Villager of Daming

Chapter 1325 Technology Promotes Dual-Use Manufacturing (External Chapter 11)
The clouds gradually thinned in the afternoon, and the sun shone through the gaps in the clouds. Suddenly, a large number of dragonflies appeared from nowhere and flew around.

Their wings are the first to dry, they are so thin!
Other insects, whether they can only fly low and short distances because their wings are wet, or they are hiding under the leaves of a plant, are all food for the dragonflies that fly first.

The dragonfly is the safest at this moment. Some of the spider webs are broken, and some are no longer sticky after being wetted by the rain.

"Silly! Do you have any fried chicken skewers? Fry some for me and give me some chili sauce. Do you want to tell others about your skill?"

When Liu Bowen saw that the rain had stopped, he tried hard to make the complex expression of awe and fear on his face less obvious. He wanted to eat skewers and asked about the technology of how to know or command the weather.

"Male, not female, inside, no... uh..." Zhu Wentian was stuck when responding.

"My silly brother said that it can be passed down to males but not females, and can be passed down to family members but not outsiders. Hmm! Hehehehe..." Ling'er helped translate.

"Yeah! Hehehehe..." Zhu Wentian nodded vigorously and gave Ling'er a smiling face that said you understand me. Ling'er lowered her head shyly.

Everyone: "..."

"Ling'er, thank you!" Liu Bowen took two deep breaths and expressed his gratitude!

"You're welcome!" Ling'er waved her hands.

Everyone said again: "..."

"We have chicken skewers. We bought chicken racks and shaved the small pieces of meat off them. We'll fry them now."

Zhu Wentian remembered that the other person had something else to do, and he spoke fluently instantly.

When the villagers heard this, they went to the cold storage to get the skewers of meat that they had just put on yesterday.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the scenery outside and said: "It reminds me of Ru porcelain, the sky is blue after the rain, and the clouds are broken. Silly, if you say the earthquake is gone, does that mean there is no earthquake?"

"Impossible!" Zhu Wentian shook his head repeatedly. He knew that he didn't have that ability. As for the weather, it was just an accident, a coincidence!
For example, if he went to a place where a flood was about to occur and said that the rain had stopped, it was purely a dream.

Of course, it is also possible that the rain stopped where he ran to, but did not stop upstream.

To treat drought, we need to see if there are rain clouds. If there are, we can use rocket launchers to shoot them down to cause rainfall. This technology is sufficient.

The effect of fireworks on hail was very good before. Although they could not reach the high clouds, they could form a granular thermal radiation belt in the low altitude.

To prevent frost, you can just light a fire in the fields to create smoke, which will prevent the cold air from falling and forming frost.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with an expression that he understood him: "Yes! The secret of heaven has already been revealed, how can we go to war to bring down the power of heaven and earth? Thanks to you, thanks to you!"

Zhu Wentian: "..."

He decided not to explain the probability of weather forecast. It was tiring! It was tiring!
You can think whatever you want! I am just saying it casually. If I say there will be a total solar eclipse tomorrow, it is impossible! Can we change the position relationship between the moon, the earth and the sun?

"Let's not talk about this, Silly. Does our village specialize in skewering chicken meat? Our village sells chicken racks, so there shouldn't be a lot of meat on them, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there was no need to talk more about this topic, so he changed it and asked about chicken racks and the chicken rack meat used for skewers.

When the village head saw that Hanhan was too busy, he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I bought chicken racks.

In the past, poultry was not easy to sell because it was affected by the number of livestock raised and the relationship between supply and demand, and poultry was only sold in small quantities.

You can buy two taels of pork to make dumplings at home, but no one will buy two taels of chicken.

Now, under your Majesty's wise leadership, Ming's productivity has developed well and the people have more agricultural products to sell.

As the war ended and society stabilized, merchants would collect poultry and sell them.

Merchants were the most flexible. They saw through the people's needs and no longer sold whole poultry. Instead, they cut the poultry into pieces and sold them individually.

Those who make braised and pickled food specialize in buying poultry heads, necks, wings, claws and offal.

Not all people buy from stores, individuals also have needs, including chicken breasts and chicken thighs.

By breaking down poultry into smaller pieces and selling them, the overall profit actually increases.

There is a lot of meat on the chicken rack, otherwise no one would buy it, so our village bought some more.

The meat on the chicken rack will be shaved as clean as possible, and the remaining meat will be used to make soup. Chicken rack soup is actually better than the soup from the whole chicken, like duck rack.

