New Shun 1730

What the emperor thought was different from what Liu Yu knew.

Science, mathematics and technology go hand in hand at this time. Does the carpenter who makes the navigation clock know calculus? Watt, who created steam, did not necessarily understand the laws of thermodynamics.

Dashun's science is not bad after Liu Yu started his career again. This is an era when discovering the law of conservation of mass can make you famous in the history of science.

Moreover, if we only engage in science in the ivory tower, the Dashun Academy of Sciences is likely to be reduced to the miserable situation of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. The emperor feels that it is useless, and it is just like playing poetry, painting, or an actor. From the beginning, this Academy of Sciences was destined to attach importance to technology in exchange for the emperor's support.

Technically, the path taken by Dashun is completely different from the path taken by Europe.

In the market-oriented UK, trade feedback has indeed led to technological progress in the textile industry.

Dashun can't do that, and Dashun really has a "prophet". If there is a prophet, and the market guides technological progress, it is really stupid.

Of course, it was impossible for the emperor to know at this time that Liu Yu did not consider the issue of "the death of people and the rest of government" in this matter. Because after a certain critical point is exceeded, the next thing can only be "wildfire will start a prairie fire unless strong pressure is imposed". The "policy" of "people's death and political rest" that needs to be considered at that time should be the policy of "comprehensive suppression of technological progress".

At this time, the emperor did not know what he was about to see, something that would affect the world and, of course, Dashun.

After praising the craftsman for a few times, the craftsman thanked him repeatedly, but what he was thinking about was that with so much silver a year, even if the court could reward him, it would only be 810 taels of silver. It was not interesting, so don't care.

After expressing his gratitude symbolically, the emperor asked again: "The Marquis of Whales uses the metaphor of 'fun', and this is where he spends a lot of money. I don't know much about these things, but I don't know what you are doing?"

Of course the craftsmen know what they are doing, but they have a very standard way of answering, which they have been trained to do.

So the craftsman pointed to the crank-operated steam engine in the distance that bypassed the "crank patent" and said: "Your Majesty, this thing is called the Iron Bull."

"No need to feed, it works day and night, and one thing can have the power of three to five oxen."

"Hou Jing said, this thing can be used to hang a hammer to hit armor, or it can be used to drill gun barrels for power, or it can be used to saw the planks of warships for power... This thing can be regarded as a cow that can go anywhere. ”

"As early as when we were in Weihai, Marquis Jing asked us to make it. After the boring machine was successful, the project was established. It cost more than 100,000 silver in several years, and now we can finally deliver."

Craftsmen are always talking about "military technology". This has always been the rhetoric, lest people with "foresight" exclaim that once this thing comes out, what will millions of people do? If this material is used for weaving and the people lose their jobs, wouldn’t they become refugees?

But bypassing these civilian things and talking directly about military technology, the emperor's mind will not be so prescient for a while.

Sure enough, the emperor walked over and took a look at the improved steam engine that had basically taken shape. Seeing that this thing drove the flywheel to rotate, he only needed to fill it with coal, and he thought that this thing was really magical.

But after all, he didn't know how great this thing was, so he just felt it was magical and was not overly surprised.

Then he asked about the rails on the ground, "What about this thing? What is the use of this fine iron laid on the ground?"

The craftsmen had already prepared plans for such problems, and Liu Yu didn't know how many times he had taught them.

At this time, he knelt down and said in a very smooth manner according to the speaking skills taught before: "Wei Chen is a craftsman, and the purpose of this thing is beyond our ability to explain. The actual management of the major affairs of the country is all what the Marquis of Jing has said, and we are waiting to listen. Your Majesty today Now that I have asked, please forgive me for making false remarks about state affairs."

When Li Gan heard this, he became excited, and his thoughts were indeed of great use. Even if I think about it, the things that Marquis Whale does can't be so boring.

