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Chapter 715 Industry
The battle at the Tiger Skin Station shook the entire Liaodong.

The Ming Dynasty once again defeated Huang Taiji, and the result of this victory was announced to all around by the wind and the moonlight.

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Forbidden City.

Yang Reform is also quite busy. In addition to paying attention to the progress of the battle ahead every day and listening to the reports of the staff on various situations, he also has to brace himself to deal with natural disasters in the country, and he has to brace himself to deal with the rebound of some forces in the court.

It is impossible to want to have a peaceful court and to do things smoothly.

Today, after discussing the state affairs with the courtiers for a while, and talking about the progress of work-for-relief with Han Yu, Yang Reform returned to Qianqing Palace and prepared to take a good lunch break.The days are getting hotter and hotter, and the energy is exhausted too fast. If you don't take a good nap, you won't have any energy in the afternoon.

Although the arrangement was like this, Yang Reform couldn't sleep due to the pressure from several aspects. He still only squinted his eyes for a while, and then got up. The pressure was too great to fall asleep peacefully.

"What time is it?" Yang Reform asked sleepily.

"Your Majesty! At the beginning of Weishi..." Wang Chengen replied.

In the early days?Yang Reform murmured to himself that he slept for at most half an hour.Feeling the sleepiness of eyelids and dizzy head, Yang Reform knew that he didn't sleep well, but his mental head was extremely excited.Facing the pressure from top to bottom, Yang Reform cannot be immune to any impact.At this moment, we are at the critical moment of several key matters, even the most calm person can't calm down, and it is natural to be excited.

"Your Majesty, do you want to sleep for a while?" Looking at the red and confused eyes of the emperor, Wang Chengen asked hastily.

"No..." Yang Reform stood there for a while, then said blankly.

Seeing that the emperor said that he would not sleep anymore, Wang Chengen hurriedly helped the emperor to wear it. The emperor was going to work and deal with political affairs.

After washing his face and doing some exercise, Yang Reform finally got used to it.

"Is there anything important in the afternoon?" Yang Reform asked, if not, Yang Reform will go to the platform.According to Yang Reform's estimation, if there are no accidents in the Liaodong War, there should be results in these two days. This is also the reason why Yang Reform does not "snooze". The news came.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's nothing important... By the way, Your Majesty, Liu Jishan, the special envoy of Liaodong, has offered some items. I don't know if His Majesty likes it or not..." Wang Chengen thought for a while, and immediately arranged this matter as the first thing, The first thing in the morning must be a major military event. Wang Chengen usually dare not make random arrangements for fear of ruining the emperor's important event. But for the first thing in the afternoon, Wang Chengen can move around according to his own preferences, and put some things that he thinks are important. Useful things are arranged for the emperor to see first, and he thinks that they are useless and boring, so he arranges them later. The emperor's energy is also limited, so he often pays attention to this matter, and the whole afternoon passes in a flash, so, this Location is a very important location.As for Liu Jishan's matter being the first priority, it was because he was a senior of the imperial party, and he stood on the emperor's side with a clear stand very early on. Therefore, Wang Chengen had to take care of his affairs.

"Oh, Liu Jishan, what's the matter with him? Didn't he go to Sanchahe to help Master Sun? What will he have?" Yang Reform asked. He still remembered the imperial party's troops very clearly, especially It is this kind of imperial party that was gathered in the early stage, and Yang Reform is even more aware of their movements.

"Your Majesty forgot that Liu Jishan specially offered the pen for writing small characters..." Wang Chengen reminded with a smile.

"Oh, this... I just remembered, and there is indeed such a thing. Could it be that he has something new?" Yang Reform immediately remembered Liu Jishan, who had the image of the "Saint Seiya". Yang Reform is still fresh in the memory of the person who challenged him, and he did a lot of work to open up the situation for himself in the court. Although he is not a historical figure, in Yang Reform's eyes, this amount is quite heavy.

"Your Majesty, it is..." Wang Chengen said with a smile.

"Hehehe, since there is one, let's take a look quickly..." Yang Reform said with a smile.

Wang Chengen immediately brought a brocade box.

Open the brocade box, and there are some things wrapped in silk.When Wang Chengen opened it, there were some "pens" made of "gold", "steel", "jade" and "ivory".

"Pen?" Yang Reform's first reaction when he saw this thing was this.

"Your Majesty has good eyesight. This brush is not only made of steel, but also made of gold, iron, and copper. This means that the nib and the tube are not only gold and silver, but also ivory and jade. , made of precious wood..." Wang Chengen immediately gave various explanations to the emperor, but Wang Chengen was more attentive to the things sent by his "own people".

Yang Reform was a little surprised. Although this fountain pen is somewhat different from the fountain pens of later generations, Yang Reform put him in the category of fountain pens at a glance because of the split nib in the middle.

Yang Reform picks up a fountain pen with a golden nib in surprise. Looking carefully, Yang Reform has seen a lot of gold and silver now. At first glance, he can tell that the nib of this pen is definitely made of gold.Yang Reform was surprised by the appearance of fountain pens, but he was even more surprised that there were actually gold pens made of gold!
"Your Majesty, this is made of gold. The nib is soft and easy to write. It is not easy to scratch the paper, and it is good for ink..." Wang Chengen thought he had tried it himself, but he explained it to the emperor logically.

