The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 851 Newton and Leibniz

Next, is the auction of the second license.

The competition for this second license was extremely fierce because there was no disruption from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

The Jiangnan Merchant Gang, representing the interests of the south, directly offered 500 million yuan.

The Lianghuai Merchant Gang, which represents the interests of the north, followed a group of 700 million.

Then the bidding price began to roll upwards.

In the end, the second license was taken by the Jiangnan Business Gang at a price of 860 million.

As for the auction of the third business license, Lianghuai salt merchants offered a high price of 2000 million yuan at the beginning.

Then it climbed all the way to 740 million and stopped, and was photographed by Lianghuai salt merchants.

The three business licenses of the banking industry were sold at a sky-high price of nearly 2000 million in one go.

This scene made some foreign businessmen who came to watch the scene startled and shut their mouths from ear to ear.

Daming is worthy of being a kingdom of heaven, it really is rich...

The result of the auction was sent to Zhu Hongyu's desk, and Zhu Hongyu was very pleased about it.

These businessmen in Ming Dynasty are still very enthusiastic about the banking industry.

Zhu Hongyu was a little stunned by this. You must know that even for an emperor like him, a huge sum of nearly 2000 million yuan is not a small number.

To be honest, Zhu Hongyu really doesn't know much about the financial industry.

If he wants to promote the development of Daming's financial industry, there are not many suggestions he can give. All he can do is to let the smart people of this era actively enter the market and let them figure out the development by themselves.

When some of them are eliminated and some stand out, then this Gu will be considered to be developed.

What Zhu Hongyu can do is to maintain stability as much as possible, set rules for them, and prevent Daming from having a financial crisis due to the businessman's messing around.

However, this huge sum of nearly 2000, [-], is really a very big benefit to the imperial court's finances...

Although the current Ming court is not short of money, who would dislike having too much money?

After the banking industry access manufacturing was auctioned off, it was the business of the bank.

The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce opened a bank named Nanyang Bank in Nanjing. The shareholders of the bank were a group of imperial merchants and nobles.

The location of the bank is located in the inner city, not far from Daming Royal Bank.

The bank opened by the Jiangnan business gang is called Jiangnan Commercial United Bank, and the shareholders are a group of large households from Jiangnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Sichuan.

The bank opened by the Lianghuai Salt Merchant is called the Daming Industrial and Commercial Development Bank, which means clearly that the business of this bank will be to promote the development of industry and commerce as its top priority.

The shareholders are salt merchants from Lianghuai, merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi, and merchants from Beidu, Shandong and other places.

The establishment of these banks brought the industrial and commercial development of Daming to a new level.

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At the beginning of the 12th year of Liberation, the Royal Research Institute of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hongyu once again brought people to the Royal Research Institute to inspect the work.

With the promotion of compulsory education in the Ming Dynasty, and the construction of universities in major cities across the country to train engineering talents.

Compared with the beginning, the scale of the current Daming Royal Research Institute has expanded a lot!
The number of various researchers alone has approached 3000 people. If you include those experimenters, workers, and chefs and cleaning staff in charge of logistics, etc.

The staff of the Daming Imperial Research Institute has reached a full [-] people.

This number is already quite exaggerated!
In this era, this is definitely the world's largest research institution with the strongest research and development capabilities and the widest range of projects involved, bar none!

In this research institute, apart from talents from Ming Dynasty, there are even many foreigners from Europe.

What surprised Zhu Hongyu the most was a German named Leibniz and an Englishman named Newton.

Although it is not sure whether these two people are the two big bulls in history, but looking at their age and appearance, they should not be wrong.

When Zhu Hongyu was in later generations, he also saw oil portraits of these two.

Looking at real people will naturally feel familiar!
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Daming Imperial Research Institute, Internal Combustion Engine Experimental Site.

Zhu Hongyu was wearing ordinary clothes, standing in front of a machine that reflected the metallic luster under the light and looked very technical.

