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In addition to the funds for shipbuilding, Zhu Linwei also invested heavily in navigation technology. A few days ago, he handed over the model of the quadrant to the Sailor School, and this eighteenth-century "marine GPS" is far more accurate and easy to use than the stargazing and positioning technology currently used in navigation.

In the age of sailing, if you want to know the specific position of the stars on the vast sea, you have to observe the relative positions of the stars, and then go through complex calculations to roughly get it. This kind of technology is difficult to master without ten years of actual sailing experience, which has caused the dilemma of the shortage of excellent sailing talents, and the situation is particularly serious for the Ming Dynasty, a "latecomer".

A quadrant, on the other hand, can determine latitude by measuring the angle between the horizon and the sun at noon, or between the horizon and a fixed star, with minimal training. With this weapon in hand, the navigator can basically leave the school after one year of sailing training.

It's just that Zhu Linmiao has only played with the model of this thing, knows the general principle, and is still a long way from building an instrument that can actually be used. At the same time, due to the advanced technology of the quadrant, foreigners must not be allowed to participate in the research and development, which increases the difficulty of research and development. Therefore, he generously allocated 30,000 taels of silver for the development of the quadrant and the subsequent sextant.

With the largest two investments of more than 600,000 taels on the budget, Daming will have high-speed transportation capacity from port to market in Zhejiang in the future. With the population density, affluence and abundance of products in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the daily volume of goods in and out of Ningbo Port will definitely be an astronomical amount. The goods were then transported to Shaoxing by wooden tracks, sold to Suzhou and Nanjing through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and silk, cotton, tea, porcelain and other products were sent back to Shaoxing for shipment.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty's trading fleet can rely on advanced navigation technology and astonishing speed clippers to defeat Western commercial opponents, complete the monopoly of the eastern maritime trade, and push the trade control area to the European coast and even the world!

At the back of the budget, there is also a sequential arrangement: the research and development and production of new rifled guns and hunting guns, 110,000 taels. It is used to improve the existing Type 2 Chasseur Gun to equip infantry battalions, as well as to develop a new type of Chaser Gun with a longer range. Among them, the output of infantry guns will reach 13,000, and the number of chasseur guns will reach 700 - with the current level of craftsmanship and manufacturing scale of the Ming Dynasty, the cost of rifled guns has been greatly reduced.

Public transport system, 80,000 taels. It mainly includes 200 horse-drawn carriages with shock absorption systems and rubber tires, as well as 5,000 rickshaws in Yingtianfu. For Nanjing to become a cosmopolitan city, a public transport system is absolutely necessary, and it will also add tens of thousands of jobs.

Expansion of the carriage factory, 50,000 taels. It is used in the mass production of rickshaws and a new type of four-wheeled carriage, the cloud car, which has already received orders from the Spaniards. With the characteristics of European aristocrats who love to enjoy and compare, this car is even sold for a sky-high price of 500 taels of silver each! Of course, in Europe, the price is likely to double.

Ore mining and exploration technology research and development, 50,000 taels. At present, it is mainly concentrated in Hainan, Yunnan and other places for prospecting, and the future direction is of course the New World of Oceania. According to Zhu Linmi's request, the Ministry of Industry will cooperate with the Department of Commerce to set up a prospecting expedition team of more than 200 people. As long as Australia has a foothold, they will set off immediately, so as to solve the dilemma of lack of copper and high-quality iron ore in Daming once and for all.

R&D of new open-hearth steelmaking technology, and the establishment of an experimental open-hearth steelmaking plant in Fujing, 40,000 taels......

The research and development of boring drills in the water, including a usable four-foot artillery boring drill, 30,000 taels......

The research and development of hydraulic stamping machines, including the construction of three mini-bullet stamping production lines, 27,000 taels......

100,000 Pinyin literacy textbooks, 5,000 taels......

R&D of artillery optical sights, 4,000 taels......

Zhu Linmiao stayed up all night to draw up the budget, and the next day the court meeting took it out for the ministers to discuss—it was a discussion, but who among these seventeenth-century civil officials knew these clippers, quadrants, open-hearth steelmaking, and the like? In addition, the silver was a "windfall" brought by Zhu Linmiao, and it had nothing to do with the treasury, so the courtiers naturally passed it all in a call of "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King is wise" and handed it over to the ministries for specific implementation.

When the scattered dynasty returned to Yingtianfu, Zhu Linmiao was about to go back to sleep, but saw Shi Lin spinning around outside the courtyard gate with a tangled expression, so he called him and asked, "But what's the matter?" ”

"Lord Hui, it was the princess who sent more than a dozen chamberlains to be seen in the side hall." Shi Lin hurriedly said, "My subordinates are worried about disturbing your rest......"

Chamberlain? Eunuch? Zhu Linmiao reluctantly cheered up again, and ordered, "Just bring them here." ”

When the eunuchs saw that it was the palace of the auxiliary king, they knelt on the ground in the courtyard outside the house and said in a loud voice: "The slave and maid pay a visit to the auxiliary prince, and the auxiliary prince is blessed." ”

"Get up." Zhu Linmiao lifted the curtain and walked out, and at a glance the only one he knew, one of the two people standing in the front row, a eunuch named Feng Kang. This person is the confidant eunuch recommended to him by the princess to preside over the "Huangzhuang contract system".

It has been a month and a half since Feng Kang was ordered to deal with the "Huangzhuang" matter, and this time he should be here to return to his life.

And the first to speak was a white-faced and squinting middle-aged eunuch on Feng Kang's left, "Grandpa Wang, the slave Ma Wensheng, used to be the eunuch in charge of the princess.

"The princess said that you have been in the army, and there is not even a big girl who knows the warmth and coldness by your side, and the soldiers who serve you are all military masters who are charging into battle, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to serve ...... well" As he spoke, he turned his head and smiled apologetically at Shi Lin, and said, "The princess ordered the slaves and maids to pick some clever boys and wait by your side together, so that you can enter the military tent when you march and fight, and you will not delay things." She can rest assured, too. ”

Zhu Linmiao frowned slightly, due to some feelings that were not very good for eunuchs brought by later generations, he never set up a personal eunuch, but unexpectedly, the princess sent a group of them.

Seeing his expression, Ma Wensheng hurriedly added, "Grandpa Wang, we are all from the original Chen Wangfu, and we promise that there will be no outside hearts." ”

Zhu Linmiao was stunned when she heard this, but she remembered the special group of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, and for those who were in power, they could often only trust these eunuchs the most. There are some such people in his hands, and sometimes they can come in handy, just like this Feng Kang, he has to be called from Chen Wangfu.

In addition, these were sent by the princess, and it was not a matter of returning them, so he finally nodded and said: "Then stay and listen to it, but you can stay in the mansion on weekdays, and you don't have to go to the barracks." ”

"The slave obeys."

A group of eunuchs followed Ma Wensheng to assign duties, and Feng Kang stepped forward and said: "Your Royal Highness, the slaves and maids have completed the measurement and compilation of the imperial villages in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong, and Gui, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Shu are far away, and some places have not yet been returned. ”