Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 168

The Nanhai Temple, also known as the Polo Temple and the East Temple, was built in the 14th year of Emperor Kaihuang (594) of the Sui Dynasty. It was the place where the emperors of all dynasties offered sacrifices to the sea. Of course, officials usually performed sacrifices on their behalf. The number of times the emperor visited Guangzhou very limited.

It is a place to watch the sunrise on the sea in ancient times. It was the first scene of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng during the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

At the same time, the South China Sea Temple also plays an important role in foreign traffic and trade. It is one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. The ancient temple is located at the estuary of the Pearl River. It is customary for Chinese and foreign ships to go to the temple to worship the South China Sea. God, pray for peace and smooth sailing.

The most famous one in front of the temple is the stone archway, with four big characters written on it [Haibu Yangbo].

Before the Ming Dynasty, it was made of wood, but it was changed to stone during the Hongwu period to pray that there would be fewer waves in the sea.

In the temple, Zhu Rong, the god of the South Sea, is worshipped, and Zhu Rong is generally considered to be the god of fire.

As long as you are efficacious enough, the common people can let you take charge of the heavenly palace.

Since the sea ban, there has been much less incense in the South Sea Temple, less merchants to worship, and fishermen to pray for safety.

The Nanhai Temple runs down the river and is the Lion Ocean. Zhu Zhanchang intends to build a port on the shore of the Lion Ocean. The first stop for inland shipping from Hong Kong Port is here.

Above the Nanhai Temple is Changzhou Island. Zhu Zhanchang took a tour and then looked at the river and said, "This place is good, and the Guangzhou National Military Academy can be built."

Others don't know why Zhu Zhanchang is so determined, and he doesn't actually look at Feng Shui. He just knows that this place will be called Whampoa Military Academy in the future.

"His Royal Highness, the location here is good. I think the shipyard is also built here." Zhang San thought about it. This place is far away from the prosperous area of ​​Guangzhou Prefecture. It is sparsely populated and convenient for shipping. It's really good to be built here.

Zhu Zhanchang nodded and agreed with his idea: "Go ahead and do it, I will let the prefect of Guangzhou cooperate with you and start the factory as soon as possible. I have built it once before, and I have experience. This time I will take better photos. That's fine, and there is still room for future development on the side."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanchang looked at the sky, the blue waves on the sea were now slowly becoming clearer, and there were still thick clouds above the sky.

"Tauka."

Zhu Zhanchang called out Taoka, and Taoka jumped over. After a long period of abstinence from drinking, he looked more energetic now, because of the success of Akka [-], he became famous, but when Zhu Zhanchang was about to come, he would When he was the king of the Zhujiang County, Taoka let go of everything without saying a word.

Because he said that the sky that hangs high on the top must also be the sky of my Ming Dynasty.

"Has Taoka been doing research on Feitian recently?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

When it comes to Feitian, other people, including the imperial guards, feel that it is wishful thinking in their hearts, how can people go to heaven.

Taoka excitedly took out the blueprint and said, "Your Highness, I summed up the experience of my grandfather's failure. A rocket can launch people into the sky, but when they landed, my grandfather used a kite, and the production was not good. Gunpowder It was not well controlled, so there was a problem.”

"I think of another way, Kongming Lantern."

As soon as he heard the Kongming Lantern, Zhu Zhanchang laughed. This is the right way. Compared with building an airplane and a spaceship, it is obviously easier for a hot air balloon to come.

In human history, hot air balloon flight is more than 100 years earlier than airplane.

The principle of a hot air balloon is much simpler than that of an airplane. Heated air or inflated using some special gas such as hydrogen or helium has a lower density than the air outside the balloon to generate buoyant flight.

Now that I don't have the ability to obtain these special gases, it's good to use heated air in the way of Kongming lanterns.

The principle is not difficult, but it is still very difficult to make. For example, what material is used for the hot air balloon, ordinary cloth is definitely not good, how to set the ignition device, and how to maintain it in mid-air so that the flame of the ignition device does not rush with the airflow and cause danger?How to land?
These are all items that require a little experimentation.

The experiment requires manpower and material resources, and it is destined to have a great investment at the beginning, and Taoka cannot afford it alone.

After looking at Taoka's drawings and ideas, Zhu Zhanchang said: "The materials and money you need for this huge Kongming lantern are all drawn from the palace of the Prince of Zhujiang County. You try a little bit until it can really fly. until."

Taoka didn't expect that Zhu Zhanzhi would be able to allocate funds to himself so easily with a glance. What level of trust this is.

This is not unprovoked trust, but knowing that it can work.

Taoka was immersed in excitement and made a statement on the spot: "His Royal Highness, I will definitely make it, definitely!"

"Don't worry, everything is not done overnight. It requires accumulation of experience and knowledge. Failure is the mother of success. Only practice can lead to success. Don't panic because you are anxious. You must follow your inner plan step by step. "

"His Royal Highness said that I was too panicked." Taoka smiled happily.

Zhang San and others began to look at the place and plan the land for the factory.

Shipyards, steam engine factories, smelters, telephone factories, etc., there are many places to be planned at one time, which requires recruiting.

"Zhang San will go to the various markets in Guangzhou to recruit skilled craftsmen in the name of the Prince's Palace."

"It's Your Highness. Today's time is too late. From tomorrow, I will arrange for people to recruit people. Using the name of our county king's mansion must be very good."

"Let's do it, send out the notice, work six days off and work for six days, and the craftsmen will have one day off, and the normal working time is four hours a day."

This time, everyone was so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths. This kind of treatment has never been done before. Workers in this era basically have no rest time, not to mention workers.

"His Royal Highness is not fishing for three days and drying nets for two days. What should I do if I have a lazy temperament?" Li Xiaozhu asked inexplicably.

"It's six days of fishing and one day to eat fish. You can't be lazy. If you're lazy, you will come in diligently. The more generous the treatment, the more the craftsmen will squeeze their heads and want to come in. It's easy for us to recruit people. already."

Who wouldn't want more time to rest? Zhang San followed Zhu Zhanchang's order with a smile and asked someone to go down and write a notice so that it could be posted tomorrow.

Zhu Zhanchang looked at the river and went to Guangzhou for two days. So far, everything went smoothly, but if he wanted to do things drasticly, he would certainly offend the interests of some people, and it would definitely be more troublesome than now.

When encountering mountains and crossing mountains, and building bridges when encountering water, we have always kept improving productivity as the top priority, and slowly transitioned from an agricultural society to an industrial society.

And a more important people's livelihood resource, food, Zhu Zhanchang has arranged otherwise.

"Xiaosheng, I plan to send a letter to the British Duke of Cochin, hoping to quell the rebellion of the Li Dynasty in Cochin as soon as possible, just these few words are enough."

(End of this chapter)