Many years ago, scholars in the Ming Dynasty had discovered "Wang Qi", that is, oxygen, and analyzed the proportion of Wang Qi in the air, giving an approximate weight, and the scholars of Beiping Guozijian found the "negative" of Wang Qi.

"If the king gas supports combustion, then the negative gas of the king gas cannot support combustion, and the gas we breathe is the negative gas of the king gas." A scholar doing an experiment.

It is a phenomenon in which the breathed gas is combined with solid substances such as quicklime, and air can be regenerated from these solids by heating.

Zhu Zhanji, who couldn't see the meaning, still gave enthusiastic applause.

That's what science is all about.

Just as Chinese scholars invented circumcision a long time ago and calculated the decimal point of many digits of pi, mathematics is the foundation of science, but too advanced scientific knowledge cannot directly act on productivity.

Scientific invention and the popularization of social productive forces are indispensable.

Later generations were relatively backward in the former, but they had advantages in the popularization of social productive forces.

The experiment was not just a monotonous process, the scholars burned sulfur and phosphorus, which were found by the scholars by refining urine, and sulfur has been around since ancient times, and when they burned, they absorbed the air and became more massive.

Alchemists smelt all things.

The same is true for chemistry.

This is a tedious and boring infinity work, but chemistry has data, experimental processes, etc., breaking through the shackles of tradition and stepping up to a higher level.

A scholar obtained the red "crystals" of lead by heating it in oxygen to a higher temperature, which later became lead monoxide.

Through complex and continuous refining, it was found that when the substance was heated with charcoal, the mass decreased, and the scholar told the "nobles" in the audience that this was because the red "crystals" lost air.

The R&D Department has a large number of scholars who receive subsidies and do things that seem to ordinary people to have no effect.

There were even ridicules from the people.

With the rise of private commercial banks, the concentrated resources of large commercial banks, and fierce competition, more researchers have been cultivated, and the bottlenecks that various factories continue to solve have been solved.

This is not a single person can break through science, but because of the needs of society, in short, under the urgency of the market, the work of countless researchers has not been effective, but there are also a small number of researchers who have made breakthroughs, either actively or passively.

Under the "exhaustive method", a large number of new materials were developed, including red "crystals", and some of the properties of this substance were discovered, such as being made into dyes.

Under the highly prosperous market of the Ming Dynasty, such a distinctive dye represents a huge benefit.

In the smelting industry, red "crystals" can act as accelerants, helping to increase the melting point of metals and improve their quality.

Because red crystals can be obtained in large quantities, unlike the phosphorus production process, red "crystals" are increasingly used in the smelting industry, and there are already chemical plants specializing in the production of red "crystals", located in the Tianjin area.

Including the drying effect of this substance, it was finally used by Nanyang trading houses to add rubber vulcanization to the production process, which played a huge role.

The red "crystals" have a certain insecticidal effect, are used by insecticide production plants and pesticide production plants, are added to the production process, and so on. Through the introduction of the scholars, Zhu Zhanji took the lead in applauding, and the applause was sent to the scholars present.

"Science is not singular."

"It is the joint efforts of the society, the participation of countless people, the small breakthroughs and big breakthroughs in all walks of life, and finally the continuous progress of social productivity."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's speech in Beiping was soon published in the newspapers.

Then came the news of His Royal Highness the return of the county king to Beijing.

The military operations in which the king of the county participated, defeated the rebel forces, stabilized the Tianzhu region, opened up the overseas market of the Ming Dynasty, and established the clan system.

Many people are unhappy for the county king.

Zheng Luo, who has been in Tianzhu North for six years, is about to enter the year of not being confused from the young man in his early twenties, with his back to the big tree to enjoy the shade, he and Wu Zhongming followed His Royal Highness the King of the County, relying on outstanding talent and performance, the two are the fastest promoted generals, the youngest batch of generals in the Ming Dynasty.

Since the abolition of the regulations for the selection of military attachés from hereditary military attachés in the position of officers, the promotion of officers in the Ming Dynasty has become more and more strict, and the general or even a thousand generals can be born at the age of twenty, and the phenomenon of garrison has completely disappeared.

Zheng Yu returned to his hometown in Shandong, and his family greeted him ceremoniously.

In front of the family, Zheng Yu made a contribution to the king of the county, "The merits of the king of the county are no less than that of the champion Hou, and the whole country should cheer for the king of the county." ”

Zheng Yu told people how big the Tianzhu area is, how rich it is, how vast the plains are, how rich the water resources are, and over the years, the Tianzhu area has become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, or the Xuanwei Division, and so on.

