The rise of the prince

Chapter 196 Future Planning ([-] in [-])

Li Ye skipped work, but he was under the judge of the Kaiyuan Mansion. Even though He Zhao was the governor of the Kaiyuan Mansion, it was not easy to find fault, so he had nothing to do all day.The best thing about this matter is to give him an official status, and many things may be justified in the future.

For example, he wanted to use black powder to negotiate with the emperor. As for power, he hardly had to think about it.

There are officials and officials under the Kaiyuan Mansion, Tuiguan, Fuyuan, and Liucao, and he can't touch half of them, let alone have much power.

He came home from Fumenglou at night, and he was in a good mood because he won.

At this time, the palace has not yet recovered from the festivities of the New Year. There are new red curtains on the door, wide carpets, big red lanterns, and everyone's faces are filled with smiles.

At night, the whistling wind outside the mansion can be heard from time to time in the quiet small courtyard. Yue'er is earnestly working as a female celebrity, while Qiu'er is designing her transmission group.

This transmission group is not used for lifting, but for ships
Yes, the lifting pulley block has been designed, the blacksmith and Zhao Si are rushing to work, and it will be ready to use in a few days.

At this time, Qiuer suddenly thought that since the pulley block can save labor, it is reasonable to say that all places that need work can be used. According to the formula of w=fs, these are all possible, at least theoretically allowed.

When she came to ask herself with great interest, Li Ye was stunned. This is probably the thinking of a genius. She can always draw inferences from one instance, and her thinking is more divergent and deep than he imagined, which is shocking.

In fact, more than 90.00% of the machines in later generations have similar designs. By increasing the distance, the force required to do work is reduced. Whether it is a ship, a car, or an airplane, there are all kinds of machines. This formula is to change the world. formula.

And he also wanted to buy a boat after the Chinese New Year to experiment, because it means that the tiny power of a person has infinite possibilities.

If the force is changed through a combination of gears or pulleys, it will mean that manpower will drive the giant ship more easily, and Li Ye does not want to stop at manpower.

Although Jing Chao is a transshipment department, it does not prohibit private ship transportation, but encourages it.For example, in addition to being in charge of inland ferries, the Department of Shipping also governs trade and freight with foreign countries.

The emperor set up a special department for this, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.

Taking advantage of this, once Wangfu's ships consume less manpower and transport more tonnage, he can gradually control the north-south shipping through these advantages.Shipping, that is the artery of the country.

Based on this, his commodities in the north, such as high-grade wine, perfume, ice cubes made of potassium nitrate, and fertilizers, can be shipped to the tropical and subtropical regions of the south for sale.

Olives and walnuts in the south can be processed into various products, and then transported to the north, and the same is true for various tropical fruits and specialties in the south.

The most important thing is that various precious minerals in the south, such as saltpeter mines, and various metal mines can be transported northward through the waterway.

Not to mention the promotion of economic development across the country, it can also strengthen the circulation of goods and cultural exchanges, and with this kind of ship, the time for going upstream when going back and forth will be shortened, increasing national stability.

If Tingyulou and many products are just the first step, then this matter is the second step, and this step is very big.

Not only is it connected from north to south, but it can even go to sea in the future. For this reason, Li Ye specially explained to Qiuer a lot of basic ship design knowledge, and there are more transmission methods, such as belt drive, gear drive, chain drive, worm drive, and screw drive. etc.

The little girl listened very carefully, and she was still in high spirits when she talked late into the night, asking questions about things she didn't understand, but unfortunately, Li Ye didn't understand some things, he only knew the general idea, and Qiu'er had to figure out the details by herself.

This is a difficult and long process, but it cannot be stopped because of difficulties. The backwardness of technology will ruin an empire, and metallurgical technology is the most important thing, and it is also the foundation of various industries.

Many scholars always say that China's smelting technology has always been ahead of the world, but it has fallen behind in the past 300 years.

In fact, this is a kind of Ah Q's argument. If you look at history carefully, it is not difficult to find that China's smelting technology has fallen behind since the Song Dynasty.

But in the Ming Dynasty, the accumulated evils finally broke out.

Although the Ming Dynasty's military development ideas were very avant-garde, and more than [-]% of the military's equipment was firearms, they were dragged to death by unqualified smelting technology.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, inferior firearms were rampant in the army, and the iron material of the barrels was not good enough, and all kinds of bombs were blown up. Soldiers would rather fight hand-to-hand than use muskets.

And it was even worse in the Qing Dynasty, the rulers never saw a problem clearly, material technology is the root of everything!

