Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 218 The Future ([-])

Following Zhu Yuan's gesture, everyone turned their gazes together.

Seeing a group of steam boats cruising slowly in the lake, Zhu Yuan didn't even need to explain more. Everyone had already begun to sketch in their minds what kind of scene these boats would look like when they were magnified a hundred times and a thousand times.

Zhu Yuan waited patiently for a while this time, allowing everyone to watch or whisper.

After a while, Zhu Yuan opened the next page of the presentation board, 'PPT', and clapped his hands again to recall everyone's attention: "Well, let's talk about the principle first, steam engine ships, like steam trains, also use steam power, their The core of the power is a steam engine. However, a steam engine is only equivalent to a heart. In the future, if we want to truly achieve diversified control, we need to develop transmission systems, braking systems, and other structures. Because I have determined the direction, I am still the one just now In other words, it’s just a matter of time.”

As he spoke, he turned another page: "Specifically, when it comes to steam engines, I want to emphasize two points, one is load, and the other is speed. Heh, I suddenly remembered the power, or load and speed, that I just mentioned to my ancestors, which can also be called ' Power' and 'efficiency', just like the excavator just now, can dig 500 jin of soil at a time, that's called power, if it can dig 1 times a day, it's called efficiency. Power and efficiency complement each other and are indispensable. If An excavator that can dig 500 catties of soil at a time and can only dig once a day is meaningless. Similarly, an excavator that can only dig 1 catty of soil at a time and dig 1 times a day is meaningless. The same goes for steamships."

"Let's talk about the load first. The unit is 'ton'. I'm promoting it here. 1 ton is equal to 1000 catties."

About 'ton', Zhu Yuan has long thought of it.

Today is an impression for everyone.

As for the exotic nature of this unit of weight, it does not matter.

Although he is a nationalist at heart, Zhu Yuan is not narrow-minded. Not only that, Zhu Yuan also highly respects what was once a Westerner: what is yours is mine, and what is mine is mine.

It's like a museum.

Take all your things and put them in my museum. That is a diversified, world-class museum.On the contrary, your museum only has your own things and lacks diversity, so it cannot be compared with ours.

Zhu Yuan felt that this was right.

This time, since there is an opportunity, this is Zhu Yuan's goal.

In the future, wherever the Ming cavalry goes, your land, gold, and women will all be mine!

What a good reason.

As for what civilization, what barbarism?
If you step on others, whoever you say is civilized is civilized, and whoever you say is barbaric is barbaric.

If it is the one stepped on.

Gee.

Numbness, ignorance, backwardness... Otherwise, why are you at my feet?
Look!

What smooth logic!

So, remember!

On top of these fundamentals, no matter how much grandeur there is, it's all nonsense.

Say 't' again.

In the past, 1 ton was of course 2000 jin. However, Zhu Yuan did not intend to introduce the original version so awkwardly. He needed a simpler decimal system.

Therefore, not only is 1 ton equal to 1000 catties, Zhu Yuan also hopes to carry out a comprehensive decimal standardization of "stone" or "dan", as well as the current 1 catty equals 16 taels, and various other measurement units.

The kind made by Qin Shihuang.

In the current garden.

Re-emphasizing the new weight unit that he wanted to promote, Zhu Yuan continued: "The largest ship we currently have, a 5000-sea-going ship, regardless of risk, can hold 5 shi of grain at its maximum full load, plus crew and fresh water. Wait, its load, according to the "tons" I just mentioned, is about 1 tons. This is already very large. However, compared to the vastness of our sea, this is far from enough. In the future steam age, or further In the end, Ming Dynasty should build a large ship of 10 tons or even 100 million tons, such a ship sailing on the sea is equivalent to a sea city, if it is a warship, then it is a mobile offensive and defensive city."

Pausing again to give everyone room to imagine, Zhu Yuan continued: "Perhaps some people have doubts, do we need such a large ship? The answer, of course, is yes."

He pointed to some descriptions on the demo board: "On the one hand, a super-capacity vessel can be used for fishing, and it is not just for fishing. A vessel can also load the entire industrial chain on it, from From fishing to processing, it is even possible to carry out surrounding farming. The advantage of this is that ships do not have to dock frequently during the fishing season, and at the same time, they can sail to the deep sea without worrying about the supply. Here, let’s talk about the world map just now. The sea fishing area in China is only two to three hundred miles offshore, and the depth of the sea is tens of thousands of miles. If you want to obtain deep-sea resources, you must be able to meet the needs of super-large ships that can go to sea for several months at a time without docking."

