I am the king of the dead

Zhu Qiyu still hasn't touched a drop of alcohol, and keeping a clear head at all times is what he asks of himself.

"Yu Shaobao, on the battlefield, how did you tell that the enemy was pretending to be the Ming army's sneak attack?" Zhu Qiyu asked with some doubts, because in the military merit book, there are many military exploits where the enemy pretended to be a sneak attack and was seen through.

Daming has an extremely terrifying Lianzao system, called "Regulations on Rewards and Punishments for Lianzao Leading Military Officers", which stipulates in detail the punishment for killing good men and pretending to be meritorious. None succeeded.

Annan's army of the same language and species yelled "Brothers, my own people" and wanted to attack the Ming army, but they were all seen through.

"Your Majesty, there are different pronunciations in ten miles, and they will know it when they open their mouths." Yu Qian hesitated and said: "Actually, they can know without opening their mouths."

"Oh? They can know without opening their mouths?" Zhu Qiyu asked in surprise.

Yu Qian thought for a while and explained: "Annan's army is generally short, with dark complexion, about five feet or less. When they meet, they are often dressed and poorly armed, and their military discipline is extremely poor. There is no appearance of standing, sitting, or walking. If you look from afar, you will know that it is a thief."

"I see." Zhu Qiyu got an unexpected but reasonable answer.

According to the "Regulations on Rewards and Punishments for Leading Military Officers", the upper and middle ranks are exempted from prosecution, and the middle and lower ranks are punished accordingly.

Ten out of ten rewards are super, nine out of ten rewards are top, eight out of ten rewards are upper middle, seven out of ten rewards are top and bottom, six out of ten rewards are upper middle, and five out of ten rewards are middle-medium.

Less than five tenths is middle and lower.

For example, in shooting training: Within about a hundred steps, another four or five-foot mound should be erected, like a thief coming to this pile.Then use weapons such as shooting long arms, strong crossbows, bows, rockets, bird blunderbusses, Francois machines, etc. to hit them.

Within a hundred steps, there is a four or five foot mound of bandit bandits, with an earthen pot placed on it as an enemy to shoot.

There are 49 people in the team, if only [-] people hit the target, they will be punished.

The generals and soldiers were all punished. After the punishment, the whole guard knew that because of your substandard training, wherever you went, your team would be pointed at and looked down upon.

During the Jingtai period, the hit rate of the bird gun beyond seven steps was extremely impressive. It was all based on feeling rather than aiming. Strict regulations created the military discipline of the Ming Army.

Li Sicheng was also seated below. When he heard Yu Qian's words, he kept silent. What Yu Qian said was the truth. Another reason for the lack of military discipline in Annan's army was that the quality of the soldiers was extremely poor, with short stature and dark complexion. The Ming army doesn't have that innate condition.

Liang Jiazi joined the army and Latin Zhuang Ding joined the army, and the quality of the soldiers was very different.

The main purpose of a big banquet is to have an atmosphere. On this kind of occasion, no one will open their mouths to drink, get drunk, and lose their manners in front of the palace. Your Majesty doesn't care. , how much trouble.

Zhu Qiyu gave the army a three-day vacation, and after another [-] days, he planned to return to Beijing.

Emperor Daming had been abroad for almost two years, and it was time to go back. If he didn't go back, His Royal Highness King Xiang should find a rope to hang himself up. He really couldn't hold on anymore.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu had just washed up and had breakfast and came to the imperial study, Xing'an bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, please see me from Shaobao."

"So early? How long have you been waiting? Hurry up." Zhu Qiyu looked at the time, and he gave Yu Qian a three-day vacation.

"I greet Your Majesty, is Your Majesty safe?" Yu Qian bowed his head and saluted. Yu Qian, who had rested all night, was full of energy and was not at all tired from a battle.

"Zhen'an, flat body, give me a seat." Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to serve tea, and asked suspiciously: "What's the matter for coming so early?"

Yu Qian said with searching eyes: "I came back yesterday and heard that His Majesty made a steam engine. Everyone was amazed at the time. I couldn't hold back my curiosity, so I came over to see what it was."

Yu Qian didn't think His Majesty was just playing with something that allowed His Majesty to invest in it for more than half a year, and it was said that it could replace animal power, but it was actually as good as the power of a good horse from the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Yu Qian was really curious.

"Since Yu Shaobao asked, I can't hide it. Let's take a look at the blueprint and have a cup of tea first, and then we'll see the real thing." Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to fetch the blueprint.

