That's right, it's a toy. A pure wooden hull can never become a carrier of a high-power steamship. After all, the steam used by Baiminghe was not when the steam engine was invented in later generations. At that time, the speed of the first steamship was only five knots. This was a mature steam engine design, and the production was not worse than the first steam engine in later generations.
Next, it's the train.
During dinner, Yu Qian arrived.
In this room, Wei Shaoqing was standing at the door and Wang Cheng was standing by the window. Bai Minghe was holding a destroyed cigar in the corner, while the Ming Emperor was constantly flipping through all the knowledge about steam engines, with a secret word written on each part. But in the Ming Dynasty, there was no secret for the emperor.
"My minister Yu Qian..." Yu Qian bowed, but he bent down for a long time and didn't hear any response.
Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was completely trapped in the ocean of knowledge. The knowledge of this steam engine was too deep. There were many kinds of related knowledge. Mathematics was just the foundation. Although I couldn't understand it very well, and many knowledge without a dedicated person would only make people more confused, Zhu Qiyu was still reading it word by word.
After reading the parts you can understand, I laughed happily after carefully thinking.
Yu Qian did not see or hear Yu Qian pay his respects to him, even if Yu Qian was only three steps away from him.
Yu Qian had no choice but to walk to Baiminghe: "Baiminghe, I heard that the boat is 200 miles per hour?"
"The hull is cracked, because the wooden boat is not strong enough, I am thinking about whether to build a pure steel boat. Don't doubt it. I can fly into the sky and let the steel float on the water. But this steel boat is not easy to build, it can be as simple as an origami boat. The craftsmen can't do it."
"I believe, I just don't know how big you can build?"
"A large steel ship of 100,000 stone is relatively simple. A million stone requires technical accumulation. A large ship of 10,000 stone in my lifetime will definitely be able to be built. At present, trains are the most important. Of course, multi-channel Tianyin is also important, and food issues are also important. I am thinking..."
Bai Minghe looked thoughtful. Yu Qian was also looking forward to what Bai Minghe said next.
But Bai Minghe's tone changed: "I originally planned to go to Baisha Beach for a vacation, but it seems that I've been going again this year. If the train cannot be built within two years, long live the capital, you will definitely get angry."
What a mess, the white-famous crane has already said something no matter how many times it is.
Yu Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head. The ship had a great impact on him. No one in Nanjing was not talking about the ship. It seemed that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty put a lot of pressure on the Bai Minghe.
"Report!" A white-known crane guard was at the door. After Wei Shaoqing's permission, people came in and said after saying, "Sir, the stock market has hit the daily limit. It is rumored that the steel production this year will increase by ten times, foreign trade will double, and domestic trade will triple. New transportation tools will be officially put into use within this year."
"Have you checked it?" Bai Minghe asked quietly.
"I checked it, there was no rumors, it was because the merchants were full of confidence. There was no leak in that matter. They all believed that the new ship would bring more wealth. At the speed of the ship, if you arrive at Tianjin Wei a day and a night, many fresh goods could be considered to go north." The guard checked it in detail.
Yu Qian said to Bai Minghe at this time: "Let's announce the news of the train trial? Will the ground be started tomorrow?"
"Drive into the ground?" Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty suddenly reacted and said excitedly: "Okay. This groundbreaking into the ground is well said. I have decided!" After that, Zhu Qiyu got up and walked out.
Yu Qian didn't understand, and Bai Minghe didn't understand, but he had to ask the Ministry of Rites for the opinions of the Ministry of Rites tomorrow. He always had to choose a good day, and the train was not a trivial matter.
But who would have thought that Zhu Qiyu did not want to ride a sedan chair, but rode a horse. He rushed from Xuanwu Lake to the old imperial palace in Nanjing.
"Come on, bring me a sledgehammer."
What the emperor wanted was enough to do everything possible to satisfy him. There was a sledgehammer in the old palace, but in the end, a blacksmith shop found a sledgehammer and brought it over.
The white-famous crane horsemanship is not good, and Yu Qian is not very good at riding horses. When they arrived, they saw the Emperor of Ming Dynasty swing a hammer and smashing it on the wall of the old palace. Yu Qian hurriedly advised: "Long live, if you want to expand the palace, you will wait for the Ministry of Rites to make an arrangement. Even if the wall is demolished, there will be craftsmen to do it. You are not polite!"
"I want to tear down this wall. I think that the people of the Ming Dynasty are the real wall. I don't need the protection of the wall. I have the protection of the people of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Qiyu shouted. This theory was too strange. Yu Qian's first reaction was to go to see the Baiming He. Baiming He was also stunned. He just said it half-jokingly.
But what Bai Minghe couldn't understand was that Zhu Qiyu was just studying steam engines, so why did he start tearing down walls?
One stone stirs up thousands of waves.
The whole of Nanjing was shocked, and batches of officials came, and waves of people came.
"I issued a special order today that I am with all the people. Nanjing has a city wall to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty from invasion by foreign enemies, and I do not need the wall of the palace, because I believe that the billions of people of the Ming Dynasty are the wall of my palace and the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, it will be apart from the kneeling ceremony without the sacrificial ceremony."
