Chapter 109 Zhangjiakou Pass Train The disk was successfully developed

Hearing Chen Yufeng say this, Ouyang He sighed and said: "After so many years, it is really not easy for him, if he can come back, it will definitely be Li Jing's right-hand arm." Besides, the person in charge of intelligence must be extremely reliable! ”

"It's also in vain to think about it, that's the person who Zhimu personally mastered." Chen Yufeng said, "However, if Li Zicheng leaves Annan, we can talk!" ”

Liu Yun listened to Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He say this, but did not speak, he was one of the few people who knew about **. It's not allowed to talk about **.

Ouyang He said: "After the matter of Siam is over, Li Zicheng and their arrogant soldiers will not be idle. Li Zicheng has already said that he wants to go to Australia. At that time, ** still can't come back! ”

"Huh!" Chen Yufeng smiled bitterly and said, "Let's not worry about him yet!" If you want to talk about it, it should be our General Liu! ”

Emperor Chongzhen, who got off the train in Datong at night, was really happy, and the opening ceremony was held here. The Siamese king's family, which he couldn't let go of in his heart, was safe and sound, and Emperor Chongzhen, who felt a little sorry for Siam, was a little calmer.

Datong is the hometown of the acting king, but the acting king has not come back for two years, and when he got off the car, he felt that Datong had changed too much. In fact, Datong is the second place to use the telephone after the kiln, after the train, all the merchants are to Datong and then go to Zhangjiakou, Datong was originally a place where thousands of merchants gathered, and now it is naturally more prosperous.

Not only did the acting prince feel that Datong had changed a lot, but even Emperor Chongzhen was a little jealous when he watched it all the way from the train station to the acting prince's mansion. He felt that the city of Beijing had not changed so much. On this road, from the railway station to the palace of the king, there are street lights on the side of the road, and the shops on both sides are brightly lit.

Today, all the guests who came to Datong to participate in the ribbon-cutting are staying in the Acting Palace. For this reason, the acting king made preparations long in advance.

The most proud thing for the acting king is that he is optimistic about Zhang Zhimu in advance, and he is also glad that he pressed the treasure on Zhang Zhimu. This wise decision not only saved Li Zicheng from breaking the city, but also got the current scenery. This time, the acting king spent a lot of money, and all the guests who participated in the ceremony were brought to his palace for one night, which was the most beautiful thing. Of course, the dinner was as grand as it could be.

During the banquet, everyone said something about the New Year, but Zhang Zhimu's proposal was unanimously approved by all the guests.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Today, all of our guests who attended the ceremony gathered in the Acting Palace, and we would like to thank the Acting Prince. If it weren't for the warm reception of the prince, we might have to live in several places. As you can see, Datong is the same every year, and it has changed very much. In the future, all kinds of good things will continue. I suggest that we follow the model of Yaogang Hotel, and also build a joint-stock hotel in Datong! In this way, it will not only contribute to the construction of Chase, but also give everyone a chance to make money? ”

"Good!"

"Great!"

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This kind of thing is so popular. Yaogang Hotel is the first joint-stock system, and the efficiency is second only to Yaogang Hotel. Now, I don't know how many times the stock in the hands of shareholders has increased. Those who didn't take the shares at the beginning were jealous. Today, Zhang Zhimu proposed this again, and of course everyone welcomed it very much.

Zhang Zhimu has always wanted to do more to promote the shareholding system. Now after the land reform is completed, many of the original landlords have silver in their hands, but the landlords do not necessarily do business. Most of the small grain processing factories and mechanical oil mills in various localities were run by the original landlords. However, there is still too little that can be done, and if there are more joint-stock industries, the money in these people's hands can also come in handy.

The clever Concubine Zhuang said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, in fact, we can make it bigger. We can set up a joint-stock company and invest in the construction of hotels and restaurants in all places like Datong. In this way, you can not only absorb more stock capital, but also reduce the risk. There are many restaurants, even if there are individual losses, I am not afraid. As long as the judgment is good, it is still more profitable. ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Concubine Zhuang's words and said in surprise: "Oops! I didn't expect Concubine Zhuang to have such insight! Zhang Dongjia, you can build a company like this, and I will also join in a share! ”

Emperor Chongzhen's words caused a burst of laughter, they felt that Emperor Chongzhen had been in the kiln for a long time and was interested in making money.

