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Part One: Penghu Storm Chapter 477 Great Development

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    Another example is in the 18th century.  It is the invention of the Lubulan alkali production method, which is known as the "ancestor of chemical industry" in modern times.

    The earliest alkali was the so-called plant alkali, which was made from plant ash. The output was small and the price was high.  Due to the Seven Years' War between England and France from 1756 to 1763, the sources of plant alkaloids that were dependent on Spain were cut off.  France is very short of soda ash, so in the 18th century, the world's highest scientific research institution, the French Royal Academy of Sciences, began to study a new soda production method.  They adopted the most advanced research method at the time: offering rewards.

    In 1775, the French Royal Academy of Sciences began to offer a reward for a method of making alkali. They scooped out a "huge gold" reward of 1,200 francs for a practical method of making alkali.  L¨¹brand, the personal surgeon of the Duke of Orleans, invented a method of making alkali using salt and sulfuric acid as raw materials, and obtained a patent in 1791.  Because he was the doctor of the Duke of Orleans, the Duke allocated 200,000 livres to build a factory in Saint-Denis near Paris.  In 1793, the Duke was guillotined by the French Revolutionaries, the factory was confiscated, and the method of making alkali was made public.  However, the French revolutionary government was in urgent need of alkali and still assigned the factory to Lvbrand. Due to difficulties such as lack of funds, the factory did not continue production.  He was so poor in his later years that he ended up in an almshouse, and finally committed suicide in the almshouse on January 16, 1806.

    In other words, in the 19th century, or even before the 20th century, ¡°invention¡± was a private act.  Even European governments with the most advanced scientific concepts at the time, and even scientific organizations such as the French Royal Academy of Sciences, their best method for technology research and development was to offer rewards.  Each scientist relied on his own savings to work hard on research.

    By the mid-to-late 19th century, successful inventors began to appear.  With the financial resources accumulated from several inventions, he established his own R&D team and carried out subsequent research and development.  Such as Nobel, Edison, etc., are all such people.  But in the final analysis, it is still a "private invention". They must rely on their own financial resources and must make a profit.  Only then can new research and inventions be carried out.  It was not until the 20th century that government organizations adopted another approach: establishing a project and bringing together a few or a dozen related scientists or craftsmen.  Give them a certain amount of funding, designate research goals, and ask them to deliver results.  And this method is obviously more efficient.

    so.  Before the mid-20th century, there were great inventors in various countries around the world. After the mid-20th century, there were no more great inventors. There were only major laboratories and R&D teams.  Invention research became a team effort, and the speed of new technology invention increased hundreds to thousands of times.

    Use this method.  Organize a team of several to more than a dozen people, allocate funds to personnel, and designate a project for research.  Whether it is textile machines, steam engines, muskets, cannons, etc., all can be accelerated using this method, and it is guaranteed that the results can be scooped out in a very short time, basically within two or three years.

    The reason is simple.  Textile looms, steam engines, muskets and even cannons are all very simple things.  The so-called "technical bottleneck" does not exist at all.

    This method was completely adopted by Ding Yunyi, and he firmly believed that soon inventions that could change the destiny of mankind would be born in his own Fujian

    "Fujian Academy of Sciences" is a place dedicated to scientific research, and the establishment of "Fujian Need Industry Company" made Ding Yunyi set his sights on the development of Fujian Youzang.

    Established in Mingxi.  Ding Yunyi placed high expectations on him.

    There are a lot of rich reserves in Mingxi, including coal, iron, aluminum, tin, limestone, marble, sapphire, etc.  What's more important is that the main rivers in the territory, Shaxi, Jinxi, and Youxi, are all part of the Minjiang River system. Their annual runoff is extremely large, which provides excellent help in using water resources to support the development of Tibetan areas.

    Ding Yunyi knows very well what it means to hide.  certainly.  It was not enough to rely solely on Fujian's needs. At this time, Ding Yunyi began to focus on the ideas he had previously had in Taiwan:

    Enter Hainan!

    But this idea was suppressed by Ding Yunyi for the time being It's not the right time yet, and we need to wait patiently for a while before we can actually implement this plan

    If the birth of new things such as factories, academies of science, industrial companies, etc. is an important step for Ding Yunyi in his dream of building a new Fujian, then the completion of the "Ming Dynasty Military Academy" is an important step for Ding Yunyi to build a new army.  The idea of ????the army has been truly implemented.

