Daming Crazy Emperor

New Macheng Pharmaceutical Factory, in the newly built Medical Research Institute.

Taichang followed Li Shuben, A Suzu, Zhao Baiyun and others to inspect the various laboratories, with a hint of joy on his face.

The Medical Research Institute is really well built. It not only has all kinds of old-fashioned experimental equipment, but also added a lot of new experimental equipment.

For example, steam-driven centrifuges, microscopes newly developed by the Ministry of Industry, various glass test tubes, graduated cups, alcohol lamps, and so on.

After these new technologies are applied to medical research, more new drugs with better curative effects will definitely be developed.

However, he didn't come to see the research results of Daming Medicine, he came to see Li Shuben.

He just heard that Li Shuben was in the newly built medical research institute, so he couldn't help being curious and ran over to have a look.

Now that I've seen enough of it, it's time to talk about business.

After everyone came out of the last laboratory, Taichang asked directly: "Zhong Ke, is there a conference room here?"

Li Shuben nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please follow me."

After finishing speaking, he led everyone to the end of the long corridor.

Soon everyone came to a huge conference room.

Taichang invited everyone to sit down, enjoying the cool breeze blown by the simple air conditioner comfortably, and couldn't help sighing: "This simple air conditioner is really a good thing, if people from Xinma City and Xiyin Capital City Everyone can use it.”

Both places are actually pretty good.

The Amazon jungle is a paradise for all kinds of vegetation, especially suitable for the growth of herbs, while the Western Indus Islands are suitable for growing fruits, vegetables, grains, sugar cane and other crops.

It would be nice if the weather could be cooler in both places.

Unfortunately, these two places are very hot for most of the year.

Taichang happened to be running back and forth between these two places during this time, and he sighed because he saw tens of millions of people sweating profusely.

Unexpectedly, Li Shuben actually said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is actually not difficult, because there are plenty of ice in North America, and water transportation is also quite developed, so it is very convenient to transport ice."

Uh, there are at least tens of millions of people in these two places. Moreover, with the continuous increase of food production and the continuous improvement of medical technology, the population here will definitely grow explosively.

With so many people, how many ice cubes do you need?

In fact, Taichang just sighed, he never thought that so many people could use the simple air conditioner.

This is so unrealistic, isn't it?
He was a little surprised and said: "There are at least tens of millions of people in these two places, how many ice cubes do we have to bring over in a day?
Can North America produce so many ice cubes? "

Li Shuben nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem, Your Majesty.

Because almost all the workshops of our pharmaceutical factory are equipped with simple air conditioners, there are quite a lot of ice cubes that need to be used, so Weichen also specifically contacted the elders of the Algonquin and Iroquois tribes.

They say it doesn't matter how much ice is supplied in a day, as long as we have enough boats to pull it. "

My God, such a big deal!

Taichang couldn't help being dumbfounded and said, "How many ice cubes do you use a day?"

Li Shuben introduced in detail: "The ice cubes we use are indeed a bit scary to say the least, a workshop with more than [-] people needs at least tens of millions of catties of ice cubes a day to cool down the temperature.

However, this transfer is not difficult, because an armed merchant ship can hold millions of catties of ice.

Usually we just use the boat that transports the medicinal materials to bring it back by the way, and ten boats are enough.

Sometimes it is less, and we start using it at noon, and sometimes we give some to the employees of the pharmaceutical factory, and let them take it home to cool off. "

Thousands of catties a day?
More than 1000 million catties of ice, even if 1 people mined it, each person would have to mine a thousand catties a day!
Besides, the place where ice is used is not limited to Xinma City Pharmaceutical Factory.

There is only one more ice cube for freezing seafood.

Now the Peruvian fishing grounds have started to operate slowly. At least hundreds of boats of seafood are produced a day, and these seafood basically have to be chilled, and at least half a boat of ice is needed to catch a boat.

Over there, it is estimated that at least hundreds of millions of catties of ice will be consumed in a day!

Taichang was a little puzzled and said: "How many people are arranged by the Algonquin and Iroquois tribes to mine ice a day, and the profit of this ice is not high. A shipment of ice is only a hundred taels of silver. They are worth wasting so much Is it human?"

Uh, this.

Li Shuben was stunned for a moment, and then carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, in fact, they didn't waste any manpower, because they customized some large-scale machinery similar to mining.

When the big saw blade turns, the ice cubes will fall down with a crash, and then they will be shoveled with a forklift, loaded onto the train, and quickly pulled to the ship. It takes less than a few people to make 1000 million catties of ice cubes. Just light coal.

The coal over there is very cheap, and the profit is still huge.

So, they want us to use more, the more the better. "

Uh, use big machinery to harvest ice!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being speechless.

Well, the world has completely changed, and he doesn't even know it anymore.

He also didn't expect that the combination of steam technology and endless resources would develop like this.

Who in later generations would have thought that selling ice cubes could also become an industry.

The problem is that the Algonquin and Iroquois tribes still treat this as an industry.

A shipment of ice cubes worth a million catties costs only a hundred taels of silver. This profit does not seem very good.

However, if the number increases, it will be a big deal. Not to mention too much, a thousand ships a day is 10 taels!
If New Horse City and the West Indies are accustomed to using ice to cool down, there must be more than a thousand ships a day.

This should be supported, strongly supported!

What is the point to be alive?
The most basic ones are reproduction, food, clothing, housing and transportation.

There is no need to worry about the reproduction of offspring, people will naturally reproduce.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation can be well managed.

After all, who doesn't want to be more comfortable.

