Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 209 For Freedom, Occasionally Necessary
Seeing Liu Dapao asking this question, Lao Le raised his eyebrows naturally, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Prime Minister, do you value the Jews in Europe? Especially those rich Jews."

Liu Dapao also smiled and said: "Why not? This is our original dream, isn't it? I have not forgotten my original intention. I think that in the world, at least for the rich and the navigators, Chenghai should be regarded as a paradise, but I am actually a little surprised why my Chenghai has not been able to influx a large number of Jews so far? Could it be that my reputation has not spread to Europe yet?"

Lao Le also nodded and admitted: "The Qing court retreated to the north of the Yangtze River, and the Ming regime was considered stable. The climate, food, and cultural environment here are all excellent. Of course, more importantly, it is very free here. For Jews, it's a good place to go."

Liu Dapao said with a smile: "The fate of Chinese and foreign merchants is actually the same in ancient and modern times. They have money but no power. They are just fat sheep. Here, people who have money can do almost anything, even participate in the formulation of laws. Even foreigners can Participate in politics."

Liu Dapao said very seriously: "I know that businessmen in Europe are inextricably linked. I hope you can help me promote our Chenghai in Europe."

Lao Le nodded when he heard the words, but said seriously: "But in my opinion, Daming is not free enough."

"Not free enough? What more freedom do you want? Old Le."

"It's not me, or it's not just me. In fact, there is one thing. Many shareholders in the board of directors have already asked me to talk to you. Except for me, no one dares to directly use it to make a proposal at the general meeting of shareholders. "

"What's the matter?"

"Shareholders, not only shareholders in Europe, but also shareholders of your Ming court, all hope that the imperial court can relax the restrictions on guns. We want the freedom to buy guns and firearms."

Liu Dapao was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "Is it the freedom for everyone to hold a gun?"

"Yes"

Good guy, really good guy.

Liu Dapao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it's hard for him to go through this old road that a certain country has walked in history, one by one.

No wonder none of these shareholders dared to make a proposal, and no wonder even Lao Le hesitated and hawed when he brought up this matter.

At least in the eyes of Liu Dapao, the essence of gun freedom is actually the absolute freedom of the individual. In the current real environment, it can be understood as the absolute freedom of capital.

Because guns are very expensive, the supply in the army is still in short supply. If they really flow into the market, the huge supply and demand contradiction will only drive the price of guns to the sky.

Capital already sees that workers can be hired, and workers are far more organized than farmers. As long as they are fired with guns and trained a little, it is difficult to distinguish the difference from the army.

To put it bluntly, the government's ability to control private capital will be greatly reduced after the gun is fired.

Leaving aside the tyranny of the faint king, I am afraid that some good policies cannot be implemented. For example, the horse policy, which has made great contributions in history, was implemented in the early Song Dynasty on weekends. The plight of the horse.

When Ma Zheng was there, both Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin used Khitan as a dog to fight. In Zhao Kuangyin's era, there were [-] non-main Song troops chasing [-] Liao troops.

For example, the military household system that established great martial arts for the Ming Dynasty, drove Meng Yuan to Mobei, and the old Zhu's family also crossed.

Do you really want the common people to have guns in their hands, Ma Zheng?Military household?Go and dream of your Spring and Autumn Dad Basket.

The bullshit sacrifices the small self to fulfill the big self, why don't you sacrifice it.

The so-called political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Although Liu Dapao thinks that he has given capital enough power, I am afraid that they still have no sense of security with this power. They have to have a gun in their hands to feel safe.

To be honest, this is undoubtedly an unreasonable challenge to the values ​​​​of the people of Ming Dynasty.

You must know that even in the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties when the military system was established, the common people were only allowed to hold swords, bows, crossbows and armor were never allowed to be kept privately by the common people.

After the Song Dynasty, even the swords were not allowed to be kept privately by the people. If a sword was used in a street fight, the court would definitely investigate it to the end.

In the traditional values ​​of Chinese people, any force that is not controlled by the court represents danger, but in the eyes of capital, the power itself that is controlled by the state is the greatest danger.

It was hard not to remind him of a beautiful country on the other side of the ocean in his previous life.

He seems to have more say in this matter.

Free America, guns shoot every day, because of the proliferation of guns, there are tragedies happening on the other side of the ocean every day.

