Chapter 160: The Ministry of Work is shocked, the power of the ancient spirit gathering array
Chapter 160 The Ministry of Industry is shocked, the power of the ancient spirit gathering formation, the sacred weapon of the country, your majesty has a great event!
Ministry of Industry.
Compared with several other departments, the Ministry of Industry is the busiest department. The officials from the Ministry of Industry who come and go are basically transmitting documents.
The Ministry of Industry is very busy.
Civil engineering projects across the country, as well as water conservancy projects, must be solved by the Ministry of Industry.
The entire Ministry of Industry can be divided into three different areas.
Civil engineering and water conservancy, machine manufacturing, mining, metallurgy and money making are the three largest sectors.
As for mausoleums, ceremonial guards, etc., these are all trivial matters, at least not much at ordinary times.
Mainly civil engineering projects across the country, which require construction drawings, approval and issuance by the Ministry of Industry, followed by machine manufacturing, with the main focus being military equipment, followed by civilian supplies.
And at this time.
With the arrival of Gu Jinnian, people immediately went to the Ministry of Industry to report to Wang Qixin and Wang Shangshu.
Before Gu Jinnian could enter the Ministry of Industry, Wang Qixin's figure appeared.
"Master Hou."
"Why are you here?"
Wang Qixin walked out quickly and looked at Gu Jinnian with confusion on his face.
"Master Shangshu, according to your majesty's order, come to deal with the matter of the dragon boat and treasure ship of Daxia."
Gu Jinnian lowered his voice and informed Wang Shangshu.
"Dragon boat treasure ship?"
"Understood."
"Master Hou, should we go see the dragon boats first, or go in and take a rest?"
Wang Qixin asked aloud.
Wang Qixin did not dare to neglect Gu Jinnian, but it was not as simple as conferring Gu Jinnian the title of First Marquis of Daxia.
The main thing is that Gu Jinnian is now the financial backer of their Ministry of Works and the money tree of the Ministry of Works. If he is not polite, how will he make money later?
"I'm going to see the dragon boat directly without rest. I have to go to the academy later, and I'm going to the palace tomorrow to prepare for the canonization ceremony."
Gu Jinnian spoke up.
"Okay, Lord Marquis, come with me."
Wang Qixin didn't hesitate and took Gu Jinnian directly to leave the Ministry of Industry.
The foundry of the Ministry of Industry is located on the outskirts of Kyoto and is heavily guarded. It is impossible to set up a foundry in Kyoto. After all, land is precious and there are many people in Kyoto.
When it comes to the military industry of the dynasty, how can we mess around?
Riding a war horse, Wang Qixin led a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry and went straight to the foundry.
About half an hour later, Gu Jinnian arrived at the foundry.
The foundry of the Ministry of Industry of Daxia covers an area of 6,000 acres, with 36 molten pits, 72 iron pots, 108 furnace rooms, and 20,000 workers. Most of them are forging some top-notch weapons here.
Armored sword.
There is also a huge open space for testing armored swords.
There is also a quarter of the place used for the research and development of some livelihood artifacts, as well as the mint.
"Master Hou."
"His Majesty gave instructions a few days ago, asking the Ministry of Industry to build three dragon boats, three treasure ships, and three chariots, and build them according to large, medium, and small styles respectively. Look, this is a large dragon boat built by the Ministry of Industry."
After bringing Gu Jinnian into the foundry, Wang Qixin pointed to an open space and said so.
There are indeed three dragon boats in the open space, of different sizes.
The current dragon boats of the Daxia Dynasty are about twenty-two feet long, fifteen feet wide, and ninety feet high.
The large dragon boat built by the Ministry of Industry is thirty feet long, twenty feet wide, twelve feet high, and divided into four levels.
This is large.
A medium-sized dragon boat is twenty feet long, fifteen feet wide, and nine feet high, just like a normal dragon boat.
A small dragon boat, twelve feet in length, eight feet in width, and five feet in height.
Looking at the dragon boat, Wang Qixin's voice rang out.
"Your Highness, this large dragon boat can accommodate three thousand soldiers in one breath. If it is transporting grain, it can transport three thousand stones of grain."
"A medium-sized dragon boat can accommodate two thousand soldiers. If it transports grain, it will cost about two thousand stone grain."
"A small dragon boat can accommodate a thousand soldiers and transport about a thousand shi of grain."
One stone is one hundred and twenty kilograms, and three thousand stones is three hundred and sixty thousand kilograms, which is equivalent to a load-bearing capacity of one hundred and eighty tons.
The transport capacity of large dragon boats is 180 tons, the medium-sized ones are 120 tons, and the small ones are 60 tons.
