Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1510, you grow rubber, I dig oil

In the mansion of Liu Jin in the capital.

The cold wind was howling outside, and the snow was falling heavily, but Liu Jin was sitting by the fireplace, drinking tea very leisurely, thinking about some things.

"This wave of rubber has made me a lot of money. In the era without petrochemical products, natural rubber is absolutely an indispensable industrial raw material."

"It is estimated that in the next hundred years, the rubber market will continue to be very good, and there are many irreplaceable places for natural rubber."

"Fortunately, our Ming Dynasty now occupies Nanyang. The best and most suitable place for rubber growth in the world is in our hands. There must be no problem in realizing the freedom of rubber."

Liu Jin looked at the world map. The large islands in Nanyang are the best rubber-growing areas in the world, and they are more suitable for growing rubber than South America, the origin of rubber.

Thinking about future generations, rubber and oil have been stuck to death. That feeling is really uncomfortable, so that a big country has to be angry with a big country in the Nanyang region.

"By the way, oil!"

Thinking of oil, Liu Jin's eyes lit up immediately.

Petroleum is a good thing. It is known as the blood of industry in later generations. It is not only a fuel, but also the most important chemical raw material. The chemical raw material extracted from petroleum is used in various fields, and it has replaced natural in many fields. rubber.

"Yes, you plant rubber, and I dig oil!"

"This oil is a good thing. Mastering oil is basically equivalent to mastering the energy of the future. This requires an early layout. Put this treasure in your pocket as soon as possible, and then you can sit and collect money in the future."

Thinking of oil, Liu Jin gets excited. Oil is a good thing. Those Middle Eastern tycoons who wear a piece of cloth on their heads in later generations, who are the richest in the world, don’t they just lie on the oil and live a life of drunken dreams.

"Persian Gulf~"

"Northwest Golden Continent~"

"South Golden Continent~"

Pick up a pen and draw circles one after another on the world map, and circle these places. These places are known as the areas with the richest reserves in later generations. It is enough to occupy a few places casually. Worry about oil.

"It was really wise at the beginning. No matter how big the territory has been laid, my Chinese descendants no longer have to worry about oil, iron ore, etc., and no longer have to look at other people's faces."

With a simple swipe, Liu Jin immediately nodded in satisfaction.

Now it seems that except for this corner of the Middle East, other important oil-producing areas belong to the territory of the Ming Empire, with vast land, endless resources, and endless wealth.

After traveling by myself, after years of struggle, I can finally feel the joy brought by struggle.

"Well, maybe it's time to take a look at Imperial College and take a look. It's time to fund them to carry out some new research topics, such as internal combustion engines and oil refining. As long as these two technologies are developed, the era of oil will come. .”

Thinking of this, Liu Jin also immediately shouted: "Come here, prepare the car, and go to Imperial College ~"

"Yes~"

Some servants hurriedly started to prepare.

Soon, a four-wheeled carriage drove towards the Imperial College of Technology in the snowstorm.

Imperial Institute of Technology, a professional science and engineering university established by Liu Jin with a huge investment, is known as the four universities of Daming New School together with Daming Royal Institute of Technology, Imperial University, and Capital Institute of Mechanical Engineering. It is the top new school, among all new schools Among the students, there is an existence like a holy place.

There are nearly three million middle school graduates in the entire Ming Dynasty every year, and only the top part of the outstanding students can be admitted to these four colleges and universities. It is said that only 1% of people can be admitted to these four top universities.

It can be seen that these four top universities have a strong position in the hearts of new students. Every year, countless students sharpen their heads and want to enter these four universities.

At this time, the end of the new year was approaching, and Imperial College of Technology had already been on vacation early. Many students had already chosen to go home for the New Year, but some students were far away from home, so they chose to stay in the school.

On the campus of Imperial College of Technology, Liu Jin walked very casually, followed by Huang Chong, the principal of Imperial College of Technology, and several famous professors He Wenyuan, Xie Geng, and Ding Zhixiang.

Liu Jin is the founder and sponsor of Imperial College of Technology, and also the owner of Imperial College of Technology. In addition, he is the minister of officials of Ming Dynasty. He finally came to the school. Imperial College of Technology naturally attaches great importance to it. .

"Mr. Huang, the students who stay at school for the New Year must make arrangements to let them have a happy New Year and organize some activities to make everyone lively and lively."

