Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1569, Daming Institute of Architectural Engineering

In the study room, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the important ministers in front of him and said, "What do you think about the Yangtze River Bridge?"

Just now, the ministers were arguing endlessly about whether to build the Yangtze River Bridge, and those who advocated the construction also had reasons for it.

The natural moat of the Yangtze River has seriously hindered the communication between the north and the south of the Yangtze River. The construction of the Yangtze River Bridge to connect the north and the south is very helpful to promote the communication between the north and the south. Moreover, the railway has been built to Nanjing. If you want to continue to build south, you must To build a bridge.

The ministers who opposed the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge felt that the risk was too great. Building a bridge on the Yangtze River is not a small river or a stream. The river is very wide and the river is rolling. It is very difficult to build a bridge on it, and the construction is extremely Not suitable.

What's more, the bridge requires a huge investment of [-] million taels of silver, which can definitely be regarded as a project of the century. You must know that the total investment of the Egyptian Canal that will be opened to navigation is only [-] million taels of silver, but it costs [-] million taels of silver to build a bridge. Tens of millions of taels of silver, this is simply using silver to build a bridge.

It would be fine if the bridge could be built, but if it couldn't be built, or if it would fall down soon after it was built, such a huge wealth would be in vain.

Many ministers in the DPRK and China opposed it, and they all felt that the risk was too great, and there were too many technical problems that were difficult to overcome.

"Your Majesty, I think the risk of building this bridge is too great. The Yangtze River is naturally dangerous. The river is deep and fast, and the river is very wide. Building this bridge is unprecedented."

"Besides, the funds required are really too large, fifty million taels of silver, which is a huge investment."

Liu Jian was the first to stand up. He opposed the construction of the bridge, thinking that the risk and investment were too great.

"Your Majesty, what Liu Gong said is justified. The Yangtze River is a natural danger that cannot be overcome by manpower. The construction of the Yangtze River Bridge is too risky. It's a good success. If it fails, I'm afraid it will be infamous forever."

Li Dongyang also followed suit.

Both of them have reservations about the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge, which does not imply any partisan views. They simply think that the investment is large, the risk is high, and it is difficult to build.

"Your Majesty, although it is unprecedented to build a bridge on the Yangtze River, it does not mean that we cannot really build a bridge on it. It is also because no one has ever built a bridge on it before, so we should open the bridge of history." First of all."

"Of course, whether this can be repaired or not, we don't care if we say it, because we don't know how to build bridges, and we don't know how to build bridges. In this regard, I think we should listen more to those who know how to build and repair bridges. To put it bluntly, it would be best to send a research team to the Yangtze River to conduct detailed investigations and demonstrations, and conduct related experiments, so that an accurate answer can be obtained."

"If we have the technology to build this bridge, then we should have the courage to create a new era. Although the investment is large, it is beneficial to the country and the people. The merits of the present age will benefit the future."

"Of course, if it is indeed impossible to build the bridge, then we should proceed cautiously and leave this matter to future generations."

Liu Jin thought for a while and stood up to express his opinion.

Whether it can be repaired or not is up to everyone, because no one is a bridge builder and does not understand the technology of bridge building. Let alone the Yangtze River, it is a random river. If you ask everyone to repair it, no one knows how to repair it.

This matter still needs professional personnel to do professional things.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone nodded slightly.

What Liu Jin said is still very reasonable. When it comes to bridge building, road construction, tunnel digging, etc., if everyone really says nothing, let professional people do the talking.

"A craftsman from the recruitment department came to ask?"

Zhang Mao thought for a while and said.

"No, we should go to Daming School of Architecture and Engineering to take a walk, have a look, chat with the professors of the School of Architecture and Engineering, ask questions, and listen to their opinions."

"The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, their bridge-building technology is far inferior to that of the School of Civil Engineering. Nowadays, most of the construction of roads and railways in our Ming Dynasty are led by professors and students from the School of Civil Engineering."

Liu Jin shook his head and suggested.

It cannot be said that the skills of the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry are really bad, but most of the skills of these craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry are passed down from their ancestors, although there are many exquisite skills.

But in terms of innovation, it is far inferior to many colleges established by Liu Jin.

Many colleges founded by Liu Jin refer to the higher education of later generations, and the students they recruit are all students who have undergone systematic basic education.

