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Volume 1 Chapter 727 ItĄŻs good to be ambitious, but you canĄŻt make a big leap forward

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    However, although the first prototype prototype was produced according to my design drawings a few years ago, due to the first time it was made and the quality of many accessories did not meet the requirements, the power was relatively low.  , it is currently being improved according to my requirements.  Since the steam engine is available, increasing steel production is naturally to prepare for future transportation development.  When the railway appears, land transportation volume will be greatly increased, transportation time will be shortened, and economic efficiency will be greatly improved.  By then, people will be able to easily take trains to thousands of miles away to enjoy the scenery, do business, and travel.  Yes, my biggest dream is to go to Siberia to soak in hot springs, and then go to the South China Sea to eat popsicles. Only this kind of life is meaningful.  Of course, before that, the priority is to increase steel production.  The quality of our steel can now be proudly said to far exceed that of other Central Plains heroes, such as Shanxi, which purchases a large amount of various steel products from our Chinese Empire.  Even the countries in the Western Regions and many vassal states of our Chinese Empire have come to us hoping to carry out steel trade with us. Of course, they mean to purchase steel products from our Chinese Empire. The most desired of them are weapons.  Whether itĄŻs the steel sword of my Chinese Empire or the armor, these are what they long for.  Of course, the price of heavy plate armor in our Chinese Empire is prohibitively expensive.  But that doesn't stop them from wanting it.  For example, Gaochang purchased 500 heavy plate armors from us, and the price of each heavy plate armor was 1,000 guan. Just 500 pieces of heavy plate armor cost 500,000 guan. And the cost?  ?  From iron ore to sophisticated armor, the total cost will not exceed fifty guan.  The profit was simply outrageous. Gao Changguo brought one hundred thousand catties of copper, one thousand catties of gold and other things in exchange.  In addition to Gaochang, other countries have also purchased some such armors to a greater or lesser extent.  According to their thinking, this kind of armor is very suitable for the king of the country, or for the generals to wear, at least in terms of protection, it is far stronger than any kind of armor of this era.  As for the plate and chain composite armor they want to buy, Sao Rui, this thing is not for sale.  Although the defensive power of plate and chain composite armor is slightly inferior to that of heavy plate armor, the problem is that the weight of this kind of armor is much lighter, and it is more flexible in movement and action.  The only regrettable thing is that the process of chain mail is more complicated, but now that wire drawing technology has been successful, the most troublesome process is how to weave chain mail.  This kind of armor that is light enough and has strong enough defensive power is the current standard armor of the field army of the Chinese Empire's Renaissance Army, and heavy plate armor is mainly allocated to the two special forces of heavy cavalry and Mo Daoshou.  The defensive power of heavy plate armor can be said to be invincible, but its weight and flexibility are not something ordinary soldiers can use for a long time.  Therefore, this kind of heavy plate armor is used for export.  So what if the defense is good?  Do these barbarians have Hancheng horses?  Besides, it doesn't matter even if all these foreign countries are equipped with this kind of armor, our Chinese Empire can set up an all-firearms army in the shortest time.  Whether it is artillery, muskets, grenades, or landmines, these powerful and penetrating gunpowder weapons will become a nightmare for cold weapon users.  ??Selling a large amount of weapons and equipment, its added value is definitely no less than that of luxury goods trade.  In the beginning, it only sold old weapons to the heroes of the Central Plains. Now, more and more are sold to surrounding countries. This year, the arms trade alone has gained nearly 3 million yuan in profits.  In the future, it is estimated that the revenue from the arms trade alone should be over 5 million yuan this year. If the Chinese Empire's export of weapons becomes famous, I believe that the profits from the arms trade every year in the future will not be less than this amount.  You must know that there are really too many vassal states around the Chinese Empire. Although each country does not contribute much, when added up, it will form a very scary number.  I have sent merchants with armor and weapon samples from the Chinese Empire to the great food land of Persia.  I believe that after those people see the sharpness of this weapon and the protective nature of the armor, they will definitely come to purchase it.  By that time, whether it is land trade or maritime trade, you can travel to Central Asia or the junction of Asia and Africa.  Well, there are already ships in the expedition fleet that have passed through the Strait of Malacca in early February and are heading west. However, due to worries about typhoons in summer and autumn, and the need to draw navigation charts, they can only stop and go.  .  It is not expected to be able to return until the end of this year.  Their goal was the western part of the Tianzhu Peninsula, the red sea that the Persians called the Red Sea, which was located at the junction of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa in later generations.  Of course I asked them to go there. The northern end of the Red Sea is only over 170 kilometers away from the Mediterranean Sea.  This land will become an enclave of the Chinese Empire in the future.Before, they naturally came to explore the way in the name of navigation and trade.  