Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1095 Spring of Science ([-])

"The 'Science Spring' plan originally planned to distribute 500 million yuan in scientific research funds for ten years, focusing on supporting machining, new materials, electrical industries, and medical industries. Of course, if there are good projects in other industries, they can also apply, but the state's financial resources are limited. Scientific research in the industry requires continuous capital investment, so it is impossible to cover everything..." In the office of the administrative building of the Dongfang County Executive Committee, **** Qiang Quansheng is approving a report from the South Railway Subsidiary .

As a "liberal arts student" who loves science, Qiang Quansheng, who comes from a financial background, has been trying to figure out a way to spend a part of the annual national budget in the field of scientific research over the years, so as to promote the technological progress of the entire East Coast.After all, in his opinion, the knowledge of the traversers is extremely limited. Except for a few industries on the east coast that are far ahead, most industries are on the same level as Europe or even worse. This requires huge investment every year The promotion was carried out, and thus the "Science Spring" plan was introduced-to squeeze out 50 yuan from the tight budget every year, and the central government did its best.

With the addition of this part of funds, the major state-owned enterprises that were burdened by scientific research tasks can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the central government has actually helped them buy part of the bill; at the same time, using special bonuses (annual The 50 fund includes both research and development funds and bonuses) to reward individuals with outstanding inventions, which is also of great benefit to mobilizing social resources to participate in scientific research and cultivating the enthusiasm of the whole people to pay attention to scientific research and devote themselves to scientific research.Don't you see, now even some old farmers in the countryside are figuring out some technological improvements during the slack time, and counting on applying for patents to make a lot of money-maybe they can really come up with something useful, who knows? Are you sure?

The report he is currently reviewing comes from the Southern Railway Company, and the content is roughly that the affiliated Southern Railway Health Research Institute (Mr. The review team of the "Science Spring" program specially allocated 2000 yuan to enable their research to proceed faster.

In addition, the Southern Railway Health Research Institute organized a large number of Ming Dynasty physicians to compile the "Ming Medical Records" which has been completed for many days. It has obtained a number of effective Chinese medicine prescriptions, a number of prescriptions to be verified, and a number of confirmed useless prescriptions. It requests the central government to distribute to the doctors who participated in the compilation. The reason is that they have made a significant contribution to the improvement of medical conditions in the east coast, and if "Ming Yi Ji Kao" is published, they should be given a certain amount of copyright fees.

Finally, the Southern Railway Company also pointed out that the Southern Railway Maternity and Children’s Hospital (funded and established by Marshal Mo’s wife, Lola) also set up research projects on child rearing, pregnancy and gynecological diseases. At present, the funding has encountered a bottleneck, and it requests the "Science Spring" review team to issue subsidies 2 yuan. As for the research results, they will be promoted to the whole country free of charge.

This report has the signature of Liu Ang, President of Southern Railway. At the same time, the judges of the "Science Spring" project group also agree in principle, but suggest that Qiang Quansheng should not pay in full. After all, there are so many scientific research projects that require money. Here 50, 5, and [-] a year are simply not enough.Naturally, Qiang Quansheng also understood this truth, but after carefully reading the contents of the report again, he still approved a total of [-] yuan of special funds for the Southern Railway Company to support them to continue their medical research. go down.

"Medical development is the top priority. At present, the Ministry of Health system (including hospitals), the Taoist church and the South Railway Company are basically doing it in China. In particular, the South Railway Company, as a joint-stock franchise company, can invest a certain amount of money every time. It is really not easy to fund research on medical care, which can be called a public welfare undertaking. Especially Mo Ming and his wife donated to build the Nantie Health Research Institute, and at the same time they also solely funded the Nantie Maternity and Children’s Hospital, which has accumulated a lot of sin. As* ***, I can’t turn a blind eye with my conscience, the commendation that should be done must be done, Nantie Hospital has made some progress in the tuberculosis vaccine, this must be rewarded, and the reward must be heavy! So, this time they want money,' Many people in the Science Spring' review team suggested that they should be approved for 3 yuan, but after thinking about it, I decided to give them 5 yuan, and medical expenses can't be saved!" Qiang Quansheng put down the quill and took a sip The espresso was refreshing, and then he said to Liu Rui who was sitting opposite him.

Liu Rui is the deputy director of the northern chemical plant of a large state-owned enterprise. Ether is produced under his leadership, and he is still in charge of this part at present——ether is considered an important industry on the east coast today. The demand is getting bigger and bigger, and both the medical and refrigerated food industries consume a lot—and the reason why he came to the capital from Ping'an County, one of the heavy industry centers, is mainly to run for money, because their factory is in On the basis of stable and large-scale production of sulfuric acid and soda ash, we have been trying to improve the process in recent years, so that the production of hydrochloric acid and caustic soda can also be scaled up (the current qualified output is very low, and the market demand is not very large), not to mention there are The large-scale production of nitric acid (and the attached nitrocellulose, etc.) will cost money. Without the support of the central government and relying on the factory's own funds, it will not be the year of the monkey.Therefore, after hearing about the launch of the "Science Spring" plan, he was also sent out from the factory to the review team and the central committee to see if he could scrape some oil and water.