The Han and Tang dynasties understood it, so the smelting technology of the two dynasties was far ahead of neighboring countries, especially the Huan Shou Dao of the Han Dynasty as an example. Most of the weapons used by foreigners during the same period were still bronze weapons.

The Song Dynasty emphasized commerce, so the smelting technology was still developing and improving at that time, and there was no more after that.
Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty earnestly persuaded: "Iron should be smelted more, and pure steel should be used for blades."

It is enough to imagine how far the country's metallurgical industry has fallen when a person who was not born in metallurgy came to persuade artisans to forge iron a few more times.

At this time, on the other side of the earth, the European metallurgical power represented by the French Empire was rising.

When it comes to history, many people will definitely say that muskets eliminated plate armor knights, but this is wrong.

The sixteenth-century full-body plate knight was born precisely to deal with the rise of firearms.

There is no need for various armors like the previous ones, which need to be worn with chain mail and leather armor, and several layers inside and outside can be completely protected.

During the peak period of plate armor in the [-]th century, due to the advancement of metallurgical technology and the production of low-carbon steel, movable joints could be easily produced, and the whole body of plate armor could defend against the smoothbore gunpowder guns at that time with only one layer.

The decline of black powder also began at that time. It is enough to imagine that the gap between the metallurgical technology of the Ming Dynasty and the West in the last years of the year was already very large, because at that time, the protection purpose of plate armor in Western powers such as France was not bows and crossbows, but the newly rising firearm!

However, the smokeless gunpowder that followed brought greater kinetic energy to firearms, and rifled guns brought higher accuracy, gradually eliminating these steel fortresses worn on the body.

Therefore, it cannot be generally said that gunpowder eliminated the plate armor knight. This is a process of collision between spear and shield, and it is not simple gunpowder that finally defeats the shield.

There are many reasons why China's metallurgical technology has not made much progress for a long time.

The core reason is that under the orthodox rule of Confucianism, the rulers will most likely not pay attention to it, but instead despise technology and discriminate against businessmen and workers.

Li Ye couldn't help hissing when he thought of this.

If Confucius knew what his students did after he was born, he would surely crawl out of his grave in anger.

Confucianism itself is a theory that was born in line with the times, educated people, and adapted to the society at that time, so it plays the same role as Jesus Christ, explaining the world to the world and telling people what to do.

Confucius himself is a very respectable person. The center of his theory has always been "learning". He traveled around the world to study, and he wanted to be an official everywhere to practice his ideas.

He said that there is one person as smart as him in every ten households, but what makes him different is that he is more studious than everyone else.

Confucius marked his life with "learning", and he spent his whole life learning and absorbing.Such a theory can be improved and changed.Later generations lack the rigidity of every word to read between the lines, and the rigidity does not know how to adapt it.

Especially when Confucianism is defined as the orthodox thought, it has changed from a theory to a tool at that time.

It is a tragedy when an idea becomes an instrument of domination.

Governance tools are different from doctrine, it cannot be wrong, it is difficult to change
Many people blame Confucius on his head, but in fact, from the day when Confucianism was defined as the ruling thought, it was not the theory founded by Confucius.Whoever did this is a sinner through the ages.

As the ruling ideology, Confucianism cannot make mistakes and cannot be shaken.

That means no innovation, no progress.

If ideas do not progress, the society under its rule will not progress, and neither will people.

This is a vicious circle, a dead end, a dead end, and an endless loop. If you can't jump out, it will still be the same no matter how many times you change the emperor.

This is what Li Ye wants to change, to break this cycle and let people lead to the next new era.

But this matter is so big that he can only feel it in his heart, and he can't even see the outline.

It's like standing on the surface of the earth. You know it's a ball, but you can't see the slightest bump, because it's too big, and you can't stand high enough.

This kind of height is not ordinary height, it is not that it will be the top of the mountain, it is not that it is not afraid of floating clouds to cover your eyes, it is a height that ordinary people can't imagine.

Fortunately, if others can't see it, Qiu'er can too.

Li Ye picked up the little girl and put it on his lap, suddenly he really wanted to sing "At least You Are Still There".

"Qiu'er, good boy, go to bed soon, let's do it again tomorrow."

"Just a little bit, and it will be ready soon." The little girl begged.

She is designing the last link of transmission to the water wheel. Wangfu's new ship will replace the water wheel and oars on both sides with a tail propeller, and use newly designed blades.

In terms of technology, when hydraulic forging is put into use, low-carbon content steel can be produced, and the use of surface quenching technology will make it no problem.

However, the angle and size of the fan blades require a lot of calculations. This is not a joke. Even if the suitable angle deviates by one or two degrees, it will save a lot of energy consumption for each ship. The calculation of many ships is an astronomical sum. .

