In the year 4356 (1659 AD), on March 16, the capital of Switzerland was prosperous.
King Sulei of Rui reviewed the memorials of ministers in Zhubi.
He put down his pen and stretched his sore wrist.
King Rui Sulei only knew the benefits of becoming a king before.
He never thought that being a king would be so tiring.
Switzerland is a small country with a population of only a few million.
This small population is not as large as a province in the empire.
King Rui Sulei has not dared to rest for the past six months and has to deal with memorials until very late every day.
The system of Switzerland is also basically the same as that of an empire.
There is a cabinet and a governor's office, which have already dealt with most of the affairs of the government and the army.
King Rui Sule just needs to deal with some important things.
Even so, he was in a hurry and made several mistakes that shouldn't have happened.
For the first time, he felt how difficult it was to deal with state affairs.
He really admired the hands-on monarchs in history. These people were really capable.
King Rui Sulei remembered someone saying that with his father's ability, there was no need to set up a cabinet.
In this way, there will be no conflict between imperial power and prime ministerial power.
But the cabinet is established to ensure a country's bottom line.
A powerful monarch may not need a cabinet, but a less capable monarch will definitely need a cabinet to assist him in handling state affairs.
King Sule of Rui must rely on the assistance of the cabinet to handle state affairs, and he also relied on cabinet officials to govern the country.
In doing so, he will inevitably strengthen the power of the cabinet.
King Rui Sulei learned a lot of imperial power from his father.
The most important point is checks and balances, and we must not allow any domestic power to become bigger.
In order to balance the power of the army, King Sule of Rui recruited graduates from the Imperial Military Academy.
Switzerland's army is divided into veteran forces and cadet forces.
If these two forces fight among themselves, they will not be able to suppress the civilian forces.
King Sule of Rui also relied on civil servants to assist him in governing the country.
The power of civil servants will inevitably expand rapidly.
In order to check and balance the civil servants, King Rui Su Lei directly broke the tacit understanding of the officialdom and introduced businessmen as a third party.
The empire's industry and commerce were developing rapidly, and businessmen controlled a large amount of money and factories.
Compared with previous dynasties, their status has been greatly improved.
Businessmen have achieved a status they could not have imagined before, but they are not satisfied with this and want more rights.
Especially in countries such as England, the status of merchants spread to the empire, and those ambitious merchants became even more uneasy.
When they were in the empire, they took the opportunity to cause several troubles.
However, the power of the empire's civil servants and nobles was too great for these businessmen to challenge, and their fate was very bad.
King Su Lei of Rui wanted to develop the country rapidly, and he even had an ambition in his heart to recreate the success of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
A hundred years from now, my father will be able to lead millions of soldiers into the Central Plains.
If Switzerland wants to develop rapidly, or even catch up with the empire in some aspects, it needs a huge amount of money.
These businessmen had money in their hands, and King Sulei of Rui had what the businessmen wanted, so they hit it off immediately.
The proportion of Swiss businessmen entering the cabinet is very high.
The Swiss Parliament also holds great power.
They can even overturn cabinet policies and impeach cabinet members.
The businessmen noticed the sincerity of King Sulei of Rui, and they flocked to the country, allowing Rui's industry and agriculture to develop rapidly.
In particular, the banks established by various chambers of commerce have more principal than the money raised by the Swiss Development Company.
King Sule of Rui was not worried that these businessmen would affect the security of the royal family.
These merchants have no access to the army. As long as the royal family has the support of the army, it will be invincible.
What's more, the Swedish royal family is the largest businessman in Switzerland.
This is similar to the previous dynasties, where land was the most important asset and the royal family must be the largest landowner in the country.
Only by integrating yourself into it can the status of the royal family be stable.
King Rui Sulei was about to continue reviewing the memorials when Fugui, the young eunuch waiting outside, knocked on the door and walked into the room to remind him.
"Your Majesty, today is the day when tractors roll off the production line at Dazhuang Automobile Factory."
King Sulei of Rui heard the reminder from the young eunuch Fugui, and he immediately remembered this factory that was related to the future destiny of Rui.
After he was ready, he summoned important officials of the country and went to Dazhuang Automobile Factory together.
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The director of Dazhuang Automobile Factory looked at a car parked at the entrance of the automobile factory.
The vehicles in front are cars, all imported from the Empire.
The vehicles left behind were horse-drawn carriages, and they simply could not afford cars.
Gao Dazhuang clenched his fists. In the future, the cars produced by his car factory will drive in every corner of Switzerland.
