I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 285
Chapter 284

Cheng Jialong is a little unbelievable. If anyone in the future is asked who invented the steam engine, there is no doubt that they will answer a unified answer: "Watt, an Englishman, improved the steam engine in 1765."

For hundreds of years, people have firmly believed in this. Europeans were the first to invent the steam engine, which opened the curtain of the Industrial Revolution and quickly widened the gap between the East and the West.

Cheng Jialong also thinks so. He actually asked about the steam engine. He learned clearly that there was no steam engine in Liaodong more than three months ago, and there was no research in this area.

In fact, although there were many problems in the late Ming Dynasty, it is undeniable that a hundred schools of thought contended and a hundred flowers bloomed in the late Ming Dynasty.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism had declined, and the philosophy of mind, which emphasized practicality, became the mainstream.It is precisely because of this academic atmosphere that there are outstanding achievements in natural science, the most well-known ones are Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing.Xu Guangqi cooperated with Western missionaries to translate many books, such as "Principles of Geometry", etc. Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creation of Things" amazed the world.

However, the scientific representatives in the late Ming Dynasty were far more than these two people. They were as famous as Xu Guangqi and were known as the "King of the South and North". The King of the North was Wang Zheng from Xi'an. After Xi'an died of a hunger strike.Wang Zheng is a great inventor. In the wonderful book "Illustrations of Newly Made Various Utensils", Wang Zheng has 17 famous and recorded inventions, and 24 other inventions that have not been recorded.

However, the names he chose are very magical, such as the celestial sphere spins, the graben self-retracts, the sundial self-moves, the moon gauge rotates, the water wheel self-pumps, the water leaks self-rise, the fire boat goes away, the fire and thunder explode, and the wind wheel turns heavy. , the windmill travels far, the ladder goes straight up, the ladder flies obliquely, the air foot shoots the arrow, the air foot transmits the sound, the machine draws shallowly, the machine lifts and sinks, the self-rotating constant grinding, the self-propelled military vehicle, the movable platform mounts the gun, the movable pincer captures the clock, Spiritual orifices generate wind, wonderful wheels play music, flow like the sea, divine power surprises the enemy, etc.

Judging from Wang Zheng's inventions, he not only invented the steam engine, but also the air compression technology. Many of his works became banned books in the Qing Dynasty, and only "Far West Qiqi Tu Shuo Lu Zui" and "New Made Zhu Qi Tu Shuo" circulated wider.

After Cheng Jialong saw the steam engine with his own eyes, in fact, he had never actually seen the steam engine, and he didn't know much about it, but he knew that the steam engine could solve many problems.

Because the Ming Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age, the weather was extremely cold. Especially during the spring plowing period, the time span from the beginning of spring plowing to the end of spring plowing was about one month. That is to say, the time span for crops to mature after autumn Also more than a month.

Therefore, in Liaodong, during the autumn harvest every year, many crops will be frozen before they can be harvested, especially sweet potatoes and potatoes. Now in Liaodong, corn and soybeans are usually planted late in order to cope with the weather, because soybeans and corn The growth around is very short, only one hundred to 120 days.

After the corn and soybeans mature, if it is too late to harvest, the ice and snow will have little impact on the corn and soybeans. Even the growth of spring wheat is around 130 to [-] days.

The small ice river weather at the end of Ming Dynasty had a great impact on the agricultural production in Liaodong, and there was not enough time. The biggest problem was not that there was not enough time, but that the methods of sowing and harvesting were too backward.

Therefore, Cheng Jialong decided to use the steam engine to make tractors. Even steam tractors can greatly improve the efficiency of agricultural production in Liaodong.

"Gao Jie!"

"Under the door!"

"Go get me a group of workers, and find another place. I want to realize agricultural mechanization!"

"What is Agricultural Mechanization?"

This cannot be blamed on Gao Jie's ignorance. In fact, the concept of agricultural mechanization did not exist in the late Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Cheng Jialong didn't explain any agricultural mechanization, he asked, "My lord, what kind of craftsmen do we need?"

