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Of course, China exports more and imports less.

This "small" does not refer to quantity, but to quality.

For example, a tram in China costs 20,000 gold coins.

Even if the cost and the share given to Princess Lilia were deducted, what China could get would be more than 1,600 gold coins.

How many things can they buy in Zhenzhen Country with just one car?
Therefore, a trade surplus naturally formed between the two.

This also led to a large amount of gold coins from the West flowing into China.

And it's not just gold coins.

The Zhenzhen Kingdom uses gold coins. As for the other countries, the currencies they use are different from those of the Zhenzhen Kingdom.

But the gold coins of Zhenzhen Kingdom are made of real gold.

The currencies of other countries are often paper money.

If you accept their paper money, you can naturally use their paper money to buy goods from their country.

However, the two sides now have a trade surplus. The goods that China purchases from their country are far less than the money it earns.

As a result, China will have a large amount of foreign currency piled up in its hands.

Once money cannot buy anything, it becomes just a piece of waste paper.

They can even cheat and directly carry out currency reform, abolish the original currency and print new currency.

In this way, the currency in China's hands will really become a piece of waste paper.

In order to avoid this situation, Jia Cong used silver to settle transactions with other countries.

Silver and gold are both precious metals and have value in themselves.

Therefore, Jia Cong was not afraid of suffering any loss at all.

As a result, a large amount of gold and silver from the West flowed into China.

Therefore, Jia Cong has set up a separate department called the Ordnance Research Institute.

This department specializes in the research and development of weapons.

At the same time, Jia Cong also increased the development of ships.

Today, all the popular large ships in the world are steam ships.

Jia Cong, on the other hand, was preparing to develop internal combustion engine ships.

Jia Cong believed that sooner or later there would be a war between them and Zhenzhen Kingdom and several other countries.

The outflow of large amounts of gold and silver is bound to make those countries alert.

Then they will definitely take action.

In addition to restricting imports and exports, Jia Cong believed that they would eventually choose war.

Because they themselves are a group of robbers.

Western countries are usually close to the sea, have narrow geographical locations, and do not have much arable land available.

Well, if you calculate it overall, they have a lot of arable land, even two to three times that of China.

But most of their land is pasture.

Moreover, it is mainly concentrated in the hands of a large country in the north, the Screw State.

Their climatic conditions were not good, so they did not form an agricultural society.

Their most popular pursuits were adventure and plunder.

Because they have a long coastline, they often go out on adventures by boat.

Pirate style prevails.

Now they have begun the Renaissance and the first industrial revolution, and it will take some time before the second industrial revolution.

The day when they colonize the world and plunder the world is probably not far away.

And the nature of these robbers is that they would feel at a disadvantage if they did not plunder when they went out.

Now that they have really suffered a loss, how could they be willing to suffer in silence?
Therefore, Jia Cong felt that there would be a war between them.

In this case, it is better to prepare early.

Moreover, Jia Cong has a more far-reaching plan.

Well, but all layouts depend on navigation.

If you can't sail, then there's no point in talking.

At the end of the year, Johann Adam Schall von Bell asked for a meeting again.

When Jia Cong heard this, he was overjoyed.

He hurriedly asked someone to invite Johann Adam Schall ...

Sure enough, this time, Johann Adam Schall von Bell brought him good news again.

The internal combustion engine has been developed, and it has not just been developed. After experimental testing, it can be put into use.

It is now possible to manufacture internal combustion engines for installation on ships.

Its speed is 1.5 times that of a steamship.

Jia Cong was very satisfied when he heard the news.

In naval warfare, speed is of the essence.

If you lead in speed, you will be invincible and can attack when you advance or defend when you retreat.

A speed of 1.5 times will give China an absolute advantage.

Therefore, Jia Cong ordered the scientific research department to cooperate with the military factory to start mass production of internal combustion engine ships.

Jia Cong also established ten naval military bases across the country.

