1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 120 Daming Talent Acquisition Program
"We can't just make cannons!" In the evening, Qi Tian returned to Jianye City, and in a small brick and stone two-story office building, he saw Cao Xiong and his two elder brothers.

He said proudly: "Uncle, maybe we will be able to make guns after a while!"

Although, Marciolo has not imitated a musket so far, but also dismantled and destroyed three flintlock guns.But Qi Tian saw that he had already begun to manufacture firearm parts one after another, and maybe in a few days, he would be able to produce a firearm that he made himself.

"I heard that the cannons you make are only small 4-pound and 6-pound cannons?" Cao Xiong asked with a smile.

"Uh..." Qi Tian was a little embarrassed. Indeed, after the Swiss cannon maker Stephen Grishdin successfully produced a 4-pound cannon, he started the trial production of an 8-pound cannon.But after more than a month, a lot of steel was wasted, but no qualified artillery was produced.Some have unsatisfactory ranges, some have too heavy barrels, and some have poor bore walls, and there was even a bombing accident.

The increase in artillery casting specifications is not simply to lengthen the barrel and expand the muzzle, but also requires a series of caliber ratios, barrel ratios, and chamber pressure ratios.And steel is less ductile than iron and copper.

The whole steel casting gun body is adopted, and the gun mold is an iron gun mold with wet sand interlayer, and the inner layer is covered with a layer of wet carbon powder.After the steel body is cooled, it needs to be bored on a boring machine. This kind of artillery has higher accuracy and better quality, and there will be no holes in the bore.But the problem is that during the boring stage on the boring machine, it is always impossible to ensure the balance of the gun bore.

"It's okay, take your time!" Seeing Qi Tian's embarrassment, Cao Xiong patted him on the shoulder, "We didn't have anything here at first, but now we have built two cities, and we can still cast guns and smelt iron and steel. There are so many fields outside the city, and so many houses in the city. To be honest, uncle, I am very satisfied now!"

"Smelting iron and steel is only experimental, and only a few hundred kilograms are produced every day. It is estimated that it is not as much as a small workshop in Foshan, Guangdong." Qi Tian shook his head, "The main reason is that there is a shortage of skilled workers. Craftsman. Uncle, next time you go to Daming, you must try your best to get more! It doesn’t matter if you hire them at a high price or tie them up with a knife.”

I remember that in the late Ming Dynasty, there were many scientific masters. Some technologies and ideas were no less than those in Europe at this time, and even surpassed them.But in the end, they were all submerged in the long river of history. Some hid themselves in the mountains or overseas to subjugate the country, and some were abandoned by the Qing Dynasty like shoes, and they were depressed for life.

That being the case, why not bring them to the Hanzhou Continent in advance, so that their ideas and technologies can be sublimated and used to benefit the descendants of the Chinese Han people.

"Okay!" Cao Xiong agreed straight away, "Aren't they just artisans? They are regarded as lowly slaves in Daming. Spend more money, dredge up officials and people, and get some people to come. I think it's not difficult! I'll do it this time I have transported more than [-] artisans back, and I will hand them all over to you!"

The Ming Dynasty divided ordinary households into three classes, "people, soldiers, and craftsmen." Craftsmen were at the lowest level of society, and therefore the most humble.In the second year of Hongwu (1329), the government of the Ming Dynasty stipulated: "Every soldier, civilian, doctor, craftsman, yin and yang, and all kinds of households must be allowed to copy their original records, and reckless acts and disturbances are not allowed. ", it established from the system that craftsmen were not allowed to change their professions for generations, and also cut off all the ways for craftsmen to leave their nationality through the imperial examination, including becoming an official.

The definition of political status affects the economic life of craftsmen. In the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen were divided into two types: residential craftsmen and shift craftsmen.Resident craftsmen are permanently stationed in the capital and work ten days a month; shift craftsmen are organized into shifts according to the distance from the capital, and every three years, "go to Beijing every other time, and enter March."

Artisans work as voluntary labor without any remuneration, and only receive a certain amount of monthly grain and straight rice during the working period.Although shift craftsmen only serve for three months in each shift, those who travel far away will spend three to four months on the way back and forth, and all the expenses should be borne by themselves.As a result, craftsmen were exhausted and miserable. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, they often skipped work and fled.The hereditary replacement of craftsmen did not take into account the actual practice of craftsmen.

Looking at the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, their low social status and hard life have an important relationship with the craftsman registration system implemented in the Ming Dynasty.

