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Chapter 419 The steam engine with the power of three horses

Zhu Yijun and Xu Wei chatted for a long time. It was not until sunset that Xu Wei left, and Xu Wei grasped the direction.

Zhang Juzheng has been in power for a long time. Is the emperor and his husband as at odds with each other as rumored? With the great power of the Ming Dynasty, has His Majesty become complacent and thinks that the Ming Dynasty is invincible and its ills have been eliminated? The wind of the opening of the sea blew all over the long coastline of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver flowed in, and the population began to drain out. Does Your Majesty feel that the opening of the sea affected the stability of the imperial power? The return of the land is in full swing, with the blade pointing inward. Will Your Majesty feel embarrassed and make some choices? Will the fight between Jin Party and Zhang Party possibly get further out of control?

Xu Wei got the answers to many questions like this. Xu Wei needed to get the answers to judge the possible survival time of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace.

The reason why Xu Wei wants to kill Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Japanese king in Beijing, is because he is afraid that things will change later, and he is afraid that the wind in the court will change, causing the Nagasaki Governor's Palace to lose the support of the Ming Dynasty. By then, the Nagasaki Governor's Palace will surely be like the pirate Wang Zina. Like this, it became a meteor in the Ming Dynasty’s maritime power and overseas colonization.

Fortunately, Xu Wei got a very definite answer when he went to Beijing this time.

Your Majesty is a Hongyi scholar.

Of course, Xu Wei also knew about His Majesty's treatment of Chiyo Tachibana. Now Hakume Chikuzen is washing clothes with a big stick in the Washing Bureau. The former governor of the Tachibana family can only do this kind of thing now. Xu Wei is a little surprised, but that's all. Just some accidents.

He gives gifts, and His Majesty accepts them. He doesn't care where Your Majesty puts the gifts.

Xu Wei was going to stay in the capital for half a month. He first visited Zhang Juzheng and thanked Zhang Juzheng for vindicating Hu Zongxian, killing Xu Jie, and supporting the Nagasaki Governor's Office. Zhang Juzheng hosted a banquet for Xu Wei and Sun Keyi, and Xu Wei visited Tan again. Lun, a former comrade in arms, went to the Quanjin Guild Hall and talked with Wang Chonggu for a long time, mainly about some experience issues created by the government and factory groups. Wang Chonggu did not hide his secrets and answered Xu Wei's doubts one by one.

Xu Wei then went to Xishan Cemetery to pay homage to Yu Dayou, the Marquis of Zhangping in the Ming Dynasty. Yu Dayou played a decisive role in the opening of the sea in Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. Yu Dayou played a major role in Songjiang City Ship Division and Songjiang Town Navy.

Zhu Yijun did not refute because what these pen writers said was true. It was not as simple as personal hatred, but imperial power.

It’s not that there are few people cultivating land, it’s that there are many, many people cultivating wasteland.

"So those who opened the sea were merchants and wealthy households who were pursuing profits. They were already in the moral depression of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yijun picked up another miscellaneous newspaper and read it. Newspaper, One Hundred Thousand Whys, is still being serialized.

"This is not the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. None of the donkeys are like this." Zhu Yili ended his day, lying on the chair of the jade chariot, and said extremely tiredly. He rested every day, and then Including the 24th, the day when the emperor took a rest, which was thirty days a month, he had ten days without risking his life with Zhu Yijun.

Xu Wei left in September of the eighth year of Wanli. He took away the gift given to him by His Majesty, an ever-bright lamp and twenty kilograms of lamp oil. This ever-bright lamp will surely illuminate the confused road ahead for overseas colonization.

After leaving Shanhaiguan and walking for more than a hundred miles, the earth and the sky meet at a very far place. Under the horizon where the earth and the sky merge far away, there is a land that you cannot think of using any unit to measure. Since ancient times, Life is born here, dies here, rots in the land, becomes the nutrients of the land, and is finally given to you who are hardworking.

People always believe in their own judgments, which are more reasonable and reasonable than acting for the common good and seeking personal revenge.

Zhu Yili asked the emperor a question some time ago, that is, why the refugees of the Ming Dynasty did not move to the rich lands in the south, but to other places outside the customs. For example, refugees in Liaodong, Daningwei and other places continued to seek refuge in reclamation. The reason why Zhu Yili asked this was, It is the result of reports from Zhou Liangyin, Hou Yuzhao and others of the Ming Dynasty about the reclamation of wasteland in Daningwei and Liaodong.

