Chapter 1625
Tiandu Industrial Zone
Chapter 1625 Tiandu Industrial Zone
Fei Cexian faintly sensed something from Bai Kesi's words, but he couldn't get the point for a while. He just subconsciously felt that Bai Kesi said that the two countries wanted to achieve different goals. This sentence should be very important to Daming.What is the goal of the Ming Dynasty in governing the country?The country is rich and the people are strong, the world is peaceful, and all nations come to Korea?In Fei Cexian's cognition, this is roughly the case. All other nations outside of Ming Dynasty are low-level foreign countries. This has become the consensus of Ming people, but the appearance of Haihan seems to indicate that there is really a country that is more powerful than Ming Dynasty in this world. , It's just that there are too many ordinary people with limited information and limited knowledge, who simply can't realize this.
What about Haihan?If the goal that Bai Kesi refers to is not limited to this, then what is the goal of governing the country of Haihan Kingdom?This country, which was established by business, expanded by military, and regards the vast ocean as its own courtyard, and this group of mysterious rulers whose identities are unknown, what kind of development goals they will set for themselves, makes Fei Cexian suddenly born. curiosity.If there is no fundamental conflict between the long-term goals of Haihan Kingdom and Ming Dynasty, then having such a neighboring country that is willing to help Da Ming solve foreign enemies when necessary does not seem to be a bad thing.
As for the outflow of raw materials, population, and capital, as well as the influx of Haihan's products, trade methods, and many new ideas, this is not a big deal in Fei Cexian's view. There is no need to calculate things too clearly.Not to break out of war between the two countries is currently Fei Cexian's top personal goal, and it is also the wish of most senior officials in the court. For state relations, this is the real major event.One of Fei Cexian's missions when he came to Haihan was to confirm that Haihan did not intend to go to war with Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, with Haihan as a powerful neighbor, the imperial court would never be able to concentrate its forces on the Central Plains and North Korea with peace of mind. Xinjiang to solve the thorny problems at hand.
Regarding the "industry" advocated by the Haihan people, in fact, after Fei Cexian arrived in Sanya, he could touch industrial products every moment, but it was indeed the current ride that made him realize the power of industry. A new type of transportation that looks clumsy but is actually fast.Since "industry" is an industry unique to Haihan, so many unique things unique to Haihan can be produced here, and Daming, who has no "industry" at all, wants to imitate some of these industrial products It will inevitably be difficult.
Judging from Beks' tone, Haihan's strength has a great relationship with "industry", but it is always difficult for Daming to follow suit.Fei Cexian couldn't help asking: "Master Bai, why is this industry only available in Haihan? It stands to reason that such a powerful industry should have been imitated by the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and introduced to the Ming Dynasty."
Beks replied: "Actually, your country already has a rudimentary form of industry. We call it handicraft industry. Although it can be regarded as a small-scale industry, handicraft industry still belongs to manual labor, such as smelting, weaving, printing, and all kinds of industries separated from agriculture. The craftsmen who produce, and the various production sites called workshops in your country can actually be counted in this industry. It’s just that your country’s industry has just started, and there is no way to establish it according to our country’s standards in terms of various conditions and objective circumstances. The industrial system, even if there are businessmen who want to introduce this system to Daming, it is difficult to survive independently at present."
Fei Cexian noticed two important points from Bai Kesi's words, one is that Daming already has a prototype of industry, and the other is that if he wants to introduce the industrial system into Daming, he must cooperate with Haihan instead of simply imitating.
Fei Cexian just wanted to continue the chat, but Bai Kesi took the initiative to change the topic: "Master Fei, you have been in Sanya for a while, can you tell us your impressions of our place?"
Fei Cexian thought for a while and said: "If you want to talk about the strongest feeling, it is naturally prosperous. To be honest, the city market in Beijing may not be comparable to the downtown area of Shengli Port, and Sanya can buy and sell almost everything. The number one port city in the South China Sea. As long as you have enough money, this place will be a paradise on earth."
"A rich man is heaven on earth!" Beks nodded and said, "Continue."
