Inspired by Zhu Youxiao's predecessors, Xu Guangqi did classify wicker and charcoal as wood elements.Because Xu Guangqi found that these materials can be burned.Now all his spare time is spent on the matter of stating the laws of the properties of matter.Even all the places in his study that can be put are now filled with all kinds of objects.There are ironware, stone tools, glass, alum, alum, etc.Because Xu Guangqi's family was the first powerful person to partner with the emperor to run a government-run property, he basically spent his personal income on this.Moreover, Xu Guangqi also plans to write a compendium of all kinds of material laws in the world like Li Shizhen, so that the world can refer to it.In fact, Xu Guangqi has summed up the concepts of iron, wood, and water that can cover the common properties of certain substances.Of course, Zhu Youxiao will also give Xu Guangqi and others some natural science theories that they can accept and understand at the appropriate time.However, now Zhu Youxiao didn't want to say anything more about the elements.After seeing that Daming iron and steel technology has entered the crucible steelmaking stage, what he now thinks of is that Daming iron and steel production capacity will be greatly increased, and high steel production capacity means high military production capacity, which undoubtedly laid the foundation for Zhu Youxiao to expand the army."
Since the crucible steelmaking is better than the previous smelting technology, then build another government-run iron plant, I plan to set it up in Hanyang, where the transportation is convenient, but it is not too close to the border town and Haijiang, and I will let Bi Aiqing go to Huguang Hanyang in the name of inspecting the world's projects, and choose a place where a new iron plant can be built!"
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao said this to Bi Maokang and Xu Guangqi at this time."
Yes!"
Xu Guangqi replied."
How's the shipbuilding going?"
At this time, Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked Xu Guangqi about shipbuilding.Xu Guangqi hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, since you set up the Ming Shipbuilding Bureau in Tianjin and Jiang Dejing of the Ministry of Industry Langzhong served as the Shipbuilding Bureau's supervision, Jiang Dejing has now hired workers to build a dock in Tianjin, which has been basically completed, and is now beginning to use Western craftsmen and old shipwrights recruited from Fujian and Guangdong to design the Ming Dynasty's soft sail warship, according to His Majesty's instructions, they have renovated the bow and stern to try to make the Ming Dynasty's soft sailing ship can achieve a faster purpose, in addition, the Nanjing Military Department has also collected some information about the treasure ship, It has been sent to Tianjin, ready to reproduce a large number of treasure ships, but this estimate will take a lot of energy, because the treasure ships and navigation materials stored in the military department have been lost and have not been examined, and it is said that they have been burned, so now they can only let the old shipwright and the people of the Harbour Administration draw the treasure ship pattern according to some private notes provided by Chongwen Temple to imagine out of thin air. ”Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Well, as far as I know, the treasure ship that Zheng He took to the Western Ocean back then could take tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and even ran horses on the deck. ”"What Your Majesty said is that it is a pity that no one can build this huge ship now."
Xu Guangqi also replied.…… After Xiong Tingbi received the imperial court's order to promote him to return to Beijing as the secretary of the military department and let Yuan Keli replace him as the governor of Liaodong, he did not show the slightest hesitation, and immediately complied with the instructions, set off from Liaoyang and arrived at Lushunkou, and came to Tianjin by boat.Because Xiong Tingbi did not doubt Yuan Keli's ability.After all, he worked with Yuan Keli during his tenure as governor of Liaodong.Therefore, Xiong Tingbi believed that Yuan Keli would continue to manage Liao affairs as steadily as he did.Xiong Tingbi himself has to admit that His Majesty the Emperor is really good at choosing people now, whether it is Yuan Keli, who is now about to serve as the economic strategy, or Sun Chuanting, the current governor of Liaodong, he feels that these two are his very good successors in Liaodong.Of course, Xiong Tingbi was also a little reluctant to leave Liaodong, after all, he always wanted to completely solve the Dongyu before returning to Liaodong.But he knew that this was impossible, and if he was a feudal official in Liaodong for too long, he would not reassure the imperial court.Moreover, Xiong Tingbi also knew the thoughts of His Majesty the Emperor, even if it was not to prevent him from being alone in Liaodong, but also to let him make a resolution on the entire Liao affairs at the national level as the secretary of the military department after returning to Beijing, otherwise he would not have been directly promoted to the secretary of the military department."
The master's long-cherished wish in his life is to pacify the Dongyu, but now he has to return to Beijing in advance because of the holy decree, presumably the lord you have a lot of regrets about this, why don't you reject the holy will on the grounds that the master is not as good as the court, presumably with the master's merits, the saint will not blame, and the lord you directly accept the imperial court as the great Sima, without going through the court push, and those who don't know will say that you are also a person in the power of the stack, and there is no Wenchen style."
Xiong Tingbi's confidant Wen Zhen saw that Xiong Tingbi standing on the deck was still looking at the direction of Liaodong at this time, so he couldn't help but say something.Xiong Tingbi laughed: "Thanks to Your Majesty's attention, let the old man enter Beijing to serve as the Great Sima, how can the old man resist this kind of thing, the old man is loyal to the monarch and loyal to the society and not loyal to the ministers of the world, although the court push is fair and can win the world's popularity, but it is not a mandatory system, and it depends on the holy will, as for what others think, the old man doesn't care, so many years of impeachment by the official is enough to cut off the head ten times and eight times, why bother what they say!"
What's more, from the old man's point of view, His Majesty has a deep meaning in letting the old man enter Beijing to take charge of the military department this time, otherwise he will not let the old man return to Beijing by sea, do you still remember the scene of the construction in full swing in the Lushunkou area?
Your Majesty is going to play a big game of chess in the future against the complete extermination of the Eastern Prisoners and the strengthening of the defense outside the Guan!
You'll have to think about it!
”Xiong Tingbi did see the construction of the military port in Lushunkou on the way back to Beijing, and when he saw a large number of Han refugees, and even many Mongols building a port in Lushunkou under the supervision of officials and soldiers, he knew the intention of the imperial court.Of course, what surprised Xiong Tingbi even more was that the construction of the military port he saw at Lushunkou did not lead to an increase in the burden on the people, but on the contrary, it also made the originally desolate Jinzhouwei area begin to have vitality.He saw with his own eyes that there were shops called "general stores" that sold grain and salt to the migrant workers and traded them in silver coins, and he also saw new households planting a crop called potatoes in the newly cultivated land, and trading the prey they brought with the migrant workers, also with silver coins with the portrait of Taizu.Xiong Tingbi had to admit that the current imperial court seemed to have greatly increased its national strength, and it had so much financial resources to start cultivating and building ports in Liaodong.When Xiong Tingbi arrived in Tianjin and saw more prosperous commercial activities, large shipyards and a large number of manufacturing workshops, he couldn't help but exclaim: "How did the saints and the princes of the court do it today, in the past, it was still starving all over the wilderness, the grass and trees were sluggish, why haven't you seen it for just a few years, it has been prosperous so far, hey, there is still the sound of reading!"
Is there still a school here?
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