The acting king also said, "Yes! This king also has some savings, and this king also has a share! ”

After the acting prince finished speaking, the atmosphere became more enthusiastic. Those who were able to come to the ceremony had some silver, and they all wanted to get a share.

Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "Alas! If only I had left some silver, I'd also get a share! ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The idea was proposed by Concubine Zhuang, I think that if this thing is really done, Concubine Zhuang should have a dry stock!" A great idea is a priceless treasure, don't you think? ”

"Yes, yes! Concubine Zhuang gave us a good idea to make money, and it should be so! ”

"Yes! Should! ”

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Although everyone feels that they are unwilling to do shares for others, Zhang Zhimu is right, the idea is from others, so when Zhang Zhimu says this, they all say that they should!

The next day, after the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the opening of the beautiful scenery, everyone took the train to Zhangjiakou together.

The shops that Yaogang people first invested and developed in Zhangjiakou have increased in value a lot, and now they have increased several times due to the train in Zhangjiakou.

Emperor Chongzhen and all the guests visited together, Yaogang people, and it was also the first piece of shop developed in the Ming Dynasty, and they all had envy and jealousy. Emperor Chongzhen knew that at that time, the Yaogang people developed such a large place, and for them, the investment was very large. I really admired Zhang Zhimu in my heart. The heart said, how can they invest so much in advance and at what time?

However, Emperor Chongzhen took the train from Datong to Zhangjiakou so quickly, and he was more concerned about the railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing. At present, the railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing was built from Zhangjiakou and Beijing at the same time.

When doing the planning and design of this railway, Zhang Zhimu remembered Zhan Tianyou's ingenious design. In the mountainous area of Jingbei, there is a section of the railway with a large drop, and if it is diverted, the amount of work will be greatly increased. Zhan Tianyou uses a herringbone intersection of the high and low ends of the railway, that is, the uphill railway and the downhill railway, the herringbone intersection. However, after the intersection again, the head of the car was changed, which solved this engineering problem.

Zhang Zhimu gave this method to the people who designed the railway, and they were simply stunned. None of them thought they could solve the problem like this. However, it also greatly expands their thinking on how to solve the problem.

Emperor Chongzhen, of course, had to go to Zhangjiakou to see the Beijing railway construction site.

In the construction headquarters, looking at the project route map, Zhang Zhimu said to Emperor Chongzhen: "After the construction of the railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing, we will repair the railway from Beijing to Tianjinwei all the way to Tanggu Port." In this way, we are connected by rail and sea. ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Our railway from Kaifeng to Dengzhou (Yantai) is also ready to be repaired, so isn't it also a railway and sea connection?" ”

"That's right! It's the same over there, but the location of Tanggu has a pulling effect on the entire Zhongshu Province. Zhang Zhimu said, "In the future, our coastal ports must be connected to trains, otherwise there will not be much development." This is especially evident after we popularize container shipping! ”

"Huh! Now you're doing things that I couldn't have imagined before. Emperor Chongzhen said, "Also, the more money you spend, the more silver you have, I really don't understand!" The construction of railways and bridges was all made of silver. I haven't seen you worried? ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, you don't know that our current income, let's just say which part of the coastal area of Fujian has doubled on the basis of Zheng Zhilong's original. That's tens of millions of taels of silver! Not to mention the value of our industrial output. ”

"Oh my God!" Emperor Chongzhen also said in a speechless manner, "I heard that one of your textile factories can earn tens of millions of taels of silver every year? It's just horrible! ”

"Nowadays, almost all countries in the world are using our cloth. If it weren't for the cotton production limiting us, the output value of our textile industry would be even higher! Zhang Zhimu said, "However, we have sent people to Yaerqiang and Yuejibei to study the cultivation of cotton, where the sunshine hours are long and can produce long-haired cotton." When their output comes up, our textile industry will develop further. In addition, we purchased a large amount of kapok from the south and blended it with cotton, which also achieved good results, and also greatly solved the shortage of some cotton. ”

"Then let the people plant more cotton!" Emperor Chongzhen said puzzled.

