The election of the chairman of the Federation of Industry and Commerce is almost halfway through, and the situation of the election is becoming clearer. Zheng Zhilong's call is getting higher and higher, and Zhou Kui is second, Chen Yan and Wei Zaode seem to be in a bad situation.

Gu Yanwu's tour of the election has really won a lot of support from the grassroots. Gu Yanwu has traveled all the way, and every time he goes to a place, he will publicize Zheng Zhilong's glorious deeds and major events, and on the other hand, he will take advantage of the situation based on the characteristics of each county.

With Wang Chengen's guidance and carrying "Kun Yu Gezhi" (Note: the title of the Chinese translation of the "Mining and Metallurgy" completed in 1640) and "Chemistry" and "Physics", Gu Yanwu read while digesting and selling it. Soon he became a mineralogist and smelterist. Experts took action, even if they could not dig any mine or some gold, they could at least inspire some business opportunities.

The so-called touring election assistance is nothing more than giving various speeches on one and another. Later, Gu Yanwu simply started the "three lectures" - talking about politics, economy, and technology. However, in other words, he always had to sell some private work, just like the movie and TV dramas that were interspersed with advertisements in later generations. It was of course to help Zheng Zhilong do some advertisements.

Gu Yanwu's popular science lectures and political enlightenment lectures became more and more exciting. In the end, the audience didn't know whether it was a supportive or a special tour lecture. They were warmly welcomed wherever they went. As for whether there were also factors for the support of beautiful women, it was hard to say. Anyway, along the way, in addition to Gu Yanwu's reputation, the beauty Jiang Shangyun was also very popular. Unexpectedly, the combination of talented men and beautiful women made the election support group show their popularity, making electors from all over the country love the house and the country, and more and more electors tend to support Zheng Zhilong.

On that day, Gu Yanwu arrived in Daye, Hubei and carried out the "three lectures" as usual, borrowing the county school. The scholars and scholars from the gentry families were invited to listen. On the first day, there were few listeners, but the next day, the listeners began to be enthusiastic.

Gu Yanwu is starting his speech at this moment:

"Daye is rich in iron ore, which is truly unique. But why can Daye Iron only be used to make coarse plow and rake farm tools? It is because although Daye Iron ore is a rich iron ore, the ore has a high sulfur content. Moreover, after the charcoal price has been high in recent years, almost all Daye used coal to make iron. Generally speaking, the sulfur content in this coal is very high, so the iron refined is too high. If the sulfur content is high, the iron will be very brittle, so it cannot be used for any great use. To be honest, this iron smelting method is purely a waste of the iron ore here. Wasting, waste, it is really wasteful! It is simply a waste of natural resources!"

Gu Yanwu sighed and continued:

"Iron ore here in Daye is a magnetite ore. As long as you use a simple magnetic separation method, select the ore before entering the blast furnace, remove the impurities that are not iron ore first, and the sulfur content will naturally decrease. Then use coke to smeltek to smeltek. In this way, your iron in Daye will be at several levels. Maybe you can use the iron you smeltek in the future! Oh, here I have to talk about coke. Coke was found in the Southern Song Dynasty. Coke was the same as burning charcoal, but the ancestors who invented coke only knew the reason but didn't know why.

He covered this secret again and did not want others to learn it, but it was lost accidentally. In order to avoid this, the emperor specially promulgated the Patent Law, so that the interests of the inventors are protected without affecting the inheritance of technology. If anyone wants to produce coke, he can help contact Guanghua Coal Coal Co., Ltd. as long as they buy their patent rights, they can produce coke. The Federation of Industry and Commerce that the emperor wants to establish will be specially provided for everyone to establish industry and commerce in the future.”

Regarding the existence of coke in the Southern Song Dynasty, Wang Chengen also read a report verified by the Southern Song Dynasty iron smelting furnace in later generations. It was a result based on analysis. However, it is always wrong to count this result on the ancestors. The British did not use coke until 1709, so Wang Chengen directly ignored it. Therefore, the "Chemistry" compiled by Wang Chengen honestly and unceremoniously put the halo of inventing coke on the craftsmen of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Gu Yanwu was just reading the story according to the script. As for how to perform magnetic separation, Gu Yanwu was also blinded. However, those who listened to it regarded it as a golden rule. In fact, the technique was just a layer of window paper, which could be seen as a little. A few days later, someone tried to use magnets to screen ore blocks one by one, and then refined earth charcoal according to the style of burning charcoal. Then smelting iron has indeed improved more than one level.

