Chapter 1594 Zhang Jinbao’s plan

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the management of the three religions and nine streams has been much stricter than during the Ming Dynasty. According to Xun Pengcheng's past encounters, the government has always had very strong supervision over civil associations, such as traditional civil organizations such as guilds.

It must be registered with the government. After the Danzhou assassination in 1631, even various organizations in the cultural circle were registered with the government. And because Danzhou was the place where the incident occurred, the main culprit at the time, Huang Zixing, was from the cultural circle.

People, so the control here is stricter. Non-governmental organization gatherings must be approved and publicized after more than ten people gather, even various literary societies are no exception.

Although such regulations are somewhat unreasonable, the results achieved are very satisfactory. There have been no major public security cases in Danzhou since 1631. In terms of public security situation alone, it is even better than Sanya. Since it is effective

, the government must have continued this method, which is why the Haifeng Poetry Society posted notices in the city. However, Zhang Jinbao deliberately attracted strangers to participate in the event, and Xun Pengcheng still didn't quite understand his purpose so far.

Where is.

Then Zhang Jinbao continued: "As we all know, Danzhou is a famous cultural city with many academies that train more than 1,000 talents of all kinds for the country every year. However, fierce competition among various academies for students is inevitable, and the exchange of talents has also begun.

Being blocked. When I founded the Haifeng Poetry Club, I recruited elites from various academies in order to break down barriers and provide a place for talents to exchange knowledge!"

When Xun Pengcheng heard this, he admired the idea of ​​​​this gold treasure. In fact, there is a similar organization in Sanya, but it is not a private undertaking, but the state has come forward to organize an institution similar to the research institute, and the senior officials of Haihan personally give the

These elites take training courses. Of course, one elite is not the other. Talents who are outstanding here in Danzhou will probably have to learn from scratch when they go to Sanya.

Someone said: "Brother, you don't have to be so nice. You have to provide a venue and take the lead in organizing the poetry club's activities. The fee shouldn't be low, right?"

Zhang Jinbao responded: "To be honest, most of the members recruited by the poetry club are not from well-off families. If I really want to charge a fee, most of them will probably not come. So in fact, for those who attend the party,

Man, I won’t accept a penny from you.”

"What about people who are not from the poetry club? Like us?" Xun Pengcheng couldn't help but ask. He didn't believe that Zhang Jinbao would engage in such activities without asking for anything in return. Even if he couldn't make money, he should at least try to recover the costs, right?

Moreover, there was still a question in his mind that he had not asked, which was how Zhang Jinbao contacted these elites who were said to be from various academies and gained their trust?

You must know that these people are not uneducated and ignorant people. Xun Pengcheng discovered during previous conversations with these people that their minds, knowledge, and reaction capabilities are far superior to ordinary people. They have certain professional skills and are very knowledgeable about national affairs, including national affairs.

People have their own opinions on many things, and they are not so easy to fool. This golden treasure can bring these people together. Even if it is through coercion and inducement, people must know that he does have this ability to be effective.

As for Zhang Jinbao, who owns a property like Fengming Villa outside Danzhou City, he must not be an unknown person. Xun Pengcheng even felt that he had seen this name somewhere before, but he really couldn't remember it.

Details, I am not sure whether my memory is an illusion.

Zhang Jinbao heard Xun Pengcheng's question and responded with a smile: "Brother Cheng, don't worry, the so-called fee is just to let those boring idlers evacuate automatically. As long as you enter the door of the villa, all food and accommodation will be borne by you. Of course,

Brother Cheng is very impressive and looks like he is no ordinary person. I really hope to hear Brother Cheng’s opinions later.”

Xun Pengcheng knew that his appearance had nothing to do with Qi Yuxuanang. If it weren't for his clothes, he might have been stopped by Zhang Jinbao's men at the archway outside. He could enter this place.

The people have obviously been screened by Zhang Jinbao, and the registration procedures outside the villa just now were extremely simple. Zhang Jinbao’s criteria for letting people in cannot be based on knowledge and identity. It can only be judged by their dress.

Rich or not, only people who seemed to be well-off were let in. This seemed to be verified by the few people who were let in after him.

