“A car that burns gasoline?”
Zhuge Weijiu suddenly thought of something and looked at Zhuge Weidao with burning eyes, "Are you sure it's a gasoline car? Are you sure the time has come?"
"Yes!" Zhuge Weidao said, "I want to read the Heavenly Book. My Heavenly Book contains an internal combustion engine that can usher in the era of gasoline cars!"
All the military advisors present showed expressions of surprise.
This is a very critical question!
In fact, the strategists of the Zhuge family have long known that "cars" will be an important outlet!
Because among the twenty volumes of the Heavenly Book left by our ancestors, there is only one "Automobile Heavenly Book".
But because this heavenly book has not yet been unsealed, no one has read it.
Therefore, the Zhuge family's military advisers did not know what this "car" was?
There are currently four "car" routes in the world, one is electric, the other is steam, the third is gas, and the fourth is gasoline and diesel.
Although "qi" and "qi" are literally different, the development direction of such an important industry cannot be determined from just one word!
Besides, aren’t “gasoline” and “steam” both the same as “steam”?
Therefore, the Zhuge family can only diversify their investments and bet on multiple projects at the same time.
In addition, it is also uncertain when the "car" will be successful. If this money is burned endlessly, it will be a huge loss.
For a big player like the Zhuge Family, if they could know in advance which route and when they would finally win, it would be a huge profit!
As long as it is confirmed, with the financial resources of the Zhuge family, they can burn out several Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Ford... These are all centuries-old businesses!
In history, there are many major automobile manufacturers that emerged during the rise of the automobile industry at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ford, General Motors, etc., all of which have continued their glory for a hundred years!
Moreover, in another timeline, the automobile industry chain is still the most important industrial chain in the industry until the 21st century! For any country that is industrializing or wants to industrialize, the automobile industry is a battleground.
In addition, the added value of this automobile industry chain is relatively high and can support the relatively high-income working class.
Historically, Henry Ford was able to pay high wages, firstly because G could cause trouble; secondly, because Ford's profits were really high!
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When Zhuge Weidao took the tram and slowly passed through the bustling streets of modern industrialized Beijing that looked a bit fantastic no matter how it looked, he got off at the entrance of the hutong to the west of Goulan Hutong, and then walked back to his mansion in Goulan Hutong. , the sky is already quite dark.
He stayed in the "Beijing Institute of Technology Building" in Longzhongzhuang for most of the day today. In addition to attending the plenary meeting of the Zhuge Family Military Division, he also read the Bible in the "library" for an afternoon, and then relied on his amazing memory, He drew a sketch of a four-cylinder water-cooled piston engine and gave it to "Machine Strategist" Zhuge Weiguang, asking him to find a way to complete the development of a gasoline internal combustion engine with a horsepower of 20 and a speed of over 1,600 within two years.
This engine is much more advanced than the 12-horsepower four-cylinder water-cooled engine equipped by the Wright brothers for the Flyer One in history, and has almost reached the level of the engine selected by the Ford Model T.
As long as this type of engine can be mass-produced, not only car engines will be available, but early biplanes can also be used.
Zhuge Weiguang, who holds two important positions as the president of Beijing Institute of Technology and the dean of Beijing Heavy Industry Machinery Design Institute, took a look at the sketch Zhuge Weidao gave him and immediately agreed. He also told Zhuge Weidao that although the Heavy Industry Machinery Institute mainly engaged in large-scale equipment, it had already developed an 8-horsepower gasoline engine for the navy's airship engines, and had also opened a small gasoline engine factory for mass production. The annual output is thousands of units!
This is quite a surprise!
So Zhuge Weidao took Zhuge Weiguang to have a meal together in the cafeteria of "Beijing Institute of Technology". While eating, he asked questions and answers. It wasn't until he found out the basics of Daming's machinery industry that he left Longzhongzhuang full of surprises - now The Ming Dynasty is indeed an industrialized country that is leading in many aspects!
The cost of a world war is sufficient, but the motivation for starting a war is not sufficient.
This situation is a bit like the United States, which has just developed in history. Its GDP and industry have already ranked first in the world, and its national income is also among the best. The country is rich in resources and fertile land. Even if it needs some resources and external markets, it can still be controlled through the British Empire. International trade acquisition under. When life is going smoothly, who wants to fight? Moreover, the United States at that time was not a financial bully and did not need the US military to maintain the credit of the US dollar.
But only such a country is qualified to become the real protagonist on the stage of world hegemony, right?
Otherwise, it will be like Germany and Japan in history, which lacks hard power and can only make huge bets. But if you gamble for a long time, you will lose, and it is reasonable to lose everything in the end.
