The bicycle placed in front of Yun Zheng was a wooden bicycle. Yun Zheng circled the bicycle twice with interest, his eyes stopped on the "gear" and "chain", and he touched the wooden bicycle.
The gear, then looked at the belt that replaced the iron chain, and asked: "How do the belt and the gear fit together?"
Dongfang Wuqing said: "Nail a circle of this long triangular iron imitation gear with a buckle on the belt, and nail it in according to the size of the 'transmission gear' you mentioned, so that the belt becomes a load-bearing object, fit and buckled
For gears, I have tested these triangular buckles that imitate gears. Each belt buckle can support a bicycle to travel about five hundred miles."
"Only five hundred miles?" Yunzheng was very dissatisfied. What's the use of only five hundred miles? The utilization rate is too low!
"Every five hundred miles, the user must disassemble the belt and manually nail the long triangle buckles on it to make them firm again after they have begun to loosen," Dongfang Wuqing said nonchalantly.
"So that's it." Yun Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. It turns out that it's not that it will be scrapped after five hundred miles, but that it must be "tightened up" after five hundred miles. Although this seems too nonsense compared to later generations, it is better than not having him nod.
: "Does this mean that the problem can be solved by equipping each soldier on a bicycle with a small hammer?"
"No, no need." Dongfang Wuqing shook his head: "Soldiers can use their own knife hilts or sword hilts to strike without using any hammers."
Yun Zheng laughed: "Oh? Yes, I am worrying too much."
He turned his head, looked at the iron bearing on the rear wheel, looked at Dongfang Wuqing, and asked: "This bearing was difficult for me for a long time. It's not that I don't know how to do it, but that it's difficult to do it."
The process is too responsible - how did you make it?"
Dongfang Wuqing stepped aside and chuckled: "This is General Li's credit, I don't know."
Li Mo smiled slightly and said: "Young Marshal thinks it is difficult to make this thing because it is difficult to grasp the iron beads of the same size, right?"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly and looked at him, waiting for him to explain to him.
Li Mo pondered for a moment and said: "For the outside world, it is indeed very difficult to make this object. To be blunt, only someone as amazing and talented as the young marshal would say, 'It's not that it's difficult because I don't know.'"
How to make it? The difficulty is that the process of doing it is too responsible. In this case, many so-called master craftsmen from the outside world, including the Ministry of Industry, may not know how to make this thing." He paused slightly and continued: "But this thing is
It is not unusual for our Mo sect to manufacture many machines, and the mechanisms all require similar objects. It can be said without hesitation that the Mo sect has been able to manufacture such similar bearings at least three hundred years ago."
This time it was Yunzheng's turn to be surprised. He opened his eyes wide and was stunned for a moment before he said with great joy: "Oh Maidil! The Momen Agency is indeed well-deserved! It's amazing, you guys would actually do this three hundred years ago.
Precise bearings? Oh my god, this... this is beyond my expectation, haha... With this thing, the development of science and technology will be advanced by how many years!"
After Li Mo heard this, although he was proud of Momen, he was greatly surprised: "It's just a bearing, is it such an exaggeration?"
"Exaggeration?" Yunzheng glared at him: "With this thing, I can make more advanced machine tools. With advanced machine tools, we can make many machines that can replace manual labor. When the machine industry replaces the handicraft industry
, it’s time for the Industrial Revolution! If machines can make machines... my god, then we Han people will really dominate the world from now on!"
Li Mo and Dongfang Wuqing looked at each other, not knowing what Yun Zheng meant. Even though they were such smart people, they could only vaguely guess what Yun Zheng meant. It seemed that this bearing was a very important item.
key technologies
Li Mo immediately said: "If this method of making bearings is useful to the Young Marshal, Mo will record it and give it to the Young Marshal. If it is as important as the Young Marshal said, it can be regarded as our Mo sect... for this great cause of 'science'"
I’ve dedicated my efforts.”
Yun Zheng was overjoyed: "This couldn't be better! Xian Yang, this matter is of great importance. You must be careful and write it down clearly. If you have time, you must study more and improve it. Both larger and smaller bearings must be available.
To be more durable and precise... Although I, Yun Chengfeng, cannot thank you on behalf of the people of the world, I can at least thank you on behalf of the Yun family!"
Li Mo waved his hands repeatedly, bowed and said: "Young Marshal, you are serious! You are serious! This is a matter within the official position." He usually calls himself "Mo" in front of Yun Zheng. At this time, he specifically calls himself "official". Naturally, he is
In order to tell Yun Zheng that he is Yun Zheng's subordinate, and it is natural for subordinates to serve Shangguan.
But how can Yunzheng think that this is a matter of course? Such an important method of manufacturing mechanical parts, what an important patent it will be in future generations! Fortunately, there is no patent law and no patent royalties these days, otherwise Li Moguang would have paid Yun
I don’t know how much I can earn by providing “technical support”! Well, this guy doesn’t seem to value money very much. Momen… this “sect” is really weird.
