Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1192

Considering the current technical exchange between the East and the West, Niu Er still asked cautiously: "Guo Gong thinks, do Westerners learn the method of this railroad track? This thing has great potential. Although it may not be as good as the canal now, it is just Like muskets and bows and arrows, although they are not as good at the beginning, they will eventually replace them."

Regarding this question, Liu Yu just smiled and said: "This kind of thing is impossible to prevent. First, this thing is not difficult, and the technical level of Westerners has reached it; second, most of the current machinery is a Qiao' character, if you get its essence, you can reproduce it."

"Although defense is needed, you can't count on it. But whether Westerners will use it in the short term...I think it's hanging."

"The British have been developing the canal over the years, and the capital that operates the canal is extremely powerful, and the situation in the UK is more suitable for the canal."

"The French gambled on the roads. If they fight, they will have an advantage. It is very convenient to move troops around because of these roads. After the French steam car failed, I think most of them want to learn, but he has no money. .”

These days, the technology of the handicraft industry is relatively easier to "keep secret".It's not that there is any difficulty in technology, but that skilled handicraft practitioners can't be transformed out of skilled handicraft practitioners with Songsu's loom.Moreover, this also takes into account labor costs, wage levels and other issues.

However, the achievements of the first industrial revolution, especially the machinery industry, are actually quite difficult to keep secret.

Historically, the British have very strict secrecy laws and regulations prohibiting the outflow of technology, and even have command of the sea.

But it didn't help.Craftsmen like Samuel Slater, after memorizing the process and some ingenious tricks, disguised themselves as farmers and ran to the United States, could also reproduce the spinning machines of the Industrial Revolution era. He is known as the father of American industry. Although the British call them spies and traitors.

Another example is Xu Shou, who never went to study abroad. Before the age of 20, he also read "Han Shu", "Book of Songs", and "Shui Jing Zhu".

The characteristic of the industrial age is that it is easy to replicate.The Industrial Revolution itself would mean little if it wasn't easy to replicate.

In this era of extremely low technology imitation costs, Dashun's size is mainly focused on the colony and the market.

For the time being, these technologies will not have much direct significance to Dashun's colonies, markets, expansion, etc. for more than ten years.

In the first Opium War, the direct significance of the steam engine was to break the common sense of the "sail age". The steam tugboat dragged the gunboat into some unimaginable blind spots in the sailboat age.

The root cause of the Opium War has nothing to do with the steam engine. The main thing is to win India, have Indian cannon fodder, and an offensive launch point closer to China.

For Dashun, on the whole, in the past ten years, the biggest ratio of investment to return is actually the rubbing boat.Once there are steamships, the Yangtze River route will come alive, and the waterway from Shanghai to Hankou will come alive by relying on steam ships, and many common economic senses in the past will not apply.At the very least, the complicated and troublesome salt administration issue will be directly reduced by three or five difficulties.

But for the imperial power, especially for the Dashun imperial power whose Grand Canal was abolished by Liu Yu, the railway is definitely the most willing investment direction for the Dashun court in the north of the capital, which is what Liu Yu said does not need water. Grand Canal.

As for things like colonization and expansion, the help that the Industrial Revolution can bring at this time is not great.The contradiction between Dashun and India, and the contradiction between Europe and Europe, in the final analysis, is the contradiction between the handicraft industry.

The 17th century was the century of sugar cane and spices. The Dutch won the bet, so they lost in the 18th century, because Britain, as the loser of the century of sugar cane and spices, was driven to India.

The 18th century was the century of the textile industry.To a certain extent, Britain and France still lost their bet, and they paid too much around the sugar cane in the Caribbean.

Objectively speaking, the British occupation of Bangladesh at this time can objectively promote the development of Bangladesh's textile industry and the germination of capitalism.

However, when Dashun occupied Bangladesh at this time, it was purely aimed at destroying the weaving industry in Bangladesh, and directly colonized and simplified India's economy.

In this process, technology is not the decisive factor.

On the contrary, the hegemonic means of domination, organization, robbing skills, science of vassalism, efficient robbery, and land system are the decisive factors.

In the previous 200 years, the biggest external factor hindering the great development of Jiangnan's textile industry was India's cotton textile industry and silk industry.

If the Dashun industrial revolution wants to continue to develop, it must and can only destroy India's handicraft industry.Otherwise, if it continues to develop, the interior will be bombed first, and bombing at this time is not a good thing.

Liu Yu knew very well in his heart that he and many members of the Dashunshi School had differences in many matters, and the differences were huge.

But in one thing, it's definitely the same.

In the future world, there will be coal, iron, steam engines, and black smoke everywhere.

The importance of India to Dashun need not be mentioned in terms of trade and industry.

