Yang Reform immediately made a decision and said: "This is the person, the person recommended by Master Xu is really good." Yang Gai looked at this person's resume and felt that he was ready to use him without even using Baidu's "historical achievements".

"Your Majesty, Li Zhenzhi is still living at home." Xu Guangqi also didn't mind giving his "classmates" a chance to become officials.

"No problem, by the way, Master Xu, what kind of official did this Li Zhenzhi end up being?" Yang Gengai allowed this person to be reinstated. There is no problem with people's qualifications and backgrounds.

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Zhenzhi was originally a servant Siqing."

"What does Shaoqing of Taifu Temple do?" Yang Reform, a little white, saw that there were no outsiders here, so he asked directly, if it was in the court, he would never ask like this.

Wang Chengen and Xu Guangqi are both black lines in their heads, this emperor, I don't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, this Taifu Temple is for Your Majesty to manage Ma Zheng, Shaoqing, is the deputy." Although the question asked by the emperor was relatively low-level, Xu Guangqi still explained to the emperor "patiently".

Yang Reform, who was completely unaware of how low-level the question was, said: "Whoever manages the horse? Well, since he resigned because he offended Eunuch Wei, then he immediately reinstated, oh, no, didn't he resign to Nanjing? Zhejiang again? In this way, let him hang an idle post in Nanjing, so that he can hire a fleet for me, which is convenient, and it will not bother him to travel north and south, so be it. Yang Gai quickly made a decision and asked this person to hire a fleet for him.

Wang Chengen responded, and then asked, "Your Majesty, what kind of official do you want to hang up over there in Nanjing?" This question is rather vague, and Wang Chengen thinks it is better to ask clearly.

"Well, this purchase of artillery is related to the military, just hang a military department book, anyway, he has also been the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, this official position can't be too low." Yang Reform gave another position as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, anyway, now is the time for a large number of officials who have been persecuted by the eunuch party, and no one pays attention to such an official.

"Companion, let this Li Zhenzhi be specifically responsible for going to Macao to buy artillery, and be specifically responsible for hiring some Westerners, there is no need to write the specifics, just say that he is going to buy artillery, and hiring some foreigners is, actually, Daban, go down to the secret decree, let Li Zhenzhi take my secret decree to hire Western warships, and let him have full authority to represent me. By the way, in this matter, I have to trouble Master Xu to write a letter to Li Zhenzhi, tell him the truth, let him understand my intentions, and do things for me with peace of mind. "Yang has made a lot of arrangements in a row. That's it.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed, this matter is actually very simple, this Li Zhizao himself is a jinshi, Taifu Temple Shaoqing resigned, and was persecuted by the Wei Party, now is the time to reinstate a large number of officials persecuted by the Wei Party, give him a Nanjing military department book, it is nothing at all, there is no problem, although this is the military department book, but it is Nanjing, basically all of them are pension official positions, and no one pays attention to it.

"The minister commands." Xu Guangqi also replied quickly.

"By the way, big companion, bring another 100,000 taels of silver, which is considered the upfront cost I gave to this Li Zhenzhi's mercenary fleet, tell him, let him pay part of it first, and I will be responsible for the rest."

Yang Gengai remembered that he couldn't do anything if he didn't have silver, so he asked Wang Chengen to send him 100,000 taels of silver.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed again.

Finally got the matter of hiring the Western fleet, Yang Gai breathed a sigh of relief, and now it depends on what kind of good news this Li Zhenzhi can bring to himself.

…… Early in the morning, Yang Reform had to continue yesterday's unfinished business. I slept in a lazy bed today, and I didn't get up until ten o'clock.

Lying on the table, writing and drawing, I don't know what I'm doing.

Yang Gengai rubbed his eyelids that hadn't woken up yet, and muttered, "Big Companion, where is that guy Zheng Huaizhong now?" Yang Reform worked hard all night last night, not only to get Li Zhizao's "historical achievements", but also to get a lot of Nanyang situation in the late Ming Dynasty. I am full of confidence that this Li Zhizao can complete his task, and I also know that Nanyang has to lay it out.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zheng Huaizhong is afraid that he hasn't gone far, is there anything wrong with Your Majesty?" Wang Chengen is also strange, this Zheng Huaizhong went to the south to do business, only a few days? What did Your Majesty think of again?