They have learned a wide range of things, such as astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, and many other subjects. At the same time, they also have to learn many traditional skills of the Ming Dynasty. The combination of the two is the reason for today's Daming technology. It is advancing by leaps and bounds, and can continuously develop various new machines.

The construction of the Yangtze River Bridge is a systematic project. It is simply impossible to rely on these traditional craftsmen to complete it. It still depends on the people of the School of Architecture and Engineering.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. He also knew that the colleges under Liu Jin's command were so powerful that railways could be built. The construction of a railway is also an extremely complicated project, which has always been completed by professors and students from the School of Architecture and Engineering.

"Go to the School of Architectural Engineering."

……

Daming College of Architectural Engineering is located in the new town of the southern district of the capital. It gathers together with Daming Royal Institute of Technology, Daming Institute of Technology, Daming Institute of Chemistry, Daming Institute of Mechanical Engineering, etc., forming a huge university area.

Each college covers a huge area, invests a lot, and has an extremely beautiful campus environment. It recruits a large number of students every year, continuously cultivates science and engineering talents for Daming, and promotes the rapid development of Daming in the field of science and technology.

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Liu Jin, and Zhang Mao all came to Daming Construction Factory College in casual clothes. Walking in the beautiful campus, you can see a large number of students studying seriously with books everywhere.

This period is completely different from later generations.

In later generations, many people don't care about reading at all, don't study hard, and even think that reading is useless, college students are working for elementary school students and so on.

This period is different. Reading has always been an extremely luxurious thing. Only really rich families can provide for their children to study, and ordinary families simply cannot afford it.

Furthermore, scholars enjoy a detached status in this era. Even a scholar has many privileges, which are far beyond what ordinary people can compare.

Once you can be admitted to Juren and high school Jinshi, you will really soar into the sky, become Tian Shelang in the morning, and ascend to the Tianzitang in the evening, which is extraordinary and honorable.

Everyone also admires scholars. No one would say that reading is useless, and it is impossible for people to say that scholars and scholars work for mud legs.

So Liu Jin founded a new school to provide ordinary poor children with the opportunity to study. Whether it is these children, their parents or the people around them, everyone will tell you to study hard and cherish opportunities.

If you don't study hard, the teacher's ruler at school will tell you what is strict, and when you get home, your parents' mixed doubles will tell you what it means to hate iron but not steel.

If you are mischievous, the school will expel you directly, if you don't want to study, get out early, don't waste resources and time.

Therefore, students in this period study extremely hard, everyone is studying hard, cherish this rare opportunity, and dare not slack off.

Not only because of the rare opportunities to study, the strict requirements of the school, and the hope of the parents at home, but also because after reading a good book, they can indeed have a bright future.

The new type of education run by Liu Jin has only three levels: primary school, middle school and colleges and universities. Among them, if you fail to get good grades in the middle school graduation exam, you will not be able to enter one of the many colleges and universities founded by Liu Jin. If you continue your studies in middle school, you can only come out to work.

Generally, they only look like teenagers when they come out of middle school to work, but they can read and write, can count, and know a lot of basic common sense, so they are also very popular in many factories, workshops, and commercial firms.

When recruited, they first learn from the master for two years, and when they are about 20 years old, they can basically take charge of their own affairs and become the mainstay of factories, workshops, commercial firms, etc.

The really good ones are those students who can be admitted to colleges and universities. In this age without exam-oriented education, they are admitted to colleges and universities purely relying on their talents. It can be said that they are all geniuses.

In these colleges and universities, they continue their studies, and at the same time shoulder the mission of research, research technology and technology. Generally, when they come out, they are basically robbed by big commercial firms, big factories, colleges and universities, research institutions, etc. Go, once you graduate, you can basically get a very good job and salary, and you should never worry about life.

Especially the students of the Daming School of Architecture and Engineering, because they specialize in construction factories, and now that Daming is engaged in infrastructure construction, and the city is developing extremely rapidly, there is a strong demand for professionals in these construction factories.

When you build a house, you need people like them to design and check it. After all, the buildings now have several floors casually, not the mud houses of the past.

You need them to build roads and bridges. Without them, your roads and bridges cannot be repaired well. With professional talents like them, not only can you build better, but you can also save a lot of money.

The places where they are needed are so great that the students of the School of Architecture have often received many invitations before they graduate, and the treatment given is better than one.

(End of this chapter)