Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Xiang Yan's class teacher returned to the court, which also caused some small shocks within the Han Dynasty.

For the Han Kingdom, of course they could have predicted the outcome of this war, but many people did not expect that the Musketeers could crush the Qiang people so easily.

But don't think that these Qiang people really have no fighting power at all. If they are all rubbish, then the Qin State next door to the Qiang people would have completely conquered them long ago.

After going through this war, the musketeers have also been fully confirmed that they can have the ability to fight independently. Of course, the premise is to ensure sufficient supply of weapons and ammunition.

All in all, this very short war has great significance in the history of world wars.

From now on, the musketeers, the hot weapons, will become the protagonists on the stage of war, while the other cold weapons will have to give up their leading roles and retreat until they are eliminated by the trend of history.

Of course Zhao Kuo was very happy, and gave a large number of rewards to Wang Jian, Xiang Yan and others.

After this war, the northern half of Qinghai in history has been completely conquered by the Han Kingdom. Using this place as a base, the Han Kingdom can continue to slowly move south, and then gradually conquer the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Although this war "only" added about 50 million square kilometers of land to the Han Kingdom, it was of great significance.

Not only that, but other better news came at this time.

About half a month after Xiang Yan's Musketeers returned to the court, on this morning, Zhao Kuo sat in a carriage in a happy mood and left the palace with Prince Zhao Qian.

The boy's face was obviously excited, and he looked around from time to time.

After seeing this scene, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing for a while, and said to Zhao Qian, "How do you feel that you are going out of Miyagi, but you are much more excited than during the Chinese New Year!"

After so many years, Zhao Kuo also made it official that the first month of the lunar calendar must be the Spring Festival every year, basically moving the original modern Spring Festival intact to this era.

On the one hand, this is to remember the Spring Festival in Zhao Kuo’s mind. On the other hand, the appearance of the Spring Festival is actually something that can unite the centripetal force of the entire Chinese nation. If everyone celebrates the common festival together, then everyone is their own.

Only then did Zhao Qian come back to his senses, touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, and said to Zhao Kuo, "I'm dissatisfied with my father, saying that I can actually come out once, which is much more exciting than during the Chinese New Year."

After hearing this sentence, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing out loud. He could actually understand Zhao Qian's excitement like a chick coming out of the cage. After all, Zhao Kuo had a youthful time.

It's just that, Zhao Qian's identity is here after all. As the prince of the Han Dynasty, that is, His Majesty the future emperor, Zhao Qian can't enjoy the holidays every day like others. In fact, Zhao Qian's busyness is also beyond the imagination of others.

I keep studying in class every day, and at the same time, I have to go to the prime minister and other officials to see all kinds of government affairs, and then try to review some memorials that don't seem to be so important, and finally I have to take them with me in my spare time. The younger siblings went to serve their mother and two concubines together.

If someone could see Zhao Qian's daily schedule, they would definitely exclaim, thinking that His Royal Highness is actually so busy.

From this point of view, when Zhao Qian went to supervise the army to fight, he was not so busy.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the Han Kingdom, there are more than 90 officials who cannot be as busy as Zhao Qian.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Zhao Qian: "The reason why I let you experience this is not that it is a matter of course that the father wants to make you feel hard. In fact, the father is to let you know that we, as emperors, must be appropriate. lazy."

After Zhao Qian heard what Zhao Kuo said, he couldn't help showing a puzzled expression on his face: "Lazy?"

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile and said, "That's right.

As His Majesty the emperor, your most important thing is to coordinate the overall situation. As for the specific affairs below, you need to hand them over to the people below.

If the people below do well, then you reward them, and if they do poorly, then of course you have to punish them, but you don't need to worry too much about other specific things.

Everything in this world can’t be dealt with. If you, as the emperor, need to do everything by yourself, then the final result can only be that you are completely exhausted by these trivial things. , It may even cause your life expectancy to be greatly reduced. "

What Zhao Kuo said is not only a reminder, but also a warning, a lesson from history.

If you just open the history books of China, you can see that many diligent emperors often died young, which is a pity.

Why is that?

Is it really God jealous of talents?

