lied to Kangxi

Chapter 978 God of Army
Yuzhu is very straightforward, and the British are also very generous.

The treaty stipulates that the Isle of Wight, directly opposite Portsmouth Naval Port, is the permanent stop for merchant ships of the Qing Dynasty.

White Island is 4.8 times larger than Hong Kong Island.Moreover, the Isle of Wight is just in the English Channel, across the sea from France.

This location can be described as an excellent place to go.

In the future, various goods from China can be stored on the Isle of Wight, and then cover the entire European continent.

A treaty is originally a reciprocal negotiation.

Now, although China does not have the ability to send merchant ships to deliver goods to the Isle of Wight.But, 30 years later? 50 years from now?

Today's United Kingdom implements a tariff protection policy.

Based on the principle of reciprocity, Yuzhu followed suit and raised the original tariff of only 5% to 25%.

Even a 25% tariff is much stronger than the 150% tariff imposed by the British.

In the Qing Dynasty in history, due to the defeat in the war, the tariff was limited to a heinous 5%.

What is the concept of 5%?

Foreign cloth that is very beneficial to Britain is dumped in China!
Times have changed. Yuzhu is now a good business partner with the British, and the Qing Dynasty was not defeated, so the tariff was naturally raised to 25%.

The previous tariff was only 5%. That was not what Yuzhu meant, but what the old emperor meant.

When the old emperor was still alive, the national commercial tax rate was 5%.

The lighthouse country was able to rise so quickly after the War of Independence. The root problem is: the tariff protection policy.

Due to the protection of heavy taxes, the lighthouse country's local industry and its own capitalists have been well protected.

The Qing Dynasty has always been poor and weak, and it has an inseparable relationship with the dumping of European industrial products, which destroyed the domestic market.

National capitalists, investing in industry, not only have no profit, but also suffer serious losses. Who is willing to engage in industry?

This is an endless loop.

In the first industrial revolution, France did not fall behind. That is because France also has a knife in its hands, which can protect its own market from being dumped.

free trade?

Hehe, in the present moment of the 18th century, it definitely does not exist, whoever believes is stupid!

Yuzhu needs the British to help build warships, train naval officers and sailors, and build naval guns. Therefore, the tariff rate of 25% is already a very polite discount.

Backward technology, no shame!

What's really shameful is that when we fall behind, we still have to boast that our ancestors thousands of years ago had everything, and foreigners are rubbish.

Not to mention anything else, the black powder in Yuzhu's hands alone is substantially different from the British standard black powder.

The black powder produced in the UK, the shells hit farther, have fewer impurities, and burn more fully.

Needless to say, a first-class sailing battleship with a weight of more than 4000 tons and a 64-pound naval gun must not be built at the current level of the Qing Dynasty.

If you fall behind, you can study with an open mind!
Especially in matters concerning the navy, the British have a great say.

The reason is very simple. As the maritime overlord who has dominated the ocean for hundreds of years, the British Royal Navy really has several hands.

Three years in the army, ten years in the air force, and a hundred years in the navy, it's not just talking and playing!

Learn from the barbarians to control barbarians!
Even how the British Navy fights is unclear. If a war breaks out in the future, how can it be possible to exercise targeted restraint?
The navy of the Japanese pirates is very smart.

During the Battle of Singapore, the Japanese pirates took advantage of the huge advantages of land attack aircraft and sank a main British battleship and a battlecruiser within a few hours.

What is restraint?Controlling the sea with the air is restraint.

The premise of restraint is that you need to understand what the enemy is good at.

The cubs of Yuzhu have classes in the morning and military training in the afternoon, and they only have half a day off every week.

Soon, the cubs were so tanned that they looked like black charcoal.

Hey, man, it's better to get a good tan.

However, the greetings between the cubs have also changed.

In the yard, there are all the sounds of hello, which makes people laugh and cry.

"Morning, sir." The little iron hammer responded and lost a sentence of English when they met.

Yu Zhu glanced at his own son who was standing upright, well, this little guy has nothing wrong with him except for a bit of a broken mouth.

A broken mouth is definitely not a good thing.

Even in Europe, where straightforwardness is important, it is also important to talk only three minutes when meeting people.

"You're not too young, I think, you should go to the recruit company and participate in training with Xuanyu."

That boy Xuanyu is just a gourd, he can go without saying a word for a day.

It just so happens that the eldest sons of the third and eighth families stay together, they can take care of each other, and they can also compete with each other.

Of course, the main thing is that Xuanyu's taciturnity can restrain the bad habit of the little hammer.

This little bastard, Little Iron Hammer, has already been reported on what he said in private, but he still doesn't know it.

He was sold and had to help count the money.It is tolerable, what is unbearable!
Well, Wo Ni, Yuzhu has always been only taking advantage of it, not at a disadvantage, how can I stand it?

The eldest son of a top-notch wealthy family doesn't have any capital, how can he compete with smart people all over the world in the future?

