Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 78: The Power of Nuclear Bombs, the Chinese Spirit! [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

Seeing that Zhu Biao was worried about the humans in the movie, Liu Kuan had a better impression of him.

He said, "Your Highness, you will know after reading this."

Then continue playing the movie.

The plot also officially unfolds.

The film begins by introducing common natural disasters in reality, and then naturally transitions to the changes brought to the earth by the countdown to the expansion of the sun.

During this process, the shots overlooking the metropolis, the shots of the deserted modern city, and the shots of the confrontation between the police and the marching people all made Zhu Yuanzhang and others' pupils shrink and feel shocked.

When they saw the sun burning with raging flames and heard the narration saying that the sun would swallow up the earth in a hundred years and the entire solar system in three hundred years, Zhu Yuanzhang and others became visibly nervous.

Because the atmosphere created by the movie is so strong, even though we know it is fictional, we still feel that something is really happening.

After the movie finished introducing the "Wandering Earth Project", Liu Kuan took the initiative to pause it and tuned it to the frame of the solar system.

"Your Majesty, please look at this solar system. The closest planet to the sun is Mercury, followed by Venus, and then Earth."

"Further on are Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, with Uranus and Neptune being the farthest. The latter two planets are very small and were only discovered later."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao subconsciously stood up and moved closer to the screen to watch.

Several princes couldn't help but come over.

After these people had looked at it, Liu Kuan continued, "There are many similar galaxies outside the solar system, and there are also stars like the sun that can emit light and heat."

"So, in the movie, the united government of all the countries on Earth launched the Wandering Earth Project to deal with the disaster."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, his eyes still fixed on the solar system on the screen, and exclaimed, "Pushing the Earth away from the solar system—this idea is almost astonishing as the legend of Pangu creating the world. But can humans really accomplish this?"

Liu Kuan smiled, did not answer, but continued playing.

After the film described the construction of the planetary engine and the navigator space station, Liu Kuan paused and said, "Your Majesty, this planetary engine is actually similar to the steam engine that the Science and Technology Department will be building. They are both machines that provide power."

"It's just that it's more advanced than steam engines, internal combustion engines, electric motors, etc. It converts nuclear energy into power."

"Nuclear energy?" Zhu Yuanzhang and others were puzzled.

Liu Kuan said, "Nuclear energy is a very powerful energy. Even if I were to explain it, Your Majesty would not understand it without sufficient knowledge from later generations."

"But I can give you an example – if you only need a few pounds of nuclear material to make a nuclear bomb, it can cause an explosion similar to a gunpowder detonation, instantly destroying the entire capital and wiping out everything!"

"what?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up in surprise.

Zhu Biao and others were no exception, their faces full of disbelief.

"The explosion of something weighing only a few pounds can completely obliterate the capital? How is that possible?!"

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were fire guns and bowl-mouth cannons, and naturally there were also explosives, so Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about how powerful the explosion of explosives was.

However, he still found it hard to accept that there was something like explosives, and that just one or two pounds of it could wipe out the capital.

Liu Kuan said: "In later times, there were two major wars that affected most countries in the world. They were called world wars."

"During World War II, Japan engaged in aggressive military expansion, simultaneously invading China and establishing a powerful nation in North America."

"Finally, the country dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, reducing the cities to rubble and killing almost all people and animals within a two-mile radius."

"And there's radiation after a nuclear bomb explodes—that's a type of energy that can make people incurable diseases."

"So, in the decades following the explosions of these two nuclear bombs, hundreds of thousands more people died."

"And this is the result of Japan evacuating its civilians in advance. If a nuclear bomb exploded in a densely populated area like the capital, it would be an even more horrific disaster."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that what Liu Kuan said was true.

After coming to his senses, he frowned and asked, "If that's the case, wouldn't any country in the future who possesses nuclear weapons be invincible?"

Liu Kuan nodded, "Indeed, that's true—the two countries that first mastered nuclear weapons in later generations both became world superpowers and used them to suppress China."

"Fortunately, many scientists worked tirelessly on research and experiments, and finally, twenty years later, China also possessed the ability to manufacture nuclear bombs."

"Good! Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang excitedly said "good" twice and breathed a sigh of relief. "You are worthy of being a descendant of the Chinese nation. You are really proud of yourself!"

Liu Kuan smiled and returned to the topic, saying, "Nuclear materials can be used to make nuclear bombs for use in wars, but they can also be converted into energy that people need, such as electricity and power."

"Planetary engines use nuclear power, and only this powerful energy converted into power can propel the Earth out of its original orbit."

"As for the space station, it is similar to the moon - it floats in the void outside the earth like the moon, but it revolves around the earth."

"The two superpowers that first mastered nuclear energy both built space stations. my country was the third country in the world to do so, and it was named Tiangong."

At this point, Liu Kuan smiled and said, "So, although there is no Moon Palace on the moon in the future, there is a 'Heavenly Palace' in the void outside the earth."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more shocked and didn't know what to say.

