Social needs are the driving force for technological development. For example, the emergence of steam engines was because social development at that time needed a driving force to replace human or animal power.

For example, large-scale mining has many heavy operations, and human and animal power cannot meet the requirements; for example, spinning and weaving, the population is increasing, living standards are getting higher and higher, and the demand for cloth is getting bigger and bigger. Hand weaving cannot meet the demand at all. People can't just set up clothes for a lifetime, or just be alone, so people urgently need to find a motivation to replace human or animal power, and steam power came into being.

Of course, the history at this time has been rewritten by Zhu Cijing, and steam power first appeared in the East and has appeared for decades.

This forced the great powers to find ways to speed up the development of technology, because they knew better than anyone else that they would be beaten if they fell behind!

Military demand is also a social demand, especially in the Age of Discovery, military demand is particularly strong, because with leading technology and leading weapons, you can snatch colonies everywhere and plunder wealth, making yourself richer and your country richer and stronger.

It is precisely this demand that has caused all countries to increase their investment in technology research and development, and the technological development of the whole world has accelerated. The first industrial revolution can be said to have broken out several decades ahead of schedule. So how could the Ming Dynasty ensure that it will be the leader in this industrial revolution?

This is exactly the question Zhu Cijiu is thinking about now. He was very pleased with the successful development of sniper rifles and super cannons. However, neither of these two are conventional weapons and have an impact on the battle situation, but they cannot form an overwhelming advantage.

For example, sniper rifles are impossible to use one person to make their own production, and their impact on the battlefield is very limited. At most, it can kill the enemy and command a few officers on the front line, causing a little chaos. It is almost impossible to use a few blocking guns to collapse tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of enemies.

As for the limitations of the super cannon, it is even more powerful because of its terrifying weight and recoil, only on the treasure ship, and neither the super battleship nor the lucky ship warship can be used.

If you need to be equipped on the super battleship, you will be bombarded with one shot. It is estimated that the super battleship may be shaken and cracked from it. If you need to be equipped on the Fu Ship Warship, you will be bombarded with one shot. It is estimated that the Fu Ship Warship will be shaken and broken!

Of course, you can also consider equipping the super cannons in the fortress or turrets at the front-line base, which has a very terrifying lethality.

However, with the current expansion speed of the Ming Dynasty, the front line is moving forward almost every year. It is really hard to determine where the equipment is. There are several doors in the ridges and forts of Xingcheng Port and the Eurasian Canal, because these two places are both front line bases and guard the main throat. It is not an exaggeration to strengthen defense.

Although the emergence of sniper rifles and super cannons cannot determine the success or failure of the battle, Zhu Cijiu saw the current technological research and development strength of the Ming Dynasty. He didn't know how many advanced things were in his mind. In the past, he always thought that even if he said it, no one could do it. Now it seems that many things were developed by the Ming Dynasty!

Perhaps, there are many things that he says now are still a fantasy, but before the train was created, it was also a fantasy, and now the entire Ming Dynasty is running everywhere.

This is how it is engaged in R&D. As long as the direction is right, there will always be a day of success. His mind is full of things that will be successful in the future. Naturally, there will be no directional mistakes. Now it depends on how to promote the development of technology.

In this regard, there are also very successful experiences in later generations, that is, scientific research projects are established, development is encouraged, scientific researchers are given sufficient financial support, and their enthusiasm is improved, so that a good R&D scope can be formed. In addition, his foresight will lead to rapid progress in various technologies.

It is so good to be an emperor. Just say whatever you want to do. If you say it, you will be a sage. As long as it is not outrageous, everyone below will try their best to complete it. Of course, the premise is that the emperor must have real power.

Zhu Cijing's principle of employing people is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Now the whole court dares to sing opposites to him, so he is naturally the emperor who holds real power.

So, in the following days, while he resumed his morning court, he also held a unique seminar.

This so-called seminar is actually where he describes what he saw in his later generations. The people below record and raise questions in their hearts. Everyone discusses how much money it takes to invest, how much manpower it takes, and how long it takes to develop it.

Why is this seminar unique? It is mainly because the form of this seminar is unique. Zhu Cijiu actually asked someone to decorate a side hall in the Qianqing Palace into the shape of a classroom, with a podium above and a seat underneath.

In other words, the emperor was giving lectures above and the people below sat down to listen to the lectures!

This method was a bit shocking at this time of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor stood and everyone below sat listening to the lecture. Can it be done?

Of course there can be, but the emperor said that if there can be, there can be.

The people participating in the seminar this time are unique. Zhu Cijiong issued a special order, and some people must participate.

Like Bi Maokang, Minister of Works;

Sun Yuanhua, Minister of War;

Wang Zheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works;

Xu Fuyuan, Minister of Works;

Xia Yunyi, Minister of Works;

Song Yingxing, president of the Daming Metallurgy College;

Moreover, these people can bring two proud disciples to participate. In addition, senior officials of the third rank or above in the court can attend the seminar. They can come and listen to it when they have time, and do not force it if they have time.

What should I discuss specifically? This is also a very important question. If you talk about things that are too advanced, it would be a fantasy. For example, mobile phones, computers, and TVs are of course good, but is it meaningful to say these in the Ming Dynasty?

If you want to talk about it, let’s talk about something that can be made in this era, such as tanks. Now there are Ming Dynasty’s land-turning dragons and artillery. If you combine two things, it’s not very difficult.

For example, cars can also be developed based on the ground-turning dragon, that is, just changing the tracks to rubber tires. With rubber, tires are naturally possible.

There are also guns and cannons in later generations, among which mercury lytic acid fired by impact and smokeless powder that is almost free of smoke after combustion can be tested. As for the raw materials, nitric acid and glycerol should be almost extracted under the current conditions.

There are also wired telephones. Simple wired telephones actually use sound waves to vibrate the vibrating diaphragm on the solenoid coil to form a sound wave current, and then in turn convert the sound wave current into sound. Now that the electromagnetic coil has, the device that generates and receives sound wave current can always be successful in multiple tests.

Of course, promoting the development of technology cannot just give up the sacred edict. It is equivalent to fishing for the people who are exhausted. If the R&D will not receive the treatment they deserve, they will become lazy and will be extremely unfavorable to the development of technology. Therefore, Zhu Cijiu decided to reward R&D personnel with great importance.

For projects like tanks and cars that are not difficult to develop, the entire project team will be rewarded no less than one million taels, such as mercury lysate, smokeless gunpowder, and wired telephones, the entire project team will be rewarded no less than ten million taels!
Chapter completed!