Prince of Chaos

Chapter 422 The Second Experiment of the Crown Prince

The discovery of rubber is no less than the discovery of potatoes and corn.

The status of rubber in the development of the modern industrial revolution is absolutely decisive.

Although rubber is not known as the blood and food of industry like oil and coal, but without rubber, oil and coal cannot bloom such a great brilliance!

Oil and coal are two minerals that have been used by humans for thousands of years.

However, they have been a low-end material for thousands of years.

Just like oil, in the Song Dynasty, Shen Kuo mentioned this mineral in "Mengxi Bi Tan".

However, the biggest role of oil in the present world is not as a fuel, but as a special medicine for the treatment of ringworm.

This shows how tortuous the use of oil is.Before its real use was discovered, it turned out to be a natural plaster for animals to treat ringworm.

Coal is actually very tortuous, and the history of coal's use is also very tortuous. For a long time, it was only a substitute when people suffered from no firewood to burn.Moreover, due to the poor quality of coal, people have disliked it for a long time.It was not until the appearance of briquette that it became popular, replacing the original firewood and becoming the most commonly used fuel for people.

As for why the ancients were short of firewood, it is incomprehensible to most people today, who always think that firewood was an inexhaustible resource in ancient times.

In fact, this argument is dead wrong!
Firewood was a scarce resource in ancient times!It is not as imagined, the kind that can be obtained by reaching out.

The development of ancient cities and towns led to a large number of people gathering. These people gathered in the towns did not have much land to grow.

Therefore, their firewood accumulation is very small.

These city people have to go to the market to buy firewood if they want to eat and drink water.Such a supply and demand relationship led to the emergence of the woodcutter, a profession that specializes in collecting firewood.

Due to the high demand for firewood, it is rare to find large tracts of sustainable firewood around town.Therefore, regardless of ancient or modern times, firewood has always been in short supply in the era when fossil fuels were not popularized.

As for why modern people have the illusion that there was a lot of firewood in ancient times, there may be only one reason. They may have never burned a stove, and they have never heard grandpas say that when they were young, they would go to the mountains dozens of miles away to cut firewood. s story.

Therefore, it is taken for granted that such things as firewood can be seen everywhere, not a shortage of resources.

In fact, this is a completely wrong point of view.

People depend on food!If you want to eat, you have to fire, and you have to fire for three meals a day. How much firewood can hold a city for a long time?

Therefore, the phenomenon of lack of firewood was a very common situation in ancient times.

In ancient times, because some common people could not find firewood, they even took the risk to cut firewood in the royal cemetery. It can be seen that many things are imagined before we really understand the situation. How big the gap should be?

Rubber is not just a kind of glue, but it is this kind of glue that gives humans infinite possibilities to make machines.

With it, many seemingly simple but actually difficult things can be easily created and used.

It is also because of him that all kinds of equipment in the industrial revolution can continue to rotate as if they were not tired.

It can be seen that rubber should not be underestimated in any case.

Underestimating rubber, humans can't even make a reliable and safe small raincoat.

Think about it, because there is no small raincoat, if a man and a woman are immoral and emotionally uncontrollable, if they get killed, what a terrible social problem it will be.

It can be seen that rubber is also a necessary part of maintaining social stability, and human beings cannot live without rubber!
Knowing the importance of rubber, Zhu Changluo gave Xishan Institute of Technology and Xishan Institute of Physics a famous physics experiment problem that will be incomparably famous in later generations.

Zhu Changluo asked them to study the teapot for boiling water if they had nothing to do.

Ask them to investigate why the lid of a teapot jumps up when the water is boiling.

Whoever can understand this principle and apply it in practice will be rewarded by Zhu Changluo!
Therefore, in Xishan Institute of Technology and Xishan Institute of Physics, a scene that people often see is that a group of people often gather together to study a teapot that has just been boiled.

This phenomenon was also listed as one of the three famous experiments in Xishan by later generations of Ming Dynasty—the teapot experiment!
This experiment is also known as the "Crown Prince's Second Experiment".

The other two experiments, one is the large classroom free landing experiment (also known as the first experiment of the crown prince) that has already occurred, and the other is the third experiment of the crown prince that has not yet occurred.

It is precisely these three major experiments that have established Xishan Huangzhuang's pivotal historical position in the history of scientific development in later generations!
Zhu Changluo never expected this result.

Regarding the matter of Xishan Huangzhuang, Zhu Changluo is still the same as before. He does not intervene in specific matters. He only grasps a general direction for all matters. As for what kind of fruits can be achieved in the future.

Then we have to look at the intelligence and wisdom of people in this era.

In Ciqing Palace, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue came together.

The chances of the two of them going to Ciqing Palace together are actually not many.

"Your Highness, this is the decree drawn up by the old ministers according to His Highness's wishes."

Shen Shihang handed over a written memorial respectfully.

After Wei Zhongxian took it, he passed it on to Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Changluo opened it to read it again, then he closed the book gently, and then said slowly: "It is not appropriate for Shen Li to continue to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Rites more than ten years ago, and if He continues to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, so how should the current Minister, Fan Qian, be arranged?"

Zhu Changluo directly rejected the cabinet's proposal, and the Minister of Rites was named the head of the six departments, although there were not many specific matters.However, the officials inside are surprisingly upright.

It is the second largest clear stream gathering place after the six departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

If Shen Li, the leader of Qingliu, was allowed to continue to serve as the Minister of Rites of the capital, wouldn't that be causing trouble for himself?
The current Minister of Rites, Fan Qian, is a mediocre person. If he leads the Ministry of Rites, even if the Ministry of Rites is full of clean water, it cannot be twisted into a single strand.

Therefore, Shen Li cannot return to the Ministry of Rites.

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue looked at each other, and then Wang Xijue asked, "What is your highness's intention?"

Zhu Changluo said: "Shen Li is an upright person, an old minister of the court, and a model of morality. A courtier like this, Gu has always respected him very much. Gu has heard that Shen Li has a profound knowledge of Confucian classics, and Gu has been fascinated for a long time. Therefore, Gu plans to promote Shen Li to Doctor Ronglu and walk in Ciqing Palace. What do you think?"

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue did not expect the Crown Prince to arrange Shen Li in such a way.

Doctor Rong Lu is a loose official of the first rank, without any real power.What does it mean to promote Shen Li to Doctor Ronglu from the first rank and let him walk in Ciqing Palace?

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue couldn't figure out what the crown prince was thinking for a while.

However, when the two thought that Shen Li had not entered the cabinet, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, the cabinet ministers have been fixed for so many years. If a person suddenly enters, it will definitely do harm to the old cabinet ministers.

Therefore, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue instinctively resisted someone joining the cabinet.

After the two regained their thoughts, they stood up and replied, "Your Highness, Shengming!"

Zhu Changluo said: "Okay, since the cabinet also thinks there is no problem, let's make an edict and announce Shen Li's entry into Beijing."

　Typo, change first and then change. . .

　　ask for a ticket~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)