Chapter 1625 Tiandu Industrial Zone

Fei Cexian vaguely felt something from Bai Kesi's words, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. He just subconsciously felt that Bai Kesi said that the two countries each wanted to achieve different goals. This sentence should be very important to the Ming Dynasty. The governance of the Ming Dynasty

What is the goal of the Ming Dynasty? The country is rich and the people are strong, the world is peaceful, and all nations come to the DPRK? In Fei Cexian's perception, this is roughly the case. All countries other than the Ming Dynasty are low-level foreign countries. This has become the consensus of the Ming Dynasty, but Hainan

The emergence of the Han Dynasty seems to indicate that there is really a country more powerful than the Ming Dynasty in this world, but there are still too many ordinary people with limited information and limited knowledge to realize this.

What about Haihan? If the goal that Bai Kesi refers to is more than this, then what is the goal of governing Haihan? This country that built its country on business, expanded with force, and regarded the vast ocean as its own courtyard, and this group of people

Fei Cexian suddenly became curious about the mysterious rulers of unknown origins. What kind of development goals would they set for themselves?

It doesn't seem like a bad thing to have such a neighboring country who is willing to help Ming Dynasty to deal with foreign enemies when necessary.

As for the outflow of raw materials, population, and capital, as well as the influx of Haihan commodities, trading methods, and many new ideas, this is not a big deal in Fei Cexian's opinion. As long as Haihan is not an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, these details will not matter.

There is no need to calculate things too clearly. There is no need for war to break out between the two countries. This is Fei Cexian's current personal goal at the top of his list, and it is also the wish of most senior officials in the court. For national relations, this is the real big deal.

.And one of Fei Cexian's tasks when he came to Haihan was to confirm that Haihan really had no intention of going to war with the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, with Haihan such a powerful neighbor, the imperial court would never be able to concentrate its forces on the Central Plains and the Ming Dynasty with peace of mind.

Northern Xinjiang to solve the current thorny problems.

Regarding the "industry" advocated and admired by Haihan people, Fei Cexian was actually exposed to industrial products every moment after arriving in Sanya, but it was indeed the car he was currently riding that made him realize the power of industry.

A new type of means of transportation that seems clumsy but is actually fast. Since "industry" is a unique industry of Haihan, so many unique things that only Haihan can be produced here, and there is no "industry" at all.

"If the existing Ming Dynasty wants to imitate some of these industrial products, it will inevitably be difficult.

Listening to Bai Kesi's tone, Haihan's strength is closely related to "industry", but it has always been difficult for the Ming Dynasty to imitate it. Fei Cexian couldn't help but asked: "Master Bai, in this industry, why is it that only Haihan has it?"

? Logically speaking, for such a powerful industry, merchants in the Ming Dynasty should have imitated it and introduced it to the Ming Dynasty."

Bai Kesi responded: "Actually, your country already has the prototype 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, textiles, printing, and various types of industries that are separated from agriculture.

The craftsmen who produce, and the various production sites that your country calls workshops can actually be counted in this industry. It’s just that your country’s industry has just started, and the conditions and objective environment in all aspects cannot be compared to our country’s standards.

As for the industrial system, even if there are businessmen who want to introduce this system to the Ming Dynasty, it will be difficult to survive by independent operation."

Fei Cexian noticed two important points from Bai Kesi's words. First, the Ming Dynasty already had the prototype of industry. Second, if you want to introduce the industrial system into the Ming Dynasty, you must cooperate with Haihan instead of simply imitating it.

Just as Fei Cexian wanted to continue the conversation, Bai Kesi had already taken the initiative to change the subject: "Master Fei, you have been in Sanya for a while. Can you tell us what you think of our place?"

Fei Cexian thought for a while and said: "If you want to say the strongest feeling, it is of course the prosperity. To be honest, the market in Beijing may not be as good as the downtown area of ​​Shengli Port, and almost everything can be bought and sold in Sanya. It is worthy of being

The first port city in the South China Sea. As long as you have enough money, this place will be a paradise on earth."

"If you are rich, you will be in heaven on earth!" Bai Kesi nodded and said, "Continue talking."