"Well, something, I'm ready to hire Westerners, I can't help but figure out the details of this Westerner, and I can't help but figure out the situation in the South Seas, as the saying goes, 'Know yourself and know your opponent, you won't be defeated in a hundred battles', I need to figure out the situation in the South Seas and the West!" Yang Gengai flipped through all kinds of information in Baidu one night, but in fact, he didn't sleep at all, he was very sleepy, and the whole person was in a daze.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what does Your Majesty mean?" Wang Chengen listened obediently for a while, not knowing what the emperor meant.

"Zheng Huaizhong happens to be in charge of supervising shipbuilding in the south, and he will deal with the ocean, so let him take on an errand and be responsible for collecting the situation in the South and Western Oceans, and give me a clear picture of the movements, properties, people, customs, geography, various forces, historical evolution, etc., I don't want to be blind, understand?" Yang Gai sorted out his chaotic brain and said his plan.

Wang Chengen was shocked! I didn't expect that the emperor would give such an order, wasn't this matter of collecting intelligence done by Jinyiwei and Dongchang? Some time ago, there was an additional military intelligence bureau, and now, it seems, there is another intelligence gathering department! This Zheng Huaizhong's life is really good! not only did he do the good job of supervising the construction of warships, but also became the emperor's real confidant.

"Back to Your Majesty, is this going to set up a factory?" Wang Chengen asked cautiously, this matter is not a trivial matter, and it must be treated with caution.

"Set up a factory? What factory? …… Oh! …… Do you mean the factory in the east factory? No need, tell Zheng Huaizhong that I will not give him any brand for the time being, will not set up any yamen, and will not give him any rights, except for supporting some silver, there is nothing left, see if he can complete these things for me. Yang Reform was still a little confused, and remembered that the factory Wang Chengen said was not the factory of the factory, but the name of the secret agency. Yang Reform has his own calculations, the division of labor of these secret agencies is quite clear, Jinyiwei is mainly to the entire Ming Dynasty as the main object, Dongchang is mainly to the Gyeonggi region, the central government, ministers, the military intelligence bureau is mainly Mongolia, Dongyu, Korea, and even the northern war objects are the main objects, this Zheng Huaizhong's shipyard is temporarily based on the South Seas, the West, the division of labor is very clear, and it will not cause the dominance of a certain intelligence system, or it is too bloated to make the action weak.

"The slave and maid understand." Wang Chengen agreed, and he also understood what the emperor meant, it seems that the emperor is preparing to test Zheng Huaizhong, or give him some pressure.

"Well, tell him not to make a noise, to do it secretly, not to make a storm in the city, everyone knows." Yang Gengai rubbed his head, this head, there is still a little faint pain, it seems that this is engaging in information, there are more on the Internet, you have to pay attention to rest in the future!

Yang Gengai sat there and closed his eyes for a long time.

"Ome, can you have shochu?"

"Your Majesty, but ask about shochu?" Wang Chengen became more and more confused about what the emperor was thinking.

"Yes, soju."

"Coming back, there is soju, in addition to soju, there are countless fine wines in the palace, but Your Majesty wants to drink?" Wang Chengen was inexplicable, he didn't know what the emperor wanted to do, he was still talking about opening a factory just now, and now he was asking about soju. Do you want to drink? This emperor has never liked to drink much!

