Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 557 Steam Engine Factory
After reading Li Xiangjun's memorabilia, Chongzhen happily said: "The decree is issued to reward Li Xiangjun, the deputy general of Huguang, and the female soldiers and native soldiers under his command. All the local soldiers involved in suppressing the rebellion were filled into the town of Sichuan, and enjoyed the same treatment as other towns.”

"The old slave leads the decree." Gao Qiqian took the oral order and rushed to the political affairs hall to proclaim the decree.

When Chongzhen looked back again, he saw that Zhengqi No. [-] was still running at high speed.

It's a pity that Gewuke didn't have time to develop the machine tool, so it could only idle.

However, as long as the steam engine has been developed, the rest will be easy to handle.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the most difficult thing in the industrial revolution is to create the first steam engine.

At that moment, Chongzhen called Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing to the front again, Pascal was sent away by Chongzhen, and asked him to return to the Imperial College to do experiments.

By the way, Pascal was working on the law of gravitation.

One more thing, Pascal started his research on gravitation after being inspired by Chongzhen.

If nothing else happens, the law of universal gravitation in this world will be discovered 20 years in advance, the discoverer will also change from Newton to Pascal, and the basic unit of mechanics may also be changed from Newton to other names.

The sketch adopts three-view, which was also inspired by Chongzhen, and was introduced into the teaching of Guozijian by Pascal, the dean of the Academy of Physics at the Imperial College. Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing also quickly accepted the concept of three-view, because they found that the drawing with three-view Processing drawings are more accurate.

Chongzhen would rather live in the Qingliang Mountain Palace than the Forbidden City, so he really thought about it, so he sent Gao Qiqian to take Ran Sanniang to Qingliang Mountain Palace or Yilun Hall.

"But [-] million share capital is too scary."

Speculators who can earn more than 50 yuan from the two cities are rare.

Having said this, Wang Tao said angrily again: "If you really buy shares in this steam engine factory, according to the prospectus, the share capital is set at 1 million yuan, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will take away 3000 million yuan without doing anything. ?”

At this time, Ma Minghao has not yet arrived, and the prospectus has not officially started.

This time it was Lu Jiude wearing Chongzhen's golden mountain armor. The teachers and students of the Imperial College also said that Lu Jiude was Chongzhen, so they all bowed to Lu Jiude.

After a short pause, Ma Mingpao said again: "I can tell you responsibly that 25 billion is conservative, but even with this output value, the annual profit will exceed 5 million."

"No problem, bearing manufacturing is actually not difficult, but it is labor-intensive and time-consuming."

"Qizou Shengshang, I have already asked clearly." Zhang Huang said, "It was the brothers of the Luo family who sent people to do it. Because they couldn't find a chance to assassinate the Holy Majesty, they retreated and turned their target to Master Ma."

"That's it, I will take my leave first." Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing went off to work separately.

[Note: As early as the Yuan Dynasty, there was already a cylindrical roller bearing mechanism]

This includes the good friends Wang Tao and Sun Tinglan.

……

It is difficult to describe in words exactly what the change is.

Ma Mingpao didn't even say a word of politeness, and went directly to the topic: "You Dongweng and the shopkeeper must have read the prospectus. The situation is basically like this. The Daming Steam Engine Factory will be handed over to the Weng family. It was originally the largest loom manufacturer in Suzhou. The looms produced are of reliable quality and are exported to Huguang. Everyone knows this. I won’t repeat it today. Today I just want to tell you about the future prospects of steam engines. .”

"Isn't it?" Wang Tao said with a matter-of-fact expression, "Before every time new shares were recruited, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would sincerely take out workshops or factories, and the shareholding was lower than the actual value."

"That's true." Sun Tinglan nodded and said, "The capital of the Royal Exchange is only [-] million shares."

"In the future, steam engines will be widely used in various factories such as arsenals, flour mills, and iron smelting plants. Even naval warships will be equipped with steam engines to provide driving force. Therefore, the demand for steam engines is predictable. , not hundreds or thousands of units, but tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of units!"

After Fang Yizhi finished speaking, he hurriedly presented the set of sketches he had just drawn to Chongzhen.

"How many shares?" Wang Tao's face collapsed, "Then how much do you buy?"

Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing looked at each other and said: "My lord, it is inconvenient to use iron chains and connecting rods for transmission. I still want to find some weaving workshops to develop tough and durable cloth belts for transmission."

"The spindle of the lathe rotates extremely fast, is the bearing okay?"

"Okay." Chongzhen laughed, "Isn't it good to use the money of Jiannu to do our Daming's business."

In other words, the bosses of the slave spy organization have all become traitors.

It can be seen that although these students have become thinner and darker, and the shirts they wear are also dirty and torn, the spirit that exudes from their bodies has undergone significant changes.

While speaking, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingpao, had already brought Qianbo Kedu and Zhang Dai hurried in.

Zhang Huangyan used asking instead of checking, because it is really asking.

But it can be seen that these students have really changed.

Sun Tinglan still respected Wang Tao, and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Wang think this business is worthless?"