"A craftsman who can make steam engines, a craftsman who can make carriages, a craftsman who can make steel, and a craftsman who can make machinery!"

Cheng Jialong is not like Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie at least has sufficient technology and experience in heavy industry production. He is also a technician himself, while Cheng Jialong didn't even have time to go to high school, and his hands-on ability is almost zero.He can only rely on integration.

Integrate resources and make use of them.

"It's hard to find such a craftsman!"

"Add money!"

Cheng Jialong said with a faint smile: "I can double the salary they pay!"

Gao Jie's work efficiency was very high. After Cheng Jialong gave an order at night, Gao Jie recruited a large group of craftsmen early the next morning.

In fact, as early as midnight, Gao Jie got people to wait outside Ning Naval General Mansion one after another. These craftsmen have just arrived at the immigration isolation point, and they have just passed the half-month disease observation period, and they have not had time to distribute them. Gao Jie cut off his beard when he was working.

These craftsmen are also a little uneasy, who is Cheng Jialong?They didn't know it at first, but now they know that he is the eldest son of Hai Guogong and Cheng Shijie's only son.

For an honest commoner, this is simply unbelievable. Mr. Haiguo and these mud-legged people are originally people from two worlds. When did they meet?They were very scared in their hearts, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse.

Cheng Jialong came to the door and saw these craftsmen. These craftsmen were also dragging their families and they were very thin. Fortunately, the immigration isolation point distributed clothes to them. However, these clothes did not seem to fit well. This is a common problem of immigrants. It is also the special wisdom of the refugees, each of them will give out two sets of clothes first.

These clothes are based on suits, not size. They choose large clothes. After all, these large clothes use a lot of fabrics. They can cut them by themselves, and change them from big to small. One piece of clothing can be changed into two pieces, which are all earned.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Cheng Jialong originally just greeted him politely.

A dark-skinned man in the crowd said: "No!"

Cheng Jialong looked at Gao Jie and frowned slightly.

Gao Jie hastily complained: "My lord, under the door... time is too tight... under the door..."

Cheng Jialong did not make things difficult for Gao Jie, but turned around and looked at Ning Haijun, who was following behind him: "Go, get some steamed buns to cushion their stomachs."

Ning Haijun’s chief internal officer turned out to be Lao Zhou, and the person Yang Yunniang recruited was an emperor and a courtier in the court hall, and it was the same in the prince’s house. After Zhu Weiti married Cheng Shijie, the internal court chief became Gu Ziyi , the head of the inner government became Wang Fushan.

But Wang Fushan said disapprovingly: "It's a great blessing for a group of mud-legged people to meet the young master. Do you need to be polite to them? After the young master's lecture, just send them away!"

Cheng Jialong asked in a deep voice: "Are you the son or am I the son?"

Cheng Jialong was just at the age when he could show his sharpness, once he got angry, he was quite majestic, Wang Fushan was so frightened that he trembled all over, he didn't dare to say any more.

Dining for hundreds of people is not an easy task for other big households, but it is not a problem at all for the Ning Navy General Army Mansion.There are seven cafeterias in Ning Naval Commander's Mansion, one in the Military Supervision Department, one in the Guard Bureau, one in the Military Affairs Department, two in the Liaodong Management Committee, and one in the backyard.

It is only a matter of time before the seven canteens provide meals for hundreds of people.After waiting for about half an hour, Wang Fushan slowly drove out of Ning Haijun's headquarters with a dozen servants and a dozen carts.

Wang Fushan directed his servants to distribute the steamed buns, steamed buns, and pots of small pickles on the cart to these craftsmen.
Now the craftsmen were even more at a loss, looking at the big and white steamed buns, wondering whether to pick them up or not.

Wang Fushan said impatiently: "My son rewards you, take it quickly!"

Wang Fushan's attitude is very fierce, but to the craftsmen, this face is very kind, the gentle and pleasant young man is too strange to them, so strange that they are afraid!
They thanked them sincerely, took the steamed buns, and stuffed them into their mouths regardless of whether they were cold or hot, and couldn't bear to spit them out even though they were choking.

