But if you want people to know the benefits of mechanical equipment, you must see it to believe it. You can't bring everyone to Lingao to see Lingao's industrial capabilities. The only way is to set a model on the mainland. Since Li Luoyou
To establish a gun factory, this is the best example. Wu De believed that the performance of these equipment in production would have a great impact on the indigenous people, enough to arouse their interest in new technologies and new equipment.
"Industry and commerce in the late Ming Dynasty were still very developed, and there were already a group of factory owners." Wu De said, "We won't be able to get involved in Jiangnan for a while, but Guangdong still has potential. We have upgraded the equipment to make it possible
A number of emerging factories have emerged locally, possessing relatively primitive but large-scale industrial production capabilities. This has laid a foundation for our future control and industrialization process in the Pearl River Delta."
In the long run, all manufacturing industries can be controlled by controlling the equipment manufacturing industry. Such technology diffusion will not do any damage to Lingao's technological hegemony, and it can also stimulate Lingao's local equipment manufacturing industry through a steady stream of external orders.
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"But can people in the Ming Dynasty connect the artillery factory with productivity? After reading it, the most they thought was: This Australian artillery factory is very powerful, but that's all. It will not be connected with civilian industries such as weaving and spinning.
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"Well, I feel doubtful about it too," Zhan Wuya said. "Modern people live in an industrial society and have basic industrial knowledge. According to the ancients, ordinary businessmen may not have this ability to connect."
"Probably foundries will be aware of it. Like mechanized blowers."
"We cannot underestimate the creativity of the indigenous people," Wu De said. "Besides, windmills and water turbines already exist in China. What we provide is just an upgraded version with better efficiency and greater output. At least the value of these two
Most people can understand it."
At this time, Wen Desi coughed: "I would like to ask a question. According to our strategy, we are adhering to the 'non-interference' and 'mainland checks and balances' strategy. Now we are not selling cannons to the Ming Dynasty, but directly exporting the tools for making cannons."
, the proliferation of military technology goes against strategic policy."
"I think it can be ignored." Wu De said, "Wang Zunde himself is a cannon-making madman. Every time he organizes cannon-making, he often counts hundreds of cannons. We provide equipment, just because his cannons are of better quality and can be manufactured faster.
A little. The most direct result is nothing more than building more cannons."
Wu De said: "In the end, even if we give them 12-pound Napoleon cannons now, I don't think the Ming army can do anything to build slaves. A few new weapons can't change anything."
More cannons will not save the fate of the Ming Dynasty. This is proven by history. Sun Yuanhua hired the Portuguese as a coach, and the new army using Western firearms trained in Dengzhou was destroyed in the civil strife of the Ming Dynasty. This proves that "tools" cannot
Save the Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, even if the time traveler sells some equipment to the Ming Dynasty, it will not make a qualitative change in the balance of the continent.
"Everyone, I remind everyone not to forget one question." Yu Eshui jumped out again to remind everyone, "After Zheng Zhilong took care of him, he received a large amount of assistance from Xiong Wencan, from large warships to artillery. The Chief Secretary of Fujian gave
He received a lot of assistance. Guangdong and Fujian are adjacent, and Wang Zunde is a major artillery manufacturer. It is very likely that some of the artillery will flow into the hands of Zheng Zhilong."
"Zheng Zhilong is too busy to fight Li Kuiqi now, otherwise he would have come to fight us long ago." Wu De disagreed, "Even if a few cannons fell into his hands, they would still be used on Li Kuiqi.
This issue was debated for a long time at the State Council, and finally a compromise was reached, which only exported hydraulic turbines, windmills, gearboxes, blowers and artillery boring machines, but not iron mold manufacturing technology - the latter greatly increased the production speed of artillery.
.Although some people estimate that given the tragic financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is unlikely that many artillery can be built.
Then someone proposed at the State Council that although technology diffusion is inevitable, it is best to have a specialized department to evaluate how to spread and which technologies to spread, so as not to pose a threat to the strategic situation.
