Zheng Zhilong was very excited after receiving the compensation of 30 million taels of silver. He actually ran to Goa and couldn't wait to land and sent a telegram to Zhu Cijiong, and then Shiran returned to Xingcheng Port.

It’s not that he is jealous of money. The main reason is that the money is obtained by his mouth. He can earn 30 million taels in just a few days of arguing with others. This sense of accomplishment is simply indescribable. In short, he feels as if he has eaten ginseng fruit, and he feels very comfortable all over.

Zhu Cijing was also very happy after receiving the news. The 30 million taels can be said to be free, and the benefits of Nordic iron chains are far more than that. It can be said that they can occupy the Mughal Empire and Batavia because of the Nordic iron chains.

If the great powers were not restrained in the continent, let alone Batavia, it would be a question whether the Mughal Empire could be taken down.

Perhaps Philip IV and Joao IV could not understand why the Ming Empire would so readily agree to lift the blockade on the Dover Strait. After all, the longer the blockade, the more beneficial it will be to the Ming Dynasty. You should know that after Spain, Portugal and the anti-Habsburg alliance were all restrained in Northern Europe, there could be said that the Ming Dynasty was the only powerful country left on the sea. The colonies would grab whatever they wanted.

Zhu Cijiu naturally had his thoughts. Everything was too much. The anti-Habsburg alliance was not really helping the Nordic chain. If they were really forced to do so, they would gather all the army and jointly attacked by sea and land, and Spain and Portugal could not withstand it.

In this way, although the anti-Habsburg alliance will suffer heavy losses, Spain and Portugal may never recover from this. Therefore, it is better to let Spain and Portugal preserve their strength and slowly restrain the anti-Habsburg alliance.

You should know that the potential of Britain and France is very terrifying. In addition, they still have a cooperative relationship with the Netherlands. Once the restraint of Spain and Portugal is gone, they will definitely rise rapidly. By then, the Ming Dynasty will not be worth the loss.

As for the 30 million taels of free gains, Zhu Cijing was planning to invest all in the research and development of precision machine tools. Because the reason why the Ming Dynasty could develop so rapidly was ultimately due to the advancement of science and technology. Without steam power, there would be so many muskets and artillery in the Ming Dynasty, and how could it produce so many cheap commodities to make money all over the world.

After the development of precision machine tools, not only will the quality of weapons be significantly improved, but more importantly, with precision machine tools, the caliber of the cannon can be at least doubled!

Now the casting problem is no longer a problem with limiting the caliber of the gun. Since Bi Maokang and others developed the split mold, no matter how large the diameter can be cast, it is mainly because the existing machine tools cannot be processed.

You should know that the weight of a six-inch cannon has reached several thousand kilograms. If it continues to rise, the weight will reach at least tens of thousands of kilograms. The existing machine tools cannot process such heavy things at all.

Precision machine tools not only have significantly improved their processing precision, but also have far exceeded existing machine tools in terms of power and firmness. There is no problem in processing things weighing tens of thousands of pounds.

The twelve-inch giant cannon is exciting to think about. If you shoot one shot, a super battleship will be smashed to the point of being hit. If you build a few such giant cannons on the treasure ship, the enemy will probably be so scared that they can pee their pants!

Now, the Beicheng District of Beijing has basically been completed, and the five colleges of machinery, telegraph, motor, metallurgy, and commerce divided by Daming Institute of Technology have also been built. There are even special experimental buildings in the colleges of machinery, telegraph, motor, metallurgy, etc. However, these experimental buildings are basically empty because they require money to purchase equipment, purchase materials, and recruit employees. The budget for construction in Beicheng District has long been almost spent.

Zhu Cijing was originally hesitating whether to spend so much money crazy. Although he made almost one billion taels in the Mughal Empire this time, his expenses were quite terrifying. He spent more than 300 million taels in less than three months. If he spent this, he would be poor as his pants in less than a year!

Now that he has the 30 million taels of free money, he no longer hesitated and directly spent 10 million taels on the Mechanical, Electrical and Metallurgy Academy each, specifically for building the experimental building.

All equipment, use the best, add it!

If you want to buy as much as you want, please ask someone to find it and specialize in mining!

Each experimental building recruits 1,000 professional talents and is treated with superior treatment. They are asked to fully assist Song Yingxing, Wang Zheng, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi in the experiment.

After spending these 30 million taels, Song Yingxing, Wang Zheng, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi's research and development progress immediately made rapid progress.

For example, Song Yingxing, when he studied the purification of new elements, he had to find ore by himself, and he had to develop various auxiliary materials by himself. He had to go to the cement factory to crush an ore, and dissolve an ore and go to the foundry. He had only ten assistants in total, so how could he get up quickly?

It’s different now. Just find ore and send an assistant to bring dozens of people. Just develop auxiliary materials and ask several assistants to bring dozens of people to develop. If you want to crush the ore, you can directly match the entire set of crushing equipment. If you want to dissolve the ore, you can directly build a small blast furnace without going out. Everything can be done in the experimental building.

For example, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi developed motors and generators. In the past, they had to go to the foundry to cast a simple motor case, and then they had to go to the machining workshop to process.

It’s different now. We will build a small sand turning yard for them, recruit sand turning casting personnel, all the machine tools are equipped, and the machine tool workers are also recruiting them. If you want something, you can directly process it immediately. This progress is many times faster.

Wang Zheng also directly equipped him with all the equipment and recruited all kinds of professionals, and he only needed to guide the research.

Such crazy investment results are also amazing.

Soon, Song Yingxing purified the tungsten. As for the mass production issue, he just gave it to his assistant to take charge. He entered the next project, the development of silicon steel sheets.

This tungsten wire is the earliest filament of the light bulb. After Zhu Cijiu learned the news, he immediately asked Song Yingxing to organize personnel to develop tungsten wire, and asked Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi to organize personnel to conduct various power-up experiments. He also drew a bulb figure, so that the glass factory could immediately start manufacturing bulbs.

With three aspects and one cooperation, the sample of the light bulb was quickly made. The dazzling light of the sun surprised Xu Fuyuan, Xia Yunyi and others.

However, I don’t know what went wrong, and the explosion occurred, and the electricity burned almost all of them.

Damn, this thing cannot be put into the market on a large scale in a short period of time. Zhu Cijiu simply asked Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi to continuously increase the volume and increase the thickness of the light bulb. He also equipped all experimental personnel with rubber gloves and peaceful eyes to prevent them from getting injured.

Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi organized the personnel to have another crazy experiment. From being as big as a fist to being as big as a head, the problem of explosion and burning was finally solved.

Once the light bulb is made, it makes a lot of sense, and from then on it will be almost the same as during the day.

Especially for those who turn on the machine, when it is rainy, they basically cannot see the size clearly. They cannot light the oil lamp. The oil lamp is already weak in light and smokes. After a few hours, it can swollen the eyes. Now with electric lamps, rainy days are not a problem at all. They can even arrange three shifts directly like in later generations. This efficiency has been improved by many times.
Chapter completed!