From Chief to Ball

The world is no longer isolated.

Just as the Mining, Metallurgy and Infrastructure Investment Preparatory Committee held secret talks with the Swedes not long ago, the Russians half a world away started the first defense of Moscow, driving the Polish and Swedish armies out of Moscow.After this war, Sweden’s reforms were imminent. New weapons and mining technology were urgently needed, and large loans could even be mortgaged with tariffs, tax rights and salt tax.

Just as Huaxia's Indian company hopes to anchor in Wangbei City to carry out trade and aggression against India.Japan, the largest trading partner of Wangbeicheng and the land of silver acquisition, is carrying out a comprehensive operation to clean up Catholicism. The remnants of the Toyotomi family are lingering in Osaka, and they may be secretly buying the muskets and cannons shipped here.Once the Toyotomi family is over, facing external anti-feudal thinking and new weapons, it is still unknown whether Japan will lock the country or allow franchise trade here, even though Japan is the first country in Asia that officially organizes crossing the Pacific Ocean and going on pilgrimage to Rome, For feudal lords, it is also the best choice to know that the outside world is developing and close the door to pretend not to know.

Just as the telescope was brought to the battlefield of the Spanish-Dutch War, as the Fransian horse and the Andalusian horse were brought back from the Low Countries, as the two tables of trigonometric functions were mutually corrected, all these things made the process of the world much faster, less Took a lot of detours.

With the spread of systems such as mechanics and gravity, Galileo did not stubbornly believe that planetary orbits are perfect circles as in history, and no longer believed that tides originated from the movement of the earth to support the heliocentric theory. The earlier "On the Sun" The correspondence draft of "Sunspots" is being sent back to the Meridian Observatory in Mincheng as a result of Chen Jian sending people to Italy a few years ago; the Meridian Observatory in Mincheng is debating whether Neptune is a planet or a star other than the sun, I am very puzzled by Saturn's rings, and I don't know why these two "satellites" are motionless and do not circle around.

Apart from purely academic debates, since the Meridian Observatory in Mincheng is called the Meridian Observatory, it inevitably has requirements for surveying and mapping.Chen Jian also brought a letter from Mr. Benchu ​​when he came to the capital this time, hoping to get a grant from the Ministry of Industry to observe the eclipse of Jupiter caused by the satellites of Jupiter and calculate the longitude by time difference.And he vowed that within 20 years, he could try to draw a perfect picture of the republic with absolutely correct latitude and longitude.

Originally, the matter of longitude was closely related to the Nanyang Company, but after discussion, the Nanyang Company decided not to make a donation, thinking that using a telescope on board to observe Jupiter’s satellites is purely uncomfortable, and drawing a complete map of the Republic has nothing to do with them. It is better to have this money He invested in Chen Jian's watch research, but unfortunately, Chen Jian would rather generate money from the party in order to monopolize, and never want other people's funding.

... All kinds of things that happened within a year in these connected worlds convinced Chen Jian that this exhibition with the theme of "future" in three to five years' time would be feasible and It will be an opportunity for more people to intuitively feel what kind of changes are happening in the world.

These people don't need to know that what this exhibition will show is not just technology and products, but a whole new world system.

Brand new universe, brand new sun and moon, brand new earth, brand new motion and mechanics, brand new chemistry, brand new biology, brand new city, brand new factory and production relations, brand new all kinds.

The future is always the future, it is not closer as Chen Jianmeng lied to the people around him, the future should always be ahead and there is no end to it.

The world has always been there, but the point of view of understanding the world will be very different. The new generation of people will try to explain the world with a new world view, conceive the future, and work hard towards the future.

All the novelties in the "Future" exhibition hall are attributed to a brand-new system called "science", making it a power that people worship and expect, a power that can be held in people's hands as if detached from the world. The power of God, a power that makes people feel extremely confident and conceited to conquer nature.

Compared with the money that can be earned in the middle process, and compared with the expansion of foreign trade in the near future, the real purpose of this exhibition is far beyond this, and even those other purposes are not worth mentioning.

