Daming 1805

Zhu Zhongliang sat in the carriage, looked a little at both sides of the road, and observed the facilities and scenery of the garden.

They are all very typical Jiangnan garden styles, but they are too typical, I always feel like I have seen them somewhere.

And this garden is obviously newly built, and it is obviously impossible for him to really come here.

It is also obvious that this garden is not specially designed and built, and most of it is an "assembly line product".

So Zhu Zhongliang said to Zhu Jingyuan beside him:

"I heard from your father that you want to build a vacation and retirement garden in the eastern part of Mozhou, it can't be just this, right?

"You are the richest prince of Ming Dynasty, the owner of Daming Airlines, so you can't just build such a garden, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan almost didn't follow Zhu Zhongliang's train of thought, and immediately waved his hands with a smile and said:
"This is a place built by Meng County itself to receive the royal family and court officials, which is equivalent to a special post.

"The resort I want to build is in the big lake of Mozhou, not in Meng County, and the horoscope has not been written yet."

Zhu Zhongliang understood now:
"I said, why is it so rough? It seems that it was rushed out, and there should not be many master craftsmen directly involved.

"So when will the garden you planned start and when will it be finished?"

Zhu Jingyuan directly stated his simple plan:
"When the roads and railways I plan are built to the Great Lakes area, the Dudu Mansion will clean up the local chieftains.

"After the topography and geological conditions of the Great Lakes region have been explored in detail, planning can begin.

"When the construction of this resort officially starts, it may take three to five years..."

Zhu Zhongliang heard something strange and said:
"I read in your letter that the climate and environment there is very good, and I think that if it is really suitable, I also want to go there to retire.

"So can the planning and construction of your garden be as fast as possible? I still want to live in it."

Zhu Jingyuan silenced the old man.

My original plan was to fix it before I retired, and to fix it within 40 years.

I didn't even think about the situation of letting elders like my grandfather go there for the elderly.

Zhu Zhongliang is 67 this year, and even if the remaining life expectancy is increased, it is estimated that he can live for more than ten years.

If the eastern part of Mozhou is built according to his own vision, he will not have the opportunity to use that resort.

If it is planned according to the deadline that he can use, it will be very difficult and impossible to achieve.

The key is not safe...

So Zhu Jingyuan considered his words carefully and carefully persuaded Zhu Zhongliang:
"Grandpa... the premise of vacation and retirement is not only to have a place to live, but more importantly, to ensure safety.

"There are too many savages in the Great Lakes area, and it is difficult to ensure safety by not letting armed immigrants continue to clean up for more than ten or twenty years.

"If you're looking for a ready-made retirement home, why not go directly to Xintianfu.

"The ready-made palace, the ready-made palace, surrounded by well-developed palaces, rich, peaceful and stable.

"The people living around, except for the immigrants from Daming Huangzhuang, are completely naturalized Yin people.

"They are the people who trust the Daming royal family the most. Living there is really comfortable and comfortable."

Zhu Zhongliang thought about it for a while, then slowly nodded and said:

"That's what I said... It's just that I want to see and experience what you want to do. What should I do about this..."

Zhu Jingyuan opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

Zhu Jingyuan finally understood Zhu Zhongliang's mentality, he was just curious about the things he tossed out.

In other words, he is eager to know what the future world he will live in will look like.

His own lifespan is limited, so he must not be able to personally experience the life of his grandson's old world.

So he thought about simulating the appearance of the future world from the inventions and creations that appear now.

Therefore, he wants to see anything he creates, and use it to perfect the picture of the future world he imagines.

So Zhu Jingyuan was a little sad, but also a little helpless and explained:
"There are many things I want to toss about, but garden repair is basically not included, and I don't have the knowledge in this area.

"I don't have any idea about this garden, and the design and construction are estimated to be handed over to the existing craftsmen.

"At most, it's just a little personalized suggestion on the arrangement of rooms and scenic spots according to my own preferences."

