I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144 The era of gray men is coming...

As a large number of rocks were sunk into the bottom of the sea, in just three to five days, the strait between Kuwu Island and the wild Jurchen was filled by half.

It is about [-] feet wide and more than four miles long. It presents a sloping downward slope, which facilitates the transportation of more rocks, sediment, etc. into the sea.

Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing, two great scientists, were going crazy with their work, and their heads and faces were covered with dust.

"Your Majesty, with this progress, it will take about seventeen or eight days to pass through the two sides of the strait."

Xu Guangqi spread out a drawing, pointing out a few areas that need improvement with thin fingers, and said with a frown, "Your Majesty, there is a serious shortage of manpower, and the progress of some projects cannot be accelerated."

Zhu Youjian was also worried.

For such a huge project, manpower has become the biggest problem.

"Wait a little longer, the first batch of [-] refugees will arrive soon." Looking at the busy construction site, Zhu Youjian said with a wry smile, "Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty would also encounter a labor shortage."

"Let's find a way to design and manufacture the machine."

Zhu Youjian pondered a few times, and continued: "Manpower is always limited, and many follow-up tasks will require a lot of manpower, such as logging, land reclamation, city building, farming, and army training...

We can't let everyone do infrastructure construction. "

Xu Guangqi nodded, smiled wryly and said, "That's the only way."

Song Yingxing was holding a stack of blueprints in his hands, and sat by the side without saying a word, apparently thinking about the improvement of some construction machinery.

"Long Live Lord, Liaodong Marquis Cao Wenzhao still has twelve ships of iron blocks, copper ingots, etc., why don't you use them to cast them into Kaishan Machinery first?" Song Yingxing said suddenly:

"Weichen organizes manpower to design and cast a batch of large-scale tools capable of excavating mountains with the fastest speed, so as to solve this urgent need.

In addition, if the Lord Long Live wants to explore the Heilongjiang River Basin in eastern Liaodong, he needs a batch of machinery that is more suitable for use in severe cold and muddy environments. "

Zhu Youjian patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Yes, I almost forgot that the twelve ships of copper, iron and rare metals that Mangurtai traded with the Japanese can solve big problems.

Hurry up, if it's not enough, I'll ask Zheng Zhilong to find a way to get dozens more ships over!"

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed.

The Ming Dynasty is finally entering the era of infrastructure.

"Xu Aiqing, Song Aiqing, come, come, let me tell you... Cough, let me show you some design principles of large-scale machinery."

Zhu Youjian originally wanted to share his superficial knowledge of large-scale machinery in his previous life, but after thinking about it, it is better to keep a low profile when facing these two great scientists.

Otherwise, it is easy to be slapped in the face.

Who made him work as a "gray man" for only one year after graduation. He can only be said to have a slight impression of the so-called modern machinery, and he can only be said to be "knowing, seeing, and hearing about those exquisite machines." '.

As for its design principle, etc., he couldn't tell the reason at all.

"It's not that I'm not easy to learn, it's really that food group, Pinxixi, Douyin Kuaishou... I'm mistaken!"

Zhu Youjian said with emotion, and took advantage of the opportunity to pull out a piece of parchment, and asked the personal eunuch to bring over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to "be a good teacher".

"This is a forklift, which can be used as a loading machine. It is indispensable for freight terminals and large construction sites;"

"This is a bulldozer, did you see it? It is driven by power behind it, like Zhu Bajie's supernatural powers in Journey to the West, pushing a large amount of earth, rocks, slag, etc. forward;
It is an artifact for mountain opening, road repairing, and field preparation! "

"In addition, adding movable arms to the bulldozer can be transformed into a forklift, excavator, etc., which is even more remarkable;"

"Look at this again. It can be called a crusher. It is a vibrating steel rod, and an extremely hard breaking hammer is installed in front of it. It pokes into the crevices of the rocks, and the operation is as fierce as a donkey. No matter how hard the rock is, it will It can be turned into an exposed commodity for him;”

"There is also this, called a vibrating rod. When pouring cement and concrete, it can make the joints more tight, reveal the truth, and make you want to die..."

