and the Blood Rose family still invested heavily in the Gun Flame family's industry in the Sea Crab Harbor, not because they really had technical vision, but because they were afraid.

[And now, Binghe is also preparing to overtake. In the confusion and helplessness of the royal ceremonial master, Binghe directly demarcated the position of the main table at the banquet by seven times. It's ridiculous. 】

The royal ceremonial master reported this kind of thing to the royal family, and both the emperor and Chanhong laughed it off. There is no rebuke on this issue. This made the ceremonial masters of the royal family have to bite the bullet and prepare for Bingnu.

The reason is simple, punishing a courtier under the pretext of 'overstepping the rules' is usually when the lord senses the threat from the courtier.

And Binghe's behavior at this time made the royal family feel unthreatened.

First: The serving knights around Binghe are all royal, and Binghe said that he would not expand the influence of the Gun Flame family in the imperial government.

Second: Binghe This banquet, none of the people invited by Binghe are from the emperor's family, and even the invitations to the mechanic families with fighters, such as wave wheels, round gears, and light jun, also ask mechanics to participate by name.

This banquet was not a series meeting of military nobles at all, so the emperor just laughed at Binghe's 'informality', and said to the royal etiquette: "Since this kid wants to be lively, let him be lively, this little thing to discipline him is very bad." ”

On August 14, 1029, a banquet for industrial cooperation was held in Binghe in the manor of the royal family of an empire in the upper part of the empire. This opened a new history of the Saint Sauc Empire.

Gunflame Binghe and Dusty received more than a hundred members of the mechanic family from all over the empire, and toasted the mechanics at the tables.

No. 14 Binghe's performance at the banquet naturally spread to the traditional aristocratic circle, in the eyes of these traditional nobles in the imperial capital, the reason why all the mechanics in the empire were held to gather, Binghe, the mechanical controller, likes to be lively, so he mixes with the lower professionals regardless of his identity, this is just a whim of the young man, and it is not a big deal.

However, in fact, Bing was very pragmatic at the banquet, and asked these mechanics to stay in the imperial capital for a month. In the next month, Binghe will take these mechanics to inspect the industrial layout of the imperial capital, and send them an itinerary, on the itinerary, Binghe is full of itinerary for this month.

In the process of talking to Binghe, the mechanic was surprised to find that Binghe had "heard a little" about their family's inheritance—the information provided by Sugt and many other mentors of the Celestial Tower Academy.

The small factories that these little mechanic families hold are usually three to seven generations old, and they are scattered throughout the territories of the various lords of the empire.

Some supplied steam machinery to inland river vessels in the south.

Some were responsible for repairing firearms under the northern military aristocracy.

There are also those who are responsible for the operation of a city's trains and the maintenance of high-end carriages.

Due to the monopoly of the aristocracy on formal social occasions, there was no cooperation between them, and for a long time the small industries of the empire were isolated from each other. It can be said that today is the first time that we have met collectively on this occasion.

After walking around the banquet with the juice and roughly confirming the authenticity of the information of the Machinery Institute, Binghe breathed a sigh of relief.

Bing checked the dust on the side and said, "I should have thought of this earlier. If I had thought about it earlier, I wouldn't have been so tired half a month ago. ”

Dusty looked at Binghe in bewilderment.

Binghe further explained: "Chenjia, no one is a genius, there are excellent talents in various fields, and when you encounter difficulties in the future, don't drill the horns of the horns of the bull alone." ”

Binghe is talking about himself, the process of studying the diesel locomotive that Binghe was distressed about half a month ago. The crazy wanted to work on the entire production line by himself, but the result was very miserable.

But after hitting the wall, Binghe suddenly thought: "If you can research the production line for ordinary people to master, there is no reason why others can't study it, and the opposite is the same, if you study something for a few months, others may have mastered this technology for several generations." ”

This idea prompted Binghe to find his mentor, and the situation was really confirmed here by Suget, and the parts that Binghe asked for were available in the empire by many mechanic families and could supply them in large quantities.

As for why Sugert knew so clearly, the Imperial Mechanical Academy recruited students, and Sugert wanted to purchase parts to make some of his own gadgets, and these civilian students also helped Sugert get them. Several mechanical controller instructors of the Imperial Machinery Institute have been teaching for decades, and the channel information is very broad.

