Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang, the two grandsons, did not return to Nanjing immediately after visiting the Jiangnan Shipyard.
He did not immediately go to Zhu Jianyan to discuss technical containment of the West, and the urgency of the matter was not high.
Now that we have arrived at the edge of Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Nantong Prefecture, there are several important factories of our own that we should go and take a look at.
The first is the "Daming Airlines Songjiangfu Shanghai Industrial Park", which is the manufacturing center for various civil aircraft and military transport aircraft developed by Daming Airlines under Zhu Jingyuan's name.
It is located in the center of Shanghai, where Zhu Jingyuan lived in his previous life, and is now close to the border between Songjiang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture in Shanghai County.
The government of Songjiang Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty has always been in Huating County.
However, Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang, two grandsons and grandsons, came to visit, and several senior officials, including the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, came over.
When Zhu Jingyuan's Daming Airlines planned to build an aviation industry base in Songjiang Prefecture, the entire Songjiang Prefecture was in a state of joy.
The local craftsmen and ordinary workers were very happy.
Although Daming Airlines is not an industry of the royal family consortium, it is better than the industry of the royal family consortium.
The treatment in the imperial court is the same as that of the royal consortium, and can even be considered more special.
The wages and security for workers are all in line with the latest regulations of the court, and there are also unique additional benefits.
Local private businessmen are also very happy. Aircraft manufacturing is currently the most advanced industry and a very popular investment industry.
The most important thing is that Zhu Jingyuan promoted and the Ministry of Industry was responsible for establishing the Daming Aviation Industry Association.
The Daming Aviation Industry Association has three most important members, the R&D institutions and factories of the Ministry of Industry, Daming Airlines, and Daming Royal Flying Machine Company.
In fact, all three companies were directly guided by Zhu Jingyuan and gained a lot of experience and designs for later generations.
In the past few years, a very complete technical framework for the aviation industry has been directly established.
The most critical, important, and underlying patents in the aviation industry, as well as a large number of the most practical patents in function, design, production, maintenance, and operation, have been clearly "developed" by the three companies and registered with the Patent Department of the Ministry of Industry. .
The most important thing is that these patents have all passed the Daming Aviation Industry Association, forming cross-licensing and reverse licensing agreements.
As long as you sign a patent usage contract with the Aviation Industry Association as a whole, you can get the authorization of all aviation industry-related patents, and even a complete set of guidance plans for factory construction and production.
Accordingly, after signing this agreement and joining the Aviation Industry Association, if you generate patents in this industry, you must also reverse license them to the Aviation Industry Association. Other manufacturers can also obtain the right to use them in this way.
However, this reverse authorization is not a free authorization, but you can get a share from the fees paid by others to purchase the authorization.
However, this authorization fee is not high and a special upper limit is set.
The total proportion of all patent fees for the final aircraft shall not exceed 20% of the sales price.
The excess amount does not need to be paid.
The portion not exceeding the licensing fee for the patents held by Zhu Jingyuan personally can be eventually refunded based on the actual number of aircraft sold, and the minimum can be reduced to less than 5%.
Zhu Jingyuan led the patent system created by the three aviation R&D bases of Daming Airlines, Daming Royal Flying Machine Company, and the Ministry of Industry's Aviation R&D Center, and built Daming's aviation industry into a city as solid as steel.
It is basically impossible for other later manufacturers to break through this barrier, and even the easy-to-exploit loopholes were tightly blocked by Zhu Jingyuan in advance.
But at the same time, the operational logic of the Aviation Industry Association has opened an extremely huge door on this barrier.
All manufacturers willing to join will receive nearly step-by-step guidance as long as they abide by the rules of the Aviation Industry Association.
Anyone from Ming Dynasty can directly join this industry with almost no obstacles.
This set of patents and management systems continued to operate for several years, making Ming's aviation industry a real investment hotspot.
Manufacturers of all sizes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Those with large capital can build transport aircraft, and those with technological advantages can build passenger aircraft, military aircraft and engines.
Those who don’t have much money and still want to participate in the aviation industry can buy pesticide machines, or even “large-size model aircraft” and “large bamboo dragonflies”.
The two industries of helicopters and rotorcraft have now been developed.
A large number of manufacturers have formed a large number of practical patents in actual production, and the patent pool of the Aviation Industry Association is also continuing to expand.
In this environment, although Ming's aviation industry is a hot spot for investment, it is also an industry with fierce competition.
It's better to have patent protection here than not.
Because all manufacturers are members of the association, all manufacturers’ new inventions must be reverse licensed and can be used by other manufacturers.