Therefore, it was decided to establish a "Technical Coordination Office" under the Ministry of Science and Technology to be responsible for evaluating output technologies and products.
Li Luoyou didn't know that a secret meeting was held to discuss this issue, and he spent the next few days leisurely and visiting everywhere. In order to show his strength, Liu San also arranged for him to visit everywhere.
The Holy Ship is now a popular attraction, and people like Li Luoyou who are qualified as state guests must go and see it. Early the next morning, Liu San accompanied him by carriage to Bopu and entered the Navy Pier surrounded by barbed wire.
Li Luoyou looked carefully at the Australian soldiers wearing blue uniforms and straw hats. They were different from the soldiers he saw in Dongmen City. In addition to the fact that the uniforms were blue, they also wore domed hats.
A flat-brimmed straw hat with a black cloth band around it and two streamers hanging from the back of the neck.
Liu San prepared a new "certificate" for each of him and Quark, with eye-catching red stamps on it saying "valid for the same day" and "valid for one time".
After verifying the documents and documents, Liu San took them on a rowing boat and headed for the Fengcheng Ship.
When Li Luoyou stepped onto the deck of the Fengcheng ship, standing on this high and open deck, with the sea breeze blowing, his legs and feet suddenly became a little unable to move.
He finally calmed down his breathing and stepped forward slowly. There was a rough steel deck under his feet and a huge rusty chain. Li Luoyou carefully walked to the side of the ship and looked down. Below was the rippling blue sky.
Looking at the sea water, I suddenly felt dizzy and quickly looked away.
Although it is a boat, I don't feel any shaking or heaving. It is really rock solid.
Li Luoyou touched the cold steel side of the ship. Such a ship was beyond his understanding. He pondered for a moment and asked Liu San: "This ship is so big, how can it travel?"
"Use a machine."
"Machine?" Li Luoyou asked, "If the machine is not pulled by horses and oxen, it is a windmill and water wheel. Windmills and water wheels obviously cannot be used. Could it be that there are many horses and oxen in the belly of the ship to drive it? How many horses and oxen will it take?"
"No matter how many horses and oxen there are, they can't drive it." Liu San thought that Li Luoyou had some knowledge and had the concept of "power", "it uses the power of steam."
In fact, Fengcheng uses large marine diesel engines. Liu San felt that he could not explain the concept of internal combustion engines, so he simply chose a simple explanation.
"Steam? Can you let me see it?"
"Why not? But the machinery on this ship is huge, and it's dark underneath so you can't see clearly. It's similar to the factory but smaller."
"Can the machines used on ships also be used in factories?"
"Why not?" Liu San felt strange.
Li Luoyou stopped asking questions and stared for a long time at the glowing blue Armstrong rifled heavy cannon on the deck, at the circular sliding track below and the huge conical cannonball standing next to it.
Originally, he had always doubted whether this cannon was a fake Xibei product. Needless to say, how could such a huge cannon be driven by human power? But such an iron ship could be driven from Australia, thousands of miles away.
Gao, what does this cannon mean?
The Australians have invested so much money here, and it turns out they still have such a sharp weapon!
Thinking of this, the hope of buying artillery from Lingao suddenly became very urgent. He suddenly whispered to Liu San, "Does your Majesty have any clues about selling artillery?"
Although Liu San has not received formal notice of this matter, the situation at the meeting has been officially reported to him. It is certain that the artillery selling thing will not happen. He said vaguely: "I haven't heard about it yet."
"I would be very grateful if Mr. Li could help me with this matter!" He said with a wink.
Of course Liu San understood that, even if he didn't say that he really had to help, if there was just a little bit of news, the other party would soon have a valuable gift for him. Yesterday at Dongmen Market, he didn't know the quality of the ginseng he wanted to give to Li Mei.
, but it will never be a bargain. This is just a gift to show your goodwill when you meet. If you want to win over yourself and ask for help, shopkeeper Li, who has a hundred-year-old top-quality Laoshan ginseng, will not show mercy.