"Okay, okay, Xianyang, don't be too modest. Well, I've finished reading this second sample. Now, who can tell me, how fast and expensive is the manufacturing of this bicycle?" Yun Zheng laughed and asked happily.
Dongfang Wuqing continued to say nothing. She basically didn't care about logistics. Li Mo pondered for a moment and said: "Originally, the speed of manufacturing this bicycle is relatively slow. If we guarantee to manufacture 5,000 bicycles a month, we will need at least 2,000 people."
The cost of carpenters, a thousand cobblers, and a thousand blacksmiths is not cheap. Although there is a lot of high-quality wood, it costs a lot of freight to transport it to the production place. Iron is slightly better. It is said that the Yun family's iron ore is very good.
Quite a bit, which can reduce the cost a bit, but the cost of each bicycle is still more than fifteen taels of silver!"
Yun Zheng was surprised. Fifteen taels of silver! According to the "exchange rate" he converted before, that would be 10,000 yuan in later generations. Ten thousand yuan can only buy a copycat version of a wooden belt bicycle... At this cost
Not only is it not cheap, it is simply shockingly expensive!
Yunzheng gasped: "That is to say, if all the twelve guards of Yingyang Guards are to be equipped with bicycles in the future, the cost will be at least one million taels of silver. If Yanyun Guards, Zhending Guards and Taiyuan Guards are added, the total cost will be at least one million taels.
The cost is as high as four million taels?!"
Li Mo nodded bravely.
Yun Zheng calmed down and said: "Wait a minute, regarding the wood, I have a cheaper source. Do the math, if the price of wood is reduced by more than half, how much will the cost drop?"
Li Mo was curious, how could Yunzheng reduce the price of wood by more than half? He pondered slightly: "Because the wood required for manufacturing this bicycle must have high hardness and durability, this wood is the bulk of the cost. If the price of wood is
If it can be reduced by half, the total price can be reduced by about a quarter, which means that the twelve Yingyang Guards will cost about 756,000 taels, and the four guards will cost about three million taels to equip all four guards."
Yunzheng frowned: "It has been reduced a lot, but it is not enough... and the efficiency is not fast enough." He thought for a while and asked: "The manufacturing of this bicycle must also adopt three shifts, assembly lines and standardization
Production, do you think this can improve efficiency?"
Li Mo quickly reacted, thought about it, and said cautiously: "The improvement in efficiency should be certain, but how much it can be improved is not easy to predict for the time being. We still have to make a rough estimate after actually doing it.
, Based on Young Marshal's prediction of the rival crossbow just now, Mo believes that even if the manufacturing efficiency of the bicycle cannot reach three times that of the original method, it should not be a problem. As for the specific output, this... on the premise of sufficient raw materials, it still depends on
The young commander can decide how many craftsmen he can gather for production.
Yun Zheng nodded with satisfaction. Li Mo's answer was very cautious, in line with the professional requirements of a logistics person. He smiled softly: "In terms of people, I can't spare much for the time being. There are too many places that need people now."
, almost none of the craftsmen I can use can be idle. I am afraid that the manufacturing speed of this bicycle will not be able to increase for the time being, but it does not matter. Zhen Dingwei and Taiyuan Wei definitely don’t have to worry for the time being. First, Ying Yangwei and Yan
Just let Yunwei get it done."
Li Mo nodded, hesitated, and hesitated to speak.
Yunzheng saw it clearly and said with a smile: "If you have any questions, just ask. You all know the most confidential things, why are you afraid that I have to keep it a secret from you?"
Li Mo nodded gratefully and said: "The young marshal said that the price of lumber can be reduced by more than half. Mo thought about it and couldn't understand it..."
"Oh, this, what do I mean?" Yunzheng waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "Ying Yangwei is about to station in Yiju, Koryo, and then start trade with Liao and Koryo at the same time. Both Liao and Koryo are mountainous, and over there
There are a lot of forests there, and most of them are wood from old forests in deep mountains? That is really the cheapest and cheapest thing. We sent a fleet to collect wood there, and the price will naturally drop a lot. And... we can also find Jurchens to collect wood.
They fought against the Liao Kingdom for wood. Although the Jurchens were said to be more brave, the overall strength of the Liao Kingdom was much greater than that of the Jurchens after all. Once the Jurchens went to war with the Liao Kingdom, many daily necessities became unavailable. At this time, they needed someone very much.
We buy some necessary things through channels... We go to them at this time and exchange salt and cloth with them for worthless wood. I'm afraid they will cut down all the mountains, haha!"
Li Mo took a deep breath. Fortunately, he was used to Yun Zheng's power, so he was not overly surprised. He just said sincerely: "Young Commander is wise."
Yunzheng sighed and said: "Our 'blood replenishment' plan needs to be accelerated. There are more and more places to spend money, and the costs are getting higher and higher. Repeating hand crossbows and bicycles are produced here.
Both of them will cost several million taels. Tomorrow I have to go to several important mining areas for on-site inspections, and then make plans to make rectifications. It is estimated that the money will be indispensable, at least several million taels, and maybe more after it is finished.