It's actually pretty good.
It is quite good that the flying object can transport 180 tons. After all, the things transported are not necessarily food. Apart from disaster relief, transporting food has no meaning. Transporting goods is the key.
In Guangjiang, there is something called white jade fruit, which is also lychee. The price of this thing in Guangjiang ranges from high to low. The cheap one is 23 taels of silver per pound, and the expensive one is 78 taels per pound. Anyway,
No more than twelve.
But this thing is sold in Kyoto, Daxia, and the starting price is fifty taels per hanging, that's right, one hanging, about half a catty.
And it is priceless.
Ice and stone are transported by sea along the road. Every city has to transport ice to keep it fresh. The white jade fruit transported from Guangjiang will take at least fifteen days to be delivered.
Unless some monks are invited to transport it, the imperial court will ask some monks to specially send the best white jade fruit every year. This is a tribute. The emperor eats one, the queen mother eats three, the queen eats two, and the other beloved concubines eat one each.
In addition, the prince has two, the princess has one, and Li Ji has one.
This thing is calculated on a per-piece basis, which proves the value of the White Jade Fruit.
If the dragon boat is used to deliver it, under the freezing effect, as long as it can reach Daxia Kyoto within three days, this thing will be a hundred taels per catty, a profit of twenty or thirty times.
Don't worry about not being able to sell it, there are a lot of wealthy people in Daxia Kyoto.
If a dragon boat transports 100,000 jins, how much profit is there? It’s close to 10 million taels of silver.
Of course, if the price is lowered and sold at a low price, everyone in Kyoto can afford it. If we break down the grades, the rich will buy the good ones, and the poor will buy the normal ones. Anyway, they will taste the same.
This alone is a steady stream of money.
"What is the fastest speed of the Daxia dragon boat? If the cost of the spiritual crystal is not taken into account."
Gu Jinnian glanced at the dragon boat and then asked Wang Qixin this question.
"Go back to Lord Marquis."
"If you don't take into account the cost, forty thousand miles a day is the limit, but it requires at least ten kilograms of spiritual crystals."
Wang Qixin gave the answer.
"The market price of one pound of spiritual crystal is one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Finally, Wang Qixin also reminded the value of spiritual crystals.
One hundred thousand taels of silver, one pound of spiritual crystal.
Travel forty thousand miles a day.
The cost of 400,000 taels of silver is really outrageous.
Forty thousand miles equals twenty thousand kilometers, and a day of twelve hours equals one thousand, six hundred and sixty-six kilometers per hour.
That’s 833 kilometers in half an hour.
To be honest, this speed is not particularly fast. The fastest speed of a fighter jet in the previous life was 4,100 kilometers an hour.
This is only 833 kilometers.
The only difference is that one is gone when the fuel tank is empty, while the other can continue to accelerate as long as it has spiritual crystals. After all, fighter jets are individualized and cannot carry heavy loads due to their small size. This thing can carry heavy loads.
But the cost consumption is exaggerated, 400,000 taels of silver is equivalent to 410 million copper plates.
It's not worth it at all.
"How much money did it cost to build?"
Gu Jinnian spoke up and continued to ask about the cost of manufacturing dragon boats.
"Back to Lord Marquis, it costs 100,000 taels of silver to build a large dragon boat, 70,000 taels of silver for a medium-sized dragon boat, and 40,000 taels of silver for a small dragon boat."
Wang Qixin replied.
The cost is not bad, mainly because iron ore is expensive. The iron used to build the dragon boat is not an ordinary iron stone, but an extremely strong iron stone. Especially the chassis, which can ensure that the dragon boat will not be damaged after landing. Of course there is
Wear and tear is normal.
So it usually falls on the water, rarely on the ground, and always hangs in the air to a certain extent.
"How many years will it last?"
Gu Jinnian asked.
"It's hard to say. Generally speaking, if you don't use it frequently and take good care of it, it can last ten years. If you use it regularly, it will probably last about three years."
The latter gives an answer.
"What's the reason? Is it a material problem?"
Three years is a short period of time. To be honest, the construction cost is 100,000 taels of silver, plus maintenance fees and some labor costs. After three years, it will be at least 200,000 taels of silver.
It's a bit of a loss after only three years.
"Well, the material issue is the most important."
"It can be improved, but the cost will be higher."
Wang Qixin nodded.
Hearing this, Gu Jinnian didn't think much about it. If the cost was higher, there was really no need to make any improvements for the time being.
"OK."
"I'll go up and take a look, you guys wait below."
Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate and took off directly to the dragon boat. As for Wang Qixin and others, they watched from the bottom of the dragon boat.
