I am the king of the dead

There are two water wells in the Nantang workshop, and these two wells are equipped with two barrel cars, which are spiral water wheels.

A long tube, the rotation of the inner shaft of the rotating tube drives the spiral blade to run in the opposite direction, and supports the water to move upwards to achieve the purpose of raising the water.

It also has a name called Longwei car.

The tail of the dragon is like water, and it rises like water, so it is called the car with the tail of the dragon.

The principle of the dragon tail car is the principle of Archimedes' spiral motion.

The dragon tail water carts of the two wells are the same except for the power. The dragon tail water cart in the east is animal power, the most durable horse selected from the horse farm of the Ming emperor Zhu Qiyu, and the west one is the steam engine of the Ming emperor.

How much work can the steam engine produced by Zhu Qiyu need to bypass the degree to solve it.

The experimental platform has been built.

In the early morning of the next day, when it was just dawn, the general offices of several official factories including the Guangzhou Fuzhou Coal and Steel Factory, the Weaving Bureau, the Winery, and the Spinning Factory, and the Guangdong and Guangxi merchants came to the Nantang workshop with several merchants.

As soon as they entered the factory, they saw a horse spinning continuously, driving the dragon tail cart to pump water, while on the other side, there was a steam engine emitting steam.

This is a brand new machine. Two craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty are nervously observing the operation of the steam engine, writing and drawing in their notebooks.

Water flows into the container along the pipe.

The general office, the general manager and other merchants were stopped outside and looked at the machine in amazement. Four hours later, Zhu Qiyu appeared in the workshop.

Jin Wansheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the result is out. The horse raised a total of 72 catties of water by a foot in four hours, and the horse is already tired."

72 catties of water is 360 tons. This is Zhu Qiyu, the horse with the highest endurance and physical strength in the horse farm of the Ming emperor. Generally, Zhu Qiyu is willing to ride a war horse when it is time for battle.

"What about the steam engine? How much?" Zhu Qiyu was quite looking forward to the performance of the steam engine.

Jin Wansheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, hesitated for a while, and said a little nervously: "In four hours, the steam engine raised 70 catties of water by one foot, but the steam engine can continue."

It took His Majesty several months to tinker with the thing, which was actually not as good as a livestock, and it was [-] catties less, which really made Jin Wansheng extremely uneasy.

Zhu Qiyu said with ecstasy: "Very good, stop it, very good!"

Now the power of the steam engine that Zhu Qiyu has worked out is about one horsepower, just like the hardness of Daming concrete is "one foot". This is the result of bypassing the degree.

And the work efficiency of one horsepower has greatly exceeded Zhu Qiyu's expectations. He originally thought that he could achieve half a horsepower, but the result surprised him.

"Take the summary in and let them discuss it." Zhu Qiyu handed over the data that was still hot in his hand to Jin Wansheng, and asked him to go in and tear up with those merchants.

tear what?
Will tearing up the current steam engine be accepted by people on a large scale?

Buying is not as smart as selling. This group of preoccupied merchants gathered here today to help the Emperor calculate the cost.

Lin Xiu, the eunuch of the Ministry of Finance, and Wang Hu, a doctor of the household department, were also in the house. Zhu Qiyu sat behind the screen and listened to their discussion quietly.

"Mr. Wang, where did you get rich recently?" A businessman asked obsequiously.

Wang Qiyue shook his head and said, "Where to get rich, it's just begging for food."

Wang Qiyue is from Guangxi, and he is the head of the new merchants in Guangdong and Guangxi. After the collapse of the four major buildings, his hairy hair appeared. It is rumored in the world that Wang Qiyue has [-] boats and [-] boatmen under his command. figure.

But Zhu Qiyu knew the details of this business owner. He was the owner of the Wang family in Qinzhou. Went overseas to oppress foreign barbarians.

Wang Hu, a doctor from the household department, Jin Wansheng, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, and Lin Xiu, an internal eunuch, got the data of the steam engine and passed it on to everyone present.

Lin Xiu said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang just wants to know, if there is a choice, which one would you choose? Is it a horse or this steam engine?"

"Everyone, don't worry, Grandpa Huang said that this time it is not allocated to you to buy and sell steam engines. To be honest, this new thing, the official factory has to use it first."

If you want to buy, you have to queue.

Wang Qiyue took a lot of summaries, looked at them for a long time and said, "What kind of horse is this?"

Wang Hu said: "Turn to the seventh page, the rear mountain horse and the Western Region horse are mixed, and the best horse is selected from the best."