At the same time, the process of conquering and ruling India is also an excellent "school" of the Dashunshi School.

They will witness the disintegration of the small peasant economy, the tragedy of rural bankruptcy after the invasion of capital, the oppression of the rural areas by landlords, and even one after another of famines.

If these things can happen in India, they can naturally also happen in Dashun.

Now that they are sure, the future is smoky.

Then, how to reach this future, they will summarize and think about the answer in India's practice.

There must be differences.But the formal goal is the same.

If they regard the low-level people in Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Lianghu, Guangxi and other places as human beings, they must think about how to survive this extremely difficult transition.

If they don't regard the low-level people there as human beings, then they also have to think about how the intensity of suppression and willingness to resist are far more intense than the peasant uprising in Dashun in India.

Now they haven't thought about these things, but they are simply full of gradually concrete imaginations about the smoky future.

But their practice in India will make them have to think about who owns this smoky future.

And, what if someone stands in the way of this smoky future?Even if it is the emperor, what should we do if it is in the way?
Maybe I can't think about it now, but I will think about it one day, and it won't be too late.

But this premise is to win India first.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu didn't mention the railway. Instead, he roughly read Niu Er's report and said, "In a while, you can follow me to meet the saint and tell you what you have seen and heard in India. Your Majesty also needs to know the truth. Case."

Seeing that Liu Yu didn't continue to mention things like railways and technical protection, Niu Er felt relieved. He trusted Liu Yu's judgment quite a bit, and felt that Liu Yu didn't care about what he had brought up. It's really not a big deal.

It was not the first time Niu Er had met the emperor when he heard that he was going to face the emperor in a while.He was not born in the imperial examination and could not be an official internally. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and the honor of guarding the army, but he did not have the title of general in the army. He belonged to a special group of people in the Dashun system.

It is another weird official system. Lieutenant generals and top guards are related to salary and rank, but they cannot be justifiably official. In fact, they are not active lieutenant generals and cannot directly lead the army.

Generally, they are officials in the colonies, and the emperor follows a different system.

Firstly, those who came to the mainland to be officials often did not understand how to do it in the colonies; secondly, those who knew how to do it in the colonies could easily do great things in the inland.

It is a bit similar to the system of the Song Dynasty. When no specific position is given, the piles of honors, titles, and grades are of little use.

In other words, it is a bit similar to the gang of old nobles in Dashun. The princes are of the highest rank, but when they are not doing work, they squat at home.It's just that he is still some distance away from being knighted.

Even, it is more like the Marquis of Guannei in the Han Dynasty, or the Marquis of Liehou after the centralization of power.

In the past few years, too many people have risen in the frontiers and colonies. According to the standards of the Han Dynasty's military merits, they can really send a few Guanneihou.

For the time being, it's not a big problem.It does not occupy the original internal quota, but the external expansion is getting bigger and bigger, and the pie is getting more and more.This group of people outside the old system has no dissatisfaction for the time being. On the contrary, they all feel that this is the best era, and they are just around the corner to get ahead.

A level like Niu Er has done quite well in Java, and the emperor has seen it before.Niu Er didn't feel flustered psychologically when he faced the matter of Sheng Sheng, he just thought about the suggestions he had written in the report, and asked nervously: "Duke thinks, is there anything wrong with what the next official said about India? "

Liu Yu just smiled, handed the report back to Niu Er, and said: "True knowledge comes from practice. You have to travel thousands of miles after reading thousands of books. You came back from India, how should you deal with the situation there?" It is also your duty to come back from this trip."

"It's right or it's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Say what you want."

When he said this, Niu Er knew it in his heart.So after tidying up, he followed Liu Yu to Miansheng.

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After listening to Niu Er, who was kneeling on the ground, about his trip to India, the emperor didn't read Niu Er's report immediately, but asked: "Since you have come to the battlefield in person, from what you can see, the British are here." How about the Indian army? How about the soldiers trained by the British?"

Niu Er thought for a while and gave a very clear answer.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I believe that the rebels who returned to the volcano in Java in the past could fight the British and win it. As for the field camp soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty, I believe that defeating the British is easy. The Indian soldiers trained by the British , well-trained, and the combat power is acceptable, not only can eat enough food, but also has array training, and also uses musket formation, which is not far behind."

"Originally, the most difficult thing to conquer India was the acclimatization to the climate, the hot climate, and the frequent occurrence of diseases. Now in Ceylon and Nanyang, there are no less than hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese, and the soldiers recruited there are not acclimatized to the climate."

"The biggest problem is solved in the temple, and the rest, according to the minister's opinion, chop melons and vegetables. As for the soldiers of the Indian chieftain, it is not worth mentioning. One Han soldier counts as ten, so it is not a problem."

(End of this chapter)