Zhu Zhongliang looked at Zhu Jingyuan a few times with scrutiny, and seemed to speculate whether this guy was telling the truth:
"Then... I just want to see, what are your personal preferences, and what are your personalized suggestions..."

Zhu Jingyuan was speechless, do you know what privacy is...

However, in the current relationship between the two parties, it seems that the excuse of privacy is meaningless.

In the final analysis, it is still necessary to satisfy the old man's curiosity.

So after Zhu Jingyuan was speechless for a few seconds, he also had some thoughts:
"Or, I'll first build my ideal garden in a relatively mature place.

"As a planning verification for future resorts, it also allows you to live in and experience it first.

"When the Mozhou Great Lakes area is developed, I will go there and build a similar function."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded directly:

"This method is good, so let's do it this way. Where are you going to choose for this garden?"

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head and said:

"Isn't this idea coming from Hong Kong, so I haven't thought about anything yet, and you can help the staff."

Zhu Zhongliang shook his head directly and said:

"I'm not a consultant. If I were, how could it still be the garden you designed?"

Zhu Jingyuan was blocked again and couldn't speak.

After the old man retired, he became even better at chatting.

Just then, the car stopped.

The Clear Water Garden was not very big, so it took me a while to come to the main hall of the garden.

The family got off the car one after another and walked into the lobby of the garden.

Zhu Jingyuan was going to introduce his family formally after everyone sat down, but Zhu Zhongliang asked directly:

"These two boys, which one is uranium? Which one is plutonium?

Zhu Jingyuan immediately introduced casually:
"The thinner one is uranium, the fatter one is plutonium..."

Zhu Zhongliang took Zhu Dixie from the handmaid, and rubbed the child's face with a smile on his face:

"Let grandpa hug..."

The Empress Dowager also took over Zhu Di, holding the child and chatting with the two granddaughters-in-law.

The family chatted for a while, Zhu Zhongliang also returned Zhu Diqin to the nanny, and took Zhu Jingyuan into the small hall inside.

Everyone else understood that the grandparents and grandchildren had business to do, so they didn't bother them.

Zhu Zhongliang found a place to sit down by himself, and asked very casually and curiously:

"According to the plan, you will go to Yinzhou after the new year. Do you have any thoughts on the situation in Yinzhou?"

Zhu Jingyuan sat opposite Zhu Zhongliang, and poured tea for the old man himself:
"There must be ideas, and they can be divided into two main aspects, one is war and the other is construction.

"In terms of war, I hope that within the two years I am in charge of Yinzhou, I can completely end the war against bandits in Southern Yinzhou.

"But at the same time, let the Napoleonic War in Northern Yinzhou and the Civil War in Mexico be maintained as much as possible.

"In terms of construction, first of all, the Yinzhou Canal project plan should be thoroughly finalized, and the construction will be officially started as soon as possible.

"Secondly, the Mi River and its main tributary channel improvement, and the waterway connection project between the Mi River and the Great Lakes area, will also see initial results.

"Finally, and most importantly, the development plan of Xintianfu in the new era will officially begin."

Zhu Zhongliang couldn't help nodding his head, most of his thoughts were taken for granted, things that should be implemented.

When he heard the last item, Zhu Zhongliang was even more curious and continued to ask for details:
"Do you have any specific thoughts on the development direction of the new Tianfu Huangzhuang in the new era?"

Zhu Jingyuan didn't know whether it was a test or curiosity, but he did have an idea:
"There are currently two specific ideas.

"The first is to completely plan and absorb the local Yin people, and completely eliminate their self-cognition and independence of ethnic groups.

"The plan can refer to the plan I am currently implementing in Mozhou, and eliminate differences through filtering assessments.

"The second is to establish a relatively complete industrial system within the southern Yinzhou continent.

"In my opinion, Xintianfu is the royal backyard prepared by Emperor Shizu.

"In Xintianfu now, living materials are very abundant, but the industrial base is relatively backward.