Xu Guangqi: "..."

Song Yingxing: "..."

The idiot emperor is quite knowledgeable.

The two scientists held back their laughter, stared at the dozens of "design drawings" drawn by Zhu Youjian holding a brush, and fell into deep thought.

Zhu Youjian's painter naturally looks very ordinary.

However, the so-called "large-scale mechanical diagrams" he wrote really shocked the two scientists.

"Steam engine, so it can still be used like this?"

"However, we must first solve the problem of steel construction, otherwise, the huge energy of the steam engine cannot be converted at all."

The two great scientists were fascinated, and pulled Zhu Youjian who had finished drawing the "large mechanical diagram" aside, like two experienced farmers, squatting on the ground and directly began to deduce and calculate.

At the same time, each of them picked up a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and started to draw again on the spot.

Because, the "drawings" drawn by the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian, if he didn't explain them while drawing, so that others could see them, they would think they were painting landscapes and strange rocks...

The idiot emperor Zhu Youjian was not annoyed either, he made room for the two of them with a smile, hid himself aside, and quietly studied his 'character panel'.

'Draw a few broken pictures, and you will be rewarded with hundreds of thousands of prodigal points. '

'If Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing and the others took these things out and used them in large quantities, wouldn't people be trembling in the middle of the night and unable to sleep? '

Cool, so cool!
Ah, the age of the Grays has arrived...

……

Just as Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing, two great scientists, were squatting on the ground thinking hard, Zhu Youjian got on his horse and led a large group of guards and eunuchs to the coastline.

Just now, when he turned his head occasionally, he found a mighty fleet on the sea.

It should be Zheng Zhilong's subordinates who brought in a large number of refugees.

He could have sat still and asked Zheng Zhilong to come over and report, so he put on a show and walked slowly over to speak and stand on the platform.

However, thinking of the massive "prodigal value", Zhu Youjian couldn't hold back.

Hurry up, arrange all the civilians, and enter the state of "gray men" as soon as possible, and build this "cross-sea road" first!

"Long live, why did you come here in person?"

Before he even reached the coast, Zheng Zhilong galloped towards this side, with a very excited expression on his face.

After he got off his horse, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Long Live Lord, I have lived up to my mission and brought the first batch of refugees here!"

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, pointed at the lofty mountains on the opposite side of the strait with his horsewhip, and said, "Continue to move back and forth, and count as much as you can bring in. I want that piece of black land to become our Daming's heavy industry base and granary!"

"Fei Huang, you are my rich general!"

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying "Long live God loves me".

"Fei Huang, how many people have been brought here this time? Where are they from?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile on his face.

"Long live God, this time, more than 12 people were brought here, all of whom are from Shandong."

Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a moment, and said in a harsh voice: "However, some accidents happened on the way, and more than 2000 people were lost. This humble minister is really unforgivable!"

"Long Live Lord, please take responsibility!"

"Destroy more than 2000 people? What's going on?" Zhu Youjian looked at Zheng Zhilong's expression and felt that he should have something to say.

"Long live, our fleet encountered a...pirate ship when leaving Bohai Bay." Zheng Zhilong hesitated, and continued: "There are Japanese, Koreans, and Portuguese;
Among them, the most numerous are, Daming Navy..."

Zhu Youjian listened to Zheng Zhilong's words, his face gradually turned cold.

Wasn't it the same for the Japanese pirates back then?

A part of Japanese pirates, together with the overseas business fleet of wealthy merchants and aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, isn’t it a powerful pirate team?

Speaking of which, 'Sea King' Li Dan, Zhenhai King Zheng Zhilong and others were such pirates before they made their fortunes...

However, this time, the Daming navy pretended to be a pirate and openly went to sea to plunder, which is a bit puzzling.

Could it be that Mao Yuanyi's actions stimulated some people's nerves, causing some major changes on the southeast coast?
The idiot emperor was livid, his fingers crackling.

"Second Brother Feihuang, are you sure it's the Daming Marine?"

Zhu Youjian asked coldly: "Is it from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, or from Fujian?".

"It's... Fujian Navy." Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)