Chapter 284

Cheng Jialong was a little incredulous, if he asked anyone in later generations who invented the steam engine, there is no doubt that he would answer a unified answer: "The Englishman Watt improved the steam engine in 1765." ”

For hundreds of years, people have believed in this, and the Europeans were the first to invent the steam engine, which opened the curtain of the industrial revolution and quickly widened the gap between East and West.

Including Cheng Jialong, he also thought so, he actually asked about the steam engine, and after clearly learning that more than three months ago, there was no shadow of the steam engine in Liaodong, and there was no research on this aspect.

In fact, although there were many problems in the late Ming Dynasty, it is undeniable that in the late Ming Dynasty, a hundred schools of thought contended and a hundred flowers bloomed. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, science had declined, and the psychology that emphasized the application of the world occupied the mainstream. It is precisely because of this academic atmosphere that there are good achievements in natural sciences, the most widely known being Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing. Xu Guangqi collaborated with Western missionaries to translate many books, such as "Principles of Geometry", and Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creations" amazed the world.

However, the scientific representatives of the late Ming Dynasty were far more than these two, and Xu Guangqi was equally famous, known as the "King of the South and the North", and the North King was Wang Zheng, a native of Xi'an, who died of hunger strike in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, after Li Zicheng conquered Xi'an. Wang Zheng is a great inventor, in the strange book "The Illustration of the New Making", Wang Zheng has a total of 24 kinds of famous and recorded inventions, and there are 18 kinds that have not been recorded.

However, the names he took were very magical, such as the spin of the celestial sphere, the self-collection of the trench, the self-movement of the sundial, the rotation of the moon gauge, the self-drawing of the water wheel, the self-rise of the water leakage, the self-departure of the fire ship, the self-bombardment of the fire and thunder, the heavy rotation of the wind wheel, the windmill traveling far, the ladder straight up, the oblique flight of the cloud ladder, the arrow of the air foot, the sound of the air foot, the shallow drawing of the deep, the small rise and fall of the machine, the rotation of the constant grinding, the self-propelled troop vehicle, the live bench cannon, the live pincer to capture the bell, the spirit of the wind, the wonderful wheel music, the flow like the sea, the power of the enemy and so on.

Judging from Wang Zheng's invention achievements, he not only invented the steam engine, but also air compression technology, and many of his works became banned books in the Qing Dynasty.

After Cheng Jialong saw the steam engine with his own eyes, in fact, he had not really seen the steam engine, and he didn't know much about it, but he knew that the steam engine could solve many problems.

Because Daming is in the Xiaoice period, the weather is particularly cold, especially in the spring ploughing period, from the beginning of spring ploughing to the end of spring ploughing, this time span is about more than a month, that is, in the period after autumn, the time span of crop maturity is also more than a month.

So in Liaodong, every autumn harvest, there will be a lot of crops have not had time to harvest, will be frozen bad, especially sweet potatoes and potatoes, now in Liaodong in order to cope with the weather conditions, usually late planting corn and soybeans, because the growth of soybeans and corn is very short, only one hundred to one hundred and twenty days.

When corn and soybeans are ripe and cannot be harvested, snow and ice have little effect on corn and soybeans, and even spring wheat grows for around 135 days.

The weather of the Xiaoice River at the end of the Ming Dynasty had a great impact on agricultural production in eastern Liaoning, and the biggest problem was not that there was not enough time, but that the way of sowing and harvesting was too backward.

Therefore, Cheng Jialong decided to use a steam engine to get a tractor, even a steam tractor can greatly improve the agricultural production efficiency of Liaodong.

"Gao Jie!"

"The door is here!"

"You go get me a group of workers, and find another place, I want to realize agricultural mechanization!"

"What is agricultural mechanization?"

This can't be blamed for Gao Jie's lack of knowledge, in fact, there was no concept of agricultural mechanization at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Cheng Jialong didn't explain any agricultural mechanization, he asked, "Eldest son, what kind of craftsmen do you need?" ”

"Craftsmen who can make steam engines, craftsmen who can make horse-drawn carriages, craftsmen who can make steel, and craftsmen who can make machinery!"