This statement obviously does not conform to scientific truth and logic at all.

In fact, the real reason behind this is very simple, it is because these diligent emperors were too diligent and worked without restraint, which ruined their bodies and caused them to die young eventually.

Things like work really need moderation, but it's a pity that many emperors will not be reminded of this, even if someone reminds these emperors, they will not listen, because whether it is in the history books or in the people's cognition Among them, only a diligent emperor is a good emperor.

So Zhao Kuo also gave some vaccinations to the photos at this time to let Zhao Qian know that work is not everything.

More importantly, as an emperor, we only need to grasp the most stable thread, which is the so-called overall situation.

When an emperor can hold all the threads firmly in his hands, then he can have enough control over the entire empire, and he doesn't need to follow this thread one by one to check at the very end of this thread What the hell happened there.

This is the secret of the emperor's true wisdom and longevity.

To some extent, this is actually a kind of laziness, but this kind of laziness can not only prolong the life of the emperor itself, but also help the empire become stronger and more prosperous. After all, the longer a good emperor lives, the better he will be. The contribution to the empire is naturally greater.

Zhao Qian may not understand the truth contained in Zhao Kuo's words now, but after so many years, Zhao Qian actually has a very good advantage, that is, he can believe in all Zhao Kuo's words very much, and take these words It's all in my heart.

This is like memorizing lessons and verses from textbooks when I was in school. Maybe I didn’t understand the truth when I was young, but when I grow up to a certain age and experience, many of these truths can come naturally. The ground emerges from the heart, and the mutual verification with these things that I have experienced, and finally the real comprehension.

However, if you don’t remember these things, then no matter what you experience later, these principles will not emerge from your heart again, so it will be even more impossible to talk about confirmation and comprehension.

While the father and son were talking, that mysterious factory arrived again.

Zhao Kuo excitedly got out of the carriage, and said to Zhao Qian who was beside him, "This is your first time here, right?"

Zhao Qian nodded when he heard the words, and looked around and sized up the factory in front of him with some curiosity.

Of course, he knew the most mysterious scientific research factory in the Great Han Kingdom and invested a lot of money, and he also knew that this factory was the place where explosives and muskets were born.

It's just that in the past, without Zhao Kuo's permission, no one could enter this factory at will, so Zhao Qian could only suppress his curiosity all the time, and couldn't come here to find out.

But today's situation is obviously different. Zhao Qian thought about it, and couldn't help but said to Zhao Kuo: "The father brought his sons here today. Could it be that something happened here that is very important to our Han country?" Did you say a very advantageous invention?"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing after hearing these words, and said to Zhao Qian: "You really guessed it, let me put it this way, the thing we are going to see today can definitely change The Great Han Kingdom comes from a magical thing that will change the entire human race in the future."

After Zhao Qian heard what Zhao Kuo said, he became even more curious.

Zhao Qian admired Zhao Kuo very much, and he knew very well that his father, the emperor, would not have said these words with such certainty if he hadn't been really sure.

So what exactly is Zhao Kuo going to show Zhao Qian this time?

At this time, the belly really appeared.

"I have seen His Majesty and the Prince."

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said to Fuzhen: "Okay, okay, I didn't come here today to listen to your vain etiquette, take me to take a look, your latest development with a steam engine Come out with results."

Yes, the reason why Zhao Kuo specially brought Zhao Qian here this time is because the day before yesterday, Fuzhen had just published a memorial, saying that he had made some innovations and breakthroughs in the specific application of steam engines, and hoped to show it to Zhao Kuo in person.

After Fu Shinichi heard what Zhao Kuo said, he also showed a confident smile and said to Zhao Kuo: "The machines that His Majesty told us before, in fact, we were somewhat helpless at the beginning, but I didn't expect that after we went to find some of the craftsmen, there would be a big breakthrough, and I ask your majesty to follow me from here."

As soon as he spoke, he brought Zhao Kuo and Zhao Qian to a brand new workshop.

As soon as they walked into the workshop, the eyes of Zhao Kuo, Zhao Qian and his son suddenly lit up.

I saw hundreds of textile machines placed in this workshop. These textile machines were also quite common styles in Dahan before, but with some changes, each textile machine was connected to a steam engine.