"Yes, yes, but we also have to make sure we have the number of grain fields. It's something bigger! Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oh! It's good that you want to govern the world comprehensively! Emperor Chongzhen said admiringly.

Seeing what Zhang Zhimu and Emperor Chongzhen said, Concubine Zhuang didn't interject, and when they finished speaking, Concubine Zhuang came over and asked: "Mr. Zhang, when will the construction of the railway to the north start?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Take a look! Concubine Zhuang, the railway in their hometown can't be delayed! ”

Zhang Zhimu also smiled and said, "There are people who are more anxious than you about this matter!" Zhou Yuji has asked several times to build a direct railway to Beihai as soon as possible. We know the importance of this railway. But you see, which railway doesn't matter? ”

"This is a major matter related to the stability of our northern grasslands!" Concubine Zhuang said.

"Yes! I know very well that I will start this railway as soon as possible! Zhang Zhimu said.

"I heard that General Zhou Yuji and their follow-up to General Ningde in Hexi have organized people to build highways and start building railway embankments at the same time. When the roadbed is finished, will you be able to lay the tracks? "It seems that Concubine Zhuang is very clear about what is going on over there.

"Haha!" Zhang Zhimu laughed and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty! It seems that this railway will not work without repair! ”

After speaking, he said to Concubine Zhuang: "I know that if this railway is built to Beihai and connected with the waterways of various tributaries of Beihai, a large area in the north can be covered!" The reason why General Zhou resolutely wanted to build this railway was because he saw this. General Zhou is a general who has a very big picture. I will try to support them to build the railway as soon as possible! ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Zhou Yuji still has his own ghost idea!" ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Emperor Chongzhen was very dissatisfied with Zhou Yuji's secret contact with him before, and what he said now was still a little sour.

Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to joke: "General Zhou is a general with a lot of ideas. Such a person can be in charge of himself! ”

Hearing Zhang Zhimu say this, Emperor Chongzhen was not speaking.

After watching the railway construction site from Beijing to Zhangjiakou, Zhang Zhimu said to everyone with a smile: "Are you a little red when you see those shops in Zhangjiakou? If this is the case, it is better for everyone to invest in Tianjin Wei as soon as possible. It doesn't cost much money to buy a few shops now, but when the railroad is opened, it's hard to get there! ”

Zhang Zhimu's words really reminded everyone. The Ming Dynasty is developing so fast, as long as you open your eyes, you will see many opportunities.

Back at the kiln, Zhang Zhimu was invited by Yang Chang before he could catch his breath.

Yang Chang told Zhang Zhimu on the phone that the disk was now usable. In fact, for Zhang Zhimu, this news made him far happier than the opening of the Zhangjiakou Railway.

Zhang Zhimu followed Yang Chang to the computer room, and the disk he saw was a disk as big as a record. The disk is single-sided and has only one head.

However, the technicians in the computer room can already demonstrate the operation of reading and writing data to Zhang Zhimu. With the open disk, you can see that the magnetic head is reciprocating according to the computer command, driven by the screw. Although the speed is still very slow, it is a breakthrough, and he solves the problem of whether there is or not. The next step is to make improvements much simpler.

However, Zhang Zhimu said to these people who are engaged in disks: "This disk you have built has verified the disk storage technology. It means that you have mastered the file concept of data storage, and there are also file management issues. A simple disk operating system is also established. It's a great breakthrough both in terms of software and hardware. It is no exaggeration to say that this breakthrough has laid the foundation for our computers to enter the practical stage. But there are still a few problems with your product. First, the speed is still very slow, and the speed needs to be increased; Second, between your head and the disk, like a tape recorder, you want to make contact. If it is fast, no matter how smooth the head and disk polish are, it will soon be damaged due to wear and tear. The high-speed disk head and disk are non-contact, so that it can be read and written for a long time without wear and tear. ”

Yang Chang asked: "Without contact, how can the head read and write on the disk?" ”

"Don't worry!" Zhang Zhimu said, "If the disk rotates at high speed, will the air in contact with the surface of the disk also rotate at high speed?" ”

