New Shun 1730

"In fact, we also know that we go there just to be spies. But this spy has the identity of the court. The sea is far away and the mountains are high. Even if there is something in the court, we cannot convey it in the first time. But we are spies, what does the court want us to see?"

Liu Yu laughed and said, "The court doesn't know what they have, so how can they know what they want you to see? The court thinks that many Western techniques can be copied and used, but the court doesn't know what they have, so it doesn't know what to copy. When you know in the future and want to copy, you can find it. "

He was talking in a roundabout way, and Tian Ping also understood the roundabout way. He shook his head and laughed, "That's true. But last time my father went to Luosha and France, you found a bunch of our friends to have dinner together and told us a lot of things. I was thinking, what do you want to see, maybe you know, or at least give me a way. "

"This time is different from last time. I really don't have any way. "Liu Yu thought about the situation in the UK, and thought that the only thing he wanted to get at this time was the navigation clock, but although the UK was stingy when giving rewards, it was strict to control the outflow of talents, so there was no chance at all.

So he shook his head and said, "You should eat and drink when you go, just treat it as a place to express your feelings among the mountains and rivers, and learn the English language."

Unlike the last time Liu Yu told many things before the visit, with a strong purpose, this time Liu Yu really didn't know what to tell.

Indeed, the ambassador to the UK is definitely a potential stock now. Now it may not be as important to Dashun as Portugal, or even Sweden, but it will definitely be the most powerful enemy that is qualified to compete with China for the throne of "Heavenly Kingdom".

However, potential stocks are only potential stocks at this time.

It is still a long time before Britain can really make a move, even the legendary Jenny machine will take another 20 years. Thinking of this, Liu Yu slapped his head and said, "By the way, Brother Tian, ​​have you heard the story of Huang Dao Po in Songjiang?"

"More than that. I also went to Ningguo Zen Temple in Songjiang to see it. There is a statue of Huang Dao Po in Ningguo Zen Temple. It was built in the Tianqi period of the previous dynasty. Songjiang was famous for cotton spinning and there were many pilgrims. How could I not have heard of the name of Huang Dao Po when I was there?"

Tian Ping also immediately understood what Liu Yu meant and clapped his hands and said, "Do you want me to learn from Huang Dao Po?"

"Hahahahaha... Brother Tian is really good at flattering himself. How can you spin yarn and weave cloth? Even if you want to learn, you don't have the ability."

Tian Ping also realized that what he said was wrong and couldn't help laughing, but after the joke, he also understood what Liu Yu meant.

In Songjiang for so long, several British cargo ships have also been received. Although woolen cloth is not easy to sell, they always bring some every time.

Liu Yu would not speak without purpose. Speaking of Huang Dao Po, Tian Ping naturally thought of Western woolen cloth.

This kind of woolen cloth is almost not available in the homes of the nobles in the capital, and the quality is not good enough. If we talk about the top-quality cloth in Western countries, only Russia has some, but they are actually Persian or Turkish goods. The woolen cloth brought by Western merchants in Songjiang is all market goods.

As for textiles, he knows nothing about it.

But he also knows that if Dashun can learn all kinds of Western skills and methods, Western woolen cloth will be difficult to sell now, and if Dashun learns it, Western woolen cloth will not be able to sell at all.

He was also influenced by Liu Yu in Songjiang, but the "free trade" shouted by Liu Yu was actually mercantilism of accumulating precious metals. It was just that Dashun's situation was special, so it could use free trade to disguise the essence of mercantilism and shout slogans.

In Tian Ping's view, the inflow of gold and silver was correct; the outflow of gold and silver was wrong.

Just like the story of Huang Dao Po he had heard in Songjiang, once Songjiang learned it, it would become the best cotton spinning in the world, and how could Hainan Yazhou, where Huang Dao Po learned the craft, compare with Songjiang now?

He just understood what Liu Yu meant, but was also poured cold water by Liu Yu, thinking that he really knew nothing about textiles, even if he learned, how could he learn?

"Shou Chang, when you reminded me of this, I thought of a difficult thing to do. After the French came, the court ordered to strictly investigate the contact of Westerners with porcelain and silk. I also came into contact with Westerners in Songjiang. They are smart, not stupid. If the court sends people to do this, it will be impossible to do it."

His worries are not unreasonable. Liu Yu also knows that even if the court sends people, there is no one to send. The people who can be controlled by the court are all officials. How can officials be involved in these lowly industries?

In fact, Liu Yu knows nothing about textiles. Even the orphans he took in Weihai were only learning basic knowledge and theories, and had just started internships in the machinery and foundry industries.

He had only heard of things like the flying shuttle and the Jenny machine, and knew that the yarn spun by the Jenny machine was not suitable for Dashun's cotton cloth production. It had to be gradually improved until the emergence of the spinning frame before it could be truly industrialized.

To say that Dashun's technology was backward at this time? Some of it was indeed backward, such as mechanical processing and watch finishing, which were visible to the naked eye.

And many things seemed useless at this time, and quantitative changes accumulated to achieve qualitative changes.