"The good horse from the Yumajian..." Wang Qiyue shuddered and shook his head.

The price of horses in Ming Dynasty varies from six to ten silver coins in the north, and twelve to fifteen silver coins in the south. It costs about three to five silver coins a year to raise a horse.

But this is not the price of war horses, one out of a hundred war horses, a war horse is more expensive than a cow, about [-] silver coins, and it costs about ten silver coins to raise a war horse every year.

As for the horses selected from the best among the best in His Majesty's Horse Guard, the price cannot be measured. How to check the manpower, material resources, and rarity?
Just like people, although they are all horses, the gap between horses and horses is even greater than the gap between horses and donkeys. Their value and treatment are completely different.

Wang Qiyue is so powerful, and he is still the general manager of Guangdong and Guangxi merchants. It is extremely difficult to get a group of good horses from the Yumajian.

"Are there any summaries of common rogues?" Wang Qiyue asked a crucial question.

Lin Xiu flipped through the summary in his hand and said: "The poor horse can't do it for four hours, but can only do it for two hours. In the first hour, it can lift 18 catties per foot, and in the second hour, it can only lift 13 catties." , and then fell down from exhaustion."

A galloping horse can't take ten steps in one leap; a rough horse can ride ten times, and the merits are endless.

The reason is this, but Qiji can run for four hours, and a nasty horse can only run for two hours, and the price of a Qiji is more than double the price of a nasty horse.

"I don't have any doubts." Wang Qiyue started to make plans and occasionally raised his head to discuss with other merchants. The time passed quickly, and after a while, the sounds of discussions and calculations slowly subsided.

Wang Qiyue handed the test book in his hand to Wang Hu and said, "If compared with horsepower, I will choose steam engine."

Lin Xiu, the eunuch of internal funds, received a note, which was obviously a question from His Majesty behind the screen. Lin Xiu immediately asked, "Compared with manpower?"

"Manpower." Wang Qiyue shivered, only feeling a chill from the tailbone straight to the sky, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say.

Wang Qiyue is good at observing words and expressions, of course he guessed that His Majesty was watching them from a certain corner, this question was not asked by the eunuch in front of him, but by His Majesty.

To speak nonsense is to deceive the emperor, to answer truthfully, to put it nicely is called blunt admonition, to put it badly, it is courting death.

Among scholars, His Majesty is a violent, subjugated king who kills people at the slightest disagreement.

Wang Qiyue didn't hesitate, he didn't choose to deceive the emperor. In Wang Qiyue's heart, His Majesty is not the faint lord that the gang of scholars are talking about, but the wise emperor.
Choosing manpower instead of a steam engine is tantamount to saying that the steam engine that His Majesty has been working on in the past few months is not suitable for reuse.

Faithful words are harsh to the ears, but good for deeds.

Choose a one-horsepower steam engine or a poor horse?Naturally, the steam engine is chosen.

Choose a one-horsepower steam engine or human power?Nature chooses manpower.

Daming's labor cost is really too cheap.

After the double-acting piston steam engine cost seminar was over, everyone discussed with each other and left, but Wang Qiyue was stopped by Xing'an.

"President Wang Shang stays, Your Majesty declares." Xing'an led Wang Qiyue into the imperial study.

"I greet Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Wang Qiyue bowed three times and kowtowed five times.

Wang Qiyue was born in Qinzhou Juren, a typical example of abandoning Confucianism to go into business. Unlike Fei Yiying, Wang Qiyue doesn't like official career, but he can call himself a minister if he has a reputation.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Pingshen. I called you here today, just to hear what you think about steam engines."

Wang Qiyue bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, this is a rare fetish in the world, and everyone who sees it is amazed, but..."

Zhu Qiyu said to Xing'an: "Give me a seat to watch tea, I just want to hear from you, just meet in private and speak freely."

"That's what I said." Wang Qiyue gritted his teeth and said: "Its power is constant, it does not stop day and night, it is far better than human horsepower, but it is okay to use two shifts of manpower."

"It's powerful, far superior to manpower, but the price of a steam engine is almost equivalent to ten people."

"If it can be produced in large quantities, the price will be lower, and the strength will be greater. It will soon replace manpower. But if a steam engine replaces ten people, then these ten people will have no work to do."

What Wang Qiyue said was from the bottom of his heart. The steam engine is very good, but after the steam engine is used, how should the manpower eliminated by the machine be arranged?
Wang Qiyue remembered that His Majesty once said that during the orthodox years, the unemployed craftsmen in the Xishan Coal Kilns could not afford coal and could not make fires. They were unemployed because they produced too much coal.