But this kind of benefit is absolutely unacceptable. Yesterday, Li Luoyou wanted to give a gift to Li Mei, and a report came that night. He could only say vaguely: "You need to be patient about this matter."
Li Luoyou looked at the sea view and asked in an almost inaudible voice: "Who are there who need Li to take care of?"
Liu San had to pretend not to hear.
Li Luoyu was a little disappointed when he saw that none of these Australians were determined to accept any bribes. Then he thought about it, they are indeed not rare in ordinary treasures. As for ginseng and the like, people overseas probably don't know about it.
Its benefits. It seems that only the honey trap can work.
After thinking about it all the way, he was taken to the Bobu Arsenal. This is the main artillery manufacturing base of Chuanchuan Group. This is where both army and navy artillery are produced. However, the navy has a huge demand for artillery, and at this stage it mainly produces naval artillery.
For the sake of safety, the arsenal itself is a fortress, with a tall fortress with stone foundation and red brick walls, a fortress-like main entrance and a trench. There are marine soldiers with live ammunition standing guard in front of the gatehouse. Huge roars are constantly coming from the towering red brick walls.
Sounds, crashes, and white and black smoke continued to emit from behind the wall. There was a strong and pungent smell in the air.
Li Luoyou hesitated for a moment, and he also hesitated to look at Quark. This place looked scary. The two of them made the sign of the cross in unison, and recited a scripture silently before following Liu San in.
In the arsenal, there are iron frame houses one after another. Each house is as high as three stories. The door is open, and there are black steel machines inside, which are roaring tirelessly. On the railway road, workers push pulleys,
The cart is filled with iron ingots and steel blocks.
They visited the cannon casting workshop. The huge heat from more than a dozen iron furnaces operating at the same time made it almost impossible for the two of them to stand still. The workers were heavily dressed, with towels wrapped around their faces and black goggles.
The red molten iron flowed toward the pouring spout with a hissing sound. Smoke filled the air for a moment, causing Quark to cough violently and cover his face before escaping.
Li Luoyu was much better in comparison. Ever since he wanted to take over the cannon-casting business, he often went to the foundry to see how the workers made cannons. So he couldn't bear it now - he really wanted to see the results.
How was the famous "Australian Cannon" created?
It seems that the Australian cannon casting has not exceeded his expectations. They are still making molds and pouring. Of course, their scale is much larger and they use more tools and equipment. The work is more demanding than the workers in Foshan.
Much faster.
But he immediately discovered something different in the next workshop - the cast cannon embryos were actually solid! How to use this? He saw workers using a crane to lift the cannon embryos and send them to hot ovens for heating.
At a certain time, the cannon embryo was hoisted again. The red-hot cannon embryo was carefully hoisted onto an iron pulley and clamped between a pair of huge iron tools. The clamp was then rotated ninety degrees. The workers pushed the cart
Arriving in front of a large hammer-dropping machine.
Amid the steam, Li Luoyou watched the huge hammer slide down from the top of the shelf, beating the red-hot cannon embryo fiercely. The workers worked on the iron clamps, and the hammer was lifted up again.
The cannon embryo was rotated intermittently, allowing the hammer to strike step by step. Red sparks continued to burst out amidst the huge hammering sound. The hard iron quickly changed its shape like dough under the hammering,
The huge vibration and heat made it almost impossible for the group to stay nearby for another minute. Li Luoyou looked at it for a while and his clothes were soaked with sweat.
The pungent smell, strong smoke, huge noise and the powerful force displayed by the machine, neither Luoyou Li nor Quark have ever seen such a scene. The biggest scenes Quark has seen are the woolen weaving yards and shipyards in England.
, but compared to this place, it is simply a quiet garden.
Craftsmen wearing clothes stained black by smoke and sweat worked amidst the smoke and noise, operating huge machines. They ran and shouted, and more than a dozen people pushed a certain machine together, their muscles *
**, each of them looked powerful. Li Luoyou couldn't help but feel horrified. This was like the devil's armory, the forge of hell!