However, the Celestial Tower's mentors only have channels, not political resources. This resulted in a complex tech tree in the Empire that could not be integrated and developed.

In fact, when Binghe was a student at the Celestial Tower Academy, he was aware of this problem in the Imperial Mechanic class.

There is no shortage of money in this class. After a trial, just casually speaking, he was able to raise a huge sum of 320,000 lire. What the Imperial mechanics class lacks is political commitment.

[And there is no extra political commitment to them.] The position of the imperial ruling class is limited. No family, including the royal family, can give political promises to others without restrictions. 】

If a median family gives hundreds of small family political promises, then they will be kept away by the sneering of the median family of the same level, and then invariably squeeze this fat political group.

In "Tongjian", Zhang Yan pointed out that Yang Guozhong's powerful power is not Mount Tai but an iceberg, which is the reason. Later, the powerful military feudal towns of the Tang Dynasty made a force, and Yang Guozhong's huge power disappeared.

When hundreds of small families that are unable to provide political responsibility are all relying on a certain guy who can provide political responsibility to gain momentum in public opinion, then the seemingly huge forces will directly collapse and have no cohesion once the core forces that can provide political responsibility collapse internally.

In St. Sauk, only the military industry and the military are linked to political responsibility.

Because it is the steam age, the responsibility of the military industry, the gun flame and the wave wheel of the family, with the strength of their own family can do it, the technology of the steam age fulfills the responsibility. There is no need for the technology of other small families. Therefore, there has never been a political commitment to these little mechanic families, and these little mechanic families can only find their own ways to defect to other nobles.

Wave wheels and spear flames, only give political promises to the knights and aimed of those families who have declined. Military industrial families marry their daughters, and then recommend them, they are also looking for these military elites, because these knights and sighters have the ability to assume political responsibilities after entering the army.

However, with such a set of political rules, Saint Sauk's Shang**Ying has been playing for hundreds of years!

In the staggered banquet, Binghe further understood the technical strength of each small family's workshop.

"In the past, I thought that the restriction of production relations by productive forces was the most important thing, but now!" The empire makes me have to admit that the textbooks of my last life are right! ”

On August 14, 1029, the great alliance of mechanics created the prototype of the bourgeois alliance in the Western Continent. And the creation of this prototype is by no means a simple gathering of mechanics from all over the country to feast and listen to their praises.

If that's the case, it's like Wang Mang in history, who has nothing to show for but has no real power.

Binghe has traveled and investigated the entire Western Continent, and now Binghe has the planning plan for the second industrial revolution in his hand, and has arranged hundreds of small factories up and down the empire to the industrial chain of the second industrial revolution in his notebook.

As one of the world's top mechanical controllers, Binghe has touched the limits of the world's mechanical controllers. Although Binghe himself does not dare to say that he is the most genius mechanical controller. However, it is determined that even if he is two or three times more talented than himself, he will not change the fact that in the future, it will no longer be the military industrial family that will bear the political responsibility for military production in the electric era, but the military industrial alliance.

From August 15th to September 10th, Binghe successively walked with these invited mechanics in the new factory, and then talked with them one by one about the cooperation plan.

In the Binghe plan, each partner signs an industrial parts contract every three years, and each company discusses technical cooperation issues together every year.

After learning about Binghe's plan, these mechanics also happily stayed in the imperial capital, and sent the good news back to the family with carrier pigeons.

And after this information was sent back to all parts of the country, the mechanics who were not invited by Binghe were also cheeky after hearing the rumors, and saw if they could find an opportunity. However, they made the right bet, and they did not refuse to come.

September 5th.

Outside Binghe's office, the heads of small families sat outside the door, each holding the completed application form and waiting with anticipation. And after being summoned at the door, they all sorted out their clothes and walked in.

Most of them didn't take more than ten minutes, and the mechanics who came out were satisfied with the contract and thanked Binghe and left the room.

All the negotiations went very well.

Because Binghe is very sincere. Any problem related to production, these small factory owners are embarrassed to mention it, Binghe can take the initiative to raise it, and propose to help them solve it.

Example 1: There is a shortage of personnel, and Binghe told them that he was running a worker training class here in the imperial capital and could provide basic workers.

Example 2: If the funds are insufficient, you can take out a loan directly. In these years, the petty bourgeoisie below is still very simple, and it has not yet dared to cheat loans and run away.

