Yang Reform suddenly understood why he was so cordial after meeting Xu Guangqi, this kindness was not blood cordiality; Nor is it intimate in human relationships; It's the kindness of the mind and the way of thinking.

It's not just the naming that is inherited, it's more about thinking and ways of thinking.

This thing that Yang Reform realized by accident made Yang Reform feel quite strange.

“…… Have you ever thought about how much cement and how much steel is needed to build such a monument to the altar of people? Yang Reform smelled.

"This ......, back to Your Majesty, this minister has not been specifically calculated, and it will not be calculated until the height and style of the monument are determined, but it is certain that the demand must be very large, so big that ordinary people can ......hardly imagine," Sun Yuanhua said immediately. In fact, there is no definite number of how high the altar of people is to be built now, and there is no definite number of what kind of monument to be built, even if he wants to calculate how many materials he wants, he can't calculate, and now, he can only wait for the height and appearance of the altar to be determined.

"Yes! The monument to the altar of people, if it is calculated according to fifty zhang, the length and width of the base are afraid to be between seven and eight zhang ......, if such a building is built, the Qing family calculates, how many materials are there in total? Yang Gai said.

"Fifty zhang? This......? Sun Yuanhua said very embarrassed, a skyrocketing building in his head, stuffing the whole head to the brim, fifty zhang, is it too high?

"Yes, fifty zhang, I have a grand wish, to build a tall, big, thirty zhang is too ordinary, there is no challenge, or build fifty zhang better, of course, really can't build fifty zhang, thirty or forty zhang is also ......OK, if you build fifty zhang, I thought about it, the bottom and the top can not be the same size, this monument, must be the top of the tapering, sharpening, so, building materials can save a lot, but it is safer,...... I also know that to build such a high monument, I am afraid that the underground part is not small, I calculated a little, the ground and the ground are combined, I am afraid that there are hundreds of millions of catties, such a huge number of building materials, basically cement, the Qing family has ever thought about it, so much cement, how to get it out? Yang Gai said. As for the actual data, Yang Reform has a rough spectrum in mind, that is, referring to the "Washington Monument", the Washington Monument is 165 meters high, and the bottom length and width are 22.4 meters square, which is about the same as the monument that Yang Reform wants to build, and the weight is more than 90,000 tons. [I don't know if this 90,000 tons includes the underground part, but my personal feeling is that it is not included]

More than 90,000 tons of building materials, most of which are cement, actually need a cement plant with an annual output of tens of thousands of tons to supply cement, in addition to cement, but also need steel. Yang Reform looked for Sun Yuanhua, in fact, he wanted to determine this problem.

"This ......, back to Your Majesty, yes, it is true that such heavy building materials are needed......" Sun Yuanhua thought for a while and said, these days, he has not counted how many building materials are needed for this thirty or fifty zhang tall building, and he is always shocked, it is too much.

"In addition to cement, we also need steel, and we will have to have a steel mill to supply the monument......," Mr. Yang said.

"Your Majesty, yes, there really needs to be a special steel mill to supply steel, and with the current production alone, I am afraid that it will not be able to meet the demand for this monument......," Sun Yuanhua said.

"Yes, so, I want the Qing family not to be too tired, that's what it means, there is only one person in the Qing family, in addition to paying attention to the construction of the monument, I also have to care about the construction of the cement factory, the construction of the steel factory, and the things that Tianjin can't throw away, as well as this cannon casting, research and development of new tools, etc., the Qing family said, how many can you be busy?" Yang Gai said. Yang reformed this list of Sun Yuanhua's tasks that need to undertake, he feels embarrassed, the task is too heavy, almost all the heavy industry research and development tasks, have come to his head, from artillery research, to the study of steel properties, to the research of cement properties, to the production, research and development, improvement of steel tool products, to the production and application of coal and coke, and then to the construction of today's monuments, these need to be Sun Yuanhua responsible for alone. Yang Reform felt a headache when he counted it carefully, but others still have to be the same responsible, and the difference between the person who said it and the person who did it was so big. …,

“…… His Majesty is concerned, and his Majesty cares, although the minister is still honorable...... "Sun Yuanhua's tears fell, he can be regarded as doing things day and night, basically there are all kinds of countless things to do as soon as he opens his eyes, and the fatigue is also understood by himself.