"It's made of gold..." Yang Reform looked at it carefully for a while, and based on his current understanding of gold and silver, Yang Reform can also judge for himself that this is real gold.Regarding how to distinguish between gold and silver, Yang Reform can be considered to have put in "hard work" to learn. This ability is similar to that of later generations learning to distinguish the true and false of RMB.

"...Try..." Yang Reform said without thinking.Yang Reform didn't expect that Liu Jishan had really kept this matter in mind as he was just talking casually at the time, and he had been busy working on this matter. After two years, this sum finally used metal.At the beginning, Yang Reform didn't expect this thing to be done, but he just had an attitude of giving it a try.

Wang Chengen skillfully dipped the pen into the ink, and gave it to Yang Reform, saying, "Your Majesty, try it..."

Yang Reform took the ink-soaked pen and drew on the paper. In terms of hand feeling, it was much more comfortable than Yang Reform using the bamboo tip to write. It was very soft, and it was also much more willful than bamboo. Because I am not familiar with the force, more ink comes out, but after a little control of the force, the lines drawn are relatively neat, and the ink is evenly applied.

Yang Reform immediately became interested. This is indeed a huge progress. The "pen" has finally evolved from bamboo to metal.

Yang Reform was happy for a while, and also wrote for a while. He has verified this "pen" and it is indeed a good dipping pen. I can write a word well with one stroke of ink, but the nib is a little soft. Yang Reform dare not use too much force. If I apply a little force, the ink on this nib will be too much, and the handwriting will be impossible to read immediately, but it is better than a bamboo nib. much better.Yang Reform confirmed that this is a relatively mature "pen".

"It's a bit soft, if it's a little harder, it would be better..." Yang Reformed.

"Your Majesty, there is also this one. This is a nib made of steel, which is relatively hard. Try it, Your Majesty..." Wang Chengen quickly handed over another pen, seeing that the emperor was quite interested and happy.

Yang Reform took the pen again, dipped it in the ink himself, and started to write. The first thing he felt was that the steel nib and the gold nib of the pen were much harder, and the force needed to write was much stronger than the gold nib. Many, just started writing, and because of the force control, sometimes the ink is too much, and sometimes there is no ink at all. After a little bit of adaptation, Yang Reform has been able to adapt to this pen proficiently.

The more he wrote, the more smiles on Yang Reform's face.

Yang Reform claims to be a reformer, and he takes changing the Ming Dynasty and promoting the reform and progress of the Ming Dynasty as his mission, so he must change many things and many habits.It is destined to set off a revolution in the Ming Dynasty.

Ever since Yang Reform became the emperor, he called himself reform and made a name for reform. He also thought about how to reform the end of the Ming Dynasty and make major changes to society, especially in such a complicated situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Reform also concluded Got some experience.

First of all, there must be major changes, major reforms. As far as the situation in the late Ming Dynasty is concerned, without this, blindly "pasting the wall" will not change the situation of the Ming Dynasty's demise.

There is no doubt that big changes need to be made, but in reality, as far as the change of the whole society is concerned, changes in various subtleties are even more important. Big moves must be matched with countless small moves and small changes. Only in this way can we talk about it. This is what is meant by the so-called subtle changes in the world.

Blindly using big means and vigorously carrying out big changes, the backlash and pressure encountered will inevitably increase. Yang Reform still does not want to fight against the world by himself.

And these subtle changes can play a good buffer role, and can have a subtle effect. Subtle changes can allow people to have a process of gradual adaptation, and will not cause too much rebellion against the change. Psychology is more favorable for change.

As far as the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it is necessary to change in order to survive, and social changes will inevitably have a huge shock, and there is no doubt that countless small changes, small shocks are more important than huge shocks one after another It is suitable for this era.

No one wants to see a big earthquake every day and see their house shaking every day.If the intensity of the "earthquake" is so low that you can't feel it, even if there is an "earthquake" every day, no one will feel anything about it, let alone be afraid of the earthquake.

The modification of this writing instrument can be said to be a small change, compared to the vigorous change, it is nothing, although this matter was not less attacked by the officials at the beginning.Although it was nothing at the time, Yang Reform did not issue an imperial edict saying that writing with a brush was not allowed, nor did he issue an imperial edict saying that small characters must be written.

But it also opened a small opening for the transformation of this writing tool. This opening is constantly changing and developing. Inadvertently, it has changed from a bamboo pen to a "pen", a subtle change. So there is new progress.Subtle changes, yet another step forward.

Subtle changes here and there may not be paid much attention at this time, but as they get older, they will definitely burst out with amazing energy. After several years, even ten years, decades later , People will find that they have changed so much.The superposition of these subtle changes will generate huge energy, and this energy is exactly the energy needed to completely change the entire society.Only reform can be truly realized.

Although drastic reforms are smooth and comfortable, they are also more difficult, and the pressure and backlash they encounter must be greater. There are many examples of people dying and government disappearing.

