842 Feeling the emotion that I have felt many times
Sun Chuanting clearly remembered that at the beginning of the year, when he took the train to leave, this area was still wasteland. Unexpectedly, only half a year later, it was all covered with buildings.
Moreover, he could see that there was a building that seemed to be very large, about the same size as the school grounds. With this large building as the center, many buildings had been built around it, and these could be recognized as restaurants, teahouses or the like.
If the scale of this capital continues like this, I am afraid it will be connected with Tongzhou in the future!
Thanks to the peace in the world now, the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger. If it were in the past, if there was a war, it would have to be surrounded by a city wall!
However, such a large-scale city wall...
It’s really unimaginable!
The train conductor who was waiting in the carriage saw Sun Chuanting staring blankly at the buildings outside the window, and introduced him flatteringly: "Sir, this is the stock exchange built by the emperor's decree some time ago. It is just like the shares of a cable telephone company.
If you are allowed to trade here, I think it will be available in one month!"
Even though Sun Chuanting was away leading troops to fight, the imperial newspaper would still be passed on to him. Therefore, he knew about the wired telephone calls that shocked the world.
However, because he was leading the troops in the war, he couldn't pay too much attention. At this time, when he heard the train conductor mention it, he turned around and looked back, and asked with interest: "Are the shares of this wired phone very popular? Do you need a special investment?"
Build a place to trade?”
When the train conductor heard this, he immediately said with a little pride: "To be honest with you, the villain has bought two shares. Many people have come to the door and want to buy the two shares from the villain!"
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting became a little curious and immediately asked: "If this share is so popular, how come you can buy it?"
The train conductor was not a court official at all, he could be compared to the shopkeeper of a restaurant. There were many rich people in the Ming Dynasty, but even the train conductor could buy two shares. Sun Chuanting always felt that this so-called hot spot was probably
Use quotation marks.
Although there was a hint of contempt in Sun Chuanting's words, the train conductor replied very proudly: "To return to your Excellency, this is because the Railways Department came forward to bid on behalf of our Railways Department people, and then in our Railways Department
It’s divided internally. Otherwise, only wealthy families can buy these shares. After all, those with larger quantities will be given priority.”
As he spoke, Sun Chuanting could also tell that he was proud of being a member of the Railways Department.
Sure enough, the train conductor stretched out his finger and said: "Now the price per share of the telephone company has increased by one or two cents! It's a pity that the little guy only got two shares. We can only hope that the telephone company will be better in the future."
Once the capital is increased and the shares are expanded, those of us who hold shares will have priority in purchasing!"
"Increase capital and expand shares?" Sun Chuanting didn't care about money, but he still had questions because he couldn't understand the new vocabulary.
His intuition told him that this must come from the current emperor.
When the train conductor heard this, he quickly explained: "It is said that if the telephone company needs money to expand its scale in the future, it will sell shares again, and the original shareholders will have priority to purchase them. What is going on? I don't really understand it, I just know
, when the villain prepares the money, he can get more shares!"
Sun Chuanting couldn't understand either, but he could tell that if the telephone company wanted money in the future, it could ask the private sector to continue to pay. Can such a good thing happen?
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but think of the hard years in the past. At that time, the world was in chaos. He came out of his hometown in Shanxi, but he had no soldiers, no money, and no food, so he had to figure out his own solution.
In the end, under the banner of Taizu, he pursued those who were stationed in the army, so that he offended many people, and was eventually framed and imprisoned for several years!
Thinking about these past events, Sun Chuanting felt a little emotional: Today's emperor has more and more ways to make money!
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Not to mention how Sun Chuanting arrived in the capital and told Emperor Chongzhen about his thoughts about Gushi Khan, it was said that in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty, off the coast of Annan, which is still the place of rebellion, a fleet was riding the wind and waves.
Needless to say, this fleet came to Annan to demonstrate and defeat the naval fleet led by Yang Zhan, who was rebellious in Annan and far away from the coastline.
On the leader's flagship, right next to Yang Zhan, he was watching his subordinates operate a strange instrument.
"Commander, according to the positioning of this six... branch, the Annan border is not far ahead!"
The person speaking is the chief fire officer on the ship. This does not mean the fire leader or cook. In the words of later generations, he plays the role of the navigator. It can be said that this is one of the most important positions on the ship.
If there is no fire chief on a ship, or if the fire chief is unqualified, then the ship will not know where it is going. It is better to sail along the coastline, but if you want to leave the coastline, you will get lost at sea without any reference.
