Wang Yangming, a master of military, philosophy, politics, finance and economics in the Ming Dynasty, and Leonardo da Vinci in the West, these two people let Huangshi know that there is indeed such a thing as "demon" in the world.

Leonardo da Vinci passed away a century ago, but the machines and weapons he developed as a hobby are still wielding, and even today, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the thousands of machines and weapons designed by Leonardo da Vinci in his spare time are still of epoch-making significance.

The use of energy and the use of machines to produce machines are Huangshi's personal understanding of the rudiments of industrialization. The news that the Jesuits would ship some machine tools made him salivate, and he immediately asked Duncan and Rosenford to dredge the purchase. But the Jesuits said that these hydraulic machine tools were ordered by Sun Yuanhua, so they could not be sold.

After repeated pleading and bargaining, the Jesuits sold a boring machine that was not worth a hundred taels to Huangshi for five hundred taels, and the rest was still shipped to Shandong for Sun Yuanhua.

After his own observation and Duncan's and Rosenford's explanations, Huang Shi learned that this hydraulic boring machine was still handmade, although he was slightly disappointed. But it's an industrial machine tool after all, and there's a mechanical beauty all over it—and no one else can understand Yellowstone's soul and color for this beauty.

Seeing that Huang Shi stroked the boring machine again and didn't stand up for a long time, Duncan couldn't help but ask again: "How many artillery does the general plan to build?"

The main function of the boring machine in this era was to participate in the manufacture of cannons, and when the casting was completed, the boring machine could polish the inner wall of the preset hole to form a smooth bore. As the name suggests, a hydraulic boring machine needs to be powered by something like a waterwheel, which can expand the inner wall of the barrel until it meets the mechanical requirements.

Historically, after Sun Yuanhua became a Catholic, he used the Jesuits to translate the "Western Weapon Map" and imported a large number of hydraulic machinery, and began a vigorous cannon casting campaign in Shandong.

Huang Shi stood up unsatisfied, his eyes still reluctantly resting on the machine tool: "Duncan, do you still think it's a waste?"

Duncan now has a mechanical fascination with Yellowstone, and although he does not understand how such a disease can exist in the world, he reminds him out of duty: "Yes, it is necessary to polish the feet with human hands, and unless the general wants to forge hundreds of cannons, the boring machine is too expensive." What's more, we don't even have the copper to cast the cannon now. ”

"But now you can't buy it without buying it, the Jesuits can't just ship one or two boring and drilling machines from Europe for us, and I don't think it's very expensive. ”

Rosenford looked at the puffed Duncan, and also added to Huangshi: "There are only streams on Changsheng Island, and if you want to build a water wheel, you need to dig a canal, well, you also need to build a dam to store water, so that this boring machine can work." ”

"Then I can build the dam, I can organize people to build one reservoir, no, several reservoirs, and I will buy more boring and drilling machines in the future. ”

Duncan sneered: "With this kind of work, the cannons have been sharpened ten times, and the copper of the cannon castings is not yet there, so the dam will be repaired for the next few cannons, and the general is really rich." ”

Huang Shi smiled disapprovingly: "There are many other uses for the waterwheel." ”

"That is, to grind noodles!"

Duncan's indignant words made Yellowstone laugh: "Let me tell you a story, two men who were dying of hunger, met a fish and a fishing rod, one asked for a fish, and the other asked for a rod. As a result, the former eventually starved to death, and the latter starved to death where he saw the sea. ”

"It's nothing more than a penny under your feet, and a mountain of gold overseas, can this boring machine be a mountain of gold?" Duncan was still unconvinced.

"Waterwheels can be used for many years, can't we just watch them for a few months?"

Duncan snorted coldly again: "With this time and money, the general has already made greater contributions, can receive more fiefdoms, and recruit more people." General, with all due respect, your misunderstanding of foresight is simply no foresight. ”

Huangshi ignored him, but looked at Rosenford: "I remember that Sir said that in the Netherlands, hydraulic sawing has appeared. If it had only been five years, there would have been no doubt that Duncan's vision had been right, and perhaps he had been right for ten years, and perhaps even for the rest of my life. But I am a person who came from an industrial era, I know the inevitable direction of history, the four Ming in my time is called the East flowering Western incense, this time let the mechanical Ming become the Western flowering Oriental incense.

"Yes, but it doesn't make much sense, it's just a fun thing. Rosenford spread his hands, and last time he also told Huangshi as an interesting story: "The general's Changsheng Island is enough manpower to sawn wood." ”

"I want to have fun too, and when the watermill is finished, Mr. Rosenford will help me fix one." ”

"That's what the general wants. Rosenford reluctantly agreed.

The history of machinery exhibition is a history full of setbacks and ups and downs, first of all, the cost of primitive machinery is much higher than the cost of manpower, such as the work of two cows grinding noodles of the waterwheel is enough to be competent, and the kung fu planks of the reservoir can be sawed into a hill. The second was the pressure of the population, and during the Roman Empire there was a machine for carrying stones, which the Roman emperor angrily denounced as "taking the bread from the mouths of the poor". China once planned to transport grain by sea, which was also called "the food and clothing of millions of workers".

"Very good, I immediately organized people to repair the reservoir by hand. "--I don't care about the cost, I already have enough understanding of the power of industry, that is, the population problem, and now there is no pressure on Changsheng Island.

In the first month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong's four-year offensive with high hopes moved, the Ming army in Liaodong first fought with the Houjin army in Kuandian, and the Ming army had future famous generals on the left side: Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming brothers and Shang Kexi brothers, defeated a blue flag in Zhendianbao, and cut 361 levels. After being inspected by Yuan Chonghuan, the former Dao of Ning Yuanbing, he praised: "It has a real strength." Kong, Geng, and Shang were all from a family of miners in Liaodong, and the reputation of the three miners in Dongjiang began to resound.

The Ming army on the left and in the middle was greatly defeated, and was pursued by the two blue iron cavalry of Houjin to the vicinity of Zhenjiang, according to the North Korean officials, the corpses of the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang River were all over the field, and the tragic situation made people cry.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the offensive of the Ming army in Liaodong was unfavorable, and after suffering this heavy loss, the Ming army in Liaodong reluctantly turned into a defensive state.

Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and the headquarters of the eastern general was suppressed by the two blue flags, and both the imperial court and the headquarters of the Dongjiang wanted to know what the Dongjiang army in southern Liaoning was doing?

(End of Section 2)

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