In the end, there was only one thought in my mind. Science!

The Ming Dynasty must develop science!

If the Ming Dynasty could last for another five hundred years, perhaps it would be able to possess the means of immortals and gods like in later generations and build a heavenly palace!
Even establish heaven!
At that time, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not only the Son of Heaven, but the Emperor of Mankind!

Liu Kuan didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts had flown to five hundred years later. After he finished introducing the space station, he continued to play the movie.

And there was no pause afterwards.

For the Zhu family, almost every frame of "The Wandering Earth" is an extremely shocking scene, so no one spoke while watching it, even without Liu Kuan's words.

No one even exclaimed.

Because the scene of the entire world being frozen, countless skyscrapers becoming frozen ruins, and countless future machines running was too shocking for Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

This shock made them hold their breath...
An hour later, "The Wandering Earth" was over, but Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and others were still unable to recover for a long time.

After about three or four breaths, Zhu Yuanzhang said with great emotion, "The people in this play faced such a devastating disaster, yet they were able to come up with solutions and put them into action. It's truly rare!"

"It's truly incredible that they've spent two or three thousand years and hundreds of generations of tireless effort to send the stars they rely on for survival to another starry sky with the same power as the creation of the universe! It's truly admirable!"

Although Liu Kuan didn't know how many times he had watched this film, he felt quite emotional, especially after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's sigh.

He said, "Your Majesty may not know that this spirit of facing disaster head-on and never giving in, and dedicating oneself to resolving it, has actually been running in the blood of the Chinese people since ancient times."

"For example, many places have legends of great floods in ancient times. Faced with this disaster, the ancient people in most places fled their homes, and only a few survived and lived in poverty."

"For example, in today's Western powers, their legend goes like this: someone received a revelation from God that a disaster was about to happen, so they built a huge wooden ship in advance and called it Noah's Ark."

“The man selected a group of people, livestock, seeds, and various animals and took them aboard the ark. After the flood receded, he took these people back to land and rebuilt their homes.”

"Your Majesty, do you know how China dealt with this great flood?"

Liu Kuan's sudden question caught Old Zhu off guard.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao, who was standing nearby, was knowledgeable and quick to react. He asked with bright eyes, "Could it be that Dayu controlled the flood?"

Liu Kuan smiled and said, "Exactly—our Chinese ancestors didn't abandon their homes in the face of the great flood, or flee with only a small number of people. Instead, they chose to conquer the flood."

"Films like 'The Wandering Earth,' which depict apocalyptic events, have been produced in other countries, but most have adopted a Noah's Ark-like approach."

"The idea of ​​taking the entire Earth with you, as in this movie, is a first."

"Also, I think if technology allowed, the people in the film wouldn't even flee the solar system. Instead, they would try to subdue the sun, making it docile and even completely under human control!"

Control the sun?

After hearing this, many people looked at Liu Kuan in surprise, surprised by his bold idea.

But the faces of several young princes were full of excitement. They understood what Liu Kuan said and couldn't help but get excited.

Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed again: "Your words are indeed insightful. We Chinese people must have the character of facing hardships and difficulties and being indomitable!"

"If we didn't have this kind of determination, we would probably still be being bullied by the barbarians!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stood up and looked at the princes behind him.

"You guys, you've had a feast for your eyes today, but you can't watch this movie for nothing—those of you over ten, go back and write me an article about what you thought of 'The Wandering Earth.'"

"Ah?" King Zhu Gui of Qi was originally excited, but his face immediately turned bitter when he heard this.

The same was true for several other princes who did not like reading.

On the contrary, several studious princes such as Zhu Su, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Chun, and Zhu Bo responded respectfully, not finding it a hardship at all.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang asked about the time and learned that it was already the hour of Hai (a little after nine o'clock), so he let everyone go.

However, after Liu Kuan and others left, he brought Zhu Biao to Fengxian Hall.

"Biao'er, it seems that the benefits that science and technology will bring to future generations are far greater than you and I anticipated."

Zhu Biao thought of the nuclear bomb Liu Kuan mentioned, as well as the various technological advances revealed in The Wandering Earth, and nodded with emotion, "Indeed."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Now that we know the benefits of science and technology, we should be more determined to develop science and technology."

"We will write this matter into the Imperial Ming Ancestor's Instructions. When you inherit the throne, you must repeatedly tell your descendants not to take this matter lightly. Remember this?"

Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Your son will remember this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang added, "Also, what Liu Kuan learned in later life must have been extremely vast and complex. He himself might not have fully realized the importance of his insights to the Ming Dynasty."

"We think that once he finishes building the train and has some free time, we can let him serve as Xiongying's teacher. Let him keep Xiongying by his side and teach him by example."

"If Xiong Ying could learn even a fraction of his vast knowledge, he could ensure the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years. What do you think?"

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised sincerely, "This is a very good idea! Your Majesty is wise!"

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