Fei Cexian went on to say: "If we talk about the level of wealth in the local area, I think it is comparable to the big cities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the culture and education are prosperous, but it is less smelly than the big cities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This is probably related to the government's advocacy of learning. I heard that the expensive There is no imperial examination system in the selection of talents in China, and there is another vocational training system, which may be the reason why most officials in your country pay less attention to science and focus on practical work."
"Does Master Fei think that our country's culture, education and talent selection system is better or worse than Daming?" Beks asked.
Of course Fei Cexian didn't want to offend the other party by saying something uninteresting, but he also didn't want to belittle Daming for the sake of flattery. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "My imperial examinations in Daming followed the previous dynasty. For more than 200 years, I have selected countless talents for the imperial court and governed the world. It is quite effective, and it is naturally a good system of first-class one. I am not very familiar with this system in your country when I first arrived, but it is very suitable for your country's national conditions. It also shows that the imperial court of your country governs the country well. "
What Fei Cexian said was purely playing Tai Chi. Although Bai Kesi was a technocrat, he had been on the executive committee for so many years, so he could immediately hear that the other party's words were insincere.However, he didn't want to argue with Fei Cexian which system is better. In fact, Fei Cexian was right about one point. Haihan's use of the vocational education system to select personnel training officials is indeed very different from the current situation of the country. After all, the population base of Haihan State was small in the initial stage, and there were relatively few educated scholars. If Haihan wanted to select and train qualified civil and military officials from the common people, it was obviously too late to take the imperial examination route, and it could only use very Regular education and training means to obtain suitable personnel.
This method of taking shortcuts can indeed solve temporary needs, but in the long run, in order to cultivate competent bureaucrats, it is still necessary to carry out follow-up cultural and administrative training for these personnel who have entered the officialdom with technology step by step.
However, from another point of view, Haihan’s founding time is still short, and the upper echelon of power has not yet formed a too obvious family, leaving many channels for ordinary people to rise. Even students who have only received short-term vocational training are also different from traditional Scholars have the same opportunity to compete for positions in various yamen.Therefore, when Haihan promoted the vocational training system, the public responded enthusiastically, which greatly reduced the difficulty of Haihan popularizing cultural literacy among the people.
The two were chatting all the way, while Zhang Qianzhi consciously sat at a place far away from each other.Although his mission was to monitor Fei Cexian's words and deeds, when the target was discussing issues with his own senior officials, it would be disrespectful for him to come closer to listen.
There was a small episode on the way. In the past, a section of this railway was double-tracked, so that the trains passing by could complete the wrong train in the middle.At the earliest time, the train that arrived at this position first had to stop and wait, and then start the train when the train coming from the opposite side also entered the double-track section, and then complete the wrong train through the turnout.But now that the double-track railway track has been fully connected, the two oncoming trains no longer have to stop and wait.So Fei Cexian was lucky enough to witness the scene of two trains facing each other and going on the wrong train. He thought that the Haihan people were really rich and powerful. The two trains started at the same time, which meant that the steam locomotives invested in a railway were not just the cost he had previously calculated. , but doubled again.
From Shenglibao Station to Tiandu Station, the actual time spent on the journey was less than half an hour, and for Fei Cexian, who had been racking his brains to complete the conversation with Bai Kesi, this journey passed in a blink of an eye .
After arriving at the station, a group of people got off the bus one by one. Fei Cexian noticed that the freight platform here was much larger than that of Fort Victory Station, and there were boxes of packed items being carried into the truck compartment by the porters.It goes without saying that these loaded goods are probably going to Shengli Port or Sanya Port, and some of them will be directly loaded on ships from various countries from the port, and then shipped to unknown overseas places for sale.It is through this method that Haihan sells the industrial products produced by Tiandu to all over the world.
Fei Cexian also noticed that there is the "small freight train" that Bex mentioned earlier. The track laid on the ground is obviously much thinner than the track on the railway when he came here just now, and the gauge is also nearly narrower. Half, the locomotive is indeed much more delicate than the big iron guy parked on the platform.However, with this track, the goods can be transported back and forth between the platform and the distant production site, and the efficiency will indeed be improved a lot.
"Generally, people who come to Tiandu to visit are most interested in the guns produced here. I think Mr. Fei is no exception, right?" Bai Kesi asked Fei Cexian proactively.