But Li Ye didn't have accurate data, he didn't remember, and he didn't know, so he could only recalculate and experiment step by step through Qiu'er, and do it bit by bit. This is a huge project.

Li Ye kissed the little girl's forehead distressedly: "I won't go to Kaiyuan Mansion tomorrow, the prince will help you, go to bed tonight."

As he spoke, he picked her up and put her on the bed, took off her shoes and socks, and then covered her with the quilt.

"My son." The little girl blushed, Li Ye blew out the candle by himself, and then left the room of the two girls.

The next day, Li Ye was injured on his back and still couldn't do morning exercises. He sent someone to Kaiyuan Mansion to talk about good things, and then sent someone to Uncle Li Yuhuang's mansion to ask Shiyu about redeeming himself. Li Ye is more interested in her character and ability because of her curvy figure.

Yan Kun is smooth enough but not courageous enough, he will always ask him about trivial matters; Yan Yan is capable, but too rigid and doesn't know how to adapt; Yan Shen is inexperienced and not sophisticated enough; Gu Feng can only make wine; even Ji Chunsheng is capable , but not flexible and flexible enough.

And that Shiyu is the first person Li Ye has seen who has means, perseverance, and flexibility. She can control the public opinion in Beijing and China as a whole, and she can stoop to fool those Guozijian students. In the end, she would rather die than surrender, and stick to the bottom line.

This kind of person is a rare talent, but it is a pity that it is difficult to convince.
After breakfast, Qiu'er took out several large baskets of her blueprints and arranged them one by one, with Li Ye as his assistant, Yue'er poured tea, and began to design the first big ship of the palace.

It adopts many more advanced design concepts of later generations, such as compartment cabin design, rear propeller design and so on.

This involves a lot of physics knowledge, and sometimes Qiu'er would consult him from time to time, but gradually Li Ye found that his knowledge reserve could no longer keep up with the little girl's needs
It is still a bit reluctant to build a big ship with the current financial resources of the palace, but Li Ye knows that more money is coming.

Sure enough, someone came from the palace at noon, and concubine Tian delivered a deposit of 100 taels to the palace, which was a custom-made plum blossom perfume.In addition, his imperial aunt also sent servants to send hundreds of taels of deposit, and after that, several servants of concubines in the palace came to ask about the Queen Mother's birthday gift that day.
When the brewery is completed, the sources of income for the palace will increase greatly.

Jiang Li was the commander-in-chief of the Xiang army in Suzhou. She had a wife and six concubines in her family.

Their Jiang family is a big family in Suzhou. He has nothing to do since he was a child.

But he is the eldest son of the family, and he will inherit the family business in the future. After discussing with his parents, he helped him arrange this job in the Xiang army.

With the passage of time and the hard work behind the family, he sat in his current position a few years later.

The ten battalions of the Suzhou Xiang Army claimed to be 2000 permanent garrisons, but in fact most of them were false reports, at most no more than [-] people, and the rest of the false registrations fell into his pocket.

Because of this, he lived a comfortable life, and with the Xiang army in his hand, even Su Banchuan, the prefect of Ansu, had to give him three points of face.

The two also often collude to do some shady things.

Today on the ninth day of the lunar new year, the prefect of Su sent someone to send an invitation card, saying that it was a banquet for him, Jiang Peng didn't think much about it, he packed up and went out.

Before leaving, his wife's eight-year-old daughter ran over and took his big hand: "Where are you going, Daddy, take Xiao Ke with you."

"Hahaha, Ke'er is still young, next time Daddy will take you there." He laughed loudly.

"But Daddy always says next time." The little girl became unhappy.

Jiang Peng bared his teeth and grinned. In Suzhou, he was not afraid of anyone, but he was afraid of this girl. He hurriedly said, "This time it's true, next time Daddy will definitely take you there. Lies are like puppies."

The daughter stared at him dissatisfied: "Smelly Daddy."

"Hey, Xiao Ke, I heard from my father that something really happened this time! I will take you there next time." He had already made up his mind that the Lantern Festival would be in two days, and he could take his daughter to see the Lantern Festival then.

Only then did the little girl let him go suspiciously, but before she left, she urged him repeatedly and pulled his beard.

After Jiang Peng grinned and agreed, he was allowed to go out by the "amnesty".
As soon as he went out, he put a smile on his face, and the steward had already prepared the sedan chair: "Go to the Yamen of the prefect of Suzhou, act quickly!"

(Happy Chinese New Year ⊙_⊙, everyone said that there are few updates, and the author also knows that there are many things around the year, and after the Chinese New Year, it will be changed to three updates every day)
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