Emperor Chongzhen knew that scientific research would burn money, but he never thought that it would burn money like this, and he had to throw tens of millions of taels of silver into the Royal Academy almost every year, or even more.

As the bitter persecutors of later generations said, I knew that life was difficult, but I didn't expect it to be like this......

But fortunately, except for a large part of the money that is thrown in, there is always a return that can be seen.

For example, thermometers and pressure gauges.

Although these gadgets are inconspicuous, the derivative value of these gadgets is immeasurable, especially as more and more things are tossed out by the Royal Academy, and their importance will be further enhanced.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen looked at minus 30 degrees above the thermometer and began to have a headache.

The thermometer produced by the Royal Academy is similar to that of later generations, and the temperature of the human body is also 37 degrees, so the temperature below zero should be the same as the temperature of later generations, right?

If there was no thermometer, Emperor Chongzhen would not have felt how cold the winter in the capital was, but when Emperor Chongzhen saw the reading of minus twenty-seven degrees, he immediately felt a pain in the egg.

Before the crossing, the coldest time in the capital was only minus 167 degrees, but now it is minus 27 degrees? Why don't you come back three times to make up the whole thing? Don't let people live!

What made Emperor Chongzhen's egg hurt even more was that in the winter from the thirteenth year of Chongzhen to the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, there was no fucking snow!

What does it mean when it doesn't snow?

If there is no snow before the beginning of spring, Chongzhen's fourteenth year will be either drought or waterlogging, which is almost a certainty!

The ancients said that the grass grows and the warbler flies in February, and the fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March, but in February of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, there is still a goose feather snow from time to time, and the grass grows? Still warbler flying?

I can't freeze to death!

Emperor Chongzhen had a particular headache for this situation.

If it weren't for these messy things, he would definitely go out with his army to preach the teachings of the saints, instead of staying in the cage-like palace, where he could only create the next generation with nothing to do every day.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen wondered if he should develop real estate? For example, real estate development in Xishan? By the way, get a new city out?

After shaking his head and throwing this kind of boring idea out of his mind, Emperor Chongzhen went to Yunxiu Palace again.

What kind of real estate can be engaged in because people with the surname Fang can do it because the surname Fang is the same, and the surname Yun, the surname Ye and the surname Lin are the same as those who cross the big surnames, they are all open and hanging, how do you compare with others who have not recharged and have not opened the hanging?

Emperor Chongzhen, who was extremely bored, obviously didn't want to continue to stay in the palace and get moldy, so he took his wife and children and slipped out of the palace for a private visit again.

But Emperor Chongzhen's luck has never been very good, or something always happens suddenly when he is not prepared.

Just returned to the palace and didn't sit down for long, Xu Xianchun hurriedly came with a piece of information: "Your Majesty, Nuergandu is in a hurry!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't react for a while, and looked at Xu Xianchun with a confused expression: "Where is the urgent report?" ”

Xu Xianchun bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Nuergan is in an emergency, Dolgon may not be able to hold on!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and motioned for Wang Chengen to take the urgent report and look at it.

The urgent report was sent by the hundred households of the Buludan River in Nuergandu, and I don't know how much messy means were used along the way, and it was sent to the capital of Daming from the Burudan River in less than three days.

If you look at it purely from the map, the distance from the Buldan River to the capital of Daming is obviously not very far - assuming a straight line, it is estimated that two days should be normal.

However, considering that there is no straight line to walk, and the roads are easy to pass in winter, it is much more difficult to deliver news than in summer and autumn, and under normal circumstances, it is already extremely fast to get to the capital in four or five days.

This time, it only took a little more than two days for the information to be sent to the capital from Brudan Hewei, which shows how awesome the speed of Jinyiwei is in delivering the news.

The information is very simple, the remnants of the Jiannu, who were driven to the north to fight with Maozi, may not be able to hold out in the face of a large number of deaths in the tribal population.

Because of the remnants of the Jiannu part, no one is good at farming, and they want to make a living by hunting in the far north, and they have to constantly open each other with Maozi, and the rate of population death has greatly increased.