Cheng Jialong is not like Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie at least has sufficient technology and experience in heavy industrial production, he is also a technician, and Cheng Jialong didn't even have time to go to high school, and his hands-on ability is almost zero. He can only rely on integration.

Integrate resources and make use of them.

"It's hard to find such a craftsman!"

"Add money!"

Cheng Jialong smiled faintly: "How much salary people give, I can give them double!" ”

Gao Jie's work efficiency is very high, and Cheng Jialong gave orders at night, and early the next morning, Gao Jie found a large group of craftsmen.

In fact, as early as midnight, Gao Jie got people to wait outside the mansion of the chief soldier of the Ning Navy one after another, these craftsmen had just arrived at the immigration isolation point, and had just passed the half-month disease observation period, and they were cut off by Gao Jie before they had time to assign work.

These craftsmen are also a little nervous, who is Cheng Jialong? They didn't know it originally, but now they know that he is the eldest son of Haiguo Gong and the only son of Cheng Shijie.

For an honest common man, this is simply an incredible thing, when did the prince of Haiguo and these mud-legged people of the two worlds intersect? They were scared and didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.

Cheng Jialong came to the door and saw these craftsmen, these craftsmen were also dragged with their families, very thin, fortunately, they were given clothes at the immigration isolation point, but these clothes didn't fit well, this is a common problem of immigrants, and it is also the special wisdom of the homeless, each of them will send two sets of clothes first.

These clothes are on sets, not on size, they choose large clothes, after all, these large clothes use more fabrics, they can cut their own, big to small, small can be changed not small and big, and even adults can change a piece of clothing into two, which is all earned.

"Have you eaten?"

Cheng Jialong originally just said hello politely.

A dark-skinned man in the crowd said, "No! ”

Cheng Jialong looked at Gao Jie and frowned slightly.

Gao Jie hurriedly said, "Eldest son, the door is ...... Time is too tight...... Under the door......"

Cheng Jialong didn't embarrass Gao Jie, but turned to look at the Ning Haijun who was following him: "Go, get some steamed buns to pad their stomachs." ”

The inner director of the Ning Navy turned out to be Lao Zhou, and the person recruited by Yang Yunniang was a son of heaven and a courtier in the court, and the same was true in the princely house, after Zhu Weiyuan married Cheng Shijie, the head of the inner courtyard became Gu Ziyi, and the head of the inner house became Wang Fushan.

Wang Fushan said disapprovingly: "A group of mud-legged people, it is already a great blessing to be able to see the son, do you need to be polite to them?" After the childe finished speaking, just send them away! ”

Cheng Jialong asked in a deep voice: "Are you a son or am I a son?" ”

Cheng Jialong is at the age of sharpness, once he gets angry, he is quite majestic, Wang Fushan is so frightened that he trembles and doesn't dare to say more.

Dining for a few hundred people is not an easy thing for other large families, however, for the Ning Navy General Command, it is not a problem at all. There are seven canteens in the Ninghai Navy General Arsenal alone, one in the Supervision and Military Affairs Bureau, one in the Guards Bureau, one in the Military Affairs Bureau, two in the Liaodong Management Committee, and one in the backyard.

Seven canteens serve meals for a few hundred people, and it's only a matter of time. After waiting for about half an hour, Wang Fushan took more than a dozen servants and pushed more than a dozen carts and slowly drove out of the Ning Navy General Mansion.

Wang Fushan commanded his servants to distribute steamed buns, steamed buns, and pots of small pickles to these craftsmen on the cart.

Now those craftsmen were even more at a loss, looking at the big and white steamed buns, I don't know whether to pick them up or not.

Wang Fushan said impatiently: "The prince of the world rewards people, hurry up and take it!" ”

Wang Fushan's attitude is very vicious, but for craftsmen, this face is very kind, and the pleasant son is too strange to them, so strange that they are afraid!

They thanked them sincerely, took the steamed buns, and then stuffed them into their mouths regardless of whether they were cold or hot, choking and coughing so much that they were reluctant to spit it out.

