"Your Majesty, Chang Kaishen has agreed to the invitation. He will take a boat from Donghai to Xianyang on the 10th of next month!”
In front of the Xianyang shipbuilding base, Qin Zhen had just gotten out of the car when Leng Yi came forward to report the news.
He really dared to come?
Qin Zhen was startled and was quite surprised. He didn't think that Chang Kaishen would really dare to visit Great Qin.
Alright then! Since he dared to come, then things would be easy.
Inviting Chang Kaishen to visit Great Qin was something Qin Zhen had decided after much consideration. His main goal was to rope Chang Kaishen in and prepare to absorb more people.
Industrial resources could be obtained through the system fishing, or they could be snatched from the Western powers, or they could even be colonized!
What about the population?
The only way to increase the population in a short period of time was to attract flower farmers to migrate to Great Qin.
"Inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make contact and ensure the safety of Chang Kaishen and the accompanying officials!”
"Yes, sir!"
After making the arrangements, Qin Zhen led a group of navy generals into the large-scale Xianyang shipbuilding base.
The Xianyang Shipyard was built in 1285, and it was the most important shipyard for the Great Qin Navy. According to statistics, before the first industrial revolution, the Xianyang Shipyard had built 5,000 warships and 60,000 merchant ships, making Great Qin the overlord of the sea in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
After several centuries of development, the Xianyang Shipyard Base had been expanded many times, especially in the early 20th century. With a total area of 15 square kilometers and 240,000 employees, the Xianyang Shipyard Base had become the largest shipyard in the world.
The world's second-ranked shipyard was Chang 'an Shipyard, and the third-ranked was Tianlan Shipyard. It could be seen how developed Great Qin's shipbuilding industry was.
Today, Qin Zhen came to the Xianyang shipbuilding base to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Xianyang class aircraft carriers 001, 002, 003, 004, and 005, the Revenge class battleships 101, 102, 103, and 104, the Super Revenge class battleships 120, 121, and 123, as well as 50 cruiser, destroyer, and supply ships.
After nearly two months of preparation, the recruitment of workers was completed, and the materials were in place. The navy could not wait any longer. They could not wait to start work today and launch the warship tomorrow.
Qin Zhen understood their feelings, so he personally presided over the opening ceremony.
After entering the shipyard, huge sealed docks came into view. One after another, one could not see the end.
Beside the dock, workers in black uniforms were busy operating various large-scale machinery and equipment to build warships. Electric welding lights flashed in all directions, dazzling Qin Zhen.
It had been two and a half years since he had transmigrated. He had been busy with government affairs every day and had been thinking about how to consolidate power. He had yet to properly inspect the various places.
Through the information, he knew that Great Qin's industry was quite developed, and it was even slightly stronger than the Germanic countries.
Now, it seemed that he was still too conservative!
Just the size of the Xianyang Shipyard Base and the advanced machinery and equipment were enough to reflect Great Qin's industrial level.
Not strong, but very strong!
Thank the heavens, thank the earth, thank the ancestors for leaving me such an awesome family.
If he transmigrated to a place where the population was poor and illiterate, even with the help of the system, it would be impossible to establish an industrial system in a short period of time and overtake the western powers.
Because a complete industrial system could not be established and perfected in 30 to 50 years!
For example, after several generations of persistent efforts and countless sweat and blood, it took a full 30 years to establish an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system. It took 70 years to complete the most complete modern industrial system in the world. One could imagine how difficult it was to establish a complete industrial system.
In fact, Qin Zhen felt that establishing an industrial system was not the most difficult thing!
The most difficult part was how to establish an education system!
Education rejuvenates the country and industry is strong.
The western powers were so powerful because of their highly developed education system and endless talents. After the first industrial revolution, all kinds of technological inventions exploded like a fountain.
Great Qin had always placed great importance on education, and the top universities in the country were comparable to those in the West. They had to thank the sixth Emperor, Emperor Qin Heng, for his open-mindedness.
The far-sighted Qin Heng Emperor reigned from 1410 to 1462.
During his reign, he saw the rapid rise of the western countries and the vigorous start of the Great Voyage Era. He predicted in advance that poetry, songs, and articles could not strengthen the country. Only science could strengthen the country. In 1437, he issued an edict to abolish the imperial examination and let the provinces build schools. He learned from the western education model and added mathematics, chemistry, and other subjects to vigorously cultivate mathematical, scientific, and chemical talents.
Great Qin had used reality to prove that with a reasonable government system and a similar starting line, the floral people were more intelligent and creative than the Westerners.
Great Qin had never had a population of more than 25 million and only had 108,000 square kilometers of land. It relied on its highly developed industries, education, finance, and technology to resist the attacks of the western countries and occasionally counterattack.
Qin Zhen couldn't help but sigh at times. The illiterate rate was zero, and most of the 15 million citizens had received secondary school or higher education. 65% of them were university students, and they were the greatest wealth!
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
A loud voice interrupted Qin Zhen's thoughts. He looked up and saw Deng Zhigao, the general manager of Xianyang Shipyard Base, coming to welcome him with dozens of officials and engineers. The other workers were doing what they were doing. They did not stop their work just because the emperor had arrived.
In the Great Qin Empire, ever since the establishment of the monarchical system in the 17th century, bureaucratism had been completely eradicated.
As a democratic country with a constitution, the administrative system was composed of four institutions: the government, the parliament, the government, and the parliament. Nominally, the emperor was the head of the country, but in real life, he mainly played a ceremonial role. He had no actual power and was only a symbol of the country.
The reason why the system of a sovereign could be implemented so smoothly was because Great Qin had established a country overseas and was influenced by western culture. Otherwise, not only would the Emperor agree, but even the officials would not be able to accept it.
" Sovereigns?"
Before Miqing's demise, the gardener never dreamed that he would have the power to elect supervisory officials because it was too fantastical. The possibility was even lower than that of Fusang's dwarf abandoning evil and becoming good.
"There's no need to be so polite. Other than attending the groundbreaking ceremony today, I also want to inspect the base. General Manager Deng, give me a general introduction!”
"Your Majesty, don't call me general manager. I'm afraid!”
Deng Zhigao shrunk his neck awkwardly.
He was able to become the general manager of Xianyang Shipyard because he had successfully chosen his side in advance. Otherwise, there was a high chance that he would have been purged.
The young emperor in front of him was the ruler of the empire with absolute power. He had to be careful with his words and actions.
"Alright, why are you talking so much nonsense? Would I eat you? Hurry up and introduce them!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Please take a look. This is the latest invention of our engineering team. With this technology, the speed of shipbuilding is more than doubled or tripled…"
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