According to this situation, it is easy to imagine who these voters will vote for in the future. As Gu Yanwu's reputation in various places rises sharply, Zheng Zhilong's support rate has also risen.

Zhou Guozhang also has his own set for the election. Zhou Guozhang is not short of money, and he also acts in the form of Zheng Zhilong's campaign tour, and is engaged in elections everywhere. Unfortunately, Zhou Guozhang does not have talents like Gu Yanwu, so he can only rely solely on interests as bait. For example, wherever there are limestone resources, he claims that a cement factory can be established locally and can also be used in combination. However, as soon as this move was made, someone published an article in Ming Pao, pointing out that the major shareholders of the joint-stock company are not allowed to make arbitrary promises and do things that may harm the rights and interests of small shareholders. Therefore, Zhou Guozhang's campaign team had to be cautious. Of course, various places are still quite enthusiastic about small cement in the local area, so there are always some people who are interested to vote for Zhou Kui.

Chen Yan doesn't have many cards in his hand, but compared to Zheng and Zhou Er, Chen Yan still has some advantages in connections. However, after Ruan Dacheng was taken to engage in diplomacy against the Qing Dynasty, Chen Yan lost an important arm, his momentum was a little depressed, and he was even a little suppressed by Wei Zaode.

Wei Zaode is nothing, but he has a mouth. There is a metaphor on the market that Wei Zaode's mouth is like a flat glass, with bright faces. Wei Zaode often holds speeches at the Royal Club, and even cultivates a large number of fans. At least some new young people in Nanjing who are unknown to the truth are confused by this fooling him and support him wholeheartedly.

In short, there are some clues that can be seen in the middle of the campaign drama of the Chairman of the Ming Federation of Industry and Commerce. Zheng Zhilong had secret support from the Donglin Party and Gu Yanwu was fooling around, and he had already become a vague trend. Despite this, the four major camps had never stopped fighting in Ming Pao. The Ming Pao adhered to the unremitting tradition of fighting with the brilliant writing and the spirit of gossip, which made Ming Pao continue to stage the four major camps fighting each other at times. Therefore, Ming Pao had to be released every day, and the circulation volume exceeded 150,000. It is said that the hydraulically driven lead movable type printing technology was forced out by the circulation volume of Ming Pao, and new paper came into being. It is said that a corrosive agent called caustic soda was used, but the output of paper has actually increased by a large piece, otherwise printing Ming Pao alone would not be enough to consume.

However, after the circulation volume increased, the advertising volume also increased rapidly. The advertisements of various joint-stock companies have never been stopped, especially the new bicycles of Chinese vehicles. As the quality of steel becomes better and better, the stupid and heavy bicycles have begun to become light and agile. As soon as the advertisement for the "Feige" brand bicycles was released in Ming Pao, in just a few days, there were hundreds of "Feige" brand bicycles on the street. Fenghuangshan Copper Mining Co., Ltd. really does not need to advertise, but it does not hinder the image advertising.

As for the sales of copper coins, it is possible that all the copper coins piled up in military industry are not enough. It is really profitable to sell a bullet at a high price of more than five cents of silver. Chongzhen decided to save most of the copper coins, and he had to rely on it to make shells in the future. Copper coins also had to be made of copper, but the minted copper coins were too rough and could only be given up. However, not minting coins does not mean that copper coins are not needed. After the large-tonnage punch is made, the coins will be made by cold stamping to make silver coins and copper coins.

The stock exchange is obviously too small, and now all the four old stocks are priced at sky-high prices. The new stocks "Guanghua Coal Coke" and "Fanghua Biscuit" have more than doubled as soon as they were listed. Guang Shiheng couldn't sit still and came to Wang Chengen from time to time, wanting to ask what joint-stock companies can be listed next.

