There was a busy scene in the weapons bureau.
Zhu Youxiao entered through the side door with only a few followers.
When he found Sun Yuanhua, he was arguing with Fang Yizhi.
It turned out that after Fang Yizhi improved the papermaking process in the papermaking workshop, he was sent to the Ordnance Bureau by Zhu Youxiao.
After Fang Yizhi was in the weapons bureau, he was assigned to Zhu Zhiyu's group researching steamships.
After trying steamships twice, he asked Sun Yuanhua to start a new group and specifically test steamships.
Naturally, Sun Yuanhua would not allow it, because this is the tradition in the weapons bureau.
As long as you have new ideas, you will be given the opportunity to test them.
Sun Yuanhua found a dozen craftsmen for Fang Yizhi, paid him 10,000 yuan, and asked him to experiment on his own.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yizhi experimented for three months and built several strange-shaped iron boats.
The speed was no faster than Zhu Zhiyu's, but it cost 20,000 yuan.
The first time Fang Yizhi asked for additional investment, Sun Yuanhua gave him an additional 5,000 yuan, and the second time he added another 5,000 yuan.
Now Fang Yizhi asked for an additional 20,000 yuan, which angered Sun Yuanhua.
You have not achieved any results at all, and you have exceeded the budget by 100%, and you have to add another 200%.
There is no such thing as this in the world.
After you use up the 40,000 yuan, you will end up with a pile of scrap metal, and it will be difficult for the weapons bureau to handle it.
So he insisted that Fang Yizhi withdraw from the project, but Fang Yizhi refused, so the two quarreled.
Both of them were overjoyed to see Zhu Youxiao and complained to the emperor together.
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Let's talk about how I can understand you, one by one.
Sun Qing, you speak first."
Sun Yuanhua recounted Fang Yizhi's experimental process and said: "Your Majesty, our Ordnance Bureau has always carried out strict cost control as your Majesty said.
Your Majesty said that we must allow failure, but if an experimental direction passes If long-term experiments do not yield corresponding results, they should be given up voluntarily.
According to this principle, I want to ask Mr.
Fang to stop research in this direction, but he insists on saying that he is about to succeed, and we cannot see it.
He wants signs of success."
Fang Yizhi said: "Your Majesty, every time the student conducts an experiment, he denies one of his ideas, which will bring the student closer and closer to success.
The student has calculated that the maximum additional amount is 20,000, no, 40,000 yuan.
Then I can make a tin boat faster than Senior Brother Zhu.”
Sun Yuanhua smiled and said: "Fortunately, I didn't promise you the 20,000 yuan.
You see, you proposed another 40,000 yuan.
In fact, you are not sure whether you can build it with 40,000 yuan.
Maybe 40,000 yuan."
After running out, you asked for 100,000 yuan.
The Ordnance Bureau has money, but it can’t spend all the money on you alone.”
Fang Yizhi's face turned red.
He stopped talking, but looked at the emperor hopefully.
Zhu Youxiao asked: "Sun Qing, what speed can Zhu Zhiyu's ship reach now?"
Sun Yuanhua said happily: "Your Majesty, Zhu Zhiyu has made the boat speed reach fifteen miles an hour.
It is the speed of flat water, not the speed of the current.
Fang Yizhi said that it can reach twice the speed of Zhu Zhiyu, but now it can only reach the maximum speed of one hour thirteen miles.
Compared with Zhu Zhiyu’s speed is two miles lower.”
Fang Yizhi saw that the situation was not good and quickly said: "Your Majesty, you have said that failure is the mother of success."
Zhu Youxiao understood that even if Fang Yizhi applied to the Patent Office, it would be impossible to get an investment of 40,000 yuan.
If the Ordnance Bureau continued to inject funds into Fang Yizhi's project, it would make other researchers feel uncomfortable. fair.
But I have an inexplicable confidence in Fang Yizhi, because history has proven his genius.
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He smiled and said: "The Ordnance Bureau has regulations that it is impossible to repeatedly add funds to projects that have no output.
I have not changed this regulation."
Fang Yizhi's face darkened.
He himself knew that Sun Yuanhua's two additional funds for him actually exceeded the support for ordinary projects.
He did use the excess funds, but did not achieve corresponding results.
Zhu Youxiao continued: "Of course there is no way to change the regulations, but I am very optimistic about Fang Qing's perseverance, so I thought of a compromise plan."
Fang Yizhi's eyes lit up, and he heard Zhu Youxiao continue: "In order to help researchers like Fang Qing, I am planning to establish the Ming Dynasty Royal Science Foundation.
This foundation can provide sufficient research funds without imposing rigid regulations.
How much input must there be to produce an output.”
Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty, this will cause a lot of waste."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "When you apply for this fund, you must write a report on your research ideas, and then a special committee will review it and decide whether to provide funds.
I am the chairman of this review committee.
Sir, together with Sun Qing, Bi Qing, and Mao He will also serve as a review committee member, and the patents obtained by researchers who receive research funds must be owned by the foundation.”
Fang Yizhi said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, as long as the students can get funds, they are willing to give up the patent ownership."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "These patents should be disclosed for free or only granted to specialized manufacturing institutions based on their circumstances.
Patents related to the military can only be granted to the Ministry of War and the Bureau of Ordnance.
Civilian patents can be granted for free. public."
Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to charge a small amount of patent fees for free disclosure.
The royal family provides funds, and there must be some income, so that more research can be funded."
Zhu Youxiao accepted Sun Yuanhua's suggestion.
The establishment of the foundation obviously could not be accomplished in a day, but Zhu Youxiao immediately gave him 50,000 yuan for the research funds that Fang Yizhi needed, but required that Fang Yizhi must spend the money List it in detail and finally submit it to the Fund Committee.
After Fang Yizhi went out happily, Zhu Youxiao asked about the bearings.
Sun Yuanhua said: "After your Majesty said it last time, the Ordnance Bureau started research.
Now they are using semi-circular bearings.
As for what your Majesty said, Ball bearings are still under research, because if you want to make balls of the same size, even if you have a lathe now, it will take a lot of effort.
The important thing is that there is no place where ball bearings are needed. " Zhu Youxiao said: "I just found a place that can be used, and that is the carriage axle.
The factory owner wants to build a cement road in the Liaohe River and Huntong River in Liaodong, and use carriages to transport goods.
The original carriage axles are not flexible enough. , the ball bearings you are researching can be used in this area.
Once the rubber is found, the transportation capacity of the carriage will be greatly improved.
By the way, I want to call the new cement road a road.
What do you think?"
Sun Yuanhua pondered and said: "The word "road" has existed since ancient times, but it is somewhat different from what your majesty means now
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