After saying this, Zhu Yuan then clicked on the next one: "Let's talk about sea transportation, everyone can imagine another picture. In the future, a 20-ton cargo ship will transport 100 million shijiangnan's grain to the long-term food shortage What will be the scene in the north? Moreover, the ship will not return empty when it arrives in the north. We can also transport resources such as timber and minerals from the north to the south. This goes back to the section on the railway just now, "Economy" "Regional resource allocation" of "allocation" in "learning". Traditional shipping, because the load is relatively small, the cost is actually very high. Just like the previous meta-data I have studied. Shipping in the Yuan Dynasty, the value of a stone in the south 1. The grain of taels of silver is transported to the north, and the various costs are added up, and the price is at least tripled, and the comprehensive cost of our current water transport is actually not low. If we can realize the transportation of super-large-capacity sea-going ships, relatively In other words, because of the short distance, the transportation cost can be diluted almost to the point of negligibility. The food that costs 1 tael per stone in the south is basically 1 tael per stone in the north. Oh, this is an advance reminder, if you want to make some grain in the future If the business subsidizes the family, I think it’s fine.”

Everyone laughed in unison, even Lao Zhu grinned.

Zhu Yuan quickly continued: "Let's talk about speed. At present, our sea transportation route, from Mingzhou to Zhigu, is about 3000 miles away. Traditional sailing ships, even if the journey is smooth, often take ten days to arrive. If the wind direction is not right, at last It may take a month or two. Now, the steam engine ship will not only break through the load limit, but the most important thing is that it can break through the speed limit, and it can make our shipping no longer be restricted by natural factors such as ocean currents and monsoons. One of my preliminary ideas is that, like a steam train, a steam engine ship must travel at least a thousand miles a day. Then, the 3000-mile sea transportation will only take three days. Considering the relevant load, this It will completely solve the problem of 'regional resource allocation' between the north and the south of Ming Dynasty."

When Zhu Yuan said this, the scene was filled with contemplation.

Many people thought of the three "ten" when Zhu Yuan talked about "steam train" just now.

One hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand food and grass, arrived in ten days!

This steamship... It is conceivable that the first two "ten" should be replaced with the word "hundred".

Moreover, Zhu Yuan did not say that steam ships can only travel on seas.

Canals on land are obviously navigable.

Thinking of this, even though they had been amazed more than once in their hearts, everyone couldn't help but be amazed again.

Future!
After a while, Zhu Yuan turned to another page of 'PPT' and said with a smile: "Everyone must have added many uses of steam ships in their hearts. Here, I will continue to talk about some of my thoughts. First, about maritime trade. "

Said and pointed to the content of the 'PPT' in front of him: "Traditional maritime trade, in everyone's impression, is all kinds of valuables, such as spices, ivory, tortoiseshell, etc. Why are there so few general materials for ocean trade? ? There are many reasons, but I will only talk about the transportation cost related to today. As I just said, if one stone of grain is transported from the south to the north, the price will remain almost unchanged, which is actually equivalent to saving the value of the grain itself. Several times the transportation cost. At present, this part of the cost cannot be saved, and it is very expensive, because the sea route is too far and too dangerous. It is a fool's job to transport a ship of grain from China to Nanyang. However, if the ship has a super large load The era of mass steam can come, and general commodities, such as grain, timber, minerals, etc., will also join the ranks of ocean trade."

Pausing again, Zhu Yuan said: "Everyone may think, even if certain conditions are met, will doing these businesses be profitable, or even meaningful? Of course, there are, and they are very important."

When Zhu Yuan said this, the thinking of the officials had not caught up, and Lao Zhu had already thought of it.

The way of man is to sacrifice enough and give more than enough.

Zhu Yuan also gave the answer: "Because these things are necessary for people's livelihood. What is 'people's livelihood' is the livelihood of the people. Our Ming Dynasty has already conquered the world, and we will rule the world in the future. There are only two words." "Nurture the people", if the people have nothing to support, repeat the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty, but in a short time. How to "raise the people" is still too big a topic, and it is still related to today. When we can make a steam engine ship with a super large capacity , Then, we can use our high-value ceramics, silk, tea, etc., to ship overseas, and then exchange them for overseas low-value but huge-volume livelihood materials, such as food, timber, and minerals, etc., these things , the volume is large to a certain extent, it can not only bring profits, but also can be used to 'support the people'."

After a short pause again, Zhu Yuan continued: "This is only the first stage. As you can see, there are not only all kinds of cargo ships and passenger ships, but also warships in the lake. These are not for viewing, but for continuing to conquer the world. Yes. What we have to do is not only to completely include the sea that we can reach into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and completely occupy such a "fertile field", but also all the land that our warships of the Ming Dynasty can reach in the future. Trade is no longer needed, and Ming only needs to transport various large-scale livelihood materials from overseas territories to the country, then, with sufficient supplies, the people of Ming will no longer have to worry about hunger or cold."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan swept around: "Everyone, do you still remember the promise I made to my ancestors to 'send 500 years of Guozuo'?"

Be quiet again!

Zhu Yuan didn't wait for everyone to answer, and said loudly: "As long as what I just described is realized, 500 years of Guozuo, what's the point?!"

(End of this chapter)