Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 41
Master Hua, who was persuaded by Zhu Yuan, created a medical miracle. After washing his face, most of his dying state recovered. Zhu Yuan was unavoidably 'amazed'. What kind of new medicine is he still studying?
Forcibly retaining Zhu Yuan for lunch, Hua Gao went to the palace to meet Lao Zhu, and Zhu Yuan returned to Houhu.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the house by boat, Zuo Qi greeted him and announced that there was a visitor.

It wasn't the family members of the two Xieyi girls who arrived in Jinling in the morning, but another group.

Zhu Yuan came to the lobby of the main courtyard, and the four people who were sitting and chatting immediately got up. Zhu Yuan only knew one of them, Zhan Tong, a direct scholar of the Imperial Academy, the one who came to pass the decree last time.

Zhan Tong still came to deliver the decree.

Zhu Yuan was promoted again!

From the deputy envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital of the third rank to the right envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital of the third rank, not only that, there is another one, Zhan Shi, the young prince's mansion of the fourth rank, is promoted to Zhan Shi of the prince's mansion of the third rank.

The previous Zhu Yuan knew it, for the sake of order.

After all, the ancestors still spoil themselves!

Just, what happened to the latter one?

After receiving the order, Zhu Yuan finally understood after chatting with Zhan Tong.

Speaking of this, not only Zhu Yuan didn’t know about it before, but Lao Zhu himself forgot about it, because Zhu Yuan’s appointment as a prince was just announced on the tenth day of last month, and someone was already bedridden because of the stimulation the day before. Almost missed it.

Then a series of things happened, which made everyone lose their mind to pay attention to this matter. After all, this is just a false title without any authority.

After Zhu Yuan left in the morning, Lao Zhu wanted to reassign Zhu Yuan's position in the imperial hospital, and the people around him reminded him whether he should also send the report of Zhan, the son of the prince's mansion.

Of course I will.

By the way, Lao Zhu helped his precious 23rd grandson make up for it, and promoted from the fourth-rank Shao Zhan Shi to the third-rank Zhan Shi.

This is good, one more than Su Qin.

Besides, Zhu Yuan felt that he had to create a unique one.

Others got nicknames because of the place where they worked, like Liu Yuzhou of Liu Bei, Liuliuzhou of Liu Zongyuan, but Zhu Yuan only got nicknames because of his official status.

Hello everyone, I have a new name.

My name is Zhu Sanpin.

Zhu Yuan felt that he could try to collect all [-] names, so that he could prove his way and ascend to immortality.

At that time, it is best to have a system.

Even if you give it to a grandfather!

in the lobby.

After talking about the promotion, Zhan Tong introduced several other people. These are the officers of the Maritime Division selected by Lao Zhu for Zhu Yuan. During the previous discussion, Zhu Yuan asked for at least three, one who understands maritime affairs, and the other who understands astronomy and arithmetic. , one is responsible for manufacturing.

The three happened to be right on each other.

Fang Li, with a strong body and dark skin, reminded Zhu Yuan of Black Whirlwind.This one has another identity, the eldest son of Fang Guozhen, a tycoon in eastern Zhejiang who was forced to surrender just last year.The Fang family used to cooperate with Zhang Shicheng to transport grain to Dadu. Even if Fang Li himself did not understand maritime affairs, this identity was enough to summon some old Fang family departments, which was very suitable for Zhu Yuan's needs.

Liu Lian also has another identity, the eldest son of Liu Ji and Liu Bowen, who has not been an official for long.

Father and son are very similar.

It is a clever calculation that Liu Bowen should be a gentle and elegant scholar in the subconscious of most people, but he is not. Liu Ji has a bold and bearded appearance.

Liu Lian was also full of beards.

Yao Feng, who looks like a thin literati, has no special background. His previous position was to promote the sixth rank of Zuo Sizheng and be in charge of supervising shipbuilding.However, when Zhu Yuan was talking to the other party, he could hear that Yao Feng's accent was obviously different from the other two from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he was more inclined to the Huaixi accent of Old Zhu.

