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Chapter 186 The Gate of Productivity

Yang Reform immediately made a decision, saying: "This is the person, the person recommended by Master Xu is really good." Yang Reform looked at this person's resume, and felt that he was ready to use him even without Baidu's "historical achievements". .

"Your Majesty, Li Zhenzhi is still living at home." Xu Guangqi didn't mind giving his "classmate" a chance to become an official again.

"No problem, by the way, Master Xu, what kind of official did this Li Zhenzhi end up being?" Yang Reform promised to reinstate this person.There is no problem with people's qualifications and background.

"Return to Your Majesty, Li Zhenzhi, he was originally the Minister of the Imperial Palace."

"What does the Shaoqing of the Taipu Temple do?" Yang Reform, a rookie, saw that there were no outsiders here, so he asked directly. If he was in the court hall, he would never ask such a question.

Both Wang Chengen and Xu Guangqi have black lines on their foreheads. This emperor doesn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, this Taipu Temple is in charge of horse affairs for His Majesty, and Shaoqing is his deputy." Although the question asked by the emperor was relatively low-level, Xu Guangqi still "patiently" explained it to the emperor.

Yang Reform, completely unaware of how low-level the question he was asking, said: "The man in charge of horses? Well, since he resigned because he offended Eunuch Wei, he should immediately resume his post. Oh, no, didn't he change his post to Nanjing? He’s from Zhejiang again? In this way, let him hang up a job in Nanjing to hire a fleet for me. This will be convenient, and it won’t bother him to travel north and south, so that’s it.” Yang Reform quickly made a decision. , Let this person hire the fleet for himself.

Wang Chengen responded, and then asked: "Your Majesty, what kind of official do you want to be in Nanjing?" This question is rather vague, and Wang Chengen thinks it is better to ask clearly.

"Well, the purchase of artillery has something to do with the military, so let's hang up as a Minister of the Ministry of War. Anyway, he has also served as the Shaoqing of the Taipu Temple. This official position cannot be too low." Yang Reform gave another position of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. Anyway, Now is the time for a large number of officials who were persecuted by the eunuch party to be rehabilitated. No one pays any attention to such an official.

"Big companion, let me make another decree that this Li Zhenzhi is responsible for buying guns in Macau and hiring some Westerners. I don't need to write the specifics. I just say that I am going to buy guns and hire some foreigners. Actually, big buddy, come down to The secret decree, let Li Zhenzhi take my secret decree to hire Western warships and let him represent me with full authority. By the way, I have to trouble Master Xu to write a letter to Li Zhenzhi to tell him the truth and let him understand my intentions. Do things for me with peace of mind, it's not that I don't want to use him, the matter of hiring a fleet is of great importance, let him do it well." Yang Reform made many arrangements in succession.Arrange this matter.

"I obey, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed. This matter is actually very simple. This Li Zhizao is a Jinshi himself. When officials were being persecuted, it was nothing at all to revive him a Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and there was no problem at all. Although it was a Minister of the Ministry of War, it belonged to Nanjing, and it was basically an official position for the elderly, and no one paid attention to it.

"The minister takes orders." Xu Guangqi also quickly replied.

"By the way, companion, bring another 10 taels of silver with me, which is considered as the initial fee for Li Zhenzhi's hired fleet. Tell him to let him pay part of it first, and I will be responsible for the rest."

Yang Reform remembered that if he had no money, he would do nothing, so he asked Wang Chengen to send him 10 taels of silver.

"As ordered, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed again.

Yang Reform heaved a sigh of relief after finally getting the matter of hiring the Western Fleet settled, and now it's up to him to see what kind of good news Li Zhenzhi can bring to him.

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Early in the morning, Yang Reform had to continue the unfinished work of yesterday.I slept on the lazy bed today, and I didn't get up until after ten o'clock.

Lying on the table, writing and drawing, I don't know what I'm doing.