When the population of the remnants of Jiannu could not increase at the rate of death, the cool ending was already doomed, even if Liu Xingzuo was ordered to secretly transfuse blood behind Jiannu's back.

In Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, it is normal for the little wild badger to be unable to hold on, if it can hold on all the time, and kill Maozi in the north, it will be a strange thing - Maozi will soar several times in the icy and snowy environment.

The problem is that Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect the little wild badger to be unable to hold on so soon.

Just after reading Jinyiwei's urgent report, Zhu Chunchen took Zhang Zhiji into the palace to face the saint.

Liu Xingzuo's urgent report to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was almost the same as that of Jinyiwei's front and rear feet into Beijing, Jinyiwei's urgent report went directly to Emperor Chongzhen, and Liu Xingzuo's urgent report was sent directly to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

The content of the two urgent reports is similar, both of them are that the little wild badger can't hold on, the difference is that Jinyiwei's urgent report is just a simple emergency report, and Liu Xingzuo's urgent report is to ask the Governor's Office of the Five Armies what to do.

Emperor Chongzhen knocked on the table and looked at Zhu Chunchen: "What does Chengguo Gong think?" ”

Zhu Chunchen bowed and said: "Your Majesty, if these Jiannu can't hold on, then Liu Xingzuo's department has to directly face those Mao slaves, the climate on the side of Nuergandusi is already harsh, and Mao Nu is more adapted to the cold weather than my Ming soldiers."

As a result, the casualties of the Nurgandus are bound to increase greatly, and it is difficult to say how much land is recaptured, and if the casualties are not proportional to the land, the ministers think that it is not worth it. ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Zhiji: "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Zhang Zhiji bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Cheng Guogong said is very true, and the recaptured land is only afraid that it will be difficult to be proportional to the Nuergandusi, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate."

Why don't you wait until the summer of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, or the summer of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and then march to Maonu's side when the weather is hot and the north of Nuergandusi is not so cold. ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said, "What about Jiannu? Will they make it until the summer or next summer? ”

Zhu Chunchen pondered and said, "Otherwise, or order Liu Xingzuo to secretly sell a batch of weapons to them?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Now it's not just a matter of weapons, Liu Xingzuo has also been selling weapons to them, and they lack too many things."

They are short of food, medicinal materials, and most importantly, they have not yet figured out a way to deal with Mao Nu, even if they are given more weapons, it is estimated that it is useless. ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Zhiji also felt an incomparable pain.

Jiannu is purely muddy and can't support the wall, I thought that the little wild badger relied on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the weapons support provided by Liu Xingzuo in secret, even if he couldn't beat Mao Nu, he should have contacts and contacts.

Didn't those coats blow Dorgon and Dorgon and Duoduo's dog stuff into the sky and list them as the first target for crossing and sending them off?

Didn't those coats blow that little girl's skin into the sky, thinking that she was a great politician or something?

Why is it that he is now a dead dog, and it is difficult to protect himself?

Because the information that has been reported now makes anyone who sees the information feel a headache - it is really these Jiannu who are too miserable.

These scum relied on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to run rampant for a while, and at the beginning, they also made Mao Nu a little confused, but when Mao Nu reversed, Jian Nu was pressed to the ground and rubbed, and his appearance was extremely miserable.

Who would have thought that the Jurchen dissatisfaction with Wan had become a reality?

It's not that the Jurchens are less than 10,000, and they are invincible, but the entire remnant of the Jiannu people together are less than 10,000.

As for Jiannu mixing into the current bird, although it was a little unexpected to Emperor Chongzhen, he didn't feel too surprised - the scum who can cut the land and pay compensation if he wins the battle, isn't it normal to be even worse when he can't beat people?

It doesn't matter if you don't fight a war, after all, you haven't undergone orthodox training in the art of war, these Jiannu fights purely by relying on a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a military guide, and there are no routines.

But after so many years, these Jiannu still haven't learned to play better, nor have they learned to farm, and they still rely on fishing and hunting to the north of Nurkandus—even medical care and other things are still quite primitive, and when they are sick, they still rely on shamans to pray.