Fei Cexian continued: "If we talk about the local affluence, I think it is comparable to the big cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the culture and education are prosperous, but there is less of a copper smell than the big cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This is probably also related to the government's promotion of studying. I heard that it is more expensive than the big cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Our country does not use the imperial examination system to select talents, but also has a vocational training system. Perhaps this is the reason why most officials in your country despise academics and emphasize practical work."

"Does Mr. Fei think our country's culture, education and talent selection system is better or worse than that of Ming Dynasty?" Bai Kesi asked.

Of course, Fei Cexian didn't want to offend the other party by saying uninteresting words, but he also didn't want to belittle the Ming Dynasty just to flatter him. After some consideration, he responded: "The Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations followed the previous dynasty and selected countless talents for the imperial court for more than two hundred years.

It is very effective in governing the world, and it is naturally a first-class good system. I am not very familiar with this system in your country when I first came here, but it is very suitable for your country's national conditions. It also shows that your country's court governs the country well, and I am also very good at it.

admire."

Fei Cexian's words were pure Tai Chi. Although Bai Kesi was a technocrat, he had been on the executive committee for so many years. Naturally, he immediately heard that the other party's words were insincere. But he didn't want to talk to Fei Cexian either.

Xian debated which system is better. In fact, Fei Cexian was right on one point. Haihan’s use of the vocational education system to select personnel and train officials does have a lot to do with the current situation of the country. After all, Haihan State started

The population base at this stage is small, and there are relatively few educated scholars. If Haihan wants to select and train qualified civil and military officials from civilians, it is obviously too late to take the imperial examination, and he can only use unconventional education and training methods to obtain them.

The right people.

This shortcut method can indeed solve temporary needs, but in the long run, to cultivate competent bureaucrats, it is still necessary to provide follow-up cultural and administrative training to these technical personnel in a step-by-step manner.

However, from another perspective, the founding of Haihan is still short, and the upper echelons of power have not yet formed too obvious cliques. There are still many channels for ordinary people to rise. Even students who have only received short-term vocational training are different from traditional

Scholars also have the opportunity to compete for positions in various government offices. Therefore, during the period when Haihan promoted the vocational training system, the response from the public was very enthusiastic, which greatly reduced the difficulty of Haihan's efforts to popularize cultural literacy among the people.

The two chatted all the way, and Zhang Qianzhi consciously sat far away. Although his task was to monitor Fei Cexian's words and deeds, his goal was to get closer when discussing issues with his senior officials.

It's a little disrespectful to hear that.

There was a small episode on the way. There used to be a section of this railway that was double-tracked, so that trains could miss the train halfway. At the earliest time, the train that arrived at this location had to stop and wait for the train coming from the opposite direction.

The train starts again when it enters the double-track section, and then completes the wrong train through the switch. However, now that the double-track railway track has been fully connected, the two oncoming trains no longer need to stop and wait. So Fei Cexian was lucky enough to see two trains facing each other.

As for the scene of the wrong train, the Haihan people are really wealthy. The two trains departing at the same time and heading in opposite directions means that the steam locomotives invested in a railway are not only the cost calculated before, but will be doubled again.

The actual time spent on the road from Victory Fort Station to Tiandu Station was less than half an hour, and for Fei Cexian, who had been racking his brains to complete the conversation with Bai Kesi, the journey passed in a blink of an eye.

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After arriving at the station, the group of people filed out of the car. Fei Cexian noticed that the freight platform here was much larger than that of Fort Victory Station. There were boxes of packed items being carried into the truck compartment by the porters. It goes without saying that,

These loaded goods will probably be transported to Victory Port or Sanya Port. Some of them will be loaded directly from the port onto ships of various countries, and then shipped to unknown places overseas for sale. And Haihan also uses this method.

, selling the industrial products produced by Tian Du to all over the world.

Fei Cexian also noticed that there was the "small freight train" mentioned by Bai Kesi before. The tracks laid on the ground were obviously much thinner than the tracks on the railway when he came just now, and the gauge was also nearly narrower.

Half, the locomotive is indeed much more delicate than the big iron thing parked on the platform. But with this track, goods can be transported back and forth between the platform and distant production sites, and the efficiency will indeed be improved.

Quite a few.

"Generally, what people who come to Tiandu are most interested in are the guns and cannons produced here. I think Mr. Fei will be no exception, right?" Bai Kesi took the initiative to ask Fei Cexian.