Fei Cexian was also straightforward, and decisively admitted Bai Kesi's guess: "That's right, Haihan weapons are famous outside the world. Anyone who comes here will probably want to see how these weapons are made. If Master Bai can Naturally, it would be best to arrange a visit.”
Beks smiled and said, "Then let's go to the place where guns are manufactured."
As the biggest reliance of the Haihan Army to fight all over the world, the weapon manufacturing production line of Haihan Ordnance Industry can be said to be one of the key projects of Tiandu Industrial Zone.And Bai Kesi, as the official in charge of Haihan Ordnance Industry, it is a perfect arrangement for him to lead Fei Cexian to visit.
The first thing Fei Cexian visited was the cannon casting workshop closest to the railway station.In fact, Haihan's latest cannon no longer uses the traditional casting process, because the barrel of the new cannon has been upgraded from bronze and cast iron to steel, and the traditional casting process is not so suitable.However, the production plant visited by Fei Cexian still uses traditional craftsmanship, and its finished products are mainly old-fashioned artillery exported to other countries.
Of course, this old-fashioned is only relatively speaking. In Fei Cexian's eyes, this is still a very advanced technology. As far as the size of these semi-finished artillery he has seen now, it cannot be manufactured by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty.
"Lord Fei, the two cannons that are being cast and the cannons piled up next to them are all orders from Annan Kingdom. These artillery pieces will be sent to Annan at the beginning of next year, and will be deployed on the border between Annan Kingdom and Siam. Come on." Beks didn't introduce the craftsmanship of casting cannons to Fei Cexian, because he knew that it would be useless if he said it, and this civil servant must not understand those techniques and special vocabulary, and he would have to spend more time explaining it. .
In fact, Fei Cexian had already noticed the semi-products piled up against the wall, and even counted them. There are thirteen doors in total. Judging from the appearance and size, they are all about [-] to [-] yuan. [-] catties of heavy artillery.This kind of smoothbore cannon was called the "Hongyi Cannon" in Ming Dynasty. It was deployed a lot on the Northeast Defense Line in the early years and made a lot of military exploits.
However, at that time, almost all the heavy artillery used by Ming Dynasty were purchased from the Portuguese, especially the heavy artillery produced by the Bucarao Cannon Foundry in Macau, which was the favorite purchase object of Ming Dynasty.Xu Guangqi, former Minister of Rites, Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and cabinet assistant, purchased more than 80 cannons from the Bugarao Cannon Factory through various channels and names, and Emperor Chongzhen placed them in the cannon factory. The cannon made in Macao on the gate of the capital was named "General Shenwei".
Of course, the reality of this time and space has deviated from the original historical trajectory due to the appearance of the Haihan people.Since 1629, the Bucarao Cannon Factory has ceased production due to the safety requirements raised by Haihan. Instead, Portugal purchased artillery from Haihan to meet the local defense needs of Macau.As for the artillery that Daming bought from the Macau authorities through missionaries, seventy-eight out of ten were castrated versions produced by Haihan. It was just that Haihan was fledgling at that time, and in order to cover up its strength, it used the name of Portugal to do arms sales with Daming. .The Portuguese can earn a commission just by passing, so naturally they will not take the initiative to say so.
Even so, the number of artillery exported to Daming by Portugal was strictly controlled. At that time, the Haihan Executive Committee was still a little worried that it would shoot itself in the foot in the future, so it made very strict regulations on the destination of the weapons exports. control.But later, with the rapid expansion and growth of Haihan, the upgrading speed of weapons became faster and faster, which allowed some restrictions to be relaxed a little bit. However, during this period, the Liaodong battlefield had already been defeated, and the artillery sold to Daming could not save it. Passive battlefield situation.
It was not until the winter sea Han army landed in Liaodong in 1635, holding back the main force of Hou Jin who was going to conquer North Korea, that the situation in the Northeast was slightly eased.Otherwise, according to the original history, after Jin conquered North Korea, he would immediately turn around and deal with Daming, and the situation would be even more difficult to save.
Fei Cexian, an official of the Ministry of Rituals, is naturally not aware of these inside information. He just looks at the pile of artillery against the wall and is very greedy. He wonders why even Annan can purchase large quantities of weapons from Haihan, while I, Daming, have been can't do it.