"Just say it. Not to mention that these are the words of Marquis Jing. If you are guilty, you will not be blamed. Even if he is really guilty, isn't Liu Yu's mouth full of guilty words? But it doesn't matter."

The craftsman said: "I am brave."

"The Jinghou said that because of the navy, the Japanese who had been arrogant for thousands of years could be made vassal. This is the power of transportation."

"The Marquis Jing also said that the canal is about connecting the north and the south. In addition to transporting grain, if there is no canal, the north and the south may be blocked."

"In the past when we were conquering Junggar, Marquis Jing lamented that it cost twenty or thirty taels to transport one tael of silver and one stone of food to the Western Regions. It would be great if there was a canal or a sea directly leading to the Western Regions."

“That’s why we invested the money and asked us to make this thing.”

"Jinghou said that the population of the Celestial Dynasty is growing, and there is still fertile land north of Liaodong. However, there is a watershed between Songliao and Songliao, making it difficult for the population to migrate. If there is something that can connect Songliao, from the capital to Heilongjiang, it can be reached in ten days, and then It can accommodate tens of millions of people.”

"The Jinghou said that there are still thousands of miles from Xijing to the Western Regions, and transportation is not easy, which makes the Western Regions likely to be in danger of rebellion a hundred years later. If there is something that can connect the Western Regions from Xijing to the Western Regions in ten days, then the northwest will be peaceful from then on."

"Alternatively, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed in the capital. If there is something that can connect the territory of the celestial dynasty, and ten thousand people can be mobilized from any place in the capital in one month, then the country will be stable from then on."

"This thing is the railway track that your Majesty is looking at, and the iron ox that is smoking there. Although it is not yet complete, it has a prototype."

"It will be successful within twenty years."

"The iron ox does not need to be fed or looked after. It does not need to rest or eat grass at night. It is not difficult to travel three to five hundred miles a day. It takes ten days to reach Heilongjiang from the capital and the Western Regions from Xijing."

"If the iron ox can pull on the rails, even ordinary horses can pull thousands of pounds. If the iron ox can have the strength of ten or twenty oxen, pulleys on the rails, and connect the head and tail, it will not be a problem to transport 100,000 pounds of food and grass and more than a thousand people at a time."

When the craftsman said this, Li Gan's face changed slightly and he said in surprise: "Is this the Grand Canal that the Whale Marquis mentioned before, which does not require water or boatmen?"

The craftsman replied, "Yes."

"Maybe it can be successful within 20 years?"

"Yes. I think the 20 years given by the Whale Marquis is a bit too long. We have an idea, and we expect it to be successful within 20 years."

Li Gan is an emperor, and he has seen a lot of things in his life and experienced a lot of earth-shaking events, but after hearing these words, he felt his heart beating fast.

The craftsman's answer was a rhetoric that Liu Yu had carefully prepared for a long time, and he said different things to different people.

Tell the emperor something about liberating productivity and developing productivity, the emperor knows nothing.

Tell the emperor that this will promote the development of the textile industry, the emperor has to worry about competing with the people for profits, and also worry about the intensification of land annexation caused by the rapid accumulation of capital.

Tell the emperor something about progress and science... The emperor is not a scientist, and learning geometry and algebra is just for fun.

Only if you tell the emperor that "it will help stabilize the country, help your Li Dynasty suppress uprisings, and help prevent border police from repeating the tragedy of the Song and Ming Dynasties", the emperor will pay attention.

Liu Yu mentioned the Grand Canal "without boatmen and water" several times, but the emperor always took it as a joke or imagination - just like Liu Yu said, the Academy of Sciences might be able to make grain yields of 1,000 kilograms per mu, and the emperor also took it as a joke at the time, saying that if it really succeeded, he could be conferred a viscount. In fact, as long as you get saltpeter and potash mines, you can reach 700 to 800 kilograms without much need for good varieties, and good varieties will double it, but the emperor's imagination is not enough, so he can only take it as a joke.