This business of selling ice can not only make the people of Xinmacheng and the West Indies live comfortably, but also increase the income of the Algonquin and Iroquois tribes, and at the same time promote their exchanges. Naturally, this kind of thing needs to be strongly supported .

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "How many merchant ships do you have going to North America now, and what channels are you traveling?"

Li Shuben introduced in detail: "We Daming Pharmaceutical itself did not buy merchant ships, we handed over all the freight to Daming Western Company.

At present, we basically produce ten shipments of medicines every day, traveling from the Xinliao River to the vicinity of the Great Lakes, supplying [-] dependent countries in North America along the way, and transporting the excess to the capital city of Eastern Yin by train, and then the Western merchants arrange merchant ships Transshipment to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, various overseas provinces and its various dependent countries.

However, these ten ships are not fixed.

This mainly depends on the sales situation, sometimes more, sometimes less.

In short, there are basically about ten merchant ships leaving here every day, and about ten merchant ships will also return. "

Ten ships per day seems far from enough, at least one hundred ships are needed.

Now they don't have any shortage of merchant ships, because the shipyards in Xinma City can produce [-] armed merchant ships a month.

And it takes about half a month to go from here to the Great Lakes area. If there are [-] ships a day, only [-] ships are needed.

The problem is that most of the [-] merchant ships can't pass by empty on this day.

If such a waste of transportation capacity is just for one ice cube, it would be a bit outweighed the gain.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Feihong, what do you think is lacking in North America, I mean, things produced in Xinma City."

Uh, this.

Your Majesty, it seems that we are not here to discuss business in North America, right?
I'm in charge of the European business, okay?
Zheng Zhilong thought about it carefully, and then said carefully: "Weichen thinks that the most lacking thing in North America should be daily necessities. After all, we didn't set up a factory there, and many things have to be pulled over from here. just do.

Also, Weichen felt that charcoal should be sold there.

As long as the charcoal factory here increases its output a little bit, it will definitely be no problem to supply the entire North America.

After all, North America is very cold in winter, and coal produces poisonous gas. It may be no problem to use it for kang, but it is still a bit dangerous if it is used for cooking and warming.

By the way, there is also barbecue, no one will use coal to grill, usually charcoal grill.

There is no shortage of charcoal here, and there is a hundred boats a day. Even if it can't be sold out, it can be directly transported to the capital of Eastern Yin by train, and then it can be sold to Dongyang Chengxuan Zhengshisi or Daming mainland.

The problem is that the charcoal is a bit dirty. If it is shipped over and brought back with ice, the warehouse must be washed, otherwise the ice will be dirty. "

For this problem, it would be nice if there were plastic bags.

As long as it is packed in a thick plastic bag, charcoal will not stain the cabin.

It's a pity that Shen Yunpei hasn't separated the plastic for plastic bags yet, and they are frantically developing plastic for insulation.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly he had an idea: "By the way, we can pack the charcoal in a thick paper bag and seal it with glue, so that the cabin will not be dirty.

Isn't there a lot of papermaking materials here? We can specially make some thick kraft paper for packaging. The kind that doesn't need to be bleached, as long as it is thick enough and strong enough. "

Well, this approach is not bad.

The paper here is worthless, especially the kraft paper that doesn't need to be bleached. It's cheap and cheap, and it doesn't cost much to make packaging bags.

Zheng Zhilong nodded quickly and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, this humble minister will make some arrangements.

What about medicines?

Your Majesty, didn't you say that we are going to sell Daming Pharmaceutical's medicines to Europe? "

By the way, he came here this time specifically for Daming Medicine to occupy the European market.

At this moment, Daming Western companies have established a firm foothold in European countries, so they naturally want to take the opportunity to promote the medicines of Daming Pharmaceuticals.

In this way, not only can the gold and silver of European countries be squeezed dry at a faster speed, but also the development of the European pharmaceutical industry can be suppressed, causing them to die!

Historically, these colonial robbers did just that.

They use this method to suppress other people's pharmaceutical industry and dominate the global pharmaceutical market.

What Daming did was to "return his own body with his own way".

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "Zhong Ke, what is the output and sales of Daming Medicine now, is there any extra medicine?"

Li Shuben already understood that the emperor was going to Europe to promote the medicines of Daming Medicine.

The problem is that their output is really a bit low.

He said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, at the moment, the sales of our Daming Pharmaceutical's medicines are good in Daming, overseas provinces, and various dependent countries. Basically, we can sell as much as we make.

As for this output.

Weichen is not very clear about the newly built pharmaceutical factory in the Ming Dynasty. If we want to supply medicines to so many people in European countries, we will have to build another batch of factories. "

Naturally, it is impossible for the medicines sold to Europe to be brought from Daming mainland, all the medicines must be produced here, otherwise how many merchant ships would be wasted to transship the medicines.

Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "Do you have one shift a day or three shifts a day?"

When Li Shuben heard the words, he couldn't help but have an idea.

By the way, the paper mill seems to work three shifts a day, and the output can be more than doubled without building any new factory buildings.

He hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, I understand, I will recruit more people, buy more candles, and change to three shifts.

In this way, our output can be more than doubled, and supplying the European countries will certainly not be a problem. "

That's it.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then instructed: "You ask the director of the Ministry of Rites to translate the words on the packaging and the instructions inside, and translate them into the languages ​​of European countries, and the packaging sold to the European side must be replaced.

Also, you asked hospitals in various North American dependent countries to select a group of doctors and prepare to build large hospitals in European countries. "

That's how he is, either he doesn't do it, or if he does, he has to put the enemy down!