Yang Reform rubbed his sleepy eyelids, and muttered, "Big companion, where is that guy Zheng Huaizhong now?" Yang Reform worked hard last night, not only did he get Li Zhizao's "historical achievements", but he also got a lot of achievements. The situation in Nanyang in the late Ming Dynasty.I am full of confidence that Li Zhizao can complete his mission, and he also knows that he has to make arrangements for Nanyang.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I'm afraid Zheng Huaizhong didn't go very far. Is Your Majesty doing something?" Wang Chengen was also surprised. Zheng Huaizhong had only been there for a few days when he went to the south for business.What did His Majesty remember?

"Well, there is something. I am going to hire Westerners. I have to find out the details of the Westerners. I also have to find out the situation in Nanyang. You know the situation in Nanyang and Xiyang!" Yang Reform spent one night looking through various materials in Baidu, but in fact he didn't sleep at all, he was very sleepy, and he was in a daze.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what does Your Majesty mean?" Wang Chengen listened obediently for a while, not knowing what the emperor meant.

"Zheng Huaizhong happens to be in charge of supervising shipbuilding in the south, and he knows how to deal with the ocean. Let him take part in an errand, and is responsible for collecting the situation of Nanyang and Xiyang. Let me figure out the historical evolution and so on, I don’t want to be blind, understand?” Yang Reform sorted out his chaotic mind, and said his plan.

Wang Chengen was shocked!Unexpectedly, the emperor would issue such an order. Wasn't Jin Yiwei and Dongchang responsible for collecting information?Some time ago, there was an additional military intelligence bureau, and now, it seems, there is another intelligence collection department!This Zheng Huaizhong's life is really good!Not only did he get the good job of supervising the construction of warships, but he also became the emperor's real confidant.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, is this going to set up a factory?" Wang Chengen asked cautiously. This matter is not a trivial matter and must be treated with caution.

"Set up a factory? What kind of factory?...Oh!...You mean the factory in Dongchang? No need, tell Zheng Huaizhong that I won't give him any brand, set up any yamen, or give him any rights for the time being. There is nothing else but to support some money, let’s see if he can complete these things for me.” Yang Reform was still a little confused, remembering that the factory Wang Chengen mentioned was not the factory of the factory, but the name of the secret service agency.Yang Reform has his own plans, and the division of labor for these secret service agencies is quite clear. Jinyiwei mainly targets the entire Ming Dynasty, Dongchang mainly focuses on the Gyeonggi region, the central government and ministers, and the Military Intelligence Bureau mainly focuses on Mongolia. Eastern captives, North Korea, and even Japan are the main targets of the northern war. Zheng Huaizhong’s shipyard is temporarily focused on Southeast Asia and the West. Bloat leads to inability to move.

"I understand." Wang Chengen agreed and understood the meaning of the emperor. It seemed that the emperor was preparing to test Zheng Huaizhong, or put some pressure on him.

"Well, tell him to keep quiet and do it in secret. Don't make a fuss in the city and let everyone know about it." Yang Reform rubbed his head. His head still felt a little achy. It seems that this is for information. There are too many online. You have to pay attention to rest!
Yang Reform sat there, closing his eyes and recuperating for a long time.

"Brother, do you have shochu?"

"Your Majesty, are you asking about shochu?" Wang Chengen became more and more confused about what the emperor was thinking.

"Yes, soju."

"Report, there is shochu. In addition to shochu, there are countless fine wines in the palace. Does your majesty want to drink?" Wang Chengen was puzzled. He didn't know what the emperor wanted to do. He was talking about opening a factory just now, and now he asked about shochu.Do you want to drink?The emperor has never liked drinking very much!
"No, I'm just asking, do you know how this shochu is made?" Yang Reform was planning to get some golden fingers yesterday to make some money for himself. He wants to fight countless people. Landed, had to use some cheats.So, dreaming back to Baidu, I started to search for the gold fingers commonly used by people across the world. The first one was wine making, but after a search, I realized that this distilled wine had already come out, and this distiller appeared even earlier, so if you want to It is not so difficult to make money by brewing high-grade liquor. Yang Reform secretly hates those who write time travel books, so why don't you figure out the problem that this golden finger has long been invalid?It made me, Xiaobai, booed and lied to my feelings.I was planning to use high-grade liquor to make money, now, don't even think about it.But I thought again, since there is a distiller and high-grade wine, why don't I use it directly?Now is the time to promote sweet potatoes and corn. I can use sweet potatoes and corn to make wine. In this way, the planting area of ​​sweet potatoes and corn can be greatly expanded, so that corn and sweet potatoes are not only food crops, but also economic crops. In addition to economic benefits, the planting area will increase greatly, and the ability to resist disasters will increase greatly. This, compared with the previous plan, is not very different.

