From a distance, several surprisingly large ships stood like monsters in the dock not far from the harbor.

Each ship had five rows of tall mast sails, a few small side sails, and tall chimneys on each of them.

In fact, in recent years, the ships on the other side have become larger and larger, and many large magnolia boats with a tonnage of 1,500 tons have even appeared one after another. But none of these ships are as large as the ones in front of them, and they are oddly shaped.

What are those chimneys for?

Zhang Bingcao explained: "Because the previous year, a fleet was sent to explore the other side, but there was a lack of islands along the way to the other side, so since the year before last, we have begun to build and test some new ships. They are the first few ships tested, using pure steel keels to make the structure more stable, so the safe carrying capacity of the ship has increased to between 40,000 and 50,000 stones. As for the chimneys, they were a kind of machine that propel the ship forward, and this machine had to burn charcoal, so they used these chimneys to emit smoke. ”

"It's the new machine that the prince said."

"Well, that is, it was actually developed very early, and countless money and silk were burned, but various problems arose one after another, and it was not found out until Shaobao came over, which was the reason for the poor sealing. In order to solve this secrecy, after the fleet went to the other side the year before last, in addition to looking for some food crops, it also deliberately looked for a kind of gum. In fact, no matter whether Shaobao returns or not, these futures will also be handed over to the imperial court. ”

In fact, the primitive steam engine in history was very simple, but Wang Ju couldn't remember it.

The steam engines he depicted included not only boilers, but also cylinders, connecting rods, rotating shafts, crankshafts, flywheels, gearboxes, governors, and various valve stems, which were far more complex than Watt's improved steam engines.

In any case, it cannot be compared with the course of the industrial revolution in Europe. It's like the steam engine technology hasn't been perfected yet. We're already starting to work on electricity. Of course. When electricity appears, I don't know when I will wait, let alone how much silk it will burn.

This was beyond the scope of Zhang Shangying's acceptance, so she could only be silent.

But he pointed to the horizon again: "What's that?" ”

"That's a blast furnace, used for iron smelting, Zhang Gong, rest assured, these technologies. In the future, Shaobao will also be handed over to the imperial court. ”

"Let's go find the Maharaja."

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"Shaobao, if it weren't for the fiasco of Yongle City this time, I'm afraid the official family might not have been ruthless to let Shaobao go back." Lu He said.

The dozens of people sitting here are the most important people here.

"Brother Lu, this is the sadness of imperial power, in exchange for any ambitious emperor, he will not agree to my request. You have to put yourself in the other person's shoes to understand. ”

"Actually, I think it's better to delay it for another year." Lu Leping said.

After Wang Ju came over, he was indeed very busy as Huang He said. It is not only necessary to write more scientific textbooks, but also the other side of the other side, as well as various research and development. The success of these R&Ds. It will turn into a huge productivity.

As soon as Wang Ju leaves, these R&D will return to the original slow process. And it will waste a lot of money.

And Wang Ju is not without meddling in the policy, on the contrary, after coming over, he has gone through a series of more institutional personnel rectification arrangements, but this is not something that Lezhizhou can understand.

None of this was done, so Lu Leping persuaded Wang Juneng to delay for a year.

Wang Ju shook his head, through Huang He's mouth, he knew that Zhao Ji had been seriously ill, and he could afford to drag it, but Zhao Ji couldn't afford it.

"I have summoned you here to discuss one thing that has a bearing on the future of institutional reform. Ladies and gentlemen, you have always been unhappy with me selling the pits to various merchants. ”

Since last winter, that is, in the spring here, Wang Ju has ordered many small and medium-sized mines, as well as some non-critical workshops, to be auctioned off together, or let private contractors, but this side has only just developed, there are not many poor people, but there are also very few super-rich people. So Wang Ju also ordered that the bank lend money to these individuals and let them operate these workshops and mines.

So for a while, his subordinates had a misunderstanding, thinking that Wang Ju would get a lot of money and silk with this, and he donated it to the Song Dynasty stupidly.

That side is the mother country, and this side is the "motherland"!

"I reiterate once again, no matter what our future development is, the other side will always be our mother country, which cannot be separated, even if there is a new regime on the other side to replace the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they are not aliens, we still have to recognize them as our mother country. If, in a few hundred years, technology develops to the point where the sea is no longer daunting, it would be better for these continents to be reunified when conditions are suitable. It may not be clear that the other side is not clear, but you should be clear that in this 100 years, whether from the perspective of immigration or economics, we must rely on the other side. ”

"Shaobao, last year's trade volume over there of Dashi has surpassed that of the Song Dynasty." Tao Qing said.

"Brother Tao, what you are talking about is only the profit, but what about the actual total trade volume?"

