"Three points are destined, seven points depend on hard work, and only if you love hard work will you win..."

Guangzhou Chengtianfu, on the Tianzi Pier, the military song is loud!

Today's weather is not very good, the autumn rain has fallen, and there is still some wind and waves on the Pearl River. However, in this storm, the Army's second soldier embarked on the journey singing the "vernacular military song" "Love and Fighting Will Win"

Town, the officers and soldiers of the seventh town are in high morale. The people of Guangzhou organized by the original Confucian school to send off the expedition cheered hoarsely in the distance while waving the sun and the moon as the bright flag, the world is the public flag, and the world is unified.

flag and the newly appeared Taitianxingdao flag - this is the flag of the newly established Nanyang Trading Company!

Currently moored at the Tianzi Pier are several brand new "Great Eastern" class armed merchant ships, all of which are flying the blue-based flag of the world and the flag of Datong in the World, which are the military flags of the Ming Dynasty Navy.

The galley warship of Nanyang Trading Company, flying the flag of Taitianxingdao, was cruising further on the Pearl River, waiting for the transport fleet to be loaded.

In fact, the newly launched Nanyang Trading Company does not have its own fleet, and the warships currently under the banner of Taitian Xingdao are also the property of the Ming Navy.

The reason why the warships of the Ming Navy were allowed to carry the banner of the Nanyang Trading Company was, of course, to allow them to act as the main force in the next battle with the Dutch and Spanish... The Dutch and Spanish were flying under the banner of the Nanyang Trading Company.

Isn't it that the Qing Dynasty's Longqi went to war just to avoid a complete break with the new Ming Dynasty?

Then Zhu Heji followed suit and let the Ming warships fly the flag of the Nanyang Trading Company. If the Dutch and Spanish recognized this rule, they would see this in the future off the coast of Batavia and Manila.

Face to face the flag of Tianxingdao!

In the corner of Tianzi Pier, there is a newly built long pavilion. Zhu Heji, who is in yellow clothes and yellow scarf, is sitting in it with a golden sword. He is saying goodbye to a group of Guangdong elders who came to see him off. In the long pavilion, except for him and these people

The group of elders, including Qiu Hui, Eunuch Pang, Mr. Yu, Mr. Guo, and a group of young men wearing blue cross-collar commoners and black scarves on their heads, all carrying baggage, were crying.

Like a tearful person.

An old man dressed as a member of the Communist Party of China, holding a long box in his hand, walked up to Zhu Heji and knelt down. Zhu Heji quickly stretched out his hand to help him, "Uncle, don't kneel down. We have a new atmosphere in the Ming Dynasty. We are not happy."

This is it.”

At the side, Mr. Yu smiled and said: "Qizai, this is Su Abo from Foshan. His family has been a furnace owner for generations. His youngest son Su Zhe will also join the army in the Northern Expedition."

"Oh." Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, "Uncle Su, are the refractory bricks and crucible still useful?"

"It's easy to use, easy to use, so easy to use! Saint, look at this..."

As Su'abo spoke, he opened the box. Inside was a flintlock musket about four feet long and a steel sleeve bayonet more than one foot long.

"Good gun, good knife..." Zhu Heji took out the musket inside and looked at it carefully, and then took out the polished bayonet inside. He couldn't help but praise a few times, his face full of emotions.

With a joyful expression, "Abo, this is made of iron material smelted in a white stone furnace and a graphite crucible?"

"That's right, but Saint, that's not iron, that's steel! The whole pot is made of steel!" When Su said this, he knelt down to Zhu Heji again, "Saint, you'd better accept my words.

Goodbye, you are the founder of our Foshan Iron Industry!

The little old man's family has been blacksmithing for generations. It has been passed down for three hundred years, and there has never been so much steel smelted in one furnace..."

That’s right!

The ore contains excessive sulfur and phosphorus, and there is no coke that burns well, no blast furnace that can withstand high temperatures, and no graphite crucible that can withstand the high temperatures when high-purity molten iron is melted. It would be a fantasy to get so much steel in one furnace.

