Wen Tiren's words were quite presumptuous, and even a little unpresumptuous, which made Chongzhen quite unhappy.It seems that I have been too benevolent and benevolent recently, so that even the most obedient Wen Tiren is disobedient, and he dares to contradict me?
Chongzhen smiled, "Wen Aiqing seems to have a lot of criticism about me?"
”Wen Tiren glanced at Chongzhen with resentment, and his expression seemed to say: Your Majesty has been resentful for a long time!
Wen Tiren naturally didn't dare to tell the truth, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, now that the war in the four directions is not settled, I need money everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention it, just say that the climate is about to get cold recently, but my Ming soldiers haven't even bought winter jackets yet."
In the past few years, the climate has become more and more abnormal, and every year there are soldiers who are frozen to death, and the minister remembers that the last time he made a winter jacket was during the apocalypse.Your Majesty, you gave this lot of silver to others for nothing, why don't you give my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty winter jackets?
So that they can spend this year's cold winter warmly?
”Chongzhen smiled faintly, "I bought these wools just to protect my Ming soldiers and civilians from the cold?"
Let them be able to survive the winter warmly!"
Wen Tiren scolded secretly: It's strange that my special mother believes you?
Since it is to protect the soldiers from the cold, why not just buy sheepskins?
Isn't that warmer?
Wouldn't it be better to buy cotton with this money?
Chongzhen saw that he couldn't explain clearly, so he simply picked up the handful of wool, twisted it into threads with his hands, and then handed it to Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi to see.The two looked at Chongzhen as if they were looking at a neuropathy, and the strange-looking threads that Chongzhen twisted out, and secretly wondered: Isn't this emperor crazy?
How old are you and still playing hair?
Chongzhen explained, "I once met an old fairy on my tour of the grassland, and this old fairy cast a spell in front of me, turning a handful of wool into a thick thread, and the old fairy told me that I can also use this thread to weave woolen clothes, which is the most warm.I was very envious, and then the old fairy told me that in fact, human beings can do this, and you and other mortals only need to remove the wool grease, dry it, comb it smoothly, stretch and twist it, and then roll it up. ”The ancients believed in ghosts and gods the most, so don't look at Xu Guangqi as a scientific expert, in fact, he also believes, and even he himself believes in Christianity!
Chongzhen said that this method was taught by the old immortals, but these people really believed it?
One by one, they stretched their necks and listened seriously.And Chongzhen also spoke carefully, fortunately he used to like to read historical obscene novels, one of which talked about how to spin wool thread.And Xu Guangqi and Wen Tiren are both smart people, especially this Xu Guangqi's intelligence is even more leveraged, Chongzhen will understand them with a little push.As for how to weave wool thread into clothes?
There is no need for Chongzhen to point out that they all understand, have you ever seen a Chinese knot?
It is to use a red thread to weave a variety of complex and rich patterns and knots.The skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can weave complex Chinese knots, and they can't knit a sweater?
It's a joke!
Wen Tiren was fascinated when he heard it, and he secretly scolded himself: I knew that our Emperor Majesty was a greedy lord, how could he not make money from what he wanted to do?
He used to play with mud, didn't he also play with a lot of silver?
Chongzhen continued to taunt, "In addition to being able to weave woolen clothes, this wool can also be woven into woolen cloth, this depends on Xu Aiqing to explore, I believe you!"
Xu Guangqi said happily, "The minister obeys the order!"
”Wen Tiren also said happily, "The minister will definitely help Xu Shangshu well, if this wool can really be woven into cloth, won't thousands of silver come?"
This is a move for the benefit of the country and the people!"
Chongzhen smiled, "This wool can not only make money, it can also eat people invisibly!"
Wool eats people?
Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi don't understand!
Chongzhen is not ready to explain too much, it is useless to explain too much now, they will naturally understand in the future.Although Wen Tiren didn't understand how wool eats people, he understood that wool could make money, and he looked at Chongzhen now like a big ingot.The so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, with the emperor who is greedy for money, there will naturally be no shortage of courtiers who love money like life, this Wen Tiren benefits from the influence of Chongzhen, and he is also greedy for money.Now that he knows the benefits of wool, he is actually more anxious than Xu Guangqi, and hurriedly said a few words to Chongzhen, he is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and wants to go down to set up a factory to make money quickly.Chongzhen was a little funny, "Wen Aiqing is not in a hurry, the most important thing now is to fully support Xu Aiqing to develop a wool textile machine, by the way, Xu Aiqing, you can also study the water-powered loom, the wind-powered loom comes out, so that you can greatly save labor costs."
You can even study the steam engine. ”Hydraulic loom.Wind-powered looms.These two things are easy to understand, in ancient times, it was beneficial to work with water and wind, in fact, Xu Guangqi has also been doing research in this area, because there is no silver support, his research has stagnated!
But?
What is a steam engine?
Xu Guangqi looked at Chongzhen with a curious baby look, no way, this guy is a science madman, and he has a natural curiosity about new things.The moment of pretending to be forced came Chongzhen smiled mysteriously, and then he picked up the porcelain cup in his hand, the tea in the cup was dense, and the water vapor was steaming, Chongzhen pointed to the water vapor, "This is steam!"
My day!
Xu Guangqi felt that his scientific spirit was deeply insulted, this thing can be made into a machine?
Chongzhen smiled faintly, "I know that Xu Aiqing has doubts in my heart, so I only say one sentence, a fan of wind can't sweep away the leaves; Tornadoes and strong winds can lift houses and trees.Although the steam of this teacup is weak, but thousands of steams gather together, how great should the power be?
Xu Aiqing, you let go of the research, don't worry about the problem of silver, I will order Wen Aiqing to fully support you, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty to fully support you, Aiqing come on!
”Xu Guangqi's eyes became brighter and brighter.He bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty's whimsical ideas are really unprecedented geniuses in ancient and modern times, and the minister can have a hunch that my Ming Dynasty is about to usher in a new era, and the minister is also proud to be in such a great era, long live my emperor!"
Xu Guangqi's voice was extremely sincere, he now felt that there seemed to be pride in his heart, he felt that he was not old yet, and he could continue to do it.And Wen Tiren is not good, he likes to make money, and he hates it when he spits money.What does it mean that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty fully supports you?
Why don't you use the money in your own little coffers to support him, a dog?
Mom sells batches.Xu Guangqi bowed his hand to Wen Tiren and said, "In the future, the lower officials will rely on Lord Shoufu to support a lot." ”Wen Tiren smiled reluctantly, "It's easy to say!"
Chongzhen stroked his palms and laughed, "I am very relieved to see that the two Aiqing are so harmonious!"
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