He saw King Su Lei of Rui leading his cabinet, Prime Minister Yu Tianfang, Minister of Industry Ruan Xiuchun, Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin and other important officials from Rui getting off the car in front of the factory gate.
Gao Dazhuang hurriedly walked over. After bowing and saluting, he invited King Rui Sulei and others to enter the automobile factory for a visit.
Ruiwang Sulei visited the Dazhuang Automobile Factory as if he were just taking a quick tour.
This automobile factory has many electric machine tools. After the workers process a part, it will be sent to the assembly workshop to be assembled into a tractor.
Recalling the difficulty of establishing a car factory, Rui Wang Sulei said with emotion: "I never thought that building a car factory would require such a huge investment.
With the cooperation of the whole country, we almost failed."
Gao Dazhuang thought of the bitterness he felt before, and his sad expression disappeared in a flash.
He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the establishment of the automobile factory is completely worth the money, it has promoted the development of the overall industry in Switzerland.
Building a car factory in the empire is a very simple matter.
If several farmers in Liguan Village, the imperial capital, were put together, they could build a tricycle factory.
This incident even made it into the newspapers.
This is because the empire has a full industrial chain, and the car factory only needs to purchase parts and perform final assembly.
Assembling this thing is not difficult at all if you master certain skills.
We in Switzerland have no industrial base at all. If you want to build a car, you need to start from scratch.
We need to start with prospecting, smelting various minerals into metals, and processing metals into parts.
A tiny nut needs to be made from scratch.
The country gave me far more benefits than I imagined and built this automobile factory from scratch, which also gave the country a basic industrial industry.
Large machines like automobiles have not yet been mastered in China.
But we can already produce and sell some of the machinery commonly used in factories."
When Rui Wang Su Lei heard Gao Da Zhuang's words, he could only smile, which was considered a gain.
Because he didn't understand industry before, he was completely deceived by Gao Da Zhuang, saying that he only needed tens of thousands of taels of silver coins to succeed.
As a result, more and more silver coins were invested, eventually reaching millions of taels.
If you quit at this time, the loss will be too great, so you can only continue to invest.
"Director Gao, the automobile factory's first tractor has been produced.
I want to see with my own eyes how the performance of our domestic tractors is?
Now the price of a tractor imported from the empire is as high as 10,000 taels of silver coins.
The 50% tariff on tractors is too high."
Swiss Prime Minister Yu Tianfang said helplessly: "The empire's tractors cannot even satisfy the domestic market, let alone the needs of our vassal countries.
The empire uses this kind of punitive tariff to persuade vassal countries like us to retreat."
Ruiwang Sulei knew this situation, which was one of the reasons why he invested all his energy in the automobile factory.
Gao Dazhuang led Rui Wang Sulei and his party to the workshop where tractors are assembled.
They saw many workers busy in the workshop, assembling tractors that were much larger than cars.
There is a simple cab above the tractor and a huge crawler chassis below.
Gao Dazhuang excitedly introduced: "Your Majesty, this is the Dazhuang brand tractor produced by us.
From the core diesel engine to the outer steel frame, everything is produced in domestic factories.
The production cost of this tractor is very low, only nine hundred and thirty taels of silver coins.
After it goes on the market, the price will be around two thousand taels of silver coins, and the demand for tractors will exceed the supply.
With tractors in agriculture, farming becomes much easier.”
Rui Wang Sulei looked at the tractor with fiery eyes.
They can produce low-cost tractors themselves, and agriculture does not require too many people.
Switzerland's limited people can be invested in the industrial field and create more output value.
Tractors are not only used in agriculture. As long as they are slightly modified, they will perform better in the army.
Rui Wang Sulei and his team had been waiting by the workshop. When they saw the first tractor coming off the assembly line, they all applauded warmly.
"Director Gao, please let someone try the tractor's capabilities."
Rui Wang Sulei did not have high expectations for this tractor.
As long as the tractor can run normally, he is satisfied.
It's just that the technology is immature, not that the direction is wrong.
Keep spending money to improve this tractor, and the technology will eventually mature.
Gao Dazhuang heard the instructions from King Rui Shulei, and he immediately asked the workers to drive the tractor to the testing place.
They were observing the performance of the tractor from a distance.
After Rui Wang Sulei read it, he praised: "The car factory is very good, this tractor looks very powerful.
He has cultivated ten acres of land without any mechanical problems.
