Wanli 1592

Chapter 1302 The Light of Hope
Having a good deal is definitely a good thing for Xiao Ruxun. The arms deal can not only digest the excess arms production capacity of Daqin, but also earn some extra money.

Daqin's arms production capacity has been in excess until now.

In less than two years, Xiao Ruxun introduced the responsibility system, performance system, and confidentiality management system, and used streamlined production in production, and introduced the concept of molds that began to be developed in Myanmar, making some of Daqin's traditional weapons The production capacity has been greatly increased and the quality is excellent.

The same goes for firearms production.

The production of bird guns has not been a problem for a long time. There are seventeen government-run firearms workshops in Daqin, which are distributed in every corner of the suburbs of the capital. There is a distance from the capital, which is quite safe. Most of them are bird gun workshops. There is only one workshop for flintlock guns.

Technological innovation is not that simple. It cannot be explained clearly with a slap of the head and a mouth. It takes a long time to explore and summarize experience, as well as record a large amount of data.

The matter of data recording has always been special.

Arabic numerals are more convenient and fast in mathematical operations. It was introduced to China in the late Song and early Yuan Dynasties. However, ancient China had its own set of calculation modes for a long time. Arabic numerals were not popularized in China until modern times.

Xiao Ruxun recruited Matteo Ricci and asked him to tell himself in detail the current development of Arabic numerals. From Matteo Ricci's narration, Xiao Ruxun learned that the Arabic numerals already have a clear concept and expression such as 123456789.

Matteo Ricci conveyed this concept to Xiao Ruxun in detail, and praised the Chinese abacus and counting chips, saying that he was also interested in this calculation method, and both China and their countries happened to use the decimal system. It's not difficult at all.

Xiao Ruxun didn’t have much thought about whether to promote Arabic numerals. She felt that everything should go with the flow. There is nothing wrong with China having its own calculation method. She taught young children Arabic numerals as an anecdote in textbooks, so that They can learn and compare by themselves.

However, Xiao Ruxun figured out the ninety-nine multiplication table, and made it clear to all officials of the Ministry of Education, telling them that the ninety-nine multiplication table must be promoted to ensure that every young child studying in the new school can learn it. Recite the ninety-nine multiplication table.

However, Zhao Shizhen is very interested in the calculation method of Arabic numerals.

The traditional Chinese abacus is calculated from high to low, while the calculation method of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of Arabic numerals is from low to high. Zhao Shizhen was very interested in this conversion. Scale promotion.

Xiao Ruxun took an attitude of neither interfering nor supporting nor opposing.

For some old pedants who heard about this incident, they kept the memorabilia accusing Zhao Shizhen of messing up and did not publish it, so they just pretended that it was not the case. I would also teach Zhenbang the four arithmetic methods of Arabic numerals in private, and personally He conducts mathematics enlightenment education.

No matter how much Zhao Shizhen studied Arabic numerals and European mathematical theory, he did a very good job in the Ministry of Military Industry, so that many people could not find black spots to black him, so they had to use such unattainable things to black him.

After Xu Guangqi was transferred out to take charge of locust control, Zhao Shizhen was promoted by Xiao Ruxun to be the second in command of the Ministry of Military Industry, that is, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Military Industry.

Xiao Ruxun saw how well this top leader was doing, and kept it in his heart. He was indeed doing very well.

He inherited the achievements left by Xu Guangqi and further promoted them.

He led the technicians of the Ministry of Military Industry to complete a lot of summarization of skills and experience, and summed up many rules and regulations similar to formulas. Xiao Ruxun felt that he seemed to have begun to move towards modern science.

This is not a joke. Zhao Shizhen is a firearms expert. In the past, he was able to successfully imitate a flintlock by himself. He also summed up a lot of firearms knowledge and passed it on to later generations. He was an extremely rare technological talent in that troubled time.

Talents come out of troubled times, people like Xu Guangqi and Zhao Shizhen are the light of hope sent by God to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty failed to grasp this last hope.

It doesn't catch at all, really.

To save the country in troubled times, we must start from the top. We must clean up this already corrupt society, rebuild its upper layers, and then gradually carry out reforms from top to bottom. Xiao Ruxun took advantage of a little foresight to successfully make Great Qin a great leap forward. leap into the future.

But he is not a scientist, he does not understand technology, does not understand the history of scientific development, has no system, cannot climb the technology tree, cannot personally lead Daqin to the cosmic era, and cannot turn Daqin's journey into a sea of ​​stars.

He can only take this traditional and conservative Inland Empire forward to hope step by step.

Entrust hope to generations of outstanding people, create a good environment for them, give him the guidance, direction and goals he can give, and entrust hope to them.

Zhao Shizhen did not disappoint Xiao Ruxun.

Xiao Ruxun received seven or eight monarchs in a row, all of whom came to ask him to buy Daqin standard armor and weapons, as well as firearms, especially artillery.

Without exception, these monarchs had a strong interest in Daqin's artillery, and tried to buy powerful artillery from Xiao Ruxun.

Some monarchs asked Daqin if they could customize some special styles of armor according to their requirements, the kind that fit their aesthetics.

Xiao Ruxun talked with them one by one.

Annan Zhengzhu Zheng Song expressed to Xiao Ruxun that he hoped to buy Daqin's blunderbuss and artillery, as well as various standard weapons and armor, and asked Xiao Ruxun if he could sell these weapons to him.

Xiao Ruxun said that it is absolutely possible, Daqin can sell these weapons to you.

Zheng Song was overjoyed, and immediately asked to start negotiations on quantity and price. Xiao Ruxun agreed, and arranged for the commissioners of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance to negotiate with them.

Next, except for the Mo family and North Korea, all the others came to ask Xiao Ruxun to buy Daqin's latest weapons. After getting permission, they began to negotiate with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to determine the quantity, price and special needs.

Within two or three days, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance were negotiating with people from these vassal states on this issue.

Some countries are small and poor, and it is difficult for them to bear the relatively high price of guns and artillery. However, they are very coveted by the power of guns and cannons. The idea of ​​Daqin in exchange for weapons.

They are willing to exchange weapons with Daqin for their own country's mineral deposits, their own tree resources, and various special things that Daqin does not have.

(End of this chapter)