Only when more people look at the world with a similar view of the world, can the world change faster.The future should be created and participated by countless people. With a cycle of 20 years, the value of popular science and education is higher than that of a machine.

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It sounds like such a lofty behavior and action, but it is restricted by the technical level at this time, and can only be completed with the most cumbersome handicraft and laboratory levels.

After accomplishing many things in the capital, the ambitious Chen Jian returned to Fujian with many young people who were deceived or really wanted to know the world.

There were many turmoil in Mincheng after he left, but he didn't immediately focus on those matters, because he felt that the internal handling was pretty good before, even if there were some minor problems, the general direction was correct.

As for what to do in the future, it needs an enlarged meeting to discuss, and it can only be held after all the team leaders from Dahuangcheng, Wangbeicheng, Holland and other places have returned to Mincheng.

Even though the courier notification was sent half a year ago, the speed of the spread of the Age of Sails is really impressive. Optimistically, it is estimated that this enlarged meeting will be three months later, and we need to wait for the great force of nature, the trade wind.

After the brothers and sisters came to Mincheng, the brothers who came here earlier took them to play or familiarize themselves with the situation here, and then they had to study again, using those bold assumptions as the foundation of the discipline Time to re-learn for a year.

Naturally, they are not needed at this time, and there are also many craftsmen and young people who have studied in the school, and what they have to do is only a paid job. The only difference is that the paid job does not create profits.

Mincheng is the foundation of Chen Jian. Unlike the capital city, it can be regarded as a place where you can get the wind and the rain.

Years of organization and a lot of money, as well as the unanimous agreement of the party on this experiment about the future and the fact that Chen Jian donated all his private property to the party property, all gave him an unprecedented speed for this activity.

A large row of houses has been prepared in the original school in Mincheng as a laboratory for the non-mechanical part of the "Future" theme exhibition.

It looks no different from ordinary school houses, and there are no dazzling experimental equipment. It can be said that everything has to start from scratch.

The only thing that can’t be counted as starting from scratch is the money, fame, organizations and schools that have accumulated more than ten years to cultivate some people who have received the education of natural common sense and are now grown up and able to work.

Thinking about the various plans to be exhibited in the future, Chen Jian divided the entire laboratory into thirteen departments. According to the recruitment standards, a large number of young people were recruited from those schools controlled by the party, and the salary given was higher than that of normal work. Pay some wages.

What he did sounds like an earth-shattering event that will affect the future.

But in practice, it is not much different from those miners who are fighting against the package at the dock or digging coal in the mine.

When Mrs. Curie boiled asphalt all day, she was probably in such a state.

For example, the No. 40 laboratory has recruited more than [-] young people.Apart from receiving natural knowledge and school education, they are not much different from hired workers.

What makes them most happy is that reading seems to be useful, because these knowledge can finally be exchanged for a slightly higher salary than others.

More than 40 young people served as assistants, the leader was a brother of Chen Jian, and the main technical force was four workers who had been transferred from his own glass workshop.

What they have to do is that Chen Jian spends money to buy bauxite from outside, and then, under the leadership of the material distributor, grinds, crushes, washes the bauxite, and then puts it in the water in a basket, and the women use a dustpan to shake the pods and beans. , using the difference in density to separate slightly cleaner bauxite.

The bauxite then enters the second process belonging to the same laboratory. It is washed, dissolved and filtered with soda ash, and then the gas produced by the calcined limestone in a sealed iron furnace is introduced into the sediment, filtered and washed again...

Even many of them don't know what they are doing at all, they just vaguely know that it has something to do with "science", and take advantage of the trend to reduce the high level of science to a level similar to that of dry workers.

Simple tools, strict rules and regulations, repetitive and uninteresting work day after day, labor that looks similar to potters in coal mines or ceramic factories.

But many people are still very excited. They feel that they are working hard for "science". This is a career that is completely different from those jobs and has a special sense of excitement and satisfaction.

