I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The Zhang residence and the Zhang family welcomed one of the most honorable figures in today's Dahua, His Majesty Wu Changqing.

Wu Changqing came to Zhang's house in order to continue to send a signal to the world that he attaches great importance to science and technology.

Only by continuously releasing such signals can we attract more people and capital into the R\u0026D field.

While he has repeatedly stressed the importance of technology, he is concerned about involution.

The so-called involution, in layman's terms, means that the profits brought by the improvement of technology are not as much as the profits of using cheap labor.

China has a large population, and labor costs are very low.

And a technology with huge investment may not be able to bring about a leap in efficiency.

In time, those who invest in technology will find that it is better to take advantage of the vast pool of cheap labor than to invest in technology.

And this will lead to the stagnation of technology.

The original time and space in the late Qing Dynasty had a population of more than 400 million without any major scientific and technological inventions. This is a big reason.

At present, Wu Changqing is also facing this problem. After the appearance of the Jenny textile machine, relying on cheap labor, those businessmen have already made a lot of money, and few people will actively want to upgrade their technology.

After all, upgrading technology requires huge investment, the effect is unknown, and the risk is huge.

To put it bluntly, this is a small flaw in the population.

To solve this problem, it is actually very easy to do, then let the profits brought by technological upgrading exceed the use of labor.

Or, increase the wages of workers, increase the labor cost of businessmen, and force them to invent more machines to replace labor.

However, this has to be done step by step. If the wages of workers are raised too high in one go, businessmen will have no profit, it will weaken their desire to invest, and they will save money.

In short, governing a country is very, very difficult.

More often than not, this is not good, and that is not good either.

Wu Changqing, relying on the knowledge and insight of later generations, as well as external assistance and systematic assistance, did not dare to say that he would definitely be able to govern society into his ideal state.

At present, Wu Changqing can't take it that far. He now needs to solve the problem of involution, so he can only rely on the way of constantly expressing his attitude and encourage those businessmen to invest money in scientific and technological research and development.

As for how many people will fall into this pit and go bankrupt, this Wu Changqing doesn't care.

What he wants is the progress of the society as a whole, not the individuals in it.

After Wu Changqing learned that the Zhang family had teamed up with his student Xu Ke to make a watch, he immediately said that he would come to inspect it in person.

In this way, to give Zhang Tianan an honor and attract other businessmen to follow suit.

Zhang Tianan, who heard the news, was so excited that he almost fainted.

The presence of the Holy Spirit is such a great gift for an ordinary businessman.

In the future, when you go out, your status can be improved invisibly.

After all, this is someone who has been paid attention to by the emperor.

In order to welcome His Majesty's presence, Zhang's residence made preparations for two days, and even the servants temporarily trained some etiquette.

In front of the emperor, one must not lose etiquette.

Early in the morning, the Zhang family prepared everything, just waiting for the emperor to come.

It was not until noon that Wu Changqing brought some ministers from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to the Zhang residence.

Before entering the door, the Zhang family knelt down and shouted long live.

"No gift, just order whatever you want, and you can come and play today."

Wu Changqing said that although the feeling of being kneeled and worshiped is quite refreshing, the feeling of being kneeled down is gradually declining.

What's more, the people kneeling in front of him are only small characters.

If a character like Zhu Yujian or Dorgon was kneeling in front of him, Wu Changqing might still feel particularly cool.

As for the Zhang family, forget it.

Everyone in Zhang Mansion quickly thanked him, and even because of Wu Changqing's small gesture, they felt that Wu Changqing was very close to the people.

In this era, the lower-ranking people have really low requirements when facing the upper-ranking people, and it is easy to satisfy them.

After the necessary procedures were completed, Xu Ke handed over the watch he developed.

Wu Changqing took a look and found that the watch was as big as a fist. I'm afraid it can't be worn on the hand, it should be more suitable to hang on the waist.

This thing, it is estimated that it can not be called a watch, it has to be called a waist watch.