After Zhu Chongba established the Ming Dynasty, with his old man's strength, he endured it for several years before abolishing the prime minister and dividing power into six departments under the name of Hu Weiyong's rebellion.

"Will... Qiuming go?" Little Tiehammer asked Yuzhu, thinking about his good friend and brother.

Yuzhu said coldly: "Only you can go, Qiuming's studies are not good, and he must make up cultural lessons first."

"Then..." Little Hammer wanted to ask again, but was interrupted by Yu Zhu's rude raise of his hand, "Where do you have so many questions? Soldiers take obeying orders as their vocation, understand?"

"Yes." Seeing that Yuzhu was angry, Little Hammer didn't dare to say any more, so he could only put his legs together, touched his heels, and stood at attention.

Regardless of the fact that Little Hammer is only over 13 years old, a child who grew up drinking milk and eating mutton and beef has good physical fitness.

Little Hammer said he was 17 years old. If you don't believe me, there should be very few of them.

After dismissing Little Hammer, Yuzhu went to the artillery training camp as usual.

The army tactics of this era don't have too many bells and whistles.

All in all, after the artillery bombarded, the infantry rushed.The infantry rushed, and the artillery bombarded.So again and again.

Cannon is the god of the army. It is not boasted, but tested in actual combat.

Whether it was World War I or World War II, the casualties of artillery bombardment have always been ranked first.

According to reliable statistics, during World War I, an average of [-] bullets could kill and injure an enemy.

Fighting a war is fighting logistics, this statement is true!
In the history of modern European artillery development, the French artillery revolution in the early 15th century was a revolution in European military history.

Up to now, the major powers in Europe also have professional artillery schools.

Artillery, in this era, is a proper high-tech arm, and the knowledge of mathematics and physics required cannot be mastered by ordinary illiterates.

In particular, the emergence of fixed ammunition has significantly increased the rate of fire of front-loading artillery.

Of course, Yuzhu knew clearly that the shells with bottom brackets were more airtight, the trajectory was easier to control, and the range was longer.

Unlike the navy, the artillery training instructors are both British and French.

The British instructors and the French instructors each lead a group of artillery, and whoever has a higher level of training will be rewarded heavily by Yuzhu.

Dealing with foreigners, beliefs and so on are all bullshit, and the only thing that is eternal is profit.

Yuzhu rode on a horse, holding a binoculars in his hand, and carefully observed the training of the two batches of artillery.

It must be admitted that the French instructors who first established the artillery school were by no means in vain.

Not to mention anything else, just for the action of washing the barrel, the students taught by the French instructor were ten seconds faster than the British instructor.

How did Yuzhu know so clearly?
Hehe, Yu Zhongtang pinched the pocket watch in his hand and helped them time N times before he came to the conclusion.

Do simple things repeatedly, and do more, which is the so-called practice makes perfect.

In the field of artillery, Yuzhu is a true layman.

He also has self-knowledge, he doesn't mess around with things he doesn't understand, he doesn't interfere blindly, and let the British instructors and French instructors compete freely.

Free competition is really a good thing.

In a monopoly field without competition, no matter how much you publicly boast, technology cannot be truly advanced.

Back then, when Shen Huoyi's family was the only one, Mao Xiong gave him a complete set of blueprints, but he couldn't even copy them. The meaningless dead weight problem has never been solved by himself.

The root problem is not a few academicians, but a question of whether there is sufficient competition.

The factory on the west side was separated from the north side.However, the abandoned son back then has made brilliant achievements, which greatly stimulated Shen Huoyi.

Shen Huoyi, who bears a huge notoriety, has honed his sword for more than ten years, and gradually made some famous tricks.

Similar examples abound.

Back then, when China Telecom split up, people with connections desperately wanted to stay with Telecom.Only those who have no connections, or who are hated by the leaders, will be sent to China Mobile.

As a result, the abandoned children of China Mobile, without their burdens, can move forward with light packs.Whether it is operating income, management system, or welfare benefits, it has killed the parent unit in seconds.

According to Yuzhu's understanding, the tariff protection policy protects the local market and prevents it from being dumped by foreigners' cheap industrial products.

However, within the local market, it is necessary to fully compete and strive to produce steam engines as soon as possible.

Only with the steam engine can we catch up with the great wave of the first industrial revolution.

Therefore, except for the first shipyard that the British assisted in the establishment of the shipyard, the rest of the shipyards must be privately run.

When a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, this is what Yu Zhu likes to hear and see!

After watching the artillery training, Yu Zhu went back to spot check the learning situation of the cubs.

Kang Mazi's education method is rote memorization.

Yuzhu, while emphasizing rote memorization, pays more attention to the self-discipline of learning.

According to the tutor's prompt, Yu Zhu gave the cubs math problems of different difficulty.

If you can't do it, you will beat your hands hard, and there is no room for flexibility.

(End of this chapter)