The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

A pitch-black environment, extreme quietness and silence, day and night, the passage of time seems to have stagnated...

That kind of mental torture is more difficult than physical pain.

Zhou Tianxu had seen many brave soldiers who were covered in wounds on the battlefield and were still fighting fiercely with blood all over their bodies.

It is precisely because of this that he has a clear understanding of the terrifying degree of confinement.

Zhou Tianxu ordered that not only one Kang Qiaonian was sent to the confinement room, but basically those who refused to confess were sent to the confinement room.

One day can't be closed for two days, two days can't be closed for three days, five days, eight days, ten days, half a month...

No matter how stubborn these people are, sooner or later they will not be able to stand it anymore.

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Zhu Hongyu put down the report in his hand, and spoke to the person in front of him.

"The construction of the shipyard must be accelerated!"

"The first thing is to do a good job in site selection!"

In the battle of Jiangnan, the Ming army took the Longjiang Treasure Shipyard of the Qing court in one fell swoop.

A large number of shipwrights, Western missionaries, and a large number of coffin boards (shipbuilding timber) gathered by the Qing court at the Longjiang Bao Shipyard, as well as a large number of landlords and Lao Cai, basically all fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Zhu Hongyu didn't intend to transport these shipwrights and timber back to Luzon.

He plans to use these resources on hand to build another shipyard along the coast of Guangdong.

At most, Zhu Hongyu dispatched some technical backbones from Luzon and Batavia.

In that case, under Daming's control, there would be four large shipyards!

The Huaxing shipyard in Luzon, the shipyard in Batavia, the shipyard in Annan Hongji controlled by Zheng, and the shipyard that Zhu Hongyu plans to build on the coast of Guangdong.

In Zhu Hongyu's vision, the main task of Luzon and Batavia is to manufacture sea-going ships, including various sailing battleships, western-style armed merchant ships, etc.

The Zheng family's shipyard in Hongji mainly builds traditional Chinese ships such as Fuchuan and Guangzhou Shipyards.

Chinese-style ships are not easy to go to the ocean, but their seaworthiness, cargo capacity, and operational difficulty in coastal navigation are much stronger than Western-style sea-going ships.

At the very least, if it is just a merchant ship running along the coast, Chinese ships are definitely more suitable than Western ships.

Then there is Zhu Hongyu's plan to build a new shipyard here in Guangdong.

Zhu Hongyu's plan for it is to build inland river vessels, as well as transport tank boats suitable for inland rivers and canals.

"Your Highness, what's your opinion on the location of the shipyard?"

The person in charge of the shipyard asked Zhu Hongyu for his opinion.

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, then spoke.

"Let the people from the Ministry of Construction do a survey of the terrain first, and then decide on the site selection when the Ministry of Construction has the results."

Zhu Hongyu basically didn't know much about engineering construction, so he didn't give any pointers.

So as not to add to the chaos below!
The person in charge of the shipyard nodded, but then spoke again.

"Your Highness, those Western prisoners of war we captured at Longjiang Treasure Shipyard are very restless!"

"I don't know how to deal with it!"

Zhu Hongyu raised his eyebrows and asked.

"What kind of restless life?"

He was a little curious, these missionaries have all become prisoners of war, are they still so stubborn?

The person in charge replied.

"Your Highness, those Western missionaries are clamoring to spread their Western cult!"

"What are you talking about? They will work for Daming only if His Highness agrees to their preaching!"

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, but he was not surprised.

Why do you think they are called missionaries?
The missionaries who came from the West to the East in this era are not synonymous with the kind of garbage and scum of later generations, but truly believers.

They traveled across the ocean from the west to the east, and at least half of them died due to wind, waves, injuries and illnesses on the way.

But even so, they came.

It can be seen how firm their faith is!
After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"It's impossible for Gu to agree to their preaching!"

"Since they are unwilling to do things for me, Daming, then send them all to a labor camp."

"According to different crimes, they should be sentenced to different years of labor reform and military service!"

"After the reform through labor is over, expel them from Daming!"

Although Zhu Hongyu admired the firm beliefs of these people, he would never allow these missionaries to preach.

He would rather throw all these high-level talents to work as coolies than give in to missionaries on this issue!

Because this is not only a religious issue, but also a question of Eastern and Western civilizations competing for the right to speak in the world.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhu Hongyu doesn't like those missionaries very much now.

They don't know as many things as Zhu Hongyu does!
The person in charge of the shipyard resigned and left, and Zhu Hongyu continued to be busy with the matter at hand.

The Daming Imperial Research Institute sent Zhu Hongyu a report.

The specific content is about the research and development of generators and the progress of the practical application of steam engines.

With the in-depth research of the research institute, the research and development direction of the steam engine is roughly divided into two different directions: miniaturization and large-scale.

Needless to say, it was a preparation for the power plant of steam locomotives and steam ships.

In terms of miniaturization, it is to be used in various mines and factories, and it must be adapted to different mechanical equipment to provide kinetic energy for those mechanical equipment.

Let machinery replace labor in production to some extent!

Moreover, the research and development process of generators is actually closely related to the miniaturization research and development process of steam engines.

Is it difficult to build a handmade generator?
Not difficult!
Magnets, copper coils, and a crank handle can basically be made by a skilled craftsman.

Even if there is no number of craftsmen, ordinary people with better hands-on ability can make it!
In order to realize the real practicality of generators, the real difficulty lies in the two aspects of voltage control and current transmission.

In order to achieve results in these two aspects, the most basic requirement is that the generator should run stably.

In this era, the only thing that can provide a stable power source for generators is the steam engine!

A steam engine is used to drive a generator to generate a steady current.

With a stable current, we can start to study voltage, current transmission and other things.

Looking at the reports sent by the research institute, including steam engine boarding experiments, locomotive experiments, generator operation experiments, electrical research and development, etc...

Zhu Hongyu can only say that it is true!

He just gave a general idea and research direction, and they gave the results in a daze.

This group of researchers in the Daming Royal Research Institute, their hands-on ability is really too strong!

And this group of researchers with super hands-on ability is exactly why Zhu Hongyu doesn't care about those Western missionaries!
Tang Ruowang, Nan Huairen, no matter how awesome they are, can they build a steam engine?Can a generator be built?

the answer is negative!

They can't!

But those researchers in Daming can!