The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 41 Engineering Team and Railway
"My son's industrial development plan is huge, and it would be too inappropriate for the housekeeper to come forward."

Yanwang Mansion has great power.

But there are also many people watching.

"It's a business matter for the merchants themselves to promote. It has nothing to do with the relationship with the mansion. If something happens, it won't involve the mansion."

Zhu Di was noncommittal about the eldest son's answer.

If someone really has the strength to point the finger at Prince Yan's mansion, he is afraid that there will be no reason for it.

Zhu Di didn't even care about those who had no power to influence the Yan Palace.

"Although the theory of the steam engine was discovered by my son, it was the craftsmen who actually built the steam engine. That's why my son proposed a patent, and each machine will earn ten thousand three five taels of silver."

"Too many." Zhu Di interrupted Zhu Gaochi.

"not much."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head, and hurriedly explained: "The patent period is three years, and the son is not at a loss."

"Why is it set for three years?"

Hearing that there was a restriction, Zhu Di recognized it and stopped pursuing the matter, but he was curious about the time set by his son.

Was it random, or was it intentional?

Zhu Di expected the latter.

"Three years have been carefully considered to satisfy Wansan's interests without affecting the development of the steam engine."

Zhu Gaochi replied confidently.

The Industrial Revolution, it does not belong to anyone.

Like a river.

Britain may be the first to discover it, but it does not mean that this river can only belong to Britain.

Many countries have also started the industrial revolution.

Just like the birth of the patent law, the United Kingdom is a western country that introduced the patent system relatively late.

At the beginning, it also ranged from three years to five years.

Gradually extend to ten years, 15 years, 17 years, and even 20 years.

The international patent law, which was extended to 20 years later, has deviated from its original intention and has become a means to restrict other countries from catching up.

You can't let Zhu Di control the topic, otherwise it will not be conducive to the result you want.

It was a failed conversation.

Zhu Gaochi tried his best to carefully recall the success stories that later generations have seen.

Be sure to control the rhythm of the conversation and control your tone.

How to control the rhythm of the conversation in front of the powerful.

Ask questions he cares about.

"With the function of the steam engine, the price of coal will become lower and lower, and it will become a cheap fuel, which will definitely promote the development of all walks of life."

In the large study.

Zhu Gaochi spoke freely, but Zhu Di sat in the grand teacher's chair without saying a word.

Zhu Di was a little lost in thought.

The change of the eldest son made him a little relieved, but also a little dissatisfied.

"But there is one truth that will not change. Everything rises and falls. With the prosperity of the coal industry, it will replace firewood as the fire in people's homes, and people who live on the firewood industry will have no means of living."

Zhu Gaochi solemnly told Zhu Di.

"Ordinary people in the city burn fires to keep warm in winter on weekdays. They need to use 45 loads of firewood every year, which is estimated to be around [-] catties, and consume two big trees."

The straightforward data immediately moved Zhu Di.

The source of firewood has always been one of the most important things for the court.

A mountain factory was specially set up for this purpose.

And Zhu Gaochi also knew.

Four years of Yongle in the future.

Because the source of firewood needed by the capital is gradually decreasing, it can no longer meet the needs of the people.

Zhu Di, who was in front of him, personally sent the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the officials of Zhengsanpin to find a place to set up a new mountain factory to solve the problem of firewood.

"This matter must not be sloppy." Although the eldest son did not say it clearly, Zhu Di clearly knew that he supported countless people by cutting down trees, transporting timber, and selling firewood.

If it is true what the eldest son said.

In the future, the people in the city will stop burning firewood and use briquettes instead, and many people will lose their livelihoods.

It was the first time talking about serious matters with the eldest son, which made Zhu Di feel uncomfortable, and his words were unknowingly vague.

Let's be strict, because I'm afraid of dampening the eldest son's enthusiasm.Let's be gentle, and I'm afraid that I won't attract the attention of the eldest son.

no way.

Who let the person in front of him be his own son? Being an old man can only be exhausting.

Zhu Di is not like this when he is outside.

"My son has a way to solve it." Zhu Gaochi had the chance to win, and his confidence was getting stronger and stronger.

The immeasurable knowledge in his mind is useless in later generations and is called so-called junk information.

But these spam messages still had some effect in ancient times, even in front of Zhu Di.

It can only raise questions and can only provoke suspicion.

But after asking a question, you can solve the problem and immediately become a talent.

The same is true for Zhu Di. Hearing that his son had a solution, he took his attitude seriously and stopped treating the eldest son as a child.

"Tell me about it."

When it comes to industrial development, who will be his opponent?Zhu Gaochi opened up the chatter box, talking endlessly.

"As the output of the coal field increases, more and more miners will be needed. You can go to the mountain field to recruit miners. This is one of them."

"Establish an engineering team and recruit the rest of the people who have no livelihood. It's a two-pronged approach."

"Engineering Team?"

Zhu Di's face was a little exciting.

队？
What is the team?
The team is a military establishment.

The kid wants to join the military power?

Thinking of what happened to Zhu Neng during the day, Zhu Di couldn't help but raised his hand and touched his chin again.

If other people wanted to set up a so-called engineering team in front of Zhu Di, they would just use the word "team", which immediately aroused his suspicion.

But there is also the eldest son Zhu Gaochi in front of him, who can make Zhu Di suppress his unhappiness.

The second son, Zhu Gaoxu, can't do it either.

Although Zhu Di was a little worried, he didn't interrupt the eldest son.

The eldest son is going to support the family business.

"There is still room for the price of coal to fall. An engineering team will be established to build railways in various coal yards, directly from the mining area to Beiping City."

Another taboo.

"What is a railway?"

Zhu Di looked puzzled.

Where did the eldest son learn things that he had never heard of.

But that's how people are.

The more others say something that they don't understand, the more they follow this pattern, and feel that they are tall and have a head.

Zhu Di couldn't get rid of this habit, and felt relieved that his son had become a talent.

The earliest railway in the world was born in England in the nineteenth century.

From the steam engine that could only be used for pumping water at the beginning, after a hundred years of technological development, people finally installed the mature steam engine on the train.

same.

The initial use of steam trains was also used in coal yards, connecting cities and ports, leading to coal production areas.

The early market demand for trains is to pull coal.

Now the Wansan steam engine is only the first generation product, and it is impossible to put it on the train.

The steam engine for pumping water and the steam engine on the locomotive are both called steam engines and have similar principles, but they are actually two products, epoch-making products.

but.

A steam engine for pumping water will not work, but a horse can be used.

Horse-drawn train.

It was originally a product of transition, but it is just right for the moment.

"Railway is a special fast road, which can transport goods faster and in large quantities than straight roads, and can transport people even more."

On the last word, Zhu Gaochi dragged out his voice.

Can Zhu Di understand?

Of course.

The eldest son means that the railway can march quickly.

"Can it be repaired on the grassland?"

Zhu Di learned without a teacher and asked the most critical questions.

"can."

Not now, but in the future.

(End of this chapter)