The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 570 Millions of Budget
In addition to the funds for shipbuilding, Zhu Linming also invested generously in navigation technology.A few days ago, he handed over the model of the quadrant to the Naval Academy. This [-]th-century "navigation GPS" is far superior to the stargazing and positioning technology currently used in navigation in terms of accuracy and ease of use.

In the age of sailing, if you want to know your specific position on the vast sea, you have to observe the relative positions of the stars, and then you can roughly get it through complex calculations.This kind of technology is difficult to master without ten years of actual sailing experience, which has caused a shortage of excellent sailing talents, especially for Daming, a "backward student" in sailing.

The quadrant can determine latitude by measuring the angle between the horizon and the sun at noon, or the angle between the horizon and a fixed star, which can be mastered after simple training.With this sharp weapon in hand, a navigator can basically get out of the army after one year of sailing training.

It's just that Zhu Linmi has only played with the model of this thing and knows the general principle. There is still a long way to go before making a practical instrument.At the same time, due to the advanced technology of the quadrant, foreigners must not be allowed to participate in the research and development, which further increases the difficulty of research and development.Therefore, he generously allocated 3 taels of silver for the development of the quadrant and the subsequent sextant.

With the two largest investments of more than 60 taels in the budget, Daming will have the high-speed transportation capacity from the port to the market in Zhejiang in the future.Given the population density, affluence, and richness of products in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the daily volume of goods entering and leaving Ningbo Port will definitely be an astronomical figure.Then these goods were transported to Shaoxing by wooden rails, sold to Suzhou and Nanjing through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and silk, cotton cloth, tea, porcelain and other products from various places were sent back to Shaoxing for shipment.

At the same time, Daming's commercial fleet can rely on advanced navigation technology and amazingly fast clipper ships to defeat Western commercial opponents, complete the monopoly of Eastern maritime trade, and push the trade control area to the coast of Europe and even the world!

At the back of the budget, there are also in order: the research and development and production of new rifled guns and hunting guns, 11 taels.It is used to improve the existing Type [-] Jaeger rifle equipped with infantry battalions, and to develop a new type of Jaeger gun with a longer range.Among them, the output of rifle guns for infantry will reach [-] pieces, and that of hunting guns will reach [-] pieces—with Daming's current level of craftsmanship and manufacturing scale, the cost of rifled guns has been greatly reduced.

Public transportation system, 8 taels.It mainly includes [-] horse-drawn carriages with shock-absorbing systems and rubber tires, and [-] rickshaws in Yingtianfu.If Nanjing is to be built into a global metropolis, the public transport system is absolutely necessary, and it will also add tens of thousands of jobs.

Expand the carriage factory, 5 taels.It is used to mass-produce rickshaws and a new type of four-wheeled carriage, the cloud cart, which has received orders from the Spaniards.With the characteristics of European nobles who love to enjoy and compare, each car even sold for a sky-high price of 500 taels of silver!Of course, the price in Europe may have to double.

Research and development of ore mining and exploration technology, 5 taels.At present, it mainly focuses on prospecting in Hainan, Yunnan and other places. The future direction is of course the new continent of Oceania.According to Zhu Linming's request, the Ministry of Industry and the Department of Economics and Commerce will form a mining exploration team consisting of more than 200 people.As long as Australia has established a foothold, they will set off immediately, so as to solve the dilemma of Daming's lack of copper and high-quality iron ore once and for all.

Research and development of new open-hearth steelmaking technology, and the establishment of an experimental open-hearth steelmaking plant in Fujing, 4 taels...

The research and development of underwater boring drills, including a usable four-foot artillery boring drill, 3 taels...

The research and development of hydraulic stamping machines, including the construction of three miniature bullet stamping production lines, 7000 taels...

5000 pinyin literacy textbooks, [-] taels...

Research and development of artillery optical sights, 4000 taels...

Zhu Linming stayed up all night to formulate a budget, and the next day's court meeting brought it out for all the officials to discuss—it was a discussion, who among these [-]th-century civil servants knew about flying clippers, quadrants, and open-hearth steelmaking? ?In addition, the money was an "accidental windfall" made by Zhu Linmi, and had nothing to do with the national treasury. Naturally, the courtiers all approved it amidst the voices of "His Royal Highness the Co-government King is wise", and handed it over to the ministries for specific implementation.

After Sanchao returned to Yingtian Mansion, Zhu Linmi was about to go back to sleep when she saw Shi Lin circling outside the courtyard gate with a tangled expression, so she called him and asked, "But what's the matter?"

"Returning to your lord, it is the princess who sent more than a dozen servants to wait in the side hall." Shi Lin said hurriedly, "I am worried that I will disturb your rest..."

Chamberlain?Eunuch?Zhu Linmei cheered up helplessly, and ordered, "Just bring them here."

All the eunuchs saw that it was the Fuzheng King's bedroom, so they knelt on the ground in the courtyard outside the house and said loudly: "My servant pays homage to the Fuzheng Wangfu, and the Fuzheng Wangfu is blessed."

"Get up." Zhu Lin walked out through the curtain, and the only person she knew at a glance was one of the two standing in the front row, the eunuch named Feng Kang.This person is the confidant eunuch recommended by the Empress Dowager to preside over the "Huangzhuang Contracting System".

It has been a month and a half since Feng Kang was ordered to handle the "Huangzhuang" matter, and this time he should be here to return the order.

But the first person to speak was a middle-aged eunuch with white face and squinting eyes on the left side of Feng Kang, "Grandpa Wang, Ma Wensheng, the servant, used to be the eunuch in charge of the Queen Mother.

"The princess said that you have been in the army all the time, and you don't even have a big maid who knows how to be warm and cold. The ones who serve you are all military lords who charge into the battle. I'm afraid it will be difficult to serve you well..." He turned his head and smiled apologetically at Shi Lin, He said again, "The princess ordered the slaves to pick some clever boys to serve you together, so that even when you are marching and fighting, you can enter the army tent without delay. She can feel more at ease."

Zhu Linmi frowned slightly. Due to some unfavorable feelings towards eunuchs brought by later generations, he has never set up personal eunuchs, but unexpectedly the Queen Mother sent a group of them.

Seeing his expression, Ma Wensheng hurriedly added, "Grandpa Wang, we are all from the original Prince Chen's Mansion, so I promise we won't have ulterior motives."

Zhu Linmi was stunned when she heard the words, but she remembered the special group of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, for the superiors, these eunuchs were often the most trustworthy.Some people like this can come in handy at times. For example, when eunuchs were temporarily in charge of Huangzhuang, Feng Kang had to be transferred from Prince Chen's mansion.

In addition, these were sent by the Crown Princess, so it would not be a problem to return them, so he finally nodded and said: "Then just keep it and use it, but you can stay in the mansion on weekdays, and you don't need to go to the barracks. "

"The slaves obey."

A group of eunuchs followed Ma Wensheng to assign duties, and Feng Kang stepped forward to report: "His Royal Highness, the servants have already measured and compiled the records of the four emperors' villages in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong, and the land of Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Shu Due to the distance, there are still some lands that have not yet been collected."

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