It can be said that without Yu Dayou going south to build the navy, there would be no Nagasaki Governor's Palace.

The research contents of the Royal Academy of Research and Studies are all kinds of strange and unimaginable. These outrageous projects have actually been personally approved by the emperor and given financial support. It must be said that the emperor's preference for not doing his job properly is very obvious.

Xu Jie and Yang Ting, as well as their father and son, seriously provoked the imperial power. Zhu Yijun's plan to deal with Xu Jie and the Yang family, in addition to his trip to the great road, did have the purpose of consolidating the imperial power. With the imperial power, only Zhu Yijun, the emperor, could act like an emperor.

"Looking lazy." Zhu Yijun shook his head and looked at a miscellaneous newspaper in his hand. The content was published by Li Yashi in the people's newspaper. Li Yashi sharply criticized the ethics of the Ming Dynasty.

Facts are facts, and there is nothing wrong with admitting what has been done. He also asked the high priests of the Ming Dynasty to go to the countryside to worship Emperor Sejong to inform him.

This is the reason for exit.

According to rumors, Xu Jie ransacked Yan Song's house and took out 10 million silver, but gave only one million taels to the Taoist master. The Yang family in Xindu was the great enemy of the Taoist master. On the other hand, the emperor is seeking revenge.

Under the repeated efforts of Li Chengliang, the land reclamation in Liaodong continued to expand, and a large number of refugees poured into Liaodong. During the year when Hou Yuzhao arrived in Liaodong, he compiled the people who arrived in Liaodong to reclaim the land. Qihu, a total of 54,000 households, totaling more than 200,000 people.

You seem to be aware that your daughter-in-law has paid a heavy price to get some food. She doesn't even have a dowry. You know what she can sell, but you don't care much because she is alive and your parents are also alive. Being alive itself is a great blessing. Her only hope for living is that you can really find a way to survive in Liaodong.

When you are a wise king, you are walking on thin ice, not knowing whether you will reach the other side.

When you arrive in Liaoyang, follow the official, and the official will give it to you with the child on your back. This land is yours, so just plant it, and whatever you plant will be yours within three years.

You have obtained five acres of land, and your children have been fostered by you in Zhuangzi. The wives of Zhuangzi only need a few bushels of grain to look after these children for a year.

The first winter was so cold. You lived in an earthen cellar. You didn’t have to dislike earthen cellars because Song Huizong and Song Qinzong also lived in this kind of earthen cellar after their northern expedition. You learned how to use the earthen kang, and you also received half of it. The coal for the truck, this is Yingbao's coal. Next year we will use grain to repay this debt. Don't worry, Yingbao's coal is six cents a pound.

The writers of the Ming Dynasty always pointed the reason implicitly at the emperor's private revenge in public.

"Hey, this country bumpkin from Thailand, who has never seen much of the world, actually dares to mock the Ming Dynasty's logic! How miserable he is. The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty are believers in morality who can solve all conflicts. Legas will definitely be scolded. Shower your head." Zhu Yijun strongly agreed with Ligas' statement.

Song Dawei said in his article:

[Those who went to Liaodong were all farmers. The Jiangnan in their eyes was completely different from the Jiangnan in the eyes of the imperial literati. The pavilions and pavilions in the Jiangnan water towns had nothing to do with the refugee farmers, and the royal aura of Jinling was not even a trace. No matter how prosperous and beautiful Lin'an is, the crops grown in the soil belong to the landlords, not the farmers.

Just like this, Zhu Yili felt that half of his life had been lost.

Legas said: The Central Plains is a land of etiquette and civilization. The Chinese people have a natural attitude of being tolerant, friendly, respectful and polite. They also hope that through education, others can reciprocate the courtesy. This is a very dangerous idea. Personally speaking, I have lived in the Ming Dynasty for several years and still only learned a superficial knowledge of etiquette. The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is a consensus formed through thousands of years of accumulation. In the struggle to open the sea, with this kind of etiquette Communicate with attitude and give someone a thumbs up, but you won't get a peach in return.

Farmers know very well that even if they arrive in a land of fish and rice, they will not be able to get a piece of their own land that produces fish and rice.

