Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1242 Perpetual Motion Machine and Northwest Wind

Like Zhu Xianxun, Shangluo returned with the Jinyiwei on the same day. However, the mission of the royal division was not over yet. After discovering that the entire Japanese country had been torn apart by Xu Fu, the court decided -

Continue Xu Fu's unfinished work, complete all that Xu Fu didn't have time to finish, train Japan with the Qin system, and supervise its completion of the imperial examination republic transformation. After all, Xu Fu had almost completely isolated and destroyed the ruling class of Japan, and there was no reason for the court not to remove a vassal state.

"So you want to remove a tributary state and not remove it at the same time."

"It's not a matter of country, actually." Fu Yuanshan answered in the cabin, "According to etiquette, the court will maintain a consistent policy and maintain the existence of vassal states - because reviving the country and continuing the extinct is the court's most basic foreign policy. Since the three ancient dynasties, we have emphasized that 'those who govern the world with filial piety will not cut off their relatives, and those who spread benevolence throughout the world will not lack people's sacrifices.' What we actually protect is not these countries, but their ancestral temples and altars. But ah -"

"but?"

"But Zhou Li also says 'Destroy another country, but do not end its sacrifices' - this means that worshipping the ancestral temple does not require the power of a country at all. We can completely destroy his country and then preserve their ancestral temple. So amputating his body below the head is feasible, and it is also our final disposal solution for vassal states in a general sense. After such disposal, it will not cause trouble to the court, and the people of the vassal state can be properly taken care of. This is a self-resolved dilemma. The court likes this kind of self-resolved dilemma."

"So Xu Fu has done a great job this time?"

"From a cause and effect perspective, he did make a great contribution. After all, the imperial court would not reform the tributary states unless it was necessary, because the costs and benefits were unpredictable. But if there was an opportunity like this, it would be done."

[So you can’t throw away the dog, but you can eat it, right?]

"Oh, by the way, how did North Korea submit to China?" Shangluo asked, "was it also because of an unexpected incident?"

"Joseon annexed the country in the 12th year of Gyeongdeok—more than a hundred years ago. At that time, there was a succession crisis in Joseon, and in order to ensure that the throne remained in his line, the Joseon king chose to directly request annexation from the court. The court did not want to intervene in this matter, but the civil and military officials of Joseon decided that it seemed like it might work."

"why?"

"Because after sending the King of Joseon to the capital, Joseon could govern itself. To put it in a way that is easier for you to understand, the imperial examination aristocrats of Joseon were 'international'. They had long wanted to sideline the King of Joseon and establish a true imperial examination republic. The actions of the King of Joseon at that time might have been instigated by certain people."

“Politics is really complicated.”

"As long as more than two people are involved, the complexity of the matter will soar. After all, human hearts are chaotic. To coordinate chaotic human hearts is a bigger problem than any other problem."

"So, that's why we need to ascend, right?"

"You're right." Fu Yuanshan nodded, "Only by ascending can we free ourselves from worldly affairs. In fact, it's not just Rome. Even though we have long been invincible, we still need to be tied up by worldly affairs. This applies to both China and abroad. Just the matter of 'eating' can go unnoticed, or it can become a disaster bigger than the sky. But these automata you brought back this time may be able to solve the problem of eating.

"As long as the food problem can be solved, those people in the capital who work to 'feed everyone' can be freed up to do more profitable things. For example, farmers who used to grow staple food can now grow other cash crops. The court no longer needs to issue huge subsidies every year to stabilize the price of staple food, and all the farmland set up for staple food can be moved to other places - those breads, although they are just bread, are simply the puzzle pieces of ascension. As long as we use ascension to solve all our current problems and liberate our land and people, then true ascension will be achieved."

After saying that, he remembered something: "Oh, by the way, Shangluo, I have a question - can we only make bread? Our people don't seem to be used to eating bread. If we can only make bread, I'm afraid we can only replace 20% of the food."

"Then can we make all of them into pancakes? Or, can we make all of them into flour?"

"If it's flour, it can only account for 4%. Unless starch is used." "Is starch enough? Can starch be eaten directly?"

"Starch alone is of course not enough - but Shangluo, have you ever been to the second floor of the imperial kitchen? It's above the office you borrowed. There is a rice workshop there, which makes synthetic rice from crushed rice and starch. Not only are the dishes in the imperial kitchen canned, but the rice is also canned rice."

"Ah! It's no-cook rice, right?"

"You know? This is high-tech tribute rice. Not everyone can eat it. Only the civil and military officials who eat boxed lunches every day, and His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven Emperor himself, can eat this special supply of technology!"

[It reminds me of your country, where Napoleon considered aluminum a luxury item, but the nature of the situation here should be different.]

"I say, Senior Fu." Shangluo asked, "Is it really delicious? I have never eaten a box lunch before."

"To be honest, it's not delicious. It's really not delicious."

"Then why are these only eaten in the palace?"

"Because no one eats outside the palace. There is only food prepared by the Guanglu Temple in the Imperial Kitchen. You can eat it if you want. This food is expensive and tastes bad. No one would eat it if they have a choice. The Imperial Kitchen maintains this production line mainly to produce canned rice for military supplies. Those canned rice can be eaten as long as they are soaked in hot water."

"Oh, I remember now." Not long ago, Shangluo remembered that the Jinyiwei were at the foot of the mountain in Xiongye, and they used cans to turn a table of dishes, including rice. Shangluo also ate the rice, and the Roman Titus ate it with great enthusiasm.

"That doesn't seem that bad. How come I didn't notice it when I tasted it?"

"Because we have learned from experience. It is indeed not very delicious to eat it dry, but if it is paired with broth, the rice will be softened because it absorbs the broth, and the taste will immediately become much better. So if you cook it properly like we do, it is not impossible to eat it."

"So what's the ratio of rice to starch in this?"

“2% rice grains mixed with 8% starch. Because it uses broken rice, it is very cheap.”

"That's it! I think the Heavenly Court should start an experiment to see if everyone can accept synthetic rice. Let's start with the leaders."

"The leaders are already eating. They are not allowed to order takeout in the palace, so they can only eat this."

"Now that the leaders have finished eating, it's time for the college students to eat. Come on, let's try it out at the Imperial College. It just so happens that we are about to start school, so I'll do a small-scale trial. Don't stop the original rice, but provide synthetic rice for free. Eat as much as you can. Try it out for a month first, and if you can eat it, make protein-rich meat and vegetables synthetic, and make them all free."

"Is it free?" Fu Yuanshan asked, "If it's free, will we not be able to recover the cost?"

"If you want to ascend, these basic living supplies should all be free. Anyway, they are perpetual motion machines and northwest winds, and they are free, so just eat as much as you can. As long as you can eat, I guarantee that everyone can eat until they are plump and white."

(End of this chapter)