Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 608 Inspiration, Holland

"Grassman Xu Zhengming sees His Majesty!"

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Zhengming was in his thirties, his appearance was nothing out of the ordinary, his clothes were plain, and his expression was nervous and cramped.

Obviously, he did not expect to be summoned by the emperor.

"I heard that Mr. Xu can make a flying bird that can carry people for a short gliding?" Auntie Zhu chatted with Xu Zhengming like a family chat.

Xu Zhengming replied nervously: "I can only fly a dozen steps..."

After chatting for a while, Auntie Zhu and Hao Guangming had a more detailed understanding of Xu Zhengming, a strange man who only existed in the unofficial history of later generations.

Xu Zhengming himself can be regarded as a child of a small and medium-sized landlord's family. When his father was alive, the family lived fairly well.

When it was his turn to be the master, because he loved carpentry, he always wanted to make a wooden bird that could carry people to the sky, which cost him a lot of money and even broke his leg.

The family business gradually declined.

Even though his family has fallen to the level of poor people, he still does not change his mind and devotes himself to researching how to make better wooden birds.

When money was not enough, he earned some by doing carpentry.

Because he "doesn't want to make progress" and lost his family business, his wife was so angry that she took her son back to her mother's house for many years, and she almost divorced him.

But Xu Zhengming is still not ready to turn back.

He was originally from Wu County, Suzhou. Because he was devoted to inventing on weekdays, he received news from the outside world later than others.

However, when he suddenly heard news such as "Princess Jian Guo is a fairy who descended to earth", "the divine bird destroys the captives", and "the iron-clad ship", his first reaction was also disbelief.

Later, after hearing a lot, I gradually became skeptical.

In the past year, after learning more related news, he finally made up his mind to visit Nanjing City.So he sold his last family property and went on a walk-and-go trip.

When he arrived in Nanjing, he bumped into walls everywhere, but he didn't see the legendary "divine bird".

But just the magic lamps in the hands of the imperial guards and the iron-clad boats on the river made him feel that his trip was worthwhile.

Therefore, he still found someone in Nanjing to help him continue to study wood birds.

It's a pity that many people laughed after hearing his ideas, and they didn't believe that he could make flying wooden birds.

As a last resort, Xu Zhengming could only work as a carpenter in Nanjing to earn money and accumulate funds while continuing to find ways.

It wasn't until not long ago that he heard some news about the Academy of Natural Sciences. He went there and met Fang Yizhi...
"Mr. Xu, have you ever thought that instead of being a wooden bird that can fly, it is better to make a bird that can run on the ground, from easy to difficult, step by step."

Hearing this, Xu Zhengming couldn't help asking: "The one running on the ground? Don't you already have carriages, carts, etc.?"

Fang Yizhi sweated beside him, thinking: This Xu Zhengming performed well before, why did he forget that he was in front of the imperial court after chatting with His Majesty for a while?
Fortunately, Auntie Zhu didn't care about Xu Zhengming's attitude when he spoke.

She smiled and said: "The existing carriages, carts, etc. are actually not convenient enough. Does Mr. Xu know about the train?"

"Caomin has seen it in newspapers, but has never seen it with his own eyes. I heard that it will appear in Nanjing soon." Xu Zhengming replied.

"Then Mr. Xu, do you know how the train runs?"

"I've heard people say it's a steam engine, and others say it's a big kettle."

Auntie Zhu smiled and said, "Trains run on steam engines, so Mr. Xu has thought about building a car that can run on flat ground with steam engines?"

Xu Zhengming's eyes lit up when he heard it, but then he said embarrassedly: "Caomin would like to, but Caomin doesn't understand steam engines."

"You can learn if you don't understand." Zhu Wei said, "If people want to achieve something, they can't just rely on fantasy, but also rely on the experience and wisdom of their predecessors and everyone.

For example, if you want to build a wooden bird that can fly, if you understand why birds can soar in the sky, will the chances of successfully building a wooden bird be much higher? "

"That's true!" Xu Zhengming felt greatly inspired and responded excitedly.