Historically, this is where the Suez Canal was located. When the Suez Canal emerged, north-south two-way water transportation between Europe and Asia did not have to go around the Cape of Storms (Cape of Good Hope) at the southern tip of Africa, which greatly saved voyages.  A voyage from the Port of London in the United Kingdom or the Port of Marseille in France to the Port of Mumbai in India via the Suez Canal can shorten the entire voyage by 43% and 56% respectively compared to circumnavigating the Cape of Good Hope. The circumnavigation between the Saudi Arabian Port of Jeddah and the Black Sea Port of Constanta  The distance from the Cape of Good Hope is 11,771 miles, while the distance via the Suez Canal is only 1,698 miles, saving 86 miles.  Before the opening of the Suez Canal, people sometimes transported goods between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea by unloading goods from ships and transporting them overland.  But this was still too laborious, so construction began in 1859 and it was put into use in 1870. It took a total of ten years, and the number of Arabs who fell on the road to this project alone reached  The number is 120,000.  Nowadays, the most important thing to do is to investigate, and the main purpose is to carry out trade with Arabia and food. After all, the transportation volume of sea transportation is much higher than that of land transportation, at least before the opening of railway transportation.  While I was thinking about the future, I listened to the person in charge of the smelting plant taking us to visit the construction site under construction.  "We now have two open-hearth furnaces with a daily output of 50 tons that have started construction and are expected to be completed by the end of this year." "That is to say, by the beginning of next year, with the addition of the old-fashioned smelting furnaces, our smelting plant will  The daily production capacity will exceed 250 tons, and the annual output can reach 91,250 tons of steel. "In addition to being used to make various weapons and armor, about one-third of our current steel.  The output of 2 is used to produce civilian production materials, such as steel bars for construction, as well as vehicles, ships, and machinery" "Can this kind of open-hearth furnace be enlarged?" I nodded with satisfaction and asked the person in charge.  road.  "Your Majesty, this is of course possible. The first open-hearth furnace we built had a daily output of only one thousand kilograms. After many tests and improvements, it has reached such a scale. Even an open-hearth furnace with a daily output of one hundred tons has now begun to be designed.  Construction can start in the year after next at the latest." The person in charge said that he wanted to surpass Britain and catch up with the United States during the Great Leap Forward, but his words were very encouraging.  "Well, not bad, but don't be too aggressive. Let's try building a 70-ton open-hearth furnace first. If there are no problems, then build an additional 100-ton open-hearth furnace." I thought for a while and then said.  "The quality of the iron ore in Jiaozhi is better. After the second phase of the project here is completed, you must send enough manpower and technicians to Jiaozhi to help the Jiaozhi Steel Plant build such a giant furnace." "Your Majesty, now, I, China,  The empire's steel output is almost enough to meet demand, why does your Majesty need to build so many smelting facilities?" Fang Xuanling frowned with confusion.  "I have my own reasons for building so many. Don't look at the fact that the transportation in our Chinese Empire is already very developed, but the problem is that carriages have limitations after all, and will consume a lot of people and material resources to make it possible.  The transportation of our Chinese empire can be maintained" "This is the truth. Carts require horses and drivers. The people and goods carried by each carriage are really nothing compared to the train.  A train can carry at least dozens of tons of cargo or hundreds of people.  It is equivalent to a dozen six- or eight-wheeled carriages.  Ą° Moreover, only a few operators are needed, and all that is needed is coal and water.  The other is speed. The speed and endurance of the train far exceed that of the horse.  Wherever the railway can extend, it can go without stopping.  Traveling a thousand miles a day is not a dream, traveling two thousand miles a day is easy.  This young master said a lot, and these guys seemed to be in a fog.  There were even several expressions that looked like you're going to blow it, which finally made me angry.  I decided to take them to see the steam locomotive and let them see the real thing so that they can explain it more vividly.  After walking around the smelting plant for a long time, we left the factory, got on the carriage, and rushed towards the Machinery Manufacturing Research Institute.  It took almost an hour and a half to arrive at this remote location.  Between the vast expanse of dense forest, a neat gray-white cement road leads straight away.  From time to time, soldiers would stand in the middle of the road and stop vehicles to check their documents.  Amid the admiration of these ministers, they finally arrived at the hidden Machinery Manufacturing Research Institute.  Many of the technicians here have a background in researching and manufacturing carriages in the past, but now they have entered this high-tech research institute and continue to exert their light and heat here.  After entering the Machinery Manufacturing Research Institute, soon, under the leadership of the person in charge of the research institute, they came to the outside of a huge workshop. Just outside, one could hear loud rumbling noises, which made everyone panic.  They couldn't help but look sideways.
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