Zhu Youzhen, who was worried that Xu Guangqi's work would be difficult, once again called him into the palace.

"I have authorized you to pilot the construction of new university halls by the Ministry of Agriculture, and you will be allowed to build no more than three new university halls in different provinces at the same time within two years, science and technology are the primary productive forces, and you should see this more clearly than me.

"When it's time for you to go up, you still have to go up, now the technology of coal mining is too low, and there will definitely be new technology projects in the next period of time, and you will have to go for me for a few days."

"Wechen.. Compliance. ”

Coal and iron ore are the most important strategic materials in the Ming Dynasty, and in a sense, this importance is even higher than that of copper mines.

Zhu Youzhen can already predict that although Shanxi will bring a steady stream of benefits to Daming in the future, and will be more active in armaments, after all, the materials will be in their own hands.

But at the beginning of the investment problem, Zhu Youzhen was still a little distressed.

The main problem is the mechanical problem, if the ore mining of the Ming Dynasty has been stuck in the old manpower mining, even pick up with the pick-up, with manpower and animal power to transport.

Then large-scale mechanization is an empty word.

If you want to achieve such a goal, you must build machinery, whether it is production or transportation....

One afternoon in the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen drew a circle on the map against Xu Guangqi in the Dongnuan Pavilion.

The vigorous industrial movement began.

"The machinery industry must be solved, must be solved quickly, in the future not only mining to use machinery, even you can use machinery in agriculture, sweet potato problem you have to pay attention to full management, really not to find people from the south, be sure to try their best to promote its planting area in the north this year."

Xu Guangqi listened to what Zhu Youzhen said to himself, and he couldn't help but sweat a little on his forehead, but he was still excited in his heart.

"Your Majesty . . . Can you invite Sun Yuanhua, who is now from the General Bureau of Ordnance, to come over, the minister is still a little deficient in machinery."

"Exactly! Wang Companion went to invite someone! ”

"The slave obeys..."

Sun Yuanhua, who was so confused, was waiting at home for the hot meal in the afternoon, but the meal was packed and sent into the palace before it could be eaten.

Asking is a sentence, the emperor has something to do with you.

Seeing that Sun Yuanhua had arrived, Zhu Youzhen and Xu Guangqi stood up again, just politely explained a set of etiquette procedures, and continued the topic just now.

"In the future, in the whole territory of Shanxi will not only be the existing chaotic border trade and coal mining, the future border merchants and the Mongol trade will have to go through taxes, industry and commerce, now there is Bi Ziyan to find a way, let's talk about other problems in the coal mine, first of all, there are signs of steam machinery Daming Royal Academy of Sciences, I believe that the steam engine matter can also be solved in a short time."

"Your Majesty, what is a steam engine?"

"The so-called steam engine is a reciprocating power machine that converts the energy of steam into mechanical work, which only needs a boiler that boils water to produce high-pressure steam, and this boiler can use heat sources such as coal and wood, and steam expansion will push the piston to do work, so it will produce power."

"After this detailed knowledge, you can go to the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Library to look up specific materials."

"Minister. Understood, the emperor, this steamed... Is the steam engine so powerful? Can it be used for mountain gravel and agricultural planting? ”

Sun Yuanhua showed a puzzled look on the side.

And such a question pulled Zhu Youzhen back to the future in a trance.

I saw that he said with some nostalgia: "This steam engine... It can be said that the new pattern of the world can be changed, only by thoroughly mastering this technology and being able to keep pace with the times for innovation and modification, then at least for a long time, will represent the highest level of science and technology in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"When it's so magical... If that's the case, the minister will organize people to go to the Royal Academy of Sciences tonight, but I didn't expect them to have such a good thing hidden there, alas! ”

Zhu Youzhen was also surprised when he saw Xu Guangqi, and was complaining that the Royal Academy of Sciences was hiding his secrets in front of him.

I couldn't help but laugh:

"This Royal Academy of Sciences is the first to reach the first, you can next set up your own Ming Royal Agricultural College, in the future, this great Ming Dynasty and overseas mulberry agriculture and animal husbandry are not all your world!"

"No matter when, this world is His Majesty's world, and the minister is His Majesty's courtier after all."

"Hahaha!"

For the basic version of the steam engine, Zhu Youzhen soaked in the Royal Academy of Sciences a long time ago, and found excellent craftsmen to develop it.

However, due to the lack of some good technicians, although the existing craftsmen have tried their best to make parts according to the drawings drawn by Zhu Youzhen.

However, although the design of this steam engine is simple, the theory is simple, and the production is simple, but the assembly is not a simple matter.

Daming, who does not have an electric welding machine, is far from being as comfortable with machining as later generations.

But for the Ming Dynasty, constant research on the steam engine was absolutely necessary.

Only its emergence can create a situation in which machines replace manual labor in a large sense.

And this time, the world's first industrial revolution will eventually start with the Ming Dynasty!

"Xu Guangqi, I'll tell you one more thing! You have to listen well! ”

"The minister is here."

"You go to a craftsman, whether it's iron or silver, it's gold! To open a standard scale for me, between each scale must be to achieve excellence, the recent incident of the General Bureau of Ordnance to remind me, if the mechanical parts do not have an accurate accuracy ruler, how to use it in the later stage? It's destined to be messed up. ”

"Pick some clever craftsmen, whether it is the Ministry of Industry or the General Bureau of Ordnance, and send them to the Royal Academy of Sciences, they have been nagging about this matter for a while, and it is estimated that the matter of the steam engine is about to be a little eyebrow-raising."

"Obey the order."

After that, Zhu Youzhen turned his head and looked at Sun Yuanhua.

"I have no other idea of sending you to the Artillery Department of the General Bureau of Ordnance, to put it bluntly, I want you to make the new artillery on the drawings to me in the fastest time, and once the steam machinery can be used in the future, the first batch will also be equipped with your General Bureau of Ordnance, do a good job and don't embarrass me!" You are a talent that I personally recommended to Xue Fengxiang. ”

"Wechen.. How can He De accept that His Majesty attaches so much importance to it, and he must repay the emperor's kindness! ”

Daming has been ill for a long time, so whenever there is any opportunity to make changes, Zhu Youzhen often tries his best to seize the opportunity.