At this time, Yang Zhan heard the answer from the fire chief and asked with great interest: "Then you use the compass again. What do you think based on your experience?"
The principle of the sextant was proposed by Newton. But Newton in this plane is just a little kid and doesn't know anything.
As for the final creation of the sextant, it would take more than a hundred years until the mid-eighteenth century.
However, with Liu Weichao's golden finger and the fact that the glass factory has been established since the 15th year of Chongzhen, the most critical reflective glass for the sextant would have been produced by Ming Dynasty. This sextant would naturally not be difficult.
, making it appear more than a hundred years in advance.
However, because the scale has not reached the precision of later generations, the size of the sextant can only be increased to increase the precision. It looks much larger than the sextant of later generations, but it is enough for one person to operate and is not complicated.
Originally, it would have been best if the sextant had been invented in advance before the Luzon Expeditionary Force. It was a pity that we were busy at that time. The most important thing was that both Emperor Chongzhen and Liu Weichao were paying attention.
Focus on the land and ignore the sea.
Now that the turmoil on land has basically been settled, there will be more and more wars at sea in the future, and the size of the fleet going to sea will also become larger and larger. This sextant was finally thought of.
Yang Zhan's navy won the first prize and was the first to use the sextant, and had to submit a report later.
Therefore, on Yang Zhan's warship, the fire chief used his original navigation knowledge, compasses, etc. to estimate the fleet's position, and also used a sextant to confirm the position. The two were checked, and the accumulated six points were used.
At the same time, it also increases the understanding of sextant.
At this time, when the fire chief heard Yang Zhan's request, he took out the compass again to calculate, murmuring to himself, and looked up to see if there was any reference object on the sea. He even went to the bow of the ship, threw a piece of wood down, and then went to
Then he left and went to observe where the wood was. After some calculations, he excitedly reported to Yang Zhan: "Commander, it's still very accurate. It's the same as the previous times. It's about the same."
In fact, based on previous experiences, in this case, the sextant positioning result is actually more accurate.
Yang Zhan was very happy when he heard it!
I came all the way from Fujian and wasted a lot of time with stops and starts. One of the most critical reasons is to verify whether this sextant works!
Judging from the results after using it along the way, it definitely works!
As the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy, Yang Zhan knew very well how convenient this sextant would be for the Ming Dynasty's future maritime expeditions.
You know, the Ming Dynasty Navy is only operating along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and the furthest away is the Japanese country.
However, even in the Japanese country, there are many fire chiefs who are familiar with sea routes in the Ming Dynasty. However, once you go further, it is very difficult to find fire chiefs who are familiar with sea routes, or even impossible to find.
As a result, the Ming Dynasty's maritime expeditionary force will encounter many difficulties because they don't know where they are. This is the most scary thing about sea navigation!
Once you can, you basically don’t have to worry about this anymore.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhan couldn't help but sigh, the emperor's study of physics is really capable of studying all things, it's so useful!
After feeling the emotion he had felt many times before, Yang Zhan focused his attention on the upcoming war.
When he thought of this, he looked at the rifled artillery that had been installed on the ship. Thinking of such a long range and shooting accuracy, he couldn't help but sigh again.
The advantage of artillery can make his mission very simple. Otherwise, this mission will definitely not be easy.
Nowadays, with the imperial rifled artillery, all you need to do is bombard the enemy's position outside the enemy's range, then drink tea and read the newspaper.
When Yang Zhan was thinking about this, he suddenly heard one of his men shouting: "Look, land!"
When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw the landing in the distance in front of him.
At this time, the fire chief on the side also reported to him: "If the positioning is correct, then the front is the mouth of the Red River, where our target is!"
When Yang Zhan heard this, he waved his hand with great interest and said: "Everyone is ready for battle, come closer."
The northern part of Annam was the territory of the Later Li Dynasty. Of course, at this time, the powerful minister Zheng actually controlled the Later Li Dynasty, and the emperor was just a puppet!
According to previous news, the Zheng family in the north is colluding with the Netherlands, and the Red River Basin is the most important agricultural production area in the territory controlled by the Zheng family in Annan, and it is also the most populous area.
Their capital is on the edge of the Red River. The Ming Dynasty called it Dongguan, and the Annamites themselves called it Tokyo. If it had followed its original historical development, it would also have been named Beicheng, Thang Long, and Hanoi.
Although Yang Zhan's navy only had about a hundred warships this time, he decided to turn the Red River Basin upside down and let these Annan rebels know that even if they colluded with the Dutch, there was nothing wrong with them.