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Fei Cexian faintly sensed something from Bai Kesi's words, but he couldn't get the point for a while. He just subconsciously felt that Bai Kesi said that the two countries wanted to achieve different goals. This sentence should be very important to Daming.What is the goal of the Ming Dynasty in governing the country?The country is rich and the people are strong, the world is peaceful, and all nations come to Korea?In Fei Cexian's cognition, this is roughly the case. All other nations outside of Ming Dynasty are low-level foreign countries. This has become the consensus of Ming people, but the appearance of Haihan seems to indicate that there is really a country that is more powerful than Ming Dynasty in this world. , It's just that there are too many ordinary people with limited information and limited knowledge, who simply can't realize this.
What about Haihan?If the goal that Bai Kesi refers to is not limited to this, then what is the goal of governing the country of Haihan Kingdom?This country, which was established by business, expanded by military, and regards the vast ocean as its own courtyard, and this group of mysterious rulers whose identities are unknown, what kind of development goals they will set for themselves, makes Fei Cexian suddenly born. curiosity.If there is no fundamental conflict between the long-term goals of Haihan Kingdom and Ming Dynasty, then having such a neighboring country that is willing to help Da Ming solve foreign enemies when necessary does not seem to be a bad thing.
As for the outflow of raw materials, population, and capital, as well as the influx of Haihan's products, trade methods, and many new ideas, this is not a big deal in Fei Cexian's view. There is no need to calculate things too clearly.Not to break out of war between the two countries is currently Fei Cexian's top personal goal, and it is also the wish of most senior officials in the court. For state relations, this is the real major event.One of Fei Cexian's missions when he came to Haihan was to confirm that Haihan did not intend to go to war with Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, with Haihan as a powerful neighbor, the imperial court would never be able to concentrate its forces on the Central Plains and North Korea with peace of mind. Xinjiang to solve the thorny problems at hand.
Regarding the "industry" advocated by the Haihan people, in fact, after Fei Cexian arrived in Sanya, he could touch industrial products every moment, but it was indeed the current ride that made him realize the power of industry. A new type of transportation that looks clumsy but is actually fast.Since "industry" is an industry unique to Haihan, so many unique things unique to Haihan can be produced here, and Daming, who has no "industry" at all, wants to imitate some of these industrial products It will inevitably be difficult.
Judging from Beks' tone, Haihan's strength has a great relationship with "industry", but it is always difficult for Daming to follow suit.Fei Cexian couldn't help asking: "Master Bai, why is this industry only available in Haihan? It stands to reason that such a powerful industry should have been imitated by the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and introduced to the Ming Dynasty."
Beks replied: "Actually, your country already has a rudimentary form of industry. We call it handicraft industry. Although it can be regarded as a small-scale industry, handicraft industry still belongs to manual labor, such as smelting, weaving, printing, and all kinds of industries separated from agriculture. The craftsmen who produce, and the various production sites called workshops in your country can actually be counted in this industry. It’s just that your country’s industry has just started, and there is no way to establish it according to our country’s standards in terms of various conditions and objective circumstances. The industrial system, even if there are businessmen who want to introduce this system to Daming, it is difficult to survive independently at present."
Fei Cexian noticed two important points from Bai Kesi's words, one is that Daming already has a prototype of industry, and the other is that if he wants to introduce the industrial system into Daming, he must cooperate with Haihan instead of simply imitating.
Fei Cexian just wanted to continue the chat, but Bai Kesi took the initiative to change the topic: "Master Fei, you have been in Sanya for a while, can you tell us your impressions of our place?"
Fei Cexian thought for a while and said: "If you want to talk about the strongest feeling, it is naturally prosperous. To be honest, the city market in Beijing may not be comparable to the downtown area of Shengli Port, and Sanya can buy and sell almost everything. The number one port city in the South China Sea. As long as you have enough money, this place will be a paradise on earth."
"A rich man is heaven on earth!" Beks nodded and said, "Continue."
Fei Cexian went on to say: "If we talk about the level of wealth in the local area, I think it is comparable to the big cities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the culture and education are prosperous, but it is less smelly than the big cities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This is probably related to the government's advocacy of learning. I heard that the expensive There is no imperial examination system in the selection of talents in China, and there is another vocational training system, which may be the reason why most officials in your country pay less attention to science and focus on practical work."