"Alas, the suffering of the Qing family, I have experienced it today, so I feel that if it goes on like this, it will definitely not work, and I must think of other ways to do it...... I think that the Qing family still needs to find some helpers...... Yang Gai said. Yang Gai knew that Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua were the representatives of the "Western School" in China, and the two of them had a teacher-student relationship, and Xu Guangqi was getting older, and Sun Yuanhua would gradually become the representative and leader of the entire "Western School" in China.

Yang Reform also figured out that his imperial court needs to have such a team of officials with logical thinking, so that the empire can be more stable. Supporting Sun Yuanhua is not only to achieve technological progress, but more importantly, to obtain mental progress. What we need to support is not only a group of officials who understand technology, but also a group of officials with new logical thinking. In this, if you look into it carefully, there are still quite a few differences.

“…… Your Majesty is right......" Sun Yuanhua said.

"If the Qing family has a fancy to someone, who you think can help the Qing family and share the burden for the Qing family, you might as well report it to me, I can coordinate and transfer him to the Qing family to help the Qing family, and the Qing family itself can also recruit some more staff, and the money of the staff will be released, to be honest, the Qing family needs a group of like-minded people to work together, and the things that the Qing family is responsible for are too complicated...... Yang Gai said.

"Thanksgiving!" Sun Yuanhua was very moved, and immediately thanked him and said, the emperor didn't say this once, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to him.

"Besides, even if there are some like-minded people to help, I'm afraid that the task of the Qing family is too heavy, according to my meaning, there must be a group of young people who are willing to do this, and there are no young people to follow up, what should I do when the Qing family is old? The things that the Qing family is doing now are bound to gradually wither ......, and I know that the Qing family has recruited a lot of young clerks and apprentices, ......," Yang Gai said. Sun Yuanhua did experiments there, and someone needed to record the experimental data, but there were many bookstores and apprentices, and Yang Reform knew about this, and it was Yang Reform who urged Sun Yuanhua to do so.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has always remembered His Majesty's teachings, many children from poor families, but willing to send to the minister, although the imperial examination is hopeless, but it is good to eat and wear without worry, in the future, it is also a little rich family, now many people who can't eat don't care about the imperial examination......" Sun Yuanhua immediately whispered.

"Oh, that's good, I mean, taking advantage of this matter, the number of these apprentices and clerks, the Qing family can expand a little, and it will help the Qing family in the future......" Yang Gai thought about it and said, what he said was a little difficult. The emperor is not omnipotent, and Yang Reform is deeply aware of it. For example, Yang Reform can only do it secretly, and he does not dare to wave his pen openly, and immediately establish various industrial and technical schools, in that way, I am afraid that the world will be turned upside down, this Ming is not his own Ming, Yang Reform has a deep understanding of this.

"Command!" Sun Yuanhua also said softly.

“…… Alas, this matter, anyway, the Qing family should be more attentive, to cultivate more relatives, can be handed over to young people to do, you may wish to teach young people, do not have to bow to the ......, the Qing family may wish to build a school, specifically to teach this aspect of the content...... "Yang Reform thought twice, or decided to build an industrial school to say it, in the past, can only ask Sun Yuanhua to secretly expand the "engineer" team in the way of apprenticeship with apprentices, now, Yang Reform is ready to go to school, the model of master with apprentices, after all, is still too backward, The effect of talent generation is still too slow. …,

“…… Academy, this aspect? ......" Sun Yuanhua's voice was already a lot quieter, even quieter, and after speaking, he looked around, for fear of being discovered by others. As a person in the imperial examination, Sun Yuanhua naturally understands what the emperor means, the so-called content of this aspect is not dissolved in this Ming Dynasty, if it is said to be sneaky, it is just to teach and expand the influence in the way of apprenticeship, but now the emperor called him to make a school, which is a big taboo, and now the entire Ming Dynasty's educational resources are controlled by the "literati", and even the eunuch school has a jinshi responsible for teaching, once he runs this school, he is afraid that he will be immediately drowned by the saliva of today's Shilin literati.