"No, I'm asking, do you know how this soju is made?" Yang Gengai was going to make some gold fingers yesterday to make some money for himself, and he had to fight with countless people, and this military expenditure, seeing that it had not yet been settled, had to use some gold fingers. So, dreamed back to Baidu, began to search for the commonly used golden finger, the first is to make wine, but after a search, I learned that this distilled liquor has long come out, and this still has appeared early, so if you want to make money by brewing high liquor, this difficulty is not ordinary, Yang Reform secretly hates those who write the book of traversal, don't you figure it out, this golden finger has long been invalid? caused a little white to follow and deceive his feelings. I'm still going to make money with high-grade liquor, but now, don't even think about it. But then I thought about it, since there is a distiller and a high degree of wine, why don't you use it directly? Now is the time to promote sweet potatoes and corn, and they can use sweet potatoes and corn to make wine, so that the planting area of sweet potatoes and corn can be greatly expanded, so that this corn and sweet potatoes are not only food crops, but also cash crops.

So, Yang Reform is ready to make money by making wine with sweet potatoes and corn, and by the way, he supports himself to promote new crops such as sweet potatoes and corn. Very simple, Mongolians, with Mongolian horses, livestock, wool in exchange for sweet potato wine, corn wine, I believe, as long as the degree of wine is high enough, this is not worried that the Mongolians do not like, they can ban other food crops to make wine, only allow sweet potatoes, corn and other new crops to make wine, presumably, the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn, will be very fast, they can come to levy a high wine tax, so that this sweet potato corn becomes a must for winemaking, rapid promotion of sweet potatoes and corn, can be in the customs, levy Mongolians high "consumption tax" ......"...... Back to Your Majesty, this, you may have to ask the craftsman who makes soju, this, the slave and maid don't know! "Wang Chengen is inexplicable, why did the emperor suddenly think of winemaking?

Seeing Wang Chengen's puzzled look, Yang Reform had no choice but to explain, lest his assistant not be able to figure out the door.

"Otomo, you also know that I am going to promote new crops such as sweet potatoes and corn with high yields and drought resistance, and if this does not give new crops a way out, who will be willing to plant new crops? So, I thought, if I can make wine from sweet potatoes and corn, there will be a lot of people who will grow it. ”

Wang Chengen understood. Said: "Your Majesty, just leave these things to the slaves and maids, or hand them over to Master Xu and them to do, as long as Your Majesty makes a will, why do it yourself?" Slave maid will do it...... "Wang Chengen is now afraid that the emperor will have to do it himself, if so, this Ming Dynasty, there is another "craftsman" emperor, this younger brother picked up his brother's feet, this is not a blessing of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Gai was dizzy, and now he was still a little confused, and felt that Wang Chengen was right, so he said: "Well, big companion, you are right, in this way, let the people of the internal officials and supervisors make a device that can completely separate the wine from the water, and use it to make pure wine, understand?" Yang Reform feels reasonable, this can be done by others, as long as he is responsible for making ideas, the acceptance result is, why work so hard?

Wang Chengen was stunned, a device for the complete separation of wine and water? How do you judge this?

“…… Slave, slave...... I would like to ask Your Majesty, how does this separate wine from water? "Wang Chengen is really confused, how can I separate wine from water? It's all water, is it a spoonful of water, water on one side, wine on the other? It's not possible!

"This is simple, Otobe, you know, this shochu, it is said that once distilled, this taste is stronger, since this is the case, then distill it a few more times, this will not get pure sake?" How to make wine, Yang Gengai knows a little bit and knows the principle of distillation. So, it was used to explain Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen was half-convinced, still puzzled, but he didn't ask anymore, this question is too much, and the emperor is also annoyed!

“…… Otomo, it doesn't matter if you don't understand this, talk to the craftsmen, and they will understand. Yang Gengai saw that Wang Chengen was not a technical material, so he said more.

Wang Chengen couldn't help it, and asked again: "...... The slave wanted to know, how did His Majesty determine that this wine was pure wine? Wang Chengen couldn't figure out this question. How did the emperor know that this was pure wine? This wine is pure, and it will not write a word on his face.

“…… This, you will know when the time comes......" Yang Reform was speechless for a long time, and he didn't think about how to answer, and he didn't have an instrument to test the purity of alcohol, so he came to such a sentence, after speaking, and remembered that when the middle school teacher was in chemistry class, he said that this alcohol is smokeless and tasteless after combustion, and the burning flame is blue, without impurities, this should be a way to test the purity of alcohol, Yang Reform was speechless, blaming himself, and forgetting most of what he learned in middle school.

