Chapter 1184: The Technological Path to Stifling the Anglo-Saxons (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
In fact, if it is possible to export warships to countries around the world, Emperor Zhu will not reject it. After all, everyone knows that arms trade has always been the most profitable business in the world.
The same is true in this era, except that in the 19th century there were only a few countries that could afford warships or had the demand for them.
After counting, there are only a few countries in the world that need warships. In another world, South America is the main destination for European warship exports, but now, there are only three countries left in South America: Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
As for Europe, except for Russia which purchases warships from other countries, other European countries mostly build their own.
It is not easy to find such a big buyer as Russia.
However, not everyone may buy the entire warship, but some countries may be willing to purchase the technology of its corresponding subsystems.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.
That is, while the British Royal Navy was formulating an ambitious expansion plan, they were privately importing a lot of naval technology from the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention the large-caliber recoil guns, even the nickel steel armor technology was directly transferred to the Ming Dynasty. After all, the warships designed in the "Shengde Fifteenth Plan" used the more advanced carburized armor steel technology.
For this reason, the Ming Dynasty would certainly not refuse the fat pig that was delivered to its door. For the British who spent a lot of money, they had no idea that some of the technology they bought was outdated before it even left the house.
"According to the agreement we reached with the Bidmore Steel Works, they will pay us a patent fee of 5 pounds for every ton of nickel steel they produce. Depending on the location of the ship's construction, the thickness and shape of the armor, the price of a ton of nickel steel armor produced in the UK ranges from 20 pounds to 27 pounds. At that time, the price of a ton of ordinary steel plates was only 3 pounds to 6 pounds. The price gap with our country was as large as more than double."
In the royal garden, Lin Yuehu said with a smile.
"The weight of armor required for a battleship is about 3,000 to 4,000 tons, including hull armor and turret armor. Every battleship built by the Royal Navy means paying us 20,000 pounds. Although the Navy will not share this income, the additional income brought by technology transfer will also enhance the research and development enthusiasm of domestic steel mills and provide them with sufficient research and development funds. The Navy does not dwell too much on the issue of technology transfer - as long as they are willing to spend the money they earn on research and development, it doesn't matter even if they transfer some technology to a hostile country!"
In fact, technology transfer is a very common thing in this era. In another world, the year after Krupp of Germany invented carburizing steel, he transferred the technology to Britain. Britain paid a patent fee of 10 pounds per ton. This also created a situation. When Britain and Germany were engaged in the dreadnought arms race, the Royal Navy used Krupp's carburizing steel to build dreadnoughts. Britain paid patent fees to Krupp while competing.
Even at the beginning of the First World War, British Steel Companies were still paying patent fees to Krupp through neutral countries. Many other British companies did the same. It was not until the following year that Parliament passed a special bill requiring British companies that introduced German technology to adopt the "bookkeeping system" and deposit patent fees into special accounts in British banks.
When the war was over, the so-called special account became Germany's reparations. Even the patented technologies of German companies became part of the reparations. Through the so-called "armistice treaty", a large amount of technology that they had been coveting for decades was plundered from German companies. It must be said that even if the Anglo-Saxons were robbers, they would set rules for themselves first. What rules would they set?
It is the rule that legalizes robbery.
They won't just go and rob people like the Russians do. Instead, they will first pass some laws to legalize robbery and then do it, and then talk about it - this is a power granted by the law.
This is typical Anglo-Saxon behavior - being a whore and pretending to be a saint.
"Although this is true, we must also pay attention to the scale. What technologies can be transferred? What technologies cannot be transferred? We must grasp it well. Some technologies are absolutely not transferable."
Emperor Zhu did not object to the navy's decision.
"I understand that basically the technologies we are transferring are from the British or other European and American countries. They are technologies that can achieve key breakthroughs in the next two to three years, and we have also spent a lot of thought when selecting the transferees."
Lin Yuehu replied.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty had already established a standard for technology transfer - that is, the technology that European and American countries can achieve breakthroughs in the next two to three years.
Why was this standard established?
It is not just to earn a lot of technology transfer fees and corresponding patent fees. To put it bluntly, it is to strike at their inventions and innovations.
Invention and innovation require a huge amount of capital. Every time when European and American companies are about to make a breakthrough in technological innovation, the empire will generously transfer technology to some companies. This will naturally cause those companies that have invested a lot of money in technological research and development to fall into some kind of dilemma - the technology they have just researched is already outdated before it is put on the market, or their competitors have seized the market with the technology introduced from the Ming Dynasty.
"Just like the reason why we chose Bidmore Steelworks instead of Sheffield Steel this time is because the latter is already the most advanced company in the UK in the field of alloy steel. By transferring technology to Bidmore Steelworks, it will effectively hit Sheffield Steel and undermine their initiative to research new technologies."
Lin Yuehu's answer made Emperor Zhu nod and say.
"Well, technology transfer is a double-edged sword. It seems to be able to enhance the opponent's strength, but it will also weaken the opponent's research and development capabilities. We must use this sword skillfully, but we must also prevent ourselves from being hurt!"
In fact, in another world, this set of methods is the most commonly used means by the Anglo-Saxons. They often use similar methods to suppress developing countries and suppress their technological innovation capabilities. Over time, it may even destroy a country's innovation capabilities.
Even if it does not destroy a country's innovation ability, it will stifle it to some extent. In the competition between countries, the consequences of this stifling are undoubtedly disastrous.
(End of this chapter)
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