Shipbuilding cannot stop. Not only cargo ships going to sea must be built continuously, warships must also be built with greater efforts... Battleships cannot be without sailors, so the recruitment and training of sailors must also be carried out step by step... Sometimes I think about it,
I feel as if there are several mountains weighing on my head. Just these few lines will probably cost no more than 20 million taels. How do you come up with so much money? Fortunately, this money is not spent in one day. We have a steady stream of money.
I can still raise some funds and tear down the east wall to repair the west wall as an emergency, but this is not a solution. We must have a good plan to "replenish blood". That is a good way to cure the symptoms and the root cause."
Dongfang Wuqing suddenly asked: "Young Marshal, this 'blood replenishing' plan is the one you mentioned last time that uses the copper mines of Liuye Island to make Wei coins and then uses them in Liao Kingdom, Korea, Japan, Jiaozhi and other countries?
"
Yunzheng nodded: "Not bad"
Dongfang Wuqing frowned and said, "Why should we use our Wei money to them? Didn't they make money from it?"
Yun Zheng laughed. He couldn't tell Lin Yuyan this matter, but he told Nangong Wuyu. As a result, Nangong Wuyu lived up to his reputation as a business genius. As soon as Yun Zheng mentioned this plan, Nangong Wuyu guessed
She knew what he wanted to do, and immediately understood Yun Zheng's intention of using the fake Wei money to the surrounding countries and strongly supported it. However, the same thing, in front of a technical person like Dongfang Wuqing, made her a little confused.
"Whether it is the Liao Kingdom, Goryeo, Japan, Jiaozhi and other countries, they all welcome Wei money and are willing to use Wei money, right?" Yun Zheng began to follow the temptation.
"That's natural" Dongfang Wuqing said matter-of-factly
"Well, then why do they like Wei Qian?"
Dongfang Wuqing frowned: "The quality of their own money is not good, and the value is unstable. In the Wei Dynasty, the value of coins is stable and strong, so they are naturally willing to use it. This also saves them money in minting coins, why not?
"
Yun Zheng laughed: "Since the value of Wei money is stable and strong, then if we spend the copper coins with them, we can buy a lot of things, right?"
"This...of course"
"We take a bunch of copper coins that can neither be eaten nor worn, and exchange them for a large amount of military and civilian necessities. What's wrong with this?"
Dongfang Wuqing was stunned for a moment and said, "But we can buy most of these things in the Wei Dynasty."
"How can you use your own to use someone else's?" Yun Zheng laughed, feeling like a big bad wolf looking at a little sheep.
Dongfang Wuqing glanced at him blankly, was stunned for a while, and said: "Young Marshal, you are so sinister... wise."
Yun Zheng didn't bother to think about whether she was going to say he was sinister or wise. He just said in his heart: How could I stop there? Copper coins often have to be remade because they are worn out and fall off easily. If by then Wei Qian has already been
Completely occupying the financial markets of all countries, and the surrounding countries do not have the ability to recast Wei coins, so they can only sell the old unusable copper coins to me as scrap copper. At that time, I will happily let them inflate
They will have inflation. If I want them to have deflation, they will have deflation. I can make the value of their money skyrocket, and I can also make them hold mountains of money and be unable to buy anything! I control the currencies of several countries with one hand.
Release, that feeling is really...hehe!
"As long as I can control the currency of a country, I don't care who makes the laws." - Meyer Rothschild
What a domineering and great quote!
Yunzheng laughed: "I plan to open a bank, and the name will be Beijiang Bank."
"Bank?" Dongfang Wuqing and Li Mo asked together: "What is a bank?"
"Bank... you can also understand it as a bank, although there is a difference between the two." Yun Zheng shrugged.
"Doesn't the imperial court have a bank? Why should we open another one? The treasure banknotes are very useful," Dongfang Wuqing asked curiously.
Yun Zheng chuckled: "The treasure notes are too big. The smallest ones are five hundred taels. Our bank has not only large notes, but also small notes, as small as one tael of silver or one pound of money. To be precise, the small notes are divided into
Two, two taels, five taels, ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels and one hundred taels."
"With such fine details, how can the bank's courtiers be so busy?" Dongfang Wuqing laughed in surprise.
Yun Zheng waved his hand: "Wu Yu and I have already discussed this matter. I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to you for a while. In short, as long as the reputation of Beijiang Bank is established, we won't be afraid of running out of money in the future.
"
Dongfang Wuqing and Li Mo stopped asking. Firstly, it was because some secrets might be involved. Secondly, their financial calculations were indeed far inferior to Nangong Wuyu. Since Nangong Wuyu thought it was feasible, it must be feasible. Besides,
This is still Marshal Yun’s plan. Marshal Yun’s plans have never failed.
-------------------------------------Yunzheng remembered that he had discussed with Nangong Wuyu
After that, summon the senior managers of Chengfeng Commercial Bank and tell them the plan to open Beijiang Bank.
At that time, everyone looked at the articles drafted by Yun Zheng, and their eyebrows danced.