Because Chongzhen neither had a large-scale draft, nor did it recruit eunuchs on a large scale, and there were very few court ladies and eunuchs who escaped from Beijing, so the huge Forbidden City seemed very empty. It was fine during the day, but it was very infiltrating at night. Ran Sanniang and a few serving maids hid at the door of the bedroom and dared not come out.

"How can this be done without doing anything." Sun Tinglan said in a low voice, "The steam engine was made by the Gewu Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Didn't the prospectus say that if it is not counted as a shareholding, you have to pay patent fees? Same, anyway, if the steam engine factory wants to produce steam engines, it has to pay the money, but the patent transfer fee is deducted from each steam engine, and the technology shares are distributed according to the annual profit dividends, it can only be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages. "

So now every move of the Jiannu spies is under the supervision of Zhang Huangyan.

"How do you plan to solve the transmission of the lathe and steam engine? Use cloth belts? Iron chains? Or directly use connecting rods?"

After a short pause, Sun Tinglan whispered again: "However, I think this Daming Steam Engine Factory is still worth participating in. If Mr. Wang believes in me, he might as well subscribe for tens of thousands of shares."

So Wang Tao and Sun Tinglan were sitting in the corner and whispering.

Sun Tinglan answered almost instantly: "25 billion!"

When entering Yilun Hall, Zhang Huangyan was already waiting.

Hearing this, Zhang Huangyan didn't say anything more. Originally, he wanted to ask for an order to arrest these merchants, but now it seems that it is unnecessary, because Chongzhen didn't have such an idea at all.

"Fang Qing and Song Qing, have you drawn up the design sketch of the lathe?"

"The speed of the lathe needs to be divided into speed and slowness. How do you achieve it?"

Sun Tinglan estimated the number of people present, and said in a low voice, "About [-] people came to the IPO this time. If distribution is based on the number of people, each person can subscribe for a maximum of [-] shares. I want to buy all of them."

While removing his armor with the help of the eunuch, Chongzhen asked, "Zhang Huangyan, have you checked it out?"

Lu Jiude didn't dare to speak, and only made a flat gesture.

"What are you talking about technology shares, and the proportion of the shares is as high as [-]%, isn't this a robbery?"

"Of course, there won't be so many in the first place."

Although the censor often wrote impeachments, Chongzhen never paid attention to it.

"It's not necessary." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Let's keep Luo Zuojiu as a cover for Luo Zuochang, lest Dorgon and those Shanxi merchants become suspicious and cut off the Luo family brothers' wealth."

The IPO of the steam engine factory is underway in Bailuzhou.

Luo Zuochang, the boss of the Luo family brothers, has been instigated by Zhang Huangyan.

Chongzhen never went to the Forbidden City except for the Dachaohui.

Facing the drawings, Chongzhen asked a few questions.

Although most of the Forbidden City in Nanjing has been repaired, especially the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lived, Chongzhen did not like to live there, but preferred to live in the Imperial College.

This IPO attracted nearly a thousand merchants.

If Zhu Xiruoquan knows, he wonders if his anger will break his defense?
When Chongzhen returned to Guozijian, the students who had gone out for training had already returned one after another.

"Brother Tinglan, I don't understand something." Wang Tao has become a brother to Sun Tinglan.

The matter of Gewuke came to an end, and Chongzhen was finally able to return to the Imperial College.

Zhang Huangyan asked again: "Sir Qizuo, do you want to take this opportunity to arrest Luo Zuojiu?"

"Sir, the design sketch of the lathe has been drawn up."

Wang Tao said: "The Daming Arsenal only has 50 shares in capital."

"Okay, just try it out and don't be afraid to make mistakes."

After a short pause, Ma Mingpao said again: "But the steam engine is different from ordinary industrial products. Its price is not a few hundred yuan or a few thousand yuan, but tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan. We might as well get a The median value is simply calculated based on the unit price of 10 yuan, what is the output value of the demand for 5 units?"

"Of course it is a gear, and the speed can be changed through gears of different sizes."

"But this time the steam engine factory is offering shares, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs actually wants to white wolf with nothing."

When Chongzhen looked at the students, the students also stopped and bowed to Lu Jiude.

"Sun Weng is very capable." Ma Mingpao naturally recognized Sun Tinglan.

The Yilun Hall of the Imperial College could soon be renamed the Dunlun Hall.

Chongzhen nodded happily, and said: "Then let's do this first, you go to work."

Zhang Huangyan added: "Speaking of sources of income, I have investigated clearly that several merchants planning to invest in the steam engine factory are actually Shanxi merchants behind them, including the Fan family."

"The Holy One once said that any industry needs to be cultivated."

"But you must also see that the original equity capital is only [-] million."

"It's really rare to have a chance like this to fight ten, or even one hundred, and you must not miss it easily."

"Finally, let's talk about the shareholding structure. The Ministry of Internal Affairs invests in technology, accounting for 500% of the shares, but does not participate in specific operations. The Weng family invests in management, accounting for half of the shares. However, they can only be distributed as dividends and cannot be resold. The remaining [-] million shares are used as shares. tradable shares."

(End of this chapter)