Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 256 Who knows what Daming will do?
The time when vermicelli appeared at the entrance of the Central Plains can be traced back at least before the Jiajing period, because Li Shizhen recorded the method of making vermicelli in "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Therefore, it is also very reasonable for Zhu Jinsong to drink a bowl of old duck vermicelli soup in Jinling City.

The only unreasonable thing is the bad news brought by Ke Zhiming: "The Royal College of Electrical Engineering made an experiment error, resulting in two deaths, more than ten houses were burned down, and more than half of the entire Electrical Engineering Institute was destroyed. , I think it was all caused by the Royal Academy’s unauthorized triggering of lightning.”

Zhu Jinsong was startled, and then forced himself to calm down, took the information from Ke Zhiming, and read it slowly.

The Royal Academy of Ming Dynasty does have a branch of electricity, and there are quite a few talented people in it who are tossing about batteries and other things, but Zhu Jinsong can't figure out how the experiment of electricity can destroy most of the branch of electricity.

These lunatics got the electromagnetic gun out?
Don't talk nonsense, Daming's current research on electricity is limited to the simplest battery, and even the electric light bulb has not been tossed out yet, so why talk about electromagnetic guns?

However, after Zhu Jinsong read the information, he couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart.

In November of Qian Deaf's 14th year, Franklin observed many similarities between lightning and electrostatic discharge in Philadelphia, and proposed that lightning is a natural discharge phenomenon.

After being deaf for 15 years, Franklin wrote a letter to Chrisson, a member of the Royal Society, describing such an experiment: he wanted to erect a long metal pole on a high place to wait for thunderstorm clouds to come.Metal rods are divided into grounded energized and non-grounded insulation, and in the second case of insulation, it is hoped that a certain amount of lightning power will be stored in the metal rod.

Originally, this was Franklin's conjecture, but Chrison, a member of the Royal Society of England, collected all Franklin's letters and compiled a book "Electrical Experiments and Observations" based on the contents of the letters.

When Qian was deaf for 17 years, the Frenchman Dariba successfully completed the experiment described by Franklin in the suburbs of Paris, proving that "sky fire" is nothing but a super-high-intensity discharge phenomenon.

In the same year, after hearing about the success of the European lightning experiment, the "Philadelphia News" sponsored by Franklin published an article report: Although the European lightning experiment was a great success, someone in Philadelphia has invented a simpler experimental method—— A kite is made from a silk handkerchief, attached to a wire, and a strip of dry silk is tied at the end of the wire for insulation.When the thunder cloud passed by, the end of the metal wire and the human knuckles would discharge, which verified the essence of the discharge of "Skyfire".

Recently, the translation of the book "Electrical Experiment and Observation" has finally been completed. After getting the translated version of "Electrical Experiment and Observation", the bachelors of the Electrical Engineering Branch took it as a treasure and started to replicate the experiment. carve.

However, after successfully replicating the experiment of the Frenchman Dariba, the bachelors in the Institute of Electricity were not satisfied. Instead, they followed the information mentioned in "Electrical Experiments and Observations" and directly found Franklin who later published it in The article on the "Fei Bao Bao", and then began to reproduce this experiment.

"Use a silk handkerchief to make a kite, then connect it with a metal wire, and tie a dry silk ribbon at the end of the metal wire for insulation." These steps are all right. After all, there is no shortage of silk in Ming Dynasty, and there is no shortage of kite-making craftsmen.

It's even easier to attach another key to the end of the kite string.

However, an embarrassing thing happened - the kite couldn't fly!
Although the talented people in the Electrical Engineering Branch tried their best, the kites just couldn't fly in thunderstorms, and they would fall to the ground because they were wet by the rain. It was impossible to repeat Franklin's experiment.

At this point, it has basically been proved that Franklin's so-called kite experiment is a complete fool-like scam.

But those talented people in the Royal Academy were not willing to just falsify, but tried every means, hoping to combine the experiments of Dariba and Franklin to induce lightning, and it is best to complete the storage of lightning.

The problem is precisely here.

In order to be able to draw more accurate conclusions, those ruthless people from the Electrical Branch of the Royal Academy not only did a set of experiments, but set up several metal poles before the rainy day, some connected to the open space, some It was placed on the house, and some of them were connected to the kite line, and the key was hung on the end-these people still did not give up!
As a result, it was because so many metal poles stood up high that the Royal Academy was burned by lightning on a night of thunder and lightning but not much rain. Two university scholars who were standing next to the metal poles and planned to study the keys were also directly burned by the thunder. hit.

Zhu Jinsong didn't even know what to say.

After being silent for a while, Zhu Jinsong finally said: "Inform the Royal Academy to provide generous compensation for the dead and injured bachelors, and we must make safety preparations in advance when we conduct experiments in the future."

Ke Zhiming first bowed down to answer, but then said with a sore face: "Jin Yiwei's secret report from the chief envoy in Lanfang, because of the impact of interests, the people on the side of Manopache, ruled by the Dutch barbarians, seem to be very repulsed." Lanfang chief envoy does not rule out the possibility of conflicts erupting."

Zhu Jinsong, who was in a bad mood just now, suddenly felt that this bowl of old duck vermicelli was made very well. You can see that the duck gizzards and duck intestines are crispy, the duck liver is tender, and the vermicelli are neither soft nor hard, chewy yet delicate. Add a little sesame oil and mature vinegar, this taste, tsk tsk.