Although there is soup, it is a pity that there are not so many bowls, but these craftsmen brought their own tableware, and each of them filled a bowl of soup. The soup is the common vegetable soup of Ning Navy General Mansion, which is boiled with big bones and seaweed. It is made with a slightly salty taste, and the other is made from grains such as millet, sweet potato, rice, and peas.

These craftsmen walked in the middle of the night and waited in the middle of the night. They were already hungry, but they devoured their food, which caused the passing people to stop and watch.

After the craftsmen had finished eating, Cheng Jialong walked up to them, and said with a pleasant face, "I am Cheng Jialong Yu, the son of Hai Guogong, and also your boss. I invite you to come here today. I want to discuss something with you."

All the craftsmen hurriedly knelt down: "Sir, please speak, please speak!"

"Everyone get up, let's stand and talk, just be casual."

After everyone stood up, Cheng Jialong looked at the old faces and said: "Everyone has been waiting for most of the night, it's hard work..."

All the craftsmen were stunned for a moment, this young master was so polite, it made them feel uncomfortable.

For hundreds of years, these craftsmen have been working as cows and horses. Has anyone ever told them "Thanks for your hard work"?I'm afraid this young man is the first one, right?

Someone muttered in their hearts: "Speaking so nicely, the devil knows if it's a bad idea!"

really……

Under the horrified gazes of all the craftsmen, several healthy servants worked together to lift out a large basket of documents. These were the blueprints drawn by Cheng Jialong, the eldest son of the Cheng family overnight. However, this was not drawn by Cheng Jialong himself. He hired Miss Cheng Cheng Jiayue Well, although Cheng Jiayue is a soul painter, she still has basic painting skills, at least it can be seen clearly.

"Your goal is to create a steam tractor for me!"

Cheng Jialong is relatively reliable. He has heard of the structure of tractors to some extent, and has established a steam engine research team, a steering mechanism research team, and a wheel research team.

"This tractor must have at least fifteen horsepower!"

"What is fifteen horsepower?"

"It must be as strong as fifteen horses!"

"What do we do with this?"

"What you do is up to you, I just want the result!"

Cheng Jialong continued: "I also know that this is not a task that can be completed in a short period of time. I will give you sufficient funds, and at the same time send some masters to cooperate with you in your research. You can try each method one by one, and do it as lightly as possible. , how to make it strong, just make it for me within ten years!"

"Ten years? I don't think it will be possible to do it in 20 years!"

"If you can't do it in 20 years, then I will kill you!"

Of course, Cheng Jialong didn't really want to kill people, he just threatened the craftsmen: "If you make a steam engine, I will give you a big reward! As for the big reward, what do you want?"

"Can I ask for anything?"

A craftsman who looked at Mo about fifty years old asked timidly.

"Yes, as long as I can do it, I can do it!"

"Young master, the villain's name is Guo Xin, from Nanyang. The villain has a son named Guo Xiangyang. Two years ago, he accidentally injured someone and was exiled to Qiongzhou Mansion. Now his life is unknown. Can you rescue him! "

Cheng Jialong smiled lightly and said, "I agree with the little things!"

When Cheng Jialong readily agreed, he didn't think too much about it. He didn't think it would be so easy to make a steam tractor. However, Cheng Jialong didn't know that he was about to make a slip of the tongue.

However, Cheng Jialong learned a lot from Xiang Hui. For example, when he set up this tractor research institute, he first made a lot of preparations. These craftsmen are all his hopes.

Like Xiang Hui, Cheng Jialong first provided housing for these craftsmen, and more than 300 craftsmen were placed in the Xicheng Bieyuan. Of course, the Xicheng Bieyuan now lives with Queen Zhang and Queen Zhou and their party.