"Yes, this matter, I thought about it, and it should be time to do it, it used to be sneaky, but now, the conditions are a little looser, but I can go one step further, gather some apprentices with excellent academic performance and are willing to endure hardships, set up a school, and formally teach the Qing family about tools, smelting, mathematics, etc.......

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands......" Sun Yuanhua thought about it, and wanted to explain the difficulties to the emperor clearly, but it can be seen that the emperor frowned, so he decided to take the risk of this matter himself, so as not to increase the burden on the emperor.

Yang Reform thought about it for a while, his brows stretched a lot, he looked at Sun Yuanhua's resolute face, knowing that Sun Yuanhua must have made a lot of determination to do this, the risk of this matter, Yang Reform was also foreseen, I saw Professor Jinshi in the eunuch school back then, and I understood how powerful the literati of the Ming Dynasty were in control of the "right to speak knowledge", like this kind of technical school, it must be a thorn in the eyes of those corrupt Confucians, a thorn in the flesh, the pressure of running this school, it is conceivable that Yang Reform is not afraid of any minister, He is not afraid of any faction, but he is the enemy of the entire bureaucratic literati class, and Yang Reform can't stand it.

"I told the Qing family about this, and I said it with some certainty, but I didn't ask the Qing family to go to the minefield for me......" Yang Reform said with a smile, this minefield, Yang Gai himself didn't dare to go, let alone someone else, naturally it was impossible to ask his henchmen to be blacked out for himself.

"Uh......, Your Majesty, the minister is willing to take on this matter, and it will not involve His Majesty's ......" Sun Yuanhua said resolutely, even if he would be criticized by the scholars, Sun Yuanhua also admitted it.

"Hehehe, the loyalty of the Qing family, I understand, however, this matter, Yijing is not like before, Yijing has some looseness, the Qing family runs this technical school, and it can take a little step forward,...... As for why, it's actually quite simple,...... Do you know that many families have secretly told me that they want to build a cement factory and ask me to be accommodating,...... If this altar monument is completed, cement this building material, will immediately sweep the entire Ming Dynasty, reinforced concrete buildings, will be in the entire Ming Dynasty rising ......, not only the house, the reinforced cement needed to repair the tomb, in fact, is also a lot of consumption, presumably the Qing family also knows, those landlords do not want others to pry their tombs,...... The sales of cement, with this monument as a guarantee, the future sales are not worried,...... The Qing family must also know that cement cannot be transported over long distances, and can only be used nearby, I have a territory of thousands of miles in the Ming Dynasty, so the world needs a lot of cement factories ......, I mean, can the Qing family understand? Yang Gai said with a smile.

Looking for Sun Yuanhua today and whispering about this topic, it is also a decision made by Yang Reform after careful consideration, and the conditions for technical schools to appear on this shijie are finally mature. The matter of the cement factory, there has always been a family want to do, Yang Reform also learned about this matter through a certain channel, but the result is not very ideal, Yang Reform feels, there is still a lack of some necessary conditions, and it is necessary to give birth to a cement plant, this time this is the matter of the monument to the altar, is a turning point, with the heated discussion of the monument to the altar of people, cement and steel this new thing, will completely appear in front of the eyes of the world, the world must ask, what is the first thing of cement, what are the benefits, why use it to build the monument of the altar, All this, with the heated discussion and construction of the monument to the altar of people, the construction of the cement plant will be pushed to a ** again, and many families who talked about the conditions of Yang Reform in the past must have to re-weigh their own conditions. …,

Yang Reform also has its own big conditions, and it can't meet Yang Reform's conditions, just to earn a few silvers, Yang Reform also feels boring.

"Your Majesty means ......" Sun Yuanhua looked at the emperor in surprise. The latter words were embarrassed to speak, and the ashamed heart stood up......

The emperor's meaning, Sun Yuanhua also understood, since their big families want to build a cement factory to make money, then naturally, there must be people who understand technology to build, and there must be people who understand technology to be responsible for management, otherwise, how to burn cement? Cement is not an ordinary building material, not ordinary people can burn out, the materials are very different, without the support of systematic learning and system, it is impossible to burn out only by experience.

