I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 140 Jingwei Reclamation
"I'll give you a gift, how steel is tempered, I guarantee you will like it." Zhu Youjian quietly received the "Reward for Invention of Heavenly Works", but it was a roll of blueprints.

He handed the drawing to Xu Guangqi, and said with a gentle smile, "Xu Aiqing, open it and have a look."

Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing quickly opened the roll of blueprints, and after only one glance, they were stunned.

Sure enough, it really is a blueprint for steel refining.

On a hand scroll less than seven or eight feet long, from the basics of iron ore smelting such as mining, ore dressing, sintering, and smelting, to the later use of blast furnace hot air and coke to reduce molten iron, to the later stage of desulfurization, dephosphorization, and removal of impurities, and then to Further refining, continuous casting, rolling...

With a picture in hand, I own the world.

The idiot emperor Zhu Youjian couldn't understand it, but for Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing, it was naturally clear at a glance.

"Your Majesty, this is the most important weapon of the country!"

"Long Live Lord, this picture is too precious, please put it away quickly, I already know it well!"

After the two great scientists finished 'referring to details', they quickly rolled up the volume of 'Steelmaking Diagram', holding their hands in front of Zhu Youjian with solemn faces.

Zhu Youjian asked with a smile: "Have you ever learned it?"

Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing nodded solemnly, and said in unison: "I have understood it!"

But Zhu Youjian didn't reach out to pick up the blueprint, he smiled and said to Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing: "Put it away, you two lovers, I have too many good things on me, and there is nowhere to put them.

After returning to the capital, this picture will be kept by Daming Academy, as long as it is not spread out. "

Smelting steel, manufacturing muskets, cannons, ships, steam engines and other chores are naturally the work of scientists, and he, Zhu Youjian, can just be his own idiot emperor.

Being a good teacher is not a good thing.

"By the way, I haven't said anything about coming to the Daming Strait today," Zhu Youjian said after the two scientists put away the 'Steelmaking Map' with surprise on their faces:

"I want to build a road that leads directly to Heilongjiang, the hinterland of Eastern Liaodong."

"Alongside the Heilongjiang River, build some defensive fortifications. On the one hand, it will prevent Tsarist Russia from invading the northern border of our Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, it can be used as the first batch of military bases, along the Luding Mountain line."

"Turn Jiannu's so-called Longxing land into an enclave of mine."

Xu Guangqi and Wei Zhongxian nodded slightly, seeming to understand a little bit.

Only Song Yingxing bowed his head in thought, muttering to himself, as if he was calculating and deducing something.

Zhu Youjian didn't speak, but looked at Song Yingxing warmly.

"Long Live Lord, I have a bold idea, but..." Song Yingxing suddenly raised his head, hesitant to speak.

"Speak, I'm listening."

"Long live, I have a stupid way to build a cross-sea channel, but it will take a lot of manpower and material resources."

"Really?" Hearing that it would cost a lot of manpower and material resources, Zhu Youjian became excited all of a sudden.

Isn't this another big 'prodigal value'?

"Song Aiqing, tell me, as long as this cross-sea road can be built, even if I sell the Forbidden City, I will support you, Song Aiqing!" Zhu Youjian said seriously.

Xu Guangqi and Wei Zhongxian: "..."

Come, come, the Forbidden City is going to be sold again.

"Long live, I think so," Song Yingxing pointed to the tall Sakhalin mountain range along the coast of Kuwu Island, and said in a deep voice, "We can organize several large-scale explosions to blow up this mountain range;
Then, design a set of fast transport belts to fill a steady stream of mountain rocks into the sea.

At the same time, build a cement factory nearby to produce high-grade Portland cement, mix it with sand and gravel in a certain proportion, and then dump it directly into the seawater through the transportation pipeline..."

Jingwei reclamation!

Upon hearing this idea, Zhu Youjian was elated.

Think about blowing up the Sakhalin Mountains, filling the sea with a steady stream of boulders and rocks, and dumping countless cement concrete into the sea.

Tsk tsk, hello Song Yingxing, for this project, at least a large forest needs to be cut down, dozens of boats of copper and iron metal are consumed, and hundreds of thousands of people work day and night...

It is simply a big loser!

After listening to Song Yingxing's "crazy thoughts", Xu Guangqi and Wei Zhongxian hesitated to speak several times.

Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, laughed loudly, waved his hand, and began to preach: "Song Aiqing's plan is very clever, I agree!"

"How much food, civil servants, copper and iron, etc. are needed, just ask, I will agree to everything!"

Song Yingxing was stunned for a moment, his hips stretched a little on his face, and he said with a wry smile: "Long Live Lord, I am a little cranky, I can't help but bring it up first for everyone to discuss..."

The implication is that such a large project, Weichen is a little worried that he won't be able to take it down.

"Song Aiqing, Xu Aiqing, Wei Zhongxian, all of you listen, as long as the ruler and ministers are of one mind and agree with each other, don't talk about this mere strait, even if it is the end of the world, I have the confidence to build a bridge across the sea!"

"Just let it go."

Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered that in the memory of later generations, there seemed to be a sea-crossing bridge, which was to pour tens of thousands of tons of concrete into the sea water, and forcibly "pile up" to form extremely strong bridge piers.

At that time, the bastards in neighboring countries once joked about 'wasting money'.

"Let's go, go to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River. I remember that it is clearly marked on a nautical chart. The narrowest part of the strait is only more than ten miles away."

The armored battleship continued sailing, gradually approaching a narrow passage.

At this time, the battleship stopped.

Zheng Zhilong stepped onto the deck quickly, and bowed to report: "Long Live Lord, there are many underwater reefs in the sea ahead, and our warships cannot pass through. Today's inspection can only end here."

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "It's okay, I actually just want to bring you over to have a look, and build our cross-sea road in the sea area ahead."

"Look, the sea area is less than eleven or twelve miles away, right?"

"Even if it extends to both sides of the strait for another [-] to [-] miles, we can build this channel as quickly as possible."

"By then, Kuwu Island will not be an unsinkable aircraft carrier?"

"Zheng Zhilong, pass the decree to Cao Wenzhao, asking him to quickly mobilize the island's manpower, and immediately carry out exploration of this place, build the city if it needs to be built, and build the road if it needs to be built;
Well, blow up the Sakhalin Mountains first.

Then, immediately choose a site to build a cement plant. "

Zheng Zhilong didn't hear the previous conversation, he was a little dazed at the moment, he was tongue-tied for a while, and then he gave the order to the captain of the iron-clad warship.

Soon, a small fast boat turned around and headed towards Black Dragon City quickly...

……

Just as Zhu Youjian's iron-clad battleship was wobbling back towards Heilong City, Cao Wenzhao, who was training sailors on the water of Heilonggang, received the emperor's order with a dazed expression on his face.

"Long live God... want to fill in the sea and build roads?"

Cao Wenzhao knew that the waters at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River were about ten miles wide at the narrowest part of the strait.

This distance doesn't sound very far away, even those small fishing boats can easily pass it.

The problem is, to build roads on the sea... Isn't this a joke?
(End of this chapter)