It was okay when I was in Liaodong before, after all, there were Han doctors to rely on, and when I got to the north of Nuergandusi, I relied on the shaman after fighting with the Mao slaves, which basically meant waiting for death.

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Chunchen bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, since Jiannu is short of medicine, then let people secretly sell it to them, and change the previous salt, so that Jiannu's strength can be increased by one or two points?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and simply said: "Then let's go down, let Liu Xingzuo sell them a batch of medicinal materials, and then replace the previous salt with normal salt, and don't mix those messy things." ”

Mom, if it weren't for the fact that these dog Jiannu were really not powerful, Emperor Chongzhen would still plan to sell poisonous salt and poisonous wine to them, now it's okay, not only the poisonous salt will not be sold, but Daming also has to secretly support these Jiannu a batch of medicinal materials!

After the egg hurt for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen spoke: "That's it, let's decide, don't care about those Jiannu." However, the Leshi Grassland and the Chahar Grassland and other desert places in the south and north of the desert make me more concerned. ”

Zhu Chunchen nodded approvingly and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Jiannu is not enough to trouble, but it is a land in the south and north of the desert, which is more worrying than Jiannu." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Since ancient times, the threat of my Central Plains has come from the grassland, and I want to solve this problem once and for all, I don't know what the Duke of Cheng and the Duke of England think?" ”

Zhu Chunchen bowed down and said: "In addition to setting up a large number of guards on the grassland, we also need to figure out some grain varieties that can be planted in the south and north of the desert, and a large number of people will be relocated to guard the border. ”

After seeing the awesomeness of the Royal Academy, Zhu Chunchen was not surprised that Chen Zuqi could make food suitable for Mobei cultivation, not to mention that there were already things like corn and potatoes that could be planted before.

After Emperor Chongzhen snorted, he spoke: "In addition, I intend to let go of wool weaving, so that the people can also participate. ”

Zhang Zhiji suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, could it be that the wool purchased before has already tossed the effect?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Yes, in addition to weaving carpets or something, it can also be used to make clothes to wear, and the effect of keeping warm is excellent." ”

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and ordered: "Order someone to fetch two pieces of clothing for the two princes to try." ”

Wang Chengen bowed down and immediately ordered someone to fetch two pieces of clothes.

The style of one of the clothes is a little strange, the collar is almost the same as not, and the placket is even more absent, and the whole looks like a straight tube with a few openings.

The other piece of clothing looks much more normal, with the placket and buckle, you can roughly see how this thing should be worn on the body.

As soon as he got it in his hand, Zhu Chunchen frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is this made of wool?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "This is made of thread spun from cashmere, how does Chengguo Gong think it feels?" ”

Zhu Chunchen said: "If you have this thing, those barbarians in the south and north of the desert will have an extra income, as long as I can sell salt and grain to them, they can raise sheep with peace of mind." It's just that Weichen still has some worries, and he always feels a little uneasy. ”

This kind of clothes made of cashmere are really good, and they don't feel like wool pricking their hands to the touch, and they don't feel uncomfortable like linen, but feel soft and warm.

It is foreseeable that once this thing is taken by the palace to take the lead, the entire capital will become popular, and then the entire Ming Dynasty will become popular.

But the hidden dangers are also obvious.

Cashmere comes from sheep, and sheep can not only be raised on the grassland, but also by the Ming Dynasty himself - will the people who farm the land switch to raising sheep?

Food is not worth much these days, no matter how cheap cashmere is, it can't be cheaper than food, right?

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Cheng Guogong is worried that the people will start raising a large number of sheep? And the worry is that those barbarians are not very popular, and they will make trouble again in the future? ”

Zhu Chunchen nodded and said: "The matter of the people raising sheep, the minister also thought about it just now, but in fact, there is no need to worry.

Only those barbarians, if they have obtained this method of cashmere weaving, they can go further north, but they are afraid of more trouble. ”

PS: Today's sacrifice to "The Overlord of Great Wei"