However, on the other side of the ocean, no matter whether it is leftist or rightist, progressive or conservative, there has never been a bill to ban guns, and no one dared to mention a bill to ban guns.

Some domestic media are ignorant of the rhythm. The people of a certain country have always only discussed gun control after each shooting. It is true that almost half of the people support gun control. However, the politicians and the vast majority of the people on the other side , have never supported gun ban.

The difference of one word is a world of difference.

history?Historical factors have always been just excuses rather than reasons.

Looking through the history books, the evils done by the centralizers have always been appalling. If the coastal people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty had guns in every household, would the Qing government dare to move the boundaries and ban the sea?
Although Liu Dapao thinks that he still loves the people like a son, and thinks that the system he left behind is not bad, but who knows what will happen to his successor, who can guarantee that he is not a bastard?

In fact, sometimes when you think about it carefully, seemingly absurd proposals are often a kind of wisdom. A society where everyone holds a gun may not be really more turbulent than a society where everyone does not hold a gun.

In fact, Liu Dapao has always believed that the reasons for the turmoil in a certain country are immigration issues and racial conflicts. A country with the highest rate of gun ownership in the world, and people with sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and even armored vehicles in their homes, has always had the highest security situation in the world. Never heard of a mass shooting.

Holding a gun is the basis for the people to negotiate with the government, and the right to say no, and as far as Liu Dapao knows, in modern society, guns are actually the dignity of the poor.

Polls show that almost all supporters of gun control are middle class and above.

Anyway, no matter how you control them, you can’t control them, and the rich never lack public services. If you have something to do, it’s true to call the police. Settle the conflict.

And the poor, in this cold world, they can rely on not much.

But even if you are worth billions, if you give you a shot, you will say that you will not die.

And there are many advantages. The other side of civilian guns is that the nation is martial. For example, its standing army may not need to be built. When there is no war, it can save a lot of troops.

Moreover, it is very difficult for a nation with guns to die out, because the cost of aggression will really become extremely high, and it is impossible to be colonized.

So to be honest, Liu Dapao himself actually supports guns for the whole people. He is actually very wary of the excessive power of the imperial court, and he is really not interested in dictatorship.

As long as it is controlled well, it will not let foreign slaves and illegal immigrants touch it.

But the premise of this support must be the whole people.

Some people have guns and some don't. That is called the class with guns and the class without guns, which will only create greater social oppression and exploitation.

Only when all the people hold guns can everyone speak well and society become peaceful and beautiful.

So Liu Dapao thought for a while and said: "This, to be honest, can indeed be discussed. Citizens holding guns can even be a natural human right, but it is definitely not the time yet. In fact, as far as I know, I am not very good at gun management." Especially strict, based on my understanding of domestic capital, it is impossible for them to have guns in their hands to protect themselves."

Lao Le smiled and asked, "Then what do you think is the right time?"

"After the production cost of firearms is reduced, I can plan ahead of time, first allow the private ownership of swords, and then further expand the production scale of firearms. After the scale expands, we will talk about it."

Lao Le laughed even happier when he heard this, and said, "Liu, you are indeed a very rare ruler."

In fact, the difficulty in expanding the production of firearms and reducing their production costs is not really technical. For him, the technical difficulty of weapons is mainly in the bullets, and the firearms themselves are no longer a big problem.

Ordinary smoothbore guns without rifling are equipped with steam machine tools from the barrel to the flintlock, and the output of firearms is only limited by the output of steel.

And Liu Dapao had always believed that the current production efficiency of his weapon factory was sufficient for at least the production of firearms, so he didn't think about upgrading and further expanding production, because the production capacity of bullets could not keep up with the increase. .

But if the guns are used in private collections, then it is not a big problem.

And the most important point is that the few provinces in his hands currently hardly produce high-quality iron ore. After winning Nanchang, most of his iron ore supply depends on buying from Wu Sangui, or importing it from the sea trade. .

Coal is not bad. Coal is everywhere in East Asia. Even in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, at least in the 17th century, there was no shortage of coal mines.

Ironmaking is a very simple matter, but steelmaking is actually the most difficult thing. As early as the Han Dynasty, blast furnace ironmaking was actually used, which is similar to indigenous steelmaking.

