Villager of Daming

Chapter 812 State monopoly destroys copper coins

The captain pulled off some muscle, chewed it hard, and said with it in his mouth: "We feel that others can't defeat us in naval battles, and their ships can't catch up with steam engines."

"What if we get stranded! Or if the steam engine breaks down, we are surrounded and beaten, and all the ammunition is used up." Zhu Wentian shook his head.

"We only need one ship when we go out to fight? The steam engines on all the ships are broken. It's time for the craftsmen to lose their heads. Can't we use a ship that is too big for the sails?"

“If it exceeds [-] stones, more masts are needed, otherwise it can only drive a ship of [-] tons.

When steam engine technology matures, we can build ships that don’t require sails and can build ships worth [-] stones of steel.

Once we get the rubber back, we can build an oil-burning boat that can carry a lot more fuel at a time, unlike a coal-burning boat that can't last long even if it only carries a bunch of fuel and has to add sails.

There is not one steam engine, but many steam engines. Even if one is so bad, it can be fine. I remember there is one that has an impression and can be drawn. "

Zhu Wentian also wants to build a large ship with a carrying capacity of [-] tons. In his library, there is a complete set of drawings of a kind of freighter. The rest are only information and thumbnails. Not many people like to study this.

His requirements are not high, just one kind is enough. As long as it is made, the craftsmen will continue to work on it.

He does not have warships. A cargo ship is a warship if it is equipped with weapons. With other shipbuilding technologies in the world, a steel ship with a carrying capacity of [-] tons is invincible.

"Once we build a ship, we will have a sufficient supply of parts and we can continue to ship ships. I have to perfect some of the welding techniques, electric welding and fire welding. Fire welding requires oxygen."

While thinking about it, Zhu Wentian told the director that he decided to mass-produce the ship, like the Liberty Ship during World War II. As long as the parts were ready, it took more than four days to build a [-]-ton cargo ship at the fastest time.

The Ming Dynasty did not need four days, forty days, or eighty days, no problem. Several more docks could be built at the same time.

Oxygen can only be collected by electrolysis. Air separation cannot be used because there is no low-temperature environment.

After the oxygen and hydrogen are electrolyzed, an air compressor is needed for bottling, which is another difficult thing.

In fact, acetylene welding can be done without an air compressor. Use other means to press the cylinder into the cylinder, such as a one-way valve, like a needle tube, which presses a little at a time to determine whether it can go in or out.

When you are ready to use it, open the other valve so that there is oxygen under pressure.

Anyway, as long as you are willing to spend money and do not calculate the cost, it is not a problem. Fire welding and electric welding work together.

Welding rods are not difficult to make. There are many formulas for coatings, and no one has yet collected patent fees.

The chief finally finished eating a bunch of tendons and dug out a toothpick: "The more boats there are, the more fish there will be. The people of the Ming Dynasty will have meat to eat."

"With more ships, the Ming Dynasty's industrial structure will adjust accordingly, and industrialization will become more and more obvious, otherwise we will not be able to make money from the barbarians.

Merchants will definitely not be allowed to go overseas in the next few years. When they go overseas, they will mess up the market. They will sell foreign goods at low prices and buy them at high prices, which will screw us up.

They can only sell to us, and then we will trade with the barbarians, monopolize them, kill them if they don't agree, control capital internally and control trade externally.

I really don't trust those merchants. Not only the sea, but also the land trade is under our control. "

Zhu Wentian once again emphasized that state monopoly would not work without monopoly. Once businessmen have more funds, especially if they go overseas to establish bases, will they still support the Ming Dynasty?

For example, when merchants figured out how to make a hydraulic spinning machine, they went to Tianzhu and other cotton-growing places to build it. Ming Dynasty's plan to replace cotton with cotton cloth in Tianzhu was suddenly abandoned.

