Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

"It stands to reason that this is the most labor-saving way." Zhu Biao touched his chin, thoughtfully, "But Li Xing has just surrendered, so if we give these things to him now, wouldn't it be a big trouble if he has other ideas? "

The methods Chu Ze gave are all advanced in today's society.

Giving it to others is equivalent to giving them the opportunity to dig up.

Zhu Biao was not very happy.

Chu Ze didn't care. He explained: "Even if we don't give it, it will be a matter of time before they figure it out. Moreover, Taiwan is now under our control, and all the minerals will eventually be shipped to us. This is to do things for us. If you buy his stuff, it will ultimately create value for us, so it doesn’t matter.”

"Okay, now that you've decided, just do what you want." Zhu Biao trusted Chu Ze and his judgment.

And Chu Ze is right when he says that these technologies will ultimately create benefits for Li Xing.

It's a good thing.

Since Chu Ze believed in Li Xing, he might as well believe in it.

"But I think we can put the copper matter to a later date. The most important thing is gold." The amount of gold stored determines the strength of a country.

Although copper is also very useful, it is still inferior to gold.

Zhu Biao asked Chu Ze: "Do you have any opinions on gold mining?"

It would be best to increase the speed of mining and smelting so that they can obtain more gold of higher purity.

When Chu Ze heard this, he knew what Zhu Biao was thinking.

And he also likes gold.

"As for gold... I haven't thought of it yet. But copper is also very important. If you really want to talk about it, copper is more important than gold."

"More important than gold?" Zhu Biao thought for a moment. In his understanding, in addition to being made into currency, copper is used to make weapons, musical instruments, decorations and other items.

For example, previous bronze vessels, bronze weapons, copper furnaces, copper coins, etc.

Is copper important?

Definitely important.

But no matter how important it is, it is not as important as gold.

Now Chu Ze said that copper is even more important than gold.

This made him somewhat incomprehensible.

Chu Ze nodded with certainty: "Yes. Do you remember what we said before that we wanted to build a steam generator?"

Zhu Biao remembered this too well.

Just two days ago, Chu Ze took him to see a steam engine.

But at that time, it had not been completely manufactured, and he only saw a pile of parts.

"Does it need copper?" I've never heard Chu Ze mention this before.

Zhu's face was full of suspicion.

Chu Zedao: "It is necessary and indispensable. Copper has good electrical conductivity, high melting point, good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, long service life, and reliable operation. In modern society, copper is widely used in Conductive materials. The water-saving steam generator we just mentioned requires copper. In addition to these, copper can also be used to make bullets, cannonballs, condenser tubes and heat exchangers for ships, as well as bearings, valves and other things. All in all, copper has a wide range of applications.”

Zhu Biao was confused when he heard this.

He knew every word of what Chu Ze said.

But once they joined forces, he didn't understand a word.

But he understood one thing - copper was important.

Especially in Chu Ze's era, the importance of copper was even more prominent.

"According to what you said, a lot of copper was used every year in your era, right?" Zhu Biao thought thoughtfully.

"That's natural." Chu Ze answered naturally.

Seeing Zhu Biao's silent look, Chu Ze added: "But copper is not a scarce metal. The copper content of the entire earth is still very high."

When Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Ze: "So, our Ming Dynasty should also have a lot of them?"

"Well... unfortunately, not much." Chu Ze said, "Although China has a vast territory and abundant resources, and is extremely rich in many resources, copper is one of the scarce metals and needs to be imported from outside every year to meet the demand. "

"But if we look at the data reported by the officials below, there are still quite a lot of copper mines."

Zhu Biao was surprised.

In his impression, copper has been around since ancient times.

To this day, copper deposits are still being discovered.

How could it be scarce?
Chu Ze sighed: "That's because we have been comparing ourselves with the past. In the past, the technology was not high, and naturally there were not many copper mines discovered. Look at how rare copper was at the beginning? But now, it is so rare. With the development of the times, copper is no longer as scarce as it used to be. If it continues to develop, as the scope of use of copper expands, the demand for copper will only increase. Our little copper ore reserves are naturally not enough. Therefore, In order for our future development to be free from shackles, we need to get more copper. By the way, the tile thorn... we must take down the tile thorn."

When he said this, Chu Ze's eyes lit up.

He couldn't help but lean forward and get close to Zhu Biao, with uncontrollable excitement in his voice: "Did you know? The Waqi area is extremely rich in mineral resources. Especially copper, which is 20 billion tons, 20 billion! "He stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of Zhu Biao several times, for fear that Zhu Biao might not see clearly.

"Do you know how much we only have? Just 3000 million tons."

This bit of data is like a grain of rice dropped next to a bowl of rice.

If they could "carry" this bowl of rice back to their home...

Chu Ze felt very excited just thinking about it.

Not only Chu Ze was excited, but Zhu Biao was also excited.

Before he could say anything, Chu Ze continued: "Not only copper, but also gold, coal, and oil reserves are extremely rich. Let me tell you, after the water-saving steam turbine is built, we will need a lot of Coal. Although we have it ourselves, if we continue to mine it, sooner or later it will be exhausted. Since there are so many good things nearby, why don't we get it back?" Chu Ze raised his eyebrows at Zhu Biao and looked at him with some encouragement. Looking at him.

Zhu Biao's eyes brightened even more.

"It's a simple matter. We are already using troops against Waqi. It will be a matter of time to capture Waqi." Zhu Biao spoke a little faster.

After he finished speaking, Zhu Biao asked again: "What about the Kipchak Khanate? What resources do they have?"

Hearing this, Chu Ze suddenly laughed.

He thought he was a bandit, but he didn't expect that Zhu Biao also had the potential to be a bandit.

He didn't even mention it, Zhu Biao thought of it first.

But in the Kipchak Khanate, where did the automobile trade come from?

Chu Ze remembered that there seemed to be many countries.

"I can't remember." Chu Ze thought for a while, but without any clue, he just waved his hand and made a lazy decision, "Whatever, just take it anyway."

When Zhu Biao heard this, the blood in his body began to boil.

He patted his thigh excitedly and said happily: "That's right, as long as we take it, won't we know what it has?"

Zhu Biao and Chu Ze exchanged a tacit look. (End of chapter)