The outside of the dragon boat is actually no different from the deck. This is actually the imagination of the ancients. It is obviously an aircraft, but it has to be turned into a dragon boat, but it doesn't matter.
The only thing Gu Jinnian is looking forward to now is one.
Just how powerful is the ‘Ancient Spirit Gathering Formation’.
If you can't make the dragon boat fly, or if it doesn't have enough speed, it doesn't make much sense.
If we could make a large dragon boat fly.
Gu Jinnian couldn't help but have bold ideas popping up in his mind.
Daxia fighter.
Daxia aircraft carrier group.
If these things are sorted out, it will redefine the pattern.
Of course, Gu Jinnian's idea is just an advanced idea. It is still impossible to create a fighter jet, but it is possible to create something with the same function. For example, a super-small dragon boat can be loaded with gunpowder, right?
Flying into the sky and bombing directly, from a practical effect, this is a fighter jet.
It's just a castrated fighter.
The aircraft carrier group is even better to say. The main core function of the aircraft carrier is to transport fighter jets. If you install a few hundred Daxia dragon cannons, you will be transformed into a maritime overlord.
Controlled the air and sea areas.
Then the next step is much simpler. Fight around air supremacy, first bombard it with a round of artillery shells, then let Daxia soldiers control the dragon boat, do another round of carpet bombing, and then let the soldiers on the ground rush in directly to harvest.
How can we fight this battle?
If it really works, then the next war launched by the Great Xia Dynasty can make the whole world dumbfounded.
In three hours, they defeated all the Xiongnu soldiers.
Capture the Hun Palace in six hours.
Change the meaning of war, directly converting from cavalry warfare to semi-modern warfare.
Of course, all of the above are Gu Jinnian's own imagination. To achieve it, the process is difficult and long.
Everything depends on whether the 'Ancient Spirit Gathering Formation' is effective or not.
If it has an effect and the effect is big, then there is really hope for pseudo-industrialization.
If it has no effect, or it has little effect, then it can only increase agricultural and transportation production.
Inside the dragon boat.
Gu Jinnian came to the spiritual crystal furnace. It was not so much a spiritual crystal furnace as a concave formation diagram with formations engraved on it. As long as the spiritual crystal was placed inside, it could give the dragon boat a steady stream of power.
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However, Gu Jinnian was on the other side, carving the ancient spirit gathering formation.
Wait for the formation diagram to be engraved.
Gu Jinnian scored a formation seal.
Then he let out a long breath, his eyes full of expectation.
However, under the dragon boat.
The voices of some officials from the Ministry of Industry could not help but sound.
"Sir, why does Your Majesty want to build a dragon boat even though you are so good?"
"Yes, dragon boats are not of much value. The cost of flying is too high, and the construction cost is not cheap. It is better to build a few more treasure ships than to build this thing."
"Well, my country in Daxia has mostly waterways, so dragon boats are of no use at all. It takes two or three kilograms of spiritual crystals to go back and forth for three thousand miles, which is of no use at all. For these three thousand miles to go back and forth, please hire a dragon realm warrior, a dozen or so.
It can be completed in an hour."
The officials from the Ministry of Industry were slightly curious and asked Wang Qixin.
Listening to these voices, Wang Qixin was also a little puzzled. He didn't know why Emperor Yongsheng suddenly asked the Ministry of Industry to build a new dragon boat, but it was hard to ask.
"I don't know what your Majesty means. I'd better not make any random guesses."
Wang Qixin spoke up, not wanting to say more.
"Hey, Your Majesty, please don't think of reviving dragon boats. All countries are studying dragon boats. It is said that the Central Continent Dynasty is also studying dragon boats and has invested a lot of silver, but nothing has been researched."
"More than a hundred and ten thousand taels of silver were used up."
An official spoke up and said so.
"If you want to run this large dragon boat, it will need at least five kilograms of spiritual crystals for a thousand miles. If there are a lot of people, it will probably take seven or eight kilograms. The gain outweighs the loss."
"Disaster relief will be a loss."
Some officials also spoke up and pointed at the large dragon boat.
Several of them are officials from the Ministry of Industry, so their calculation is correct.
Just at this moment, a series of strange sounds sounded.
Boom! Boom!
Squeak! Squeak!
As this weird sound sounded.
Soon, everyone understood what happened.
It was the dragon boat that moved.
I saw that the large dragon boat on the far left took off directly, hanging in the air little by little, several hundred meters high, and finally submerged into the clouds.
Then the dragon boat set off. The initial speed was not very fast, but as time passed, the speed became faster and faster.
Inside the dragon boat, the ancient spirit gathering formation absorbs a large amount of spiritual energy, causing the dragon boat to speed up.