Although there is soup, it is a pity that there are not so many bowls, but these craftsmen themselves bring their utensils, and each person has a bowl of soup, the soup is an ordinary vegetable soup of the Ning Navy General Command, which is made of large bones and kelp, slightly salty, and one is made of millet, sweet potatoes, rice, peas and other grains.

These craftsmen walked for half the night, waited for half the night, and were already hungry, and they ate so much that the people passing by stopped and watched.

When they had eaten almost enough, Cheng Jialong walked up to them and said with a pleasant face: "I am Cheng Jialongyu, the father-in-law of Haiguo, and I am also your host, I invite everyone to come over today, because I want to discuss some things with you." ”

The craftsmen hurriedly knelt down: "Childe, please speak, Childe, please speak!" ”

"Everybody get up, let's stand and talk, just be casual."

After everyone stood up, Cheng Jialong looked at the old faces and said, "Everyone has been waiting for most of the night, and ...... hard."

All the craftsmen were stunned for a moment, this son was so polite, so polite that they felt uncomfortable.

For hundreds of years, these craftsmen have been making cattle and horses, how can anyone ever tell them "hard work"? I'm afraid that this son is still the first one, right?

Someone muttered in his heart: "If you say it so nicely, the ghost knows if you are playing a bad idea!" ”

Really......

In the frightened eyes of all the craftsmen, several healthy servants worked together to carry out a large basket of documents, these are the drawings made by Cheng Jialong Cheng Dagong overnight, however, this is not Cheng Jialong's own drawing, he hired Cheng Jiayue, Miss Cheng, although Cheng Jiayue is a soul painter, but the basic painting skills are still there, at least people can understand it.

"Your goal is to build a steam tractor for Ben Gongzi!"

Cheng Jialong is still relatively reliable, he has heard more or less about the structure of the tractor, and has set up a steam engine research group, a steering mechanism research group, and a wheel research group.

"This tractor has at least fifteen horsepower!"

"What is fifteen horsepower?"

"The strength of fifteen horses!"

"What is this going to do with us?"

"It's your business how to do it, this son only needs the result!"

Cheng Jialong continued: "My son also knows that this is not a task that can be completed in a short period of time, I will give you sufficient funds, and at the same time transfer some masters to come over to cooperate with you in research, you can try one method at a time, how to do it lightly, how to do it strongly, and just do it for this son within ten years!" ”

"Ten years? I don't think I can do it in 20 years! ”

"If you can't get it out in twenty years, then Ben Gongzi will want your life!"

Of course, Cheng Jialong didn't really want to kill, he just threatened the craftsmen: "If you come up with a steam engine, my son will have a heavy reward!" As for the reward, what do you want? ”

"Can I ask for anything?"

A craftsman looking at Mo in his fifties asked timidly.

"Yes, as long as this son can do it, it's okay!"

"The eldest son, the villain's name is Guo Xin, a native of Nanyang, the villain has a son named Guo Xiangyang, two years ago he injured someone because of a mistake, and was exiled to Qiongzhou Mansion, now I don't know if he lives or dies, can the son save him!"

Cheng Jialong smiled faintly and said, "Little things, my son agreed!" ”

When Cheng Jialong readily agreed, he didn't think much about it, he didn't think that the steam dragging opportunity was so easy to come by, however, Cheng Jialong didn't know, he was about to lose his words.

Cheng Jialong also learned a lot from Xiang Hui, for example, he established this tractor research institute, first of all, he made a lot of preparations, and these craftsmen are all his hopes.

Cheng Jialong, like Xiang Hui, first provided accommodation for these craftsmen, and more than 300 craftsmen were placed in the Xicheng Courtyard, of course, now the Xicheng Courtyard is inhabited by Empress Zhang and Empress Zhou.

However, three or four hundred people can live in the Xicheng Courtyard, and after consulting Zhu Weiyuan, the southwest of the Xicheng Courtyard, about a quarter of the area, about 100 acres of land, a total of eight cross-courtyards and 24 small cross-courtyards, and more than 200 houses will come over to accommodate these craftsmen.