After the official opening of the Great Food Trade Road, not only silk, tea and porcelain, but also those that were traded in the Song Dynasty, some of them were brought back, and some of them were brought back to the Wa Kingdom or the Great Food for re-trading. It is not only the production here, such as cane sugar, candied fruit, perfume, and standing bells, but also the production, not the fur, the fur is almost still traded with the Song Dynasty, but the armor.

Some people say big food knives.

The big food knife is very famous, but like Xia Guojian, the really good big food knife is made of good steel, and the cost is extremely high.

Therefore, all kinds of weapons with extremely low production cost here are very popular over there.

Moreover, the Great Food was divided into several countries, and it was fighting back and forth with European countries, which was a good time to sell arms.

So in addition to gunpowder-related weapons, other weapons can be sold, including the imitation of the Divine Arm Bow here.

Anyway, across the distant Tianshan Mountains, no matter how much you fight, with cold weapons, it will never pose a threat to the Central Plains. As for whether the green Fatimid dynasty will use these weapons to defeat the crusaders of the Eastern Crusade and trample Europe under their feet, what does it have to do with Wang Ju?

Therefore, these earlier cold weapons immediately became the bestsellers there, and last year alone, they made a profit equivalent to nearly three million pieces of gold and silver.

Of course, with these weapons, all kinds of wars over there immediately escalated......

From a profit point of view. That's not as good as a big eat.

However all kinds of trade. including what is lacking here. All are inseparable from the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Niannu asked in a low voice, "Will the Great Song Dynasty die?" ”

"There is no country that lasts forever, and it is an imperial system, so the Great Song Dynasty will die sooner or later. If I hadn't made an effort, the Song Dynasty might have perished within a few decades, or I would have fled to a corner of the south. But it is because of the efforts and various crises that the Great Song Dynasty can continue to establish the country for two hundred years, it can be regarded as a fluke. ”

"It's a pity that the officials are reluctant to let the people come."

"It's not just a demographic crisis. When you go to the other side, you bring back all kinds of food that I need, and the promotion of these grains may enable the Great Song Dynasty to feed 10 million more households. Add to this kind of immigration, and then the demographic crisis will be delayed for hundreds of years, more than a hundred years before it erupts. As for the threat of Hulu, it will be mitigated once our new weapons are promoted. But the greatest crisis is the empire itself, and this is the subject of my call to you. ”

"Imperial?" Everyone was puzzled.

The snake can't be headless, if you don't have an emperor. There is no one who leads the way, plus the existence of various islands. Isn't it going to be messed up right away?

"Why do officials want to engage in different opinions, so that some capable people can't give full play to their talents? In fact, it is still a defect of the imperial system itself. If it is a loyal minister, it is indeed a disservice to the country if he makes restrictions. If he is an ambitious minister, if there is dissenting opinions, he can limit his harm. For example, Ding Wei, after Empress Dowager Zhang Xian felt Ding Wei's ambition, she immediately exiled him to Lingnan. But this is not the biggest shortcoming of the imperial system, and its greatest harm is that the emperor concentrates the greatest power. If it is a wise king, then the country will soon be prosperous. If it is a mediocre king, the country will soon be doomed. For example, isn't the foundation left by Emperor Wen of Sui thick? Emperor Yang of Sui was defeated in just a few decades. ”

"Why is it that the founder of the country is wise and wise, and the king who is guarded is getting worse and worse? It's not that it's difficult to keep it, but that the founding monarchs often stand out from the tens of millions of people, and most of them are a generation of heroes. That is, the only male who fought out of the tens of millions of heroes, and their success was not only luck and hard work, but also superhuman talent. However, the descendants were chosen from a few, or even just one of the crown princes. Don't say that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, in fact, dragons give birth to nine sons, each of which is different. Although the education is a little better than that of ordinary people, many people are raised in the deep palace and do not know the suffering of the people. So often one generation is not as good as the next. ”

"To be honest, several generations of people in my dynasty have their own strengths and weaknesses, and they have not taken Yanyun back, or even lost the northwest, but in general, none of them are mediocre kings, and after several generations, this has created a great miracle. But that's the Central Plains, and we're on all the islands, and there are two bigger continents in the future, so it's even more difficult. If it is an imperial system, maybe in a few decades, you and my descendants will fight each other. ”

"Shaobao, what do you say?" Huang Liang became worried.

"Brother Huang, don't worry, I'll talk about my sons again. After Ci'er arrived in Suzhou to join me, he heard me say that he would take him to the other side, but he didn't agree, and I almost dragged him all the way to the boat. After coming here, he actually ran to the green building to fool around. ”

Zhao Tianci stuck out his tongue beside his mother, although he was beaten by Wang Ju many times with fried shredded pork, he was not afraid of his cheap father.

