Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 365 The Grand Scholar and the Left Servant of the Ministry of War inspect Jinmen

The Daming Shipping Bureau, like the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Ordnance Institute, often caused frequent fires due to the accumulation and utilization of a large number of inflammable materials.

Therefore, the building of the Daming Shipping Administration Bureau, like several natural science research institutions in the capital, is no longer a wooden structure building, but a building made of the latest concrete wall structure.

This kind of building is expensive in this era, so it has not been fully popularized, so it has not challenged the traditional Chinese wooden structure buildings. Of course, the artistry and beauty of traditional wooden structure buildings, concrete buildings can not do it now replace.

Moreover, at this time, the Daming Shipping Administration Bureau, like the iron and steel smelting base attached to the Ordnance Institute, was also criticized by the local military and civilians, because looking at the black smoke billowing in the sky, it was known that it was a heavy polluting enterprise.

The county magistrate here even sued Zhu Youxiao for impeaching Mao Yuanyi, the head of the Daming Ship Administration Bureau, for polluting the sacred veins, poisoning fertile fields, and aggravating the illnesses of the people!
Zhu Youxiao did not blame the county magistrate, and even praised the county magistrate in front of the cabinet. He was the first Ming official to realize the problem of environmental pollution. His foresight seemed to be hundreds of years ahead of the people of today.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also directly promoted the county magistrate to be the censor of Beizhili, and took full responsibility for the relocation of residents near the Daming Shipping Bureau, including the major heavy industry bases in the capital.

No way, solving the damage to the natural environment brought about by the development process is still a problem even in the 21st century, let alone today's Ming Dynasty, under the influence of comprehensive factors such as limited capital costs, technological strength, and national awareness, In order to prevent the local people from paying the price of their lives due to the pollution of these heavy industries, Zhu Youxiao can only let them move out of their homeland, which is the only effective way now.

Under the black-painted chimneys are rows of factory buildings and docks, and the Haihe River near the docks is already pitch black, as if someone poured ink into it.

But it is also in such a filthy black Haihe River that one can hear the siren sound that will not be heard until hundreds of years later, and even see a steam ship that has just taken shape heading towards the mouth of the Haihe River.

This is Daming's second steam-powered ship ready to be launched into service. Its volume, draft and even speed are stronger than that of the "Zheng He".

Xu Guangqi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Yang Sichang, the left servant of the Ministry of War, were standing on the deck of this steam-powered ship at this time. It was the first time for them to come into contact with this kind of ship that did not rely on manpower to paddle, so naturally they were deeply moved.

In particular, Yang Sichang, the left servant of the Ministry of War, is different from Xu Guangqi. He is not as familiar with natural science as Xu Guangqi, a pioneer of Western learning, so now he keeps touching here to see where to go, and even asks Mao Yuanyi for advice. Get up: "Zhisheng (Mao Yuanyi's word is Zhisheng), what does this ship rely on to move forward? Why can he run away by himself, and the speed is so fast. I think someone is burning coal in it, so it must be burning coal. The flames can't move the boat."

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help but sneered, and didn't dare to make fun of this military official who knew nothing about natural science, so he held back his smile and explained: "Yang Shilang, it's not as simple as burning coal. , he transfers the heat energy generated by the combustion of coal to water, so that the water is converted into mechanical energy in the form of water vapor, that is, the bearing is driven in the cylinder, and then the propeller below is rotated through the bearing, but the loss caused by this process is very large. Basically, burning a hundred catties of coal only allows our ship to travel a short distance, so the reason why this ship is built is not only to hold more guns, but also to hold more coal.”

"Well, in this case, why can't we find a way to convert all the heat energy after the coal is burned into the mechanical energy you mentioned, so that the ship can be made faster?" Although Yang Sichang didn't know much about this, he was He is not stupid, and he can roughly understand what Mao Yuanyi said, and even draw inferences consistently.

Xu Guangqi and Mao Yuanyi smiled secretly. They both taught themselves a lot of theoretical knowledge of natural science at the Royal Academy of Sciences. They had to admit that they could not [-]% pass on the theory of energy conservation, because they still did it under the opposition of Zhu Youxiao. The experiment was still a failure, so when they heard Yang Sichang, a rookie, mention this, they didn't know what to say.

But he couldn't be cold, so Xu Guangqi had to say from the side: "Yang Shilang, that's the reason, but the heat generated by coal burning is not only transmitted to the water, but also to you and me. Think about it when you are here Boil water on the stove. When you boil the water, do you feel warm? This is possible. According to what your majesty said, it is produced by the movement of electrons. I don’t know what electrons are. It is said in those heavenly books."

Yang Sichang wanted to ask again, but seeing that Xu Guangqi and Mao Yuanyi had already turned their heads away, it was not easy to ask again. He secretly thought that he had to go back to the Royal Academy of Sciences to study carefully, and listened to what Mao Yuanyi said along the way. He didn't know anything about beryllium boron and thermodynamics, and he couldn't understand it at all.

But this time he came to inspect the Beihai Fleet, not to see the Daming Ship Administration Bureau, so he didn't ask any further questions. After all, Xu Guangqi was the main person in charge of inspecting the Daming Ship Administration Bureau, and Xu Guangqi was the only one who could understand Mao Yuanyi's scriptures. type of thing.

Yang Sichang did not have the awareness of attaching importance to maritime strategy before, but since he participated in the military aircraft with Zhu Youxiao, he has gradually realized that this is where the real life of Ming Dynasty lies. It can be said that although there are tigers and wolves in the north, they are only superficial. It's just fierce, and it's only a matter of a year or two since it became strong. On the ocean, the rise of the Francophones and the Red Fan ghosts are the future big troubles of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire Han people.

For this reason, Yang Sichang himself also made up for several months of marine knowledge. This time he came to the North Sea Fleet with an attitude of learning and familiarity, so his attitude was very humble and sincere. The officers of the army did not have too strong aversion to him.

After Yang Sichang and Xu Guangqi inspected the Daming Shipping Bureau and the expanded Beihai Fleet according to Zhu Youxiao's will, and returned to the capital with Li Mingrui, a cabinet scholar, Zhu Youxiao began to prepare for the reorganization of the Beihai Fleet. .

According to Zhu Youxiao's intention, the Ming court would no longer worry about Zheng's pirates, and directly established the Ming Imperial Guard Navy, and the fleet was directly expanded into three fleets, namely the North Sea Fleet, East China Sea Fleet, and South China Sea Fleet.

After recovering from his injury, Gu Sanmazi was directly appointed as the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet, and his first task was to take his own fleet directly southward, passing through the area controlled by Zheng's pirates to reach the Pearl River area, and assisting the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi with merchants. Zhou Zuo re-administered Macau.

According to Zhu Youxiao's intention, Macao should not be allowed to become a free place for Western fans in such a muddle-headed way.

(End of this chapter)