Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 868, the great inventor Zhu Houzhao
When the army returned triumphantly, Emperor Hongzhi was also very generous. With a wave of his hand, he gave out several iron rice bowls for the hereditary princes.

Liu Jin was named the Duke of Liao, and he has been conquering the north and the south. The heroic and invincible Marquis Yang Yun was also named the Duke of Australia. Well, in Australia, Emperor Hongzhi generously granted him a large piece of land. land.

Over the past few years, Wang Shouren has also participated in various wars outside the Ming Dynasty, so he also got an iron job and was named Jin Guogong. On the South Golden Continent, Emperor Hongzhi also allocated a large piece of land to Wang Shouren.

In addition, Yang Yu, Han Yi, Huo Yun, etc., a large number of generals who performed outstandingly and made military exploits, were rewarded by Emperor Hongzhi.

In addition, this real gold and silver is also indispensable.

Emperor Hongzhi with a big pocket was very generous. Liu Jin was rewarded with [-] gold, er, it was actually [-] taels of silver, which is considered very generous.

You must know that in the past dynasties, the emperor said that the reward was a thousand taels, but it was actually worth a thousand copper coins, not a thousand taels of gold.

Although it is not gold now, it can be seen how rich Emperor Hongzhi is now when the copper coins turn into silver.

Of course, in the past few years, under the auspices of Liu Jin, not only the generals and soldiers at all levels in the army can share the dividends of the war, but Emperor Hongzhi gets the most and he eats the most.

Not to mention the fact that last year's battle in Nanyang forced the countries of all sizes in Nanyang to sign many alliances under the city, among which compensation must be indispensable.

For a small Melaka Dynasty, Liu Jin asked them to pay [-] million taels of silver, and Siam even forced them to sign a clause of compensation of [-] million taels of silver.

It is conceivable that last year, Liu Jin got a lot of money for Emperor Hongzhi just from Nanyang. Anyway, Emperor Hongzhi is very rich now.

Not only the large-scale expansion of the navy, but also the continuous expansion of the army, the land of the Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more places that need to be stationed by the army. Now it seems that the scale of the Ming Dynasty needs to maintain at least one million troops to be able to maintain Such a huge territory.

All of these require money. In the past, Emperor Hongzhi felt heartbroken and was always a little bit reluctant, but now he is very generous. He recruited qualified young and strong men from all over the Ming Dynasty to train new troops, and expanded the navy on the vast sea area of ​​​​the Ming Dynasty.

When rewarding meritorious soldiers, Emperor Hongzhi was also very generous, taking out a huge sum of money to reward meritorious soldiers.

In addition to silver, land rewards are naturally indispensable, but they accepted Liu Jin's suggestion, and almost all the fiefs and land rewards of meritorious soldiers are located overseas in Daming.

Like the soldiers of the Western Expedition, the land rewards were basically in the Western Regions and the Hezhong area. This time, Emperor Hongzhi also took out the lands of Australia and America, and rewarded them very generously.

Anyway, I don't know where these places are, and I don't know the situation in these places, and Da Ming has no dominant power in these places at all.

Reward the meritorious soldiers, let them take over, let them manage and develop, and take this opportunity to develop these areas.

After the reward, Emperor Hongzhi also personally received the soldiers who had returned from the Western Expedition. Of course, he received some representatives, and at the same time inspected the army composed of [-] meritorious soldiers.

After that, Emperor Hongzhi also held a dinner to celebrate the achievements of the soldiers of the Western Expedition. The scale of the dinner was several thousand people, and the Taihe Square where the dinner was held was full.

After going through the whole process, Liu Jin was exhausted.

When it was very late, he finally returned to his house.

"Master!"

When Liu Jin came back, the entire Liu Mansion was filled with joy. Liu Jin is now the Duke of the State, and the whole Liu Manor was also very happy.

Among them, the happiest ones are Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen, both of them had tears in their eyes, they hoped for the stars and the moon finally brought Liu Jin back.

Starting from the beginning of last year, Liu Jin first went to Nanyang to fight for more than half a year, and only returned to the capital to rest for two months, and was sent by Emperor Hongzhi to go to the west until now.

The two of them were thinking day and night, looking forward to Liu Jin's safe return, hoping that Liu Jin could lead the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, and to expand the territory.

"Come on, give me a kiss, I really want to kill me."

Liu Jin hugged left and right, and greeted directly with his mouth.

"Sir, there are others~"

Xu Wan'er blushed for a while, there were people around her, Liu Jin was really ashamed, she was ashamed to death.

As for Li Zhen, she greeted Liu Jin very enthusiastically, and she didn't care about the eyes of those around her.