The chicken meat is ready. Most of it is sold to the outside and skewered with thin bamboo sticks. We only use iron wire to skewer it when we eat it ourselves so as not to hurt our mouths.

When working with external parties, we hire people and settle accounts on a piece-rate basis, providing some flexible employment.

The more developed the economy, the higher the value of the land, and the primary industry will naturally be weakened.

The demand for the secondary industry, industry and handicrafts, has increased, and businessmen who run such industrial models prefer stability.

The remaining tertiary industry is the service industry, and the village classifies flexible employment as part of the service industry.

The current flexible employment is to work in the form of hourly and piece-rate wages during people’s free time when they are farming.

To put it nicely, it is to provide flexible employment opportunities for the people; to put it bluntly, it is to squeeze the surplus value of workers.

But in the end, those who work get an income, which is better than many people who want to earn an income through work but have no chance. "

"Yes!" Qi Qili, who was hunted for thousands of miles for killing an eagle, said, "We are all animal husbandry. Most of the time, we have nothing to do. Now my... some people in our Ming Dynasty have more work. The tactics have changed. Yes, tactics, what is it called..."

Qiqili's voice became lower and lower. In fact, he knew some tactics. Just as Hanhan said, when the situation is poor, use tactics of interspersion; when the situation is rich, use covering bombing.

At present, Daming has reached this level of wealth, it is really good at bombardment! The kind of covering type, rich!

Light cavalry can come and go like the wind, but what is the use? Light cavalry needs to be within range to shoot arrows. What is the range of bows and arrows? What is the range of Ming artillery?
The mounted warriors come and go like the wind, do you still want a home?

Everyone just left their tents, cattle, sheep and other things behind and rode away on their horses?
And then wait for winter to come and freeze to death?
"Marquis Qiqili is right." Zhu Wentian continued: "Therefore, there must be stable employment and flexible employment. Stable employment includes planting and breeding.

That is, the people who grow crops and raise livestock in our Ming Dynasty should not suffer losses due to foreign trade.

The imported indica rice costs 100 wen per stone, while our Ming Dynasty’s rice used to sell for 260 wen.

It depends on the court's reserve needs. If the grain reserves are not enough, the imported indica rice will be directly stored in the court's granary.

If the reserves are full, external grain cannot directly enter the Ming Dynasty's grain trading link.

The imperial court would purchase the grain and make rice noodles or stop trading in foreign grain to protect the interests of similar practitioners in the Ming Dynasty.

We cannot sell foreign grain at a lower price, thereby impacting the interests of domestic farmers.

That is, cheap grain will hurt farmers, and expensive grain will hurt people; both are unacceptable.

If the import volume continues to grow significantly, we will have to take trade protection measures against foreign food and increase tariffs..."

The knowledge content here is huge, including trade economics, protection economics, tariffs, agriculture and non-agricultural economics...

Zhu Wentian gave a brief talk, and an hour passed. Everyone had only learned the outline, but they didn't understand anything.

This kind of knowledge cannot be learned in one hour, unless one is able to read ten lines at a glance and remember everything he sees. Give him a book to read.

But there are books, a lot of books, all of which look good, but in reality they still require a teacher to explain.

Zhu Wentian is that teacher. He will tell the story to his friends first, and then his friends will tell the story to others.

Is this knowledge difficult to learn? No, as long as you have a good foundation, it will be no problem.

Because Zhu Wentian chose a simple model for imparting knowledge, the simpler the better, without adding a lot of nouns.

Especially the phonetic abbreviations made by the barbarians, such as GDP, CPI, GNP, IMF...

Since it can be translated, why do we have to use this abbreviation?

Are people who study economics willing to learn this after completing their studies abroad, or in China?

Can't we just say GNP, GDP, inflation, industrial price index, purchasing managers index? There are also repo, reverse repo, short-term loan facility, medium-term loan facility, overnight lending...

To put it simply, CPI means that money is worthless and things are more expensive. It means that the same things were much more expensive than before. Isn't this inflation?
"That book is not easy to learn! There is too much content, it's hard for Hanhan."

Zhu Yuanzhang has a say in this. He has been reading the books written by Hanhan, not just one or two books, but a complete set of books.

The knowledge in the books is interrelated, with theoretical guidance and practical examples.

The ministers nodded one after another, indicating that they were also learning and were tired!
Ma Gui, a minister in the Ministry of Revenue, touched his chest and found a book stuffed inside. He would take it out and read it when he had time.

