The Ming Dynasty's Five Hundred Years

Chapter 214 Money-Making Gift Package

over nine days.

Li Qi waved his hand and summoned the system, preparing to study it.

"system."

【exist. 】

"Can we make simple soap, glass, and clean salt now?"

Based on the current technological level of the Ming Dynasty, these materials can be manufactured.

"What about beyond the current level of technology?"

[The system encompasses everything, even the entire course of civilization. Under certain conditions, the host can exchange industrial technology for this technology and hand it over to their family.]

"I see!"

Li Qi suddenly remembered that in his previous life, he had seen a player on a game forum pull out the complete set of "Elementary Industrial Theory and Technical Foundations".

That set of books was a divine artifact, no less precious than earth-rank items, and Li Qi even believed it was no less valuable than heaven-rank items.

The theoretical aspect includes mathematics, such as basic algebra and geometry.

In physics and chemistry, there are experiments on levers, pulleys, buoyancy, combustion, and metal smelting, which can help establish basic concepts in mechanics and chemistry.

Most importantly, there is an improvement in industrial technology, such as metallurgical technology:
Having the technology of ironmaking with coke, and using coal dry distillation to produce coke to replace charcoal in ironmaking, can solve the problem of charcoal resource depletion, increase furnace temperature, and obtain pig iron of better quality and in greater quantity, which is the foundation of all subsequent industries.

There have been improvements in blower technology, such as improvements to the water flow system, including the use of hydraulic blowers, as well as more efficient bellows to increase the air intake of the furnace and improve efficiency.

There are also optimizations to the crucible steelmaking process. Based on the existing crucible steelmaking process in the Ming Dynasty, by controlling the temperature, raw material ratio and stirring, high-quality steel, tool steel and weapon steel can be produced more stably.

There is also the large-scale production of basic chemical industries, such as sulfuric acid for metal processing, alkali production, and dyes; nitric acid for metal dissolution and gunpowder refining; and soda ash, which is crucial for high-definition glass, high-quality soap, and textiles.

The most unparalleled aspect is its power and mechanics. It directly presents the steam engine before Watt improved it. Although it is not as efficient as Watt's steam engine, it was already the limit given the material and technological level of the Ming Dynasty.

Many people may not realize that industrial progress is a systematic project. It's not that if you build a steam engine today, you'll enter the industrial age tomorrow. More likely, due to poor materials and low precision, the steam engine will break down and be left as scrap.

The "Elementary Industrial Theory and Technological Foundations" provided by the system is a complete set of tools for entering the industrial age.

After the initial stage is unlocked, it is said that intermediate and advanced stages can also be unlocked. According to what the game company in my previous life vaguely revealed, there is even nuclear fusion technology.

"Nuclear fusion technology has never been mastered on Earth, so how could it be present in the system?"

Li Qi was somewhat skeptical. In his previous life, it was a game where he could simply change some data and click a button to claim mastery. But this was a real world where real people had to conduct research. Could it really be possible to achieve nuclear fusion?
[In this world, you, the host, are a being of a higher dimension. The system attached to you is naturally omnipotent. As long as your family continues to acquire achievement points and incense value, and as long as you continue to ascend in dimension, interstellar technology that is even more advanced than nuclear fusion and belongs only to the science fiction era can be manifested.]

Li Xianmu understood. The system was just making empty promises to him. The Li family had come this far, but they hadn't even seen a trace of industrial foundation. What interstellar technology? Was this some kind of joke?

If you can acquire World War II-level technology in the timeline before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, you've already completed the game quickly enough.

If one can obtain nuclear fusion by the time they clear the game in five hundred years, they will be invincible. After all, based on Earth's experience, nuclear fusion is a distant dream. If the Li family can develop nuclear fusion and such things one day, it will be a truly meritorious achievement.

"Salt and iron are resources controlled by the imperial court. Smuggling salt is illegal, but it can be presented as a merit. Produce luxury goods such as salt refining, soap, glass, and perfume, and give them to Xianmu when he comes in with the incense next time."

