Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 712 Why Daming Leads the World
At the port of Xinmacheng, more than a dozen large fishing boats that have been remodeled are slowly docking, and more than [-] giant tree-cutting machines are being disembarked one after another.

At this time, another embarrassing problem appeared.

That is, the newly built city gate is less than one foot high, but the shelf in front of the tree-cutting machine is two feet high.

This is not a big problem, just remove the frame in front of the tree felling machine, and put it back after passing the city wall.

Taichang didn't frown because of this, on the contrary, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

Because Peng Bin came with the boat with more than ten directors of the Ministry of Industry.

After paying respects to the monarch and ministers, Taichang couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and asked kindly: "Yan Ru, why did you come here so soon?"

Peng Bin couldn't help being a little excited and said, "Your Majesty, hasn't the iron ore transportation problem at the New Dongting Lake been solved? Once the mining volume of this iron ore increases, the smelting at the New Liaoyang City will be even worse. .

Once the iron ore is piled up, it will take up a lot of space, and the ore cannot be used immediately, so Wei Chen gathered some people and prepared to build more iron-making workshops in Xinliaoyang City.

Just in time, when I heard that the emperor needed help, Wei Chen rushed over after arranging the affairs there. "

It was a coincidence.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then sighed: "You haven't been home for several years, it's really hard work."

Peng Bin hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "The emperor is supporting me so much, I dare not slack off, and besides, I just run around in the North American continent, it's not hard work, the emperor's running all over the world is hard work."

Uh, what I said seems to be flattering!
But then again, there really was no emperor in the past dynasties who ran around the world like him, and was busy all day long.

Perhaps it is precisely because the rulers and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are working tirelessly with one heart and one mind, that the Ming Dynasty develops so rapidly.

Alas, everyone is working hard.

Taichang was sighing secretly, but Peng Bin suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "By the way, my minister heard the news from the capital of Eastern Yin that Fang Yizhi, the champion of the new department, has laid some telegraph lines to Dongyang Cheng to announce the political envoy. company.

Moreover, what plastics have been extracted, and what submarine cables they are stepping up to develop.

Fang Yizhi, the number one scholar in the new department, sent a letter to ask you for instructions to see if you should send people to North America to lay telegraph lines first. "

Fang Yizhi did not disappoint me.

Taichang couldn't help but excitedly said: "Great, Ziru, quickly send someone to pass the order back, and order Fang Yizhi to send someone to lay the telegraph line in the North American continent as soon as possible."

Uh, the emperor is so happy.

Peng Bin couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, my humble minister is dull, what is a telegraph line?"

This is a bit difficult to explain. No one understands telegrams these days, so how can they explain telegrams clearly?

Taichang thought for a while, and then roughly explained: "This is a thing for long-distance communication, and I can't explain it clearly for a while, but you will understand when you see it later.

In short, if the telegraph line on the land is laid, it will only take about a month to send a message back to Daming from here.

If the telegraph line on the seabed is also laid, it will probably take one day to send a message back to Daming from here. "

What is this thing that is so powerful?
Peng Bin was really curious, but since Taichang had said so, he couldn't continue asking.

He could only hold back his curiosity, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I heard that things are busy here, so I don't know what I can do."

Yeah, I've been so busy all this time.

Taichang thought for a while and then asked, "Yanru, you know how to build houses."

Can you not understand this?

Peng Bin introduced in detail: "Your Majesty, building bridges and paving roads, building cities and houses, building water conservancy, including building palaces and temples, etc., are the basic functions of the Ministry of Industry. I have been in the Ministry of Industry for almost ten years. The humble minister naturally understands a little bit."

Very good!
What scholars call knowing a little is quite understanding.

An honest person like Peng Bin would not brag in front of an emperor like him.

This guy must be quite proficient in this way.

Well, finally someone can help.

Taichang immediately took him to the city, pointed to the stilt house where the floor was being nailed, and said: "Yanru, look, because it often rains here, the ground is too humid, so I thought of a way to imitate the stilt house and build it." Such a house on stilts.