Example 3: The factory is blackmailed by other local lords, and Binghe directly writes a letter to the local lord, reminding the local lord that this small factory has become a shareholder, and will not accept any harassment except for paying legal taxes.

In the small room, the knights of the Empire sent to Bing Nucleus watched all this happen. It is not clear to these dazed warriors what the current situation means for the future.

In the office where the contract was signed, Dusty was busy with Binghe.

Binghe excused himself to sign and couldn't always wash his hands too tired, so he directly held Chenjia's little hand, glued red ink, and pressed it on the contract. While pressing the mudras, he introduced the mechanics: "This is my disciple. ”

Dusty was speechless as he consciously pressed his handprints under Binghe's arrangement.

In Chenjia's eyes, Binghe spent too much money to hold this banquet, and he directly spent 2.4 million lira in a few days. Dusty wanted to remind Binghe that the family's financial income in the last year was only 12 million silver coins, but looking at Binghe's calm expression, Dusty thought that Binghe was also swaying and arrogant in Westport, and Dusty decided to be humble and shut up.

[On September 10th, after the end of this industrial production conference. Binghe gave the mechanics a good ride. 】

At the feast, there were many smiling mechanics on their faces.

Binghe cherished and said: "In three years, I will give you enough profits, enough independent production rights to update the production chain, and political support, and after three years, the entire production alliance will re-select suppliers." I would like to remind you not to engage in any crooked ways, and you also believe that I will never allow others to use crooked ways to undermine fair competition. I just look at technology. ”

Speaking of this, Binghe glanced at a middle-aged mechanic around the corner, this middle-aged mechanic was Bai Curtain's father, and Binghe said in a heavy tone: "I am very optimistic about some people's skills, but some things are very unnecessary. "——Bing looked at him, because he really wanted to go that way in the past half a month, and he had already claimed that he had gone through, which caused some bad effects in the entire industrial conference. made other mechanic families dare not compete with him for projects, so that Binghe had to explain to those mechanics one by one, so that they can boldly supply supply parts, concentrate on technology, and they will not have any eccentricity.

Therefore, if this capitalist discovers that he has unique resources, he will never let it go.

Then Binghe looked at everyone: "Please believe in your efforts, during my tenure, the Gun Flame Family Industrial Alliance is absolutely fair." ”

After sending everyone away, Binghe sorted out the contracts signed for a month overnight, and Binghe fell into deep thought.

Chenjia is right, Binghe has spent too much money, and he has spent six million imperial lira to support the small factory owners across the country.

Although with the current prestige of Binghe, it is not a problem to raise 30 million lira. But the financing will eventually have to be repaid.

If these new industrial chains do not succeed in repatriating funds, the deficit will grow larger. As Binghe's prestige declines and money cannot be borrowed, the entire industrial revolution's capital chain will break. - And if it develops normally, the new industries in St. Sauc will not be able to withdraw funds

With a population of nearly 300 million, 90 percent of whom are in abject poverty, the traditional aristocracy with a lot of money is a pastoral self-sufficient economy. But the scale of consumption of this group of people is too small, and each traditional aristocrat, even if one person buys ten electric fans, ten TVs, and ten cars. This market is also very small.

The system of Saint Sauc itself was a serfdom state, a serfdom country with extremely low consumption power for industrial goods, and could not afford industrialization

Only by fully replacing horse-drawn carriage transportation with automobile transportation can we make the funds absorbed by the forage industry go to the coal chemical industry and turn it into an oil price market. In order to revitalize the machinery manufacturing industry and the coal chemical industry. But how easy is it to revitalize?!

The word "war" is in Binghe's mind again. At the thought of this word, Binghe's face became heavy.

The first thing that comes to mind is the Revolution. The violent revolution shattered the self-sufficient pastoral economy dominated by the traditional aristocracy.

Of course, Binghe immediately rejected this tendency, and the emerging bourgeoisie did not have this power.

This is not Earth, the upper nobles are all superhuman in the war. It would be more difficult for the lower classes to make a revolution than for the blind to overthrow the rule of the sighted. There will be many, many deaths, and there will be a high probability of failure.

And then there is only the second type, waging wars abroad, and at the same time plundering foreign countries by the military, supporting automobiles, coal chemical and heavy industries. At the same time, the cheap colonial economy overseas crushed the domestic agricultural product market and bankrupted the pastoral aristocracy. There is a high probability that this plan will succeed, but it is a war of aggression!