At this moment, these steam engines are constantly moving, driving the work of the textile machines. Beside these textile machines, there are also some workers who are busy shuttling, but these workers are not actually responsible for the specific weaving. Busily put the raw materials on the loom, and then take away the finished cloth woven by the loom powered by the steam engine.

Zhao Kuo looked at the scene in front of him with a smile on his face.

This is indeed the situation that Zhao Kuo wanted to reproduce in the Han Kingdom in countless sleeps.

The steam engine is used as power to drive the weaving of the textile machine, which represents the official emergence of machinery and can replace these repetitive manual labor.

And Zhao Qian, who was on the other side, was really dumbfounded watching this scene.

As the prince of the Great Han Kingdom, Zhao Qian's knowledge is of course not comparable to that of ordinary people, but even so, Zhao Qian never thought that this machine could actually achieve such a level.

Zhao Qian couldn't help asking: "My lord, how are these machines able to do it?"

After listening to Zhao Qian's words, Fuzhen paused for a moment, revealing a somewhat strange smile.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, I am not saying that I am unwilling to explain this to His Royal Highness, but it involves many physical principles. I am afraid that His Royal Highness will still not understand it after listening to it."

Belly, this is really not a joke. Don't look at the steam engine as a craft that has been eliminated in later generations, but in this ancient manpower era, the steam engine is a cross-age technological product that created machinery instead of labor. It is definitely a magical thing that ordinary people basically don't understand the principle of.

After Zhao Qian listened to Fuzhen's words, he was taken aback for a moment and then showed an embarrassed smile.

At this time, Zhao Kuo had already spoken.

"My dear, I want to ask you today, what is the harvest of this steam loom?"

After Fuzhen heard Zhao Kuo's words, he immediately laughed, his face full of confidence.

"Returning to Your Majesty, after our preliminary tests, the current steam loom is just a machine, and its output per hour is 10 times that of manual labor.

Moreover, this steam engine can run continuously for 12 hours, so the daily output of each steam engine is at least equivalent to the daily output of 30 workers! "

After Zhao Qian heard Fuzhen's words, his eyes almost popped out.

Zhao Qian is not a fool. Of course he understands the most basic mathematics. Just one steam engine can be equivalent to 30 workers a day. If the number of steam engines is increased to 100, 1000 or even 1 Taiwan?

You must know that the number of labor is limited, just like the total population of the Han Kingdom is about 3000 million to less than 4,000 million. However, the number of machines is endless, as long as you are willing to create them. It has been produced continuously.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qian suddenly became a little thirsty, and couldn't help but muttered: "If this is the case, then in the future, the production of these cloths in our Han Kingdom will be increased by 10 times and [-] times, right? ?

"Zhao Kuo looked at the stunned eldest son in front of him, laughed very happily, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Ten times and a hundred times, this is actually not enough. If this kind of textile machine is used on a large scale in our Han Dynasty in the future If it is spread out, then hundreds or thousands of times is not impossible! "

what is this?

This is the power brought about by mechanized industrialization.

Why is it said that the appearance of the steam engine led to the occurrence of the first industrial revolution? The artificial mass production is not known how many times higher, it can be said that it is completely beyond one dimension.

Under such circumstances, there is no way to resist the impact of this new era of industrialized products manufactured by machinery in the old era that relies solely on labor, because whether it is output, speed, quality or other aspects, you There is absolutely no way to compare with others.

Zhao Kuo looked at the smug Fuzhen in front of him, and burst out laughing.

"Fuck you! You really didn't disappoint me. From today onwards, you will be the head of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Industry of Dahan Kingdom!"

Chapter 1167 The Birth of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Han Kingdom

After hearing about Zhao Kuo's appointment, Fu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then quickly fell to the ground and thanked Zhao Kuo.

As soon as the name of the Ministry of Science and Technology sounds, it must be a very important department like the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Fuzhen's original position was actually equivalent to a deputy minister, but now he can become a full minister. Considering that Fuzhen is only a class of craftsmen, it is definitely an earth-shattering appointment.