Taking the remaining duck intestines, duck gizzards and duck liver with the vermicelli at the bottom of the bowl, he took the last mouthful of soup and pulled it into his mouth. He swallowed the soup first, and then slowly chewed the duck and vermicelli. Zhu Jinsong suddenly There is a feeling of special satisfaction.

"Shu Tan!"

Zhu Jinsong put down the bowl, wiped the corners of his mouth again, and then said with a smile: "Send an order to the Lanfang Thousand Households Office to let them pay attention to the movements of those monkeys, and then send someone to notify the former military governor's office to let the South China Sea Fleet do it." Ready to go anytime.”

Zhu Jinsong felt that this was the best news he had heard recently.

Speaking of the name Mano Baxie alone, there may not be many people who know it. If it is replaced by the Old Port Xuanweisi, more people may know it, but if it is replaced by Yinhou, there are probably not many people who do not know it.

It was sung by Yehenara Yingdu, let’s meet in that year.

In addition to that year, the Hongxi tragedy occurred here in the fifth year of Qian Deaf.

General Ce Leng of Fuzhou of the Qing Dynasty Department and Governor Wang Shu of the Department of Fuzhou jointly entered the memorial, claiming: "Overseas criminals are worthless, and they have suffered such a catastrophe. They have committed their own crimes and have nothing to do with the court." The people, who do not hesitate to carry the tomb of their ancestors and go abroad for profit, will not be heard by the court."

"Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty" also recorded such a thing: Chen Yilao, a survivor of the Hongxi tragedy, sneaked back to Fujian with his belongings and children in May 1749, and returned to his hometown to serve his mother. Pay attention, let the Ministry of Criminal Justice try it. The crimes and punishments are: "Should make friends with foreign countries, buy and sell each other and borrow money, defraud property, provoke border disputes, send troops to remote areas, send concubines and children frugally, and chase money into officials." The reason is " These bandit people, who went to foreign countries privately, were prohibited by law, and they have been hiding for many years. They may use the excuse to intimidate the foreign countries, bluff, or leak the situation in the interior, so as not to cause trouble, it is unknown."

Of course, it’s not surprising that this happened, because Daqing’s operations have always been so magical that ordinary people’s brains may not be able to figure it out at all.

But, what Emperor Qianlong didn't care about, Emperor Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, cared about very much.

In addition, it was the Dutch East India Company that occupied that territory.

But Zhu Jinsong's preparations were a bit redundant—when the navy of the former military governor's mansion of the Ming Dynasty had just completed its assembly in Qiongzhou, Mano Baxie's side was already in chaos.

What's even more puzzling is that the Indian monkeys on the side of Mano Baxie did not organize to attack the chief envoy of Lanfang, but broke out a violent conflict with the Dutch East India Company that ruled them.

The specific manifestation is that the Indian monkeys organized to attack the companies of the Dutch East India Company and the camps of the Dutch army, and started a crazy zero-dollar carnival in the city and programs that can be fun without a wife.

Peter Heraldus Overstraten, governor of the East India Company at the time, was on the verge of madness.

"Kill them all! They must be killed!"

Overstraten looked like a lion caught in a rage, roaring to kill any wild dog who dared to provoke it.

"These idiots, if they want to die, just let them die. The East India Company can't be dragged down by them anyway!"

"God, are these idiots full of shit? How dare they provoke the Ming Kingdom?"

Johannes Silberg, one of the seventeen gentlemen who hurried to Batavia because of the Indian monkey's troubles, also had a gloomy face, and the beard on his mouth became upturned because of the angry speech speed. Qiao De: "We must get rid of these monkeys as soon as possible!"

"Now the whole of Europa has become a mess. The Bourbon family and the Stuart family have joined forces to deal with the Habsburg family, and the Habsburg family is almost unable to hold on."

"This means that the situation in Europa will usher in a drastic change. The Stuart family is likely to turn around, and the already powerful Bourbon family may become even stronger."

"The cause of all this is the little broken pot advocated by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty—fortunately, our Netherlands has already applied to join the little broken pot at the first time. Although it has not been approved yet, it is better than not even applying. The Habsburgs who submitted were much stronger."

"We in the Netherlands are now walking on a road with multiple branches. If you are not careful, you may fall off a cliff, and it may even be worse than Portugal."

And after hearing the word Portugal, Overstraten's mood suddenly became worse: "Yes, I know, I know how miserable Portugal is, damn it, those damn monkeys!"

Johannes Silberg nodded, and said: "Peter, you are the governor of the East India Company. I think you know the power of the Ming Dynasty better than I do, so you must get rid of those monkeys no matter what. You must not Because of them, they provoked the powerful Ming country."

Overstraten nodded, forced himself to calm down and said, "Okay, I will solve this trouble as soon as possible."

Overstraten didn't want to end up in the same fate as Walgener - when Walgener was the governor of the East India Company, the famous Red Creek tragedy happened here in Batavia, and the Netherlands at that time The authorities were afraid that the Qing Congress, the "world's most powerful country," would retaliate by force and cut off trade, so Walgenir was arrested and imprisoned, and finally died of old age in prison.

Although Walgener was a little wronged, Overstraten knew very well in his heart that if something similar happened under his own hands, he might not even have the chance to die of old age in prison.

Because the Qing Dynasty did not retaliate by force or cut off trade at that time.

But, who knows what Daming will do?
(End of this chapter)