Climbed the clock tower alone and watched the stars in the sky.

"Hey!" Binghe sighed slightly, "I want to promote technological progress and knowledge to make the world better, but when interests are involved, there will be war at every step." ”

After a few seconds, Binghe's eyes became clear again: "But, if I don't do anything." So what's the point of me coming into this world? ”

[On September 11th, in the state hall of the Celestial Tower, in the developers, the big names from all over the empire started the conference call again. 】

The purpose of the Emperor's meeting was to endorse Binghe's actions. Binghe mobilized the small families of the whole country, and the emperor wanted to explain the situation to these grand dukes.

And the rulers of each era only see the advantages of technology at the beginning of technological development, and will not see the challenges brought to the old ruling class when technological development is developed.

Bingnu is now in the empire for the industrial consolidation, and the attitude of the upper nobles of St. Sauc is still supportive.

In the lobby.

A projection of a car, projected in the center of the venue. As well as various parameters, placed in the private study of His Majesty the Emperor. And on the left side of the study, are the four high-ranking professionals of the empire.

Emperor: "That's what the boy is going to make." Now he looks serious. (Binghe's performance of throwing money and energy, the emperor saw it through the eyeliner around Binghe.) ）

The Grand Duke of Dragon's Tooth said, "How long is it expected to be supplied in large quantities?" ”

A few years ago, Binghe provided Coffey with the gas car fleet, in the Northern Territory military mobilization provided an excellent boost, the Dragon's Tooth Grand Duke, who tasted the sweetness of mechanized transportation, is very optimistic about Binghe's next-generation mechanical vehicle upgrade.

The Emperor smiled: "It's not clear yet, but the young man is full of energy." I think it will surprise us in a few years. His Majesty's smile was smug.

Whether it was Binghe's establishment of a new industrial park in the imperial capital, or the act of not contacting any military nobles, His Majesty the Emperor felt the sincerity of Binghe's all-round refuge.

His Majesty the Emperor is thinking about arranging the marriage between Binghe and Xiyun as soon as possible within a year.

Grand Duke of River Ridge in the South: "I'm not interested in the earth, I'm more interested in war horses and sand camels." The desert pariahs in the southern part of the empire are like gophers every year, scurrying out from the east and from the west. Let him expand the production of airships. The cruising airship was still useful in fighting in the south, as soon as the bullet swept the ground, the gathered untouchables were all scattered. ”

The Grand Duke of River Ridge was the elder brother of Marshal Suha of the Southern Legion, how could this Grand Duke not be interested in ground mechanization. Now the Southern Corps coal-water slurry steam chariots are in vogue. Binghe's talent as a mechanic is also well-known in the south.

It's just that the royal family clutched the mechanic too hard. In that trial four years ago, it was logical that the winners would be assigned to the Southern Legion, but the emperor later excused himself on the pretext that the students had not yet graduated. Then Binghe ran out of the country.

And now that Binghe is a high-ranking professional, the Grand Duke of Heling is also dead. But when he heard the emperor say how good the nuclear mechanics were, he couldn't help but sneer.

The emperor glanced at the general. Understood the general's thoughts, so he stopped the topic and said to the Grand Duke of River Ridge: "The grain production in the valley area this year is okay. ”

Grand Duke Heling: "Your Majesty, the grain is growing very well now. But I hope that the Empire will give more troops to protect the grain harvest. As you know, every year, the grain is transported to the north, and the untouchables there have to revolt under the leadership of the remnants of the Toya. ”

The Grand Duke of Dragon Tooth said very dissatisfiedly: "Kill it every year, can't you kill it cleanly?" ”

Narrator: The River Valley was a well-known grain producing region in the empire, and it was supposed to feed a large population. Agricultural production requires only a small amount of people, so the empire directly transports a large amount of grain every year, regardless of whether the local people live or die.

Grand Duke of River Ridge: "Yes, you can't kill them cleanly, the guys who lead them, every time they see a bad momentum, they flee to the south, and my cavalry can't enter the rainforest in the south to pursue them." ”

The Emperor knocked on the table: "The matter of the southern rainforest is quite a headache. This year, though, I think things can change. The Imperial School of Medicine and Pastoral Medicine has researched a new death plague, and at the end of this year, let's try it. ”