As the saying goes, it takes five years for the army, ten years for the air force, and a hundred years for the navy.

Naval development is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Therefore, Jia Cong had already made arrangements in advance.

However, naval construction is extremely expensive.

At least three million taels of silver would be needed in a year.

And this is just the beginning. If we want to expand the scale later, the cost will be even higher.

Now the Ministry of Works has money and the national treasury is full.

But China's expenses are indeed quite high.

Because he made money from the West, Jia Cong was not stingy.

Instead, it accelerated the construction of railways and hydroelectric power stations.

Railways began to develop simultaneously in the four directions of east, west, south and north.

And it is built in sections.

Today, the whole of China has entered a period of rapid development.

This has also benefited all parts of China.

This benefit is not limited to the place where it is built, but the entire population will benefit.

Just like real estate in later generations, it can drive all walks of life.

If we go by the judgment of our predecessors, China today has entered the so-called golden age.

Jia Cong dare not say that everyone in the whole of China has solved the problem of food and clothing.

But at least more than 95% of the people have solved the problem of food and clothing.

Well, actually this is not really a big achievement, because after the war, China’s population is not that large nowadays.

There are only about 200 to 300 million people, with a small population and abundant land, so it is not difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people.

But what if you try again when the population reaches 1.2 billion or 1.3 billion?
If we had not cultivated the land as carefully as in later generations and used chemical fertilizers and pesticides, we would not have been able to feed such a large population.

Well - now that China owns Annan, there are more than five million hectares of fertile land - that's fine.

And because the construction progress was accelerated, a huge amount of money was spent.

Although China's taxation is high, some of them can no longer withstand such a toss.

This made the officials of the Ministry of Revenue both sad and happy.

Today, all civil and military officials, as well as scholars and literati, have also seen the power of the new learning.

The changes in China are really huge.

It is so big that it exceeds the accumulation of thousands of years in the past.

And all of this is brought about by new learning.

Today, almost everyone understands why the emperor is so desperate and arbitrary to vigorously promote the new learning. Because the new learning is really great and can really make the people live a good life.

Today, China has entered a prosperous era, and this prosperous era has just begun.

I believe that within ten years, China will be prosperous to the point where everyone will be amazed.

By then, it will surely be recorded in great detail in history books.

And all of them are participants and will leave their names in history.

Therefore, all the court officials were proud of it.

However, due to the lavish spending, the treasury that had been filled with great difficulty is now gradually becoming empty again.

How could the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, who had just had a few days of good life, not feel heartbroken?
And now, the emperor wants to establish ten naval bases across the country, which will cost him three million taels of silver.

And this is just one year's expense. I'm afraid it will be even more next year.

This made the officials of the Ministry of Revenue unhappy.

Not only the officials from the Ministry of Revenue, but even University Scholar Kou and Lin Ruhai and others felt puzzled.

Now that the domestic situation is stable and peace is reigning, they don't understand why the emperor still wants to establish ten naval bases.

Doing so would be a waste of money and would be of no use at all.

Jia Cong explained the Western threat theory to them.

However, all the ministers were completely unable to understand.

Because in their perception, overseas is full of barbarians and desolate places.

Moreover, the two sides are separated by the sea, and the distance between them is unknown how many thousands of miles. Naturally, they would not interfere with each other, so how could a war break out?

It was difficult for Jia Cong to convince them because people tended to only trust their own judgment before things happened.

In the end, Jia Cong had to use imperial power to enforce it.

Jia Cong believed that it was just like promoting new learning in the past.

They may not understand now, but I believe they will understand soon.

At this point, the Chinese Navy officially expanded.

However, the establishment of a navy requires not only ships, but also qualified soldiers and, more importantly, qualified and visionary generals.

Jia Cong also put a lot of thought into training qualified naval generals.

He began to compile some naval construction guidelines based on his understanding of the navy.