When Yu Dayou went to Songjiang Town Navy, he only brought 3,000 guest soldiers with him. He used his reputation for fighting Japanese invaders to summon the help of guest soldiers and strong men. In just three years, Yu Dayou expanded the number of 3,000 guest soldiers. It reached 30,000 naval forces, and these 30,000 naval forces were the ballast stone for the Ming Dynasty to open the sea.

"Li'er, you asked us a question some time ago. Our answer is not as good as the content of this miscellaneous report. Please take a look." Zhu Yijun handed the Gewu newspaper to Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yili was not interested in Zhengye and was interested in the Royal Institute of Gewu. I really like this kind of deviant place.

Spring is full of hopeful black, summer is pleasant green, and winter is so white that you can't tell the difference between east, west, north, south, or even up and down.

Zhu Yijun couldn't be like a cheap scholar and ignore the facts, so he didn't let Wan Shihe clear up the matter.

But as a Ming Dynasty person, he still wants to scold Legased as a country bumpkin. I, a Ming Dynasty person, can only scold me. Why do you, a red-haired fan, have the right to scold you!

Zhu Yili lay down and finished reading Legas's editorial, nodding his head and saying: "This red-haired fan, who depends on our Ming Dynasty to eat and drink, now dares to find fault with Ming Dynasty! But brother, why do I think what he said makes sense? ?”

Zhu Yixi took the Gewu Bao, glanced at it twice, sat up suddenly, and read it carefully. He felt that he had learned a lot.

Without a place to settle down, prosperity is just prosperity that does not belong to oneself.

If you are a foolish king, you will be scolded every day, but you still have to persuade him to stay and issue edicts to reflect on yourself.

Admittedly, this is a beautiful vision, that is, as long as culture can be used to solve problems, no matter what system or means are used to achieve this goal, it is the least costly way for anyone. Unfortunately, the problems that culture can solve are all based on solving the problems of political power, military conflicts, and ownership of land, pastures, and plantations.

Two years later, you built a small courtyard with walls and chicken coops. You returned to your hometown during the off-season. You thought your wife and parents were dead. Fortunately, they were still alive. You told the villagers. They lived in Liaodong, and then you took your daughter-in-law and parents, who were about to starve to death, to Liaodong.

This must be true, otherwise why didn’t Emperor Ming refute it? !

You have survived the winter and started to open up wasteland in spring. You grabbed a handful of land and the black soil stuck to your hands. As a farmer, you know that this is fertile soil. Even if it can only be harvested once a year, it is enough for you and your family. Your child lives.

Song Dawei, a Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Gewu in the Ming Dynasty, was also very interested in this issue and even made a special trip to Liaodong. This was Song Dawei’s research topic and a topic with serious research funds, about the resettlement of refugees from reclamation in Liaodong and the county. County basis.

The excitement in the capital came one after another. Just after Xu Jie's death, the Xindu Yang family immediately followed suit. All the things the Xindu Yang family did were published in newspapers.

Human beings rely on food as their heaven and hope as their food.

You've really found it.

Three years later, you had two more children. One of the two children had a look that was not very similar to yours, but you didn’t care, because he would grow up to be a strong man, and he wouldn’t know how to call you daddy. Call someone else your father. This year Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, was going to fight again and drafted you. You thought you were going to die, so you said goodbye to your parents, wife and children in a hurry, and even cried a lot.

As a result, when you arrived at the place, you realized that you were just transporting food. When you came back, you got a reward of one or two silver coins.

You returned home. Your old mother became ill from worry and passed away. She was buried on a hill outside the village. Your father gradually lost recognition, but you knew that you had taken root in this land.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was naturally qualified to say that Jiangnan was good. Even if he died in the rouge pile of Yingying Yanyan, he never regretted it, but the farmers were not qualified.

I dreamed that Jiangnan was good, and it was by chance that I went to Liao. 】

Zhu Yili finished reading this essay which was so scattered that he couldn't even summarize the central idea. It was more like Song Dawei's scattered dreams during his journey, but it made him completely understand his original problem. , why did the refugees go to Liaodong instead of Jiangnan?

He is already a refugee, why should he go to Jiangnan?

"Song Dawei has not wasted his internal funds." Zhu Yili felt that this article was worthy of His Majesty's approval and that his internal funds were not wasted.

