Chapter 162: Zhu Houhuang's Scientific Research Plan

During this period of time, Zhu Houhuang entrusted all the affairs on land to Yang Shen and put it on the navy wholeheartedly.

Half of the sailors were sent by him to open up routes to Japan. Xu Dong also followed, and none of the remaining sailors dared to challenge Zhu Houhuang's authority.

However, even so, Zhu Houhuang also felt that the navy is a technical branch, of course, if the navy itself is not heroic, not tenacious, and does not have the spirit of fighting to the death, no matter how skilled the technology is, it may not be able to save the fate of defeat, at least in this era, this is the truth.

Zhu Houhuang didn't think that the morale of the Yongguo sailors was very high, but he didn't think it was very bad either. He felt that the gap between the Yongguo Navy and the Franc fleet was in technology, shipbuilding technology, artillery technology, sail technology, and so on. The biggest gap is in the artillery.

The battle of Taiwan was defeated by the rain of Franco's machine guns.

So if Zhu Houhuang wants to make up for it, he starts with artillery.

The first step, Zhu Houhuang, of course, is to imitate the Franc cannon.

As mentioned above, the Franc cannon is not difficult to imitate for the Ming Dynasty at all. But sometimes the weapons are the same, and the people who use the weapons are different, and the power they exert is different.

The Franc cannon is here, where to find a skilled gunner.

Zhu Houhuang finally thought that he couldn't find a skilled gunner for a while, so he could only find a way to train. As soon as he thought of this, he thought of the cannon watch. Although he knows the principle of the cannon watch, it would be a waste of his time for you to make a cannon watch yourself.

At this moment, Zhu Houhuang once again thought that he had taken a group from Beijing, young and familiar with his family. What a wise move.

The development of artillery tables and artillery vehicles was Zhu Houhuang's first scientific research project.

Despite all the shortcomings of science, it is an indisputable fact that he has greatly advanced social civilization. But what is science itself?

Zhu Houhuang actually didn't want to think about this kind of metaphysical problem, but Zhu Houhuang had to think about it, because he had always wanted to cultivate the seeds of science in Daming.

If you don't have a clear understanding of what science really is? How do you cultivate the seeds of science?

Is science a proven formula? Is science a logic of thinking? Or is science a value in its own right?

Zhu Houhuang couldn't figure it out, but he also learned the original method of using projects to promote the development of science and technology. He knew that many ancient Chinese technologies were also very superb, and many times, they did not go further, because there was no need for further development. Zhu Houhuang wanted to throw his requirements one by one to people who knew the knowledge, and let them develop them together with craftsmen who specialized in a certain discipline.

And let people record the details of all the research, and when there is more time, some research specifications will naturally be summarized. And sort these things out into a system. Maybe that's the seed of science.

What the? What if you say you can't do it? What is Zhu Houhuang's golden finger doing? That's what I'm doing.

Therefore, in Zhu Houhuang's eyes, the importance of the gun truck is still above the gun table. Because the gun carriage must be a combination of theory and knowledge. Specialized knowledge of mathematics, or physics, is used to instruct craftsmen. Zhu Houhuang's huge shipbuilding plan in the future will be based on this group of personnel.

Thinking of shipbuilding, Zhu Houhuang walked a few steps and saw a large pond with many ship models and all kinds of sails. Rafting in the middle of a pond.

This is Zhu Houhuang's fluid laboratory. Of course, there is no such lofty name.

Everyone here is the most skilled carpenter. Many of them are masters who take on shipbuilding tasks independently. However, none of the wood processed by the senior has been processed yet, and there is not enough large wood for him to build ships. So Zhu Houhuang assigned them a task, which was to build a gunboat.

That's right, gunboats, battleships that fight exclusively with artillery.

How to say, although this time the Portuguese warships defeated the Ming army with artillery, in fact, the lethality of artillery is still insufficient, and it is not a decisive force in battle. Among them is also the reason for the lack of firepower.