Seeing that there were still many students in the school, Liu Jin also warned Huang Chong beside him.

Huang Chong is a great educator in this era. He used to be the head of a well-known academy. He has always been very strict in teaching and educating people. recognized.

So Liu Jin also hired him to be the first principal of the Imperial College of Technology.

Not to mention, Liu Jin chose the right person. As the principal, he teaches rigorously and pays attention to moral character. The students of Imperial College of Technology not only have extremely professional and solid basic skills, but also have very good moral character. The field of science and technology shines brightly, and many mechanical designs and new scientific and technological discoveries come from Imperial College of Technology.

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will make arrangements."

When Huang Chong heard this, he nodded quickly and said.

In fact, needless to say, he has already made arrangements. His Huang Chong's home is located in the campus, and he also celebrates the New Year here.

Although he is extremely strict in terms of teaching and morality, in terms of life, he has always taken great care of the teachers and students of the college.

"Hmm~"

"Has there been any special research results in the academy recently?"

Liu Jin looked at the snow-covered campus. The colleges and universities he founded refer to the teaching systems of later generations in Europe and the United States, and pay more attention to hands-on ability.

After all, now is the beginning of science and technology, and the theoretical things have not yet come out. Everything needs more experiments and more hands-on, to find out the experience and theories in the experiments, and it will definitely not work without the ability to do it.

Moreover, what Daming needs most now are engineers and designers with hands-on ability. As for theoretical research, it seems that there may not be a very marketable market.

Textile factories, machinery factories, steel factories, etc. all need people with strong hands-on ability, not people who can only talk on paper and take exams.

In fact, the development of science and technology has officially come out of such a process step by step. In this process, countless talented scientists will be born. They use their wisdom to push technology to one peak after another. The power really blooms, thus greatly liberating people's productivity.

"There are quite a few~"

"Among them, the Institute of Chemical Engineering has developed three colors of dyes, which were bought by the textile factory at a high price, and sold for a total of [-] taels of silver."

"Research by the School of Physics has discovered a gas in the air that can accelerate combustion. We call it gas. This gas is one of the necessary conditions for combustion. If there is no gas in the air, the candle will burn. I can't get up."

Professor He Wenyuan on the side also hurriedly talked to Liu Jin about some achievements of Imperial College of Technology.

"Gas?"

Liu Jin was slightly dumbfounded when he heard it. Isn't this just oxygen, why is it called gas?

"Yes, it's gas~"

"Last year, Professor Wang of the Royal Institute of Technology published an article, he said that we live in the air, this air, it has pressure, and the air is also composed of various gases, these gases have different characteristics and functions."

"This article also immediately attracted a large number of people to participate in the study of air. After many experiments, we discovered the existence of gas."

He Wenyuan thought that Liu Jin didn't understand these things, so he excitedly explained to Liu Jin what gas is and how to find it.

"I see, this air actually has a lot of ingredients~"

After Liu Jin listened, he pretended to understand half-understand.

"Of course, although we can't see the air, it exists around us all the time and is closely related to our lives. If we can study the composition of air and related principles, we can figure out a lot of things and invent Produce a lot of things that are closely related to life.”

He Wenyuan said very seriously.

"In addition, we have also made a lot of progress in the field of astronomy. We have accurately calculated two solar eclipses this year, and calculated the distance between the earth where we live and the moon. Next, we are going to find a way to calculate the distance between the moon and the moon. and the quality of the living planet."

"In addition, in the field of electromagnetics, we have also discovered the phenomenon that electricity can generate heat. We continuously cut the magnetic field to generate electricity, and then use copper wires to energize. The copper wires generate heat when they are continuously energized."

He Wenyuan introduced the research results of Imperial College of Technology to Liu Jin like a few treasures. In Liu Jin's view, these achievements are very insignificant. Compared with the rapid development of science and technology in later generations, they seem very ordinary.

But for this era, it is a very important scientific research achievement. One new discovery after another is constantly promoting the development of science and technology in this era. Just like the development of science and technology in the history of later generations, many inconspicuous new discoveries and small Invention eventually promoted the leap forward of the whole science and technology.

The idea that electricity will generate heat is considered common sense in later generations, but in this era of technological enlightenment, it is an important discovery.

(End of this chapter)