Gu Jinnian continued to bless the ancient spirit gathering formation and flew for half an hour. Gu Jinnian looked down at an ancient city.
I calculated it in my mind and found that it was almost five hundred miles.
Good guy, this is fast enough.
Five hundred miles equals two hundred and fifty kilometers, which is definitely not fast compared to the airplanes of previous generations, but for ancient times, this speed was completely enough.
Five hundred kilometers an hour.
Twelve hours is 6,000 kilometers, and the Great Xia Dynasty spanned 18,400 kilometers from east to west.
In other words, it only took three days and three nights to cross the Great Xia Dynasty.
This is really good.
The most important thing is that the dragon boat under his feet is a large dragon boat.
What if it is a small dragon boat? If the speed is increased by two or three times, it should not be a big problem. Even if it is transformed into the smallest dragon boat and used for war and military purposes, it will definitely not be a big problem if it can travel 1,500 kilometers per hour.
One day spans a Great Xia Dynasty.
In terms of speed, it's completely adequate.
At least in the era of cold weapons, this speed is completely sufficient. As for future improvements, we will talk about it later.
It's like when everyone is using cold weapons, you suddenly come up with a machine gun. Even the worst and most common machine gun is definitely not comparable to cold weapons.
No matter how strong your cavalry is, within a hundred steps, everything in front of the machine gun will be useless.
For war, this speed is definitely enough. If you catch the enemy by surprise, there is no problem at all.
It may still fall far short of Gu Jinnian's expectations.
But domestic transportation is no problem at all, and my own city of Daxia that never sleeps is basically guaranteed.
The most terrifying thing is that it automatically absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without consuming spiritual crystals. This alone is enough.
Perfect.
Extremely perfect.
Gu Jinnian controlled the dragon boat to turn around.
I tried accelerating a little more and finally found that the speed was fixed at about 500 kilometers per hour, which was not much faster.
Very good, very good.
An hour later.
Daxia Casting Factory.
The dragon boat landed slowly, and finally with a dull sound, the large dragon boat completely stabilized.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Jinnian went straight to the smallest dragon boat.
Wang Qixin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, also came quickly and came to Gu Jinnian and said.
"Master Hou."
"There is no need to test it. If this small dragon boat can fly for an hour, it will require at least about thirty to forty thousand taels of silver worth of spiritual crystals."
Wang Qixin appeared and informed Gu Jinnian of the loss of spiritual crystals in the small dragon boat.
He subconsciously thought that Gu Jinnian was testing the consumption of spiritual crystals, so he stepped forward to remind him, feeling a little distressed.
After all, Gu Jinnian just started the large dragon boat and it took two hours to go back and forth. They had just calculated that at least half a kilogram of spiritual crystals were gone, which is 70,000 to 80,000 silver.
A random test revealed that nearly a hundred thousand taels of silver were wasted. How could they not feel distressed?
The Ministry of Industry was already poor, and they were reluctant to use money, even if it was at Gu Jinnian's own expense.
For free.
"About half a catty?"
"Then the large dragon boat just now can travel a thousand miles in one hour. How many spiritual crystals will be used?"
Gu Jinnian asked curiously.
"A thousand miles, that's not very fast, about half a catty."
"But Lord Marquis, don't you know that you use it yourself?"
Wang Qixin said with some pain.
"Half a catty?"
"That's not bad."
After getting this answer, Gu Jinnian was quite satisfied. He saved half a kilogram of spiritual crystals in one hour, which was equivalent to saving 50,000 taels of silver. If it took twelve hours, it would be 600,000 taels of silver.
Used to transport goods, the freight alone would bring in millions of silver every day.
Bloody damn money.
If we don’t open SF Express, I’d be really sorry for the ancient spirit gathering formation.
There is one more way to make money.
"Isn't this good?"
"Master Hou, there are not many spiritual crystals stored in Daxia, so let's not waste them."
Wang Qixin said with a bitter look on his face.
"Who said I was wasted?"
"Let's go and show you the world."
Gu Jinnian grabbed Wang Qixin and jumped directly to the dragon boat.
Regardless of Wang Qixin's nagging, the past was to engrave the ancient spirit gathering formation.
After entering the formation seal.
Gu Jinnian activated the formation.
At that moment, the small dragon boat set off, gradually took off, rose to an altitude of a thousand meters, crossed the bottom of the clouds, and then began to fly.
The speed of small dragon boats is obviously much faster than that of large dragon boats.
And next to the spiritual crystal furnace.
Wang Qixin was a little surprised.
"Master Hou."
"Why did you carve another spiritual crystal array?"
He was a little curious, looking at the ancient spirit gathering formation, and looked at Gu Jinnian with some doubts.