This includes the stability of the Balihei region and the promotion of the seven western provinces.

Until the evening, Zheng Yu's uncle vigilantly explained to him, telling him not to say some things in public, and he needed to maintain restraint, Zheng Yu looked at his uncle in a daze, and his uncle sighed secretly.

The crown prince is the most important thing.

understood all Zheng Yu, and felt sad for the county king, no wonder the county king was always reluctant to return to Beijing, and understood the county king's mood and depression.

After years of companionship, and even the comradeship of "comrades", Zheng Yu no longer spoke out and began to become silent, as if he had completely "grown" overnight.

Zheng Yu, who let go of his worries, began to quietly watch the changes in his hometown.

It's been six or seven years.

Hometown has changed a lot.

There were a lot of rickshaw drivers on the streets, and in the past, there were only Goryeo maids and Japanese maids in the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, there are all kinds of maids in Daming, and there are even overseas male workers, and many overseas men can be seen in the rickshaw driver's industry.

There are also quite a few cyclists on the streets.

I even saw a steam locomotive braving a steam situation, the same rubber tires used, because it was difficult to control, there was an accident on the dense street, and the newspapers discussed whether to ban steam locomotives from entering the city.

The busiest streets in Jinan are lit at night, while other streets are still lit by lanterns or kerosene lamps hanging in front of the shops on both sides of the road.

As for the streets that are not bustling enough, they are also dark, and people return to their homes at night.

However, there are more and more people chatting on the streets, and many people go to bed later and later, and many people will go shopping in lively places and come back to sleep very late.

Stability and order.

What a precious thing, Zheng Yu sighed.

No matter what kind of society, stability and order are the most important things for the people, and the newspapers publicize that the premise of industrial development is social stability, agricultural security, etc., Zheng Yu also has a clearer understanding.

This is the reality in front of the Tianzhu North area, as well as the Barihei area. Through the Ming Dynasty, the satisfaction of food, the tranquility and order of society, the changes that have taken place in those places are too real.

The holiday was very long, and Zheng Yu, who was depressed in his heart, had the idea of visiting Wu Zhongming, and it didn't take long for Zheng Yu to buy a train ticket and set off.

I didn't go to the capital to visit the county king's mansion, and took the train all the way to the Champa mansion.

From Shandong to the Champa province of Cochin.

The scenery and different social customs along the way made Zheng Yu feel broader, the more he saw and learned, the more smiles on Zheng Yu's face, and he saw a huge ship on the pier.

It was much larger than the buildings on the shore, and Zheng Yu was dumbfounded.

On the boarding ladder, Zheng Yu and everyone lined up to get on the ship, because of his status as an officer, Zheng Yu's ticket price was discounted by 5%, and he bought a first-class seat, the room was not only clean and bright, but also had glass windows to watch the sea.

Many of the passengers on the ship are playing cards, although the Ming Dynasty prohibits gambling very strictly, but can not be eliminated, but the gambling house does not dare to open openly, the people's own gambling behavior, as long as they do not organize gambling, the inspection of the Ding Cha does not care, because it can not be controlled, and it is easy to cause scolding.

There are also various styles of dance that have emerged from the seven western provinces of Nanyang and the western sea, and the women dance with cheerful steps and warmly welcome the men to come forward to dance together, but the dance costs money, but many people are still willing to go up.

Looking at the lively and prosperous scene, Zheng Yu smiled and was speechless, while drinking his own yellow rice wine, with dozens of various drinks and drinks.

The days on the ship were monotonous and lively.

Half a month later, the ship arrived at the pier on the north shore of Bonidos.

Compared with Champa, the dock here is smaller, but after staying on the sea for half a month, Zheng Yu finally saw the land, as well as the familiar scene, and his down-to-earth brought him a sense of security.

Seeing the arrival of the steamer under the pier, many people were greeted by it.

There were coachmen, shopkeepers, small merchants selling goods, and people holding signs to greet them.

A brown-skinned, white-gown young man held up a sign with his name above his head, which read the four characters of Shandong Zheng Yu, and Zheng Yu stepped forward when he saw his name.

When the young man saw someone standing in front of him, he reacted and hurriedly asked respectfully: "But Chief Zheng?" ”

Zheng Yu nodded.

The young man then said enthusiastically: "My lord does not know when the steamer will arrive, so he sent me to wait, and I have been waiting for three days, and every day when I see the steamer docking, I will come and hold up a sign, for fear of missing it." ”

Hearing fluent Chinese, Zheng Yu's face was a little strange.