    It is undeniable that the Huben Guards have extremely strong combat effectiveness, and there is nothing wrong with calling them the first elite of the Ming Dynasty, but there is still a certain gap between them and the army in Ding Yunyi's conception.

    In Ding Yunyi¡¯s conception, what he needs is a truly modern army.

    The core of a truly modern army lies in popular education and a team of non-commissioned officers.  The modern army is not centered on any ideology, but on a large number of educated soldiers and non-commissioned officers.??Have sufficient organizational skills.

    This organization represents the resilience of the military.

    Taking the current army of the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty as an example, it will collapse when the leader dies, and collapse when the casualties reach a very small proportion.  The religious armies in the Thai and Western countries are also fanatical and can insist on continuing to attack even after the death of their generals and huge casualties.

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    In the Ming Dynasty¡¯s army, the only real soldiers were professional soldiers. In the West, they were knights and nobles. In China, they were hereditary military generals. In Japan, they were samurai and the like.

    The main body of the army is serfs, tenant farmers, farmers, etc.

    " Such a complete reliance on the commander-in-chief, and at most on officers at all levels.  If the general or low- and mid-level officers are injured or killed, the unit can easily collapse.  It is said that when a small proportion of casualties occurs, the army will collapse. In fact, what is really true is that when a certain proportion of officer casualties reaches a certain proportion, it will lose its organization and then collapse.

    But the modern army is composed of soldiers brought in through popular education and subsequent non-commissioned officer education.

    It¡¯s just education for sergeants and officers. In fact, compulsory education itself is universalized.  It can also be regarded as a kind of preparatory sergeant education.  Basic organizational concepts such as discipline and queue are not developed in military academies or sergeant academies.

    In schools, students who have received these educations will be standard workers when they enter the factory, and they will be reserve non-commissioned officers when they enter the army.  To enter the sergeant school, you only need to receive relevant education.  The concept of organizational discipline has long been ingrained in our hearts.

    If such a unit suffers casualties such as sergeants and sergeants during a war, they can immediately be replaced by deputies in sequence according to the plan.  At the same time, the quality of the replacements will not differ too much, so it will not affect the unit's operations too much.

    The overall performance is the resilience of the troops.  As for fear and morale.  It is a common characteristic of human beings, and it has nothing to do with education.  But being educated usually means being brainwashed.

    Soldiers who have been brainwashed are more likely to fear death.  It¡¯s not just school education that can brainwash people. Illiterate people and farmers can also be brainwashed by religion and not fear death.

    In Ding Yunyi¡¯s memory, the Boxer Rebellion of another era is the best example.

    However, the Boxers¡¯ method was wrong. They mainly relied on lies that could be easily exposed. The so-called ¡°invulnerability¡± lie could easily be exposed. Once exposed, the troops would often lose confidence and morale.

    The truly correct ones should not be "invulnerable", but should be "go to heaven after death", "reincarnation in the next life", "righteous men will have seventy-two virgins in heaven" and the like.

    Because these will not and cannot be exposed!

    But what Ding Yunyi needs is not such a team.  The team he needs.  It is loyalty and infinite belief in oneself, not belief in reincarnation in heaven or anything like that.

    Then, there is the issue of education for officers at all levels.

    It is necessary to let them have knowledge, that is to say.  The future Huben Guards officer group will be the core part of the army, and the soldiers will be the solid cornerstone.

    "The Ming Military Academy" came into being based on this idea

    Most of the officers here are young officers selected from the Huben Guards. They have an almost fanatical worship of Ding Yunyi.

    Ding Yunyi¡¯s every performance on the battlefield created the basis for this fanaticism

    They entered the officer academy and studied in the army, navy and special services departments respectively.  In the special military department, it includes artillery, special attack troops, logistics and other branches.

    In this military academy.  What they learned was not the "Dragon Flying Formation, Tiger Wing Formation", but such things as the use of muskets, the formation configuration of the musketeer regiments in war, and so on.  What they are learning is gradually moving away from the cold weapon era and becoming more advanced.