Chongzhen was sitting in a bulletproof carriage that day with Wang Chengen to the shooting range to watch the rocket test firing. Wang Chengen smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, the shares of Phoenix Mountain have risen to more than 8 taels of silver. As soon as the 'Feige' bicycle was listed, the stock of China Vehicles rushed to 6 taels of silver. It's amazing! The treacherous minister of Guang Shiting asked me what company I can use to list. I really don't know which one is better. How about Evergrande Real Estate? Why don't the next batch of Evergrande Real Estate and the Essence Watch Industry go public together?"

Chongzhen thought that the stock market has always been crazy, well, investment is too irrational! To follow this momentum, any shit stock can double. But when he thinks of the real estate industry in later generations, he frowned, sighed, and said:

"I think it's better not to let Evergrande Real Estate go public. I'm afraid that people will speculate in real estate, as crazy as the Wenzhou real estate speculation group in later generations, which will affect the industrial revolution. As long as stocks are guided to the industry, there will be no big trouble. But real estate speculation is different. All funds will go to speculate in real estate. At this time of Ming Dynasty, we will create a bubble economy, which will cause endless harm! Why can't we be sorry for future generations? If real estate develops like future generations, should we introduce a purchase restriction policy too! When I think of this, my head will be big!"

Wang Chengen thought it was true, and the listing of Evergrande Real Estate was under pressure. What are the paper industry, chemical industry, textile industry, metallurgy industry, and all industries, just pay attention to it.

When Chongzhen saw that Wang Chengen had no objection, he immediately remembered the memorial handed over by the censor. When he thought of this memorial, he was furious and said:

"Our campaign, stock trading, mining, mining, building, building, and reorganization will begin soon. It is really an atmosphere of peaceful construction! But the censors quit, saying that this is a peaceful and peaceful life! Now, I just won a small victory in Laizhou, but I didn't pursue the victory but took the troops inexplicably. Then I said that I was only satisfied with half of the country and implemented an appeasement policy against Li Zicheng, the thief, and I almost said that I recognized the thief as my father! Then accusing the campaign was to divert attention, issuing stocks was to lure the people to money, and reorganize the army was to be unprofitable, saying that the series of measures I took were to paralyze the subjects and prepare to settle in a corner. What kind of bastard logic do you think this is!" But when you think of the logic, the censors' logic is very rigorous, and the argument is reasonable and well-founded. If you argue with him, there is no good way to refute him in one fell swoop.

Wang Chengen curled his lips and said:

"Mao Pijiang also sent several articles, and the arguments were exactly the same. Editor-in-chief Mao asked me what to do. I told him that it was clearly the case that the gunmen who bribed the Qing soldiers. If he didn't pursue him, he would be polite. Editor-in-chief Mao was not stupid. As for those censors, he could find an excuse to attack you no matter what you do. If you can't win, he would say you are incompetent; if you can win but don't pursue the victory, he would say you are silly; if you can win and get addicted to fighting, it wouldn't work. He could give you a bad reputation for being a military man! If the territory that should be seized and seized is not seized, he would say that you are mediocre and raising tigers. Alas! It's not that easy to be an emperor!"

Chongzhen was happy, laughed and said:

"Okay, okay, it's better to look at your rocket launcher."

On the test shooting range, there is a single-barrel rocket launcher on one side and a four-unit rocket launcher on the other side.

The first thing I tried was a single-barrel rocket launcher. A gunner loaded the rocket, gestured, then pulled the trigger, and the striker hit the tail of the rocket. A rocket quickly erupted a stream of flame and smoke, headed straight to the distance, and then landed and exploded.

Wang Chengen explained:

"This is a hit fuse, and it's done. This single tube is not satisfying, so it's better to look at the four-unit installation."

After the four rockets were loaded, the trigger was pulled and four striker fired at the same time. The four rockets spewed out four flames and four huge balls of smoke, flew into the distance, and then exploded. The temporarily built brick and stone fortress in the distance was blown away by this round of rocket launcher. After the smoke dissipated, the fortress had already exploded two large gaps.

Chongzhen applauded and said to Wang Chengen:

"It's not bad! It's it. It seems that you can be worry-free when you capture Taiwan!"

Wang Chengen smiled and said:

"There is no reason to be at ease!"

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Chapter completed!