Chapter 1041 The Three-Step Strategy of the Ming Dynasty (Second update, please subscribe)
There are many kinds of secrets.
Take weapons, for example.
The enemy must not be told how advanced the weapons are.
The enemy must not be told how bad the weapon is.
For the Ming Dynasty, it is undoubtedly the former, because it is too advanced and cannot be known to the enemy.
In the past few years, with a foresight that was a century and a half ahead of his time, although the great Emperor Zhu could not handle every detail, it was still easy for him to steer the ship and set the direction.
For example, when it comes to ship boilers and steam engines, when his counterparts in European countries were still arguing over the superiority of water tube boilers and fire tube boilers, Emperor Zhu directly placed his bets on water tube boilers. When European and American countries were still struggling over which steam engine had high power and saved coal, he directly designed the triple expansion steam engine.
It was with the water tube boiler and triple expansion steam engine that the shipbuilding industry of Ming Dynasty made a breakthrough and progress. It was mainly because of the construction of a batch of fast smuggling ships during the Civil War that accumulated rich shipbuilding experience. Later, it bet on ironclad ships, which directly established the shipbuilding level of Ming Dynasty that was not inferior to that of Britain.
After all, at that time, everyone was transitioning from wooden hulled ships to iron hulled ships, and everyone was in the stage of technological exploration. No one was better than the other. Relying on technological overtaking, the Ming Dynasty successfully achieved a leapfrog development in the shipbuilding industry.
For example, in the case of airplanes and airships, the Ming Dynasty deceived European and American countries into betting on airships, while it itself went all in on airplanes. While the British were boasting about building a giant airship with a load capacity of 10 tons, the Ming Dynasty had already begun testing new fighter jets in a secret base on the Patagonia Plateau.
As a late-developing country, and lagging behind in education, science and technology, under the guidance of Emperor Zhu, the Ming Dynasty did more than just overtake others.
It is basically a leapfrog development.
Aircraft, submarines, torpedoes, machine guns, radios, tanks, etc. Not only are these military equipment unprecedented in European countries, but the company also has a large number of advanced industrial production technologies.
They all grew up under the advice of Emperor Zhu the Great - to help them grow faster.
Over the past few years, thanks to the efforts of tens of thousands of scientific researchers, the young seedlings that were forcibly pulled up have now grown vigorously, and some have even grown into towering trees.
Emperor Zhu was naturally very pleased with this.
For this reason, both companies and the military have established extremely strict confidentiality measures.
But every secret will eventually come out!
This is an unchanging principle.
Any industrial machinery product, once put on the market, will inevitably be copied by others. The performance and quality of such copies are basically controlled by two factors: first, the performance of the raw materials affects the product quality during the copying process; second, the processing technology affects the product quality.
However, as long as there is time, there will always be corresponding breakthroughs.
"technology!"
After uttering these two words, Emperor Zhu stood up, walked to the window, and looked out.
"In the past few years, how did we open up the market? We did not follow the European and American countries and imitate their products, but we expanded the market through innovation and technological innovation, from tools such as lighters, popcorn screws, screwdrivers, adjustable spanners, and claw hammers, to light industrial products such as dry batteries, flashlights, pedal sewing machines, and bicycles, as well as industrial products such as boilers, triple-expansion steam engines, steam trains, locomotives, and cars. All of them were invented or redesigned by the Ming Dynasty, but..."
Looking back at Lin Yuehu, Emperor Zhu asked back.
"But needless to say, our products have all been copied."
Emperor Zhu was also helpless about this!
"The so-called 'patent protection' is simply a joke. Even if we sue, the lawsuit can drag on for five or six years. It would be a blessing from God if we can settle it out of court and let them pay for our patents."
As the party whose technology patents are often infringed, we feel really helpless!
Which type of lawyers are most popular in Ming Dynasty now?
Patent lawyers...it's useless. They are useless in Europe and the United States. Not to mention the UK, even for allies like France, their courts are there to protect their own companies.
That's right, of course our own court will protect our own people.
Our Great Britain, Great Law, Great Germany, Great Rice...we have our own national conditions.
"Alas, the Europeans always talk about the spirit of contract, but in fact it is just lip service. The Imperial Navy... has also suffered greatly from it."
Lin Yuehu, the Minister of the Navy, originally wanted to pat his chest and say - use the Imperial Navy to defend the Imperial patent, but he took the words back when they came to his lips.
We can't declare war on other countries just for patents.
Of course, the navy is also a victim. Just like the torpedoes now, the British imitated them without caring about patents or not.
"However, this is a bit off topic. This torpedo incident has taught me a lesson. For some weapons and equipment, we can set up a confidentiality period!"
"Secrecy period?"
Lin Yuehu said with some surprise.
"Yes, it is the confidentiality period. What is this confidentiality period? It means that we can divide the weapons and equipment into three generations..."
When mentioning this division, Emperor Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this the most common practice in other countries around the world, especially in the military industry?
"Divided into three generations?"
Lin Yuehu looked at His Majesty in confusion.
"Yes, it's the third generation!"
Emperor Zhu explained.
"To put it simply, it is one generation of production, one generation of research and development, one generation of pre-research, and one generation of production: that is, the generation of industrialized production using mature processes, technologies, raw materials, and equipment. The research and development generation is to use the existing basic theoretical support to develop new processes, new technologies, new raw materials, and new equipment to prepare for industrialized production of new products. As for the pre-research generation: it is to explore new basic theories, develop new processes, new technologies, new raw materials, and research new products."
Emperor Zhu continued to talk about his idea while explaining it through the concept of "three generations of products" from another world.
"What about this confidentiality period? It can be understood that when the pre-research technology matures and is about to go into production, the production technology can be released to the market. In this way, we can sell a large number of old products that have been in storage, while maintaining our leading position in technology."
In another world, what is the third world?
Isn’t it just a “garbage dump” where developed countries dump outdated weapons and equipment?
Not to mention another world, even in this world, the most fashionable practice among European and American countries is to sell their backward weapons and equipment to other countries. Well, the same is true for the Ming Dynasty.
"By producing one generation, developing one generation, and conducting pre-research on one generation, we can maintain a one-and-a-half-generation advantage in military equipment technology!"
The advantage of one generation is enough to crush the opponent, so what about the advantage of one and a half generations?
"Your Majesty, this..."
Faced with His Majesty's idea, Lin Yuehu immediately agreed.
"It's easy to say that we divide weapons and equipment into three generations. For example, our Type 6 torpedo looks almost exactly the same as the Type 8 torpedo. Both are driven by compressed air, but their engines are different. The Type 6 torpedo uses a twin-cylinder engine with a speed of only 14 knots and a maximum range of 700 meters. It starts to deviate after more than 200 meters, and the effective range does not exceed 400 meters. The Type 8 uses a three-cylinder engine, which not only has a speed of up to 18 knots and a range of more than 1,000 meters, but the use of a gyroscope greatly improves the accuracy of the torpedo, ensuring that it does not deviate within a distance of 6,500 meters. Compared with the Type 6, the Type 8 is more than a generation ahead. The latest Type 8-C in service has a speed of up to 20 knots."
After thinking about it, Lin Yuehu said.
"And we are currently developing a new type of torpedo, which will not only greatly increase its speed, but also increase its range several times!"
(End of this chapter)
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