readx; This brand-new volume of "Heavenly Creations" turned out to be the result of Zhu You's inspector sending the manuscript back to Beijing overnight, and directly sending it to the "Beijing Times" printing point in Xinwangfu, and the printers typeset and printed it overnight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info\.. \As for the large number of illustrations in the book, of course, the engraving was too late, and it was made by hand-painting and copying by more than a dozen painters overnight. When the time came, it was finally bound into a book and sent back to Song Yingxing.

Not to mention Song Yingxing himself, even Xu Guangqi and Gu Yanwu, who know more about Zhu Youzhen, don't understand why the emperor attaches so much importance to Song Yingxing and his "Heavenly Creations".

Only Zhu Youzhen himself knows that Song Yingxing is one of the greatest scientists in Chinese history. Through his scientific investigation and research of agriculture and handicraft production, he collected a wealth of scientific information, which was collected in the book "Heavenly Creations".

This book is a compilation of ancient Chinese agricultural and handicraft production techniques, and it is not an exaggeration to call it "an encyclopedia of Chinese craftsmanship in the seventeenth century".

The book consists of 18 chapters in three volumes, including production technologies in various industries such as grain, textile, dyeing, grain processing, salt making, sugar, edible oil, ceramics, smelting, automobile and ship manufacturing, iron hammering, coal, papermaking, hardware, weapons, mineral pigments, wine making, and pearl and jade processing. And with a large number of illustrations, indicating the key to the process, specifically describing a variety of actual data in production, the weight is accurate to the money, the length is accurate to the inch, the rigor of the writing can be seen.

Others may not know the significance of this book, but Zhu Youzhen is like a treasure. Because in ancient China, craftsmen as a profession were basically passed down from father to son, especially in the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of craftsmen was forced, and the identity of craftsmen was forcibly limited. As a craft that depends on survival, craftsmen naturally refuse to show their ancestral production processes easily, which objectively hinders the development of production technology. If there is no successor to a craftsman, the skill may be lost forever.

The greatness of Song Yingxing lies in the fact that he collected the production technology of all walks of life with the power of one person, so that the crystallization of the wisdom of a large number of ancient skilled craftsmen can be spread. In particular, he focused on handicrafts and the machinery of production, which was of great significance to the beginning of capitalism and industrial civilization.

However, Song Yingxing in history was born at an untimely time, and no one understood his attention to these "small skills" at that time, and no one paid attention to the masterpiece "Heavenly Creation". After the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu rulers also listed this purely scientific work as ** because of the anti-Qing remarks of the Song Yingxing brothers, collected and destroyed it, and almost lost this epoch-making masterpiece.

And now that Zhu Youzhen has crossed over here and become Emperor Chongzhen, he will naturally not let the tragedy of history repeat itself. He not only wanted to carry forward the book so that more farmers and handicraftsmen could master the advanced technology in the book, but also let scientists like Song Yingxing show their strength and make greater contributions to the country and the nation, and at the same time vigorously cultivate a social atmosphere of respecting and developing science. Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty catch up with the world wave of the industrial revolution and not become a colony of the West.

As for letting Song Yingxing study the railway, this is indeed a bit ahead of its time. Because with the current level of science and technology, it is impossible to build a steam engine, let alone a locomotive that can provide power. But Zhu Youzhen is not too ambitious, he has deeper considerations in doing so.

First of all, railways are brand new technology, and if they can be studied, they are definitely ahead of all countries in the world. At present, compared with the West, China has fallen far behind in many places, and if it follows the West in the footsteps and does not engage in its own innovation, I am afraid that the gap will widen. With advanced technology such as railways, China will have a "skill" and a voice in exchanges with the West, and things like being slaughtered by Portugal will be greatly reduced.

Second, even if railway research and development cannot be successful for a while, a large number of new talents can be cultivated. With these talents with modern scientific ideas, it will be much easier to study anything.

Thirdly, the railroad is definitely a novelty, and the visuals are quite stunning. As long as a section of railway can be built and put into use, even if it is not efficient, it will have a strong impact on all sectors of society, let them know how powerful science is, and change the old way of thinking.

Fourth, from the point of view of the feasibility of the railway itself, even without a locomotive, the rails have their own value. Although asphalt roads are much better than dirt roads, there is no rubber, the wheels are still wooden, there is no shock absorption, and the speed cannot be raised at all.

Railways are different, and if they are equipped with carriages equipped with iron wheels, iron is of course smoother and harder than wood, and it is not easy to wear out, and the wheels can roll quickly on the tracks. Even if there is no power, even with animal power, a few mules and horses on each side of the railway are definitely much faster and less laborious than wooden wheels. In fact, the early "trains" were horse-drawn carriages. Zhu Youzhen's plan was to use animal power to make the transition first, and then replace it with a locomotive in the modern sense when he had a steam engine later.

Of course, whether it is an asphalt road or a railway, it is impossible to achieve it overnight, and now to transport materials in the direction of Shanhaiguan, you have to use the old official road. These days, the official road is extremely busy, in addition to transporting materials for post-war reconstruction, it is to transport grain, grass and ammunition to Jizhou, and even two Yuanrong cannons and eight Xiaoyao cannons have been moved down from the head of the Jingshi City, loaded on the car and slowly pushed to the front line. As for the lighter rapid-fire guns, more than 20 were transferred. Meng Gong, a young general who had made great contributions in the defense of Beijing, led a thousand experienced gunners of the Shenji Battalion to accompany the artillery, and they would soon show their skills in the battle to recover the three cities of Jingdong.

While Zhu Youzhen was commanding the reconstruction in Tongzhou, he did not forget Amin, an old enemy. But he did not rush to march the army, but first asked Li Laiheng to rush to the north of Zunhua, meet with Li Dingguo's troops, and then block the road for the Qing army to retreat to Guanwai with white flags.

And Sun Chengzong led more than 10,000 cavalry of Hao Yongzhong's army, which had been stationed in Jizhou, which was destroyed by fire. To the east of Funing, Gao Di of Shanhaiguan also sent three generals, Man Gui, He Kegang, and Cao Wenzhao, to lead 20,000 cavalry to move towards Funing. Therefore, now the Ming army has surrounded Amin's white flag from the east, west, and north, but the net has not yet been closed.

But Amin is also worthy of being a Manchu general, facing twice his own Ming army, although he did not dare to continue to attack Funing, but he was not in a hurry to retreat. The main force of his cavalry with white flags was about 15,000, and there were 5,000 or 6,000 Han army banners. Now he has the Han army banner stationed in the three cities of Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou, and he personally leads the main force to be stationed in the oil pressing town between the three cities.

Amin's wishful thinking was that the three cities formed a triangle that separated the Ming army from the east and west. No matter which city the Ming army attacked, he could lead a large army to help. As long as it is a field battle, Amin has absolute confidence in his white flag, and wants to stage the battle of Salhu again. If he can really get his wish, his prestige will suddenly surpass that of Huang Taiji, who returned from the capital division, and maybe he can replace him.

But Amin didn't know that his end was coming!

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