Chapter 433 Change to a Smaller Goal
The doubts of Ximan and the others did not last long, as Qin Mo explained the possibility of building ships out of steel using only two copper basins used for washing their faces.
After the two copper basins were locked together, they would not sink even after being placed in water for a long time. This common phenomenon made a group of technicians and engineers feel ashamed.
"I explained the relationship between buoyancy between objects of different specific gravities to you when I was teaching at the Naval Academy, but you haven't really grasped it after all these years!"
"This student is dull-witted and hopes the teacher will punish me!"
The dozen or so technical backbones of the high-ranking officials were all extremely ashamed. They were all graduates of the Naval Academy and referred to themselves as the prince's students to outsiders. Now, after being reprimanded by Qin Mo, they were all somewhat apprehensive.
“Punishment is unnecessary. You are all talented young people among the senior officials. It is not appropriate to be too harsh on you. However, you definitely need to be tempered. Starting tomorrow, all projects will be divided into two groups, and you will be given the same research direction and resources. Let’s see who can produce better results.”
"Your Highness, this is not right! They are all brothers; if a fight breaks out..."
Most of these technical backbone members were sons of Qin Mo's troops, with a few being talented individuals from the Elven race. They usually got along very well, and now that they heard Qin Mo was suggesting that they separate and live independently, they were all somewhat reluctant.
"Tang Chuan, do you think I'm trying to make you fight amongst yourselves and undermine each other?"
"Competition drives progress. As long as we don't engage in any underhanded tactics, even the losing side learns valuable experience, right? Don't those who practice martial arts spar and train against each other?"
Although this new generation of technical backbone in Dayuan has great enthusiasm for mechanical research, in order to prevent various bad habits in the future, Qin Mo decided to implement an appropriate competition mechanism to create an efficient competition model for the future scientific research community in Dayuan.
Qin Mo has a cheat code, and so have the big officials, but cheat codes can't last forever. Once their passion and dreams fade, who knows if some parasites will emerge who just lie around living off their past achievements.
Ultimately, Tang Chuan and Feng Xinliang, the two most outstanding sons of high-ranking officials, undertook the research and development of the steam engine and established two power research institutes. Meanwhile, the people of Ximan were responsible for designing the hulls of large steam-powered sailing ships. The three major industrial giants of the future of the Qing Dynasty began to take shape.
Qin Mo took turns providing guidance to several research institutes, listing out solutions to the basic difficulties. The rest was just a matter of trial and error. As long as the effort was put in, results would inevitably come. This ensured that each research institute could get off to a good start and build their confidence for their first "independent research".
Qin Mo was busy for more than a month before she could stop.
It wasn't that his laziness had flared up again, but rather that the Spring Festival of the eleventh year of Zhaowu was approaching, and as the undisputed head of the household, he had to do some things that were necessary.
Nowadays, the Taiyuan Development Authority's "business scope" covers the entire South Pacific and the Indian Ocean coast. The underlings who have made their fortunes with the Development Authority all know who they should thank for their success today. On this joyous occasion of welcoming the Spring Festival, they have all come to Taiyuan to deliver New Year's gifts.
More than a dozen sultans and princes from Southeast Asia alone came to pay tribute to Qin Mo. In the past two years, when Qin Mo was not at home, his two wives received them. Now that Qin Mo was at home, he naturally had to act like a wise and virtuous king.
By the end of December, everyone who was supposed to come had arrived, including Kaihime's father, Narita Ujinaga.
"Greetings, Your Highness Prince Heng!"
"Oh! Father-in-law, you are too kind. I am not worthy of such courtesy!"
Since Narita Ujō personally came to the door, Qin Mo naturally greeted him at the second gate. As for the main gate, it was impossible for him to open it, since Narita Ujō's reputation as a daimyo of Japan was not enough.
"Hey... this is a New Year's gift for Ziyu... hehehe!"
Narita Ujigatsu took out a high-quality jade carving in the style of Japan and handed it to Kaihime's grandson. Qin Ziyu accepted it without hesitation, which made Narita Ujigatsu proud.
He had no biological sons, but he had a capable daughter who was more useful than ten sons.
"Father-in-law, you should stay a few more days this time in Dayuan. Anyway, the estate in the west of the city has been vacant for a while, and the weather in Japan is still quite cold. It's not too late to go back after spring!"
"Hehe! Thank you for your hospitality, Your Highness. I will spend a few days with my daughter and grandson, but I will still return before the New Year. I am not old yet, and the wind and snow of Japan cannot defeat me."
"Hmm? She left before the New Year... Why didn't Changzhong come to see her sister and nephew this time?"
Qin Mo listened to Narita's words and sensed that the old man was a little impatient. Could it be that there was something on Japan's mind that he couldn't let go of?
“Oh dear! Your Highness is unaware of the serious instability in Japan in recent years. I left Chikata and Nagatada in Oshi Castle to guard the city just in case. Otherwise, I would have brought Nagatada to pay my respects to Your Highness.”
"Oh? The situation is turbulent?"
Qin Mo turned to look at Kaihime, who was fighting with the child for the jade carving. Logically, she should know about this, but Qin Mo hadn't heard a word about it.
"There's no real instability here. It's just that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dying, and Tokugawa Ieyasu seems to have allied himself with the dwarfs, which is a bit of a mess!"
Kaihime answered dismissively while snatching the jade carving from the child's hand. It wasn't that she was unwilling to let the child play with it, but the jade carving was too big and too heavy, and the child had some difficulty holding it. Although Kaihime wouldn't be heartbroken if it broke now, he would definitely be unhappy if his father didn't say anything.
"Your Highness, you warned me to be careful of Tokugawa Ieyasu back then, which is why I've been cautious. I, Narita, am not a coward..."
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