But Xun Pengcheng still hadn't figured out what Zhang Jinbao's purpose was, and could only continue to wait and see. But he could vaguely feel that Zhang Jinbao had attracted these wealthy and idle people through notices or other means.

Let them just be spectators.

Zhang Jinbao said: "Perhaps the new friends who are here for the first time still have some questions. Please don't worry and take a look at the content of our activities first. This will probably be more intuitive than my explanation."

After Zhang Jinbao finished speaking, he left the speaking position and found an empty seat in the front row to sit down. It seemed that he planned to become an audience member next.

At that moment, two people left the table and stood up, walking to the place where Zhang Jinbao had just spoken. One of them turned around, took a piece of chalk, and began to write and draw on the huge blackboard.

Another person explained to everyone: "I am Liao Xiang from Bailu Academy. This is Miao Haisheng from Qiongxi Academy. What I want to show you today is the new rudder that the two of us are developing. Everyone

Everyone knows that when a ship is on the water, a rudder is needed to change the direction of travel. Although the principle is simple, few people think about how to make this component easier to operate, more labor-saving, and more effective in ruddering."

Xun Pengcheng saw Miao Haisheng standing on the blackboard writing and drawing. It was the person he had chatted with when he was hanging out in front of the bookshelf. He could feel from the conversation at that time that this person had an interest in shipbuilding and navigation.

I know a lot about this kind of knowledge, but I didn’t expect that the Hai Feng Poetry Society’s so-called literary friends would be carried out in such a form. It’s just that no ordinary person would bother to study the rudder, and even if they know that ordinary rudders can be improved,

So what's the use? Even fishermen or maritime merchants may not be able to make and replace their own rudders.

Then Liao Xiang continued: "Brother Miao studied shipbuilding technology and was good at carpentry. What I studied was arithmetic and I was better at calculations. Brother Miao came to me before and told me about this idea, and the two of us started working together.

After more than a month of research, we finally made some progress.”

At this time, Miao Haisheng had already drawn the general appearance of the rudder on the blackboard, and took over the conversation and introduced: "The rudder blade extends to the front of the rudder stock, which can make the water pressure in front and behind the rudder stock more balanced. The openings on the rudder blade

The small hole allows the water flow on both sides of the rudder blade to communicate. These two points can make the rudder steering more effortless. A suspension cable and a winch are added to the rudder to adjust the depth of the rudder blade into the water according to the depth of the channel and improve the rudder efficiency. If used

On a large ship, a steering device can be added so that the rudder can be operated on the deck. However, what is shown today is only the rudder blade, and there is not much to deploy."

Xun Pengcheng is a layman in navigation and shipbuilding, and he has no idea how to make this rudder blade. He doesn't quite understand the significance of studying this thing. Shouldn't this be the task of a professional organization like the Victory Port Shipyard?

Is it? Xun Pengcheng was not interested in these things to begin with, so he didn't really listen to what Liao Xiang and Miao Haisheng said later. However, he was a little interested in how this cross-academy personnel combination came together.

, is it through this so-called Haifeng Poetry Club?

The two people spent about a cup of tea and talked about the structure and characteristics of the rudder in detail. Liao Xiang then asked everyone present: "Do you have any questions to ask?"

Xun Pengcheng thought to himself, how should I ask this question? Why do you have nothing to do to study the manufacturing method of this rudder? I want to ask myself, why do you come to this place to sit and listen to you explain these inexplicable things. He

It is estimated that most of the people here are like him and basically do not understand what these two people just said.

Unexpectedly, someone actually asked them at the scene: "Have you ever made a sample? Have you tried it on a ship?"

Miao Haisheng said: "Of course, the real thing has been built, and it has been put on the boat and tried. The results are very obvious. However, our conditions are limited, and the only boats we can find are not very big fishing boats. If there is a chance to find more in the future,

If we get bigger ships, perhaps the progress of the test will be accelerated."

The person who asked the question continued: "If someone wants to buy this... this... from you..."

The man didn't seem to know how to describe this thing for a while, but Zhang Jinbao opened his mouth and added: "This kind of invention."