It seems that there is no patent protection, but it seems that there is.
New ideas that various manufacturers can come up with can quickly form patents. If this idea is really profitable, other manufacturers will definitely follow up.
As long as the manufacturer uses this profit point as a selling point, the inventor can apply to the association and ask the other party to pay a special licensing fee.
Some manufacturers have new inventions, but there are problems with their own production or operations, and they have not gained much market benefit.
As a result, it was done well by another manufacturer, and a fortune was made in reverse licensing fees.
But at the same time, under this fierce competition, many manufacturers were quickly eliminated.
The current aviation technology update speed is like a rocket taking off.
A half-delay in response may result in immediate bankruptcy.
Various experimental accidents, accidents caused by various wrong designs, and matters caused by emergency launches are endless.
Flight accidents occurred one after another across the country, and in many places there was even a boycott of flying machines.
Fortunately, thanks to the preparations made by Zhu Jingyuan and the Ministry of Industry, the industrial association and the relevant yamen have maintained dedicated communication for a long time.
Let relevant management regulations be updated as quickly as the industry develops.
Most of the various exposed problems were quickly resolved and controlled.
Coupled with the strong support of Zhu Jingyuan and three generations of his father and grandfather, various problems during the brutal expansion period caused social pressure, but did not in turn curb the development of the industry.
This kind of openness and guidance in the aviation industry and the court's attentiveness in the management and guidance of this industry show that the court attaches unprecedented importance to this industry, which in turn proves that this industry must have a future.
Finally, in this case, the manufacturers themselves have a strong sense of confidentiality. Before the patent application is approved and the products corresponding to the patent are launched, they strictly control the leakage of relevant technologies.
Stealing ideas and even plagiarism between manufacturers are also very common.
Because when there is no patent, stealing and plagiarism are not illegal in themselves.
After the patent is formed, it will be reverse authorized through the association by default, and at most it will only be a backend of the patent fee.
Daming Airlines and Daming Royal Flying Machine Company, two companies with direct external aircraft factories and trading houses, have naturally become the targets of tracking and plagiarism by their peers.
However, these two companies are of special nature, and their economies of scale are not comparable to those of other private manufacturers. They will basically not directly confront or compete with the developing private manufacturers.
Therefore, the confidentiality level of these two manufacturers is not the highest.
It will even take the initiative to guide manufacturers to develop in a certain direction.
Therefore, these two manufacturers are actually the vane in the industry, especially Daming Airlines, the inventor of the aircraft, Zhu Jingyuan.
If Daming Aviation's industrial park is built in Songjiang, local investors in Songjiang will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
Therefore, businessmen in Songjiang also welcome the arrival of Daming Airlines.
Finally, officials from all levels of government offices in Songjiang still had some special hopes for Zhu Jingyuan.
Dedicated personnel will assist with the entire process, including handling procedures, selecting land, and recruiting workers.
Not only because of the noble status of the boss Zhu Jingyuan, otherwise even if officials at all levels had to work hard to cooperate, all officials would not be in a state of joy.
It's not just because Zhu Jingyuan's investment is huge. If a person like Zhu Jingyuan's industry has a huge investment, there will definitely be a lot of trouble.
The most important thing is that Zhu Jingyuan, a special prince, noticed Songjiang, which gave Songjiang officials a hope and hope for Songjiang Mansion to go further.
Of course, it is not a step forward to becoming a municipality like that of later generations, but to truly complete Songjiang's geographical conditions.
The Songjiang Mansion of the Ming Dynasty in this world is weaker in all aspects of strength and influence than the Shanghai City of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life.
In terms of land, first of all, the Yangtze Estuary sandbanks including Chongming Island were not obtained.
These sandbanks originally belonged to Suzhou, but were later allocated to Nantong by Emperor Shizu, instead of to Songjiang like in the previous life.
The sandbanks at the mouth of the Yangtze River, including Chongming, are actually not important in themselves, whether it is Suzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty or Shanghai in later generations.
But after Nantong developed and utilized these lands, it in turn affected the geographical advantages of Suzhou and Songjiang.
Because sea-going ships entering the Yangtze River Estuary are all under the control of Nantong, not Suzhou or Songjiang, this creates direct regional competitive pressure on Suzhou and Songjiang.
Then there are the two counties of Jiading and Baoshan, and the land on the east side of the Huangpu River estuary, which later became Gaoqiao Town in Pudong.
These lands originally belonged to Suzhou, and they still belong to Suzhou now. They were not allocated to Songjiang like later generations.