"On the whole, it looks like a huge countryside, a peaceful and peaceful pastoral scene.

"At present and in the past, when the local industrialization level was still relatively low, Xintianfu had a rich supply of basic materials, which made the life of the local people appear relatively wealthy and stable.

"However, with the development of science and technology, the standard of living in a large rural area like Xintianfu may gradually fall behind.

"It may be exploited and plundered by the industrially developed local area through the scissors gap between industry and agriculture, and the main output is robbed, and it is labeled as a raw material production area and a commodity dumping area.

"If this situation occurs and continues, it will obviously affect the royal family's influence in Xintianfu.

"Weaken the royal's control over the new Tianfu, and further weaken the royal's control over the imperial court and the mainland.

"In the past, we did not develop industrial and mining industries in Xintianfu, probably because Xintianfu has not found a large coal mine.

"Now that the energy industry is gradually turning to fuel oil, I think it is possible and necessary to start the industrialization of Xintianfu.

"In the new era of industrialization, if Xintianfu does not have a sufficient industrial foundation, it will not be able to continue to be used as a backyard."

Zhu Zhongliang obviously understood the meaning of this backyard, and this time he nodded very seriously and said:
"That's right, Xin Tianfu must always maintain self-sufficiency, the living standards and income levels of the people, and maintain an advantage over other vassal states and even the mainland, in order to continue to check and balance the mainland for the royal family.

"If Xintianfu relies entirely on local industrial support to maintain a relatively modern life, then local industrial and commercial interest groups have the opportunity to kidnap and influence the decisions of the imperial court and the royal family."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded straightly, Xintianfu is not only a "retreat", but also one of the three power cores of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the weight to maintain the balance of the emperor's rule.

The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while, and Zhu Zhongliang asked another question that he was very curious about:

"Uranium and plutonium, how to detonate these two metals, Yasushigaki, do you have any ideas?"

Zhu Jingyuan was obviously taken aback when he heard this.

Zhu Zhongliang's words revealed too much news.

The old man is equivalent to saying that he knows that this metal can explode, but he still doesn't know how to explode.

This clearly told Zhu Jingyuan that the pamphlet was left by the ancestor.

At the same time, he told Zhu Jingyuan bluntly that he knew that Zhu Jingyuan knew a lot of "special" knowledge.

This kind of question is not easy to answer, and Zhu Jingyuan dare not confess his identity.

God knows what senior Zhu Cihong left for future generations.

God knows what they will think of other fellow travelers who may appear.

However, according to the various information he has received so far, Zhu Cihong probably did not leave a reminder about the time traveler.

At least, he didn't specify the identity of the time traveler.

At the same time, it was obvious that his father and grandfather always regarded themselves as relatives.

Perhaps in their minds, people like themselves and the ancestor emperor Zhu Cihong possessed a special "talent".

Since the current state is fairly harmonious, Zhu Jingyuan certainly doesn't intend to change anything.

Zhu Jingyuan thought about various situations in his heart, and finally frowned slightly and said:
"Of course there are some ideas, but now there is no way to do research, no way to do testing, and the basic technology is too far behind."

When Zhu Zhongliang heard this answer, he was obviously a little regretful.

Zhu Zhongliang could tell that this thing was really difficult.

But Zhu Zhongliang also fully understands that if this kind of thing is not difficult, the world should be in chaos.

Zhu Zhongliang pondered for a few seconds, and asked again unwillingly:
"Is there still a chance for Grandpa to see it?"

This question stumped Zhu Jingyuan again, and there was really no way to answer this question.

A nuclear weapon is not an independent weapon, but a finished product of the atomic energy industry.

Just like engineering plastics are to petroleum smelting and chemical systems.

Before there were petrochemical and plastic synthesis industries in the world, we had to create the smallest complete petrochemical industry system from scratch, and then we could make things like plastic pots and plastic shells.

The entry threshold for the atomic energy industry is very high.