"This is not a spiritual crystal array."
"It's the spirit gathering array."
Gu Jinnian spoke calmly and did not hide anything from Wang Qixin.
To be honest, Wang Qixin is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, so there is little point in hiding it from him. He knows everything about the Ministry of Industry as soon as it comes.
Now that the test is successful, His Majesty will definitely build a large number of dragon boats. If he cannot give a suitable reason, Wang Qixin will definitely not agree.
Although no one dares to disobey the emperor's words, you can't act recklessly.
Mass production of dragon boats requires money and must be approved by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of Industry will not agree and will resolutely resist. There will definitely be a riot, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will also cause a riot.
Your Majesty will still have to explain the situation when the time comes.
Furthermore, if we hide important national affairs from the Ministry of Industry, isn’t there something wrong with our brains?
It would be better not to have the Ministry of Industry, and the imperial power to be directly authoritarian.
It's better to let Wang Qixin know what it is directly, so as to reassure him.
"Spirit Gathering Array?"
"Master Hou, I, Wang, have little education, please don't lie to me."
"How can the spirit gathering array make the dragon boat move? And the speed is so fast?"
This time Wang Qixin was confused.
He refused to believe that this was the spirit gathering array.
"The ancient spirit-gathering array that I accidentally obtained is a hundred times more effective than ordinary spirit-gathering arrays, and it does not require the blessing of spiritual crystals. Wang Shangshu, you don't think that your majesty has nothing to do when he is full, so you can build a few dragon boats for fun, right?
"
Gu Jinnian's tone was calm.
At the same time, I was also feeling the speed of the small dragon boat.
The fastest speed is indeed twice that of a large dragon boat, which is one thousand kilometers per hour.
It is a little less than the expected 1,500 kilometers. The volume is still too large and should be reduced.
But it's okay, it didn't disappoint.
But Wang Qixin, who was standing beside him, was already numb on the spot.
His breathing gradually became rapid.
He looked straight at Gu Jinnian.
"Master Hou."
"You, you, you didn't lie to me?"
Wang Qixin's breathing was rapid, and he couldn't help but move his hands, like Parkinson's, as he pointed at Gu Jinnian and said tremblingly.
"Wang Shangshu, I really didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, just see for yourself. I didn't take out the spiritual crystal."
Gu Jinnian replied calmly.
next moment.
Wang Qixin's voice sounded.
"hiss!"
"Impossible, this is impossible, this is impossible."
"How is it possible that there is such an ancient formation that does not require spiritual crystals and can automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to make the dragon boat fly?"
"This is impossible."
Wang Qixin gasped, and then kept mumbling that it was impossible.
But when he carefully searched the inside of the dragon boat, he found no spiritual crystal. In the end, Wang Qixin had to believe it.
"Hahahahahaha."
"Daxia is about to take off, Daxia is about to take off."
"The sacred weapon of the country, the sacred weapon of the country, this is the sacred weapon of the country."
"Master Hou, the two of us are going to be prosperous, we are going to be prosperous."
Soon, harsh laughter rang out, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was in his mid-fifties, danced excitedly, and even wanted to hug Gu Jinnian in the end.
Fortunately, Gu Jinnian had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he pushed Wang Qixin away directly and said seriously.
"Master Wang, it's me who wants to become rich. This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't take advantage of it."
Gu Jinnian said seriously.
As a horse rider, this matter is entirely led by myself.
What does it have to do with you? Is this possible? It’s disgusting for you to leave it here, right?
"Master Hou, everyone who meets you has a share."
"Hahahaha, it doesn't matter even if there is no credit. Daxia is really going to take off this time. It is my honor to see such artifacts come out in my lifetime. It is my honor."
"Hahahahaha."
Wang Qixin was completely crazy. He lay directly on the ground and wanted to hold the dragon boat and laugh.
But Gu Jinnian can also understand the other party's emotions.
it's common.
Who wouldn't be excited?
Even normal people know how important this kind of aircraft is in terms of military warfare.
Not to mention anything else, trade and transportation alone can promote the economic development of the Xia Dynasty. Of course, the cost of building dragon boats is here, and it will definitely be difficult to achieve comprehensive transportation.
But the problem is, there are also treasure ships and chariots.
With the integration of sea, land and air, water transportation costs are greatly reduced, and the trade promoted is definitely leveraged.
After half a ring.
Wang Qixin woke up from the excitement, then looked at Gu Jinnian and said.
"Master Hou."
"Can this ancient spirit gathering array be applied to any artifact?"
Wang Qixin was a little excited, looking at Gu Jinnian, his old face was extremely rosy.
"It's still not allowed in some places."