All three of them were around 30 years old, and all of them were named fifth-rank Yinghaisi Langzhong by Lao Zhu.

Furthermore, during the introduction, the attitudes of the three towards Zhu Yuan were also different.

Fang Li was extremely humble, and he knelt down and made a big salute, which surprised Zhu Yuan.

This can't be the fake Fang Guozhen's son, can it?

Probably because of his father, Liu Lian obviously didn't have a good impression of Zhu Yuan. He just bowed his hands and looked quite arrogant.

This official is not rare!
Zhu Yuan just sighed, with this temperament, no wonder he was able to force the nobles of Huaixi to throw him directly into the well in history.

The last Yao Feng bowed in a well-behaved manner, neither humble nor overbearing.

The three of them are certainly not polished commanders.

Old Zhu Te criticized Fang Li as being able to gather ten members of the Fang family who knew how to sail.

Except for Fang Guozhen's family, most of Fang Guozhen's former subordinate officials were dispatched to Haozhou.

Liu Lian and Yao Feng each selected personnel from the Ministry of Rites, the Taishi Academy, and the General Department. Liu Lian had about 20 people under him, and Yao Feng would bring a team of thousands of craftsmen to Mingzhou, mainly shipbuilding. artisan.

In addition, there are a group of officials directly under Zhu Yuan selected by Lao Zhu from Guozixue and the talents who were recently sent to Jinling.

At that time, Zhu Yuan had only one requirement, that he must be able to draw.

Originally, I wanted to say that it is best to do it voluntarily. After all, it involves navigation, which is very dangerous.Think about it or give up.Old Zhu is not a monarch who will let people choose, otherwise Zhu Yuan himself would not be like a donkey right now.

These people did not come today.

After running around all morning, I was already exhausted. After the introduction, Zhu Yuan asked Zhao Xu to go to the west courtyard to fetch two books. It is very large and thick, and it is all 32K large paper.

Two books, one called "Basics of Mathematics", which Zhu Yuan took time to write himself, mainly to promote Arabic numerals.

The other is "Sketching Techniques".

However, the drawings are all drawn by the women around them on a daily basis, not just the four freehand brushwork, some of the handmaids that Lao Zhu rewarded a few days ago are also able to write and draw, so they are all doing it for them.Zhu Yuan himself did not have that time, and he was not as good at painting as the women.Even if it's some textual explanations, what Luoshui comprehends and supplements is more than Zhu Yuan's scattered memories.

This is the advantage of having a secretary.

Handing the two books to Zhan Tong who was nearby, Zhu Yuan said: "These are the two textbooks I wrote recently. One is about mathematics. The key is the number notation in it. I will print hundreds of copies later and distribute them. , all officials under the Yinghai Division must learn it as soon as possible. The other one is about drawing. I recently browsed some crafting books, and the drawings in it are simply horrible..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan still has some thoughts wandering.

Recently, I finally know why my Chinese photographer can always take pictures of large aircraft carriers as small sampans after hundreds of years. This is also the same line, just like some books about shipbuilding, here are about large ships that can carry hundreds of people. , but the attached picture over there is a Q-version small dragon boat with only two or three people.

Zhu Yuan also understands that this is the limitation of current printing technology, but you might as well not have pictures.

On the contrary, some of the shipbuilding drawings sent by Zuosi are not so outrageous, but there are too many things that can be improved.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Zhu Yuan continued: "...the drawings in the future must be standardized, so that even illiterate craftsmen can understand them at a glance. What I give is a brand-new painting technique, which is not suitable for mass printing. The text discusses your You can copy it. As for the drawings, I didn’t bind them either, so I divided them into several pages and took them for study. My request is that on the day of departure for Mingzhou, all the officials of the Yinghai Division handed me a piece of your drawing. I'll look at the foundation first."

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, the others were fine. Fang Li, who was sitting on the other side, was obviously a little uncomfortable. He looked over and added with a smile: "It's very easy to learn, you can learn it in a day, and it doesn't matter if you can't draw well. The key is to dare to paint. Draw and practice more in the future.”