"Does Master Fei think that our country's culture, education and talent selection system is better or worse than Daming?" Beks asked.
Of course Fei Cexian didn't want to offend the other party by saying something uninteresting, but he also didn't want to belittle Daming for the sake of flattery. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "My imperial examinations in Daming followed the previous dynasty. For more than 200 years, I have selected countless talents for the imperial court and governed the world. It is quite effective, and it is naturally a good system of first-class one. I am not very familiar with this system in your country when I first arrived, but it is very suitable for your country's national conditions. It also shows that the imperial court of your country governs the country well. "
What Fei Cexian said was purely playing Tai Chi. Although Bai Kesi was a technocrat, he had been on the executive committee for so many years, so he could immediately hear that the other party's words were insincere.However, he didn't want to argue with Fei Cexian which system is better. In fact, Fei Cexian was right about one point. Haihan's use of the vocational education system to select personnel training officials is indeed very different from the current situation of the country. After all, the population base of Haihan State was small in the initial stage, and there were relatively few educated scholars. If Haihan wanted to select and train qualified civil and military officials from the common people, it was obviously too late to take the imperial examination route, and it could only use very Regular education and training means to obtain suitable personnel.
This method of taking shortcuts can indeed solve temporary needs, but in the long run, in order to cultivate competent bureaucrats, it is still necessary to carry out follow-up cultural and administrative training for these personnel who have entered the officialdom with technology step by step.
However, from another point of view, Haihan’s founding time is still short, and the upper echelon of power has not yet formed a too obvious family, leaving many channels for ordinary people to rise. Even students who have only received short-term vocational training are also different from traditional Scholars have the same opportunity to compete for positions in various yamen.Therefore, when Haihan promoted the vocational training system, the public responded enthusiastically, which greatly reduced the difficulty of Haihan popularizing cultural literacy among the people.
The two were chatting all the way, while Zhang Qianzhi consciously sat at a place far away from each other.Although his mission was to monitor Fei Cexian's words and deeds, when the target was discussing issues with his own senior officials, it would be disrespectful for him to come closer to listen.
There was a small episode on the way. In the past, a section of this railway was double-tracked, so that the trains passing by could complete the wrong train in the middle.At the earliest time, the train that arrived at this position first had to stop and wait, and then start the train when the train coming from the opposite side also entered the double-track section, and then complete the wrong train through the turnout.But now that the double-track railway track has been fully connected, the two oncoming trains no longer have to stop and wait.So Fei Cexian was lucky enough to witness the scene of two trains facing each other and going on the wrong train. He thought that the Haihan people were really rich and powerful. The two trains started at the same time, which meant that the steam locomotives invested in a railway were not just the cost he had previously calculated. , but doubled again.
From Shenglibao Station to Tiandu Station, the actual time spent on the journey was less than half an hour, and for Fei Cexian, who had been racking his brains to complete the conversation with Bai Kesi, this journey passed in a blink of an eye .
After arriving at the station, a group of people got off the bus one by one. Fei Cexian noticed that the freight platform here was much larger than that of Fort Victory Station, and there were boxes of packed items being carried into the truck compartment by the porters.It goes without saying that these loaded goods are probably going to Shengli Port or Sanya Port, and some of them will be directly loaded on ships from various countries from the port, and then shipped to unknown overseas places for sale.It is through this method that Haihan sells the industrial products produced by Tiandu to all over the world.
Fei Cexian also noticed that there is the "small freight train" that Bex mentioned earlier. The track laid on the ground is obviously much thinner than the track on the railway when he came here just now, and the gauge is also nearly narrower. Half, the locomotive is indeed much more delicate than the big iron guy parked on the platform.However, with this track, the goods can be transported back and forth between the platform and the distant production site, and the efficiency will indeed be improved a lot.
"Generally, people who come to Tiandu to visit are most interested in the guns produced here. I think Mr. Fei is no exception, right?" Bai Kesi asked Fei Cexian proactively.