"Is this an internal combustion engine? What's the result of the experiment?"

Zhu Hongyu reached out to touch the shell and structure of the machine, his face full of expectations.

Wang An, who was getting old at the side, spoke.

"Your Majesty, this internal combustion engine is the No. 30 Type [-] prototype developed by the research institute."

"A preliminary experiment has been carried out. According to the experimental data, the internal combustion engine can run stably for [-] hours without interruption, can output three horsepower, and has reached the preliminary practical standard..."

This year, Wang An is almost 60 years old, and his energy is gradually weakening, but he still has great enthusiasm for scientific research and development.

He spends almost every day in the research institute, checking various research projects for Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad!"

"Order to prepare for the experiment!"

The biggest purpose of Zhu Hongyu's visit this time is to see the experimental results of the internal combustion engine with his own eyes.

Because he knows that if the internal combustion engine is successfully developed, it will set off another round of transportation revolution.

At that time, the Ming court may have the spare power to stably send troops and logistics thousands of miles away.

At that time, Ming's garrison at the border will not have to be due to logistical problems, but will only have a few small outposts.

Several researchers went forward and inspected the internal combustion engine for a while. After making sure that there was no problem with the internal combustion engine, they were ready to start the experiment.

The emperor was present in today's experiment, and these researchers were all very nervous and meticulous in their work.

I'm afraid I will make a fool of myself in front of the emperor!

If there is an accident in normal times, it is a trivial matter, and it is a big deal to improve.

But if an accident happened in front of the emperor, it would be no small matter.

Even the emperor's attitude towards them has always been very gentle, like a kind and honest elder, but out of fear of the imperial power, these researchers still dare not breathe in front of Zhu Hongyu, showing quite respect.

Although most of the researchers are engineering dogs with low emotional intelligence.

But low emotional intelligence doesn't mean you don't know awe.

After several checks to make sure everything was correct, the experiment finally began.

A researcher picked up a crank and started to turn it. With a rumbling sound similar to that of a tractor, the internal combustion engine started to run.

The exhaust hole began to emit black smoke, and the pointer on the tachometer beside it turned rapidly. As time passed, the pointer stabilized at the amount of three horsepower.

Then it starts to run steadily!

Although the sound of chug chug kept ringing and black smoke billowed, there was indeed no problem with the operation of the internal combustion engine.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly in satisfaction, and then discussed the specific application of the internal combustion engine with Wang An.

Zhu Hongyu proposed to use the internal combustion engine to drive the generator to run, and use the internal combustion engine to replace the power source of the car.

Of course, Zhu Hongyu is only responsible for the idea, as for how to experiment.

These researchers will be in charge!

He, Zhu Hongyu, used money, food, official titles and even titles to support these researchers, not to let them come and eat and wait to die.

After leaving the internal combustion engine test site, Zhu Hongyu went to inspect the steam engine research and development team.

Although the internal combustion engine is very important, the steam engine also has its merits.

Many large machines in Ming Dynasty can only be driven by steam engines, such as trains and ships.

The internal combustion engine is currently only a laboratory product and cannot be mass-produced.

The steam engine research group has also made quite good results recently.

They optimized and upgraded the structure of the steam engine, so that the steam engine can output power more stably and efficiently.

For example, the speed of the train has been increased by about 15.00%, and the running time has also increased a lot.

In addition, breakthroughs have been made in the miniaturization and large-scale research of steam engines.

The performance of the steam engine mounted on the car has become more and more outstanding, the weight is lighter, and the output power is stronger.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yingxue was able to break the Panlong Pillar in front of Fengtian Hall while driving a car.

Because the power of the steam engine has really become much stronger than at the beginning!

In addition, it is the research and development of marine steam engines.

As technology advances, marine steam engines are becoming more and more useful.

Some time ago, a purely steam-powered ship ran along the coastline of Daming, from Nuer Gandusi to Malacca in Southeast Asia, from south to north.