Zheng Yu, the address of Wu Zhongming's manor, knew it, and he was not ready to be greeted, it seemed that Wu Zhongming was still so careful.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty, Boni Dusi has cheap manpower, not only coachmen but also sedan chair drivers, all of which are the modes handed down by the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Yu chose to take a carriage, not a sedan chair.

Daming no longer has a sedan chair, and Zheng Yu is not used to it.

The carriage left the dock and passed through the city, heading in the direction of the suburbs.

"There is no road here, the road under our feet was built ten years ago, and it is very convenient to pass through our manor." The brown guy kept introducing things to Zheng Yu along the way.

Bonidus is doing really well.

Zheng Yu kept nodding, and he was also used to the performance of the brown guy.

After about half an hour, I finally stopped in front of a manor, in which a fence was built, and the wooden fence was painted with a layer of red paint, which looked conspicuous and beautiful, and the houses inside were three-story and rowed.

The roof is black, the walls are painted with the same white paint as Gangnam, there is a lawn in the clearing, and there is a pool in the distance.

On both sides of the flanks are miscellaneous houses such as horse sheds, cattle sheds, warehouses, and on the other side are houses where long-term workers live.

Two male workers were mowing on the lawn, and several female workers were drying bedding at the back of the yard.

Although the style is very different, much more monotonous than the inland courtyard, but in terms of scale and manpower, it must not be more than one viscount to match the identity.

Wu Zhongming, who received the news, led his family to greet Zheng Yu.

The two hugged warmly after meeting, and then bowed, everything was silent.

"The manor has been buying land for many years, and there are probably two or three thousand acres of land." Wu Zhongming and Zheng Yu drank wine, listening to Zheng Yu's inquiry, Wu Zhongming replied casually.

Zheng Yu couldn't help but be moved, although overseas is far less prosperous than the mainland, but it is not bad to be able to live such a life, after all, thousands of acres of land.

Wu Zhongming relied on his father's family business.

After Wu Zhenmeng retired from the army, he chose to stay in Boni, relying on his qualifications and position, he initially obtained a thousand acres of land, and Boni's land was not worth anything at all.

Through the recruitment of long-term workers, with mature workers, the samurai's manor heritage became more and more sufficient, and they began to get more land, so they have the scale of two or three thousand acres today, and there are dozens of long-term workers in the family.

"Why are the locals so obedient?"

Zheng Yu asked curiously, the seven western provinces are not good, the changes of the Ming Dynasty over the years have only today, although the Boni Dusi also has management, but compared with the investment of the seven western provinces, the strength of the Ming Dynasty in Boni is far inferior.

Wu Zhongming smiled and introduced the local customs.

There is no armor, no horses, no mature iron-smelting industry, no corresponding system, primitive style and appearance, etc., Zheng Yu suddenly realized.

Historically.

The ordinary people who couldn't survive in the Ming Dynasty went to sea to survive, not only became the upper class of Nanyang, including Boni and Luzon, which were all within the sphere of influence of the Han people, and these ordinary people had no government organization behind them, let alone the support of the government.

Such success can be achieved precisely because of the huge gap in civilizations.

It was not until the arrival of the Western colonizers, on their own initiative or indirectly, that the massacre of the Nanyang Chinese was carried out again and again, and until later generations, there was also the shadow of the Eagle Department, which fueled the flames, and finally launched the massacre of the new century.

The so-called modern civilization of the West is just a slogan to maintain their position, and if it is really in front of them, they will do the most vicious and inhuman things in the world.

The old saying of the West: the victor is not to blame.

An old saying from the East: Win and lose.

So there is nothing to blame, the essence of the world is like this, if you lose, of course, you have to bear the consequences of losing, all the fate is in the hands of others, bet on your luck, after all, the world is full of complex situations.

But there isn't much luck, so winning is the only option.

In short, the Ming Dynasty's governance in Bonidus, including Luzon, was relatively easy, and the government's energy was not wasted too much.

This is also the reason why the southbound faction insisted.

Although the northbound faction had the upper hand at that time, with the reasons of economic interests, the original contradictions and disputes had long disappeared unconsciously, and a large number of people took the initiative to move south, which was already a de facto choice.

So far, the Ming Dynasty still needs to invest a lot of material and financial resources in the seven western provinces, including the migration of population, and also needs a lot of means and efforts from the imperial court, which is many times more difficult than the governance of Nanyang. (End of chapter)