“…… The slave understood. Wang Chengen felt that he had asked a lot of questions, and it was very embarrassing to ask Huang Yanjing, this was really a taboo. So he lowered his head and asked no more.

Yang Gaiai didn't care, and said, "Big companion, give this thing to the craftsmen of the internal officials and supervisors, and tell them that if you make a still according to this diagram of mine, you will definitely be able to make pure wine." In this way, a great merit has been accomplished, and I will never spare my reward. Do you understand? Yang Reform handed over the things he had worked hard for a morning to Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen saw that on it, he drew arrows one by one, and he couldn't understand it at all, and the emperor wrote "Tower One" and "Tower Two" in the words that had been counted...... It's even more confusing.,But I also roughly know.,It's probably something like a pattern.。 Wang Chengen was very depressed in his heart, it seems that he can't stop his emperor from becoming a "craftsman emperor", it seems that the children of the old Zhu family are very talented as craftsmen.

This drawing, is Yang Reform in the evening Baidu back to the alcohol distillation diagram, of course, is just a simple flow chart, not even what should be used there, this, Yang Reform will be handed over to the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, since there is now a still, then, multi-level distillation tower structure, presumably, these craftsmen can understand, can not understand, that is their own business, and the emperor has nothing to do.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen carefully put away the emperor's masterpiece and agreed.

"By the way, tell Master Xu about this again, and tell him that I am going to use sweet potatoes and corn to make wine, so that he doesn't have to worry about the problems after planting, just plant, plant as much as I plant, and recycle as much as I want." Yang Gengai remembered that the reason for his brewing and promoting sweet potatoes and corn was to resist disasters.

Wang Chengen agreed again and went out to do errands.

Yang Gengai carefully took out something from a box on the table, this thing was just made by the craftsmen, and it had a thick mouth of a small bowl for eating. Yang Gengai picked it up and put it in front of him, and the words on the desktop immediately enlarged a lot.

This is a magnifying glass that has just been made, Yang Reform carefully fiddles with this thing, this magnifying glass, but it is a magic weapon to open physics, chemistry, biology, and science! With it, people's vision can become more subtle and more distant. This will be the key to unlocking science! Yang reform's glass has come out, and the magnifying glass will definitely follow, this glass has come out, and the magnifying glass is also available, is this glass test tube still far away? With a glass test tube, isn't this alcohol lamp a must? This is about to usher in a new era of science! Therefore, Yang Gengai dreamed of returning to Baidu and worked hard to purify alcohol. In order to open a door for science, doesn't it mean that science is the primary productive force? At the end of the Ming Dynasty, what was lacking was productivity.

Yang Gengai picked up a piece of paper. Step out of the warm pavilion and into the sun. At this time, it was the time when the sun was the biggest of the day, and the sun was shining on people, which was extraordinarily warm, and the exhaustion of Yang Reform's body quickly evaporated.

Yang Gai turned to the palace maid behind him, and the little eunuch said, "Well, stand back, stand back, stay away from me,...... Well, okay, farther away, okay, don't move. Yang Gengai saw that the palace maids and little eunuchs who were following him were some distance away from him.

Yang Gengai threw the paper on the ground, took out a magnifying glass, the sunlight passed through the magnifying glass, focused on the paper on the ground, and after a while, the white paper obviously turned yellow, and then, a wisp of green smoke rose and lit it, and then, the yellowed flames, beating, burned the whole paper to ashes.

Yang Reform looked at this "magical" scene, this is not a fantasy plane, nor is it a cultivation plane, this physics teacher, really didn't lie to himself! This magnifying glass can really light a fire! "Hahaha! Hahaha...... "Yang Reform couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The palace eunuchs looked at the emperor alone holding a mysterious thing in the sun, laughed, didn't understand what it meant, and then looked at the pile of burnt paper on the ground. It's even more confusing, what is the emperor doing if he has nothing to do with the fire?

(To be continued)