"Master Shangshu, don't think too much."
Gu Jinnian frowned slightly and gave a friendly reminder.
"No, Lord Marquis, I mean, don't think wrong about the utensils."
Although Wang Qixin didn't know what Gu Jinnian was thinking of, he still explained.
"But when it comes to utensils, it should apply to everything."
Gu Jinnian nodded and replied.
"hiss."
"That's really developed."
"Master Marquis, the Ministry of Industry has many new inventions. For example, there is a thing called a crane, which can pull tens of thousands of kilograms of things and use them to build palaces."
"However, we can only rely on manpower, so the cost of salary is too high. If we use spiritual crystals, the cost will be even greater, so there is no mass production. It is currently used for palace construction. The Marquis's Daxia Evernight City needs to use this kind of thing
.”
"But if we have this ancient spirit gathering array, firstly, it can save a lot of labor, and secondly, it can be used to build bridges and roads. This alone can save countless expenses, and it can open up many main roads between cities.
The passage is beneficial to the country and the people, and it is beneficial to the country and the people."
Wang Qixin said with great excitement.
As soon as he said this, Gu Jinnian also became interested.
He roughly knew what it was, a crane. It was really useful.
What I didn't expect was that the Ministry of Industry actually invented this. It is indeed the Ministry of Industry.
To be honest, Gu Jinnian always thought that the Ministry of Industry was purely focused on military development. What he didn't expect was that it actually made some achievements in this area.
"This is okay."
"Are there any other inventions?"
Gu Jinnian spoke up.
"Yes, there are many. As long as we can ensure that this ancient spirit gathering array can be applied to all artifacts, the Ministry of Industry has many inventions, and even cultivators, but they also need spiritual crystals to activate them."
"Now if we have this ancient spirit gathering array and use it with the cultivator, we can solve the problem of many fertile fields being left uncultivated."
"Master Marquis, you can change the Great Xia Dynasty. There are many aspects that can be transformed."
Wang Qixin was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
Ministry of Industry.
Mainly around the military, the other thing is coinage, other inventions are not invented, the Ministry of Industry has a lot of talents and a lot of ideas, but after most of the things are invented, they will be found to be useless.
For example, the cultivator I just mentioned was developed five years ago, but it was useless because it had no power and still needed oxen to cultivate the land.
It even requires seven or eight oxen to pull it in front, just like pulling a cart. Moreover, the oxen may not always be obedient and may point in the wrong direction, causing the utensils to stop moving.
Besides, if there are seven or eight cattle, who would use this thing?
And the main reason is that the strength of the cattle will be exhausted at some point. Once the power of the cattle is lost, the instrument will have no effect at all.
However, spiritual crystals can be used instead of cattle.
But here comes the problem. One pound of spiritual crystal is worth one hundred thousand taels of silver, even if it can be used for one day, it can open up one hundred acres of land in one day.
These one hundred thousand taels of silver can also buy one hundred acres of land, right?
With this money, what else can I do but plow the fields? Is there something wrong with my brain?
But things are different now. With Gu Jinnian's ancient spirit gathering formation, the Great Xia Dynasty will undergo qualitative changes, and many artifacts from the Ministry of Industry will be able to exert their maximum effect.
Change the entire dynasty.
Wang Qixin’s budget has arrived.
If it is really useful and conditions permit, all the abandoned fertile farmland in Great Xia can be reclaimed within one year.
As a result, the grain tax of the Daxia Dynasty would have to be at least tripled.
This grain tax was one of the largest sources of income for the Great Xia Dynasty, and there was no such thing as one.
The grain tax collected by the Great Xia Dynasty every year, after deducting the local reservations, could not escape ten million taels of silver.
What does it mean to triple?
This means that 30,000 taels of silver are brought into the account every year. In addition, the people have food and become richer. Business and trade will become more prosperous, which means that a prosperous age is coming.
The judgment of the prosperous times in the Eastern Barren Realm is that the people can have enough to eat.
Therefore, Wang Qixin understood how terrifying the value of this thing was.
"Wang Shangshu."
"It's hard to say for sure. It depends on the specific situation."
"And for the time being, this ancient spirit gathering formation will only appear on dragon boats, treasure ships, chariots and cannons, and it should not appear in other places."
Gu Jinnian spoke up.
Pour a bucket of cold water on Wang Qixin.
"Why is this?"
Hearing this, Wang Qixin was a little shocked. It was obviously something that benefited the country and the people, so why didn't he let it go?
“Don’t Wang Shangshu understand?”
"I think you know what this thing means better than anyone else."
"If it is used on a large scale, it will definitely be spread. If it is really spread, what will the major dynasties think?"
