1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 338
Song Yingxing was writing something on the table with a brush in his hand, while looking at the various Latin letters on the paper next to him, with an expression of disbelief flashing in his eyes.

"How?" Wang Zheng Nianxu, who was standing beside him, asked with a smile on his lips.

"Except for the tonal marks that may cause different pronunciations due to different dialects, these letters should be able to mark all characters." Song Yingxing said excitedly: "In the future, all characters will be marked with this letter, and reading and knowing characters will no longer be a problem. It's difficult!"

"I think so too!" Wang Zheng said: "In all the junior schools in Hanzhou, we can mark these letters on all the characters. At that time, we only need to teach the students to recognize and read these letter combinations. In this way, school children The word recognition stage will be faster and more convenient.”

"Then, the schoolchildren can recognize characters faster, or they can teach more knowledge and skills in the school, whether it is the schoolchildren themselves or Hanzhou as a whole, it will be of great benefit." Song Yingxing said: "However, Liangfu Lord, are these so-called pinyin letters made by Qi Tian?"

"He said that he met a highly educated old man in Dengzhou a few years ago. He combined Western letters and Chinese characters to create a combination of letters that can mark the pronunciation of words, which is called pinyin." Wang Zheng said: " After coming to Hanzhou, he went through some sorting and improvement before teaching it to... my granddaughter. After using it in a women's school for a period of time, the effect was remarkable, so he used it to participate in research with me."

In fact, the Pinyin alphabet first originated in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Western missionaries used Latin letters to spell Chinese. In 1605 (the 33rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit missionary, wrote "The Miracle of Western Characters", which is considered to be "the earliest use of Chinese characters". A scheme for phonetic notation of Chinese characters by Latin alphabet".

In 1610, a French missionary called Kinigret came to China. In 1626, he wrote a book "The Western and Chinese Confucian Ears and Eyes", which for the first time accurately recorded the pronunciation of Chinese characters in Latin pinyin.During his stay in China, he got acquainted with Han Yun, Wang Zheng and others, and with their help, he compiled China's first Latinized pinyin on the basis of the Western book "The Miracle of Western Characters" written by missionaries such as Matteo Ricci. vocabulary.

In later generations, under the leadership of the famous scholar Zhou Youguang, "Basic Rules of Chinese Pinyin Orthography" and "Chinese Pinyin Vocabulary" were published successively in 1982, which not only made the Chinese system more perfect, but also made it easier for Chinese people to learn Chinese.

As a time traveler, Qi Tian will of course use the Chinese Pinyin, which is a powerful tool for knowledge dissemination, which has been collected by later generations.However, he was not ashamed to steal this cultural achievement as his own. He just lied that it was created by a highly educated old man he met in Dengzhou a few years ago, and he just made minor improvements based on other people's achievements.

"No wonder, Qitian asked us to start compiling a dictionary of words and expressions as early as last year. Now that I think about it, I am afraid that not only should this be used to standardize and unify the annotations and interpretations of Hanzhou characters, but also to unify the pronunciation and accurate expressions of all characters, so as to avoid Because the accents of the immigrants from different parts of Ming Dynasty are different, it creates barriers to communication with each other." Song Yingxing nodded and said.

"Today, the trains are on the same track, the books are in the same language, and the behavior is the same, which is called a great unification." Wang Zheng said: "Hanzhou is marching towards a new kingdom. All it needs is a certain amount of time."

"It's no accident to stand on its own in Nanyang. But it may take a hundred years to become a big country." Song Yingxing said: "The population is the most important thing that Hanzhou lacks. With the current strength, it may only take more than ten years to move the population from Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty perishes and a new dynasty is established, Hanzhou must not allow Hanzhou to absorb the population so wantonly."

"Yes, for thousands of years, a new dynasty has just been established, and it is bound to rule. Naturally, the people under its jurisdiction are not allowed to be plundered by foreigners." Wang Zheng deeply agreed.

"However, Qi Tian is ambitious and strives to dominate Nanyang." Wang Zheng frowned and said, "He wants to quickly establish a powerful kingdom in this world of great strife, and compete with the Western barbarians for the so-called living space."

"Young people are eager to win, so we must try to persuade them." Song Yingxing said: "The population of Hanzhou is not prosperous, so how can they freely intervene in the struggle for hegemony in Nanyang. Even if there are a million people in the future, they will not be able to be the power of the Ming Dynasty. After the war with the Dutch, we must pay attention to the internal development of Hanzhou, work hard to consolidate the foundation, and accumulate population, and we must not act too hastily."

"Qi Tian once said that in today's world, there are many countries, big and small, like wild beasts and birds in the jungle. , It’s already difficult to push forward.” Wang Zheng said worriedly: “If you don’t exercise kingship, you can only use hegemony to control the outside world. However, Hanzhou is a small country with few people, how long can it last?”

"Perhaps because Hanzhou is a small country with few people, Qi Tian will spare no effort to add various mechanical appliances, and constantly improve their performance and skills to save more manpower." Song Yingxing said thoughtfully: "And, A large number of mechanical appliances are used, which can produce more and be more efficient than manpower."