"Brother, why did this farmer bring this dishonest daughter-in-law to Liaodong, and the child he shouldn't have is still alive and well?" After reading it over and over, Zhu Yili raised his own question.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Yili, frowned slightly, and then felt relieved. Zhu Yili was a born noble man. He thought about problems from his own standpoint, not from the farmer's standpoint.

Zhu Yijun thought about it seriously and said: "What you are saying is that the farmer who carried his child to Liao must have taken away all the food at home, and did not even intend to take his parents and daughter-in-law over. This farmer and the child on his back must have taken away all the food at home." , is the last hope at the end of the road.”

"These parents were actually waiting to die after the farmers entered Liaodong."

"A daughter-in-law loses her integrity in order to keep herself and her parents alive. She does not abandon her mother-in-law and her father-in-law, who can no longer work, and remarries someone else. She is already worthy of her husband." "In the theory of contradiction, survival is the first need, and it is also a human being. The first principal contradiction with the Ming Dynasty is that food is the most important thing for the people."

Zhu Yili is a born nobleman. When he thinks about problems, he subconsciously bases himself on the values ​​​​of the nobleman, not the farmer. This ability of empathy is something Zhu Yili does not have and it is difficult to learn. Zhu Yijun was a latecomer, and he only had a little extra money in later generations. Zhu Yijun personally admired Antonio very much, because in the moral wasteland of Texi, Antonio actually saw civilians in his eyes.

"Brother, I think it's clear! I'm only suitable for having fun!" Zhu Yirui immediately felt the difference in the world. He collapsed and lay down again.

He stopped pretending and showed his cards. He just wasn't the material for a wise man. No matter how much he learned, it was just an illusion.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and smiled without admonishing him. He was very satisfied with Zhu Yili's growth. It was just an appearance, but it was just an appearance. After being sent overseas, he would not let himself go to waste.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty continued to read miscellaneous newspapers. Most of these miscellaneous newspapers were published in January. Zhu Yijun liked to read them because they were written in common language and with punctuation marks. They looked much more interesting than memorials. This is also One of the few spices in his boring life.

Zhu Yijun returned to the imperial study room of the Li Palace. Zhu Yijun wanted to run but was choked by fate.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty grabbed his younger brother by the collar and pulled him to the East Flower Hall of the Royal Bookstore of the Li Palace. Unlike the West Flower Hall, which had different deliberation functions, the East Flower Hall was where Zhu Yijun met the princes and military officials.

"I pay homage to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." Prince Dewang of Ming Dynasty, Prince Zheng's Crown Prince, Dean of Ming Dynasty Royal Academy of Gakushu, Ming Dynasty musician, mathematician, astronomer and physicist, Emperor Zhu Zaiyu, accompanied by two Dr. Ming Gewu came to the imperial study room of the Imperial Palace.

"Uncle, you're welcome, no courtesy." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down and talk.

Dr. Huang Zifu, a doctor of Gewu, was the master of mechanical craftsmanship who had some relationship with Tan Lun and invented the tea-serving boy. The tea-serving boy he invented spread to the Japanese country and even became one of the characteristic cultures of the Japanese country.

Dr. Song Dawei of Gewu, the author of that article, took the emperor's internal funds, ate and drank, and wrote a loose article.

"Uncle Emperor, you are bullying me!" As soon as Zhu Yili saw Zhu Zaiyu, he began to complain and complained. Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen were now surrounding Zhu Changzhi, the eldest son of the emperor. Their love for Zhu Yili had disappeared, and Zhu Yili only Now I can choose Zhu Zaiyu to file a complaint.

Zhu Zaiyu said earnestly: "Your Majesty is doing this for His Highness's good. Your Highness is at an age where you have a good temperament, so you must be strictly restrained."

"What is the emperor doing at this age?" Zhu Yili asked curiously.

"I built an earthen chamber in front of Prince Zheng's palace and slept in the open air for nineteen years." Zhu Zaiyu hesitated for a long time before speaking.

Zhu Zaiyu's father was imprisoned within the high walls of Fengyang by the Taoist Master. The reason was: Houtan ignored my advice and was arrogant and rude in the Zheng Dynasty, which was treason.

Zhu Zaiyu felt that his father had been wronged.

If he hadn't coveted the precision-made sextant, he wouldn't have come to Beijing.

Zhu Yili stopped talking directly. The emperor's uncle has always been friendly, and even if he didn't mention this, he had forgotten about this old incident.

