I have a suite at the end of the Ming Dynasty, chapter 801 of the main text volume, what is the pity, what is the truth?
In fact, it doesn't matter, most people actually believe what is reported in the newspaper, because the royal navy of the Ming Dynasty is the guardian saint of the sea of the Ming Dynasty.Helena doesn't know what the real truth is, but she definitely knows that the Ming Royal Navy is definitely not a kind angel, but more like Satan from hell.Don't look at Daming, the reputation of the Royal Navy is not as prominent as that of the Royal Army.In fact, their fierce reputation is much greater than that of the Royal Army, and it can be said that it is like thunder.In addition to Zheng Zhilong, whether it is the East China Sea, the South China Sea or the South Sea, there are actually large and small pirates everywhere, and these pirates, without exception, are ruthlessly eliminated by the navy of the Ming Dynasty.The Ming Royal Navy's own inland sea, yes, in fact, the Ming Dynasty has been regarded as an inland sea for the entire South Sea, so the ships passing by must abide by the rules of the Ming Royal Navy.This includes not only ordinary merchant ships, but also fishing vessels belonging to various countries, as well as warships.Even if it is the giant Spain in Europe, or the rising stars of Europe, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, if it is a dragon, it has to be coiled, and it is a tiger that has to lie down.If you dare to be within the South Seas, no, within the range of the guns of the Royal Navy, taking off your gun jacket is considered a hostile act, and the Royal Navy has the right to strike first.Usually the Royal Navy's warning is live firing.The State of Siam is a ** empire.At the same time, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom established colonies in Siam, just when Quanxu organized the southward army to go south, Annam and Burma were occupied successively, and the southbound army encountered resistance in Siam.Of course, this sniper is said to be sniped by the Siamese state, but rather by the European colonizers supporting the proxy sniping, this patchwork resistance to Siam ** is actually an agent.At that time, Quanxu sent Li Xin to Zamboanga to deal with the Mindanao issue, and Quanxu's original intention was to solve the problem through negotiation as much as possible, but Li Xin and the General Staff formulated a plan to kill chickens and monkeys.This plan used all the main warships of the First Fleet, the Second Fleet, and the Third Fleet, more than two-thirds of the medium-sized warships, and assembled more than 1,000 large and small warships, which totaled more than 13,000 naval guns, to attack Siam from the coast and inland rivers respectively.Shelling was carried out on more than a dozen large coastal ports such as Bangkok, Phuket, Songkhla, and Laem Chabang.At the same time, a large number of Exocet warships attacked 26 cities along the Mekong and Chao Phraya rivers indiscriminately, and the Royal Navy's battle of Liwei was fought for nearly a month, firing more than one million rounds of artillery shells of various calibers.For later generations, more than a million shells are really nothing, but in this era, it is really beyond the psychological bottom line of European bandits, dozens of large and small cities and ports have been bombed into ruins, and there is no way to count the number of dead and injured people in detail.As for the servant army organized or supported by the European powers, there were more than 70,000 men and horses, and the equipment included naval guns, artillery, and muskets, which even exceeded the firepower of the Zheng army, however, this army of more than 70,000 men and horses did not even see the shadow of the Ming army, and was directly wiped out by the naval guns of the Royal Navy.If it is said that in the Red Sea, the probability of the Ming Royal Navy encountering the armed merchant ships of the Dutch is far greater than that of the seafarers who rescued them.As the so-called bystander clears, Helena's guess is quite accurate.During the Spring Festival, all departments and officials of the Ming Dynasty will have a holiday, of course, this holiday is quite long, directly connected with the Lantern Festival, until the sixteenth day of the first month, this will officially go to work.For the officials of the Ding Xin Dynasty, they are quite happy, in addition to the fixed salary, they also have a considerable part of the welfare, minister-level officials, almost legal income of more than 5,000 taels of silver, deputy ministers more than 3,000 taels of silver, even prefect and department-level cadres, there are 2,000 to 2,500 taels of silver.The county magistrate and department-level officials ranged from 800 to 1,500 taels of silver, and even the lowest-ranking officials had about 150 taels of silver.In fact, one hundred and fifty taels of silver is not too high, a skilled embroiderer can earn eighty to one hundred and fifty taels of silver a month, and a skilled mechanic can also earn three hundred and five to six hundred taels of silver a year.The biggest difference between Quan's Daming and Zhu's Daming is that the expenditure method is different, it can be said that Zhu's Daming's fiscal expenditure should account for seventy percent of the state's financial expenditure, and the remaining thirty percent is military spending.In fact, the largest expenditure of the whole Ming Dynasty is not military spending, but education expenditure, and the Ministry of Education spends less than 300,000 taels of silver on the personnel and welfare of the entire Ministry of Education.Of course, it can be seen from one point that the Ming Dynasty has reduced the officials to what extent, but the expenditure of