These quantitative changes accumulated to achieve qualitative changes may be a new set of industrial chains, such as linear industrial chains such as glass and alkali production, which eventually achieved chemical breakthroughs.

He knew about glass, and there must be many other industries that he didn't know.

It was precisely because of this "gap that could not be seen by the naked eye" that Liu Yu could not replicate the means of the "children studying in the United States" back then: steam engines, telegraphs, railways, chemistry, etc., which were really visible to the naked eye at that time, so he just had to learn.

It’s really awkward to study now.

The British textile industry was still fifty or sixty years away from taking off from the ground.

But now, the technology is really not as good as Dashun; when it took off thirty, forty, fifty or sixty years later, the efficiency suddenly surpassed it, but this was by no means a smooth upward straight line, but more like it was on flat ground one second ago, and then descended. It immediately soared in one second.

Theoretically, it was the flying shuttle in England that led to an increase in the demand for cotton yarn, leading to the introduction of the Jenny machine, and then improvements eventually led to the spindle worsted spinning machine.

The road was such a way, but Liu Yu knew very well that he couldn't carve a boat and ask for a sword, because this road was impassable in Dashun. The Jenny machine will get stuck directly at that step, and the yarn spun by that crap will only lose money in Dashun.

So the only thing that was used was the spindle spinning machine, but this thing really didn't exist at this time.

The imperial court had a relatively good relationship with France. According to the secret agreement with France, the first batch of apprentices had been sent to Europe, but they were mainly concentrated in the military, shipbuilding and other industries.

Tian Ping is going to England, and all Liu Yu can think about is the textile industry.

Now, the technology is definitely not as good as Dashun, but can the ideas be used for reference?

Since there is a specialization in the art, some professionals should be sent to take a look.

"Brother Tian, ​​this is what I think. A big country only has the basics of clothing, food, housing and behavior, and then there are paintings, poems, warships and cannons. I don't think there is much to learn about these warships and cannons. On the contrary, we need to learn more about food, clothing, housing and transportation. "Study."

"So I thought about Huang Daopo. In that case, I have a plan for Huang Daopo. I will provide some capital and find some people who will just be your followers. When I get there, I will invest in some textile workshops without making money. Trying to steal the teacher."

"As the saying goes, among three people, there must be a teacher. Confucius respected Tanzi, Changhong, Xiang, and Laodan. Tanzi's disciples were not as wise as Confucius, but they could always learn something. This is the same."

"Furthermore, Western woolen fabrics use wool. Now that the imperial court controls Mongolia and the Western Regions, if some woolen fabric workshops can be opened there, it can also deepen its control there. If this happens in the future, Brother Tian will also make a great contribution. "

When Tian Ping heard this, he immediately became energetic. Liu Yu also knew what Tian Ping cared about, and what he cared about was merit, so he naturally offered a merit as a temptation.

Tian Ping came to Liu Yu, and it was really out of friendship that he told Liu Yu the "good news". He knew that Liu Yu was very concerned about sending envoys to the West. According to insiders, this was finalized.

Yu Zi also hopes to make another meritorious service there, and wait until he comes back to be promoted to a higher level.

He has no forward and backward perspective. He does not know that Britain is the one with the greatest potential among the Western countries, nor does he know that he may be the first person to negotiate with Britain between North Korea and China in the future. , his status will rise in the future, at least surpassing Sweden and Portugal, which seem to be more important at this time, there is no problem.

If you really want to achieve some achievements at this time, you have to take a wrong path. I think Liu Yu knows a lot about Western countries, and I want to hear what Liu Yu means.

Seeing that Liu Yu came up with such an idea, he had experience in Songjiang and knew that Liu Yu could always find a way out in unexpected places. The reason why he had "quite political achievements" in Songjiang before was because of customs taxes and transaction taxes. Waiting for the opening up of tax sources.

Hearing Liu Yu call it "Huang Daopo's plan", he laughed and said: "It turns out that I am not Huang Daopo, but I was asked to protect Huang Daopo."

Liu Yu said solemnly: "Brother Tian, ​​the envoys stationed abroad at this time are actually thieves. It is difficult for this dynasty to participate in the affairs of Western countries. Although we know that our dynasty has a strong military, but it is far away, it is not the same as Doesn’t exist? But many of the skills in food, clothing, housing and transportation are yours if you steal them.”

"The French want to invest in our porcelain and silk weaving technology, and we also want to steal things from the Westerners. Being able to steal is a skill. There are many things to steal, wool-producing lambs, good horses, technology...etc. , Westerners are not stupid either. If you can steal it, that’s your skill.”

"On the French side, it's not good to take action, lest the relationship between the two countries becomes tense, the relationship between the two countries is hurt, and the matter is ruined. On the British side, it's just right to steal. If it's exposed, the relationship between the DPRK and Britain and Guinea is only average anyway, and there's nothing big going on. If you bring it back without exposing it, it will be a credit to the court, and the stolen items can be converted into money for you."

"Build a workshop, or hire a British person to take care of it. Build a factory and use it as a cover. It will be convenient to steal some things. As for what to steal... I don't know what they have. It depends on whether the person doing it is smart or not. ”