In fact, the technical content of this method is really not high. Build a blast furnace, leave a vent for exhaust, heat coal to refine coke by isolating the air, and then layer iron ore and coke in the furnace layer by layer. Ignite the fire, blow the air, and burn it vigorously. A furnace of iron is considered to be smelted.

The so-called indigenous method of steelmaking is roughly the same thing. There is no technical content, and it is not as high as in other time-traveling novels. It can greatly improve the national strength and the like. In fact, this method can only make iron. No steel can be smelted at all, and a large amount of carbon elements will melt into the coke when it is heated. This kind of iron is too fragile to make farm tools.

Therefore, the real technical difficulty lies in the next step, refining. Simply put, it is to heat the iron from the blast furnace into molten iron and then stir it continuously so that the carbon in the molten iron can contact with the oxygen in the air to generate carbon dioxide. After the remaining molten iron with low carbon content is re-cooled into iron, it is almost steel.

If this process is placed in a closed container to transport pure oxygen, it will be modern iron smelting.

Refractory materials are not easy to handle. You can use a tong pot made of refractory mud instead. In fact, it can be used to deal with it, but it is too unrealistic to stir the molten iron manually. This thing cannot be stirred slowly, but must be stirred quickly, so I just Can use steam engine.

In other words, the steam engine is the industrial revolution.

Originally, Liu Dapao wanted to study this kind of steam equipment that can stir molten iron, but it was actually not easy, but didn't someone just invent the honey separator a few days ago.

Doesn’t the honey separator separate white sugar by stirring a large amount of syrup? Looking at it this way, it turns out that the two have something in common.

So he put things together, and Liu Dapao forced a group of masons, iron workers, and sugar craftsmen together to study this...how should I put it, molten iron mixer?

And this group of people lived up to expectations. After just over a month, they worked out a prototype. Here, they used a large boiler to heat water and steam, and waited for the molten iron to be boiled, and poured it into a large fire pool. Put the stirrer into the molten iron and run away.

As soon as the gate was opened here, the steam power was lifted, and after a loud noise, the molten iron in the pool was flying, just like a meteor shower, and all the craftsmen were wearing wet clothes. Wearing a thick leather jacket, he squatted down with his head in his arms.

When the mixing is almost done, when will you dare to raise your head tremblingly, and then pour it into the mold and quench it to get an iron ingot. The iron block produced basically meets the minimum requirements for making a simple smoothbore gun. The barrel produced by this thing Indeed, there is still a risk of bombing.

The guns produced in this way are a bit unqualified for the army, but if they are collected by ordinary people, there is no big problem. The quality is even better than the mainstream bird guns used by the Qing court.

Liu Dapao didn't even know what to call this device.

True black technology.

To be honest, the quality is average, and there is no other advantage, but the quantity is large, and one pot can produce almost one ton, but it is a bit of a waste of workers. I feel that these operators are working hard on steelmaking.

"Can this problem of molten iron sputtering be solved?"

"It can't be solved. The purpose of stirring the molten iron is to allow the molten iron to fully contact the air. It would indeed be much safer if a baffle is installed, but the quality of steelmaking will also decrease."

"Is it difficult for craftsmen to operate? Can slaves be used to replace steelworks workers?"

"Just make sure they don't intentionally destroy equipment out of spite."

"Hey~, okay, for the sake of freedom, let's take a little care of people's lives."

　This chapter... is almost all private goods. If the grades are not good, maybe I will let myself go a little bit, hahahahaha, I will get back on track tomorrow.

　　Because recently I saw several news articles about shootings in a certain country. It seems that the politicians there are really inappropriate. Some people even mention human rights issues and point the finger at the Rifle Association. This is really funny. The key is the big Most netizens are still ridiculing, as if this is because a high-ranking official of a certain country has received money from the Rifle Association, which makes firearms so uncontrollable. Are all people in a certain country stupid?Is the Rifle Association ad really a scam?
　　I know that my point of view is different from that of most mainstream netizens. If I were from a certain country, I would support giving all ordinary people a gun. There may be no shooting cases in the society, including junior high school students. I even support it. Teenagers with guns.

　　When I was young, I was often bullied for a period of time. Later, when I went to school, I had to carry a controlled knife in my pocket. I didn’t feel safe if I didn’t touch the knife. Dare to bully me?
　　
　
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