Chapter 384: The First Industrial Revolution

At the same time as the implementation of the new policy, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, Shanghai County at the moment is like a huge construction site, in addition to the cement high-rise buildings rising from the ground, the throughput of the two ports in Pudong and Puxi is also huge, the original Governor's Yamen has long changed, and a seven-storey reinforced concrete building has been set up in situ, which is now being refreshed and painted, and it is extremely bright.

This building has a huge signboard, on which is written 'Daming Foreign Trade Group' six big characters in gold, the general manager Shen Zhuangling in Nanjing as the minister of the Ministry of Commerce, and here, by the deputy general manager Shen Wanfang Shu.

"The order just sent by the minister, His Majesty said that an industrial competition should be launched in Songjiang, and called it the 'Industrial Revolution', if it is done well, the future achievements of our foreign trade group are not limited to this..."

"Vice President, I heard that many new state-owned enterprises have been selected in Pudong, where is our future future?"

Shen Wanfang smiled: "The minister is not only the general manager, but also the concubine of His Majesty, and all the income of the foreign trade group in the future will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we, but the retainers of the Heavenly Family..."

Under the call of the central government, businessmen from various provinces have come to invest in the construction of factories and learn all kinds of advanced technologies, mainly students who graduated from the Imperial University, as well as people from the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, military artillery, engines, water turbines, etc., as long as they are conducive to the development of the project, are within the scope of purchase of the foreign trade group.

Stimulated by huge domestic demand, not only Shanghai, but also the entire Songjiang is developing with full strength.

"Prepare for the fire..."

As soon as Zhang Lin shouted, a worker poured the prepared diesel fuel into the fuel tank, and then pulled the rope in his hand himself.

In the friction of the flint, the huge engine roared instantly, and a puff of black smoke rose into the sky.

"Good..."

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Chen Cao just got up, last night and Li Xiang, who has become the queen, ran errands several times, tired and couldn't do it, at this moment Li Xiang was asleep, and he got up to run in the morning to exercise.

As for the situation that he didn't use eunuchs at the beginning, he felt that it didn't matter, at least there were many palace maids present, and there were also people who called them, not only that, but the abolishing of the sleeping system, that is, the kind of thing where the concubine was called away by the eunuch as soon as the business was done.

"Emperor..."Zhao Xin shouted, he didn't have many rules, and after running closer, he ran with Chen Cao, who was running in circles: "Emperor, Songjiang has already moved..."

"Whew... Yes, this industrial revolution is to completely change the manual work with steam power, increase the production line, expand the productivity, save manpower and let the people of the whole country slowly become rich. ”

Zhao Xin started to pant after running two laps, and at this moment, Chen Cao had already run around the Imperial Garden three times, and he had already reached five miles on his feet, so he stopped: "Your body is not good..."

"Whew... Whew..."Zhao Xin panted like a cow: "Let the emperor laugh, this body, hehe..."

Chen Cao took the hot towel from the palace maid's hand to wipe his sweat: "I heard that your daughter is eight years old?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I just turned eight years old last month..."

"Your wife gave birth to a big fat boy for you, right..."

"That mouth thinks that the minister will definitely have a future in the future, so let the minister work hard to farm, hahaha..."

Chen Cao also laughed and handed the towel to the palace maid: "The prince is also ten years old now, and he is studying in the Guozijian, go back and tell your tigress how about sending your daughter to the Guozijian?" ”

Zhao Xin was overjoyed, his face was so smiling that he couldn't see his eyes, and then said with a serious face: "Don't worry, the emperor, if my Hun family dares to say a word, the minister will divorce her..."

Chen Cao squinted at Zhao Xin: "Oh, is it? ”

"The minister is righteous and outspoken..."

Chen Cao said as he walked: "After the establishment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I will implement the monogamy system in the Ming Dynasty, and the human trafficking system will be gradually abolished in the future. ”

Zhao Xin smiled, and then became serious: "The emperor's starting point is very good, but in the future, there will be more places in Qinglou, maybe the number of women who are prostitutes will increase several times..."

"There is no overnight thing, since the Qinglou Chu Pavilion can't be banned, then it's okay to legitimize, the state wants to crack down on private prostitution, in addition to avoiding the epidemic of those infectious diseases, there are also the benefits of the standardized system, but there are other things?"

"Yes, many people complain about monogamy, especially officials."

Chen Cao sneered: "Of course, they have privileges, how many women they want, so they have to control, the country is rich and strong, this is also a key point, so I set an example, in addition to the queen of the main palace and the imperial concubine, the emperor's concubines cannot exceed thirty-six, one prince concubine, four side concubines, one county princess, two side concubines, and the rest, those who have not made major contributions to the country, cannot marry more, one person can only have one wife, and the emperor's permission is fine." ”

"After the establishment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, spouses have been registered door-to-door, and Jinyiwei has also arrested many officials and landlords who have secretly married in private, and according to the emperor's order, all of them are ready to distribute Ryukyu."