Therefore, Yang Reform planned to make money by using sweet potatoes and corn to make wine. By the way, he supported himself to promote new crops such as sweet potatoes and corn. As for the market?It's very simple, the Mongols exchanged Mongolian horses, livestock, and wool for sweet potato wine and corn wine. I believe that as long as the alcohol content is high enough, the Mongols don't like it. They can prohibit other food crops from making wine, and only allow sweet potatoes For new crops such as corn to make wine, presumably, the promotion speed of sweet potatoes and corn will be very fast, and I can collect high wine taxes to make sweet potatoes and corn a must for wine making. There, the Mongolian high "consumption tax" is levied...

"...Return to Your Majesty, about this, you may have to ask the craftsman who made the shochu, and the slaves don't know about this!" Wang Chengen was inexplicable, why did the emperor suddenly think of making wine?
Seeing Wang Chengen's puzzled expression, Yang Reform had no choice but to explain, so that his assistant would not be confused.

"Brother, you also know that I plan to promote high-yielding, drought-resistant new crops such as sweet potatoes and corn. If this does not give new crops a way out, who is willing to grow new crops? So, I thought, if sweet potatoes and corn can be used For wine making, there will be many people planting it.”

Wang Chengen understood.Said: "Your Majesty, these things can be left to the servants, or to Master Xu and the others. As long as His Majesty makes a decree, why bother to do it yourself? The servants will do it..." Wang Chengen Now I'm afraid that the emperor will make wine brewing equipment by himself again. If so, there will be another "craftsman" emperor in the Ming Dynasty. This younger brother picked up his elder brother's foot, which is not a blessing for Ming Dynasty.

Yang Reform was dizzy, and he was still a little confused. He felt that what Wang Chengen said was right, so he said: "Well, big companion, you are right, so let's ask the people from the internal officials to make a device that can completely separate wine and water. Use it to make pure wine, understand?" Yang Reform thinks it makes sense, this can be done by others, as long as he is responsible for coming up with ideas, the result of acceptance is, why bother himself so hard?

Wang Chengen was stunned, a device that completely separates wine and water?This, how to judge?
"...Slave, servant... I would like to ask Your Majesty, how to separate the wine from the water?" Wang Chengen was really confused, how to separate the wine from the water?It's all water. Could it be that when a spoon goes down, there is water on one side and wine on the other?No such possibility!

"It's simple, buddy, you have to know, it is said that this shochu wine is distilled once, and the taste will be stronger. If this is the case, then distill it a few more times, won't you get pure wine?" How to make wine, Yang Reformation knows a little bit about the principle of distillation.So, it was used to relieve Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen was half-believed and still puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions. If there are too many questions, the emperor will be annoyed!
"...Brother, this, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, talk to the craftsmen, and they will naturally understand." Seeing that Wang Chengen was not a technical material, Yang Reform added another word.

Wang Chengen couldn't bear it anymore, and asked again: "...the servant wants to know, how does His Majesty judge that this wine is pure wine?" Wang Chengen was puzzled by this question.How did the emperor know that this was pure wine?This wine is pure, and I can't write a word on my face.

"...Well, I'll know when the time comes..." Yang Reform was speechless for a long time, and he didn't know how to answer. He didn't have an instrument to test the purity of alcohol, so he said this sentence. After finishing speaking, he remembered again. When the middle school teacher was in chemistry class, he said that the alcohol is smokeless and tasteless after burning, and the burning flame is blue without impurities. This should be the way to test the purity of alcohol. Yang Reform is speechless and blames himself , I forgot most of what I learned in middle school.

