At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 516 Sun Tzu's Art of War
This question is a bit difficult, Zhang Yi directly shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Xu Pu looked at Yang Shan and Cao Nai again, they also shook their heads, there was no way, they really didn't know.

It's no wonder that, except for the Academy of Sciences, most of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty only knew that science and technology were very good and powerful. As for some specific working principles, they were not clear.

Xu Pu didn't hold back, and said: "It's better to be an official to answer, the first is food!"

When the three of them heard this, they all frowned. Could it be that the steam train was not made of steel, but food?

Seeing this, Xu Pu explained: "If you want to develop science and technology, you first need a lot of manpower. The people in the world are bound to the land, so it's impossible. That's why the emperor made great efforts to clear up the land and improve the tax law. At the same time, introduce improved varieties, increase food production, and free a lot of manpower from the land."

"The next step is steel. If you want to make steel, you need iron ore and coal mines. From exploration to development to transportation, this process not only requires a large number of survey technicians, but also requires more manpower to excavate and mine."

"Now that we have steel, we can start assembling...Of course, the premise is that there are design drawings and assembly according to the drawings, and then there are a lot of experiments to continuously find problems and find solutions to them. A large number of scientific researchers are still needed. Proficient in complex knowledge such as arithmetic, physics, and chemistry."

"If you want to complete these, you need countless silver coins. For example, as an example, each experiment is equivalent to throwing silver coins into the water, and then... plop, just listen to it, and it will be gone!"

"The three adults know that the research and development process of the first steam locomotive involved not only a large number of iron ore and coal mines, but also hundreds of workshops that made parts, and invested a total of tens of millions of taels of silver!"

"However, all of this still needs to be based on the element of luck. If you are unlucky, have repeated defeats, or cannot find a breakthrough for certain technical problems, the cost will be more, doubled, or even ten times. !"

"Technical issues are very complicated, and many links are very closely related. During the test process, as long as one link goes wrong, all previous efforts will be in vain, and everything will have to be reinvented!"

"Three adults, do you still think it is easy to build a steam train?"

Zhang Yi listened attentively, nodded repeatedly, and said, "You mean that even if Yiyi Jianliang brought the blueprints back to Japan, they wouldn't be able to build a steam train?"

"Exactly!"

Xu Pu continued: "Let's not talk about steam trains. Even the rails laid under the train look simple. It's nothing more than making steel rails and laying them on sleepers. In fact, the technical content in them is very high. Even if the power of the whole country is poured, it will not be able to create it!"

Zhang Yi couldn't help nodding, and said, "In any case, it's better to keep these new technologies out of the way of outsiders, so as to prevent problems before they happen!"

"The lower officials feel that it is not a bad thing to let them get in touch with them properly."

"How?"

Xu Pu said: "Science and technology will develop sooner or later, and it is the worst policy to guard against them."

Zhang Yi asked back: "So, do you have a better plan?"

Xu Pu smiled slightly, and said: "For foreigners who come to Daming, they will be shocked when they see the railway network extending in all directions, and there are giant steel beasts spewing thick smoke, carrying countless people and goods passing through quickly. , and then generate a thirsty heart!"

"That's the reason, Ichijo Kaneyo also has the same idea."

"Then let him take a good look around, and when he returns home with admiration, he finds that his domestic industrial foundation is really poor. He needs steel but no steel, coal but no coal, and no more talents. At this time, they want to build The only way to get out of the steam train is to ask me for help."

Zhang Yi frowned and said, "How can a country's important weapon be given to others so easily?"

"Hey, Zhang Butang's layout is too small!"

Xu Pu waved his hand and said, "You can give it, but you can't give it for nothing."

"The Japanese are wolfish ambitions. If they learn the skills and turn around to deal with us, wouldn't it be a problem for tigers?"

"Zhang Butang raised them high, they are not tigers, at best they are just a group of white-eyed wolves!"

Xu Pu chuckled and continued: "Steel can be sold, coal can be sold, but technology cannot be sold. We can send people to help them build trains, or sell the finished products to them directly."

"Steam trains are not finished after they are built. If they want to run normally, they need a lot of coal. Japan does not produce coal, so they can only import from us. Moreover, the follow-up maintenance of trains requires a lot of steel, and steelmaking requires a lot of coal. More coal."

"As long as these materials are firmly controlled, it is equivalent to grasping the lifeline of the Japanese country, let them go east, and never dare to go west!"

Zhang Yi finally realized that this move is powerful!
People in the Academy of Sciences are not only good at inventing, but also playing tactics are not inferior to anyone.

These methods are extremely clever, even Confucian students who are familiar with the Spring and Autumn Period and are well versed in the way of comprehensive manipulation, may not have such a strategic vision.

Yang Shan had a different idea and asked: "If it is true as what Xu Shidu said, the Wa Kingdom completely relies on the resources of our dynasty, and it can fundamentally control them. Wouldn't the words become empty talk?"

Xu Pu smiled and said: "When a person has tasted the delicacies of mountains and seas, he will definitely refuse to let him go back to the days of eating chaff and swallowing vegetables. Ask for it!"

Yang Shan didn't speak anymore, because he had nothing to say.

What shocked him even more was that Xu Pu's qualifications in the Academy of Sciences were not deep, or even very shallow. Before the orthodox 19-year imperial examination, he had been reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and it was only a year since he switched to natural science. .

I really didn't expect that in just one year, there would be such a deep understanding, and such a deep scheming, do science people have to learn Sun Tzu's Art of War every day?
Cao Naiyu said earnestly: "Listening to what you have to say is better than reading for ten years. This old man has been educated."

Xu Pu hurriedly said: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, Cao Gong will beat me!"

Cao Nai smiled lightly, and said: "Young people are awesome. Seeing that there are successors in Ming Dynasty, I can rest assured!"

Xu Pu clasped his fists again and again in salute: "Your junior is ashamed to be that!"

Cao Nai changed his mind and asked, "Xu Shidu, are you interested in coming to the Ministry of Officials to develop?"

"what?"

Xu Pu was stunned, what was going on in his mind?
Cao Nai chuckled, and said, "The emperor issued a decree to restructure and reorganize various ministries, and one of the most important items is to add various research institutes. I always thought that the Ministry of Officials did not need the support of the Academy of Sciences. I just realized today that I am shallow!"

Zhang Yi came to his senses immediately, and hurriedly said, "Actually, the Ministry of Rites also needs a talent like Xu Shidu."

Seeing that the two started recruiting, Yang Shan stopped holding it, and said with a smile: "The position of Shaoqing in Honglu Temple is still vacant, Xu Shidu think about it?"
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