Do you think this method is okay, is it firm, can it isolate the moisture from the ground? "

Of course, it is solid enough to be built in this way. The stilted building can be supported by several wooden pillars. You are a pile of concrete pillars!

Question, why are they built row by row?

Peng Bin couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, are you planning to build a row of stilt houses several miles long?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, this will be used as a barracks in the future. The platform of this stilt house is just as high as the city wall. When the time comes, as long as there is a springboard, the soldiers guarding the city can directly step on the city wall." .

Therefore, I simply ordered people to build a row of such stilt houses behind the city wall to try. "

Uh, how do you say this?

Peng Bin could only explain helplessly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for offending me. What I mean is that you built such a long row, and it is a big house with a width of several tens of feet. There is no gap in the middle, so the top is equivalent to With a big hood, most of the water vapor below can’t get out, as long as the weather gets hotter and it rains heavily, the house will probably be as hot and humid as a steamer.”

what?
This Taichang really didn't think about it, he just thought that it would look spectacular, and the construction would be convenient, as long as the floors below were nailed together to form a piece, and there was no need for a partition wall in the middle, just some wooden piles as columns would do.

In this way, the space inside will be larger, and the air circulation will be smoother. It is estimated that it will not be very hot inside on a hot day.

However, in this way, it is indeed a super-large cover. If there is too much water vapor below, and it is too late to disperse from the two sides, it will definitely rise from the middle. At that time, it will really be the same as steaming buns in a steamer.

Fortunately, at the moment it is just nailing the floor, and it can be changed.

He immediately asked humbly: "Yan Ru, you mean that they should not be connected together, but should be separated in the middle?"

In fact, the effect is not very good. The stilted buildings in the jungle can't keep out the moisture. The emperor probably saw the open place and the stilted buildings built on the hillside, so he felt very dry.

Peng Bin could only explain in detail: "Your Majesty, the reason why the jungle here is so humid is because the ground is too wet. It is always raining here, and the ground can't dry out, so as long as the temperature is higher, the humidity will be particularly high." Heavy.

You may not have noticed that ordinary stilted buildings are built on slopes.

In this way, it will not be easy to accumulate water below, and there will be less water vapor, so it will naturally be dry.

Therefore, if we want to solve the problem of moisture, it is best to work hard from the ground.

If we can pave the ground with cement, and then open some ditches to divert the rainwater to the river, and try to keep the ground as clear as possible, then as long as it is not raining continuously, the humidity will not be very heavy.

If it is this kind of mud, it will be like a pot of mud soup when it rains, and it will never dry out, so the humidity must be heavy. "

Uh, that means, wrong direction!
Looking at the stilt building he designed himself, Taichang couldn't help sighing slightly: "You mean, we don't need to go to such trouble to raise the house so high, do you?"

Peng Bin looked at the ground, then at the sky, then slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is not useless to raise the house so high.

From Weichen's point of view, the embankments here are not very high. If the heavy rain lasts longer, the water in the river will probably overflow to the bank.

At that time, the water will definitely not be able to drain, and the ground will definitely be flooded. If the house is erected on a high place, there will be no such problem. "

Makes sense.

Taichang couldn't help but nodded again and again and said: "Well, it seems that we still can't be too troublesome, it's better to set it up a bit higher."

Peng Bin carefully looked at the wooden planks piled up under the high-storied building, and at the mountains-like logs piled up in the distance, then slowly nodded and said: "Yes, there is an advantage to piling up like this. After the ditches are covered with cement and the ditches are repaired, the felled wood can be placed under these houses.

At that time, put some bricks under it, which will not only prevent water bubbles, but also ventilate and dry quickly.

If the wood is placed outside and it is always exposed to rain, it will definitely not be able to dry. "

Yes, there is still wood to be piled under here.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but feel relieved and said: "Yanru, it's really the right time for you to come, come, come, come with me to see how other things are planned."

Perhaps, it is precisely because there are more and more professionals like this that Daming can develop faster and faster.

(End of this chapter)