In the spring of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the grass and trees on the shore of Xuanwu Lake were full of life, and the sound of women laughing and laughing came from several well-made wheel boats, which made people feel that this was not a well-disciplined palace or palace garden at all.

"Hurry up and release the arrows! General Tian's ship is approaching! ”

"Hey... Don't mess around, I'll count one, two, three, and everyone follow the password! The people who operate the oars don't pay attention! Xiao Xuan said with a smile.

For a time, the six-coin light arrows shot out by the Erdou bow flew all over the sky, and at the beginning, it was not accurate at all outside a hundred paces, but then these arrows became more and more accurate, and one after another, there were arrows that hit the "enemy ship", although these arrows did not have too sharp edges, but they could also be reluctantly inserted into the special cork shell.

When the distance of the ships approached to a distance of about fifty or sixty paces, the newly prototyped ballista-based artillery battle began. The strength of the concubines on the ship was simply not enough to open the crossbow. However, if the winch is used to achieve the filling, it is a different story. At this time, more than 10 pounds of earthen bombs were fired out one after another, making splashes in the vicinity of the ship.

In order to dodge these small boat helmsmen who were not too big with the "mud bombs" that were fired, they desperately rocked the boat, which made the people on the entire boat where Xiao Xuan was scream.

For some unknown reason, a heavy mud bomb fell through the roof of the cabin and landed on the paddles of the wheelboat, and the boat, which was already tilted, suddenly began to enter the water.

At this moment, the laughter and excitement in the amusement confrontation suddenly disappeared, and the concubines around Xiao Xuan felt a huge crisis, especially when many people heard about some historical unsolved cases that had been concluded in Chongzhen's three years, it was even more shocking.

Within a moment when the boat was close to silence, Xiao Xuan and even some women who reacted quickly had already carried a wooden "lifebuoy", and Xiao Xuan also carried a special self-defense weapon that had been prepared a long time ago.

The whirlpool caused by the sinking of the ship may not be too big because of the size of the ship, but it also makes the whole water chaotic. At this time, Tian Xiuying had already jumped into the water, and when she saw that Xiao Xuan was in danger, she finally put her heart down.

The water in this area is deliberately built by a man-made lake, and the water quality is still good, and the water is not too deep at night, and it can be crystal clear. In addition, the secret guards were also deployed around, so in fact, Xiao Xuan's heart was not so panicked.

When everyone returned to the shore like chickens in soup, it took a while to make their bodies less dry and change into clean clothes.

Recalling some of the previous things, Tian Xiuying still had palpitations at this time, and solemnly persuaded: "Water amusement like a drill is still too dangerous, at least you shouldn't use such a dangerous method." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan also smiled and said: "Madame said the same, but I think of some secret histories or official histories in the future, if it is recorded that my generation of Emperor Ming likes to play with the women in the palace with military entertainment, it is also a good story, as long as the position is not opposed, maybe there is a reputation of Sun Wu back then." However, if you continue to play tricks such as using the meat array as the military formation, Zhu Bajie touching his wife or Kangxi capturing and worshipping, then we will have an image... Alas... ”

Seeing that Xiao Xuan's mentality and even complexion have improved a lot since he returned from the Western Expedition, and he really looks like a young man, Tian Xiuying can only sigh: "That's fine, after all, these military dramas are much better than other ones for the body... ”

At this moment, a personal guard beside Xiao Xuan suddenly came over and reported something. Xiao Xuan's expression was a little depressed at first, and then he became excited. Of course, Tian Xiuying was embarrassed to take the initiative to ask. However, Xiao Xuan then said frankly without thinking: "Today is a double happiness, but one news may not be so good, and the other is a big relief." ”

"Let's start with the good news that makes people breathe a sigh of relief!" Tian Xiuying somehow seemed to have a bad feeling, and she subconsciously didn't dare to face the worst situation of the conjecture. Xiao Xuan said bluntly: "Let's go to the stationery field in the manor!" Hearing this, Tian Xiuying's heart eased up.

In the paper yard, I saw a large cylindrical copper curtain rotating around the central axis in the paper trough, the pulp flowed to the curtain, the water was filtered into the net by the mesh, and then two rollers rotated in the opposite direction to realize the pressing and dewatering, and after drying, the cylindrical paper with a long zhang was created. It seems to be somewhat similar to some of the sporadic papermaking processes in Xiao Xuan's impression.

Around the same time, beaters began to appear and instrumentalize to a large extent, and this series of advancements undoubtedly increased the efficiency of papermaking to a great extent.

Renaissance Europe has begun to lead the East in many fields, but when it comes to some technologies related to papermaking, it is not very comprehensive. Fundamentally, until the eighteenth century, paper-making techniques from the Middle East to Europe were associated with the captured craftsmen of the Battle of Talas. European papermaking technology was also based on hemp paper from the north of the Tang Dynasty. In the 17th century, mechanization was achieved only in the field of pulping. In terms of papermaking mechanization in the field of papermaking, it is later than that in Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty. At this time, a large number of top craftsman resources obtained from the whole of Europe and the craftsman resources of the East in this era, under the good incentive mechanism, completed many problems that Beihai College had not solved in the past few years in just a few months.

However, to a large extent, this also gave Xiao Xuan further enlightenment: that is, if there was any gap between Europe and the East in the Renaissance era, it was the excessive division between craftsmen and the intellectual class, or the lack of integration. This era is not yet the 20th century, when industry has entered the 20th century, when scientific and technological and theoretical innovation will not be able to do so at all, and many creations and innovations must have a deep foundation in handicrafts. I think that the East has not crossed the threshold of ink printing and metal movable type, and it is very related to the fact that the skilled workers who have mastered many related technologies do not have the capital and habits required for experimental testing, and the technical understanding of people with such conditions is not deep.

It is conceivable that if Watt and the others were just low-level apprentices who did not have much upper-class connections and capital, what would happen? This also made Xiao Xuan finally decide to change some ideas in terms of technical education and promotion: at least let more ambitious "capitalists" or upper echelons have more practical experience in craftsmanship, so that they can really cross certain thresholds quickly.

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