The current administrative division of Songjiang Prefecture is basically the same as that of the early Ming Dynasty four hundred years ago. It is relatively "flat" as a whole, similar to a flat parallelogram.
Suzhou has lost Chongming and other sandbanks, but it still has Jiading and Baoshan. Coupled with its already huge physique, it is like a big bag weighing on the head of Songjiang.
Songjiang does not have the land along the lower reaches of the Huangpu River and the estuary, so its natural geographical conditions are always weaker than those of Suzhou.
In order for Songjiang's river boats to enter the sea along the Huangpu River, they must pass through the territory completely managed by Suzhou.
However, the Songjiang people at this time are not the Shanghai people in the previous life, and they do not have the experience of their hometown being the economic center of the country.
Songjiang Prefecture has never owned the land of Jiading and Baoshan, and the border between Songjiang and Suzhou has existed for more than four hundred years.
Therefore, Songjiang people and officials did not have any resentment towards this current situation, but more of a hope, "It would be great if the imperial court could allocate the Huangpu River estuary to Songjiang."
Instead of using the entire Baoshan County jurisdiction, simply exchange the land on the north bank of the Huangpu River for the land in "Gaoqiao Town" and other areas on the east bank of the estuary. It is also acceptable to use the Huangpu River as the boundary.
It doesn't even dare to think about Jiading. It even wants to build a canal within the territory and dig a new channel for the Huangpu River.
In fact, the geographical conditions of Songjiang Prefecture are now very good. It is always the outermost prefecture of the Yangtze River estuary.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a small scale to keep pace with Suzhou Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture in terms of industrial and commercial development speed.
From the perspective of Songjiang people in this world, Songjiang's zoning only has some flaws, as there is no Huangpu River estuary.
It would be perfect to get the land on the east bank of the Huangpu River estuary, and there would be a chance to truly surpass Suzhou.
Zhu Jingyuan came to Songjiang to invest, allowing them to see the hope of finally achieving this goal through Zhu Jingyuan.
Zhu Jingyuan's own feeling was that even if Emperor Shizu didn't target Songjiang intentionally, at least he didn't pay enough attention to it.
Even if Songjiang is not turned into the financial center of the Ming Dynasty, at least the boundary between Songjiang and Suzhou should be adjusted.
The current boundary between Songjiang and Suzhou is the old Wusong River route hundreds of years ago, which was gradually abandoned after the "Huangpu Capture of Song".
So now it seems that there is Songjiang on the north bank of the Huangpu River, and Suzhou on the southeast bank of the Huangpu River.
It is obviously much more reasonable to directly use the new natural boundary of Huangpu River.
At the same time, although Suzhou has lost Chongming and other sandbanks, it is still too large in all senses.
What used to be Southern Zhili is now Jianghuai Province. If it weren't for Yingtian's special status and policy advantages, Suzhou would have been the leader.
But under the current circumstances, it is also unreasonable to cede Jiading and Baoshan counties from Suzhou to Songjiang.
That would allow Songjiang to gradually replace Suzhou and become the most powerful prefecture in Jianghuai Province.
The industrialization of the Ming Dynasty was spontaneous, and its external dependence was only on the resources of the colonies, and there was basically no technological import.
Therefore, Ming Dynasty did not need to cultivate an external economic center.
Zhu Jingyuan's idea is to "balance it out"...
Zhu Jingyuan was indeed prepared to comply with the Songjiang people's ideas and adjust the boundary between Songjiang and Suzhou to the new main channel of the Huangpu River.
Improving Songjiang's geographical conditions and adding a little investment gain will allow it to keep pace with Suzhou.
Then there is no need to specifically strengthen Yingtian, the provincial capital.
As the Ming Dynasty's Nanjing, the capital of Jianghuai Province, as long as it has this status, it is enough to compete with the surrounding Jiangnan prefectures.
Although Jianghuai Province is very large, it is indeed a place with quite balanced development and can achieve sustained and comprehensive development.
There is no need to concentrate on developing a certain place to become a leader.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan's investments are distributed in various prefectures in the southeast.
Songjiang is the Aviation Industrial Park, which can be said to be the most advanced and fashionable industry in the world.
Daming Airlines has the right to operate all aviation-related industries.
Now it basically covers all industries.
We do everything from engine design to aircraft manufacturing, from the sales of civil aircraft to the direct operation of air passenger and cargo transportation.
Songjiang's aviation industrial park, except for engine research and development, also covers all other production links.
Investors and factories who want to enter this industry as supporting manufacturers will definitely invest and build factories around them.
Shanghai County will definitely become the aviation industry center in the southern region of the Ming Dynasty.
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