In this process, steam engines are used throughout, not sails.

The advancement of technology has made a great breakthrough in the practicability of marine steam engines.

Now the steamship can only run along the coast of Daming, but Zhu Hongyu believes that it will not take long for the steamship to travel across the ocean.

At that time, it may not be difficult for Ming to carry out large-scale immigration to the New World, or even completely take over the New World.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Hongyu went to inspect the electrical research group.

If we say that the first industrial revolution in human history was due to the steam engine.

The second industrial revolution was due to the internal combustion engine.

The third industrial revolution was due to the application of electricity.

Now that Zhu Hongyu knows the direction of the future, he will not only develop steam engines foolishly, but will develop them together and go hand in hand.

Why can the rabbits of later generations take decades to complete the journey of 200 years in Western countries and build the most complete industrial category in the world.

To put it bluntly, it is because the rabbit has the advantage of being a latecomer, and the way forward has been pointed out.

There is no need to climb up the technology tree from the first industrial revolution to the second industrial revolution and then to the third industrial revolution.

Instead, do it directly!

Therefore, the rabbit can develop so fast.

And Zhu Hongyu thinks so now, and does the same.

Anyway, he knows the way forward, so he might as well engage in several industrial revolutions together!
He is going to use his knowledge to point out the direction for the development of Ming Dynasty, spend decades to push Ming Dynasty to complete the first three industrial revolutions, and then harvest the world and cut off the future of the white skins.

As for the future, let's talk about it in the future.

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Institute, Astrophysics Research Group!

Newton, with a head of thick red hair, was burying his head in his desk, quickly calculating rows of data.

He kept writing the obscure numbers and symbols on the white paper, and a layman would be confused just by looking at them.

On the most conspicuous part of this white paper, the four characters "Gravity" are impressively written.

And in his hand, there is an enamel teacup with black tea in it.

After coming to Daming for a period of time, Newton has already got rid of the stinky problem that the British like to drink tea with sugar.

Living habits are rapidly approaching the Chinese people!
At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the room.

Newton didn't lift his head, and spoke without stopping.

"please!"

The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a warm smile on his face came in, came to Newton's desk and said.

"Mr. Newton, His Majesty has summoned you, please come with me!"

Newton put down the pen in his hand, his face was full of astonishment, and he pointed to the summoned nose and said.

"Me? Me?"

"His Majesty wants to summon me?"

The light in the room shone on his face, reflecting the oily light.

As a man of science and engineering, a man of science and engineering who is obsessed with research, Newton doesn't care much about his personal image.

So, now he has not washed for several days.

His face is greasy, his hair is messy, and his personal image is basically completely absent.

The middle-aged man who came in nodded slightly.

"Yes, Newton, just follow me!"

"Your Majesty is waiting at the director's office, don't keep Your Majesty waiting!"

When Newton heard this, he didn't hesitate anymore, got up from his seat, put down the pen in his hand, followed the middle-aged man, and headed for the director's office.

Zhu Hongyu sat behind the desk, flipping through the relevant reports on the law of universal gravitation that Newton is currently studying.

Wang An explained the relevant content and formula theorem to Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu kept nodding his head, with a warm smile on his face all the time.

If, before that, he was not sure whether this Newton was Newton or not, then now he has been able to confirm that this Newton is really that Newton.

And the reason why he summoned Newton was that he wanted to satisfy his curiosity and meet these great scientists who had left their names in history.

It is also to ask Newton himself why he chose to come to Daming.

Before making Zhu Hongyu wait long, Newton was brought to the door of Wang An's office, knocked on the door and walked in.

After he walked into the office, he offered to salute Zhu Hongyu.

"My humble minister Newton, see Your Majesty!"

Newton said in Zhu Hongyu that there is nothing wrong with a humble minister.

Because most of the important personnel in the current Daming Imperial Research Institute have official status or even titles.