……

Li Xianmu was unaware that his father had prepared a huge gift package for him, enough to make him incredibly wealthy. He continued to preach the family precepts to everyone in the ancestral hall. "Besides harmony among relatives, it is about how clan members conduct themselves in society."

Li Xianmu solemnly said, "The clan does not require its members to be saints who are without desires and love all living beings, but they must remember the words of Emperor Zhaolie: 'Do not refrain from doing good because it is small, nor do evil because it is small.'"

My father once told me about the nobles and powerful officials of the past dynasty, who, relying on their power, treated people as less than human and wantonly bullied ordinary people.

Our Li family is now considered one of the most powerful and influential families in the Ming Dynasty. There are very few families in the entire Ming Dynasty that can bully us, and those few families are all related to us.

I'm not saying this to make you feel more secure, but rather to encourage you to think about it.

What do you usually eat?
People are probably tired of eating too much meat and fish, but ordinary people can only eat meat during the Spring Festival. In remote mountain villages, some people can't even eat meat all year round.

You are dressed in fine silk and satin. How many sets of clothes does the manor provide for you throughout the year?
But for ordinary people, a single piece of clothing might be passed down for three generations. In winter, even the coldest cave dwellings and dilapidated houses can't keep out the wind, and every winter when it snows heavily, people freeze to death.

Those officials who fawn over you and try to please you in every way are like fierce demons to the common people, and they could die in prison if they are not careful.

They have already exhausted all their strength just to live in this world. If you continue to oppress them, how are you any different from the Duke of Yansheng's mansion?
What difference is there between them and those lawless powerful and wealthy individuals?
You are still young now, but you will eventually have to start your own families and careers. If one day you use the name of the Li family to commit evil deeds that harm people's lives, the master family will not be lenient.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, murderers must pay with their lives; it is a matter of course!

“Third Uncle, what if other powerful and influential people break the law? I have heard about the deeds of several of my great-uncles, and I feel deeply ashamed. I also know that many other powerful and influential people have committed illegal acts, which confuses me.”

The person who asked this question was Li Fang's eldest son, Li Fucheng. The great-uncle he mentioned was the son of Zhu Yuanzhang's several humanoid beings. Zhu Yuanzhang compiled the deeds of those sons into a book, so it was not surprising that Li Fucheng knew about it.

After a moment's thought, Li Xianmu said, "If you lack power, remember it; if you have enough power, settle accounts with it."

After all, the Li family isn't the only one in this world. All we can do is maintain our own integrity and then gather with like-minded people.

Even a young child could sense a chilling aura emanating from Li Xianmu.

"If you ever enter officialdom, remember to enforce the law as strictly as a mountain, love the people like your own children, eradicate corruption as if it were an enemy, be strict with officials, and be lenient with the people. Remember, for every bit of effort an official puts in, the people will benefit tenfold."

Do not scheme for personal gain, but do it for the benefit of all. However, always remember that once the credit is yours, you should not relinquish it.

In this dark world, if you relinquish your credit, how can you know whether the person you relinquish it to is upright and honest?

As Fu Cheng just said, there are wicked people everywhere in this world, so we must never let this world be handed over to the wicked. We must resolutely and forever fight against the wicked and cruel.

If I ever have the ability, I will naturally exterminate them all.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Li Xianmu's lips. "My father once said something—"

The greatest thing a person can do in this world is to transform it into the world they want it to be!

If you want the world to be free of thieves, then there will be no thieves. If you want the world to be clean, then there will be no turbidity. Wise rulers and virtuous ministers throughout history have been doing this. This is also what the sage meant by creating peace for all generations.

Our sons of the Li family can only be virtuous ministers; anyone who dares to be a treacherous minister and bring chaos to the world will be killed!

"I have learned a lot, Third Uncle." Li Fucheng bowed respectfully.

Li Xianmu nodded slightly, and then continued to talk about the requirements for Li family sons when they were officials.

As the sun set and shadows began to fall.

(End of this chapter)