"In addition to the general craftsmen, I have a list here. I wonder if uncle can get these people here?" After speaking, Qi Tian walked to a large log table and took out a piece of paper.

On the paper is a report about famous scientific and technological talents in the late Ming Dynasty that he wrote down with the help of the few remaining historical materials.

Cao Xiong took the paper, glanced at it, and put it down.

"Just say it..." Cao Xiong blushed, little bastard, have you forgotten that I am illiterate!
"Song Yingxing, this should be an official, but the official position is not very high.... Can you get this?"

Cao Xiong took a deep breath and kidnapped court officials, this seems a bit difficult.

"Where is he an official?" If it is not far from the sea, there may be a chance.

"I don't know!... However, he also has an elder brother named Song Yingsheng." Qi Tian shook his head.All he knows is that Song Yingxing seems to have been a low-level official all along. He wrote a book "Heavenly Creation", which is the world's first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production. encyclopedia".

Moreover, Song Yingxing also has deep research in machinery, biology, physics, chemistry, philosophy and other aspects.

During this period, Song Yingxing served as an instructor in Fenyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, teaching students, and he was an unrecognized teaching staff.But teaching in Fenyi County for four years was an important stage in his life, because all major works were published during this period.

"Who's next?" Cao Xiong didn't care if he could be tied up or not, he secretly wrote it down before talking.

"Wang Zheng, he wrote a book called..."

"Needless to say, I recognize him!" Cao Xiong interrupted Qi Tian's introduction.

"Well, how long has my uncle known him?" Qi Tian was very curious. In later generations, he could be called a scientist. In this era, he is also a leading scholar.

"During the fourth year of Chongzhen, Wang Zheng, who was full of Dingyou, was awarded the Liaohai Supervisor Army under the recommendation of Denglai Governor Sun Daren (Sun Yuanhua), and assisted Sun Darren in training troops."

"That year, the thief Kong Youde led his troops to rebel in Wuqiao. In the first month of the fifth year, he fell into Dengzhou City. After he attempted to commit suicide, he was taken captive by the rebels on the same level as Wang Zheng. In February, Kong Youde used Geng Zhongming's The plan is to send Lord Sun, Lord Wang and others back to the court. In July, Lord Sun was abandoned in the city, and Lord Wang was sent to the nearby guard to serve as an army." Cao Xiong said slowly.

"Where is Wang Zheng now?" Qi Tian asked eagerly.

"I don't know. Maybe it's still in the guard, maybe it's transferred to another place of hard labor."

"Will that save him?"

"Maybe it's okay to use some money."

In fact, at this time, Wang Zheng had already received an amnesty from the imperial court and had already returned to his home in Shaanxi.And because of the rampant bandits, local soldiers were recruited for self-defense.

When Qi Tian read Xu Guangqi's name, Cao Xiong smiled like an idiot.

"Xu Ge's old man is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and a second assistant to the cabinet! Is this something we can make up our minds?"

"Ah?" Qi Tian really didn't know that Xu Guangqi was actually a high-ranking official at the **** level, but when he was young, when he was studying history, he briefly mentioned Western science and technology such as astronomy, calendar, mathematics, surveying, and water conservancy. He has a wide range of research, devoted his life to the research of science and technology, and wrote diligently. He was an active promoter of introducing and absorbing European science and technology, and made important contributions to the cultural exchanges between China and the West in the 17th century.

"Then...forget it. Just collect all the books he wrote....Not only his books, but all the books on agriculture, handicrafts, metal refining, etc., all collected and brought back." Qi Tian Shaking his head, this kind of big man is not something they can covet.It's better to collect some books on the development of industrial and agricultural science and technology from the Ming Dynasty, sort them out a little, and teach them to the current craftsmen in Hanzhou, as well as children and teenagers.

Then, Qi Tian mentioned a few more people, famous doctor Yu Jiayan, mechanical expert Bo Jue, Fang Yizhi, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, etc.Anyway, how much you can get back is Han Zhou's biggest gain.

"Little Tian, ​​you are planning to catch all the talents of our Daming!" Cao Xiong shook his head and smiled wryly after hearing the list of lists reported by Qi Tian.Not to mention that there are officials and gentry among them, but I am afraid that these people are located in various provinces and prefectures of Ming Dynasty.It is difficult to search for it, I am afraid it is not small.

I don’t want to wipe them all out in advance now. In the next few years, they will be harvested by the turbulent refugees and the Manchus who broke through the customs, not only the homes they rely on, but also their lives.

(End of this chapter)