After Newton joined the Daming Imperial Research Institute and demonstrated his talent and ability, he obtained a seventh-rank official status.

Therefore, it is entirely possible for him to call himself a minister to Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and said in a warm voice.

"The Qing family is flat, grant a seat!"

While speaking, Zhu Hongyu's gaze focused on Newton.

Slightly chubby, with a flat face, oily face, messy beard and hair, unkempt, unattractive appearance, and a bit dull temperament.

After stripping off his aura, in Zhu Hongyu's eyes, this is just an ordinary middle-aged man.

After Newton sat down, Zhu Hongyu asked with a smile.

"How is the Qing family's recent research project on universal gravitation going?"

Although Zhu Hongyu called him over, the main purpose was to ask why Newton came to Daming.

But it is impossible to get straight to the theme at the beginning, and it still needs a foreplay.

When Newton heard this, the dullness on his face disappeared, and he began to happily introduce his research project to Zhu Hongyu...

Including his conjectures on gravitation, calculations on the law of gravitation, etc.

At the end of the speech, he said with great emotion that the scientific research environment of Ming Dynasty was far superior to that of Europe.

Although Newton was British, Protestantism in the UK was not as extreme as Catholicism on the European continent, and its attitude towards science was generally suppressed, but it was not much better.

While studying science in England, Newton was often ridiculed as a madman and a blasphemous scum.

But in Daming, researchers like him are not only not discriminated against and targeted, but are very popular.

All kinds of research projects can be boldly conjectured and demonstrated, and there is no need to worry about being put on the stake for barbecue because of offending the gods.

More importantly, Daming is really kind to the researchers.

Official position, money, and beautiful women are almost standard.

As long as you can make achievements, you can even get a title and a house in Nanjing.

Over the past few years, Daming has been using super high salaries to absorb scientific research talents from all over the world.

Well, mainly scientific research talents from Europe.

Zhu Hongyu asked.

"Then what did the Qing family want to get when they came to Daming?"

Newton scratched his head and said in embarrassment.

"My minister... I want a title!"

The current Europe is completely aristocratic politics. Even in a parliamentary country like the United Kingdom, all those who can participate in the election of the prime minister are nobles.

Unlike China, which has imperial examinations, the civilian class in Europe has no upward channels, and their class is almost determined at birth.

Unless you can obtain the title, you are eligible to upgrade your class.

Europeans' desire for titles in this era is even more exaggerated than Chinese people's obsession with obtaining titles to honor their ancestors.

Obtaining a title and becoming a nobleman is almost something that many people dare not even think about.

Over the years, the reason why Daming was able to absorb a large number of scientific research talents from Europe has a lot to do with Zhu Hongyu conferring titles on scientific research talents.

What you need to know is that due to the current strength of Daming, the title of Daming has a very high gold content all over the world.

The whole of Europe also recognized the gold content of Daming's title.

Zhu Hongyu laughed loudly when he heard this.

"Haha, easy to say, easy to say!"

"As long as the Qing family can complete the research on the law of universal gravitation and related principles, formulas and theorems, I will definitely reward you generously."

For Zhu Hongyu, if he could exchange an earl for a Newton, he would earn his blood.

Hearing this, Newton's big, oily white face blushed, and he bowed down to worship.

"My minister must not disappoint His Majesty!"

After Newton resigned, Zhu Hongyu summoned Leibniz again.

The reason why Leibniz came to Daming was not for Daming's title and money, but to seek refuge.

In the past few years, he had traveled to Paris in order to shake Louis XIV's interest in invading the Netherlands and other Germanic neighboring countries in Western Europe...

Then he angered Louis XIV, the Sun King.

Now Leibniz is wanted by France and the Catholic Church.

There was no place for him in the whole of Europe, so he simply ran to Daming to take refuge without doing anything else.

Only then did he join the Royal Institute of Ming Dynasty and began to study science and philosophy which interested him.

(End of this chapter)