Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 336 Science and technology education is imperative

"Chen Xun?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at Chen Xun, his eyes full of meaning.

"I see that you are too busy. Is it because the chief minister of the cabinet is not busy enough for you and needs to add more burdens to you?"

"By the way, you have no heirs, right? Not only do you have no heirs, you don't even have a family."

"Hu Hui, I'll leave this matter to you. Give Chen Xun a choice and see if there's anything suitable."

……

Seeing that the topic was gradually going off track, Chen Xun quickly lowered his head.

"My matter is a trivial matter. After all, I only need an eldest son to carry on my legacy, but you, the Crown Prince, cannot."

"You said before that if you want to stop Daming from going the old way, you can only enfeoff the kings, at least enfeoff those areas with inconvenient transportation."

"At that time, it will be just like Emperor Taizu Gao thought. No matter how chaotic the world is, this meat will still rot in his own pot."

"But what about you now? Although this family is established, it has been almost ten years and you still have no heirs. This is not in line with the strategy you originally prepared."

"Even if you plan to train His Highness Prince Jiyang and others, it is not enough."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand.

Talking about these things to Chen Xun's subordinates, although he already knew that when he reached his height, concubines, heirs and even intercourse would become a different kind of official business, but he was still not used to it.

"How is the gathering of the craftsmen I asked you to gather?"

"Back to Your Highness, the news has been spread. Although it is still impossible to reach all the prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty, it has probably reached all the ones close to Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion."

"As for the final result, I haven't estimated it yet. After all, there is no precedent for this."

Years ago, Zhu Zhanhe asked Chen Xun to summon craftsmen from all over the world. The initial quota was about [-] people.

But it's different from the past. In the past, when craftsmen were summoned, they would most likely have something to do, such as building the Great Wall and digging canals.

But this time, Zhu Zhanhe called not just the craftsmen, but the craftsmen and their families, which meant that the craftsmen were asked to bring their families with them.

"But, His Highness the Crown Prince..." Chen Xun looked at Zhu Zhanhe who was very satisfied, but he hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong? Just say what you have to say." Zhu Zhanhe was a little strange.

Chen Xun's thoughts...how to put it?It is said to be novel, but in fact, in Zhu Zhanhe's view, it is also old-fashioned, because Chen Xun's novelty is compared to this era.

But this kind of novelty is the most common thing for Zhu Zhanhe.

"Educating craftsmen, you are really a bit..."

Chen Xun wanted to find a suitable wording, but he couldn't find it after much thought.

Speaking of which, the cousins ​​Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanji are really similar, because the first thing Zhu Zhanji did after he ascended the throne was to reuse eunuchs, and even prepared to teach eunuchs to read and write.

You know, during the Hongwu Dynasty, eunuchs could be said to be the lowest people in the palace. Although they served the emperor, their status was actually not as good as that of the palace maids. Only a few could please their masters. Respected by those palace ladies.

In the Yongle Dynasty, the status of eunuchs was improved, but it was absolutely forbidden for eunuchs to study, because eunuchs had the task of delivering documents, and things might go wrong.

But when he arrived at Zhu Zhanji, he began to teach eunuchs to read and write.

Zhu Zhanhe did not agree with this approach. Although it can be said that ninety-nine percent of people in this world cannot resist the corruption of power, compared to other people, eunuchs are more likely to be corrupted.

They have no descendants. When they have no status, the eunuch's only hope is money. But when there is a possibility of going further, almost all of them will try their best to climb up.

In Zhu Zhanhe's view, eunuchs are more dangerous than other groups of people, because from other people's perspective, family members, heirs, relatives and friends may be weaknesses that make them vulnerable, but eunuchs do not have such weaknesses.

Especially in the early Ming Dynasty, many eunuchs did not even have family members, and the Nine Tribes' Xiaoxiaole had no deterrent effect on them.

After Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanhe began to teach craftsmen again, which surprised Chen Xun.

"Chen Xun, what do you think of white phosphorus eggs?"

Chen Xun didn't hide anything at all, and Zhu Zhanhe had already expected this situation, so he easily guessed Chen Xun's thoughts.

"very good."

Although Chen Xun also thought that the white phosphorous egg might harm Tianhe, but from the perspective of war, it had to be said that it was a very useful weapon.

For now, the white phosphorus egg can be said to be a dimensionality reduction blow. It cannot be said that it will win, but it is not far off.

"Then if I told you that the invention of the white phosphorus egg was actually based on the craftsmanship of craftsmen, what would you think?"

Chen Xun lowered his head, and Xia Yuanji and Hu Hu also looked at each other.

They... no, it should be said that Xia Yuanji and Hu Xi didn't quite understand Zhu Zhanhe's words.

"I agree." To everyone's surprise, even Zhu Zhanhe had not expected that Chen Xun would give this answer.

"I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now think about it, didn't gunpowder come from the alchemists who made alchemy? The later artillery and muskets were similar, and even the catapults were the same."

"So..." Chen Xun raised his head.

"Do you have this idea? But I don't agree with it very much."

"Oh? Tell me." Zhu Zhanhe asked with interest.

This was the first time he had discussed this issue with anyone since he could remember. He had always kept it in his heart before and had never told anyone else, not even his father.

You know, if a person's idea is half a step ahead of the times, he is called a genius, but if a person's idea is one step ahead, or even more than one step, he is a madman.

"Excuse me for being rude, do you want to promote the birth of more inventions like artillery? But in my opinion, these inventions have too many coincidences, compared with the investment..."

"Not proportional."

"I won't say anything else for now." Zhu Zhanhe smiled when he heard this and tapped the desk gently.

He must reverse Chen Xun and all Han people's thinking.

"If the investment I made eventually resulted in the emergence of things like today's artillery or even white phosphorus eggs, would it be worth it?"

Chen Xun was silent when he heard this.

There is no doubt that this is worth it. The artillery is relatively normal, at least it is not impossible to defeat, but the white phosphorus egg is really not good.

It burns extremely quickly, like tarsal maggots that are immortal and poisonous. The burning flames can not only block the mainstream infantry and cavalry of this era, but can even cause damage even without a direct hit.

Of course, the main reason is that this era is too backward, but you also have to admit that white phosphorus eggs are the top weapons now.

If such a weapon can really be developed, it will undoubtedly be worthwhile, but this is not what Chen Xun wants to say.

What Chen Xun wants to say is that this kind of thing is full of too many uncertainties. First of all, he is not sure whether there will be a result. Secondly, even if there is a result, he does not know whether it will be useful. Other effects may not be comparable to investment.

But now he can't convince Zhu Zhanhe, because the white phosphorus egg was produced by Zhu Zhanhe and is a dominant weapon.

(End of this chapter)