Fang Li hurriedly bowed his hands and agreed.

Zhu Yuan thought again while talking, and turned to Zhao Xu: "How many charcoal pens are there at home, keep some for your own use, and let everyone take away the rest and divide them up."

Speaking here, Zhan Tong casually handed the thin book "Basics of Mathematics" to Liu Lian next to him, and opened the thick "Sketch Techniques" by himself, only to see pages and pages of sketches drawn in charcoal. There is a small pebble, a pen holder full of pens, a room with neat tables and chairs, a rockery pond in the garden, a maid sitting on a stool with a cautious look, and a small boat floating on the lake... …

The most important thing is that these paintings are beyond his previous cognition. It is not any painting technique that Zhan Tong has seen before, but it is just a charcoal pencil, which outlines all kinds of lifelike.

Since he was selected by Zhu Yuanzhang as a close minister, Zhan Tong is also a pragmatist, and he can confirm the future uses of this new painting technique at a glance.

For example, the Lord recently planned to have people go to eastern Zhejiang to re-measure the acres.

If, in addition to the measurements, someone draws out the specific topography of some important locations, it will definitely make the Lord more clear at a glance.

Thinking of this, Zhan Tong had already made up his mind to say so when he returned to the palace to return to his command.

It must be a small credit.

Next to Zhan Tong, Liu Lian quickly immersed himself in the "Book of Heaven" in his hand.

Since the title of the book is "Basics of Mathematics", it is indeed very basic, including the Arabic numerals 0 to 9, various symbols such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and even some multiplication formulas and elementary algebraic geometry principles.

Zhu Yuan wrote whatever he thought of, but it certainly did not exceed the level of junior high school.

High school has been forgotten, let alone the tall "tree" that countless college students hang on to scratch their hearts and lungs.

However, Liu Lian was deeply shocked by these simplest mathematical foundations. The more knowledgeable people are, the more they can understand how difficult it is to open up a new kind of knowledge.Right now... Even if this is just Zhu Yuan's transcription from another, it cannot be denied that the other party must have real talents.

After saying these last words, Zhu Yuan felt even more sleepy, so he got up to see off the guests.

Zhan Tong carefully closed the thick "Sketch Techniques", and bid farewell to Zhu Yuan with Fang Li and Yao Feng, but Liu Lian still flipped through the "Fundamentals of Mathematics" as if no one else was around.

Zhu Yuan didn't mind seeing this, and thought it was quite interesting.

Zhan Tong had no choice but to pat Liu Lian. There was no response, and he stretched out his hand again. Just as he grabbed the book and wanted to take it out, he felt that the book was suddenly held tightly. The imposing Qiuran startled Zhan Tong, and subconsciously withdrew his hand.

Liu Lian was interrupted, and only then did he realize that everyone had already stood up, aware of his rudeness, but still holding the book, got up and apologized to Zhan Tong, hesitated a little, then turned to Zhu Yuan, and bowed respectfully.

Zhu Yuan also bowed back and said with a smile, "I'm weak, so I won't see you off."

Another humility.

Everyone went out and came to the courtyard. Zhan Tong ignored Yao Feng who was staring at "Sketch Techniques" in his hand, but motioned to Liu Lian: "Liu Langzhong, this book... I have to take it back to the master first." Check it out."

Liu Lian still held the book and refused to let go: "Can I copy it, it only takes a few cups of tea."

Zhan Tong shook his head: "Zhu Hanlin just said that hundreds of copies will be printed and distributed soon. Langzhong Liu, don't worry."

Liu Lian still insisted: "Copy on the next road."

It's really the same temperament.

Zhan Tong thought of another colleague who had worked with him for a long time. As a standard Confucian disciple, he regretted Liu Ji's resignation. With an eager look, he agreed after thinking about it.

It just so happened that Zhu Yuan sent some bundles of charcoal pencils over. Liu Lian took one and asked for some paper.

(End of this chapter)