This is inevitable, you have to send people from his Sun Yuanhua here, then he runs a school to teach these "deviant" things, so there will not be so many people who oppose it, at least as the emperor said, those families are acquiescing, this is enough, if you don't teach these "deviant" things, no one knows how to burn cement, no one knows how to build a cement factory, think that there are so many places in the world to build a cement factory, hand in hand with a few apprentices, obviously not enough, in addition to building a school, what else can be done?

Sun Yuanhua's tears are about to come out, the concept of "work can strengthen the country", he doesn't understand, but because he understands, he knows the difficulty, the Ming Dynasty is a "four books and five classics", Confucian classics as the core of shijie, simply can't tolerate these "deviant" things, engage in these things, is deviant, is to forget the ancestors, is not doing business, and only a certain amount of fame and status of people to do these things, it is slightly better.

If ordinary people learn this, they still have to run schools, and they want to damage the roots of Confucianism, then it is obviously not allowed. Emperor Xiangdao had to reach a compromise on the interests of those big families for this matter before he could do it secretly, and he couldn't do it without being sad. He is tired, the emperor is more tired than him, and the intricacies of dealing with the various interests in it are not something that ordinary people can imagine.

"In this matter, I have a few requirements, the Qing family must write down ......" Yang Gai said solemnly, it is not easy to reach a certain degree of "consensus" with the family, even now it can only be done secretly.

Although it has to be sneaky, Yang Reform still feels that it is a big progress. Although the progress of the industrial and technical school is small, it is a progress from scratch, and after having it, it will surely grow rapidly.

"Your Majesty, please make it clear, the minister must keep it in mind......" Sun Yuanhua said solemnly, the tears in the corners of his eyes have been flowing, recruiting like-minded partners and staff is not a difficult thing, and it is difficult to do it even without the emperor's action, but it is extremely difficult to build this kind of school, Sun Yuanhua has not thought about building this kind of school, but in the end, it can only be stopped, the pressure is too great.

"First of all, the first point, this school should still keep a low profile enough, and it is not ...... casually; The second point is that the scale of this school does not need to be very large, it can be ...... by twenty or thirty people; Third, this school must recruit apprentices who can endure hardships and succeed in their studies......; Fourth, whoever goes out of this school must have real talent and real learning,......" Yang Gai summed up his thoughts and said.

"Your Majesty, low-key ministers can be understood, but why are there only twenty or thirty people? Isn't that too little? Sun Yuanhua originally thought that since the emperor and the family had reached a compromise, he could let go of his hands and feet, even if he wanted to be low-key, he should not be low-key to twenty or thirty people, which was really too little.

"Hehehe, no, twenty or thirty people are enough, now the reinforced cement is in the limelight, the world must compete to witness the demeanor of reinforced concrete, the world, the place to build a cement plant is by no means a place or two, if it is calculated in each house, the Qing family calculates, how many cement factories do you have? If the scope is expanded, there will be one cement plant in two or three neighboring provinces, how many cement plants will there be in the world? Yang Gai said with a smile. …,

“…… Your Majesty means ......, the demand is greater than the supply, this school can't be expanded without expansion, when the time comes, it will be their begging Your Majesty to expand, not ......" Sun Yuanhua said in surprise, instantly comprehending the emperor's meaning.

"Yes, that's what it means, this is a hunger and thirst strategy, people don't want to eat when they are full, if they are hungry, they can't take care of anything...... this class is now only twenty or thirty people, after leaving the school, two or three people come out, go to a place to build a cement factory, and at most ten places, if you want to build a steel plant or something other factories, I am afraid that you can divide less, when the time comes, this monument to the altar is built, cement yijing has become a popular thing in the world, delay a day's effort, how much silver will be lost? I'm not in a hurry, those people still haven't broken their heads to fight for these students? Needless to say, I naturally want to urge me to open more classes, the Qing family doesn't know, I ...... the Ming Dynasty" Yang Reform said here, a little proud, I wanted to say that the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty had a donkey temper that did not go away and regressed, but think about it, forget it, or leave some morality for the officials.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister understands ......, and the minister is out of shape, but it makes Your Majesty laugh." Sun Yuanhua smiled with tears, said, and hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter, in fact, there are only twenty or thirty people in the school, it doesn't mean that you actually only have twenty or thirty people to learn this, the school can be regarded as a disciple in the room, those who have not entered the hall can be regarded as a registered disciple, you can still send the teaching materials and learning content in the school, let them follow the study, and when the conditions improve again in the future, they can become the next batch of students through the examination, in fact, your students can have a hundred or even hundreds, so, every year exams, recruit new people every year, this thing, it is also a long time...... , When the reinforced concrete buildings of my Daming Dynasty bloom everywhere, I will definitely no longer need to hide and hide when I think about this......" Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Chen understands......" Sun Yuanhua immediately kowtowed and thanked him, when the reinforced concrete of the Ming Dynasty bloomed everywhere...... Xiangdao This kind of earth-changing change, Sun Yuanhua was excited.