    In the Military Academy, there are some very special, but very strict rules:

    Do not touch the ground with bare feet, do not drink raw water, wash hands before and after eating, do not urinate anywhere, wash hands after urinating, sleep under mosquito nets, drain stagnant water, etc.

    This is to minimize the occurrence of disease.

    In the army, Ding Yunyi plans to prepare and train 100,000 elite firearms soldiers in advance, and gradually reduce the existence of cold weapon units.  With the production capacity of the Firearms Bureau and the advent of new firearms, it has become possible to gradually replace cold weapons with firearms.  In order to achieve this goal, Ding Yunyi plans to spend three years to initially complete it, so that the all-firearms force will take shape.

    After that, it will take ten to fifteen years to completely complete this goal.

    At the same time,The navy's attention has also reached an unprecedented level.  At the beginning of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Ding Yunyi's military expenditure for the Huben Guards Navy for this year reached a staggering nine million taels.

    This is an astronomical figure that even the Ming court would find difficult to believe.

    Ding Yunyi is richest in the world.  Although his New Deal has not yet been fully implemented in Fujian, the income from plantations, agricultural processing operations, agricultural taxes, commercial taxes, etc. in Taiwan alone is already a huge amount of income. Once Ding Yunyi's  With the New Deal fully implemented in Fujian, this number is bound to reach a new height again.

    And all this does not include Ding Yunyi¡¯s trade income that no power in the entire Ming Dynasty can match:

    Maritime businessman!

    After Zheng Zhilong¡¯s forces were annihilated, the sea had only one master¡ªDing Yunyi!  He took over all the forces of Zheng Zhilong, including the exclusive trade rights to Japan and other places, including the protection fees collected from those Thai and Western ships.

    Of course, there is also the increasingly large maritime trade fleet of Ding Yunyi Group.

    The huge maritime trade supported an astonishing money empire.

    Ding Yunyi¡¯s annual income is a mystery to everyone. Some people say that Ding Yunyi¡¯s annual income is tens of millions, while others say that he earns hundreds of millions.

    But Ding Yunyi has never officially announced this figure He only knows that even the combined three-year income of several Ming dynasties is not as much money as he earned in one year

    Whoever owns the sea will have endless wealth

    And soon, Ding Yunyi turned his attention to Hainan, which he had been dreaming about

    Although he owns the entire Fujian, Ding Yunyi still regards Taiwan as his main base, and now the name Hainan should be added to this base.

    By doing this, there is no problem in taking over the entire Nanyang by relying on the distance advantage.

    ¡° Moreover, in Ding Yunyi¡¯s memory, Hainan Island¡¯s Shilu and Tiandu are all famous.  As long as one percent is developed, it will be enough for your own iron needs.  As for coal demand, both Hainan and Taiwan have coal demand.  However, Hainan's coal demand is smaller and of poorer quality.

    On the other hand, Taiwan¡¯s Keelung coal needs both large quantity and good quality.  Therefore, Hainan and Taiwan are actually complementary and indispensable.

    But how to obtain Hainan in a way that does not arouse the wrath of the imperial court?

    This is a question that requires Ding Yunyi to think carefully.  However, until he finally makes a decision, this matter will always be the biggest secret in his heart.

    When he thinks the conditions are truly mature, he will put all his thoughts out and then implement them without hesitation.

    Ding Yunyi never expected that such a situation would exist today.

    From Penghu to Taiwan, and from Taiwan to Fujian, he fulfilled his dreams one after another.

    The new Taiwan, the new Fujian, and all new things will be born one by one before our eyes.  What I have to do is just watch it grow.

    What other force can stop your progress?

    At this time, Li Guo came to his side: "Headquarters, our pirate alliance, Hai Nixiong, captured a merchant ship sailing from Ganxi to Luzon."

    Ding Yunyi said "Oh", there didn't seem to be anything worthy of special attention. Almost every day, people from the Pirate Alliance were looking for targets on the sea, and then sent the looted materials to the base camp of Taiwan in proportion.

    But Li Guo¡¯s subsequent words immediately caught Ding Yunyi¡¯s attention:

    "That ship is called the Angel, and we also found a letter on the ship from King Ganrasi to the Governor of Ganrasi in Luzon, as well as a very, very special little girl!"
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