The Ministry of Revenue is responsible for national finances, including food, horses, land, etc. The more it manages, the more knowledge it requires.

"Originally, our court learned from previous dynasties, finding the advantages and disadvantages from the operation of the previous dynasties, and then made adjustments. What we are learning now is different from those, it is more systematic and comprehensive.

After reading Hanhan's book and then looking at Wang Anshi's reforms, it would be strange if he didn't lose.

Not only did he take a one-size-fits-all approach, but he also never considered the problems of officials and always ganged up on his faction to suppress dissidents.

Take the Xuanwu Lake for example. He filled it up just like that. However, the extra land caused flooding in the capital every year.

Since Your Majesty has vigorously expanded Xuanwu Lake and dredged the Qinhuai River, we are no longer afraid of heavy rains. "

Ma Gui praised Hanhan indirectly, and then touched His Majesty.

"I just listen to Hanhan. If it weren't for Ling'er, I would have wanted to kill the princess."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hanhan with a smile and said, "You are a good person. We originally planned to make you a royal consort."

"Thank you! Hey! Your Majesty! Um! Hehehehe..." Zhu Wentian responded.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ling'er said, and looked at her silly brother again.

She was not afraid at all. Brother Hanhan said that it was impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to marry the princess to him. He could replace her with someone else, but not a master.

What if another Princess Taiping appears?
On the third day after his marriage to Brother Hanhan, His Majesty chatted with Brother Hanhan all night, and the next day His Majesty left happily.

Brother Hanhan said that His Majesty was worried that the master had other intentions, so he asked.

Brother Hanhan means that he doesn't want to be the emperor, and he doesn't want to cause turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can he live a free and easy life.

At the same time, he would not hold office, nor make friends with officials. Future officials from the village would not control the government and would not be involved in military affairs in the local area.

If it really doesn't work, wait until the Ming Dynasty occupies a larger territory, and the whole village will move to a new place, away from the current Ming Dynasty.

But His Majesty disagreed, fearing that if he developed outside, his influence and strength would grow...

Then I'll continue living here, and take the train back when I miss my hometown.

Or you can travel and visit various places in the Ming Dynasty. If Your Majesty has something to say, you can call us, or you can send a telegram to places where there are no telephone lines.

After visiting the places in Daming, he would go out to sea for a stroll, looking for ambergris on the beach, or fishing for gold nuggets in the rivers of another continent.

If you want jewelry, diamonds and other things, Brother Hanhan knows the place and will dig them up when you get there.

When going out to sea, you need to bring a large fleet with you. Safety is the first priority. Find guards from the Prince's Palace and share some of the good stuff you dig up with them to prevent them from getting greedy when they see the money.

Let’s make some vaccines and medicines first. Brother Hanhan said that it is easy to get infected with the disease when you go outside, and it is very dangerous without antibodies.

People who went out to sea before brought a lot of medicine with them, and they also had to take health-care medicines along the way, such as ginseng pills, isatis root, etc.

Of course, there is no shortage of sour plum powder and various dried fruits, fruit powder, and candied fruits. The beans on the boat can also be used to grow bean sprouts, and there are more dried vegetables.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what Ling'er was thinking. He thought everyone understood his kindness.

He ate a fried chicken skewer and said, "We found that the smaller things are, the more beneficial they are to people's livelihood. We didn't have so many gadgets and food back then. It is said that the Song Dynasty had the most food, but it was not affordable for ordinary people.

Pots, pans, hammers, saws, chisels, crowbars, shovels and other things are indispensable household items in daily life.

Xiaqiu Village produced a lot of these things, and they are best sold in department stores.

When steaming food, you can put oil on the lid, but people are reluctant to do so. You can also put perilla leaves or lotus leaves, but who can always stockpile these, except Xiaqiao Village.

Another thing is the drawer cloth. The machine-woven drawer cloth also sells well. The price of cage cloth is getting lower and lower because more cotton is grown.

Natural disasters can always be predicted in advance, which reduces losses and allows people to live and work in peace without war.

Silly, is this what you want?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said this and looked at Hanhan.

Zhu Wentian looked up and curled his lips: "It's far from enough. Let's set a small goal first. There will be heating in cold places in winter, and everyone can live in buildings if they want. There will be water supply, electricity, telephone, and glass windows in every house."

"What is the bigger goal?" Minister of Works Li Min asked casually.

"Within twelve hours, we can go wherever we want, even to the ends of the earth." Zhu Wentian responded naturally.