Looking at the joyful Fuzhen, Zhao Kuo continued to speak with a smile on his face.

"You should still remember the reward I gave you before, and I really fulfilled the promise of this reward to him today. From today on, you are the mighty king of our Great Han Kingdom!" Zhao Kuo is also very generous in his actions. Fuzhen was given the title of Marquis of Marquis.

From today onwards, Fuzhen is a real official of the highest rank. Although his position is only a minister, but in terms of title, then this Fuzhen is now worthy of everyone except Zhao Kuo and other royal families.

Although Fuzhen said that when he heard Zhao Kuo's promise before, he was already mentally prepared, but when this promise really became a reality before his eyes, Fuzhen's mood still couldn't help but surge .

After all, this is the true sense of feudal lord, and which minister can only resist such a temptation and be indifferent to such a reward?

With a thud, he fell to his knees and bowed to Zhao Kuo. He said excitedly: "Thank you for your reward and kindness. I can't repay you. I can only do my best to help your majesty and the Han Dynasty to develop a new one in the future." More newer and better technology products!"

After Zhao Kuo heard Fuzhen's words, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Fuzhen: "As long as you have these words, that's enough!" The reason why Zhao Kuo gave Fuzhen such a high reward , that is certainly not without reason.

The use of steam engines is definitely a manifestation of a cross-age, which is already an undoubted thing for Zhao Kuo.

Now Zhao Kuo is more concerned about whether the steam engine can be used in other aspects besides the use of the steam engine in the textile industry.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's question, Fuzhen laughed very heartily, and said to Zhao Kuo: "To tell you the truth, apart from this textile machine, we have also started to smelt the textile machine on a large scale before. Iron and steel used the technology of the steam engine.

"Steel smelting is indeed an excellent scene for using steam engines. On the one hand, smelting steel is such an industrial category that requires a lot of repetitive labor. On the other hand, it is an industry that takes a very long time. The category of labor, these are precisely the aspects that the steam engine is best at.

Under the leadership of Fuzhen, Zhao Kuo once again saw the application scene of steam engine used in smelting furnace, but to be honest, Zhao Kuo had seen this scene before, so he was not so surprised.

Although Zhao Kuo was not surprised anymore, for Zhao Qian, the crown prince of Zhao Kingdom, these things still made Zhao Qian's eyes widen involuntarily, exclaiming again and again.

Don't look at Zhao Kuo as a time traveler, but as Zhao Kuo's son, Zhao Qian is essentially just an ancient man through and through.

When an ancient person saw a steam engine, something that only existed in modern industrial civilization, it was very normal to be amazed.

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile, and said to Fuzhen: "In fact, besides these two aspects, the steam engine can be used in many other aspects.

After all, in essence, the emergence of the steam engine is a supplement to manpower, so in theory, all places where manpower can be used can use steam engines to participate.

"After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Fu Zhen's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but slapped his thigh and said: "What your majesty said is indeed very reasonable.

Why didn't I think of it before it was done?

If we think in this way, then our steam engine can be used in too many fields! "For Fuzhen, although he can overcome specific technical difficulties, the macro aspect is the application of steam engines, which is obviously not his strong point.

But fortunately, Fuzhen is very lucky, because it met Zhao Kuo, a leader who can stand on the perspective of thousands of years of civilization on the entire earth to guide Fuzhen.

A leader is very important. He may not really want to make any specific contributions or changes, but with his guidance, the whole country can avoid many detours and achieve rapid development. Or overtaking on a curve.

Throughout human history, there are actually many, many civilizations. Why did so many civilizations eventually die out?

Only a few Ming can survive to modern society?

The answer is actually very simple, it is because these civilizations took a detour in the process of development, and the end of this detour is the decline or even extinction of these civilizations.

So don't underestimate Zhao Kuo's ability to point straight to the right path as a traverser. In fact, if many civilizations can have a traverser like Zhao Kuo, then their fate will not be perish, but will be destroyed. If it develops directly like the current Huaxia civilization, it will even become the number one civilization in the world.

Zhao Kuo looked at Fuzhen in front of him, and said with a smile: "The steam engine head that you were asked to study before, how is your research now?