Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 163
Snapped!
When Zhu Houzhao heard that he wanted to learn from the Japanese pirates, a surge of anger rose in his heart. Isn't this obviously going to slap him in the face?
As the emperor of a big country, how can he stoop to learn from a small country?Besides, the Japanese pirates have been invading my southeast every year. I haven't settled this account with them, so why should I learn from them?

"Can you feel my anger?"

When Cao Zhengchun saw Zhu Houzhao suddenly drop the water glass on the table, his heart tightened suddenly, thinking that he might have said the wrong thing, and it would be the end of it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I feel it, but I'm the one who deserves me, so I have to finish my words first, and please forgive me."

Although Cao Zhengchun felt that what he said was very reasonable, but when he came to His Majesty, he would be accused of being a bandit.

Zhu Houzhao's face turned livid, his hands trembled slightly, and he let out a long breath before saying to Cao Zhengchun, "Go on! I don't blame you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cao Zhengchun cupped his hands at Zhu Houzhao.

"Your Majesty, please think about it. Since there is no possibility of leaking the technology in the palace, there is only one reason why the artillery of the vassal kings is better than that of the court. The vassals also have a dedicated manufacturing team, so this problem is incomprehensible."

Zhu Houzhao nodded heavily. He was born in the palace, but he was just a frog at the bottom of a well. Although he traveled to this world from later generations, his knowledge of history and technology was pitifully weak.

To know that we are in this era, we should use the advanced technology of later generations. After finally proposing a steam engine, many people have not heard of it.

"I didn't expect the little Japanese pirates to be so smart!" Zhu Houzhao immediately understood what Cao Zhengchun meant.

He himself didn't think of learning this method from the surroundings, but just blindly asked his staff to develop new things, but he didn't know that using doctrine is the best way.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry.

After Li Suide returned from the court, he applied the production of new weapons to the warship, especially the addition of a steam engine, which made his men even more busy.

Right now, His Majesty has allocated silver taels for the Ministry of Industry, which is enough for them to eat for three years, but the production of this new type of artillery will take some time to develop.

The last experiment soon spread to the Ministry of Industry. Some people used boiling water to generate power, but another problem immediately appeared.

It is not possible to light fires all the time on this warship, and it is inconvenient to go to sea. The problem of raw materials used for boiling water has not yet been solved.

Plenty of people have contemplated stacking charcoal on board, but that's a stopgap solution, not a long-term solution.

Many craftsmen worked day and night to contribute their efforts to the Ming Dynasty warships, but now they all encountered a problem.

His Majesty asked them to make a steam engine. Although they all understood the principle, they may not be able to make a steam engine if they understand the principle.

Li Suide has already issued a death order to the craftsmen in the Academy of Sciences, asking them to solve the problem of steam engine power within a month.

However, the craftsmen of scientific research have been working day and night, but they still can't come up with a pertinent solution, and the problem has reached a deadlock for a while.

"Look, can you think of other ways?" Li Suide looked at these craftsmen anxiously, obviously he had fallen into a dead end.

"My lord, the person who needs to tie the bell to untie the bell, I think it's better for your lord to ask His Majesty clearly about this matter, maybe you still have to."

After many experiments, a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry put forward their unanimous opinion on Li Suide.

Li Suide thought a lot. He didn't feel that these craftsmen were useless, but that they hadn't found a suitable method for making steam engines.

After putting on the imperial uniform, Li Suide took a sedan chair to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. This time, he wanted to break the casserole and find out the real gold from His Majesty.

Night falls.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Forbidden City is brightly lit.

"Did I say that you are all pig brains? I have already done experiments for you, and you still don't know how to do it? Why do I still support you?"

Li Suide stood beside Zhu Houzhao with his head bowed, not speaking.

When Zhu Houzhao calmed down, Li Suide asked: "Your Majesty, the ministers have already understood the principle of this steam engine, but knowing the principle may not necessarily make it, let alone the question of fuel."

Zhu Houzhao understood Li Suide's meaning in an instant. As a veteran who grew up in a native country, it is normal that he doesn't understand this little thing in the West.

"The palace is still burning carbon, why not use anthracite?"

"anthracite?"

The first one Li Suide heard was two big.

It was the first time he heard such a novel idea. He was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and he had never heard the word anthracite in his life.

"What did His Majesty say? Your Majesty."

Oh, by the way, he didn't understand me when I said that.Zhu Houzhao secretly rejoiced in his heart. As the identity of the time traveler, no one knows, and he traveled from the later generations, so he can't look at the present with the eyes of the later generations.

In this case, why not teach these ministers from the beginning!

"Is there any coal here? The black kind?"

Zhu Houzhao gestured with his hand, but still didn't make it clear.

However, Li Suide immediately understood what Zhu Houzhao said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the coal His Majesty mentioned has a large area in Xishan, which has not been mined yet. It has been shelved for a long time, and no one has gone there until now."

"Well, I will take you to mine now."

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he looked up at the night, and it was already getting dark outside.

During the Little Ice Age, the north felt the cold early on.

So after the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month, some people began to wear cotton-padded clothes. Of course, they were high-ranking officials and nobles. Ordinary people would be fine just wearing thin clothes.

Li Suide's eyes widened when he heard it. At his current age, he is no exaggeration to be Zhu Houzhao's grandfather, but he couldn't understand many of what he said.

What is mining?What is anthracite?what is
Coming out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a series of questions appeared in his mind, did His Majesty suffer from a brain illness recently?

"Steam engine, anthracite, mining" these new terms, as a veteran minister, he has never heard of them in his life, he is really ashamed.

Trotting all the way, Li Suide didn't return to the Ministry of Industry until late at night. He immediately summoned all the craftsmen and wanted to tell them an unexpected secret.

Many people woke up from their sleep and saw Li Suide's vicissitudes of life, knowing that something big was going to happen tonight.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty said that the fuel problem can be solved, but His Majesty raised a new question, anthracite, have you heard of it?"

When I asked, the craftsmen below were dumbfounded. Everyone had never seen coal much, and this anthracite was simply nonsense.

"Your Majesty said that there is coal in Xishan, and he will take us to Xishan to mine coal early tomorrow morning. Then the fuel problem will be solved, and there is also the matter of the steam engine. I also asked His Majesty for instructions. Let's guide, it's really a great grace of the emperor!"

Li Suide couldn't help saying that the craftsmen below seemed to have entered a dream.
(End of this chapter)