Half of these places are used for research, half for living, and at first Cheng Jialong wanted to arrange cooks and servants for them, but Gao Jie said no, the families of these craftsmen can fully undertake these jobs.

These artisans live in lavishly decorated, tall, spacious houses, and there is something unbelievable. Although they don't have a house for everyone, at least the environment is much better than they used to be.

Gao Jie looked at the craftsman and said: "Now you have to work hard, here you can do it boldly, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, craftsmen with children come here to sign up, and arrange for your children to go to school!" ”

"My lord, we don't have any money!"

"You don't need money to go to school in Liaodong!"

After Gao Jie left, about six or seven young and strong craftsmen gathered around Guo Xin.

"Giant!"

Guo Xin actually didn't tell Cheng Jialong the truth, his real identity is the ninety-fourth and last giant of the Mo family, Mo Hua.

Although Cheng Shijie is now the pillar of the Ming Kingdom, he is regarded as a thorn in the flesh by Jiannu, because Cheng Shijie is engaged in big projects in Liaodong at every turn, he has established more than 30 cities in Liaodong, built more than a dozen cement roads, built hundreds of factories, and even organized hundreds of thousands of people to work together in spring ploughing.

The fundamental reason why the officials in the Ming Dynasty are unhappy with Cheng Shijie, in addition to the fact that he is not a gentry, is that Cheng Shijie is too deviant.

A careful study of the political measures and the style of dealing with people will find that this guy is almost the embodiment of the Mohists and Legalists! The most striking point is that the matter is handled according to the law, there is no hierarchy of punishment, no matter who is in his jurisdiction, whether it is a scholar or a high-ranking official, or a peddler and pawn, once the crime is dealt with according to the law, the punishment is what punishment should be received, and there is absolutely no room for flexibility.

As for the Mohist thoughts, it is too obvious in him, first of all, this guy has an almost fanatical hobby for mechanical arts, natural science, etc., and strives for perfection, and the Mohist ideas of "both love", "non-attack", "Shangxian", "Shangtong", "Tianzhi", "Ming ghost", "non-music", "festival funeral", "economy" and other ideas have been implemented one by one under his vigorous promotion.

Well, "non-offensive" while playing with eggs, this guy is even more aggressive than a mad dog!

Legalism and Moism, the two most glorious schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, had a profound impact on the trajectory of China's development. Although these two schools of thought have gradually declined since the Western Han Dynasty dominated Confucianism, especially the Mohists, which have almost disappeared, it does not mean that Confucianism can sit back and relax.

The inheritance of the Mo family has not been broken, no matter how weak, the Mo family can always take root in the people, with the chaos in the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism is weak, and the Mo family began to appear.

When Cheng Shijie created a great foundation in Liaodong, Mo Hua, the Mo family giant, couldn't sit still, and the Mo family at this time was actually weaker than the West French Party, and the Western Han Party still had Xu Guangqi, the cabinet assistant, and Sun Yuanhua, the governor and governor of Caoyun, Lu, Feng, Huai, and Yang.

But the Mo family is a real kitten two or three, in fact, although Mo Hua is the first time to come to Liaodong, but in fact, the children of the Mo family are not the first time to come to Liaodong, the longest time in Liaodong is the big apprentice Huo Tiangong of Mo Hua, Huo Tiangong was recruited by Sun Yuanhua as early as three years of Chongzhen, and he will be a master craftsman in Dengzhou.

Later, after the Denglai Mutiny, Huo Tiangong was coerced to Liaodong, and he had been promoted to the director of the Ordnance Bureau in the Ning Navy system, and the armor, knives, guns, blades, and shields of the Ning Navy included many weapons, all of which were from Huo Tiangong's hands.

Of course, in addition to Huo Tiangong of the Ordnance Bureau, there is also Mo Hua's little sister, Feng Huiyun, the mother of Liaodong phosphate fertilizer

Mo Hua, who is known as Guo Xin, raised his hand lightly and said, "Be cautious!" ”

"Master!"