"Hurry up, there's no need to be so serious." Yang Gai said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sun Yuanhua got up at this time. The matter of running a school is definitely more joyful than overcoming one difficulty after another.

"The construction of the monument to the altar of people this time is indeed a good opportunity, and it is not in vain that I have spent so much money and energy to promote this matter, this time this matter requires a large number of various personnel, and the Qing family can place more apprentices, and try to let them all learn real talents......

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands." Sun Yuanhua said.

"The cement needed for the monument may need a huge cement plant, how to build the factory, how much scale is needed, the Qing family has to determine it, this matter can be handed over to the students to do, including the site selection of the cement plant, the Qing family should be careful...... "Yang Reform began to explain some trivial matters.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands......" Sun Yuanhua said.

"By the way, the cement plant is not only to supply the monument, the demand in other aspects will also be quite large, therefore, the production capacity of the cement plant, not only to meet the monument, perhaps much more than the capacity required to build the monument, therefore, the cement plant to build a larger ......, now the entire Ming Dynasty, and the Qing family and Master Xu can produce cement, this business does not know how many people are envious, this is a good business, there is silver must be earned, I give the Qing family a package ticket, how much cement the Qing family produces, I will underwrite as much ......cement as I want," Yang said with a smile. In the cement business, Yang Reform has been committed to promoting, and it was still a small fight before, but as soon as the matter of this monument to the altar came out, it immediately pushed cement to the forefront and became a star building material, and the business was not hot. That's why we opened schools. …,

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister understands," Sun Yuanhua replied, .......

"By the way, the demand for cement is rising rapidly, and most of it is needed in the capital, so the location of this cement plant is better to choose a place close to the capital............ and you have to try to meet the conditions of local materials," Yang Gengai thought of this and said.

"Command! Then Your Majesty, that ...... in Tianjin" Sun Yuanhua said.

"The production of cement should still be linked to sales, and it is better to be as close to the sales place as possible, otherwise, long-distance transportation, the price will not come down, which will affect the sales of cement,...... It doesn't matter, anyway, cement is also to be spread all over the world, and it is inevitable to build cement factories everywhere, Tianjin does not need to be closed, and the production capacity is still increased, which can be used in Tianjin, and can also be used as an experimental place for experimenting with new technologies, otherwise, the cement technology will stagnate...... "Yang Gai said.

"The minister understands!" Sun Yuanhua said.

"As for the steel industry, there is no need to relocate the site to build the factory for the time being, and the steel base in Tianjin is still used to produce ......," Yang said.

"The minister understands......" Sun Yuanhua said.

"Don't put down the other burdens that the Qing family bears, those steel tools must also be continuously developed, and those things must not be delayed because of the construction of the monument, or that sentence, you can find helpers to help, or you can teach students and apprentices to do it." Yang reformed.

"Command!" Sun Yuanhua agreed again.

Yang reform is more satisfied, scientific research is not literature, it is not replicable, it is not just a random person can be written instead of others, it is impossible to mass produce such writers and Confucians, but it is different to engage in scientific research, one of the major characteristics of science is reproducibility, scientific experiments, as long as the theory and method are right, any person can repeat it, so engineers can mass production, but writers can not copy.

"Again, these knowledge of the Qing family are all important treasures of the country, and they must not be kept secret, although they can be taught to students, danshi, do not flow out of my Ming Dynasty, let alone teach the know-how to other countries, if you violate this example, it will be regarded as disloyalty." Yang Reform explained solemnly.

"Command!" Sun Yuanhua said again.

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