Apart from the kneeling ceremony, the officials and the people who were about to kneel down were a little at a loss.
"Heaven, Earth, Lord, and Teacher, kneel down to heaven, earth, and kneel down to parents. I think the source of the kneeling ceremony..." Zhu Qiyu was speaking, Bai Minghe and Yu Qian saw it. Zhu Qiyu was holding a small sandalwood bookmark in his hand. Yu Qian didn't understand, but Bai Minghe understood that he had some bookmarks and was originally willing to find something to hold it.
But later, Wan Xueer carved some with her own hands, and some of the texts on it were outrageous for the Ming Dynasty.
For example, there is a song in later generations, "The Great Wall Never Falls" and Bai Minghe's own discussion on kneeling ceremony. This is why Bai Minghe explains to Wan Xueer why she hates kneeling ceremony. Starting from the first kneeling in Yuanchu, it writes about the negative effect of kneeling on the people's slavery and the weak hearts of facing strong enemies.
Especially one of the words, how can a nation that dares not even stand up straight can be proud?
"Come on, my people, help me to tear down the wall of the palace." Zhu Qiyu shouted excitedly, touching the bag of bookmarks he had put away. These bookmarks were all taken from the books on the principle of the steam engine. They were not only exquisitely made, but also the text on them can be said to be rebellious, but thought-provoking.
Bai Minghe touched his pocket, took out a piece of draft paper, thought about it and handed it to Yu Qian.
This is what the white-famous crane had prepared a few days ago, about the palace maids.
Yu Qian looked through and saw that if it were put before, this thing would definitely not be useful. Not to mention how the emperor looked at the White-Ming Crane, even the Ministry of Rites could embarrass the White-Ming Crane, but now it seems to be an opportunity.
After Yu Qian had thought about it, he walked to Zhu Qiyu with the paper: "Long live, the white-famous crane has something that can add icing on the cake. I think it can prevent the tyrant king from appearing in the future!"
Zhu Qiyu just looked at it quickly and didn't think much about it, thinking that this thing was just right at this time.
"Come on, let's post now."
From this moment on, the palace maids no longer sold their bodies, but were mostly hired. Palace maids can get married, and they can also come to the palace to work in the form of work after getting married. Whether it is garment, craftsmanship, laundry, kitchen, etc., they can be hired palace maids.
There are also rules in the palace that no palace maids are allowed to be bullied for no reason.
Why was Zhu Qiyu tempted? Because there was a sentence on Bai Minghe's paper that he felt comfortable looking. Bai Minghe wrote: A wise ruler would make the people think that sending their daughter to the palace as a job is a kind of honor, and it is a noble profession, not a lowly slave.
There was some impulsiveness and some madness. But no matter what, Zhu Qiyu was still doing it. He wanted to be a good emperor, a good emperor who had been famous for his eternal age. Even if he had already had other thoughts, he hoped that after his death, he would have the face to face the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and be able to be a god.
The Ming Dynasty believed in the theory of gods. Bai Minghe's master was the immortal Nanhua, which made Zhu Qiyu believe that there was a god watching him.
When it was really demolishing the wall, the wall of the old palace was nearly five feet high, representing absolute authority. The people were all taking action, but when they were still eight feet high, they stopped at the same time. Since it was a home, how could there be no wall? There was no high wall, but the wall was indispensable.
At least the people of the Ming Dynasty also believed that this was the home that was long live, and the house had no walls.
"Demolition, then demolish it!" Zhu Qiyu ordered loudly: "Demolition to five feet!" Zhu Qiyu thought to himself that it would be fine if there was a wall, and it would be enough if it was the meaning. When there were high walls in the past, no people dared to approach within ten feet of the wall.
If you demolish it again, can you see it in the palace? This is what Zhu Qiyu thought. Since he agreed that the palace maids have become a employed system and let the people see what they are doing, they will also appear to be open and honest. There are always various rumors about the palace, and it is not good rumors.
Since you do it, you must do it to the extreme.
For the five-foot-high wall, some people who know how to use mud and tiles to dig out a trough, and then some stone sculptures or flowers and plants can be placed on it. The low wall will also become better, and in short, it will be at least eight feet long. This house is not good-looking without a wall. Most people responded.
The next day, Yu Qian's incident of breaking ground for the train was ruined, and the matter of the old palace wall lasted for five days.
The people have money to contribute money and strongly. This circle of walls was demolished from various stores and bought from various places. The stone carvings of all beasts were surrounded by a circle, and then dug them down at the center of the wall, and then added fat soil, and the flowers, plants and saplings were surrounded again. It was still a wall of more than eight feet high, but the lower part was bricks and stones, and the upper part was stone carvings and flowers and plants.
There is no official supervisor, no official one or two taels of silver.
In five days, the people cooperated and organized properly. It took only five days to renovate the entire wall. None of the wall bricks were left behind, and even the broken ones were taken away by the people. A businessman who donated huge sums of money got a foundation stone of the town and wrapped it in silk to find someone to carry it home. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!