As the sun sets, the huge Forbidden City is gradually shrouded in night.

The lights in the imperial study were lit, because Zhu Qizhen was concentrating on reading the drawings, no matter how he controlled the use of fire, he couldn't control it on the emperor's head, right?

"Wynne!"

Huaien hurriedly came closer, bowed down and said, "What does the emperor command?" ”

Zhu Qizhen stared at the drawings, his brows furrowed slightly, and said, "Go and call Belin over, I have something to ask him." ”

Dean Pei...... It's already worth it, do you see if it's ...... Tomorrow ......"

"So early?"

Zhu Qizhen raised his head suspiciously and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Wynne hurriedly replied, "It's about three quarters of the unitary hour. ”

Zhu Qizhen thought that Belin had left beforehand, so he said, "You go to the steam engine research team and find their person in charge." ”

"Your Majesty, they are all ...... It's worth ......"

"It's just dark, and it's time to get on duty?"

Zhu Qizhen was very puzzled, he didn't want to peel the skin that week, but on weekdays, the overtime phenomenon of the Academy of Sciences was very fanatical, what happened today?

Speaking of which, the salary of the Academy of Sciences is linked to grades, and the rewards for research results are often higher than the monthly salary, and those who come here are interested in scientific research, and their enthusiasm for work is very high on weekdays.

If it weren't for the fact that the palace gate was closed at night, they would even spend the night here.

Huaien didn't know how to explain it, so he had to Hanhu and said: "Back to the emperor, not only the Academy of Sciences, but also the Hanlin Academy, the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, have all been sent out of the palace. ”

Zhu Qizhen stood up, walked out of the imperial study, and walked around outside.

The Forbidden City is divided into the inner and outer cities, and the inner city is the residence of the emperor and his concubines, such as the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace and other palaces.

The outer city is the office of the imperial court, Fengtian Palace, Wenyuan Pavilion, Liubu Yamen, Hanlin Academy, and Academy of Sciences are all here.

Looking up, except for the imperial study, the entire Imperial City was already pitch black.

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Early the next morning, Belin hurried into the palace to meet the driver.

"I heard that the emperor announced the summons last night, and when Weichen saw that he was late, he hoped to forgive his sins!"

Zhu Qizhen did not dwell on this issue, but took out a drawing and asked, "Why is the research focus of the steam engine on small equipment?" ”

"Back to the emperor, as long as it is to cooperate with the topics of other groups."

Belin replied truthfully: "Many of the group's research directions need to rely on the power of steam engines, especially in everyday civilian facilities, such as household textile machines, if they want to be popularized, they must be paired with as small and simple steam equipment as possible. The development and application of large steam engines are still ongoing, and the two are not in conflict. ”

"Textile Machines for Home ......"

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a long time, he really hadn't considered this proposal, because since it was a household, it was often women, children and the elderly who worked in their spare time, weaving a half-horse cotton cloth every day, and exchanging silver to subsidize the family, why did they still use a steam engine?

Belin saw the emperor's doubts, so he continued to explain: "In fact, it is not difficult to make the steam engine a family, only a stove, an iron pot, and a pipe can be realized, and the cost is very low. ”

Since ancient times, Confucianism has summarized the word women's way into two sentences, one is that the door is not out of the door, and the other is that women are virtuous if they are not talented, in short, in Confucian thought, women should do housework at home with children, and they are born housewives.

After the New Deal, the shackles that had bound the majority of women for thousands of years were finally broken, and more and more women went out of the house and entered the workshop.

In order to avoid suspicion, some workshops simply recruit all women, such as cloth workshops, dyeing workshops, and the like.

However, there are still many people who are unable to go out, and in addition to the so-called women's way, there are more practical difficulties, such as the elderly and children who need to be taken care of, and the men in the family go out to work, so they can only leave the women at home.

Since they were unable to work outside the home, weaving at home became the only way for these people to increase their income.

It's just that relying on hand-weaving, the efficiency is still too low.

After doing a lot of market research, the Academy of Sciences suddenly thought, if the steam engine and the loom are combined and simplified as much as possible, it can be installed in people's homes, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?

In this way, even if you stay at home, while taking care of your family, you can also make a small profit from weaving cloth to subsidize your family.

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "This idea is good, if it can be successfully promoted, the people will have more employment options, but I don't know if it can break through in technology?" ”

"The emperor doesn't have to worry, there is no problem at all technically!"

Turning to professional technology, Belleen was naturally full of confidence.

"The industrialized steam engine is difficult, and the civilian one is much simpler, and the focus of the Academy of Sciences' current research is how to greatly streamline, but the loom needs to be improved."

"Is the cost of the new model too high?"

"It's not high, it's not much different from the old-fashioned."

"Can't the old-fashioned be modified?"

Zhu Qizhen seems to be very concerned about these details, although the loom is small, it is related to the people's livelihood, a common person is a small matter, and the people of the whole world are a major national matter.

Belin naturally knew this, so she said: "How to transform the old loom is also an ongoing project of the Academy of Sciences, and I think there will be results soon." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "The life of the people is not easy, you are engaged in research, the purpose is to help the people improve their living conditions, the cost problem must be taken into account, you can't blindly study the theory, otherwise it will be separated from the people, and it will become the cart before the horse!" ”

"What the imperial brother taught me is that the ministers will keep it in mind."

"Alright, let's go!"

Belin saluted and retired, and suddenly, Zhu Qizhen seemed to think of something, so he asked, "I heard that everyone has been on time lately. ”

"This ......"

Belin hesitated a little, glanced at Huaien beside her, and had to tell the truth: "The celebrant strictly controls the number of candles, and at night, he doesn't even let the lights be lit, and the ministers are helpless......"

"Wait, what did you say?"

Zhu Qizhen just said it casually, but he didn't expect that there would be new discoveries.

The two of them were talking about technical issues, and Wynne couldn't interject, but he didn't expect that after a moment of stunned work, the topic shifted to himself.

"Your Majesty, here's how it ......"

Huaien hurriedly explained: "Recently, the palace has been flooded twice, and the slaves and maids feel deeply derelict in their duties, so they summoned the twelve eunuchs of the inner palace to strengthen precautions, and the direct palace supervisors have sent additional manpower to do a good job in the palace inspection, focusing on the prevention of flammable materials, and the palace supervisors have strengthened the control of fire candles and lamp oil, and the master of ceremonies has conducted a comprehensive inventory and found that the Academy of Sciences uses too many lamps and candles on weekdays......"

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ps: I originally wanted to make up for what I owed yesterday, but it turned out that from the morning to now, I was groggy all day, I don't know if I was hit, and I will make up for it later......