The head of the village nodded vigorously when he heard this: "Yes, our technology cannot be transferred to outsiders. Otherwise, how could we create a special industrial zone? Once the apprentices have learned it, they will still have to be controlled, that is, they will live in a designated place.

If other parts of the Ming Dynasty need construction, they will be sent there and guarded by the army. If they want to escape, they will get more labor but less freedom.

Not to mention weapons manufacturing, we just hope to use good weapons to bully people, how can they fall into the hands of the enemy.Oops, Bei Yuan ran away, they had fire guns, and then they would fight others, use the resources there to make a large number of fire guns, or even improve them? "

The chief frowned when he spoke. He thought Beiyuan had seen the Ming Dynasty's flintlock gun and would definitely study it.

Zhu Wentian didn't take it seriously: "We already have it, and there are also firecrackers in other places. When our fleet goes over for trade, there will be conflicts. If we use muskets to beat them, they will intensify their efforts to research firearms.

But it’s too late!We were ahead of them for a long time, and they couldn't even make primers. When we turned around, we equipped the army with small artillery cannons, grenade launchers, and grenade launchers. Just their black powder-breaking guns, hum! "

Zhu Wentian knew that Europe had not yet entered the era of queuing to be shot. In some places, firecrackers were used, but there were no matchlock guns!

The Ming Dynasty now used flintlock paper-cased bullets with breech-loading, and rifled barrels. When banknotes issued with silver and gold as collateral were accepted by the people, copper was used to make bullets.

What paper shells?That thing is not easy to use. It requires copper. Even the cartridge case and bullet are made of copper. Then there is the primer firing, which is the gun equipped in the village now, including the pistol.

"Chief, everyone has to be busy. The next step is the assault rifle. It is the most durable, low-cost and easy to operate."

Zhu Wentian thought of the AK assault rifle he wanted to build, not that it was the best gun, but that it was the most suitable. This is a magic gun.

"Are you still making single-shot guns?" The commander knew that there were drawings for several types of guns.

"Yes, that one has a long effective range and can fire a single shot even if it fires bursts, but it is not as good as a specialized sniper rifle.

It is best to kill the enemy five or six hundred paces away first, and then use continuous fire, mortars, etc. when closer.

War means making money. We must build ships quickly and then go to the mountains and sea to dig copper mines.

Japan also has copper. If you trade with them, the good news is that you don’t have to cross dangerous straits to mine copper on the other side of the sea. "

Zhu Wentian was talking about Chile, South America, where big cherries are very expensive.

There is plenty of copper in Mexico without having to cross the dangerous Drake Passage.

As for using steel cartridge cases and bullets, we don’t have the technology, so it’s not a matter of simply changing materials.

"We don't understand what you mean by making it happen. It feels like I was building up this energy before the Chinese New Year, and now I'm finally giving it my all."

The headman picked up the skewers of meat tendons again, and Sai Ya also ate them.

Zhu Wentian ate grilled pork belly without wrapping it in lettuce leaves, and without dipping it in sauce or adding garlic cloves. He ate it directly without feeling greasy.

"Hanhan, do you want to send something to the craftsmen's homes? They didn't take much rest during the New Year. They only rested for two days, and some rested for three days."

The head suddenly thought of giving subsidies to the craftsmen. The craftsmen worked very hard to make things for the Ming Dynasty. The key was that there was no extra overtime pay, just a fixed amount of money every day.

The craftsmen's families sometimes helped, and they were not paid.

“Giving skin care products and children’s snacks, the craftsmen’s families are more important, and the craftsmen themselves are only concerned about what to eat.

Improve the fishing tools, use a large steam engine boat to lower the hook, and net the net behind it, and go to deeper water to catch shellfish. This is delicious.

If you expect the people at the beach to pick up shellfish on the rocks and other shoals, you won't be able to pick up many shells. Do you want corals if they are long?I provide techniques for fishing for corals. "

Zhu Wentian didn't know what to give him, but he thought it would be good to take good care of the craftsmen's families.

(End of this chapter)