Aunt Zhu said: "Fang Qing is the person with the deepest knowledge of physics in Ming Dynasty. In this way, I will decide to let Fang Qing accept you as a registered student, so that you can learn physics knowledge from him.

In addition, you will go to the Nanjing Secret Manufacturing Bureau to be responsible for developing some artifacts for me, which can also broaden your horizons and thinking. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although Xu Zhengming's EQ was slightly low, he was not stupid. He knew that Auntie Zhu had become an official for him, and even found him a famous teacher.

This means that he is a big step closer to his dream of making a real wooden bird that can carry people into the sky, and he is naturally very happy.

···
a few days later.

Aunt Zhu held a rather special military meeting in the Hall of Martial Arts.

In addition to the Supervisor of the Military Affairs Council, the Associate Minister and the chief officials of various departments, Zheng Zhilong, the left governor of the Navy's Governor's Mansion, Zheng Sen, the Secretary of the Secretariat, and Ning Jianglong, a member of the Qinglong Battalion, and Yan Yingyuan, a guerrilla, were also specially summoned to attend the meeting. .

There is a map hanging on the screen stand in the hall, but it is a map of Dongfan Island.

"Everyone, please see that this is where the Dutch built their city, and we call it 'Daguan'. We translate the castle as 'Zelandia City'."

Standing in front of the map, Zheng Sen pointed with his pointer to the location marked "Da Yuan" on Dongfan Island.

"How big is the Netherlands in the west? What is the population? How many troops can you send to Dongfan Island?"

The person who asked this question was an old man with gray beard and thin body.

The old name is Ye Tinggui, a native of Guide Prefecture, Henan Province, a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and a former official to the governor of Jiliao.Although he has only been in the officialdom for one or 20 years, he has made outstanding achievements, especially in dealing with military and political issues.

In addition, his people also have a good record in suppressing bandits and resisting northern and Qing captives.

Because of multiple injuries on his body, he had to resign and retire in Chongzhen for 13 years to recuperate.

Historically, Ye Tinggui should have died of illness last year.However, in the spring of last year, Auntie Zhu sent someone to invite her from Quzhou, where she lived, to Nanjing, and let many famous doctors who stayed in the Imperial Hospital recuperate her body.

Coupled with some medicines from later generations, not only did the old man not die of illness, but his body gradually recovered—after all, this old man is only 62 years old this year.

After recovering from his health, Ye Tinggui responded to Zhu Yuxi's call and entered the Military Affairs Academy as an assistant minister, in charge of military law affairs and military counselor at the same time.

After hearing Ye Tinggui's words, Zheng Sen couldn't help showing a strange look, and said: "The Netherlands is actually a province of a country. The country is called the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and it was originally under the rule of the Spanish Empire.

But in the past hundred years, the power of Spain has been declining day by day, and domestic crises have continued. Merchants, farmers, and handicraftsmen in many cities here began to fight for independence because they were dissatisfied with the brutal rule of the Spanish royal family.

About 60 years ago, they established the Inter-Provincial Republic, and then fought intermittently with Spain for more than 30 years. Only about [-] years ago, they signed an armistice agreement with Spain and actually obtained the status of an independent country.

Of course, Spain is still unwilling to recognize that it is already an independent country in name, and still has a certain degree of rule over some cities in the country. "

A group of ministers listened to Zheng Sen's introduction, and then looked at a small area thousands of miles away from Daming on the world map next to them, and couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

Although everyone has not been filled with information about many countries in the world, but when they get to know these western countries in depth, they still feel confused about their political affairs-because that is completely different from the way of thinking in China .

However, in their view, the territory of the Netherlands is at most one or two provinces of Ming Dynasty, so how dare they travel thousands of miles to provoke Ming Dynasty?

Just when they thought so, Zheng Sen revealed another piece of news that surprised them even more.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)