However, 400 people can not live in the Xicheng Bieyuan. After consulting Zhu Weiti, the southwest of the Xicheng Bieyuan, about a quarter of the area, is about 100 mu of land, a total of eight cross-yards, 24 small cross-yards, 200 Many houses were asked to come over to accommodate these craftsmen.

Half of these places are used for research, and the other half are used for living. At first Cheng Jialong wanted to arrange cooks and servants for them, but Gao Jie said no, the families of these craftsmen can take on these jobs.

It is unbelievable that these craftsmen live in luxuriously decorated, tall and spacious houses.Although they are not assigned a house for each of them, at least the environment is much better than before.

Gao Jie looked at the craftsmen and said: "Now you have to work with your heart. Here you can do it with confidence and boldness. You don't have to worry about eating and drinking. Craftsmen with children come here to sign up, and I will arrange for your children to study!"

"My lord, we have no money!"

"Study in Liaodong is free!"

After Gao Jie left, about six or seven young and strong craftsmen surrounded Guo Xin.

"Giant!"

In fact, Guo Xin did not tell Cheng Jialong the truth. His real identity is Mo Hua, the fourth and last No. 90 patriarch of the Mo family.

Although Cheng Shijie is now the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and is regarded as a thorn in the flesh by Jiannu, because Cheng Shijie always engages in large-scale projects in Liaodong, he has built more than 30 cities in Liaodong, built more than a dozen cement roads, and built hundreds of thousands. In a factory, even spring plowing will organize tens of thousands of people to work together.

The fundamental reason why the officials in Ming Dynasty were displeased with Cheng Shijie was that apart from his lack of gentry, another reason was that Cheng Shijie was too deviant.

Careful study of the political measures and the style of dealing with people will reveal that this guy is almost the embodiment of Mohism and Legalism!The most obvious point is to act according to the law, and there is no grade of punishment. No matter who is in his jurisdiction, whether it is a scholar, a senior official, or a trafficker, once he commits a crime, he will be dealt with according to the law, and he will be punished according to the law.

As for the Mohist thought is too obvious in him, first of all, this guy has an almost fanatical interest in mechanics, natural science, etc., and strives for perfection. ", "Tian Zhi", "Ming Gui", "Fei Le", "Festival Burial", "Festival Use" and other propositions were all put into practice under his vigorous promotion.

Well, "Fei Gong" is playing around, this guy is more aggressive than a mad dog!
Legalism and Mohism, the two most glorious schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, had profoundly influenced the development of China.Although these two schools have gradually declined since the Western Han Dynasty dominated Confucianism, especially Mohism, which has almost disappeared, but it does not mean that Confucianism can sit back and relax.

The inheritance of Mohism has never been cut off. No matter how it declines, Mohism can always take root among the people. With the great chaos at the end of Ming Dynasty and the decline of Confucianism, Mohism began to appear.

When Cheng Shijie created a huge foundation in Liaodong, Mo Hua, the Mohist giant, couldn't sit still. At this time, the Mohism was actually weaker than the Western Han Party. The Western Han Party still had Xu Guangqi, the cabinet minister, and Sun Yuanhua, the water transporter. The governor and governor of Lu, Feng, Huai and Yang.

But the Mo family has two or three real kittens. In fact, although it is the first time for Mo Hua to come to Liaodong, it is actually not the first time for the Mo family’s children to come to Liaodong. The one who has worked the longest in Liaodong is Mo Hua’s The disciple Huo Tiangong, Huo Tiangong was recruited by Sun Yuanhua as early as the third year of Chongzhen, and served as a general in Dengzhou as a camp master.

Later, after the Denglai Mutiny, Huo Tiangong was coerced to Liaodong. He had been promoted to the director of the Ordnance Bureau in the Ning Navy system. hand.

Of course, in addition to Huo Tiangong from the Ordnance Bureau, there is also Mo Hua's junior sister, Feng Huiyun, the mother of Liaodong Phosphate Fertilizer.

Mo Hua, whose pseudonym was Guo Xin, slightly raised his hand and said, "Speak carefully!"

"Master!"