This is a vicious circle, where the demand side is sluggish, and the production of goods is piled up like a mountain, and it is ultimately a lose-lose situation.

If the common people have no work to do and no money in their hands, how can they consume the products produced?
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Your idea is very good."

"Machine also needs to be produced and maintained. This can be solved by building a craftsman school."

Zhu Qiyu briefly explained his understanding of unskilled craftsmen and skilled craftsmen.

In Zhu Qiyu's view, by cultivating a large number of skilled craftsmen and closely organizing the craftsmen, the demand on the supply side can be increased, and the phenomenon that Wang Qiyue is worried about will not appear.

"Then I don't have any doubts." Wang Qiyue bowed his head and said, the question he was considering was clearly settled by His Majesty.

Zhu Qiyu picked up a memorandum from the table, handed it to Xing'an and said: "Recently, Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, made a remonstrance. President Wang and Shang will take a look. It will be implemented early next year, so make preparations in advance."

Wang Qiyue finished reading Zhu Pi's memorabilia, handed it to Xing'an, knelt on the ground three times and five times and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, and I will leave."

The memorial that Zhu Qiyu showed Wang Qiyue was the reward for Wang Qiyue's bold and loyal words this time, and the court's movements.

Shen Bulou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has always been committed to easing labor-capital conflicts. Last time, he proposed that Daming workshops should deposit their work remuneration in advance and was criticized by some Zhu. Shen Bulou also proposed a transparent system of labor remuneration.

The opaqueness of labor remuneration can make it easier for rich businessmen to exploit labor, facilitate discriminatory pricing of labor, reduce management costs, and facilitate salary inversion, that is: those who work get less money, and those who don’t work get more money.

Labor remuneration transparency system is top-down and bottom-up to achieve equal pay for equal work.

Equal pay for equal work has two value orientations: to ensure the implementation of the great principle of distribution according to work of the Ming emperor, and to pay equal labor and receive equal labor remuneration.

This is not something that can be achieved with just a few shouts from the Labor Insurance Bureau.

The publicity of labor remuneration and reporting to the Labor Insurance Bureau is a joint effort from bottom to top and top to bottom.

Zhu Qiyu Zhu approved the memorial.

Zhu Qiyu patted the memorial in his hand. The purpose of letting Wang Qiyue read the memorial was naturally to let Wang Qiyue release the news first to see the reaction.

He looked out of the window and said in a daze: "Shen Bulou, Shen Bulou, if I work for another two years, I'm afraid I'll be scolded to death. Xing'an, don't you think so?"

The summer in Guangzhou Mansion should have been warm and the seasons were not so obvious, but this year it snowed again in Guangzhou Mansion, which was caused by the glacier climate from the Yongle period.

Zhu Qiyu hopes that the Ming Dynasty can be free from disasters every year, and that natural disasters can reduce the disasters to the people under the administration. Under this kind of astronomical phenomenon, if there is no development of productivity, will the people's lives be better?

"If you scold, you will be scolded. History has its own judgment." Xing'an also said quite indifferently.

Zhu Qiyu pointed to Shen Yi's memoir and said: "Meat eaters always try not to tear their faces. Mostly, if they can monopolize and never divide the spoils, if they can divide the spoils, they will never join forces, if they can join forces, they will never assassinate, if they can assassinate, they will never fight, and if they can kill, they will never fight. Never fight by force, only when there is no other way will you fight to the death."

"It was such a struggle, and finally found that the platform was arched."

Xing'an continued a cup of tea for Zhu Qiyu and said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise."

His Majesty will see clearly and plainly the party struggle in the court, and clearly see the true colors of these meat eaters, what is it if they are not saints?
His Majesty caught the attention of the meat eaters who did not dare to tear their faces and lift the table. They have been using the table as a last resort and a warning. Rigong is carrying out the new policy of Ming Dynasty and realizing His Majesty's policy plan.

Zhu Qiyu's reply in Shen Yi's Labor Remuneration Publicity Law, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, added a lot of punishments, most of which were fines, suspensions, and confiscations. If you don't want to be fined, just follow the standards honestly.

"Guangzhou Xingning Factory uses steam to drain water and pull coal. Try it for a few days first and listen to what the craftsmen say. By the way, return the drawings to the Ten Great Calendar Bureaus of the Ming Dynasty to find ways to improve them." Zhu Qiyu plans to make a few units first. Give it a try, and let the top ten calendar bureaus revise the design plan.