My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 80 Ming Industrial Party

Everyone stayed in Purple Mountain until night and once again experienced the magic of night vision telescopes.

There was a heated discussion about the usage of night vision binoculars. Before we knew it, it was already late at night, so we went home with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

But just before going down the mountain, some small accidents happened.

Li Jinglong held the telescope and pointed it at the moon, without moving. When Li Wenzhong urged him, he still stood there stupidly.

Li Wenzhong dragged him onto the horse, and he still looked thoughtful.

Even after returning to his mansion, he did not sleep. Instead, he ran to the courtyard, took out a telescope and aimed it at the moon.

He kept muttering, "So this is what the moon looks like, full of holes and bumps. I don't see the Guanghan Palace. Where is Chang'e?"

Li Wenzhong couldn't bear it any longer, so he snatched the telescope from Li Jinglong's hand and started looking at it himself.

When he saw it, he was also shocked. The moon looked like this?

So the father and son, each holding a telescope, watched the moon all night in the astonished eyes of everyone in the mansion.

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With the various equipment provided by Li Han, Ming Dynasty’s first formal sniper team was established.

Li Wenzhong trained his young men according to the training curriculum provided by Li Han.

Although he didn't quite understand some of the training methods, he carried them out meticulously.

Things like long-distance running, jogging, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, 200-meter obstacle training, 5- to 10-mile cross-country running with weights, reaction training, and so on.

This made the group of young men scream in pain.

However, after a period of time, Li Wenzhong was surprised to find that his soldiers, if nothing else, at least had much greater strength and endurance than before.

More importantly, the soldiers' execution of orders has undergone tremendous changes compared to the past.

When Xu Da and Tang He saw the significant effect, they also began to train their soldiers using this method.

While the noble generals were busy training their troops, Li Min was also not idle.

The needle-fire gun had already started small-scale production, and once it was on track, he focused on the steam engine.

However, this steam engine is not like a needle-gun. The number of assembled parts alone is much more than that of a needle-gun.

Everything from boilers, gears, cylinders, pistons, etc. had to be figured out and made from scratch.

As a result, there was a serious shortage of manpower, and they had to select capable doctors and managers from the Ministry of Industry to form a new Industry Department.

The former Ordnance Bureau and Radio Department were merged into the Industry Department and are now under the unified jurisdiction of the Industry Department.

Then a large number of craftsmen were recruited from the public to join the production.

Lu Youwei was a craftsman recruited by the Industry Department. Since he could read and write, he was directly assigned to the steam engine manufacturing team.

He had heard of blowers and textile machines, but what was this steam engine?
I heard from the person in charge in the department that this steam engine is extremely powerful. It does not need to be pushed or cranked by hand. One machine is more powerful than several horses.

When Lu Youwei heard this, he looked down on him, thinking that this person must have become stupid from reading too much and was talking nonsense.

Where in the world can there be a machine that can move by itself without people, and it has greater strength than several horses? I guess this person in charge has never seen a horse before?
The ideas of the other craftsmen were not much different from Lu Youwei's. Can this thing called a steam engine really be made?
But since we have the imperial court as our victim and we have to pay the salary, we just have to do whatever they say.

After seeing the construction drawings of the steam engine, Lu Youwei finally understood that the steam engine was driven by boiling water to generate steam. But could the steam really have such great power?
He thought about how when he boiled water at home, the steam would indeed push up the lid of the kettle. However, this steam engine had to push up hundreds or even thousands of pounds of weight!

Although he was confused, Lu Youwei was quite looking forward to it and hoped to see the steam engine really move.

Days passed one by one, and after scrapping countless gears, boilers and cylinders, they finally tested out suitable materials for casting.

Watching the steam engine being built step by step, the craftsmen became more and more motivated. Finally, after the division of labor and cooperation of hundreds of craftsmen and the cooperation of countless workshops, the steam engine was finally built!

Lu Youwei will never forget that day, when the steam engine emitted a dragon-like roar under the burning coal fire, and when the flywheel of the steam engine drove the wheel weighing a thousand pounds to turn...

Everyone present was excited!
Everyone's eyes were filled with tears, they congratulated each other and cheered. This moment was a miracle moment for the craftsmen!

On this day, Lu Youwei met the Emperor for the first time. Although His Majesty did not celebrate like them, he could clearly see that there seemed to be some kind of light flashing in His Majesty's eyes.

That light is called hope.

On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang did not sleep all night, and on this day, Li Min and Yang Siyi were both drunk.

They both had endured countless pressures for this moment, but when they saw the steam engine roar, they felt from the bottom of their hearts that it was all worth it!

In Li Min's mansion, Yang Siyi drank one glass of wine after another. Although his face was red, his eyes were still clear.

"Zhiyuan, since your majesty started the industrial revolution, we have been reported countless times by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. Do you know what Zhao Mao from the Ministry of Rites said about us?"

Li Min looked at Yang Siyi and took a sip. How could he not understand the thoughts of this Minister of Revenue?

Opening mines and building factories require money. Although new silver mines have been discovered, that little bit of silver is just a drop in the bucket.

Yang Siyi had to grit his teeth to scrape out the money from the outer treasury to build the steam engine. Although His Majesty had tacitly approved, he could not stop the people from gossiping about it!
What's more, those court officials who have long been dissatisfied with Your Majesty's policies, although they can't do anything to Your Majesty, can still do something to the two ministers.

The two of them are the pioneers of Your Majesty's Industrial Revolution. If they succeed, they will go down in history. If they fail, they will be doomed!
But Li Min had witnessed the shock of future wars, and he knew very well that only by industrialization could the Ming Dynasty truly be invincible!

What's more, His Majesty has extraordinary people helping him, and Li Min doesn't take those short-sighted ministers seriously!

After clinking glasses with Li Min, Yang Siyi continued, "Zhao Mao said that we formed a clique for personal gain and colluded with the so-called extraordinary people to deceive Your Majesty. I don't know what conspiracy these ignorant guys are doing behind the scenes to bring us down!
But I know that what we are doing is right. The potatoes and sweet potatoes that the strange man gave to Your Majesty have begun to sprout. I believe that we will have a good harvest soon.

But what made me feel most relieved was the roar of the steam engine today. It was so shocking. At that moment, I felt that all my efforts were worth it! "

Li Min nodded, snorted coldly, and said disdainfully:
"They, a bunch of frogs in a well, are worthy of chewing the gossip of a strange man? Lord Yang, think carefully, how much convenience did the radio hand station bring to the political affairs of the Ming Dynasty?
How much did the needle-fire gun improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming army?
Now that the Ming Dynasty has begun to undergo earth-shaking changes, they are still unwilling to admit it and unwilling to open their eyes to see.

Now that the steam engine has been successfully built, from now on, everything in the Ming Dynasty will be different!"

"Zhiyuan, you are right!" Yang Siyi drank the wine in the glass in another gulp.

"Hmph, Minister Zhao Mao is only half right!" said Li Min.

"Hmm? What does Zhiyuan mean by that?"

"He said we are forming a party, so what if we are forming a party? But we are not forming a party for personal gain, but for work. We are the Industrial Party!"

Li Min's words were so powerful that they were deafening!
"This is a very good saying, this is a very good saying!"

Yang Siyi couldn't help but stood up and said loudly: "We are the Industrial Party of Ming Dynasty!"

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