"When the time comes, will we ask for it from the Daxia Dynasty? If the Fuluo Dynasty, the Dajin Dynasty, or even the Zhongzhou Dynasty come to ask for this ancient spirit gathering array, what should I, Daxia, do?"
Gu Jinnian spoke calmly.
It wasn't that he didn't understand the value of the ancient spirit gathering formation. It was because he understood it that Gu Jinnian knew to hide it.
At least build a large number of dragon boats and treasure ships. Commercialization is necessary, but militarization is more important.
Build an invincible fleet and control the air. Only in this way can you not be afraid of being coveted by the enemy.
If you really dare to reach out and ask for it, then hit the other party so that they don't dare to reach out.
And this is a long-term plan that requires patience.
There was nothing to worry about when bringing out dragon boats and treasure ships in the early stage. They publicized the discovery of several large spiritual crystal mines in the Xia Dynasty, and then used dragon boats and treasure ships to transport goods at all costs in order to develop the dynasty's economy.
For several other dynasties, although it is a bit bitter, it will not actually make them break up directly.
After all, the Great Xia Dynasty was on the rise, and it was reasonable to discover several spiritual crystal mines. Didn't this kind of thing happen to the Great Jin Dynasty before? A super large spiritual crystal mine was discovered.
It is estimated that at least 200,000 kilograms of spiritual crystals can be excavated. Doesn't the major dynasties have nothing to say?
Now that the Great Xia Dynasty has discovered it, what can you do?
First, improve the domestic economy, and then secretly train new military units.
Wait until the boat is ready.
What can the enemy do even if he knows?
Gu Jinnian's words made Wang Qixin gradually calm down.
"Been taught a lesson."
"What the Marquis said is absolutely true. I was impulsive."
Wang Qixin took a deep breath and calmed down. He was really too excited just now, that's why he was like this.
Now that I have calmed down, after listening to what Gu Jinnian said, I feel that there is indeed no problem.
If this thing is applied to a large area, people will definitely notice it, and then they will investigate carefully and find that your Daxia Dynasty actually has an ancient formation that can make a dragon boat fly without the need for spiritual crystals.
To be honest, if you are not stupid, you can think of many things at once.
At that time, everyone will come to ask for it from you.
Not giving?
If you don't give it, I'll hit you.
It's the same principle as before, when a dynasty possesses destructive weapons, it will become the enemy of the whole world.
Either way, you will die, no one is willing to succumb under your feet.
But when several dynasties possess destructive weapons, the world will become very quiet.
And as long as it becomes the strongest among these dynasties.
Then you are number one in the world.
"I can understand why Lord Shangshu is like this."
"However, Master Shangshu can indeed let people continue to invent new things. Don't rush into mass production first, just improve it. Use spiritual crystals to test it in the early stage. After it is perfected, it can be used one day."
Gu Jinnian spoke up.
So said.
"OK."
"With these words from the Marquis, I will definitely study them carefully next."
"When the time comes, just ask the Ministry of Accounts to approve a sum of money."
Wang Qixin's eyes were very determined and excited, as if he had seen the future of Daxia.
"Okay, Wang Shangshu, the dragon boat has been tested. Let's go test the treasure ship."
Soon, the dragon boat returned to the foundry.
Gu Jinnian and Wang Qixin rushed directly to the moat, where the treasure ship was built.
Still large, medium and small.
The normal speed of the Daxia treasure ship is about twenty kilometers per hour, and it mainly relies on wind power. If there is no wind, it can reach ten kilometers per hour, and half of it depends on human power. After all, the ship is not comparable to the dragon boat.
Gu Jinnian and Wang Qixin put it to the test.
With the blessing of the Ancient Spirit Gathering Formation, the speed of the large treasure ship is close to sixty kilometers per hour.
It is equivalent to the normal speed of a cargo ship in the previous life.
It is equivalent to six times that of the current treasure ship. After all, the wind is strong only at sea. There is basically no strong wind in domestic rivers. It is purely manpower.
How exaggerated is six times the speed?
The river distance from Daxia Kyoto to Yangzhou is 1,500 kilometers. If the river is a normal river, including wind speed and shortcuts, it will take at least half a month.
And you have to row for more than eight hours every day.
Now it takes at most three days.
Twelve days are saved in the middle, but what do these twelve days mean?
The transport capacity of a large treasure ship is more than twenty times that of a large dragon boat. A large dragon boat can carry three thousand shi of grain, and a large treasure ship can carry more than 75,000 shi of grain.
If something like what happened in Jiangning County happens again and the river is directly accessible, all famines can be solved with the transportation of ten treasure ships.
when the data is presented.