Zhu Zaiyu resented this matter very much, even to the point of rejecting King Zheng's throne, but he was also very persistent in his way. Even though he had deep resentment towards the court, after he made the law book, he also reported it to the court. , hoping to attract the court's attention to science.

Zhu Zaiyu told old stories in front of the emperor, not to avenge his father. In the first year of Longqing, Emperor Longqing released his father to continue to be King Zheng. Zhu Zaiyu was a madman and had always been very persistent. Zhu Zaiyu Yu is also a very reasonable person. Master Dao's fault is Master Dao's, not His Majesty's.

Zhu Yiliu felt bad. My brother was so kind to his uncle, but his uncle still kept thinking about the past and said it to his face, which made him so embarrassed.

Zhu Yili immediately disliked this imperial uncle.

"Did someone whisper something in the ear of the emperor?" Zhu Yijun frowned. He was not Zhu Yili, Zhu Yili was a child, and Zhu Yijun was the emperor.

The emperor saw Zhu Zaiyu's hesitation, and after a moment's thought, Zhu Yijun realized Zhu Zaiyu's motive, which was probably to anger him.

Obviously, someone was talking nonsense in Zhu Zaiyu's ears. Zhu Zaiyu mentioned this as a statement. He was very determined not to participate in state affairs, and he even did not hesitate to mention old things to anger the emperor.

Zhu Zaiyu had no idea about how to deal with this kind of matter. He didn't know how to reply to the inquiry of his nephew who had already served in the fifth server. The emperor was very good to him, much better than his own nephew, but he was talking nonsense. Words hurt people's hearts.

Huang Zifu said: "It's all the trouble caused by the reciprocating steam engine. These days, the dean has received a lot of invitations and is very annoyed. The concierge won't let them in, so they take Dr. Gewu's route to the hospital. I handed it in here, but the dean ignored it and made all kinds of noise."

Zhu Zaiyu's idea is very simple. I am in charge of the Institute of Science and Technology, so you are annoying me. If I don't care about it, won't it delay my research? There is no doubt that irritating the emperor is a good way. Prince Zheng was imprisoned in the high wall because of Tao Ye's fault. Your Majesty is bound to get the steam engine, and your Majesty will not completely drive him out of Gewuyuan because of this matter.

This is very Zhu Zaiyu, it's not that he is not smart, but he is too lazy to use his brain on these things.

The affairs of the world are nothing more than four words, benefit comes and goes. This steam engine has great benefits, but the steel manufacturing and cylinder polishing of the Ming Dynasty require time to accumulate experience and craftsmen. The output is extremely limited, and only the Royal Academy of Geosciences can manufacture it.

The word "entertainment" brought Zhu Zaiyu a lot of trouble.

"Leave this matter to me, you can just do your own thing with peace of mind." Zhu Yijun waved his hand. For Zhu Zaiyu, it was an extremely difficult matter to solve, but for Zhu Yijun, it was just a matter of imperial edict.

As for Zhu Zaiyu's collision, Zhu Yijun didn't even mention it.

Whoever can build a steam engine will benefit the country and the people, let alone inappropriate words, even if he scolds him in front of him, he will not really do anything to the other party.

Steam engines are not sold to the outside world now. They are rationed and rationed for a long time. It will be difficult to sell them to the private sector on a large scale in the short term.

The demand needs to be solved, otherwise Zhu Zaiyu's troubles will continue. Zhu Yijun plans to directly disclose the technology. In the Ming Dynasty Emperor's Village, if you buy one for two thousand taels, you can get the guidance of Dr. Gewu from the Gewu Academy. He made his plan I told Zhu Zaiyu.

"One person is short of wisdom, but everyone is wise. Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Zhu Zaiyu bowed his head again. He felt that His Majesty was really magnanimous. He was so old and so aggressive, yet this nephew did not lower his thunderous wrath.

And this idea is really good. There are only so many Doctors of Gewu in the Gewu Academy. The research and development and improvement of steam engines require more people to participate in it. Zhu Zaiyu is not short of money, let alone social status, so there is no need to be self-conscious.

Zhu Zaiyu talked about the serious business this time. He bowed his head and said, "This time, Dr. Huang Zifuhuang built a machine."

He is here to offer auspicious blessings. The Gewuyuan has taken so much money from the emperor, so he cannot boast and just publish articles without delivering goods. Doesn't that make him a base scholar?