"This nib should be made of steel, right?" Yang Reform asked after writing for a while. This fountain pen is somewhat different from the pens of later generations. It is not as bright as the later generations, but it feels a bit dark.

"Return to Your Majesty, this nib is made of steel. According to Liu Jishan, after two years, he used several materials in the world to make the nib. The better ones are these, gold, steel, iron, copper..." Wang Chengen said quickly , This kind of thing that is presented to the emperor, not everything can reach the emperor's hands. For safety and other considerations, these things generally have a meaning. More processing results are told to the sender. When something happens, or there is nothing to say at all, they generally don’t put everything in front of the emperor. If something happens, no one can afford it, and things that need to be shown to the emperor usually go through layers of checks. Layers of inspections, some special-purpose things, I will figure it out first, I will never understand everything, and I will come to the emperor. In that case, the emperor is really a high-risk occupation. Clearly, that is the reason.

"It's interesting..." Yang Reform laughed.I didn't force myself on this thing. I didn't expect that there would be such a big progress now. It's really interesting. It seems that the people of this imperial party quite understand my heart.

"...how did he come up with the idea to use these?" Yang Reform asked with a smile. He was very interested in Liu Jishan's "fountain pen", and he was thinking about how many pen nibs the world had to produce to meet the needs. How much is the cost more appropriate.

"Your Majesty, it is said that Sun Yuanhua helped a lot..." Wang Chengen immediately explained.

"Sun Yuanhua?..." Yang Reform was surprised. He didn't expect that this matter could be related to Sun Yuanhua. After thinking about it again, he felt normal again. Sun Yuanhua used the exhaustive method to make steel, but produced a lot of steel for special purposes. , although the output and quality of special steel are not stable, but it is more than enough to get some special steel to make this pen nib, and then think about it, Sun Yuanhua is a serious imperial party, and Liu Jishan is an imperial party It is easy to understand that Liu Jishan created the "pen" for the "senior" of the "old man". Liu Jishan, who was in a state of desperation, often asked Sun Yuanhua for help.

"Hehehe, it's interesting..." Yang Reform laughed even more. Although this pen is still a dip pen, at most it can be regarded as a water storage pen. It is very different from the pens of later generations, but I have to say that it has a huge difference. The progress of writing has greatly improved writing habits and history.What is more worthy of Yang Reform's joy is that the steel industry is indeed a major driving force for social progress.I just used brute force to make steel with exhaustive methods, and I got rewarded immediately, and the pen entered a new stage.This matter is not as simple as the progress of a simple writing tool.It also shows that the steel industry is promoting the progress of society, the steel industry is gradually growing and developing, and the level of the steel industry is also constantly stabilizing.

From this point of view, this event is definitely a major event worth celebrating, and its significance is definitely considered great.

Yang Reform has a deep understanding of the power of subtle changes.

Yang Reform was very satisfied and looked at these "pens" with a smile.I was thinking about how to further industrialize the production of these "pens". Seeing that these pens are either wrapped in gold and silver, or wrapped in jade and precious wood, it is obviously not in line with the characteristics of industrial production.

"These things are good, but they are too extravagant. These things should be manufactured at the cheapest price possible and sold to the world. Such good things should be shared with the world instead of staying in the palace. , for me to enjoy alone, my partner said yes?" Yang Reform thought for a while, and soon came up with an idea, and he was going to launch the "pen" production line immediately, preparing to produce pens industrially.

"Your Majesty said so." Wang Chengen had no objection to the emperor's business, so he replied naturally.

"In this way, big companion, immediately ask Sun Yuanhua to find someone to find a way to mass-produce this thing...maybe millions of pieces...well, pay attention, it's a steel nib, not this gold nib,... ...This pen, except for the nib must be made of steel, the other is as cheap as possible, of course, it must affect the use effect..." Yang Reform simply selected the nib made of steel, this matter is going to be handed over to Sun Yuanhua to take charge.

"Millions of them!...The servant obeys the order!" Wang Chengen was a little surprised, and then calmly agreed.

Yang Reform thought for a while, this matter, he can't just make a decision so casually, he'd better write a letter to inquire in person, and explain the matter clearly, so as to avoid Sun Yuanhua's fuss. Write a reply letter to Liu Jishan.

"Forget it, I'll explain this matter myself. There are some things that I can't explain clearly at the moment. I'll talk about it after I think about it carefully..." Yang Reform thought for a while and said again.

Yang Reform thought about it, Sun Yuanhua is now exploring and manufacturing tools for making tools according to his own account, such as pliers, this is one of the tools for making tools.Industrialization, to put it simply, is actually making tools by making tools.A pen is a tool made by people, a tool for writing, and the industrialization of a pen, in simple terms, is to create a tool for making a pen. Yang Reform does not need a few skilled craftsmen to hammer out a few The pen nib does not need a few skilled craftsmen to make a few beautiful pens, but a tool that can make pens is needed. It needs to be mass-produced. This is the biggest difference between handicrafts and industrialization. This, indeed, must I have to make it clear to Sun Yuanhua that I am not engaged in handicrafts, but in industry.

"Your servant understands!" Wang Chengen replied again.

(End of this chapter)