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Although Zhu Heji was not a metallurgist, he still knew about dolomite alkaline furnace, graphite crucible steelmaking method and coal coking.

And he doesn't plan to hide these skills to open a steel factory to make money, but to use them to benefit the elders of Guangdong... Although his purpose is to get more high-quality weapons as soon as possible so that he can benefit from them.

The zero-yuan purchase industry adds a little more core competitiveness, but objectively it has indeed become the "grandfather" of Foshan Iron Industry.

Foshan Iron Industry, which acquired dolomite furnaces, coke, and graphite crucibles, can be said to have led the world overnight!

The "flintlock problem" that has troubled Foshan Iron Industry for a long time is no longer a problem now that we have good materials.

When Zhu Heji saw that old man Su wanted to bow, he quickly helped him and said with a smile: "Old man, you don't need to bow... Remember the words of the Gu family, firstly, don't pass on your true skills to the foreigners.

, you should know the reason why apprentices and masters starve when they meet foreigners, but it is not a matter of starving if they teach foreigners, they may get beaten!

The second is to prepare for a rainy day. Foshan has neither iron mines nor coal mines. It all depends on transportation from other places, and the cost is always too high. If your iron factory wants to grow bigger, you still have to open the iron factory to the iron ore or

Next to the coal mine... Of course, you have to be cautious in this business matter. You can take the big ideas yourself!

As for your son Su Zhe, the Gu family took him north not to serve as a soldier, but to help him open an iron factory in Nanjing. From now on, he will be a disciple of the Gu family. You can rest assured that the Gu family will not

He will be treated badly."

While talking, Zhu Heji ordered his eldest disciple Yan Yuan to bring a "big gift package" to Old Man Su, and asked Yan Yuan to see the old man off in person.

After Mr. Su left, several master porcelain craftsmen from Chaozhou and Zhangzhou were brought in. They also came to thank them. The secret method of "bone china" that Zhu Heji gave them was really great. "Bone china" is not only the color but also the color.

It’s beautiful and very strong, and can be made very thin, so thin that it is slightly translucent. It is definitely the finest porcelain!

With the secret method of "bone china", the porcelain industries of Chaozhou and Zhangzhou can keep pace with the Dehua white porcelain products of Jingdezhen.

It is even more difficult for Europeans to challenge China in ceramic manufacturing!

After meeting the master porcelain craftsmen of Chaozhou and Zhangzhou, Zhu Heji then met with the leaders of the Guangdong Sugar Chamber of Commerce, the Liquor Chamber of Commerce, the Salt Chamber of Commerce, and the Qianye (Bank) Chamber of Commerce.

Needless to say, these industries were all favored by Zhu Heji.

Although he only ruled Guangdong for a short time and was busy fighting wars most of the time, he not only spared no effort in supporting industry, but also appeared to be quite selfless.

The Guangdong Sugar Industry got "special white" from him, and also made a lot of money because of the price increase after the military use of white sugar.

The Guangdong liquor industry has also developed rapidly thanks to the brand effect of sugarcane liquor and Damingchun liquor.

With his help, Guangdong Salt Industry developed sun-dried salt technology and obtained white salt of very high quality.

The Qianye Chamber of Commerce established an interbank market with the help of Zhu Heji, and also developed many kinds of bills. In addition, many large banks in Guangdong also benefited from the "national treasury of silver" and "official bond issuance"

...Of course, the official debt was just a test of the waters; Zhu Heji's court was not short of money.

In short, although Zhu Heji did not rule Guangdong for a long time, the people of Guangdong, including the industrial and commercial circles and ordinary farmers and fishermen (the household registration of Dan households was merged into the national registration), all benefited a lot.

Therefore, when he was on his personal expedition this time, more than 100,000 people came to see him off at Tianzi Pier.

By the afternoon of that day, when Zhu Heji officially boarded the armed merchant ship "Chengtian", the pier was already crowded with people. I don't know who was the leader. Suddenly someone on the pier sang "You will win if you work hard".

Then more and more people started singing along, and soon the Tianzi Pier was full of songs that said, "Three points are destined, seven points depend on hard work."
Chapter completed!