"Huh..." At the beach, Zhang Hao looked at the vast ocean alone and breathed a long sigh of relief.
I haven't relaxed for a while now, and I'm not even in a high mood to practice. And all of this is because Zhang Hao is conceiving the 'Dayang Group'.
Now, with the help of many parties, especially the critical moment of the political changes in the country of Qixia, the expected goal has been finally achieved. However, now is still not the time to relax, because there are still greater challenges ahead, and there are many.
Merging the entire Zhang family into Dayang Group is a very risky move; in the short term, this is beneficial because the Zhang family can greatly rely on the power of Dayang Group to rise and influence the whole country through Dayang Group, but
From a long-term perspective, it will put the Zhang family into a certain passivity.
Therefore, Zhang Hao will still need to be cautious in the next period of time and carefully navigate the big ship of "Dayang Group".
Also, after stocks are officially launched, stock trading is bound to appear in the future, so banks also need to be built; however, there are many problems to be solved as to how to build banks in this world. The first is currency.
In another world, banks actually need not currency, but credit - currency is the carrier of credit. Gold, oil, etc. are all guarantees of credit.
In ancient times, currency was the embodiment of productivity; but in the financial era, currency is the embodiment of national power and national credit.
Therefore, it is difficult to support a real bank without issuing credit currencies such as banknotes. But issuing banknotes... Zhang Hao expressed doubts. With the ability of a cultivator, tons of banknotes can be copied in minutes.
Paper money comes.
"Can we only use gold and silver as currency?" Zhang Hao was talking about fine gold and mithril. Currency is made based on the value of fine gold and mithril. Fine gold and mithril are highly valuable and widely recognized.
It has credit attributes and seems to be a good currency choice for the time being.
But there is too little adamantine and mithril!
Moreover, once fine gold and mithril are circulated, I am afraid that most of them will be made into magic weapons or collected by practitioners; they will inevitably lose their currency circulation properties. This cannot be tolerated.
"I have a headache..." Zhang Hao held his head, feeling a little confused for a moment.
Seeing Hou Shangzhuo and others completing the inspection of the ironclad ship model, Zhang Hao also returned to the research base.
In addition to currency, there are also a large number of semi-finished steel weapons and armor provided to the city lords. These should also be paid attention to, and with the death of the Great Emperor, the situation in Qixia Kingdom has become increasingly critical, and the construction of the Iron Legion must also be accelerated.
In addition to the Iron Legion, Zhang Hao was more concerned about artillery. Huang Mingshan and others worked tirelessly to overcome technical difficulties one after another.
Arriving at the research base of Huang Mingshan and others, Zhang Hao saw Huang Mingshan and others tinkering with an artillery piece. The artillery had a caliber of about 10 centimeters, an outer diameter of about 16 centimeters, a barrel length of about 1.8 meters, and a four-wheeled mount.
, it can be pulled by horses and controlled by screws.
The overall design is relatively bulky.
However, thanks to Zhang Hao's guidance, the relatively solid foundation of Huang Mingshan and others, and the assistance of their spiritual practice, the first artillery design was a breech-loaded cannon, with a barrel with three riflings.
The barrel is cast from steel with a certain degree of toughness and is later bored. The processing process is relatively complex.
As for the artillery shell, it is directly a structure with a shell. The firing primer uses ordinary gunpowder. The propellant is mainly ordinary gunpowder, mixed with a little advanced gunpowder to ensure the safety of the gun bore while ensuring sufficient power.
Among them, Huang Mingshan and others are carefully and rigorously adjusting and testing the proportions.
Ordinary gunpowder is sensitive, but not powerful enough; while high-grade gunpowder is powerful enough, but not sensitive enough. For the time being, Huang Mingshan and others are solving related problems by matching each other.
The artillery shell adopts a high-explosive shell design and is filled with high-grade explosives inside; the shell is made of high-temperature quenched steel; this kind of steel is hard enough and brittle enough, just like glass, it can be blown into pieces, and the lethality of the shrapnel is very terrifying.
However, up to now, Huang Mingshan and others have only conducted small-scale test explosions under the protection of the barrier in the research base, and have kept it secret from the outside world.
Zhang Hao looked around the artillery. Thanks to the increasingly mature thread technology, the breech of the artillery was threaded, which not only ensured safety and reliability, but also solved the sealing problem.
But for safety, a latch structure is added.
As for the firing pin, the crossbow style is adopted - the spring technology still needs to be improved. For the time being, the firing pin system can only be designed using the principle of the crossbow.
As for the fuze of the artillery shell, it adopts the impact type. The front end of the fuze is the firing pin, and the rear part is the weight. When launching, the weight is attached to the rear end of the fuze. Once the artillery shell encounters an obstacle, the rear weight will move downwards under the inertia.
Move forward, hit the firing pin, detonate ordinary gunpowder, and then detonate high-grade gunpowder.
In order to study artillery and artillery shells, there are new machine tools nearby that are undergoing intensive research and debugging.
Zhang Hao watched for a while and was very satisfied with the progress of Huang Mingshan and others. It should be said that the progress of Huang Mingshan and others was beyond imagination.
Finally, Zhang Hao patted Huang Mingshan on the shoulder and said with emotion: "Work harder, and after finishing the artillery work, you can probably rest and relax, and make up for your cultivation.
In order to make up for your lack of foundation, I have purchased the third-level foundation-building pill from Xinglin Hall.
Everyone of you has one!"
The eyes of Huang Mingshan and others brightened instantly. This world is, after all, a world of cultivation!
Then Zhang Hao, Huang Mingshan and others discussed related issues together. Zhang Hao was already struggling with specific technical issues; but Zhang Hao was still able to give some pointers on the direction of technological development.
During the discussion, Zhang Shengye came over in a panic: "Little mouse, something bad has happened. The border has been lost, and the Kingdom of Jinyang is marching in.
The most eastern one, the 'Jianwu County' bordering the Kingdom of Jinyang, has been more than half occupied.
And Xingchang County, which is also bordering the Kingdom of Jinyang, where Xinglin Hall is located, is also in danger. With the power of Xingchang County and Xinglin Hall, they cannot stop hundreds of thousands of legions."
Zhang Hao was suddenly shocked, "We lost it so quickly!"
Zhang Shengye nodded and spoke solemnly: "The prince has just ascended the throne, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to shoulder the heavy responsibility. Now the country of Qixia... is in danger!"
Zhang Hao breathed slowly to calm himself down, and finally thought slowly: "I want to go to the City Lord's Mansion. Ninghe County now... may need to make some important decisions."
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In the east of the Kingdom of Jinyang, at the border with the Kingdom of Canglan, two embarrassed figures appeared quietly.
"Ahead is the Soul Burial Valley. After crossing the Soul Burial Valley, you will enter the Kingdom of Canglan!" Wang Ruiyang whispered, his face a little pale.
Guan Zhengqing looked at the masters from the Kingdom of Jinyang patrolling around and whispered: "It doesn't seem to be easy!"