Zhu Zaiming was at the Ministry of Industry, and he and Xu Qi and other bosses from the Ministry of Industry were anxiously surrounding the bullet production line.
It was still too expensive to buy bullets from the system. Looking at the ammunition consumption of the new army's daily training, Zhu Zaiming felt pain on his face.
The 15 million Ming Dynasty silver coins in the Ministry of Household Affairs are used for the construction of the Ming Dynasty in the future. This money cannot be touched.
The 5 million from the General's Office is the military expenditure of the new army, and Zhu Zaiming is planning to buy warships for the navy. This money is probably not enough and cannot be touched.
In the end, Zhu Zaiming directly emptied his own private money of hundreds of thousands of silver coins and replenished enough bullets and artillery shells to make the new army rich in ammunition and able to afford training.
As for the 6 tons of gold totaling 500,000 Ming gold coins, this money is a future gold reserve and cannot be touched.
Therefore, Zhu Zaiming finally squeezed some silver coins and bought a purely manual bullet production line from the system.
Making bullets yourself is much cheaper than buying them from the system.
However, when the production line tools appeared, Zhu Zaiming and several bosses from the Ministry of Industry were confused with the instruction manual.
What to do with three acids and two bases? What to do with mercury fulminate?
These two materials are the basis for making metal bullets. Without an acid-base plant, smokeless gunpowder cannot be made; without a mercury fulminate preparation plant, a primer cannot be made; as long as the bullet production line can operate, it can only produce bullet casings.
Zhu Zaiming did not believe in evil and withdrew hundreds of thousands of silver coins from the Ministry of Household Affairs and purchased various chemical technical materials.
Then confused again.
The technical information is genuine and very detailed.
However, the various equipment required for the construction of these chemical plants, including the corresponding skilled workers, are not what Daming can handle now.
If the production line depends on buying, the raw materials also need to be bought, and a little calculation shows that this is much more expensive than buying bullets directly.
It is better to buy than to build. Zhu Zaiming deeply understands the operating logic of some enterprises in his previous life.
I have no money, I want to save money, I don’t have the ability, I
In the end, Zhu Zaiming, Xu Qi and others sighed and made a trial run using only a few materials prepared in the laboratory and made one or two thousand bullets.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the construction of the production line will not happen overnight."
Chen Xian, the Minister of Household Affairs who followed the emperor to visit the production line, immediately wrote a letter and put forward his own suggestions.
"Everything here is inseparable from people. Your Majesty, I believe that primary schools, middle schools, and universities should be built as soon as possible to cultivate all kinds of talents as soon as possible.
At the same time, we gathered literate craftsmen from Daming to conduct a crash course and try to establish a chemical plant system first! "
"I second the proposal~"
"Me too!"
Ministers expressed their opinions one after another. They have been living in Australia for more than 100 years and have come into contact with the British, French, Spanish...
The understanding of the world is much better than that of the closed Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Especially after visiting the newly built new steam engine factory and the new army camp where training was in full swing, these ministers had a clear understanding of Ming's military advantages.
It seems that, except for the smaller population, we are not weak either.
If you can get a large population...
I sat up in shock while dying of illness, the great powers are actually myself?
The ministers were suddenly full of confidence in Ming's future.
At the same time, they also respected Zhu Zaiming more and more for being able to buy various items from Taishang Laojun.
Zhu Zaiming held the self-made bullet and looked at it, and he also remembered one thing, that is, mercury fulminate was discovered just this year.
Countries around the world have also begun to enter the era of flash cap guns and trigger guns.
Although Ming Dynasty still maintains its technological advantage, in the face of various industrial countries with explosive production capacity, the technological advantage will be wiped out by the quantitative advantage.
Development must be accelerated.
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With the violent shaking, Ding Qiao woke up from his sleep, and what he heard was various noises and the sound of "pop-pop-pop" firecrackers.
After a brief hesitation, he remembered that he was in a Spanish galleon.
During a flood, only one of his family of three died. He was driven all the way to Quanzhou by the official, where he met a Spanish recruiter.
Great job recruitment. I’m the only one left in the family. Where can I not be home? As long as he can eat, he will accept it even if he goes to a European plantation.
He heard people say that the world is now full of Europeans. They drive large sailing ships all over the world. They buy and sell goods, open plantations, dig gold mines... They are all extremely rich.
But he didn't believe it, because if there was really so much money outside, why didn't the emperor send a fleet there?
The former Emperor Yongle made seven voyages to the West.
Sure, it was the slave traders who sold "piglets" who were deceiving people.
The word "piggy" was something he had recently learned, and the Spaniards around him called them that.
He staggered to the deck and found that there were already many "pigs" lying on the side of the ship, pointing at the shore.
Ding Qiao also gathered around and was stunned at just one glance.
The port of Xinxiang City is not big, but it is crowded with Western-style sailing ships at the moment. There is an endless fleet of ships floating on the sea in the distance, with more than 2,000 large and small ships.
On the pier on the shore, various flags, lanterns, and several banners were hung, and a group of people were setting off firecrackers, creating a festive scene.
Ding Qiao went to private school and recognized a few words on the banner.
"Welcome to Daming Xinxiang City."
Ming dynasty? Didn’t the Ming Dynasty die long ago?
Ding Qiao was very puzzled, and then thought of folk rumors. It was said that a descendant of the third prince Zhu was living overseas in a place called Australia.
Could it be...
Ding Qiao swallowed.
At this time, a group of people wearing official uniforms boarded the boat.
They struck the gong, attracting everyone's attention.
A middle-aged man among them raised a loud voice and held up a stack of paper, his voice like a bell.
"Quiet, everyone, be quiet. Everyone, look at me. I'm going to make an announcement!"
Everyone looked over curiously, but there was some fear in their eyes. People in feudal society had a natural fear of officials.
But everyone found that these officials seemed quite friendly.
I saw the oldest official tearing a pile of paper into pieces and throwing them into the sea.
"What I tore up was everyone's prostitution contract. Now, everyone is free!"
The contract was naturally signed before boarding the ship in Quanzhou.
I heard from the Spaniards that a big customer bought them and let them mine.
After a short silence, Ding Qiao gathered his courage and asked with a trembling voice.
"Guan... Mr. Guan, are you saying that we don't have to go to the mine anymore?"
Not going to the mines is not a good sign for these penniless people who came to a new place.
If they no longer mine, where will they get money to eat? Suddenly there were people talking in a flurry of words.
The middle-aged man chuckled and immediately explained, calming everyone's hearts.
"Don't worry, I, the Ming Dynasty, have already allocated the land. You take the family as a unit, and each family divides the land and grain according to the head.
My Majesty, the Wude Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has made arrangements long ago. The emperor's kindness is great and the king's kindness is like dew.
Guarantee to everyone that everyone has a farm, everyone has clothes to wear, and everyone can go to work...
This first year, farming is tax-free~"
Everyone listened, as if in a dream, feeling like they were listening to some fairy tale.
When the officials put the records in a small red book (household registration book) and stuffed it into their hands, everyone woke up like a dream.
All of this is actually true!
They have a family!
Deafening cheers erupted on the big sailing ship, and the sound rose like a wave.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"