This is also impossible. With the current technical level, there is really no way to process finer materials.

There are also three hands on the watch. Although they are called differently, they are actually the hour, minute and second hands.

Moreover, the use of the decimal system is used to divide the day into twelve hours, and each hour is divided into one hundred and twenty equal parts, which is a moment.

A quarter equals a minute, and each moment has one hundred and twenty seconds.

That is to say, one second of Dahua now is about half a second of later generations.

There is no way, Dahua just likes the beauty brought by neatness. Since it is a 12-bit, then it is always used as a 12.

This timekeeping is slightly different from the twenty-four hours of later generations, but it has little effect.

Wu Changqing did not deliberately change the places with little influence.

For some influential units of measurement, Wu Changqing personally issued orders to change them.

For example, it is very inconvenient to continue to use the previous zhang, chi, and inch to establish the length units of centimeters, meters and kilometers.

One zhang is equal to three feet, but one cannot be divided by three, which can easily cause errors in scientific experiments.

Many people did not understand that Wu Changqing changed some seemingly unnecessary units of measurement at first, but after using it for a long time, they will find that the units after Wu Changqing's changes are more convenient and easy to use.

Anyone who appreciates Wu Changqing's painstaking efforts will shout out that His Majesty is wise.

As for some old antiques who like nostalgia, they have to pinch their noses and use new ones.

Those who rebelled because they didn't like using the new unit of measurement have not yet appeared.

In the future, it is unlikely to appear.

Wu Changqing took a look at the exterior, and then checked whether it was working properly. Finally, he took it apart and looked at the internal structure himself, and then gave some random pointers.

Just a simple pointer, Xu Ke suddenly realized.

A teacher is a teacher after all, and my proud achievement may be nothing in the eyes of the teacher.

Xu Ke felt a little lost in his heart. After all, these were all his efforts.

"Yes, it is very rare to be able to make it like this under the existing conditions."

Wu Changqing boasted, and Xu Ke was excited with joy.

It is their greatest honor to be recognized by the emperor.

"However, it still needs to be improved, and the parts inside can be made smaller. It is best to wear the watch on the wrist at this time, and you can see the time when you stretch out your hand. Now it is not convenient enough to hang it on your waist."

Wu Changqing gave instructions.

Now this kind of watch can also be manufactured first to supply the market, but for the long-term consideration, this thing has to continue to be developed.

"Students keep the teacher's teachings in mind."

Xu Ke said.

He directly called Wu Changqing a teacher instead of His Majesty, which was actually a bit inappropriate.

But Wu Changqing doesn't care, and other people won't care about it when they are full. Who knows, maybe they are the master and the apprentice.

"This timetable is of great significance. We must establish a concept of time, accurately grasp the time, and improve the efficiency of action..."

Wu Changqing told the crowd a lot, emphasizing the concept of time.

Whether it is a company boss or a common man in future generations, the control of time needs to be very precise.

And this concept of time can greatly improve the efficiency of cooperation, work efficiency and so on.

For scientific experiments, accurate time measurement is even more important.

"Zhang Tianan, I will send a watch to the palace later and put it on my desk. I want to know the time at all times."

Wu Changqing once again leads by example and leads the trend.

The emperor requires himself to control the time all the time, and other ministers dare to grind foreign workers?

When Wu Changqing said that he wanted to use the watch himself, the other ministers were ready to order and had to follow His Majesty's footsteps.

What's more, this watch does have a strong practical value.

Finally, Wu Changqing gave Zhang Tianan a plaque with the words 'Enterprising Home' written on it.

It means that the Zhang family is very enterprising and willing to spend huge sums of money to respond to the call and invest in research and development.

This plaque is hung on the door, and the momentum of the whole house is different.

Other businessmen who learned the news had their eyes popping out.

"Invention, invention, you must come up with an invention. It doesn't matter if you make money or not, our family must have this honor too."

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