Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

This question is a bit tough, Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Xu Pu looked at Yang Shan and Cao Nai again, and they shook their heads, there was nothing they could do, they really didn't know.

It is no wonder that, except for the Academy of Sciences, most of the officials in the North only know that science and technology are very good and powerful. As for some specific working principles, they are not clear.

Xu Pu didn't keep it a secret and said, "It's better to give an answer, first of all, it's food!"

When the three of them heard this, they frowned. Is it not steel for steam trains, but food?

Seeing this, Xu Pu explained: "If you want to develop science and technology, you first need a lot of manpower. The people in the world are bound to the land, which is naturally not possible. Therefore, the emperor spent a lot of effort to clear the land, improve tax laws, and at the same time introduce good seeds, increase grain output, and free a large amount of manpower from the land."

"The next step is steel. If you want to make steel, you need iron ore and coal mines. From exploration to development, and then transportation, this process not only requires a large number of surveying technicians, but also requires more manpower to excavate and exploit."

"Now with steel, you can start assembling... Of course, the premise is that there are design drawings, assemble them according to the drawings, and then there are a lot of experiments, constantly discovering problems, and finding solutions to problems, which still requires a large number of scientific researchers to be proficient in complex knowledge such as arithmetic, physics, and chemistry."

"To complete these, you still need countless silver. For example, every experiment is equivalent to throwing the silver into the water, and then... and then... a sound is heard, and it is gone!"

"The three adults can see that the research and development process of the first steam locomotive, in addition to a large number of iron ore and coal mines, also included hundreds of workshops that made accessories, and a total of tens of millions of taels of silver were spent!"

"However, all this needs to be based on the component of luck. If you are not lucky, you will be defeated repeatedly, or you will never find a breakthrough in some technical difficulties, and the cost will be more, twice or even ten times possible!"

"The technical problems are very complex, and the correlation between many links is very strong. During the experiment, as long as one link makes mistakes, all previous efforts will be in vain, and everything will be pushed back and started over!"

"Three sirs, do you still think it's easy to build a steam train?"

While listening carefully, Zhang Yi nodded repeatedly and said, "What do you mean is that even if a Kenliang brings the drawing back to Japan, they can't build a steam train?"

“That’s right!”

Xu Pu continued: "Not to mention the steam train, even the tracks laid under the train look simple, it is nothing more than making steel into tracks and laying them on sleepers. In fact, the technical content inside is very high. Japan is a small place, even if the whole country is in full force, it cannot be built!"

Zhang Yi nodded and said, "No matter what, it is better to give less contact with outsiders to prevent problems before they happen!"

"The officials think that it is not a bad thing to let them get in touch with them properly."

“How to say it?”

Xu Pu said: "Science and technology will develop sooner or later, and it is the worst way to strictly prevent and hold on to it."

Zhang Yi asked back: "Anyway, do you have the best strategy?"

Xu Pu smiled slightly and said, "Gentiles came to the Ming Dynasty. When they saw the railway network was well connected, and there were steel giant beasts spitting out rolling smoke, carrying countless people and goods quickly passing by, they would definitely feel shocked and then develop a desire!"

"It's precisely this principle, Yikaoyao also has this idea."

"Then let him visit it well. When he returned to China with respect, he found that his domestic industrial foundation was too poor. He wanted steel without steel, coal without coal, and talent. At this time, they wanted to build a steam train, and the only way they could ask for help from us."

Zhang Yi frowned and said, "How can the country's important weapon be given to others easily?"

"Hey, Zhang Butang's layout is smaller!"

Xu Pu waved his hand and said, "You can give it, but you can't give it for free."

"If the Japanese wolfish ambitions are learned by them and dealing with our dynasty, wouldn't it be a disaster for raising tigers?"

"Zhang Butang raised them up, he was not considered a tiger, at most he was just a group of ungrateful wolves!"

Xu Pu smiled and continued: "Steel can be sold, coal can be sold, but technology cannot be sold. We can send someone to help them build trains, or sell them directly after they have finished the finished product."

"The steam train is not just built. If it wants to run normally, it requires a lot of coal. Japan does not produce coal and can only import it continuously from us. Moreover, the follow-up maintenance of the train requires a lot of steel, and steelmaking requires more coal."

"Just just need to firmly control these materials, it is equivalent to mastering the lifeline of Japan, so that they will go east and never dare to go west!"

Zhang Yi finally realized that this move was amazing!

People from the Academy of Sciences not only have a set of inventions, but also play tactics as well as no one else.

These methods are extremely clever. Even Confucian students who are familiar with the Spring and Autumn Period and are well versed in the comprehensive way of learning have no strategic vision.

Yang Shan had a different idea and asked: "If it is true that as Xu Shidu said, Japan relies entirely on the resources of our dynasty, it can fundamentally control them. However, if Japan is unwilling to be controlled and voluntarily give up these resources, wouldn't it be empty talk just now?"

Xu Pu smiled and said, "When a person has tasted the delicacies and then let him return to the day when he is eating braised vegetables, he will definitely refuse. The same is true for Japan. As long as you give them some sweetness, you can ask for it next!"

Yang Shan didn't say anything because he had nothing to say.

What shocked him even more was that Xu Pu’s qualifications in the Academy of Sciences were not very profound, and even very shallow. Before the Zhengtong 19th year of imperial examination, he had been reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and it took only one year to study natural science.

I really didn’t expect that in just one year, I had such a deep understanding and such deep scheming. Do those who are engaged in science have to learn Sun Tzu’s Art of War every day?

Cao Nai said earnestly: "Listen to your words is better than reading for ten years. I have received teachings."

Xu Pu hurriedly said, "I dare not take it, I dare not take it, Cao Gong will destroy me!"

Cao Nai smiled faintly and said, "The younger generation is terrifying. Seeing that there are successors in the Ming Dynasty, I feel relieved!"

Xu Pu held his fists and saluted: "I am ashamed of you!"

Cao Nai changed his mind and asked, "Shi Du Xu, are you interested in coming to the Ministry of Personnel to develop?"

"ah?"

Xu Pu was stunned, thinking about what was going on?

Cao Nai smiled and said, "The emperor issued an order to reorganize and reorganize each department. One of the important ones is to add various research institutes. I have always thought that the Ministry of Personnel does not need the support of the Academy of Sciences. Today I realize that it is because I am shallow!"

Zhang Yi immediately reacted and hurriedly said, "In fact, the Ministry of Rites also needs talents like Xu Shidu."

Seeing that the two of them started recruiting, Yang Shan stopped holding on and said with a smile: "The location of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple is still empty, Shidu Xu will consider it?"

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