Gu Jinnian was also a little surprised, but Wang Qixin was completely dumbfounded.
He can almost see the future prosperity of Daxia.
Let’s test the chariot again. There is actually nothing to test about the chariot. It is indeed very fast, but the main problem is that the road is uneven. The speed can reach nearly 500 kilometers per hour.
But the ground is uneven and accidents can easily happen.
Unless on the plains.
Moreover, Gu Jinnian discovered a problem, that is, the chariot is small in size and should be faster in theory, but the structure of the chariot is very ordinary. Although the spiritual energy is absorbed well, the body is already overloaded.
So the tank idea can come to an end.
Simply give Daxia Dragon Cannon a try.
The power of Daxia Dragon Cannon is pretty good.
The ancient spirit-gathering formation was engraved and absorbed a quarter of an hour's spiritual energy. Although its power is not half as powerful as the Great Xia Dragon Cannon, it is still powerful.
The longest range is ten miles.
The power is not bad either. A deep pit of about three meters has a diameter of 20 meters and can damage 20 meters. The power is estimated to be at least as high as the Human-Dragon Realm. Below the Human-Dragon Realm, there will be no survivors within the damage range of the cannon.
It has a good effect. If mass produced, it can perfectly deal with the Huns cavalry.
After all, in front of a thousand cannons, one round of bombing can annihilate at least 10,000 cavalry.
The result was very good, and Gu Jinnian was very satisfied.
After the test results come out.
Gu Jinnian also had some considerations in his heart.
"We are going to be developed."
After a while, Gu Jinnian sighed and patted Wang Qixin on the shoulder.
"Developed, developed."
"It's really going to be developed."
Wang Qixin didn't care at all about Gu Jinnian's behavior, but muttered about being prosperous.
"When the Daxia Evernight City is completed, the Daxia Dragon Boat and Daxia Treasure Ship alone will bring us huge profits."
"Wang Shangshu, the greatest luck in your life is to join my business."
"With the blessing of these two things, our business income has increased three to four times at least. If the people of the Great Xia Dynasty become rich, it will be ten times or a hundred times."
Gu Jinnian murmured to himself.
After saying this, he patted Wang Qixin on the shoulder again.
"Wang Shangshu, could you please go to the palace and inform His Majesty of these matters."
"I won't go, I have to go to the academy."
Gu Jinnian didn't plan to go to the palace, so he just asked Wang Qixin to make a trip.
"Okay, okay, okay."
"Master Hou, please walk slowly."
Wang Qixin nodded repeatedly, but after Gu Jinnian left, Wang Qixin was suddenly stunned.
"What?"
“Income increased tenfold?”
Wang Qixin had been in a state of confusion just now. Now that he came to his senses, he only remembered one sentence in his mind.
Increase trading income tenfold?
It was said before that one could earn tens of thousands taels of gold a month, but now it is said to be ten times that?
That is to say, are there hundreds of thousands taels of gold income in a month? How many millions of taels of silver are recorded in the account?
In one year, tens of millions of taels of silver?
Then isn’t the Ministry of Industry equal to the Ministry of Household Affairs?
In the future, will the Ministry of Industry still need to look at the face of the Ministry of Household Affairs?
Wang Qixin was dumbfounded.
He didn't understand, but he didn't question Gu Jinnian at all.
However, a quarter of an hour later.
Wang Qixin did not hesitate and walked directly towards the Daxia Palace.
It's just that he doesn't know.
Although Gu Jinnian disappeared, he was still observing secretly. After all, the matter of the spirit gathering array was not a trivial matter.
He really needs to supervise it.
Asking Wang Qixin to go to the palace is actually telling His Majesty that Wang Qixin also knows about this matter.
It is up to Your Majesty to consider it yourself.
Gu Jinnian kept watching secretly to ensure that there was no problem with Wang Qixin, and did not leave until Wang Qixin entered the palace.
And after entering the palace.
Wang Qixin ran all the way without stopping for a moment, and walked towards the Nourishing Heart Hall with a face full of joy.
Soon, he arrived outside the Yangxin Hall.
Taking a deep breath, he couldn't help but said excitedly.
"His Majesty."
"I have money."
"Oh no, Your Majesty, I have something shocking to report."
Wang Qixin said the wrong thing and quickly changed his words.
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Recommend a good book "The Taoist Game Realizes, Starting from Choosing the Deception"
It's a pretty good book about cultivating immortals in the Ke system. It's very interesting. You can check it out. It's a pretty good book. It's a refreshing type of writing.
It's the weekend.
Update soon.
To save everyone from waiting in a hurry.
No more today~
As for the financial system, I will check it back and then modify it!
I stayed up late typing and may have become confused.