Yang Chang thought for a moment and said, "Hmm! Yes, so what? ”

"We make the head movable within a certain range, and the high-speed air flowing on the disk will form a thin air gap between the head and the disk, which is levitation, so that the disk and the head will not touch, but keep a very close distance, isn't it?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Several people engaged in the disk discussed for a while, and one person said: "Mr. Zhang, what you said makes sense, but this is a difficult thing, we have to do a lot of experiments!" ”

Another person asked: "Mr. Zhang, how fast can the disk be rotated?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said with a smile: "It's hard to say the end!" One day in the future, there should be no problem in making every seven or eight thousand revolutions! But don't think too high now, it's still far away. Just do as much as you can. It's not just about disk, it's about your disk control system. The speed is high, your disk reads and writes, you need a lot of buffer memory, and the disk itself also needs to have a cache. ”

Yang Chang said: "The disk is really a very complex thing, and the driving system hardware is simply a computer. ”

"Yes! Computer peripherals can be very expensive for a while. It takes up a lot of money in computer applications. Zhang Zhimu said, "However, when all the equipment is mass-produced, the price will come down." ”

A person who works on disks said: "It seems that the disks we have made are not up to the level of practical application!" ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly said: "No, no, you misunderstood!" High-speed disks should continue to be developed, and in order to increase the data access capacity of the disk, the track density should be increased, that is, the width of each track should be reduced. When the density increases to a certain level, dust can destroy the disk. In the future, the disk should be strictly sealed, and the air inside should also be strictly purified. However, your current disks can be converted into floppy disks that you can use to access your data. ”

"Floppy disk?" Yang Chang hadn't heard of it.

"Yes, disks like yours are made of aluminum. In the future, you can also use acetate as the chassis and apply magnetic paste to make the disk. And this kind of disk can be taken out of the drive and taken away, and then put into the drive when needed. In this way, each of us can save our own information. If you want, you can exchange them with each other. I also need to come up with software that can be copied. Think about it, what would your computers be like back then? Zhang Zhimu said.

These people are all engaged in computers, and they understand too well what Zhang Zhimu said, and they are all a little excited.

Yang Chang said: "Let's work hard! We are now seeing the light ahead! ”

Zhang Zhimu also said: "Let's work harder, the disk matter is solved, and we will soon usher in a computer application." This ** is likely to be compared with the fact that we use electricity! ”

Zhang Zhimu's metaphor shocked everyone. They didn't expect computer applications to be the same as the use of electricity. In fact, Zhang Zhimu has been wondering whether the early application of computers will make the entire industrialization process go out of a new way, and the environmental problems in the previous life began to be paid attention to when they were not so serious, and they were able to be bypassed with new technologies.

Yang Chang said: "It's a pity that we still have some problems with our dot matrix printers. Otherwise, we can print out the displayed Chinese characters, and in the future, we can print out the Chinese character report! ”

"What's the problem?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"The quality of the needle is still unstable, and it won't take long to break!" Yang Chang said.

"In this matter, I asked Li Yunhe to find Liu Baoxue from the smelting field, and they helped me think of a way to see what metal the printing needle was suitable for! If it's just this problem, I think it should be solved. Zhang Zhimu said.

Yang Chang said: "But like a disk drive, a printer drive device is also like a computer, and it is not small. ”

"Solve the problem of existence and non-existence first, and then gradually improve it. How can it be in place all at once. We've studied so many things, isn't that how we came here? Zhang Zhimu said, "By the way, I have to assign you a task here today." The kanji terminal that you are using now can display kanji, and I see that some of you have already used it very cleverly, and you can display a lot of interesting patterns on the screen with tabs and characters. However, the graphics displayed in this way are still very limited. Because the way you display it, strictly speaking, is still a character way. Your next task is to develop a terminal for graphical display. It is to develop a new type of display driver circuit. ”

"It's just like displaying a single character, and all the screen pixels are displayed as a whole, right?" Yang Chang quickly understood what Zhang Zhimu meant.

"That's right! That's it in a nutshell! Zhang Zhimu said affirmatively.