"Okay~"

Liu Jin smiled and wiped his mouth.

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After returning from the Western Expedition, Liu Jin also applied directly to Emperor Hongzhi for a half-year vacation. Well, he originally applied for a year, but Emperor Hongzhi only approved it for half a year.

The next day, the sun was already high, and Liu Jin still didn't get up, and he was still sleeping very deeply with his left and right arms. Last night, he went crazy all night and was tired.

Anyway, there is no need to go to the morning court, Liu Jin is also going to sleep until the end of time.

"Old Liu~Old Liu~"

But when a familiar voice came, Liu Jin couldn't help shivering.

"Damn, this Zhu Houzhao doesn't understand anything."

Liu Jin couldn't help but want to curse.

You just came back from expanding the territory for your old Zhu family, so can't you stop for a while?Let people have a good rest for a few days, and then they will come to find themselves the next day.

Unhappy, Liu Jin got up quickly, but don't let Zhu Houzhao break into his bedroom, it would be a big loss.

When he came to the study, Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient to wait.

"Old Liu, you can sleep too well, what time is it, and you are still sleeping."

Zhu Hou looked at Liu Jin and couldn't help shaking his head.

"What do you know, you will understand later."

Liu Jin said unhappily, "What do you want from me?"

"Haha, the steam engine cultivator I invented is starting to sell well."

When it came to business, Zhu Houzhao shouted excitedly.

"The steam cultivator is selling well?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was taken aback for a moment.

I almost forgot about the steam engine, I was too busy, busy with the Western Expedition, and didn't have time to take care of these industries under my command.

This steam engine, I seem to only remember that last fall, Zhu Houzhao researched and manufactured a steam harvester, but he did not expect that he has now tossed out a steam cultivator.

"Student Zhu Houzhao might become a great inventor in the future."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help thinking in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao is definitely a genius.

Of course, his genius lies in all aspects other than governing the country. He is full of energy, exuberant, and has a strong learning ability. Unexpectedly, he has now fallen into the mechanical field.

"That's pretty good. He's actually not suitable to be an emperor. He can do whatever he wants."

"If Emperor Hongzhi could live another [-] or [-] years, this Zhu Houzhao could study for decades more in the world he was interested in, and he might be able to invent many things."

Liu Jin thought quickly in his mind.

"Of course, the steam cultivator I invented must be a big seller."

"Go, I'll take you to have a look."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao raised his head slightly and said proudly. After speaking, he dragged Liu Jin to the Jingcheng Machinery Factory.

On one side of the road, sitting in a four-wheeled carriage, while admiring the prosperity and excitement of the capital, Liu Jin also chatted with Zhu Houzhao about the steam engine.

"Your Highness, have you been working on this steam engine for the past few months?"

"Yes, I found that I really fell in love with machinery. You don't know that this machine has infinite possibilities. Almost everything can be researched and the corresponding machine can replace manpower."

"Like the whole steam harvester, steam cultivator, and I'm working on a steam rice mill now, hehe, after I research it, rice milling will be simple in the future, and it won't be so troublesome to use anymore."

Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly. His greatest interest now is to study all kinds of machines. As for the way of governing the country taught by Emperor Hongzhi, he has no interest at all.

Every day, I run to the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in Beijing, and hang out with a group of people who study machinery, constantly researching and improving steam engines, and researching more and more powerful steam engines.

At the same time, it is also a study of how to continuously extend the power of the steam engine to people's lives. The most successful product now is the steam tillage machine.

"Are you working on a steam rice mill?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help being a little taken aback. This Zhu Houzhao is really a talent, and he even knows how to research rice mills.

"Yes, I have studied and investigated seriously. The rice we usually eat is not easy to come by. Not only is it very difficult to grow rice, but after it is harvested, it is also an extremely difficult task to hustle the rice to get rice. The process requires pounding rice, which is very time-consuming and labor-intensive.”

"So I wondered if I could develop a rice mill that uses mechanical power to pound rice and remove the husk from the rice, so that it can benefit the people of Ming Dynasty."

"Also, I also want to develop a steam noodle grinder to use the power of the machine to grind the dough, which can save a lot of time and energy."

Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly, and spoke out the thoughts in his mind.

"His Highness's idea is very good. In fact, the power of machinery is very powerful and can be used in all aspects. It's just that we have always lacked research in this area."

"The machine researched by His Highness will definitely benefit the people of our Ming Dynasty, and even benefit the entire human race!"

Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Zhu Houzhao is really awesome, this is because the research machine has become hidden, and he wants to research all kinds of machines.

(End of this chapter)