"He is a typical gentleman, let's say it's bad, he didn't do anything bad, and he didn't have any bad intentions, but His Highness connived and developed a big temperament. Ladies and gentlemen, think about it, if it is an ordinary family, then spend a little money, I believe that as long as a little bit of annual profit is allocated, it will be enough for him to spend. But what if you become the head of a country and have supreme power and wealth in your hands? ”

"Then to Ping'er, I didn't bring Ping'er with me, it's my fault. And because of my various activities in the south, many children of the powerful in the capital were rejected in Taixue, and this very bad encounter made his personality a little gloomy and a little paranoid. As a child of an ordinary family, it doesn't matter. But as the lord of the country, have you ever thought about another person, Emperor Yang of Sui, this Wen Taowu is not under Tang Taizong, but because of the repeated suppression by his strong father, he has been cultivated into a paranoid. With such a temperament, can he be suitable to be the lord of the country? ”

"As for Tao'er, he is still too young to see, but I have taken him to his side and observed carefully, he is quite similar to his mother, relatively sparse, which is even more good. However, it is not possible to be the head of the country. Don't talk about Renzong, there are also a lot of fierce people in Renzong, because there are also huge disputes because of political opinions, but is there such an inextricable situation as the official family? Therefore, Renzong seems to have a benevolent and sparse personality, but in fact, few people can match his scheming. And there are islands on this side, so it is even more difficult to manage. ”

That is, his three sons, regardless of whether their personalities are good or bad, are not bad people, but none of them are the material for being emperors.

"I will talk about the various industries, in the beginning, under my direction, under your leadership, to develop this side, but in your hearts, these industries, including the shipbuilding industry, the workshops, the orchards, the pastures, the farmland, the mines, and even the people are mine. I thank you for that. However, it is precisely with this idea that all the industries are mixed together, and in the end they become more and more chaotic. Therefore, when I was in Quang Nam, I instructed you to reform the administrative and industrial systems and regulations. ”

"But this time, I came here and there was a lot of confusion. Why, the industry is too big and too miscellaneous. This is still here, and it was created from our hands, and everyone cherishes it. However, as soon as we left, this kind of mixed and large industrial chaos can be imagined. So this time, I auctioned off all the pit workshops to my own business. In the future, it will be streamlined, and in addition to some important industries, the rest will be auctioned off to individuals as much as possible. As for the retained industry, 20% of the profits will be given to the royal family every year in the future, 40% of the profits will be distributed to the meritorious people, and the remaining 40% will be given to the state for emergency relief, or to assist the state in building water conservancy schools, or to help the poor, and to compensate the families of martyrs. ”

"How can this be?" Someone said.

"Why not, this list will be very long, thousands of people, it seems that you have received four dividends, but in fact it is not much in the hands of individuals. As for the royal family...... Don't be suspicious, it's not the royal family you think it is. This is the new system I'm going to talk about, a constitutional monarchy. ”

"Constitutional monarchy?"

"The country established a system of prime minister and president, and all military and political affairs were in the hands of the two men, but unlike the Song Dynasty, these two people were appointed once every four years, and they could only be appointed for a maximum of two terms, and once their terms of office expired, they had to leave the political arena completely. As for the head of the country, he is the nominal head of the country, and there are only two rights, one is to appoint and abolish the prime minister and the president, and when the prime minister and the president are handed over, as the head of the country, a virtuous official must be appointed. As for how to choose, first, the lord himself observes all aspects, second, the following six officials recommend it, third, you or your descendants must send a hundred representatives every year to take turns in charge of various industries, and assist the lord of the country, and set an example, and the other is to recommend to the lord of the country the right person for the prime minister or president. If the first two people are very unqualified, then as the head of the country, he has the right to remove them. If it is seriously unqualified, it will be immediately dismissed. ”

"Article 2: All major troop use must be approved by the lord of the state before troops can be sent. Of course, whether or not to agree to it must be made only after consulting all parties before making a decision. In addition, as a royal family, it is possible to keep a thousand Yulin troops, who have nothing to do with the war, but are specially prepared for the security of the royal family. Its use is also deducted from the two components of red, and does not need to be paid by the state. This is the new system, and you will think about it again and see if there is anything to add, and when I come back again, I will implement it immediately. ”

The main difficulty is the first two hundred years, once you get used to it, it will be basically peaceful.

Think about it, why fight for this emperor who doesn't have much power?

It is to fight for the president and the prime minister, not to say that the two will form a balance, but it is unbalanced, and the term of office is at most eight years. And if it is not done well, it will step down at any time.

If you will fight, can you rebel for it?

Of course, there is no such thing as a permanent state, but such a system must make the state exist much longer than a real imperial state.

But this kind of system makes everyone at a loss...... (To be continued.) )