"Then we can attack whoever we want? Sending troops..."

Qiqili is always thinking about fighting, and obviously he has a psychological trauma and is being hunted.

When an eagle was killed in the trap, the palace guards began to hunt it down and would not stop until it was dead.

At that time, I actually wanted to find an opportunity to capture the four princes, but in the end... I was so naive!

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment: "Speaking of this, I remembered that there are two airships in the village? It is too difficult for a hot air balloon to change direction, so a fuel engine was added to the flying pole, and it was used for delivery?"

Everyone naturally looked at Hanhan. They had seen airships before, demonstrated their flying skills, and also trained with them.

Zhu Wentian scratched his head: "Hydrogen airships are affected by gases and are very dangerous. Hydrogen is flammable and explosive. Helium is better, but it is too difficult.

The laboratory wants to charge a small helium airship, but with the current equipment and technology, it will take two to three years.

Even if we spare some time to upgrade the equipment later, it will still be too expensive.

Hydrogen airships are afraid of encountering special weather conditions, such as thunderstorms.

The cost of hydrogen is relatively low, so it can be prepared at the same time as oxygen. The laboratory is slow, but it is still possible to charge an airship with hydrogen in half a month.

In an emergency, the safety of the airship is not a consideration, only whether it can be used is. There is no problem with that.

In addition, the industrial zone is preparing for a trial run. Once successful, it will be easier to obtain hydrogen.”

Zhu Wentian becomes worried whenever he talks about this. The basic industry cannot keep up, and right now there isn't even an integrated circuit. There are so many areas that need improvement, so many that making a list is like a Buddhist verse, which goes like this: "Go west to seek Buddha. If you don't take a step forward, you will cross thousands of mountains and rivers. If you take a step forward, you will cross thousands of mountains and rivers."

Zhu Wentian believed that what was most needed at the moment were people who could learn the knowledge he provided.

The villager is not a genius, he just studies hard. Because he is the guardian of the village and the villagers believe in him, they study hard.

So which is more important, hard work or talent? How many people in their twenties can write: "Outside the railings, the Yangtze River flows by itself"?
Zhu Wentian wants a genius, it doesn’t matter if he is biased towards certain subjects, as long as he is biased towards science.

The older people in the village have poor memory, but the children are pretty good, especially the younger ones, who are getting smarter.

If the nutrition is adequate, the child will develop physically and be strong in intelligence and physical health, especially in height.

Like the babies born in recent years, their mothers are well-nourished, so they grow fast and are generally taller than other children.

Once complementary foods are eaten, protein, fat, sugar, vitamins, chlorophyll, mineral elements, etc. will immediately follow.

Including the quality of sleep, the educational toys played, the overall learning atmosphere...

It is enough for the children of ordinary people to survive, but the children of Xiaqiao Village must live a quality life.

Zhu Wentian was a little impatient, as it would take another 20 to 30 years for these children to grow up and be useful.

Therefore, he looks among the students for those who are good at science. It doesn't matter if their writing is not very good, and he doesn't require you to write poetry.

Then the children of craftsmen are the focus of training, especially the babies who watch their elders work and learn from them since they were crawling.

Do you believe that a child under ten years old can use a chisel to carve a stone tablet with regular script characters without using a brush as a base? Yes!
This kind of person is being trained to become an eighth-level worker, his talent is there!
There are also seven or eight-year-old children who help their fathers and grandfathers to calculate size and proportions mentally. Would it be blind not to cultivate them?

"If you fall while walking, you will die! If you fall off a horse's pedals, a boat will capsize.

Will it explode easily in thunderstorms? Will it expand and explode in hot weather? There are also cases where birds peck at it and it leaks, and wind blows sand and gravel and breaks it.

Overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. We should not throw the baby out with the bathwater. We should make it when it is necessary and use it when it is necessary.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was open-minded. He handed over the training of talents to Xiaqiao Village and promoted the development of airships.

According to actual test data, this thing can easily fly two thousand miles a day, and that's not even the fastest speed.

The key loading capacity is not small. Even if it is thousands of miles away, it can be guaranteed to arrive in six or seven days as long as there are no special climate or circumstances.

A flying boat carries fifty soldiers, and a hundred boats means five thousand soldiers. These five thousand must be elite soldiers, and they will be suddenly deployed to the rear of the enemy...

Zhu Yuanzhang, who knew how to fight a war, shuddered slightly and said, "It's decided. Build more airships for both military and civilian use."

(End of this chapter)