Seeing this, Guo Kang continued to talk about his thoughts.

He laid down so much and told all the anecdotes about the relationship, which made Zhu Wenkui, Xiao Jeanna and others very interested. So, let's get to the point.

"England is a great place to be." "There's cheap coal there, and there's cheap manpower," he said. I hope to set up a number of workshops there to make up for our lack of ironwork. ”

"Why did you go there to find ironware?" Zhu Wenkui really cared about topics related to his interests, and when he mentioned iron, he became serious: "Isn't the iron in the Black Sea enough now?" In the distance, you should also go to Alemani. There are only a few more people on the island of Britain, enough to do anything. ”

"For this kind of thing, the larger the scale of the workshop, the more efficient it is; The more convenient the transportation, the lower the cost, so the location is important. Now these are good on the Black Sea. ”

"Of course it's not enough." Guo Kang told him: "In agriculture alone, the annual consumption is very large. Elsewhere, there is no end. I don't think I'll ever have enough iron. ”

"At the time of the Yuan Dynasty, we introduced blast furnaces, but now they are still not enough. I feel like I'll have to pile it up first. ”

"That's ......," Zhu Wenkui hesitated.

If he hadn't lived here for many years, Guo Kang might not have imagined that iron would still be missing. Moreover, iron may be the more you use it, the bigger the gap. Because with the increase of iron equipment, the production efficiency increases, and the amount of iron used is also increasing. We can only continue to find ways to expand production in order to fill the gap.

Moreover, many of the newly developed areas of the Purple Horde were also large consumers of iron.

Take, for example, the Rus region. Until 1911, the agricultural tools of Tsarist Russia were still mainly wooden, there were almost no agricultural machinery, and even iron tools were not popularized: there were 4.2 million iron plows and 10 million wooden plows in the country; There are less than 500,000 iron rakes and 25 million wooden rakes. It can be seen how backward the countryside in this place is.

Guo Kang remembered that there was a saying before that the Central Plains first used iron tools as agricultural tools, and then used them as weapons. Looking back now, even if the early iron was of inferior quality, it was too extravagant.

Similarly, the early popularization of iron farming tools is also an inconspicuous thing at first, but it is difficult to realize how difficult it is to follow suit. Now the iron used in agricultural tools and living materials in the Ming Dynasty is supported by his annual iron output of about 100,000 tons - don't think this number is not high, the Jiang Republic of China is a "modern country", and it is only 50,000 tons a year.

There may be many such misunderstandings. For example, Guo Kang also saw a saying that the Seris would only make gunpowder into fireworks, not weapons. But in fact, gunpowder has been a very scarce material for a long time, and the whole world may be over there, rich enough to make fireworks.

Now that I think about it, it is estimated that after getting used to the abundance of materials, even the way of thinking is different.

Therefore, in the current situation, of course, it is necessary to continue to increase iron production. Zhu Wenkui obviously knows it.

"The countries around us can't really help." Guo Kang continued: "Not to mention that many people have a bad relationship with us, even if they are willing, that little bit of production is useless. More gaps can still only be filled from the East. ”

"But, on the one hand, we can't always ask for a reward for nothing. On the other hand, the legal system that we belong to here is actually very awkward. ”

"Yes?" Zhu Wenkui didn't seem to have thought about this problem.

Monk Daoyan sighed and looked at Xiao Jeanna, who was still thinking.

Guo Kang was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should explain directly or guide Xiao Rangna to speak out. So, he habitually glanced at Theodora for her opinion.

Theodora nodded slightly, and said, "Actually, as long as you understand the biggest difference between other civilizations and the Central Plains civilization in terms of organization, you can understand it very well. ”

"Organizationally......" Jeanne muttered, "Aren't everyone the same?" ”

"Of course, it's about the same when the organization is small, but what about when the organization is large?" Theodora asked rhetorically, "What does it take to build a larger, more efficient organization?" ”

Little Jeanne suddenly showed a look of sudden realization: "I understand." You are saying that the organization of the Central Plains people needs a strong center. But between the two centers, there is no compatibility. ”

"Two leaders, why can't they be compatible?" Zhu Wenkui asked curiously: "Aren't they two emperors?" ”

"That's when the organization was relatively small, what if it grew bigger and bigger?" Jeanne Jr. pointed out: "In the Central Plains system, the most efficient and effective organization is the organization of the government. Or, if an organization is more efficient than the government, it will replace the government as the new government. ”

"Therefore, any group, as long as it grows in size and strength, will definitely naturally develop in the direction of the government. If this continues, sooner or later it will become a competition between the two governments, and of course it will be incompatible. ”

"That's ......"

"You see, for 2,000 years, everyone has only recognized one Son of Heaven and one court, and once there is a situation of 'two days in the sky', they will instinctively feel uneasy, and there will only be one left." Little Jeanne thought for a while and said, "I think maybe this habit has become part of the thinking of the Central Plains people. They really only agree with this single-center structure. ”

In this case, the people of the Central Plains outside the area controlled by the imperial court will definitely be in a dilemma - if people want to live, they need an order after all. Since it is already outside the reach of the imperial court order, there are only two options. ”

"Or, to join the order of the locals. But in this way, after a while, they will lose their identity, integrate into the natives, and be assimilated by them. On the contrary, it is necessary to establish a Central Plains-style order by itself, but this order will definitely conflict with the existing local order, and sooner or later a fight will break out. ”

"In order to deal with this conflict, the immigrants from the Central Plains who do not want to be assimilated must have a strong organization, otherwise I am afraid that even the natives will not be able to defeat them."

"But if you set up such an organization, you will go back to the previous problem - this is equivalent to having another government overseas, or even another imperial court. It's even more troublesome. ”

"The existing imperial court in the Central Plains will be very wary of it, and may even be more hostile to it than the natives. Because the natives can't fight it, they can still make peace and coexist with it; But as long as the two Central Plains courts were close enough, they could never coexist stably. Therefore, the existing Central Plains Imperial Court, not only will not support and help them, but may also have a hostile attitude from the beginning. ”

She spread her hands: "That's the dilemma I'm talking about. ”

(End of chapter)