Based on the industrial base of the United States during World War II, under the subordinate state system in the World War, most of the top talents from the entire Allied countries were gathered, and it took more than six years to build three crude atomic bombs.

The British themselves did not get any results from 39 to 45 years. After the war, with the support of scientific researchers who returned from the Manhattan Project in the United States, they copied the homework from the United States and finally succeeded in 52 years.

Moreover, the things that I "invented" before basically I knew the principles, and at the same time I knew a lot of details.

There are also many things that I have used directly or have come into contact with, or even disassembled them myself.

But in the atomic bomb industry, I really only know the basic principles, and all the details are blind.

Daming's current industrial level is generally still in the era of World War I, but some industries that he specially promoted have experienced leapfrog development, reaching the era of World War II and even the post-war era.

On an overall average, it may be similar to the era just after World War I.

Even if it has its own push to accelerate at full speed, it is estimated that it will still take 20 years to catch up with the earth's industrial level in the World War II era in the previous life.

Under such a basic environment, it will be 20 years later to evaluate the time node of the atomic bomb.

After careful consideration, analysis and hesitation for a while, Zhu Jingyuan said relatively conservatively:

"Grandpa, you have to take good care of yourself..."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't say it directly, but the way of expressing it made Zhu Zhongliang basically understand what he meant.

Zhu Zhongliang sighed leisurely:

"Is there a way to accelerate as much as possible? Just like an airplane engine, the speed of improvement is quite fast now..."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head instinctively, and at the same time sorted out his thoughts, trying to make Zhu Zhongliang understand the difficulty:

"If these two projects are directly compared, the difficulty of upgrading an aircraft engine may be like carving a statue.

"Moreover, the materials and tools are ready-made, and the craftsmen can directly carve them out with hard work.

"But for nuclear weapons, it's like building a cutting-edge battleship.

"And there is no ready-made shipyard, not even an artillery factory or a turbine factory, at most there is a steel factory.

"Now we must first build artillery factories, turbine factories, and shipyards, and then we can think of ways to build battleships.

"Because there is no foundation at all, the construction and commissioning time of the artillery factory and the turbine factory are relatively uncontrollable.

"The time when the battleship is finally built is also uncontrollable."

Zhu Zhongliang understands where the difficulty lies, and now there is no relevant industrial foundation:

"Then start preparing for the front-end industry right now, and advance in multiple aspects at the same time, how many years can it be done at the earliest?"

Zhu Jingyuan said with a bitter face:

"It's impossible to evaluate..."

Zhu Zhongliang emphasized again:
"You tell me a rough time, and I'll set a rough goal..."

Zhu Jingyuan was helpless:
"Then... let's say 20 years."

Zhu Zhongliang stared at the pearls:
"Can't it be any shorter?"

Zhu Jingyuan didn't say it was difficult:

"I'm going as fast as I can."

Zhu Zhongliang took a deep breath:

"Then I will try my best to live another 20 years."

Zhu Jingyuan couldn't answer this question, and if he lived another 20 years, he would be 87 years old, which is definitely an old age in this era.

Zhu Zhongliang was silent for a few seconds, then instinctively asked and urged:
"You arrange the direction as soon as possible, so that the relevant industrial foundations can start preparing in advance.

"Don't dawdle, don't wait until you need someone..."

Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously wanted to explain, it wasn't because he deliberately dawdled, some things were prepared in advance, and they were not needed at all.

But looking at Zhu Zhongliang's mental state, he didn't say such words in the end:

"Then start mining in advance and develop extraction devices in advance.

"After the electronic tube computer is completed, the formal principle research will begin.

"You see, I'm actually already doing the layout, and the tube computer can be regarded as its foundation."

When Zhu Zhongliang heard this, he nodded slightly in satisfaction, and then gave two instructions:

"The mine and the experimental site are located in Tiannan Continent, and the refining equipment, research base, and production facilities are located in Xintianfu."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded without talking nonsense:

"Okay, I understand."