A kind of fear permeated his heart. He felt that he was losing self-control - God, is my soul going to be lost here? He prayed secretly, feeling that he should leave here immediately, but an unprecedented power
He was not allowed to leave. He vaguely realized that he had seen something he shouldn't have seen. This was a kind of power, a power that no one in this world had ever seen control. A door suddenly opened to him.
, he couldn't help but want to see clearly.
The forged cannon embryos were loaded on the iron pulley and sent away. Li Luoyou saw them again in the next workshop. He thought they must not have been forged just now, because there were still many cannon embryos piled in the workshop. Here are the cannon embryos.
There are many black machines with stone bases. On the roof of the factory, there are iron shafts that rotate rapidly. Many belts extend from the shafts and rotate rapidly, driving many iron wheels to rotate.
The beaten steel ingots were placed on huge iron beds and moved slowly at an inclined angle. If he looked carefully, he found that the cannon embryos were rapidly rotating towards something that looked like a knife.
, wisps of iron filings flew out from the cannon continuously. At the same time, the cannon was constantly dripping with unpleasant-smelling oil, which seemed to be flowing from the knife.
Soon, the rough and uneven cannon embryo turned into a shiny blue smooth surface.
Li Luoyou was stunned for a moment. The words "cutting iron like mud" appeared in his mind. He had seen a sword that could cut iron like mud, but it was made of the best steel.
It takes countless efforts, and in Japan it is also considered a precious sword. The Australians actually use such a precious sword to cut cannons!
He was even more shocked at the next scene. The cannon embryo was fixed on a shelf, and a multi-edged steel knife was rotating rapidly in the middle of the solid cannon embryo. Iron filings were continuously brought out by the knife head, and mixed with
Black sewage and the smell of hot iron mixed with grease filled the air.
It turns out that the barrel of the cannon was drilled out with a knife. The Australians' knives are so powerful! Li Luoyu thought, this is not wood, but a big piece of iron! When iron hits iron, it will only leave a gap at most, so how can a hole be dug out?
Finally, he finally saw the finished product. The gun barrels of different sizes were gleaming green and mounted on the iron frame of the iron pulley. Li Luoyou secretly calculated that in this foundry alone, more than fifty guns were being built at the same time.
A cannon! It would take five or six months to build a cannon in Foshan if all the workers had enough raw materials - it would take a month for just one poured clay mold to dry.
"It's really breathtaking!" Li Luoyou had a thrilling feeling, "No wonder everyone says that the Australians have unparalleled firearms! The cannons made like this cannot be compared to how many blacksmiths poured iron ingots and poured molten iron into them!"
Quark also nodded: "Shopkeeper Li, this artillery factory is a hundred times better than the best artillery factory in Britain and Europe!" He took a greedy breath, "If they open up their production capacity at full capacity, they will not conquer the whole of China.
Difficult matter!"
"Can we expand production?" Li Luoyou was shocked.
"Didn't you see that many machines are not running?" Quark said, "If they were all switched on..." He shook his head, "Shop Manager Li, I don't think it is necessary for you to ask me to run the artillery factory."
Li Luoyou didn't know that he had already negotiated the slave trade with the Travelers, and now that he had a faster and easier way to make money, he was no longer interested in running a foundry, so he just shied away from it. Li Luoyou thought he was
Being sincere, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "It's just a sharp weapon of this country, but others may not be willing to sell it."
Seeing that they were a little lost, Liu San quickly invited them to rest in the arsenal's office. He first sent hot towels, and then sent someone to bring iced kvass. After the two of them calmed down in shock, Li Luoyou immediately had a lot of questions to ask him; why
When casting a cannon, don't make it hollow instead of making it solid and then drilling it out? What kind of knife can actually cut iron? Why do you need to beat the cannon body?
Liu San didn't know anything about all his questions. Li Luoyou thought he wanted to keep it secret, so he had no choice but to stop asking. In fact, Liu San didn't study engineering, so he didn't want to keep it secret.