the Ministry of Education is 160 million taels of silver, which is the bottomless pit of the Ming Dynasty's finances.Comparatively speaking, military spending is only slightly lower than education spending.When everyone was on vacation, only Quan Xu, the Ming Emperor, could not get a moment of rest, mainly because Quan Xu was invited by Mo Hua to participate in the second design of Feitian.The experiment was successful, and Mo Hua got inspiration from a young carpenter, Xu Zhengming, who was from Wu County.Generations of carpenters, when he was a child chatting with others, he heard the mythical story of the "strange man-made man-made" flying car in the ancient Chinese book "Classic of Mountains and Seas".So, the idea of creating a flying car came to me.After Xu Zhengming experienced more than ten failures, he saw the news that the Mo family had invested heavily to build a hot air balloon in the "Daming Times", but it failed because of this.The boy who had just turned sixteen years old carried a complete set of carpentry tools on his back and went north to the capital, where he worshiped under the Mohua sect, this talented young man, was loved by Mohua, and Xu Zhengming became the third disciple of Mohua.Inspired by the young craftsman Xu Zhengming, the ink plough adopts the method of multi-gear installation, the pedal rotates up and down, and the wind whirls to provide the hot air balloon with the power to steer.On the twelfth day of the first month of the first year of Dingxin, in the Jingshan Experimental Field in Beijing, under the witness of more than 1,000 craftsmen and the emperor Quan Xu, the soldiers next to him untied the rope tied to the hot air balloon and slowly rose into the air with the hot air balloon.Jeon Wook looked at the machine with a micro-power of manpower with a telescope, looking forward to his performance.When the hot air balloon rises more than 200 meters in the air, it flies along the southeast in the direction of the wind and the ground."
Start experimenting!"
After the command came over the intercom, an operator on the hot air balloon began to operate the rudder, and stepped on the pedal, as the blades of the spiral began to turn, the hot air balloon flew to the sky above the Forbidden City, driven by the power of the rotors, and then flew towards Jingshan.Although the flight speed was quite slow, so slow that it could make people cry, however, the scene resounded with fierce cheers.This is the first time that manpower can be used to turn the direction of the hot air balloon in the air, although as early as the Battle of the Great Wall and the Battle of Jingshan in Beijing, Quan Xu has been involved in the hot air balloon battle, but, at that time, the hot air balloon is just a toy, can only run with the wind."
It worked!"
Quan Xu said with some tears and laughter: "Yes, if you succeed, you don't have to be afraid of difficulties in anything, as long as you do it with your heart, there will always be the possibility of success!"
”He didn't want to discourage Mohua's enthusiasm, but this research direction was crooked."
Your name is Xu Zhengming!""
Back to ......
Your Majesty......
Under!
”"Do you stutter?"
Mo Hua said with some hatred: "Your Majesty, this kid is too nervous!"
”"Don't be nervous, I won't eat people!"
Jeon Wook tried his best to be kind, but the craftsmen around him were all excited and very nervous.This is not to blame these craftsmen, the Ming Dynasty is too cruel to craftsmen, these craftsmen have seen the biggest official in their lives, I am afraid that it is their direct chief.Not to mention the emperor himself.Quan Xu had no choice but to let people reward the craftsmen with some money and a luxurious royal banquet.At the banquet, Quan Xu had an in-depth exchange with Mo Hua."
Hot air balloons are not very practical, the cost of flying is high, they are too affected by the weather, and you guys are getting it wrong in one direction!""
Got it in the wrong direction?""
That's right!"
Quan Xu pointed to the soldier next to him and said: "Even the strongest soldier, after years of training, slashing a thousand times, will feel tired, even if the feet are stronger than the hands, but no matter how strong a person is, he will be tired, just like more than a thousand years ago, Zu Chongzhi invented the wheel ship, but why the wheel ship is obviously faster than the sailboat, but it can't replace the sailboat?"
”Xu Zhengming said cautiously: "Manpower is sometimes poor!"
”"That's right!"
Quan Xu smiled: "That's because of this!
”Mo Hua sighed and said: "But the balloon does not carry the steam engine, the test of the steam engine on the ship, although it has been successful, there are still some technical problems that have not been solved, and all ......the problems will be solved within a few years at most."
"The concept of the internal combustion engine has been talked about at the Science and Technology Development Conference a long time ago, you can try to research in this direction, develop more powerful and smaller machinery, and replace manpower with machinery!"
”Quan Xu immediately dipped his fingers in the tea and drew a simple three-way view of the airplane: "You don't need to remember these materials, the library has relevant materials, who can invent the internal combustion engine, why should I be a marquis?"
”The craftsmen present became excited.There is nothing to say about the welfare treatment of craftsmen and workers in the Ming Dynasty, especially these high-ranking talents, just like Mo Hua's simple income is more than ten times higher than that of a high-ranking official, even his two major disciples have already exceeded the income of ministerial-level officials.The eyes of the craftsmen burst with excitement, and their spring is coming!