The man nodded and said: "Yes, yes, this invention...how to proceed?"

Liao Xiang and Miao Haisheng stopped talking at this time, but their eyes turned to Zhang Jinbao. It was obvious that he was the one who could make the decision. Zhang Jinbao smiled and said: "This new rudder is still in the research stage. This person

Friends, there is no need to be anxious. If you are really interested in this, you can also participate in the research, whether it is direct funding or providing ships. After the development is successful, you can give priority to equipment."

After listening to this conversation, Xun Pengcheng suddenly felt that he had touched on some clues. The special gathering arranged by Zhang Jinbao was probably not just for these academy elites to display their research results, but also for these results to be exposed to the outside world.

The understanding and even affirmation. He remembered seeing an article in the "Haihan Times" a few months ago. The content was that the executive committee required research institutions to cooperate with production institutions to transfer the research results on paper.

Convert it into physical objects as soon as possible, and the scene in front of you seems to reflect the requirements of the Executive Committee to a certain extent.

Xun Pengcheng turned his head and looked at the person who had been asking questions to Liao Xiang and Liao Xiang. He had also chatted with the person for a few words before and roughly knew that the person was engaged in maritime trade. Perhaps this was how that person felt about this research project.

Reason for interest. If the new rudder developed by these two people can really improve the seaworthiness of the ship, then of course the most direct beneficiaries will be the people who rely on the sea for their meals. And Zhang Jinbao obviously wants to

This research project brings in outside funding.

That's right! It's sponsorship! Xun Pengcheng suddenly realized that this method of operation is actually not complicated. Zhang Jinbao gathered these academy elites together to study certain projects with commercial prospects. After certain results were achieved, he began to look for potential projects.

Interested people come to invest, and once sponsors inject funds, this project can be guaranteed to have better prospects, and maybe it can achieve mass production and make a lot of money. And Zhang Jinbao, the actual operator, may be looking forward to it

Hatch several real golden eggs.

But Xun Pengcheng also felt that Zhang Jinbao was too casual in attracting investment, not to mention that the passers-by he summoned seemed completely random and had no specific purpose. Moreover, only a few passers-by attended such a gathering.

The chance that the interests of passers-by can match the research projects is really low. When Xun Pengcheng was in Sanya, he would see various investment promotion activities every year, and he also had some knowledge of the methods involved. He was already thinking about what to do next.

After that, do you want to talk to Zhang Jinbao about related topics?

Zhang Jinbao and the man briefly talked about the project operation method for a few more words, and Xun Pengcheng realized that the rudder was not as simple as it seemed. Haihan's shipbuilding technology has long been famous, but in fact, advanced shipbuilding technology has always been

They only exist in government-run shipyards, and most of the shipbuilding orders of official shipyards come from the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Shipping and other departments, and the few remaining orders are almost all combat ships exported to other countries. Civilians want to build ships in

When official shipyards place orders for new sailboats, firstly, prices remain high due to production capacity issues; secondly, shipyards generally only accept large orders in consideration of dock utilization rates.

As a result, only a few powerful large-scale merchants have the capital to order new sailboats with original performance from official shipyards. However, most of the shipbuilding needs from the private sector can only be built by Fuchuan Guangzhou Shipyard in ordinary shipyards. Government-run shipyards

Naturally, those advanced ship design plans will not be released easily, so if civilian ships want to improve their performance, they can only explore and modify them by themselves, but this is not easy for ordinary shipwrights who lack systematic knowledge. Most of the shipbuilding technologies they have learned

It is passed down from generation to generation, and it is rare to make improvements to ship design. I don't know how many people can have a talented shipbuilder like Zhang Tiangui.

And the vast majority of talented and learned shipbuilders have been recruited by the government into the best shipyards. You can imagine the level of shipwrights who work among the people. Even if it is just an improved design of a rudder,

Not just anyone can do it, which is why the maritime businessman asked immediately after listening to the introduction. If the two people standing in front of them explaining the rudder design really have a way to improve the performance of the ship,

Then it's still a good deal even if he pays some financial price.
Chapter completed!