"This is what Qitian called the social model of industrialized mass production, which will definitely crush the social model of primitive agriculture and handicraft industry." Wang Zheng thought for a while and said, "He seems to be more confident than everyone else. Hanzhou is under his planning and development. , will inevitably rise to become a regional power. Alas, I don’t know, this will be a blessing or a curse for our Chinese civilization and the descendants of Yan and Huang.”
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"The strength of Hanzhou is naturally the best blessing for our Chinese civilization and our Han descendants." Qi Tian looked at the dozens of craftsmen below the Heishan Mine who were installing two parallel rails, and said to Bi Maokang with a smile: "Menghou Gong, if I, Ming Shenzhou Luchen, unfortunately let the Tartars from outside the pass settle in the Central Plains, then wouldn't my Hanzhou be able to carry the civilization of the Han family and succeed the Chinese cauldron?"

"Only by the tens of thousands of you?" Bi Maokang looked at Qi Tian's confident appearance, feeling a little displeased.

"We only have tens of thousands of people now, but ten or twenty years later, it will inevitably increase to three to five million people, or even more." Qi Tian said: "And the immigrants from Ming Dynasty who came to Hanzhou, under the control of our people's government Under management, greater energy will inevitably erupt. Just like the two rails leading from the mine to the steel factory, it is enough to make the power of one person in Hanzhou as powerful as ten people and a hundred people."

The rail that Qi Tian was referring to was to transport iron ore for the Heishan Iron and Steel Plant more efficiently. The specially refined rail was laid on the regular ground, with pine wood as the rail sleeper, with a width of 1.5 meters ( Later generations standard gauge is 1.435 meters).The front and rear four to five ore carriages are connected together and transported by pack horses.

The reason for laying railroad tracks so extravagantly is that the steel blast furnace production in Geinheishan and Kaiyuan continued to expand, and the iron and steel industry in Hanzhou entered a period of slight growth.Today, the daily steel output can reach more than ten tons, and the annual output exceeds [-] tons.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the national iron output was about 16 tons. This output not only hit the highest level in previous dynasties, but also occupied the first place in the world at that time.During this period, the scale and technology of private iron smelting not only made great progress compared with the previous generation, but also reached the leading level in the world at that time.

The Foshan area of ​​Guangdong developed into the most famous iron smelting and casting center during the Chenghua and Hongzhi years. There are more than 3 smelting and casting craftsmen, and the annual output of iron is more than [-] tons.

Although the iron output of Hanzhou is far less than that of Daming Foshan, its steel output greatly exceeds that of the other side, and the manpower used is even less than that of the Foshan smelting center.With the increase of Hanzhou's population and the sufficient supply of iron ore, Hanzhou's steel production will inevitably continue to have a substantial increase.

According to Qi Tian's thinking, if Hanzhou's steel output can reach about [-] tons, then in the entire Nanyang region, Hanzhou can knock down its opponents one by one with its huge amount of steel.

"Your horse-drawn track is nothing more than saving some transportation capacity." Bi Maokang said indifferently, but he was still quite concerned about it in his heart.Because, anyone with a discerning eye can see that if the horse-drawn track can operate normally, it can not only be laid between industrial and mining sites, but also be used as a very important road transportation tool to speed up the exchange of goods and people. It is much higher than the traditional ox cart.

"Menghou Gong, if someone creates a dragging tool that can carry a huge force, and quickly transfer the heavy loads of the carriages to various places in Hanzhou. At that time, wherever the rails can be laid, the goods Information, personnel, and information can all be quickly accessible. In such a country, all parts of the country are closely connected, the top and bottom are integrated, and the equipment is excellent. How can it not become a powerful country, and how can it not inherit the mantle of China?"

"So proud, how dare I ask, how will the battle with the Dutch people end in Hanzhou?" Bi Maokang asked.

"At the earliest, it can be concluded by the end of this year, and peace talks with them; if it is slower, it may be the end of next year." Qi Tian thought for a while, and said: "The Dutch are businessmen, and they cannot bear too much loss."

"You Hanzhou can bear some losses?"

"The root of our Hanzhou is in the mainland, and the Dutch can't do anything to us." Qi Tian said with a smile: "As for the overseas Xinxiangbao and Dili City, they can't take it down. As for Weiyuan Island, they may not know it yet. We have supply points there. However, the Dutch are different. There are more than a dozen large and small business station strongholds scattered on many islands in the South China Sea. This gives us ample choice of targets to attack."

"The Dutch came all the way from Europe to gain wealth and benefits. They didn't fight people to death. Seeing that many of their business station strongholds were breached by us in Hanzhou, the ships that came and went were attacked by us, and the personnel and property were destroyed. There are countless losses, but we can't get any benefits from us, and there is even the possibility of being continuously weakened by us. As a wise colonial power, it will definitely choose to end this worthless war."

Bi Maokang nodded silently, thinking that what Qi Tian said made sense.Back then, during the Yongle period, Daming conquered Annan, but as the cost of ruling continued to rise, Daming quickly gave up Annan and let it stand on its own.

(End of this chapter)