"Shi Zhengming, a grass man, will meet your Majesty!"

"Flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Zhengming was in his thirties, with nothing surprising appearance, and was dressed simply, and his expression was nervous and cramped.

Obviously, he did not expect to be summoned by the emperor.

"I heard that Mr. Xu can make a bird that carries a manned and glides for a short time?" Zhu Ma started chatting with Xu Zhengming as if he was talking about home.

Xu Zhengming answered nervously: "You can only fly a dozen steps away..."

After chatting for a while, Zhu Ma and Hao Guangming had a more detailed understanding of Xu Zhengming, a strange man who only existed in the unofficial history of later generations.

Xu Zhengming himself was a child of a small and medium-sized landlord family. When his father was alive, his family was living a pretty good life.

After it was his turn to take charge of the family, because he loved woodworking and always wanted to make a wooden bird that could carry people to fly. It took a lot of money and even broke his leg.

The family business gradually fell into failure.

Even though his family is almost the same as the poor people, he is still indifferent and devotes himself to studying how to make better wooden birds.

If he didn't have enough money, he earned some by doing carpenter work.

Because he was "not enterprising" and failed his family business, his wife was so angry that she took her son back to her parents' home for many years, and she was almost divorced from him.

But Xu Zhengming is still not ready to look back.

He was originally from Wuxian, Suzhou. Because he was busy making inventions on weekdays, he received external news later than others.

However, when he suddenly heard about the news that "the princess of the regent is a fairy descending to earth", "the divine bird destroys the Qing captives", and "iron armored ship", his first reaction was that he did not believe it.

Later, after listening to it for a long time, I gradually became skeptical.

In the past year, after learning more related news, he finally made up his mind to go to Nanjing City to take a look. So he sold his last property and took a trip that was about to go.

When he arrived in Nanjing, he encountered walls everywhere and did not see the legendary "divine bird".

However, the magic lamps in the hands of the imperial guards and the iron armored ships on the river made him feel that this trip was worthwhile.

So, he still found someone in Nanjing to help him continue to study wooden birds.

Unfortunately, many people laughed after hearing his thoughts, and they didn't believe that he could create a flying wooden bird.

As a last resort, Xu Zhengming could only work as a carpenter in Nanjing to earn money and accumulate funds while continuing to find a way.

It was not until not long ago that he heard some news about the Academy of Natural Sciences, and looked over and met Fang Yizhi...

"Have Mr. Xu thought that instead of being a flying wooden bird, it is better to be a flying one first, from easy to difficult, and take it step by step."

Xu Zhengming couldn't help but say, "When running on the ground? Didn't there be carriages, carts, etc.?"

Fang Yizhi was sweating beside him and thought to himself: Xu Zhengming had performed well before, why did he forget that he was in front of the emperor after chatting with His Majesty for a while?

Fortunately, Zhu Moe didn't care about Xu Zhengming's attitude when he spoke.

She smiled and said, "The existing carriages, carts, etc. are actually not convenient enough. Mr. Xu, the train, know?"

"Caomin has seen it in the newspaper, but he has never seen it with his own eyes. I heard that it will appear in Nanjing soon." Xu Zhengming replied...

"Why does Mr. Xu know how the train drives?"

"I heard that it is based on a steam engine, and some people say it is a big kettle."

Zhu Xi said with a smile: "The train is driven by a steam engine. Did Mr. Xu think of building a car that can drive on the flat ground by a steam engine?"

Xu Zhengming's eyes lit up at first when he heard this, but then he was embarrassed to say, "Caomin thinks, but Caomin doesn't understand the steam engine."

"If you don't understand, you can learn it." Zhu Mei said, "If a person wants to achieve something, it is not possible to rely solely on fantasy. He also needs to rely on the experience and wisdom of his predecessors and everyone else.

For example, if you want to build a flying wooden bird, if you understand why birds can soar in the sky, is it possible that those who successfully create wooden birds may be much higher?"

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"That's true!" Xu Zhengming felt very inspired and responded excitedly.

Zhu Ma said, "The one who knows the most profound physics knowledge in the Ming Dynasty is Fang Qing. In this way, I will make the decision and ask Fang Qing to accept you as a registered disciple so that you can learn physics knowledge from him."

In addition, you will be on duty at the Nanjing Secret Construction Bureau and be responsible for developing some artifacts for me, which can also broaden your horizons and thinking."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although Xu Zhengming had a slightly lower EQ, he was not stupid. He knew that Zhu Ma was a magistrate for him, and he even found a famous teacher for him.

This means that he is one step closer to his dream of making a wooden bird that can truly carry people to fly, so he is naturally extremely happy.

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A few days later.

Zhu Mei held a special military meeting in Wuying Hall.

In addition to the supervisor of the Military Council, assistant ministers and chief officials of various departments, there were also Zheng Zhilong, the left governor of the Navy Governor's Office, Zheng Sen, secretary of the Secretariat, and Ning Jianglong, the guerrilla Yan Yingyuan, were also specially ordered to listen.

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There is a map hanging on the screen stand in the hall, but it is a map of Dongfan Island.

"Please see, where the Dutch built the city is here. We call it "the Grand Master," and our castle, which we translate as "The City of Jelanzha."

Zheng Sen stood in front of the map and pointed at the Dongfan Island with a teaching stick to mark the location of the "master".

"How big is this Netherlands in the West? What is its population? How many soldiers can be sent to Dongfan Island?"

The person who asked this question was an old man with gray hair and a thin figure.

The old man was named Ye Tinggui, a native of Guide Prefecture, Henan Province. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. He was once the governor of Ji Liao. Although he had only been in the officialdom for 10 or 20 years, he had outstanding political achievements, especially in dealing with military and political issues.

In addition, the person also had outstanding achievements in suppressing bandits and resisting the Northern Barbarians.

Because of the injuries on his body, he had to be dismissed in the 13th year of Chongzhen.

Historically, Ye Tinggui should have died of illness last year. But in the spring of last year, Zhu Mei sent someone to invite him from Quzhou where he lives to Nanjing, and asked many famous doctors who stayed in the Imperial Hospital to take care of him.

In addition to some medicines from later generations, not only did this old man not die of illness, but his body gradually recovered - after all, this old man is only 62 years old this year.

After he was well, Ye Tinggui accepted Zhu Mai's recruitment and joined the Military Affairs Council as the assistant minister, specializing in military affairs and counseling military aircraft.

Zheng Sen could not help but look strange after hearing Ye Tinggui's words, saying, "The Netherlands is actually a province of a country to be precise. The country is called the Federation Republic of the Netherlands and was originally under the rule of the Spanish Empire.

However, in the past century, the Spanish power has declined and domestic crises have continued. The merchants, farmers and handicraftsmen located here have begun to *** because they are dissatisfied with the brutal rule of the Spanish royal family.

It was about 60 years ago that they established the Federation Republic, and then fought intermittently with Spain for more than 30 years before signing an armistice agreement with Spain about 30 years ago and actually gained the status of an independent state.

Of course, Spain is still unwilling to nominally recognize that it is already an independent country and still has a certain rule over some cities in the country."

Listening to Zheng Sen's introduction, the ministers looked at a small area thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty on the world map next to them, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Although everyone has no longer collected a lot of information from countries around the world on weekdays, when they know these Western countries in depth, they are still confused about their political affairs - because it is completely different from the same thinking pattern as China.

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However, in their opinion, this Dutch territory is at most one or two provinces in the Ming Dynasty. How could it dare to span thousands of miles to provoke the Ming Dynasty?

Just as they thought so, Zheng Sen exposed another news that surprised them even more...

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