As long as it requires minor repairs two or three times a day, this tractor can be put on the market."
Lu Qianjin, Chief of the General Staff of Switzerland, saw the performance of this tractor. He finally couldn't help but asked: "The tractors are already like this? What's the situation of the tank now?"
He knows the technology of making tractors and the technology of making chariots, they are very similar.
Just look at the tracked chassis of a tractor and the tracked chassis of a combat vehicle. They are basically the same thing.
Just lower the height of the tractor and replace the flashy carriage with armor.
And install an artillery and a machine gun on it, and it can be regarded as a tank.
Lu Qianjin was a military academy student. When he was about to graduate, he learned about the power of chariot charge.
He knew at that time that when fighting in plain areas, once chariots are put into the battlefield, if there are no chariots on any side, it will be a losing situation.
The military did not object to King Rui investing a large amount of resources into the automobile factory.
They just want the car factory to produce combat vehicles.
Chariots are not for sale in the empire, and it is very difficult for vassal countries to purchase them.
Once other countries take the lead in developing combat vehicles, their country, Switzerland, will be in danger.
Gao Dazhuang heard someone asking about the chariot, and he led everyone to a corner of the factory.
There are two very simple chariots parked in the courtyard.
Gao Dazhuang said: "In the process of producing tractors, our automobile factory also tried to produce combat vehicles.
However, the technology required for combat vehicles is too high, and it is impossible to achieve success in a short time.
But I believe that with the improvement of the tractor industry, the automobile factories with increased strength will definitely be able to produce tanks.
The tank we are producing now has too much weight and insufficient diesel engine power. The tank is as fast as a turtle and can't travel as fast as anyone.
The aiming system and ammunition supply system of the combat vehicle are also issues we urgently need to solve.
If the battle on the chariot is not accurate, it will cause a big joke."
King Rui Sulei looked at the crude chariot that was obviously in the technical verification stage.
He knew that this matter should not be rushed. The success of the tractor was worthy of their pride.
He praised: “Keep up the good work and create brilliance together.
I believe that the automobile factory, under the leadership of Director Gao, will be able to produce a serviceable tank.
According to the information I have collected, other countries do not yet have the ability to independently produce tanks.
Even many countries have not thought of producing tanks.
Even Chu and Yue, the two countries that know the strength of chariots best.
The way they produce tanks is to purchase a large number of parts from the empire and assemble the tanks.
There is still a lot of time left for us to slowly iterate the technology.”
When Gao Dazhuang heard Rui Wang Sulei, the major shareholder of the automobile factory, say this, his previous worries were wiped away.
Ask him to create a car that has never existed. He doesn't have the ability.
But it is not difficult for him to reproduce it in the factory based on a known car.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ruan Xiuchun, Minister of Industry of Switzerland, asked doubtfully: "The automobile factory has been able to produce tractors, and the prototype of the tank has also been produced.
Why can't we produce cars, even agricultural tricycles with similar technology to tractors?
I feel that compared to tractors, the technology of agricultural tricycles is simpler."
Gao Dazhuang has always been very polite to recruit his Bole.
"Sir Ruan, the difficulty of the car lies in the downsizing of the diesel engine and the tires.
The miniaturization of diesel engines and the imitation of gasoline engines have always been key projects for automobile manufacturers.
If the miniaturization problem is not solved, intelligently build a car similar to a large truck.
But there is another problem that prevents the car from driving on the road.
That means we don't have rubber and can't make tires.
A car cannot drive on the road without tires."
King Rui Su Lei asked curiously: "I remember that the empire did not ban the export of rubber and tires."
Gao Dazhuang nodded and said: "The king is right, the empire has not banned the export of rubber.
However, the production of rubber was limited and all was divided up by other forces.
If we want to buy rubber, we need to pay more."
Lu Qianjin, Chief of Staff of Switzerland, his eyes lit up and he said: "Rubber is a material that is in short supply in a short period of time. The factory can buy it at a high price and still tolerate it.
But a long-term shortage will definitely affect the development of many industries.
Our country of Rui should also learn from Chu and Yue and actively develop the African continent in the south.
We have a piece of land on the African continent, and we can grow rubber trees and many other plants that cannot be grown locally."
Rui Wang Sulei knew that the military was a group of impatient people, but this incident affected the whole body.
"I will consider it carefully, you should do preliminary investigation first."
King Sulei of Switzerland was also tempted. The African continent was not far from Switzerland, the competitors were not strong, and the interests involved in overseas territories were too huge.