The drawing of the steam engine has not been iterated, and it is still a double-acting piston steam engine. Zhu Qiyu explained the principle to Yu Qian in front of the drawing.

Yu Qian's eyes widened throughout the whole process, and after listening dumbfounded, he said with conviction: "The method of stimulating the rotation of the copper wheel, combined with fire and steam, is really ingenious. I congratulate Your Majesty and Daming!"

What is productivity?Productivity is the ability to transform nature formed by the combination of people with the ability to work and the means of production.

There is no doubt that the steam engine in front of us is a kind of productivity.

What is the price of the fine horses of His Majesty's Horse Supervisor?That's not six taels of silver for a horse, it's something hard to find.

Yu Qian said in admiration: "If this thing is loaded on a carriage, don't you need a horse-drawn cart? It's a wonderful thing, a wonderful thing!"

"Now it's too big to fit on the carriage." Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, miniaturization will have to wait for a while, Zhu Qiyu has been pushing the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty to miniaturize the steam engine, striving to install it on the carriage.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Some people say that this horsepower is saved, which saves manpower even more. If manpower is saved, the people will slack off, and if the people slack off, they will cause trouble. What do you say, once the machine turns, people's hearts will not be old."

Yu Qian stared blankly at His Majesty and said in surprise: "This, this, who is talking nonsense? Why don't you send him to the Liaodong Coal and Steel Factory for a few years, and naturally he won't be able to say such stupid things."

"Where did all the reading go?"

"Guanzi said: If the warehouse is solid, you know the etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you know the honor and disgrace.

"The common people are tired of running around and only hope for a moment of peace. They only have a chance to take a breath and then run for peace. If you follow the hearts of the people, this thing will be of great benefit, Your Majesty!"

Government decrees are like flowing water, and they should have their source, and the source of government decrees should be in line with the will of the people, so that there can be long-term peace and stability, and only then can the four dimensions (propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame) be maintained, and the country will never perish.

His Majesty has expended so much thought on making this thing, it is obvious that it is to make the common people less toil, and it is a concrete manifestation of accommodating the hearts of the people. It is determined that it has nothing to do with the word subjugation.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "A Wen Linlang from the Imperial Academy, named Zou Yunlong, was born as a No. 5 Jinshi in the seventh year of Zhengtong."

Yu Qian suddenly shook his head and said, "He, that's not surprising."

No. 6 in the top three in the seventh year of orthodoxy is Yao Kui, the cousin of Jiangxi Zuo Buzheng Fang Bo Yao Long. This time in Annan County, Yao Kui is in Yunnan and Guizhou to stabilize the Daming rear.

The same group of Jinshi and the same family background, but the gap between people is sometimes even greater than the gap between humans and dogs.

This Zou Yunlong, Yu Qian really knows.

Zou Yunlong is a native of Tai'an, Fujian Province. He is extremely old-fashioned in his behavior and conduct. He is a standard Confucian scholar who respects the ancients. He doesn't like change very much. Offer sharp criticism.

Zou Yunlong opened his mouth and kept his mouth shut, saying that his ancestors had established the law, opposed to changing the old and reforming the new, and it could even be said that he was a little stubborn.

The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty cannot be generalized. This concept is too broad. There are very few sour Confucian scholars who respect the ancient times. Most of the Confucian scholars hold a kind of attitude. , Shouting Shengming, if it is useless, if you catch the handle, it will be a group attack.

"Let's go, let's see my steam engine?" Zhu Qiyu stood up, Zou Yunlong's memorabilia Zhu Qiyu has been kept but not published, whether it is useful or not is left to practice to prove.

A water plant was built in Nantang Bieyuan. The water source in the water plant is taken from the stream of Baiyun Mountain. After sedimentation, it still needs to be filtered before being supplied to Jiangcheng through pipelines. The water is still raw water and cannot be drunk directly.

In the simple recipe for hygiene and prevention, Hu Wei suggested drinking hot water instead of unboiled water to prevent illness. Hou Huo Qubing, the hero of the Han Dynasty, took unboiled water, but firewood, rice, oil, salt, and firewood are the most important, and the prices of firewood and coal can be reduced. Only then can the people of Ming Dynasty realize the freedom of hot water.

Realizing the freedom of hot water has become an important topic under the program of making Ming great again.

In the Nantang Water Plant, Yu Qian saw the roaring steam engine for the first time, driving the dragon tail cart non-stop, pumping water out of the sedimentation tank and sending it into the filter tank.