He also recruited generals and veterans with experience in naval warfare from across the country.

He also established a Naval Research Institute to allow them to come together and discuss how to develop the navy as quickly as possible based on the naval construction guidelines they had compiled.

In addition, Jia Cong also planned to open a Naval Academy in this Naval Research Institute in the future.

At that time, we will recruit cadets and train naval officer reserves.

Jia Cong devoted all his efforts to the development of the navy.

And Jia Cong did not work in isolation.

He also sent people to secretly collect information on various Western naval combat strategies.

This information is then sent to the Naval Research Institute for study.

Time flies, and before we know it, it is the end of the year again.

Jia Cong also sighed a little, time flies by, day and night!
Before he knew it, after the New Year, he was already 24 years old!

Well, twenty-four is the prime of life.

This year is not much different from previous years.

If we have to say the difference, it is that there are more children in the palace now, and it is more lively than before.

Another thing is that the Queen Mother is one year older, although she is not that old, being only in her early forties.

But after all, I worked too hard when I was young, and my health is not as good as before.

Fortunately, with the help of Jia Cong, the miracle doctor, the condition was not a big problem.

Before we knew it, the New Year has passed and a new year has arrived.

In the new year, China's science and technology ushered in a boom period.

Today, China is the largest country in the world in terms of size, population and environment.

The IQ of Oriental people is inherently higher, on average more than ten points higher than that of other races.

With so many favorable conditions, it is not surprising that China's development will usher in a period of rapid growth.

In other words, many technologies have been researched since last year or even earlier.

However, the research results have just been achieved in the new year.

The technological boom naturally brings more new technological products.

These products naturally entered the Western market through Princess Lilia.

As for the cooperation between Princess Lilia and these folks, Jia Cong was just a go-between, and he did not profit from it.

As the king of a country, Jia Cong naturally would not compete with the common people for profit.

With the influx of Chinese products, China also earned more foreign gold and silver.

In this way, China will become richer.

Faced with the explosion of Chinese technology, even the West is powerless to fight back.

As for the countries surrounding China, there is no need to mention it.

As the saying goes, the great powers are vulgar.

China is now the world's superpower, quietly attracting wealth from all over the world.

Today, some people with lofty ideals in the West have gradually realized that something is wrong.

They began to promote the Eastern threat theory.

They believe that with the massive loss of gold and silver now happening, they are afraid that in a few decades, there will be no gold and silver left in their country.

If this continues, the country will no longer be a country!

If it is not stopped in time, I am afraid that all their countries will fall into poverty.

However, this view has not attracted much attention.

After all, those who occupy high positions in the country are all aristocrats.

As for the nobles, it is enough for them to enjoy themselves.

Besides, it has only been a few years. Over the years, they have plundered a lot of wealth, and they have only spent a little now.

For them, it's completely painless.

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Meanwhile, in China, good news continued to come from the military factories.

For example, they developed a more advanced rifle that could fire thirty rounds of bullets from one magazine.

And the effective killing distance has been expanded to four hundred meters.

The effective killing distance of four hundred meters is already a very terrifying distance.

They also developed cannons with a range of up to five miles and greatly improved their accuracy.

At the same time, they also developed cannons of different calibers, different lethality, and suitable for different terrains.

The progress of hot air balloons is changing with each passing day.

Hot air balloons have now begun to be used in practice.

Of course, it is not used in military applications, but for civilian use.

For example, for surveying and mapping, weather forecasting, etc.

Overall, China's technology has entered a period of rapid development.

Weapons and equipment have also entered a period of rapid development.

On the surface, everything seemed to be going well.

However, Jia Cong was also worried.

Take the army for example, if it does not fight for a long time, its combat effectiveness will degenerate.

The army is better.

But to the newly formed navy, it was even more deadly.

They were basically recruits and had never participated in a naval battle.

If a battle were to take place at sea, it would probably turn into a major car accident. (End of this chapter)