In fact, they are just hired workers, and there is no essential difference from manual workers.

Chapter 77 Artisans and laborers knock out the future

It is not impossible to produce results under crude conditions, and it is not impossible to make experiments that affect the world at the cost of the most stupid way.

The point is experimentation, not practicality.

When talking about what to do with the brother in charge of this laboratory, Chen Jian still gave an explanation.

"I guess, maybe there is a kind of metal in these bauxite, I want to try to electrolyze it out. If it really contains metal, it should be possible, just like table salt..."

When he was about to explain this behavior, the senior brother said very frankly: "Actually, you don't have to explain so much. I never think that any experiment must be known to be feasible before it can be tried. In that case, there will never be any novelty." The result. Originally, it is the possibility of failure, I understand very well. It may take years, decades or even longer to achieve some results, but isn’t this the wonder of the world? If the world is so easy As long as we know it, how can it be like it is now?"

The brother paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "Brother, because of the electrolysis of table salt a few years ago, we have won the honor that many people dream of for a lifetime. Now many people are trying to use electrolysis or introducing various gases, displacement and other methods to produce Some things that did not exist before, we also enjoy it. Even if the expected results are not achieved in the future, it is not a failure, it just proves that we guessed wrong, which is equivalent to blocking a wrong path. I don’t know if you It's been smooth sailing, so it's not good to always hope for a perfect outcome before doing anything."

Chen Jian hurriedly said: "Yes, I'm just worried that senior brother will find it boring. At the beginning, I was very excited, but after repeating it thousands of times, it is inevitable that there will be times of irritability... So I just make preparations first, like vaccination against cowpox Same, take precautions in advance."

The brother smiled and said, "You, you, you are too utilitarian, I don't know why sir thinks this is a good thing."

"As for the result, for you, your purpose is too strong, so you think the result you want is very important. For me, the result is the result. If the desired result is achieved, the guess is verified. If the desired result is not If it is reached, then it is verified that the guess is wrong. The result you want and the result I want, although the names are both results, are actually completely different.”

After speaking, he glanced at the ashamed Chen Jian, and taught him a lesson: "You are just lucky, but you are not suitable for this kind of thing, really. In many cases, no result is the result, but this kind of result is definitely not acceptable to you .”

Since the two parties were already familiar with each other, there was nothing to hide, and after some deliberation, he said: "Junior brother, I always feel that you don't like these things at all, and everything you have is for other purposes, not for understanding the world. It's just your tool...Really, I've always felt this way, it's weird, but you're walking ahead of us, you make me feel so unfair sometimes."

Chen Jian's face was a little red, and he nodded humbly with his head down to accept the evaluation. After all, the senior brother couldn't help being curious, and said: "That's what I said, but I'm still very curious about the result you want. Our side is In order to produce a metal, let’s not mention this for now, I can understand the specific process if you tell me about it. And once it is produced, it will be a sensational result in itself, and all you want is a sensation.”

"But what I don't understand is why there are thirteen laboratories? Could it be that all thirteen laboratories belong to our discipline? Or do you mean that you guessed thirteen things and are going to try them all at once?"

Chen Jian shook his head, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, producing a metal is indeed a sensation for you, but for many people who have not learned these things, the sensational effect is not good."

"Unless the alchemy is successful and can turn soil into gold, otherwise, as far as our subject is concerned, at most it will have some influence in the small circle."

"You also said that the first goal I want is sensationalism, and the second goal is the result you think. So the rest has nothing to do with our discipline."

He pointed to the house with the sign of "Second Laboratory" not far away and said: "For example, there is actually a very simple thing. You saw me doing mercury column and vacuum experiments in the academy. But for ordinary people, this experiment is not exciting enough, and it is not intuitive enough. Therefore, the second laboratory is to make this experiment more intuitive and sensational, so that more people can like these things, so that the More people like you do not seek results just because they want to understand the world."

The brother's curiosity was also aroused, and he asked, "How do we do it?"