Mo Hua's fourth apprentice, Wu Mingzhi, lowered his voice and said, "Do you want to inform the junior uncle and senior brother?" ”

"Not for now!"

Mo Hua sighed and said, "Let's see!" ”

"Master, do you say that Dashuai is the heir of our Mo family?"

"It's hard to say!"

Mo Hua sighed and said: "Our Mo family is clearly divided into two factions, the hidden sect and the hidden sect, our hidden sect has never been out of office, but the hidden sect is trapped in the court, the hidden sect and the hidden sect are not connected with each other, and I don't know which branch of the hidden sect Cheng Shijie is!" ”

If according to the tradition of the Yin Sect, they will be in various dynasties, Cheng Shijie was born in a thousand households, and his ancestors were hereditary military attaches of the Ming Dynasty, which is a bit similar to the style of the Yin Sect, but the problem is that when Cheng Shijie was just a small garrison of the Ning Navy, he began to practice the Mojia method, which was too ostentatious.

What made the giant Mo Hua a little shaken was that Cheng Jialong, the eldest son of Cheng, was also curious and obsessed with tricks, which made Mo Hua a little confused.

"Meet the Commander!"

As soon as Cheng Shijie arrived in Liaodong, Sun Zhili wanted to report to Cheng Shijie on the development of Liaodong.

Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "Guodong, Cheng Jialong, this bastard didn't cause any trouble, right?" ”

For Cheng Jiayue's daughter, Cheng Shijie is more assured, because Cheng Jiayue has always been well-behaved, but Cheng Jialong is not good, and Cheng Shijie is also painstaking in Cheng Jialong's education.

At that time, Cheng Jialong's primary school classmate was the nephew of Vice Principal Zhao of the Sixth Primary School in Dihanhai City, and Cheng Jialong did not dare to fight back. After Cheng Shijie asked Cheng Jialong why he didn't dare to fight back and beat his mother.

Cheng Jialong told Cheng Shijie that he was afraid of causing trouble for Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie was very angry at the time and told Cheng Jialong that we can not cause trouble, but we can't be afraid.

This sentence was remembered by Cheng Jialong, and later when Cheng Jialong was in the second grade, a naughty child pasted a turtle note on Cheng Jialong's back, and after Cheng Jialong found out, he took a stool and hit the other party's head three times, Cheng Shijie apologized to the other party for this, and spent six or seven thousand yuan.

After practicing sanda, because of the fight, Cheng Shijie went to school three times and twice to deal with Cheng Jialong's affairs, of course, Cheng Jialong will be unscrupulous in the case of taking advantage.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is bullying people more naked and obvious than in later generations, if Cheng Jialong encounters idle things, he will definitely take care of it, and it is very likely that his sympathy will be used by people with intentions.

Chen Guodong gave Cheng Shijie a brief report on what Cheng Jialong had done in the recent period.

"What? This bastard built a small town? ”

"It's not all, the eldest prince scattered the hero sticker, let the counties organize competitive teams, participate in competitive competitions, and also opened a handicap, betting on who wins!"

"This bastard!"

Cheng Shijie has already decided, he must give Cheng Jialong a certain color.

"These are actually not big problems!"

Chen Guodong said: "The eldest prince also took people and horses to surround the Xicheng Courtyard where Queen Zhou stayed!" ”

"What? Empress Zhou is here? ”

"The crown prince and Empress Zhang are also here!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Deflect to Josai Villa! ”

In any case, Empress Zhou and Empress Zhang came to Liaodong, and Cheng Shijie, the landlord, had to pay a visit. It's good to say that when I came to Liaodong, I couldn't say anything about not seeing Queen Zhou.

"Okay, handsome!"

Cheng Shijie was in a hurry to go to the west courtyard of the city, but Cheng Shijie didn't know that Cheng Jialong, the eldest son of Cheng, was even bigger than Cheng Shijie.

"Meet the Queen!"

Cheng Shijie said with a pious face.

PS: I almost can't write it, there is no title without a title.

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