If it is as Mrs. Liu said, after Xu Huizu was transferred back to the capital, Shuntian Mansion enjoyed a brief period of peace. Now the person in charge of the military in Shandong and Shanxi is Wuding Marquis Guo Ying. This guy is old and frail. It is better to do less than to do more.
On the one hand, he turned a blind eye to the Peking Army, and on the other hand, he sent people to negotiate with the Yan rebels entrenched in Liaodong, striving to establish Jinzhou and rule it.
The imperial court actively mobilized the army to go south, and appointed Xu Huizu as the general to conquer the barbarians. He led 50,000 imperial guards and more than 300,000 border troops from Guangxi and Yunnan, and prepared to use force to deal with the rebels in Annan. It is said that there are now some in the north.
Surrounded by powerful enemies, the imperial court should not start a war again, lest it fall into the predicament of fighting on multiple fronts.
However, the decades of victories since the Hongwu Year have made the imperial court start to become arrogant, thinking who can compete with the imperial army once it appears. However, to win a war, you need not only brave soldiers, but also wise generals, and even more important.
Strong logistics, without these two things, will result in tragedy.
Wan Lei didn't care about the affairs of the court. He took advantage of this short period of peace to vigorously train troops and restore production, not only in military and heavy industry, but also in people's livelihood. For example, he sent people to patrol along the river.
Vegetable gardens were opened on the side to plant fresh vegetables to improve the people's food supply; mountains and rivers were opened to gather people for fishing and hunting, etc.
Consumption is not only material, but also spiritual products. When a person has enough food and clothing, he will naturally have higher requirements. Listening to books, watching games, playing in parks, and playing in the water are all tastes of life. Wan Lei will not let his rule go.
The people fell into the direction of wandering around, drinking, and prostitutes. He opened night schools to popularize science and literacy, promulgated patent laws, and even set up special funds to reward inventions and innovations.
Motivated by the movement, the people of Shuntian Prefecture started to move. Almost every night when the night school started, it was full, and many people still stood to listen to the lectures. And Wan Lei did not talk about anything too advanced, only what was relevant to the essence.
I only talk about various useful processes that are closely related to the common people, such as the principles of bearing manufacturing and how to reduce friction and wear like the bearings used in carriages.
Wan Lei's words are easy to understand, and there are practical examples. Even those craftsmen who don't know a few Chinese characters can understand clearly. In just a few days, several blacksmiths worked together to create a set of bearings.
: There are more than a dozen steel balls of the same size and relatively precise roundness in two annular steel rings, with lubricating oil added inside.
Don’t underestimate this thing. Compared with the wooden axles commonly used in the Ming Dynasty, iron bearings can effectively reduce the rotational friction of the axle and rotate faster. Moreover, the bearings can also reduce the internal wear of the wheel, which can effectively extend the service life of the wheel.
It can also effectively reduce vibration and make people sit more comfortably.
Small machinery like bearings is of great significance, but it is time-consuming and laborious to make. In the absence of metal processing equipment such as machine tools and lathes, it can only be processed by hand. Whether it is an annular steel ring or a steel ball, it is all done by those few people in Quanbeiping.
It is polished bit by bit by the best blacksmiths.
However, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you create a prototype and improve the process in the future, you will be successful. Besides, it is not difficult to build a lathe. As long as you have time to get some tungsten ore and mix it with iron to make high-speed steel, this high-speed
Steel has good red-hot properties and can process metal at high speeds. If you use it as a turning tool, you can make a lathe for processing metal.
The first set of bearings was installed on the carriage. After comparing it with ordinary carriages, it was found that although there were still some deviations in this set of bearings, it was already very small. Wan Lei certainly would not break his promise. Not only did he immediately pay the bonus of one hundred taels, but he also announced
obtained patent certificates, and strongly praised their research spirit in night classes to encourage more people to learn from them.
When the common people saw that it was really profitable, a trend of taking night classes immediately started in Beiping City. They always thought that the one-hour explanation and question time every night was too short, and often asked for more lectures. Wan Lei naturally
It will not extinguish the enthusiasm of the people. All spinning machines and looms must be explained. Even the principles of pedal sewing machines are explained and simple diagrams are given. Just wait for the people to have free time.
I made it by hand when I was young.
Of course, night schools are only for adults. There are also night schools for school-age children, but they are not attended here, but in the school. Since the mission of the school is to teach Chinese, mathematics and simple principles of natural science and technology, it is not full-time.
Due to the shortage of labor in Peking City, school-age children also have to help the family work during the day, so Wan Lei set the opening time of the school in the evening, from 6 to 10 pm every night, and temporarily taught by some old scholars, teaching "Three Hundred"
"Qianqian" (Three-Character Classic of Hundreds of Surnames, Qianzi Wen and Qianjia Shi), mainly based on literacy.
The women's normal school also opened classes at night. Under the guidance of Wei'er, dozens of literate folk girls learned simple mathematics, Arabic numerals, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and some common unit conversions. Finally, some super simple lessons were also taught.
Basic knowledge of physics and chemistry, such as the principle of buoyancy, the principle of levers, common chemical reactions, and basic knowledge of plant cultivation, including how to rotate crops, fertilize, remove insects and weeds, etc. In short, they are all related to people's livelihood and production, and they will definitely not
Detached from reality.
Of course, to be a teacher by example, one must not only have knowledge, but also have teacher ethics. Whenever Wan Lei is free, he will go to the Women's Normal School to lecture on special ethics issues, promote the value of traditional culture, and require these future teachers to promote it
Respecting heaven and ancestors, respecting the elderly and loving the young, being kind to the father and filial to the son, loving the brother to the brother, being obedient to the husband, caring for the young and obedient to the young, and other fine social traditions can unite people's hearts and reduce social conflicts.
All in all, under the "root" baton of Wan Lei, all the people in Beiping City live a fulfilling and active life. They produce when they need to produce, and study when they need to study. The entire city of Beiping glows with endless vitality and slowly transforms from a typical feudal
They are reborn in the minds of obedient people and become truly modern citizens with knowledge, wisdom, ideals and responsibilities.