Daming Military Empire

Chapter 473 Promoting Development
Social needs are the driving force of technological development. The emergence of the steam engine is because the social development at that time needed a power to replace human or animal power.

For example, in large-scale mining, there are many heavy operations, and manpower and animal power cannot meet the requirements; like spinning and weaving, the population is increasing, the living standard is getting higher and higher, and the demand for cloth is increasing. , relying on hand-knitting can't meet the demand at all, people can't just have a set of clothes for a lifetime, or simply go bare-armed, so people urgently need to find a kind of power to replace human or animal power, and steam power came into being in this way.

Of course, the history at this time has been rewritten by Zhu Cijiong. Steam power first appeared in the East, and it appeared decades earlier.

This makes the great powers have to find ways to speed up the pace of technological development, because they know better than anyone that if they fall behind, they will be beaten!
Military needs are also a social need, especially in the age of great voyages, where military needs are particularly strong, because advanced technology and advanced weapons can rob colonies everywhere, plunder wealth, and make themselves richer and richer. The country is getting richer and stronger.

It is precisely this kind of demand that has caused all countries to increase investment in technology research and development, and the technological development of the entire world has accelerated. It can be said that the first industrial revolution broke out decades earlier. What about winning the championship?
This is exactly what Zhu Cijiong is thinking about now. He is very pleased with the successful development of the sniper rifle and the super cannon. However, these two are not conventional weapons. They have an impact on the battle situation, but they cannot form an overwhelming advantage.

Like sniper rifles, due to production reasons, it is impossible to have one at all. The impact on the battlefield is very limited. At most, it can kill the enemy and command a few officers on the front line, causing a little confusion. It is almost impossible for an army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to collapse.

As for the limitations of the super cannon, it is even more severe, because of its terrifying weight and recoil, it can only be equipped on giant treasure ships, not on super battleships and Fuchuan battleships.

If it is equipped on a super battleship, once it is bombarded, the super battleship may be torn apart by the shock; if it is equipped on a Fuchuan battleship, once it is bombarded, it is estimated that the Fuchuan battleship will be shaken to pieces!
Of course, you can also consider installing super cannons in the forts or bastions of the frontline bases, and the lethality is quite terrifying.

However, with the current expansion rate of Ming Dynasty, the front line is moving forward almost every year. It is really hard to determine where the equipment is. It is possible to install a few doors in the bastions and forts of the Xingcheng Port and the Eurasian Canal, because this The two are both front-line bases and guarding the main throat, so it is impossible to strengthen the defense.

Although the emergence of sniper rifles and super cannons cannot determine the success or failure of the battle, Zhu Cijiong has seen Daming's current technological research and development capabilities. He does not know how many advanced things are in his mind. It can be done, now it seems that Daming has the strength to develop many things!
Perhaps, there are many things that he said now, which still belong to the Arabian Nights, but it was also a fantasy before the train was built, and now the whole Daming is running around.

This is the case with research and development. As long as the direction is right, there will always be a day of success. His mind is full of successful things in later generations, so naturally there will be no directional mistakes. Now it depends on how to promote the development of technology.

Later generations also have very successful experience in this regard, that is, to establish scientific research projects, encourage development, provide sufficient financial support to scientific researchers, and increase their enthusiasm, so that a good research and development scope can be formed. Coupled with his foresight, various technologies It is bound to advance by leaps and bounds.

Being an emperor is so good. If you want to do something, you can just say something. If you say it, it will be an oracle.

Zhu Cijiong's principle of employing people is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Now the whole court dares to sing against him. It is really difficult to find him. He is naturally the emperor who holds real power.

Therefore, in the following days, while restoring the early court, he also held unique seminars.

This so-called seminar is actually where he described what later generations saw. The people below recorded and asked questions in their hearts. Everyone discussed together how much money and manpower would be invested in this thing, and how long it would take to complete it. developed.

Why is this seminar unique? The main reason is that the format of this seminar is unique. Zhu Cijiong actually arranged a side hall of Qianqing Palace to look like a classroom, with a podium on the top and desks and seats on the bottom.

That is to say, the emperor gave lectures above, and the people below sat and listened to the lectures!

This method is a bit shocking at this time in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor is standing, and the people below are all sitting and listening to the lectures. Is it possible?
Of course you can have it, if the emperor says you can have it, you can have it.

The people who participated in this seminar are also unique. Zhu Cijiong specially ordered that some people must participate.

Like Bi Maokang, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry;

Sun Yuanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War;
Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry;
Minister of Industry Xu Fuyuan;
Minister of Industry Xia Yunyi;
Song Yingxing, Dean of Daming Institute of Metallurgy;

Moreover, these people can bring two proud disciples to participate. In addition, senior officials of the third rank and above of the imperial court can participate in the seminar. Come and listen to it when they have time.

What are the specific things to study?This is also a very important issue. If you talk about something that is too advanced, it is really a fantasy. For example, mobile phones, computers, and televisions. meaning?
If you want to talk about something that can be made in this era, such as tanks, now the Ming Dynasty has the earth-moving dragon and the artillery. It is not very difficult to combine the two things together.

Another example is a car, which can also be developed on the basis of the Reverser, that is, the tracks are replaced with rubber tires. With all the rubber, it is naturally possible to make tires.

There are also guns of later generations, in which mercury fulminate fired by impact and smokeless powder with almost no smoke after burning can be tested by people. As for the raw materials, nitric acid and glycerin should be almost able to be extracted under the current conditions.

There are also wired telephones. A simple wired telephone actually uses sound waves to vibrate the vibrating diaphragm on the electromagnetic coil to form acoustic current, and then convert the acoustic current into sound in turn. Now that the electromagnetic coil is available, it can generate and receive acoustic current. The device multi-trial test is always successful.

Of course, to promote the development of technology, you can’t use the holy decree. That’s tantamount to fishing for money. If the R&D people don’t get the treatment they deserve, they will become inert, which is extremely detrimental to the development of technology. Therefore, Zhu Cijiong decided to reward the R&D personnel heavily. .

For projects that are not difficult to develop such as tanks and automobiles, the entire project team will be rewarded no less than 100 million taels. For projects such as mercury fulminate, smokeless gunpowder, and wired phones, the entire project team will be rewarded no less than 1000 million taels!
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