Four Tiqiu walked into the Donghua Hall with three machines. Zhu Zaiyu stood in front of the first one and opened the red silk covering. This was an auspicious, finished product of a reciprocating steam engine. This steam engine It is about the height of a person and consists of a furnace, a chimney, a cylinder, a valve, a centrifugal governor, a piston, and a crankshaft.

"When the crankshaft rotates too fast, the two copper balls will rotate quickly, driving the spring inside to press down and control the speed of the steam. When the crankshaft rotates too slowly, the copper ball's speed will decrease, the spring will move upward, and the steam will increase. Accelerate and speed up. You can change the weight of the copper ball and change the range of steam speed." Zhu Zaiyu introduced his invention. The centrifugal speed regulator is the most important component for controlling the speed of the steam engine. Stable and controllable operation is a mechanical first requirement.

Zhu Yijun studied the two copper balls in his hand. Due to the working environment, the copper balls were more durable. Iron balls of the same weight could also be used, and they were extremely easy to replace.

Huang Zifu bowed his head and said: "This reciprocating steam engine, which is one person tall, can provide the power of up to three horses."

Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yili received a one-foot-long model. These two models can drive a fan. As long as the steam engine is installed outdoors and the fan is indoors, they can get wind under the scorching sun, and air drying is also required by many workshops. link.

From the hand-pulled one-way bellows, to the reciprocating bellows, to the reciprocating water pump, to the reciprocating steam engine that can rotate, and then from the one that can only rotate to the power of one horse, and finally to the power of three horses, this road It has been the eighth year since Zhu Zaiyu entered Beijing in the first year of Wanli.

This horsepower can already be used in mines to collect water, pull coal, pull people, exhaust air, and be used in steam drying, wood planing, and iron forging of part of gun barrels and gun barrels in shipyards, etc.

The demand is too great and the output is too low. This is why the steam engine that Zhu Zaiyu tinkered with brought him social trouble.

Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with this steam engine. He chatted with Zhu Zaiyu and Huang Zifu for a long time. According to Zhu Yijun's idea, he wanted to build a steam engine factory outside Beidaying specifically to produce steam engines. However, there were not enough raw materials to build it. For this thing, Zhu Zaiyu used ginseng iron from Benxi, but if he is willing to gain weight, he can actually use worse iron materials.

Zhu Yijun was quite sorry, but Zhu Zaiyu believed that mass production would be possible in about three years.

"What is this second one?" Zhu Yijun asked what the auspiciousness under the second red silk cloth was.

"This is a sewing machine." Zhu Zaiyu introduced the second Xiangrui, a single-thread chain-type hand-operated sewing machine that first punches holes, then threads and sews leather. Although the structure is simple, one person can shake it and the other person can sew the leather. Sewing greatly improves productivity.

Zhu Yijun looked at the sewing machine and marveled. This thing is quite crude, and the finished product needs to be knotted by hand, otherwise the side locks will easily come apart, and two people are needed to operate it. However, it is indeed a usable sewing machine, and its structure is not complicated. .

"When the tailor saw this thing, he was afraid that it would destroy the Imperial Garden." Zhu Yijun tried the thing and said with a smile to Zhu Zaiyu.

Zhu Zaiyu was stunned for a moment and said blankly: "How could it be possible? This thing is used by tailors. This is a tool designed for them."

The first inventor to invent the hand-operated twin-spindle spinning wheel was beaten to death. The reason was that the substantial improvement in work efficiency led to a large number of unemployed weavers. In the end, these angry weavers beat the inventor to death.

Zhu Zaiyu didn't have to worry. His Royal Gewuyuan was close to the imperial palace, and attacking the Gewuyuan would be regarded as treason.

"Can it be changed to a foot-operated type? The hand-operated type is still inconvenient. It requires two people to operate and is not suitable for use." Zhu Yijun proposed a new research and development direction for this thing.

"Yes!" Huang Zifu's eyes lit up, and he looked eagerly at His Majesty's proposal. He only needed to add a crankshaft to reduce the number of people from two to one.

Zhu Zaiyu understood what His Majesty said. Indeed, technological innovation in production tools will indeed cause short-term unemployment. This is inevitable.

He doesn't have to worry about this. This is His Majesty's concern. He just needs to figure it out.

(End of this chapter)