However, Qiang Quansheng obviously has his own principles and his own persistence. This seems to be unintentionally talking about medical matters with Liu Rui. The central government also has a lot, but after removing all kinds of expenses, there is always [-] to [-] yuan left every year. It is a purely state-owned enterprise and does not need to pay dividends to shareholders, so it is appropriate to use this money for research and development. The money in hand is gone.

"Xiao Liu, your factory is not a so-called Huazi enterprise. Don't keep staring at the money." Qiang Quansheng leaned comfortably on the chair, looked at Liu Rui and said, "When the budget was made in the second half of 1655, the central government's annual fiscal revenue Only 512.6 million yuan, of which 278 million yuan in trade income (including profits handed over by state-owned enterprises)—this was also benefited from the stimulation of the Anglo-Dutch War—deed tax income of 0.7 yuan, business tax of 15.8 yuan, consumption tax of 24.8 yuan, personal income tax 27.3 yuan, customs duty 30.9 yuan, movable property tax 51.8 yuan, and real estate tax 83.3 yuan. It sounds like a lot, but this is just a figure on the books. The collection of the seven major taxes is not satisfactory, and there are many arrears. Especially the collection of movable property tax and real property tax, after apportioned layer by layer, I heard that it has aroused a lot of opposition in the countryside, and there are reports of malpractice in various places. Call it 'evil government'. But the central government dare not cut these two taxes, because they account for too much. Once cancelled, it will be a devastating blow to the finances, especially in our country, which has been implementing expansionary finances. Under the circumstances of the policy, the debt of the government has exceeded 80 yuan. Whoever wants to cancel the collection of movable property tax and real property tax will bear the political responsibility for the country's turmoil! Therefore, Xiao Liu, the "Science Spring" plan formulated by the central government now The funds needed are really squeezed out of the already extremely embarrassing finances, and every penny is quite precious..."

"Yes, your factory needs to carry out technological transformation, and now the demand for soda ash in Europe is increasing, and the production scale needs to be expanded; yes, the demand for dyes in Europe is increasing, and you also need to prepare some chemical intermediates, which cannot be mass-produced but can only be produced in the laboratory The cost of preparation is high; yes, you have been engaged in the research and development of new products for many years. For so many years before and after the development of nitrocellulose, technicians and workers have been killed and injured. All these need pensions and compensation, and the research and development must continue. , This has swallowed up a lot of funds..." Qiang Quansheng continued: "Yes, the central government understands, and the central government understands your difficulties. But now the state finances only have so much money, and there are still so many projects to be carried out every year. It is also devouring a huge amount of funds. Everyone is very difficult. It is not easy. Just look at it. After the end of 1656, the debt of the central government will definitely exceed 100 million yuan. How to pay back the money? Hehe, maybe we still have to dig gold mines and issue additional banknotes to fill the holes, but this will cause great damage to the economy, but we can’t do it again. The central government still has no money after all! So , you don’t want to stare at the money, you should figure out a way for yourself and be self-reliant, right?”

"What a big-headed ghost to you!" Liu Rui slandered secretly, but after all he also knew that he would not be able to ask for money today, so he could only say disheartenedly: "Chairman Qiang, I understand the difficulty of the central government's finances, 'Science Spring' It’s okay if we don’t give us the planned special funds, but so many research and development tasks have been suppressed by the Ministry, not to mention dangerous goods such as nitrocellulose. The coking plant and the dye plant work together to find a solution, which is really difficult! I know about sulfonamide, but the problem is that no one knows how to do it. Just suppress such a mindless task and let the three factories work together Think of a way, how much manpower and material resources will it take, how much money will it cost, and how many nonsensical experiments will be done? I want the horse to run, but I don’t want to feed the horse, how can this work! Chairman Qiang, the central government does not give money It's okay, but I don't guarantee that I can produce some sulfonamides. How could it be so easy! The North Pharmaceutical Factory and the Henan Glass Factory are working together to make penicillin. Rotten apples have bought a few cars. The master who grinds the lens is almost dying Blind, the technicians looking for the strains are almost as cross-eyed, have they got any results? This is all luck, anyway, I don’t guarantee when the results will be..."

"Well, I'll grant you 1 yuan, and you can figure it out..." Qiang Quansheng was speechless after hearing this, and finally he could only say wearily: "Do your best, and the central government doesn't set targets for you. But to be worthy of my conscience, our pharmaceutical industry is still very backward."

(End of this chapter)