In Zhu Houhuang's view, there are two reasons for the lack of firepower, one is that the power of the artillery is still lacking. On the other hand, the number of guns on board is relatively small.

So, he took this as a request, and asked for a warship that could hold enough artillery.

But so far there has been little success.

After Zhu Houhuang saw all this, he secretly said in his heart: "Everything here must be built on a strong material foundation, enough wood, enough steel, and the big man can't solve all the problems." It's time to go to Northport. ”

During this period of time, the gold of Beigang came out, and the number of people who crossed the sea to Beigang greatly increased, but these people have never been people who have been peaceful, and there is no meaning of peace when they cross the sea to Beigang, Beigang was originally a wild place, and there are many savages around. As soon as these restless people came, they started to occupy the mountain as the king and dig for gold.

Beigang is new, and the people's hearts are not yet completely attached. Li Shigui has three heads and six arms for a while, and he can't clear the chaos in Beigang.

Now Zhu Houhuang finally understands one thing, the navy is definitely not the same as the army, which can be cultivated in three or five months, a year or two. No matter how much he is attached to the alliance under the city, he knows that if he wants to be ashamed, it is not something that can be done in a day or two, and there are priorities. Zhu Houhuang also couldn't put the affairs of the navy before all affairs.

However, for most of the month, he has been in the navy and has thoroughly explored everything up and down. Even every non-commissioned officer met a few times, and his influence was thoroughly implemented into the navy. Now the matter is coming to an end.

Zhu Houhuang was about to go home, preparing to go to Beigang. Dealing with North Port affairs. Of course, Zhu Houhuang didn't go alone, and brought more than 1,000 personal soldiers with him to suppress Xiaoxiao.

However, such an action is not something that can be done on a whim, and it must be arranged well.

"Your Highness." A person knelt down in front of Zhu Houhuang suddenly, only to see that this person was sweating profusely, and the smell of sweat was flushing. It seems like I haven't taken a shower in a long time.

Zhu Houhuang looked over, frowned, then let go, and said, "Lin Huang, how did you become like this?" ”

Lin Huang untied a package from his body, opened it layer by layer, and finally presented two letters to Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang took it and took a look, one was for himself and the other was for Yang Shen.

Although Lin Huang didn't say anything, Zhu Houhuang had already seen that Lin Huang had been in the dust all the way for this letter. I don't know what kind of news is in this letter, so that he can run like this.

Zhu Houhuang tore open the envelope without hesitation, read it at a glance and ten lines, received the letter behind him, and looked at the blue sky with his back for a while, and his heart was full of thoughts.

"King Ning's rebellion is finally here." The big event of Zhengde is finally about to kick off. For a while, Zhu Houhuang felt a little sad in his heart, not for King Ning, but for Emperor Zhengde. Although he couldn't remember it clearly, he also vaguely remembered that Emperor Zhengde died within a few years after quelling the rebellion of King Ning.

It took a while for Zhu Houhuang to suppress this sadness, and he secretly said in his heart: "Maybe I have changed history, Brother Zhengde, it will definitely not be like history, and maybe it will not be." ”

Immediately, he remembered a more realistic problem. In the face of King Ning's rebellion, what is the attitude?

Although Zhu Houhuang believes that he has a good relationship with Zhengde, he is not worried that Zhengde will anger him. But he faced his first political turmoil. Zhu Houhuang has no experience, and he doesn't know where to start to seek the best interests for himself.

Zhu Houhuang pinched another letter to Yang Shen, and said secretly in his heart: "What am I stupid thinking?" Naturally, I asked the connoisseurs. ”

Although Yang Shen has not experienced any major turmoil, after all, he is the son of the Shoufu family, and his understanding of political disputes must be much more clever than Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang turned over on his horse in a few steps and said, "Go to the mansion." ”

Dayuan is still a new city, and the so-called government is actually a part of the county government, and it is not far from the government school, just a few steps away.