The craftsman never talked about the other significance of the steam car from beginning to end, nor did he mention any technical issues, but only talked about the "important significance" that Liu Yu had said countless times.

One-sided, important significance to the royal family, the dynasty, and the Li family's country.

Some things, the emperor took as a joke.

Some things, once a date is given, even if it is twenty years, it proves that it is not a joke.

The things the craftsmen said completely made the emperor excited.

If such a road is built from the capital, it can really reach the bank of Heilongjiang River within ten days and cross the Songliao watershed. This is a great achievement for Dashun to extend its life for a hundred years.

A large number of people near the capital, Henan and Shandong can be migrated to the northeast along the railway line to reclaim land, ease the contradiction between people and land in the Central Plains, and create a large number of controllable self-cultivating farmers along the transportation line.

If everything goes as usual, it will be a great achievement to extend its life for a hundred years.

A large number of controllable self-cultivating farmers are the pillars of the dynasty; a large number of migrated people can ease the contradiction between people and land and keep the capital area from chaos.

In addition to extending its life for a hundred years, Xijing to the Western Regions also means that there will be no potential strong enemies in the northwest from now on: as long as they appear, the court can defeat them and will not give them the opportunity to grow bigger.

If this Grand Canal that does not require trackers and water can be built to the surrounding areas, then the capital can raise more troops, and once there is trouble in the local area, the capital can send troops.

This can greatly strengthen the imperial power and strengthen the control over the local areas.

As long as there are no weird descendants, Li Gan feels that if this thing really happens in twenty years, or this Dashun, it is really expected to become the foundation of Fengzhou for 800 years!

If this is true, it can be said to be unprecedented. Since Zhou, has there been a dynasty with a foundation of 800 years? Even the Han Dynasty only had a foundation of 400 years.

This is really not a simple and exquisite device. As an emperor, it is easy to think of some strategic things under the guidance of Liu Yu's words by the craftsmen.

Just like the Dashun war against Japan proved the strategic position of the navy, it is not just the significance of tactical victory.

The emperor does not understand the technology of this thing, but he understands the strategic significance behind it.

But then, the emperor looked at the rails under his feet and suddenly thought of something.

"How much iron does it take to make this thing a thousand miles?"

This thing is different from building a canal. To build a canal, you just need to sacrifice human lives, and the Celestial Empire has no shortage of lives. But this thing requires so much iron, is there so much iron? We can't let the people have no iron to use just to build this thing, right?

"Your Majesty. The Whale Marquis said, one makes two, two makes four, and so on and so forth. Iron bulls can blow stronger winds, so they can build higher ironmaking furnaces; higher ironmaking furnaces can make better steel, and thus make better and stronger iron bulls."

"With stronger iron bulls, more iron can be made; more iron can make more rails; more rails can connect coal and iron mines to transport more ore; more ore can make more iron; more iron can make more iron bulls..."

"The Whale Marquis said that merchants smelt iron to sell it to the people for money. The court can smelt iron to smelt more iron."

"Production is to produce more, and the court must lead this step quickly."

"Marquis Jing also said that when we first met twenty years ago, he knew his destiny. If we are old enough to do what we want without breaking the rules, we don't ask for more in twenty years. If we can connect the Songliao watershed and reach the capital directly to the banks of the Heilongjiang River, we can smile."

"First, it will be worthy of my title of Marquis Jinghai."

"Second, it will make Song and Liao fertile for thousands of miles, solving the contradiction of the large population and small land in the Central Plains. Going north to Songliao and south to the ocean, even if the population grows, there will be no worries."

"If it succeeds, he said that attacking Luocha, pacifying the Junggar, and attacking Japan will all be due to this achievement - if this thing succeeds, there will be no difficulty in transporting troops and supplies, and the Junggar in those years can be pacified by sending a lieutenant, so why does Your Majesty need to lead the army in person? And if this thing succeeds, Songliao and even Heilongjiang will all be immigrants from the Central Plains, so why does Luocha need to be attacked?"