"This thing, Dali Daming, Dali Daming." Yu Qian clapped vigorously and said: "I can't wait to see it can be installed on the car."

Everyone can use the good horse of the Daming Imperial Horse Supervisor, what is the concept?What does it mean to Daming?Above the military, above sea trade, above above the people's livelihood, what kind of changes will the emergence of the steam engine bring?
Yu Qian felt that his imagination was not enough, and all of this was done by His Majesty.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the roaring steam engine and said with a smile: "I dare not take credit for it. I thought it was very simple at first, but it is not my imagination that this thing can appear."

"It was the result of countless craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty who worked all night and worked together. They improved the quality of the steel and improved the airtightness little by little, and solved one problem after another."

"It belongs to Daming."

Zhu Qiyu is the leader of the invention of the double-acting piston steam engine, but the specific implementation still depends on people, and people are the root cause of all this.

"Your Majesty is wise." Yu Qian said very respectfully.

The miniaturization and standardization of the steam engine is still in full swing. Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian, a pair of princes and ministers, stood in front of the steam engine for a long time, and put forward many ideas for the use of the steam engine.

Yu Qian's enthusiasm for machinery may not be as good as that of Ming's blacksmith emperor Zhu Qiyu, but Yu Qian has an unswerving pursuit of improving people's livelihood and a peaceful world.

Then Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian wandered around the Daming official factory around Nantang Carpenter City for a long time.

It was getting noon, and seeing the meal time, Zhu Qiyu said: "During Yu Shaobao's absence, the Guangzhou Mansion had a lot of fun. I was going to watch the fun today, do you want Yu Shaobao to go and see it together? "

Yu Qian was full of smiles. His Majesty really liked watching the excitement as always. He immediately said: "Your Majesty just came back and saw the excitement? It's a great honor."

"Then let's go and grab a meal." Zhu Qiyu got into the car, and for the convenience of watching the excitement, Zhu Qiyu was wearing ordinary clothes, which were not eye-catching.

"Does Yu Shaobao still have any impression of Fei Yiying's stock split subscription?" Zhu Qiyu talked about the past, and today's excitement is the same as the stock split subscription.

"Of course I remember." Yu Qian nodded and said.

Zhu Qiyu said rather helplessly: "Today's matter is essentially the same as the original contract of selling one's life and the splitting of the three-masted ship's shares."

"It's just that Fei Yiying is too kind. He actually split the ship into shares, and really distributed the profits of Haimao to those who subscribed, instead of reducing dividends by raising costs and reducing profits. .”

In the process of transformation from a small peasant economy to a commodity economy, there will inevitably be a series of pains and historical lessons. This is the law of historical development. Zhu Qiyu has tried his best to avoid these things from happening, but the pains and lessons are history rolling forward. The price to pay.

Before Zhu Qiyu came to an extremely magnificent restaurant, this restaurant was about five floors high, much more luxurious than the Yanyun Tower in Nanya.

Although he said that he came to have a meal, he didn't eat here. Instead, he ate some pastries in the car to fill his stomach, and then ate when he returned to Nantang Bieyuan.

After Zhu Qiyu got off the car, the driver was pulled to the backyard. The vermilion Persian carpet was spread from the place where he got off the car to the room, which was very luxurious. After entering, the waiter in the shop saw the invitation and shouted: "Guest five Please come upstairs to the private room!"

When he arrived at the private room, Zhu Qiyu had a booklet in his hand. This booklet was called "Wanli Haitang Customs and Local Records".

It’s just that in this local annals, all the dangers mentioned by Ma Huan, the aborigines’ harassment, the bared teeth of crocodiles and gorillas, etc. are all omitted. In this local annals, Wanli Haitang has become a paradise on earth full of gold.

"Who made this?" Yu Qian flipped through the booklet and said with mixed emotions.

These countries in Wanli Haitang are wild lands, not some heavenly kingdoms. The richest Annan is not as good as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, let alone Luzon, Boni, Borneo, Java and other places.

Zhu Qiyu put the pamphlet aside and said: "The overseas Chinese are those who don't want to stay in Daming to abide by the law and don't want to fight for their lives with snakeheads, so they have to pay [-]% of the immigration tax. Rich family."

"They are short of people now."

"Lack of people?" Yu Qian asked with a puzzled face. Yu Qian thought that these guys were doing slavery overseas, and he was very happy.

Zhu Qiyu said precisely: "Lack of thugs."