Fei Cexian was also happy and decisively admitted Bai Kesi's guess: "That's it. Haihan weapons are famous. Anyone who comes here will probably want to see how these weapons are made. If Lord Bai can

It would be best to arrange a visit.”

Bai Kesi smiled and said: "Then let's go see the place where the guns are made first."

As the biggest reliance of the Haihan Army in defeating the invincible opponents in the world, the weapons manufacturing production line of Haihan Ordnance Industry can be said to be one of the key projects of Tiandu Industrial Zone. As the official in charge of Haihan Ordnance Industry, Baikes will lead Fetzer

It was a perfect arrangement for Xian to visit.

The first thing Fei Cexian visited was the artillery casting workshop closest to the train station. In fact, Haihan's latest artillery no longer uses traditional casting processes, because the barrel of the new artillery has been upgraded from bronze and cast iron to steel. The traditional casting process

It's not so appropriate. However, the production plant that Fei Cexian visited still uses traditional craftsmanship, and its finished products are mainly old-fashioned artillery that are exported to other countries.

Of course, this old-fashioned is only a relative term. In Fei Cexian's eyes, this is still a very advanced technology. As far as the size of these semi-finished artillery pieces he saw now, they could not be made by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Fei, the two artillery pieces that are being cast, as well as the cannons stacked next to them, are all orders from the Annan Kingdom. These artillery pieces will be sent to Annan at the beginning of next year and deployed to the border between Annan Kingdom and Siam.

"Enter." Bai Kesi did not introduce the craftsmanship of casting cannons to Fei Cexian, because he knew that it would be in vain. The civil servant would definitely not understand those craftsmanship and special vocabulary, and he would have to spend more time explaining it.

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Fei Cexian had actually already noticed the semi-products stacked against the wall, and even counted them. There were thirteen doors in total. Judging from their appearance and size, they were probably between two thousand and two thousand.

A heavy artillery weighing 1,500 kilograms. This kind of smooth-bore cannon was called the "Hongyi Cannon" in the Ming Dynasty. In the early years, many of them were deployed on the Northeastern defense line, and they also made many military exploits.

However, at that time, almost all the heavy artillery used by the Ming Dynasty was purchased from the Portuguese, especially the heavy artillery produced by the Macao Bojialao Cannon Foundry, which was the Ming Dynasty's favorite purchase. Just the former Minister of Rites and Wenyuange University

Xu Guangqi, a scholar and the second assistant to the cabinet, purchased more than 80 artillery pieces from the Bugalao Cannon Foundry through various channels and names. Emperor Chongzhen also named the Macau-made cannon placed on the gate of the capital.

As the "divine mighty general".

Of course, the reality of this time and space has deviated from the original historical trajectory due to the emergence of the Haihan people. Since 1629, the Bugalao Cannon Foundry has ceased production due to the safety requirements raised by the Haihan people, and was replaced by the Portuguese

Purchase artillery from Haihan to meet the local defense needs of Macau. As for the artillery later purchased by the Ming Dynasty from the Macau authorities through missionaries, seven out of ten were also castrated versions of Haihan's performance, but Haihan was still in its infancy at the time.

To conceal their strength, they used the name of Portugal to do arms deals with the Ming Dynasty. The Portuguese could earn a commission just by passing the deal, so naturally they would not take the initiative to announce it.

Even so, the number of artillery exported to the Ming Dynasty by Portugal was also 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 controls on the destination of arms exports.

Control. However, with the rapid expansion of Haihan, the upgrading and replacement of weapons became faster and faster, and some restrictions were slightly relaxed. However, the Liaodong battlefield during this period had already been defeated, and the artillery sold to the Ming Dynasty also

The passive battlefield situation cannot be saved.

It was not until the Han army landed in Liaodong in the winter of 1635 and held back the main force of Hou Jin Dynasty that was originally going to conquer North Korea that the situation in the Northeast was slightly relieved. Otherwise, according to the original history, Hou Jin Dynasty would immediately after the conquest of North Korea.

If we turn around and deal with Ming Dynasty, the situation will become even more difficult to save.

Fei Cexian, an official of the Ministry of Rites, naturally did not know these inside information. He just looked at the pile of artillery placed against the wall with envy and wondered why even Annan could purchase weapons in large quantities from Haihan, but Ming Dynasty has always

Can't do it.
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