The appearance of the steam engine was too shocking to draw a perfect end to this expedition.

The purpose of this visit is to test the progress of new projects launched in the past few months, and secondly, to let shareholders see the strength of Galaxy Group.

Due to the integration of resources, Xu Rui gave up 67% of the shares, and finally Emperor Hongwei himself became the largest shareholder of Galaxy Group with 30% of the shares, and served as the chairman of the first board of directors.

The remaining 33% of the shares are held separately by the clan, and the maximum shareholding ratio can never exceed 7% of Prince Bao's shares.

In order to diversify the control of equity, Emperor Hongwei found a large number of small shareholders, so except for Prince Bao, there are very few people who actually hold more than 3% of the shares.

Don't underestimate this 3% equity, if Galaxy Group can really complete the blueprint goal of the first stage and achieve an annual profit of 70 million taels, then 1% of the equity can get a dividend of 700,000 taels.

In Xu Rui's prospectus, this is only the lowest and lowest goal.

If it can really get on track and carry out colonial dumping on all countries in the world, this number will immediately skyrocket, reaching a terrifying 400 million taels.

This means that the annual revenue of Galaxy Group will reach the unthinkable 1.4 billion taels, and the direct tax revenue of this enterprise alone will be as high as 112 million taels, which exceeds the annual financial revenue of Dawei.

And that's not counting the large amount of other taxes generated in trade, and roughly calculated, the direct and indirect taxes generated by Galaxy by that time are likely to be more than 700 million taels of silver.

For Da Wei, whose current income is only about 80 million taels, this is definitely a piece of cake that can choke people to death.

But almost everyone, especially those who have been to Tianbao Pavilion and seen the new factories of the Galaxy Group, are convinced of this.

A large part of the reason for this effect is due to this investigation.

There are quite a few new shareholders of Galaxy Group, except for a very few who were personally screened by Xu Rui, most of the rest were directly appointed by Emperor Hongwei in the clan, except for absolute loyalty to the emperor and noble status, other conditions were uneven.

In order to unite the hearts of these people and give them hope, Xu Rui asked An Ge, Lin Shaodong and Yuan Zixiong to plan and arrange this investigation, and the effect was obviously very ideal.

In the afternoon of the same day, the shareholders went home with a long-standing sense of calm and infinite expectations for the future and wealth, and they would become the first clusters of Galaxy and industrialization, and even the potential germ of future capitalists.

When all the shareholders were satisfied, and only Xu Rui and a group of henchmen remained, Yuan Zixiong approached Xu Rui and said: "Lord, in addition to the previous projects, there are also some confidential projects that you personally ordered have also made progress, do you want to take a look?" ”

"Oh, progress so soon? Of course you have to see! ”

Xu Rui was stunned for a moment, and immediately gave an affirmative answer.

Yuan Zixiong nodded, beckoned to his cronies, and immediately a child of the Yuan family came over to guide Xu Rui and the others.

Just not far from the forge is the technology incubation laboratory of the research institute, which is ostensibly dedicated to mass production tests of new technologies.

What everyone doesn't know is that under this laboratory, there is a small existence, which is responsible for the development of the secret project assigned by Xu Rui himself.

Since the Technology Research Institute itself is independent of the Galaxy Group, and the funds used are smuggled from the treasury, all projects and expenses here do not have to be disclosed to shareholders, and the confidentiality is extremely high.

In the secret laboratory, there was no long-term worker, and all the tests were carried out by the Yuan family himself.

Yuan Zixiong first led people to a closed laboratory more than ten zhang square, where countless drawings, piles of test materials, and a semi-finished product the size of a skull were placed on the still slightly rudimentary test bench.

Xu Rui looked at the finished product, and saw that it was a fist-sized core wrapped with copper wire, and outside the core was a transmission shaft and a large natural magnet.

With just one glance, Xu Rui already knew it.

"It's a generator!"

Xu Rui said in a deep voice.

Yuan Zixiong nodded: "According to your design drawing, we have successfully created a prototype, and it has been confirmed that this design scheme can indeed create a heavenly thunder, but it is a pity that the heavenly thunder is very unstable, there are problems with storage and transmission, and we have not been able to find a useful use for the time being."

The cost of copper wire and natural magnets is too high, and making a generator is more expensive than digging and purifying gold of equal weight, and there is no possibility of large-scale manufacturing for the time being.

In addition, the uneven thickness of copper wire will have a significant impact on the efficiency and stability of the generator, and this problem cannot be solved at the current level of technology, and it is possible to completely solve it when the next generation of lathes are put into use. ”

Xu Rui nodded: "Good job, I originally thought that I would have to wait at least three years to see the finished product, but I didn't expect you to give me a big surprise so soon."

It is normal to have difficulties in the development of technology, the generator is so important that its significance will even exceed that of the steam engine, and it is definitely worth concentrating a lot of resources on development.

