The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

"So, next, we must ensure the safety of everyone's life. Do you understand? Human life is more important." Shang Wen emphasized again.

"To be more specific, regarding the production of bullets, I plan to produce them all separately. Follow the assembly line operation. First, the female workers who are familiar with bullet installation will be assigned to the first process. They will install the finished bullets and paper tubes. Next. Put OK. Go to the second process. Place the gunpowder. For the gunpowder, I think it should be in a certain amount, which is fixed. We have to separate it in advance. As for doing this, we will talk about it later. Do. Then, filling. Then sealing. Then, under the premise of ensuring safety, absolute guarantee. Seal with grease. Understand?" Shangwen said briefly.

"Understood." The female worker in charge of bullet production nodded and said.

"Very good." Shang Wen said.

"The next question is not about safety. It's about thinking patterns." Shangwen flipped through his notebook.

"I checked the casting process of the cannon, and it was very chaotic. And I have already mentioned the use of iron molds, why is it not used on a large scale. I want to know the answer to this question." Shang Wen pointed out the problem of the cannon.

Before Shang Wen started the meeting, King Qin and a group of important ministers had already arrived.The King of Qin quickly searched for Shangwen. Only Shangwen knew about some problems, but he searched all the rooms, but there was no trace of Shangwen. The King of Qin ordered people to search for him, and soon someone came to report that a meeting was being held, and there should be no one in the meeting. People bother.Qin Wang became interested when he heard it.Then he went outside the house with the important ministers.

"Your Majesty," Li Si said to King Qin.

"Hush." ​​King Qin signaled not to speak loudly.As he spoke, he stepped forward gently.Listen carefully to Naofumi talking about the issue of weapons production.

"This, many craftsmen are still not used to it." Chen Da said.

This reason is very reluctant.Shangwen thought in his heart.

"Okay, I know. Then I will talk about other things. Maybe you can recognize the problem." Shangwen said.Shang Wen felt that Chen Da’s problem should be regarded as an ancient Chinese common problem. Young people generally have a sense of innovation when dealing with new technologies, but as they grow older, this instinct to master new technologies becomes more and more conservative. They want this technology to remain conservative.Or your own descendants will all enjoy the benefits brought by this technology.This benefit is very pitiful.Because their social status has not improved much.On the contrary, it hinders the development of this technology, because a technology cannot be applied on a large scale.It will cause a chain reaction.Modern production methods have demonstrated the consequences of such mistakes.Steel needs chemistry.Chemistry requires other disciplines, eg.Extractive industries and so on support each other.If you can't cooperate with each other.Then the problem will be catastrophic.There is no need to say anything.

"How to say that." Shang Wen didn't have a good example to illustrate such a problem.Because many examples are produced by the descendants of these ancient people.Is it necessary to educate them with examples of what happened to their descendants? This is irony, not education.

"Let's take weapons as an example."

"Do you know the population of Qin State?" Shang Wen asked.

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Everyone shook their heads and said.

"About 600."

"So do you know how many people there are in the whole world?" Shang Wen asked again.

They also shook their heads and said.

"Approximately" Shangwen didn't understand history carefully enough.But in order to increase the level of awareness of the public.Then roughly expand this number to increase the degree of surprise and arouse everyone's interest. "

Shang Wen held out three fingers.

"About 3000 million." Shang Wen stretched out his finger and said.

"Think about it, so many people, how much food, how much clothes, how much salt, and how many arms these countries need to support an army." Shang Wen said.

"Currently, Daqin has exported about several hundred muskets and thirty cannons." Shangwen was not sure how much Qin had exported during his illness.But in order to improve the realism of the numbers.Had to deal with it vaguely.Such unconscious use of fuzzy numbers can enhance people's association with numbers.

"If these weapons are exported, what good will they do for Daqin? You will ask. You don't understand why these weapons are exported. Doesn't a country's strength depend on these weapons?" Shang Wen's vocabulary is relatively new.Most of them don't understand.But as long as Shangwen can continue.None of this matters.

"Weapons are also commodities. Commodities can bring us a lot of benefits. Similarly, countries. Exporting commodities from countries can also bring us more benefits."

"A cannon, we can sell it for three hundred gold."

"One musket, we can sell it for one gold." Everyone was surprised to hear these figures.

A cannon, three hundred gold, how many cannons can three hundred gold cast.Probably around a hundred.Everyone was surprised to hear such a number.

"Your Majesty, Qin Shangwen, this is..." Li Si said.

King Qin just waved his hand, signaling not to speak.