Chen Cao nodded: "Well done, not only Jinyiwei, but also the East and West Factories must be moved..."

"Yes, the minister also informed those two guys, presumably they won't be lazy."

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"Your Majesty, the spinning machine has been propelled by a steam engine according to the principle of the shuttle, and the yarn mill in Huating can make 5,000 horses of yarn in one day, which greatly reduces the labor cost, and after selling to foreign missions in Shanghai, the profits are gradually increasing."

If Xu Guangqi hadn't died of illness in the middle of the year, the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry would not have been Wang Shunding's turn, but now everyone knows that Wang Shunding is an ornament, and Bi Maokang is the next Shangshu.

Chen Cao looked at the data briefing from Huating and nodded with satisfaction: "All departments should step up cooperation, and all factories in Nanjing should first replace the original old-fashioned water hammer, all of which are mainly based on steam power, and increase the investment of various factories.

Investment promotion is the key, to let the people and those gentry and rich households know the benefits of investing in the factory, first let them get rich, followed by the ordinary people, to let them participate in the construction of the factory, try to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, to the rich first to drive this group of people, so that I will be prosperous;

Secondly, it is an outdated idea to hide wealth from the people, to let them make money, but also let them learn to spend money, not only on women's belly, there can be many kinds of places to spend money, investment in construction, tourism, etc. are also the top priority;

I am discussing with all the ministries to prepare to lift the road guidance system that has entangled the heads of our Ming people at the right time, only in this way will my Ming Dynasty be more prosperous. ”

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"Student Li Jialiang, now a student of the Science Department of Imperial University, has met Your Majesty..."

After the original Nanjing Military Academy was renamed Daming Imperial University, the site of the school has been moved back to Nanjing, and the new campus is being built in full swing, and the temporary campus is in the original site of Jubaomen for teaching activities.

"This is your masterpiece?"

Chen Cao walked around the test bench a few times, and then froze on the copper wire in the center: "Tell me the principle." ”

Li Jialiang approached with great interest, and then pointed to something and said: "According to the teacher's explanation, the student's experiment has been coming to an end for two months, please take a closer look." ”

As he spoke, he greeted his fellow travelers, the steam engine that had been prepared long ago accompanied the rotation of the axle wheel, driving a gear not far from the table one by one, after more than a dozen circles, the copper ring on the table slowly turned red, and then emitted a dazzling light in the room that had been darkened, Chen Cao fixed his eyes and looked, good guy, it was actually a lamp.

The gears rotated at a very uniform speed, and the illumination range of the lamp was also very wide, but the test lasted only a minute, the gears slowly stopped, and after the curtains and doors and windows opened, the white light from the outside entered the room.

The entourage was amazed, and Li Jialiang said excitedly: "Your Majesty, how is it, the student's experiment has been successful?" ”

"Very good..."Chen Cao turned around again, and then pointed to the copper ring and said: "However, I would like to give you an opinion, copper is not resistant to high temperatures, and it will melt when used for a long time, you can see for yourself, this side has begun to melt." ”

More than a dozen people in the house hurriedly walked over, and sure enough, on the outer wall of the copper ring on one side, the copper wires there had been melted together.

Seeing this, Li Jialiang hugged his fists: "The students first used iron wire, but the iron wire melted in about ten seconds of brightness, and then I thought of using copper wire. ”

"The gold wire is not good, it melts faster," Chen Cao bluntly denied his idea: "You try tungsten gold, use tungsten gold to convert tungsten wire, and it can't be a straight line, a small tungsten wire must be arc-shaped, as long as you can test successfully, the three-inch tungsten wire can last for 1400 hours." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, and Li Jialiang saluted excitedly: "With Your Majesty's guidance, the students will be unforgettable, and they will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations, and the experiment will be successful." ”

"Don't be happy just yet..."

Chen Cao looked at him indifferently: "The refining of tungsten gold is not so easy to get, it requires a series of chemical reductions, you are not a student of the Academy of Sciences, you don't understand this, some people understand, and you don't know tungsten ore, I only heard that there are a lot of silver mines in Jiangxi, but some local people found that this ore is not silver ore after mining, and the fire cannot be melted, so the locals call it 'heavy stone';

After learning the news, I have sent a mineral expert to check, if this mine is really tungsten ore, Li Jialiang, I guarantee, you will definitely be able to enter my Ming Dynasty history in the future, what does it matter if I give you a knighthood? ”

"Students... Student... Woo woo... The students will study hard and repay His Majesty's education for their kindness..."