Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 583 Controversy over the manufacture of steamships
that day.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian stayed in Kunning Palace overnight without saying a word.

Xu Zhaohua had been waiting for news from the Northeast, and stayed obediently in the area of ​​the Supervisor of Rituals and the Qianqing Palace. Except for looking for his cousin Qi Guiren, he no longer went out of the palace easily.

Zhou Hou has been resting in the deep palace since the second day, and has never summoned anyone.

Zhu Youjian left the Forbidden City early the next morning and went straight to the military industrial base newly moved to Beijing, namely the manufacturing bases of the Daming Academy of Sciences, the Daming Engineering Institute, and the Daming Ordnance Institute.

Now, the steam industry of Daming has entered the blowout stage, and the application of steam power in the textile industry, machinery manufacturing industry and printing industry has begun to take shape.

Among them, someone from the Daming Institute of Engineering used steam power to manufacture flush toilets, and even made lithography available in advance, which greatly improved the efficiency of the printing industry in Daming, and because of the emergence of lithography, rapid simultaneous printing of graphics and texts was realized. .

Newspapers and periodicals of the Ming Dynasty bid farewell to the era of few or no pictures.

The printing volume and printing quality per unit time have also been greatly improved, and the price of newspapers and periodicals has been lowered, but the cost has also dropped even lower, which has led to a substantial increase in the profits of newspapers and periodicals.

But also because of the improvement of printing technology, more magazines and weekly magazines have been derived and the publishing industry has developed greatly, and market novels can be published in a low-cost and high-efficiency way, which has led to a sharp increase in novels and other literary genres.

Since then, books are no longer a luxury that can only be owned by the official family, but gradually flow into the homes of ordinary people, laying the foundation for elite education to move towards civilian education.

Even, state capitals in developed areas such as Suncheon, Yingcheon, and Songjiang began to set up public libraries, allowing common people to enter the library to borrow books.

The appearance of civilian steam-powered products such as toilets and power looms also began to gradually change people's lifestyles.

Because of the patent protection system implemented in the Ming Dynasty, some businessmen who invented and operated steam-powered products began to obtain substantial wealth, realizing the myth of getting rich overnight, and more and more people began to participate in the application of steam industry. Come during the event.

However, the Daming Institute of Engineering and the Daming Ordnance Institute are still the main positions for steam industry research.

Now the Daming Engineering Institute, the Daming Ordnance Institute and the Daming Ship Administration Bureau are cooperating to manufacture steamships, which is the main subject currently being officially led by the Ming Empire.

But now, Zhu Youjian came to the military base to inspect the construction process of the Daming steamship.

Song Yingxing took Zhu Youjian into a tall shipbuilding workshop, pointed to a wooden sailboat and said:
"Your Majesty, this is our newest ship. We have added a paddle wheel in front of it, and added a ship-specific steam engine to the main body. The main source of power is the burning of coal, but the steam power provided is still not enough for The ship is completely free from manual oars, otherwise it is not enough to achieve a faster speed than the sailing ship."

"Have you analyzed the reason? According to theory, steam power must be stronger than human power. The lack of power means that the steam engine is not good enough. In addition, the transmission equipment is not up to standard. Ships not only need paddle wheels, but whether the propeller has been applied. .”

When Zhu Youjian said this, Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi and other technicians fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Song Yingxing said: "The airtightness and transmission components of the shipboard steam engine are currently the best. It may be due to the increase in gravity due to the high density. We are thinking of using new alloy steel Instead, in addition to this, perhaps the steam equipment is too large, resulting in increased cooling effects and insufficient power, Weichen is ready to continue to improve the machinery."

"The propeller your majesty mentioned, our engineering institute has already manufactured it, and it is going to be shipped for trial next month.

However, Weichen believes that it is very difficult to manufacture an iron-clad ship that completely replaces sailing ships as His Majesty said, and it is a warship with a speed of more than 100 miles an hour;
Because these need to invent the lightest but very hard steel that is not easy to rust, and a better steam engine, and a better steam engine is actually an improvement in material. These require us to find out more elements, know The nature of more elements, based on theory to produce more materials;

But these need time and more talented people to do it. The elements and their properties that we know are all taught by His Majesty, and we don’t even know what His Majesty said about organic chemistry. I think more people should learn first. Some foundations, let more people participate, and figure out all the laws first, so that you can create what your Majesty wants to see;

Such as ironclad ships and steam locomotives.We are now tantamount to being blind under the guidance of Your Majesty, and we are lucky to manufacture it. If we are unlucky, we still haven't figured out how to solidify nitroglycerin to become the next generation of main battle explosives. "

At this time, Fang Yizhi expressed his opinion. He was a pioneer in theoretical physics and experimental science in Daming. Because of this, he felt more and more that the holy teachings provided by his Majesty had many imperfections, and often gave him a feeling that the foundation was not solid, and he could create whatever he remembered at the moment.

As a man of high intelligence, Fang Yizhi felt that his majesty must not have learned enough in this area, but he also knew that the knowledge that his majesty brought must have more rules to develop and may even be subversive. It might be possible to realize the thing that people fly in the sky and swim in the sea, so he had to express his point of view bluntly, hoping that the entire empire can focus its research on the sacred science on basic research and theoretical construction.

As for the invention of new things, it should no longer be the main focus of the empire. This would not only waste a lot of people's energy and money, but also create a lot of waste.

Now the Daming Ordnance Institute and the Daming Engineering Institute have piled up no less than a thousand abandoned steam engines, and each of these abandoned steam engines cost tens of thousands of silver dollars at the time. Fang Yizhi believes that the empire can use the money more efficiently.

"I admit that you are right. After the appearance of sailing warships, bicycles, steam looms, and spiral cutting machines, a more solid technical foundation is indeed required for the emergence of more powerful ships and locomotives;

Not only that, but in the future we can't just be stuck in the rut of steam engine application. If we want to jump out, we need a more complete technical foundation. On the eve of the Northern Expedition, I have realized the importance of basic research and theoretical construction, and these Those who need education to keep up, now I have made up my mind, and three days later, the cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, the Daming Academy of Sciences, and the Daming Academy of Engineering will mainly participate in the court discussion on new-style education and new-style schools!The location is chosen in Wenhua Palace! "

　Allow me to unfold the plot slowly. In the later stage of the novel, I will describe the empire from more angles. Please wait patiently and don’t teach me how to write. I don’t want to get taller and more chaotic. The struggle between princes is nothing in Zhu Youjian’s eyes. It's just a child's trick, it's all under his control

　　
　
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