Fei Cexian was also straightforward, and decisively admitted Bai Kesi's guess: "That's right, Haihan weapons are famous outside the world. Anyone who comes here will probably want to see how these weapons are made. If Master Bai can Naturally, it would be best to arrange a visit.”
Beks smiled and said, "Then let's go to the place where guns are manufactured."
As the biggest reliance of the Haihan Army to fight all over the world, the weapon manufacturing production line of Haihan Ordnance Industry can be said to be one of the key projects of Tiandu Industrial Zone.And Bai Kesi, as the official in charge of Haihan Ordnance Industry, it is a perfect arrangement for him to lead Fei Cexian to visit.
The first thing Fei Cexian visited was the cannon casting workshop closest to the railway station.In fact, Haihan's latest cannon no longer uses the traditional casting process, because the barrel of the new cannon has been upgraded from bronze and cast iron to steel, and the traditional casting process is not so suitable.However, the production plant visited by Fei Cexian still uses traditional craftsmanship, and its finished products are mainly old-fashioned artillery exported to other countries.
Of course, this old-fashioned is only relatively speaking. In Fei Cexian's eyes, this is still a very advanced technology. As far as the size of these semi-finished artillery he has seen now, it cannot be manufactured by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty.
"Lord Fei, the two cannons that are being cast and the cannons piled up next to them are all orders from Annan Kingdom. These artillery pieces will be sent to Annan at the beginning of next year, and will be deployed on the border between Annan Kingdom and Siam. Come on." Beks didn't introduce the craftsmanship of casting cannons to Fei Cexian, because he knew that it would be useless if he said it, and this civil servant must not understand those techniques and special vocabulary, and he would have to spend more time explaining it. .
In fact, Fei Cexian had already noticed the semi-products piled up against the wall, and even counted them. There are thirteen doors in total. Judging from the appearance and size, they are all about [-] to [-] yuan. [-] catties of heavy artillery.This kind of smoothbore cannon was called the "Hongyi Cannon" in Ming Dynasty. It was deployed a lot on the Northeast Defense Line in the early years and made a lot of military exploits.
However, at that time, almost all the heavy artillery used by Ming Dynasty were purchased from the Portuguese, especially the heavy artillery produced by the Bucarao Cannon Foundry in Macau, which was the favorite purchase object of Ming Dynasty.Xu Guangqi, former Minister of Rites, Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and cabinet assistant, purchased more than 80 cannons from the Bugarao Cannon Factory through various channels and names, and Emperor Chongzhen placed them in the cannon factory. The cannon made in Macao on the gate of the capital was named "General Shenwei".
Of course, the reality of this time and space has deviated from the original historical trajectory due to the appearance of the Haihan people.Since 1629, the Bucarao Cannon Factory has ceased production due to the safety requirements raised by Haihan. Instead, Portugal purchased artillery from Haihan to meet the local defense needs of Macau.As for the artillery that Daming bought from the Macau authorities through missionaries, seventy-eight out of ten were castrated versions produced by Haihan. It was just that Haihan was fledgling at that time, and in order to cover up its strength, it used the name of Portugal to do arms sales with Daming. .The Portuguese can earn a commission just by passing, so naturally they will not take the initiative to say so.
Even so, the number of artillery exported to Daming by Portugal was strictly controlled. At that time, the Haihan Executive Committee was still a little worried that it would shoot itself in the foot in the future, so it made very strict regulations on the destination of the weapons exports. control.But later, with the rapid expansion and growth of Haihan, the upgrading speed of weapons became faster and faster, which allowed some restrictions to be relaxed a little bit. However, during this period, the Liaodong battlefield had already been defeated, and the artillery sold to Daming could not save it. Passive battlefield situation.
It was not until the winter sea Han army landed in Liaodong in 1635, holding back the main force of Hou Jin who was going to conquer North Korea, that the situation in the Northeast was slightly eased.Otherwise, according to the original history, after Jin conquered North Korea, he would immediately turn around and deal with Daming, and the situation would be even more difficult to save.
Fei Cexian, an official of the Ministry of Rituals, is naturally not aware of these inside information. He just looks at the pile of artillery against the wall and is very greedy. He wonders why even Annan can purchase large quantities of weapons from Haihan, while I, Daming, have been can't do it.
(End of this chapter)