Wu Mingming, Mo Hua's fourth apprentice, lowered his voice, "Do you want to inform the junior uncle and senior brother?"

"Being not!"

Mo Hua sighed and said, "Let's have a look!"

"Master, do you think the commander-in-chief is the heir of our Mo family?"

"It's hard to say!"

Mo Hua sighed and said: "Our Mohists distinguish between Qianzong and Yinzong. Our Qianzong has never been an official, but Yinzong has fallen into the dynasty. Under a branch!"

According to the tradition of Yinzong, they would serve as officials in various dynasties. Cheng Shijie was born in a thousand households, and his ancestors were hereditary military officers of the Ming Dynasty for many generations, which is somewhat similar to Yinzong's style of conduct, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie was just a small Ning Haijun It's too ostentatious to start practicing the Mohist's method when on defense.

What made Mo Hua a little bit shaken was that Cheng Jialong, the eldest son of Cheng, was also curious and obsessed with mechanism skills, which made Mo Hua a little confused.

"Meet the Master!"

As soon as Cheng Shijie arrived in Liaodong, Sun Zhichen wanted to report to Cheng Shijie the development of Liaodong.

Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "Guodong, Cheng Jialong didn't cause any trouble, did he?"

For Cheng Jiayue's daughter, Cheng Shijie is more at ease, because Cheng Jiayue has always been well-behaved, but Cheng Jialong is not good, Cheng Shijie also took great pains in Cheng Jialong's education.

At the beginning, when Cheng Jialong was young, he had a fight with other children. At that time, Cheng Jialong's elementary school classmate was the nephew of Vice Principal Zhao of No. [-] Primary School in Dihanhai City, and Cheng Jialong didn't dare to fight back.Then Cheng Shijie asked Cheng Jialong why he didn't dare to fight back and beat his mother.

Cheng Jialong told Cheng Shijie that he was afraid of causing trouble for Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie was very angry at the time and told Cheng Jialong that we can not cause trouble, but we must not be afraid of it.

This sentence was remembered by Cheng Jialong in his heart. Later, when Cheng Jialong was in the second grade, a naughty child stuck a note with a turtle on Cheng Jialong's back. After Cheng Jialong found out, he held a stool and pointed at the opponent's head. It was all three tricks, and Cheng Shijie even apologized to the other party for this, which cost 7000 yuan.

After practicing Sanda, and because of fighting, Cheng Shijie went to school twice to deal with Cheng Jialong's affairs. Of course, Cheng Jialong would be unscrupulous when he took advantage of the situation.

Now the Ming Dynasty's bullying is more naked and obvious than later generations. If Cheng Jialong encounters troubles, he will definitely take care of them, and it is very likely that his sympathy will be used by those who want to.

Chen Guodong gave Cheng Shijie a brief report on what Cheng Jialong had done in the recent period.

"What? The bastard built a town?"

"That's not all. The eldest son distributed hero stickers and asked the counties to organize competitive teams to participate in competitive competitions. He even opened a handicap to bet on who would win!"

"This bastard!"

Cheng Shijie has already decided that he must give Cheng Jialong some color.

"These problems are actually not big!"

Chen Guodong said: "Eldest Young Master and his troops have surrounded the West City Courtyard where Empress Zhou stayed!"

"What? Queen Zhou is here?"

"The crown prince and Queen Zhang are here too!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier? Go to another courtyard in the west of the city!"

In any case, Empress Zhou and Empress Zhang came to Liaodong, and Cheng Shijie, the landlord, wanted to pay a visit anyway.It's okay to be away, but when I came to Liaodong, it was a bit unreasonable not to see Queen Zhou.

"Okay, handsome!"

Cheng Shijie hurried to the other courtyard in the west of the city, but Cheng Shijie didn't know that the Cheng family's eldest son Cheng was even bigger than Cheng Shijie.

"Meet the Queen!"

Cheng Shijie said with a pious face.

PS: I almost couldn't write it out. If there is no title, there will be no title.

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