"...Your servant understands." Wang Chengen felt that he had asked so many questions that it was embarrassing for the emperor to ask. This is really a taboo.So he lowered his head and didn't ask any more questions.

Yang Reform didn't care, and said, "Big Companion, hand this over to the craftsmen in the Inner Prison, and tell them that if you make a distiller according to my picture, you will be able to make pure wine. In this way, it will be established." You have done a great job, and I never hesitate to reward you. Do you understand?" Yang Reform gave Wang Chengen what he had worked hard all morning.

When Wang Chengen saw it, he drew arrows one after another, turning all over the place. He couldn't understand it at all. The emperor wrote "Tower One" and "Tower Two" on it in decent characters... and he couldn't figure it out. , but I also roughly know that it is probably something like a pattern.Wang Chengen was very depressed. It seemed that he could not prevent his emperor from becoming a "craftsman emperor". It seemed that the children of the old Zhu family were very talented as craftsmen.

This drawing is the alcohol distillation diagram that Yang Reform came back from Baidu in the evening. Of course, it is just a simple flow chart, and there is not even what to use to make it. This, Yang Reform will hand it over to the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. Now that there is distillation Then, the multi-stage distillation tower structure, presumably, these craftsmen can understand it, but it is their own business, and has nothing to do with the emperor.

"Your servant obeys." Wang Chengen agreed after carefully putting away the emperor's masterpiece.

"By the way, tell Master Xu about this again, and tell him that I'm going to use sweet potatoes and corn to make wine, so that he doesn't have to worry about the problems after planting. He can just plant as much as he wants." Yang Reform just remembered, The reason for making wine and promoting sweet potatoes and corn is to resist disasters.

Wang Chengen agreed again, and went out to handle errands.

Yang Reform carefully took out something from a box on the table. This thing was just made by the craftsmen, and it was as thick as a small bowl for eating.Yang Reform picked it up and put it in front of his eyes. The words on the table immediately magnified a lot.

This is a magnifying glass that he just made. Yang Reform carefully played with this thing. This magnifying glass is a magic weapon to open up physics, chemistry, biology, and science!With it, people's field of vision can become more subtle and farther away.This will be the key to unlocking science!Yang Reform's glass has been released, and the magnifying glass will surely follow. The glass has been released, and the magnifying glass is also available. Is the glass test tube still far away?With glass test tubes, isn't this alcohol lamp necessary?This is about to usher in a new era of science!That's why Yang Reform went back to Baidu in a dream, and worked hard on the alcohol purification map.The purpose is to open a door for science, isn't it that science is the primary productive force?At the end of the Ming Dynasty, what is lacking is productivity.

Yang Reform picked up a piece of paper.Get out of the Snappers and come under the sun.At this time, it was the time when the sun was at its maximum. The sun shone on people, and it was extraordinarily warm. It quickly evaporated the exhaustion of Yang Reform.

Yang Reform turned to the court lady behind him, and the little eunuch said: "Well, step back, step back, stay away from me...well, good, move further away, good, don't move." Seeing that Yang Reform was following behind him The court ladies and eunuchs are some distance away from me.

Yang Reform threw the paper on the ground and took out the magnifying glass. The sunlight passed through the magnifying glass and focused on the paper on the ground. After a while, the white paper turned yellow obviously. It was lit, and then, the yellow flames danced, burning the entire paper to ashes.

Yang Reform looked at this "miraculous" scene. This is not a fantasy plane, nor is it a cultivation plane. This physics teacher really didn't lie to himself!This magnifying glass can really burn fire! "Hahaha! Hahaha..." Yang Reform couldn't help but burst out laughing.

All the court ladies and eunuchs looked at the emperor holding a mysterious thing under the sun, and laughed, not understanding what it meant. Then, there was a pile of burnt paper on the ground.Even more puzzled, why did the emperor light the fire when he had nothing to do?
(End of this chapter)