The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 94 Planning Gezhi Academy
"Physics and Biology are almost finished by the students." Song Yingxing said with some shame at this point, "It's just that the progress of "Chemistry" is slow, and only part of the periodic table of elements has been drawn at the moment. The content of this aspect is up to Your Highness." Give more guidance to the students."

In fact, it's not Song Yingxing's fault. He has never been exposed to the concept of chemistry before, and it is really embarrassing for him to start from scratch and write textbooks.

In addition, due to her university major, Zhu Linmei's chemistry knowledge is only at the high school level.But even so, it is enough to be proud of the world.

And as long as he has the concept of elements and chemical reactions, he believes that there will soon be geniuses who can continue to perfect them. Daming has never lacked geniuses, only soil.

"Mr. Song completed these books in a few months, which is very valuable." Zhu Linmi encouraged, "With these textbooks, students can be recruited widely, and the study of Gewu can be popularized."

Song Yingxing hurriedly said, "I dare not take it for granted."

"After the manufacturing of new weapons is completed, I want Mr. Song to build a school in Ganzhou to teach the knowledge of Gewu." Zhu Lin said, "Cultivating a large number of students who are good at Gewu is very important for the future development of our Ming Dynasty. important."

"Students are sincere and terrified!" Song Yingxing raised his hands excitedly.One of his lifelong pursuits is to disseminate the scientific knowledge he has learned.

Zhu Linmei continued: "Not only must there be a school, but also corresponding physics and chemistry laboratories must be built. After all, talking about wars on paper is not the way to learn." In fact, Zhu Linmei had already had the idea of ​​building a laboratory. After all, his knowledge surpassed There are too many times in this era. If you want to be able to apply it in practice, you must go through repeated trials in the laboratory.

"It's just," he frowned slightly, "after the establishment of the school, the source of students and the teachers who teach them are still problems."

"Actually, the student has come into contact with many students who are willing to learn Western learning..."

"It's better not to call it Western learning." Zhu Linming corrected him, "In the future, the Ming Dynasty will far surpass the West in this respect. And the so-called Western learning is not unknown in China."

"Yes, Your Highness." Song Yingxing nodded and said, "Only in Nanchang, there are hundreds of students who often gather in one place to learn from Gezhi. Some even develop their own artillery, clocks and other things."

Zhu Linmi did not expect that natural science knowledge would be so popular at the end of Ming Dynasty. He said happily, "It's very good. This gezhi school can waive tuition fees in the early stage and even provide meals to attract poor students. In the future, the imperial court will start to study things. If you choose to be an official, the source of students will naturally not be a problem."

"Take a scholar? Could it be that the imperial court will conduct an imperial examination?!" If it weren't for being in the carriage, Song Yingxing would have jumped up in shock.

"Not yet." Zhu Linmi shook her head, and then said solemnly, "But I will definitely work hard to make it a reality. It is difficult to strengthen my Ming by relying on the Four Books and Five Classics alone."

Only now did Song Yingxing know that His Royal Highness Chen Wang had such ambitions, and he was even more shocked.

Zhu Linming asked again: "Then is there any candidate for Mr. Song as a teacher in the school?"

Song Yingxing thought for a while, nodded and said: "Students, there are several people who recommended it to His Highness. One of them is Xu Siwu's four brothers, all of whom have received the true biography of Xu Ge and have extraordinary knowledge. The four of them do not want to become officials, but if they preach They will not refuse to teach.

"The second is Fang Yizhi from Huizhou, who is the author of the book "Little Knowledge of Physics", and he has a deep understanding of physics. Students have some connections with secrets, so you can write to invite him to come to teach."

"It's just," he said worriedly, "one of them is in Shanghai and the other is in Huizhou. Both of these places are now occupied by Jianlu..."

"I'll figure out a way," Zhu Lin said, "Talents like this are very important to my Ming Dynasty, and I will try my best to bring them to Ganzhou."

Then the two discussed the plan of Gezhi Academy.

With the experience and lessons learned from the vacancy of the Royal Military Academy after its completion, Zhu Linmei finally decided to buy a building that can accommodate more than a hundred people, and focus on the construction of the laboratory.

Even so, he estimated that he would have to invest nearly ten thousand taels, but the investment in education is definitely worth it.When Daming has tens of thousands of scientific talents like Song Yingxing, the industrialization process of Daming will be smooth sailing.

After a short walk, the chariots and horses had already arrived in front of Suji Iron Works.

This place is completely different from when Zhu Linmi first took over. The thick wooden fence encloses the surrounding 50 acres of land.Anyway, the price of this wasteland on the river beach is extremely cheap. Zhu Linmi simply bought more than [-] acres at one go for more than a hundred taels.

The iron yard has been expanded several times, and now it has two blast furnaces with a daily output of [-] jin of pig iron.However, due to the advanced technology of Suji Iron Works, the quality of the iron produced is very good, and even such a high output is not worrying about selling.

The large employee dormitory on the east side of the railway yard is almost full, and the second phase of construction is underway.

Zhu Linmi moved all the things from the later factories, such as the staff dormitory, staff canteen, staff convenience store and even the entertainment room, to Suji Iron Works.As long as the craftsmen enter the iron yard, they can be allocated their own residences, and even have a small courtyard when they become relatives.

The artisans eat three meals a day directly in the free cafeteria. After work, they can go to the entertainment room to play chess, cards, and throw pots. They can buy needles and thread brains and turn around. They can't live a more comfortable life.

In addition, the wages of Suji Ironworks are more than [-]% higher than other places, so there are constantly skilled craftsmen coming to work. Two months ago, there were more than [-] craftsmen in the ironworks.

Chanyi didn't get the notice, so she rushed out with people.

"Grandpa, are you back?"

She was about to kowtow and salute in surprise, but was stopped by Zhu Linmi, "There are not so many empty salutes. I have something important to do when I come back this time."

Chan Yi gave Qiao Qian a first look, complaining that he didn't inform her in advance, then quickly turned her head and said: "Master, I have rejected all other business as you ordered, and now the iron yard can be called by you."

Qiao Qian shrank her neck and hid behind Song Yingxing.

"Good job!" Zhu Linmi walked quickly to the cannon casting workshop, where all the more than one hundred craftsmen were already waiting.In addition, he has already contacted the Ganzhou Military Weapons Bureau, and Xu Erlu will soon bring hundreds of craftsmen.

"This time we want cast iron cannons." He cut to the chase, "A heavy cannon weighing [-] catties."

The craftsmen immediately began to whisper to each other. Before that, they had only made six-pound cannons of a thousand catties, and they were made of copper.

The melting point of copper is only over 1000 degrees, and it has excellent ductility and is not prone to cracks.The melting point of pig iron exceeds [-] degrees, and wrought iron is as high as [-] degrees.At the same time, pig iron is brittle and easy to crack when cooled, so casting heavy artillery with iron is a very complicated process.

The craftsmanship of iron-cast heavy artillery here in Nanming has been lost with the fall of Beijing and Nanjing.Even the Jianlu Neng cast iron guns also needed the help of European craftsmen, and most of them were to greatly thicken the barrel and reduce the use of charges.

The owner just said that he would use iron to cast a [-]-jin heavy cannon? !All the craftsmen thought for a moment that they had heard it wrong.

(End of this chapter)