In this case, you ask the project team to prepare a report on the main difficulties, and I will participate in the research and point them in the right direction.

However, this is an exception, and future research must slowly eliminate the dependence on me, so that the technicians can really grow. ”

Yuan Zixiong nodded: "The importance of the generator, the last time the lord gave the old man the drawings, the old man will personally keep an eye on this project, once there is progress, immediately report to the lord." ”

Xu Rui nodded and followed Yuan Zixiong out of the laboratory.

In another laboratory, just a wall away, the environment was immediately turned upside down.

Compared with the simplicity of the Fangcai laboratory, it is relatively elaborate, the entire laboratory is pasted with fireproof stone slabs, even the gaps in the door are carefully filled with sand plaster, and the floor is covered with a thick layer of fine sand, walking up is like walking on the beach.

The reason why this laboratory is the way it is is done is for one purpose, and that is to prevent fire, and the reason why it needs to be fireproof is because the research here is very special.

"This is the black oil that the old man sent someone to transport from the northwest according to the description of the adult!"

Yuan Zixiong wore a mask and pointed to a small bowl of black viscous liquid on the test bench.

Xu Rui looked at the bowl of black oil, and his brows jumped slightly, because these black oils also have a name in another world, called "oil"!

Petroleum is the basis of the internal combustion engine, a new energy source to replace the steam engine, and a raw material for many products such as plastics, which has been used in another world for more than 200 years, and its importance is self-evident.

"Some progress has been made in the stratified liquefaction test of black oil, but there is still a certain gap from the extraction of kerosene you mentioned, gasoline, diesel, etc. have no clue for the time being, but our direction is not wrong, success is only a matter of time."

Xu Rui nodded: "Hard work, this thing is also a good thing, it will be worth more than gold in the future, and more importantly, whoever controls this thing is equivalent to controlling the world, so you must not be sloppy, and you must do a good job of protection to avoid danger." ”

Yuan Zixiong sighed when he heard this: "Lord, of course we understand what you said, but I won't tell you anything, there is a huge problem in front of us that we can't solve." ”

"Oh, what's the problem, you say?"

Xu Rui asked in a deep voice.

Yuan Zixiong said: "In fact, this project could have progressed faster, but at the moment we are seriously understaffed, which greatly slows down the progress of the research.

Now that so many factories and new technologies are being launched at the same time, the Yuan family has been used by three people by one person, and some of the children have not even slept and have not taken a day off for two consecutive years.

The workers in the factory, including the apprentices who have just been brought out, have all been stationed in the new factory, which is already our limit, but the gap is still as high as hundreds, and all the laboratories and factories cannot achieve saturated production, let alone expand the scale in the future. ”

Hearing this, Xu Rui sighed deeply: "You have already told me at least a few times about this matter, and you were also busy with the big war before, so you blame me for delaying this matter." ”

Yuan Zixiong shook his head: "Lord, I don't blame you for this matter, if you want to conduct these researches, or operate machines for production, you must conduct a lot of training, at least you must understand the learning of those ghost valleys in your stomach, in order to keep secrets, it is impossible to promote them in large quantities, and it is even more difficult to cultivate more talents." ”

"Who says you can't promote it?"

Xu Rui shook his head: "Learning is meant to be learned, if it is self-cherishing, then what's the point?"

In fact, I have not promoted the new school before, not because I am afraid of leaking secrets, on the contrary, I am worried that the new school will have a huge impact on the hundreds of schools of thought, which will provoke the dispute between schools.

In the eyes of the hundred schools of thought, there are too many ideas in the new school that are too subversive, and can even pry the foundation of other schools, which is not easy to be accepted by the public.

In addition, industrial development needs a stable external environment, if it is because of the dispute between schools of thought caused by the disagreement between the court, it will inevitably have an impact on the fledgling industrial development, and the gains will outweigh the losses! ”

"In that case, wouldn't it be impossible to solve it for the time being?"

Yuan Zixiong asked with a little disappointment.

"That doesn't have to ......"

Xu Rui shook his head again and said: "The saint has been advised by me several times, and he is already tempted by the education reform, so he is just adding fire at this time, and in addition, I have been thinking about this problem recently, and today you finally have a way to get the best of both worlds!" ”

"What's the best of both worlds?"

Yuan Zixiong looked at Xu Rui curiously.

Xu Rui smiled: "It's been a while since I returned to Beijing, and I haven't gone to ask the master to say goodbye, it seems that it's time to go and see his old man's house." ”

Hearing Xu Rui mention Mr. Dongli, Yuan Zixiong's eyelids lifted slightly, and he secretly said in his heart: "Good girl, the lord won't be so bold, in order to promote Xinxue, you want to directly take the master's knife, right?" Isn't that the same as stabbing a hornet's nest? ”