jdhmnovel Chapter 824 What do you two spendthrifts know about the national treasury?
Chapter 824 What do you two spendthrifts know about the national treasury?
Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen were cursing and complaining about Emperor Zhu in their hearts, while Emperor Zhu rubbed his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Do you know what kind of things Dengzhou University has done?"
Li Shanchang wanted to roll his eyes.
Dengzhou University was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, but in reality, Dengzhou University completely ignored the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites was too lazy to even ask a question. Who knows what Dengzhou University had done?
Emperor Zhu called over Chen Zhong, gave him a few instructions, and then said with a smile to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, "Let's talk about the medical school of Dengzhou University."
"Through continuous collection and verification, Dengzhou Medical College has discovered that there are more than 30 different types of blood between people, of which four are relatively common, while the remaining more than 30 are very rare."
"Of course, it's easy to just discover the differences between blood types, but what if I told you that you could use one person's blood to transfuse into another person with the same blood type, thus saving the recipient's life when facing massive blood loss? Do you think this discovery would be significant?"
Li Shanchang's eyes immediately lit up.
If this is considered meaningless, then what kind of discovery is considered meaningful?
Does it have to be a discovery that can bring the dead back to life or heal flesh and bones?
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that the mother experiences postpartum hemorrhage alone gives her an extra chance to save her life!
Emperor Zhu continued, "There is also the School of Metallurgy at Dengzhou University. They have developed a new steelmaking method that is better than the original crucible steelmaking method. It is not only more efficient, but also reduces the waste of iron materials."
"Let me put it this way: just by taking away this steelmaking method from Zunhua, a single county, we can produce 12,000 jin of high-quality steel a year."
"That's 12,000 catties of good steel. If it were all made into arrowheads, there could be enough to stick ten or eight into each of the barbarians."
Li Shanchang rolled his eyes.
You, Zhu Chongba, only thought of turning over 12,000 jin of fine steel into arrowheads and then sticking them into the bodies of the barbarians?
Isn't this just pure wastefulness?!
Damn it, if a county can produce more than 12,000 catties of good steel, then this good steel should be divided into two parts. One part should be given directly to the imperial court to be forged into weapons and armor, and then equipped to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty so that they can go to other small countries and sign more contracts similar to the Treaty of Gui Chou.
As for the other set, it should be made into excellent farming tools, which the imperial court could then buy and distribute to the people, or the imperial court could simply set up a shop to sell these farming tools to the people. In any case, it would ultimately improve the efficiency of farming for the people.
Make it into an arrowhead and then stick it into the bodies of the barbarians?
You, Emperor Zhu, certainly have a very sharp mind!
Li Shanchang had just finished criticizing Emperor Zhu when he sensed something was wrong.
Dengzhou University's School of Metallurgy developed a new steelmaking method, which was then taken away by the magistrate of Zunhua County.
Damn it, it's those bandits from Ningyang County again!
Emperor Zhu continued, "There's also the Mechanical Engineering Academy. They've come up with many new gadgets called machine tools, which are directly powered by water or animal power. One of them, called a drilling machine, can be used to drill holes in firearms."
"Drilling holes in a musket used to require a highly skilled master craftsman to do it with great care, but now anyone can do it by just watching over them."
"The key is that even the most skilled master craftsman cannot guarantee that all the gun holes are exactly the same. The gun holes drilled by the drilling machine are either broken or they are exactly the same good ones."
Li Shanchang's eyes immediately brightened, and his dislike for Emperor Zhu intensified.
I have no objection to how much of the 70 million taels of silver in reparations you've paid to that short, ugly fellow go towards building shipyards and schools.
The remaining compensation of around ten million taels was arranged in a way that was somewhat reasonable.
but!
Three million strings of cash? How dare you even utter such a small amount?
To be an emperor, one must first have magnanimity!
While inwardly cursing, Li Shanchang bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "If you ascend the throne, the national treasury can squeeze out another two million strings of cash for Dengzhou University."
"But there is one condition: Dengzhou University must first split half of its medical and pharmaceutical colleges and send them to the capital to establish Zhili University."
"And the Geology College, shouldn't the first batch of students complete their studies next year or the year after? These people should be assigned by the Ministry of Personnel, not arranged by Dengzhou University itself."
After a slight pause, Li Shanchang, suppressing the pain in his eyes, held up three fingers: "We can leave three for Dengzhou Prefecture, one for Dengzhou Prefecture and the remaining two for the Dengzhou Fleet."
Even if the one in Dengzhou Prefecture is just to let Yang Dianfeng taste the sweetness, the two remaining ones for the Dengzhou fleet are the most important.
Since the Dengzhou fleet spends a lot of money on each voyage, taking along two people who know geological exploration would allow them to search for mineral deposits after setting sail.
As long as you find a mine, you won't lose money.
If we can find two mines, we'll make a profit.
If they happen to find some gold or silver mine, they'll make a killing!
As Li Shanchang finished speaking, both Emperor Zhu and Liu Bowen couldn't help but glance at him sideways.
You, Li Shanchang, used to complain every day about the empty national treasury, saying things like "even rats that enter the national treasury have to leave with tears in their eyes" and "the national treasury is so empty that horses can run through it." You were basically acting like a spineless coward who had no money and wouldn't even give your life.
Now things have turned out really bad.
Upon hearing about the benefits of the School of Metallurgy and the School of Physics at Dengzhou University, the national treasury suddenly had an extra two million guan of money, and the government was so generous that it didn't even blink an eye.
Virtue!
nausea!
The key question is whether you can use your brain. Of the three people present, which one of them doesn't know how much money is actually in the national treasury?
Li Shanchang ignored the looks from Emperor Zhu and Liu Bowen, and even mentally complained about them.
As the saying goes, you don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household. What do you two spendthrifts know about the national treasury?
Especially that Emperor Zhu, who always asks for money. If I don't keep a close eye on him, how much money in the national treasury could he squander?
Just as Li Shanchang was cursing inwardly, Emperor Zhu said with a smile, "Brother Shanchang, rest assured, the splitting of the Medical College and the Pharmaceutical College of Dengzhou University has been put on the agenda, as has the splitting of the Geological College of Dengzhou University."
"For example, these three colleges were established relatively early, and the first batch of students will be able to complete their studies next year."
"Moreover, we have already planned that the first batch of students will be sent to the capital to establish the South Zhili University."
Ok?
Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen immediately realized the message conveyed in Emperor Zhu's words.
South Zhili University.
According to Emperor Zhu, since there is a Southern Zhili University, will there be a Northern Zhili University in the future?
Of course, the South Zhili University and the North Zhili University are not the key points.
The key lies in Southern Zhili and Northern Zhili.
Only the area under the jurisdiction of the capital was called Zhili!
In other words, did Emperor Zhu intend to move the capital?