When the tram drove into Xizhimen, Zhuge Weidao got a seat by the window, so like a "countryside Zhuge" who had just entered the city, he looked at this city that had led to industrialization with curiosity and surprise. The capital of the new Ming Empire.
Although Beijing is only a city with a population of more than 2 million so far, its liveliness is no less than that of Greater Beijing with more than 10 million people in later generations. Moreover, this city, the most virtuous city of the modern industrialized Ming Empire, also has some temperaments that are difficult to feel for Zhuge Weidao in another era.
That is nobility, confidence, calmness, determination, and looking at all directions... This China has never fallen to the bottom, nor does it know what a century of humiliation is, nor has it been reduced to a country where GDP per capita ranks last in the world, and its people are close to abject poverty. country’s experience.
It seems that from the very beginning, this country (referring to the New Ming Dynasty) has stood on top of the world and is the dynasty that all countries in the world must look up to!
This is not arrogance, but the basic national conditions after King Zhuge Wuzhong expelled the Tartars and restored the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, it was one of the most powerful and rich countries in the world, with four top industrial chains including porcelain, silk, sugar, and tea. More than half of the silver that Europeans obtained through hard work as bandits in the New World eventually flowed into the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty suffered a huge population loss after the war. Such a huge country only had a population of tens of millions. In later generations, the resources that have supported more than a billion people are distributed to tens of millions. That would be a truly vast land and abundant resources!
After King Zhuge Wuzhong successfully implemented the land equalization system, the consumer market in the rural areas of the Ming Dynasty was fully launched!
There is no shortage of external demand, domestic demand, capital (the inflow of silver is enough), and resources. Coupled with the technology and talents provided by King Wu Zhong and the modern education system he established...industrialization is almost a matter of course. Children, and the process is not British-style, but American-the per capita per capita in the United States has always been higher than Europe, even higher than wealthy Western Europe. Even before the opening of the United States of America, the thirteen states in North America were very wealthy. Otherwise, how could Will there be so many poor Europeans running to the United States year after year? The European people voted with their feet, and that couldn't be more accurate.
Historically, the United States relied on the resources, land and "high per capita" population attracted by the chosen country. It finally completed industrialization in just a few decades. It developed from a country where no decent handicrafts existed to a country where no decent handicrafts existed. The world's number one industrial country!
What the United States can do, the new Ming Dynasty led by King Zhuge Wuzhong can certainly also do...and of course do it better!
And King Zhuge Wuzhong and his descendants have indeed achieved "better than the United States". Maybe what King Wuzhong wanted back then was a new Ming Dynasty that was "better than the Soviet Union", but his strength did not allow it, so King Wuzhong and he I can only get angry...
When he thought of King Zhuge Wuzhong who was about to explode with anger on the ancestral map, the tram driver shouted: "Here we go at Goulan Hutong!"
There are many theaters and movie theaters in Goulan Hutong. It is a big station. Half of the men and women on the tram came to Goulan Hutong to play, so they all got off the train with a rumble.
Zhuge Weidao got out of the car with the others and walked on Goulan Hutong Street, which became extremely prosperous every night. As he walked, he used the lights to look at the pedestrians on the street.
The people who go shopping in Goulan Hutong at night are very young, most of them are in pairs, and they are all dressed up in interesting ways - they are all the evolved version of Hanfu, and the materials and workmanship are very particular. It is summer now, so it is very popular. Some people's clothes are made of silk fabrics. Most of the men's clothes are white, black, and blue, while the women's clothes are colorful and very bright. Some women's clothes are loose and flowing, while others are tailored to fit a good figure... This figure is really good, and it looks familiar!
"Natalie Pavlovna?"
As Zhuge Weidao was walking, he saw what looked like Natalie's back on the street. , he shouted, and then saw four women turning around.
Not four Natalies, but Natalie, Nalandili, Daheikong and Ali... Among them, Daheikong was holding hands with Natalie!
Seeing this scene, Zhuge Weidao's heart sank again: "I Zhuge didn't even think about how to get A Kong in his hands, wouldn't you Natalie have already got it first?"
"Daozi! You are finally back!"
Natalie took Daheikong's hand and trotted up to Zhuge Weidao, and said to Zhuge Weidao, "Daozi, we bought movie tickets and are going to see a movie... There are guests at home. Your colleagues in the navy, Yu Guanjia, Guo Xiaobao, and Wang Wen are entertaining them. You should go back quickly!
In addition, I have good news to tell you tonight, a big surprise! "
Big surprise?
Zhuge Weidao glanced at Daheikong and thought: "Is Natalie going to send Daheikong to me as a concubine? This is a beautiful thing, she is such a good wife... But this matter is also Don’t be too hasty, Daheikong wants to be a concubine, and her status is higher than that of a concubine, so she can be regarded as a half-wife, right? By the way, she can also let her father get some dowry!"