"Everyone is surprised, compared to our daily salary, we are still far behind." Shang Wen said.

"But this kind of good life will eventually come to an end."

"The Six Nations are not fools. They also have brains. If they realize the importance of artillery, they will come to buy it. When they come to buy it, our price will be higher, but if the price is too high, they will look for another gun. A way, this way is cheaper and more convenient. And it’s convenient. It’s fast.”

"They can imitate." Shangwen pointed out the key point directly.Shang Wen has no doubts that the Six Nations will do this.In fact, Zhao Guo has already begun to do so.Shang Wen knew that the mechanism of the artillery was very simple.Especially this smoothbore gun.As long as a country can smelt a large amount of metal and have a model, they will be able to imitate a large number of them.And the quantity must be larger than your own production scale.

Shangwen is not afraid of their imitation, because they can imitate artillery, but they have no shells.Sooner or later they will send spies to get the gunpowder.Shang Wen will not be afraid of them, because the pellets are produced separately.The last process, graphite grinding, is exactly that they don't know how to make this kind of thing.

"When they can imitate in large quantities, they won't need our artillery, and we won't be able to take away the three hundred gold. Perhaps, you think it's okay if you can't take away the three hundred gold. But it is you who have the greatest influence .”

"First of all, the factory doesn't make any profit. Then, your salaries will not be paid out. Then, you can go to the six countries, but the six countries also have a large number of craftsmen. How much can you get? Is it more than Qin? ?” Shang Wen said.

"Competition can generate vitality. In order to defeat this imitation threat to the artillery we produce, we need to manufacture it in large quantities, the cost of manufacture is lower, and the performance is better than theirs. We can reduce the price because we can produce More artillery, but they can't, because why?" Naofumi asked.

"Because of that. Mr. Chen, can you tell me?" Shang Wen asked.

"Mr. Qin, I don't know." Chen Da respectfully said.

"Tell you." Shang Wen said.

"Because we have new technologies at our disposal."

The production process is different because of the different ways of thinking from the human brain.

Our gun barrels can be made by forging, and Six Nations may adopt the method of casting. In this way, we have an advantage in production. Forging, we can squeeze out the air bubbles generated in the casting.Likewise, if the Six Nations used technology such as drilling, we would be left behind.In this way, we have to import muskets from the six countries in reverse. "

"Do we want to see that happen?"

"No, of course we don't want to. So, we need to use our brains. Invent and create something new. At the same time, our information is only disclosed to our own people. Everyone else blocks it. Our information is shared. We can rely on such New inventions to create more new things. And the six countries have to spend a lot of wealth to buy our products. In this way, we will get more wealth."

"Specifically, what kind of wealth you will get, let's talk about it in detail." Shang Wen said and sat down.

"There is a kind of right called intellectual property rights. What is intellectual property rights?" Shangwen said slowly.

"Plainly speaking, it is your good idea and good invention. No matter how big or how many the invention is. As long as it is your idea, it is useful for our production, and our production is used, we will give you a sum of money. Remuneration. There are two ways of this remuneration. One-time buyout. This is such an invention, and it will be mine in the future. I will pay you a large sum of money. With this money, you can do whatever you want. For example , this invention." Shangwen said as he took out a conical bullet.

"If we adopt this kind of bullet, we will have to pay Zhang Yuan a lot of money. But in order to achieve this goal, we have to pass a whole set of bills. I will invite the king to do this."

"The other way is that I will pay in installments. This method is more competitive, because a technology cannot be used for a long time. A new technology has a unique vitality. As other technologies mature, it will eventually It will replace the original technology. For example, this tapered bullet may appear in the future with a streamlined bullet. After being fired, the speed is faster. If power is needed, there is also a bullet that will explode after hitting the human body. These are technical patents. The state protects these rights."

"These rights are applied in our production, and we have unlimited advantages. We have such advantages. The six countries can only obediently pay for our products."

Everyone nodded to indicate that they understood what Shang Wen said, that is, as long as they are willing to use their brains.Just adopted.Then this kind of knowledge will bring infinite benefits to oneself.The money is big.And it came easily.

"Do you understand?" Shang Wen asked, looking at the thinking faces of everyone.

"En." Everyone nodded.

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"So, we have to be proactive to improve and discover things that we haven't discovered. We use intellectual property rights to protect your ideas, protect your ideas, and ensure that you benefit from it. At the same time, you must continue to invent and create , Only in this way can your technology be continuously adopted, and we can continue to improve. We can earn more wealth. The wealth distributed to you is the same. My interests are together. Understand?" Shang Wen said arrive.